A GRAND holiday getaway--Tons of Pics! UPDATE: Last night..FIINISHED! 4-20 [Archive] - The DIS Discussion Forums

MA pigletfan

12-02-2007, 06:25 PM

Part ONE:

Why hello and thank you for stopping by! :goodvibes

This is my first EVER TR and I couldn't be more excited..I am planning on making this a combo TR/Dining Review/Adventure so I hope you stick around..because ANYTHING could happen...hmm..that is a true statement, since I haven't even left yet....anyhoo...I digress...;)

I guess I will start with the ole faithful TR starters....
Das' Cast:

ME/Gina

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( this was taken at NINE DRAGONS this past June..)
I am an avid Dis'er here, I follow lots of other TRs and such and love the Dissapearing Peeps Thread ( SHOUT OUT! ;) ) I am actually currently unemployed ( CUE Wa-Wa-WAhhhhhhh music) BUT will be working in the mortgage industry starting in January ( YAY!!!...gotta pay for WDW somehow!)

and my partner in crime, in and out of the WORLD:
my boyfriend/Greg

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(Pic is from June trip...at illuminations..with a lovely Norwegian beer as a prop)

He is a firefighter :firefight and puts up with my Dising :surfweb: ...how can i not love him :love: Seriously though, after our first trip in June together, I do believe he is hooked on the house of Mouse...YAY for me! :banana: He is also a bit of a computer geek..so if i run into technical dificulties here..he's my man! ;)

OK you've got the cast...let us set the scene...

Well in June we had a lovely 7 night stay here:

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The Poly!!! So pretty..and the monorail ROCKED...
We were a little let down by the cleanliness or lack thereof but LOVED the monorail access so we put our little heads together :chat: and decided on:

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THE GF!!!!! For the longest time I always thought it was soo stuffy and decorated like a Nana's attic...but after actually seeing it firsthand...we both thought it was so, well, GRAND...and at Xmas time..it seemed like a great idea :idea: ..so off we went to AAA and booked our Holiday get-away!!

I must leave you for now...but tune in soon for more EXCITING details like
When does this trip take place?
What will we be doing??
Will the Pats remain undefeated after Monday's game??..ok, that has nothing to do with our trip..but HEY I am curious myself ;)

MA pigletfan

12-02-2007, 09:58 PM

Ok after a brief interlude I am back!

Where did I leave off....:scratchin oh yes...WHEN and WHAT are we going to be up to!

Our travel dates are December 6th through the 10th...we have a SUPER early flight out of Logan and should get to MCO around 10ish, a little before I believe....and we are taking what I think is the next best thing to Dr. Who's Tardis ( PLEASE tell me someone gets that...) to reach the GF....the MAGICAL EXPRESS!
Here we are in June just getting on:
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Yah, we can be super goofy...

It's Disney...It happens. :rolleyes:

SO....ideally we will be whisked away to the GF, and since we are staying in Sugarloaf ( Club Level BABY!!!!) we are hoping that we can just quickly change into some Disney appropriate clothes...since its actually SNOWING here right now, I have a feeling we will be boarding that plane in jeans and other warm apparel..and leave our carry on bags at the concierge desk and head out. We will probably grab something light to eat in the lounge too..hey..why not!!??

I think we will be going to AK that morning...when we went in June it was SOOO unbearably hot that we only spent about 3 hours there total..which bummed me out because i LOVE AK. I did get to ride EE..but to be honest, i think there were 2 factors that did me in for that ride in June...#1 Donald's Breakfast right before...Exhibit A:
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and the EXTREME HEAT that day... I vowed never to ride again :scared: ...so we shall see if Greg can talk me into conquering the Yeti or if i wuss out! ( Sidenote: check out Greg's CRAZY EYES in that picture with Pluto..there might be a goosing going on there...)

We will probably head back to the hotel for a little rest and munchies if need be..and to check and see if our luggage made it to our room or not...and then I think we will hit Epcot that night for some of this:

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this: (mmmm Tangerine cafe')
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and finally...this!...

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Ok...i am planning on us SEEING the actual Illuminations show..I have yet to take good Fireworks pics..unlike our fellow Dis'er Lynda (aka Disneyfreak..she takes AWESOME firework pics!)...but that is one of my goals..take at least 1 decent Boom-Boom picture!

I guess that will do it for our day 1 plans..stay tuned for what we have in store for day 2.. I will leave you with...It will begin with a trip around the world and end with cookies and a castle ;)Till next time...here is a picture that is Disney..but weather-wise could be here right now!

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punkin413

12-02-2007, 10:13 PM

am i first????? oh.....i do hope so! (although i've always wondered what i win for that???) i can't wait to read more about your plans and then about the actual trip once you return! :goodvibes

cc1075

12-02-2007, 10:50 PM

oops - I'm in for second prize !!!:cool1: Found you on Brenda's food report - and I'm looking forward to reading about your trip! Not long now. Have a great time - take lots of pictures - Disney great - but be sure you are in them too!!

Of the food - you eating the food - - lots of lip smacking picutres!!

I have 3 1/2 months to go - so have fun for me while you are there also!!!:yay:

cc

Wonders10

12-03-2007, 09:06 AM

It looks great so far...I'm so excited for you to see the GF at Christmas. It is amazing! And I'm excited to hear about Club level at GF. Question...is sugar loaf still considered "light"? I thought I read that it was upgraded to full concierge services awhile ago. Just curious.

Looking forward to more popcorn::

MA pigletfan

12-03-2007, 10:05 AM

am i first????? oh.....i do hope so! (although i've always wondered what i win for that???) i can't wait to read more about your plans and then about the actual trip once you return! :goodvibes
Hi Dawn!! :wave2: Thanks for joining in..you are most definitely first ;)...Once i figure out what prize goes to first..I'll get it to you! :thumbsup2 lol

oops - I'm in for second prize !!!:cool1: Found you on Brenda's food report - and I'm looking forward to reading about your trip! Not long now. Have a great time - take lots of pictures - Disney great - but be sure you are in them too!!

Of the food - you eating the food - - lots of lip smacking picutres!!

I have 3 1/2 months to go - so have fun for me while you are there also!!!:yay:

cc
Hi there! Thanks for joining me!
Oh rest assured there will be TONS of pics..food especially..I will be listing our ADRS in my next update..so stay tuned...3 1/2 months will go SOO quickly for you..dont' you worry!! :goodvibes

It looks great so far...I'm so excited for you to see the GF at Christmas. It is amazing! And I'm excited to hear about Club level at GF. Question...is sugar loaf still considered "light"? I thought I read that it was upgraded to full concierge services awhile ago. Just curious.

Looking forward to more popcorn::

Hi Shannon! :)
SO good to "see" you here on my first try at this TR stuff ;)
From what I hear the SL concierge has the same offerings as the "big league" RPC in the main building...I will be sure to give a detailed description of all the fun when I return..believe me, I am looking forward to the "twilight cocktails" ;)

I'll be back later today to finish up the Itenerary list..and fill you in on the FUN ADR's we have in store!!

ncsjodi

12-03-2007, 02:38 PM

DisneyLaura

12-03-2007, 04:44 PM

Hi Gina :wave2: Glad you started a TR and can't wait for all the details when you get back of course being a peep member the food pictures too.:lmao: Yeah for you that you only have three more days:cool1:

MA pigletfan

12-03-2007, 05:11 PM

Just subbing. We'll be there at the same time as you! We stayed at the GF 10 years ago on our Disneymoon, but since we're now DVC members, we're staying at BCV and AKV this time around. You mentioned cookies and snow, so what day are you attending MVMCP? We're going Sunday the 9th. Of course, that's during the Colts game, but I'm not worried. It's only Baltimore. But of course, I'm rooting for Baltimore tonight.... :laughing:

Hope you have an awesome trip. Looks like the weather is going to be good. My DH and I have started a pre-trippy a well (see link below). I'm hoping to get some good food pics for a dining report too.

Maybe we'll see you around over the weekend!

Jodi
HI!! Oh you found me out..cookies and snow def. means MVMCP ;) We are going on the 7th..Part of me thinks we are crazy for going on a Friday night, but it was really the only night that worked for us..so we shall see! I am VERY excited though!
I will have to check out your Pretrip too..i hope there are pics so i can keep an eye peeled for you!:goodvibes
Oh and I won't hold it against you being a Colts fan...I was just at Patriot Place today here in MA, aka .."the house that Brady built" lol.

Hi Gina :wave2: Glad you started a TR and can't wait for all the details when you get back of course being a peep member the food pictures too.:lmao: Yeah for you that you only have three more days:cool1:

Hi Laura!
Thanks for joining in! I am sooo excited about the trip..and don't fret..food pics will be abundant..isn't that so ridiculous, I am trying to lose weight..really i am..just not this week ;)

MA pigletfan

12-03-2007, 06:31 PM

Ok ....let me finish with my itenerary..I believe I only got as far as day 1...How's that for suspense.

Ok Day 2 Dec. 7th...we have the Segway Tour planned for the morning in Epcot..I am so excited!..yet i must say nervous that I will be a Segway failure and tip the whole thing over and end up swimming in the World Showcase Lagoon..I suppose there are worst places to land...
We also have our first ADR for lunch at the new Teppan Edo
AND MVMCP that night!!! :santa: ...I am so looking forward to this. I know its gotten mixed reviews but I am still pumped about it snowing on Main Street and the Xmas madness!

Day 3 Saturday Dec 8th We have a.m. ressies for Crystal Palace..gotta meet Piglet!
We will probably hit MGM at some point this day and see the Osborne Lights..we also have tentative Ressies for Narcoosies that night as well...we went in June:

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I can't remember the drink I am holding in that pic..but it was good..and the meal here was AWESOME! I do hope we make our ressies and go again.

Day 4 ( last full day..:sad1: ) I def. want to do whatever else we feel like we missed or rushed on and hit Downtown Disney to do some Xmas shopping ( OH I LOVE the Christmas store they have there!!)..and then we have my prize ADR: California Grill! :) We have never been and I am really looking forward to it!

Day 5: Bye Bye WDW ...we have a mid afternoon flight so maybe we will, by we i mean I WILL do some more shopping before we have to leave the magic and head back to the cold world of MA.....:rolleyes:

So there are are plans kids! ( oh i am sorry..that was very Rachel Ray of me..:sad2: )..I will still be posting till we leave with tidbits and pics from our June trip to tide me over...and oh yah, keep an audience i hope :)

punkin413

12-03-2007, 06:47 PM

good luck with the segway! i know i'd totally tip that thing over. :rotfl2: i wanna see pics!

and i LOVE narcoossee's too! i hope you guys make it to your ressie.

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you look very pretty in this picture! :goodvibes

NO........NO RACHEL RAY!!!!!!! :scared1:

DisneyLaura

12-03-2007, 08:06 PM

So there are are plans kids! ( oh i am sorry..that was very Rachel Ray of me..:sad2: )..I will still be posting till we leave with tidbits and pics from our June trip to tide me over...and oh yah, keep an audience i hope :)

Is it bad that I like Rachel Ray. Can't wait for the pictures.

cc1075

12-03-2007, 08:26 PM

punkin413

12-03-2007, 09:31 PM

Is it bad that I like Rachel Ray.

it's not BAD necessarily......the girl just drives me crazy. she's a spaz! she needs to take some ritalin! :laughing: i saw some olive oil with her picture on it the other day at kroger and it was actually called EVOO. i almost swore of kroger forever. :lmao:

monymony3471

12-04-2007, 05:22 AM

Except for dinning at the GF, I don't see myself ever staying there. Boy would that be nice, but not with 4 kids. Mybe one day when DH and I are retired?

I'll just experience it through your TR.

I'm on board.

We did MVMCP last year and it was so much fun. Really. You will have a blast!

DisneyLaura

12-04-2007, 06:29 AM

it's not BAD necessarily......the girl just drives me crazy. she's a spaz! she needs to take some ritalin! :laughing: i saw some olive oil with her picture on it the other day at kroger and it was actually called EVOO. i almost swore of kroger forever. :lmao:

:lmao: DH hates when she says EVOO and then says the whole thing. It drives him nuts. But I have to agree she needs something to tone it down sometimes.

MA pigletfan

12-04-2007, 09:57 PM

[QUOTE=MA pigletfan;22029260]

Ok Day 2 Dec. 7th...we have the Segway Tour planned for the morning in Epcot..I am so excited!..yet i must say nervous that I will be a Segway failure and tip the whole thing over and end up swimming in the World Showcase Lagoon..I suppose there are worst places to land...
You will love the Segway - - you will not tip over and will not end up in the Lagoon - - - even I could do it - and it is great - great - great !!

Day 3 Saturday Dec 8th[/COLOR] We have a.m. ressies for Crystal Palace..gotta meet Piglet!

One of my favorites - - - - - Please give Pooh a big hug - - and eat lots an lots and lots and lots!! Screw the diet !! Eat lots!!

Awesome! I am really looking forward to the Segways!!!
I will be sure to give Pooh a nice big squeeze..and roll myself out of CP :lmao:

it's not BAD necessarily......the girl just drives me crazy. she's a spaz! she needs to take some ritalin! :laughing: i saw some olive oil with her picture on it the other day at kroger and it was actually called EVOO. i almost swore of kroger forever. :lmao:
:lmao: :lmao: That is too funny...she is EVERYWHERE! :scared1:

Except for dinning at the GF, I don't see myself ever staying there. Boy would that be nice, but not with 4 kids. Mybe one day when DH and I are retired?

I'll just experience it through your TR.

I'm on board.

