The Sea Witch Stole My Voice! Our Two Week Land and Sea Adventure! COMPLETE 4/12

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

The Bros !! The Bros !!!!:rotfl2: I can't waitto meet them and you and your Mom again!!!:thumbsup2

I knew you would enjoy the pictures Rosie. Originally we weren't going to take pictures in the restaurant but Mom said we couldn't disappoint Rosie! ;)

I am cracking up at the butt pictures. Funny stuff. The pic of you and your mom was really nice!

Thanks! Lots more funny coming up.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Toledo Visit

As we got near the border we got a call from our Aunt Christine, she was checking to see how far out we were as our cousins were anxious to see us and they had thought we would have arrived already. We were only an hour away at that point, about to cross the border in Windsor.

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No lines at the border which was surprising as it was a long weekend in Canada.

To our delight the highway construction was complete in Detroit so we did not have to drive through the scary and ghetto Mexicantown to get to the highway.

Once we got to Toledo Mom got lost as per usual. She grew up in the city yet she can never remember which turnoff to take on the highway. She took the wrong turn and we ended up going over this funky new bridge that was completed in the last year or so.

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We turned around and made our way to the correct turn-off and then got off the highway. We made a stop at Kroger to pick up steaks to barbeque for dinner. We are always amazed about how cheap food is in the States. In fact pretty much everything is much cheaper in the States (except for tuition).

We took some pictures in the grocery store of strange/cool American products to show our Canadian friends.

I spotted this and laughed, seriously, Disney dog food!???

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Food in hand we made our way to our Uncle Jim's. He is our mom's brother.

Our cousins Andrew and Caroline were anxious to show us the Moutain Dew pop can tower they were making in the basement.

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We laughed because Erich does the exact same thing but with apple juice cans.

We hung out in the backyard while Uncle Jim grilled the steaks.

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After dinner the boys played video games while Caroline showed me her newly decorated room which was covered with Harry Potter (mainly Ron Weasley) posters.

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Then the boys went and played a board game while Caroline asked me to watch tv with her.

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I don't think we went to sleep until 2am that morning. I had been awake since 10pm the night before. That is 26 hours with no sleep, why does this always happen to me on vacation?

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

The next morning Uncle Jim went off to work and we went out to breakfast at IHOP with the cousins and Aunt Christine.

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The boys were questioning Erich's eating abilities so he decided to stuff his face full of pancakes.

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I didn't think Erich was going to be able to swallow it all.

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Erich's belly shot on Day 2

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He wanted to get a shot each day of his expanding gut as he gorged himself on vacation.

After breakfast we dropped Aunt Christine off at home and continued on to the mall with the cousins.

We started heading into the Disney Store when Caroline stopped us and said she didn't want to go in as it was "just for kids". I was shocked and deeply saddened to hear this coming from a blood relative. We knew we had to correct this ASAP so we dragged her into the store with us. :laughing:

After the mall we decided to head to Penguin! Yum yum! Time to get my Smurf ice cream.

Ottawa Hills (a Toledo neighbourhood) had these lovely flower baskets hanging from each light post.

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Our first Penguin stop of the trip.

Alek, Erich and I all got a Smurf

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Alek and Erich decided to annoy me by pretending that they did not like the Smurf ice cream. :mad:

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Our family has been going to Penguin since my Mom was a little girl. In fact our family went to Penguin on the day my Aunt and Uncle got married, a brief stop on the way to the reception after the wedding. The whole wedding party pulled up in the limos and got out and enjoyed some ice cream in their wedding finery.

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After Penguin we had to drop the cousins off at home and then we made our way over to the grandparents house where we would be staying for the rest of the trip.

[jcc0621]

[COLOR="Teal"][SIZE="4"] We started heading into the Disney Store when Caroline stopped us and said she didn't want to go in as it was "just for kids". I was shocked and deeply saddened to hear this coming from a blood relative. We knew we had to correct this ASAP so we dragged her into the store with us. :laughing:

:scared1: I hope you set her straight!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you get anything?:confused3

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

We spent a few hours at their house, Mom had me show them some pictures from our cruise and then we all went back over to Uncle Jim's house for a family dinner.

Grandma and Grandpa drove over separately as they would not be staying as long as us.

On the drive over a crazy storm started (RAIN CURSE). The rain came down like crazy and then the hail started, the lightening was so loud! A huge tree branch in our uncle's neighbourhood got hit by lightening.

Now it would have been a good idea for us to just wait in the car for the rain to let up but Erich was impatient so we made a mad dash to the front door of the house and got totally drenched.

Grandma and Grandpa pulled up after us. Grandpa got out an umbrella and covered Grandma on the walk to the house. She then took the umbrella and left him standing in the rain. Poor grandpa! :sad2:

Aunt Christine handed us all towels to dry off while the cousins laughed hysterically at us.

Their poor cat Rascal also got caught in the rain storm, poor kitty, he was absolutely drenched.

We sat around chatting for awhile.

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We loved all the different flavours of Mountain Dew in the States, up here we just have regular Mountain Dew.

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For dinner we ordered up pizza and Aunt Christine made cheesy pasta, salad and brushetta also. Erich decided it would be a brilliant idea to combine all of these and make a "pizza sandwich". It looked disgusting but was also very funny.

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The rain ended and a beautiful rainbow appeared.

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After the grandparents left we all sat down for a game of Flinch. It was hilarious as we had to improvise with the rules as the card deck is only large enough for 5 people to play, not 6.

We didn't stay too late that night, went back to the grandparents around 9pm.

I hung out in the family room with Alek and Erich for awhile, we watched South Park and Erich fell asleep at some point and started snoring. It was so loud! We couldn't help but record it to show him in the morning.

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[Lifelong_Dreamer]

:scared1: I hope you set her straight!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you get anything?:confused3

:laughing: I didn't get anything but Erich got a Wall-E alarm clock and Alek got a Wall-E beach towel. Well Caroline did say that she wants to go to Disney World with me. :thumbsup2

[jcc0621]

OMG he snores like a truck driver.

Lessa, your cousin looks just like you! The one picture of her coming from the stairs (it looks like) I thought it was you are first!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

The next morning I enjoyed a yummy breakfast of cinnamon rolls from Wixey Bakery. Another family tradition, our family has been going to this bakery for as long as I can remember. Their cinnamon rolls are delicious! I did notice they were skipping on the icing a bit though.

After breakfast we made our big shopping trip to the grocery store (Meijers) with Grandma tagging along.

This store didn't have nearly as many funny/strange products as the Kroger even though it was a much bigger store.

We did spot Jolly Rancher pop though we didn't buy any.

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Most of our purchases ended up being Pop, and a lot of it was stuff that we were buying for people back in Canada. All I bought was some Cherry Pomegranate Crystal Light, delicious!

We drove around a bit, not sure what exactly Mom and Grandma were looking for but they never found it. We did spot this funny sign though, Toledo always has the oddest traffic signs.

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For lunch Grandpa took us out to a Mexican restaurant and we also drove through the neighbourhood where he grew up.

I had a chicken quaesadilla for lunch and it was huge! Erich and Mom had to help me finish it off. It was very good though.

Oh yeah, it also rained for while (RAIN CURSE). The original plan for this day was for us to go to Cedar Point/Soak City with the cousins but we had put it off a day hoping that the weather would improve.

After we got back from our Mexican lunch Grandpa went for a nap and Mom and Grandma went through some family history documents. Alek, Erich and I decided to head down the street to a park/playground that we have enjoyed since we were little.

Walking down the street I saw these enormous lilies, I have never seen them grow that high before!

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There was the cutest dog at the playground, he was very old and did not move very quickly.

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Alek and Erich each attempted to do upside down sit-ups.

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On the way back we spotted a face on a tree. Cool or creepy you decide....

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Then we saw another one, it didn't blend with the tree as well though.

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I guess this is the latest yard decorating trend???? Andrew and Caroline told me that it is very popular in Toledo.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

OMG he snores like a truck driver.

Lessa, your cousin looks just like you! The one picture of her coming from the stairs (it looks like) I thought it was you are first!

Their does tend to be a strong family resemblance. Erich looks like me, Andrew looks like Erich and Caroline also looks like us a bit. Poor Alek doesn't look like anybody! :laughing:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Once we got back from the park the grandparents were still resting so we gave Andrew and Caroline a call and told them we would come and pick them up for some mini-golf. They had been waiting around at home all day waiting for our call. :laughing:

The place we went was pretty cheap. $5 each for mini-golf and then they also had go-karts which was also $5.

Mini-golf took a long time to play with 6 of us. I felt bad for the group behind us and they were always waiting for us to finish up.

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The course had these areas where water was supposed to run through but I guess they had it turned off that way. We always had to have somebody standing "defense" when we were near these areas in case the balls got hit too hard as the course charges a $10 lost ball fee.

Caroline ending up beating us all by 15 strokes!

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Caroline wanted to go go-karting next. Mom and I opted out but the boys all went with her. I found a nice spot to take pictures from.

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After go-karting we went to...... Penguin!

I once again got a Smurf, no idea what the others got. It was delicious as always.

We had to make an emergency stop for Erich on the way back to the cousins house.

While waiting for him we spotted this cool looking car parked at the Pizza Hut.

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We dropped the cousins off at home, finalized our plans for the next day with Aunt Christine and then headed back to the grandparents. The dinner plan that night was Little Caesars, we went back to their house first to make sure that grandma wasn't going to surprise us with dinner even though she had said she wasn't making anything.

She indeed had not made anything for dinner and she and Grandpa were actually all dressed for bed so I took Alek and Erich out to pick up our Little Ceasars. That night we watched Dumb and Dumber or Wayne's World. Don't remember which one though we watched both at some point on the trip.

I had to drug myself to sleep that night as we were waking up early the next morning as we were headed to Cedar Point/Soak City!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I woke up to the lovely sound of my cell phone alarm going off at 6:30. I was grumpy about getting up so early but today was my birthday! We had lots of fun planned. We were scheduled to be at the cousins house for 8am where we would all pile into Aunt Christine's mini-van and make the one hour drive down to Sandusky, Ohio. We were going to spend the day at Soak City which is the water park at Cedar Point. Cedar Point itself was vetoed as Erich, Mom and Andrew do not like roller coasters.

I once again enjoyed a cinnamon roll for breakfast before we headed out.

Aunt Christine has the coolest mini-van! It is a Stow-N-Go van with two sliding doors which close automatically, the windows in the back roll down, they have Sirius radio and a DVD system built in. Very nice!

Caroline had brought along Full House DVD's for us to watch on the way down.

I was a bit sad that we were not going to Cedar Point as the coasters came into view but the water park would be lots of fun too!

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First order of business was to rent some lockers and get changed. There wasn't enough room in our locker for all our stuff thanks to Alek and Erich's sneakers so Mom and I had to stow our purses in Aunt Christine's locker.

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This red coaster weaved around the water park.

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I stowed the camera in the locker and then we were off to our first slide! Mom and Aunt Christine went to hang out by the wave pool and gave us instructions to come get them once we were ready for the lazy river.

Since we were there right near park opening there were no lines for the slides yet.

Alek and Erich amused the lifeguards with all their "screaming" on the slides.

One slide that I went down makes you go airborn for about a second and also messed with my suit, I nearly gave everybody at the bottom a show. :scared1:

There is also a family raft slide but only 4 people can fit in a raft so Alek, Erich and Andrew rode together and I rode with Caroline.

After we had done all the slides we went over to the wave pool to retrieve the "adults" as it was time for the Lazy River. Mom decided not to go but Aunt Christine tagged along. Alek, Erich, Andrew and Caroline raced each other through the river. My poor cousins are getting corrupted by my brothers. I floated along and chatted with Aunt Christine. They all lapped us eventually and then we all floated along together.

After the lazy river we went into the wave pool for a bit and then it was lunch time. We decided to grab Subway which was of course horrendously expensive and had very limited options. It was still cheaper than the other food offerings though.

After lunch I grabbed the camera again so I could get some pictures of the park.

Another gut shot

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[Lifelong_Dreamer]

They all had a lot of fun playing around in the water playground, they especially liked getting drenched by the big bucket of water.

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Here's a 30 second video of them at the water playground Water Palyground (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHaN9fnVVyY)

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[Lifelong_Dreamer]

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I think by far the favourite attraction at the water park was The Lilypads. The attempted to cross these at least five times throughout the day. It was hilarious!

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Erich

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Alek

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Andrew

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Caroline

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We took a break from the Lily Pads and they decided to go on the raft ride again. I didn't go on and instead waited at the bottom so I could catch them coming down on camera. Aunt Christine had found us at this point so we waited together.

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I went and dropped the camera off with Mom and then we went to ride some more slides and Aunt Christine came along with us.

I only ended going on once as I was feeling rather light-headed so I though it best if I went and relaxed on a lounge chair for a while.

Mom and Aunt Christine went off to float around on the Lazy River so I had some alone time which is rare when visiting Toledo as Caroline usually sticks to me like glue.

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There was some excitement in the wave pool at one point. Everybody in the pool stopped moving and a lifeguard dived in and was in the deep end for about 5 minutes. I guess everything turned out to be okay as I didn't see them bring anybody out and they turned the waves back on.

Everybody came back to our chairs eventually and it was decided that we should head out. It was just after 3pm and we had dinner reservations in Toledo for 6:30.

They wanted to have one last go on the lilypads before we left.

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Erich and Caroline finally made it all the way across!

Here's a video of them epically failing on the Lilypads earlier in the day. The one kid I caught on tape was amazing though, he made it look easy which it definitely was not!

The Lilypads (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD25zs3vdik)

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

We all got majorly burnt as well although Erich was definitely the worst off. Yesterday morning when he woke up he had sunburn blisters on his shoulders, this was two days after he got the initial burn. Ouch!

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Alek said that being surrounded by the coasters all day made him really want to go to Cedar Point, maybe next year!

As we were leaving the Cedar Point area we saw something amazing and made Aunt Christine pull over so we could get a picture.

It was the Oscar Meyer Weiner Mobile!

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As you can see Erich's bad influence has made an impression on Andrew.

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Everybody was pretty tuckered out on the drive back to Toledo.

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Once back in Toledo we went back over to the Grandparents house to get ready for my birthday dinner. We had a reservation at my fav Toledo restaurnt, Biaggi's.

Grandma and Grandpa were coming too but they drove over separately. We were a bit early so we browsed around the neighbouring bookstore before heading over. Once it was closer to 6:30 we went over and this is where things went a bit sour. Grandma supposedly can not stay in places that are "too loud" and apparently this restaurant was too loud for her so she decided that she would just go sit in the car while Grandpa stayed and ate dinner with us. I don't know why she didn't just drive home and then we could have taken Grandpa back with us. Anyways.... The restaurant was also late in seating us. The reservation was for 6:30 but they didn't seat us closer to 7.

