All Aboard! The Happiest TR That Ever Sailed ~May 1-9~ Ice cream for dinner! 6/20

[autumnpalm]

Hi, everyone!:goodvibes

I just got back yesterday from nine wonderful days at Disney World and I am ready to get this trip report started! I miss WDW already and am desperate to find some way to cling to the magic!:laughing: So...

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I know many of you know all about who I am and how this trip came to be from my PTR but for those of you just joining me, I'll fill you in on some background details. Ready to meet the "crew" of this cruise?

I'm currently a university student and massive fan of everything Disney. Right now I'm in school for social work with a secondary specialization in early childhood education. I work at a children's rehabilitation hospital 3 days a week and absolutely love it. I originally started school for Communications and Media Studies but I think I've finally found a career path I love. I hope to eventually get my MSW and work on counseling kids with illness/disabilities one-on-one.

When it comes to Disney World, I am definitely a big planner. Magic Kingdom is my favourite park and my favourite characters are Chip and Dale. I tried not to overplan this trip too much, and you'll see how I fared throughout this TR. I loved anything princess related and my favourite princess is Belle. I think my dream job would be to play Belle in the parks. When I'm not planning Disney vacations, I love to read. At any one time I usually have about 5 books lined up in my "to read" waiting list. I like everything from biographies to romance to historical fiction. I also love music and (as you can tell from my display picture) ballet. I was a dancer for many years but stopped when I started university. I also have chronic knee injuries from ballet, so it's really only a hobby for me now. I have to say though, I want to leap onstage during just about every show at WDW that includes dancing!

This right here would be me:

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My co-captain on the trip was my wonderful mother. She isn't thrilled with the idea of having her face plastered all over the DIS boards so you'll have to use your imaginations to picture her lovely face. My mom and I are very close. We get along extremely well and she really is one of my best friends.:lovestruc She is an author and manages her own publishing company. I'm really proud of her, she is amazing at what she does and in her I have a perfect example of what can be done if you put your mind to it. My DM loves Disney almost as much as I do. Her favourite park is Epcot and I think she would live in the World Showcase if she could. She's pretty much game for anything and followed my orders very well.:laughing: My mom really is my favourite person to travel with. We celebrated her 50th birthday on this trip and made so many wonderful memories I know I'll treasure for the rest of my life.


We weren't originally planning on taking a trip this May. We went to WDW in December and July so a third trip in 12 months really wasn't in the cards. However, there was a fire at my university residence in October and I got around $2,000 in compensation from the school. After all the unpleasantness of going through the whole thing, we decided that since I didn't have any loans to pay off (I lucked out with scholarships) and the 4/3 deal had just been released, we would take the money and go to Disney! The first week of May was clear so we went right ahead and booked it.

It was always a dream of ours to stay in an Epcot area resort, so we booked the Yacht Club for 7 nights (that's where the nautical theme of this TR is starting to make sense). Because of the way flight pricing worked out, it made sense to add an extra night at All Star Music and fly on a Friday instead of a Saturday. So it ended up that we were all booked and set up for a trip to the World from May 1-8th!

I probably say this about every Disney trip, but I honestly think this was the best trip EVER. There were a few small wrinkles but I couldn't have asked for a more magical vacation. I can't wait to share everything with you guys! I took almost 2,500 pictures (don't worry, I won't post ALL of them) so there will be lots to share! I know that I love reading TRs that are updated frequently so I'm going to try my best to do just that. I've got my first one coming up right now!

I'll link all of my updates right here so you guys won't have to scroll through all the chit chat if you don't want to.

TR LINKS:
Day One, Part 1. The boring travel stuff. (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=31755456&postcount=2)
Day One, Part 2. Check-in Pixie Dust! (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=31761569&postcount=4)
Day One, Part 3. Walkin' right down the middle of Main Street, USA! (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=31776008&postcount=22)
Day One, Part 4. Mmm, bacon! (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=31796922&postcount=47)
Day One, Part 5. Wishes!! (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=31824847&postcount=65)

Day Two, Part 1. The end of the beginning! (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=31853852&postcount=81)
Day Two, Part 2. A Very Epcot Morning! (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=31894075&postcount=92)
Day Two, Part 3. Making Friends with Manatees! (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=31918746&postcount=111)
Day Two, Part 4. Checking in at the Yacht Club (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=31956477&postcount=125)
Day Two, Part 5. SAB and Soarin! (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32010411&postcount=142)
Day Two, Part 6. I finally met Fiesta Donald! (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32011134&postcount=147)
Day Two, Part 7. Dinner at Teppan Edo! (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32069461&postcount=181)
Day Two, Part 8. You mean... the Boardwalk is a Boardwalk?! (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32069644&postcount=182)

Day Three, Part 1. Stitch needs sanitizer! (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32164689&postcount=203)
Day Three, Part 2. It's a Big, Blue World. (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32189829&postcount=221)
Day Three, Part 3. More flowers for Minnie Mouse. (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32237074&postcount=236)
Day Three, Part 4. Sundaes for dinner! (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=32361270&postcount=256)

[autumnpalm]

Day One

Our flight was leaving Buffalo at 11:30 so we were dressed, packed, fed and out of the house by 7:00 am. I’ve read about so many people who say that they were so excited for their vacation that they woke up hours ahead of their alarm, but unfortunately that was not the case for me. I am SO not a morning person and I felt like I’d been clubbed over the head with a very large turkey drumstick. I dragged myself out of bed, into the shower and then into the car where I was in charge of the MapQuest directions. I don’t like driving so my mom did all the driving to the airport while I bounced in my seat and sang along to the radio while gently encouraging her to drive faster.

We arrived at the border quickly and the customs agent asked us where we were headed.

“Disney World!” we both replied.

He looked in the car and noticed we didn’t have any kids in the back seat. Yep, two adults going to Disney. He asked if he could see our flight itinerary. I had to dig it out of my backpack and of course it was in a bright turquoise princess folder. He asked my mother what she did for a living and then me. I, of course, told him I was a university student.

“What are you taking?” he asked.

“Social Work with a specialization in Early Childhood Education.”

He laughed and told me “that explained a lot” and waved us through with a smile. I find customs agents a little intimidating sometimes so it was nice to have someone so friendly and fun.

We found the parking lot (which I had a coupon for) quickly and jammed our car in the nearest space because we saw the shuttle coming. I took my suitcase and sprinted onto the bus while my mom checked, double checked and triple checked to make sure she hadn’t left anything in the car. The shuttle started up and began to leave and I realized… my mom was still locking the car! I had to stand up and notify the entire shuttle that someone in my travel party was left behind so the shuttle had to stop and wait for her. I’m sure they were all extremely pleased to have us on board.

After getting our boarding passes and making our way through security, we stopped at a pair of those massage chairs for a little pre-flight relaxation. I am absolutely terrified of flying, so while the massage didn’t relax me much, it actually made my back feel great! We ended up spending about 15 minutes in these massage chairs. Ahhhhh.

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To be honest, I don’t remember much about the flight because I was completely freaking out. We did luck out with our seating because there wasn’t anyone in the third seat of our row so we got to spread out and get comfortable. The only thing that mattered to me on the flight was that we survived and landed in one piece and we did! So I think that was the only thing my brain really cared about absorbing.

Our connection in Atlanta was about an hour long so we stopped at Chili’s for a quick lunch. Now, we don’t have Chili’s in Canada so we were actually super excited to eat here! Both my mom and I are huge fans of The Office and Michael Scott loves Chili’s so we spent the entire time joking about ordering an “Awesome Blossom, extra awesome” and concluding that Chili’s just might be the new place to do business. Who knows, maybe Michael is on to something?

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Again… I really don’t remember much about flight #2. All I can tell you is that everyone on the plane lived. Besides, I’m fairly sure plane rides aren’t that much more interesting to read about than they are to take.

Finally we had landed safely in Orlando! We didn’t have to wait in the Magical Express lineup at all because we had our little blue book so we got waved right through to the red carpet. I was thrilled to see that we had one of the nicely decorated ME buses.

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The first “Disney” feeling I get of every trip is watching this screen with Mickey flying away over and over and over again.

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Suddenly it hit me… I was REALLY in Disney World and had 9 whole days of magic ahead of me! The ME movie was about to start… soon we would be checking in to our resort… and we had a whole evening of Magic Kingdom fun awaiting us. I swear, the ME buses really should come with seatbelts to prevent people like me from bopping right out of my seat!

The first glimpse of Disney I caught was not the much-famed archway or Cinderella’s castle. It was…

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The new Characters in Flight hot air balloon! For a second I didn’t realize what I was looking at, but when I came to my senses and figured out it was the new Downtown Disney balloon ride, I nearly elbowed my poor mom out of her seat so I could jab at it through the window. Not quite as iconic as the magic arch, but still… Disney property all the same!

Eventually I actually could see the Disney World sign in the distance and immediately let out a small squeal. Yes. I squealed. We were sitting in the very front row seats just so I could get a good picture and it paid off! I only wish the window was a little cleaner.

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But no matter! After we had passed under it, we were officially in Walt Disney World. Our trip had begun. For the first time ever on a ME bus, everyone clapped and hollered. I get butterflies in my stomach just thinking about that moment, where time is on your side and all yours ADRs are freshly lined up and your only concern is how long the wait time for Splash Mountain will be.

Ah, life was good.

In the next update (which I promise will be more fun and include many more photos!):


Pixie dust at ASMu check in
Mmmmm bacon!
Farewell, sunglasses
WISHES!

[Lady Lallie]

Yay! You have started your TR. :yay:

Sounds like you had a smooth time getting to Orlando. I was cracking up at your Office jokes at Chili's. I love The Office!

I can't wait to hear how you liked ASMu...even if it was just for one night!

[autumnpalm]

Our ME bus made two stops before arriving at All Star Music. First, we dropped some people off at Coronado Springs and then at All Star Sports. It was really cute, as we were getting off the bus they had a CM standing there with a sign that said “I’m Your Biggest Fan!” I love little Disney touches liked that. We wandered into the lobby and it was pretty quiet.

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I had already checked in online, so we didn’t have to wait in line at all. The online check in counter was clearly marked, so we walked right up.

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At this point, I was antsy to take a more detailed peek around the lobby. This was our first time at the All Star resorts and I was curious to see how ASMu compared to the POP. So my mom stayed at the counter with the CM getting everything all straightened out while I walked around a took a few pictures.

This little DJ table was cute. They were playing “Don’t Stop Believing” which I loved since it’s one of my favourite songs.

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There were a few kids watching the cartoons in this little area. I love that Disney has the TV areas for kids to watch while they’re waiting.

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I restrained myself from actually going IN the gift shop and just took a picture of the sign. That’s some self-control right there!

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These lobby photos were neat, but I think I prefer the shadow boxes at the Pop Century resort.

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A line at the main check in desk was starting to build as the people behind us on the bus arrived in the lobby. As I was taking this shot of the entire lobby, I noticed my mom waving me over so I shut off the camera and hurried to the desk.

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“We got an upgrade or something?” she told me when I got there. She doesn’t read the DIS so I don’t think she fully realized how exciting this was!! Although I was a little puzzled as to what we could be upgraded to at a value resort, I was thrilled. We had never been upgraded before!!!

“Yep, you have a family suite in the Calypso building” the CM told me.

I was over the moon! :dance3:I don’t know how on earth we lucked out and got a family suite but what an awesome way to start the trip!! She got out a map, circled where our room was and told us to have a magical stay. I’m pretty sure I was still thanking her and waving over my shoulder as we walked away.

At this point we were both thirsty so we decided to stop by the food court to buy our refillable mugs. The food court seemed a little… dated? To me, but as long as it had food, it was all good!

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We headed straight to the Calypso building after filling our mugs (Sprite for me, Coke for my mom). The pool was hopping! The whole Calypso pool area is really cute. I loved the fountain detail in the middle and they had music playing. It was just a really fun atmosphere. Unfortunately we didn’t have much time to soak it up though, we were hightailing it to the room!

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When we got inside, I practically ran around the suite snapping tons of pictures. I was so excited! Our trip was off to a fantastic start. There was a towel Mickey on the bed which made me smile because if you can believe it, it was our first towel animal EVER!

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I thought these hooks were super cute.

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The suite was pretty big. There was a main sitting area with a desk and chairs, TV cabinet, pull out couch and sleeper chair:

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TWO bathrooms (this really came in handy the next morning!)

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A cute little kitchen with a fridge and microwave, plates, cups, coffee maker, cutlery, etc.

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Master bedroom with a double bed, desk and tv cabinet:

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And I thought it was cute how there were little themed touches all over the room like this treble clef lamp.

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We had both packed our matching Tinkerbell tees in our carry on luggage, so we quickly changed and downed our drinks before heading back out to the bus stop. Even though it had been a long day of travel, we were ready to take on the Magic Kingdom!!! The location of the Calypso building was amazing. It was right beside the main building, so easy to get to the main hall and the bus stops. I don't know if the Calypso buildings have only preferred rooms, but IMO it would definitely be worth paying for such an awesome location. I couldn't have been happier with it.

I'll give a more thorough review of ASMu once I get to the "check out" portion of our ASMu stay, but I will say that I was very pleased with our room. It was wonderfully clean, well stocked with paper towels, kleenex, toiletries... just about anything you could think of. There was a little card on the desk in the main room saying that the carpets may be slightly damp because they had just been washed that day which would totally fine by me! It was nice to know that Disney does clean the carpets every so often. Being a value, the room was basic, but it was just perfect for us! I have to say, I have a soft spot for the values.

Next up:


Mmm, bacon!

[autumnpalm]

Yay! You have started your TR. :yay:

Sounds like you had a smooth time getting to Orlando. I was cracking up at your Office jokes at Chili's. I love The Office!

I can't wait to hear how you liked ASMu...even if it was just for one night!

Hey, you!:goodvibes

So glad to "see" you over here! I cannot believe you are only 12 days away from your trip now. Soon you'll be in single digits!:woohoo:

I am a HUGE Office fan. I swear, if I could meet one celebrity in real life it would be Steve Carell. I think he's brilliant! And of course, if he wanted to bring John Krasinski along I wouldn't say no.:rotfl:

I really enjoyed ASMu! You'll hear more about it as we go along.;)

Thanks for being my first poster!:hug:

[tinkgurl]

Hey I'm here!!! That's so cool you got upgraded! I love all the little ASMu stuff!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Hi there! Your TR title caught my attention as it is very similar to my PTR title which also happens to be a mother/daughter trip and hey we are from Canada too! :rotfl: Crazy similarities!

How awesome to get upgraded to a family suite! :woohoo:

The Calypso pool area does look very fun and colourful. :thumbsup2

[DrZoidberg]

Love it so far. I'm in.

[WDWRocksMySocks]

YAY...you're back!! I was hoping you would've started your TR today. Looks great so far. How awesome that you guys got an upgrade. Don't you just love that immediate pixie dust?

Oh, and I'm so happy that you lived through all your flights and (by the sounds of it) didn't freak out too bad. :thumbsup2

Can't wait to hear more!!

[Lady Lallie]

All Star Music looks so awesome!! How neat to be upgraded, I would love to be upgraded to a Family Suite! :woohoo:

[TeaForTulips]

Youre off to a great start! I'm glad everyone lived on your flights! :thumbsup2 I agree that the food court at ASMu was a little dated but the rooms even for a value were not bad at all! That rocks that you guys got a family suite!! Yay for pixie dust!

I can't wait to hear more! I'm so glad your back and had a great time! :wizard:

[meanmom121]

I'm in. WOW! What an awesome upgrade.pixiedust: Could I be so lucky?

[jewels1916]

Yay, you're back!! I've missed you, friend! Love the great start to the TR, and your Disney Magic upgrade! I have eaten at that Chili's at the airport at Atlanta, too! :)

[mickeystoontown]

Signing on for more! Trip reports are what keep me sane until our next WDW vacation. (which is, by the way, just 85 days away!:banana:)

[stacikristine]

YAY!! I'm so glad you're back and I can't wait to read your TR! I'm all caught up and I've subbed! :thumbsup2 GREAT job so far! :)

[autumnpalm]

Hey I'm here!!! That's so cool you got upgraded! I love all the little ASMu stuff!

Hey there! Oh my gosh, you are so close to your trip too now!:cool1: I have to go get all caught up on your PTR. I don't want to spoil this TR but when we met Tink at MK, I was thinking of you. She was awesome, you're going to love her!!!

Hi there! Your TR title caught my attention as it is very similar to my PTR title which also happens to be a mother/daughter trip and hey we are from Canada too! :rotfl: Crazy similarities!

How awesome to get upgraded to a family suite! :woohoo:

The Calypso pool area does look very fun and colourful. :thumbsup2

I have to go read your Trip Report now! Where in Ontario are you? We're in Toronto.:thumbsup2

We never actually got to swim in the Calypso pool but it sure looked nice!

The upgrade was so awesome. It started the trip off on such a magical foot!

Love it so far. I'm in.

Welcome!!:welcome:

Thanks so much for joining me! It's such a nice feeling to have posters.

YAY...you're back!! I was hoping you would've started your TR today. Looks great so far. How awesome that you guys got an upgrade. Don't you just love that immediate pixie dust?

Oh, and I'm so happy that you lived through all your flights and (by the sounds of it) didn't freak out too bad. :thumbsup2

Can't wait to hear more!!

I was pretty good for the flights. I had a good book to read, DVDs to watch and distracted myself as much as I could. I definitely didn't enjoy them but I do feel a little better about flying again in June.

The pixie dust was the perfect start to the vacation.:wizard: It really did make it feel special!

All Star Music looks so awesome!! How neat to be upgraded, I would love to be upgraded to a Family Suite! :woohoo:

I know! At first I was thinking it was probably an upgrade to a preferred room but I was blown away that it was the suite. Especially since they seem so popular! I would definitely recommend the suite to anyone staying there, it was awesome.

Youre off to a great start! I'm glad everyone lived on your flights! :thumbsup2 I agree that the food court at ASMu was a little dated but the rooms even for a value were not bad at all! That rocks that you guys got a family suite!! Yay for pixie dust!

I can't wait to hear more! I'm so glad your back and had a great time! :wizard:

Oh, the room was beautiful! The single rooms we saw from windows looked really nice too. The refurbishments were really nicely done.

Nice to "see" you again! Can't wait to read more of your TR and hope to most some more soon on mine!

I'm in. WOW! What an awesome upgrade.pixiedust: Could I be so lucky?

Hi and :welcome:

I had read on the DIS how rare upgrades are so my hopes weren't up at all. Before this trip we'd never gotten so much as a towel animal so we were not expecting the upgrade at all. Sending some pixie dust your way!:wizard: Thanks so much for signing on!

Yay, you're back!! I've missed you, friend! Love the great start to the TR, and your Disney Magic upgrade! I have eaten at that Chili's at the airport at Atlanta, too! :)

Hey there!:hug: How are you doing??

That's so cool you've eaten at the same Chili's. I wish we had them in Canada, it was actually really good! It made the stopover seem not so long. Have I missed out on any big updates from your PTR? I've gotta go catch up!

Signing on for more! Trip reports are what keep me sane until our next WDW vacation. (which is, by the way, just 85 days away!:banana:)

Hi there! Welcome!!! It's wonderful to have you!

Congrats on making it to the single digits... you'll be at WDW before you know it.:cheer2: Do you have a PTR going? Where are you staying?

YAY!! I'm so glad you're back and I can't wait to read your TR! I'm all caught up and I've subbed! :thumbsup2 GREAT job so far! :)

Thanks for posting!! I was kind of worried yesterday that I'd be posting just to myself LOL. It's kind of nice to be back even though the trip was amazing. I think I need a few days to unwind from all the nonstop running around. Off to catch up on your PTR!

[Diamondintheruff]

Oh I love the family suites. What a great upgrade. Can't wait to hear about the rest of the trip.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I have to go read your Trip Report now! Where in Ontario are you? We're in Toronto.:thumbsup2

We are in Kingston, moved here to study at Queen's and just never left. :rotfl:

[autumnpalm]

Oh I love the family suites. What a great upgrade. Can't wait to hear about the rest of the trip.

You know, the family suites are something I never would've considered before since we don't have a big family, but after staying in one, they're a great option! I've never really looked into them before so I don't know how $$ they are, but I would stay there again in a second!

We are in Kingston, moved here to study at Queen's and just never left. :rotfl:

Hey, I have tons of friends at Queen's! I was there visiting just this spring and did a mini TR on my PTR!:laughing: What are you taking?

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Hey, I have tons of friends at Queen's! I was there visiting just this spring and did a mini TR on my PTR!:laughing: What are you taking?

Well I already got my BAH in English and Classics and now I am going back to school in the fall after two years of working a dead-end job to get a degree in Nursing. I am crazy I know, wish I had figured out I wanted to be a nurse years ago so I could have avoided this whole double degree thing and saved myself a lot of heartache. :rotfl:

[autumnpalm]

Well I already got my BAH in English and Classics and now I am going back to school in the fall after two years of working a dead-end job to get a degree in Nursing. I am crazy I know, wish I had figured out I wanted to be a nurse years ago so I could have avoided this whole double degree thing and saved myself a lot of heartache. :rotfl:

Are you doing your nursing degree at Queen's too?

And even though I didn't quite come close to finishing my Communications degree, I know what you mean. Good for you going after what you want though! If I was more of a science-math person I would love to be a nurse. It seems like such a rewarding job. I really admire nurses!:lovestruc

[autumnpalm]

Part 3

After getting changed into our matching Tink shirts, we downed what was left of our drinks and headed out the door. The weather was absolutely perfect. I could still wear my jeans, and I was perfectly warm without feeling hot. At this point it was around 7:30 pm so we were anxious to get to the park!

While we were standing in line, we started chatting with a woman ahead of us in line. She was by herself, she was a music teacher and was there with her school group but had the evening free. I guess it really is a small world after all, because while we were talking we told her we were from Toronto. Turns out she was in the middle of doing a PhD in Music and she was doing it at the University of Toronto! She had spent all of last year in the city and was coming back at the end to defend her thesis. Finally the bus came for Magic Kingdom (we’d been waiting for about 10 minutes) and we spent the whole ride there just talking and chatting. One of the things I love about Disney World is how friendly most people are. It seems like everyone is so open to conversation and you get to meet the most interesting people! It really did make the bus ride seem short. When we got to MK we exchanged email addresses so we could get together for dinner when she was back in Toronto. It really was a nice moment.

Once we got off the bus and said goodbye, I was in full Disney mode. I could hear the music playing… I could see the front gates… I could almost smell the Main Street Bakery… I even saw my first monorail of the trip!

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I was so ready to get in the park and have my first view of the castle. I was practically vibrating with excitement.

We made it through the bag checks quickly and the turnstiles came into view. It seemed like everyone was on their way out of the park so I had my fingers crossed that the crowds would be low once we made our way inside.

I walked up to the first empty turnstile with a smile on my face. I was about the enter the Magic Kingdom, the most iconic of all the Disney parks, the most magical place on earth, this was the moment I had been waiting for since I had booked the trip. I fed my Key to the World card into the slot and pushed on the turnstile.

Denied.

I sighed and tried it again. Had I put the wrong side up?

Denied again.

The Cast Member asked if he could give it a try.

Denied once more.

My mom tried hers.

Guess what? It didn’t work either.

“You booked a package with tickets, right?” she asked me.

I knew I had. Hadn’t I? Yes, of course I had. But there was a line starting to build behind us so the CM asked us to go to Guest Services and get everything straightened out. To him it might have seemed like a small detour but I was going crazy!! Didn’t he know we had to fit in dinner and at least one ride before Wishes started?! Didn’t he know how precious Disney time was?

We headed over to Guest Services where there was a line of about 5 families ahead of us. I really was trying not to let it bother me. I was in Disney. That was all that mattered.

Once we got called up to the window, the CM pulled up our information and saw immediately what the problem was.

We’d booked one night at ASMu before our week at the Yacht Club. The ASMu night was a room only reservation and the tickets were tied to the package booked at the YC. We would be able to get the tickets but they would be paper and not part of our KTTW card. Fine by us, we just wanted to get in there!! Once the tickets were printed out and we were on our way, I practically sprinted back to the turnstiles. Not only was I anxious to get inside, we were both STARVING.

As we headed into the park and down Main Street USA, I snapped a few pictures. I was finally here. I was in the Magic Kingdom. Now I actually could smell the confectionary and the bakery. I could see the balloon vendors. I was surrounded by mouse ears and little girls in princess gowns and couples in wearing their “Happily Ever After” buttons. I had an entire trip stretching out ahead of me and this was just the beginning. Life was pretty much perfect.

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And finally, as we neared the end of Main Street USA, the most beautiful sight in the world came into view.

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Cinderella’s Castle.

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You guys, I don’t think there is anything more magical than the sight of the castle. It seriously brings tears to my eyes the first time I see it every trip. Is there anything more wonderful at Disney World than the castle? So wonderful.

We didn’t spend long admiring her beauty though, because we had dinner to eat! We hadn’t eaten since lunch where we split a quesadilla between us and I get grumpy realllyy easily if I don’t eat regularly (yes, even in WDW! LOL). So after soaking in the beauty of it all, we headed right to the Adventureland bridge and the sound of Tiki music and drumming filled our ears.

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I was ready for my bacon double cheeseburger!!!

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[noahdove]

autumnpalm, I am in for your report:) I feel as tho I am right there with you. What type of camera do you have? My pictures don't come out that way...You had me a little teary when you were talking about walking down Main St and viewing the Castle:) Thank you

[Lady Lallie]

Another wonderful update!

I would have freaked out about the whole ticket thing! :scared1: I'm glad that was fixed and you were able to enjoy Main Street.

