Anyone interested? Days 1, 2, 3, 4 and the end! ...

[Pgh janie]

Is anyone interested in my trip report from February?

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I'm a newbie, so please be kind :wave:

[calstitcher]

From one newbie to another, post away! I love reading all the trip reports. :)

[sdy]

Newbies Unite!!!!

Do it with speed and alacrity, please.

Judging by your Mr. Potato Head, I would say your report is going to both rock and roll.

Here's some inspiration: :banana:

[sara74]

Do it! I'm a newbie who hasn't gotten the courage up yet. Do it for me!

[Pgh janie]

The characters, only two ... Janie (me) and Norb (my hubby).

We went to Disney World once, 17 or 18 years ago.

I admit we are not Disney addicts, we are Mexico addicts. We've been to Mexico 18 times, and we are going back next week.

But variety is the spice of life, so we decided to see what was going on in Florida.

A little background of our week before our trip ...
(don't fall asleep during this part)

Norb's sister, Helen, fell last June and broke her hip.
Helen was always very independent, and she was living alone in an apartment.
After surgery and rehab it was decided that she could not live alone anymore.
She was quite frail and weak.
She needed help with bathing and dressing, and she was no longer able to cook for herself.

We told her she had two choices, go into a nursing home or come and live with us.

Helen chose to live with us ... I think it was only because I serve wine with dinner.

My husband is retired, so he would keep her company during the day.

Nursing homes have "respite care" for when the caregivers want a break or a vacation.
When we went to Mexico in November Helen went to a nursing home for a week.
So we had made arrangements for her to go again while we went to Disney World.

We were leaving for Florida on February 3rd.

On January 27th, while I was at work, Helen suffered a stroke.
Norb called 911, and she was taken to the hospital.

She was in the Neuro Intensive Care Unit for 3 days, but it didn't look too promising.
On Sunday Norb and I sat with her for over 8 hours.
That night our dear Helen passed away.

The funeral was scheduled for Thursday, and we were leaving on Friday.
I kept asking Norb if he wanted to cancel or postpone the trip, but he insisted we go.

After the week we had, running back and forth to the hospital, and two days at the
funeral home, and then the funeral, he thought we needed a break.

So we buried Norb's beloved sister, and after the wake we returned home to quickly pack,
and take care of all those last minute details.

Our minds weren't really thinking about vacation, and Norb forgot to pack any shirts!

Mi amiga, Tricia (RVGal), emailed me lots of Disney tips.
She has been there 40 ... yes 40 ... times!
What a fanatic! I can't understand people who keep returning to the same place over and over
and ... oops! Never mind! :teeth:

Tricia said to me, "I pay Mickey to make me forget the real world for awhile".

She was absolutely right ...Disney is such a fantasy world that we managed to forget our sadness for a little bit.

:surfweb: So ... on with my report ...

Friday morning we were up early and off to the airport at 6:15 a.m. in the rain.

We wore our Steeler jerseys, and we were treated like celebrities!

People at the Pittsburgh airport were hollering, "GO STEELERS" and giving us the thumbs up.
Some people were saying, "Have fun!"
Apparently those goofs thought we were going to Detroit. :confused3

I was wearing my Jerome Bettis jersey, and at the security checkpoint the guy said, "Hey, Mrs Bettis!"

OH LOOK! It's one of my favorite Steelers, Franco Harris, he's come to the airport to see us off ...

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We had a terrible flight, it was the choppiest flight we've ever been on.
Lots of turbulence due to storms.

The lady sitting in back of us was hollering for a barf bag. :sad2:

My stomach was in my throat, and there was no chance of sleeping.
Thank goodness it was only a 2 hour flight.

We landed in Orlando, and it was pouring rain.
What the heck is this? ... Isn't Florida supposed to be the Sunshine State? :sunny:

When we arrived in Orlando we got quite a welcome,
people hollering, "GO STEELERS!"
and 'HEY, PITTSBURGH, GOOD LUCK!"

All through the airport people were giving us the thumbs up :thumbsup2 and waving to us. :wave:

We loved all the support for our Steelers!

Disney resorts provide a Magical Express bus to take you from the airport to your hotel.
They also get your luggage, and it magically appears in your room ...
we didn't have to go to baggage claim ... NICE!

So we got on the bus, and in about 30 minutes we arrive at our hotel, Port Orleans - French Quarter.

The lobby ...

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Checked in, room 3129 ...

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Nice room with a small refrigerator, double sinks ... all the usual amentities, iron, ironing board,
clock radio, hair dryer, coffee maker, etc.

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I loved the soaps ...

