February Trip Report!

Hello there! We got back super early Monday morning from our quick trip. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and I’d highly recommend taking a trip at the end of February because of it.

Our trip started off a bit shaky as on the plane ride down we had to make an emergency landing in North Carolina due to a woman on our flight’s medical problem. We ended up landing about an hour and a half later than expected. Luckily our room was ready at All Star Movies by the time we got there so we dropped off our stuff, freshened up and grabbed a quick lunch at our resort. Once we finished lunch, we were off to Hollywood Studios. We had a FP+ for Tower of Terror and then decided to check out Star Wars Launch Bay. In there we met Chewbacca who was very sweet and Kylo Ren who was very intense. We then headed to Toy Story Mania for our FP+ time and then met Mike & Sully before they are moved due to the upcoming construction. By this point it was time for our final FP+ of the day at Star Tours. Star Tours has been updated to include bits of The Force Awakens in it. We then had dinner reservations at Minnie’s Seasonal Dine at Hollywood & Vine which this time was Hollywood themed and I enjoyed this one over the Christmas Dine in November. After a long day, we were off to All Star Movies early to get some sleep before getting up extra early for the Princess Run on Friday morning.

Friday morning I was up by 3am to get dressed and head to Epcot for the Princess 5k! While waiting for the run to start, they had Ariel, Prince Eric and Sebastian available to meet. The lines were crazy long, but I was able to see Sebastian. At 6am the run started and I finished around 7am as I was in the second corral of runners. I’ll have a whole post on my thoughts about the run next week. Once the run was over, we headed back to the hotel to freshen up and take a quick nap and were off to Animal Kingdom. First we did Kilamanjaro Safaris with our FP+ reservation and then hopped on the Wildlife Express train to go meet Rafiki at his Planet Watch. Once we got back from the train, we had a delicious lunch at Pizza Fari then used our FP+ for Expedition Everest. We had some time to kill so we decided to meet Dug & Russel from Up! Before going to our final FP+ of the day for The Lion King show. Unfortunately, the Harmabe theatre had a few issues, so we were unable to see the show and used the final FP+ for another ride on Expedition Everest. This wrapped up our time in Animal kingdom and we grabbed a bus for Epcot. On the way to Epcot my sister received the best news! She was accepted into the Disney College Program! I’m so excited for her and I’ll have to have her do a guest post at some point to talk about it! Once we got to Epcot we rode Spaceship Earth, had a visit with Baymax and then decided to explore the World Showcase. We were able to see Jasmine and Aladdin in Morroco and had dinner in Italy at Tutto Italia. Before heading out for the night we rode Test Track. It broke down for a few minutes just before we were about to go out on the fast track, but was back up and running in a few minutes.

On Saturday we started off our day with breakfast at Cape May Café breakfast at the Beach Club and then took the ferry over to Hollywood Studios. We rode Rock n Roller coaster, Tower of Terror and the Great Movie ride before heading to meet Sorcerer Mickey. We then hopped in line for Toy Story Mania before heading to the Magic Kingdom. We arrived at the Magic Kingdom just in time to grab a good spot for the Festival of Fantasy Parade. This is definitely one of my favorite things to see! We were able to go meet Gaston and see Mickey’s Philharmagic before using our FP+ on Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. Earlier in the day I was able to secure a dinner reservation for the Magic Kingdom’s newest restaurant Jungle Cruise Skipper Canteen. It was delicious and there were plenty of jokes to go around! Once we finished dinner, we used a FP+ for Peter Pan’s Flight and then headed over to meet Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen. Before our final FP+ of the night, we did the Monster’s Inc. Laugh floor and grabbed some ice cream. Our final FP+ was for Wishes so we had a great spot for both Celebrate the Magic and the fireworks. I would definitely recommend this FP+ as it was much better to have a blocked off section where we weren’t cramped in the middle of Main Street.

For our last day we went to 1900 Park Fare for breakfast before heading to the Magic Kingdom. My sister and I decided to Disneybound as Drizella and Anastasia Tremaine again while my best friend went as Cinderella. We were able to see the Stepsisters outside of the castle and Cinderella (and Rapunzel) inside Princess Fairytale Hall. Once we had fun photo-ops, we rode Seven Dwarfs Mine Train again and Jungle Cruise with FP+. We took the wildest ride in the Wilderness on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and then hopped onto the railroad for a scenic view of the Magic Kingdom. It was time for our Space Mountain FP+, so we did that and then did my favorite attraction….The Carousel of Progress! We decided to take a ride on the Peoplemove before grabbing a quick lunch at Columbia Harbor House. We finished out our day with some shopping on Main Street and a stop at the Confectionary before heading back to our resort to catch the Tragical, I mean Magical Express. :P

Overall the weather was gorgeous, we had lots of fun and even though there were a few bumps in the road, we had a fantastic trip!

Thanks for following along and have a magical day!

Shannon J

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