++Cheerleaders! Blisters! Oversized Water Bottles! ...It Must Be Disney++ Feb 2011 TR

[PlutosRHM55]

I think I may be crazy by doing two TRs, but whatever. This trip is recent and it won't take too much remembering when I was just there only a week or so ago. Now, the title may not make sense now, but it will as I go along with this crazy adventure I call a TR (Yeah, it gets pretty crazy). I'll just begin by introducing myself (again) and this trip.

My name is Timmy. I'm a teenager in High School. Ever since my first trip to Disney less than a year ago, I've been extremely obsessed. I could go on for days talking about Disney, anything Disney. One of my big dreams is to actually work there when I'm older. Besides Disney, I love reading, writing, swimming, running, photography, acting and singing. My favorite book is City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. My favorite movies are Pirates of the Caribbean, The Blind Side, Princess and the Frog, Taken, Push, Secretariat and Sleeping Beauty. My favorite actor is Liam Neeson. My favorite actress is Dakota Fanning. My favorite band is Linkin Park. My favorite song is the Thriller and Heads Will Roll mash-up from Glee. My favorite Disney song is Can You Feel The Love Tonight? from the Lion King. My favorite TV Show is Glee. Yeah, that basically sums me up. Here is a picture of me (since I'm more comfortable now showing my face):

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l488/TimmyKIP/My%20Face/188.jpg

This trip has been in the planning stages since September. It was a trip I made with the school chorus and band (I'm in chorus). The trip only happens every four years at my school, which means this would be my only time to go. I loved Disney so much in April a few months before I had to go again and so I did.

It was a five day trip just like my previous trip. It went from February 24th through the 28th. We had a private buffet on Italy Isola, the first night, during IllumiNations. The band and chorus would be performing in Downtown Disney on the 25th, a friday, the second day we were there. We performed all in the afternoon on the stage across from the World of Disney. The Chorus performed first, then the whole band, then just the Jazz Ensemble Band. We left on the last day, early, so we only had four day park hopper passes to the parks. Besides those details, we were off on our own.

We stayed in the All Star Music Resort. We had rooms for two, which meant only two beds, so I decided to sleep on the floor. I roomed with three other guys- my best friend, Nate, another friend, Rishi and his friend, Nathan (lightly said, another Nate). I'll explain more about our room when I gets to it :)

I had been planning this trip for months ahead. Most people were depending on me as the itinerary for the parks. I kinda left Downtown Disney out of my itinerary since I never went there my last trip. The original plans were-

DAY 1- Magic Kingdom and EPCOT
DAY 2- Animal Kingdom and EPCOT
DAY 3- Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom
DAY 4- Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios

So yeah, lots of MK. The last two days were flipped around as earlier later (Hollywood- Morning MK- Night) So yeah that was how I thought of it all. Though that wasn't how it went over. I basically dumped the itinerary I made and just planned the day, the day before, with the group I was with. That group also was different than I expected as well.

It seem this trip took very unexpected turns for me. Though it all worked out in the end. Everything was still very efficient and we got tons done. Not everything I wanted to do, but still it was a big ball of fun. I would list the colorful cast of characters, but the list goes on and on. Remember 100 kids were on this trip and then adults.

Well that is my introduction to "Cheerleaders! Blisters! Oversized Water Bottles! ... It Must Be Disney" Trip Report. I hope you enjoy!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40198510&postcount=1)- Above

DAY 1

Chapter 1: The Longest Morning (And Afternoon) Ever (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40201822&postcount=9)- Page 1
Chapter 2: The Magic of Chargers, Plans and My Nemesis: Karma (Part 1) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40296466&postcount=31)- Page 3
Chapter 2: The Magic of Chargers, Plans and My Nemesis: Karma (Part 2) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40297479&postcount=32)- Page 3
Chapter 3: Timmy, Is It Over Yet? When Does It Get Better? (Part 1) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40470440&postcount=44)- Page 3
Chapter 3: Timmy, Is It Over Yet? When Does It Get Better? (Part 2) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40481206&postcount=45)- Page 3

DAY 2

Chapter 4: An Honorary Cast Member For The Day! Yes! (Part 1) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40644246&postcount=59)- Page 4
Chapter 4: An Honorary Cast Member For The Day! Yes! (Part 2) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40657709&postcount=60)- Page 4
Chapter 5: An Extra Magic Hours Discovery (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40764686&postcount=79)- Page 6

DAY 3

Chapter 6: A Fulfilled Promise, Another Miracle and Catastrophe! (Part 1) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40845770&postcount=93)- Page 7
Chapter 6: A Fulfilled Promise, Another Miracle and Catastrophe! (Part 2) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40873903&postcount=99)- Page 7
Chapter 6: A Fulfilled Promise, Another Miracle and Catastrophe (Part 3) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40891260&postcount=109)- Page 8
Chapter 7: Three Parks! Technical Difficulties!! Dissapointment!!! (Part 1) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40917759&postcount=113)- Page 8
Chapter 7: Three Parks! Technical Difficulties!! Disappointment!!! (Part 2) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=40967155&postcount=121)- Page 9
Chapter 7: Three Parks! Technical Difficulties!! Disappointment!!! (Part 3) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=41022134&postcount=134)--> Continued Here (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=41022146&postcount=135)- Page 9

DAY 4

Chapter 8: You Know That We Are The B-E-S-T! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=41119891&postcount=143)- Page 10
Chapter 9: The Search For Tom Morrow And Some Familiar Faces (Part 1) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=41174849&postcount=154)- Page 11
Chapter 9: The Search For Tom Morrow And Some Familiar Faces (Part 2) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=41352337&postcount=164)- Page 11
Chapter 9: The Search For Tom Morrow And Some Familiar Faces (Part 3) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=41441389&postcount=167)- Page 12
Chapter 10: Farewells, The Calling of the Monorail and the Most Annoying Phone Call! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=41591634&postcount=179)- Page 12
Chapter 11: What We Call The Night Life (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=41635667&postcount=180)- Page 12

DAY 5

Chapter 12: The Attack of Receipts, Luggage and Pin Trading! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=41780516&postcount=185)- Page 13
Chapter 13: I Get Lucky... And An Extended Stay... As All Good Things Come To An End (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=41860759&postcount=200)- Page 14

WRAP-UP

Chapter 14: It's The Time of Your Life! You Don't Need to Stop, It's Your Chance, Live It Up! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42214560&postcount=226)- Page 16

OTHER

An Update of Many Things (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=41004375&postcount=128) Posted 5-5-11 (Page 9)
Chorus Life Outside of Disney (And Some Other Stuff) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=41525936&postcount=174) Posted 6-18-11 (Page 12)
Tons of Fun in the Summer Sun- A Day at the Water Park! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=41936431&postcount=208) Posted 7-21-11 (Page 14)
On The Waterfront- Three Days on the Lake (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=41998952&postcount=209) Posted 7-26-11 (Page 14)
Into the Wilderness And Swimming with Ducks- One Awesome Week (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42130689&postcount=212)--> Continued Here (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42132112&postcount=213) Posted 8-5-11 (Page 15)

[LondonUnderground]

sounds good! i'm in, bro. (:

[MickeyisBeast]

I'm in (:
No way would I be able to go to Disney as a school thing... that many kids would probably drive me crazy. But still, sounds fun!

[Monorail Fan:)]

I'm in (: Great job on the intro!

[PlutosRHM55]

sounds good! i'm in, bro. (:

Awesome, Eimear! :)

I'm in (:
No way would I be able to go to Disney as a school thing... that many kids would probably drive me crazy. But still, sounds fun!

It was crazy, but that was mostly going through the airport, getting on the Magical Express, etc. Things that were done as a group. Though, it wasn't as crazy as I expected. They went through how everything was gonna go many times before the trip so we were prepared.

I'm in (: Great job on the intro!

Thanks Drew! :)

[RachelNinja]

I'm in! I'm excited to see how your trip goes with so many kids. My mom wouldn't let me go to WDW when the marching band went in high school (I played the flute). I've been there a lot though, and I plan on going as often as I can in the future to make up for it!

[lnk1229]

Sounds like fun- there weren't many schools there during our recent trip in January.. when did you go?

I remember there being schools the last time we went which seemed strange since it was the summer.. but this trip the only large crowds we had to deal with were from foreign countries and boy were they rude!!

I can handle school trips because they usually break off into smaller groups.. but just picture a group of 75+ rude foreigners and you can see why I was missing the school kids!!

[PlutosRHM55]

I'm in! I'm excited to see how your trip goes with so many kids. My mom wouldn't let me go to WDW when the marching band went in high school (I played the flute). I've been there a lot though, and I plan on going as often as I can in the future to make up for it!

:thumbsup2

My mom was so nervous when I went on my trip after I told her that chaperones weren't going to be very lenient (I think I spelled it right).

Sounds like fun- there weren't many schools there during our recent trip in January.. when did you go?

I remember there being schools the last time we went which seemed strange since it was the summer.. but this trip the only large crowds we had to deal with were from foreign countries and boy were they rude!!

I can handle school trips because they usually break off into smaller groups.. but just picture a group of 75+ rude foreigners and you can see why I was missing the school kids!!

I went in February about a week ago, the dates are in the title.

Oh... that doesn't sound like fun. Yeah we basically broke off into small groups. It wasn't a hundred kids travelling in a pack. I was with 3 others, 4 on our last day at the parks. There were never times when we were a big group in the parks and it wasn't bad when we were. I think because this trip was so well put together it wasn't a big issue. My school has been doing this trip since 1998 and I don't think they'd be doing it this long if it wasn't enjoyable.

There weren't really any other schools when I went. There was a cheerleading competition going on I know (hint, hint). And we weren't the only group that performed in Downtown Disney. There were dancing groups and a few others. It was all for promoting the Performing Arts.

[PlutosRHM55]

CHAPTER 1: THE LONGEST MORNING (AND AFTERNOON) EVER

So this trip begins the morning of February 24th, 2011. I was supposed to be in school this week. I tried to make up quizzes and tests with my teachers ahead of time before the vacation (since February vacation was after this week), but it didn't work so much. The itinerary for this trip said that we had to be at the High School before 4:30am. So yeah, those who weren't even going on this trip got to sleep in. I was very excited so waking up wasn't a problem.

I went through the morning pretty normally as if a school day except my mom and I were the only ones up in the house. I said goodbye to my sisters (who will go by DYS and DOS again- DYS- younger sisters DOS- older sister) though DYS wanted to get up in the morning to say goodbye to me. I love my DYS! She sadly never got up. I wasn't in the house very long. I'd packed the night before and did little things before I left. I was only allowed one checked bag (under 50 pounds and 62 inches of combined dimensions) and two carry-ons (I only had one). We'd done all that scaling the night before and my mom and I were out the door by 4:00.

We arrived at the school exactly at 4:15 (I think). There were tons of people there. I was shocked. I thought I would be one of the first. Of course, NOT! I first saw my friend, Trysten. She told me she'd been there before anyone else at like 3:00 in the morning. Poor her :(

My mom still was following me. She just didn't want to go (or rather she wanted to come with me, LOL). I had to find my chaperone, Dr. Jim, to get my Magic Express tag before so I had her come with me for that since I didn't really know him too well. We found him pretty quickly, when my friend Nate (I'll call him Little Nate, since my other roommate is wicked tall. He will be Big Nate) directed us to him. We found him. I got my tag and put my bag under the bus then climbed on behind Little Nate.

I live in the Northern area of the U.S. so it is very cold up here. It was freezing that morning and I was so happy to get on the nicely heated coach bus. Little Nate had set up an area for all of us friends at the way back of the bus. I got to my seat and found out, my carry-on was small enough to fit under my seat. No overhead bin for me on the plane or the bus.

Soon my various other friends came on the bus. My other best friend, Jocelyn, her friend, Taylor, my other friend, Rishi and many others came on the bus. Most of them were in Band, so they had to use the overhead bin for their instruments. Poor them with two carry-ons. Jocelyn sat next to me. I decided to take out my camera and take some pictures. (Since I haven't asked permission of friends, pictures of them will be minimal to zero)

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l488/TimmyKIP/My%20Face/005.jpg
I look so bad in this picture. Probably because I'm tired, but pushing myself to stay awake.

I sat on the bus talking to my friends for a bit, when I heard a tap on my window. I ignored it then I heard another one. I turned around and there was another friend of mine, Mat. He was trying to tell me something though I couldn't hear at all. I was so confused. He finally came on the bus and gave me a picture from like 3 years ago of me. I hid it immediately, because I didn't like how I looked when I was younger without braces.

Trysten soon came on the bus. We were all talking away very ancy to get to Florida. At 4:30 the bus started to leave and we were off. The airport was over an hour away and we arrived there around 6. We had to wait in a huge line to get our bags checked. OF course, my friends and I were at the back of it all. Uggghhh...

When we finally got to go up, we had to wait in a second line, but that was a quick wait and getting our bags checked took two seconds. I talked with one of my old teachers so that probably made the time fly in the second line. I thought it was going to take longer, because my teachers said to have an identification card but it wasn't needed. I was grouped with a few other kids after my bag was set and we went through security.

Security went by fairly quick, though it took me awhile to put everything down on the belt. Then I was off towards the terminal. I had time to spare, so I bought a second breakfast, so I wouldn't have to buy lunch, some gum for the airplane ride and took a quick trip to the bathroom. After all that, they were boarding and I was in the first five seats (Extra Leg Room) and a window seat! The school was flying JetBlue so we got TVs to watch as well. I was supposed to swap seats to be near my friends but it never happened.

During the safety run-through, the head flight attendant announced that my school was on the plane. It was pretty awesome, until he messed up which state we were in. We corrected him and then he was all whatever. I think 100 people on this flight were giving him the evil eye then.

After that, we were up in the air to Florida. I flipped through channels, watched a bit of House for awhile, checked where we are, but most of the flight, I was watching "Due Date". Now, I wasn't the only one. There were a bunch of us watching it. You could hear the whole plane laughing at certain parts. Robert Downey Jr is the man and this movie was the best! Here is a few pics of me on the plane:

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The flight was only about 3 hours long and soon enough, we were landing at the Orlando International Airport. I was so happy. I was still in my jeans and sweatshirt though and it was very hot out, so I immediately took off my sweatshirt. I got off the plane fairly quickly, but I had to wait around a bit for others, as people got changed and got off the plane. Then we moved along. I checked in with my chaperone. Things were moving along very smoothly. I was the first group on the tram to the main terminal at the airport with all my friends. We had to wait around there as well. There was a lot of waiting around and I took those points to take some pictures:

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I blurred my name out, since that is information I won't give out online.

Soon enough, our group was bustling along to get to Disney's Magical Express, as we would finally enter the happiest place on Earth!

CHAPTER 2: THE MAGIC OF CHARGERS, PLANS AND MY NEMESIS, KARMA coming soon...

[RachelNinja]

Good thing you guys flew! Can't imagine how long it would be with everyone on a bus for the whole trip to Florida! My high school did buses all the way from NY to WDW!

How many teachers were on the trip?

[PlutosRHM55]

Good thing you guys flew! Can't imagine how long it would be with everyone on a bus for the whole trip to Florida! My high school did buses all the way from NY to WDW!

How many teachers were on the trip?

Just two. Then, there were two other adults. And I think it was 10 chaperones. So yeah a small percentage to us kids.

[Monorail Fan:)]

Woah, it must have been interesting to go with that large of a group.

[canoe86]

I'm in, good report so far.

[PlutosRHM55]

Woah, it must have been interesting to go with that large of a group.

Yea it was. I was nervous when I found out we were going to an international airport, but it was a lot easier than I thought.

[PlutosRHM55]

I'm in, good report so far.

Thanks canoe86! I am glad you are enjoying this TR

[mickey'sbff]

I'm in! Was it fun going without parents? ;)

[Mickeysgirl34]

You know I'm in! :D

You're lucky going to Disney with your friends!

[PlutosRHM55]

I'm in! Was it fun going without parents? ;)

Awesome, Sarah! :) Yeah, though I feel Disney is more of a family place, it was nice without them. You get to see Disney through your friends' eyes.

You know I'm in! :D

You're lucky going to Disney with your friends!

Yes I do :) Haha LOL

Yeah... I was so excited when I knew my friends were coming. It wasn't a mandatory trip so my friends in band and chorus may not have came.

[Slatas]

I'm in too. Sounds like alot of fun.:thumbsup2

[PlutosRHM55]

I'm in too. Sounds like alot of fun.:thumbsup2

Awesome! Yeah it was tons of fun. Disney always is ;)

[grandfloluver]

I'm in! :D sounds pretty exciting so far. Right before a trip, or the arrival day, I am basically jumping off the walls.

[PlutosRHM55]

I'm in! :D sounds pretty exciting so far. Right before a trip, or the arrival day, I am basically jumping off the walls.

Awesome!

I would do just that (jumping off the walls) but if I did, there would be no house left :)

[Feathers]

I'm following. :)

Never been to WDW but I'm off to Disneyland soon with my friends for graduation. I'm excited to go without the parental units. xD

[PlutosRHM55]

I'm following. :)

Never been to WDW but I'm off to Disneyland soon with my friends for graduation. I'm excited to go without the parental units. xD

I have to say "Lucky!" because I've never been to Disneyland and I really want to go someday. I'm all WDW. It is very different without family. You just see a whole other perspective. My friends weren't big fans of some rides that I really enjoy. I won't be specific until later, but... it was quite shocking. It didn't make sense to me, but I'm just a DisFreak so whatever.

