Jenny Sanders
DIS Veteran
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- Jun 8, 2007
I am always blown away by the beautiful Christmas decorations at WL. It's my fav resort and I may be a little biased but I think it's decorated above and beyond the other resorts during the holidays.
Geyser Point sounds like a perfect plan!Having not much to see, we didn't stick around long.
We were hungry and decided we needed burgers at Geyser Point.
There was pretty much no-one around as we headed to the boat dock,
which is always a cue for Allie to be a goofball...
I love it! I did my resort tour in the exact opposite order as you two. I started at WL and ended at the GF with drinks at Enchanted Rose.With full bellies, we were ready to explore our last resort of the night.
And for sure, we saved the best for last!
Since it was late, there was hardly anyone in the lobby
so we could explore and take as many pictures as we wanted
Really? I'd expect much better than that from Disney.
Getting late... but that just means the food will taste better.
That's insane!! (My youngest DD is the same. Kids these days.)
Memo to me to actually go into Geyser Point next visit lol
Also, I just came to the realization looking at these photos. I've never taken a boat anywhere from CR. I've used the boats to get to WL and GF, but not CR. Weird.
I am always blown away by the beautiful Christmas decorations at WL. It's my fav resort and I may be a little biased but I think it's decorated above and beyond the other resorts during the holidays.
I love it! I did my resort tour in the exact opposite order as you two. I started at WL and ended at the GF with drinks at Enchanted Rose.
Touring the MK resorts is always a must for us. I agree with you on your resort critique. We have been able to see the Christmas decorations a couple times and worth it.
Geyser Point is on our must do list next trip.
Sure!Well, considering how lovely all the other monorail resorts are, I'll give them a pass. It looks like they tried, but the Grand Concourse is so big that maybe the decorations just seemed extra spread out
Really! How did she avoid it? The fast food chain ads are everywhere.She actually just started eating burgers about a year ago, so I guess there's hope for her
As much as I love The CR, the Christmas decorations were a little lackluster
and more like what you'd see in a shopping mall.
We debated for a hot second on whether we should share one burger
but Allie likes hers pink and I don't,
and she also doesn't put cheese on it which I think is crazy talk
Since it was late, there was hardly anyone in the lobby
so we could explore and take as many pictures as we wanted
A. Love silly Allie but B. This picture gives me so much anxiety. How on earth can you take a picture while on an escalator? I'd be hanging on for dear lifeThere was pretty much no-one around as we headed to the boat dock,
which is always a cue for Allie to be a goofball...
Oh this looks so good. Was planning on some chili for dinner but burgers may have to be had.
Wilderness Lodge is always my favorite resort, but it at Christmas time is just a thing of beauty and I've only ever seen pictures. For our December 2021 trip - which I'm officially making a thing by the way - we have to stay here.
Hello, everyone! I'm sorry if I've seemed to abandon this trip report.
We literally are up to the last day and I promise, I'll get to it soon!
Since this pandemic started I've had moments of ups,
where I'm super positive, trying to look at the bright side of things,
and downs where I'm just very, very blah and sick of everything to do with it.
Lately I've been more blah than anything so I just haven't had it in me
to finish up this report.
One of the biggest things bringing me down
is the fact that we are supposed to leave for our trip in 23 days
and I literally don't know if we're going,
but with each passing day, it's looking less and less likely.
We have CCV booked from 10/5 - 10/12 with DVC points,
but CT has a travel ban in effect that if we travel to a hot spot state (FL),
then we have to quarantine for 14 days upon returning home.
I actually already have time off from work after and I shifted my days so I was considering moving up our trip by 2 days and then I'm off for 14 days afterwards.
But Allie is a senior in HS and she absolutely cannot quarantine for 14 days
and miss 3 weeks of school…distance or not,
since she'd be missing swim, dance and chamber choir as well.
And Mike was planning to drive there and back
so he'd literally have to take almost 4 weeks off from work which he can't do.
So now we are at the mercy of the state of CT and things aren't looking good, as far as I can tell. Of course, I cannot figure out what kind of numbers they need to lift the ban…I realize that FL has to have a less than 10% positivity rate, but I don't know where CT gets their statistics from and even then, it's on a rolling basis and you need to be a mathematician to figure it out. What I do know is that CT updates their travel ban list every Tuesday and September 29th is the last Tuesday before our trip so I guess that's decision day.