The food was wonderful as always though and we all had a great time together. Alek, Erich, Andrew and Caroline had fun drawing on the paper the was covering the tablecloth.

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Right as we were paying the bill Grandma came back into the restaurant all upset at Grandpa about how long it was taking. So he got up and they left, we though they were going to meet us at Penguin but they never showed up. So anyways Grandma was upset at Grandpa which made Mom upset. This type of drama almost always happens with Grandma when we are in Toledo. It's not an official vacation without Grandma drama.

Anyways after our delicious dinner we all made our way over to Penguin for our third visit of the trip! :laughing:

Can you guess what I had? ;)

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We were there for almost 2 hours just talking and laughing. We left as they were starting to close up for the night so close to 10pm.

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Well all hugged goodbye and said we would see them next summer. Caroline was all excited because it was briefly mentioned that we should do WDW together in 5 years as a graduation celebration for her (high school) and me (Nursing school). Who knows if that will actually happen though.

Back at the grandparents we packed up all our stuff so we wouldn't have to do it in the morning and we got a surprise visit from Uncle Jim and the family! They had forgotten to give me my birthday card so they drove over to deliver it. So we all hugged goodbye again and then went to bed.

We left Toledo at 5am and got back home just after 1pm. It was a fantastic trip aside from the grandma drama that last night. Hope you enjoyed my mini-TR!

[KatGarcia]

Sounds like a great trip!! Holy sunburns!!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Sounds like a great trip!! Holy sunburns!!

Yeah no kidding, poor Erich has called in sick to work for the rest of the week as he can't lift his arms past a certain point due to the burn blisters. I barely burnt and it is already pretty faded, I am lucky that way. I am sure he has learned his lesson though.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

WDW TR update coming up in about an hour. I know you all have been dying of excitement waiting for it. :rolleyes:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

We woke up early again, I wanted to make a run to the drug store to pick up some new sunscreen before heading to Hollywood Studios. I decided to get Hawaiian Tropic since I seem to now be allergic to Coppertone. You all will be happy to know that the Hawaiian Tropic worked great and didn't give me a single rash.

All stocked up on sunscreen we were off to Hollywood Studios. I was excited to ride Toy Story Mania again!

We were there fairly early and were second in line at the turnstyles behind a dad who had come to the park by himself. Turns out that he had missed riding Toy Story the other day so he had left his family sleeping in the hotel so he could come over and squeeze in a ride. :lmao: I think we scared him with all our talk of the insane mad dash to Toy Story that the whole park makes right at rope drop.

All the signage for Star Wars Weekends was up, we were planning on attending opening day the next day (our last day at WDW before the cruise!). I was so excited!

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Once they let us into the park we were able to grab a spot right at the rope. Here's a picture of the crowd behind us.

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Scary!

Some pictures from the rope drop ceremony, my least favourite after Epcot's.

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As soon as the rope dropped we were off! I was speed walking to Toy Story Mania, tickets in hand. I was determined to get to those fast pass machines as quickly as possible and then into the stand-by line. I was fairly successful and there were only a few people in front of me at the machines and then Mom and I jumped in line.

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Didn't have much time to take pictures as we pretty much got to walk right through the queue and onto the ride. Waited maybe 5 minutes.

Despite my best efforts Mom continued her winning streak and beat me. At least I always win on Buzz!

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Mom was wearing her new mouse ears this morning but they were hurting her head so she took them off after only 15 minutes or so. I would have worn them but I think I would have looked strange with two pairs of ears on. ;)

After Toy Story we had about an hour until our fast passes were good so we headed down to Hollywood Boulevard so that I could ride the thrill rides.

We stopped for a photopass picture along the way.

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Sigh, Mom really doesn't know how to do fake scared for pictures. Oh well not like I am that great at it either. :rolleyes:

So I went off to ride Rock N' Roller Coaster by myself as Mom was too chicken to try it. Not sure what Mom did while I was gone, probably browsed the shops.

The single rider line wasn't open so I had to get in the regular stand-by line, the posted wait time was 20 minutes so I didn't mind.

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I ended up riding with another single rider. It was her first time on the ride and she was very nervous. She kept second guessing whether she wanted to get on the ride or not and she was afraid that she would get sick. I talked her through it though and she ended up loving it.

My very blurry ride photo, they switched the photos off the screen so quickly that I didn't have a chance to try and take it again.

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Next I headed over to Tower of Terror where the posted wait time was also 20 minutes. The line however was all the way to the entrance sign so I knew that the wait had to be much longer than that. I didn't want to keep Mom waiting so I decided to skip it for now.

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I met back up with Mom and we started to make our way back over to Toy Story. First we stopped at a bakery on the corner of Sunset and Hollywood. Mom bought me a yummy cookie there and got one for herself as well. The cookies there are pricey! I think Mom paid $5 for two cookies!

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Once we were back at Toy Story we had to wait a few minutes for our fast passes to become available. The line for the ride was really long by now, even the fast pass line was long.

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Grrrr, Mom beat me again! What am I doing wrong!

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[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Glad you had a nice little mini-vaca! Can't wait for more of the Disney trip!!!!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Glad you had a nice little mini-vaca! Can't wait for more of the Disney trip!!!!

Thanks, yep we had a fab time visiting the family. Time to get this WDW TR back in gear before I go off on vacation again in three weeks. :rotfl: I should be done or almost done the WDW part by then. :thumbsup2

[jcc0621]

Lesaa, thanks for sharing the Toledo trip with us. CP/Soak City looks really cool. Sorry about the Gramma drama on your birthday:hug:

I'm with you EPCOT and DHS opening ceremonies are not my favorites!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Lesaa, thanks for sharing the Toledo trip with us. CP/Soak City looks really cool. Sorry about the Gramma drama on your birthday:hug:

I'm with you EPCOT and DHS opening ceremonies are not my favorites!

Soak City was a lot of fun, too bad the wave pool was not as awesome as at Typhoon Lagoon.

I can't wait to visit Cedar Point proper and ride on all the coasters. I had some major coaster lust going on watching them all from the water park.

[englishrose47]

Loved both updates Lessa !!! I haven't been to Cedar Point in years !!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Loved both updates Lessa !!! I haven't been to Cedar Point in years !!

Thanks Rosie! Soak City was a lot of fun, can't wait to try out the coasters at Cedar Point. :thumbsup2

[Mysteria]

Loved the mini TR. Looks like you had a blast in Toledo!

Lessa you have to ride Buzz and TSM with me. Then you'll have someone to beat. :rotfl: I kinda suck at both of them but I have fun.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Loved the mini TR. Looks like you had a blast in Toledo!

Lessa you have to ride Buzz and TSM with me. Then you'll have someone to beat. :rotfl: I kinda suck at both of them but I have fun.

:laughing: I just don't understand how Mom beats me on TSM all the time, she doesn't even play video games. :sad2:

[princess_momma]

Your mom always wins but you always beat her by a lot on accuracy. Maybe she just shoots more or something?

[cmp1111]

Fun mini TR and nice day at DHS! :) I am slowly catching back up. :thumbsup2

[KatGarcia]

I think you need to not go so much for accuracy on TSM just go for it. I did the same thing at first and I only beat KC ONCE, then I just didn't try to be so perfect at it, ya know!? Great update!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Your mom always wins but you always beat her by a lot on accuracy. Maybe she just shoots more or something?

True, there is always that.

Fun mini TR and nice day at DHS! :) I am slowly catching back up. :thumbsup2

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I think you need to not go so much for accuracy on TSM just go for it. I did the same thing at first and I only beat KC ONCE, then I just didn't try to be so perfect at it, ya know!? Great update!

That is what Alek and Erich told me to do, I just can't help but aim. :rolleyes::lmao:

[kaysmommie]

Great update and pictures as always :goodvibes. Thanks for sharing your Toledo trip with us. Looks like you had a blast with your family. That coaster at Cedar Point :scared1: a bit steep and the blue ice cream looks yummy too.

:laughing:about you scaring that dad at rope drop about the TSM mob. Go mom riding RNRC :thumbsup2 glad she liked it. Geat photopass pics too.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Great update and pictures as always :goodvibes. Thanks for sharing your Toledo trip with us. Looks like you had a blast with your family. That coaster at Cedar Point :scared1: a bit steep and the blue ice cream looks yummy too.

:laughing:about you scaring that dad at rope drop about the TSM mob. Go mom riding RNRC :thumbsup2 glad she liked it. Geat photopass pics too.

Oh no, Mom didn't ride RNRC, it was some random lady who was riding single rider like me. :thumbsup2 Mom was too chicken for RNRC. :lmao:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

After Toy Story Mom and I paused to think about what we wanted to do next. We didn't have any set plans for the day other than our lunch ADR and Fantasmic that evening. We decided to just walk and go do things as we came to them. First up was a picture with Price Caspian! We did this last year and made the mistake of continuing on to the "attraction" afterwards. Well this year I made sure to tell the CM that we would be coming back through the line after getting our picture as we didn't want to go through the agony. He thought this was hilarious and laughed along with me.

We didn't have to wait long to see Caspian. He really liked my mouse ears and asked me if I was acquainted with Reepicheep. We then blathered on about Narnia and if I had ever been and he invited me to come visit some time. I don't remember our exact conversation but I do remember that the character handler and photographer were laughing.

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Mom was jealous because he did not chat her up like he did me. :laughing:

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As we walked away Mom claimed he was hitting on me, ummm no, it is his job to chat with the guests and be friendly. :rolleyes:

Next up was The Little Mermaid, a welcome relief for my feet which were once again screaming in agony.

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We went over to the Animation Building after the show was over as it was once again raining outside. First we sat through the little animation movie with Mushu and watched a preview for UP. Then we went further into the building to see what characters were out.

Can't wait for this to come out!

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And this as well!

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We saw the characters from UP were out and there was next to no line! We jumped at that photo op even though we had not seen the movie yet (it had not been released yet).

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Sorcerer Mickey was also out and had no line so we went on over. He had to take a break first though so we waited and chatted with the handler and photographer who were very friendly and nice.

I may have gotten all the attention from Caspian but Mom stole the show with Mickey.

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It was still pouring outside, what would we do next?

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[englishrose47]

Great Update Lessa !! I too made the mistake of going to Narnia movie !!!It ranks right along with Sounds Dangerous zzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!

[blue_river]

Hi Lessa! Looking forward to catching up. :banana:

[jcc0621]

Isn't that the 2nd time CAspian hit on you...just sayin:rolleyes1

I think I am the only person who hated UP!:confused3

[chskover]

I have loved your both your reports. To bad you didn't get a chance to go to Cedar Point. There are even coasters and rides there for scared people like your mom. It's not Disney, but it is still great!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Great Update Lessa !! I too made the mistake of going to Narnia movie !!!It ranks right along with Sounds Dangerous zzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!

:laughing: See I knew better than to ever attempt Sounds Dangerous.

Hi Lessa! Looking forward to catching up. :banana:

Hey Heidi! Have fun! It might take a while! ;):laughing:
Isn't that the 2nd time CAspian hit on you...just sayin:rolleyes1

I think I am the only person who hated UP!:confused3

Yep, according to Mom he hit on me last year too. :rolleyes::lmao:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I have loved your both your reports. To bad you didn't get a chance to go to Cedar Point. There are even coasters and rides there for scared people like your mom. It's not Disney, but it is still great!

Thanks! After looking at the coasters all day Alek says he really wants to go to Cedar Point. We'll probably go next year. :thumbsup2

[cmp1111]

Nice character shots! Sounds relaxing and easy for the afternoon. :goodvibes

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Great update! I would have loved to see the Up characters! I don't think they will be there still when I go in December. :sad2: Oh well! There will be plenty of other characters to go see!

[carissanboys]

That Prince Caspian sure had bedroom eyes in his pictures with you. Just sayin'. :rolleyes1

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Nice character shots! Sounds relaxing and easy for the afternoon. :goodvibes

Thank! I was so happy to get Sorcerer Mickey, this was the first time we had seen him. The Caspian meet was fun and amusing as well.

Great update! I would have loved to see the Up characters! I don't think they will be there still when I go in December. :sad2: Oh well! There will be plenty of other characters to go see!

You never know!
That Prince Caspian sure had bedroom eyes in his pictures with you. Just sayin'. :rolleyes1

:lmao: Sure thing!

[KatGarcia]

Isn't that the 2nd time CAspian hit on you...just sayin:rolleyes1

I think I am the only person who hated UP!:confused3

You are Janet! LOL


Lessa did Caspain have an accent when you talked to him? I always wondered.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

You are Janet! LOL


Lessa did Caspain have an accent when you talked to him? I always wondered.

I honestly do not remember. :confused3

[castmemberb4]

I honestly do not remember. :confused3

Someone else said in their trip report that he does, I think it was Charleston Princess.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

After our picture with Mickey Mom and I decided to play with some of the interactive games that they have set-up in the Animation building. First thing we did was the voice acting game where you get to sing a line from a movie and they insert it in and you can also voice-act a character and they insert that in. Let's just say Mom and I will never have a career in voice acting!

Next we took the which character are you quiz.

Here is Mom's result:

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And my result:

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Bwahaha! I believe that result came about as I chose that I would "like to eat nice people for breakfast" vs the other option which was "have breakfast with nice people".

Next I begged Mom to try the Animation Academy. Normally I can't draw even a stick figure but I really wanted to try this.

The drawing class was a lot of fun! At the beginning I got a bit frustrated but I was pretty pleased with my end result, Mom threw hers away but not before I grabbed a picture!

My Mickey:

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Mom's Mickey:

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Having done pretty much everything there was to do in the Animation building we decided to be brave and venture outside and see what the weather was doing. Well I am delighted to report that it was sunny!

We decided to make our way down to see Beauty and the Beast. We stopped for some photopass pictures on the way.

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The photographer had us pose for a special picture, he wouldn't tell us what it was as he wanted it to be a surprise. I didn't ruin his fun by telling him I already knew.

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The Beauty and the Beast theatre wasn't open yet so we waited outside. I told Mom I was going to go grab a fastpass for Tower of Terror and also find something to snack on. Along the way I had a photographer take this picture of me which I use as my Facebook profile picture.

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I found a stand selling pretzels so I bought myself one of those and munched on it while watching some Streetmosphere. These guys were hilarious.

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The director told him to "get on the camera" so he climbed onto it. lmao

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I saw that they were letting people into Beauty and the Beast so I made my way back over. Mom and I got seats right in the middle, three rows back. This is the closest we have ever sat.

I don't think the theatre even filled all the way for that performance, never seen that happen either.

A few pictures from the show. I have many more of course but well there is that darn image limit.