Great pictures! I saw some light fixtures in there too. :cloud9:

[CW4DW]

Great trip report so far - I am in and can't wait for more... I will be back in the most magical place in 139 days and can't wait!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Are you doing your nursing degree at Queen's too?

And even though I didn't quite come close to finishing my Communications degree, I know what you mean. Good for you going after what you want though! If I was more of a science-math person I would love to be a nurse. It seems like such a rewarding job. I really admire nurses!:lovestruc

I'm hoping to, still waiting to hear on if they have room for me in the program. As an alumnist I go through a separate application process than general applicants. I'll probably have the decision by the time I get back from my trip. If I don't study at Queen's I will be getting my BScN through St. Lawrence which has a partnership agreement with another university. It is basically the same program as at Queen's but a little cheaper. I would prefer to do it at Queen's though as it would make my class and work schedule much easier to juggle since I work on campus.

I will admit it is a bit daunting facing another four years of school, I want to get on with my life already! :goodvibes Better to do it now while I am still young though rather than continuing on with where I am now and being unhappy.

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I think hitting the Magic Kingdom on your first day is the perfect way to start a WDW vacation. It doesn't feel real to me until I see the castle. :cloud9:

[luckylady]

What a great start to the trip, and upgrade. We have recieved them in the past but didn't know it was special. Haven't since we did know. Can't wait for more.

[Disney127]

[FONT="Garamond"][SIZE="4"]Part 3

As we headed into the park and down Main Street USA, I snapped a few pictures. I was finally here. I was in the Magic Kingdom. Now I actually could smell the confectionary and the bakery. I could see the balloon vendors. I was surrounded by mouse ears and little girls in princess gowns and couples in wearing their “Happily Ever After” buttons. I had an entire trip stretching out ahead of me and this was just the beginning. Life was pretty much perfect.


And finally, as we neared the end of Main Street USA, the most beautiful sight in the world came into view.

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Cinderella’s Castle.


You guys, I don’t think there is anything more magical than the sight of the castle. It seriously brings tears to my eyes the first time I see it every trip. Is there anything more wonderful at Disney World than the castle? So wonderful.


Welcome Back! So glad that you and your Mom had a great time! Just reading your trip report makes me so excited! :banana: We have only 5 more sleeps to go. I can't wait to read more of your trip report, you have a way with words that makes me feel like I was right there with you! Cinderella is my favorite princess and I can't wait to set my eyes upon her castle. I hope that I don't start crying!:rotfl:

[WDWKrazedKitty]

Count me in too!!! :cool1: I am really enjoying your report... can't wait to read more!!!!!!!!!!!

[tinkgurl]

*Sigh* That castle is just wonderful, isn't it?! :cloud9: I love that excitement of first getting there!

[Beka]

Found ya! Joining in!:cool1:

[jewels1916]

Another great update. I love all your pictures, I can literally feel like I am right there. Now if only I had a big ol' cinnamon roll from Main Street Bakery.... :)

[TeaForTulips]

Aw great pictures! I wish I had taken more pictures. I was either too much in the moment or too tired! :laughing:

Good job you for keeping your cool when you had to go to Guest Services! :worship: I would have been flustered and freaking out for sure!

I'm ready to hear more about your trip!!! :cheer2:

[stacikristine]

Such great pictures! The castle is beautiful! I'm sorry about the ticket mix-up, but I'm so glad that you were able to get it all fixed. I am SO excited to read the rest of your report!!! :goodvibes

[WDWRocksMySocks]

I just love that first day you spend at MK. :lovestruc Love your pictures, very nice! Reading this is making me really excited for our trip. August can't get here soon enough!!

Glad to hear you averted any ticket disaster. :thumbsup2

[lovegrumpy]

Loving it far. Can't wait to read more.

[MariesMeow]

Wonderful Trip report, Can't wait to hear more :goodvibes

[autumnpalm]

autumnpalm, I am in for your report:) I feel as tho I am right there with you. What type of camera do you have? My pictures don't come out that way...You had me a little teary when you were talking about walking down Main St and viewing the Castle:) Thank you

:welcome:

Hi there, noahdove! I have a plain old point and shoot digital camera, actually. It's a Canon Elph and I really like it. I honestly don't know much about photography but it takes decent pictures, has an awesome battery life and was less than $200 on sale! I would definitely recommend it!

I even got a little teary writing about that moment. There's nothing else like it!!

Another wonderful update!

I would have freaked out about the whole ticket thing! I'm glad that was fixed and you were able to enjoy Main Street.

Great pictures! I saw some light fixtures in there too.

I actually took a few light fixture shots! LOL There were some really nice ones at the YC/BC. I thought of you every time I saw a neat one!

Believe me, I was pretty freaked out at the time. I was nervous we wouldn't be able to get into MK at all and our whole first night would be ruined. Of course, in hindsight it's a lot easier to be cool as a cucumber about the whole situation.:laughing:

Great trip report so far - I am in and can't wait for more... I will be back in the most magical place in 139 days and can't wait!

:welcome: CW4DW!

I'm hoping to get the next update posted tonight. They're so much fun to write! Thanks so much for joining in and posting... great to have you here!!

I'm hoping to, still waiting to hear on if they have room for me in the program. As an alumnist I go through a separate application process than general applicants. I'll probably have the decision by the time I get back from my trip. If I don't study at Queen's I will be getting my BScN through St. Lawrence which has a partnership agreement with another university. It is basically the same program as at Queen's but a little cheaper. I would prefer to do it at Queen's though as it would make my class and work schedule much easier to juggle since I work on campus.

I will admit it is a bit daunting facing another four years of school, I want to get on with my life already! :goodvibes Better to do it now while I am still young though rather than continuing on with where I am now and being unhappy.

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I think hitting the Magic Kingdom on your first day is the perfect way to start a WDW vacation. It doesn't feel real to me until I see the castle. :cloud9:

Oh, I know of St. Lawrence College! Definitely a smart idea to be able to get the cheaper degree... but that would be really convenient getting it at Queen's since you work there! You're so right about getting it over with now instead of being unhappy with what you're doing.:hug:

At first I was kind of unsure about hitting MK the first night since we had such a long day of travel, but it really was the perfect first thing to do!

What a great start to the trip, and upgrade. We have recieved them in the past but didn't know it was special. Haven't since we did know. Can't wait for more.

Hi there, luckylady! Welcome!! And thanks for stopping by and posting.

Ooh, what kind of upgrades have you gotten in the past? I've read on the DIS about people getting upgraded to a whole new resort level... I think I would fall over with shock!!:scared1:

Welcome Back! So glad that you and your Mom had a great time! Just reading your trip report makes me so excited! :banana: We have only 5 more sleeps to go. I can't wait to read more of your trip report, you have a way with words that makes me feel like I was right there with you! Cinderella is my favorite princess and I can't wait to set my eyes upon her castle. I hope that I don't start crying!:rotfl:

Only four more sleeps for you now!! How exciting!! The May crowds were GREAT when we were there, nothing like touringplans predicted. You're ging to have such an awesome time!

Don't worry, I shed a few tears myself that first night... but that's coming up!:goodvibes

Count me in too!!! :cool1: I am really enjoying your report... can't wait to read more!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey there WDWKrazedKitty. Love your username! LOL

Glad you're enjoying the TR... it's been so much fun already and I've just gotten started. Can't wait to get the next update up!

*Sigh* That castle is just wonderful, isn't it?! I love that excitement of first getting there!

It's the best feeling in the world that first night. I was just so so so happy. And ahh, the castle is sooo wonderful!

Found ya! Joining in!:cool1:

Beka!! Hi! Happy to see ya and glad you found me! How's your PTR going?! I've got to get myself over there to catch up!!

Another great update. I love all your pictures, I can literally feel like I am right there. Now if only I had a big ol' cinnamon roll from Main Street Bakery.... :)

Well you're in luck... the cinnamon roll is coming! If only there was some way to make you feel like you're actually eating it.:rotfl: I could totally go for one right now, YUM!

Aw great pictures! I wish I had taken more pictures. I was either too much in the moment or too tired! :laughing:

Good job you for keeping your cool when you had to go to Guest Services! :worship: I would have been flustered and freaking out for sure!

I'm ready to hear more about your trip!!! :cheer2:

You know, I actually had to work to remember to keep taking pictures of everything. At times I was tempted to just sit back and relax and enjoy the moment but then I would remind myself that I would be happy to have all of them when we got home. I do wish I had put the camera down a few times though... there's a happy medium I think LOL.

Such great pictures! The castle is beautiful! I'm sorry about the ticket mix-up, but I'm so glad that you were able to get it all fixed. I am SO excited to read the rest of your report!!! :goodvibes

Aww thanks, Staci! I'm hoping I can get some more up tonight! I have a shift in the playroom soon but I'll be home later in the evening for some TR writing.:woohoo:

I just love that first day you spend at MK. :lovestruc Love your pictures, very nice! Reading this is making me really excited for our trip. August can't get here soon enough!!

Glad to hear you averted any ticket disaster. :thumbsup2

August will be here before you know it!! I'm so excited for you! And I'm glad we spent the first day at MK, I think that will have to be a tradition for us from now on. Usually we go with whatever park has EMHs but I was just dying to see Wishes! It's a perfect way to start the magic.

Loving it far. Can't wait to read more.

:welcome: lovegrumpy!

I'm trying to figure out whether your username is lovegrumpy as in "I love Grumpy" or as in "Love, Grumpy." LOL I'm guessing it's the first?

So nice to have you here!!

Wonderful Trip report, Can't wait to hear more :goodvibes

Hi, MariesMeow! Welcome!!! Thanks so much for posting, it's so nice to know there are actually people following along! Your display picture is so cute, I love Marie. So cute!

[JenAusty]

Great update! I don't know how but somehow I missed your first updates. So here I am just catching up. I must say.. I really love your report so far. It's soo interesting and I truly feel like I'm experiencing it with you. GREAT pictures. I also love MK. It's like you're not completely at disney until you enter main street and see the castle. I love the castle too.. but honestly who doesn't?! ;)

I was excited to see pictures of ASMu because I've never been there and always thought about giving it a try because my DH is a geetar player.. but its just seemed to old or outdated.. not that I knew because I was never there.. but it felt like it would be. Same with ASSp.. I just love ASMo and POP though. When I was looking at the pictures of the food court- I agree.. it did look a little outdated but it was still cool. and I don't spend to much time in the food court anywho. As long as the food is good I'm happy. :goodvibes

Thats awesome you got an free UPGRADE.. maybe I'll cross my fingers and that will happen to us.. wait it can't- we are staying at POP.. hmm.. well we can maybe get an upgrade to preferred room-instead of standard. maybe.. just maybe. hehe :cutie:

I also share the same feeling as you do with flying. Although I'm ok sitting on the plane- I just can't get over the thought of crashing.. nomatter how smooth the ride is.. so when it lands.. I can finally breathe! hehe The departing flight is always worse then the returning.. maybe the departing prepares me for the return.. who knows.

Excited to hear about more!

[autumnpalm]

Great update! I don't know how but somehow I missed your first updates. So here I am just catching up. I must say.. I really love your report so far. It's soo interesting and I truly feel like I'm experiencing it with you. GREAT pictures. I also love MK. It's like you're not completely at disney until you enter main street and see the castle. I love the castle too.. but honestly who doesn't?! ;)

I was excited to see pictures of ASMu because I've never been there and always thought about giving it a try because my DH is a geetar player.. but its just seemed to old or outdated.. not that I knew because I was never there.. but it felt like it would be. Same with ASSp.. I just love ASMo and POP though. When I was looking at the pictures of the food court- I agree.. it did look a little outdated but it was still cool. and I don't spend to much time in the food court anywho. As long as the food is good I'm happy. :goodvibes

Thats awesome you got an free UPGRADE.. maybe I'll cross my fingers and that will happen to us.. wait it can't- we are staying at POP.. hmm.. well we can maybe get an upgrade to preferred room-instead of standard. maybe.. just maybe. hehe :cutie:

I also share the same feeling as you do with flying. Although I'm ok sitting on the plane- I just can't get over the thought of crashing.. nomatter how smooth the ride is.. so when it lands.. I can finally breathe! hehe The departing flight is always worse then the returning.. maybe the departing prepares me for the return.. who knows.

Excited to hear about more!

Have you stayed at the POP before? We were there last July and really loved it! I have to say, I think it is my favourite value resort.

And you're right! The departing flight is always worse than the return. It's funny because on the flight there I was like "if I'm going to die in a plane crash, PLEASE let it be on the way home so at least I'll spend my last few days in WDW!":rotfl:

[jewels1916]

Yay, cinnamon roll! I will refrain from drooling and/or licking the computer screen. (insert drooling smilie face here) ;)

[wlwilliams9]

Yay! You've started your TR already! I can't wait to read it when I get home from our trip on Sunday!

[MariesMeow]

Thanks! I absolutely love your avatar! What ballet performance is the picture from? It's absolutely gorgeous :lovestruc

[cnorth]

Great TR!popcorn::

[autumnpalm]

Yay, cinnamon roll! I will refrain from drooling and/or licking the computer screen. (insert drooling smilie face here) ;)

I think the DIS needs a drooling smiley face!:rotfl:

And feel free to drool/lick all you want. I know I will be!:rotfl2:

Yay! You've started your TR already! I can't wait to read it when I get home from our trip on Sunday!

I know, I was too excited to wait!:goodvibes I hope you're having a wonderful time and I can't wait to read all about your trip too. Sending pixie dust!:wizard:

Thanks! I absolutely love your avatar! What ballet performance is the picture from? It's absolutely gorgeous :lovestruc

It's from Serenade, a Balanchine ballet. The ballet itself is just beautiful. It was the first ballet choreographed by Balanchine in the US and it is amazing to see danced live. I just love the clean lines of it.


I've got the next update all written and just have to upload it here!

[autumnpalm]

Great TR!popcorn::

Whoops, I missed you there, we must've been posting at the same time. Welcome!:cheer2:

How exciting that you're having a "Disneymoon" soon. It's my dream to honeymoon at Disney World. You must be over the moon! (pun... well, sort of intended, actually):rotfl:

Thanks for joining and posting!

[autumnpalm]

Day One, Part 4


As I left off last time, I was absolutely starving and dying to get to Pecos Bill’s for a bacon double cheeseburger. I was so hungry I would have eaten a turkey leg. I know those are a hit with some DISers but… I don’t know, I have yet to be convinced that they aren’t previously chewed chunks of meat re-glued to the bone LOL.

We crossed into Frontierland and finally we had arrived at PB’s!

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When we got inside there was quite a lineup at the cash so we decided to use one of these handy little touch screen machines.

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I got a bit of a kick out of the fact that the two options were English and Spanish unlike up here in Canada where they would be English and French. I know, I don’t get out much. Of course, a few minutes into ordering we realized that there was no way to order and extra bun with the touch screen so we had to join the line of everyone else waiting to place their orders the old fashioned way.

Because we weren’t on the DDP this time, we decided to split basically everything. Most of the meals at Disney are too big for us to each finish our own, plus we saved a few bucks. So I’d read here on the DIS that you can order and extra bun with the double cheeseburger and it ends up like having two single burgers. Worked for us!

Unfortunately, by the time we realized we’d have to join the main line, a show of the Country Bears Jamboree had let out so the line was now huge. There was only one line at each register but it was about seven groups deep. I knew that I could just walk up to the other side of the register and order right away, but since there was absolutely nobody else doing it, I was afraid that I would be breaking some kind of unspoken rule. Our line actually moved fairly quickly though, and within about 10 minutes we topping up our burgers at the fixins’ bar.

There was tons and tons of seating so we found ourselves a little table and dug right in.

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Oh. My. Gosh. Was the burger ever GOOD. Seriously, I wasn’t expecting too much from a counter service burger but it hit the spot. I piled mine with sautéed onions, tomato, cheese sauce and ketchup. Add to that delicious combination a piece of processed cheese and two slices of bacon and you pretty much have to most delicious and artery clogging burger you can eat. Plus I had hot, salty fries to dip in my side of cheese sauce and I was in heaven. If I had timed myself, I’m pretty sure I had my plate cleaned in less than 5 minutes. The picture here doesn’t really do it justice because the tomatoes kind of take over the photo but… YUM.

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Once we were done licking our fingers (don’t worry, we washed and sanitized them first, see the little bottle in the picture?:laughing:), it was around 8:30. Wishes started at 9. I was completely torn. Should we try and make it on a ride and not worry about catching the whole thing? Should we head straight to Main Street and find a prime viewing location?

I decided that since it was only the first night of the trip and we would have to other chances to see Wishes we would head for a ride. I’m a big fan of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, so we went to check out the wait time.

The wait time posted was 25 minutes, so we got in the standby line. It turned out the line was actually more like 10 minutes! I was so thrilled. I had been stressing out about the wait times and crowd levels for months and you really can’t beat a 10 minute wait for BTMRR! I just hoped the crowds wouldn’t jump too much in the next few days.

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I thought the lantern light fixtures were really cute! LL, this is for you!

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By this time, the sun had almost set. I just love the atmosphere of Frontierland. Something about the twangy music, warm colour scheme and unfinished wood just makes me feel like I really have been transported back in time.

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After only a few minutes in line, I had boarded my first Disney ride of 2009! I made my mom take a picture of this momentous occasion and it took her so long that the little gate/door thing closed on her before she could get to the train. I was just so excited to be on the ride that I kind of waved at her thinking she would take the next one and I’d see her at the exit. She wasn’t ready to be left behind so easily and the CM noticed she was with me (umm… remember we were wearing matching shirts? LOL) and opened the gates back up. She was not too happy that I was ready to venture out on the “wildest ride in the wilderness” without her! Whoops!

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Riding BTMRR at night is so magical! The moon and a few stars were out, and while I was looking at the moon, it seemed so nice to me that it was the same moon I would be looking at if I were staring out my bedroom window at home. Kind of comforting to know that no matter where you are, you can still look up and see the same sky. Getting a little too philosophical for a coaster, eh?

Once we hopped off an awesome first ride, we had about 10 minutes before Wishes started. We could either boot it to Main Street and try and scout out a decent spot or we could hang out in Frontierland and just relax. After a long day of travel, hanging out and relaxing in Frontierland won out.

We had some gorgeous view of the park! We walked over to the long walkway/bridge that runs alongside the Frontierland pathway and there was almost nobody on it! We found a bench that had a perfectly clear view of the castle and I took a few snapshots and then got my camera ready for fireworks mode.

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So far, our first evening in the parks had been pretty much perfect and in my mind, the only thing that could make it better was watching Wishes. Luckily the park was open an extra hour after Wishes so we could still fit in some more touring. I had a full belly, had just had a wonderful ride on BTMRR and finally announcements were being made that the MK lighting would be lowered for the fireworks.

Does it really get any better than that?

Stay tuned for Wishes and our last hour at MK!

[jelloarms]

I know what you mean about riding BTMR at night, it IS magical! I haven't done it at night in the Magic Kingdom but I have done it at Disneyland. It was during Christmas too so you could see all the pretty lights flashing past you.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

:rotfl: I had to laugh at your Mom almost getting left behind on BTMR, very nice of the CM to open the gates back up for her.

[WDWRocksMySocks]

I feel the same way about the turkey legs. Something about gnawing on an animal leg like that really doesn't appeal to me. I'm sure there delicious, but I think I'd have to be starving to even consider one of those. :scared:

We love Peco Bill's! Any place you can get all you can eat cheese sauce is a huge hit w/ DH. :thumbsup2 You're so nice about not going to the other side of the register. When food is involved, my standards go out the window! :rotfl: I would've jumped to the other side. :guilty:

Love your pictures, especially the night ones. Nice!

[Lady Lallie]

I love the lantern picture. They are so cute. I think I have to ride that at night, it sounds really nice.

Relaxing in Frontierland at night sounds like a really good idea and you took some very nice photos. :thumbsup2

I'm stressing big time about the crowds....

[JenAusty]

Have you stayed at the POP before? We were there last July and really loved it! I have to say, I think it is my favourite value resort.

And you're right! The departing flight is always worse than the return. It's funny because on the flight there I was like "if I'm going to die in a plane crash, PLEASE let it be on the way home so at least I'll spend my last few days in WDW!":rotfl:


hahahahaha :rotfl2:Thats exactly what my mom says when she goes on vacation.. she told me she always says "At least let me get there an enjoy my vacation before I die" hehe ;)

and NO we haven't stayed there. My DH and I have soft spot for ASMo, idk why we just really really love it. It was also our first onsite resort- so that could be another reason to. I love ASMo because all the themes are towards the movies.. which is what I love. So it feels like it disney characters everywhere.. plus I like the food court and how everything is decorated.. so its the best to us. This time I asked DH where he wanted to stay- I said I think we should stay somewhere new- but I don't want ASSpo.. I'm not really a sport fan and it seems to old. So I said Pop Century or ASMu... Him-"I want movies again" That was not an option. Eventually after hearing him wine I said. I want to try different resorts and eventually try all of them.. or most of them.. so we are doing a different one- it will be exciting. He finally said Pop Century then because its newest. So Pop it is! I actually really excited because I have been wanting to stay here for years- I've heard sooo many good thing about it.

I have a question- what section or building theme do you like? I have been looking at pictures but its hard to make difference of them. I think I like the 60s-hippie buildings.. but idk. What did you like?

[heaven2dc]

Day One


Finally we had landed safely in Orlando! We didn’t have to wait in the Magical Express lineup at all because we had our little blue book so we got waved right through to the red carpet. I was thrilled to see that we had one of the nicely decorated ME buses.

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The first “Disney” feeling I get of every trip is watching this screen with Mickey flying away over and over and over again.

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I just found your report and am having a great time reading it! I have a question tho - what is the little blue book you were referring to? I've only taken ME twice (last year) and the first time we got thru the line very quickly and onto the bus to BWV but the last trip the line was HUGE and waited almost 30 minutes. I would love to know how you got to pass by the ME line. Thanks!

[JenAusty]

I love all your scenery pics and I love the new express order.. I will definitely use those!! :thumbsup2

[tinkgurl]

When we got inside there was quite a lineup at the cash so we decided to use one of these handy little touch screen machines.

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I've never seen these before! You can use them if you have DDP/Snack credits?! Was there much of a line for the machine?

Unfortunately, by the time we realized we’d have to join the main line, a show of the Country Bears Jamboree had let out so the line was now huge.

Ugh, of course the Jamboree had let out. Talk about perfect timing. :rolleyes:

Once we were done licking our fingers (don’t worry, we washed and sanitized them first, see the little bottle in the picture?:laughing:)

Haha, I see the hand saniziter! :)

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Ahhh I can't wait to see this again!

After only a few minutes in line, I had boarded my first Disney ride of 2009! I made my mom take a picture of this momentous occasion and it took her so long that the little gate/door thing closed on her before she could get to the train. I was just so excited to be on the ride that I kind of waved at her thinking she would take the next one and I’d see her at the exit. She wasn’t ready to be left behind so easily and the CM noticed she was with me (umm… remember we were wearing matching shirts? LOL) and opened the gates back up. She was not too happy that I was ready to venture out on the “wildest ride in the wilderness” without her! Whoops!

Haha! You remind me of myself. I always think..."Oh my gosh, this is my first ride of the trip!" Poor mom. :rotfl:

Riding BTMRR at night is so magical! The moon and a few stars were out, and while I was looking at the moon, it seemed so nice to me that it was the same moon I would be looking at if I were staring out my bedroom window at home. Kind of comforting to know that no matter where you are, you can still look up and see the same sky. Getting a little too philosophical for a coaster, eh?

Okay, we seriously think alike! :)

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Hey! You found our favorite path!

[MagicalWorldMommy]

Joining, what a great TR! You have a true talent for writing, very detailed and descriptive. (You must have gotten it from your Mom;))

Cant wait ‘til the next update!popcorn::

[stacikristine]

Ah! I am so happy you had such a magical first night! :wizard: I've never eaten at Pecos Bill's...maybe we should! Poor mom having the gate close on her! But since she made it on your ride, I guess it's ok to laugh now! :laughing: I'm impressed--what a great philosophical moment. But I must say, it made me think of Fifel (or however you spell it) singing "Somewhere Out There..." ;) Your night pictures from Frontierland were GORGEOUS! I can't wait to see your Wishes pictures and hear all about your first night!

[Disney127]

I got a bit of a kick out of the fact that the two options were English and Spanish unlike up here in Canada where they would be English and French.

Yes, I know what you mean. I am so used to English/French than it kinds of throws me off when I am in the US :goodvibes


Once we were done licking our fingers (don’t worry, we washed and sanitized them first, see the little bottle in the picture?:laughing:),

Did you use all of the sanitizers and wipes that you brought down? ;)


Riding BTMRR at night is so magical! The moon and a few stars were out, and while I was looking at the moon, it seemed so nice to me that it was the same moon I would be looking at if I were staring out my bedroom window at home. Kind of comforting to know that no matter where you are, you can still look up and see the same sky. Getting a little too philosophical for a coaster, eh?

I am going to try and ride BTMRR at night, sounds so magical! Actually, your whole TR sounds wonderful. :woohoo:


Does it really get any better than that?

No, I don't think that it gets any better than that! I can't wait to experience the magic. :hippie:

[bhwhiz]

This TR rocks! :woohoo: Can't wait to read more! popcorn::

[autumnpalm]

I know what you mean about riding BTMR at night, it IS magical! I haven't done it at night in the Magic Kingdom but I have done it at Disneyland. It was during Christmas too so you could see all the pretty lights flashing past you.

Welcome, jelloarms! :welcome:

Thanks for posting! I've never been to Disneyland but I'm hoping to get there in the not too distant future. Christmas at the Disney parks is so wonderful. I wish I could experience every holiday Disney-style!