[Jazzabelle508]

I'm in :)

[PlutosRHM55]

I'm in :)

Awesome! I hope you will enjoy the rest of this TR

[Disneypolyprincess]

Sounds like you had a great start! It's awesome you went with your school :D I love the way you write too! Cant wait to hear more popcorn::

[Feathers]

I have to say "Lucky!" because I've never been to Disneyland and I really want to go someday. I'm all WDW. It is very different without family. You just see a whole other perspective. My friends weren't big fans of some rides that I really enjoy. I won't be specific until later, but... it was quite shocking. It didn't make sense to me, but I'm just a DisFreak so whatever.

I hope you get to go, it's really something to set foot in Walt's park. :)

I'm excited because I'm usually stuck with my six year old sister, and now I just have my friends to worry about. xD

They weren't? I'm assuming it was a few dark rides. Naw, my friends are Disney freaks too. Movies, merchandise, and parks, the whole lot of them. I couldn't imagine going to a Disney park and skipping any rides, really, unless it's something your stomach can't handle. Even old Mr. Toad's ride is worth going on.

DisFreaks forever. :U

[PlutosRHM55]

I'm sorry I haven't updated. School is getting crazy this week, now that I have rehearsals for the school play until five every day. It is hard getting all the homework in. I'll update this weekend.

[PlutosRHM55]

Sounds like you had a great start! It's awesome you went with your school :D I love the way you write too! Cant wait to hear more popcorn::

Yeah, it was definitely a great start, but it gets better. And... thanks! :)

I hope you get to go, it's really something to set foot in Walt's park. :)

I'm excited because I'm usually stuck with my six year old sister, and now I just have my friends to worry about. xD

They weren't? I'm assuming it was a few dark rides. Naw, my friends are Disney freaks too. Movies, merchandise, and parks, the whole lot of them. I couldn't imagine going to a Disney park and skipping any rides, really, unless it's something your stomach can't handle. Even old Mr. Toad's ride is worth going on.

DisFreaks forever. :U

I wish my friends were able to see the magic in rides, even POPULAR ones, at Disney, that don't just go down drops and stuff. Even my sister, who isn't a Disney girl, enjoyed the dark rides. Definitely need a mixture of family and friends :)

[PlutosRHM55]

CHAPTER 2: THE MAGIC OF CHARGERS, PLANS AND MY NEMESIS: KARMA (Part 1)

The last time I was here, it took my family forever to find where the Magical Express area was. We searched forever throughout the airport and luckily, someone directed us and we found it. This time, it seemed so easy to get to and I'm shocked it took my family so long to find it. There wasn't anyone in the line to get onto one of the Magical Expresses to All Star Music, but of course, I was amongst a group of 100 kids and over 10 adults, so yeah, the line got very long. And I of course was, guess where, at the back.

The wait was forever. I think this may have been the longest wait for me in all of Disney, especially since it hindered me from actually GETTING to the happiest place on Earth. Luckily, we had the magical phone charger. Yes, magical phone charger. One of the chaperones had in her carry-on a phone charger and everytime she plugged it in the line would move. It was amazing! Every time she did this, the line MOVED!

During the time we waited, my friend, Rishi came up to me to talk about where we should go. Now as I said above, the original plans were to go to Magic Kingdom until the time came that we had to leave and go to EPCOT. I had told all my friends that I planned to travel with ahead of time. This group seemed to expand, since my amazing planning skills got out (if I do say so myself). Of course, everyone began talking about going to Animal Kingdom since we didn't have a ton of time to really do all of Magic Kingdom.

This sorta got me fired up, since I planned this trip months ago and didn't want to go off schedule (yeah I try really hard to be organized). MK was first on the list because, of course you go there first! Cinderella Castle should be the first icon you see at Disney. That was my entire reasoning, but no, everyone really wanted to go to Animal Kingdom. My best friend, Jocelyn told me, it would be better to use a full day for Magic Kingdom. So, in the end I gave in and decided on going to Animal Kingdom. The park has my favorite ride, so why not? EPCOT was still our later park, so yeah still on schedule.

A few more, chargings of phone and I was on the bus to All Star Music. After taking the Magical Express so many times, I don't think I could ever use any other type of transportation. It is just such a great start to a great vacation. Here are some pictures I took on the bus on our way to All Star Music:

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Name of one of the teachers at my school. We saw a sign like this about twenty times, it was pretty funny.

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"Welcome to Walt Disney World!" WOOHOO!

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So, now we've of course arrived at the resort. You're probably thinking now, it was time for the parks! Well... ... ... ... no We still had some kids on a third bus, which came like half an hour after the second bus arrived, which was right behind the first. We waited forever outside the main entrance until we finally could go to our rooms (well the place where our rooms are in vicinity), which was located in the Country Fair section of All Star Music, which, for anyone who's stayed ASM, it is the furthest back. I took some quick pictures while I waited for everyone to get there, since my friends and I were at the head of the pack:

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A few groups of kids were given room keys, but of course not my group. Before that I met with my chaperone to get my park hopper ticket. One of the chaperones allowed us to put our stuff in his room for the time being, so we could go have fun at the parks. Since I wanted to spend as much time as I could at the parks, I ran to the chaperone's room, dropped some of my stuff off, grabbed my clothes, went to the pool house, got changed and went back to put my "winter" clothes away and get my "park bag" in order.

I told my friends, after I left the pool house, I would be going with them to Animal Kingdom, so I went as quick as I can, to not leave them waiting. They waited at the Piano Pool (the closest pool to us) and I went up to them. It was only my best friend Jocelyn and her roommates, Tina and Taylor, so we had to wait for the rest of the group (Trysten, Ian, Nate, Rishi and Mat (another friend of mine and yes that's how he spells his name)). When, they got there, they decided to change plans again and go to EPCOT. We were dead set on Animal Kingdom, so, of course another plan changed and I was with a quaint group of four.

We walked from the Country Fair all the way up to the main building and to the busses on the other side of the resort. There was no line for Animal Kingdom, which was awesome. We walked to the bus with our other friends going to EPCOT, hoping that our bus would be way before theirs and make them jealous, of course. And you know what, OUR BUS DID COME FIRST!

We did wait awhile and a few others lined up behind us, but it wasn't a large group. We got on the bus and ready to flaunt off the fact we were going to our park before them, but know what? THE EPCOT BUS WAS RIGHT BEHIND OUR BUS! It ruined everything, but of course you have to be sympathetic in Disney ;)

A few minutes on the bus and my group was already hungry. I usually can handle my stomach in Disney the best, since I want to spend all the time I can on attractions rather than eat, but next to attractions, the food was my favorite thing to do at Disney. We said we would find a place to eat as soon as we could.

Animal Kingdom is the closest resort to All Star Music, which was awesome, since the bus ride wasn't forever. We arrived and got off, with no crazy crowds to have to travel through. So, we got to the entrance very quickly. We went right through getting our bags checked, which ironically, was an experience in itself. It all began when I had my bag checked...

The security guard we had check our bags was short and looked kinda tiny for his suit. Jocelyn was the first to have her bag checked, then I was after her. I gave him my bag CLOSED. He gave me this completely unchanged look and opened my bag with a snappy fashion and told me "That's how you do it." I laughed since he was being sarcastic. Taylor then had her bag checked. Next was Tina. Now, one important detail to recognize was Taylor, Jocelyn and I had small bags, like the Nike ones. Tina had a full blown backpack. When she came up to the guy, he gave her look that said "Are you kidding me?" Tina and all of us laughed. He then was trying to find a way to open the bag that wasn't a zipper, but couldn't find one and turned to Tina and said "I just had my nails done." I was laughing so hard, it was hysterical. Tina, then opened all the zippers for him to look. After looking through her bag, he was "Why is there so much clothes in here?" Tina told him that we changed when we got there. He asked where we were from and told him. He recognized how cold it was up there and said, "So you just stripped, changed and went?" We all nodded and agreed then my hilarious friend, Jocelyn answered "Yep, we do that all the time." My stomach was hurting by now.

Yeah, so that was our adventure in the bag check line. We, then went up to the gates, put our passes in and entered the park. Now, out of all the parks in Disney, Animal Kingdom is the hardest for me to navigate. DHS, EPCOT and MK I know how to get through like the back of my hand, but AK is a ton harder for me. Though, I of course know how to get to my favorite attractions ;) So, I go straight towards the Tree of Life and seeing that, sadly thinking fondly of Cinderella Castle, I truly know I'm in Disney:

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CONTINUED IN NEXT POST...

[PlutosRHM55]

CHAPTER 2: THE MAGIC OF CHARGERS, PLANS AND MY NEMESIS: KARMA (Part 2)

Now, at this point, we had discussed and basically finalized the basis for our day at Animal Kingdom, which we did shockingly quickly. We would make our way over to Expedition Everest, get a fastpass, find some place to buy a snack. Then, go to Kali River Rapids, ride that to cool off and then rush back over to Expedition and see what to do from there. So, of course, this plan didn't exactly as planned.

We walked towards the Tree of Life and saw the queue for It's Tough To Be A Bug. We made a snap decision, since we had tons of time that we should do it. This ride rarely has a wait and we just walked into an empty theater "lobby". I took a picture of my friend, Jocelyn in Bug Eyes, but I'm not posting it of course. We went into the theater, watched the show, screamed a ton and all that stuff. It was definitely as great as last time, though I still hate the crazy Wind machines and the blinding fog. It still is one of my favorites.

After that show, we went straight over to Expedition Everest. I always know a way to find where my favorite ride in all of Disney is. Well... it is the tallest ride in Disney, so yeah you can see it from far away, but so on, we went right over, going straight by Kali River Rapids. Here is a picture I got of my favorite (Disney) mountain:

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We got our fastpasses fairly quickly at Expedition, then went to buy some ice cream at the stands next to the ride. I bought my first Mickey Ice Cream here and it was awesome! Definitely getting one of those again. We, then went right back to Kali River Rapids and got in line. We got on fairly quickly. The waits were not long at Animal Kingdom at all today, though in line for the Rapids, Jocelyn had to change from sneakers to flip flops, though I warned her, my flip flops were starting to hurt me (I forgot to mention I changed into flip flops at the resort). We were passengers on the rapids with a dad and his daughter than a few others I forget about.

Now, I've been on this ride before and because you sit in pairs, usually the two, who get wet the first time, get continuously wet the entire time. As we went up the lift and into the ride, next to the geiser, Tina and Taylor went right under it. They luckily moved to not get what, but still, they would've gotten wet. So, Jocelyn and I, who were sitting together, were sure they were going to get wet. So, we continued on through the ride, past the overturned oil truck and all that stuff then got to the drop, where things took a different turn.

The rafts on Kali River Rapids take forever to move because they are always spinning and bouncing. So, we spinned about twenty times before we got to the gate of the drop. It continued to change who was backwards every time. I personally wanted to get wet, but it would be nice to see the two who totally did not want to (Tina and Taylor) end up drenched. The drop always determines that, since those who go backwards get drenched. So it kept on changing until we came to a stop on the gate and know who was backwards... Jocelyn and I. I guess karma was coming into play ;)

We went down the drop and a huge wave soaked my friend and I to the bone. It was luckily warm out and felt good. The rest of the ride was awesome as always, though it is just too quick. They need to make another drop or something. That would be great.

We got off the ride, Jocelyn and I dripping wet, Taylor and Tina completely dry. Good thing my bag was safe from the wet, because I was soaked. We walked all the way from there to Expedition, with only a few minutes left before our fastpasses were usable. We waited, though it seemed forever, then one minute before our fastpasses were "in motion" we went in and were let through. The fastpass line seemed longer than the standby, though the queue in the standby is fairly long.

We got up to the loading platform and I was already nervous. Rides were seeming a lot scarier so far this time around. I was going to sit up front before I got in line, but now, I second guessed and just sat in the middle. Jocelyn and Taylor sat next to each other then Tina and I sat behind them.

The ride was epically awesome as the last time I went on it. Of course, where they take the picture, I look like my eyes are closed because I'm screaming. My chest hurt because of those screams. We went in the standby the second time, kinda forcing Tina along since she wasn't really a fan, though she liked it. The wait seemed to be longer and Taylor got to hold the timer card. She was pretty excited actually LOL ;)

As we waited in line, I began thinking about getting souvenirs for my sisters. DYS already told me she wanted one like the one she already has and DOS didn't give me much to work with. So I texted her and she wouldn't give me a straight answer. I called her and Jocelyn, who DOS thinks of as a friend, said she would make sure it wasn't lame. It would be awhile before I actually got her the gift, but still it was good to have info on hand. That took up some of the wait time, but we had time to spare.

We began talking about stuff at school and such. Jocelyn began talking about her boyfriend, who's two years younger than her during the conversation and we joked about what she should get him for a souvenir. The last souvenir, he gave to her was a rock from a volcano. We joked about getting him a rock from Disney, which I would take anyday, but for him, it would be hilarious. We were still talking about it the last few minutes before going on the ride. I sat with Jocelyn this time.

Second time's the charm and the ride seemed even better. I still wish they would get that Yeti fixed. The track already goes plenty close near the fella and if he was swooping down to grab you, this ride would be even more epic than it already is. Disney, I hope you're reading this!

After those two rides, Jocelyn and I were pretty well dried off. Now, we were left with the problem of where to go next. Before we came here, the decision was made by Tina and Rishi since they wanted to go on Kilimanjaro Safaris. Rishi, of course, never followed through, but Tina did. I'm not jumpy for Kilimanjaro-i LOL so I tried to steer them to DINOSAUR since Kilimanjaro is just going back to the other side of the park, which I rarely traverse. So we went to DINOSAUR.

When we were passing through Chester and Hester's Dino Rama, Jocelyn and I had our group stop at a stand to look at some pins. I saw the villains pins collection here for the first time. I'm a huge villains fan, thanks to a fellow DISer on here and I really wanted some villains pins this trip, but this collection cost 25 bucks and so I thought to save it until the end of the week. I had $200 and it was for food first, souvenirs second. So, I browsed and brought my group straight to DINOSAUR. We had to sorta force Tina on, since she was nervous. I took a picture of the Dino Skeleton in the queue:

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We went through the pre-show and the ride. I noticed right off the bat that it felt different somehow. Everything was darker, some animatronics weren't working, like the T-Rex that chases you as in running. Also some special effects weren't working either. It kinda made it scarier, since everything came out of nowhere. We got off the ride and I was so scared this time for some reason that I almost passed out, too much screaming today. Though, our picture on this ride made up for that. It was funny. My hair was blown out of my face and I looked terrified. Tina next to me, was hiding under the handle bar, Taylor had her hands over her ears and Jocelyn was leaning up against Taylor. It looked very funny.

After we got off the ride, and after we took a bathroom break and Taylor got some popcorn, I took the chance for a photo op in front of the DINOSAUR signs. I would post them, but my friends are in them and their faces are quite obvious and I don't look so great, so... yeah.

Everything was going so fast now and I didn't notice that I probably was going to be sad when this was over, but I continued along, now heading to Kilimanjaro Safaris our last ride there. Then the shenanigans that ensued... later.

CHAPTER 3: TIMMY, IS IT OVER YET? WHEN DOES IT GET BETTER? coming soon!

[Monorail Fan:)]

Great chappy! Can't wait for the next one! (:

[Mickeysgirl34]

Loved it! I love the picture of the cowboy/cowgirl boots <3

Can't wait for the next chapter!

[PlutosRHM55]

Great chappy! Can't wait for the next one! (:

Thanks Drew! :)

Loved it! I love the picture of the cowboy/cowgirl boots <3

Can't wait for the next chapter!

Thanks Val! Yeah, I love those boots. My room was a bit behind them, it was awesome LOL

[Disneypolyprincess]

The bag checker seemed really awesome:)!! I'm sorry your plans didn't go the way you wanted but I'm sure you had fun :)

[PlutosRHM55]

The bag checker seemed really awesome:)!! I'm sorry your plans didn't go the way you wanted but I'm sure you had fun :)

Yes, he was. That was our story of the day for the rest of the day. Every time we talked about it, we started laughing. :rotfl2: Its okay. I think they mostly worked for the best and my group was a lot more efficient than most and got more done.

[grandfloluver]

I am really enjoying your TR so far! You are braver than me-I have never went on Kali River Rapids! I don't like the idea of being drenched. Splash Mtn wetness- I can handle.

[luckylady]

Sounds like you all had a great time. I'm glad that you were able to this while in H.S. Can't wait to read more.

[MickeyisBeast]

I'm loving your TR, Timmy! You're a REALLY good writer, and I love reading TRs with a lot of people in them. You're doing a fabulous job (:

[jessidoll]

Great stuff so far!!Just started reading.:cool1::thumbsup2:rotfl2:

[RachelNinja]

Glad you were able to adjust to the change of plans! I think I would've gotten upset at first too! But of course, it's Disney, so ya can't be upset for too long!

Your AK fun makes me really wish I had gone there a few weeks ago! I'll be back next year for my Disneymoon though, so I fully intend on exploring the 4 parks very well!

[PlutosRHM55]

I am really enjoying your TR so far! You are braver than me-I have never went on Kali River Rapids! I don't like the idea of being drenched. Splash Mtn wetness- I can handle.

I'm glad you are enjoying it, Hannah. :goodvibes YES! I'M BRAVER THAN ANOTHER PERSON! :) Yeah, don't ride that if you can't handle Splash Mountain, its like that, but quadruple the amount of water.

Sounds like you all had a great time. I'm glad that you were able to this while in H.S. Can't wait to read more.

Thanks lucklady! Yeah, I definitely am happy I'm getting to do this though I may not be in chorus next year.