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The poor dancer in the purple leggings had a hole somewhere awkward. I wonder is she realized?

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At the end of the show a little girl from the audience was led up to the stage and Belle and the Beast handed her a rose, very nice touch.

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[poohs_hunny]

Hi Lessa,

Your trip report caught my eye because my mom and I also went on a land & sea trip a month ago! We were only at WDW for 4 nights and a 4 night cruise though. I can't wait for you to get to the cruise part. We had an awesome time and I bet you guys did too!

I just had to comment on the Mickey drawings. My mom and I went to an animation class on the cruise (I think we were the only adults there without kids, but oh, well). We did Mickey and Donald Duck. My mom tossed her drawings right away also. In fact, she refused to even finish Donald halfway through because she said it was so bad! :lmao: Mine came out okay, but Donald was hard! Plus, they gave us markers and not pencils which meant no erasing! :scared1:

I'm really enjoying the report - keep it up!! :thumbsup2

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Hi Lessa,

Your trip report caught my eye because my mom and I also went on a land & sea trip a month ago! We were only at WDW for 4 nights and a 4 night cruise though. I can't wait for you to get to the cruise part. We had an awesome time and I bet you guys did too!

I just had to comment on the Mickey drawings. My mom and I went to an animation class on the cruise (I think we were the only adults there without kids, but oh, well). We did Mickey and Donald Duck. My mom tossed her drawings right away also. In fact, she refused to even finish Donald halfway through because she said it was so bad! :lmao: Mine came out okay, but Donald was hard! Plus, they gave us markers and not pencils which meant no erasing! :scared1:

I'm really enjoying the report - keep it up!! :thumbsup2

Welcome! Land and Sea trips are so fun!

We did the animation class onboard as well, drew Mickey and Goofy. How strange that they gave you markers, we had pencils with erasers. :confused3 I guess the no erasing part is true to what they teach at the animation academy in Hollywood Studios. ;)

Hope you stick around for more! I only have one more park day to write about after this and then on to the cruise!

[englishrose47]

Great update Lessa as usual !! Don't you love playing dumb with those Surprise PP's !!:lmao:Yes I am pointing at Stitch or holding Tink!!! But I guess a lot of folks really don't know !!!!:confused3

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Great update Lessa as usual !! Don't you love playing dumb with those Surprise PP's !!:lmao:Yes I am pointing at Stitch or holding Tink!!! But I guess a lot of folks really don't know !!!!:confused3

:laughing: Yeah I play dumb a lot in WDW, don't want to ruin the fun for others. :cutie:

[ladybugmom]

I'm all caught up!! It looks like you're having a great day at HS!! LOVE all the PP pics!! I could kick myself for not going into the animation building! I totally forgot about the Up characters being there! Uggh! The Bauty and the Beast show was one of my FAVORITE things at HS!! Such a great show! Cant wait to read more!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I'm all caught up!! It looks like you're having a great day at HS!! LOVE all the PP pics!! I could kick myself for not going into the animation building! I totally forgot about the Up characters being there! Uggh! The Bauty and the Beast show was one of my FAVORITE things at HS!! Such a great show! Cant wait to read more!

I think this was our best day for photopass pictures, I was pleased with pretty much all of them.

I love the animation building, I think many people do not realize that there are characters and games and activities inside and so they skip over it.

I love the Beauty and the Beast show as well. It has been there forever though! I would like to see something new come in so long as it is just as good! ;)

[englishrose47]

I think this was our best day for photopass pictures, I was pleased with pretty much all of them.

I love the animation building, I think many people do not realize that there are characters and games and activities inside and so they skip over it.

I love the Beauty and the Beast show as well. It has been there forever though! I would like to see something new come in so long as it is just as good! ;)

I am helping my Boss plan a surprise visit for her son who graduates next year !! He wants to go to college for Animation!! So I told her all about the Animation Building and the Lunch with the animator
She was impressed !!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Is the dis slow lately or have I lost all my readers because I am taking so long to get to the cruise portion? :confused3;)

[englishrose47]

Is the dis slow lately or have I lost all my readers taking so long to get to the cruise portion? :confused3;)

I don't have internet at work and that's where I have been !!!:lmao: Just try losing me !!!!:rotfl2::rotfl2:

[Mysteria]

YOU being Malificent?! :lmao::lmao: Now that's funny. Your mom shouldn't have thrown her Mickey out. I liked it. Liked them both. Heck I couldn't draw a good stick person even if I channeled Michelangelo. :rotfl: Love the stitch pics.

[meeko_33785]

I think I'm finally all caught up. Love the photos of the Beauty and the Beast shows. It's one of my favorite things in the parks.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

YOU being Malificent?! :lmao::lmao: Now that's funny. Your mom shouldn't have thrown her Mickey out. I liked it. Liked them both. Heck I couldn't draw a good stick person even if I channeled Michelangelo. :rotfl: Love the stitch pics.

Hey, I have been known to be very witch-like. :cutie:

I think I'm finally all caught up. Love the photos of the Beauty and the Beast shows. It's one of my favorite things in the parks.

One of my favs too. I think if I combined all our pictures from the show that were taken on the last three trips we would have captured the whole thing in photos. :rotfl:

[Mysteria]

Hey, I have been known to be very witch-like. :cutie:



Well ok I do remember a thing with your mom and the mug. :rotfl: Not sure that ranks you an evil queen though. :thumbsup2

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Well ok I do remember a thing with your mom and the mug. :rotfl: Not sure that ranks you an evil queen though. :thumbsup2

:lmao:

[debraW76]

I love the Beauty and the Beast show. It is my second favorite in all of DW (FOTLK is first).

I have the same exact Baggallini as you and Kristel has the same one too!

Thanks for the birthday trip mini TR. The water park looks neat. Is it connected to Ceder point??


How funny that you are most like Maleficent!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I love the Beauty and the Beast show. It is my second favorite in all of DW (FOTLK is first).

I have the same exact Baggallini as you and Kristel has the same one too!

Thanks for the birthday trip mini TR. The water park looks neat. Is it connected to Ceder point??


How funny that you are most like Maleficent!

CE has the same Baggallini as well! ;)

The water park is not inside Cedar Point but is separate and right next to it. There is a little walkway between the two that has some shops/restuarants and leads to a back entrance to Cedar Point.

[carissanboys]

Great job on the Mickeys! :thumbsup2

I haven't seen that Belle before.

Eek on the hole!! :scared1:

[charming23]

Lessa,

Hi I have been lurking for awhile now and I am loving your trip report. I am also doing a trip with my Mom (land only) and have gotten some good ideas from your report. Can't wait to hear more.

[GeminiAngel]

Is the dis slow lately or have I lost all my readers because I am taking so long to get to the cruise portion? :confused3;)

Ok Here's my excuse. I've been reading when I can. We just moved into our new house Friday afternoon. :banana:

Then we leave for San Diego tomorrow! Our daughter Nova does not know, total suprise for her. So while unpacking, I've been packing. :rotfl:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Great job on the Mickeys! :thumbsup2

I haven't seen that Belle before.

Eek on the hole!! :scared1:

Thanks, I was very proud of my first Mickey. The animation teacher does a great job of walking you through the steps so that even artistically challenged people like me can produce something recognizable. :lmao:

Lessa,

Hi I have been lurking for awhile now and I am loving your trip report. I am also doing a trip with my Mom (land only) and have gotten some good ideas from your report. Can't wait to hear more.

Hi there! Your trip should be lots of fun, I'm glad you are finding my TR informative. :cutie:

Ok Here's my excuse. I've been reading when I can. We just moved into our new house Friday afternoon. :banana:

Then we leave for San Diego tomorrow! Our daughter Nova does not know, total suprise for her. So while unpacking, I've been packing. :rotfl:

Hmmm, Well I guess I can forgive you. ;) Congrats on finally getting into the new house!

[DisneyJo]

Just catching up after being away and it looks as though your trip to Toledo was fun, the water park looks fantastic!

Love all your PP photos and with TSM apparently you need to hit all the small targets so they'll open up to big ones!

[princess_momma]

I'm still here! I just don't get on much on weekends!!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Just catching up after being away and it looks as though your trip to Toledo was fun, the water park looks fantastic!

Love all your PP photos and with TSM apparently you need to hit all the small targets so they'll open up to big ones!

The water park was fun. Alek said it was just as fun as a Disney water parkm just didn't have the theming.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I'm still here! I just don't get on much on weekends!!

Glad to know you all are still with me. I was getting a bit worried that I was too boring. :laughing:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Once Beauty and the Beast was over it was time for us to hustle. We had an ADR at Sci-Fi in about 15 minutes time that we had to get to. I of course did have to pause a few times to snap some pictures as the Streetmosphere performers were out in full force!

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Also had to pause and get a picture with one of the Star Wars backdrops that had already been set-up.

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We arrived right on time for our ADR, we ended having to wait 20 minutes or so to be seated which was rather annoying as for pretty much that whole 20 minutes they kept calling out for a party that had obviously left. How about seating the people that are actually there and hungry!

We did get seated eventually though, we were in the backseat of one of the cars.

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First thing to do was order our drinks. I of course had to get the Oreo milkshake, delicious! My first job as a teen was at an ice cream shop and I used to make cookies and cream milkshakes all the time, simply the best!

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Mom ordered the Italian Grilled Chicken Sandwich - With bruschetta topping served on a Kaiser Roll with cucumber-melon salad or fries.

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She said it was very good.

I of course ordered the cheeseburger like a good Diser. It was also very good!

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I was very tempted to order the cheesecake for dessert as the pictures I see always make it look so good. I was stuffed from my burger though and knew that I would not be able to handle it.

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Our waitress offered to take some pictures of us in the car which was very nice of her, I didn't even have to ask her.

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Overall I give Sci-Fi two thumbs up and I would definitely eat here again. The food was good, the atmosphere was great and the movie clips were very entertaining. I think Alek and Erich would probably enjoy it too. Word to the wise, it gets pretty chilly in there with the AC so it might be a good idea to bring a light sweater.

After lunch we had no definite plans, just wander and do whatever, whenever.

We were walking past Star Tours and there was no wait so we decided to take a ride.

When we were exiting the ride through the dump shop a CM beckoned us over to this photo area set up in the store. They take a picture of your face and superimpose it over that of a Star Wars character on a poster. It is free to try so Mom and I said "Why not!"

Well lets just say that is the best Mom and I have ever looked! :lmao: I got to be Padme in her white outfit with her stomach exposed from Episode II, I looked good! Mom got to be some red Jedi chick, she also looked really good. We were so pleased with the picture but it was really expensive to buy, something like $30+ so despite how good we looked we passed on buying it. I kinda regret that now, oh well. If they made it more affordable I am sure tons of people would buy them.

Outside the shop there was a photopass photographer at the Star Wars speeder from Episode VI, sorry I don't know the technical name for this thing, I am sure one of the Star Wars nerds out there can tell me. ;) Well I decided to get my picture on it as I was sure that it would be swamped with people when we came back the next day for Star Wars Weekend.

Turns out it was a good thing I had the picture taken this day as the next day that area was used to get pictures with Chewbacca and the Ewoks.

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Mom and I looked at the Times Guide and decided that we would go see the next and final showing for the day of Lights, Motor, Action. We still had quite a bit of time so we walked slowly down the Streets of America and paused for some photopass pictures.

The wind was doing crazy things to Mom's hair, I think it is hilarious!

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This has to be one of my favourite photopass pictures of the trip.

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Coming up: Lights, Motors, Actions and an encounter with the most negative person on the face of the planet!

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[UGAFan0829]

Is the dis slow lately or have I lost all my readers because I am taking so long to get to the cruise portion? :confused3;)

No way have you lost your readers! I am following along faithfully!!! Though I can't wait til you get to the cruise portion, I am definitely loving the WDW portion as well. And the mini-TR to Ohio was great also. It was really cool to see some pics of Cedar Point, as I've always heard lots about it.

I'm glad that you liked Sci-Fi, especially since we have a dinner ADR there for our trip next month!! And I have to agree on your favorite photopass pic in your last update. With the wind blowing like it was, it definitely makes the pic realistic!! As always, can't wait for more!:thumbsup2

[englishrose47]

Awesome update Lessa !! I love the wind blown sexy Beth ones !!!:love::lmao:Also you look great on that Stars Wars Machine :banana: agree SciFi can be chilly but I think in September we are gonna LOVE it !!!!I had the burger there too in May andthe oreo cookie milkshake !! Both excellent and I had no room for dessert !

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

No way have you lost your readers! I am following along faithfully!!! Though I can't wait til you get to the cruise portion, I am definitely loving the WDW portion as well. And the mini-TR to Ohio was great also. It was really cool to see some pics of Cedar Point, as I've always heard lots about it.

I'm glad that you liked Sci-Fi, especially since we have a dinner ADR there for our trip next month!! And I have to agree on your favorite photopass pic in your last update. With the wind blowing like it was, it definitely makes the pic realistic!! As always, can't wait for more!:thumbsup2

I am hoping that we get to go into Cedar Point proper next summer and get our ride on. Some of those coasters look absolutely terrifying and awesome!

I thought the same about the wind enhancing the look of the picture. :thumbsup2

Awesome update Lessa !! I love the wind blown sexy Beth ones !!!:love::lmao:Also you look great on that Stars Wars Machine :banana: agree SciFi can be chilly but I think in September we are gonna LOVE it !!!!I had the burger there too in May andthe oreo cookie milkshake !! Both excellent and I had no room for dessert !

:laughing: You are definitely going to be Mom's favourite Diser after that comment, well not that you weren't already.:laughing:

[WrightFamily06]

Just catching up after visiting with family for a week in Maryland :)

Happy Very Belated Birthday !!:cake:

Great RFC pictures ! The Volcano looks super yummy !
Awesome Mt. Dew can tower :thumbsup2
Great pictures of the family :)
The Smurf Ice Cream looks so yummy !
Great pictures of dinner w/ your grandparents
Those tree faces are soo cute :cutie:
The darn rain curse just follows you everywhere doesn't ? LOL
Great pictures of the Water park looks like alot of fun
Love the pictures of the Weiner Mobile , was just telling the kids about this the other day so they were very excited to see your picture of it !
Sorry to hear that you had Grandma drama on you Birthday :(
Looks like you had very good trip to Toledo over all though !

Glad you found new sun tan lotion that worked .:thumbsup2 Great Photo pass pictures on Hollywood Blvd. :) We had some of those Mickey cookies on our trip also and they were soo yummy ! Great pictures with Prince Caspian , I think he wanted a date w/ you . LOL Awesome Photo Pass pictures from the Animation Building ! The pictures of the Sci Fi turned out really good , I always had trouble w/ the lighting in those places . LOL

Can't wait to read about your next adventure ! popcorn::

[englishrose47]

Lessa us Mom's have to stick together !!:rotfl2: Have you seen Ellens SEXY Pix !!!:lmao:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Just catching up after visiting with family for a week in Maryland :)

Hope you had a great trip!

