I’m not alone here in saying that the last two years have been brutal. DH and I had a couple’s Disney trip planned for Dec. 2020 - tacked onto one of his work conferences and over his birthday. Instead the conference was canceled and he found himself among the unemployed and the trip was not an option.
Over my 40th birthday last year we endured a crazy Texas freeze - losing power and water. This trip was my 40th birthday celebration, capped by a birthday dinner on my 41st.
In both October and December my family had Covid. The fall out from the missed school and attempting to catch up on all the things took me to a very low place. It’s been a slow climb out.
This trip was 
better than therapy for me. It was crowded, but we were almost always ahead of the crowds. The CMs were always amazing. We enjoyed food and amazing cocktails. I had fun and fun and fun; I knew I needed this break but came home far more refreshed than I even thought possible. I’m refreshed and recharged. And I got to do it all with DH - a very rare gift of “just us” time.
4 nights with 4 parks over 3 park days. 1 night Wyndham in DS, 3 nights Pop.
Wednesday - Day 1 - MK & HS
Wake up at Wyndham Lake Buena Vista. Checked in at 12:30 am and up a few short hours later for RD. (Last minute Hotwire win for $73/night plus resort fee - great spot - a do again). Left luggage stored there.
7 am Designated MK shuttle - Punctual. Distracted me from my ILL/LLs game. 
But Wyndham does get EE. Worth noting the shuttle gets you there plenty early.
7:00-7:06 Genie+ fail for Rise (too late read the 7:17 tip), tried JC, booked something for 5 pm (too late) by accident. Panicked as it took 5 minutes to figure out how to cancel, secured Splash for 1:25 was a cranky start to my day. Instead of sticking with it for something better I tossed my phone away. My frustration was killing the fun, and I wasn’t going to let that keep happening.
7:40 8-10 people back at the taps to MK
When the Taps finally opened the family in front of us couldn’t get through. So annoying to watch the people in the other lines fly around us.
At 7:55 held until 8:28 at Cosmic Ray’s. We were a couple of people back from the rope as the masses gathered behind us.
We rode 7DMT after 7 minutes in line. It’s so thrilling to walk onto a ride and then come out on the other side and see the line spilling into the walkway.
Next up! Space mountain (off by 9:17) left me feeling a little woozy so…
People mover! (9:30) & made MO for Sleepy Hollow since we’d only had light snacks waiting for RD.
Caught the Dapper Dans and basked in front of the Castle on our way to Sleepy Hollow for fruit waffle, which we enjoyed in the quiet of the Sacred Spaces of Magic Kingdom ™. DH was impressed with our special reserved table!
Fell a little apart waiting for Peter Pan - TP sent us here, it ended up being a 70 minute wait and not the predicted 40. In line I grabbed a LL for POC 1:45.
CHH at noon - waited upstairs at a table for our MO to be ready. Restaurant was mobbed, but upstairs still a respite.
Enjoyed a Dole whip - no MO immediately available. We walked over and, as @sanstitre_has_left_the_building said, the MO line was wilder than standby. Standby line worked great!
Used Splash mountain LL (my favorite view is at the top of the drop. DH rides for me)
Used Pirates of the Caribbean - LL
Stopped for a castle picture and almost got carried away. Thus we missed the monorail by 5 seconds (held back as they closed doors) Missed 2:30 shuttle by 30 seconds.
2:32- caught SDD drop for 4:05
Grabbed cab because next shuttle was in an hour and I didn’t have the energy to hike to the Poly for DS bus and walk from DS to Wyndham.
Ubered from Wyndham to Pop Century. We had Room 1413 - not the building I requested but top floor corner next to stairs and couldn’t be any closer to the lobby. Good location. Pretty quiet for Pop.
First ever ride on Skyliner. We loved the Skyliner so much! It felt like we were walking into Hollywood Studios in no time to tap in at 4:17 for SDD. DH endures coasters rather than loves them, but he really loved this ride. I wish you could tell from the photo that we were in the very front!
I snagged Star tours LL - not needed - I know this ride doesn’t get a lot of love but I always enjoy it.
Hopped in line for MFSR (30 min standby) @ 5:15. DH and I were pilots and rode with an older couple. We were terrible! 
I gleefully used the force in front of the Falcon. DH takes this more seriously.
We had Docking Bay 7 dinner @6 - I had ribs and a delicious floral pink drink (I should look up the name, but It’s not like there were a lot of floral drink options). DH had Poke.
We took our weary bodies to the standby line for ROTR at 6:40, posted 95 minutes? TP said 79. It was down for an hour but we stuck it out, off at 9:33, barely making our Oga’s ressie 9:35.
ROTR is really amazing. Disney is justifying taking all my money if they keep making rides like this.
Oga’s at 9:40 - outer rim and blue milk and cookie.
Back on skyliner by 10:22 and in our room by 10:42. Have I mentioned I love the Skyliner?
I was really frustrated this day by G+, missing the ROTR ILL, and the breakdown - which left me stressed at 9 pm when the line had hardly moved in the hour since reopening and we had a 9:35 Oga’s reservation coming up. We’d also not counted on but had hoped to get into line for MMRR before park close. In retrospect - while not G+ at it’s most efficient, we saved a lot of time with Splash and POC LLs in the middle of the day. ROTR at the end of the day isn’t a bad plan, but given the break down I would still have preferred to purchase an ILL.
Overall, even with frustrations, a great day.
But we were asleep before the fireworks had finished. 
those salt/pepper shakers!