We did MVMCP last year and it was so much fun. Really. You will have a blast!
Thanks for joining in!! I never really planned on staying GF myself, but I am actually really looking forward to it!

:lmao: DH hates when she says EVOO and then says the whole thing. It drives him nuts. But I have to agree she needs something to tone it down sometimes.
HA. The EVOO thing is a bit much, my dad says her mouth is so big and reminds him of the Chucky Doll from Child's play...I think that is pretty funny...:rotfl:

MA pigletfan

12-04-2007, 10:41 PM

HELLO!!!!!!!

Ok So i am KINDA bouncing off the walls right now...:yay: 2 days left..not even because on Thursday our car picks us up at 4 am for the airport! :eek: That is EAAAAARRRRLLLLLY!! But so worth it.

I still have to pack and take this fine animal down to my parents house so they can watch him:

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That is Chief..in his Holiday Finest..and if you look behind him you will see Molly, our cat..actually here is a better pic of our fuzzy feline:
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doesn't she look SOOO happy in her get up? Wait..she looks even more thrilled here:

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Now THAT is a happy cat! :rolleyes:

Before you call PETA, we really do love our animals, they are our fur babies and this is the only time of year we "torture them" with outfits..other than Chief's Red Sox Jersey. BUT that's it...untill I find them disney outfits that fit them :rolleyes1

So like I said Chief is being shipped off to "camp Joe and Anita"..aka my parent's house ..and Molly will stay at our house with Greg's brother who is house sitting...pretty good deal :thumbsup2

And now for your random viewing pleasure...Troy Aikman outside of Pirates of the Caribbean last June!
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Funny huh? And the kicker is it was BARELY raining and here is the big tough retired football player with a PONCHO on...you would never see a former Patriot like that...just saying ;) ..it was a cool sighting though because after we saw him we got to see "Johnny" on POTC ..fun stuff!

You know what, all this typing has made me thirsty..:drinking1 lets look at a few drinks from WDW to quench it shall we?! YES I say...we shall!! :)
First..we have what i believe was my FAVORITE Beverage from the world..the Delicious the Delightful the DEADLY Raspberry Mojito from the Tambu Lounge at the Poly:
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Sweet, refreshing and so pretty!! I probably had about 5 of these puppies during our stay there. One of them was in a plastic cup that we took out to the beach and sat on the hammock with...Probably one of my favorite memories actually...just me and Greg, a lovely cocktail, a perfect view of Cinderella Castle :love: ...who said that Disney World is just for kids??
Ok, still thirsty...Check out this bad boy: Frozen Mocha latte and a chocolate croissant from Main Street Bakery!:
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YUM-MO ( THAT comment was especially for Dawn and Laura...lol :rotfl: )
But in all seriousness...that was a GOOD sugar rush right there.
Now that I think of it...I believe it was consumed after the "Magic Behind the Steam Trains Tour"..oh look a picture from that! :
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Greg is the train person between us..but it was still fun for me too...The most fun was going through toontown when it was just about to open and seeing the characters walking around waiting for their adoring public..I felt like a Paparazzi taking this one!

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So cute!
Ok well its getting late and I have a big ole day of packing, dog delivering, and various other pre-disney things to do tommorow so i suppose i should hit the hay for now...am i whining..I hope not, but just in case, here is some cheese to go with that "whine"
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Yachtsman Steakhouse cheese to be exact ;)
I shall be back tommorow with some final thoughts! :)

cc1075

12-04-2007, 11:24 PM

Have a great, great trip. Don't forget to act properly at the GF!! We will be waiting for you to come back!!

member - - lots of pictures - - - lots of food!!:yay:

my2boysrtwicethefun

12-05-2007, 08:31 AM

I hope you have a great time. I can't wait for you to get back and share all the details.

MA pigletfan

12-05-2007, 12:18 PM

Have a great, great trip. Don't forget to act properly at the GF!! We will be waiting for you to come back!!

member - - lots of pictures - - - lots of food!!:yay:
I will be on my best behavior..i promise ;)

I hope you have a great time. I can't wait for you to get back and share all the details.

Thank you! :goodvibes I am so excited..and can't wait to share it all with everyone!

MA pigletfan

12-05-2007, 12:53 PM

..."don't know when I'll be back again...." Ok I actually do know i will be back on Monday...but still...TOMMOROW WE LEAVE FOR OUR HOLIDAY GETAWAY!!! :banana: :banana: :cool1: :yay: woohoo!
I still have to pack, get the house ready for our terrific house sitter and do random pre disney things. The dog is at "camp Joe and Anita" ..so that's one less thing to do :thumbsup2

I really don't know what I am most excited for, staying at the GF and club level for the first time :cloud9: , seeing WDW decked out for the holidays :santa: or just getting to be where its warm :beach: ... I guess i would say ALL OF THE ABOVE!

And before I forget, thank you so much for reading and posting. :thanks: IT really means alot!!.and for all of you lurkers please don't be shy...post away, ask questions run AMUCK while I am gone..just keep the thread warm for me till I return ;)

Now before I go let's see if I can find some more relevant pics to share with all of you...How about a tiny tour of some of the World Showcase..definitely one of the places I am really looking forward to going to again..Especially with the "Santa's around the world" thing!

Oh here is a nice one of the drummers in Japan ..SO cool!

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Hey look..Spaceship Earth with the "Bling" still on it..QUICK FACT..one of our good friend's worked for the company that MADE that hideous wand and accompanying stars! Don't worry, I slapped him for us. ;)
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Mexico:
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Of course I had to take one of the mini train set from Germany:
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I seriously just got even MORE pumped for my trip just by posting those! :cool1:
I guess I should do my packing now...before I know it we will be flying jet blue:

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and seeing this:
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Au Revoir for now my wonderful readers!!! I shall "talk" to you again soon!! :goodvibes

tyandskyesmom

12-05-2007, 01:12 PM

punkin413

12-05-2007, 01:49 PM

i will be checking your itinerary daily so i can imagine i'm with you. wave to me as you fly over georgia!!! AND HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!! :woohoo:

Wonders10

12-05-2007, 01:58 PM

Have a fabulous trip! :cutie:

MA pigletfan

12-05-2007, 09:46 PM

Just signing on to be nosey...actually I have 27 more days to go and this is helping me pass them!

We have never seen anyone famos in The World but my hubby would have loved to see "Troy-Boy"...

I never thought about staying at the Grand Floridian until we recently started eating there and exploring at Christmas time...I would love to stay there someday! I don't know if I could convince the hubby of to spend that much money though...

Looking forward to hearing about your trip when you return...have a great time!
Hi there! You are not being nosey..i am so glad you jumped in...and i hope to see you here when i return..i promise to take lots o' pics to tide you over untill your wonderful upcoming trip! :)

i will be checking your itinerary daily so i can imagine i'm with you. wave to me as you fly over georgia!!! AND HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!! :woohoo:
OH i will be a' waving Dawn...around 8:50 a.m. ish i bet...;)

Have a fabulous trip! :cutie:

Thanks Shannon! I hope your teeth behave for you!!!!!

Bye everyone..see ya real soon! ::MickeyMo

carissanboys

12-06-2007, 09:02 AM

I think you've already left, but wanted to say "hey" and I hope you have a fabulous time! I quickly glanced through this thread, but I will return.

Btw, I'm also a HUGE Red Sox fan (I was more into baseball growing up than football), not just a Pat's fan ;)

cc1075

12-06-2007, 11:29 AM

OK Group - - it is up to us!!

How about we just follow along with the itinerary - - - So - up they got at 0 dark hundred - - - grabbed the bags - kissed Molly good-buy - - (Molly's not happy) - lucky no traffic to the airport - - jumped on the jet and whoosh!! Next stop - ORLANDO - all went well - so on to the
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The GF - - all decked out for Christmas - perfect!!!

Dropped off the bags - jumped on the bus - next stop AK

Will Greg win out - - Will Gina wooz out - - - - Yeti here they come!!

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Next stop - - - - - - - Epcot and Illuminations -

monymony3471

12-06-2007, 12:02 PM

Last year when we went to WDW, we got to watch Beyonce tape her Christmas song on stage.

She wasn't park hopping, but she was there singing her version of Silent Night.

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Anyone want to play a game of Twister while we wait? Left foot red.

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TheDISneyFamily

12-06-2007, 12:08 PM

Gina-

I'm sorry I missed you! :headache:

:rainbow: Have a wonderful time in WDW!!! :rainbow:

:yay: You're probably getting there right about now! :yay:

I'll be waiting to hear all about your trip when you get back! popcorn::
Take care,
Michelle

cc1075

12-06-2007, 12:13 PM

I'm in!!

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Right foot Green!!

DisneyLaura

12-06-2007, 04:42 PM

Before you call PETA, we really do love our animals, they are our fur babies and this is the only time of year we "torture them" with outfits..other than Chief's Red Sox Jersey. BUT that's it...untill I find them disney outfits that fit them :rolleyes1

I think it's cute when people dress up their animals. Have you ever heard of Build a Bear, they might have something for Molly.

...who said that Disney World is just for kids??

I never heard of such nonsense:lmao:

Ok, still thirsty...Check out this bad boy: Frozen Mocha latte and a chocolate croissant from Main Street Bakery!:
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YUM-MO ( THAT comment was especially for Dawn and Laura...lol :rotfl: )
But in all seriousness...that was a GOOD sugar rush right there.

:lmao: That does look yum-o

Last year when we went to WDW, we got to watch Beyonce tape her Christmas song on stage.

That's pretty cool. I never see anyone famous :sad1:

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I'm in right hand blue

Gina - have fun and take lots of food pictures and of course the other stuff too.

cc1075

12-06-2007, 05:05 PM

DisneyDaughter5589

12-06-2007, 05:57 PM

Gina,
-I know your already in DIsney but i know you'll LOVE MVMCP!!! I did.
-Also you have to let me know how breakfast at CP is because I have reservations there in January.
-In like 2005 (I get all my trips mixed up) my parents saw the two "sisters" (Cari and Bridget) off of 8 Simple Rules while my Best Friend were riding ToT.

punkin413

12-06-2007, 07:23 PM

gina's watching illuminations at epcot as i type this......I'M SO JEALOUS!!!! :rolleyes1

cc1075

12-06-2007, 07:27 PM

gina's watching illuminations at epcot as i type this......I'M SO JEALOUS!!!! :rolleyes1

I'm the weird one - - Illuminations makes me cry and very sad - - so I always leave before it starts - I love Wishes - makes me feel good and very happy!!

Just really wish I was at Disney - I have never seen it at Christmas!! Only the Easter Bunny!!

punkin413

12-06-2007, 07:31 PM

I'm the weird one - - Illuminations makes me cry and very sad - - so I always leave before it starts - I love Wishes - makes me feel good and very happy!!

Just really wish I was at Disney - I have never seen it at Christmas!! Only the Easter Bunny!!

i've never seen illuminations! when we went back in may we skipped it to go to DTD. but when we go back in april i'm going to see it! i hope it doesn't make me cry! I LOVE WISHES!!!!! it's my favorite. we're gonna see it at least twice while we're there next time. it would be three times except that one night we're gonna be at MK will be a pirate and princess party night (i hope), so no wishes but instead the other show they do. can't wait!!!!

cc1075

12-06-2007, 07:38 PM

i've never seen illuminations! when we went back in may we skipped it to go to DTD. but when we go back in april i'm going to see it! i hope it doesn't make me cry! I LOVE WISHES!!!!! it's my favorite. we're gonna see it at least twice while we're there next time. it would be three times except that one night we're gonna be at MK will be a pirate and princess party night (i hope), so no wishes but instead the other show they do. can't wait!!!!

I have seen photographs of the Pirates and Princess fireworks - - - you will love it - really beautiful - but Illuminations - - very sad music - - lots of lasers - I just can't handle it - I have tried three or four times and everytime - off I go crying - - - I probably need therapy!!:confused3

monymony3471

12-06-2007, 07:58 PM

Hi Disney Laura - -

Well we have some time to fill and I am not so good at all this quote - quote stuff.

So while Gina's gone - could you please explain to me how you do multiple quotes as you just did above??

I would really appreciate the help!!

cc

Under each person's post is a quotation mark. If you are reading something and want to respond to it click on the icon. It will turn red. You can do this for each post you want to respond to. Then you hit reply to post and all the quotes will come up in your reply box. Respond away. Hope that helps.

cc1075

12-06-2007, 08:06 PM

I have seen photographs of the Pirates and Princess fireworks - - - you will love it - really beautiful - but Illuminations - - very sad music - - lots of lasers - I just can't handle it - I have tried three or four times and everytime - off I go crying - - - I probably need therapy!!:confused3

I DID IT - - I DID IT - I DID IT

Under each person's post is a quotation mark. If you are reading something and want to respond to it click on the icon. It will turn red. You can do this for each post you want to respond to. Then you hit reply to post and all the quotes will come up in your reply box. Respond away. Hope that helps.

AND I DID IT AGAIN - - - - -

THANKS - THANKS - THANKS - - - Another year or so and I should have everything figured out!

Good thing Gina is at Epcot - so that I can learn all of these things !!

They should be on their way back to the GF
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DisneyLaura

12-07-2007, 05:45 AM

I'm the weird one - - Illuminations makes me cry and very sad - - so I always leave before it starts - I love Wishes - makes me feel good and very happy!!

Just really wish I was at Disney - I have never seen it at Christmas!! Only the Easter Bunny!!

I cry at that stuff too so you're not weird. I have never seen Disney at any holiday but in 2009 we will be there for Thanksgiving/Christmas:cool1:

Hi Disney Laura - -

Well we have some time to fill and I am not so good at all this quote - quote stuff.