Happy Very Belated Birthday !!:cake:

Thanks!

Great RFC pictures ! The Volcano looks super yummy !

It was so good! The waitress didn't believe that Erich could eat one all on his own, he nearly took her up on the challenge. :laughing:

The darn rain curse just follows you everywhere doesn't ? LOL

It sure does! :headache:

Great pictures with Prince Caspian , I think he wanted a date w/ you . LOL

Well he did invite me to come visit him in Narnia :laughing:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Lessa us Mom's have to stick together !!:rotfl2: Have you seen Ellens SEXY Pix !!!:lmao:

Ellen from the Dis? From the joint TR? If so then yes

[englishrose47]

Ellen from the Dis? From the joint TR? If so then yes

That's the one !!! Thank goodnes she gave the warning first soo I didn't have a mouthful of coffee
:lmao:

[KatGarcia]

Hooray for good SciFi reviews. I am looking fwd to it in Oct.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Hooray for good SciFi reviews. I am looking fwd to it in Oct.

:thumbsup2

[emmaca]

Lessa us Mom's have to stick together !!:rotfl2: Have you seen Ellens SEXY Pix !!!:lmao:

ROTFL, LOL!!! You are so right Rosie, us mom's have to stick together, and lord knows I need all help I can get that sexy wind blown look, I just chaulk it up to Disney Magic and a bit of pixie dust LOL ROTFL!!

[Mysteria]

I absolutely love the picture of you guys holding the balloons.

The wind blown look is hot! :thumbsup2

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I absolutely love the picture of you guys holding the balloons.

The wind blown look is hot! :thumbsup2

Thanks! It is definitely one of my favs from the trip. :goodvibes

[MaryAz]

All caught up. Glad you had a fun visit with family and got all that yummy smurf ice cream. Sounds like a fun DHS day-until ur next update it seems.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

All caught up. Glad you had a fun visit with family and got all that yummy smurf ice cream. Sounds like a fun DHS day-until ur next update it seems.

:laughing: Yeah our encounter coming up in the next update sure was "interesting". :rolleyes:

[leamom2princesses]

Hi Lessa! I'm still reading...it's been a super busy summer. Great updates! :thumbsup2 I love the windblown balloon pics. I haven't seen that one...too cute.

I grew up about an hour and a half from Cedar Point. We always had annual passes. The coasters are fantastic. It was fun to read your mini TR- brought back some fun memories.

[mebrm]

Hi I have finally caught up been reading since last month ! loving the report:)

[englishrose47]

ROTFL, LOL!!! You are so right Rosie, us mom's have to stick together, and lord knows I need all help I can get that sexy wind blown look, I just chaulk it up to Disney Magic and a bit of pixie dust LOL ROTFL!!

Yes we do Beth!!!!:cool1: But I wish had enuff hair to be wind blown !!:lmao:

[princess_momma]

I can't wait to try Sci-Fi!! I absolutely adore the themeing there and can't wait to see it all in person!!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Hi Lessa! I'm still reading...it's been a super busy summer. Great updates! :thumbsup2 I love the windblown balloon pics. I haven't seen that one...too cute.

I grew up about an hour and a half from Cedar Point. We always had annual passes. The coasters are fantastic. It was fun to read your mini TR- brought back some fun memories.

Hi Leanne! Lucky living so close to CP growing up, can't wait to ride the coasters next summer.

Hi I have finally caught up been reading since last month ! loving the report:)

Hi there! So glad that you are enjoying the report. :goodvibes

I can't wait to try Sci-Fi!! I absolutely adore the themeing there and can't wait to see it all in person!!

It really is a neat concept for a restaurant, only at Disney! :laughing:

[lisalonglash]

Hi Lessa! I'm just trying to catch up :rolleyes1 Wonderful updates - your installments are great, lots of pictures and enough detail to let us all sort of relive it with you :goodvibes

Love all the streetmosphere - so much fun!

Sooooo glad to see a good review of SciFi - I booked a dinner ADR there at Grumpy's request.

If the picture at the SW dump shop is free, why do they mess it up by asking $30 for the poster?! :headache:

You and your mom look all "come hither" with that windblown hair thing going on :laughing:

We all enjoyed LMA - action-packed and lots of neat effects :thumbsup2

Sorry in advance for you having to deal with "the most negative person on the planet" :mad: Why do those people even go to WDW?

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Love all the streetmosphere - so much fun!

Next trip I hope to stick around and see more of the Streetmosphere acts, it always seems I am passing by as they are ending or in too much of a rush to stop and watch.

Sooooo glad to see a good review of SciFi - I booked a dinner ADR there at Grumpy's request.

Hope your meal is as good as ours was. :thumbsup2

If the picture at the SW dump shop is free, why do they mess it up by asking $30 for the poster?! :headache:

:laughing: No kidding, you aren't even allowed to take a picture of the picture. :headache: Seriously though I figured why pay $30 when I could have somebody who knows their way around photoshop do the exact same thing for free. :confused3

You and your mom look all "come hither" with that windblown hair thing going on :laughing:

:laughing:

Sorry in advance for you having to deal with "the most negative person on the planet" :mad: Why do those people even go to WDW?

I know, seriously! :headache: I blame Mom for this encounter as she always has to start conversations with strangers.

[FauntleroyFAN07]

very good last few chapters, i like the baloon photo on the streets.

that rollercoaster is the magnum that goes by the water park...when they first put in the water park, it was only on the one side of the magnum, then they expanded it onto the otherside.

the campground used to come right up next to the rollercoaster, it was cool to be camping so close to it back in the day.

when that ride came out everyone thought it was huge at just over 200 feet, now you get the other huge ones there over300 for the millenium and over 420 for the dragster that the magnum looks like a childs ride compaired to them, but still a blast.

you really need to hit the park next time, there is still stuff for them to do if they dont like rollercoasters, but dont let them hold you back next time.

we r thinking about going next year for a few days to cedar point to camp.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

very good last few chapters, i like the baloon photo on the streets.

that rollercoaster is the magnum that goes by the water park...when they first put in the water park, it was only on the one side of the magnum, then they expanded it onto the otherside.

the campground used to come right up next to the rollercoaster, it was cool to be camping so close to it back in the day.

when that ride came out everyone thought it was huge at just over 200 feet, now you get the other huge ones there over300 for the millenium and over 420 for the dragster that the magnum looks like a childs ride compaired to them, but still a blast.

you really need to hit the park next time, there is still stuff for them to do if they dont like rollercoasters, but dont let them hold you back next time.

we r thinking about going next year for a few days to cedar point to camp.

We'll see how it goes, I'm sure we will get to Cedar Point one of these days. We do go to Toledo at least once a year so we have lots of opportunities. :thumbsup2

[Disneyland_Mama]

Whoa! I had 5 installments to catch up on and they were all GREAT!

I had to LOL at your mom's hair vs. the wind. Looks like the wind won. ;)

I love your Photopass pics with the balloons. We didn't see a one PP photographer until our last few days and I completely forgot to get the balloon pic for Evan's birthday! :guilty:

Looking forward to the "most negative person" in WDW. Did you run into Waldo??popcorn::

[stacopp]

I love all the pictures- looking forward to hearing about the cruise!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Whoa! I had 5 installments to catch up on and they were all GREAT!

Thanks! I can't wait to read all about Waldo's wandering adventures. ;)

I had to LOL at your mom's hair vs. the wind. Looks like the wind won. ;)

:laughing: Lucky for her I always have a hairbrush wherever I go. ;)

I love your Photopass pics with the balloons. We didn't see a one PP photographer until our last few days and I completely forgot to get the balloon pic for Evan's birthday! :guilty:

How strange, I wonder where they all disappeared to. :confused3

Looking forward to the "most negative person" in WDW. Did you run into Waldo??popcorn::

:laughing:
I love all the pictures- looking forward to hearing about the cruise!

Thanks! I think you all are going to hate me but it is looking like I probably won't get to the cruise until I get back from my trip to BC to visit my Dad. :guilty: So the beginning of September. :rolleyes1

[englishrose47]

What's this no cruise report!! :rolleyes: I think I can be patient but I'm not telling why!!!:rolleyes1

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

What's this no cruise report!! :rolleyes: I think I can be patient but I'm not telling why!!!:rolleyes1

:rolleyes: There will be a cruise report, just not until I get back from BC. I was looking at what I have left to write and I still have the rest of this day at DHS and then a full day of Star Wars Weekend left. So with all that and only two weeks until I leave again I just don't see how I will get to the cruise before I get back at the start of Sept. :confused3

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

There was still quite a bit of time for Mom and I to kill before Lights, Motors, Action started so we decided to just wander around that end of the park and explore.

They had another Star Wars Weekends prop set-up early so I had to get my picture taken.

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Don't I make a fierce storm trooper? :lmao:

I also spotted the Singing in the Rain umbrella.

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We wandered down into the Muppets area where I admired the fountain.

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It was getting close enough to show time that we figured we better head back and get in line, I also needed to get off my feet.

Well it was while we were in the queue that Mom and I had the immense "pleasure" of meeting the most negative girl on the planet. Mom has this need to strike up conservation with every stranger she meets so while we were waiting to get let into the seating area Mom started to chat with the girl next to her in line. Turns out she was Canadian and a recent graduate and had decided to take a solo trip down to WDW to celebrate. Well this girl proceeded to go on a huge rant about everything that was wrong with her local government, our national government and the world at large. Trying to steer her away from all the negative political talk we discussed our respective trips to WDW and she didn't have anything positive to say about that either. By this point I was wishing that they would let us into the seating area already so I could escape this girl. :headache: I can be a pretty negative person but wow this girl was ridiculous.

Eventually they did start to let us in and for a while she followed right behind us, I was afraid that she was going to try and sit with us during the show! :scared1: Thankfully we lost her in the crowd and Mom and I were able to grab some decent seats far far away from her.

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Mom and I both thought the show was only "okay". Just not our cup of tea and we would not go out of our way to see it again unless we were traveling with somebody who wanted to see it. It was neat though seeing how some of the stunts are done.

It was crazy leaving that stadium, so many people all trying to get through the same exit.

Mom and I looked at the Times Guide and decided that we would hoof it over to Indiana Jones and catch the last show of the day. It was a gamble as the show was scheduled to start very soon so we were not sure that there would even be any seating left.

On the way over we saw these guys performing, didn't stop to listen though.

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We did make it to Indy in time and were even able to get decent seats.

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I still crack up remembering Erich's reaction to this show back in 07 when he thought that "Indy" had actually been hurt by the boulder. :lmao:

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The show over I was very pleased with our park touring skills, we had accomplished what many find it so difficult to do, we had seen the three major shows in the park in one day. Well except for Playhouse Disney but I don't count that.

Our last set of fastpasses for Toy Story Mania was available to be used now so we went back to play one last time that day.

Well as I am sure you guessed, Mom whopped my butt again.

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Coming up: Will the good weather hold or will we be rained out of Fantasmic for the second year in a row?

Click here to continue (http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33158676&postcount=1113)

[englishrose47]

I will be going to LMA as it is definately a FAV> of Kyles !!I personally prefr IJ !!!!
Great update as usual Lessa!!! That girl sounds "charming":rotfl2: I am sooooo curious to hear about the cruise:rolleyes1

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I will be going to LMA as it is definately a FAV> of Kyles !!I personally prefr IJ !!!!


I enjoy all the shows at MGM but they have been there forever! I think that if they want to keep the park fresh for people they need to add new shows and change things up. Not everybody is willing to go see Beauty and the Beast and Indy a bazillion times. I am ready to see something new!

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Gosh! I had a couple of days to catch up on! Ready for more now! Your pix of Beauty and the Beast are GREAT! I want to see that show when we go in Dec...never saw it yet!! Hope we can get great seats like those! LOL My first job was in an ice cream parlor also!!! I like my milkshakes with peanut butter swirl ice cream! I am very impressed that you got all those shows in one visit to DHS...another goal of mine for this trip!

[dvc4life]

Leesa -

I have been reading your TR and loving it. Your pictures are absolutely awesome. So clear and colorful. Thank you so much for sharing.

[cmp1111]

We've never seen a single show at DHS... :rolleyes1 :rotfl:

Good for you two! The balloon pics are cute! The girl sounds VERY annoying - glad you got away cleanly! :rotfl2:

I think we might cross each other - I head out on vacation tomorrow, and you go to BC whilst I'm still gone, I think. I'll try to read along, but my commenting may be lacking. Have a great trip! :goodvibes

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Gosh! I had a couple of days to catch up on! Ready for more now! Your pix of Beauty and the Beast are GREAT! I want to see that show when we go in Dec...never saw it yet!! Hope we can get great seats like those! LOL My first job was in an ice cream parlor also!!! I like my milkshakes with peanut butter swirl ice cream! I am very impressed that you got all those shows in one visit to DHS...another goal of mine for this trip!

You will get a good view no matter where you sit at Beauty and the Beast. We have sat at the back and still enjoyed the show. If you want seats up close plan to get there 30 minutes or so before the show starts.

Yum, peanut butter swirl.

Leesa -

I have been reading your TR and loving it. Your pictures are absolutely awesome. So clear and colorful. Thank you so much for sharing.

Thanks! I love to take photos as you can probably tell ;) and I love to share them with you all. So glad that you are enjoying the report and pictures. :goodvibes

We've never seen a single show at DHS... :rolleyes1 :rotfl:

:laughing: Why does that not surprise me. ;) Maybe now that the boys are getting older you will have a chance to.

Good for you two! The balloon pics are cute! The girl sounds VERY annoying - glad you got away cleanly! :rotfl2:

She really was, I was cursing Mom silently for starting a conversation with her.

I think we might cross each other - I head out on vacation tomorrow, and you go to BC whilst I'm still gone, I think. I'll try to read along, but my commenting may be lacking. Have a great trip! :goodvibes

Have fun!

[FauntleroyFAN07]

good job on hitting all the shows.

it might be more of aguy thing for lights motor action, candi is not a huge fan either.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

good job on hitting all the shows.

it might be more of aguy thing for lights motor action, candi is not a huge fan either.

That is pretty much what Mom and I said too, about Lights, Motors, Action being more for the guys.

[Mysteria]

Love the Storm Trooper pic!

Hey I like LMA. :rotfl: Guess I'm not your typical female. I like big action movies too.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Love the Storm Trooper pic!

Hey I like LMA. :rotfl: Guess I'm not your typical female. I like big action movies too.

