Hanging with Earl the Squirrel and The Grinch. A Christmas TR! Updated The End*

[disneyAndi14]

I love this idea!

The scavenger hunts at USO are really fun because you have to actually solve something

Yep, I wish I had bailed on one of my rides on my last day too. UGH.

I hate when the ride goes down when I am in line, I have been one of those people walking against the crowd flow saying excuse me, leaving the ride!

I had a friend in high school whose family also hung their trees. They were Italian and said it was a tradition there?

It it interesting. I have never seen it at anyone’s home just in pictures! I figured it was squirrel way

 

[disneyAndi14]

That was one of the very few resorts I didn't make it to. I'll bet it was lovely!

The tower is beautiful and I love the decorations. Our room view was amazing. It is definitely a deluxe feel for a moderate price

LOL!!! As long as they're delicious, why not?!

I really enjoyed my kid meals!

I loved this little addition too. In fact, I think I have a photo of this same puppeteer; she's so cute!

It has become one of my favorite things to experience at AK at Christmas time. It very magical to see these puppets come to life!

 

[disneyAndi14]

I stayed at Coronado Springs back in 2013 - I liked the rooms and our stay (and the cinnamon coffees) but was a bit put off by the size of the resort. It felt huge! That said, the Grand Destino Tower looks beautiful and the rooms look so nice.

Same with Andi and I, we stayed 2x before the tower and the size of the resort was a little too much for us! When the tower was built it was a game changer for us, we love staying here! I think I have stayed here at least 5-6x now!

You had such a nice transition day! Some time at Disney Springs, some time at Animal Kingdom (I love that park!), and some time to relax in the room… perfection. I need more stomachs at Disney World to fit in things like that dole whip sundae - it looks so tasty!

It really was, I knew Susan and I would have early days and late nights so I wanted a more relaxing day and this was just perfect! The sundae was delicious and on vacation dessert for dinner AOK!

And I’m glad (but not at all shocked) that you spent some time in DinoLand. I will miss seeing that big green dinosaur at the Dino-Rama entrance - I once spent downtime at AK eating delicious Disney popcorn and people watching while sitting underneath him. It’s a nice Disney memory!

Andi and I did that often, years ago AK actually had magic hours in the evening for resort guests and talk about completely dead, we loved it. The only portions open were Dinoland and EE, haha We spent so much time hanging out in Dinoland. I have said it here a few times but one evening we rode Dinosaur 11x in a row!

Thanks for this portion of your trip report - I’ll catch you on the Disney portion once that kicks off!

Thank you so much for joining in and commenting! The next portion is up now, we hope to see you over there!