So while Gina's gone - could you please explain to me how you do multiple quotes as you just did above??

I would really appreciate the help!!

cc

cc - so sorry I didn't get back to you sooner but I see someone answered you. Yeah for you. I just learned this a couple of weeks ago. I am so not the computer girl:surfweb: I'm lucky I know how to turn it on:lmao:

monymony3471

12-07-2007, 06:26 AM

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We had dinner at 1900 park fare and got to see all the beautiful decorations. Here's the ginger bread house. You can actually go inside it and buy gingerbread.

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The tree in the lobby.

punkin413

12-07-2007, 08:37 AM

i wonder if gina's doing okay on her segway right now!!!!! stay tuned to the DIS to see if there's any news of some girl falling off a segway and into world showcase lagoon! :rotfl2:

cc1075

12-07-2007, 08:41 AM

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I have Fox News on - - nothing yet :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I told Gina - if the ol' lady of the north can do it, so can she. We loved our Segway tour. We did it again in Chicago on the waterfront - it was great!

cc1075

12-07-2007, 11:32 PM

Ok ....let me finish with my itenerary..I believe I only got as far as day 1...How's that for suspense.

Day 3 Saturday Dec 8th[/COLOR] We have a.m. ressies for Crystal Palace..gotta meet Piglet!
We will probably hit MGM at some point this day and see the Osborne Lights..we also have tentative Ressies for Narcoosies that night as well...we went in June:

Come on Folks - - it's day three and we have to keep this going for Gina -
Breakfast with Piglet!!!

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punkin413

12-08-2007, 08:25 AM

awwwwwww.....piglet! i love me some piglet!

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question: is piglet a boy or a girl? my travelmates and i pondered this very same question over dinner at the crystal palace back in september.

oh, and gina's having narcoosee's tonight (hopefully!). i'm drooling just thinking about it......

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cc1075

12-08-2007, 01:16 PM

oh, and gina's having narcoosee's tonight (hopefully!). i'm drooling just thinking about it......

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OMG - - I want that meal and I want it now!!! Can I substitute the asparagus for green beans - - ??? Please !!!

High of 82 in Orlando today - sunny !! - - High of 22 here with more snow!!

March can't get here to soon - and then off to the World!!

DisneyLaura

12-08-2007, 06:18 PM

awwwwwww.....piglet! i love me some piglet!

question: is piglet a boy or a girl? my travelmates and i pondered this very same question over dinner at the crystal palace back in september.

I'm guessing a boy.

cc1075

12-08-2007, 08:59 PM

I'm guessing a boy.

Can't verify for Piglet - - but chip and dale are girls - - - - - very soft girls! I love the chip and dale costumes - so soft!!

So tomorrow - - no plans - DTD - - maybe a park - - did they have ADR's for tomorrow - - it is so cold here!!!!

Well I guess there is not much we can do - - - popcorn:: just wait for there return.

DisneyLaura

12-09-2007, 07:14 AM

Can't verify for Piglet - - but chip and dale are girls - - - - - very soft girls! I love the chip and dale costumes - so soft!!

So tomorrow - - no plans - DTD - - maybe a park - - did they have ADR's for tomorrow - - it is so cold here!!!!

Well I guess there is not much we can do - - - popcorn:: just wait for there return.

cc - Are you asking about the actual character if they are a boy or a girl because I think Chip and Dale are boys too. The "people" inside maybe girls is that what you mean.

Yeah for Gina - SHOPPING TODAY. Then to the California Grill for ADR.:woohoo:

cc1075

12-09-2007, 08:31 AM

cc - Are you asking about the actual character if they are a boy or a girl because I think Chip and Dale are boys too. The "people" inside maybe girls is that what you mean.:

On the outside Chip and Dale are boys - - - but inside - girls. One night at Chef Mickey's, Chip was at our table. We were having great fun with the characters and I was rubbing and rubbing Chip's arm - it was a very delicate arm - well Chip was acting all warm and fuzzy and as I kept rubbing "his" arm - someone asked "Chip" if I might find all the rubbing a bit strange when "his" shift ended - Chip got all excited and started shaking "his" head up and down - - - no doubt - inside "Chip" was a girl - - - I would give anything to be able to be a character - maybe when I'm really old!! :confused3

MA pigletfan

12-10-2007, 04:59 PM

HELLO!!!!!! We have returned! I am a bit beat after our long travelling day today..but I am just getting to read all of your wonderful responses now while I was away...I think I will respond tonight and start the actual report tommorow!! It was a really great time, other than Greg's bout of food poisoning :sick: !!! But..you will hear and SEE all about it in this report..thanks so much for keeping my thread warm :) ..and now for the responses:

I think you've already left, but wanted to say "hey" and I hope you have a fabulous time! I quickly glanced through this thread, but I will return.

Btw, I'm also a HUGE Red Sox fan (I was more into baseball growing up than football), not just a Pat's fan ;)
Hi there! Thanks for coming aboard..we had a great time..there were TONS of Boston fans down there..it was pretty cool!

OK Group - - it is up to us!!

How about we just follow along with the itinerary - - - So - up they got at 0 dark hundred - - - grabbed the bags - kissed Molly good-buy - - (Molly's not happy) - lucky no traffic to the airport - - jumped on the jet and whoosh!! Next stop - ORLANDO - all went well - so on to the
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The GF - - all decked out for Christmas - perfect!!!

Dropped off the bags - jumped on the bus - next stop AK

Will Greg win out - - Will Gina wooz out - - - - Yeti here they come!!

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Next stop - - - - - - - Epcot and Illuminations -
HAHAHHA..hilarious..Perhaps i won't even need to write a report with your accurate accounts ;)

Last year when we went to WDW, we got to watch Beyonce tape her Christmas song on stage.

She wasn't park hopping, but she was there singing her version of Silent Night.

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Anyone want to play a game of Twister while we wait? Left foot red.

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Nice pictures...we didn't see any celebs this time..but we ran into a real life Wicked Witch that is for sure :eek: .look for her appearance on day 4!

Gina-

I'm sorry I missed you! :headache:

:rainbow: Have a wonderful time in WDW!!! :rainbow:

:yay: You're probably getting there right about now! :yay:

I'll be waiting to hear all about your trip when you get back! popcorn::
Take care,
Michelle

Hi Michelle!!! Thanks for coming by! I have so much catching up to do here and on reading your report too!!!

MA pigletfan

12-10-2007, 05:05 PM

I think it's cute when people dress up their animals. Have you ever heard of Build a Bear, they might have something for Molly.

Gina - have fun and take lots of food pictures and of course the other stuff too.
THAT is a great idea!! Build A Bear would fit her I bet
Oh i took food pics..and about 320 other ones too!

Gina,
-I know your already in DIsney but i know you'll LOVE MVMCP!!! I did.
-Also you have to let me know how breakfast at CP is because I have reservations there in January.
-In like 2005 (I get all my trips mixed up) my parents saw the two "sisters" (Cari and Bridget) off of 8 Simple Rules while my Best Friend were riding ToT.
I DID love MVMCP..it got me right in the holiday spirit..and the parade was great..i have a lot of pics of that.
CP was YUMMY!!! Very good food, great characters..again..i have pics galore coming up in the report..

gina's watching illuminations at epcot as i type this......I'M SO JEALOUS!!!! :rolleyes1
LOL...you wouldn't be THAT jealous if you knew how COLD it was that night! It was def. the coldest of evenings..but the show was amazing as always...GO SEE IT silly girl ;)

I'm the weird one - - Illuminations makes me cry and very sad - - so I always leave before it starts - I love Wishes - makes me feel good and very happy!!

Just really wish I was at Disney - I have never seen it at Christmas!! Only the Easter Bunny!!
Yah, Illuminations has that kind of somber quality to it, but its still spectacular..Wishes is Disney at its best in my opinion.

I DID IT - - I DID IT - I DID IT

AND I DID IT AGAIN - - - - -

Good thing Gina is at Epcot - so that I can learn all of these things !!

Glad my vacation provided you with Computer 101 training ;) lol!!

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We had dinner at 1900 park fare and got to see all the beautiful decorations. Here's the ginger bread house. You can actually go inside it and buy gingerbread.

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The tree in the lobby.

OH I DID buy some..a gingerbread ornament to be exact!!!

cc1075

12-10-2007, 05:05 PM

HAHAHHA..hilarious..Perhaps i won't even need to write a report with your accurate accounts ;)

Ah but we only new where you were - we didn't have any idea what you were doing - - - - did you make it on EK - - did you have that great meal at the GF - did you - did you - did you--

girl, - we need the details - are are waiting patiently!!

cc

MA pigletfan

12-10-2007, 05:11 PM

i wonder if gina's doing okay on her segway right now!!!!! stay tuned to the DIS to see if there's any news of some girl falling off a segway and into world showcase lagoon! :rotfl2:
HAHAHA..thanks for looking out for breaking news of my clumsiness..you will soon see that the Segway tour didnt' happen...:sad1:

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I have Fox News on - - nothing yet :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I told Gina - if the ol' lady of the north can do it, so can she. We loved our Segway tour. We did it again in Chicago on the waterfront - it was great!
Great Picture! I am so sad we didnt' do this tour...you'll find out why soon :sad2:
Come on Folks - - it's day three and we have to keep this going for Gina -
Breakfast with Piglet!!!

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THank you! You are one great Thread Warmer!! :rotfl:

awwwwwww.....piglet! i love me some piglet!

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question: is piglet a boy or a girl? my travelmates and i pondered this very same question over dinner at the crystal palace back in september.

oh, and gina's having narcoosee's tonight (hopefully!). i'm drooling just thinking about it......

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That pic looks VERY similar to the one I took...such good food!

Can't verify for Piglet - - but chip and dale are girls - - - - - very soft girls! I love the chip and dale costumes - so soft!!

So tomorrow - - no plans - DTD - - maybe a park - - did they have ADR's for tomorrow - - it is so cold here!!!!

Well I guess there is not much we can do - - - popcorn:: just wait for there return.
I love the character gender confusion!!

cc - Are you asking about the actual character if they are a boy or a girl because I think Chip and Dale are boys too. The "people" inside maybe girls is that what you mean.

Yeah for Gina - SHOPPING TODAY. Then to the California Grill for ADR.:woohoo:

Cali Grill....good stuff..but holey moley its high up there...:scared1:

Ok i think i am caught up on quotes for now..i will give you wonderful readers an installment tommorow..i am off to unpack and eat..travelling makes me HUNGRY..and there are no snack credits left...:rolleyes:

punkin413

12-10-2007, 08:05 PM

oh, no.......food poisoing!!?????? not on vacation! :eek:

can't wait to read all about it...popcorn::

monymony3471

12-10-2007, 09:06 PM

Welcome back! That was fast!

Take a breather, we are ok.

DisneyLaura

12-11-2007, 05:32 AM

:welcome: back, :sick: Food posioning, oh my. We missed you. Can't wait for the pictures. popcorn::

my2boysrtwicethefun

12-11-2007, 06:45 AM

:welcome: home!

Wonders10

12-11-2007, 08:18 AM

Welcome Home! I can't wait to hear about all your Disney fun and some of the not so fun stuff (food poisoning?!).

popcorn::

born2bird

12-11-2007, 09:32 AM

I am in!! I can't wait to read all about your amazing trip. popcorn::

MA pigletfan

12-11-2007, 03:37 PM

Hello everyone! I know i promised the first real installment today..but that is looking unlikely right now...I can say that there will be a big bright beautiful installment tommorow though..thanks for your patience!!

MA pigletfan

12-12-2007, 07:06 PM

Ok Folks..here is our first day of our GRAND HOLIDAY GETAWAY!!!

December 6...3:45 a.m :scared1: .....our car and driver arrives to whisk us off to Logan Airport :drive: ...its cold...its dark out..is EARLY...but do I care..not really..because we are going to DISNEY!!!!!!

We arrive at Logan without any issue at all..except we are WAYYY early for our flight, which is at 6:50 a.m...since we have time to kill and our bellies decide " Hey you are awake how about some breakfast??" We stop at the Starbucks near our terminal..And I get a delicious Blueberry scone...
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mmm..the first "Food Porn pic" of the report ;)...I think Greg had a raspberry danish and a coffee...
And we were off....!
The flight was uneventful..which is always GREAT ..and before we knew it we were on our first "ride" of the trip..the tram between terminals at MCO:
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COME ON..you all know how exciting it is to get on this thing, its like a precursor of FUN things to come!
And they did..we got on the Magical Express..and in about 30 minutes we spotted this:
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I was so excited. I don't think I will ever get sick of seeing those arches...:love:

Before we knew it ..we were at the lovely GF!!! Once we got off the Magical Express we were greeted by a very nice CM that took us through the main building...where we got our first glimpses of the famous GF tree and Gingerbread house...( Pics of that will be in later installments..gotta keep you in suspense ;) ) Not only did the Lobby explode in Christmas decorations..it even SMELLED of the gingerbread and spices of the holidays..amazing....
We checked in at Sugar Loaf, were told they would call with a room assignment in a few hours ( it was only about 11:00 or so at this point) and we took our keys to the world and headed off to Animal Kingdom!
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Such a cool tree!
After gawking at the tree and other cool decorations..we knew we had to head over to the Kilamanjaro Safari..we didn't hit this up back in June, and Greg has never done it so off we went!
The wait was only about 20 minutes..OUTSTANDING! AND because it was on the cooler side ( 70 ish degrees ..yah real cold right ;) ) we saw ALOT of animals up close and personal..here are some:
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I was pretty psyched about all the critters that showed themselves today...Greg liked it alot actually..and that made me happy because he has actually been to Africa on a real safari with his family..so for him to like the Disney take on a safari, I thought that was a pretty cool thing. The only thing that detracted from KS was this idiot that kept trying to stand up to take pictures and our driver had to stop the truck 3 times!! to tell him to sit down..personally I would have just left him in the crocodile area and been done with it...this is why I do not work for Disney ;) ..Ok I am not THAT mean, Perhaps I would have just tied him to the roof....:rolleyes:
After the safari we did one of the paths..I don't remember the name..but it was the gorrilla one..and we saw a gorrilla in this peculiar pose:

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Now you tell me, is this gorilla going #1 on this tree??...That's what I think. And I am sticking to it...
We decided not to run into any Hippos on the way, for very SHARP reasons:
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(I hope that guy has a good dental plan!)