I'm loving your TR, Timmy! You're a REALLY good writer, and I love reading TRs with a lot of people in them. You're doing a fabulous job (:

I'm glad you LOVE it, Sara! Oh thanks on the writing, I write a lot in my free time, fanfics and stuff, and if you love TRs with a lot of people in it than wait until future chapters. The amount of people just gets bigger and bigger. I hope you enjoy what comes next.

Great stuff so far!!Just started reading.:cool1::thumbsup2:rotfl2:

I'm glad you like it, jessidoll.

Glad you were able to adjust to the change of plans! I think I would've gotten upset at first too! But of course, it's Disney, so ya can't be upset for too long!

Your AK fun makes me really wish I had gone there a few weeks ago! I'll be back next year for my Disneymoon though, so I fully intend on exploring the 4 parks very well!

Yeah, it really was kind of a slap in the face, when I had explained the plan so many times, especially for the first day, but yeah its Disney and I was travelling throughout the parks with a great, organized group so it was perfect.

Oooo... a Disneymoon... have fun on that! And yeah, definitely explore all four. No matter if I'm there a day or a week, I visit all four, so I advise all to do that as well.

[PlutosRHM55]

CHAPTER 3: TIMMY, IS IT OVER YET? WHEN DOES IT GET BETTER? (Part 1)

So, now we were beginning our journey to our last Animal Kingdom ride of the day. Kilimanjaro Safaris is basically the furthest away from DINOSAUR you can get. It takes like over a half hour to get from there to the Safaris. And where I'm not so hot at finding my way around Animal Kingdom, especially on the left side, so yeah, it wasn't an easy task getting over there, especially with three girls depending on you to get over there as quick as possible. Especially when one of them is desperate for a croissant from France in Epcot.

"Timmy, are you sure its this way?" "Timmy, I think we're lost" "Timmy, I think its this way" "Timmy" "Timmy" "Timmy, Timmy" "TIMMY!!!!!" Yeah, it was getting annoying after awhile. Though, there was the comic relief in between...

So after walking for awhile we went by the instruments that are out for anyone to play on or maybe a little bit past and a few birds were walking around. I'm not entirely sure if these were a form of pelican or something else. I feel like such a blonde when I say that. Ok, moving on... So we saw a bunch of them and we all took one picture, well that is Jocelyn, Taylor and I. Tina had to get a picture of each bird. We were trying to get to this Safari for her before we had to leave for Epcot for our dinner buffet. And SHE WAS TAKING PICTURES OF FIVE BIRDS THAT LOOK EXACTLY ALIKE!!!!! Oh my word! It was pretty funny later when we thought about it though. Here is the picture I took of the bird:

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After we walked past the bird, we also found another Photo op. Tons of people also seemed to find this as well. A great spot to get a picture of the Tree Life. I must find where this is again and get a picture with my family, if we go back. It is such a great shot:

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Isn't it perty? (LOL)

So we continued on our way and seemed to be so confused as to where we were as we moved along. We did ask for some help at one point, but mostly found Kilimanjaro Safaris on our own. I told you we were quite efficient ;)

As soon as we got there, we kinda found ourselves in a bit of a longer line, but it shockingly went by very quickly. We got on the ride in twenty minutes, but remember the ride is like twenty minutes, so I was sorta freaking out that we weren't going to be able to stop at the gift shop at the exit like we planned. Also, Jocelyn and Taylor were getting irritable. Luckily I had Tina there to keep me hyped up and Disney-ified.

We got onto the Safari and we were off. Our guide was very nice and funny. She asked where everyone was from and we immediately went right up with where we were from. Yeah, we were a lot more open in Disney. Its pretty funny. I wish I'd remember this guide's name. She was just the perfect amount of cheesy and it made for an interesting ride. I definitely would like to have her as a guide again.

On the Safari I took tons of pictures. Hopefully I can post them all. They are a lot better than the ones my sister took from my last trip. Enjoy!

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One of my favorite pictures. This guy came up so close and nobody could get a picture of him because he kept on ducking down... except for me! I was so happy when I got the picture. I felt accomplished (LOL)

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So we had a great ride and saved a baby elephant from poachers. Once again, I felt very accomplished. :goodvibes Though there was the fact my friend Jocelyn kept on asking me when the ride was going to end, while I was trying to enjoy the ride *shakes head* As soon as we got off the ride we headed directly towards the entrance. At this point, blisters were now forming all over my feet. Last time I wear flip flops in Disney. To add to all that pain we got lost again. Everyone was indecisive as to wear to go, so we asked a Cast Member by the "It's Tough To Be A Bug" entrance and she directed us to the front.

I went past a few new places I hadn't been in Disney, which was pretty cool. Sadly I wasn't far enough over to see Camp Minnie Mickey and maybe glimpse the theater where Festival of the Lion King is. Sadly, we were being very good High School students and wanted to get to Epcot early for our buffet and didn't see the show.

The park wasn't very close to closing time so nobody was leaving the park, which was great since it wasn't like trying to find our way through a crowd when we left. We made it all the way to the entrance fairly well. Got lost again, but we made it and made a beeline right for the Gift Shop.

We all browsed around the gift shop and checked everything out. It was very quiet and nice. I love the obscure gift shops in Disney since nobody really goes to them. Taylor bought a sun dress to wear over her bathing suit when she wore it. Tina bought a baby Yeti to symbolize her conquering of Everest. I was on the search for Pins once again.

As I said before, this trip was basically my trip to really build up my collection and get more involved with the hobby since I never really did my last trip. I looked around a little and found a whole section dedicated to Expedition Everest pins. Most of them were Yellows, which are probably the ones I tried to stay away from as to not spend all my money. Though I did find a nice Blue one which I think looked a lot more aesthetically pleasing than the Yellows, though they didn't have the baby yeti. So I bought it. Here is a picture of it I found on the Disney Pin Trading website:

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Doesn't it look so nice? I bought the pin and Jocelyn ended up buying nothing. She did a fairly good job at keeping it very frugal. We walked out of the park and went straight to the bus area. I can't stand how all the buses to parks are so far away from the entrance. It is annoying. Though, we were the only ones there at the time so it was the perfect time to sit down and relax.

I immediately took off my flip flops then and sat right on down. It felt so good to walk without my flip flops. Have I mentioned I will never wear flip flops again in Disney? I think this moment to relax really helped relieve some of the strain we had accumulated through the crazy morning. Disney has that great magical ability to do something like that. It also has the magical ability when we get to those moments to allow buses to arrive on time. WOOHOO!

We had the whole bus to ourselves. We talked like mad people on the way to Epcot. We were texting friends back in our home state and all that. The Disney Magic really was kicking in. Cinderella Castle or not, it was definitely kicking in. I couldn't wait to find out what awaited us at Epcot.

CONTINUED IN NEXT POST...

[PlutosRHM55]

CHAPTER 3: TIMMY, IS IT OVER YET? WHEN DOES IT GET BETTER? (Part 2)

The bus ride to Epcot was a bit long since Animal Kingdom is sorta far away from that area. Good thing we were sitting or I'm pretty sure my ankles and feet would've been super sore. No way would I be able to get through Epcot with them on if that happened.

We finally arrived at Epcot and as soon as I got off the bus, my feet were hurting so bad. The blisters were all over my feet. The buses, as usual were such a long walk from Epcot, which is almost a marathon in itself. It was not going to be good if I walked from here to there and have to take the detour to get my bag checked. Drastic times called for drastic measures and that meant, NO FLIP FLOPS!!!!!

I took them right off my feet and felt so much better. Jocelyn, Taylor and Tina were all "Seriously Timmy?" I smiled, because I actually found a reason to take off my shoes. So I walked with my friends up to the bag check with no shoes on (until I got to the bag check of course). Sadly, no funny bag check stories this time. :(

We took a quick look at one of the Gift Shop Carts right next to the bag check. I think gift shops were probably going to be my new thing at Disney. (LOL) So I just walked the rest of this way with flip flops on, no matter how much they made my feet hurt. We got to the entrance and went right through with our tickets. As soon as we entered, we grabbed some maps and then we all took the chance for a photo op of the lovely icon called Spaceship Earth:

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After that, we checked our phones for the time and noticed we had a while before we had to be in Italy for our buffet. So, we decided to go on one ride. I said right off "Let's go on Spaceship Earth, its the ride inside the ball!" They all thought it sounded really cool, so we went straight onto the ride, I waddling behind because of my ankles and feet.

I really enjoyed Spaceship Earth during my last trip. I don't know. It isn't like a happy ride or a ride that has random Disney characters popping up (ignoring the Hidden Mickeys) but it is a nice ride and I love the end where you pick your future. I think it was the ride we went on the most during our trip. The line is never long so I thought it would be something to do so we weren't making circles in Italy, but had enough time to go get Taylor's croissant. The wait was only like 15 minutes which I found rare for this ride. Jocelyn immediately had to stop me with a question before we went on: "Is this ride boring, Timmy?"

I was actually nervous about this question for this ride. While I loved it, I was very classical Disney and was a fan of most dark rides. Most they probably would've liked, but this one was educational and fairly slow moving and long. It may not have been there cup of tea, but I thought it wasn't going to be mine either and ended up enjoying it as did my mom and DYS. So I thought it would be great for them as well.

Though, at this hesitation Tina stepped in. She wanted to go on another ride in Epcot that she was desperate for. This was one ride that wasn't exactly on my list and it was... Universe of Energy. She really wanted to go on it and tried to get us to go on that, though I had this funny feeling they probably wouldn't like it since that was a "show" ride and it was all educational. So, I pulled them all into the line for Spaceship Earth and we got on.

Things weren't starting out as planned for our Spaceship Earth adventure. First, right before we got on, the ride started slowing down and stopped. Of course it had to break down and this ride needed awhile for it to speed up again. They got the ride running again and we hopped right on. I sat in the back with Taylor, while Tina and Jocelyn sat up front.

The ride was fairly slow for the most part and stopped in front of one scene. Throughout the ride I noticed that they were making some changes. Like little effects were covered up and some mini-side scenes were missing. It wasn't as great as last time. Jocelyn was definitely disappointed about 1/5 through the ride. She asked me "Timmy, when does it get... BETTER?" It was awful. Taylor and Tina seemed to enjoy it a bit at some of the cool parts and especially at the end. When we got off the ride, we sent our little postcards from the future to our emails. The reason I loved that ride! :) And now, they had more options for your future and sending the picture to your email was a lot easier. So happy there!

After all that excitement, Jocelyn went all out and saying it was the worst ride ever. I guess I'll never bring any of them onto Spaceship Earth again. Definitely a family ride though, definitely. When we got off, we only had half an hour to get to Italy, so we started making our way to World Showcase for Taylor's croissant in France. We saw some other friends from the school there, walking to go to one of the Kim Possible Stations to play the game since they probably had enough time to do it. We continued onward to France. And once again, I forgot about the dead end the right side of World Showcase leads you to if you don't go over the bridge to France. So, another mess-up there.

We got over the bridge and were brought up right in front of france. We walked right into the plaza of the place all the way back to the French bakery. Though Taylor was the only one buying food we all went into the bakery. It smelled so good and there and the desserts looked delicious I wanted one, but held off since we were going to a great buffet on the Italy Isola for IllumiNations soon and needed a big appetite for that. We were shuffled out of there quickly and finally TAYLOR HAD HER CROISSANT! :woohoo: So, after a bathroom break, we went to Italy since it was almost that time for us to meet up with our chaperones to get our wristbands so we could get into the buffet.

Most of the school was already there. Everybody was sitting around, talking and telling stories about their day. I first saw my friend, Trysten and said Hi. She was travelling with my best friend Nathan who sadly wasn't there yet though his entire group was there. They had been in Epcot all day so I'm sure he was running from place to place enjoying what he had found during the day. Trysten was running around talking to a bunch of juniors so I walked away from her, got my wristband and went with the rest of my travel group to talk with our other friends, Gwen, Sam and Lindsay. Like everyone else they had been in Epcot as well and had probably the freakest story ever for us.

They told us when they were spending sometime down by the Red Phone Boxes in the UK, Lindsay got into one of the booths and answered the phone. When she answered the phone someone was on the other line asking about Pizza. She thought it was a joke and got all angry at the guy about him not ordering Pizza and such and that wasn't the Pizzeria. After she hung up, a guy, a drunk guy was nearby and said how he ordered a Pizza an hour ago and somehow they never got his order. It totally freaked them out. I definitely think that story kicked our bag checker guy story.

I talked with a few other people. We waited around awhile, even after everyone came to the Italy Isola. I took off my flip flops than and started rubbing my feet again I was waiting for so long. These Disney people ALWAYS making us wait. May I have a fastpass please? (LOL) My friend, Nathan finally showed up with a huge baguette in his hands from the French Bakery. He was very excited and talked it up with me before I turned away. I just kinda paced a bit then. After awhile, I took some pictures of Spaceship Earth since it looks so nice at night:

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I also took a picture of the Tower behind us at Italy. I loved how everything looked at night:

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I waited some more, bounced from friend to friend asking how their day went. Its great how many crazy fantastic stories will occur in Disney. It may be the best part about the place :) Finally, a few minutes after 8pm or I forget what time it was, everyone raced to the end of the bridge as a CM let us into the Italy Isola buffet. (Added note, I put my flip flops back on)

My group of friends got a whole table to themselves. It was pretty awesome. Once we had claimed our seats, we went up and got food. The buffet wasn't huge but the selections were varied which was nice. They also had a buffet just for drinks. I don't think I could've asked for better.

It took me awhile to get from my seat to the buffet, through the buffet, to the other buffet, through that buffet and back to my seat. Then, I had to get up again for forks and other cutlery. It seemed destiny wasn't allowing me to eat my food. Curses!

When I feel got to my food, I couldn't be in more in heaven than I was then. The food was amazing. It was mostly pasta, but the pasta was amazing. I always know Epcot will knock my socks off with their amazing food. I think I had triple seconds or something, it was so good.

IllumiNations was going to begin soon. They were announcing the time every 5 minutes. It was so annoying. And right at the five minute mark, I had to go to the bathroom. So I had to run from Italy Isola to Germany than back. Yeah, it was nervewracking, since there was no way I was going to miss the show.

I did get back in time, almost just as the show was about to begin. I had finished all my food, except the dessert portion and my drink when the show started. We had a great viewing point, though I was at the far end of the table. I got tons of pictures, so enjoy more scrolling:

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Yeah, so after the show finished, all insanity broke lose. I threw away my stuff then went after my friend Nathan as he raced through World Showcase. I looked so awkward running with these steaming blisters, so I took off my flip flops and basically ran through all of World Showcase and most of Future World with nothing on my feet. Good thing we were at the back of the mob, but ahead of the rest of our schoolgroup. We would be first on the bus for our school and probably not have to wait in a huge line.

When we got near the exit, I put my flip flops back on. Now, this is another story where I need to bring it back to pre-Disney trip. On the DIS, there is a member on the Teen Board, which is where I spend the majority of my time on here, and her username is wicked.witch.of.wdw. Her real name is Cali and she just joined the DCP right before I went to Disney, so she was going to be working when I was down there. She told me she was working at the entrance to Epcot, so I had to remember to stop by and search for her. Now, when I hopped through the exit, I gave a high five to a short girl CM with black hair and wearing mickey hands when I left. I didn't give much thought to it, until I found out later, Cali happened to be working the exits that night and I had actually seen her there. I find it totally awesome that I met another DISer at Disney. So I just had to mention that.

After we got through the exit, my friend Nate and I walked a little since I put the flip flops back on and my feet were stinging more and more. We walked from the exit until we were at the edge of the bus-waiting area. Then the flip flops came off once again and we raced to our busline. We were the only ones there and the first of the school there, so we could wait around since the bus took forever to finally arrive. Other people from our school and some of my friends arrived. They were way behind us and had to stand on the bus, while Nate and I sat. It was great LOL :)

The bus ride wasn't very long and this was a direct bus to the All Star Music, so we didn't have to wait for people to get off at the All Star Sports before we could get to our resort. We got off and went straight to our room, but we were so tired. Though, we noticed that we didn't have a key and I think only the room captains had keys, which was Big Nate. So, we waited in the lobby until him and our other roommate Rishi arrived.

It was awhile, since Big Nate took his time getting to the bus and arrived a few minutes after us. During the time, while we wait we went up to the concierge and asked for a cot to be delivered to our room since I didn't feel like sleeping on open floor, but we didn't have our room number which was a problem, so we had to wait for Big Nate with his key. He did have his room key which was great, but we found out we had to pay for the cot, so we decided to ask for extra bedding instead. She said we could do that from the room so Rishi, Nate, Big Nate and I all walked to our room together. We first, picked up our stuff from the chaperone's room then went straight to our room, which was in probably the room furthest away possible from the lobby. When we got inside, we found that all our stuff had arrived. Mousekeeping also left us a little gift:

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I also took a picture of our room:

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Now, the curfew tonight was right after the show so were basically stuck in our room. Either way I was tired and wanted to go to bed. Though, I had decided to sleep on the floor so I needed to get my extra bedding. My extremely socially active friend, Nate called to get some extra bedding as soon as we got there, since I'm a terrible talker. He, of course, has just a way with words so it wasn't a problem.

I waited around for awhile as my roommates all took showers and I decided to wait until morning since I took one the morning of this day. Our chaperone finally arrived at our room with our room keys and dining cards for tomorrow. He also told us our day was going to go about since we had performances tomorrow, which meant we didn't have a ton of time for parks. Though, our curfew was pushed back because of Epcot's EMH. After that whole schpiel, I was in for a long night.