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The wrapper was printed with Mickey's face and the phrase,
"Everybody neat and pretty? Then on with the show!"

(I repeated that phrase to Norb many, many, many times over the next few days in my
best "Minnie Mouse" squeaky voice, but he was not amused :teeth: )

Now, you probably have to be as old as me to remember THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB,
but I loved that show.

Good thing we had plastic ponchos from the Dollar Store.
Here's a helpful hint ... don't ever leave home without them!

We put on our ponchos, and took a walk around the hotel.

The Gift Shop, cause you're never leaving Disney World with any money left in your wallet ...

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Here's the entrance to the pool, it's still raining ...


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Decided to get some lunch.
The hotel has one restaurant, so it's an easy choice of where to eat ...


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It's like a big food court, with different stations serving different things, one for pasta, one for desserts, etc.
I had chicken quesidillas, and Norb had a burger and fries.
It was okay. It was amusement park food, need I say more?

We decided to go to Downtown Disney and Pleasure Island, and hopped the Disney bus.
Walked around for about 37 miles in the pouring rain.

A place to rent boats ...

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These dogs are made entirely of LEGO's ...

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and, so is this creature in the water ...

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We went to Wolfgang Puck for dinner, chicken fingers, fries and Sam Adams beer.
Then we walked about 37 more miles around Pleasure Island ...

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Pleasure Island is where all the clubs are ... House of Blues, Planet Hollywood, Bongos, etc,
it's the Disney World for adults looking for alcohol.

Everywhere we went people were yelling, "GO STEELERS!"
It made us feel good knowing a lot of people were backing our team.

Still raining, so we got the bus back to the hotel.

We stopped in the lobby bar where there was an excellent singer.

He sang songs from the 50's and 60's ... Mustang Sally, Chantilly Lace, etc.
People were dancing and singing along, and it was a fun way to end the evening.

We were exhausted and went to bed at 10:30.

Tomorrow ... EPCOT, in the rain!

[Pgh janie]

DAY TWO - SATURDAY

We were up at 6 a.m.

Got ready for the day, and went to breakfast.
The best thing we ate at the hotel was ... THE MICKEY WAFFLE!

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I had checked out a few Disney boards before our trip, and people raved about the beignets
at the French Quarter. I ordered a few one morning, they tasted like a dough ball rolled in
powdered sugar ... awful! :sad2:

After breakfast we got the bus to EPCOT.
I was quite surprised that there were no lines, and we were able to walk right in.

I LOVE this picture, because I asked the birds to pose on the railing for me,
and they all cooperated!

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First we headed to The Land, where the new attraction is SOARIN.
You sit in a seat and the floor drops, and you feel like you're hang gliding over the California coast.

The view is spectacular! :thumbsup2

You fly over Malibu, the wine country, beautiful snow covered mountains, a golf course, etc.,
ending with DisneyLand at night complete with fireworks and Tinkerbell.

It was so amazing that we rode it again.

The first week in February is a great time to go to Disney World, the occupancy is very low.

We never waited more than 5 or 10 minutes for any ride, except for Big Thunder Mountain,
and that line was only 20 minutes.

Of course, it was still raining, so that may have kept the crowds down.

After Soarin we went to see The Circle of Life.

Is anything cuter than the Lion King? I think not!

We started walking toward the World Showcase ...

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One of the many tips that Tricia gave me was to call ahead for meal reservations.

So I did, and we had lunch reservations at the San Angel Inn at the Mexican pavillion ...
being Mexico addicts, where else would we eat?

We all know what this is ...

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Mi esposo loco ...

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"No, Norb, you are not buying a sombrero!"

Some of the lovely (and expensive) Animales Fantasticos, wood carvings of Oaxaca ...

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And, of course, margaritas ...

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We enjoyed our lunch, chips & salsa, tortilla soup and Tacos Al Pastor.
There was also a mariachi band.

Then we rode the boat through Mexico.

After the boat ride, we walked to Norway ...

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and we rode the Maelstrom, a boat trip through the Viking era.

Norb liked the shops here, as you can see ...

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Next we headed to China ...

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We watched a film about China, with stunning pictures.

Finally, the sun came out! :sunny:

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Next was Germany, where you could get a German beer for $7.50 a glass, since neither
one of us are beer afficionados, we decided against paying that.

We were going to do the wine tasting in the German pavillion,
but there were too many people in line, and only one girl working there, and she seemed frazzled.

Next was Italy, then to the USA pavillion, where we watched the American Adventure.

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On to Japan, and beautiful parasols, ala memoirs of a geisha ...