All this adventure made us hungry so off we went to Flame Tree...
Check out our view:
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We actually did not conquer the Yeti this time...by lunch our 3 am wakeup call was starting to hit us and our heads wouldn't be able to handle all those whips and turns...

And our food:
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The Happy Holiday's cups are so cute!
I opted for the 1/2 chicken that comes with beans ( way too sweet for me!), a corn muffin (yummy) and I had the frozen lemonade as a dessert and a water as my drink. Greg got the pulled beef sandwich a coke and frozen lemonade.
After a nice lunch we went to " Its Tough to be a Bug"...cute as always and we quickly went through Camp Minnie and Mickey...
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By now it was about 3:30 I believe and we had received our MAGICAL " Your room is ready" call..so we were ready to head back to the GF, check out our room, make sure our luggage got there safe and sound and get ready to go to EPCOT that night .....
So I leave you with these questions..What room do we get? Did our luggage get there ok? Did Epcot happen?....and what is this about FOOD POISONING???:eek: ....see you in the next installment!
:goodvibes

spongemommie05

12-12-2007, 08:06 PM

punkin413

12-12-2007, 08:32 PM

and before we knew it we were on our first "ride" of the trip..the tram between terminals at MCO:
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i've never been to MCO before because we always drive, but that building in the distance kinda looks like the contemporary, so it really does feel like you're on the monorail, huh?

After the safari we did one of the paths..I don't remember the name..but it was the gorrilla one..and we saw a gorrilla in this peculiar pose:

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z181/ginaphine/DisneyDecember2007044.jpg

:eek: looks like he's taking care of some personal issues there. :rolleyes1

DisneyDaughter5589

12-12-2007, 08:45 PM

Starbucks is ALWAYS a good option!!!
Love the Giraffe he is sooo cute.
We went in December of 06 the 5-10 and we thought the weather was wonderful.
We had issues with the Safari stopping too... An Ostrige (spelling) decided to walk in our path.
Sounds good keep it coming!

monymony3471

12-12-2007, 08:57 PM

I thought the giraffe was sticking his tongue out too, but I remember from when we went to the zoo, they have black/bluish looking tongues.

I am very excited to see pics of your room.

lexmelinda

12-13-2007, 04:56 AM

OH, GINA! Not food poisoning! :scared1:

Not on your extra-special and expensive 4 day trip to the GF!

I got food poisoning on vacation once and I was in bed for a whole day!

I hope that's not what happened to you!

my2boysrtwicethefun

12-13-2007, 06:28 AM

Great installment! :thumbsup2

DisneyLaura

12-13-2007, 09:12 AM

Gina - so excited that you started your TR. DH got food poisoning on our honeymoon. He was in bed for a whole day and then the next day we kind of had to stay real close to the room just in case :rolleyes1. Can't wait to see pictures of the GF.

Laura:flower3:

PS love the food porn

MA pigletfan

12-13-2007, 09:59 AM

NO WAY AM I 1st ? i am hallucinating;)
i love all your pictures:goodvibes esp . the gorilla :rotfl: Is that giraffe sticking it's tongue out? i will prob fall behind but i am in, can't wait for more..popcorn::
You're number 1...you're number 1 :)
Thanks for joining in Misty! :)

i've never been to MCO before because we always drive, but that building in the distance kinda looks like the contemporary, so it really does feel like you're on the monorail, huh?

:eek: looks like he's taking care of some personal issues there. :rolleyes1
It really does look like the monorail..without the wonderful piped in recordings..
Yah that gorrilla was a FREAK!

Starbucks is ALWAYS a good option!!!
Love the Giraffe he is sooo cute.
We went in December of 06 the 5-10 and we thought the weather was wonderful.
We had issues with the Safari stopping too... An Ostrige (spelling) decided to walk in our path.
Sounds good keep it coming!
Thanks for reading! Yah ostriches are PRETTY BIG..i can see how it would stop a safari vehicle!
I thought the giraffe was sticking his tongue out too, but I remember from when we went to the zoo, they have black/bluish looking tongues.

I am very excited to see pics of your room.
Oh you will see pics of both of our ROOMS...hint hint...
OH, GINA! Not food poisoning! :scared1:

Not on your extra-special and expensive 4 day trip to the GF!

I got food poisoning on vacation once and I was in bed for a whole day!

I hope that's not what happened to you!
Well it didnt' happen to ME persay...but it certainly happened ..it will be in the next installment :sad2:

Great installment! :thumbsup2
Thanks! :)
Gina - so excited that you started your TR. DH got food poisoning on our honeymoon. He was in bed for a whole day and then the next day we kind of had to stay real close to the room just in case :rolleyes1. Can't wait to see pictures of the GF.

Laura:flower3:

PS love the food porn
UGH....i can't imagine having food poisoning on your honey moon..that is so sad :(....there is really nothing more UNromantic then heaving and living on a toilet for 24 hours...:sick:

Stay Tuned..the finale of day 1 will be here later today !

HauntedMansionFan

12-13-2007, 11:53 AM

Yaaaay for trip reports!!!!!!!

DisneyLaura

12-13-2007, 01:07 PM

UGH....i can't imagine having food poisoning on your honey moon..that is so sad :(....there is really nothing more UNromantic then heaving and living on a toilet for 24 hours...:sick:

Yes it did stink, I went swimming, laid on the beach all byself. Oh yeah did I mention we were in Hawai (?sp)

Can't for your next one.

born2bird

12-13-2007, 02:43 PM

Great first installment! I love all of the photos. I agree, the gorilla is christening that tree. Boys...even the hairy ones have no manners. :)

I hope your DB wasn't sick for very long. What a bummer!! My parents are on a cruise in Germany (down he Danube) and called last night to say my mom and uncle got the Norwalk virus. So far 28 of the 150 passengers on board are infected. Fun times...:sad2:

Wonders10

12-13-2007, 06:26 PM

Great first installment! Like Dawn said, I have never been to MCO since we drive as well to Disney, but that monorail thing at the airport looks VERY fun!

I am SOOO excited to see your room and hear about sugar loaf!

popcorn::

MA pigletfan

12-13-2007, 08:24 PM

Yaaaay for trip reports!!!!!!!
HEY!!! Look everyone..one of my "Real Life" friends came by! :)
Yes it did stink, I went swimming, laid on the beach all byself. Oh yeah did I mention we were in Hawai (?sp)

Can't for your next one.
UGH!!!!! That is the pits! I really want to go to Hawaii someday but I don't know if i can handle the flight..THEN if i got sick on top of it..I might have to throw things!

Great first installment! I love all of the photos. I agree, the gorilla is christening that tree. Boys...even the hairy ones have no manners. :)

I hope your DB wasn't sick for very long. What a bummer!! My parents are on a cruise in Germany (down he Danube) and called last night to say my mom and uncle got the Norwalk virus. So far 28 of the 150 passengers on board are infected. Fun times...:sad2:
I love your comment about the gorilla :lmao: !
Norwalk..NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is awful..doesn't that make you sick for a long time, not just a 24 hour bug thing?? yuck!

Great first installment! Like Dawn said, I have never been to MCO since we drive as well to Disney, but that monorail thing at the airport looks VERY fun!

I am SOOO excited to see your room and hear about sugar loaf!

popcorn::

Thanks Shannon!!!! look at your ticker missy...1 day! :) woohoo..have a GREAT TIME!!!!

MA pigletfan

12-13-2007, 08:27 PM

Ok where were we....YES..going back to our resort, The GF and checking out our room.

SO.....after a brief wait at the AK bus stop we arrived back at our hotel, and went into Sugar Loaf to check out our new room which was 6127...

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z181/ginaphine/DisneyDecember2007072.jpg
There is the lovely Sugarloaf Building...it was so pretty..I will def. have more pics and say more about the GF/SL later in the report...

Ok..so let me just back it up a little bit here...We booked this trip in August I believe and I had a couple simple requests, A king bed would be lovely if possible but we def. wanted a balcony. When we stayed at the Poly in June we had a pretty cruddy room, considering I didnt' get any of the 3 longhouses I requested and we had a ground floor room with a parking lot/monorailish view...SO this time I really wanted something with at least a balcony and a better view than before...so we find out that 6127 is indeed on the first floor..in the far corner...this was our room:
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Pretty, but understated...which I liked
Here are a few of the bathroom..I LOVED the wallpaper..super cute:
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BUT..here was our view..or lack thereof...
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z181/ginaphine/DisneyDecember2007063.jpg

I'm not going to lie, I was pretty sad and a little peeved about it. I didn't think twice before saying to Greg " yah, this isn't cool..lets see if we can get a different room." We are paying enough money for this stay, and I would really love a NON ground floor room...so off I went, leaving my YUMMY raisin scone I snagged at the Afternoon Tea table behind...I marched over to the concierge desk and asked for a room change....Of course i explained the situation and asked very nicely if there was something they could do...:flower3: ...The CM at the desk was VERY nice and totally understanding. She said there was nothing that day we could switch too, but she would check and see if we could move for the next day...which we were totally OK with..I can def. deal with a ground floor room at the GF for one night, twist my arm...lol. SO..off we went back to our room for the time being to relax for a bit before heading to EPCOT to see Illuminations and catch some rides...
(While we waited the same nice CM called and said we would be able to switch to a 4th floor room with a marina view the next day...YAY!!!)
We headed out to EPCOT around 6:30ish I think and got a bunch of photopass pics and took some of the beautiful Christmas decorations:

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I LOVED these Peace Trees....

FUN STUFF!
We only did the "Living with the Land" ride this night because it was getting pretty late and lot of EPCOT things were shutting down.

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SHAKE SPECIMENS SHAKE!

SO off we went to future world to grab a bite to eat at the Yorkshire Fish place ( Greg just got chips, but i got fish AND chips) ..I loved it..it was a bit greasy but the fish itself was super flaky and delicious and we got some tasty shortbread with it too...GO DDP!
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We ate our food at right near the Rose and Crown while we staked our Illuminations spot.

I must say the Christmas tag they add to this show is quite a nice touch...:)
It was also really cold this night and i actually went and bought a sweatshirt to wear during the show.
After Illuminations our looooong day was winding down, and this is when Greg started saying his stomach was hurting..I just thought maybe it was the fries or lack of sleep or the cold...But alas it was not meant to be just those things...:sad2:
We got back to our lovely hotel, in our lovely room, which had been turned down for the night:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z181/ginaphine/DisneyDecember2007081.jpg

And my poor Greg proceeded to get sick for the WHOLE ENTIRE NIGHT...every hour on the hour in the bathroom!!! I was sad, scared about what was wrong with him, worried that the rest of the trip would be like this and a bit selfishly mad about it..not at HIM, but just the situation...
So the night ended with me in and out of sleep and him in and out of the bed getting more and more dehydrated by the hour :sad1: ...

SO..what happens next?...stay tuned...Will Greg be sick the rest of the trip?? What about our Segway Tour that we had planned the next morning?? And the MVMCP that next night!????????

majicintheair

12-13-2007, 09:35 PM

A CLIFFHANGER!!! :thumbsup2 I love it! Welcome back! That is HORRIBLE about getting sick. That would just kill me to have to sit there and not be able to do anything to solve the problem...and to feel bad worrying if the vacation would be ruined! Does that sound selfish?...maybe a little. But it's not like you can get a redo of your sick time. Like, "Hello, Disney? We've got a case of food poisoning here, so we'll need the trip extended a couple of days to make up for all that time lost. Thanks." I hope the rest of the trip was so fabulous that the memory of being sick faded super quick.

We were there at the same time as yall, and I feel so disoriented not having a trip to look forward to anymore! It was over to fast. I think I'm having Disney withdrawls...anybody else know the symptons? I wish I could live at Disney for at least a month!

MA pigletfan

12-14-2007, 11:57 AM

HauntedMansionFan

12-14-2007, 01:27 PM

SO..what happens next?...stay tuned...Will Greg be sick the rest of the trip?? What about our Segway Tour that we had planned the next morning?? And the MVMCP that next night!???????? I already know how this ends..... muhahahahahahahaha!!!! We need to plan a trip together soon so we can have Disney madness.

DisneyLaura

12-14-2007, 05:31 PM

Get installement Gina. I hope his sickness only lasted that night. I have a friend who went to Disney in May and one of her kids got strep throat right before they and they other one got while they were there and had a really high fever but she gave them Motrin and some antibiotics because the pharmacy always gives you extra so in a day or two they were both fine.

I think I'm having Disney Withdrawls...anybody else know the symptons? I wish I could live at Disney for at least a month!

I know exactly how you feel, I have been having those withdrawals since 2004 and we aren't going until 2009 :scared1:

lexmelinda

12-14-2007, 05:49 PM

Way to go with the concierge! YOU ROCK!

Can't wait to see your new view!

And poor Greg! How absolutely awful. :sick:

I hope there is a happy ending to the story.