Everyone got showered, I got changed and brushed my teeth, but couldn't go to bed, no matter how tired I was because the mousekeeping didn't come with my extra bedding. Nate called them about three times that night because of it. I though did have time to organize my bag out, add my Expedition Everest to my bag of pins and let my feet heal after the day they went through. Finally at 12, they came with it and I could get to sleep. Nate and I were the only ones awake by then and Nate was going to be up awhile on his iPod, but I passed out right away.

As I dozed off into unconscious, the whole day ran through my head. After thinking it through, I knew I was in for probably the craziest and most fun rollercoaster of a week ever. And I was totally along for the ride.

CHAPTER 4: AN HONORARY CAST MEMBER FOR THE DAY! YES! coming soon...

[Disneypolyprincess]

Sounds like you had a good day, well minus the blister! Those really suck!! The story your friends told you is a bit crazy! That would have freaked me out haha :)

[PlutosRHM55]

Sounds like you had a good day, well minus the blister! Those really suck!! The story your friends told you is a bit crazy! That would have freaked me out haha :)

Yeah, it was wicked fun and I think those blisters made it better. I can say I walked through most of World Showcase, barefoot. YEAH! And I know right! And something like that to happen in Disney, WOW!

[becauseisaid]

Okay, I'm totally sucked in now and HAVE to find out how it ends. Who will get the rose? Will Timmy be voted off the island?! Or will the judges use their one and only save? I know *I'm* staying tuned!

Thanks for a great TR!

[PlutosRHM55]

Okay, I'm totally sucked in now and HAVE to find out how it ends. Who will get the rose? Will Timmy be voted off the island?! Or will the judges use their one and only save? I know *I'm* staying tuned!

Thanks for a great TR!

Haha. Yes, the rose, the island and the judges. LOL

Your welcome, I'm glad you are enjoying it :goodvibes

[PlutosRHM55]

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[BrerColby]

Nice job, man! I really like reading your report and i love your EE pin. I don't have that one yet. I'm excited to read more.popcorn::

[PlutosRHM55]

Nice job, man! I really like reading your report and i love your EE pin. I don't have that one yet. I'm excited to read more.popcorn::

Thanks BrerColby! I'm glad you like reading it! I love that pin so much, I will never trade it. And I will try to add a new chapter this weekend possibly.

[luckylady]

All caught up now. You poor feet. Hope they didn't give you a problem walking the rest of the trip.

[PlutosRHM55]

All caught up now. You poor feet. Hope they didn't give you a problem walking the rest of the trip.

Awesome! I'm glad you are enjoyin git. Yeah, my feet were fine after. It felt so good when I took off the flip flops. I didn't wear flip flops the rest of the trip and the blisters healed fairly quickly.

[wicked.witch.of.wdw]

You know, considering I'm a part of this trip report (which was AWESOME, btw! If you come back between now and August, let me know and I'll try to actually recognize you, lol!), you'd think I wouldn't be so late in joining it. Forgive meeeeeee! D:

[PlutosRHM55]

You know, considering I'm a part of this trip report (which was AWESOME, btw! If you come back between now and August, let me know and I'll try to actually recognize you, lol!), you'd think I wouldn't be so late in joining it. Forgive meeeeeee! D:

It's ok, Cali. I know you have a lot to focus on. Disney is top priority of course ;) I would've tried to find you that time, since I knew you were down there, but I was just lost in my Disney world (I make a pun!) If you go on more trips we should co-plan and then be on the search for one another.

[Vwdiva93]

Hey there, joining in! You're title caught my eye. I'm a former cheerleader and I've heard horror stories of the hoards of them that stay at the All Stars... I know how annoying we can be. I could barely stand the 20 girls on my team for less than a few hours:laughing:

I love the pictures you got on the safari too. I can't believe you saw the lion actually awake! Every time I go that dang lion is always asleep. lol

Can't wait for the next update:)

[PlutosRHM55]

Hey there, joining in! You're title caught my eye. I'm a former cheerleader and I've heard horror stories of the hoards of them that stay at the All Stars... I know how annoying we can be. I could barely stand the 20 girls on my team for less than a few hours:laughing:

I love the pictures you got on the safari too. I can't believe you saw the lion actually awake! Every time I go that dang lion is always asleep. lol

Can't wait for the next update:)

Yeah, those cheerleaders weren't too bad, especially with the story that I connect the cheerleaders too. It was basically where the quote of my trip comes in. But one time when I was by myself for a sec I got bombarded by them and I luckily escaped, but ugghhh... that wasn't fun.

Oh thanks! Really? Well, I went during the afternoon like around sunset so maybe take note of that. It also could be the time of year I went since it was a cooler time.

I hope you will enjoy what is yet to come! :goodvibes

[PlutosRHM55]

CHAPTER 4: AN HONORARY CAST MEMBER FOR THE DAY! YES! (Part 1)

So, it was the next day. Of course, I was up before anyone else in my room. So I'm stuck on the floor until its about the right time to get up and move around. I notice it is getting late, so in the darkness of the room (Darn shutters were closed!) I grab all my clothes and bring them into the tiny shower room. I take a nice long shower and get ready. I proceed to sit and wait for my roommates to get up, since we weren't allowed to walk around on our own. If I was found alone, then I would have to stay at the resort for the day. So I waited until they woke up.

Time went by and it was getting very close to check-in time, so I started ignoring the fact they were asleep and tried to make enough noise to wake them up. Finally, Rishi and Big Nate woke up, noticing the time. Then, Nate woke up, after, of course. I can't stand how people sleep in so much. You don't need over 16 hours of sleep thats like a full day of sleep. Also, those that apparently sleep 16 hours, get really angry when woken up. I just think its unnecessary.

They all woke up and got ready. I decided to text my friend Jocelyn, since my roommates were taking so long, and I was hungry. I asked to meet up with her at the boots with her roommates. I waited around there a bit and then they came out, though Taylor wasn't there. Jocelyn told me she was taking forever to dry her hair, so Taylor was just going to meet everyone up at the Food Court after us. I'm pretty sure she would catch up with this, if they weren't worrying about her being alone.

We walked to the food court and got right in line. I remembered one of the tips my Chorus teacher gave my class was to buy the mickey waffles. So, I found them and got some. I had candy strawberries put on it and bacon on the side. I decided not to get anything to drink. It was a good start on my dining card with only $8 spent :)

After we all bought our food, we grabbed our utensils and went to find seats. We sat by the front of the cash registers, so Taylor could find us. She was right behind us and was there fairly quick. Soon after, when I was finishing my waffle, which was delicious by the way! Definitely putting that on my list as Disney food to buy.

When they finally finished getting their food, I had just thrown away all mine and followed them outside to check-in with my chaperone. I went up to see if he had anything to tell me, but he was talking with other people and I'm pretty sure he saw me, so I went to find Jocelyn, Tina and Taylor. They were talking with their chaperone, so I just stood there until they were finished. Then, I sat down with them, when I noticed a huge group around Dr. Jim. They had finished, when I noticed them and I learned I missed a huge piece of information on how today was supposed to go. I went up to Nate and he told me we just had to be ready for the buses at 11.

It was around 9:30 by now, so with the time I had, I decided that I would go swimming since it seemed that was most people were doing since we couldn't leave to the parks yet. I told Jocelyn, Nate, Rishi, Tina and Taylor and they were all for it. So, I waited with Nate and Rishi, until they were finished, so we could back to the room together. Nate had some very teasingly delicious hash browns that I tried to snatch a few times, but it didn't happen. They took awhile to finish, so I just left and told them to catch up since they were almost finished. I ran up to Jocelyn, Taylor and Tina. I walked with them until we had to split off and I went to my room to get changed.

I got changed pretty quickly. My roommates arrived right after I finished. So I had to wait around for them. I'm still amazed at why people say I'm a slow changer. I'm waiting around for these pokeys. I got a text from Jocelyn saying they were at the pool, so I decided just to go. It wasn't a long walk and not very many chaperones were around. So, I went and met them up at the pool.

The pools at the All Star Music resort were so cool. One was shaped like a Guitar and the other shaped like a Piano. The Piano one was closest to us so I went in there. It was also the smaller one and less populated one. I saw basically everyone from our school in the pool. Jocelyn and Taylor were at the edge, Tina was sitting at one of the tables. Then I noticed I was missing one important thing: TOWELS! I didn't know if we should've grabbed them from our room or what. I checked inside the pool house, but it was only a laundromat. I guess I would just go to my room, dripping wet. I put my room key in my friend's bag (not knowing it is water proof) and went up to the pool edge.

So, I jumped in the pool and started relaxing for the time being. Disney was always very straining, while at the same time fun because of how much running around you'd have to do. Nate and Rishi came soon after me and I asked Nate to go get some towels. He ran to the front desk, got some towels and came back. I got to talk more with my friends about their day and how they were like Disney so far. I feel like such a veteran, even after one trip Haha

Nate came with the towels and then got into the pool himself. We were in the poolf for awhile until around 10:45. The bust was supposed to bring us to our performance around 11, so I got out and went to our room. I took a shower before anyone got back and then got changed. I luckily was the first in my room so long shower for me, but I still had to make a quick change. I also had packed my park bag the night before though I still had to put my clothes in that bag so I could change after my performance.

Now, thinking that we were starting to run late on time, I thought they would pick up the speed, take a minute shower and then come leave, of course not. They had a billion things to do and weren't very prepared. So glad I was going to be doing my other Disney travel with girls since this wasn't working for me.

As soon as I packed my clothes and extra stuff, I went out looking for where the buses were. Since I missed the whole meeting this morning, but soon I found out people were going behind All Star Music to a parking lot behind the building. I decided to just go myself since I would be near some other kids and it wouldn't count as me being alone. So I went over.

As soon as I got to the buses, I got a text from my friend, Jocelyn. She told me to go on bus one, which of course was full with kids who didn't have pokey roommates. Uggh... still my room mates were nice and probably were just all over the place by then. I went by it and decided to go on the last bus since Bus 2 was filling up fairly quickly. So, I finally got on a bus, well almost. My roommates ran up to me right before I got on. Wow, they must have sped up suddenly. Carl, the band director, came up and asked the band kids if they had their music. Rishi, of course, forgot his and gave his sax to me. I put it under the bus and got on the bus behind a few other kids.

We waited on the bus awhile and some other friends came on. I sat with Trysten. She was having such a fun time here. I knew from the moment I met her she was going to be a Disney person. Rishi was back with his music, his bag of clothes and camera. I took some pictures on the bus and took a pretty funny one of Rishi who was taking a picture of me with his camera when I was taking a picture of him. Since you can't see his face, here it is:

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Its a pretty epic picture if you asked me. About fifteen minutes after we got on the bus, my chorus teacher, Pat, her husband and a few other chaperones joined us. The bus driver started up the bus and we were off to Downtown Disney. (Insert Excited Face by Timmy Here!)

So, this was a big part of the trip for me. Firstly, I was performing in Disney, second it was my first time in Downtown Disney and third, I got to share it with my friends! How awesome is that? The bus ride was a bit long since Downtown Disney was a good distance away from our resort since its basically half in Disney, half not in, in some ways. Then we finally arrived and my anticipation built as I took these pictures:

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We were almost there. I was looking out the window, ready to turn into the huge parking lot when we turned away in the opposite direction by this other building. I was really confused as to where we were going. We ended up in this back area that didn't really seem like anywhere. We had to go through a special gate, so I asked one of the upper classman where we were going and they said we were going backstage since we were basically working for Disney that day and needed to be briefed.

The bus was now getting into parking mode. We saw a few CMs outside helping us out. I was even more confused now. Why would we have to go back here? We were told once the bus was parked to wait on the bus. We waited a few minutes when a CM, in her twenties came on the bus and began to talk with us. She explained all that was happening today. She told us how we would rehearse here, since we were first to perform, take this bus to Downtown Disney get off, perform, then come back and watch the other performances. She also mentioned that in a sense we were honorary cast members for the day! That got me really hyped up (and her bubbly voice and composure). I've always wanted to be a cast member and now I really was. Now, I got to see some of the backstage area of Disney.

After the CM gave her whole shpiel (I think her name was Jo Lee or something with Lee and something that began with a J, I forget) we got off the bus and because the chorus performed first, we went straight into the girls dressing room (as J. Lee directed us) and went to practice. We ran through warm-ups and the first part of our song. At one point, in the middle of the rehearsal, Trysten's phone went off and she couldn't turn it off it was sorta funny while I wasn't happy that because of her we may not be prepared with the distraction. She finally did find it in her bag and turned it off. We, then continued to run the songs and then once we finished, we left the room and got back on the bus. I decided to take a picture of the backstage area before we left:

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After that, we were soon off on our way to perform at Downtown Disney, part of the most magical place on Earth, Walt Disney World. :)

CONTINUED IN NEXT POST...

[PlutosRHM55]

CHAPTER 4: AN HONORARY CAST MEMBER FOR THE DAY! YES! (Part 2)

So... (where was I? just kidding) we are on the bus to the parking lot near Downtown Disney or just on the other side of the extremely well-hidden backstage area. I mean seriously, you couldn't even find that stage from parking in the lot back there. Now, that's what I call magic ;)

Moving on... we drove out of the backstage area to this building in front of it, which I'm guessing was where most CMs hung out, since I think I saw about 6 hanging around there when we got off the bus. We had to walk along the sidewalk and through a crosswalk to get into Downtown Disney, where we awkwardly waited while J. Lee and my chorus director, Pat went off for some reason. We waited for about ten or fifteen minutes on the right side of World of Disney facing the construction walls that were around where the Lego Store once stood. From there you could see the Lego Lake Monster. I totally had to get a picture next to that thing! :) That would have to be after my performance since all my stuff was on the bus and I wasn't getting a picture with it, wearing a white collared button-down shirt, black pants and a tie. Especially with a tie and its windy out. No way!

So, when Pat finally came back, we walked out up besides the stage in front of World of Disney. I got to look around a bit and was completely awestruck by World of Disney. It looked like a kingdom of Disney merchandise. It was so cool to look at. They announced us and we came on stage through the announcements. I looked into the audience once I was in place and saw a few recognizable faces. The band had a whole section to themselves then one of my friends who was in neither band nor chorus was there. It was pretty awesome!

Now, is for the performance. First, I must say it was the best performance has EVER done this year, even with probably most of the chorus not there (some that were really good singers). We sounded great, the stage was set up very nicely for us and whenever I looked up at Mickey and Minnie on their little flying contraption, it helped so much. :mickeyjum I think the only issue we had was the wind which blew all of our chorus teacher's music to the side. This didn't phase us at all and we even attracted a few people just moseying on by through our performance. It was turning out to be a great day so far.

After the performance, we got out of Downtown Disney fairly quickly and headed straight back to the bus to take us back to the backstage area, which I found out was a long drive even they were only like a 1/10 of a mile apart. On the way there, the CM (J. Lee) gave us the whole "Awesome job! Good Work!" shpeel and then gave my chorus teacher a Pin that gives her a trophy with Mickey in his orchestra wear. I should take a picture of it because it is pretty awesome and I stare at it every time I come to Chorus class now. Here is a picture of us performing since it doesn't really point out individuals:

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After the giving of precious gifts, she also gave us instructions on getting changed in the backstage area and then going back to watch the band perform. Now, there was one kid in chorus, the accapella class after school, who did band as well. He had to get off the bus and rush to get changed and get his instrument together before any of us. He looked like such a mess running off the best where they dropped him off.

The bus then parked and we were let off. I ran right into the bathroom as every other guy went into the boys dressing room. It is nice to change without the noises of conversations you aren't involved in. Then, a whole other crowd came into the bathroom. I was the first guy out and so got to talk with my band friends. I also took some pictures of them, but I took one of the advertisement for the performances we participating in. They were called Magic Music Days:

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And a picture of the sign out front:

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I talked to them, when they called for us to get back on the bus, so we could be out of the way of the band. We got on the bus again and J. Lee came on again before we left. This time we were all in regular attire so it wasn't as irritating for her to be talking to us. I think I mixed up the times, she came on this time and gave us the whole shpeel and everything with the trophy and such, but whatever, here is the important part. She also told us we were getting pins with the Ears for the Arts on them, which meant we were part of a secret society of people who participated in the Disney Performing Arts. We also were getting awesome Disney Performing Arts bags. Then, J.Lee let it slip about Ghirardelli's free samples. I'm sure about the entire bus made a mental note of that and were thinking about that through the rest of the bus ride up until we got to Downtown Disney. Before I got off the bust I took a random picture of my friend's Trysten's stuff just because, also I love the old Disney mugs (weren't selling the new one's yet at ASM):

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So, we got off the bus and walked straight into Downtown Disney. I brought Trysten, Nate and I along with a few other chorus members went straight into Ghirardelli's to look around. We got some free samples and they were the BEST chocolate I have probably ever had and I'm not a huge chocolate fan. Trysten then proceeded to buy a pack for her family. I took a picture of the place when we walked around, isn't it so gorgeously chocolate:

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After that, we ran to go say hi to my friend, Trever, who came with his family because of his brother Mat who was in chorus. Trysten and Nate of course sprinted but I lagged behind and came up more maturely if I do say so myself.

Trever, his mom, his dad, his older sister and his grandparents were all there. I've met all of them before so I came in for embraces and small talk. They were like a second family to me. I've always had so many good memories. Trysten was getting to know them fairly quickly. Adults always love Trysten at first site. After some talking it was right in for pictures. I first got one with Trever because his sister, Chenais (prounounced Shanay) told me my mom needed an update so that was the only way possible. Then, a picture with everyone. I was definitely feeling very magical and happy at this point.

