alexwyattmommy 181 Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 So they don't serve food at Yak and Yeti counter serve in those Chinese takeout containers any more? I noticed that too. That is sad. We loved the takeout containers. Not sure why, but it made it feel more authentic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799 Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 What do you mean? How many toys I bought myself?The tree of life and busses Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FunFinder265....Cody 36 Posted October 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 The tree of life and busses I'm debating it. My mom and I both have the monorail that goes around our Christmas Trees, but she also has The Contemporary. I might have to step my game up and get the Tree. I was going to hold out for a BAH, but due to recent events, I doubt Disney toys will be coming out with that anytime soon. Cody Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FunFinder265....Cody 36 Posted October 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Who is ready for an update? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Who is ready for an update? I wasn't ready at 1am, but I'm ready now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I'm ready for an update! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FunFinder265....Cody 36 Posted November 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Well folks...... We have reached the last day of this TR. I have really enjoyed writing it, I think I may do this for every trip. It makes my time there seem longer. Very enjoyable. I hope you guys have enjoyed the ride. So here we are. Last day at The Fort.....check out day. That day SMB. I have no clue how you winter fiends do it. I absolutely hate checking out and packing up my camper, even from a trip to a campground where I live. Leaving The Fort is hard. So before I start packing up and checking out, I decided that since fiancee was still asleep, that my morning would consist of this. I started by taking pics of my campsite again. This was mainly to show friends how big those sites really are. One last golf cart ride Went up to The Settlement to look around. Pioneer Hall is still covered Can someone explain this? How in the H-E-double toothpicks did that get up there? I seem to have a knack for finding lost toys on this trip. A volleyball at SSR, a beach ball floating away on the Seven Seas Lagoon from the GF beach, a balloon to the moon at AKL, and now a hula hoop on the roof of Trail’s End. RIP Lawnmower Tree On to The Meadow Before I went to load up the golf cart, I went through the cabins one more time and came across this. I hope everyone was okay, thats scary. Got to The Outpost and loaded the golf cart into fiancee’s truck Went off without a hitch Back to the site Tug and I go. Now it’s a little tighter, but still fits everything. Remember the magnets I bought a couple days ago? They found a home. I started packing up, but this time was a little different. You know that leak I mentioned in my last update? Yep, I had to get that resolved, plus I had some other warranty work that needed to be done, so my plan was to take the camper up to Leesburg where my dealer was and drop it off with them. I was headed back offshore for 3 weeks in a couple days, so they could keep the camper there and get all of the work to it done, and have plenty of time to do it. So thats what I did. Fiancee and Tug left in her truck while I finished breaking down camp. Like I said, this time was different because I wasn’t taking the camper home. So all of the food had to go in coolers, the laundry in my truck, basically anything I didn’t want to sit in it for 3 weeks had to come with me. That was harder than I thought. Here are the last two pics at The Fort I took. And here is the camper at the dealership After I dropped it off, I headed back to the coast, and on the beachline I ran into this Looks lovely doesn’t it? So that was it. That’s my September 2014 Unnamed TR to The Fort. Once again, this was really fun to write, I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. Looking forward to my next camping trip there in January. BUT WAIT! I have some bonus content! Thats right! I’m taking a page right out of TCD’s book and teasing some bonus content. Stay tuned folks....... Cody Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alexwyattmommy 181 Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Great trip. And bonus content. That is always cool. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
momof3kids-Yvonne 596 Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Great job!Bring on the bonus content! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beckers 1,136 Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Great job! We love bonus content! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AC in A2......Aaron 693 Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 Bring on the bonus content! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 Sorry I got so far behind reading your TR, but I was at the Fort. Great job! Look forward to your bonus content. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FunFinder265....Cody 36 Posted December 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 How long has it been since I’ve been on FF.net? As they say on the streets, its been a MINUTE since I’ve been on here. Holidays....Work....Laziness....whatever excuse I can give you, it still doesn’t make it right that I’ve been away for so long. Lets move into the bonus content, and put this TR to bed. As I stated before, It has been a lot of fun writing it, and I have enjoyed the ride. I think the next time I do this, I will just power through it as fast as I can. Lets get this over with..... So after our time at The Fort, I dropped my camper off at the dealership to have some warranty work done, then I headed offshore for 3 weeks. About a week before I came home, I called my Mom to see if she would like to come pick me up at OIA and head out to EPCOT to catch Maelstrom one more time before they close it. She said she would love to and the plan was set. On October 2nd at 7:15 pm I landed back in Orlando, my mom met me at the curb, and off we went to WDW. Entrance to EPCOTThe beautiful fountain Walking across the bridge to World Showcase I noticed these cool shirts. EPCOT was more crowded than I thought it would be on a Thursday night. Ah, Maelstrom, for one last time.... The line was out the door Luckily I had a FP+ Here are some pics of the