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Sorry for the delay. Life and stuff!! Back to it: After a nice nap, we headed out for what is perhaps the most gorgeous view in all of Disney World - a skyline ride to EPCOT. I love that half from Riveria on, especially at dusk. It was magic. I wish that I could get better photos from inside...

We were up bright and early for early entry at Animal Kingdom. I managed to score Connie a LL for Flight of Passage. I rented another scooter, which was awesome, and we motored back to Pandora to take some pictures and look around. We got in line for Navi River Journey, which had technical...

We met at the bus stop around 3 and headed to Magic Kingdom. There were no ECVs available but I did add myself to the waitlist, just in case. (I finally got a text at 8 pm once I was already back in the hotel room.) Usually, I try to make this my first stop on a Disney trip, so it was...

We were up and at 'em and headed to the Skyliner station around 7:30 - and the line was already stretched wayyyyy back. Connie hopped in line and I stayed put and then joined her when she caught up to me, because my goal was to reduce the number of steps I took today. Once the station opened...

Spoiler alert: I ended up renting a scooter every day for the rest of the trip. It just seemed that I spent an extraordinary amount of money to not be able to enjoy my time - and there's no way I could keep going the way I was feeling. So, 43 might be too young, but 45 (46 tomorrow LOL) is...

DAY TWO: EPCOT, SPACE 220, and more! We were up early again (Connie is usually up at 5:30 am so this is no big deal for her. I, on the other hand, typically start my day around 10:30 at the earliest . . .so . . . yeah . . . ) and headed to the Skyliner around 6:45. EPCOT was opening at 8:30...

Thank you!!

Dinner at Brown Derby was great! I had the Burger as well as the crispy potato cakes with goat cheese mousse and my friend had the Cobb Salad minus a few ingredients. I was struck by how little we were rushed out of the restaurant; in trips past, it seemed that they were trying to turn over...

Guys - I am in LOVE with the Skyliner. I wasn't sure how I'd feel; I have a fear of heights but this was totally fine and it's such a quick and relaxing trip to Caribbean Beach. And a really easy transfer to either park. What a great addition to the transportation lineup and I hope they add...

DAY ONE: We landed a few minutes early and found our driver right where he said he was going to be. The five-star reviews for Orlando on Wheels Town Car service on Yelp! were accurate and totally worth the extra money. He loaded us in the SUV and we took off for Publix. We only...

I'm on the flight and so far so good. Some near complications at the Long Term Parking lot due to a lack of trams running and a fairly long security line (even in TSA Pre-Check) but the woman running the register at the McDonald's in the food court was phenomenal. Best new is that I was able...

Leaving tomorrow morning! I don't know if I'll have time to update in real-time but I'll definitely update the trip report with details and photos as soon as possible!

We are so close to this trip! We fly out on Sunday morning! I managed to score a reservation to Space 220 in the dining room for lunch on Monday. That required a lot of other changes including canceling some of the reservations I had at other places but this does give us more flexibility in...

Has anyone rented a car at MCO lately? Was the wait as bad I've heard it has been? Anyone UBERed from the airport to the resort? Was that easy to do? (I've used UBER a lot in my life, but not from MCO to Disney.). We're having second thoughts about the rental car based on how long I've heard...

I don't know that I'll ever go without Memory Maker going forward. I treasure photographic memories a lot these days!