:rotfl: I had to laugh at your Mom almost getting left behind on BTMR, very nice of the CM to open the gates back up for her.

It was pretty funny! Especially when she realized how cool I was with just waving her away LOL. And if you can believe it... that wasn't the only time a CM had to open the gates back up for us!

I feel the same way about the turkey legs. Something about gnawing on an animal leg like that really doesn't appeal to me. I'm sure there delicious, but I think I'd have to be starving to even consider one of those. :scared:

We love Peco Bill's! Any place you can get all you can eat cheese sauce is a huge hit w/ DH. :thumbsup2 You're so nice about not going to the other side of the register. When food is involved, my standards go out the window! :rotfl: I would've jumped to the other side. :guilty:

Love your pictures, especially the night ones. Nice!

I feel the same way about turkey legs. Even ribs and chicken wings kind of freak me out but for some reason the turkey legs look so... leg-like? That it'll be a while before I venture out and try one!

And I agree with your DH... any restaurant that serves all you can eat hot cheese sauce gets two thumbs up from me!

I love the lantern picture. They are so cute. I think I have to ride that at night, it sounds really nice.

Relaxing in Frontierland at night sounds like a really good idea and you took some very nice photos. :thumbsup2

I'm stressing big time about the crowds....

Aww, try not to worry TOO much about the crowds. I was so freaked out when touringplans called for 8s and 9s our whole week and the crowd levels were nothing near that, even on weekends. Besides, no matter what the crowd levels are like, you'll be at WDW! I would give anything to be standing in a 120 min wait for TSM right now instead of sitting at home!:rotfl:

hahahahaha :rotfl2:Thats exactly what my mom says when she goes on vacation.. she told me she always says "At least let me get there an enjoy my vacation before I die" hehe ;)

and NO we haven't stayed there. My DH and I have soft spot for ASMo, idk why we just really really love it. It was also our first onsite resort- so that could be another reason to. I love ASMo because all the themes are towards the movies.. which is what I love. So it feels like it disney characters everywhere.. plus I like the food court and how everything is decorated.. so its the best to us. This time I asked DH where he wanted to stay- I said I think we should stay somewhere new- but I don't want ASSpo.. I'm not really a sport fan and it seems to old. So I said Pop Century or ASMu... Him-"I want movies again" That was not an option. Eventually after hearing him wine I said. I want to try different resorts and eventually try all of them.. or most of them.. so we are doing a different one- it will be exciting. He finally said Pop Century then because its newest. So Pop it is! I actually really excited because I have been wanting to stay here for years- I've heard sooo many good thing about it.

I have a question- what section or building theme do you like? I have been looking at pictures but its hard to make difference of them. I think I like the 60s-hippie buildings.. but idk. What did you like?

Hmm. Well, we were in the 50s building on the top floor facing the lake and we had (IMO) a nearly perfect room location! We were right near the bowling pin pool, but facing away from it so it was really quiet. The lake was so peaceful and beautiful and it was a short walk to the main building and bus stops. I would definitely request that location next time we stay at the POP! Plus, if you're back at the room early enough, you can even see some of the Illuminations fireworks!

I just found your report and am having a great time reading it! I have a question tho - what is the little blue book you were referring to? I've only taken ME twice (last year) and the first time we got thru the line very quickly and onto the bus to BWV but the last trip the line was HUGE and waited almost 30 minutes. I would love to know how you got to pass by the ME line. Thanks!

It was actually just the little book they send you in the mail with the vouchers for ME in it. It really surprised me when they waved us through, because I've had that booklet every time and have always had to wait in the regular line. Maybe it's something new they're doing? I'm not sure, but it was great to get right past everyone!

Also, welcome heaven2dc!! Thanks so much for reading!:goodvibes

I love all your scenery pics and I love the new express order.. I will definitely use those!! :thumbsup2

They looked like they would've been great if we hadn't needed a special order. There was nobody using them at all!!

I've never seen these before! You can use them if you have DDP/Snack credits?! Was there much of a line for the machine?



Ugh, of course the Jamboree had let out. Talk about perfect timing. :rolleyes:



Haha, I see the hand saniziter! :)



Ahhh I can't wait to see this again!



Haha! You remind me of myself. I always think..."Oh my gosh, this is my first ride of the trip!" Poor mom. :rotfl:



Okay, we seriously think alike! :)



Hey! You found our favorite path!

Nope, there was no line at all for the touch screen machines! And you sure can use them with DDP!

We really do think alike!! I'm so bummed that our June trips don't overlap.:sad2: We could've ridden BTMRR and pondered the universe together LOL!

That path is so beautiful and quiet at night!

Joining, what a great TR! You have a true talent for writing, very detailed and descriptive. (You must have gotten it from your Mom;))

Cant wait ‘til the next update!popcorn::

Hi there, MagicalWorldMommy and welcome! Thank you so much for your kind words, it's so nice to hear that. I really worried about writing a trip report that people would actually enjoy so I'm glad you like it!

I'm thinking I'll have the next update done by tomorrow!

Ah! I am so happy you had such a magical first night! :wizard: I've never eaten at Pecos Bill's...maybe we should! Poor mom having the gate close on her! But since she made it on your ride, I guess it's ok to laugh now! :laughing: I'm impressed--what a great philosophical moment. But I must say, it made me think of Fifel (or however you spell it) singing "Somewhere Out There..." ;) Your night pictures from Frontierland were GORGEOUS! I can't wait to see your Wishes pictures and hear all about your first night!

Aww, I love that song!

I was pretty happy with how the night pictures came out. I wasn't using a tripod or anything and I just have a basic digital camera... but it did the job! You should definitely try Pecos Bill's, it was sooo yummy. I will definitely be eating there every future trip. Mmm...

Yes, I know what you mean. I am so used to English/French than it kinds of throws me off when I am in the US




Did you use all of the sanitizers and wipes that you brought down? ;)




I am going to try and ride BTMRR at night, sounds so magical! Actually, your whole TR sounds wonderful. :woohoo:




No, I don't think that it gets any better than that! I can't wait to experience the magic. :hippie:

I actually did use all of our sanitizing products! I was wiping down the plane... sanitizing after every ride... spraying everything... but we didn't get sick! Who knows if it was because of my neurotic ways or if we would've stayed healthy anyways, but I like to pretend it was all my cleaning products LOL.

BTMRR is so awesome at night. I think I like it even better than during the day!

[autumnpalm]

This TR rocks! :woohoo: Can't wait to read more! popcorn::

Whoopsie, I missed you while I was posting! :welcome: bhwiz, and thanks for posting! It's so nice to know I have people reading along with me.:goodvibes

[tinkgurl]

I'm so bummed that our June trips don't overlap.:sad2: We could've ridden BTMRR and pondered the universe together LOL!

LOL! I know!

[TeaForTulips]

Great update! Pecos Bill looks very good! The seating area looks friendly too! :goodvibes

Your pictures are again so wonderful!

I think its fabulous to ride almost any of the rides at night... I think there's just something magical to the parks at night. :wizard:

[autumnpalm]

LOL! I know!

I have to say though... extending my trip by a week wouldn't be the worst thing in the world LOL.:laughing: If only I actually had the money!

Great update! Pecos Bill looks very good! The seating area looks friendly too! :goodvibes

Your pictures are again so wonderful!

I think its fabulous to ride almost any of the rides at night... I think there's just something magical to the parks at night. :wizard:

I agree, I think I like every park better at night. And the seating areas at PB's were really pretty! They had the ceiling painted like a sky, which I thought was really cute and there was sooo much seating!

[autumnpalm]

Day One, Part 5. Wishes!

By the time Wishes started, there was only one other family on the walkway with us. We had a bench with a wonderful view so we just settled back and enjoyed the fireworks. This was the first time we’d seen Wishes from behind the castle and it’s so interesting to see how far back they are set off from! When you are watching them from Main Street you don’t really get a sense of perspective of where which fireworks are coming from. While the “picture” wasn’t as pretty, it was really, really neat to see how the whole display is orchestrated. Plus, I have to say it was kind of nice not to be battling the crazy crowds in front of the castle. Breathing room is good! The pictures I got weren’t great because I didn’t have my tripod but here are some of them anyways:

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I had my sunglasses on my head because it wasn’t sunny anymore and while I was leaning back to take pictures I realized there was a high probability of them falling off behind the railing. I decided to just take them off and set them beside me. Well of course, once Wishes was over, I turned around to get them and they were gone! There were a few groups walking over the pathway while we were sitting there and I wasn’t paying attention at all so I have no idea how it happened. I was kind of bummed since they were brand new, but I decided I wasn’t going to let anything ruin the magic for me on the first night. I could grumble about it once I was back home LOL.

Once Wishes was over we headed to the Haunted Mansion and there was no wait at all.

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It was great! We walked right through the turnstiles and into the stretching room. Is this room stretching or is it just your imagination? (and don't worry, I didn't actually use my flash on these! I edited them on iPhoto)

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HM is such a great classic Disney ride. It’s another one that’s so much fun at night time because it adds a little spookiness to the atmosphere. It was hilarious because there was an adult woman in the stretching room with us and I think she thought HM was actually like a haunted house where things jump out because when the CM ushered everyone into the center of the room she was like “no way, I’m not doing that!” and the only way he could get her to was to hold her hand! It was really quite cute. She was right behind us in her “doom buggy” and the whole time we could hear her saying “Oh my gosh. Okay. It’s okay.” I felt like reassuring her the whole time that there’s nothing scary to the Haunted Mansion, but I hope she had a good time once she realized how much fun it is!

We wandered through Fantasyland after and the waits for Peter Pan and Dumbo were only around 20 minutes but we didn’t feel like waiting for anything. There was a show of PhilharMagic starting right away and we LOVE PhilharMagic so we donned our “opera glasses” and hurried inside to the theater.

I did manage to get a few photos of the posters in line for the attraction which I think are too cute!

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The theater was almost empty! The park really was quiet that night.

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Because the theater was so empty there was nobody really around us so I totally sang along to every song. Not too loudly, but I was in such a good mood and really in the Disney spirit and I couldn’t help myself! What an amazing show this is. I just love all the music.

After PhilharMagic we saw there was absolutely nobody in line for Snow White’s Scary Adventures so we hurried over quickly. It was starting to near 10:00, park closing time, so people were really starting to empty out.

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I think Snow White is cute, but it isn’t really a “must do” for us. It was really nice to be able to ride it with no line because it’s something I probably wouldn’t wait in line more than 5 or 10 minutes for. In fact, I don’t think we got around to riding it in December. I’m glad we got to squeeze it in though! Snow White is one of my mom’s favourite Disney movies so she really enjoys it.

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By the time we got off of Snow White, it was 10:00. We walked out of Fantasyland the long way, past The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Since it was a few minutes after closing we planned on just walking by, but there was a CM standing at the entrance waving us on!

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It was so sweet of them and we really appreciated it. We ran right on and it was cool because a lot of the CMs were riding the last ride of the night in the Hunny Pots behind us. It was so nice of them to offer to let us ride. I know TMAOWTP (wow, I think there’s a reason that isn’t a commonly used acronym here on the DIS LOL) isn’t popular with some, but I really like this ride! It always makes me smile. I am a huge Pooh fan, and I just love "bouncing" along with Tigger!

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After Pooh, the park really was closed so we headed toward the castle. It was absolutely gorgeous and of course, I stopped for a few pictures. I really like how these came out!

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Now, even though the park was closed, it turned out we still had one last stop to make before heading back to the resort… any guesses?

[tinkgurl]

Oh my gosh. Your pictures turned out great! I love all the ride ones. Especially the HM stretching room!

[Diamondintheruff]

My guess is shopping.

New sunglasses maybe?

Or a photopass picture.

[hjd0411]

Wow - and you are still at Day 1...!!!!! :thumbsup2
Thanks so much for sharing your vacation - loving your photos too - those last ones of the castle are great!
Looking forward to reading more - you write with so much enthusiasm - makes me feel like I am right there with you!! :)

[meanmom121]

Here's my guess - the pool?

[Lady Lallie]

What wonderful pictures of the castle. I love reading about nights in Magic Kingdom, they just seem so nice and...well...magical. ;)

[mickeystoontown]

Love the pictures. In August, 2008, we watched Wishes from Fantasyland and we thought it was really neat to see the fireworks from that perspective too.

[stacikristine]

Your castle pictures are absolutely gorgeous! Honestly, they're some of the best I've seen. So pretty. That's so neat that you got to ride Pooh after the official closing time! Very sweet of the CMs. You know...I bet they love the part of their job that encourages them to do little special things for people. I think that would be my favorite part of being a CM. :goodvibes Sorry about your sunglasses! Um...I think you might go grab a late night snack somewhere? :confused: Can't wait to find out!!

[WDWRocksMySocks]

Wow, those pictures of the castle turned out great! I think you're camera is wooing me. :lovestruc

Hmm...I'm thinking you stopped by the pool or maybe the Emporium?

[jsrj21]

WOW!!! What a wonderful review; as thorough as I have ever read. Can't wait for your future trips!

May I ask what camera you took these pictures with? They came out really nice.

Glad you had a good time. Your excitement and enthusiasm radiated through your words. I can empathize as this is how I feel when visiting the world.

Great job.

[jewels1916]

Great updates! (I was behind, and missed the last two). I think your Wishes pics turned out very nice. And wow, great wait times for the rides, especially BTMRR! PhilharMagic is one of my all-time favorites, and it's great to kind of, start the trip off with that. :) Can't wait to read more!

[Belle_373]

Enjoying your TR so far! I was also at MK that night. The crowds were definitely nice and low. It's so nice to see a fellow diser who is from Toronto. I actually graduated from U of T a couples of years ago.

Looking forward to reading more!:thumbsup2

[Disney127]

Now, even though the park was closed, it turned out we still had one last stop to make before heading back to the resort… any guesses?

Cinnamon bun? :confused3 Love your photos of the castle and rides!

[JenAusty]

wow! No wait for HH! Thats great! I would lovve that because HH is one of my favorite rides of all time.. that would be magical in itself! hehe

I love when the park is empty. Some people don't care for it.. but I like it that way. I like feeling like I have the whole park to myself.

See I love Snow White and don't really care for Winne the Pooh ride.. we just thought it was weird.. and I like pooh and friends. So idk maybe we will give it a try again, if were lucky like you were.

Your pics of the castle turned out awesome!!!

[PrincessJasmine14]

i'm loving your trip report! post more soon :yay:

[autumnpalm]

Oh my gosh. Your pictures turned out great! I love all the ride ones. Especially the HM stretching room!

I really like the HM ones too. I was bummed when I took them because on my little camera screen they looked pretty dark but once I uploaded them onto the computer they were so much better!

My guess is shopping.

New sunglasses maybe?

Or a photopass picture.

We DID fit in some PP photos but I don't have those to post yet...

Wow - and you are still at Day 1...!!!!! :thumbsup2
Thanks so much for sharing your vacation - loving your photos too - those last ones of the castle are great!
Looking forward to reading more - you write with so much enthusiasm - makes me feel like I am right there with you!! :)

Thanks so much for your compliments! I was really happy with how the castle pics turned out. I've never really had a camera that takes decent nighttime shots yet. Thank you for posting and WELCOME!

Here's my guess - the pool?

Nope... you know, we never actually got around to swimming at the ASMu pool! It has such a cute pool area but we never found time to fit it in. Another trip! LOL

What wonderful pictures of the castle. I love reading about nights in Magic Kingdom, they just seem so nice and...well...magical. ;)

They really are! I love nighttime in the parks more than any other time. Especially with the cooler temperatures!

Love the pictures. In August, 2008, we watched Wishes from Fantasyland and we thought it was really neat to see the fireworks from that perspective too.

I had no idea they came from that far back! We took the KTTK tour and learned that they even shoot some of the fireworks from outside of the MK. I was really impressed!

Your castle pictures are absolutely gorgeous! Honestly, they're some of the best I've seen. So pretty. That's so neat that you got to ride Pooh after the official closing time! Very sweet of the CMs. You know...I bet they love the part of their job that encourages them to do little special things for people. I think that would be my favorite part of being a CM. :goodvibes Sorry about your sunglasses! Um...I think you might go grab a late night snack somewhere? :confused: Can't wait to find out!!

I know, the CMs are so great. I would love that part of being a CM too! They were so happy to do it too. And you're right! We did end up going for food....

Thank you for your compliments on the castle pictures! I have one of them as my computer background right now and it makes me happy every time I look at it!

Wow, those pictures of the castle turned out great! I think you're camera is wooing me. :lovestruc

Hmm...I'm thinking you stopped by the pool or maybe the Emporium?

Get it! Get it! Get it! I really am very happy with it so far.

No, not the pool or the Emporium. Can you believe we didn't make it to the Emporium until the last day at MK? Shame on us! LOL

WOW!!! What a wonderful review; as thorough as I have ever read. Can't wait for your future trips!

May I ask what camera you took these pictures with? They came out really nice.

Glad you had a good time. Your excitement and enthusiasm radiated through your words. I can empathize as this is how I feel when visiting the world.

Great job.

I took all the pictures with a Canon Elph. It's the SD790 Powershot. Pretty inexpensive (around $200) and it's held up under a lot. I've only had it about 6 months but I really like it.

I'm so glad you're enjoying the TR! I'm hoping to get the next installment posted tonight!

Great updates! (I was behind, and missed the last two). I think your Wishes pics turned out very nice. And wow, great wait times for the rides, especially BTMRR! PhilharMagic is one of my all-time favorites, and it's great to kind of, start the trip off with that. :) Can't wait to read more!

I know, I really worried about the crowds for nothing! I don't think I'll ever really worry about using touringplans again. I'm sure they're spot on sometimes but it's not worth stressing over!

Enjoying your TR so far! I was also at MK that night. The crowds were definitely nice and low. It's so nice to see a fellow diser who is from Toronto. I actually graduated from U of T a couples of years ago.

Looking forward to reading more!:thumbsup2

Hi there, welcome!! That's so cool that you were at the MK at the same time as us... and you're from Toronto! It's nice to see a local DISer. What did you take at U of T? I have a bunch of friends there right now.

Cinnamon bun? :confused3 Love your photos of the castle and rides!

DING DING DING!!! We have a winner!!!!!

You're right, we got ourselves a cinnamon bun from the Bakery!

wow! No wait for HH! Thats great! I would lovve that because HH is one of my favorite rides of all time.. that would be magical in itself! hehe

I love when the park is empty. Some people don't care for it.. but I like it that way. I like feeling like I have the whole park to myself.

See I love Snow White and don't really care for Winne the Pooh ride.. we just thought it was weird.. and I like pooh and friends. So idk maybe we will give it a try again, if were lucky like you were.

Your pics of the castle turned out awesome!!!

Yeah, I've read about people who prefer the parks to be busy... nope, not us! LOL We were there in December this year and the parks were CRAZY on our last day as all the crowds were coming in. I'll leave that experience to someone else!

That's so funny you love Snow White and not Winnie the Pooh. I would say it's worth giving another shot for sure. Does this mean I should line up for Snow White in June? Fair's fair I guess! LOL

i'm loving your trip report! post more soon :yay:

Thank you so much, PrincessJasmine! Welcome and I think I'll have the next update done by tonight!!

[autumnpalm]

Day 2, Part One. The End of the Beginning!

We walked through the hub on our way out and I finally remembered to take some pictures the miniature character statues around the border. They are so darn cute and I mean to take them every time but always seem to forget. I think Pinocchio, Chip & Dale and Minnie are my favourites.


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Everyone was heading toward the Main Street exit. Because the park had just closed, we didn’t feel any need to rush out of the park just to wait in line at the bus stop so we decided we would make a stop at the Main Street Bakery.

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We had an early morning the next day, so we bought a cinnamon bun to split for breakfast. Lucky us, there were only two left and we got the second to last one. There was a huge line behind us so I felt kind of bad taking it, but once we dug into it in the morning, I had no regrets! By the time we’d lined up at the cash and paid it was almost half an hour after park closing so we headed to the buses. We got there just in the nick of time and there was a bus just about to pull away when we got there. The bus was packed and it was standing room only. I had the plastic container the cinnamon bun was in open a little to let the heat out and the smell of cinnamon and icing was so strong that everyone around us was commenting on it! One person even suggested splitting it amongst the rest of the passengers but we weren’t prepared to give it up! LOL

Once we were back at ASMu, my mom went to the food court to get us some lemonade in our refillable mugs while I snapped a few more pictures of the room. This would be our last night as ASMu so I wanted to get a few final shots.

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I showered quickly, brushed my teeth and wrote a little bit in my TR journal and I think I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow. I felt a little bit bad because my mom let me have the double bed while she took the pull out couch and I was hoping she wouldn’t be terribly uncomfortable. It turned out once we woke up in the morning, she said it was the most comfortable bed she’d ever slept in. A pullout couch at a value resort. Go figure!

We were awoken at 7:00am by the “Celebrate You” song instead of Stitch doing the wakeup call which was a welcome surprise to us. I definitely prefer the new version!

Since I had showered the night before, I quickly straightened my hair and did my makeup while my mom showered. When I’m at Disney I am super quick at getting ready in the morning! Breakfast was easy since I just microwaved the cinnamon bun we’d bought the night before and it was delicious even the next morning. YUM!!!!

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It was really great not to have to worry about breakfast when we had so much to do that morning. Very convenient!

My mom still wasn’t ready for the day yet (she had to blowdry and straighten her hair) and I was getting a little but impatient so I walked out to the hallway and took some pictures. We were in such a lovely, quiet area!

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When I got back inside she still wasn’t ready so I flipped on the TV and found Stacey. If you haven’t already heard, her new show is now “Must Do Disney” and I am so bummed out about it. It’s nowhere near as good as the old one. They took out a bunch of classic lines and she doesn’t have that special Stacey “pep”. I hope they change it back!

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After about 10 minutes my mom was finally done with her hair and makeup so we decided to explore the resort a little before dropping our luggage off for the luggage transfer.

It was early enough in the morning that there was nobody in the pool. It was hot already that day and the pool was looking pretty tempting!

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The jazz section looked cool and I loved the fountain and landscaping they had in the middle. This section would definitely be my second choice after the Calypso buildings.

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Piano pool!

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Broadway was really cute, but a bit far away from the main building. The theming was awesome though! I really got into the spirit for this photo. I don’t have any props, so you’ll just have to imagine me wearing a cane and top hat!

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My mom really wanted a picture of me in front of the fountain, so I obliged. You’ll notice as we go with this TR that I don’t have a camera shy bone in my body! LOL

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On our way back to the main building, we stopped off at our room and grabbed our luggage which as already packed and ready to go. I couldn’t believe our time at All Star Music was already over. Goodbye, family suite! I have to say though, I wasn’t at all upset… I was really looking forward to the Yacht Club!

The luggage transfer was super easy. We wheeled our bags out to luggage services and they took our names and information, slapped tags on our suitcases and we were on our way to the buses. They even took our carry on luggage and we were out of there within 5 minutes. It was great!! The luggage transfer went really smoothly on the other end, too.

Now that everything had been taken care of at ASMu, we were free to enjoy our day at Epcot! It was about 9:00 at this point so we missed rope drop by a bit but it was worth the sleep in. We were both well rested and ready to take on the day!

As soon as we got to the bus stop, a bus pulled up. Great timing! We forgot to get a picture of the Magic Kingdom bus the night before, so we made sure we got one with the Epcot bus.

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We were on our way to Epcot. It was our first full day in the parks, we were checking into the Yacht Club that day and we had a dinner ADR at Teppan Edo. The sun was shining and there was barely a cloud in the sky. I could just tell it was going to be a perfect day!

[bhwhiz]

Can't wait to hear how Epcot went! popcorn::

[tinkgurl]

I've watched the new "Must Do Disney" on youtube, and I've decided we need to start a petition to get it changed back to the other Stacey!

By the way, love your outfit. :thumbsup2 I remember helping with that one!

[Lady Lallie]

Your pictures have made me even more excited for my stay at ASMu! Yay!

I love your outfit, you look so cute! I think I am going to try that trick to get some snacks for breakfast in the mornings. It's a good way to experience even more Disney treats. :rotfl:

[MyMuse]

I'm all caught up!

Lovely pics! I like to see how people view the same things differently. I'm glad you had a good first day at MK.

Our first full day was MK, too. The castle is quite magical. I can't wait to gt back and do the Keys to th Kingdom tour.

[TeaForTulips]

catching up!!

Looks like your MK evening was so great! :wizard:

I'm glad the resort transfer didn't seem to be a problem. :thumbsup2

Your pictures are so great!!

I can't wait to read about EPCOT! :yay:

[stacikristine]

First of all, I love your outfit. Super cute. YAY!!! You're at Epcot! I can't wait to hear all about it. And I'm excited to see pictures of the Yacht Club. I hope you liked Teppan Edo--it's one of my favorites!!

[WDWRocksMySocks]

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LOVE this picture!!! You've sold me on that camera. I think I'm going to head to Best Buy this week to get it. :thumbsup2

Oh, and I agree about the "Must Do Disney" thing. We all need to protest!!!

[jewels1916]

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[Insert drooling smilie face here.] Great update! Looks like your trip started off right! Can't wait to read about Epcot and Yacht Club!

[Diamondintheruff]

Great pre-planning for breakfast.

All those pictures of the family suite brought back memories. I slept on the pull out ottomen one night and that was super comfy too so I don't doubt your Mom enjoyed the couch.

[autumnpalm]

Can't wait to hear how Epcot went! popcorn::

I have the update written, I just can't get Shutterfly to upload the darn pictures! :headache:

I've watched the new "Must Do Disney" on youtube, and I've decided we need to start a petition to get it changed back to the other Stacey!