mural, I love that mural Ok, so I have a problem with the mural in some spots. You see the two kids in green coats? One hold the fish, the other one cutting? WHAT THE FORT are they thinking?!?! The one with the knife is cutting DOWN TOWARDS the other kid’s hand. Oh, and he’s looking at US. That is not the definition of safe. I’m surprised OSHA hasn’t come and had that changed in all these years. Heres a picture of the end I chose not to take pics inside because I wanted to enjoy the ride through my eyes rather than my cell phone or camera. I really hope they do a good job with the Frozen version of this ride, because in my mind, Maelstrom was a classic. I got off the ride and my Mom went while I watched my sister in the exit area. Heres a Troll Did these advertisements ever rotate in the past? Nice jacket, probably not needed in Florida, but I bet after ride the Frozen Maelstrom some sucker will buy it. Standard Troll in the gift shop picture I don’t remember who it was, but in my first report from Father’s Day 2014 someone called me out for being the only one in our party without a Disney shirt on. My Grandfather had on a CoP shirt, my Mom a SW, Fiancee had a Minnie Mouse, and Sister had a Mickey dress. Well, look.... BAM! How about that?! A Disney shirt, specifically a ride shirt, for the ride that was getting ready to close. After Mom got off the ride we headed over to Soarin’ to use our FP+ before the park closed. Here is the craft beer pavilion. That pic was taken at 8:39, park closes at 9. We’re going to be cutting it close if we both want to ride. But there is always time for Mom to take a picture of her kids On to Soarin’ we go. That was snapped at 8:52. I told my Mom to ride first. She comes to WDW often with just my sister, when I’m offshore, but she never gets to ride the “Big Kid” rides because she is limited with the wheelchair. Since that is the case, I told her I would watch my sister and she should enjoy Soarin’. While I was waiting, I went a snapped a picture of The Seasons seating area. Not sure why I did that, but I did. As I was coming back towards the exit area a CM from Soarin’ came up to me and asked if I wanted to ride. Wait...what? She said she saw my mom go in and wanted to know if I wanted to ride when she got off. Of course I did! Thats some pixie dust right there! I love Disney. Mom got off and away I went. I snapped this pic when I got in line It’s 9:10, park closed 10 minutes ago. This is awesome! Here’s the “line” I was in. When I got to the loading area I was by myself, besides a CM there to greet me. I went on and soared over California all by myself. Talk about an awesome experience! That is the second time in my life I have had something cool like that happen to me at EPCOT at closing time. The other one was in 2009 with my mom and sister, we caught the 9pm showing of The American Adventure all by ourselves. We could hear Illuminations going on while we were in there, but when we came out, the park was dead. I think I’ll be spending more time at EPCOT during closing time, that seems to be when the pixie dust is handed out. We went home with happy faces that night. It was a great experience. 21 days later I caught a plane out of OIA to New Orleans to head back offshore. As we were flying west I snapped two pics. The first one is of The Fort, MK, and EPCOT looking south. The lake on the left side of the picture is Bay Lake with Discovery Island in the middle, The Fort is just above it. You can see Clementine’s Beach pretty clear. The lake to the right is Seven Seas Lagoon, MK is just below it, and the WDW industrial area is just below and to the left of MK. World Dr runs down the center of the pic from above Seven Seas Lagoon. The road to see that branches off World Dr to the left on the upper third of the picture is Epcot Center Dr, with EPCOT just above it, and above EPCOT and slightly to the right is DHS. If you have trouble seeing these, I might be able to figure out the purple crayon thing. Maybe The second picture is of Mickey’s Forest which is northwest of the MK just east of US27 by Trout Lake And thats a wrap folks. Thanks for joining me on this extra long TR and Bonus Content. I will be visiting WDW between Christmas and New Years and staying at The Fort the marathon weekend of Jan 9-11. Maybe I’ll see some winter Fiends Until then...Happy Holidays! Cody Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Great TR! Really enjoyed the Maelstrom pictures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 That's the way to finish strong, Corey! That is some high quality bonus content. Good job! TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Helmsey......Todd 134 Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Awesome bonus content! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BigTom 76 Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 excellent bonus material Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beckers 1,136 Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 I never noticed the Mickey in the mural before, looks kinda like the Scream guy. Soarin' by yourself sounds awesome and creepy at the same time!Nice pics from the air! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AC in A2......Aaron 693 Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Great job Cody!I hereby vote for you to continue writing TRs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 Awesome finish, Cody! I love the pic of the two of you that your Mom took. Awesomeness. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fladogfan aka Gretchen 259 Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 OK this is first TR I've finished reading since being absent for all of December with other obligations.Loved the bonus content and the photos from the air. Never heard of the Mickey Forest before, it's cool. Thanks for taking your time to do this TR. Good job! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Littleolwoman.aka.Kristie 119 Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 What Loop Did You Stay In While At The Fort In September? What Site # Looked Like A Great Site. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FunFinder265....Cody 36 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 What Loop Did You Stay In While At The Fort In September? What Site # Looked Like A Great Site.If memory serves me well, I believe I was in site 535. The 500 loop as a whole is great, I highly recommend staying there!Cody Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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