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By the time we walked 37 miles to this side of the World Showcase we were getting tired,
and I didn't take many more pictures, or notes.

Norb enjoyed watching this belly dancer in Morocco ...

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France was next, then the United Kingdom. A lovely pub ...

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Next was Canada ...

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We had dinner reservations at Le Cellier in the Canadian pavillion.
The restaurant was nice inside, with a friendly staff.

We started with a Pinot Grigio, and then breadsticks and cheddar cheese soup, the soup was delicious!
We ordered N.Y. strip steaks, which were just okay.

The gardens at the Canadian pavillion were beautiful ...

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After dinner we went to The Living Seas, and watched a very cute show, Turtle Talk.

Then we rode Spaceship Earth.

Back to the hotel on the bus, with a stop at the lobby bar to rest our feet and have a few drinks before heading to our room.

We love EPCOT, there's so much to see and do.

Tomorrow ... SUPER BOWL SUNDAY ... YAHOO!!! :banana: :banana:

[riopooh]

Great report and great pictures!!

Keep it coming!

[Pgh janie]

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY - DAY 3 :banana:

We woke up early, and got ready for the day.

We put on our STEELER jerseys!
It's SUPER BOWL SUNDAY, and we are soooo excited!

We went to the restaurant, and just had a very light breakfast.
I had a banana and coffee, and Norb got a cinnamon bun and coffee.

We're still thinking about where we will watch the game.
We heard that people were lining up at ESPN at 9 a.m.!
NO WAY are we doing that!

We took a little walk around the hotel, although it was chilly,
we were happy that it stopped raining ...

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Norb's ready for the big game ...

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Another view of the pool ...

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The gardens are lovely ...

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The French Quarter is on the Sassagoula River ...

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I was going to title my report
NORB TRIES ON HATS ...

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do you like this one?

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I prefer this one ...

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how about this one?

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ooh, a birthday hat ...

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this one is magical ...

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Aren't ya tired of looking at Norb?

I KNOW I AM!

So ... here's one of ME ...

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awwwww, the bride Minnie ears, goes so well with the Jerome Bettis football jersey,
don't ya think? ...

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After about an hour of trying on hats, we were politely asked to leave the store,
and told never to come back. :sad2:

I'm just stalling, because I don't remember what we did all morning.

We took a bus to Downtown Disney again, and went shopping.

Can you find me in this picture?

Not Where's Waldo, but Where's the Steeler Fan?

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Lots of stores ...

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Soda fountain and chocolate store ...

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We bought our grandson a Mr. Potato Head with lots of Disney accessories ...

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and we had a great lunch at the Rainforest Cafe.

I'll have a mudslide, please ...

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We stuffed ourselves with ribs ... yum!

Enough shopping, let's go back to the hotel.

In the lobby bar they were setting up more t.v.s, so we decided to get a good seat, and just stay here.

It was 3:30, and we picked our table right up front.
Another family from Pittsburgh arrived, and sat next to us.
We all spread out our Terrible Towels, and settled in for the pre-game shows.

By the time the game started, the bar was packed with people.

We had a great time, drinking and snacking and cheering.

We all loved the commercial of the Steelers practicing saying, "I'm going to Disney World",
then the whole bar would yell, "I'm AT Disney World!" :rotfl:

Well, in case you haven't heard, our Steelers WON the SUPER BOWL!!! :banana:

Could we be any happier? I THINK NOT!!!


TOMORROW ... THE MGM STUDIO!

[DisneyFan09]

I'm loving your report, especially the pictures!! I love Norb's hats!!

[My2BabiesLexis&Dill]

I'm loving your report. Can't wait to finish reading the rest of it. I just LOVE the pic's with yall trying the hats on..sooo funny!

[mmeads4]

Pgh Janie- loved your report and the pics. Looks like you guys had a really great time. Thanks!
All goes to show a picture is worth a 1000 words!

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[tweedlewtwinsmama]

I love all of your great pics. Have any more? Great report :thumbsup2

[calstitcher]

Fantastic report! I love Norb in all the hats! :)

[DISchick]

I love the hat pictures! More, please.....reports AND hats! :Pinkbounc
Thanks!

[Disney5Mom]

Great report! Love your pictures!

[Pgh janie]

The people on this board are sooooooo sweet! :love:
Thank you for all of your kind comments!


MGM STUDIOS - DAY 4

Woke up and got ready to start the day.

Had a light breakfast, yogurt, banana and coffee, and headed to the bus stop.

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We arrived at MGM Studio ...

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Headed to the Twilight Zone Tower Of Terror ...

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Inside the "hotel" ... spooky ...