By the way, love your outfit. :thumbsup2 I remember helping with that one!

I agree completely! And you might recognize a few more outfits.;)

Your pictures have made me even more excited for my stay at ASMu! Yay!

I love your outfit, you look so cute! I think I am going to try that trick to get some snacks for breakfast in the mornings. It's a good way to experience even more Disney treats. :rotfl:

Exactly, you really need a strategy to fit in as much Disney food as possible.:rotfl:

ASMu was really fun!

I'm all caught up!

Lovely pics! I like to see how people view the same things differently. I'm glad you had a good first day at MK.

Our first full day was MK, too. The castle is quite magical. I can't wait to gt back and do the Keys to th Kingdom tour.

The Keys to the Kingdom tour was GREAT. I'll write about it thoroughly in a future update but I would highly recommend it.

catching up!!

Looks like your MK evening was so great! :wizard:

I'm glad the resort transfer didn't seem to be a problem. :thumbsup2

Your pictures are so great!!

I can't wait to read about EPCOT! :yay:

The resort transfer wasn't a problem at all! I'd read a few horror stories so I was a little bit nervous beforehand, but it was so easy that I think all our future trips will be split stays.

First of all, I love your outfit. Super cute. YAY!!! You're at Epcot! I can't wait to hear all about it. And I'm excited to see pictures of the Yacht Club. I hope you liked Teppan Edo--it's one of my favorites!!

MMM we LOVED Teppan Edo! It was my mom's favourite meal of the trip, I think. And wait till you see the YC, it was so beautiful.

LOVE this picture!!! You've sold me on that camera. I think I'm going to head to Best Buy this week to get it. :thumbsup2

Oh, and I agree about the "Must Do Disney" thing. We all need to protest!!!

Yay, I'm so glad you decided on my camera. We're camera twins now! Woo hoo!

And I think you and tinkgurl should head up the protest LOL.

[Insert drooling smilie face here.] Great update! Looks like your trip started off right! Can't wait to read about Epcot and Yacht Club!

I can't wait to show you guys our Epcot day! Just waiting on the photo uploads. And mmm that cinnamon bun tasted even better than it looks!

Great pre-planning for breakfast.

All those pictures of the family suite brought back memories. I slept on the pull out ottomen one night and that was super comfy too so I don't doubt your Mom enjoyed the couch.

I was feeling so guilty with her sleeping on the couch but I should have known Disney wouldn't give their guests bad beds LOL. We never did get to test out the ottoman so I'm glad to hear it was comfy too!


I'm going to REALLY try to get the next update done today. I keep trying to upload the photos to shutterfly.com and I keep getting a page load error. I don't know what that means? I have a shift at the hospital tonight so I'll try to get it posted before then... if not I hope to get it done once I'm home!

We just had our holiday weekend here in Canada so I'm sorry for the delay. But I had a great time! Ahh... if only every weekend were a long weekend, huh?

[autumnpalm]

Day Two, Part 2.

After a quick bus ride to Epcot, we arrived pretty shortly after rope drop. As soon as we entered the park, we were greeted by this beautiful sight:

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Prince and Princess topiaries! They were just gorgeous. It was really hard to get good pictures because people were going camera crazy and pushing and shoving and standing up on the edge to get in the picture but I did the best I could! Here’s what I captured:

Snow White!
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How cute are the Dwarfs?
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Cinderella and Prince Charming
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Excuse my squinting... the sun was bright and I still hadn't bought a pair of replacement sunglasses!
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Sleeping Beauty and her Prince. I love how they captured so much movement in this one.
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We also took a few quick PP pictures and then headed into the park. There was literally no wait for Spaceship Earth so we decided to hop on.

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Even though it isn’t really a “rope drop” ride, we figured if we rode it early then we wouldn’t have to walk all the way back to the front of the park later. Plus it’s one of my mom’s favourite rides so she was happy to ride it first.

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For the first time ever we managed to hit the right spot on the map! Usually I end up telling the darn thing we’re from New York or Quebec. But we got it right this time and were properly represented as Torontonians! Whoo hoo!

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After Spaceship Earth, I had major ants in my pants to get to Soarin. We didn’t stop at any of the exhibits at the end at all because I was so anxious to grab our fastpasses. I’m a big, big Soarin fan and wanted to get there ASAP.

More beautiful gardens on the way!

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Finally we had made it!

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Even though Epcot was pretty quiet that morning, the standby line for Soarin was about 40 minutes so we decided to just grab our FPs and ride Living with the Land while we waited.

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This was our first time on Living with the Land and I really enjoyed it! I kind of thought it looked boring when I was younger so we always skipped it. I’m glad we decided to branch out though, because it was really interesting. I will definitely ride it on future trips. Maybe not the most exciting attraction for young kids, but it was relaxing and peaceful and informative and a nice air conditioned break because it was already hot that day!

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I got a few pictures but was kind of bummed out that they didn’t have any Mickey pumpkins. Hopefully they’ll have grown into the right shape by June!

Pretty sunflowers! They're one of my favourite flowers.
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I thought it was so neat to see cotton growing!
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Lettuce hidden Mickey!
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Since our Fastpasses for Soarin weren’t until noon, we had some more time to kill before returning. There was no wait for Circle of Life but… we decided not to see it. Maybe we’re missing out like we were with Living in the Land before but it’s never appealed to me. So we left the Land pavilion and went to The Seas. Like I told you guys, I’m really not camera shy, so we stopped for another photo op or two…

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And then we were ready to ride The Seas with Nemo, meet a manatee named Kringle and spend some time hanging out with Crush!

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[BridetobeDisney]

Hey girl! I'm all caught up! I love all the pics. It looks like you both had a great time. I look forward to hearing more.

[h0cusp0kus]

I love the Garden Festival pictures! It's so amazing how they can create that.

[jewels1916]

I love, love, love your flower and garden festival pics! I never even knew about this festival until I got on Disboards, and I've decided that at some point in my life I need to go for it! And yay for Soarin'!

[wlwilliams9]

I'm all caught up and begging for more!! Great start! Are you going to finish this TR before your next trip? I can't believe you're going again in 3 weeks! I'm jealous!;)

[autumnpalm]

Hey girl! I'm all caught up! I love all the pics. It looks like you both had a great time. I look forward to hearing more.

Hey there!! So glad you made it over. I can't wait to go read your TR... it's so much fun to see all the May DISers getting back and starting their reports.:goodvibes

I love the Garden Festival pictures! It's so amazing how they can create that.

I know! I would just LOVE to see them create a topiary. I swear I would sit and watch for hours and not say a word.:laughing: It would make a great behind the scenes experience.

I love, love, love your flower and garden festival pics! I never even knew about this festival until I got on Disboards, and I've decided that at some point in my life I need to go for it! And yay for Soarin'!

I didn't know about it until I joined the DIS either. It's sooo beautiful. I would love to go back for it again someday! I think May really is a perfect time for WDW.

I'm all caught up and begging for more!! Great start! Are you going to finish this TR before your next trip? I can't believe you're going again in 3 weeks! I'm jealous!;)

Wendy!! HI!

I don't think I'll get this TR finished in time, so what I'm planning on doing is kind of merging them both into one TR. Treat it kind of like a split stay LOL. I know, I can't believe I'll be back so soon! It's such a weird feeling... but a GREAT one!:lovestruc

[mickeystoontown]

I absolutely love your Flower & Garden Festival pictures. Up until last year, our vacations always coincided with the F&GF. When we went to Epcot in August, 2008, I was soooo disappointed in the lack of landscaping (with flowers). I guess I didn't truly appreciate the beauty of the festival until we didn't go during that time period.

Hanging around for more.

[TeaForTulips]

Your morning in EPCOT is off to a great start! :goodvibes We rode Spaceship Earth first and headed to Soarin too! :thumbsup2 I was hoping to see a mickey anything when we rode the land. No tomatoes, pumpkins, or anything! I hope you'll see something in June!

Your outfit is so cute. :lovestruc

Weren't all the flowers just gorgeous?? Your pictures are great! I feel like I've said that in every reply, but they are! :wizard:

[tinkgurl]

Oh my gosh, those topiaries are gorgeous! Do you know if they'll still be there when I go? I hope so!!!!

Wow, no line for Spaceship Earth?! Good! :thumbsup2 This past trip, there was always a huge line because it had just re-opened with the new changes. I hope the line stays down while we're there too!

Soarin' is so much fun. I just hate walking to it. Seriously, that hill/incline to get into the Land can be exhausting in the heat!

My grandpa LOVES Living with the Land. He's excited about going on that one when they come back with us next year.

[scooby9932]

Hey there! I finally made it over. I've been swamped since returning & here you are so far ahead of me on your TR! Good for you!

You're trip sounds great so far. Kudos to you on your upgrade! Disney Magic right from the start. :wizard:

Your pictures are great & I love that you're using a program to load that my work computer will let me see! Shhh! Don't tell or they'll figure out a way to block that one, too. ;)

Can't wait to hear more. :thumbsup2

[JenAusty]

I love your pictures of main street at night.. soo magical and beautiful! I'm glad your stay at ASMu was good. I will say though I am disappointed with the bathroom design.. soo boring and dry.. there are soooo many other ideas I could of came up with. So far ASMov is my fav bathroom!

[JenAusty]

I love the Prince and Princess topiaries.. actually all of the topiaries.. this makes me soooo excited because I've never been during the Flower Festival with all the pretty flowers and such! ekk! :banana:

[MyMuse]

Awwww....I can't see pictures! :sad1: I'll try again when I get home tonight after the gym.

This was my first trip during F&G as well; it was completely beautiful. :cloud9:

[Lady Lallie]

I really can't wait to see all the pretty Flower & Garden displays. Yay!! :woohoo:

[Sarah84]

I cant believe i missed this trippie before, what a great start :thumbsup2
Your photos are wonderful and what a fantastic trip you seem to be having, congrats on the room upgrade looking forwatd to seeing room pics from the yacht club too.

I plan on taking a trip just me and my mum for her 50th birthday, sadly it isn't till 2011 so a couple of years to wait still but im so excited to take her, hope we have as wonderful memories as you and your mum have from your trip :)

Look forward to reading more of your report.

[stacikristine]

Oh my goodness! The Flower & Garden Festival pictures are absolutely gorgeous!!! :lovestruc I would love to be able to go during that time one of these years. And you look super cute in your outfit. :) It looks like a wonderful, wonderful morning at Epcot!

[Diamondintheruff]

I saw some of the same topiaries. They really were beautiful. Makes my garden look pretty sad. I think I have 8 geraniums. If I look really hard I can make out a hidden mickey in them (LOL).

Hope you get some new sunglasses soon. You'll need them for this next trip too!

[autumnpalm]

I absolutely love your Flower & Garden Festival pictures. Up until last year, our vacations always coincided with the F&GF. When we went to Epcot in August, 2008, I was soooo disappointed in the lack of landscaping (with flowers). I guess I didn't truly appreciate the beauty of the festival until we didn't go during that time period.

Hanging around for more.

I know, Epcot really does look different during the F&GF. It was a huge change! I really wish they would keep up with the landscaping all year although I'm sure that must be a TON of work!

Your morning in EPCOT is off to a great start! :goodvibes We rode Spaceship Earth first and headed to Soarin too! :thumbsup2 I was hoping to see a mickey anything when we rode the land. No tomatoes, pumpkins, or anything! I hope you'll see something in June!

Your outfit is so cute. :lovestruc

Weren't all the flowers just gorgeous?? Your pictures are great! I feel like I've said that in every reply, but they are! :wizard:

The flowers were absolutely gorgeous. Even better than I'd hoped! And I really hope there's a Mickey something at the Land in June... I was so bummed when they didn't have any. I'm glad it wasn't just me though, not looking hard enough.

Oh my gosh, those topiaries are gorgeous! Do you know if they'll still be there when I go? I hope so!!!!

Wow, no line for Spaceship Earth?! Good! :thumbsup2 This past trip, there was always a huge line because it had just re-opened with the new changes. I hope the line stays down while we're there too!

Soarin' is so much fun. I just hate walking to it. Seriously, that hill/incline to get into the Land can be exhausting in the heat!

My grandpa LOVES Living with the Land. He's excited about going on that one when they come back with us next year.

You know, I'm not sure when they take town the topiaries! I do hope they're still there. They're great!

And nope, no line at all for SE. It was perfect.

Awww that's so cute you're going with your grandpa!:lovestruc

Hey there! I finally made it over. I've been swamped since returning & here you are so far ahead of me on your TR! Good for you!

You're trip sounds great so far. Kudos to you on your upgrade! Disney Magic right from the start. :wizard:

Your pictures are great & I love that you're using a program to load that my work computer will let me see! Shhh! Don't tell or they'll figure out a way to block that one, too. ;)

Can't wait to hear more. :thumbsup2

Yeah, I switched from Photobucket to Shutterfly because my Photobucket account was getting to be almost full and there's no limit to Shutterfly! So far I think it's a lot easier to use.

I'm so glad you found my TR! I was looking for you while at WDW but never caught a glimpse of your decked out ECV.;)

I love your pictures of main street at night.. soo magical and beautiful! I'm glad your stay at ASMu was good. I will say though I am disappointed with the bathroom design.. soo boring and dry.. there are soooo many other ideas I could of came up with. So far ASMov is my fav bathroom!

I love the Prince and Princess topiaries.. actually all of the topiaries.. this makes me soooo excited because I've never been during the Flower Festival with all the pretty flowers and such! ekk! :banana:

The bathrooms do leave a little to be desired. But overall I would give the resort a thumbs up! I would stay there again happily.

And you will LOVE the Festival. It is so amazing to see in person!

Awwww....I can't see pictures! :sad1: I'll try again when I get home tonight after the gym.

This was my first trip during F&G as well; it was completely beautiful. :cloud9:

Ugh, I hope they get working for you soon!:goodvibes I've gotta go catch up on your TR!

I really can't wait to see all the pretty Flower & Garden displays. Yay!! :woohoo:

Ahhhh you are SO CLOSE!!!!!!!

I cant believe i missed this trippie before, what a great start :thumbsup2
Your photos are wonderful and what a fantastic trip you seem to be having, congrats on the room upgrade looking forwatd to seeing room pics from the yacht club too.

I plan on taking a trip just me and my mum for her 50th birthday, sadly it isn't till 2011 so a couple of years to wait still but im so excited to take her, hope we have as wonderful memories as you and your mum have from your trip :)

Look forward to reading more of your report.

Hi there and :welcome:

I love mother daughter trips, they really are something special. We had so much fun together and have some really wonderful memories. You and your mom will love it!

And don't worry, I got LOTS of YC pics!

Oh my goodness! The Flower & Garden Festival pictures are absolutely gorgeous!!! :lovestruc I would love to be able to go during that time one of these years. And you look super cute in your outfit. :) It looks like a wonderful, wonderful morning at Epcot!

As far as mornings go, it was pretty much perfect... and I'm SO not a morning person.:rotfl:

[autumnpalm]

I saw some of the same topiaries. They really were beautiful. Makes my garden look pretty sad. I think I have 8 geraniums. If I look really hard I can make out a hidden mickey in them (LOL).

Hope you get some new sunglasses soon. You'll need them for this next trip too!

Don't worry, my sunglasses make an appearance in this next update!

And if you can believe it, we don't have a single flower in our yard, just some hanging baskets above our front porch. I guess that's what happens when you live in Toronto!:rotfl:

[autumnpalm]

Day Two, Part 3. Manatee friends!


So we left off just about to make our way to the Seas pavilion. Naturally, our first stop was Nemo and Friends. We rode this last July and weren't particularly impressed, but there was no line so we figured why not? I think the line is so cutely themed. I love the boardwalk floors and all the signs. I took a picture of this one because I thought it was particularly cute:

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I could only really get one decent shot while on the ride, and this is it:

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It's a nice ride for kids, I think, but for us it was kind of like a recap of the movie on aquarium screens. I really like the movie so I enjoyed it, but it's definitely not something I would line up more than 5-10 minutes for.

Immediately after getting off Nemo, we headed for the manatee exhibit. I think this is my favourite part of the entire pavilion. They had Lou and Kringle there, and said Kringle had only been there for a few weeks. One had a tail injured by a boat propeller and the other was saved from cold sensitivity. They were being fed lettuce when we were there and were the sweetest things ever. I think it's really neat that Disney has this available to see, but I think they should "advertise" it a little more. It's a really interesting exhibit!

Lou and Kringle:

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After visiting with our friends the manatees, we took a quick look at the surrounding aquariums.

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There was a dolphin show starting soon but it looked pretty busy so we decided to save that for another day at Epcot. There was, however, a Turtle Talk with Crush show starting soon and I have a soft spot for that show so agreed to stick around for it.

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I wanted a picture of the photo op with our heads in the sharks mouths but there were tons and tons of kids crawling all over poor Bruce so I settled for this one:

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The show was so much fun. The guy that does Crush's voice is VERY talented and even though the show follows the same formula every time, I always enjoy watching it. Crush is so quick to come up with answers for the kids and I think it's just as fun for the adults to watch as the younger ones. This is something we will always do.

Once Turtle Talk was over, we exited the Seas pavilion. It still wasn't time for us to use our Soarin' FPs so we went over to Innoventions to check it out. I'd head about the little Segway test drive you could do in there and thought it sounded like fun.

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Unfortunately the CM working there said that the Segway exhibit wouldn't be open until 1:00. At this point it was around 11:30 and I was starving! My mom was too, all we'd had was half a cinnamon bun each that day... and like I mentioned before, I get super cranky if I don't eat often.

Now, Tangierine Cafe is my mom's favourite CS in all of Disney World. She LOVES it. I really like it, but not to the obsessive degree that she does! The CS in Future World is okay... but I knew she would be super excited to eat at TC. So I asked her if she wanted to walk over the World Showcase earlier than we anticipated and have our first Disney lunch there. No surprise, she was totally on board! Even though our Soarin' FPs would be valid soon, we decided to save it until later in the evening (we had Epcot planned for the evening too) and head straight to the Yacht Club to check in after lunch. We were both anxious to see what we had been waiting for all these months!

On the way over to the World Showcase, we stopped at Mouse Gears so I could get some sunglasses. The sun was soooo bright that I knew I wouldn't last the day without them. I picked a pair out fairly quickly, we paid and were ready to go! Here I am with my new shades:

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Was it a beautiful day to be in Epcot or what?!

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You will now see a rare picture of my lovely mother... I just like the way this shot turned out with the monorail in the background. At least she's wearing sunglasses so her identity is partially concealed!:laughing:

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As we walked, we also saw.... A BUTTERFLY GARDEN!

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If you check out my tags, I am TERRIFIED of butterflies. They scare the bejeezus out of me! My mom jokingly suggested going in and taking a look around but I was out of the area super fast. I was afraid somehow a butterfly would escape and somehow follow us all the way to the Yacht Club. Luckily we had no run ins with any of them (well... not until later!)

Near the entrance to the World Showcase were some Lion King topiaries.

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Believe me, I can be just as intimidating as Scar.

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And of course, Timon and Pumbaa were there!

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We went to Morocca via Canada (we had to, we are Canadians after all!) and caught up with some friends from Bambi. I actually wrote a paper about the media controversy surrounding Bambi and how it has affected public perceptions of hunting for university this year (it was entitled "A Deer Caught in the Headlines: The Bambi Controversy"... no tomatoes please! LOL) and got an A on it. So thanks, Bambi!

We had almost made it to Morocco when I was stopped in my tracks in France. Aurora was frolicking in the gardens... and there was NO LINE! My mom was absolutely starving by this point and I nearly killed her when I started wandering away from the direct path to food... but I had to meet Aurora! I didn't spend much time chatting, just snapped the pictures and was on my way. I was barely 5 minutes! That showed restraint.

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Eventually.... we had made it! Food was (literally) in sight!

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We split the lamb schwarma (sp?) platter and it was as delicious as usual. I think this is my favourite CS meal at the World Showcase. The lamb is delicious and oh, the couscous is amazing! And the hummus... mmm. It really is a great lunch. And huge! My mom also got a cafe au lait which she said was perfect. Way better than Disney coffee! The outdoor seating area is so nice, too!

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I could've relaxed there all day, but we had places to go and things to do! We were ready to check in at the Yacht Club!

On the way, I spotted Aladdin (in plant form). He could sweep me off my feet with his magic carpet anytime! LOL

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And finally, we were on our way to the Yacht Club. My goodness, the walkway is beautiful!

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Up next: We FINALLY check in! Woo hoo!!!

[wlwilliams9]

What a great morning at Epcot! We went to TC to eat one evening, but the line was FOREVER long and not moving, so Mike got mad and said forget it! Maybe next time!! (He's not the most patient man!!:lmao:) I can't wait to see your YC room and your review of SAB!

[Belle_373]

I am so happy to hear that other people are as terrified of butterflies as I am. I thought it was just me. LOL My DB made me walk through the butterfly garden on our trip too. Let just say I quickly made my way to the exit. :rotfl:

At U of T I majored in History with a minor in English and Politics.

[Beka]

It's nice knowing I'm not the only one afraid of butterflies. Most people don't know that they have fang & bite! I'm also afraid of birds.

Great installment! I love Epcot!

[Diamondintheruff]

So glad you got the sunglasses. Great to finally see a shot of your mom. My kids love Nemo (Okay the eldest hates the whole moving carpet thing but likes the ride) but then they are so not thrill ride people. However, I agree that the theming of the queue is the best part.

Love all your posing with the characters/topiaries. Have you ever considered their college program? I see the makings of a great face character in you!

[WDWRocksMySocks]

WOW! I can't get over how gorgeous all the topiaries are. :lovestruc You're pictures are great!!

I'm also afraid of birds.



Ugh, I don't blame you about the birds. They are so...DISGUSTING!!!

[meanmom121]

How did I get so far behind? I loved the princess topiaries. I wish they kept that up all year. I'll have to plan a mother/daughter trip so me and my om can enjoy the F&GF.:goodvibes My kids would absolutely not let me go to Disney without them though:lmao:
That woman is far too youn to be your mother - Who is she really:rotfl2:
What's with all you people and the butterflies:confused3 - I could understand if they were biting insects - but they're beautiful and painless:lovestruc
Can't wait to see your yacht club room:cutie:

[jewels1916]

Yum! Your food from Tangierine Cafe looks so yummy! I've never been able to persuade any of my family to try it, so I've never eaten there. Nemo and Friends looks cute...I am trying to decide if Kelly and I should do that one, mainly because neither of us have done it. Based on what you said about it, we will probably do it if the line is short. :)
Can't wait to read about the Yacht Club, and see pics!

[Lady Lallie]

Your pictures are so pretty and while I am looking at them I keep saying to myself, I will be there tomorrow! Eeee! :lmao:

[stacikristine]

What a great morning/early afternoon!! All of your pictures are just gorgeous. I've never eaten at TC, but I've heard amazing things about it. I want to try it out when we go! And I can't wait to see pictures of the Yacht Club!!! By the way, I'm loving the fact that you update so often--it makes it so interesting to follow your TR! :thumbsup2

[tinkgurl]

I love MouseGears!

Hm...I haven't tried the food at Morocco!

That walkway looks nice!

[TeaForTulips]

I loved the manatees! :lovestruc One has an owie on his/her tail and I was curious to know more about them both, but I couldn't find CM anywhere in the area! :confused3

You and those butterflies crack me up!! :rotfl:

The picture of your mom turned out very well! I had a goal to get a picture of the pink monorail and I could never find it! :thumbsup2

You and Aurora look great! You would make a great princess. princess:

What a great day in EPCOT!

I'm excited for YC check in!! :yay:

[CW4DW]

Great Updates - I can't wait to hear about checking in at the Yacht club - hopefully it is as magical as ASM... Can't wait to read more about your trip! Loving all the pics - I never remember to keep taking pictures - I take a lot at the beginning but then I get so caught up in just being at Disney that I don't continue to take pics. I hope to be better in September & then again in December.

Can't wait for more...

[autumnpalm]

What a great morning at Epcot! We went to TC to eat one evening, but the line was FOREVER long and not moving, so Mike got mad and said forget it! Maybe next time!! (He's not the most patient man!!:lmao:) I can't wait to see your YC room and your review of SAB!

Oh my gosh, we LOVED Stormalong bay. The YC has me totally spoiled pool-wise now! I took tons of pictures too!!

I am so happy to hear that other people are as terrified of butterflies as I am. I thought it was just me. LOL My DB made me walk through the butterfly garden on our trip too. Let just say I quickly made my way to the exit. :rotfl:

At U of T I majored in History with a minor in English and Politics.

I have a friend at U of T right now in History! What are you doing now?

And eeek! I can't imagine entering the garden. You're so brave LOL. And I always thought my fear of butterflies was weird so it's interesting to see it's more common than I thought!

It's nice knowing I'm not the only one afraid of butterflies. Most people don't know that they have fang & bite! I'm also afraid of birds.

Great installment! I love Epcot!

Agh!! I didn't even know they have fangs and bite!! Thanks, Beka.:rotfl:

So glad you got the sunglasses. Great to finally see a shot of your mom. My kids love Nemo (Okay the eldest hates the whole moving carpet thing but likes the ride) but then they are so not thrill ride people. However, I agree that the theming of the queue is the best part.

Love all your posing with the characters/topiaries. Have you ever considered their college program? I see the makings of a great face character in you!

It would seriously be my DREAM to be a character at Disney. I would love, love, love it. I'm hoping to do the international college program at some point. I still have a couple years of school ahead of me, so I'm hoping to squeeze it in before I graduate!

WOW! I can't get over how gorgeous all the topiaries are. :lovestruc You're pictures are great!!



Ugh, I don't blame you about the birds. They are so...DISGUSTING!!!