We will lose 114 DVC points if we don't use them by November 30th, so then I'll have to decide whether we should try to push the trip off until November or just roll them into RCI, which I believe would have to be done by October 15th. I think I would choose the RCI option, since I wouldn't feel like dragging this out again for another month to just be disappointed again.
If we don't go, this will be our third trip this year that has been cancelled and I'm slightly salty about it. Especially since I think WDW is doing an amazing job with keeping people safe and I truly feel that I would be safer there than I am going into work every day, and yet I've been doing that since March.
Sorry for the sad update.
I usually don't share too much here but I guess I needed to explain why I've been staying away.
One thing I have been doing more of lately is online shopping
It definitely makes me feel better to receive these cute packages at my doorstep...
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Thanks for reading! I'll keep y'all posted of any new developments and I'll be back soon with the last day of our December trip!
No worries! We'll be here!We literally are up to the last day and I promise, I'll get to it soon!
That's okay. It's been a long time already. You're allowed to feel down.Since this pandemic started I've had moments of ups,
where I'm super positive, trying to look at the bright side of things,
and downs where I'm just very, very blah and sick of everything to do with it.
Yikes. Yeah, I can see how that would be both stressful and depressing!One of the biggest things bringing me down
is the fact that we are supposed to leave for our trip in 23 days
and I literally don't know if we're going,
Familiar with it. My work has that if I travel outside the country.CT has a travel ban in effect that if we travel to a hot spot state (FL),
then we have to quarantine for 14 days upon returning home.
Good luck!What I do know is that CT updates their travel ban list every Tuesday and September 29th is the last Tuesday before our trip so I guess that's decision day.
Totally understandable.If we don't go, this will be our third trip this year that has been cancelled and I'm slightly salty about it.
Sorry for the sad update.
I usually don't share too much here but I guess I needed to explain why I've been staying away.
A recent photo of Kelly's front door:One thing I have been doing more of lately is online shopping
It definitely makes me feel better to receive these cute packages at my doorstep...
Sorry to hear that. Hang in there and I hope things work out.
Familiar with it. My work has that if I travel outside the country.
But couldn't get into the US if I tried.
Good luck!
A recent photo of Kelly's front door:
I'm sorry to hear that. It definitely has been a bummer. I'm looking at a potential visit, granted it would just be to Universal and Springs, but it's just tough considering how poorly FL has dealt with this pandemic.
So glad I'm not the only one who has just been thriving off online shopping. I'm buying so much stuff. I'm also a Taurus and retail therapy is how I cope normally sooo... this is just ten times worse lol
Sending all the good vibes.
I feel your pain....we have a mandatory two week quarantine if you leave Canada AND the border is closed until September 21 at least.So now we are at the mercy of the state of CT and things aren't looking good, as far as I can tell. Of course, I cannot figure out what kind of numbers they need to lift the ban…I realize that FL has to have a less than 10% positivity rate, but I don't know where CT gets their statistics from and even then, it's on a rolling basis and you need to be a mathematician to figure it out. What I do know is that CT updates their travel ban list every Tuesday and September 29th is the last Tuesday before our trip so I guess that's decision day.
Same here.......I will look at RCI too if Hilton Head in March ends up being a no go. Cancelling all those trips is the worst!We will lose 114 DVC points if we don't use them by November 30th, so then I'll have to decide whether we should try to push the trip off until November or just roll them into RCI, which I believe would have to be done by October 15th. I think I would choose the RCI option, since I wouldn't feel like dragging this out again for another month to just be disappointed again.
So tough....it's hard to be here when Disney is sadly missing from your life.I usually don't share too much here but I guess I needed to explain why I've been staying away.
Packages of cuteness are everything right now!It definitely makes me feel better to receive these cute packages at my doorstep...
I feel your pain....we have a mandatory two week quarantine if you leave Canada AND the border is closed until September 21 at least.
Same here.......I will look at RCI too if Hilton Head in March ends up being a no go. Cancelling all those trips is the worst!
So tough....it's hard to be here when Disney is sadly missing from your life.