Walt Disney World 2019: Day One and Two

I finally made it to Walt Disney World!! I can’t quite believe it myself, but I’ve now been and so now it’s time for the trip reports. I thought I’d do them in two day blocks, so that the posts only last two weeks. Anyway, on with the trip reports.

We got up very early on Wednesday morning and headed to the airport, where everything went really smoothly and we were checked in, through security and ordering our food in record time. We got on the plane, which was amazing, and got comfy for our nine hour flight. The flight was really nice, the upgrade to premium was definitely worth it, and as soon as we knew it, we were in Florida.

We checked in to All-Star Music, where we were in the Jazz building, and then we got changed and headed in to Magic Kingdom. The rain had just started so it was a great time to get some castle photos, which we did whilst also soaking up some of the magical atmosphere that is everywhere in Disney World. We then headed into Fantasyland for our first ride of the trip: Peter Pan’s Flight. After our first ride, we wandered around the park looking at all the different lands, we saw the first ride Sam ever went on, saw the future site of Tron, looked in the cutest shops and took a stroll down Main Street before our first character meet of the trip: Tinker Bell. And then we watched Happily Ever After, which was unlike anything I’d ever seen before. We went back to the hotel and had the most dreamy night’s sleep I’ve ever had.

Thursday morning we woke up very early and headed into Animal Kingdom, but not before I got my Mickey waffles, which I was overjoyed about. When we got to Animal Kingdom, we went on the Kilimanjaro Safari, where we saw, amongst other things, a baby giraffe, and then we went on Expedition Everest, which was absolutely amazing, and was definitely my favourite ride of the whole trip. After the thrill of Everest, we went and saw Festival of the Lion King, and I got my first Disney snack; a Mickey Premium Ice Cream Bar. We both loved the show, and Sam especially loved it. We then went to Yak and Yeti for lunch, which was delicious, and then went to meet Mickey and Minnie and Pocahontas. We then went back to the hotel to freshen up and avoid the storm.

After we’d been back to the hotel, we went to Hollywood Studios and straight to Star Wars Launch Bay, where we met Kylo Ren, BB-8 and Chewbacca, who we got to go to the front of the line for because a Cast Member appreciated Sam supporting the rebellion. We then met Mickey and Minnie again, Olaf and Edna Mode, which was amazing. We went for some food afterwards, where we had lovely burgers and then we went on Star Tours twice, much to Sam’s delight. And then it was time for the thing I was looking forward to the most: Fantasmic! I was absolutely mesmerised and quickly decided that it was my favourite thing I’d ever seen. I immediately bought a Fantasmic t-shirt after the show, and we went back to the hotel extremely happy.

Nic

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June in Review

I’ve not done one of these posts in months, so I thought I would take a little break from what promises to be a lot of Disney content and do a new month in review, and what better way to start with than June, as it’s been one of my favourite months I’ve had recently.

The month started with my last day at Topshop, which was sad but we all went out for a meal and drinks and it was lovely. Then, me and Sam had an early morning drive down to his parent’s house, where we had a lovely couple of days, including going to London to see Hugh Jackman, before we went on our second trip to Disneyland Paris, which was amazing. After Disney, we spent the rest of the week with Sam’s family as they had a family party, and then for Sam’s birthday we went for a day at Warhammer World.

We also went on a few days out this month, one to Chester and one to Manchester to see Cirque du Soleil, which nearly made me cry, it’s been one of my life goals to see Cirque du Soleil and now I’ve finally done it, and now I’m a very happy girl indeed.  I’ve also read a few books, and done a lot of planning for our upcoming Florida trip. It’s been a great month, and it’s made me very excited for the rest of the Summer now.

Nic

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WDW Wednesdays: One Week to Go

And just like that it’s now one week until we go to Florida. I feel like this (my first trip) has been years in the making, but now it’s so close I’m starting to have those useless last minute holiday feelings, needless panics about outfits and the exchange rate and ‘what if I don’t recognise my suitcase on the carousel’, silly things like that. On the whole though, I am very very excited. I don’t want to give you a blow by blow account of what we’re doing just yet (otherwise why would you read the trip reports when I’m back?) but I will tell you all a rough idea of where we’ll be and when.

Day one: Magic Kingdom

Day two: Animal Kingdom

Day three: EPCOT

Day four: Magic Kingdom

Day five: EPCOT

Day six: Animal Kingdom

Day seven: Hollywood Studios

Day eight: EPCOT

Day nine: Animal Kingdom

Day ten: Hollywood Studios

Day eleven: Magic Kingdom

Day twelve: Magic Kingdom

That is where our fast passes are booked for anyway. I intend on watching all of the shows and parades too, and we also have two character meals booked, so that should be really good fun. I won’t be blogging at all whilst I’m there, so follow me on Instagram for all the live content, of which there will be loads.

Words cannot express how grateful I feel at being allowed to join in on the Page family holiday, and I am going to have the most magical time ever, I just know it.

Nic

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