I think crows are the worst. They totally freak me out. And the topiaries were awesome. I wish I'd taken even MORE pictures!

How did I get so far behind? I loved the princess topiaries. I wish they kept that up all year. I'll have to plan a mother/daughter trip so me and my om can enjoy the F&GF.:goodvibes My kids would absolutely not let me go to Disney without them though:lmao:
That woman is far too youn to be your mother - Who is she really:rotfl2:
What's with all you people and the butterflies:confused3 - I could understand if they were biting insects - but they're beautiful and painless:lovestruc
Can't wait to see your yacht club room:cutie:

I don't know, butterflies just creep me out. I hate how they flutter and have fuzzies on them. I know, I'm weird LOL.

And my mom would love to hear that compliment! Next time we go we should make T shirts that say "Disney Sisters" or something... see if we could get anyone to believe us!:laughing:

Yum! Your food from Tangierine Cafe looks so yummy! I've never been able to persuade any of my family to try it, so I've never eaten there. Nemo and Friends looks cute...I am trying to decide if Kelly and I should do that one, mainly because neither of us have done it. Based on what you said about it, we will probably do it if the line is short. :)
Can't wait to read about the Yacht Club, and see pics!

I would definitely do it if the line isn't too long. It's a short ride, so it doesn't take up much time even if you don't like it. And you have to eat at Tangierine Cafe next time you go. Mmm so good!!!

Your pictures are so pretty and while I am looking at them I keep saying to myself, I will be there tomorrow! Eeee! :lmao:

AHH YOU ARE THERE NOW! I HOPE YOU'RE HAVING AN AMAZING TRIP!!!

What a great morning/early afternoon!! All of your pictures are just gorgeous. I've never eaten at TC, but I've heard amazing things about it. I want to try it out when we go! And I can't wait to see pictures of the Yacht Club!!! By the way, I'm loving the fact that you update so often--it makes it so interesting to follow your TR! :thumbsup2

I'm going to have the next update done before dinner hopefully! And I hope you do try TC, it's delicious. Believe me, I went on photo overload at the Yacht Club so you'll get to see tons!

I love MouseGears!

Hm...I haven't tried the food at Morocco!

That walkway looks nice!

Oooh, you have to try it! And MouseGears is one of my favourite WDW gift shops, I think.


I loved the manatees! :lovestruc One has an owie on his/her tail and I was curious to know more about them both, but I couldn't find CM anywhere in the area! :confused3

You and those butterflies crack me up!! :rotfl:

The picture of your mom turned out very well! I had a goal to get a picture of the pink monorail and I could never find it! :thumbsup2

You and Aurora look great! You would make a great princess. princess:

What a great day in EPCOT!

I'm excited for YC check in!! :yay:

Aww, thanks! Like I mentioned above, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to be a princess. I could finally put all my years of ballet training to good use LOL.

And I think we must have lucked out with the manatees because there was a CM right there feeding them and doing a while little information spiel on them. I didn't realize he wasn't there all the time!

Great Updates - I can't wait to hear about checking in at the Yacht club - hopefully it is as magical as ASM... Can't wait to read more about your trip! Loving all the pics - I never remember to keep taking pictures - I take a lot at the beginning but then I get so caught up in just being at Disney that I don't continue to take pics. I hope to be better in September & then again in December.

Can't wait for more...

Our check in at the YC went perfectly!! I'll have the update up in the next hour or so... just have to get the photos loaded up. And I got kind of obsessive with pictures on this trip. I'm actually going to try and take fewer pictures in June! LOL

[autumnpalm]

Check in at the Yacht Club! Day Two, Part 3.

Our tummies full of lamb, hummus and couscous, my mother and I headed toward to Yacht Club. The walk around Crescent Lake is just beautiful. First the Beach Club came into view with its cheerful blue paint and brightly coloured flowers, and then the Yacht Club was right around the corner with its distinguished red awnings, well manicured hedges and quiet nautical music.

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Eventually we reached the lobby and were met with a blast of air conditioning and sweetly scented air. I’d read about the Beach Club lobby having a wonderful scent, but I never knew the Yacht Club did too! It smelt like a little bit of cinnamon, a little bit of wood and a quiet coziness and calmness. It was perfect. The YC lobby is just gorgeous. Even though it doesn’t have the soaring million foot ceilings of other Deluxes like the Wilderness Lodge, Animal Kingdom Lodge and Grand Floridian, it is beautifully decorated and everything is gleaming. I just love it.

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We walked up to the check in desk, not really hoping for our room to be ready because it was only just after 12:00. I was a little bit nervous because we hadn’t made a room request, we were just winging it. The CM checking in was very pleasant, and the CM at the computer beside her turned out to be from Brampton, ON, just an hour from us. So we chatted about how she ended up at Disney and missed Canada while all the administrative stuff was figured out. Shortly we were given our keys, our room number and were ready to go!

Our room # was 1152 so we assumed that was on the first floor. I was kind of bummed because we were on the ground floor of the Poly in December and I was kind of hoping for a balcony. I kept my mouth shut though, and we set off searching for our room. We got a little bit lost but after being pointed in the right direction by a CM, we finally found our hallway!

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The first thing I was concerned about was the view, so I barreled straight past the bathroom and the beds and flung open the curtains. I had panicked for nothing… our view was PERFECT! We had a lovely view of the rose gardens and wedding gazebo and we could even see the marina if we looked to the side a little bit. I was thrilled.

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Now that I was satisfied with our room’s location, I decided to check out the room itself. Definitely quite a bit smaller than our room at the Poly and not as newly refurbished, but it was perfectly comfortable for us. I thought the bathroom area was the nicest part of the room and was a huge fan of the double sinks!

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I know the YC rooms are being refurbed soon, so I’m interested to see what they’ll look like when they’re done. I have to say though, I would be perfectly content to stay at the YC again even without a refurb. The rooms aren’t flashy, but they’re very nice.

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I was excited to see we had another towel Mickey!

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We couldn’t hit Stormalong Bay yet because our luggage transfer hadn’t made it to our room yet so I took a quick nap in the (very comfortable) bed while my mom sat out on the patio and enjoyed the atmosphere. Of course, she also snapped a few pictures of the garden and of me enjoying my first nap at WDW.

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Believe me, there were many more to come!!

While I was asleep she also called Bell Services to check on the status of our luggage. It was already at the resort so they brought it right down to the room. When I woke up, she said that when the CM had brought the luggage she went to her wallet to get a tip for him… and the only American money she had was a $10 bill! She wanted to give him a tip, so he ended up with our souvenir budget for the night! LOL

Once our luggage had arrived, I was raring to go! I couldn’t wait to hit Stormalong Bay. I had read so much about it, seen so many pictures… I could just feel the sand between my toes. So we quickly got changed, donned our matching Princess towels…

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…and wandered over!

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Ahhh. We were both ready for a relaxing afternoon at Stormalong Bay before we returned to Epcot to finally ride Soarin’, say hello to Mickey and the gang, stuff ourselves at Teppan Edo and… UH OH. The first bad news of the trip!!!

[wlwilliams9]

Ugh! A cliffhanger!!!
The YC looks fantastic! I LOVE that pool! We were definitely spoiled last year, the Poly pool was just too small! You had a great view! Last year there was a wedding on the gazebo when we were there and it was beautiful! We're thinking about BLT or YC for next year!

[Sarah84]

The YC looks lovely, and glad you were happy with your room/view :) ooh what a end to the update, i want to know what the bad news is now ....

[TeaForTulips]

Im so glad you werent disappointed with your room and the view! Yay! Stormalong Bay looks so awesome! :yay: Your YC pictures are really great. It seems you never really hear too much about YC but it looks like a friendly resort to stay at. It will be exciting to see what kind of refurb plans they have for it!

I hope the UH OH is not too bad! :thumbsup2

[shellbelle]

I am loving your report! Can't wait for more!!!popcorn::

[Diamondintheruff]

I always forget about the YC but it looks lovely. Your Mom spread some pixie dust with a $10 tip. Can't wait to hear what the Uh-Oh was. A sunburn perhaps?

[tinkgurl]

Oh c'mon a cliffhanger?! :upsidedow

The room looks so nice.

Okay, my parents have to laugh at me when I get really cold in WDW buildings, but it's because they have the A/C on full blast! :rolleyes: Oh well.

[Belle_373]

The Yacht Club looks like such a great place to stay. I hope your bad news isn’t too bad.

I’m currently working as a Marketing Analyst for a software company.

[meanmom121]

I already see aproblem with YC for me. The resort is so beautiful I'd have a hard time leaving for the parks

[dsaville]

Very cool. I'm loving the pictures. We are staying in the yacht club in less than two weeks standard view. So now I know to request a gazebo view. Very cool, I can't wait to be there.

[jewels1916]

Ah, Yacht Club. I would LOVE to stay there. We stayed at the Beach Club once, a million years ago, just as a treat, not on a Disney trip. This had to be...ah, 6th or 7th grade, ('97, '98) so it was been quite a while! The room looks great, and Stormalong Bay is so fun! Does it still have a sandy bottom? That is what I remember the most about staying at the Beach Club! :)

[stacikristine]

Oh my goodness! The YC is absolutely gorgeous!!! :lovestruc So, so pretty. I'm glad you got a nice, relaxing nap in. I can't wait to hear all about the night!! Teppan Edo is so yummy. Oh no for bad news... :sad2: Hope it's not too bad!

[CW4DW]

Great update - can't wait for Teppen Edo... That is one of our favorites!

[bhwhiz]

We'll be doing Teppen Edo in a few weeks so I can't wait to hear how that went!

[ariel1025]

Hello, I just found your TR and I am loving everything so far :goodvibes I love all the pictures you include (I am a bit obsessive when it comes to taking pictures) and I definitely have moved the Yacht Club to the top of my list of resorts to stay at in the future....woah super run-on sentence there :laughing:

Can't wait for the next update!!

[heaven2dc]

What a beautiful view (so serene)! The Yacht Club is gorgeous - would love to stay there some day (if only you could rent points there).

Now what's with this cliffhanger!!?? Can't wait to find out what happens next :surfweb:

[autumnpalm]

Ugh! A cliffhanger!!!
The YC looks fantastic! I LOVE that pool! We were definitely spoiled last year, the Poly pool was just too small! You had a great view! Last year there was a wedding on the gazebo when we were there and it was beautiful! We're thinking about BLT or YC for next year!

We didn't get to see any weddings while we were there, but we were mostly at the parks mid-afternoon. I think after staying YC once, I'm a YC girl all the way now! If only the monorail could be extended, it would be the perfect resort!

The YC looks lovely, and glad you were happy with your room/view :) ooh what a end to the update, i want to know what the bad news is now ....

I've got the next update coming right up!!

Im so glad you werent disappointed with your room and the view! Yay! Stormalong Bay looks so awesome! :yay: Your YC pictures are really great. It seems you never really hear too much about YC but it looks like a friendly resort to stay at. It will be exciting to see what kind of refurb plans they have for it!

I hope the UH OH is not too bad! :thumbsup2

I know, the YC seems to kind of fly under the radar but it is a gorgeous resort and the location is just awesome.

I am loving your report! Can't wait for more!!!popcorn::

Just getting ready to post the next update once the pictures are loaded up!

Oh c'mon a cliffhanger?! :upsidedow

The room looks so nice.

Okay, my parents have to laugh at me when I get really cold in WDW buildings, but it's because they have the A/C on full blast! :rolleyes: Oh well.

I know!!! Disney buildings are always freezing cold, especially in the warmer months. I have goosebumps just about the entire time I'm indoors.

The Yacht Club looks like such a great place to stay. I hope your bad news isn’t too bad.

I’m currently working as a Marketing Analyst for a software company.

It was an amazing place to stay. I would love the chance to stay there again! And marketing seems like an interesting career... I am SO not business-minded though, I would be awful at it LOL.

I already see aproblem with YC for me. The resort is so beautiful I'd have a hard time leaving for the parks

I could honestly spend an entire vacation at the YC without even visiting the parks. It's beautiful!

Very cool. I'm loving the pictures. We are staying in the yacht club in less than two weeks standard view. So now I know to request a gazebo view. Very cool, I can't wait to be there.

Oh, definitely request a gazebo view. You will love it!! I'm so excited for you staying there soon, I hope you have an absolutely wonderful vacation.

Ah, Yacht Club. I would LOVE to stay there. We stayed at the Beach Club once, a million years ago, just as a treat, not on a Disney trip. This had to be...ah, 6th or 7th grade, ('97, '98) so it was been quite a while! The room looks great, and Stormalong Bay is so fun! Does it still have a sandy bottom? That is what I remember the most about staying at the Beach Club! :)

Yep, it still does! Not in all parts of the pool, but in a majority of the sections. I hope we can stay at the YC/BC in the future because it has me totally spoiled. The pool is amazing.

Oh my goodness! The YC is absolutely gorgeous!!! :lovestruc So, so pretty. I'm glad you got a nice, relaxing nap in. I can't wait to hear all about the night!! Teppan Edo is so yummy. Oh no for bad news... :sad2: Hope it's not too bad!

I know, I sure needed that nap! They are lifesavers in the middle of hot, busy days. And I've got the first part of our evening all typed up and ready to go...

Great update - can't wait for Teppen Edo... That is one of our favorites!

I think it is my favourite WS table service restaurant. The food is so good and it's like getting dinner and a show. Plus it's so fun to chat with the other families eating there.

We'll be doing Teppen Edo in a few weeks so I can't wait to hear how that went!

Mmmm you will love it! It is so amazing. I think my favourite menu item is the filet... better steak than Le Cellier IMO! And the atmosphere is so much fun there.

Hello, I just found your TR and I am loving everything so far :goodvibes I love all the pictures you include (I am a bit obsessive when it comes to taking pictures) and I definitely have moved the Yacht Club to the top of my list of resorts to stay at in the future....woah super run-on sentence there :laughing:

Can't wait for the next update!!

Hi there and WELCOME!! THanks so much for posting! I would definitely recommend the Yacht Club. We liked it even more than the Poly... it is my favourite WDW resort I've stayed at so far. So glad you're enjoying the TR!

What a beautiful view (so serene)! The Yacht Club is gorgeous - would love to stay there some day (if only you could rent points there).

Now what's with this cliffhanger!!?? Can't wait to find out what happens next :surfweb:

The wait is almost over! Oooh I wish you could rent points at the YC. That would be awesome! We will definitely consider renting BC points in the future though, because both sides of the hotel are equally beautiful IMO.

[autumnpalm]

So I left off with us just entering Stormalong Bay. Even though it was a fairly quiet day park-wise, Stormalong Bay was pretty hopping! We had to look pretty far to find two loungers but we eventually snagged two in a great, shady location. We filled our mugs with lemonade from Hurricane Hannah's and settled in to sunbathe and relax. It is so nice to be away from the parks for a little bit. Stormalong Bay has such a nice, resort-y feel and we were feeling absolutely thrilled to be in our happy place!

Our little corner of SAB:

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This little guy was chilling out beside us:

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I hopped in the pool first while my mom continued to lounge in the shade. The water was a perfect temperature and it's such a neat sensation to feel sand beneath your feet in a pool! I was just in heaven.

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I checked out the slide (which is AWESOME, by the way!) and slid down a few times and kind of floated around the pool for a little while soaking in the atmosphere. Ahhhh. Eventually I could feel myself getting a little too much sun so I reluctantly got out of the water and headed back to the lounge chairs where my mom was sleeping. My view from the chair was just gorgeous!

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I was feeling pretty darn relaxed!

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I never fell asleep, I just kind of sipped at my lemonade, people watched and enjoyed the atmosphere. Pretty soon, a few CMs started a little pool party for kids and they were playing "Hey Mickey" and some songs from High School Musical 3 and the whole SAB just seemed so cheerful and fun. My mom woke up when they started playing the music and we watched for a little bit before returning to our room to get changed for the evening.

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Eventually we packed up our towels and made our way back to the room.

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Mary Poppins was on in the lobby! I thought of you, LL!

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When we got back to the room, my mom was trying to get in touch with either my dad or my brother since we hadn't spoken to them since we landed in Orlando. It was strange... my brother always has his iPhone on him and my father is home most of the day. But nobody was picking up at home and there was no answer of my brother's phone. My mom was a bit worried, so she tried my brother's phone and eventually he picked up. He had set his phone to silent since he was at work, but had figured he would break the rules for a second and answer his phone while on duty because he had some things to explain to us.

It turned out my uncle had had a heart attack that morning and my dad drove to Ottawa (where he lives) to go see him in the hospital. He didn't call us before leaving, so we had no idea where he was. My brother filled my mom in quickly and then hung up, so she called my dad at my aunt and uncle's house in Ottawa. Turned out my uncle was stable, booked for surgery and resting. We sent our prayers and best wishes and hung up... there wasn't much else we could do at that point. The surgery went smoothly though, and my uncle is now back driving, golfing and even playing hockey! So even though it was an unhappy shock at the time, everything did turn out okay.

We were a little shaken, but we headed back out to Epcot anyway. We debated taking the boat from the dock, but it was a beautiful evening so we walked instead.

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My mom suddenly realized that in all the commotion she didn't think had turned off her flat iron. Not wanting to burn down the entire hotel, she ran back and checked... of course, it was off all the time! LOL but at least it was one thing off her mind to worry about while we were out.

You can see her waving at me on the left. All clear!

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After getting inside the gates of Epcot, we decided to use our Soarin' fastpasses first since they were burning a hole in my Vera Bradley! We walked through Canada to Future World and were able to catch the last few minutes of Off Kilter!

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This Pluto topiary was so cute!

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Me and Goofy. Notice my hair has gone a little wavy now from the pool water! I didn't feel like fussing with it at all.

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This shot just seemed so peaceful to me. I love quiet moments in the middle of all the hustle bustle of the parks.

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A Mickey topiary with one of the temporary playgrounds in the background:

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Pretty flowers:

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The second monorail shot of the day:

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And I was stopped in my tracks on the way to Soarin'... I had seen my first pretzel cart and was determined to get one. I am a huge Disney pretzel fan... especially the cheese sauce!

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Finally, we had arrived at Soarin! It was only 4:14 as you can see from the clock, so we still had over 3 hours of Epcot fun before our Teppan Edo ADR. Woohoo!

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The Fastpass line for this attraction always seems so long! I swear, even with FP we always wind up waiting about 10-20 minutes.

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Soarin' has one of the only pre-ride videos I don't mind... mostly because I feel like I'm watching some strange episode of Seinfeld where David Putty is pretending to be a pilot LOL.

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We got to ride in the front row, YAY!!! And Soarin' was amazing as always. It definitely ranks up there as one of my top rides at WDW. I could stay on that thing for hours and hours.

Even though I had just eaten a pretzel... I couldn't walk by Sunshine Seasons without getting my favourite dessert in Epcot: strawberry shortcake!!!

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Mmmm. Best. Strawberry. Shortcake. EVER.

Up next: Meeting Mickey!

[WDWRocksMySocks]

So glad to hear your uncle made a very smooth recovery! :hug:

Ha, I feel the same way about that Soarin' pre-show/video thing. DH and I are both huge Seinfeld fans. :thumbsup2

Oh, and aren't the WDW pretzels awesome? The only thing better is the popcorn. Disney popcorn is far superior to all other popcorn. :laughing:

[LilAnn]

I just came across your TR and just got all caught up. It's great! I love all the happiness and enthusiasm you have for Disney! It makes me even more excited for our trip in August. I always get all giddy and excited when I see the castle for the first time or get my first glimpse of WDW!:yay: Can't wait to read the rest!

[Sarah84]

Great update, that strawberry shortcake looks yummy ::yes::

Glad to hear your uncle recovered well :)

[jewels1916]

Great update! I am glad they still have the sand bottom pool! I am going to have to get me some of that strawberry shortcake next time I am there. It looks sooooo good!! So my favorite pre-show video is probably the one for Mission:Space! Gary Sinese is one of my favorites. (CSI:NY) :)

[autumnpalm]

Continued...

After licking the plate clean of Strawberry Shortcake, we wandered around Future World. The Character Spot CM said the wait for Mickey and Friends was only about 15 minutes so I jumped at the chance to meet my favourite mouse! The line went quickly and I always enjoy waiting in the air conditioning and watching the little cartoons. The line was actually about 10 minutes so we were quickly next in line for the characters! We got some good Photopass shots, but I'll post these ones taken with our own camera for now.

Me and Mickey! I pointed out the fact that my polo shirt had little embroidered Mickeys and he leaned in really close as if he could barely see and then held his fingers up as if to say "too small!" It was really cute.

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Pluto was next. I have to say, I think Pluto is my least favourite of the Fab 5 but shhh! Don't tell him I said so!

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Minnie Mouse was next in the lineup:

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I am a big, big Donald fan so I was excited to see him. He made a big fuss over my mom when I told him that her husband's name was Donald! He got pretty flirty with her LOL.

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And finally, Goofy. I got a big hug from him and was laughing because there were two college aged guys ahead of us and Goofy shook one of their hands while they were leaving. The guy who's hand he shook turned around and yelled "I'M NEVER GOING TO WASH THIS HAND!!!" and it was pretty funny. Maybe you had to be there?

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The interaction at the Character Spot was pretty good, so it was almost 5:30 by the time we were out of there! I love it when characters really take time for lots of pictures. Even though we don't have any children in our party, we still really appreciate it! My mom didn't want to ride Mission:Space because she felt awful after riding it last trip, so we went to Test Track. The single rider line had practically no wait and the standby line was at about 25 minutes so we just did the single rider line.

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The ride was fun, as usual. I like the high speed loop at the end, but I find it otherwise a teeny bit lackluster. I'm glad we did it, especially with only about a 5 minute wait, but it isn't something I would line up more than 20 minutes for. Still though, I do love flying around that track!!

I saw another peaceful little duck swimming around and took his picture too... how wonderful the life of a duck at WDW must be!

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Since it was around 6:00 at this point, we walked into the World Showcase via Mexico. And who did we see but Donald all dressed up in his Fiesta costume! I was really happy, I've never seen him in Mexico before but have always wanted to after seeing pics on the DIS. The line was a little long but I was prepared to wait! It was really worth it, he was such a fun Donald!

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Isn't he adorable?!

We didn't stop in Mexico, we continued on to Norway. We had an entire WS planned for the 5th so I wasn't overly concerned about getting to every country at this point. There was a Kimmunicator station in Norway and we decided to sign up for a mission. The little card we got said to come back in 45 minutes so we lined up for Maelstrom. Holy cow there was a long wait! It took us about 30-40 minutes to get on the ride. Didn't make sense to me since the crowds were so low that day... guess everyone was looking for a Maelstrom fix?

Ooh, the back of my mom's head! LOL

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And her with the fountain in Norway.

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Okay, I find this troll topiary EXTREMELY creepy. Eep.

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And suddenly, it was time to pick up our Kimmunicator! We were hoping for a mission in a country nearby and lucky us, the mission was for Mexico.

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Okay, now I won't go into detail about the Kim Possible mission in case one of you guys reading gets it on an upcoming trip... don't want to spoil anything! But there isn't much to spoil anyways since our Kimmunicator froze after the first clue. Huh. Oh well, we returned it to the station and let them know it wasn't working properly but instead of trying a new mission at that point, I really wanted to head to China because the acrobat performance was about to start. Somehow we lucked out and got a seat on a bench and even though our view was slightly blocked my bamboo, we were just very grateful to have a place to sit!

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I am always so impressed by these girls... and they look so young, too! Unfortunately we didn't have time to stick around for the rest of the performance because suddenly I looked down at my Tinkerbell watch and realized... we were late for our Teppan Edo ADR!!! How quickly time passes at WDW!

[meanmom121]

Glad your Uncle is doing okay:goodvibes
Great Epcot pics. Ooooohhhhh, I so can't wait to get there:woohoo:

[autumnpalm]

So glad to hear your uncle made a very smooth recovery! :hug:

Ha, I feel the same way about that Soarin' pre-show/video thing. DH and I are both huge Seinfeld fans. :thumbsup2

Oh, and aren't the WDW pretzels awesome? The only thing better is the popcorn. Disney popcorn is far superior to all other popcorn. :laughing:

You know, I actually don't like popcorn! *ducks*popcorn:: It's the weirdest thing. In high school I worked at a movie theater for a while so I got incredibly sick of movie theater popcorn, but I've never really been a fan. I'm a weirdo!:laughing:

Great update, that strawberry shortcake looks yummy ::yes::

Glad to hear your uncle recovered well :)

It is soooo good. I am already looking forward to my next piece of shortcake!

And thanks!:hug:

Great update! I am glad they still have the sand bottom pool! I am going to have to get me some of that strawberry shortcake next time I am there. It looks sooooo good!! So my favorite pre-show video is probably the one for Mission:Space! Gary Sinese is one of my favorites. (CSI:NY) :)

I never realized the Mission:Space guy was from CSI but I thought I recognized him from somewhere! Thanks for jogging my memory!:headache::rotfl:

And you totally have to get some strawberry shortcake!!

Glad your Uncle is doing okay:goodvibes
Great Epcot pics. Ooooohhhhh, I so can't wait to get there:woohoo:

Thanks! How much longer until your trip?:woohoo:

[meanmom121]

You know, I actually don't like popcorn! *ducks*popcorn:: It's the weirdest thing. In high school I worked at a movie theater for a while so I got incredibly sick of movie theater popcorn, but I've never really been a fan. I'm a weirdo!:laughing:



It is soooo good. I am already looking forward to my next piece of shortcake!

And thanks!:hug:



I never realized the Mission:Space guy was from CSI but I thought I recognized him from somewhere! Thanks for jogging my memory!:headache::rotfl:

And you totally have to get some strawberry shortcake!!



