May the Force Be With Us: A Family Trip Report Summer 2021

I can’t wait for this in 2 weeks, we plan to hit Sleepy Hollow at least twice lol

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It was @srentmee. I had the post bookmarked since we hope to take advantage of it too!

My very first attempt at a trip report - #18 by srentmee

Finally caught up on your trip report! Feel like you’re scouting ahead for us! :heart:

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Good morning!

We managed to sleep in until 8:30am before some of the kids started stirring. DD2 woke up in her crib but she let me lay her down next to me in my bed and we just cuddled for 30 min. I call that my “get out of jail free card” for having to wake up. As long as I’m helping with the most high maintenance kid, who can blame me for not getting out of bed?! :joy: Please don’t question this logic.

Breakfast is pancakes made fresh in our villa. Btw, we ordered groceries from Instacart twice and it has worked perfectly both times. Well actually, the second time our deliverer texted us from the BCV front desk (we were in Muppet Vision 3D) and said they couldn’t find our reservation! We texted them my name as well as the name from my DVC owner we rented from (had to quickly dig up my rental agreement email from David’s). But before DW sent that info they located our reservation. I think they just didn’t check the drop off notes where DW gave both my and her name, instead of the account which was in her name only. In other words, I don’t think they needed the owner’s name. Anywho …

Breakfast was a hit!

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Some good news - photos from DW’s account showed up! I suppose it could have been linked from one of the DDs, but no matter - at least we know for sure we’re seeing more than just my photos since I’m not in them.

I’m starting to wonder if the photos she thinks are missing are from UOR? :thinking: I don’t remember. We haven’t gone on many rides with photos yet so we need more data to see if someone’s aren’t linking.

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Question: is housekeeping still on for DVC stays? And if so, is the 4th day including check-in day? So if we checked in Friday, is tomorrow our trash and linens day?

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I think it will be tomorrow. It will be trash, towels, paper goods, shampoo/coffee?

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Oh good, thanks! I think we’d run out of shampoo without the service and I don’t want to call down to housekeeping just for that.

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Our line of sight with Spaceship Earth exactly coincides with the Land Pavilion. That is not a complaint.

I’ve been watching the bus arrival times and it seems the DS bus runs much more frequently than the others. While we were waiting for a HS bus last night at OKW, 3 DS buses dropped by. I imagine they want to make it as easy as possible to keep people shopping at DS, but it’s too bad they don’t have that same dedication for the parks.

Anyway, we will be heading over there later this afternoon for our early dinner at Homecomin’! There is rain in the forecast so we are all going to wear our sandals / flip flops and bring ponchos just in case it is a heavy downpour.

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Ohhhhhhhhh my (other other) faaaaavorite!!!

Get some hummingbird cake to go and enjoy it properly as breakfast tomorrow

Are you going to Gideon??

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Based on the reviews of the cookies I’m not sure they’re the right kind for me! But maybe if it’s not too long a wait we might.

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Taking a walk with DW to the Boardwalk. This is the view Panaroma mode was designed for:

Some more shots so far:

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Even my DH (the one that @OBNurseNH said I should divorce because of his less than acceptable appreciation for chocolate) enjoyed himself some Gideons… Don’t be deterred. You should try it once! Or, as in my case, all six of them once…

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More Boardwalk.

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:woman_shrugging: Everyone has standards. :wink:

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Thank you for the Boardwalk pictures.

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I love this place. So glad we had a quiet day to soak it all in.

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Just celebrated our 10 year anniversary in May. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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All the :heart:'s!

The family you two have built is awe inspiring. You can see it in every smile those adorable kids have. If I could like this a million times, I would!

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Also DW has MASSIVE selfie skillz! She wins for best pics overall so far. Sorry Jeff.

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Thanks so much! And I wholeheartedly agree about DW’s photography skills. She was an art history major in college so she is the artsy one. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

On our way to Disney Springs! All wearing our flip flops cause of the impending rain! Hoping it’s more drizzle than downpour.

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