I looked at the stage and noticed the band set up was almost finished. Nate then tugged me away because he had to go to the bathroom in World of Disney. He couldn't be alone in there since it was so big, so I came along so he wouldn't get caught alone. I also wanted to see the place and needed to go too. I took a picture of the entrance on the left near Ghirardelli:

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We ran through the store which was a lot bigger than I expected. We somehow weaved our way through everything and basically got lost with no clue to where the bathroom was. Wow, when I came back here to look for souvenirs, this place would be HEAVEN! We finally found our way to the bathroom. I was out before him and took some pictures of the posters outside:

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Nate finally got out and we ran straight out of the Princess and Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique section to get our seats for the band. It seemed like it was almost time for them to arrive. We got some quick seats with Mat and Trysten. Since it seemed we had a bit more time, I went to grab a bite to eat at one of the stands near the stage (Did I forget to mention this stage was like right out on the water? Just a little extra fact) I bought a pretzel and then a drink. I quickly learned that the food shops in Downtown Disney didn't accept Disney Dining cards which stunk since it meant more of my souvenir money lost and I wasted it a ton on this. The Pretzel had no flavor. I think he took after I said "Unsalted" and "Plain" as a pretzel straight out of the oven no extra flavoring. Grrr...

About the time I got back to my seat, the band arrived to play. I took some pictures and since they don't point out individuals here they are:

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The band did a fantastic job, even with some great trumpet players for the epic "Trumpet Shout-out" missing, they still owned. I'm guessing they thought they did a good job too. Once they had finished, I went to go spend some more time looking through the Disney shops. I went to check out the Pin Trading store, where I got a souvenir for my littlest sister (a sorcerer mickey pin), Ghirardelli again and got to look around World of Disney. While there, I bought my second pin of the trip, the 2011 one with the spinning characters. It was a Yellow which makes it the most expensive pin I have. I finally got a lanyard, a big step in my goal to become Pin Trader extraordinaire by the end of this trip :P We also goofed off a bit and I took some pictures inside:

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I had a few more but they were with my friends and focused on them only so... yeah can't post that! ;)

After our little adventures inside the World of Disney, we came back out just in time for the Jazz Band to start. I put all my pins onto the new lanyard and wore it around my neck so I could feel official (I'm such a nerd) Then, the Jazz Band came on! They did an amazing job and it was great to see the many freshman in it. Yeah, the frosh!:

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After them, it was time to leave. I talked with everyone after this about going to Hollywood Studios (even with my recommendation and pleaing to go to Magic Kingdom) since it was a smaller park and we had lesser time at parks this evening. It was a unanimous decision and so DHS it was (Now to face my fears on the Tower of Terror). Trever left the family to join us for some Disney fun, though he would have to meet up with us at the resort since he couldn't go on our special buses. Pat would have a fit!

Chorus and band all made their way back in a huge mob to our buses by the CM hang-out. I took a picture from afar of the Lake Monster as we left and the rehab walls:

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We all walked along that long sidewalk and got on the buses everyone talking very excitedly with some merchandise from probably the best shopping district in the world (;)) Then, the bus was off and we were on our way home, I mean to our resort (Disney is home to me :goodvibes). I took some pictures of myself and my lanyard on the way back just because:

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Now, it was off to the mayhem that would soon ensue with some more planning changes, stuff to digest and everything that maybe isn't the best thing about Disney. Stay tuned!

CHAPTER 5: AN EXTRA MAGIC HOURS DISCOVERY coming soon...

[Mickeysgirl34]

Great report Timmy!

Loved the pictures of the band and jazz band! The trumpets <3 I see there's a bass clarinet! Those are very rare in bands. We have two of them. Clarinets represent (;

Looks like your chorus group is as big as our chorus group. but the 10-12 group doubles it lol. I'm in the 9th grade group.

Can't wait to read more! :banana:

[PlutosRHM55]

Great report Timmy!

Loved the pictures of the band and jazz band! The trumpets <3 I see there's a bass clarinet! Those are very rare in bands. We have two of them. Clarinets represent (;

Looks like your chorus group is as big as our chorus group. but the 10-12 group doubles it lol. I'm in the 9th grade group.

Can't wait to read more! :banana:

Thanks Val! Apparently my annoying "go read my TR" finally worked LOL I hope I didn't annoy you too much into doing this.

Thanks! Oh, I didn't even notice that. No wonder they're so rare. I didn't even know Clarinets were bass. I only thought it was Saxes that went from Soprano to Alto to... you get the point. I used to play Clarinet and the Sax :)

Oh, well not everyone was there so it was a bit smaller but I think we were only missing one guy and he was the only freshman guy that didn't go. Its pretty funny.

I'll update again as soon as I can! :)

[lamb616]

awwww, I've only read your first couple posts but just had to say that we were there the same time as you, also at ASMU. And my son is Timmy (we call him Timothy) and he also loves reading and writing. He's only 7.5 tho. And it looks like you are also maybe from the Northeast. I will keep reading. :)

[PlutosRHM55]

awwww, I've only read your first couple posts but just had to say that we were there the same time as you, also at ASMU. And my son is Timmy (we call him Timothy) and he also loves reading and writing. He's only 7.5 tho. And it looks like you are also maybe from the Northeast. I will keep reading. :)

Oh wow really! What a coincidence! If you were down by the pools on the 24th we were that huge group that came down through All Star Music. We weren't the cheerleaders though LOL Well, tell your son to keep up the reading and writing, it will help him so much in the long run (I'm only in high school but seriously I haven't written or read in awhile because of schoolwork and I think the quality of my work has gone down). I hope you enjoy the rest of the TR. :)

[luckylady]

Great update. Looks like a good sized crowed showed up.

[lamb616]

Oh wow really! What a coincidence! If you were down by the pools on the 24th we were that huge group that came down through All Star Music. We weren't the cheerleaders though LOL Well, tell your son to keep up the reading and writing, it will help him so much in the long run (I'm only in high school but seriously I haven't written or read in awhile because of schoolwork and I think the quality of my work has gone down). I hope you enjoy the rest of the TR. :)

we actually arrived on the 24th - probably around noonish, ate in the food court, and then swam for a couple hours. I didn't notice any really huge groups at all 'til the very end of our trip (we left March 4th.) Those last couple days there was a HUGE group of kids, maybe a dance team or something. Anyways, you're a great writer. Looking forward to the rest of your report. :thumbsup2

[PlutosRHM55]

we actually arrived on the 24th - probably around noonish, ate in the food court, and then swam for a couple hours. I didn't notice any really huge groups at all 'til the very end of our trip (we left March 4th.) Those last couple days there was a HUGE group of kids, maybe a dance team or something. Anyways, you're a great writer. Looking forward to the rest of your report. :thumbsup2

Oh, that's when I arrived and it was around noon, too! But we were off to the parks as soon as we got there. Wow, I wonder if it was because we were so spread out. And thanks! I will try to update tomorrow possibly later tonight :) if I have the time for the third half.

[PlutosRHM55]

Great update. Looks like a good sized crowed showed up.

Thanks! Yeah, we definitely got a decent sized group watching us. And then Mickey and Minnie watching from above ;)

[lamb616]

We had a little "incident" in the pool (big pool) that I'm hoping doesn't show up in your report, lol!! :lmao: I can't remember what day it was, I'm thinking it was Sunday or Monday afternoon. I won't go into detail if I don't have to. :rolleyes1

[PlutosRHM55]

We had a little "episode" in the pool (big pool) that I'm hoping doesn't show up in your report, lol!! :lmao: I can't remember what day it was, I'm thinking it was Sunday or Monday afternoon. I won't go into detail if I don't have to. :rolleyes1

Oh... I kinda left on Monday and wasn't really down near there and it was a bit before the afternoon set in. Sunday was parks, parks and more parks! Don't worry if I don't recall, its not going to show up :thumbsup2

[grandfloluver]

I have said this once, and I will say it again---I love your TR!!! My moms favorite food at WDW is a Mickey waffle. They rock! It sounds like y'all did good at Downtown Disney. That would be fun to perform there. (:

[PlutosRHM55]

I have said this once, and I will say it again---I love your TR!!! My moms favorite food at WDW is a Mickey waffle. They rock! It sounds like y'all did good at Downtown Disney. That would be fun to perform there. (:

Haha Thanks Hannah! You are too kind.

Mickey's Waffle DO ROCK! They are amazing. I could live off those things. Definitely need to show my mom those when we go back (if we go back).

Downtown Disney was awesome. We definitely did very well and I wish I could perform again or maybe go see one of my sisters when they take the trip down there. :)

I hope you enjoy the rest of the TR, Hannah :goodvibes

[wdwgirl03]

Great report so far! I like how you started out at Animal Kingdom. It's my second favorite park behind MK and I love the safari...so that picture of the ostrich right by your car was pretty cool. :thumbsup2

[PlutosRHM55]

Great report so far! I like how you started out at Animal Kingdom. It's my second favorite park behind MK and I love the safari...so that picture of the ostrich right by your car was pretty cool. :thumbsup2

Thanks! :goodvibes Yeah, I would've liked to have started at MK but it was nice there. I think people downgrade that park too much. And haha that's my favorite pic from there.

Hope you enjoy the rest of the TR! :goodvibes

[BrerColby]

I'm loving your report! Just to let you know, the lake monster made out of legos name is "Brickly". Sorry, I just let my nerdiness show.;)

[PlutosRHM55]

I'm loving your report! Just to let you know, the lake monster made out of legos name is "Brickly". Sorry, I just let my nerdiness show.;)

Thanks! I'm glad you are enjoying it. :goodvibes

Oh, I didn't know he had a name. My vast Disney knowledge is exclusive to the 4 parks and resorts, than other Disneys around the world, I'm still learning about Downtown Disney :)

I hope you will enjoy the rest of the TR :maleficen

[disfreak24]

I read this today:) Its very interesting! Sounds like it was a lot of fun!;)

i wish my school's chorus went to disney world!:upsidedow

Cant wait to read the rest!

[PlutosRHM55]

I read this today:) Its very interesting! Sounds like it was a lot of fun!;)

i wish my school's chorus went to disney world!:upsidedow

Cant wait to read the rest!

I'm glad you are enjoying it. It was tons of fun, I would so do it again if they did it that often.

I'll update as soon as I can :)

[PlutosRHM55]

As you may have noticed I changed the title of this chapter since the theme is a bit different. I also organized the chapters by day so it won't look so scattered. On to the update...

CHAPTER 5: AN EXTRA MAGIC HOURS DISCOVERY

We were on our way back to All Star Music by now. Everyone was basically resting because it was a lot of energy moving from place to place. Then, you were very excited and that gave you a quick boost of energy which didn't last long. So, the bus was unusually quiet on the way back.

It took about 20 minutes to get back to the resort. When we got back, we all got off the bus and went inside to go help everyone drop stuff off at our rooms, also to allow the Jazz Band to get changed and put away some of their stuff since they didn't have a ton of time after the last performance. I walked with Rishi and Nate to drop Rishi's stuff off at the room then they went down to the bus stop to wait for us. I texted Jocelyn and she told me Tina had to get changed so she would be out a bit. So I waited by the boots. They came out and told me Tina was still getting changed and almost ready so we walked down ahead of her. She caught up to us soon after we were leaving and told us she needed to stop by the food court for some lunch. So we walked let Tina go to the food court and we all went outside and waited.

We checked our watches and noticed that it was around 6 which is the time when parks are beginning to close. We decided, as to be safe, to go inside and check the park hours. Also, we wanted to get Taylor a birthday button. The guy at the front desk was so nice, he was one of the older CMs, gave Taylor a cute little button and he told us that Hollywood Studios, where we were planning to go, was closing in an hour. It was a unanimous decision and now we were only going to have a few minutes in the park. Tina, Jocelyn, Taylor and I all decided we weren't going there, but EPCOT since they were having Extra Magic Hours tonight and wanted to make use of that. So, we were set for the night.

We came back outside and saw all our friends waiting in line for Hollywood Studios. We went up and told them about the closing time. We told them we were going to EPCOT instead for Extra Magic Hours. They were stubborn and still wanted to go to the Studios. We tried to persuade them since we hadn't done any parks with them all trip but they stuck to their plans.

Their bus was the first to come so they were gone, but the EPCOT bus came soon after. There was nobody else in line for EPCOT so when we got on the bus there was nobody there and were able to easily sneak on Tina's food. She ate while we waited so we wouldn't have to bring on it the bus, but it came pretty quick. The bus driver wasn't really paying any attention to us so Tina ate her food in peace. She still didn't finish her food when we got there.

We got off the bus, went up to the entrance, got our bags checked, went through the gates and we were in the park. It was shockingly still very light out at this point. I'm guessing daylight savings times has nothing on Disney.

Our first order of action was to find a water ride. It was quite hot today, even with the wind and we wanted to cool off. I told them about Maelstrom in Norway, while I never really enjoyed the ride and told them this, they still wanted to go on. Of course, we were swayed in the direction of Test Track first. It was at this point that I noticed Jocelyn and Taylor kept on saying "That one in the blue is a 10" or "The one with the yellow hat is a 7". I was a bit confused but noticed they were pointing out different guys. I soon learned they were rating guys looks. I think this may have ruined part of my trip since I heard it every second. Uggh...

So, we made our way over to Test Track. We waited outside of the ride queue to let Tina finished but she said she was full so she threw it out before we got in line. The wait was 30 minutes but the line was the longest I've waited in for the ride, well the two times I rode it on my first trip were with fastpasses so I probably shouldn't be too picky, but this line began very close to the stand-by line entrance. Jocelyn and Taylor continued to rate guys and I think I was having a headache at this point, so luckily we finally got to the Pre Show within 30 minutes as it said. We watched the whole video and I could already tell Tina was cringing. The Pre shows for DINOSAUR and Test Track just make things so much nervewracking.

After the preshow was over we of course had to wait a bit longer in the line before we got on the ride. I got seated in the back for the first time. The first time I rode I was the middle seat up front, where you are at the center of all the action. Now I was in the back, whole different perspective.

The ride was just as fun as the last time I went on it and the picture just as great. After we got off, we hung around the gift shop a bit and more people were giving some happy birthdays to Taylor. She thought it was funny that random people would just come and say happy birthday when they saw her pin. She had an especially fun conversation with two CMs at the check-out counter after buying some gifts for her family in the gift shop.

After Taylor bought all her stuff we left and headed straight towards Maelstrom. When we got to Maelstrom, I was clearly shocked to see a line for the ride. There was never a line. The first time I went on we basically walked on and this was mid-day. It still shocks me they even need fastpass machines. Luckily in this line there were no guys our age to be seen so no more ratings. I survived up until I got on the ride.

The ride was just as bad as last time except it was darker (the sun went down during the time we were on). My friends were just as disappointed as I was. We ran out of the ride and past the movie. Then, the whole "rate" thing Taylor and Jocelyn had going continued in the gift shop. I pulled them out of there as quick as I could.

Now, Tina was begging us to go to Universe of Energy, the one attraction she'd been dying to see besides the safari. I agreed to go with her and let Jocelyn and Taylor shop and eat. So they went further back into World Showcase while we headed in the direction of Mexico and the entrance. I was starting to get hungry and still had money on my dining card so I asked if we could stop at Mexico to eat. She let me so I got in line. I noticed the familiarity of the menu and remembered the last time I was here, we ate in Mexico but at this little food stand. It must've been moved here. I bought the nachos, same thing as last time, and Tina got a popsicle since she was full from her last little meal. The wait was a bit long, but I got my food and that's all that matters (*wink*)

The seating area for the counter service was packed but I knew of a place that always filled up when there was just the stand. I showed Tina and we sat comfortably in our own little corner with our food. Sadly, my nachos turned out to be a big mess so there was a lot of walking long distances to get napkins (Haha). Ignoring the napkins, the Nachos were delicious! I wish I had gotten my favorite churros with them last time. I highly recommend La Cantina as a counter service (I think that's the name of the place). While it wasn't a big favorite, I still would go back.

After I finished, we threw away my stuff, cleaned up and headed back off into Future World straight to Universe of Energy. It was a bit of a walk but we found our way and noticed the park was a lot quieter. It was very silent by the Universe of Energy pavilion and we noticed, sadly, the ride was closed for the night. Tina was very upset, but it gave us the chance for a photo op:

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After that, Tina texted Jocelyn and Taylor to tell them that Universe of Energy was closed and we were heading over to check out Soarin' and maybe get fastpasses. We were about to walk over when I noticed a text on my phone. It was from my friend, Margaret back home. I'm guessing she was just wondering how things were going. I opened the text and my jaw just dropped. She that the house of another friend of mine burned down. I told Tina right away and she was in shock. I can't believe this happened. Luckily, her family was okay. Oh, what a way to put a damper on things! I texted Margaret back and asked her what happened, I also texted Jocelyn to tell her what Margaret told me. We continued walking to the other side of World Showcase talking about this. When we got home we would definitely have to help in some way.

When we got to the front area of the land, where a large group of people were gravitating towards, not a good sign, the times board said Soarin' was still around an 1 hour long wait. I saw the Seas nearby and told Tina to text Jocelyn to meet us there instead, since there was only a 5 minute wait. I ended up texting her as we walked over. When we got over,we got in the queue, zipped right through it and straight onto the ride. There always seems to be very little wait for this ride...

The ride wasn't entirely fantastic, but very cute. I just have a thing for dark rides. Disney always adds this magical touch to them which makes them very fun. The... I think its called an Angler Fish scared Tina and I but that was the worst part. There were many cool parts, but it was still okay for me this time around, not as fun as when I went on it the first time. We got a text on the ride saying the were right near by and would get there soon. So, when we got off the ride we decided to check out the place.