Thanks! How much longer until your trip?:woohoo:

45 more days til our trip - this will be my kids first trip:yay:

[autumnpalm]

45 more days til our trip - this will be my kids first trip:yay:

Oh, that is so exciting!! How old are your kids?:goodvibes

I find as soon as you hit the 30 day mark, the last month just FLIES by! Where are you staying? You must be so excited.:dance3:

[meanmom121]

DD is 9 DS is 11. We'll be staying at POP. I'm driving them crazy at work telling them how many days til my vacation every day. I'm already half way packed and my husband is concerned that the DIS board is a cult:lmao: It can't get here fast enough. :dance3:

[autumnpalm]

Those are such great ages! They're old enough to be able to ride all the rides and do everything but still young enough to really believe in the Disney magic! We stayed at the POP last July and I really liked it. I think it's my favourite value. The food court is awesome and everything is so new and clean! It's a really fun resort.:goodvibes

[wlwilliams9]

Ahhhh, I wish I were floating around in SAB right now! How refreshing! I'm so sorry about your Uncle, but I'm glad he has had a speedy recovery. Heart attacks are so scary!

I'm right there with you on Test Track. It's fun only if I don't have to wait in line for it! Soarin' however, I could spend all day on too! It's so relaxing!

Thanks for the double update, I was getting antsy! Can't wait to see more!



By the way, you and your Mom must have stopped at every Photopass photographer in every park! You guys have a million pictures! I love it!!:rotfl:

[autumnpalm]

Ahhhh, I wish I were floating around in SAB right now! How refreshing! I'm so sorry about your Uncle, but I'm glad he has had a speedy recovery. Heart attacks are so scary!

I'm right there with you on Test Track. It's fun only if I don't have to wait in line for it! Soarin' however, I could spend all day on too! It's so relaxing!

Thanks for the double update, I was getting antsy! Can't wait to see more!



By the way, you and your Mom must have stopped at every Photopass photographer in every park! You guys have a million pictures! I love it!!:rotfl:

He was really lucky.:lovestruc

I feel like I'm going so slowly on my TR... can't believe I'm still only on Day 2! And I have the June one coming up! I think the two of them might last me until my February trip!:rotfl2:

And yeah, I was a tiny bit obsessive with PhotoPass. You should see our card from when we paid the full $99! I was so concerned with getting our money's worth that we spent practically the entire trip going from CM to CM! I promised my dad no PP in June because it bugged him so much.:rotfl2:

I just realized I haven't sent you my address yet, PMing you right now!:wizard:

[MyMuse]

Wow! We are updating at the same time with pratically the same days! :lmao:

The YC looked great! I'm hoping to try a deluxe in the near future; I'm trying to drown the "frugal me" out. :laughing:

I wanted to go in Character Spot/Connection(?), but we ran out of time. Plus, I didn't want to push it on my niece. If you are reading my TR, you'll understand why. :rotfl2:

It must be nice to go to the parks with another lover of the Disney magic! My two were grumblers. :rolleyes:

I love your pics so far! I can't wait for you to continue. Hmm, do we run into each other at Epcot on the 5th? Only time (& TRs) will tell! :rotfl:

I'm also glad your uncle is okay; that must have been a little worrisome, especially with no one picking up the phone.

[tinkgurl]

Ahh the pool looks relaxing. :cloud9:

Love all the character pics! Sometimes I don't know what to say to them and it's hard because they can't talk back.

[Diamondintheruff]

Such a full day already and you haven't even had dinner yet. Time does fly in Disney somedays doesn't it?

[stacikristine]

Wow! The pool looks SOO relaxing. :thumbsup2 And I absolutely have to try the strawberry shortcake at Sunshine Seasons!!! It looks incredible :) I still can't get over the fact that it's just you and your mom there--I really want to go on a girls only trip with my mom and sis sometime!

[rentayenta]

:faint: I can't believe I just found this. I have so much catching up to do. Congrats on the suite upgrade!! :cool1: Going back to read more. :surfweb:

[autumnpalm]

Wow! We are updating at the same time with pratically the same days! :lmao:

The YC looked great! I'm hoping to try a deluxe in the near future; I'm trying to drown the "frugal me" out. :laughing:

I wanted to go in Character Spot/Connection(?), but we ran out of time. Plus, I didn't want to push it on my niece. If you are reading my TR, you'll understand why. :rotfl2:

It must be nice to go to the parks with another lover of the Disney magic! My two were grumblers. :rolleyes:

I love your pics so far! I can't wait for you to continue. Hmm, do we run into each other at Epcot on the 5th? Only time (& TRs) will tell! :rotfl:

I'm also glad your uncle is okay; that must have been a little worrisome, especially with no one picking up the phone.

Ahhh I HAVE to catch up on your TR! I will do that today, I promise!:goodvibes

Ahh the pool looks relaxing. :cloud9:

Love all the character pics! Sometimes I don't know what to say to them and it's hard because they can't talk back.

I know, I used to be so shy with the characters.... but then I realize... I will never see them again so I can feel free to act as silly as I want!:rotfl:

Such a full day already and you haven't even had dinner yet. Time does fly in Disney somedays doesn't it?

It's amazing what you can pack into a day! And I get so bummed looking at my watch all day "oh no... it's 3:00 already! Uh oh, now it's 6! Almost 9:00... the day is almost over!":scared: My mom laughs at me when I do that.:laughing:

Wow! The pool looks SOO relaxing. :thumbsup2 And I absolutely have to try the strawberry shortcake at Sunshine Seasons!!! It looks incredible :) I still can't get over the fact that it's just you and your mom there--I really want to go on a girls only trip with my mom and sis sometime!

I really hope you're able to, it was so much fun. My mom is my favourite travel partner! :hug:

:faint: I can't believe I just found this. I have so much catching up to do. Congrats on the suite upgrade!! :cool1: Going back to read more. :surfweb:

Glad you found me!:cool1: Nice to see you here.:grouphug:

[Dancegrl624]

Hi there! I just found your TR and I'm loving it! The thing that really drew me into it was your avatar. You see, I've been dancing since I was 5 years old and ballet is my passion. I'm a ballet teacher now and I love passing on the art of ballet to my students. Anyways....I see you're from Canada. Where abouts? I'm from Buffalo so when I read that you flew out of Buffalo I got a bit excited! :goodvibes Well, time to go read your TR (I only read your first 2 posts!).

[WDWRocksMySocks]

WHAT?!?! You don't like Disney popcorn? You are a weirdo! :rotfl2: Just kidding, of course. I don't blame you. If I worked around it I'd probably not be a fan myself. Although, I don't know...those popcorn buckets so mighty tempting.

[TeaForTulips]

Oh my goodness! How did I miss the updates? :confused3

I'm glad to hear that your Uncle is donig well! How awful to hear such news miles away!

SAB looks so great! I hope to be able to try it someday... I am a beach girl through and through so a sand bottom pool sounds great! :thumbsup2

That strawberry shortcake looks so yummy! That was one of those things I saw on the DIS and I was gonna make sure I tried it and then forgot all about it once we got there! :headache:

How fun the character spot didn't have a long wait! Every time we walked by the line was crazy!!

No fun that your Kim Possible clues were a bust! With how I saw so many kids fighting over the little phones I wouldn't be surprised if many were dropped/thrown a lot.

I'm excited to hear about Teppan Edo. I have heard such good thigns!!

[autumnpalm]

Hi there! I just found your TR and I'm loving it! The thing that really drew me into it was your avatar. You see, I've been dancing since I was 5 years old and ballet is my passion. I'm a ballet teacher now and I love passing on the art of ballet to my students. Anyways....I see you're from Canada. Where abouts? I'm from Buffalo so when I read that you flew out of Buffalo I got a bit excited! :goodvibes Well, time to go read your TR (I only read your first 2 posts!).

Hey there! I actually don't dance anymore... I stopped once I got really busy with university, but I danced ballet all growing up and I miss it like crazy. I have a lot of knee problems from dancing (you'll see my knee braces appear in later photos!) and now can't really do it anymore which breaks my heart! I'm from Toronto, so not too far from you! We come to Buffalo a lot to visit Target.:goodvibes

WHAT?!?! You don't like Disney popcorn? You are a weirdo! :rotfl2: Just kidding, of course. I don't blame you. If I worked around it I'd probably not be a fan myself. Although, I don't know...those popcorn buckets so mighty tempting.

I like the buckets!!:rotfl: I just don't like what comes in them. And guess what?? I don't really like Premium Mickey Bars either.:scared1: I'm going to be kicked off the DIS!

Oh my goodness! How did I miss the updates? :confused3

I'm glad to hear that your Uncle is donig well! How awful to hear such news miles away!

SAB looks so great! I hope to be able to try it someday... I am a beach girl through and through so a sand bottom pool sounds great! :thumbsup2

That strawberry shortcake looks so yummy! That was one of those things I saw on the DIS and I was gonna make sure I tried it and then forgot all about it once we got there! :headache:

How fun the character spot didn't have a long wait! Every time we walked by the line was crazy!!

No fun that your Kim Possible clues were a bust! With how I saw so many kids fighting over the little phones I wouldn't be surprised if many were dropped/thrown a lot.

I'm excited to hear about Teppan Edo. I have heard such good thigns!!

Yeah, I don't think our cell phone was in very good shape! I wonder how often they have to replace them?

You have to try the shortcake on a future trip, I am a huge fan.:thumbsup2 And usually the line for the Character Spot IS crazy... we've waited usually around 45 minutes before. We lucked out!!

Teppan Edo was so good! I'll have the update done soon.:goodvibes

[Dancegrl624]

Hey there! I actually don't dance anymore... I stopped once I got really busy with university, but I danced ballet all growing up and I miss it like crazy. I have a lot of knee problems from dancing (you'll see my knee braces appear in later photos!) and now can't really do it anymore which breaks my heart! I'm from Toronto, so not too far from you! We come to Buffalo a lot to visit Target.:goodvibes


I'm so sad to hear that you don't dance anymore. I feel blessed everyday that I'm able to get up and dance. I know that it won't last forever! I truly enjoy teaching my students and I'm also on a professional dance team (for the National Lacrosse League). I had a pretty bad knee injury this year and I thought that it was the end. Fortunately, I actually listened to a trainer and gave it the rest that it needed.

Sorry to continue with non-Disney topics, but which Target do you visit? I work in a Target plaza, but not actually at Target. :goodvibes

I can't wait to hear more about your trip!

[autumnpalm]

I'm so sad to hear that you don't dance anymore. I feel blessed everyday that I'm able to get up and dance. I know that it won't last forever! I truly enjoy teaching my students and I'm also on a professional dance team (for the National Lacrosse League). I had a pretty bad knee injury this year and I thought that it was the end. Fortunately, I actually listened to a trainer and gave it the rest that it needed.

Sorry to continue with non-Disney topics, but which Target do you visit? I work in a Target plaza, but not actually at Target. :goodvibes

I can't wait to hear more about your trip!

I take a few open classes now and then but... that's really all I can manage. When I was in high school I spent 25-30 hours a week in the studio and I miss it so much (especially the shape I was in!:laughing:) I have a number of friends dancing professionally hard and while I LOVE what I do, I think I'll always wonder how my life could've turned out had I pursued dance after high school. I attended a residential ballet school here in Canada for a little bit and they're some of the best memories of my childhood!:lovestruc

Hmmm... I don't know exactly how to describe the Target I visit because I don't know the Buffalo area too well LOL. It's pretty close to the Niagara Falls border... I think near an outlet mall? I am absolutely terrible with directions!

That is so cool you are able to dance and teach professionally... that must be such a rewarding job! What age group of students do you teach? I love being able to work with kids, it's the most amazing thing.:goodvibes Do you travel much to Canada with the Lacrosse team? Lacrosse is our national sport, after all!;)

[KathyRN137]

Hello! :wave2:

I've been sailing along on with you on your report off and on throughout the evening and I'm finally caught up!

I just love your enthusiasm and sense of wonder about all things Walt Disney World... your report is a joy to read!


Kathy

[Dancegrl624]

I take a few open classes now and then but... that's really all I can manage. When I was in high school I spent 25-30 hours a week in the studio and I miss it so much (especially the shape I was in!:laughing:) I have a number of friends dancing professionally hard and while I LOVE what I do, I think I'll always wonder how my life could've turned out had I pursued dance after high school. I attended a residential ballet school here in Canada for a little bit and they're some of the best memories of my childhood!:lovestruc

Hmmm... I don't know exactly how to describe the Target I visit because I don't know the Buffalo area too well LOL. It's pretty close to the Niagara Falls border... I think near an outlet mall? I am absolutely terrible with directions!

That is so cool you are able to dance and teach professionally... that must be such a rewarding job! What age group of students do you teach? I love being able to work with kids, it's the most amazing thing.:goodvibes Do you travel much to Canada with the Lacrosse team? Lacrosse is our national sport, after all!;)

I know exactly which Target you're talking about! My friend works at the outlet mall. Sadly, we don't get to travel with the lacrosse team. We just perform at the home games. About 90% of the lacrosse team is from Canada (that's pretty much how the whole league is). Have you ever gone to a Toronto Rock game? I dance for the Buffalo Bandits and we play against them. As for my students...I teach girls ages 10 and up. I have two ballet classes this year and I'm actually dancing with my advanced girls!! I had a student drop out in January and the dance was already started and the costumes ordered. So, I stepped in! I also choreographed a lyrical trio for some of my advanced students.

[JenAusty]

Great pictures from the resort! I would love to try out the pool with the sand! It sounds great.. its like best of both worlds. We didn't get to do much loungin by the pool because of the weather..

My hair was always crazy, if I did dry it stright and so forth.. like an hour or to outside made it naturally wavy.. soo for the rest of the days I was wavy. hehe which was easier on me! haha

I love the picture of Donald from Mexico. I love the Three Caballeros and I would of loved a picture with him there. It seemed like there was quite a few little skits and things at epcot this past time. I love them.

[autumnpalm]

Hello! :wave2:

I've been sailing along on with you on your report off and on throughout the evening and I'm finally caught up!

I just love your enthusiasm and sense of wonder about all things Walt Disney World... your report is a joy to read!


Kathy

Hi, Kathy!! WELCOME! :welcome:

Thanks so much for posting, I get excited about every single message.:laughing: Welcome aboard and it's so nice to have you as a reader!

I know exactly which Target you're talking about! My friend works at the outlet mall. Sadly, we don't get to travel with the lacrosse team. We just perform at the home games. About 90% of the lacrosse team is from Canada (that's pretty much how the whole league is). Have you ever gone to a Toronto Rock game? I dance for the Buffalo Bandits and we play against them. As for my students...I teach girls ages 10 and up. I have two ballet classes this year and I'm actually dancing with my advanced girls!! I had a student drop out in January and the dance was already started and the costumes ordered. So, I stepped in! I also choreographed a lyrical trio for some of my advanced students.

Yep, I have been to a Toronto Rock game! It was a few years ago now though... I think sometime in High School? My brother used to play lacrosse so I went with him a few times. The sport is WAY too rough for me though!:eek:

What's your favourite form of dance to teach? Do any of your students ever compete in Canada? I danced competitively when I was younger, I wonder if I've ever heard of your dance school! That's so much fun you get to perform with your students... you should post some pictures!:goodvibes:thumbsup2

Great pictures from the resort! I would love to try out the pool with the sand! It sounds great.. its like best of both worlds. We didn't get to do much loungin by the pool because of the weather..

My hair was always crazy, if I did dry it stright and so forth.. like an hour or to outside made it naturally wavy.. soo for the rest of the days I was wavy. hehe which was easier on me! haha

I love the picture of Donald from Mexico. I love the Three Caballeros and I would of loved a picture with him there. It seemed like there was quite a few little skits and things at epcot this past time. I love them.

Ahhh you got caught in the downpour? The crowds must've been great for you though!!

I straightened my hair again once or twice but mostly I just left it. Time at Disney is too precious to be spending all morning on my hair!:thumbsup2

I actually LOVE the boat ride in Mexico because I am also a huge Three Caballeros fan. I watched it all the time when I was a kid but my mom said she didn't remember it at all LOL.

Are you starting a TR soon?:goodvibes



I've had a super busy past couple of days (driving school ughhh. I think I am the oldest person in the class LOL I should have gotten my license years ago:scared:) but I will get the next update posted tomorrow afternoon! Thanks for the patience, you guys!:wizard:

[Dancegrl624]

Yep, I have been to a Toronto Rock game! It was a few years ago now though... I think sometime in High School? My brother used to play lacrosse so I went with him a few times. The sport is WAY too rough for me though!:eek:

What's your favourite form of dance to teach? Do any of your students ever compete in Canada? I danced competitively when I was younger, I wonder if I've ever heard of your dance school! That's so much fun you get to perform with your students... you should post some pictures!:goodvibes:thumbsup2


Lacrosse is a rough sport, but I enjoy it. We have amazing die hard fans and they make the games that much more fun.

I only teach ballet and lyrical and I love them both. I grew up going to a very classical ballet school and the studio I teach at is very recreational. I get to use whatever music I want, so that's nice. I change it up every year. My Int. class danced to the Sleeping Beauty Waltz last year and wore gorgeous white tutus. This year, they're dancing to a medley from "Oklahoma" and they're wearing blue and white checked dresses. I'll be sure to post pics on my PTR. Our recital is next weekend. As far as competitions, they don't really do much. I think it's usually just the advanced tap class that goes, and they only do real local competitions. Tap is the strongest form of dance at my studio, but I try real hard to get them to love ballet!

[autumnpalm]

Oh my gosh, when I was little I wanted to tap dance so badly that I used to tape pennies to the bottom of my shoes and walk around on the hardwood floors and tiles.:rotfl2: Sleeping Beauty sounds so pretty! I saw it performed by the National Ballet of Canada a few years ago and it is such a beautiful ballet. I have to admit though... I've never seen the Disney movie!!!:eek: The Oklahoma medley sounds really cute!

Good luck and "merde" to your students with their recital next weekend. You must be so excited to see them perform.:goodvibes

[Dancegrl624]

Oh my gosh, when I was little I wanted to tap dance so badly that I used to tape pennies to the bottom of my shoes and walk around on the hardwood floors and tiles.:rotfl2: Sleeping Beauty sounds so pretty! I saw it performed by the National Ballet of Canada a few years ago and it is such a beautiful ballet. I have to admit though... I've never seen the Disney movie!!!:eek: The Oklahoma medley sounds really cute!

Good luck and "merde" to your students with their recital next weekend. You must be so excited to see them perform.:goodvibes

I'm very excited about the recital. I'm also dancing with the adult tap class. It's so much fun! I didn't start taking tap until 7th grade! The adult classes has women from 18-62 years old! Tap is something you can do forever it seems.

[autumnpalm]

Ahhh I want to come and dance in your adult tap class!:cool1: That sounds like so much fun. How impressive that there is a 62 year old in the class... wow, she (he?) must be in such amazing shape!

Hmm... I wonder if the Toronto/Buffalo commute would be a little overboard for weekly classes?:rotfl: Maybe if the driving lessons go well enough! LOL

What are you dancing to for your tap song?

[Dancegrl624]

Ahhh I want to come and dance in your adult tap class!:cool1: That sounds like so much fun. How impressive that there is a 62 year old in the class... wow, she (he?) must be in such amazing shape!

Hmm... I wonder if the Toronto/Buffalo commute would be a little overboard for weekly classes?:rotfl: Maybe if the driving lessons go well enough! LOL

What are you dancing to for your tap song?

It's all women in our class this year. In the past, we did have one guy. We are dancing to "42nd Street." I love that song! My junior year in HS we did "42nd Street" for our spring musical. I just adored that show so much. I had a minor lead role and had so much fun.

[autumnpalm]

It's all women in our class this year. In the past, we did have one guy. We are dancing to "42nd Street." I love that song! My junior year in HS we did "42nd Street" for our spring musical. I just adored that show so much. I had a minor lead role and had so much fun.

Wow, you sing too? Triple threat!:worship:

You should go audition for a Disney stage show!:banana::banana: I think you'd make a good Belle!:wizard: You could star in the musical production at DHS!:cheer2:

[AussieAngel]

Yayyy! I just discovered your trip report, and what fun!! :cheer2:

You write with so much happiness and excitement, it's lovely! DH and I just got back from Disney World in January, and I'd convinced myself I didn't need to go again for a couple of years... but your great trip report makes me want to go back tomorrow!!!! Waaah!! :cool1:

That Yacht Club pool looks just fabulous! Can't wait to hear more about your fun-filled adventures!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Hi there! I am back from my vacation and all caught up on your TR. Your room view at the Yacht Club was beautiful. :cloud9:

[Dancegrl624]

Wow, you sing too? Triple threat!:worship:

You should go audition for a Disney stage show!:banana::banana: I think you'd make a good Belle!:wizard: You could star in the musical production at DHS!:cheer2:

I wouldn't call myself a triple threat, but I enjoy dancing, singing and acting. I haven't been in a show since my senior year in HS (back in 2000). We did "Grease" and I was Cha-Cha! I was always known as the dancer in HS. Growing up, I always wanted to be a princess at Disney. My mom said I would have made a great Belle, Jasmine or Megara (from Hercules) because they were all so stubborn (just like me).

I must say, I love your pictures of the YC. The BC/YC are my dream resorts!!! :cloud9: We're doing the Cape May breakfast in June and I can't wait to check out the hotel! SAB just looks amazing.

[autumnpalm]

As I left off my last update, we were just leaving the Chinese Acrobat show in the middle of it so we could make our 7:30 ADR at Teppan Edo. We walked over to the Japan pavilion and checked in at the podium. It was pretty hectic there! The podium for Tokyo Dining and Teppan Edo is shared, so there was a bit of a lineup. I made my way to the front of the line and a very sweet Japanese girl took my information. Her English was a little shaky, so when she asked me "you have a birthday today?", I thought she meant my mother (whose 50th birthday we actually WERE celebrating) and told her that yes, we did. Next thing I know, I see her typing into the computer "blue shirt, long blonde hair"... my mom was wearing a blue shirt too so I didn't say anything, hoping she understood that I didn't mean it was MY birthday. Anyway, she gave us as buzzer and we went to go sit down in the waiting area.

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Kind of a blurry shot of the waiting area:

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Even though I had eaten the shortcake and pretzel not too long ago, I was famished! I just sat and stared at our buzzer, willing it to beep and shake. I guess a watched pot never boils because we ended up waiting about 15 minutes. Not too bad, really, but I am an impatient person to begin with and adding in extreme hunger doesn't make me any better! But eventually we were called and brought to our table. Funny, it was in the exact same room as our December dinner at Teppan Edo. That made me happy, I like little things like that. Our server in December was Go... and we had him again! Of course he didn't recognize us though. The teppanyaki chef came out right away and I was so happy because I was ready to start stealing food off of the plates from the people across from us!

Our chef was really cute and funny, when he noticed I was taking pictures of him cooking the food, he struck a pose for me!

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I don't remember his name, but he was super friendly and my mom and I just loved him. The other families sitting with us at the table were also very nice. We've lucked out both times we've eaten here and have been seated with really fun table mates.

It is so much fun to watch them preparing the food here. It's like getting dinner and a show all in one! The chefs are almost like artists.

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My mom and I both got the chicken entree, but first up were the noodles with zucchini, onions and mushrooms. I don't like mushrooms so I gave mine to my mom. Yum, these are good. I really like the sesame seeds in them.

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I devoured my noodles in about two minutes, and the rice and chicken were right behind them! The chicken was perfectly cooked and very juicy and the rice was nice and sticky. Perfect! I didn't end up using any of the dipping sauces for my meat, but they do serve them if you want them.

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Once we had cleaned our plates, Go came back to take dessert orders. At this point, he announced to the table that we had a birthday.... and then he pointed at ME! My mom was quite tickled and went along with it completely and so I didn't protest too much. I felt a little bit bad though, because they brought me a free piece of chocolate ginger cake (which was very good, btw!) and I felt kind of like I was cheating the system. After a few bites of chocolate cake though, any thoughts of guilt were far from my mind!

Go offered to take pictures of any parties at the table who wanted theirs done, so we took him right up on that offer!

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The other chef in the room also posed for a picture LOL:

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As a special birthday treat, they also brought me a chef's hat! I'm sure there is a more proper name for them, but I'm not sure what that is. I wore it for the remainder of the dinner, but I think my head is larger than average or something, because it kept falling off!

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It was a really cute touch, though.

We had our eye on the clock the whole time because we wanted to see Illuminations at 9:00 so I shoveled the rest of the cake down my throat, we payed our bill (we both got the kids chicken meals so it was only $30 for the 2 of us including tax and tip!!) and skedaddled outside.

Illuminations had started a few minutes earlier (they pipe the music into Tokyo dining so we could hear it on our way out) and we didn't feel like fighting the crowds so we watching from the deck on top of the big building in Japan. We were the only ones up there and it was a great last minute viewing location! With stomachs full of chocolate, rice, noodles, tea and chicken, we were perfectly content as we stood there and watched the show.

I got a few pictures... they're just okay. I got some really good ones on another night watching Illuminations, but you guys will have to wait for those!

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I just love Illuminations. It makes me feel so connected with the world and it's such an amazing feeling to be standing around the lake, with people from countries all over the world watching, surrounded by all the beautifully detailed pavilions. I think Illuminations has a beautiful message. I could watch it every night. And the music... ahhh, I LOVE it!

Once Illuminations was over, the park was closing so we just kind of moseyed around the showcase and made our way to the gates of the park slowly.

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The Illuminations torches are one of those things that, to me, just scream "Disney". They light up the WS so nicely.

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View across the lagoon:

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Neither of us was quite ready to go to bed yet since it wasn't even 10:00 so we walked the long way back to the Yacht Club... through the Boardwalk!

