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09-04-2009, 05:10 PM
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| Community Rank: Navigator   Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia, Canada
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| Our Month in Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, Key West, Cocoa Beach and WDW! August 02 - Aug 29, 2009! Cast: me, DD 24, and DD 19 who meets up with us part way thru. Aug 2: Well I decided to try doing a TR, don't know if I'm any good at this but thought I'd give it a whirl! We left 8/2 for the 3 hr. drive to Seattle, with a stop at Premium Outlets  of course. My car just veers into the parking lot all by its self, what could I do? Sadly nothing called my name so w continued on to Springhill Suites for our overnight stay before 6AM flight to Ft. Lauderdale  Fortunately there is a Bahama Breeze quite near our hotel for dinner!Aug 3: Wow 3:30 A.M. comes early! We manage to get ourselves up, and downstairs for our 4:00 A.M. airport shuttle, but yikes, Front Desk has no record of one being ordered. Which I did of course when I checked in. Oops! So they ordered me a cab, and payed for it. We got to Ft. Lauderdale without mishap! But the Car Rental counters were nuts We had res. with Dollar and Budget. I'm glad I kept the back up with Budget cause Dollar was awful. I reserved a mid-size with 3 peoples luggage to transport from Ft. Lauderdale to Orlando, we need something with trunk room. Dollar was going to give us a Mustang or PT Cruiser for a mid size, neither of which has any trunk room at all  So off to Budget I went, and ended up with a Saturn View SUV  loads of luggage room! Got to my mom's condo with a stop to Publix for supplies! Then a swim in the pool to relax! We are finally there! IMG_1668.jpg
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09-04-2009, 08:02 PM
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| RED SOX NATION!!  Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Connecticut
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| Well I must say you had better luck with Budget than us. I too reserved an intermediate, and was going to get a PT Cruiser or HHR, both of which I knew didn't have enough trunk space. He gave us a Corolla instead, which we BARELY fit everything! More please! 
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09-04-2009, 08:12 PM
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| Community Rank: Scout   Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Northern New Jersey
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| I'm so glad you decided to do a TR. I have family all over FL too so I'm especially glad to hear about your travels.
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09-04-2009, 10:11 PM
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| Community Rank: Trailblazer   Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: new york
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| more please
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09-04-2009, 10:41 PM
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09-04-2009, 10:44 PM
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| Quote:
 Sorry you didn't have good luck with Budget. I've always had good luck with the rental counter in Ft. Lauderdale Airport, we usually drive up to WDW from there, and return home from MCO.
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09-04-2009, 10:59 PM
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| Community Rank: Navigator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia, Canada
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| Aug 4 Taking care of business! Mom no longer lives in her condo unit, we had to move her a couple of years ago to assisted living. So the condo sits empty, except when me & family comes down to visit. Soooo, I am renting it to a cousin. Part of the reason I'm down in Fla. Getting condo ready for renting. Today I had appt. with air-conditioner and dry wall guys. Need a new air conditioner unit and have to repair ceiling around vent. Went to Walmart to get some stuff for mom, and had a visit with her. Came back to condo for a late swim, and some dinner. Phoned PPer Lorraine, who lives near by to make plans to meet, then went to bed. Not used to time change yet!Aug 5 Visited mom and took her out for Pie & coffee at a nearby dinner, Lesters, that has fab. desserts! Key Lime Pie for me I don't get it at home, so I order it every chance I get in Florida! Low Pressure system headed this way the weather man says. Heard thunder, but so far nada for rain. Not that I'm complaining! Went out for Italian with DD & cousin! The early bird special was on until 8:00 pm 
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09-04-2009, 10:59 PM
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| Batman's Gal/Mickey's Pal  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Owensboro, KY USA
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| Great start! Can't wait for more!
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09-04-2009, 11:18 PM
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| Wishing I was at WDW!  Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Northern Indiana USA
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| One month vacation.....that sounds wonderful! Great start! I can't wait for more!
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09-04-2009, 11:35 PM
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| Wishing upon a Star_bucks  Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: In the state of Disney Dreaming!
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| August 2 and 3 Okay... Can't go any further without saying - take the Mustang!!!! Are you crazy?! One time I ordered the cheapest car from Budget - arrived late at night and they had nothing in my category all the way up to -  a Mustang!!! I was in heaven! Of course, there were only 2 of us, but still! Okay...I can move on now. Bahama Breeze. Ummm...did you have coconut shrimp for me? So glad the hotel paid for your cab! We'll just move right on by that SUV thing. I  how you hopped into the pool! That's definitely something I would do!And , your trip report is great so far. (Although I'm dreading the post about a certain evil snack.)
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 Would it help if I told you I had a M Bar too?
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09-05-2009, 02:13 AM
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| Community Rank: Traveler   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla
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| Thanks for starting your TR, I live in Ft.Lauderdale too, have family in most of your destinations too. So I will enjoy hearing how much you enjoyed {or Not} our State!! LOL LouigiAnne |
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Cast : me, DD 24, and DD 19 who meets up with us part way thru.
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