I was still amazed at how much fun we had then. We ran around the whole place checking out the aquarium, various rooms and such. The Seas pavilion was much bigger than I thought. Our struggle to get a picture of a dolphin, the hidden mickey, it was all very fun for us nerdy kids teehee. Here are the billions of pictures I took:

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After our little adventures through the seas we decided to go now find Jocelyn and Taylor. They said they were pretty close to the seas so we went downstairs and made our way out looking around for them. They weren't anywhere inside so we left to see if we could meet them on their way in as we walked towards the Land and Soarin'.

When we were about to go in, Jocelyn calls me. She was frustrated and angry after she was put on ANOTHER ride that she didn't like. I told her we had just left because we thought you may have been out front. I told her to meet us at Soarin' so we could go on. She was even more frustrated since she had no clue where the Land was. I gave her some directions and she gave me the OK.

When Tina and I got into the Land and Soarin' we noticed the line for Soarin' was a lot shorter than usual (short for Soarin' I mean). I was so anxious to go on right now. I've never been on it when the line was so short, but Taylor and Jocelyn were still not here, so being a good friend I waited. They came about 10 or 5 minutes after us (How long could it take them?) As soon as they arrived Jocelyn headed straight into the bathroom... more waiting :(

Taylor came up to both Tina and I while we waited. She told us Jocelyn was really made because she thought Taylor was trying to steal her boyfriend. Jocelyn had Taylor talk to him while they were walking around World Showcase and she talked with him for an unusually long time. This wasn't making Jocelyn happy at all so she thought there was more going on. The entire time I was thinking "Oh brother! More Drama!"

When Jocelyn came out of the bathroom, we immediately got in line hoping that the time had just gone up. The entire time while in line Jocelyn is ranting about what Taylor trying to steal her boyfriend. Then, they are still doing the whole "rating guys" thing and I think I was ready for a nap by then. We luckily went through the line fairly quickly and were on the ride. No more of this nonsense for awhile.

Getting away from the drama, Soarin' was great! It was even better than last time. I wasn't a huge fan when I went on it my first time, but this time, WOW! Its definitely one of my new favorites, a must-do.

After we got off the ride, we immediately ran into a mob of people trampling down the stairs to Soarin'. I checked my watch and Extra Magic Hours had just begun a few minutes ago. I was befuddled by how many people were coming. Usually during EMH there is a smaller number of people. I was confused.

So, after we got through the onslaught of human down at the land and out the door where the crowds were dying down, we decided to head over to Test Track. Our logic was because of the large amounts of people at Soarin', there would be very little people at Test Track. This would mean for a shorter wait, so we went right over. The bad part about this walk was more bickering between Jocelyn and Taylor ensued (add *facepalm* here)

When we finally got to Test Track we noticed the line was shorter, but still quite long. It was almost time to go back and I'm sure we couldn't get the ride we wanted with the wait. So, we made a unanimous decision to go in the single rider line, which was shorter.

When we got in line we got caught behind a big group that had the same idea as us. It was good fortune that the line was still shorter than the standby. I think the longest time we had to wait was in that crowd caught between the loading area and the briefing room. I was now starting to re-think nighttime EMH.

We got through the loading area fairly quickly. I think that's basically the biggest benefit of the single rider line, you get through the loading area quicker. We then were split up... well not entirely. Jocelyn and Taylor ended up in the exact same car, while Tina and I were left to our own cars with other random people. With more good fortune, I was put with the young family and the sweet old lady, definitely not what I was expecting, but what I was expecting were a bunch of jerk teenagers (we're the nice teenagers).

The ride was great, but I kept on looking at the little family. I was seriously jealous of those kids. Being able to go to Disney at such a young age... it was what I wanted. I never had the chance to experience Disney as a kid. I was at that age now where most kids are done with Disney and I had just begun my journey. If only my dad had not been so anti-Disney (GRRR...)

Well, the ride was as awesome as the first time. I think the better part of it was it was dark outside so I saw Test Track in a whole new light, well darkness (LOL). So, the ride was quick and I happened to be the last one in my group of friends to get loaded so they were waiting for me. We went straight through the gift shop looking around a little then straight back into the heart of Future World.

It was getting very dark out so I thought it best we should start heading back. First, I wanted to check out MouseGears to see if I could find something for my DOS (Little, but older of two sisters). So, after getting a Mountain Dew from a snack stand we went inside and looked around. We found nothing since all the stuff Jocelyn said DOS would like was expensive. I wanted to keep the gifts at equal weight between my sisters. If I bought something that was twice the price of the other gift, my DYS (littlest sister) would have a fit. We do though joke about certain items with each other and then we left MouseGears.

After we got out we headed straight for the gates right towards the buses. Since it was Extra Magic Hours there weren't a ton of people waiting. There was still a bit of a line to get on our bus, but we all sat so it was good. The bus came, we got on and when we got back to the resort we only had a little bit of time left to hang around so we went back to our rooms. Before we went back to our rooms we checked which park had Extra Magic Hours tomorrow and saw it was Hollywood Studios (Nice choice, Nate *says sarcastically*). So, we made a plan and said we would get up early to go there tomorrow, if it was ok with our chaperones. Then, we left for our rooms.

In my room, both Nate and Rishi were there. They had just gotten back from swimming. I guessed they hadn't spent a ton of time at Hollywood Studios because of the time left for them to be there. Big Nate still wasn't there.

Big Nate finally arrived a bit after. I'm guessing he was about to stretch the curfew when he came. Then, after him, Dr. Jim, our chaperone came. He told us we didn't have to meet with him at the time stated tomorrow if we wanted to go to EMH at DHS. I was wicked excited since it made it so we actually went through with our plans (It's a miracle!). He only said we must text them if we do go. I was really excited, my first morning EMH and first real plan! :) So, I texted Jocelyn and our plans were set.

I got ready for bed, re-packed my bag and got inside my little sleeping arrangement on the floor. I was up for a bit, but I rested since I'd been going at it all day long. I was very tired. I then drifted off to sleep awaiting the chaos that would be sparked the next day.

CHAPTER 6: A FULFILLED PROMISE, ANOTHER MIRACLE AND CATASTROPHE coming soon!

[grandfloluver]

Again-awesomeness! Soarin and Test Track are my favorites at Epcot. I could do them over and over if I wanted to. Sounds great so far, and I'm eagerly awaiting your next update! (:

[PlutosRHM55]

Again-awesomeness! Soarin and Test Track are my favorites at Epcot. I could do them over and over if I wanted to. Sounds great so far, and I'm eagerly awaiting your next update! (:

Haha, thanks Hannah! Yeah, they are so much fun. I may like Spaceship Earth more than Soarin' but I'm not sure I did them a day apart hehe I do think EPCOT needs more rides though. I will update as soon as I can, hopefully not over a week. :)

[Monorail Fan:)]

Great update!

[PlutosRHM55]

Thanks Drew!

[Vwdiva93]

Wow that is a lot of drama in one day! I could never travel with a group of kids my age, I get along better with adults lol. Guess that's why I always stick with my parents!
Soarin is truly an amazing ride, it became one of my favorites too on my past trip. That must've been hard seeing the little kids experiencing Disney so young, I was lucky to experience it young a couple times even though I have an anti Disney dad too. But the great thing about Disney is we can still have a ton of fun and be kid again even though we're much older:goodvibes
Can't wait to hear about EMH at DHS!

[wdwgirl03]

Glad you enjoyed Soarin. It is one of my all-time favorites. And it's so neat how it's the only attraction where people clap at the end. haha

Love all the pictures from The Seas too. Some of the creatures they have there are interesting to say the least!

[MickeyisBeast]

great update timmy (:

[disfreak24]

Test Track and Soarin' are amazing! I love extra magic hours because if im lucky i can get on the more popular rides without a very long wait;)
Great Update!:D
btw i dont think i ever introduced myself:P Im Hannah!:)

[Jazzabelle508]

Great job so far! I can't wait to read more. Sorry you had to deal with all that drama with your friends.

[PlutosRHM55]

Wow that is a lot of drama in one day! I could never travel with a group of kids my age, I get along better with adults lol. Guess that's why I always stick with my parents!
Soarin is truly an amazing ride, it became one of my favorites too on my past trip. That must've been hard seeing the little kids experiencing Disney so young, I was lucky to experience it young a couple times even though I have an anti Disney dad too. But the great thing about Disney is we can still have a ton of fun and be kid again even though we're much older:goodvibes
Can't wait to hear about EMH at DHS!

Yeah... well it still was fun. I definitely would like to go back with friends, though I think Disney is more for family (especially when family is a lot smarter than this group of girls ;))

Soarin' was awesome. I just am amazed at how simple it is and how great the ride is. I've done Omnitheater and Imax but this still was better. It was very hard, but I feel because I did it when I was older I have a whole different love for the place. I can be a kid again and now worry about the drama of growing up and other things in life. :)

Glad you enjoyed Soarin. It is one of my all-time favorites. And it's so neat how it's the only attraction where people clap at the end. haha

Love all the pictures from The Seas too. Some of the creatures they have there are interesting to say the least!

Yeah... I don't think its the only one where people clap but you can really hear it because its like a movie or a show, but still a ride.

Oh my gosh! Yes! I don't think I got all of them. It is SOOO BIG in there! Definitely will need to look around there more.

great update timmy (:

Thanks Sarah! :goodvibes

Test Track and Soarin' are amazing! I love extra magic hours because if im lucky i can get on the more popular rides without a very long wait;)
Great Update!:D
btw i dont think i ever introduced myself:P Im Hannah!:)

They are awesome rides. Yeah... but I definitely think morning is a ton better than night. The crowds went up at Epcot, it befuddled me as I said.

And thanks! :)

Hmm... I don't think so. Well, hi Hannah, I'm Timmy! Nice to meet you! :goodvibes

Great job so far! I can't wait to read more. Sorry you had to deal with all that drama with your friends.

Thanks! Yeah... but nothing could ruin a Disney trip unless something REALLY bad happens, that magic works wonders ;)

[disfreak24]

They are awesome rides. Yeah... but I definitely think morning is a ton better than night. The crowds went up at Epcot, it befuddled me as I said.

And thanks! :)

Hmm... I don't think so. Well, hi Hannah, I'm Timmy! Nice to meet you! :goodvibes


Yea the mornings tend to be less crowded...probably because a lot of people aren't morning people (like me! :laughing:) But in disney i get up because...well its disney;)

And Hello Timmy! Glad to meet you too:thumbsup2

[BrerColby]

Nice update, Timmy! I haven't really introduced myself on the boards but my name's Colby and I'm pretty sure I'm in the same grade you're in. Sorry your family wasn't a "Disney" family. I've been blessed and go once a year since I was a toddler. It helps that my mom's a Disney travel Agent.;) Anyways, I'm excited to hear more on your trip.:goofy:

[PlutosRHM55]

Yea the mornings tend to be less crowded...probably because a lot of people aren't morning people (like me! :laughing:) But in disney i get up because...well its disney;)

And Hello Timmy! Glad to meet you too:thumbsup2

Yeah, definitely. I'm so happy to be a morning person that I'm okay with getting up in the mornings (unless it is school ;)), especially in Disney. :thumbsup2

Nice update, Timmy! I haven't really introduced myself on the boards but my name's Colby and I'm pretty sure I'm in the same grade you're in. Sorry your family wasn't a "Disney" family. I've been blessed and go once a year since I was a toddler. It helps that my mom's a Disney travel Agent.;) Anyways, I'm excited to hear more on your trip.:goofy:

Thanks Colby! Nice to meet you! :) Wow, you're lucky! If only I was that lucky to be born into a Disney-loving family, but only one really appreciates Disney that much to bring me back and she doesn't have a ton of say :( I'll update as soon I can.

[PlutosRHM55]

So spring break has started and I'm sick :( I, of course updated my TR for everyone, but its a bit shorter since I'm really not feeling too good. I will update with more of this chapter and get through the day later. For now, you can enjoy what I've concocted :goodvibes Hope everyone else is feeling better than me! :)

CHAPTER 6: A FULFILLED PROMISE, ANOTHER MIRACLE AND CATASTROPHE! (Part 1)

There was definitely not a ton of sleep from the night before, but seriously, Disney and Sleep... you can live without the other ;) So, I was immediately up that morning before any of my roommates. The room was very dark so it was hard moving around and not making sounds since stuff was everywhere! I'm starting to realize what a value resort is now. So, I got up, took a shower, got changed, packed up my stuff and then sat to text Jocelyn and ask if they were up and where to meet. She texted me back and said she would meet me out in front of the boots like usual in a few minutes. I lounged about in the room for a bit and then finally got up to leave.

When I got to the boots, she still wasn't there so I ended up waiting a bit longer and checked my clock, making sure we were still on track. Soon, Tina and her came out, Taylor nowhere behind them. They told me she was taking awhile to straighten her hair again, but she was almost done so we walked out to breakfast.

When we got to the Food Court, I got right in line to order my new favorite breakfast, Mickey waffles with strawberries (Yum!) again. I'm pretty sure I mention this too much, but I just love it so much. Huge recommendation for it! :) So right after we got our meals, Taylor arrives her hair still wet. She got her food and sat down with us. I made sure we all had told our chaperones we were in Hollywood Studios so it was all good for our Extra Magic Hours adventure.

Once we finished our food, we headed right out to the buses. Taylor didn't finish all of her food so she kept her fruit salad and brought outside before we got on the bus. We were the first in line since it was only Extra Magic Hours and not many people were up. She finished her fruit salad almost 5 minutes before the bus arrived. We happily got on the bus and was headed straight off to Hollywood Studios.

When we got there, it seemed we were coming at the exact same time as others. I checked my phone clock and saw we made it just as Extra Magic Hours was opening. We went swiftly through the gates straight into the parks. It seemed we had just gotten behind the huge mob that forms before the park opens. I decided to take a picture of the Sorcerer Mickey Hat as we walked down the street:

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I told them we should probably go grab some tickets at Toy Story Mania, but first we ran into the first shop we saw since we were still looking for some more souvenirs. I was desperately in search of one for DOS and seemed to not find her one anywhere I looked. Then a miracle happened, as we entered this little shop on the corner of Sunset Boulevard, I found a tiny little necklace with her first initial on it. I immediately turned to Jocelyn and asked her if DOS would like it. She said it looked nice enough and said yes. I was so excited, I finally found something for her! So I texted her with a picture of the necklace and then left the shop after Taylor bought some souvenirs she found and headed on towards the Sorcerer Mickey Hat. There we noticed some familiar faces surrounding it and lines forming on various sides... THE CHARACTERS!!!!!! We hadn't seen such short lines for characters yet and better yet as we walked up there was nobody lining up for Minnie Mouse. So we got a picture (My friends are in this picture, but since it is only one it won't hurt too much):

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I sadly never got a hug. I actually kinda waved her off because I'm trying to give the CM my camera. I think the best part about fuzzies is hugging them. Yeah sounds strange coming from me, but yes hugging fuzzies is much better than hugging face characters. Moving on... so after all that we headed around the Sorcerer Mickey Hat and went straight towards Toy Story Mania. It seemed a lot of people had the same ideas as us so they were all around. We luckily found one Fastpass machine and got us all fastpasses for the ride at 11:30. Not bad for TSM, and we turned around to go back to the Sorcerer Mickey Hat since there were more souvenirs inside there.

In the shop, I found some really good pins. They had a nice selection of them in there. They had a whole section dedicated to Tower of Terror pins. I promised my DOS that I would go on the ride, so why not get the pin? They had a whole wall with some really cool ones, like this one that if you tilted it the picture would change, I though decided on another one. It was a Stitch pin, where the doors to the elevator opened and there was Stitch hanging onto the elevator cord, part of it chopped off. Everyone was aweing over it, so I decided to buy it. I immediately added it to my lanyard as we went out the back of the store.

We decided that they would go to Rock n' Roller Coaster since Tina and I rather not go on that ride, while we on some other ride. Of course, Jocelyn and Taylor had no clue where to find it, so I had to direct them to Sunset Boulevard, where it was. After that, Tina and I went over to the Great Movie Ride. I took some time to take pictures of the autographs in the ground:

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After taking some pictures of those, we went inside and I took some more pictures of the real props from the actual movie that lined the queue:

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It was strangely wet in this area, though I don't recall any rain. It must've happened while I was asleep since it was very dreary that morning. We walked right through the queue, into the pre-show and were soon on the ride. I just love how this ride always has short waits and its such a great ride. I think I went on it twice my last trip.

The ride was great as always, though I practically new every thing that happens during the ride, like the Indiana Jones part, where Bugsy decides to try and steal the stone, no matter if its cursed or not and our tour guide "magically" appears. AND WE SAT UP FRONT THIS TIME, which was pretty cool! :) Overall it was still the fun little ride I remembered. Tina definitely enjoyed it though the Alien scene scared her a little.

During the ride, since it is a good long ride, Jocelyn texted Tina and me. She told me they just got off Rock n' Roller Coaster and were headed to Tower of Terror so we should meet them there. They were so anxious to get on the ride, they even called me and I had to calm them down that I would be there soon. So, off we went to Sunset Boulevard and Tower of Terror.

I was dreading the moment I would go on, but I heard many good things and that I should try it so I went. Luckily, I tried my best not to just turn around and do it and made it all the way up to the ride. It looked as if they were doing some work on the exterior, but the ride was still open. Tina and I both a little iffy about this went up and waited for Jocelyn and Taylor as we were getting ready to brave the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror *lightning strikes*...

CONTINUED IN NEXT POST (just to let people know, this means update, not the post right after...