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I think a lot of people had the same idea as us, because the place was hoppin'!!!

Our first stop was the Boardwalk Bakery. We were going to do the same thing as we had the night before, and get our breakfast for the morning. There was quite a line inside, but it smelled so amazing and we were surrounded by such delicious looking foods that I didn't mind one bit.

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I really wanted to go into Seashore Sweets but I was still so full from dinner that I didn't think my stomach could handle anything else. So I sadly waved as we walked past, making a note to return later in the trip.

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[autumnpalm]

My mom really wanted to see inside the Boardwalk hotel, so we walked up the steps to check out the lobby. It's such a fun, whimsical lobby. We both really liked it! The hotel has a relaxed, casual feel to it, kind of similar to the Beach Club but a little more adult.

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How cool is this chandelier?! A little on the scary side though!:rotfl:

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I found these chairs to be also an interesting mix of cool/creepy.

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Yet another angle:

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Annnnddd another:

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We also went around the outside to have a look at the pool. Now, my mom will probably be completely embarrassed that I am telling this story but... it makes me laugh so much that I am going to tell it anyways. When she saw the Keister Coaster, she was like "oh, this kind of reminds me of the Jersey shore!" I gave her a look like :confused3? It is the Boardwalk, after all! So I told her, "you know, this is the Boardwalk hotel. It's supposed to be like an old fashioned boardwalk! You know, with all the games and shops and buskers and everything."

Her face was like this::idea:

She told me that the entire time (since the Boardwalk had been built!!) she had been thinking of it as the Broadway hotel. Even though she said Boardwalk and heard Boardwalk, she always thought Broadway. And she had always thought that the theming was kind of off.:rotfl: Ooooh, she had me laughing. I took the opportunity to tell her, every time we went to a new resort "Mum, this is the Yacht Club resort. It is themed to resemble a yacht club." "This is the Polynesian resort. The theme mimics the atmosphere of a Polynesian island." "Just to let you know, the Port Orleans resorts are indeed based on New Orleans architecture and traditions". Too funny.:laughing:

We walked back out to the actual Boardwalk area and there were a few buskers out. We stopped to watch this guy, who was spinning plates. Man, he had me stressed out! He was really talented and fun to watch but when the plates started to wobble I swear my legs would twitch, just dying to run up and save them!! He never did end up needing my help though, LOL.

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The midway games were open but we didn't stop for me. Just took a picture while strolling by!

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And finally, we made our way back to the Yacht Club saying goodbye to the beautiful Boardwalk for now. Isn't it pretty across the water?

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It was about 11:00 by that point, but we had a long, busy day and were scheduled to be up bright and early the next morning for rope drop at AK!! I fell asleep yet again as soon as my head hit the pillow, dreaming of Mickey Mouse, Crush, Lamb Shwarma and fireworks.:cloud9:

I'm going to end up needing that sleep!!!

[autumnpalm]

Yayyy! I just discovered your trip report, and what fun!! :cheer2:

You write with so much happiness and excitement, it's lovely! DH and I just got back from Disney World in January, and I'd convinced myself I didn't need to go again for a couple of years... but your great trip report makes me want to go back tomorrow!!!! Waaah!! :cool1:

That Yacht Club pool looks just fabulous! Can't wait to hear more about your fun-filled adventures!

Hi there, AussieAngel! :welcome:

My cousin-in-law's family lives in Australia... near Perth I think? Ahhh I would love to live there. It's my dream someday to live in a warm climate near an ocean! Although I will definitely have to leave Canada to achieve that.:laughing:

Sorry for passing on the Disney Bug.:hug: Trip reports always do that for me too!!

Hi there! I am back from my vacation and all caught up on your TR. Your room view at the Yacht Club was beautiful. :cloud9:

HEY!! Welcome back! How was your trip?!

Can't wait to read your TR!!:woohoo::banana:

I wouldn't call myself a triple threat, but I enjoy dancing, singing and acting. I haven't been in a show since my senior year in HS (back in 2000). We did "Grease" and I was Cha-Cha! I was always known as the dancer in HS. Growing up, I always wanted to be a princess at Disney. My mom said I would have made a great Belle, Jasmine or Megara (from Hercules) because they were all so stubborn (just like me).

I must say, I love your pictures of the YC. The BC/YC are my dream resorts!!! :cloud9: We're doing the Cape May breakfast in June and I can't wait to check out the hotel! SAB just looks amazing.

Oooh I love Megara! I wish she was in the parks more. I'm also partial to her because my name is Meg (not Megan) so I feel like we're somehow related.:laughing:

We ate at the Cape May breakfast on our last morning!! It was REALLY good. You're going to love it.:goodvibes I would absolutely love to stay at the YC/BC again. Such a beautiful resort!

[Dancegrl624]

Great update! I too just love IllumiNations. I'm hoping to buy the soundtrack on our trip (that and Wishes). Teppan Edo looks so yummy. I will have to go there someday.


Oooh I love Megara! I wish she was in the parks more. I'm also partial to her because my name is Meg (not Megan) so I feel like we're somehow related.:laughing:

We ate at the Cape May breakfast on our last morning!! It was REALLY good. You're going to love it.:goodvibes I would absolutely love to stay at the YC/BC again. Such a beautiful resort!

My name actually is Meghan (as you can see from my siggie) so I felt so cool when Hercules came out! :rotfl: We're really looking forward to Cape May. Sadly, it's on our last morning at WDW also, so I might shed a few tears. We're leaving later that afternoon to drive up to Northern Florida to see my DH's family.

[tinkgurl]

Oh wow! Your meal looks like it was a lot of fun!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

HEY!! Welcome back! How was your trip?!

Can't wait to read your TR!!:woohoo::banana:


My trip was so much fun! I just started the TR a few minutes ago, here's the link!

The Sea Witch Stole My Voice! Our Two Week Land and Sea Adventure (http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2191459)

[Lady Lallie]

I'm caught up!

Yacht Club looks so amazing!! I want to stay there someday for sure. :thumbsup2

[MyMuse]

Ooooh, I LOVE Illuminations. I don't know what it is, but the whole shebang is just something awesome.

I had ADR at Rose & Crown in March and was able to view it from their patio. That was awesome! And knowing my luck, I'll never get a ADR like that again! But from outside Teppan Edo also seems like a pretty cool place to watch too.

I've never been to Teppan Edo, but now I'm going to have to put that on the Disney Wish List! Boy, is that list getting longer and longer! :laughing:

We need try to make ropde drop at AK the same morning, but we got there right before 9am, since my bro had to get coffee and we missed a bus. :rolleyes: Boys. No concept of 'time' or 'rope drop'.


Enjoying your TR!!

[heaven2dc]

My two fav places - Teppan Edo & Boardwalk!! I took my DBFF to WDW last year and we ate at Teppan Edo for the first time (it was her first trip to WDW & we stayed at the BWV). I loved the filet mignon - our chef was great too!

The pic you have with the magician balancing plates is cool - we stayed in the room above him (room 3041) in December and saw the performers every night. The room is on the third floor above the awning (a one-bedroom villa). I really was hoping for a bigger balcony like the ones to the left but couldn't beat the view. We loved looking over at the Yacht Club and Beach Club and seeing Wishes (plus Illuminations) each night. That was so funny about what your mom said - I can see a lightbulb moment happening to me :rotfl:

[bhwhiz]

Teppan Edo looked great! Can't wait to eat there! :cool1:

[rentayenta]

:thumbsup2 Great update. Teppan looks fantastic!

[wlwilliams9]

Great update! I love Teppen Edo! YUM!!! I also LOVE Illuminations! Did you go in 2000 when Epcot had the parade before Illuminations? That parade was AMAZING and I wish they would bring it back.

Anyway, that is too funy about your Mom thinking it was the Broadway hotel!! :lmao: Your Mom cracks me up!!!

[jewels1916]

Your Teppen Edo pics look great! I can't wait to eat there in December! :rotfl2: about your Mom thinking that Boardwalk was Broadway. Although Broadway would be a super fun resort!

[stacikristine]

What a great update!! :thumbsup2 The story of your mom makes me laugh sooo hard. It sounds like something my MIL would say. DH and I laugh at her all the time. She's so cute. I don't know if you listen to much Christian rock, but she'll hear someone and say, "Is that Newsboys--it sounds just like them." and Michael will reply, "No, Mom. That's Third Day--one of the most easily recognizable voices on the radio." :rotfl: Anyway...cute story! I've actually never been to the Boardwalk. I think it's a must do for this trip!

[autumnpalm]

Teppan Edo looked great! Can't wait to eat there! :cool1:

You're getting so close now!!! Are you excited or what?!:dance3:

:thumbsup2 Great update. Teppan looks fantastic!

It is definitely a must-do for us from now on. I just hope it doesn't turn into one of those crazy popular, impossible to get ADRs that you have to call in at 7am on the 90 day mark for... cuz I am SO not a morning person.:rotfl:

Great update! I love Teppen Edo! YUM!!! I also LOVE Illuminations! Did you go in 2000 when Epcot had the parade before Illuminations? That parade was AMAZING and I wish they would bring it back.

Anyway, that is too funy about your Mom thinking it was the Broadway hotel!! :lmao: Your Mom cracks me up!!!

No, we didn't get there in 2000. Aww I wish I'd seen the parade! Let's hope Disney doesn't wait 991 years before bringing it back LOL. And my mom is a lot of fun. We have lots of "duh!" moments together (I'm guilty of more than a few myself!!) but they keep things interesting!:rotfl:

Your Teppen Edo pics look great! I can't wait to eat there in December! :rotfl2: about your Mom thinking that Boardwalk was Broadway. Although Broadway would be a super fun resort!

Broadways would be a fun resort! They have the Broadway section in ASMu, but I don't think that quite counts. Oooh and then they could have a theater in the resort and all the Broadway plays on tour could stop by and perform! That would be sooo cool!

What a great update!! :thumbsup2 The story of your mom makes me laugh sooo hard. It sounds like something my MIL would say. DH and I laugh at her all the time. She's so cute. I don't know if you listen to much Christian rock, but she'll hear someone and say, "Is that Newsboys--it sounds just like them." and Michael will reply, "No, Mom. That's Third Day--one of the most easily recognizable voices on the radio." :rotfl: Anyway...cute story! I've actually never been to the Boardwalk. I think it's a must do for this trip!

The Boardwalk is a really fun area, especially for when Epcot closes kinda early!

Yep, I listen to a lot of Christian music! I love the Newsboys and Third Day. I would looove to go to Night of Joy at DHS, I think both of those bands are performing this year? I'm also a big Casting Crowns and Chris Tomlin fan. Oh, and Hillsongs United... and Switchfoot... and David Crowder Band! Basically everything!:laughing:

My two fav places - Teppan Edo & Boardwalk!! I took my DBFF to WDW last year and we ate at Teppan Edo for the first time (it was her first trip to WDW & we stayed at the BWV). I loved the filet mignon - our chef was great too!

The pic you have with the magician balancing plates is cool - we stayed in the room above him (room 3041) in December and saw the performers every night. The room is on the third floor above the awning (a one-bedroom villa). I really was hoping for a bigger balcony like the ones to the left but couldn't beat the view. We loved looking over at the Yacht Club and Beach Club and seeing Wishes (plus Illuminations) each night. That was so funny about what your mom said - I can see a lightbulb moment happening to me :rotfl:

That's so cool you were right above that room! I distinctly remembering thinking while we were watching him that it would be so neat to just sit on the balcony and look down. What an awesome room location! I didn't realize you could see Illuminations AND Wishes from the BWV, wow!! How did you like your stay there? It looks like such a fun resort!

Ooooh, I LOVE Illuminations. I don't know what it is, but the whole shebang is just something awesome.

I had ADR at Rose & Crown in March and was able to view it from their patio. That was awesome! And knowing my luck, I'll never get a ADR like that again! But from outside Teppan Edo also seems like a pretty cool place to watch too.

I've never been to Teppan Edo, but now I'm going to have to put that on the Disney Wish List! Boy, is that list getting longer and longer! :laughing:

We need try to make ropde drop at AK the same morning, but we got there right before 9am, since my bro had to get coffee and we missed a bus. :rolleyes: Boys. No concept of 'time' or 'rope drop'.


Enjoying your TR!!

Believe me, when my brother was with us in December I think the earliest we made it to the parks was noon!! Ooooh, Illuminations from the Rose and Crown sounds absolutely amazing. I would love to snag an ADR like that!!

And I think that's part of the magic of Disney Wish Lists... they are never ending LOL!

I'm caught up!

Yacht Club looks so amazing!! I want to stay there someday for sure. :thumbsup2

Ahhh you're back!:yay: I can't wait to read all about your trip!!!


My trip was so much fun! I just started the TR a few minutes ago, here's the link!

The Sea Witch Stole My Voice! Our Two Week Land and Sea Adventure (http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2191459)

Awesome! I'm looking so forward to your TR!:goodvibes

Oh wow! Your meal looks like it was a lot of fun!

It was! I'm kind of like a toddler in that I can sometimes get bored at really long TS meals LOL but Teppan Edo is so much fun. I think it actually would be a great place to take kids... plus they serve kids meals in a little bullet train! So cute.

Great update! I too just love IllumiNations. I'm hoping to buy the soundtrack on our trip (that and Wishes). Teppan Edo looks so yummy. I will have to go there someday.

My name actually is Meghan (as you can see from my siggie) so I felt so cool when Hercules came out! :rotfl: We're really looking forward to Cape May. Sadly, it's on our last morning at WDW also, so I might shed a few tears. We're leaving later that afternoon to drive up to Northern Florida to see my DH's family.

Haha, I just realize we (kind of) share a name! It's really nice having a character meal on the last day... but last days are always so bittersweet. At least you'll get to stay in Florida a little longer and extend your vacation!

I was sooo close to buying the Wishes/Illuminations soundtracks but I held off. I really wish I had bought them though, and I think I'll get them next trip. For now I just watch them all the time on YouTube!:thumbsup2

[Ohana 4]

Such a good TR. We're going back in about a month, so your TR gets me more excited (as if I can get "more" excited than I already am at the mention of WDW).

[JenAusty]

Your food looked soo yummy from Teppan.. I never thought of going there.. but I just might have to now! Just add another to the million of others I need to try! hehe

I have never been to boardwalk but looking at your pictures, it does look a lot like beach club.. but I think its a little more fancy and has more detailed touches!

[JenAusty]

and to answer your question- I plan to start my TR tomorrow. I've been trying to edit and fix all my pictures before I started it but I'm only like like 150, and I took like 900+ pictures.. not that I would post them all. but its not working, its taking me to long to edit them all.. so I decided to at least get started..

How do you start a new TR posting, and mark your PTR at closed/completed?

[jewels1916]

Great idea! I think we should suggest this Broadway themed resort to the folks at Disney.... :thumbsup2

[joepest6]

great trip report very positive upbeat and nice picutures

[CW4DW]

Just getting caught up... loving it and can't wait for more!

[autumnpalm]

Such a good TR. We're going back in about a month, so your TR gets me more excited (as if I can get "more" excited than I already am at the mention of WDW).

Hi, Ohana!! :welcome:

I love your username... the whole 'Ohana scene in Lilo and Stitch makes me tear up every time and I LOVE the restaurant 'Ohana too. I start going crazy at a month... but the last month always FLIES by!:goodvibes

Your food looked soo yummy from Teppan.. I never thought of going there.. but I just might have to now! Just add another to the million of others I need to try! hehe

I have never been to boardwalk but looking at your pictures, it does look a lot like beach club.. but I think its a little more fancy and has more detailed touches!

and to answer your question- I plan to start my TR tomorrow. I've been trying to edit and fix all my pictures before I started it but I'm only like like 150, and I took like 900+ pictures.. not that I would post them all. but its not working, its taking me to long to edit them all.. so I decided to at least get started..

How do you start a new TR posting, and mark your PTR at closed/completed?

I just started a new thread on the TR board and stopped posting on my PTR. I don't even know if that's the "right" way to do it...:rotfl: although I just realized you probably already have your TR started! I'm going to take a look for it right now!

Great idea! I think we should suggest this Broadway themed resort to the folks at Disney.... :thumbsup2

I think with all the DIS's different resort ideas, we could put Disney out of business building resort after resort. I swear their Imagineers should read the DIS... it's like having free employees!:laughing:

great trip report very positive upbeat and nice picutures

Hi, Joespest6! :welcome:

Thanks so much for reading along!

Just getting caught up... loving it and can't wait for more!

Sorry, I realized today I've been totally slacking and haven't updated in a week.:headache: Got the next one coming right up though!:yay:

[autumnpalm]

Day Three, Part 1. My first Rope Drop!

Woo hoo!! We've finally arrived at the morning of Day 3. My mom woke up first at the wake up call and hopped in the shower immediately. I had showered the night before so I got to sleep in for an extra twenty minutes, woo hoo! I didn't bother with any makeup or anything today since we were going to AK and it would probably melt right off anyways... so I was ready in record time!

We were out to the bus stop by about 8:20 and I was slightly discouraged because I didn't think we were going to make rope drop, which I had planned on.

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My mom and I sat and ate our Mickey muffins we had picked up the night before at the Boardwalk Bakery. Now, when I had chosen mine, I thought I was buying a chocolate chip muffin. Of course, after one bite I realized that it was a blueberry muffin. I am so not a blueberry muffin fan but this one was SO. GOOD. It tasted almost like it was made with cornmeal or something? Anyway, it was delicious.

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The AK bus came up right as we were finishing. One little touch I liked was that the YC had a CM standing at the bus stop, calling out each bus. There's only one bus stop for every park at the YC so I thought it was a nice touch. We boarded the bus and were on our way to Animal Kingdom!

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I really like the balloons on the buses for the Celebrate theme. I don't know if I've said this before, but I think they're so cute.

We arrived at the gates to AK and the first thing we noticed was... the HEAT. Holy cow it was hot the entire week and I think AK really is the hottest park. It was a scorcher!

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We got in the gates really quickly, there was no line for bag checks or anything. I was super surprised when we got to Discovery Island and...

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We had made it for rope drop!! We were so far back that we couldn't really see/hear anything but I was still thrilled. It was my first rope drop EVER. Exciting, huh? I have to say though, I was not a fan of being pushed and shoved like crazy. People were quite intense about shoving their way to the front as best they could. I just let them pass, trying not to let it bother me. I figured I had an entire week left at Disney, I could afford to let them take a few steps in front of me.

Eventually the rope actually dropped and the crowd surged forward. Some people were really running, but we just kind of wandered toward Africa for the Safari.

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On the way to Kilimanjaro Safaris, we noticed Lilo and Stitch. I'd never met them before and there was literally nobody in line since everybody was racing for Africa. We decided to stop and say hello and Stitch was so much fun! He was pawing at my bag and I asked him if he wanted any hand sanitizer since that was basically the only thing inside LOL. He stood there and held out his paws and nodded like "Yes, please!". He was trying to steal my sunglasses... just a lot of fun.

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You can sort of see my lovely knee braces in the top picture. They bothered me so much. The velcro and wires were digging into my skin and giving me a really bad rash on the backs of my knees and they were making my legs so darn hot! I had to keep them on all day though because I hadn't worn them in Epcot the day before... but boy, they were a pain!

After saying our goodbyes to Lilo and Stitch we continued on our way to KS. There was a band playing some live music on the way there. I love all the live musicians they have in AK, they add so much to the atmosphere!

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Eventually we made it to the entrance to KS. The wait time said 15 minutes but we really just walked on. The line was a little slow toward the front because of all the strollers but then later down the line the CMs divided the stroller families from non stroller families and we were on in a snap.

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This is kind of embarrassing, but I never realized Simba meant lion before!! Maybe this was MY Boardwalk/Broadway moment? LOL Am I the only one who didn't know that?

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This was the first time we had actually seen the standby lineup because we usually use FastPass. I was very impressed with the theming... one of the best queues at Disney IMO. You miss out on a lot in the FP lineup.

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Now. I know everyone includes their Safari pictures in their TR. And I know they can kind of get monotonous to go through. Everyone's seen what a giraffe and a lion look like, right? So I debated not posting these but I can't help it. I just can't leave something out that I took pictures of LOL. So feel free to scroll through if you want. To be honest, my pictures aren't that great but... they're mine, so they're getting posted!!

Okapi:

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Rhino:

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Gazelle:

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Giraffes:

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A widdle baby ewephant!:

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Flamingos:

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Simba!:

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Mama elephant:

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I don't remember what these little guys were called...

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I really like the safari better in the morning. I definitely think the animals are more active and we saw tons! We've gone in the afternoon in the past and been kind of disappointed, so we'll be morning safari-ers from now on. It's nice relax and sit back on this attraction, it's so nice and long. Our driver was really fun but I don't remember his name. I did like that he didn't focus to much on the "storyline" though and talked more about the animals. You can only appreciate the Little Red poaching story so many times! He was a wild driver though, when he accelerated at the end to catch the poachers I nearly flew out of the vehicle! LOL

We kind of planned this awkwardly because we went over the Dinoland USA after KS to get FPs for Dinosaur. Lotsa walking... oh well! We got to take in all the gorgeous AK scenery.

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There was literally nobody at the Dinosaur FP machines. When I walked up I thought they weren't even turned on! Our return time was only about 45 minutes away. Woo hoo!

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And with some extra time to kill, we made a beeline right for Primeval Whirl! Lame, I know, but it's one of my favourite rides at WDW!!

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I'm sorry for the delay in updates, you guys. I'm going to try and get another one posted by tomorrow and be caught up on all your wonderful TRs and PTRs but the end of the weekend/Monday. I haven't been around the DIS much as life has been pretty hectic and I feel all out of sync! Thanks for being patient with me!

[wlwilliams9]

Great update! I love the safari in the morning too. Although we went on it at 2ish this time and we saw tons of animals even in the heat.

I can't believe you will be back there next week! LUCKY!!!:cool1:

Thanks for the update, I was beginning to think you had forgotten about us!!:rotfl:

[KathyRN137]

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Mmm, that looks good!

I think you found a great spot for Illuminations... peaceful and uncrowded! :thumbsup2

Kathy

[KathyRN137]

... I took the opportunity to tell her, every time we went to a new resort "Mum, this is the Yacht Club resort. It is themed to resemble a yacht club." "This is the Polynesian resort. The theme mimics the atmosphere of a Polynesian island." "Just to let you know, the Port Orleans resorts are indeed based on New Orleans architecture and traditions". Too funny.:laughing:


Oh, you rotten kids can't resist poking fun at your mothers!!

And on her birthday, too!! :eek: ;)


Kathy

[AussieAngel]

I didn't know "simba" meant lion either!!! :confused3

Also, I really, really want a Mickey blueberry muffin now! Yum!! That looks delicious!! :yay:

[KathyRN137]

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Ah, to be young... to roll out of the shower with no makeup on and still look gorgeous!! :cloud9:

Sorry about your knees... hope they didn't cause you much trouble!

Wow! I just noticed your ticker!! Only one more week!! :woohoo: :yay: :dogdance:


Kathy

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Out of all the times I have been to WDW and out of all the TR's I have read this is the first time I have seen a Mickey shaped Muffin, I want one! :laughing:

[Diamondintheruff]

I loved the balloons on the buses/monorails too. Very bright and cheerful.

I'd never seen a mickey shaped muffin before either. I guess they must only be available at the Yacht club.

[meanmom121]

Grrrr!!! how do you look so good without make-up? I've developed rosacea so I just look like I have a sunburn without any make-up and I can't wait to see what a giant frizz ball I'm gonna have on the top of my head when that humidity hits my curly hair. Yikes:scared1: Will I even have one decent picture:sad2:

[Lady Lallie]

You look beautiful without makeup! I am not a big makeup wearer so I can't imagine wearing it in Disney at all. :rotfl:

I loved the balloons on the buses and monorails, it made everything seem so cheerful!

How neat that there is a CM calling out the buses at Yacht Club, does that mean no one lines up?

I didn't realize the muffins are Mickey Shaped! I want one for breakfast right now!

[tinkgurl]

I hate how fast pass lines make you miss so much of the stand-by line! :headache:

You look gorgeous even without make up on! I'm jealous!

I have less than 2 weeks to go! :yay:

[MyMuse]

Oooohhh, I've never seen the queue line for Kilimanjaro Safari! I had no idea what was there. I had used the FP line always. A wait for 15 minutes is awesome!!! Wow!

[autumnpalm]

Great update! I love the safari in the morning too. Although we went on it at 2ish this time and we saw tons of animals even in the heat.

I can't believe you will be back there next week! LUCKY!!!:cool1:

Thanks for the update, I was beginning to think you had forgotten about us!!:rotfl:

Forget about the DIS?!? No way!;) I have my next update ready to post tomorrow once I have the pictures uploaded. I swear, getting the photos online is the most difficult part!

Mmm, that looks good!

I think you found a great spot for Illuminations... peaceful and uncrowded! :thumbsup2

Kathy

Oh, you rotten kids can't resist poking fun at your mothers!!

And on her birthday, too!! :eek: ;)


Kathy

Don't worry, she can't resist poking fun at me either!! LOL And later in the week we found an even better spot... but definitely more crowded! There's something to be said for getting out of the chaos for a little bit.

I didn't know "simba" meant lion either!!! :confused3

Also, I really, really want a Mickey blueberry muffin now! Yum!! That looks delicious!! :yay:

If I like them, they must be extra delicious for people who like blueberry muffins haha. And glad to know I'm not the only one who's about 15 years late on the Simba thing LOL.

Ah, to be young... to roll out of the shower with no makeup on and still look gorgeous!! :cloud9:

Sorry about your knees... hope they didn't cause you much trouble!