PiperGirlInWondrland

12-14-2007, 09:17 PM

Great report, can't wait to read the rest. That would really stink to be sick at Disney, I hope he got better really fast, hurry up and fill us in, the suspense is killing me! Guess for now I'll just have to sit back and grab some popcorn and wait! popcorn::

Love those little shortbread too! I don't know which I like better, the fish & chips or the cookies! :)

Kristen

MA pigletfan

12-15-2007, 02:58 PM

I already know how this ends..... muhahahahahahahaha!!!! We need to plan a trip together soon so we can have Disney madness.
Now don't go spoiling it for the rest of the people ;) ..yes a trip would indeed be Disney Madness at its best!!

Get installement Gina. I hope his sickness only lasted that night. I have a friend who went to Disney in May and one of her kids got strep throat right before they and they other one got while they were there and had a really high fever but she gave them Motrin and some antibiotics because the pharmacy always gives you extra so in a day or two they were both fine.

YUP being sick is terrible..but on vacation..SO much worse. Actually my first trip to Disney was when I was 7 years old and I was with my parents staying at the Contemporary and I had the nerve to come down with CHICKEN POX!!!! It was awful...I think I went to Epcot one day and MK one day and that was it..my poor but wonderful mother stayed with me in that North Wing Room all day, trying not to cry because we came all that way and I couldn't even do anything...BUT on the brightside we did go again the next year for a "do-over" and stayed at the Poly with my cousin Lisa..so I got my fun NON sick trip that year! :)

Way to go with the concierge! YOU ROCK!

Can't wait to see your new view!

And poor Greg! How absolutely awful. :sick:

I hope there is a happy ending to the story.
Concierge is AWESOME! I highly suggest it just for all the fun perks, foodwise and drinkwise you can get..plus the staff was WONDERFUL!
This story does have a happy ending...but i will not reveal it just yet!
Great report, can't wait to read the rest. That would really stink to be sick at Disney, I hope he got better really fast, hurry up and fill us in, the suspense is killing me! Guess for now I'll just have to sit back and grab some popcorn and wait! popcorn::

Love those little shortbread too! I don't know which I like better, the fish & chips or the cookies! :)

Kristen

Thanks for reading! mmmm shortbread cookies...
A new installment is coming up shortly..i just have to download more pics and I will have it up and running :)

MA pigletfan

12-17-2007, 08:39 PM

So....Day 2 ( Friday December 7th) begins much as Day 1 unfortunately ended...with Greg still sick as a dog, albeit with slightly longer intervals between "sick spells"..
Remember we had that Segway tour booked---Cancelled
Lunch at Teppan Edo----Cancelled

We were both soo bummed, but by 8:30 he certainly wasn't ready to go to Epcot and Segway around the World Showcase within an hour...Because I already booked and paid for this before we left, I was worried that we couldn't get a refund on it...I went to the nice Concierge CM and she made a few phone calls on our behalf and got them to refund our money !! :) yay! That is one VERY nice thing about Club Level, they really will do all sorts of miscellanious stuff for you and usually get better results than if we tried to do it ourselves.
Knowing that the tour was refunded, we were both in better spirits..by 11 ish Greg had enough energy to get himself dressed and at least try sitting up...he even made a call home to his parents to see if they had any good advice on getting him on the mend quicker...

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Poor Guy! :(

SO while we are biding our time...I remember that we had requested a new room...so off I go again to the concierge desk and they tell me that YES we do have a new room..6407 ( 4th floor marina view...sounds good so far!)..BUT ( there is always a but..) it wouldn't be ready until 3 and we really should be out of our old room by 1 so they can clean it out for new guests and get our stuff up to our old room or whatnot..
Basically this wasn't a problem, except Greg was still dragging and not up for going too far for those 2 hours. So we decided to have a bellman come get our stuff and hold it for us at the Bell Services Station and we would hang out in our lounge and maybe explore the main building for a bit...as long as we weren't too far from somewhere Greg could rest ( or a bathroom..:rolleyes1 ) we would be all set. SO here are some pics from our 2 hour excursion:
FIRST we walked around outside and got some fresh air...it was BEAUTIFUL OUT!
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The grounds were GORGEOUS!!! I want their landscapers!!

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"Too much light!! Let me go back to the hotel and sleep!!" NOT a chance Kid.

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( i look like a boy here..lol)

Now for the lobby of the main building.....

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THIS is a tree!

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If i were a hungry seagull, i would SO have it made here!

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The GF has all sorts of very cool turn of the century doo-dads on display, I loved this metal ferris wheel.

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Self Portrait while Greg used the,ahem, facilities...

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Fun looking tub-o-bath bombs at White Basin..TERRIFIC bath goods store..yummy smelling stuff galore at this place..DEFINITELY check it out when you are at the GF!!

After a while I decided lunch was in order...Greg even started getting somewhat of an appetite at this point..so off to Gasparillas I go ( SUPER SMALL FOOD COURT by the way!)...and I decided on a Pepperoni Pizza, water and a Minnie Strawberry fruit Bar:

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Typical Disney pizza..not good not bad, but def. was worth the CS credit..and to top it off Greg actually ate some of it, and he had the whole Fruit bar...a very good sign..I started seeing signs that he was getting better at this point..a BIG YAY was heard around the world!
We still had a few minutes before our room would be ready so we picked out some comfy lounge chairs on the beach area and waited it out:

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So pretty!

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I call this one : Sleepy Semi-Sick Sox fan

After a quick snooze on the beach, we decided to see if we were still homeless or if our room was indeed ready...and ..it was!!! CHECK OUT THE NEW VIEW:

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z181/ginaphine/DisneyDecember2007109.jpg
WOOHOOO!!!! So much better, the balcony was great and from the side we could see alot of the marina and the monorail!

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And at night:

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YAY!!!! (That was the 6:00 regular wishes that night...remember this was the night that MVMCP was supposed to happen for us, so they had an early reg. wishes and then the special Christmas Wishes would happen at 9:30 during the party...if we make it....dun dun dun!!!!)

Inside our room, it was pretty much the same, here is one of me declaring that this is in fact our 2nd room:
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We were pretty happy with this whole situation and decided to relax in our new room and see if Greg was indeed feeling up to the party. Was he?? Well this is a picture from later that night:

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z181/ginaphine/DisneyDecember2007119.jpg

OH yes..Good, FUN, Christmas things were in our future..MVMCP coming up in the next installment!!! :)

VandyFan10

12-17-2007, 09:36 PM

punkin413

12-17-2007, 09:38 PM

so glad he's feeling better!!!! poor guy. that's my worse nightmare.......to get really sick at disney world.......noooooooooooooooo!!!!!!! at least he was only "down" for only part of one day...or at least i hope that's what happened anyway. maybe it was a sign that you weren't supposed to try the segways after all! :rotfl:

MA pigletfan

12-18-2007, 10:42 AM

Ah HA....found you too :upsidedow

Great TR...I had to take a break from mine for awhile....I swear this Dis board is ADDICTIVE!!!!

And for the weather...yes it was great...it was actually rather HOT while we were there...well...the last 2 days of your trip was the same as our whole trip....maybe a little warmer even later....Can't complain....no rain...and didnt' sweat much...but I had thought (and wanted to) wear a sweatshirt in the evenings and we didnt even need that!

Well glad I'm sub'd popcorn:: can't wait for more :goodvibes

OH...and I'm so sorry your hunny got so sick :sick: ...it is an awful thing...I had it happen to me when I went to Hawaii before :sad2: ...horrible

Erica princess:

YES the Disboards are VERY addictive!! I am actually out of work right now so besides going to Curves and the occasional holiday shopping this is where I have been...I don't know what i will do when i have to go back to work! lol :lmao:
Thanks for joining my report..and yes getting sick on vacay is never a good thing!

so glad he's feeling better!!!! poor guy. that's my worse nightmare.......to get really sick at disney world.......noooooooooooooooo!!!!!!! at least he was only "down" for only part of one day...or at least i hope that's what happened anyway. maybe it was a sign that you weren't supposed to try the segways after all! :rotfl:
hahahhah...i know it right!? Those Segways might have done me in...although we are planning on doing them the next time we go..which i am HOPING will be Oct. 08..i even have to stay tuned for that one :)

born2bird

12-18-2007, 11:34 AM

Yay, for MVMCP!! I am so glad he was up for venturing away from the bathroom. Poor guy, what a lousy way to start a vacation.

ncsjodi

12-18-2007, 11:46 AM

hahahhah...i know it right!? Those Segways might have done me in...although we are planning on doing them the next time we go..which i am HOPING will be Oct. 08..i even have to stay tuned for that one :)

Hey Gina,

You have to join us in October. Check out the PTR that we've already started!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=22201297#post22201297

We'll even get you a t-shirt!

Jodi

DisneyLaura

12-20-2007, 04:58 PM

Gina, glad it was only a little while he was sick. The grounds at the GF are soooo beautiful. All of the pointsetta's (is that spelled right :confused3 ). The picture of the castle all light up for Christmas is awesome too.

MA pigletfan

12-21-2007, 01:11 PM

Yay, for MVMCP!! I am so glad he was up for venturing away from the bathroom. Poor guy, what a lousy way to start a vacation.
Thanks! I was very happy about that too!!!

Hey Gina,

You have to join us in October. Check out the PTR that we've already started!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=22201297#post22201297

We'll even get you a t-shirt!

Jodi
HOW FUN!! I will have to see when we are planning on going, if we even can...sounds so fun!
Gina, glad it was only a little while he was sick. The grounds at the GF are soooo beautiful. All of the pointsetta's (is that spelled right :confused3 ). The picture of the castle all light up for Christmas is awesome too.

I am so grateful he was only sick a short time..believe me, it was long enough.
The pics don't even do the GF justice..its so flippen pretty there!

I am HOPING to get my MVMCP installment up soon..preferably BEFORE Christmas! :)

monymony3471

12-21-2007, 01:29 PM

Hi Gina.

Wow the GF is totally beautiful. I don't blame you one bit for trying to get your requests granted. It paid off too.

Oh I bet you were so thankful DH bug was only a minor thing.

Nice views. I love the main lobby. I can't believe they run a shop out of that gingerbread shop. Would you like to purchase a shingle?:rotfl:

We ate at 1900 Park Fare last year. Yum!

That's when Malorie fell in "love" with HER prince.

You are cracking me up with all your little descriptions. Yummy smelly stuff galore!

My 3 yr old loved your pictures. She made me stop at the flowers and of course, her castle.

MA pigletfan

12-24-2007, 09:35 AM

MA pigletfan

12-24-2007, 10:16 AM

Ok...so last I left you we were finishing off the day enjoying our new room at the GF..Greg actually had something in his tummy and he was feeling better...so off we went to meet the Mouse in his Christmas Finery..along with a few other friends!...So we jump on the monorail ( gotta love staying at a monorail resort!)..and we were THERE!
I was BEYOND excited about this, we had not been to the MK yet at all, and i was itchin for that castle..my excitement started when we saw this when walking in:
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YAY! We were really here...and there IT was:
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and there we were, right near it!

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(Gotta love "self" photography lol)

So once we tried to take in all the beautiful decorations and smells we thought we should head over to Haunted Mansion since it was closed back in June and we were very interested in seeing the new improvements..and that is what we did...there was NO wait at all, although our Doom Buggy stopped for about 10 minutes right in the begining..but once it got going we really enjoyed it..its very cool now :)
After the HM Greg and I decided to make tracks over to Fronteirland, get some grub and hopefully stake out a nice parade viewing place..we ended up at Pecos Bills ( sorry no pics of this one :() and Greg got brave and got a cheeseburger with apple slices and yogurt ( he is a Fry guy, but he wasn't sure if he should tempt fate yet with them)...I got a cheeseburger, fries and a carrot cake..Gotta love the DDP..we sat down with our meals, which were pretty darn good actually, and waited for the parade to start..We decided just to walk up to the street area and watch from Pecos Bills..which ended up being a good place to view the parade! Score! Here are some shots from the parade..I apologize about the blurriness..my camera was not my best friend this night...but you can tell the parade was SUPER CUTE and quite long!

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They even had red and green lights projected on the trees to show Christmas colors!

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Two of our favorite guys... Chip n' Dale !!

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There float/scene in the parade was my favorite..they were making a snow-munk and decided to have a snowball fight too..it was so cute!

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z181/ginaphine/DisneyDecember2007168.jpg
I usually love Gingerbread Men, but I thought these were creepy! One cool thing though, there were all sorts of yummy smells being pumped into the air during the parade too..when Goofy's candy float came by it smelled like sugar cookies and the Gingerbread themed floats all smelled like, yup, gingerbread..i was getting ready for my cookies and cocoa at this point! :)

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These guys were really cool.

And of course no Christmas parade would be complete without the BIG GUY:
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SO the parade came to an end and I really wanted my cocoa and cookies...

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NOW it felt like the holidays! YUM.

We then watched Holiday Wishes on the Tommorowland side..NOTE: IF you want to hear the show, which is so much better than not, go more towards main street/castle hub..the first place we were watchign we couldn't even hear the music or anything, so we moved...
What I was looking forward to most was watching Mickey's Twas the Night before Christmas Show at the Galaxy Theater..So we made tracks over there after wishes and got nice seats..this show was THE BEST..so Christmassy, the dancing and singing was great and it was SUPER SUPER CUTE! Pics:

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http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z181/ginaphine/DisneyDecember2007185.jpg
(this nutcracker guy creeped me out, so of course, i took a picture)
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Santa Goofy!

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Sugarplum fairies

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Grand Finale!