I enjoy a good action movie as well, just not all that interested in how they make car chase scenes. ;) I did enjoy the part where they set the guy on fire. :laughing:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

After our ride on Toy Story we had pretty much done everything that we wanted to do in the park, all that was left was Fantasmic. It was still at least 2 hours before the first showing but we decided to go over and wait in line anyways. That way we would be assured a good seat of our choice.

When we arrived they were holding everybody back at the street, the CM's were telling everybody that the theatre would be opened at 7:30. Well the waiting crowd kept getting bigger and bigger so eventually they had to drop the rope and allow us all to move further into the stadium pathway to wait as we were all blocking the traffic out on the "street". It was crazy crowded but that is what I was expecting so was not surprised. While waiting to be let in we chatted with a family from Philadelphia, the father really wanted to see Fantasmic but the mother was not so sure that the wait was worth it. We chatted with them about how great the show was and about other things as well to pass the time.

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Eventually the rope dropped and we were allowed to enter the stadium. I headed straight to the middle section, back row. These are the best seats in the house. If you don't believe me this is where they have the VIP seating. ;)

It was starting to sprinkle so we pulled on our ponchos and everybody in the stadium did the same. I was just hoping and praying that the show would not get canceled as we got rained out from seeing it last summer. We chatted with the family seated in the row in front of us. They were a young family from Ohio and this was their first trip. They had a bit of a problem as they only had 3 ponchos and there were four of them. I suggested that they should seat their youngest (around 5 years old she looked) on one of their laps under the poncho and she could use one of the arm flaps to put her head through and they still would both be completely covered. It worked like a charm and they were all covered when it started to pour.

The stadium was completely packed and we all continued to sit there in the pouring rain wearing our ponchos hoping that the rain would stop and the show would go on. Every ten minutes there would be an announcement welcoming us to Fantasmic, giving a countdown until showtime and then a warning that the show could be delayed or canceled due to inclement weather.

The rain continued to beat down, I was almost certain that the show was going to be canceled when magically the rain slowed to a drizzle 10 minutes before showtime. 9pm came and the show did not start, I was dreading the announcement saying it was canceled but lo and behold it was only delayed by 5 minutes! Hurray!

By the time the show started the rain had completely stopped so we were able to enjoy the show without the nasty rain putting a damper on things.

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Being the complete girly girl that I am my favourite part of the show is the Princess montage. Here's a brief video I took.

Fantasmic -Princesses (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07rbJCyp4oM)

Unfortunately there was a slight wind that night which sort of messed with the water screen effects but it did not detract from my enjoyment of the show. It is still my favourite nighttime show. :love:

At the end of the show we asked the Ohio family how they liked it and they loved it! The mother said that she cried it was so good and they were so glad that they waited out the rain and stayed for the show. I asked the little boy what his favourite part was and his response was "When Mickey won!" :lmao: I thought for sure he was going to say the dragon as he kept asking me before the show if there was going to be a dragon.

We slowly exited the theatre and made our way towards the exit. I attempted a few night shots along the way.

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It was so nice falling into bed that night. We had a great but long day and except for the end and a bit early in the day it was pretty much rain free! I set the alarm to go off early the next morning. It was going to be our last park day before leaving for the cruise and we were heading to opening day of Star Wars Weekends! The inner geek in me was very very excited. :laughing:

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[princess_momma]

I'm so glad you didn't get rained out of Fantasmic!! I won't be seeing it when I go. I just don't want to wait so long for good seats like that and then have my son potentially get scared or fussy and then I have to leave anyway! So maybe another time if I can go by myself or if it were still around when he's older!! But maybe they'll just keep all the shows in DHS forever since they know that's your favorite part of the park...the same shows! ;)

[meeko_33785]

Great update. So glad to hear that despite the crowds and rain you still got to see Fantastmic. And I agree, the middle section back row. The first time I saw the show that's where I sat and it was a fantastic view. The CMs told us we had some of the best seats and indeed they were.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I'm so glad you didn't get rained out of Fantasmic!! I won't be seeing it when I go. I just don't want to wait so long for good seats like that and then have my son potentially get scared or fussy and then I have to leave anyway! So maybe another time if I can go by myself or if it were still around when he's older!! But maybe they'll just keep all the shows in DHS forever since they know that's your favorite part of the park...the same shows! ;)

I was very relieved that the show went on. When the rain started to come down hard lots of people got up and left but I told Mom that I was determined to sit there and wait it out until the show started or until they announced that it was canceled.

I'm sure Fantasmic will be around for a long time, it is such a popular show! It can stay forever and I won't mind. ;) I hope that you get to see it someday, it really is fantastic! ;):laughing:

Great update. So glad to hear that despite the crowds and rain you still got to see Fantastmic. And I agree, the middle section back row. The first time I saw the show that's where I sat and it was a fantastic view. The CMs told us we had some of the best seats and indeed they were.

I was so happy that we got to see it, it is one of my fav things at WDW and I was heartbroken when we didn't get to see it last year. I think that if the show had been canceled I would have tried my best to get Mom to stick around in the park to see if the second show that night went on. That is how desperate I was to see it! :lmao:

[UGAFan0829]

I'm so glad you were able to see Fantasmic. The same thing happened to us on our last trip, but unfortunately they ended up cancelling it in the end, even though the rain was gone. Maybe we'll be able to catch it someday. The pics you took were great!!!

[FauntleroyFAN07]

really enjoyed your pics, we skipped all the night shows last trip, cause parker was so good during the day that we eid not want to risk him getting cranky at night when the shows were going on that we just decided to leave before they started...so hopefully he will be good to see them next trip.

thanks for the show pics.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I'm so glad you were able to see Fantasmic. The same thing happened to us on our last trip, but unfortunately they ended up cancelling it in the end, even though the rain was gone. Maybe we'll be able to catch it someday. The pics you took were great!!!

What a bummer. There was probably a storm in the distance. I read something once that said it will be canceled even if there is a storm some crazy distance away.

really enjoyed your pics, we skipped all the night shows last trip, cause parker was so good during the day that we eid not want to risk him getting cranky at night when the shows were going on that we just decided to leave before they started...so hopefully he will be good to see them next trip.

thanks for the show pics.

It was probably best that you did not press your luck traveling with a baby.

[DisneyJo]

Cathcing up again, sorry, I can't wait to go back to Sci-Fi we really like it especially the Oreo milkshake :love:

Love love love the balloon PP photo, so cute, I need to get that one :thumbsup2

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Cathcing up again, sorry, I can't wait to go back to Sci-Fi we really like it especially the Oreo milkshake :love:

Love love love the balloon PP photo, so cute, I need to get that one :thumbsup2

Yum, I want an Oreo milkshake right now! :laughing:

[englishrose47]

Yum, I want an Oreo milkshake right now! :laughing:

Me Tooo !!!!!!

I missed Fantasmic due to rain this time!!!!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Me Tooo !!!!!!

I missed Fantasmic due to rain this time!!!!

We were very lucky that we chose that particular day to see Fantasmic as I am pretty sure the rest of the week we were there it either got canceled or was not scheduled at all. So we really lucked out. :thumbsup2

[Mysteria]

We missed the night shows this May too. :sad2:

Glad you got to see Fantasmic.

[MAGICFOR2]

Looks like a great day at DHS! I didn't really love LMA, either. I would rather see Little Mermaid again. I don't know if I'll ever get DH back in there again! :rotfl2: I'm glad you got to see Fantasmic - it really is a must see!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

We missed the night shows this May too. :sad2:

Glad you got to see Fantasmic.

Bummer, stupid rain! :headache:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Looks like a great day at DHS! I didn't really love LMA, either. I would rather see Little Mermaid again. I don't know if I'll ever get DH back in there again! :rotfl2: I'm glad you got to see Fantasmic - it really is a must see!

Almost missed your post as I was posting at the same time!

:laughing: I would like it if they fleshed out the Little Mermaid show a bit more. More action and less of the movie clips. It is one of my fav Disney movies so I would love to see more Little Mermaid stuff in the parks. I was very excited when I heard that they are adding a Little Mermaid ride out in California.

[carissanboys]

Mmmmm - your burger at Sci Fi looks so good!

Negative attitudes really annoy me. Glad you were able to make your escape. :thumbsup2

And I'm glad the rain held off enough at the end so you were able to see Fantasmic! :goodvibes

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Mmmmm - your burger at Sci Fi looks so good!

Negative attitudes really annoy me. Glad you were able to make your escape. :thumbsup2

And I'm glad the rain held off enough at the end so you were able to see Fantasmic! :goodvibes

As you know I can be pretty negative at times too, mostly about myself though, but when you are in WDW or anywhere really and are talking with strangers you have just met it is pretty rude to just rant about everything in the universe. Makes people very uncomfortable! Not to mention WDW is supposed to be a happy place, don't rain on somebody's vacation! :rolleyes:

[puggymom]

As you know I can be pretty negative at times too, mostly about myself though, but when you are in WDW or anywhere really and are talking with strangers you have just met it is pretty rude to just rant about everything in the universe. Makes people very uncomfortable! Not to mention WDW is supposed to be a happy place, don't rain on somebody's vacation! :rolleyes:

HI Lessa, catching up on trip report reading! I love the details in your report, makes me feel like I am there with you! I'm heading back to Sci Fi in a few weeks, my last trip there not so great, but I did like it before that. It's been a few years so keeping fingers crossed as it's one my favorite themed restaurants!

Gotta love that Disney magis where is stops raining just before, same thing happened to Murph and me with Wishes last year.

Be back when there's more, can't wait to read about the cruise!

[carissanboys]

As you know I can be pretty negative at times too, mostly about myself though, but when you are in WDW or anywhere really and are talking with strangers you have just met it is pretty rude to just rant about everything in the universe. Makes people very uncomfortable! Not to mention WDW is supposed to be a happy place, don't rain on somebody's vacation! :rolleyes:

Actually, when I think of words to describe you, negative does not make the list. I think you're a pretty upbeat person. :thumbsup2

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

HI Lessa, catching up on trip report reading! I love the details in your report, makes me feel like I am there with you! I'm heading back to Sci Fi in a few weeks, my last trip there not so great, but I did like it before that. It's been a few years so keeping fingers crossed as it's one my favorite themed restaurants!

Gotta love that Disney magis where is stops raining just before, same thing happened to Murph and me with Wishes last year.

Be back when there's more, can't wait to read about the cruise!

Hey Mo! Here's hoping that your next meal at Sci-Fi brings back the magic!

Actually, when I think of words to describe you, negative does not make the list. I think you're a pretty upbeat person. :thumbsup2

:rotfl: Except for when I am having one of my woe is me anxiety/panic attacks. ;)

[PopArtGal]

Wow! Finally caught up hehe

So here's what I have to say.

-I love the Tinkerbell pillow. I saw it and really wanted it. But I knew it would not fit in our suitcases as we were almost done our vacation.

-Jolly Rancher pop?? What does that taste like. In my mind it is disgustingly sugary.

- I like the tree decorations. I think it's cool. You kinda gave me an idea for an art project that the students might enjoy for earth day.

- Prince Caspian was VERY cute.

- And I think your mom's Mickey was so cute. Too bad she threw it out.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Wow! Finally caught up hehe

So here's what I have to say.

-I love the Tinkerbell pillow. I saw it and really wanted it. But I knew it would not fit in our suitcases as we were almost done our vacation.

We weren't sure it was going to fit either, we managed to squeeze it in there though. I am sure it helped that we ended up buying a rolling duffel so had an extra bag to get stuff home. If it hadn't fit we would have just brought it as a carry-on onto the plane.

-Jolly Rancher pop?? What does that taste like. In my mind it is disgustingly sugary.

We didn't it try it pretty much for the reason you just stated. :laughing:

- I like the tree decorations. I think it's cool. You kinda gave me an idea for an art project that the students might enjoy for earth day.

:thumbsup2

- Prince Caspian was VERY cute.

I think Mom was jealous of all the attention I got from him. He simply posed for a picture with her, no interaction. :snooty::laughing:

- And I think your mom's Mickey was so cute. Too bad she threw it out.

She is very picky about her "art". She didn't want to keep it unless it was "perfect".

[englishrose47]

Hi Lessa and Beth .. Oh and can't forget the Bros. Grimm!!!!

[emmaca]

Hi Lessa and Beth .. Oh and can't forget the Bros. Grimm!!!!

Good morning Rose, you must be getting excited! I hope you and your family have a grand time!

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Great view of Fantasmic! We always do the dinner package so get the right side of the theater. :sad2: They aren't bad, just not as good as your seats!! Can't wait for the cruise!!!!

[princess_momma]

Almost missed your post as I was posting at the same time!

:laughing: I would like it if they fleshed out the Little Mermaid show a bit more. More action and less of the movie clips. It is one of my fav Disney movies so I would love to see more Little Mermaid stuff in the parks. I was very excited when I heard that they are adding a Little Mermaid ride out in California.

Do you have the Little Mermaid Special Edition DVD? On the 2nd disk of bonus features, they have the concept art and a virtual ride for what was going to be the Little Mermaid ride in WDW. I'm not sure if that's the same one they're going to do for the one in Cali, but its there. :goodvibes

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Great view of Fantasmic! We always do the dinner package so get the right side of the theater. :sad2: They aren't bad, just not as good as your seats!! Can't wait for the cruise!!!!

Ah, we have never done the dinner package, just always tried our luck getting there a bit early. I don't care where I sit though, as long as I get to see Fantasmic! :laughing:

Do you have the Little Mermaid Special Edition DVD? On the 2nd disk of bonus features, they have the concept art and a virtual ride for what was going to be the Little Mermaid ride in WDW. I'm not sure if that's the same one they're going to do for the one in Cali, but its there. :goodvibes

I do have it, never looked at the Special Features. I'll have to check it out.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

We woke up nice and early this day. We knew that we would have to get to the park super early as it was sure to be extremely crowded. It was the opening day of Star Wars Weekends! I had been so excited when they announced the dates for the 2009 weekends and saw that we would be able to attend on our last park day. It was not something I had planned for when initially booking the trip as SWW is usually in June so it was a nice little surprise.

We got to the park right around 8am. We approached the turnstyles from the side bag check and then joined the lines at the turnstyles. We were fairly close to the front, hurray! Looking behind me I could see the huge line of people waiting to get the celebrity autograph fastpasses, thank goodness Mom and I don't care about that kind of stuff. I left Mom in line while I went in search of a Times Guide for the day. Well at the ticket counters they only had the normal DHS Times Guides. Where on earth were all these people getting the special SWW guides? I stopped somebody and asked and they said they were handing them out right before you go through bag check. Well why on earth did they not have these at the side bag check too?!! So I went back out to the main bag check, grabbed two guides and then had to go through bag check again. I was annoyed!

They keep you entertained while waiting to get into the park. First they have a radio station from the Star Wars universe playing. This was very entertaining, I especially enjoyed the Storm Troopers recruitment ad. Here's some clips that Mom and I recorded.