Wow! I just noticed your ticker!! Only one more week!! :woohoo: :yay: :dogdance:


Kathy

I know, I can barely believe it! This month has just flown by. And I found the most wonderful shoes for my knees later in the trip so luckily they didn't bother me the whole time!

Out of all the times I have been to WDW and out of all the TR's I have read this is the first time I have seen a Mickey shaped Muffin, I want one! :laughing:

I know, I had never seen them before either! We need to update the DIS Food Porn Police!:rotfl2:

I loved the balloons on the buses/monorails too. Very bright and cheerful.

I'd never seen a mickey shaped muffin before either. I guess they must only be available at the Yacht club.

I've never seen them anywhere else, now that I think of it. Maybe they're a Boardwalk Bakery exclusive? I wish the balloons could stay forever!

Grrrr!!! how do you look so good without make-up? I've developed rosacea so I just look like I have a sunburn without any make-up and I can't wait to see what a giant frizz ball I'm gonna have on the top of my head when that humidity hits my curly hair. Yikes:scared1: Will I even have one decent picture:sad2:

I think it's the "Disney Glow" LOL. There's something about being in Disney World that turns even the hottest, sweatiest, most exhausted tourist into a princess.:laughing:

You look beautiful without makeup! I am not a big makeup wearer so I can't imagine wearing it in Disney at all. :rotfl:

I loved the balloons on the buses and monorails, it made everything seem so cheerful!

How neat that there is a CM calling out the buses at Yacht Club, does that mean no one lines up?

I didn't realize the muffins are Mickey Shaped! I want one for breakfast right now!

Nope! Well, at least not from what we saw. Everyone was sitting on benches just kind of hanging out. It was very relaxing!

I would LOVE a blueberry mickey muffin for breakfast tomorrow. Unfortunately it'll be the old standby... Captain Crunch and toast with PB. How exciting! LOL

I hate how fast pass lines make you miss so much of the stand-by line! :headache:

You look gorgeous even without make up on! I'm jealous!

I have less than 2 weeks to go! :yay:

I am soooo excited for you!:cool1::cool1::cool1::cool1:

Oooohhh, I've never seen the queue line for Kilimanjaro Safari! I had no idea what was there. I had used the FP line always. A wait for 15 minutes is awesome!!! Wow!

Neither did I before this trip... and believe it or not, later in the day we saw the wait at 10 minutes!! It was crazy. Usually the lines for KS are brutal!

[Dancegrl624]

Great update! We did KS first thing in the morning back in January and it was wonderful. All of the animals were out and about. I can't wait to see the Mickey balloons on the buses and the monorails. I guess they put those up sometime after I left in January. They are so cute!

[stacikristine]

Great update!! :thumbsup2 That muffin looked very yummy....much better than the dry cereal I'm eating right now! :rolleyes: Haha--I didn't know that Simba meant lion until I read it in your TR! :rotfl: So, no...you're not the only one. I'm sure it was just miserably hot for you since you're not used to the hotter weather... Sorry!! Florida is actually somewhat of a break for me! I'm sorry your knees hurt you too. Have you seen The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? When the girl hurt her leg, I thought of you. :hug: I'm anxious to hear about the rest of your day at AK!! :goodvibes

[mickeystoontown]

I'm all caught up again. I was doing good at keeping up but I decided I needed to write a trip report about our son's surprise trip to WDW and I fell behind.

I sure wish I could roll out of bed and look as cute as you in the morning. I put on makeup and fix my hair and still look rough!

[autumnpalm]

Great update! We did KS first thing in the morning back in January and it was wonderful. All of the animals were out and about. I can't wait to see the Mickey balloons on the buses and the monorails. I guess they put those up sometime after I left in January. They are so cute!

The balloons are a really nice addition... I think they should add little details like them for every theme from now on. It was really nice to get to AK early enough to do the safari first thing. Usually we are sleepy heads, even at Disney!:headache:

Great update!! :thumbsup2 That muffin looked very yummy....much better than the dry cereal I'm eating right now! :rolleyes: Haha--I didn't know that Simba meant lion until I read it in your TR! :rotfl: So, no...you're not the only one. I'm sure it was just miserably hot for you since you're not used to the hotter weather... Sorry!! Florida is actually somewhat of a break for me! I'm sorry your knees hurt you too. Have you seen The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? When the girl hurt her leg, I thought of you. :hug: I'm anxious to hear about the rest of your day at AK!! :goodvibes

Yes, I have seen Benjamin Button! I really liked it.:goodvibes And I loved that they included some ballet, that made it even better. I'm glad so many people didn't get the Simba/Lion connection, I thought I was the only one!:laughing: And the May heat was probably only a warm up for the heat we're gonna face next week! We were at WDW last July though, so if I can handle that I can handle anything. I'll just escape back up here to the cool weather and breathe a sigh of relief once I'm home.:laughing:

I'm all caught up again. I was doing good at keeping up but I decided I needed to write a trip report about our son's surprise trip to WDW and I fell behind.

I sure wish I could roll out of bed and look as cute as you in the morning. I put on makeup and fix my hair and still look rough!

There are so many different things to keep up with on the DIS, I totally understand! I'll come find your TR, what's one more to subscribe to? It's summer after all, when else will I have time to devote hours a day to TR reading?:banana::rotfl:

[wlwilliams9]

Our Photopass CD came today! I have already copied everyones pictures and burned them to the CD's! I'll be mailing them tomorrow!!:)

[autumnpalm]

Day Three, Part 2.

I told you guys I hadn't forgotten about you! I've got another update all ready. :goodvibes

The line for Primeval Whirl really wasn't too bad. I didn't ride it in December because the line was around 60 minutes and the FastPass machines weren't on. I like Primeval Whirl but it's just too short to wait in line for over an hour. So when we saw 15 minutes posted, I was pretty happy. We were on in about 10 minutes, woohoo!

I took this picture as a bit of a joke... my parents work together (my mom is an author and her and my dad run a publishing company and my dad technically works for my mom) so I was teasing my mom that this was her relationship with my father when they work together.:rotfl: I think she found it funnier than he did when I explained the photo to him after arriving home.

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As we were waiting, my mom became obsessed with taking a picture of an empty ride vehicle for the TR. Of course, people were so fast getting in them that we have about 10 pictures of random Primeval Whirl passengers but she was finally successful! So here you go, guys. Compliments of Mama Autumnpalm.

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Since there was only two of us, we got paired up with another mother and daughter. As we waited to be transported back in time, the mother was telling us about how she bought heeled sandals for her daughter because she was a little short... and she had just reached the height limit! The little girl was so cute, she was SO excited to ride.

Ready for departure!

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PW was a fun ride, as always, and I had a huge smile on my face once we were off. I really do love that coaster, it is so much fun.

We went to ride Dinosaur next with our FPs and figured we would get a drink or something near the entrance while we waited for our time to come up. However, once we got there we saw that the standby line was only 5 minutes! I didn't want to waste the FPs so we walked right on in the standby line. It was awesome. This is another pre-ride video I don't mind because it stars Dr. Claire Huxtable!:lovestruc I love the Cosby Show.

Believe it or not, this was my mom's first time riding Dinosaur! I have no idea how... I could've sworn that she had ridden it before but she insisted it was the first time. I have to say, this attraction terrifies me (but in a good way). I get so into it and nearly have a heart attack every time! They did a great job with this ride. Here is our picture:

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The crowds were so low our Time Rover wasn't even full!

On our way out of the attraction I was accosted by a real life Dino skeleton!

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Don't worry, we made it out safely.;)

I checked the Times Guide next to see if there was anything going on soon and we saw that Finding Nemo: The Musical was on in 20 minutes! Neither of us had done this yet. We tried to get in during our December trip but the line ups were CRAZY and we were turned away every time. This time we made it in! It was kind of strange, though. A CM randomly came up to a party 2 families ahead of us and said he was cutting the line off there. The family in front of us got REALLY upset and one of their children started crying and they told him it was their last day, was there any way they could be squeezed in? We hung out behind them for a few minutes, wondering if we could get in too. He left to go "talk to his manager" and came back after a few seconds saying that because they wanted to see the show so badly, he would let in not only that family but everyone behind them! That included us and... oh, about 200 other families? Strange sense of humor aside, we were soon in the theater!

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Another live band! I am a huge fan of steel drums so I was kind of groovin' to the music while we filed into the line.:laughing:

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The musical was awesome. I absolutely loved it! I've heard mixed reviews, some people saying it was too long, not very interesting, etc. but both my mom and I thought it was amazing. It will be a must see for us from now on! The cast is so talented and the music is nice and catchy so I really enjoyed all the songs even though it was the first time I was hearing them. We were super impressed! Here are a few photos from the show (don't worry, no flash was used!)

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I'm so glad we took the time to see it. I highly recommend the show!

Once it was over, we were both starving for lunch! Even though my mom loves Flame Tree BBQ, I was dying to try Pizzafari so we decided to save FTBQ for our 2nd AK day. Off to Pizzafari it was! My breadsticks awaited me.:goodvibes

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[Lifelong_Dreamer]

:lmao: My mom was the same way about taking pictures to contribute to the trip report.

What was up with that CM at Finding Nemo, strange sense of humour...

[Lady Lallie]

I haven't ridden Primeval Whirl is YEARS. I want to do it again sometime soon.

Good pictures from Finding Nemo! The CM must have been having an off day, that is just weird. :confused3

[meanmom121]

great nemo pictures. - Tell me about primeval whirl - what happens on that ride:confused3

[mickeystoontown]

There are so many different things to keep up with on the DIS, I totally understand! I'll come find your TR, what's one more to subscribe to? It's summer after all, when else will I have time to devote hours a day to TR reading?:banana::rotfl:


That's exactly my way of thinking. I think I am subscribed to about a dozen trip reports right now. I have got to have SOMETHING to keep me distracted.
Hope you'll come over for a read.

[PrincessShea]

Lovin' this TR :thumbsup2 All the breakfast food looks delicious!

[tinkgurl]

I love that Clair Huxtable is in the pre-show for Dinosaur too! :laughing:

[alliecats]

I agree that this really may be the happiest TR that ever sailed! Can't wait for another update! :)

[jewels1916]

I missed two updates! For some reason I am not getting email updates anymore...weird. Anyway, great update! I have only ever done the safari once, and it was a long time ago! I love seeing all the pics that everyone posts, because it has just been too long for me!
And your pics of Nemo! Those have made me way excited to see the show. Great updates! And I can't believe you go back in four days!

[Dancegrl624]

Great update. After we rushed to get to the Nemo show, they cut the line off right behind us. We thought we were soo lucky! Not really. After a few minutes, the let a whole bunch of people in after us. I think they do that to let people find their seats and get settled. Then, once they see how many more available seats there are, they let in more people. We sat in the very back section in the first row. We really enjoyed it, but I liked FOTLK a little better.

[Merman]

Great TR ... I love, love, love Finding Nemo the Musical ... we went in December and I made my family sit throught it twice in two days ... glad you and your mom enjoyed it!! Looking forward to more of your TR!

[CW4DW]

Great update - can't wait for more! I have also always wanted to eat at Pizzafari but haven't done it yet... Maybe this next trip!

[WDWRocksMySocks]

Yikes, I had a lot of catching up to do. It looks like you guys had such a great time! And all that food...it looks so delicious! I really shouldn't be looking at your TR while I'm hungry. I think I'm drooling on the keyboard. :laughing:

Love your hair all texturized/wavy. It looks so good!

Looks like you had a great day at AK. It's one of our favorite parks. I LOVE Primeval Whirl, too! I was so disappointed when it was shutdown while we were there in October. I love to annoy DH and talk like the little dinosaur that squawks, "Bye, Bye!" It drives DH crazy! I'm so easily amused.

[scooby9932]

"We arrived at the gates to AK and the first thing we noticed was... the HEAT. Holy cow it was hot the entire week and I think AK really is the hottest park. It was a scorcher!" - This had me :rotfl2: I am busy commenting in my TR about how cool & dry it was all week! Are you sure we were there at the same time? ;) I guess coming from Canada, I can understand. Louisiana's much hotter & more humid than Florida at that time of year. We're in the 90's now with muggy high humidity. And that's just the beginning of summer. Yech.

Your trip sounds just amazing so far. And just think - only 2 more days left before you go again. You're so lucky! I love all the pictures you're including, btw. It's like reliving my trip just looking at them all.

[autumnpalm]

:lmao: My mom was the same way about taking pictures to contribute to the trip report.

What was up with that CM at Finding Nemo, strange sense of humour...

Yep, there'll be a few more contributions from my mom before the TR is over! LOL

I haven't ridden Primeval Whirl is YEARS. I want to do it again sometime soon.

Good pictures from Finding Nemo! The CM must have been having an off day, that is just weird. :confused3

Thanks!

I try to fit in PW every trip but skip it if the line is too long. Years you say though?! I order you to march straight back to WDW right now and ride it twice!

great nemo pictures. - Tell me about primeval whirl - what happens on that ride:confused3

It's a pretty small coaster, but what I like is that the vehicles spin the whole time. It's a roller coaster my mom and I can ride together (she doesn't like the big ones like EE) and it's really just a fun ride! I think I've seen ride videos on YouTube before... I'm not entirely sure though.

That's exactly my way of thinking. I think I am subscribed to about a dozen trip reports right now. I have got to have SOMETHING to keep me distracted.
Hope you'll come over for a read.

I'm going to come catch up on all your adventures today!

Lovin' this TR :thumbsup2 All the breakfast food looks delicious!

Mmmm and it tasted even better than it looks!

I love that Clair Huxtable is in the pre-show for Dinosaur too! :laughing:

Are you another Cosby Show fan? I still watch reruns every time they're on! I miss that show.:goodvibes

I agree that this really may be the happiest TR that ever sailed! Can't wait for another update! :)

Thanks, alliecats! I'm just about done uploading my pictures for the next update!

I missed two updates! For some reason I am not getting email updates anymore...weird. Anyway, great update! I have only ever done the safari once, and it was a long time ago! I love seeing all the pics that everyone posts, because it has just been too long for me!
And your pics of Nemo! Those have made me way excited to see the show. Great updates! And I can't believe you go back in four days!

I know, this trip has come up so quickly... I don't feel prepared at all, I haven't even packed. And for some reason I've been unsubscribed from almost all my TRs and PTRs... hmm, maybe something's up with the DIS? A conspiracy to make us spend more time working and less time reading TRs? LOL

Great update. After we rushed to get to the Nemo show, they cut the line off right behind us. We thought we were soo lucky! Not really. After a few minutes, the let a whole bunch of people in after us. I think they do that to let people find their seats and get settled. Then, once they see how many more available seats there are, they let in more people. We sat in the very back section in the first row. We really enjoyed it, but I liked FOTLK a little better.

Ahhhh that makes sense! That would definitely explain things.

I do like FOTLK but right now Nemo has my heart... probably because it's new and I haven't seen it a million times yet! But I do definitely like the music from FOTLK better.

Great TR ... I love, love, love Finding Nemo the Musical ... we went in December and I made my family sit throught it twice in two days ... glad you and your mom enjoyed it!! Looking forward to more of your TR!

Did your family like Nemo? Oh, and We were there in December too! What week did you go?

Thanks for posting and WELCOME!

Great update - can't wait for more! I have also always wanted to eat at Pizzafari but haven't done it yet... Maybe this next trip!

I've got the meal review coming up in the next post!

Yikes, I had a lot of catching up to do. It looks like you guys had such a great time! And all that food...it looks so delicious! I really shouldn't be looking at your TR while I'm hungry. I think I'm drooling on the keyboard. :laughing:

Love your hair all texturized/wavy. It looks so good!

Looks like you had a great day at AK. It's one of our favorite parks. I LOVE Primeval Whirl, too! I was so disappointed when it was shutdown while we were there in October. I love to annoy DH and talk like the little dinosaur that squawks, "Bye, Bye!" It drives DH crazy! I'm so easily amused.

I know, looking at Disney food ALWAYS makes me hungry. And I've never heard that little Dinosaur before! I'm definitely going to listen for him next week. Always something new to see on every trip I guess!

"We arrived at the gates to AK and the first thing we noticed was... the HEAT. Holy cow it was hot the entire week and I think AK really is the hottest park. It was a scorcher!" - This had me :rotfl2: I am busy commenting in my TR about how cool & dry it was all week! Are you sure we were there at the same time? ;) I guess coming from Canada, I can understand. Louisiana's much hotter & more humid than Florida at that time of year. We're in the 90's now with muggy high humidity. And that's just the beginning of summer. Yech.

Your trip sounds just amazing so far. And just think - only 2 more days left before you go again. You're so lucky! I love all the pictures you're including, btw. It's like reliving my trip just looking at them all.

LOL there's the difference between DISers from Louisiana and DISers from Ontario!:rotfl: How on earth did you find the weather cool!? Haha most times we stepped outside I felt like I couldn't even breathe.

We went to New Orleans once in July in and it was BRUTAL. It was the summer right before Katrina hit, actually. Holy cow, I could never stand that heat!

I'm so behind on your TR... gotta go catch up!

[autumnpalm]

Day Three, Part 3.

By this time it was around noon, and all I'd had to eat that day so far was that wee little Mickey muffin. I don't know if I've mentioned this yet but when I get hungry, I get HUNGRY. Grumpy and crabby and cranky. It's like I revert back to being an irritable toddler. So we went straight to Pizzafari after leaving Finding Nemo.

And when I mean straight, I mean we stopped in front of the Tree of Life for a few photos (I can never resist a good photo op!) and then continued on our search for food.

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I was absolutely ravenous by the time we got to Pizzafari. I was so happy to see this sign!

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Turns out the Pizzafari lunch line was the longest line we had to wait int all day. Go figure! Here is mom deciding what to get:

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And while she was studying the menu, I noticed... BUTTERFLIES.

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As you can see from my tag, butterflies (the non-cartoony kind. I can deal with the cute, happy, illustrated ones) freak. me. out. It's like they're moths but they're trying to trick you by being all pretty and coloured. They're just so furry and flappy and they scare the pants off of me.

But at least they were wooden and nailed to the rafters, huh?

We finally made our way to the front of the line to order, and I swear I practically shouted my order at the poor CM I was so desperate for food! But it was pretty quick and soon we had our tray of hot, delicious pizza. They were asking for donations to the Disney Conservation Fund so we gave... I don't know, 3 or 4 dollars? And we got this little pin in return.

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My mom and I had decided to get a cheese pizza (with side Caesar salad), an order of breadsticks and two cups of water. Here's the grub:

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Oh, and my mom got a coffee.

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Now. I am not going to lie here. I am in no way a food snob. Generally, the fancier the food, the less I like it LOL. So this pizza was A-okay with me. Certainly not something you would find in an authentic Italian restaurant but for being theme park pizza, it was pretty darn good! It was hot, fresh and cheesy with lots of sauce. The salad was chilled and crisp and crunchy and the dressing wasn't too strong, which I liked. And the breadsticks were my favourite part, warm and garlic-y and soft. Plus the dipping sauce went well with them. This was our first visit to Pizzafari and I think we will definitely return. Plus, there is tons and tons of seating and I love the way the restaurant is decorated. Lots to look at!

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Once we had polished off our lunch, we decided to head over to Camp Minnie-Mickey to meet some of our favourite furry friends. On the way, I had to stop and take pictures of some of the AK benches. I think they are just so cute!

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And ta da! We were there!

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More pretty Animal Kingdom scenery. I love the landscaping in this park. Everything is so pretty.

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Hi Daisy! Hi Huey! Hi Dewey! Hi Louie!

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The first characters we came across were Chip and Dale. This Chip and Dale set was really fun. When we first walked up, one of them had run away and was pretending to hide:

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Then Chip (Dale? I can never remember which is which!) took this little boy's harness and completely walked away with him. It was so funny because the little boy was looking up at first, completely confused... and then he just totally went along with it and didn't even look back at his family! Hilarious.

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The line for C&D was pretty short and soon I got to meet them for myself!

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I even got to dance with both of them. My mom was holding our camera at this point, so she didn't get in on the Chip and Dale dancing action.

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My mom did get her picture taken with the three of us, and then we said goodbye to C&D.

Next up... Mickey! He was moving through the line pretty quickly, so we each gave him a hug, took a picture and then waved goodbye.

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I decided at this point that I wanted to see Minnie, Donald and Goofy as well, so we lined up for each of them. Minnie was next. As we were waiting, Koda came over with a flower for her. It was a really cute moment!

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I guess the character handler didn't want to hang on to it for long, so she gave it to a little girl just in front of us in the line. She was soooo excited, it was adorable! I love little Disney moments like that.

Up next: More of the Fab Five, a second safari and sundaes for dinner!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I love Pizzafari and those breadsticks are yummy! Wish I had some right now!

Dale is the one with the boys harness. Chip has a black nose "chocolate chip" and Dale has a reddish-brown nose. Dale also has the two teeth on each side of his mouth with a gap whereas Dale's teeth are together and centered. :thumbsup2

[Dancegrl624]

I love Pizzafari and those breadsticks are yummy! Wish I had some right now!

Dale is the one with the boys harness. Chip has a black nose "chocolate chip" and Dale has a reddish-brown nose. Dale also has the two teeth on each side of his mouth with a gap whereas Dale's teeth are together and centered. :thumbsup2

You beat me to the punch! My mom taught me that when I was little because I was always getting confused. :goodvibes

[KathyRN137]

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Ha Ha! Chip & Dale are usually so much fun... they really get into character!

Mmmm. Pizzafari is one of our favorite places for lunch at AK... the murals are so pretty and the tiles on the walls and floor are amazing, too!


Kathy

[AussieAngel]

I totally share your fear of butterflies and moths!! Moths are the worst though - I hate their heavy, flappy wings and hairy bodies, and the fact they flap and flop around like crazy everywhere. :scared1:

Not many people seem to understand my phobia, but there really are lots of people out there who share our fear!!!

Anyway, apart from the evil butterflies, I enjoyed your update! Chip and Dale are so cute! :thumbsup2

[lovedonaldduck]

I learned that Chip and Dale trick from the DIS this week. Who knows how I got through the last 29 years of my life without knowing that Chip's nose is dark like a chocolate chip? :confused3

[Lady Lallie]

I think Koda is such a cute character. I wish I had seen him.

In case I don't get back on here before you leave....have a wonderful trip!

[meanmom121]

I just love Chip and Dale they are so much fun:goodvibes

MMM sundaes for dinner - sounds awesome:lovestruc

[tinkgurl]

Yep, I'm a Cosby show fan!

Yum, Pizzafari! :yay: You know I love it! :thumbsup2

Haha, Chip 'n Dale are so cute!

[Beka]

Those butterflies didn't try to bite did they? :scared: Did they hiss at you or show their fangs? :scared1:

Loving your TR by the way. It's a nice reprieve from school!

[meanmom121]

Those butterflies didn't try to bite did they? :scared: Did they hiss at you or show their fangs? :scared1:

Loving your TR by the way. It's a nice reprieve from school!

:lmao:

[autumnpalm]

Hi, guys! Just posting an update from WDW.:cool1:

Last night we caught Wishes and had dinner at Cosmic Ray's after getting in on a late flight. CBR is beautiful! We are in the Jamaica section with a corner room facing the water. It's perfect.:goodvibes

Currently at the conference right now... but leaving soon for another MK night. EMH tonight so we'll stay until around 1:00 and aim to be in bed by 1:30. Have to be back at the conference tomorrow by 7:00am so we will definitely be tired but I just can't pass up MK EMH!:rotfl: Lotsa coffee and Coke tomorrow!

The weather is nice... warm, sunny... pretty much what I was expecting for June!

Tomorrow I'm heading to Epcot mid-afternoon SOLO:woohoo: and then to the Kona Cafe for a dinner ADR.

Hope all of you guys are having wonderful weekends!:love:

[mickeystoontown]

Hi, guys! Just posting an update from WDW.:cool1:

Last night we caught Wishes and had dinner at Cosmic Ray's after getting in on a late flight. CBR is beautiful! We are in the Jamaica section with a corner room facing the water. It's perfect.:goodvibes

Currently at the conference right now... but leaving soon for another MK night. EMH tonight so we'll stay until around 1:00 and aim to be in bed by 1:30. Have to be back at the conference tomorrow by 7:00am so we will definitely be tired but I just can't pass up MK EMH!:rotfl: Lotsa coffee and Coke tomorrow!

The weather is nice... warm, sunny... pretty much what I was expecting for June!

Tomorrow I'm heading to Epcot mid-afternoon SOLO:woohoo: and then to the Kona Cafe for a dinner ADR.

Hope all of you guys are having wonderful weekends!:love:

We love the CBR too! Glad you are having a good time!

[sweetmama]

Haha the same here. My name is Lanna and I am a Dis addict

[Dancegrl624]

Hi, guys! Just posting an update from WDW.:cool1:

Last night we caught Wishes and had dinner at Cosmic Ray's after getting in on a late flight. CBR is beautiful! We are in the Jamaica section with a corner room facing the water. It's perfect.:goodvibes

Currently at the conference right now... but leaving soon for another MK night. EMH tonight so we'll stay until around 1:00 and aim to be in bed by 1:30. Have to be back at the conference tomorrow by 7:00am so we will definitely be tired but I just can't pass up MK EMH!:rotfl: Lotsa coffee and Coke tomorrow!

The weather is nice... warm, sunny... pretty much what I was expecting for June!

Tomorrow I'm heading to Epcot mid-afternoon SOLO:woohoo: and then to the Kona Cafe for a dinner ADR.

Hope all of you guys are having wonderful weekends!:love:

I can't believe you're at Disney again so soon! I must have skipped something in your TR, but what is the conference for? I'm so glad to hear that you're having fun. Make sure that weather stays wonderful for me! :goodvibes