After the show we jumped on the People Mover..oops i mean the TTA..(whatever! It will always be the people mover to me!) and decided to call it a night...we were going to be back at the MK the next morning for Crystal Palace and we would do all the rides we wanted to do then..so off we walked through Main Street USA, we actually caught the 2nd parade on the way out, which was cool...and it was snowing on Main Street..what a fun time!

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z181/ginaphine/DisneyDecember2007190.jpg

We really enjoyed MVMCP, and I am sure if Greg wasn't getting over food poisoning we would have gone earlier and rode more rides, but it was still a wonderful time!
Next up will be Crystal Palace/MK by day and Narcoosees by night!

Merry Christmas everyone!!..Another installment will be up after the holiday! :)

Spartangirl

12-24-2007, 12:18 PM

Great TR....I'm in!!! :goodvibes The castle looks so beautiful! I'm glad the lights were added this year! :yay: I'm looking forward to reading more about your trip!

DisneyLaura

12-26-2007, 09:40 AM

Gina

Very nice. I can't wait to go to WDW at Christmas time. We are going in 2009 late Nov/early Dec so hopefully some of the Christmas stuff will be up.

ncsjodi

12-26-2007, 10:25 AM

Gina

Very nice. I can't wait to go to WDW at Christmas time. We are going in 2009 late Nov/early Dec so hopefully some of the Christmas stuff will be up.

From what I hear, they put up the Christmas decorations right after Thanksgiving. We were there in early December as well, and everything was up! It's awesome!

MA pigletfan

12-26-2007, 12:30 PM

Great TR....I'm in!!! :goodvibes The castle looks so beautiful! I'm glad the lights were added this year! :yay: I'm looking forward to reading more about your trip!
Hi!!! Thanks for joining in! I will have a new installation up HOPEFULLY tonight or tommorow :)

Gina

Very nice. I can't wait to go to WDW at Christmas time. We are going in 2009 late Nov/early Dec so hopefully some of the Christmas stuff will be up.
It is SO nice with all the decorations..i mean i will take Disney any way i can get it..but it is super magical this time of year :)

From what I hear, they put up the Christmas decorations right after Thanksgiving. We were there in early December as well, and everything was up! It's awesome!

Yup, she said :) Nice n' early those decorations go up!

cdotla

12-26-2007, 01:18 PM

Great TR - love hearing about MVMCP as we will be there next December!

Keep it coming!

MA pigletfan

12-26-2007, 03:51 PM

Great TR - love hearing about MVMCP as we will be there next December!

Keep it coming!

thank you! you will have so much fun at MVMCP!!!!

MA pigletfan

12-26-2007, 04:39 PM

Day 3...Saturday!!
After the previous night out at MVMCP we were slightly sluggish this morning, but once we got on that monorail heading for MK I got a spring in my step!! I was going to meet PIGLET ( and the others of course) at Crystal Palace. We were so looking forward to this and Greg felt so much better so I had a feeling it would be a great day! The weather was gorgeous and the crowds looked low when we entered the park and we stayed left and headed right to CP!
Once we checked in at 9:10ish for our 9:15 reservation we were seated almost immediately...and almost immediately i spotted this guy:

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How cute is he! The waiter said that the characters would be coming around in about 5 minutes to our table so i didn't want to risk missing them so I stayed put, Greg on the other hand was hungry so he took the chance and went up and got himself a plate of YUMMY food and brought back some delicious fruit for me:

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Greg's plate: eggs, bacon, biscuit and grits..he enjoyed all of this

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my AWESOME fruit with whipped cream..so yummy and fresh..i could have ( and should have!) lived on this the whole trip!

And before I could say " thanks for the plate o' fruit" Piglet was at our table..and soon after the other 100 acre wood gang followed...here is the adorable evidence:
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Cute stuff..and they were such good characters, interacting with all the cute little kids sitting around us..it was really fun to eat such yummy food in such a fun and suprisingly clean environment. That is one thing i really liked about CP..its so bright and pretty in there and the food really is very good for Buffet style, our waiter was attentive even though it was obvious he had more tables than he should have and overall it was a great experience..I will def. want to go here again.
OH here is the other plate of food I had..
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of course i had to try the puffed french toast..YUM, breakfast pizza...
i thought this was too greasy, grits..good, eggs, good cheese blocks, come on now..its CHEESE, of course i liked it...and sausage..kind of wrong for me to eat after meeting Piglet, but it was tasty nonetheless..oink oink!
Here is a pic of the cute topiary all dolled up for Xmas time:
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After we ROLLED out of CP we got some photopass pics taken ( I should be getting the CD in a week or so, i will be sure to share a bunch of those along with bonus pics in later installments..)
and back over to the Main Street Train Station to ride to Fronteirland. NOTE...yes, i know we could have walked there in less time than going all the way back to the Main Street Station and taking the train...but Greg is a HUGE train geek..I love him, but he totally is. So to make him happy and give me another excuse to walk down Main Street, we boarded the train and headed to Frontier land...where we got fast passes for Big Thunder and pretty much got to walk on Splash...here is a redneck pic for you:
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Apparently Splash Mountain makes my whole torso go askew and makes Greg lose his neck...but what it definitely does do is SOAK me to the bones!! I didn't get wet at all during the actual drop, but when we were passing the drop hill another log went down and I swear about 400 gallons of water was thrown on me..my whole right side was wet the rest of the day..thankfully it was warm out!! stupid splash.
Anyhoo...after my bonus shower we did our fast passes for Big Thunder then boarded the train again to ToonTown!! We were going to see Mickey and Minnie's houses!! I took quite a few cute pics here, I just loved how they decorated for the season:

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I wonder if Mickey had Goofy help string those lights...they are pretty high!

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Love the half straight/half curly hair..courtesy of Splash Mountain of course..

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Love the stockings..but i do NOT enjoy that crazy fish with the umbrella in it..kinda freaks me out. Someone should tell Mickey that it is not very Fung Sheui..or Fung Shway.

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Those suckers are prickly!!

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Now we are at Minnie's..I thought I would help her sew this up...

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Check it out...Mickey went to school in MOUSEACHUSETTS!
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After we left the MouseHouses we went over to Fantasyland and checked out Philharmagic..
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loved it as much as the first time..this is a great 4D movie!Oh here is Greg at his Buddy Donald's Tree Farm:
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We headed over to Tommorowland and grabbed fast passes for SPACE MOUNTAIN...but to kill some time we went on the PEOPLE MOVER ( not calling it the TTA, not doing it!)look at us, the happy travelers:
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We even went on the COP! I hadn't been on this one in probably 9 years..it was fun, those animatronics are so lifelike..i would hate to work on that ride in the dark..i swear they would come to life and make me sing " Its a big bright beautiful tommorow...."I digress...and I meet Pleekly:
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We then ride space mountain..enjoying every minute of it...and head back to the GF to take the bus to DownTown Disney for a bit so i could pick up a few things and get a snack at Goofy's...it was about 2:00 ish at this point so we had plenty of time....
Our adventures at Downtown and DINNER at Narcoosees coming up next! :)

punkin413

12-26-2007, 05:38 PM

I didn't get wet at all during the actual drop, but when we were passing the drop hill another log went down and I swear about 400 gallons of water was thrown on me..my whole right side was wet the rest of the day.

the SAME EXACT thing happened to me in september......so annoying! and i was wearing white shorts! :scared1: (yes, i'm aware of the rule about wearing white after labor day, but i was at disney world where fashion rules are non-existent and i didn't care! :rotfl2: ) next time i'm wearing a poncho on that thing!

born2bird

12-27-2007, 05:46 AM

monymony3471

12-27-2007, 06:18 AM

Mal woke up just in time to see all of your pictures. We can't wait to go back next year. We love disney at Christmas time. It's so beautiful.

Great TR!

DisneyLaura

12-27-2007, 09:46 AM

Gina - great pictures. I agree I would have had a hard time eating sausage right after meeting Piglet but at least you weren't eating it as he was coming up to you right?

MA pigletfan

12-27-2007, 02:03 PM

I am loving all the great pictures! I can not wait for MVMCP next year. We experienced it in 2006 and now can't imagine not being in WDW during the Holiday season.

I am looking froward to your next update. popcorn::

BTW, you have great hair!! All those curls...very pretty.
I agree..i am sort of sad knowing i won't be back for Xmas time again for a while...it really is amazing!
Thanks for the hair comment..you wouldn't believe how long it took me to accept that i have curly hair and just embrace it..Although Splash Mountain did a doozy with the styling on that day lol! :lmao:

Mal woke up just in time to see all of your pictures. We can't wait to go back next year. We love disney at Christmas time. It's so beautiful.

Great TR!
Oh good..glad you are enjoying !!!
Gina - great pictures. I agree I would have had a hard time eating sausage right after meeting Piglet but at least you weren't eating it as he was coming up to you right?
Right...what he doesn't see won't hurt him! ;)

MA pigletfan

12-27-2007, 02:05 PM

the SAME EXACT thing happened to me in september......so annoying! and i was wearing white shorts! :scared1: (yes, i'm aware of the rule about wearing white after labor day, but i was at disney world where fashion rules are non-existent and i didn't care! :rotfl2: ) next time i'm wearing a poncho on that thing!

OH you are NOT kidding about the fashion rules being non-existent at WDW..the Fashion Police would have a field day there..i am sure i have broken a few laws myself ;)
Poncho it is!!

MA pigletfan

12-28-2007, 04:09 PM

After we left the MK we decided the easiest way to get to DTD would be to go back to the good ole GF via Monorail and then take the DTD bus from there...what a lovely suprise to see AND smell a very sweet older gentleman CM roasting Chestnuts in the front of the hotel!!..By smell I mean the nuts, not the CM!! of course I accepted the little tray of these Christmastime goodies..and here I am enjoying them while waiting for the bus:

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Once at DTD..we just headed right to the Christmas Shoppe to pick up a few ornaments, then off to Goofy's Candy Co.
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I love the Mega Sized Mickey Krispie Treat..yum!

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This was our treat being prepared..we decided on 3 dark chocolate dipped pretzel rods rolled in oreo and drizzled with Caramel!! YUM...a great use of a snack credit if you ask me!

After Goof's we high tailed it out of there, it was a Saturday and BUSY..plus we had dinner to get ready for at 5:30, so we snacked on our treats at the bus stop and headed back to get ready for Narcoosees!

We had 5:30 ressies for dinner and by 5 we were soo hungry and thought it might be a good idea to at least check out what the conceirge lounge was serving up for treats...GOOD STUFF!! Here is a sample...

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This is my little plate of tid bits which included the Gazpacho Shrimp Shooter, guava empanadas and bacon wrapped scallops..and, say it with me, CHEESE.
SO yummy...we also had a glass of wine each...SugarLoaf is so worth it just for the wine and cheese in my book..;)

It was getting close to ressie time so we thought we would walk around the grounds for a bit and take some pics..
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Greg by the marina and the monorail roaring by in the background.

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We took about 5 of these self portraits, trying to get the castle in the background...we KIND of succeeded with this one. NOTE the hot/cold cup..the rest of my wine is in this ...CLASSY.
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World's smallest dino.

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On the dock outside of Narcoosees...it was so nice and quiet out there..and you can't beat the view!

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How cute is this little Palm!?

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Life is tough, huh Greg? ;)

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I reallly thought this was pretty.
As soon as we checked in we were seated right by the window...with this view:
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Pretty sweet huh!?

Ok now for the exciting part...FOOD!!!
We were on the DDP, so we each chose an app. main and dessert..oh and I also had this:

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Raspberry Mojito...Mmmmmm

For my meal I chose calamari, surf n' turf and the almond cheesecake:

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Greg chose the Pumpkin soup, filet and trio of sorbet

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( this sorbet pic was from June...it looked the same in Dec though)

Let me review.....My calamari was very good, incredibly tender..not rubberband like at all! The surf n' turf was good, the lobster tail was very sweet and tender esp. good with the butter..I thought the potatoes were a bit too rich, but the flavor was good. My dessert was EVIL..i was so full by that time that i could barely eat it, but it was amazingly creamy and full of yummy almond flavor...A+ on that one.
Greg's soup was like a slightly savory pumpkin pie..very good though. He said his filet was good, but not the best he has ever had ( we have some great steak places we go to back home, so he always seems to compare Disney Steak with these...WDW never wins...oh well), he liked his sorbets as well.

Once dinner was over we ROLLED back to SL..I was oh so thankful that we could just walk back..we had these grand plans to watch Wishes on the beach and go back to MK for the extra magic hours that night...but instead we both plunged into a food coma and fell asleep BEFORE the 9:00 wishes even started..i woke up to hear the booms and pops of the fireworks ( they are LOUD when you are staying at the GF) and decided that sleep was def. needed for us both...this was the first full day, and first "real" meal we had in days so we were done for the night.....

Stay Tuned: MGM/more Epcot/Cali Grill and where would we go for our last night out???

punkin413

12-29-2007, 10:51 AM

DisneyLaura

12-29-2007, 05:03 PM

Oh Gina everything looks so yum-o (he-he). I so can't wait to go to WDW at Christmas time. I can't wait for more pictures.

Rozz

12-30-2007, 06:30 PM

:rolleyes1 popcorn:: :laundy: :hourglass :drinking1 :magnify: :wave: :surfweb: :smokin:

Can't wait for more!

tinawv

12-30-2007, 07:18 PM

Gina, reading your trip report makes me what to be back at WDW in a bad way. We are planning a trip in May, so your TR will have to tie me over until then. :goodvibes Looking forward to reading more about your trip. :)

MA pigletfan

12-30-2007, 10:35 PM

sounds like you had a good meal at narcoosee's! you ordered the exact thing i did! next time try the crab cakes for an appetizer...ray got those and they were unbelieveable! i can't wait to go back!!!!!
i was thinking about those crab cakes..but alas, the squid called my name. I think it would be hard pressed to find something NOT good there!