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It was so much fun that we rode it again!

Next we headed to the Great Movie Ride ...

You ride through soundstage sets of Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, Aliens, etc.
No flash photography allowed.

Then the Backlot Tour ...

Here you see how they do special effects, the props, costumes, etc.
You ride through a thunderstorm, earthquake, fire and flood,
You see some sets, such as the streets of New York ...

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We went to see Lights! Motors! Action! Extreme Stunt Show.

Cars and motorcylces in chases, stunts, fires, explosions ... very exciting!

We saw the Muppet 3D Vision ... so darn cute!

And then we went to play Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

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Every seat has a keypad, so everyone has an equal chance of competing.

The host told us that a 2 year old won the fastest finger once, because he was just pushing the buttons randomly!

If you would win the Grand Prize, you don't get a million dollars, but you could win a Disney cruise.

Unfortunately, we were too slow, and we didn't get into the hot seat.

The people who did get into the hot seat answered a few questions correctly,
but unfortunately, they didn't go too far.
What were the prizes? ... what else? ... a hat!

We had dinner reservations at the Brown Derby.

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Very old Hollywood, with pictures of the stars all over the walls ...

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We had a delicous meal and friendly service.
We had drinks, and appetizers of scallops and crabcakes.

For entrees we had salmon and grouper, and for dessert, cheesecake and the Happiest Celebration on Earth, a chocolate delight!

Probably the best meal in The World!
I mean Disney World.

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The meal was close to $100.00, not including the tip, but that included reserved seat tickets
to the show this evening, Fantasmic!

FANTASMIC WAS FANTASTIC! Lots of lasers and music and special effects and Disney characters ... very enjoyable!

After the show we went back to the hotel, stopped in the lobby bar for a few drinks, and hit the sack!

All of this fresh air and cool weather really makes ya tired.


Tomorrow ... THE MAGIC KINGDOM!

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[MagicMe]

I'm just loving your trip report. I loved the hat pictures :rotfl2: ! We did alot of hat pictures when we were down last Sept. I actually read this as a tip on the DIS boards that rather than trying to decide on just one hat to purchase, I took pictures of my DS and his GF trying on the various hats from the normal ears to the funniest ones (including a beret in Paris and a beaded hat in Morocco!) We had the best fun with it!! :banana:

Can't wait to hear more.

[ArielDreams]

I agree the hats were great! I'm enjoying reading your report... can't wait for the next installment!

[gopack]

Your pictures are great. I am in the market for a new camera and was wondering what kind you have. The one with the birds and the Epcot ball in the background is a terrific picture.

[MomofCKJ]

Loving your report, I am glad you decided to write it! And the pics of Norb are great! Disney should pick him up and put him in an ad campaign! The pic of him in the Goofy hat just had me grinning ear to ear! You two sound like fun! More please!

Allyson

[heaven2dc]

Am so glad you decided to go ahead and take this trip (we all are enjoying your report and pics - esp Norb's hat pics). WDW is just the place to take your mind off sad things in life and picks you up (also am so glad the Steelers won too!)

Can't wait to read more!! :thumbsup2

[chanty]

Thank you for the report!
Can't wait for the next one.

[LoriLea]

Great report! I love your pictures of Norb! DH is making breakfast and wondering why I'm laughing out loud!
Lori

[Minniespal]

Enjoying ~ Thanx for sharing.

[lkgraham27]

So nice to see some Steeler pride living large at WDW!

[Pgh janie]

First I want to say THANK YOU for reading my report.

And, thank you for your kind comments!
I didn't know how much interest there would be in a trip taken by two old people :rotfl:

I lurked on this board before our trip, and I loved reading all of YOUR trip reports, so thank you!

My camera is a Canon Power Shot A510, I like it because it's simple to use.


DISNEY WORLD - DAY 5

Woke up and got ready for the day.
Had breakfast at the hotel again.

C'mon, let's get on the bus, and go to
THE MAGIC KINGDOM!

We arrived at the gate, and headed down Main Street to Cinderella's Castle.

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A statue of Walt and Mickey ...

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Another view of the castle ...

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I have no idea who or what this is ...

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Help me out here ...

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Blue Bear? ...

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I really should have written some notes!

We headed to TOMORROW LAND, and rode SPACE MOUNTAIN,
That was a mistake!
Eighteen years ago I loved it, but now ... we had a hard time just getting in and out of the "spaceship"!

Let's find something tame! We rode Tomorrow Land's transit authority, which is an elevated train.
Ah, nice and smooth.

Next we went to see STITCH'S GREAT ESCAPE.
Didn't like it!
You're trapped in a seat, with a bar on top of your shoulders.

