Pre-Trip Report: Labor Day Weekend, Birthday, Mother/Son Trip (August/September 2025) — Where I Long To Be: A Magical Trip Report Podcast

Virginia sits down with Alex to talk through the plans for their upcoming Labor Day Weekend Mother/Son trip in honor of Virginia’s birthday. They will be staying at All-Star Sports on their arrival day and taking advantage of the free water park day at Blizzard Beach (a first time for both the resort and that water park). For the remainder of the trip, they will be staying at Pop Century Resort, getting in plenty of park time (especially at Epcot), and have tickets for the DVC Moonlight Magic party at Hollywood Studios.

Trip Dates: August 29 - September 2, 2025
Pre-Trip Interview: recorded 8/26/25

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For this trip, we used the services of Melissa Powell with Orange Grove Travel who I have known for more than 20 years! If you are looking for help planning your own vacation, please reach out to her! Follow her on Instagram (@here_for_the_magic), Facebook (@MelissaOrangeGroveTravelCompany), or shoot her an email at melissa.powell@orangegrovetravel.com. To get to know Melissa a little better, please check out the trip report she did on the podcast for her own mother/son trip out to Disneyland!
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People mentioned in this podcast:
- Disney Dames - Chrissy (@cecagg), Jeanette (@pixiejeanette), Maria (@mrsbobo428), and Nanci (@nancibat3)
- Sachi & Fordy - @manhattan_to_mainstreet
- Chris - @trumpet_squid (Instagram) or @trumpet_squid (TikTok)

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