Oh Gina everything looks so yum-o (he-he). I so can't wait to go to WDW at Christmas time. I can't wait for more pictures.
lol...are you sure you don't mean "delish"..:lmao:

:rolleyes1 popcorn:: :laundy: :hourglass :drinking1 :magnify: :wave: :surfweb: :smokin:

Can't wait for more!
thanks for reading!! I will try and get another installment up soon..I am sad though because I am coming towards the end of the trip! :sad1:
Gina, reading your trip report makes me what to be back at WDW in a bad way. We are planning a trip in May, so your TR will have to tie me over until then. :goodvibes Looking forward to reading more about your trip. :)

OH NICE!! Glad I can help fill in the WDW void...I would love to go in May sometime and see the Flower and Garden topiaries...i bet it will be beautiful then! :)

MA pigletfan

01-06-2008, 05:37 PM

WELCOME 2008!!!!

And on with our show:

On our final day we started off with a little bit of delicious goodness we grabbed from the conceirge lounge that we brought up to the room to eat out on the lovely balcony....i believe i had a bunch o' fruit ( always so good and fresh) with a bagel maybe..and greg I BELIEVE had some yogurt and a bagel...the food was tasty but the tranquil morning was a bust due to a moron that was staying in the main building that thought it was a great idea to feed a bunch of those famous man-eating WDW birds from his balcony...this caused at least 100 of these winged beasts to decend upon the GF and swoop in to our balcony as well...I made a face at these birds:

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and THEN we went to MGM via the bus.

I loved the tinsel town theme of all the decorations..

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(Please excuse the fuzziness of this day..it was actually almost a month ago and all that we were there :rolleyes1 )

From what i RECALL we went on RNR first..loved it as always..and then we hight tailed it over to Indie to catch the first show of the day, since neither of us had ever checked that show out before..it was pretty cool i must say..

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At some point we stopped to do a little shopping..MGM does have some great shops I think...check out the cute christmas pluto jibbet i scored:
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CUTE.

We ended up checking out the special animation of disney attraction...which was totally worth it to me because of the special Ratatouille exhibit they had going on..we even got our pics with Emile and Remy at the end of it...those pictures will be posted later with the "BONUS" features of this trip report..lol..here are some of the attraction though:
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This guy was one of the animator's..he did a great job telling us about Disney Animation and so on..
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a beautiful still from "Ratatouille"
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While we waited in line to meet Remy and Emile there were all sorts of stills to look at from the movie.

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Get him out of there!!!!!
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Before I met the "REAL" rat...

After meeting the rats of Paris..we were a little hungry and grabbed burgers at the ABC Commisary..not the best, but it was edible:

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Greg finally had his beloved fries at this meal for the first time since being sick..so all was well with the world. OH note about that parfait thing with the strawberries...this was the SugarFree parfait..i really liked it. It had kind of a custardy consistency and the blueberries were dried actually..but it worked..
Would you like to see who was watching over us during lunch?

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The ladies of "The View"...I really wanted to draw a ketchup mustache on Barbara and Elizabeth..but I refrained...

After lunch we mosied around for a bit longer and then hopped the friendship boats over to Epcot in hopes to see some International Santas....
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Do we??
Stay Tuned!!!

HauntedMansionFan

01-06-2008, 10:40 PM

I can't stand the anticipation!!!!!

punkin413

01-06-2008, 10:47 PM

that pluto jibbitz is sooooooo cute! gots to get me one of those next year.

MA pigletfan

01-07-2008, 11:43 AM

I can't stand the anticipation!!!!!
hee hee hee....like you don't know what happened :) I am so glad you are reading this though!!!
that pluto jibbitz is sooooooo cute! gots to get me one of those next year.

thanks! i thought it was SUPER cute myself....:goodvibes

MA pigletfan

01-07-2008, 11:44 AM

oops

DisneyLaura

01-07-2008, 11:57 AM

born2bird

01-07-2008, 12:11 PM

"Ratatouille" is the current favorite of my 3 year old so I get to watch it at least once a day. He would have loved that exhibit.

I am looking forward to your next installment...popcorn::

LouDisney

01-07-2008, 09:39 PM

I just found your TR...love it :D

MA pigletfan

01-08-2008, 08:12 PM

Gina - the Pluto jibbet is so cute. I wish they had those back home. Maybe I'll look online for some. I think I would have enjoyed the Rataouille exhibit as well. I loved that movie. Oh my do they get to see the Santa's? I hope so.
heehee...such suspense hey? lol

"Ratatouille" is the current favorite of my 3 year old so I get to watch it at least once a day. He would have loved that exhibit.

I am looking forward to your next installment...popcorn::
Your 3 year old has great taste! :)

I just found your TR...love it :D

Thank you so much for discovering my report!! I should be updating tommorow night :)

MA pigletfan

01-09-2008, 07:32 PM

Ok....SO after MGM we took the loverly Friendship Boat over to EPCOT's World Showcase...I thought this was a GREAT idea since we had no interest in catching any attractions in Future World, so why walk all the way through there twice...no need!!
Here is a pic of the Swolphin as we floated by..its a cool looking hotel in my opinion..but i dont' know if i would really get that Disney feeling staying there..and wait, there is NO monorail..can't do it!!

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Once we arrived in EPCOT I again felt that Holiday Spirit:
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And I got Greg to meet 2 of his favorites:
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We saw our favorite drummers in our quick jaunt:
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Now I had no idea that those crazy Santa's from around the world were taking breaks at the exact same time, exactly when we were going through the Showcase...so needless to say, we only saw 1 Santa..the Crazy Old Norwegian Claus:
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However the lack of St. Nick was ok because we got to see the cute German train set all dolled up for the holidays..these are the LITTLE touches that makes Disney so great!!! :goodvibes

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How cute is this...it should have been a Disney commericial, I don't think I have ever seen a snow white look that much LIKE snow white..
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We ended up buying some gifts in the shops but that was about all we did there...it seemed really busy in that area of Epcot, even that Mexican ride had a line!! So we began to shuffle off to Future world, in search of the monorail:
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This was pretty much my whole view of Greg the whole time this day..his legs are alot longer than mine and I tended to get distracted by shiny Disneyish things far too often to keep up. :rotfl:

So we actually made a few pit stops..first, Ice Station Cool..where I didn't even need to make Greg try Beverly..he grabbed it on his own...unknowing what disgust was to greet him:
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To quote Ursula " Poor Unfortunate Soul" lol! It really is the patented "Beverly" Face.

We zipped over to check out the Innovations hall ( i think West??) so Greg could see if they had his FD's patch in there Firefighter exhibit,

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They did not :(..a total bummer because Greg actually sent in a town patch after we were there in June and they said it would be put in..maybe next time...:confused3

I didn't even know it but they had a cool Epcot 25 year exhibit going on:
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I am trying to be serious like Mark Twain here..does it work?
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How flippen cool is this model of the Canadian Pavillian!? I want one!
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VINTAGE!!!

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I must say, I am really liking the "bling-less" ball!!

We had some time before getting cleaned up for dinner at the Cali Grill, so we thought we would take some pics around our resort:
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It smelled so good here!!

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How pretty!

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I think I was def. feeling the GF magic in this pic! lol

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MICKEY!

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Greg outside of the Sugarloaf main doors..probably thinking, "Enough pictures Gina!!"

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Closeup of the bedspread...

After our photo spree we relaxed for a bit and got ready for our night out at the CALIFORNIA GRILL...and wherever we would end up for our last night at WDW. At this point we really thought there were EMH at MK, so we were very happy that we would spend our last night hanging out in our favorite park..alas...we were wrong!! Wait and see what happens...will I have a Meltdown? OH and as a bonus, there is a CRAZY woman that appears in the next part of the story..you don't want to miss our encounter with the "BUS WITCH"!!!!!

Spartangirl

01-09-2008, 07:35 PM

Great updates......DH and I went to the Animation Academy on our recent trip too.......LOVED the Ratatouille exhibit! Unfortunately, we didn't get pics with Remy and Emile because the lines were quite long!

And........can't wait to hear about the "Bus Witch!"

punkin413

01-09-2008, 07:49 PM

i love the tink in the bedspreads.......so cute! and BUS WITCH??? hmmm.....i'm intrigued! popcorn::

tinawv

01-09-2008, 08:12 PM

Oh no, a cliff hanger. :scared1:

HauntedMansionFan

01-10-2008, 10:22 AM

DisneyLaura

01-10-2008, 03:11 PM

Another cliff hanger, oh please update soon or I'll burst. I love the tink bedspread, do you think one will fit in my purse :confused3

ncsjodi

01-10-2008, 04:03 PM

Wait and see what happens...will I have a Meltdown? OH and as a bonus, there is a CRAZY woman that appears in the next part of the story..you don't want to miss our encounter with the "BUS WITCH"!!!!!

Wait a minute... I didn't ride a bus with you that weekend, did I? :confused3

VandyFan10

01-10-2008, 09:56 PM

BUS WITCH!!!

I wannnna know!!! :goodvibes

MA pigletfan

01-17-2008, 08:17 AM

I am sooo sorry for the HUGE delay in finishing up this Bad Larry..I will try and get to posting tonight...I started a new job and i just dont' have the free time i used to :(...wahhhhh...anyhoo..thank you again everyone for reading, i'll comment on your posts today as well

TigerKat

02-27-2008, 04:10 PM

I just read the entire TR, great job Gina. Where's the end????

DisneyLaura

03-25-2008, 05:48 PM

popcorn:: Are you done? I hope not.

FormrCastMbr

03-27-2008, 12:51 PM

Hi Gina! I just noticed the link in your signature while I was on the WFD board. I have to come back and read your TR when I get a few minutes...:thumbsup2

MA pigletfan

03-27-2008, 02:44 PM

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!! I am so sorry for deserting my report! :flower3: I swear i will finish this up!! i really want to, i have all the pics..and i will certainly do it within the week..thank you to everyone that is at all remotely interested still...there are a few suprises and fun times left !! Please stick around :goodvibes

kmab00

03-27-2008, 08:25 PM

Goofy'sPrincess

03-29-2008, 04:04 AM

I read through your WHOLE report. It's 520am and I haven't been to bed yet.:rotfl: Can't wait for your next entry.

We're going on our FIRST Vacation in the 7 years we've been married, to Disney World in Sept. I've enjoyed your trip dear friend!:flower3:

MA pigletfan

04-05-2008, 09:00 AM

Ok so I just read your entire trip report! What a great report you have written!!! I love the fact that you stayed at the GF and that bedspread with Tinkerbell..wow...where can I get one?! :rotfl:

Now I'm in suspense with this Bus Witch!! What in the world? Can't wait to hear! I was looking for myself in your park pictures but didn't see myself in any of them! :rotfl2: It's cool that we were there around the same time!!
That is cool that we were there at the same time...perhaps you will pop up in my MGM pics that are still to come!!!
I love that tink bedspread as well..it was so cute!!
I read through your WHOLE report. It's 520am and I haven't been to bed yet.:rotfl: Can't wait for your next entry.

We're going on our FIRST Vacation in the 7 years we've been married, to Disney World in Sept. I've enjoyed your trip dear friend!:flower3:

Thank you for reading!! YOu will just love WDW in September! after 7 years without a vacation..you deserve the best one ever!!

***** Thanks to everyone that has stopped by...i am uploading to Photo bucket right now to finish this puppy up ..AND tell you about that Bus Witch!******

TigerKat

04-05-2008, 10:16 AM

VandyFan10

04-05-2008, 12:22 PM

MA pigletfan

04-05-2008, 01:11 PM

Looking forward to it!:goodvibes

thanks for sticking around!! :goodvibes

No Problem.....it took me forever to finish mine :goodvibes

All done though now if you want to go check it out!!

I def. will check yours out..i have a ton of them to go through! :)

MA pigletfan

04-05-2008, 01:40 PM

( Let me say that this trip was now about 4 months ago..so i am a bit fuzzy on the details but I will do the best I can to do it justice..but lets face it, its the pictures that really matter !!!! ;) ...and on with the show! )

OK..where was I..OH YES.....on our way to the California Grill!!

We got to the Contemporary about 10 minutes before our reservation so we had a little bit of time to walk around and check it out before we took the "special elevator" up to the Grill....I remember staying here when I was 7 years old with my parents and from what I recall, it didnt' seem all that different. Very interesting architecture and modernist looking colors and furniture. We were thinking that someday we would like to stay there, since the new rooms look so cool..but now I dont' know. I just didn't feel like I was at Disney at all when I was there walking around..but that is just my opinion..i am sure it says Disney to plenty of other people! :)
BUT i digress..up the elevator we go:

The view from the lounge area is amazing!...and the view from our table was as well:

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( don't mind the reflective glare of the other patrons :rolleyes1 )

Our server seemed a bit harried but he was good and def. has done this a million times before...and the food..absolutely delicious!
I had one of the Sushi Rolls..Hurricane Roll - spicy crab, shrimp, tuna, cucumber and tempura squid ..YUM, for my entree I had the buttnernut raviolli with mushrooms...SO good and dessert I had to try the Butterscoth Buzz Buzz...here are pics:

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From what I remember Greg had some type of yummy salad( market greens i think) ..some beef thing that is not on the menu, or maybe its the pork..i am not sure..and the Valrhona Chocolate and Coffee for dessert.