Star Wars Radio Clips (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcsxykF_ypk)

Then closer to park opening Storm Troopers appear on the rooftops. They were sent to guard the entrance from "rebel scum". They were hilarious!

Mom and I recorded pretty much all of their "show". The sky clears up and makes the video easier to see around the 3min mark.

Storm Troopers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAjBcgDfAT4)

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Once they started letting us in it was a mad rush to the rope. Instead of heading straight down the street like most of the people I led Mom off to the left and down a side street. There was a rope drop here too which was much less crowded and would allow us to be closer to the Star Wars area. I was hoping this would give us an advantage over the crowd at the main rope drop. Just and FYI in case you were wondering but they do NOT have a special Star Wars rope drop ceremony.

Mom and I were right at the rope and standing next to us was a lady who looked to be in her forties and she was in full costume. Well it was Star Wars Weekends so I was not surprised to see somebody dressed up, in fact I expected it and was surprised when I saw barely anybody dressed up. Well Mom started chatting with this woman as it is impossible for Mom not to talk to strangers. Well it turns out she has been coming to SWW for the past 16 years! Wow, that is some dedication! As she continued to talk Mom and I began to realize there was something not right about her. She was a total Luke Skywalker stalker. I mean she was crazy, there was just something about her that was very off. She even carried around this kit that was like a shrine to Luke. You know in tv shows and movies how they will show stalker shrines that people make in their closets. Well this box was like that. Creepy!

As soon as the rope dropped this woman took off running.

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Mom and I were hustling as well, not running like some of the people. I was really surprised that Disney allowed this and did not walk everybody to the Star Wars area like they do with the safari in AK and Soarin at Epcot.

Anyways I suggested to Mom that we ride Star Tours first as I knew there was a chance that we would get Darth Vader or some Storm Troopers on the ride with us if we were the first ride of the day.

We saw this lady while heading into the ride.

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Well we were the first ride of the day, unfortunately we did not have any special guests riding with us. Oh well!

Upon exiting we got in line to get our first character picture. First up was Princess Leia.

Well this is when we encountered crazy stalker lady again. The line for Leia was set up right next to the fastpass machines for Star Tours. Well crazy stalker lady had clearly already been through the line and was just standing there next to the fastpass machines starring at Leia. Mom and I were in line for 15 minutes and this woman did not move. What the heck was she doing? I suspect that she was waiting for Luke to show up but she was really creepy and I was surprised that the character handlers allowed her to loiter there in the character area.

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After Leia we got in the insanely long line for Chewbacca. This whole area was pretty much a sea of people. Crazy! While waiting in line Chewie left and an ewok came out for pictures. Mom and I stayed in line though because I knew it was very likely that by the time it was out turn that Chewie would be back.

They had a CM going up and down the line making sure that everybody knew who they were standing in line for. Turns out he had a master schedule of who was going to be where and when. He let us have a little peek.

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My feet were really killing me but there was no way I was getting out of that line. I knew that I would just have to suck it up as it was sure to be a day full of long lines.

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The Jedi Training Academy started up while we were waiting in line. Mom held our spot in line and sent me over to try and get some pictures. They had both Darth Vader and Darth Maul out fighting the young padawans today.

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I rejoined Mom in line and finally our turn for pictures was up. I think we stood in that line for 30-40 minutes. The whole time we were in line we could see that crazy stalker lady was still standing in Leia's greeting area starring at her with the crazy look in her eyes. She had been there for over an hour know! What on earth was she doing?!! I know she wasn't harming anybody or actually doing anything but she just gave off such a creepy vibe and Mom and I just could not help wondering about her.

For some reason Mom did not want to get in the picture with Chewie. Mom and I had been chatting with a lady in line with us and I had told her all about how Alek and Erich had called me Chewie growing up. She suggested that I should frame a copy of these pictures of Chewie and me and give them to my brothers for Christmas. LMAO! Stupid brothers! The pictures did turn out nicely though I think.

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Next we hustled on over to the line for Queen Amidala. She had gone in for a break right before we got in line so we figured she would be back in 10 minutes or so. Wrong! Amidala kept us all waiting for at least half an hour. Some pictures we took while impatiently waiting for Amidala to return.

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Standing in that line was painful! It was so freaking hot! I thought I was going to melt. At least there was a railing I could perch on to relieve my feet.

Eventually Amidala came back out and since the line was not long we saw he rather quickly after she returned.

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It was an hour and a bit away from parade time so I suggested to Mom that we stake out the parade spot that I had selected and then one of us could go grab lunch and bring it back there to eat.

The spot I had selected for the parade was where the celebrity busts are. Surrounding the busts is a short wall that you can sit on to view the parade. It is the perfect spot as nobody can stand in front of you as they would be in the parade route, you get to sit down, and since you are perched on a wall you are at the perfect height to take pictures.

Mom saved our seats on the wall and sent me off to explore and also to grab lunch. She didn't mind my going off on my own as I am definitely the Star Wars fan out of the two of us. She had never even seen the movies until I made her watch them before the trip. I told her there was no way I was taking her to Star Wars Weekends without her seeing them.

In my wanderings I came upon the line for Leia Minnie. I got in line and then heard a CM announce that in 5 minutes Minnie would be going inside and Jedi Mickey would be coming out. Works for me!

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Well this line was moving VERY slowly and parade time was getting closer and closer. The CM started announcing that Jedi Mickey would be leaving soon to get ready for the parade. I was beginning to be afraid that I was not going to make it. Well I did just barely! They cut off pictures after the family that was behind me in line.

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[PopArtGal]

Awe. Mickey and Minnie are so cute in their star wars outfits.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Awe. Mickey and Minnie are so cute in their star wars outfits.

I agree, completely adorable!

[Mysteria]

Loved the storm troopers video! :rotfl:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Loved the storm troopers video! :rotfl:

Yeah, they cracked me up.

[Plumeria]

Hey there! I have been lurking on your trip report for a while and I have really been enjoying it! My mom and I also take trips to WDW each year, so your reports give me warm fuzzies lol!

Oh wow, that stalker lady sounded really scary! I am guessing she was all by herself? I wonder if she got to meet Luke that day. LOL something tells me she wouldn't have left the park until she did!

[FauntleroyFAN07]

if she was obssed with luke, them maybe she was standing there staring down the princess cause she was mad that her and luke had a thing.

and wanted to give her a beat down


your pictures were really really cool

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Hey there! I have been lurking on your trip report for a while and I have really been enjoying it! My mom and I also take trips to WDW each year, so your reports give me warm fuzzies lol!

Oh wow, that stalker lady sounded really scary! I am guessing she was all by herself? I wonder if she got to meet Luke that day. LOL something tells me she wouldn't have left the park until she did!

Hi there! Thanks for saying hello, it is great to hear from those reading along. Don't be shy about posting! :goodvibes

The stalker lady was indeed by herself and very creepy. I don't think there is anything wrong with being a fan and dressing up for the occasion but she took it to a whole other level! You will see more of her in later updates don't worry. :rolleyes1

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

if she was obssed with luke, them maybe she was standing there staring down the princess cause she was mad that her and luke had a thing.

and wanted to give her a beat down


your pictures were really really cool

:lmao: Yeah, but you know you would think she would chill out since they turned out to be twins and all. Not really a threat. :rotfl:

[PopArtGal]

:lmao: Yeah, but you know you would think she would chill out since they turned out to be twins and all. Not really a threat. :rotfl:

I was thinking about that! lol

[KatGarcia]

Great stuff! I have never been for SWW! I also have never been on Star Tours...but I plan to remedy that this trip!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Great stuff! I have never been for SWW! I also have never been on Star Tours...but I plan to remedy that this trip!

Eeh, Star Tours is not a must-do for me. The only reason I wanted to ride it that day was in the hope of the ride-along with the characters. It's always good to try everything at least once though!

[Disneyland_Mama]

Cool pics, Lessa! :thumbsup2

I'm not a Star Wars fan at all, but Andy is. I suspect he would love SWW - but I'll never tell him they exist! Bwahahahaha!!! :stir:

Looking forward to hearing about your cruise part! popcorn::

[Dizzyworld]

I really enjoyed reading your trip reports. Well done!!! You and your mom seemed to have a blast. :hug: And your brothers are a hoot. :lmao:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Cool pics, Lessa! :thumbsup2

I'm not a Star Wars fan at all, but Andy is. I suspect he would love SWW - but I'll never tell him they exist! Bwahahahaha!!! :stir:

Looking forward to hearing about your cruise part! popcorn::

:eek: Poor Andy! :laughing:

I really enjoyed reading your trip reports. Well done!!! You and your mom seemed to have a blast. :hug: And your brothers are a hoot. :lmao:

So glad you enjoyed reading along! Yep, Mom and I had a great time even with all the rain and foot maladies. ;):laughing:

Yep, there was definitely something with Alek and Erich missing from the trip. They always add a little something to the action that Mom and I just can not replicate on our own. :rolleyes:

[jordanyosh]

I LOVE the pix with you and Chewie and of you with Jedi Mickey!!!!!!

Your story of crazy stalker woman is funny and scary at the same time....she's a CSI episode waiting to happen.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I LOVE the pix with you and Chewie and of you with Jedi Mickey!!!!!!

Your story of crazy stalker woman is funny and scary at the same time....she's a CSI episode waiting to happen.

I love those pix too! In the one with Mickey I even look thinner than I really am. I must have been sucking in the gut. :lmao:

The crazy stalker lady story is not over yet. :rolleyes1

[PopArtGal]

I love those pix too! In the one with Mickey I even look thinner than I really am. I must have been sucking in the gut. :lmao:

The crazy stalker lady story is not over yet. :rolleyes1

I often forget to "suck in the gut" when I pose for picture. And I'm like :"oh man!" lol

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I often forget to "suck in the gut" when I pose for picture. And I'm like :"oh man!" lol

:rotfl: Happens to me all the time!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

After getting my picture with Jedi Mickey it was time for me to grab some lunch and head back to Mom. I wasn't feeling too hungry so I decided to just get Mom food. She is a fan of the curry they sell at the ABC Commissary and I was right there so that is what I got for her. I grabbed her a spoon and fork, stuffed them in my pocket and then I was on my way back. Well I guess at some point on the walk back the utensils fell out of my pocket so Mom had to go get some more once I arrived.

While she was gone I saw the High School Musical Show arriving in front of the hat so yes normal park events still take place during Star Wars Weekends, just in case you were wondering.

Once back she chowed down on her curry, yuck!

20 minutes until the parade was due to start can you guess what happened? Well if you have been paying attention to the "theme" of this report it should be pretty easy to figure out. ^_^

At first it was just a few drops, uh oh, so we pulled our ponchos on just in case. Good thing we did as it started to pour just a few minutes later.

Luckily it was not a long rain and it stopped in time for the parade.

Now are you ready for picture overload? I took a lot! Mom also took video of the parade. Star Wars Celebrity Motorcade (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5n9_vEB6w0). That's right they can't just call it the Star Wars Parade they have to call it the "Celebrity Motorcade".

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Now it is my understanding that many of the people who participate in this parade are fans who own these costumes themselves and travel to participate in the motorcade.

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[Lifelong_Dreamer]

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Now the celebrities

Warwick Davis (Ewok)

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Ray Park (Darth Maul)

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Dude I don't know (does a voice in the animated show)

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Chick I don't know (again a Clone Wars voice actor)

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Jay Laga'aia

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[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Great update! My youngest would LOVE all of this Star Wars stuff!!!! his birthday always falls during this time and I keep saying we should go down for it once! Maybe we can do a bounceback for this year?

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Great update! My youngest would LOVE all of this Star Wars stuff!!!! his birthday always falls during this time and I keep saying we should go down for it once! Maybe we can do a bounceback for this year?

That would definitely be an awesome birthday present!

[FauntleroyFAN07]

very cool update, i have never seen pics for that parade...all those extras are really neat to see as well...tahnks for sharing.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

very cool update, i have never seen pics for that parade...all those extras are really neat to see as well...tahnks for sharing.

I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures. I posted pretty much all of the ones I took as I figured most of you had never seen Star Wars parade pics before. :thumbsup2

[PopArtGal]

Looks like a nice parade!

[Mysteria]

I had never seen them either. Thanks for posting them. Lots of great costumes.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Looks like a nice parade!

It was fun to watch even though I had no idea what half of the people were meant to be. :laughing:

I had never seen them either. Thanks for posting them. Lots of great costumes.

Glad you enjoyed them. I find it amazing that people own such detailed costumes. I guess that is what uber-fans do though. :confused3:laughing:

[WrightFamily06]

Great Fantasmic and Star Wars weekend pictures ! What a creepy lady I would be watching her too who 's knows what she might have done ! Can't wait to hear about your cruise .popcorn::popcorn::

[jordanyosh]

I wonder what Star Wars Fans think of we Disney Fanatics....;)

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Great Fantasmic and Star Wars weekend pictures ! What a creepy lady I would be watching her too who 's knows what she might have done ! Can't wait to hear about your cruise .popcorn::popcorn::

Yeah, she was definitely a weirdo. Wait till you see a picture I got of her later in the day! I didn't even realize I had caught her in the picture until I was reviewing it later on the camera. I just about died of laughter!

I wonder what Star Wars Fans think of we Disney Fanatics....;)

:lmao: Have you seen the movie Fanboys? Hilarious! The rivalry between the Star Wars and Star Trek fans was fantastic. Couldn't stop laughing.

[jordanyosh]

I have not seen Fanboys, but the SciFi guys here at church said it was hilarious.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I have not seen Fanboys, but the SciFi guys here at church said it was hilarious.

Definitely try and see it sometime, totally worth it!

[Disneyland_Mama]

Wow those are some really awesome self-made costumes! :thumbsup2

I dig the chick with the white make-up, huge pony tail and man-hands. She rocks! :worship:

Hmmm... maybe I will tell Andy about SWW. Oh no! I'm heading toward the dark side!!!! :darth:

[jordanyosh]

Wow those are some really awesome self-made costumes! :thumbsup2

I dig the chick with the white make-up, huge pony tail and man-hands. She rocks! :worship:

Hmmm... maybe I will tell Andy about SWW. Oh no! I'm heading toward the dark side!!!! :darth:

You're back...TR? Or did you go? I may be confused.....

[Disneyland_Mama]

You're back...TR? Or did you go? I may be confused.....

:lmao: Go where? WDW? Yes, but I'm back. TR link in my siggie. SWW? I've never been to WDW during that time. I'm scared of the weird peeps. ;)

Awww... you've been sick, haven't you? :hug:

[KatGarcia]

Very neat pics! It's kinda making me wanna watch some Star Wars now.