[disfreak24]

Great Update, Timmy! I love the pictures of the autographs! They always fascinate me:goodvibes

I hope you feel better soon!! :thumbsup2

[PlutosRHM55]

Great Update, Timmy! I love the pictures of the autographs! They always fascinate me:goodvibes

I hope you feel better soon!! :thumbsup2

Thanks Hannah! I'm actually feeling a lot better than yesterday, but I'm not entirely sure if the virus or whatever it was is gone. And I KNOW! I actually saw some I didn't see my first time and I was out there awhile. I wish the CM who was out there my first trip was there, she was wicked nice. I'll update again ASAP :goodvibes

[disfreak24]

Thanks Hannah! I'm actually feeling a lot better than yesterday, but I'm not entirely sure if the virus or whatever it was is gone. And I KNOW! I actually saw some I didn't see my first time and I was out there awhile. I wish the CM who was out there my first trip was there, she was wicked nice. I'll update again ASAP :goodvibes

I'm glad your feeling better! :goodvibes viruses are so horrible!

I always love seeing stuff in Disney that i missed the first time;) Im like that with movies too! Ill be like "oh my gosh i never noticed that the first time i watched this!":D

Yay i love updates! :cutie:

[Jazzabelle508]

Feel Better!!!!!!! where i live there is defintely something going around. My cousin was sick on easter today so i'm crossing my fingers I don't get sick!!!!!!!

[PlutosRHM55]

Feel Better!!!!!!! where i live there is defintely something going around. My cousin was sick on easter today so i'm crossing my fingers I don't get sick!!!!!!!

Thanks! :goodvibes Oh, I hope you don't catch anything. Keep crossing those fingers :)

[PlutosRHM55]

CHAPTER 6: A FULFILLED PROMISE, ANOTHER MIRACLE AND CATASTROPHE! (Part 2)

We got up to the entrance to the ride and Jocelyn or Taylor wasn't there. We were a bit confused. Tina and I walked around a bit trying to find where they were when they came out from the gift shop end of the ride. I asked where they were and they said they already went on it because we took so long to get over. They both were raving about it and said how short the line was, so we popped right into the queue.

I was getting pretty nervous now, especially in the preshow. The CM had the whole creepy, mysterious persona down pat. When we leave the room and they say "See you next fall" He had the infliction down just right. Gosh, why did we seriously have the creepy guy. After that, we basically got through the boiler room fairly quickly and were on to the ride. We luckily got seated in the back which I hear is the seats where it's not as scary. I put my bag around my ankles, the doors shut and we were off...

I'm just going to stop really building on this moment and get to the end of the ride. Well... IT WAS AWESOME! I mean why did I not do this last time? It was so much fun. Yeah I think my heart dropped a few times but that was the best part! LOL I actually went on again since there still wasn't a ton of people there, but Tina didn't want to go on again so we left our stuff with her. The second time was even better than the first, the ride would just not end and we were UP FRONT! Oh... I love this ride so much. I was so happy I'd got that pin, it was a beautiful addition to my lanyard.

After that, we got a text from our chaperones to meet them at Rock n' Roller Coaster at 12. It was 9 by now, so the park had just opened for everyone. Our plans were kinda lost here, but I wanted to go buy my DOS the necklace. So, we went over there. I gave Jocelyn the money since it would've looked so awkward if I was buying it. On our way, I saw Maleficent in the window of the Scary Apothecary and just had to get a picture before we continued to get my sister her gift:

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After getting the gift and all the walking we took it was just about time for our fastpasses at Toy Story Mania, though now knowing what time we had to meet our chaperones, we may not be able to use them, but I assured my friends we would be fine. So, we hopped into the Fastpass line for the ride. The wait was a bit longer than I expected, so I took some pictures while we waited:

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Well, I took more, but they were of friends and I'm trying to keep the face shots to a minimal. Moving on... after these pictures the wait moved a lot quicker and we were on the ride soon enough. Everyone enjoyed the ride, I actually beat my best friend, Jocelyn, who was next to me at the last game, but Taylor beat both our scores on the other side. So much for that! And just as the ride was getting to the unloading zone, Jocelyn told me it was 12 right then. We were late and needed to get off. So, as soon as we unloaded we basically zoomed across DHS to get down to Sunset Boulevard. Jocelyn texted them telling we were lost since we really didn't know we wouldn't make it. We made it there only about 5 minutes after.

Our chaperones were right on the ledge that split Rock n' Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror. My chaperone was very silent, but my friends chaperone, Liz, just jumped right in asking us how we were doing. She told us all to make sure to put on sunscreen and was on me about my legs, which were only red because of this weird genetic circulation thing I got from my mom (thanks mom) and they usually can get really red sometimes, but it wasn't a sunburn, I don't burn easily at all. I obliged though and put it on. They asked where we were gonna be and we told them, we would be at Hollywood Studios a bit longer and were going to head to Downtown Disney after. They saw we were doing well and let us go on our way, but before giving us a little tip about the single rider for Rock n' Roller Coaster, which Tina and I had no interest in ;). So, they left and we just stood around the little cart in front of RnRC. We just sat there, when Taylor continuely got these texts from her cousin that they she was at Magic Kingdom right now and wanted to go see her and Jocelyn from her family who had arrived in Disney the same time as us. They were at the concert the day before and wanted to meet up. Wow, I couldn't believe how much was actually going on within our group.

I kept to myself for a bit until we had to start getting everything in order and just layed back for a bit. We all bought waters from the stand and so I sat down drinking that for a bit. While I sat there, a lady came up to the CM running the stand and they began talking about pin trading. I'm not sure what about this conversation intrigued me, but it just did. I like collecting and trading pins already and this CM seemed truly enthusiastic about the whole thing, hmm... I'm not sure, it may be the enthusiasm piece. A few texts and phone calls from the group, Taylor and Jocelyn decided they would go on Rock n' Roller Coaster again, since they liked it so much.

Tina and I would rather not sit around so we made a snap decision and check out Villains In Vogue and the Scary Apothecary since it looked like there may be some cool stuff in there. They luckily knew where they were so I didn't have to give directions again and soon Taylor and Jocelyn were in line and Tina and I were on our way to check out the shop. We got inside and noticing all the Villain decorations, I couldn't help, but take some pictures:

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We were in there a bit just hanging around. They had a little candy shop and then the clothing section in Villains In Vogue (which doesn't have any villains merchandise and I'm pretty sure Jack Skellington isn't a villain). Tina even bought a few boxes of tea. We kinda looked a bit awkward in there just looking around and so proceeded to leave. Before we went back to them, we took some pictures of the Tower of Terror from out in front of the Scary Apothecary:

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Jocelyn and Taylor weren't off the ride when we got back so we had some time to spare, but they came right out and almost missed us. I luckily caught up, yelled out to them and they stopped. They were kinda upset we hadn't stayed at the shop, but we said we didn't have a ton to do so we came back. They complained they were hungry so our next mission was to find a counter service to eat at.

We started to walk away from Sunset Boulevard, took a quick bathroom break and then were headed straight to the opposite end of the park. We all had a times map and park map out to look for a good CS, well except me. They kept on asking if a certain restaurant was a place we could eat and they kept on pointing out table services! I'm not exactly sure how we continuely passed table services there and there are only four in Hollywood Studios. We finally came up to the Indiana Jones stunt show and were at a standstill again. We checked the times map and saw there was a show soon, which we all wanted to see, especially after the texts from Jocelyn's parents about seeing it. All-in-all we were still very hungry and needed some food.

We began to look around and scavenge out a place nearby to eat and found the Backlot Express! All of us were happy to find out there was a place nearby to eat. We went over, Tina and I found a table, while Jocelyn and Taylor went to go get food then we would swap. Both of the girls who went to get food came back with nothing, they told us it wasn't opened (Insert Facepalm here), thus hitting another roadblock, but we bypassed it and just decided to go to the show. I kinda had some stuff to pack up that I took out while waiting, so some running right there.

We got into the show and found seats pretty close to the front since the show didn't start for a little bit. We noticed that some of the other chaperones were there and decided to sit right behind us. Jocelyn said her family would probably meet us here. We sat there for about ten minutes when Jocelyn decided because she was so hungry that we should just skip the show and meet her dad and brother somewhere else. We all got up and left.

They asked me where the nearest counter service was as we walked towards Star Tours (not opened because of the rehab, of course). I pulled out the map I grabbed at the entrance and scanned. I figured out where we were and looked around to find the nearest one was Pizza Planet, coincidentally, one counter service I had never been to.

We walked over there, and it was actually a lot harder to find than I suspected, but we finally got there. Jocelyn's dad and brother were already there (her mom with her other brother getting some M&G time with Pooh). We didn't see them at first, but we found them inside and they already grabbed seats, so we went up to order.

The whole theming of the place was definitely spot on, almost exactly what I would picture the Pizza Planet to look like in real life, an galactic-flavored Chuck E. Cheese. The only exception were the prices. Everything here cost a ton! I mean for a counter service, the other counter services I've been to so far on this trip were much less and this didn't even look that good (kinda gross, but that may just be my affliction to the theming). I decided on the only item that wasn't pizza since it was the cheapest and got a meatball sub. I got it as second to last, when Jocelyn and Taylor had already found seats, so Tina and I were lost. We made the right decision about going upstairs and found them there.

We ate there, talking to Jocelyn's dad and brother about what they were going to do and what they've done. They had been wanting to go around and check out some stuff with us, the reason why we met up (and my mom had sent like twenty babysitters on me to make sure I was doing okay, sheesh). They told us they planned to see the Lights! Motors! Action! Stunt show. We missed the Indiana Jones so we agreed on going, but I brought up about seeing the American Idol show and see that before the next show, since it is a great show. They all agreed and that was our plan from then on for DHS.

We all ate up our food. I didn't finish my whole meatball sub (no bread for me) and I got through most of the salad they gave me with the sub. Everyone else didn't really eat a ton. Pizza Planet is definitely not one of my favorite counter services, there wasn't any good food there. Maybe it was just because I wasn't very hungry at the time, but it just wasn't great there, nothing memorable.

After we finished and threw away the excess food, we went back towards Echo Lake and the Sorcerer Mickey Hat to get to the American Idol show. Jocelyn and her dad both texted Jocelyn's mom to tell her where we were going. Jocelyn's dad and her little brother weren't interested in the American Idol show and said they would get seats for us in the Lights! Motors! Action! show. They were a bit iffy about the AI show, thought I told them it is a great show and definitely not just about singing, its an experience (American Idol Experience ;))

We got to the show, got right inside and got some nice seats, fifth from the front, but a bit off to the side. The show started only like two minutes or so after we got. The MC or pre-host, whatever he is was awesome and so funny. They are always great, I wish these guys would play the main host though that guy was great as well. We had some great performances and one of the girls was our age which was pretty cool since the last time I saw the show, they were all way older than me but this time one was the same age as us so that was cool, though she wasn't our favorite, but our favorite moved on! Woot, woot! And my friends liked the show! I think that just made up for our several roadblocks.

We got out of the show and started heading towards Streets of America to the Lights! Motors! Action! show. I took out my water now since I hadn't touched it since the Indiana Jones show and it was hot. Today was turning into quite a hot day. Hopefully, we'll survive for the show and who knows what will happen after...

CONTINUED IN NEXT POST...

[BrerColby]

Good update. I can't wait to do the American Idol Experience this year. I tried out last time i went but they had every spot filled but one at that point (because I had came late in the day) and they were looking for a rocker, which Im not:laughing: I love the TOT pin you have; Its one of my dads fav in my collection. Hes a big TOT fan lol. Anyways, excted to hear more!:goofy:

[Jazzabelle508]

Hi I just noticed your birthday countdown, I didn't know that you could do that! If I had I would have put mine up ages ago. when's your brithday? Mine is May 8th. I know this is totally unrelated to the TR I just thought that the countdown was cool!

[PlutosRHM55]

Good update. I can't wait to do the American Idol Experience this year. I tried out last time i went but they had every spot filled but one at that point (because I had came late in the day) and they were looking for a rocker, which Im not:laughing: I love the TOT pin you have; Its one of my dads fav in my collection. Hes a big TOT fan lol. Anyways, excted to hear more!:goofy:

Thanks Colby! :) You did?! I forgot to mention that when we were out indecisive about going into Indiana Jones, we saw the talent scouts out there and they tried to get me to audition. I didn't though, not for me, I'd get nothing out of it, since I don't like where American Idol has gone. (Simon :() Oh, he does! Its this pin right?

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Hi I just noticed your birthday countdown, I didn't know that you could do that! If I had I would have put mine up ages ago. when's your brithday? Mine is May 8th. I know this is totally unrelated to the TR I just thought that the countdown was cool!

Yep. You can choose to have it as a birthday countdown or just change the vacation one to be a birthday one. YOURS IS MAY 8TH, MINE'S MAY 9TH! That's crazy awesome! Oh, its ok. I think your the third person on here I've learned to have a birthday in May. Nobody has a birthday in May... though my sister's birthday is two days after mine and my grandpa a day after mine.

[disfreak24]

i love tot :goodvibes

and whoa! i will be getting home from vacation on your birthday! :wizard: my birthday is in february:)

Great update!! :thumbsup2 cant wait to read more popcorn::

[Jazzabelle508]

Yep. You can choose to have it as a birthday countdown or just change the vacation one to be a birthday one. YOURS IS MAY 8TH, MINE'S MAY 9TH! That's crazy awesome! Oh, its ok. I think your the third person on here I've learned to have a birthday in May. Nobody has a birthday in May... though my sister's birthday is two days after mine and my grandpa a day after mine.

Thanks for letting me know :) I will have to make one for those last couple of weeks! And that's funny that your birthday is May 9th! my mom's is that day. I love when I meet someone that has a birthday around mine or has some other connection to my life. I have met a few people on here so far with may birthdays, it's so fun! I love having a may birthday, I love how it typically is starting to get warm and how so many activities are happening! It also is convienent that you can get summer stuff for your birthday and winter stuff for christmas/hannukah. I enjoyed your update today btw! Hope your feeling better!

[jenbear123]

I can't believe I'm subscribing to another TR.... but your signature actually dragged me in. A big fan of the Lion King I assume? It is my absolute favourite all time Disney movie. I watched it so much as a kid that I wore out the VHS (twice) and can recite the entire movie word for word. Yeah, I'm nuts :rolleyes: Anywho, I've read the intro so I'm along for the ride. I'll have to play catch up though!

[wdwgirl03]

I agree about the American Idol Experience...it is one of my favorite shows in WDW.

And YEAH, glad you liked Tower of Terror too! I used to be terrified of it but now I love it. The drops are the best part. :thumbsup2

[PlutosRHM55]

i love tot :goodvibes

and whoa! i will be getting home from vacation on your birthday! :wizard: my birthday is in february:)

Great update!! :thumbsup2 cant wait to read more popcorn::

It is such an awesome ride :)

That's cool! My dad's birthday's in February :) Random thought LOL

Thanks! I will try to update soon, Hannah :goodvibes

Thanks for letting me know :) I will have to make one for those last couple of weeks! And that's funny that your birthday is May 9th! my mom's is that day. I love when I meet someone that has a birthday around mine or has some other connection to my life. I have met a few people on here so far with may birthdays, it's so fun! I love having a may birthday, I love how it typically is starting to get warm and how so many activities are happening! It also is convienent that you can get summer stuff for your birthday and winter stuff for christmas/hannukah. I enjoyed your update today btw! Hope your feeling better!

No problem. Oh, that's cool! I love my birthday, though its probably the reason why I'm a momma's boy (guilty as charged), because I was actually born on Mother's Day. Well, moving on... yeah, its nice to have my birthday at this time since there is just a vacancy of big celebration from March to the beginning of July so its nice to have a birthday in the in-between area, especially right before vacation. Oh, thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm actually all better now, I think it was just a quick 24 hour thing so its all good, but the timing was just awful. But its all good now! :goodvibes

I can't believe I'm subscribing to another TR.... but your signature actually dragged me in. A big fan of the Lion King I assume? It is my absolute favourite all time Disney movie. I watched it so much as a kid that I wore out the VHS (twice) and can recite the entire movie word for word. Yeah, I'm nuts :rolleyes: Anywho, I've read the intro so I'm along for the ride. I'll have to play catch up though!

Haha, yes! I actually hadn't watched the movie and years and finally decided to watch it a few days back for the first time in awhile. I also watched the second one. They were both very good and I think it just tied up with my other all-time favorite, Princess and the Frog. They both have great music and I just love the storylines. I really want to get it when the Diamond Edition comes out. My goal for the coming year is to gather up as many Disney movies as I can since I'm mostly fresh out of the original animation and some of my favorites. I'll probably continue to digress so moving on... I'm glad you could join up, though I must warn you, my updates are fairly long because I tend to write a lot, but that's just a word of warning, so enjoy! :) Can't wait to hear more of your thoughts! :goodvibes

I agree about the American Idol Experience...it is one of my favorite shows in WDW.

And YEAH, glad you liked Tower of Terror too! I used to be terrified of it but now I love it. The drops are the best part. :thumbsup2

They do a great job. They've basically gotten the whole layout of the show down to a science even with the judges. They'll have a Randy, a Paula and a Simon, which I think is great to hear a Simon-like character, I just miss him on the real show :( I may have to take pictures when I go see the show again.

It is just one of those rides, very intimidating but once you ride it once you're either hooked or still intimidated LOL The drops are the best part, especially the first one, it is just so scary in the dark, though I think the whole drop sequence being randomized makes it all that better. :goodvibes

[Jazzabelle508]

I agree about the American Idol Experience...it is one of my favorite shows in WDW.