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We ROLLED out of there let me tell you!! Overall I enjoyed the food, and most definitely the view..but it was a bit hectic and loud in there for me to really feel the need to go back anytime soon. I actually prefer Narcoosies and the Kona Cafe actually.
After dinner we walked out to the observation deck outside to enjoy the view:

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amazing.

I had a mini freak out there though...i HATE heights..i really had the whole "jelly legs" going on so I could not stay out there long at all!

We actually did not know that the MK was having a MVMCP that night so we were very disappointed we could not spend our last night at MK like we had planned :(...HOWEVER we did realize that MGM had EMH that night and we had yet to see the Osborne Lights...so off we went to spend our last Disney night out on the town at MGM...

THIS IS WHERE THE BUS WITCH COMES IN!
Waiting out for the bus from the CR to MGM there was a little line, so we sat and waited for the bus with the other couples..no biggie..The MGM bus pulls in and a bunch of people get off...They opened up the side back door, seemingly so people could board that way as well...A few people get on using that door so Greg and I followed. WHELP....they opened that door in order to assist a woman in a wheelchair out, I didn't know this or see her so YES i suppose we should have just gone on by way of the front door..but we were already on by the time we realized it so we figured we would just stay put. Some lady got VERY UPSET about this and started SCREAMING that the two of us "cut others in line" ( mind you everyone was sitting in a seat at this point, not one person had to stand and we would have gladly given our seats up for anyone that needed them)..she went on and on about how we have no manners and that she was glad that her kids were raised better than that and we were rude..etc. etc.:confused3 ..Seriously..it was ridiculous. We just looked at her, as did everyone else on the bus, her kids wanted to crawl under the seats, some other lady whispered " oh my god..i am so sorry..she is nuts!" to us during the rant. Luckily she got off at the Poly and as she was leaving looks at us, says " You are both so inconsiderate and rude!" to which Greg smiles and says " Have a WONDERFUL night." :rotfl: It was crazy. i HATE getting yelled at, especially for something we really didn't do wrong. :mad: It was truly a classic case of Disney late night melt down...but we didn't stay upset for long..because we had the last night of WDW to attend to and that bus witch was not going to ruin it for us!

NEXT: Lightin' up the night at MGM with the Osbornes.....

VandyFan10

04-05-2008, 01:48 PM

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BEAUTIFUL!!!

Now I wish we had gone up there just to look!!! :goodvibes

punkin413

04-05-2008, 02:08 PM

I enjoyed the food, and most definitely the view..but it was a bit hectic and loud in there for me to really feel the need to go back anytime soon. I actually prefer Narcoosies and the Kona Cafe actually.

so glad to hear this! i'm always tempted to try cali grill but i love me some narcoosee's and kona! glad at least you think i'm making the right choice (although the masses tend to disagree).

crazy people tend to pop up every now and then at disney world.......it's part of the adventure! ;)

kmab00

04-05-2008, 02:42 PM

Wow...I'm sorry about that crazy woman! Absolutely ridiculous!! :rotfl2: I love how your DH smiled and said Have a good night...that's something that Jason would do just to be obnoxious right back!! :rotfl2:

GREAT view from the Cali Grill! That's on our list for our next trip!! :thumbsup2

Your food looks awesome, especially the dessert which happens to be my favorite part of the meal! :rotfl2:

Can't wait for more!

DisneyLaura

04-05-2008, 05:28 PM

Crazy lady on the bus - and people say only small children have meltdowns. What a wack-a-do she was. Maybe she forgot to take some pill she needs that day. That view from the balcony was absolutely breathtaking. Obviously you have to be dining there to go on the balcony right? The castle looks very pretty all light up from a far at night. The food sounded great, especially your dessert. :love:

MA pigletfan

04-05-2008, 10:28 PM

BEAUTIFUL!!!

Now I wish we had gone up there just to look!!! :goodvibes
It really was amazing..even for a height-wuss like me!!! Def. check it out if you ever have the chance!

so glad to hear this! i'm always tempted to try cali grill but i love me some narcoosee's and kona! glad at least you think i'm making the right choice (although the masses tend to disagree).

crazy people tend to pop up every now and then at disney world.......it's part of the adventure! ;)
yup i totally agree with you dawn! I mean CG is very good and worth it to try ..but Kona and Narc. have my big thumbs up! :thumbsup2

Wow...I'm sorry about that crazy woman! Absolutely ridiculous!! :rotfl2: I love how your DH smiled and said Have a good night...that's something that Jason would do just to be obnoxious right back!! :rotfl2:

GREAT view from the Cali Grill! That's on our list for our next trip!! :thumbsup2

Your food looks awesome, especially the dessert which happens to be my favorite part of the meal! :rotfl2:

Can't wait for more!
I am glad you liked Greg's response ( oh not that it matters , but we aren't married..just my boyfriend at this point..but 3 years strong heehee;)...believe me the day i get a pretty ring on my finger i will let you all know it! lol!:rotfl: )

Also..i just realized that you leave in like a DAY for DL!!!!! I need to hope back over to your pre trippie!!! so exciting!! :)

Crazy lady on the bus - and people say only small children have meltdowns. What a wack-a-do she was. Maybe she forgot to take some pill she needs that day. That view from the balcony was absolutely breathtaking. Obviously you have to be dining there to go on the balcony right? The castle looks very pretty all light up from a far at night. The food sounded great, especially your dessert. :love:

hahahah..who knows what her problem was..all i know is she was a bit scary and very over the top...
I actually THINK you can go up to the observatory if you are not dining there...It isn't actually in the restaurant, but there is a hallway right before it that you go down..I have a pic actually:

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Goofy'sPrincess

04-05-2008, 10:35 PM

TigerKat

04-06-2008, 08:57 AM

Great installment!!

WOW, that wacko woman encounter must have been wild!:scared1:

We love CG, have always had great meals there. The view is absolutely the best!! Going to Narcoossee's for the first time next trip so hopefully we'll be as pleased there as you were. As for KONA, it's our least favorite restaurant in all of WDW, two years running we had we had the worst meal of our trips there.

MA pigletfan

04-06-2008, 11:45 AM

aww, that was an awful story. Honestly if she had an issue with you, it would have been more Adult-like with children on board especially, to take you aside and calmly give her side of things. In fact, she may have found that there was another side to what she saw and it wasn't done on purpose.

I'm preaching to the choir though, but it's a shame there are some adults who ruin the "experience" for those around them.

The rest of your trip sounds like a wonderful time. Thanks so much for sharing. I've enjoyed it.:flower3:
Thank you so much for enjoying it!!! Stay tuned for MGM and some final bonus pics coming up soon!

Great installment!!

WOW, that wacko woman encounter must have been wild!:scared1:

We love CG, have always had great meals there. The view is absolutely the best!! Going to Narcoossee's for the first time next trip so hopefully we'll be as pleased there as you were. As for KONA, it's our least favorite restaurant in all of WDW, two years running we had we had the worst meal of our trips there.

I swear she was frothing at the mouth Kathy!! :scared1:
That is too bad about Kona..we have been just that one time and had a great experience, but like everywhere, you never know what the next time will entail! i hope you enjoy Narcoosees!! We really love it there:)

MA pigletfan

04-16-2008, 08:13 PM

for anyone still sort of tuning in .....:rolleyes1 :lmao:
I will be back this weekend with the finale'....i swear on Piglet's life!! lol.

punkin413

04-16-2008, 09:02 PM

for anyone still sort of tuning in .....:rolleyes1 :lmao:
I will be back this weekend with the finale'....i swear on Piglet's life!! lol.

i'm here.....and i believe you! ;)

DisneyLaura

04-17-2008, 07:07 AM

for anyone still sort of tuning in .....:rolleyes1 :lmao:
I will be back this weekend with the finale'....i swear on Piglet's life!! lol.

I'm here too.

Jennifer48

04-17-2008, 07:46 AM

for anyone still sort of tuning in .....:rolleyes1 :lmao:
I will be back this weekend with the finale'....i swear on Piglet's life!! lol.

I'll be here. Don't forget, I know what TR you've been hiding out in :rotfl:

TigerKat

04-17-2008, 08:03 AM

for anyone still sort of tuning in .....:rolleyes1 :lmao:
I will be back this weekend with the finale'....i swear on Piglet's life!! lol.

I'll be here!!!;)

hlrababy

04-17-2008, 08:32 AM

Hey, I am anxiously waiting your finale!!:goodvibes

MA pigletfan

04-20-2008, 03:40 PM

ok...so after being told what horrible people we were from the Bus Witch we continued our route to MGM in hopes of a good last night in the world...and we got it! :goodvibes

I have never seen the Osborne Lights before, and needless to say I was completely slack jawed and blown away by them. Really, if you have not gone during Christmas or just not seen them...YOU MUST GO!!! It really was spectacular. And since I was really hoping to spend our last night at MK and got "stuck" going to MGM I was so happy that we had such a good time there. Here are some "light" pics for your enjoyment :

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WOW huh??

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I can't even imagine how expensive the electric bill must be during the Christmas season in Disney...case in point the pic above ...all of those angels' wings move up and down, and there is a ton more motion lights going on as well..NOT to mention when they all "dance" to the music...which was like every 10-15 min or so!

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This pic was our Christmas Card picture this year :)

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Greg and his light up trains...lol!

From what I remember we just did alot of wandering around and picture taking on this last night..we MAY have gone to see the Muppets 3D but I can't remember..sorry!
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I love this picture area!
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I always have to visit my friend the never-meltiing snowman!!

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Gotta love sweetums!

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I love this one..

On our way out we got a look at this crazy tree..there were about 3 others with her, I thought they were super cute.

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And then...we headed back to the GF for our last night's sleep at the world!

I believe the rest of our time was rather uneventful, I do know we used up some snack credits at the GF store to bring home.like little cookies and things like that...
I was rather sad when we were waiting by this on our final morning:
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:sad1: ....

I hope you enjoyed my little Disney Holiday Trip Report....We have some more "grand plans" to go to DL this fall (Grand Californian Style!)...so I hope you will join me over at the Disney Land thread when that gets going! Thank you again for reading and please feel free to ask any questions I may not have touched upon. See ya REAL soon! ;)

MA pigletfan

04-20-2008, 03:43 PM

i'm here.....and i believe you! ;)

I'm here too.

I'll be here. Don't forget, I know what TR you've been hiding out in :rotfl:

I'll be here!!!;)

Hey, I am anxiously waiting your finale!!:goodvibes

Thank you all for believing in me....I am quite relieved I pulled through for ya ;) hope you enjoy!

nts4wdw

04-20-2008, 03:54 PM

Well Done!!

We really enjoyed it!

punkin413

04-20-2008, 03:57 PM

what a great report! i'm sad it's over but i'm sure you'll be back soon. you've gotten me excited about our trip in december during the christmas festivities. thanks for sharing! :goodvibes

my2boysrtwicethefun

04-20-2008, 06:02 PM

Great job! I love your pictures. We were at Disney World over Christmas and the decorations at all of the parks & resorts were awesome. The Osborne lights were jaw-dropping. Would you mind if I use your 2nd Osborne light photo for my scrapbook? I took several photos but mine are a little blurry. I was constantly stepping out of the way or in a hurry to take the photos because of the large number of people. We didn't stay & enjoy the lights but just for a few minutes because I was scared that I would lose my kids in the crowd. :eek:

DisneyLaura

04-20-2008, 06:17 PM

Oh Gina, now I'm even more excited about going to WDW next Nov. Hopefully all of those light will be up, we are going for thanksgiving and staying the week after. I love your christmas card picture. Too cute. That has been a dream of mine to have a christmas card with the kids from Disney and I finally get that wish come true next year. Let us know at the peep thread when you start a TR from DL. I have never been there so I can't wait to go there with you and your DH.

TigerKat

04-20-2008, 06:32 PM

Gina - Thanks sooooo much for taking the time to share your awesome trip with us!!:goodvibes

MA pigletfan

04-20-2008, 07:56 PM

Well Done!!

We really enjoyed it!
Thank you very much! :)

what a great report! i'm sad it's over but i'm sure you'll be back soon. you've gotten me excited about our trip in december during the christmas festivities. thanks for sharing! :goodvibes
Thanks Dawn! I am sad its over too...but hopefully you will do a xmas report when you go as well and i can visit during the holidays again through your trip :)
Great job! I love your pictures. We were at Disney World over Christmas and the decorations at all of the parks & resorts were awesome. The Osborne lights were jaw-dropping. Would you mind if I use your 2nd Osborne light photo for my scrapbook? I took several photos but mine are a little blurry. I was constantly stepping out of the way or in a hurry to take the photos because of the large number of people. We didn't stay & enjoy the lights but just for a few minutes because I was scared that I would lose my kids in the crowd. :eek:
Of course you can use that picture..believe me i had a bunch of blurry ones as well!!! And yes, the crowds were a bit much right where those first lights were set up...luckily i just had Greg to keep track of :lmao:

Oh Gina, now I'm even more excited about going to WDW next Nov. Hopefully all of those light will be up, we are going for thanksgiving and staying the week after. I love your christmas card picture. Too cute. That has been a dream of mine to have a christmas card with the kids from Disney and I finally get that wish come true next year. Let us know at the peep thread when you start a TR from DL. I have never been there so I can't wait to go there with you and your DH.
You will just love it Laura!!! NOt to sound too corny, but it really was completely magical being there at that time of year...I am sure your family picture will be just wonderful! ( Oh by the way, Greg is my boyfriend of 3 years 2 months actually..not a husband..yet ;) heehee)
Gina - Thanks sooooo much for taking the time to share your awesome trip with us!!:goodvibes

Thank YOU very much for reading it :)