[jenbarnwell]

This is so AMAZING!! I love your pictures!!! Please continue!!!:happytv:

[mrsksomeday]

Great pictures Lessa!!

[englishrose47]

Whew I am all caught up Lessa!! Great pix of the StarWars characters and the parade !That Creepy woman sounds/looks a little sceery !!!!!!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Wow those are some really awesome self-made costumes! :thumbsup2

I dig the chick with the white make-up, huge pony tail and man-hands. She rocks! :worship:

Hmmm... maybe I will tell Andy about SWW. Oh no! I'm heading toward the dark side!!!! :darth:

:laughing::thumbsup2

Very neat pics! It's kinda making me wanna watch some Star Wars now.

Me too!

This is so AMAZING!! I love your pictures!!! Please continue!!!:happytv:

No worries, next update will be out on Friday. ;)

Great pictures Lessa!!

Glad you liked them :thumbsup2

Whew I am all caught up Lessa!! Great pix of the StarWars characters and the parade !That Creepy woman sounds/looks a little sceery !!!!!!

Thanks Rosie! It was a lot of fun seeing all the Star Wars stuff. Mom was very tolerant letting me be a Star Wars geek that day even though I know she probably wasn't as into it as I was.

[jordanyosh]

Still waiting for your next run in with the crazy Star Wars Lady....

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Still waiting for your next run in with the crazy Star Wars Lady....

:laughing: Don't worry, you will get to read all about her come Friday. ;)

[jordanyosh]

:laughing: Don't worry, you will get to read all about her come Friday. ;)

I can't wait...bring on the crazy.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

After the parade Mom and I decided to try and hunt down the special Star Wars Weekends shop to see what kind of special merchandise they might have. Several people told us it was back in the Streets of America so that is where we headed....

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Well we didn't find the shop back there but we did find some sand people wandering around.

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So we were still wandering around trying to find this shop when I saw Luke and Leia headed towards their picture spot, they were obviously on their way back from a break. The line was super long for them and I didn't want to stand in it as we had already gotten our picture with Leia. So I just sort of ran ahead of them a bit and snapped a picture of Luke.

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Wait a minute! Who is that I see behind Luke? It was the crazy stalker lady!

Just look at the expression on her face! I felt scared for Luke!

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What had she been doing? Loitering outside the area where the characters take their breaks and then following him whenever he came out? Why was nobody other than Mom and I questioning her strange behaviour?!

Mom and I continued on our search for the store and stumbled upon the long long line for Darth Vader. Well right at that moment it began to POUR again. Since we were seeking shelter anyways we decided to hop in line.

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We were in that line for a long time. There was a random chair scattered here and there so I took an opportunity to get off my aching feet whenever possible. Mom found herself a line friend to talk to while waiting, a nice grandma from Kentucky traveling with her family.

The rain slowed down a bit for a while and then would start back up again.

I think Vader left for his breaks at least three times while we were standing in that line. The line moved soooo slowly.

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The storm troopers kept everybody in line in order. No messing around with them watching over you! ^_^

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I thought this little girl in her Vader costume was adorable!

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Finally it was our turn. I told Mom and Vader and the photographers I wanted to do a normal picture and then a picture where Vader is doing his mind death choke thing on me and Mom was supposed to look scared. Well first off they only took that picture on my camera, second it was very blurry and third Mom looks like she is laughing in glee/fawning all over him while I am "choking to death". Needless to say I dumped that picture. Here are our normal pictures. I have now learned my lesson to never get Mom to act scared for a picture, she can't pull it off, just looks like she is laughing. Where are Alek and Erich when I need them?

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Next Mom wanted to go on the Backlot Tour (much to my dismay). Lucky for me though almost as soon as we got in line they announced that it was closing due to weather. Poor Mom, Yay for me!

Well what did we find right next to the Backlot Tour? The special SWW shop! We wandered around and checked things out but didn't end up buying anything. I expect it would be heaven in there for all the die-hard fans but I couldn't find anything that I really wanted to spend my money on.

It was pouring again, my feet were killing me and I felt like I was going to faint so we decided to take a break and get out of the rain. We took shelter in the ABC Commissary which was packed! We ended up sharing a table with a nice family who had some spare seats. They were just finishing up and they saw us looking for somewhere to sit so they offered for us to join them. Karmic payback for our sharing our table at Pecos Bill back on that rainy day in the Magic Kingdom.

My feet were killing me and I really needed something to eat as I felt like I was going to pass out so Mom had me stay at the table and she went and got me a hamburger meal. I felt much better after eating, you will remember that I had not had lunch earlier that day when Mom did. What a stupid decision on my part.

After eating I decided to go seek out the washroom. Well on my way over who did I see lurking about but the crazy stalker lady! I guess even she had to relent on her Luke stalking and seek shelter from the rain.

The line for the bathroom was huge and the tiles were all wet and slippery. Well this poor girl slipped and fell on the floor. Eeew! That is one floor I would not want to fall on. If that had been me I would have needed an immediate shower and would have had to burn my clothes. lmao

I think Mom and I spent a good 40 minutes relaxing in the commissary. Eventually we decided to move on though. No use occupying a table when I was done eating plus we were wasting the day.

Mom elected to go on the Great Movie Ride. I allowed it, I mean we had to do something she wanted to do every now and then right? ^_^

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We got the gangster scene which was nice as we had experienced the cowboy scene last year.

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After that we sort of scratched our heads wondering what to do next. It was still raining so all the Star Wars meet and greets were not going on as they were all outdoors.

I suggested that we go back to the Animation class since I had had so much fun there the day before. Mom agreed so we headed on over that way.

A class was just starting when we arrived but it was full so we had to wait for the next one. No problem!

When we did get in we got a very friendly CM who decided that he didn't want everybody drawing the same old thing. So he went through all the characters until he found one that nobody in the room had drawn before. Who did we get to draw?

Jiminy Cricket!

Mom's Jiminy

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My Jiminy

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It was still raining when the class was over and we had pretty much exhausted the park. I was bummed out about the rain as I had really wanted to get a few more character photos and I was dying to see the closing show for the day, the Hyperspace Hoopla. I had seen videos of it on YouTube and it was hilarious. We decided to leave the park figuring that there was no way that the show was going to go on.

Well wouldn't you know it, as soon as we got to the car it stopped raining and the sun was starting to come out. We were already out of the park though and my feet were killing me. Mom said we could always go back, it wasn't too late. I said to forget it and that we should just go back to the hotel. We had laundry and packing to do plus I wasn't feeling so hot.

So back to Pop Century we went. We loaded up our laundry and headed down to the laundry room which is right next to the pool.

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While waiting for the laundry we decided to head over to the gift shop. You will remember that I had bought two new memory cards a few days before when we had gone to the mall. Well the memory cards were encased in one of those impossible to open plastic containers. So I took it over to the gift shop in the hopes that they would be able to help me out and cut it open.

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Lucky me they were able to help and with a quick snip my new memory cards were free! Good thing too as my original memory cards were pretty much at capacity.

After the laundry was finished we decided to go find my year sign which was on the complete opposite side of the resort. Since we were going to head over to the Animal Kingdom Lodge afterwards and then out to dinner we drove the car over to the other side of the hotel instead of walking to save time.

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We also decided to check out the computer pool as that was the only area of the hotel that we had not seen yet.

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Well I nearly twisted my ankle on the "keyboard". It is raised out of the ground and I wasn't paying a lot of attention to where I was going and then bam I nearly fell and ouch my ankle.

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Our exploration of Pop complete we headed back to the car and made our way over to the Animal Kingdom Lodge.

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[GeminiAngel]

Nice update! Isn't that the truth? That always seems to happen at the end of a trip. My feet start to hurt too. Good thing you didn't break your ankle. I find it hard to get into DHS. The shows are OK, its just not my favorite park. Maybe the Starwars thing would hold me longer.

Crazy stalker lady! :scared1: She is scary looking!

[FauntleroyFAN07]

haha crazy lady again


good update

i did some "cruising" around the boards and noticed that someone, not mentioning names, already has written most of her cruise part of the TR....but i was good and did not read it because i will just till i see it with the rest of the TR.
:rolleyes1

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Nice update! Isn't that the truth? That always seems to happen at the end of a trip. My feet start to hurt too. Good thing you didn't break your ankle. I find it hard to get into DHS. The shows are OK, its just not my favorite park. Maybe the Starwars thing would hold me longer.

Crazy stalker lady! :scared1: She is scary looking!

Yeah, last thing I needed on top of my aching damaged feet was a sprained ankle!

haha crazy lady again


good update

i did some "cruising" around the boards and noticed that someone, not mentioning names, already has written most of her cruise part of the TR....but i was good and did not read it because i will just till i see it with the rest of the TR.
:rolleyes1

:rolleyes: It was a quickie version I did for others who were going on the same cruise as me in July and August. I am going to elaborate and add more details and a bit more of a personal touch so it will pretty much be an entirely different report, a much better read. ;)

[FauntleroyFAN07]

:rolleyes: It was a quickie version I did for others who were going on the same cruise as me in July and August. I am going to elaborate and add more details and a bit more of a personal touch so it will pretty much be an entirely different report, a much better read. ;)
well good thing i did not read it then.
:goodvibes

[Mysteria]

Crazy stalker lady looks like she wants to steal that animal Luke is wearing on his head. :rotfl:

[jordanyosh]

I wouldn't want to be around crazy stalker lady especially since it looks like she was carrying a big weapon!:eek:

She's gonna be on the news someday and not in a good way.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Crazy stalker lady looks like she wants to steal that animal Luke is wearing on his head. :rotfl:

I wouldn't want to be around crazy stalker lady especially since it looks like she was carrying a big weapon!:eek:

She's gonna be on the news someday and not in a good way.

:rotfl: You guys crack me up.

[dvc4life]

OMG Lessa! I have been reading your TR and enjoying it very much and just had to post. We were at SWW the first weekend in June and we all remember seeing that crazy stalker woman then! Same exact outfit and all! Does she go every weekend and stalk poor Luke? We had a different Luke but I hope Disney does something about her. Your photos of her look, look really scary!

I don't have any pictures of her, but I remember the outfit and her hair.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

OMG Lessa! I have been reading your TR and enjoying it very much and just had to post. We were at SWW the first weekend in June and we all remember seeing that crazy stalker woman then! Same exact outfit and all! Does she go every weekend and stalk poor Luke? We had a different Luke but I hope Disney does something about her. Your photos of her look, look really scary!

I don't have any pictures of her, but I remember the outfit and her hair.

Oh my gosh, that is insane yet also really funny! All I can think of is that maybe she has some kind of disorder and maybe she is harmless and Disney is aware of her? I mean if we as guests are noticing her and getting creeped out there is no way that Disney hasn't noticed her. When we were talking with her she seemed perfectly lucid well other than her Luke obsession but then she didn't talk about that it was just obvious from her shrine box she was carrying around. :confused3

[englishrose47]

Yeah, last thing I needed on top of my aching damaged feet was a sprained ankle!



:rolleyes: It was a quickie version I did for others who were going on the same cruise as me in July and August. I am going to elaborate and add more details and a bit more of a personal touch so it will pretty much be an entirely different report, a much better read. ;)

I kept the secret well didn't I Lessa !!!:lmao: Now I am anxious ( translates into impatient :rotfl2:) for the Hardcover version !!!!!:rolleyes1

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I kept the secret well didn't I Lessa !!!:lmao: Now I am anxious ( translates into impatient :rotfl2:) for the Hardcover version !!!!!:rolleyes1

Well if you call obvious hints keeping it well. :rolleyes::rolleyes1

[debraW76]

Leesa,
I have been a bad reader. I came to catch up but none of the pictures are coming through :(

I will try again later today or tomorrow.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Leesa,
I have been a bad reader. I came to catch up but none of the pictures are coming through :(

I will try again later today or tomorrow.

Yeah sorry about that. My photobucket account has reached its monthly bandwidth so all my pictures other than in my most recent update will be down until the end of the month. :headache: Good news is that I leave on Tuesday for a week so I won't be updating until the beginning of September. You won't have much to catch up on once the pictures come back. ^_^

[PopArtGal]

I loooooveee your Jimminy's!!!

If they ever head towards the trash.....well send them my way instead lol

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I loooooveee your Jimminy's!!!

If they ever head towards the trash.....well send them my way instead lol

:laughing: I've got all our drawings stored in a pocket in my trip report notebook.

[englishrose47]

Well if you call obvious hints keeping it well. :rolleyes::rolleyes1

:rotfl2::lmao::rotfl2:

[PopArtGal]

That stalker lady is kinda scaring me!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

That stalker lady is kinda scaring me!

:laughing: Well so long as you don't get between her and Luke you should be fine. ;)

[emmaca]

I kept the secret well didn't I Lessa !!!:lmao: Now I am anxious ( translates into impatient :rotfl2:) for the Hardcover version !!!!!:rolleyes1

So am I!!.

[lisalonglash]

Wow, crazy stalker lady is freaking me out! :scared1: Why on earth did the CMs not notice her and boot her crazy butt out of the park?!?! Sorry about the rain :headache: You both did a fantastic job with the Jiminy Cricket drawings - well done! :worship: I hope your ankle didn't bother you too much! Sorry for my absence, it's been insane here :guilty:

Cool pictures as usual - love the Vader ones! :thumbsup2

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Wow, crazy stalker lady is freaking me out! :scared1: Why on earth did the CMs not notice her and boot her crazy butt out of the park?!?! Sorry about the rain :headache: You both did a fantastic job with the Jiminy Cricket drawings - well done! :worship: I hope your ankle didn't bother you too much! Sorry for my absence, it's been insane here :guilty:

Cool pictures as usual - love the Vader ones! :thumbsup2

No idea why they didn't do anything about crazy lady. :confused3 Maybe because she wasn't doing anything harmful, just acting really creepy!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Mom and I were off to the Animal Kingdom Lodge. We have been wanting to visit ever since our 2007 trip and we plan on staying there in 2012 so we wanted to take a look around.

The drive was pretty quick but I definitely see what people mean when they say it is far removed from everything else. It felt like we were in a separate world.

We pulled up to the guard station and told him that we were there to check out the resort and he waved us on through.

The parking lot here is huge, no danger of not being able to find a parking spot.

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The standard view rooms

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Very beautiful lobby

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The resort sure was bustling, probably because it was prime dinner time so the two restaurants were super busy.

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We first headed out to the pool area to check that out and also see what sort of animals we could see on that savannah.

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I liked how secluded the hot tubs were from the main pool area, nice way to relax and get away from everything. I can imagine that you would feel like you truly were relaxing in a hot spring out in the jungle.

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Mom and I found The Mara which is the counter service dining location. Nice and spacious and it was not busy at all even though it was prime dinner hour.