They pump smells into rides at Disney, mostly pleasant smells, but the chili dog odor in here was making me gag!

(At least I think it was a pumped in smell, although it could have been Norb.)
Whew, I was glad to get out of there!

Let's go to MICKEY'S TOONTOWN!

The teacups ...

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So cute to see grown men spinning around in a teacup with their little children!
But Norb refused to ride with me.

The Flying Dumbo ride ...

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We didn't ride this, either. We don't like anything that goes round and round. We prefer to get dizzy from alcohol.

I turned around and didn't see Norb. Oh, I should have known ... he's in Minnie's house!!!

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Here she comes, the apple of his eye ...

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Well, two can play at this game. I think I'll leave those two alone, and I'll just go over to Mickey's house ...

Here's Mickey's bedroom, I love the drawer full of white gloves ...

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And here's his backyard garden ...

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Apparently, Mickey doesn't know about Minnie and Norb's indiscretions,
or maybe he does know, and he's just smiling through his tears ...

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Next we rode the railroad, another nice slow ride.
Then it was time for some lunch.
We headed toward FANTASYLAND ... no, it's not what you think! (Norb was quite disappointed!)

We stopped at Pinocchio's Village Inn for chicken fingers and fries.

Then we rode PETER PAN'S FLIGHT ...

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SNOW WHITE'S SCARY ADVENTURE, which wasn't really scary.
Awwww, the prince is going to wake her with a kiss ...

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Then we went to see MICKEY'S PHILHARMAGIC, another very entertaining 3-D movie.

Did we ride IT'S A SMALL WORLD?
ABSOLUTELY NOT! :sad2:
That song is still stuck in my head from 18 years ago!

Next we headed to LIBERTY SQUARE, and went to THE HALL OF PRESIDENTS.
Very impressive, all of the U.S. Presidents on the stage, moving and speaking.
Sorry, no flash photography allowed.

After that we went to ride THE HAUNTED MANSION, I love this ride!
At the end there is a ghost riding in the car with you ... very well done!

We headed towards FRONTIERLAND, and we rode BIG THUNDER MOUNTAIN RAILROAD.
This was the longest we waited in line, about 20 minutes.

We skipped SPLASH MOUNTAIN, because you really do get wet, and it was not that warm.
We watched for a while ...

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Then we rode the railroad again.

The last stop was ADVENTURELAND.

We rode PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, and THE JUNGLE CRUISE ... both great!

Elephants on the Jungle Cruise ...

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Entertainment on Main Street ...

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We decided to head back to the hotel for a little rest.
I think we walked about 37 miles today.

We took the bus back to the hotel, and after a nap we decided to go back to Downtown Disney for dinner.

We got to the Rainforest Cafe, and there was an hour wait for a table.
We waited, because we really wanted ribs again.

Had another delicious meal, then back to the hotel with a stop in the lobby bar.

Excellent singer and sax player ...

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Soon it was time to get some sleep.

Our trip is over, and the next morning we had time for some breakfast before being picked up on the Magical Express bus, and taken to the airport.

We had a great time in Disney World!

The first week in February was a good time to go, very low crowds, hardly any lines.

Like I said at the beginning of my report, we are Mexico addicts. In fact we are packing for our 19th trip to the Yucatan.

But a short winter trip to Disney World was just what we needed. I just wish the weather would have been a little warmer.

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THE END!

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:)

[noseybuddy]

Really enjoyed reading your trip report. Great pics and it wasn't too long. :thumbsup2

[Philadisney]

loved your report and all the pictures!! thank you for sharing, have fun in mexico!

[javamom]

Great report, I particularly appreciated the lovely pics. I am thinking that if my hubby and I ever take an adults-only trip, we should stay POFQ.

Thanks, and sorry that you both had such a loss right before your trip.

[tiki23]

Thank you for sharing!

[averill94]

Thanks so much for sharing
Sorry to hear about Helen.
I loved the pics- What a good sport Norb is!
Thanks for making me smile:)

[OhMari]

Love the quote, I'm going to Disney World," "We are at Disney World"

Thanks for all the pictures, you did a great job.

[sara74]

Enjoyed reading your report (and the pictures too!) I just wish your stay was longer so the report was too!

So sorry about Helen, WDW seems like it was the break from reality that you needed.

Thanks for sharing!

[burly]

Thank you for the trip report and the pics. I went to Mexico for the first time last year, the Yucatan, Playa Del Carmen, I can see why your hooked. Next up for me WDW with the sis, and then back to Playa with the hubby. Kim