Another thing about the Mara, you can buy Zebra Domes here! I had read so much about them that I just had to get some and try them for myself.

They were much smaller than I expected, from the pictures I had always seen they always seemed bigger. :confused3 They were very reasonably priced.

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Mom and I split them in half. They were okay and I would eat them again but I definitely did not have the major love for them that some people do.



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[Lifelong_Dreamer]

After chowing down on the Zebra Domes we wandered off to find the main animal viewing spot for the lodge, the Arusha Rock.

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The indoor fire pit

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Mom and I were very pleased with the resort and I can't wait to stay there! I loved the pool area, the resort was beautiful and it was fun getting to see all the animals.

After we were done at the lodge we drove over to the Publix we had found the other day. I wanted to stock up on band-aids for my feet before getting on the cruise. I also wanted to have them handy in case we hurt ourselves on one of our excursions. The reason we went to the Publix instead of the Walgreens is because we wanted to scope it out to see if it was nicer than the Goodings store we had been shopping at previously. Well we were very pleased, it was much nicer, much bigger, had way more variety and the prices were better. We will definitely be shopping there on our future trips instead of at Goodings.

After the grocery store we went to grab some dinner at the ever so exotic Pizza Hut. It was yummy as usual and hit the spot.

Back to the hotel to finish up our packing.

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We had done pretty much all of the packing earlier so we just had to throw the last few things in the bags and then slap on the luggage tags for the cruise ship. The tags are sent to you in the mail with your cruise documents. You need to attach them to your bags as they have your name and stateroom number on them so that they get delivered to the right stateroom. I made sure that our carry-on bag had everything that we would need in the morning such as cruise documents, passports, swimsuits, etc. Basically anything we would need the first few hours on the ship.

Everything all packed and double-checked it was time for bed. We watched a few episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond before falling asleep. I am amazed that I was able to sleep that night as I was so excited to be leaving for the cruise in the morning!


And thus the Walt Disney World portion of this trip report has come to an end. I hope you all enjoyed it and that you will stick around to read about week two of our vacation, our 7-night cruise on the Disney Magic! We visited the beautiful ports of Tortola, St. Thomas and Castaway Cay!

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[PopArtGal]

I love the campfire section.

I looks so relaxing and lovely!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I love the campfire section.

I looks so relaxing and lovely!

It really does, I can see why people love it there so much. We'll have to see if it wins me over or if the Wilderness Lodge will remain my number 1 resort.:goodvibes

[englishrose47]

Grea review of AKL !! I am a Pop gal but I think if I ever could afford to upgrade AKL would be the one !!I really didn't care for the Contempory and Juy felt the same way Kyle just doesn't fit there !!!:rotfl2: Now AKL with the Savannahs and a Hot Tub that boy would fit!!!:lmao:

Beth can you poke Lessa a few times to get her motivated with The Cruise report that I kept secret !!!:lmao::rotfl2::lmao:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Grea review of AKL !! I am a Pop gal but I think if I ever could afford to upgrade AKL would be the one !!I really didn't care for the Contempory and Juy felt the same way Kyle just doesn't fit there !!!:rotfl2: Now AKL with the Savannahs and a Hot Tub that boy would fit!!!:lmao:

Beth can you poke Lessa a few times to get her motivated with The Cruise report that I kept secret !!!:lmao::rotfl2::lmao:

I like all the Deluxe resorts except for the Contemporary, that one is too bland for my tastes.

As for the cruise report it is not about motivation but time! I leave on vacation late tomorrow night and thus won't be able to post until I get back. :rolleyes: You can always go look at my pictures on Facebook to tide you over. ;)

[bluechic03]

Love your pics of AKL and your TR so far! We stayed at AKL and LOVED it in April...I can't wait to hear about your cruise too, DH and I are hoping to do a cruise/WDW combo for my 30th b-day (not until 4-2011!) and am eager to see what you think :yay:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Love your pics of AKL and your TR so far! We stayed at AKL and LOVED it in April...I can't wait to hear about your cruise too, DH and I are hoping to do a cruise/WDW combo for my 30th b-day (not until 4-2011!) and am eager to see what you think :yay:

That sounds like a really fun plan for your 30th! I loved DCL. :thumbsup2

[mrsksomeday]

Fantastic pictures of AKL, I love them. That resort is so beautiful. I can't wait to start reading about your cruise, I wouldn't peek at the facebook pix. Have a great time on your vacation!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Fantastic pictures of AKL, I love them. That resort is so beautiful. I can't wait to start reading about your cruise, I wouldn't peek at the facebook pix. Have a great time on your vacation!

Thanks, hopefully I will survive this "vacation". :laughing:

[Mysteria]

I LOVE your AKL pics! It's one of the reasons I'm taking dh and mil to Boma in November. Not just to eat but so they can see the resort.

I'm not so much liking that we have to wait for the cruise portion of this report. :rolleyes1 j/k Have a great time away and I can't wait to read about it when you get back.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I LOVE your AKL pics! It's one of the reasons I'm taking dh and mil to Boma in November. Not just to eat but so they can see the resort.

Yep, AKL is such a beautiful resort. Disney always does such a good job with their resorts.

I'm not so much liking that we have to wait for the cruise portion of this report. :rolleyes1 j/k Have a great time away and I can't wait to read about it when you get back.

:laughing: Well don't worry, it is only a week's delay while I go kill myself mountain climbing with my dad and brothers but hey maybe I'll shed a few pounds on this "vacation". :lmao:

I'll be posting a few teaser photos from the cruise tomorrow night before I leave to tide you all over while I am gone, well to tide over those not on Facebook. ;)

[Mysteria]

:thumbsup2 :goodvibes Lovin it!

Please be careful on this "vacation"!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

:thumbsup2 :goodvibes Lovin it!

Please be careful on this "vacation"!

I will be, just pray we don't run into any bears! :scared1: If we do my plan of attack is to push the step-mother towards it and then run like heck. :lmao:

[Mysteria]

I will be, just pray we don't run into any bears! :scared1: If we do my plan of attack is to push the step-mother towards it and then run like heck. :lmao:

Just rub a little meat on her everyday without her knowing and you'll be good to go. :thumbsup2

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Just rub a little meat on her everyday without her knowing and you'll be good to go. :thumbsup2

:lmao::rotfl::rotfl2:

I was actually discussing this with a co-worker the other day. I told him that I would have to right a book about our family's tragic trek up the mountain and the violent death by bear of my step-mother. It would become an immediate bestseller, the movie-rights would thenbe bought, I of course would be played by a knockout Hollywood actress and all the money from the book and movie would leave me and my family set for life! :thumbsup2

[Mysteria]

:lmao::rotfl::rotfl2:

I was actually discussing this with a co-worker the other day. I told him that I would have to right a book about our family's tragic trek up the mountain and the violent death by bear of my step-mother. It would become an immediate bestseller, the movie-rights would thenbe bought, I of course would be played by a knockout Hollywood actress and all the money from the book and movie would leave me and my family set for life! :thumbsup2

Ok well if we're going for a movie then buy some bear urine and put a few drops in her shoes (I'd say hair but she'd know it was her then :rotfl:). Shhh you didn't hear it from me though. :thumbsup2

P.S. I'm happy with a 10% cut! :lmao:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Ok well if we're going for a movie then buy some bear urine and put a few drops in her shoes (I'd say hair but she'd know it was her then :rotfl:). Shhh you didn't hear it from me though. :thumbsup2

P.S. I'm happy with a 10% cut! :lmao:

:rotfl: Oh my, plotting the "tragic" death of my step-mother is so much fun. :lmao:

[Disneyland_Mama]

ITA about the zebra domes... they weren't all that. I mean, I couldn't even catch a buzz on like 40 of them. :confused3 You did some great exploring over at AKL! I never get past the pool as I get so turned around in that place. I can't wait to stay there though now! :goodvibes

I like all the Deluxe resorts except for the Contemporary, that one is too bland for my tastes.
Again, ITA! :thumbsup2 THe new BLT rooms are just lovely, but I've no desire to stay there. It's too Vegas for me... I dunno. :confused:

Oh man! I forgot you're on vacation again, aren't you? I can't wait to hear about your cruise!popcorn::

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

ITA about the zebra domes... they weren't all that. I mean, I couldn't even catch a buzz on like 40 of them. :confused3 You did some great exploring over at AKL! I never get past the pool as I get so turned around in that place. I can't wait to stay there though now! :goodvibes


Again, ITA! :thumbsup2 THe new BLT rooms are just lovely, but I've no desire to stay there. It's too Vegas for me... I dunno. :confused:

Oh man! I forgot you're on vacation again, aren't you? I can't wait to hear about your cruise!popcorn::

Mom and I got a bit turned around as well as you have to go down a level from the lobby to get to the pool, the Mara can only be gotten to from outside and then you had to go back up a level to the lobby then over to another staircase and then down a level again to get to the Arusha Rock. :laughing: It was a good thing I sorta knew where I was going based on reading reports and looking at maps.

[UGAFan0829]

Great update, Lessa!! I agree with you about AKL, it is very beautiful and peaceful looking. Those were some great shots you took!!

I am sooooo excited that you're finally getting to the cruise portion...I have VERY much enjoyed the WDW part, but I can't wait to read all about the cruise! Woohoo!:woohoo:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Great update, Lessa!! I agree with you about AKL, it is very beautiful and peaceful looking. Those were some great shots you took!!

I am sooooo excited that you're finally getting to the cruise portion...I have VERY much enjoyed the WDW part, but I can't wait to read all about the cruise! Woohoo!:woohoo:

The lighting at AKL makes it SO hard to take pictures, you really need a tripod. I think I got some fairly decent shots though. When we go back I'll be making sure to get much better pictures. :goodvibes

Hmmm, the way people talk I should have started with the cruise report. :lmao:

[princess_momma]

I wanna see some teaser photos!!! As I am not on your FB!!! Maybe I'll have to go lurk the cruise board!

[UGAFan0829]

The lighting at AKL makes it SO hard to take pictures, you really need a tripod. I think I got some fairly decent shots though. When we go back I'll be making sure to get much better pictures. :goodvibes

Hmmm, the way people talk I should have started with the cruise report. :lmao:

Haha! I'm sure that if it had been the other way around, and you'd started with the cruise first, then we'd all been dying for you to get to the WDW part!:rolleyes1 Either way, we all love your report!:)

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I wanna see some teaser photos!!! As I am not on your FB!!! Maybe I'll have to go lurk the cruise board!

Won't do any good, the pictures over there aren't showing up. :laughing: I'll post the teaser photos sometime tonight.

Haha! I'm sure that if it had been the other way around, and you'd started with the cruise first, then we'd all been dying for you to get to the WDW part!:rolleyes1 Either way, we all love your report!:)

:laughing:

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

OK...Stalker lady...scary!!!!! Great drawings! Never did those...going to try! Love your pics of AKL! Can't wait to stay there in Dec! Last, but not least, can't wait for the cruise!!! Bring it on!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

OK...Stalker lady...scary!!!!! Great drawings! Never did those...going to try! Love your pics of AKL! Can't wait to stay there in Dec! Last, but not least, can't wait for the cruise!!! Bring it on!

Definitely try the animation class. It is a lot of fun! Usually I can't draw even a stick figure well and I came out of there with recognizable drawings! :laughing:

[DisneyJo]

Lessa I'm trying to catch up but the photos aren't showing, that band width thing, so I'll try again later :thumbsup2

[englishrose47]

:lmao::rotfl::rotfl2:

I was actually discussing this with a co-worker the other day. I told him that I would have to right a book about our family's tragic trek up the mountain and the violent death by bear of my step-mother. It would become an immediate bestseller, the movie-rights would thenbe bought, I of course would be played by a knockout Hollywood actress and all the money from the book and movie would leave me and my family set for life! :thumbsup2

It would be right after my best seller about what I plan to do to SIL !!:rotfl2:Which would be the sequel to what he has done which would make a #1 instantly !!:rotfl2:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Lessa I'm trying to catch up but the photos aren't showing, that band width thing, so I'll try again later :thumbsup2

Yeah, sorry about that Jo. The pictures won't be back up until Sept 2nd. :headache: Too many people looking at my pictures I guess! :laughing: I never had this problem with my other reports. :confused3

[DisneyJo]

Wow Lessa, 2nd September, you'll have to remind me :rotfl:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Wow Lessa, 2nd September, you'll have to remind me :rotfl:

:laughing: Well I'm not back from vacay until then. You'll know because the thread will start moving again. Not sure where you last left off but my last two updates still have working pictures. :thumbsup2

[FauntleroyFAN07]

have af un trip, will we get some pics from your hiking adventure?

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

have af un trip, will we get some pics from your hiking adventure?

Probably, you know me, can't resist sharing my pictures. :cutie:

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Well here it is, the much anticipated sneak peek at the cruise report! Hope this wets your appetite for the report to come!

May 23rd Eastern Caribbean Cruise aboard the Disney Magic

Energetic Deck Parties

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Magnificent Stage Shows

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24 hour Room Service

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Pure Relaxation

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Sunrise at Sea

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Lush Tropical Plantlife

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Pristine Beaches and Crystal Clear Caribbean Blue Waters

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Adventurous Excursions

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Crazy Wildlife Encounters

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These pictures are just a small part of our weeklong cruise. Come back for the start of the cruise report right here on this thread on Wednesday Sept 2nd.





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[MaryAz]

Loved the WDW part of the report. Felt like I was right there with you-which I kinda was :) Wish we would have run tinto you more. Have a safe vacation and can;t wait for the cruise part to start.

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Loved the WDW part of the report. Felt like I was right there with you-which I kinda was :) Wish we would have run tinto you more. Have a safe vacation and can;t wait for the cruise part to start.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, after the MMM Mom and I didn't run into anybody which is so strange as there were so many of us there that week. :confused3

[Scrapbook Stacy]

That stalker lady is kinda scaring me!

We saw the same stalker lady in 2008 as well! Freaky!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

We saw the same stalker lady in 2008 as well! Freaky!

:lmao:

[mrsksomeday]

Fantastic sneek peek!! I can't wait to read all about your cruise!!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Fantastic sneek peek!! I can't wait to read all about your cruise!!

Glad you liked it!

[jordanyosh]

We saw the same stalker lady in 2008 as well! Freaky!

:eek::eek::scared1::scared1:

[jordanyosh]

I can't wait to hear about the cruise!!!! I LOVE DCL!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

:eek::eek::scared1::scared1:

Well she did tell us that she had been going for 16 years. Who knew that she meant that she went to every weekend for 16 years! :scared1:

[jordanyosh]

Well she did tell us that she had been going for 16 years. Who knew that she meant that she went to every weekend for 16 years! :scared1:

I wonder when she started carrying the big light saber......;)