And YEAH, glad you liked Tower of Terror too! I used to be terrified of it but now I love it. The drops are the best part. :thumbsup2

I love watching the idol show as well! In August 2009 my mom and I went to see that show, without ever really watching the real show, for the first time and LOVED IT!!!!! I then decided that I really wanted to start watching the real show. Then the season that I started watching (Season 9) there was a person from my hometown on it! It was really fun because our whole town was rooting for him and there were massive voting parties for him where everyone would be voting the whole 2 hour voting time period. We sold t-shirts telling people to vote for him and the whole town was decorated. Pretty much everyone was watching the show even if they weren't voting and the hometown parade was fun 2! It was the kind of thing that everyone was obsessed with making connections to how they knew him even if it was a really remote connection such as he knew my friend's brother's friend or something like that. My connection that I told people was that he knew my brother (which was true). Moving on now, He actually won the show which was pretty cool and my town milked that one for all that it was worth for months after the season finale. I just found it entertaining that the year I start to watch the show is when someone from my town wins. Another fun fact that I can give you about Idol is that another one of the contestants for last year (season 9) was actually a contestant at the Disney Idol experience and made it all the way to the top 5 on the real show. So it was fun this year when we saw that he had a big part in the introduction for the idol experience. This year when we went to the idol experience (One of the times we went I had my hometown visit shirt on) we were trying to find him in the video they played out side as well as the inside videos. I took a picture with the outside screen when he came on. This year we went 3 times (2 of the prelminary shows and one finale) and for both of the preliminary shows the person we voted for ended up being in the finals. I love going to watch that show and even if we aren't in the theater for the finale we always go to the big screen outside and watch it there. sorry I kind of rambled on here. Just wanted to give my input on the idol experience.

[PlutosRHM55]

To let everyone know, I'm feeling much better. It turned out to be more of a 24 hour thing. My Easter was awesome, it was a quiet day and filled with candy, easter eggs and the whole shebang. I hope everyone else had a great Easter! :) Just wanted to say that, enjoy the update! :goodvibes

CHAPTER 6: A FULFILLED PROMISE, ANOTHER MIRACLE AND CATASTROPHE! (Part 3)

We made it all the way down the Streets of America under the boiling hot son and into the mob going into Lights! Motors! Action! arena. The mob was moving pretty quickly and we weren't even at the back, no matter how late for the show we came. I think the worst part was just powering up those stairs through the sweltering hot sun.

We all survived the long climb and were soon inside for the show. Jocelyn told us her family was sitting somewhere in the back off to where we entered. This area happened to be under a canopy so I was pretty satisfied and happy. We found them and settled in to watch the show, which basically started as we entered. After a few minutes of watching with my head in my hands I took out my camera and snapped a good chunk of pictures:

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The show wasn't exactly great. I think it may be I've been to so many stunt shows and stuff like that they don't amaze me so much anymore, but I liked this one. Some of the stunts were pretty cool. I especially liked when Herbie came through. Good thing I saw this show before Lightning McQueen was announced to be added, though that will make it a lot more interesting.

We all got up and left the show, being pushed along with a mob through the once empty streets of America. We got seperated a few times than found a spot where we could avoid the mobs and discuss about our next move, though it didn't exactly turn out that way. Taylor and Jocelyn were fighting for the attention of Jocelyn's baby brother. Jocelyn was arguing with her parents about money and water. And... well lets just stay it didn't really help with the commotion already ensuing around us. After that, we told them we were headed to Downtown Disney as was planned for some shopping. They told us they were headed to Animal Kingdom which we already did so we said we would split off and see them either tomorrow or tonight at Magic Kingdom, since Taylor wanted to see her cousin and that was the only park we had yet to visit (WHY?!?)

Jocelyn and Taylor ran around with Jocelyn's baby brother a bit then we went off back to the entrance. It was very hot at the moment and the sun looked as if it was coming to that point in the day where it was going down and it was very hot. We powered through this and made it to the entrance. We went out front and went to look for where the bus to Downtown Disney was. We looked and saw it was over by where the All Star Resorts were. So, we went over and there was no sign for the bus.

I was a bit confused and so were they, so we went all the way back to the other side of the bus stop loop and checked again, it said over there. We were very confused. We walked around a bit trying to figure this out and almost joined Jocelyn's family to Animal Kingdom, we were so frustrated, but I stepped in and insisted on Magic Kingdom since that was the only park we hadn't been to and we couldn't find a way to DTD, so let's just go there, we agreed and got inline for the Magic Kingdom line which also went to the Trans Ticket Center, I think it was called and the first bus that came went there. We asked if the second bus was going to MK and they said get on and he would get us there.

The bus took us to the Trans Ticket Center, which confused me since he said Magic Kingdom was where he would get us. My friends ushered me off in my confusion and we began walking around, all of us basically lost at this point. We went inside the gift shop looked around, I now beginning to search for the Disney Villains pin set I saw in Animal Kingdom. The trip was coming to a close soon so I wanted to know where it was so I could get it (I'm a big villains fan), but I could not find it and the shop wasn't great so we left and went up to one of the CMs working at one of the ticket areas about how to get to Downtown Disney, since we apparently were going there now. Uggh...

The CM gave us the one vital piece of information we would've needed to understand why we got lost... The buses to DTD only go to and from THE RESORTS! If only we knew this then and we would've gotten on the bus back to our resort and spare all our troubles. She told us we could take a path and walk all the way to the Polynesian Resort, which was the closest or take a monorail there. We thanked her and walked way. Tina, Taylor and Jocelyn didn't want to walk in the heat, though I would've braved it and so the monorail it was.

We got on the monorail and the first stop was the Polynesian. We got off, but after some walking around on the top floor, couldn't find our way downstairs, but then found the elevator. We took it downstairs and got off, running outside just as the DTD bus came. So, we hopped on the bus and were on our way.

The Polynesian was a good distance from Downtown Disney so we talked a lot and texted during the bus ride. We talked about how beautiful the Polynesian was and how we wished our school could stay there. Seriously, that resort is beautiful! I would so stay there someday. I wish I got some pictures when I was there. Taylor was also texting her best friend's brother and then more drama came with that. Jocelyn and I were planning to really check out the Pin Trading store and do some pin trading so we talked about that, when Taylor was getting all emotional. The bus soon came up to Downtown Disney, where we were on our way to probably what was the longest day in Disney we had.

CHAPTER 7: THREE PARKS! TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES!! DISAPPOINTMENT!!! coming soon...

[Vwdiva93]

I am so jealous you got to see the stunt show!!!! The day we went to DHS it rained the entire day so all the shows were cancelled:sad2: I had really wanted to see it after I found out Herbie was in it! I'm a VW girl, I drive a new beetle and my Dad has a 74 super beetle, so needless to say I wanted to see Herbie badly! Oh well maybe next time. And that confusion over how to get to DTD from the park sounds familiar, we had that same problem on our trip. It seems kinda silly that only buses from the resorts go there...

[Jazzabelle508]

That sucks about the buses! I hate when stuff like that happens! I liked seeing all the pictures from the Lights/Motors/Action Stunt Show! I kind of want to see that show. We never seem to have time to do that though :(

[PlutosRHM55]

I am so jealous you got to see the stunt show!!!! The day we went to DHS it rained the entire day so all the shows were cancelled:sad2: I had really wanted to see it after I found out Herbie was in it! I'm a VW girl, I drive a new beetle and my Dad has a 74 super beetle, so needless to say I wanted to see Herbie badly! Oh well maybe next time. And that confusion over how to get to DTD from the park sounds familiar, we had that same problem on our trip. It seems kinda silly that only buses from the resorts go there...

Awww... It is a nice show. Not amazing like some other Disney shows, but they do a really nice job :) Though I think that's a once over show since it hasn't been updated very often. I'll probably see it again with Lightning McQueen, but yeah if that hadn't happen, wouldn't've seen it again. Yeah... I never went to DTD on my first trip so we didn't know how that worked. Thank goodness we learned that and now I know for future trips (and depending on where I stay may not need that piece of info :))

That sucks about the buses! I hate when stuff like that happens! I liked seeing all the pictures from the Lights/Motors/Action Stunt Show! I kind of want to see that show. We never seem to have time to do that though :(

Yeah... If only I had learned this earlier. That would've been a great tip for my Chorus teacher to make... Glad you liked the pictures! You have to see it at least once and try for a day where it isn't as warm out, because it isn't worth sitting out there in the heat just for that show. I would say try to do it early in the morning and head straight over for the show. It isn't exactly a must-do, but something you should try at least once and odds may be in your favor and you'll be picked from the crowd to help control one of the cars and get a free pin that you can't get anywhere else :goodvibes

[PlutosRHM55]

CHAPTER 7: THREE PARKS! TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES!! DISAPPOINTMENT!!! (Part 1)

After a lot of talking and talking and talking and more talking on the bus ride to Downtown Disney, passing many resorts and everything else, we finally arrived there. I think that may have been the longest bus ride we took, good thing there weren't too many people at the Polynesian, so we got seats. We did still discover how amazingly far Downtown Disney is from everything. We got to the bus stop, got off in the midst of unprecedented commotion and then made our way to the Marketplace.

Jocelyn saw the Christmas store and were pulled in there. We all looked around a bit and I went directly for this little section that had some holiday pins on display. Nobody really wanted to get any Christmas decor, so we left and continued on down. Soon, we found ourselves near Earl of Sandwich, which Taylor began raving about, though we were all full, and headed right across the way to the Pin Trading store.

We went inside and looked around a bit. Jocelyn was eying some pins to buy to trade for newer ones, but never ended up buying anything. I searched the place a few times for the villains collection, but it was nowhere to be found. I was about to buy the limited edition ones but decided against it and left. Outside, we ran right into Ghirardelli, which we went into for another (a few...) free samples (SO GOOD!), then went on our way.

We saw a performance was beginning on the stage we performed on and it was getting hot so we decided to watch. There was also a little stand by the stage selling Italian Ice, so we all bought some and I got another water because it was getting really humid out. After that we sat down on the steps to enjoy the show and our delicious treat! (:goodvibes) The performance was a dance group from Pennsylvania. They were all mostly young and if I do say... not that good, like I know they aren't professionals but I've seen better from that level (a la DSs), though there was this one boy who did pretty well, which is rare in various cases I've seen. We left after the third dance and I brought them inside the World of Disney store.

We walked around a bit in there, Taylor and Jocelyn spending awhile in the jewelry making area, while I went to see if I could something to buy, another pin possibly, but there wasn't really anything. I did end up showing Jocelyn where the 2011 pin was and she bought it, so now Nate, her and I all had one. After that and Taylor being indecisive about buying something, we left.

I had already been through most of the Marketplace, so I decided to head down towards the other end of Downtown Disney, which was my next mission to explore. We went past the walls that concealed construction of the new Legos store and Hyperion Wharf (Why couldn't Disney have waited ten years?) At the end of the refurb walls was the Resident Lake (Lego) Monster. I, of course, had to get a few pictures:

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After everyone got their pictures in front of this guy, we moved on further past. We saw Pollo Campero and then were face-to-face with T-Rex. We all really wanted to go in and check it out, because it looked so cool, but there seemed to be a line for reservations and I think that was the only possible way to get in. We did though move a bit closer to peek inside because it sounded and looked so cool. After all that we looked further down the road and saw there was only Cirque du Soleil: La Nouba, DisneyQuest and the balloon ride left, which we probably didn't have time or money to do, so we turned back and started going back to the entrance. On our way, I snapped a picture of the top of the entrance to World of Disney near the Lego Store:

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We passed by everything, taking another quick stop at Ghirardelli and peeking inside a few other places, as well as playing around in the water-play area. Hey, everyone's a kid in Disney! :)

Then, we arrived at the chaos called the bus-stops. I mean seriously, they really need to expand over here, it is way too small. We got in line for our bus, which contained people staying at all three All Stars. We had to wait awhile, watching as buses with words like Rapunzel and In Training pass by. Seriously what is with those buses? I'm not entirely sure I understand. Even, the Polynesian and monorail resorts bus came by, if only we decided to go there since our plan of attack now was Magic Kingdom for some nightly fun. Then, the bus for ASMu came and we got on and very few from that line were going to that resort, so it was all good.

The bus was off, well... not for too long, since it had to make a stop at the Typhoon Lagoon, which didn't have a large group of people, then we were on our way back. the bus ride was much longer on the way back to our resort than from the Polynesian to Downtown Disney. I wish I had a map of all the parks so I could figure out which resort was closer. Our resort was boring, why not check out more?! I decided to text Nate to see if they were still in Magic Kingdom since that was their plan of attack, he told me in a text I got on our way to Downtown Disney. He didn't answer back throughout the whole bus ride.

After a long bus ride back to the resort, we finally arrived. We all ran off the bus, happy to walk on our legs again and got right into line for Magic Kingdom.

CONTINUED IN NEXT POST...

[Mickeysgirl34]

Great report Timmy!

I've always loved the Christmas Store and buy an ornament or two. The dance group was from Pennsylvania,really!? Wow! Love the pictures of you with the lego lake monster! I believe he has a name but in 2006 I named him Greenie xD.

[grandfloluver]

Timmy!!!!! Fantastic updates. Yes, I said updateS. I always get so into it. (: for your DHS day-my first time on ToT was pretty similar to yours. I was sooo scared, but ended up liking it a lot. I have never seen the stunt show, but it seems ok. I am more of a Toy Story Mania or Beauty and the Beast person.
You can't get enough of Mickey Waffles!:thumbsup2

[MickeyisBeast]

Geeez, I got behind from being away for Spring Break! I'm all caught up now (: Great updates Timmy!

[PlutosRHM55]

Great report Timmy!

I've always loved the Christmas Store and buy an ornament or two. The dance group was from Pennsylvania,really!? Wow! Love the pictures of you with the lego lake monster! I believe he has a name but in 2006 I named him Greenie xD.

Thanks Val! :)

If my parents would allow me to turn our tree into Disney themed, yeah probably I'd buy something from there or I need a new stocking, since mine is Mickey and getting old :) Yep, they were from Pennsylvania. Oh, thanks! Yeah, he has a name, I think someone said it was... Brickly? I'm not sure...

Timmy!!!!! Fantastic updates. Yes, I said updateS. I always get so into it. (: for your DHS day-my first time on ToT was pretty similar to yours. I was sooo scared, but ended up liking it a lot. I have never seen the stunt show, but it seems ok. I am more of a Toy Story Mania or Beauty and the Beast person.
You can't get enough of Mickey Waffles!:thumbsup2

Thanks, Hannah! And yes, yes you do, but I like that :) I was so terrified about going on it then... WOOHOO! I must go on again! LOL Yeah, it isn't that great, but I think I've seen enough stunt shows now, so I'm not generally pleased with them unless there is an extra element that no other stunt show I've seen has. Also, this one was slow moving and not too engaging. I definitely prefer the BatB show and TSM more than LMA any day!

Nope, you can't (with strawberries! DELISH!)

Geeez, I got behind from being away for Spring Break! I'm all caught up now (: Great updates Timmy!

Awesome, Sara(h)! I hope you didn't get too far behind because some of my updates are... well... LONG! But at least you are all caught up now! Thanks for reading :goodvibes

[wdwgirl03]

Great pictures from Lights Motors Action! I've only seen it a couple times and I usually find it pretty entertaining, but maybe because I'm not into those kinds of movies so it doesn't bore me. haha I'll definitely have to see it again when they add Lightning McQueen (kachow!). Sorry, couldn't resist. :)

Yeah, seriously, what is up with the Rapunzel buses? We must've seen a half dozen of those when we were there. I don't get it either. :confused3

[PlutosRHM55]

Great pictures from Lights Motors Action! I've only seen it a couple times and I usually find it pretty entertaining, but maybe because I'm not into those kinds of movies so it doesn't bore me. haha I'll definitely have to see it again when they add Lightning McQueen (kachow!). Sorry, couldn't resist. :)

Yeah, seriously, what is up with the Rapunzel buses? We must've seen a half dozen of those when we were there. I don't get it either. :confused3

Thanks! I think it is a nice show and though the stunts are different, stunt shows I can find mostly anywhere. It will be interesting with Lightning and I'll probably see it again then (Awesome, Cars reference :thumbsup2)

I still don't know, though I wish I did. We could see them swarming around EPCOT, then at Downtown Disney. :confused3 It was so strange...

[jenbear123]

Ugh, I can't stand those buses at DTD. It's like suddenly they lose total organization and everything turns to chaos. More so for the values - it's like since there's more demand the system can't handle it :confused3 You'll look over at the Beach club line, and everyone gets on, no fuss. You look over at your line for Pop or All Stars and people are pushing and shoving. There used to be added drunk people in the mix too before they closed the clubs. THAT was fun....

Great TR so far! Will you ever get to MK???

[PlutosRHM55]

CHAPTER 7: THREE PARKS! TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES!! DISAPPOINTMENT!!! (Part 2)

When we got in line for the Magic Kingdom bus, it looked as if we were the only ones who were going. Nobody else had gotten in line for this park, which I thought was kinda peculiar, since it is probably the most popular park at Disney and all the shows were tonight. We also were the only ones out there waiting. We did run inside real quick to check out some merchandise inside Maestro Mickey's. We were in and out pretty quick, since nobody found anything of interest, so we went back to waiting at the stop.

A few buses went by and finally the bus to Magic Kingdom arrived. It took the people on their awhile to get everyone on the bus, because an old lady in a wheelchair was coming, so we were waiting a bit. Then, we all finally got on and were off.

The bus ride to Magic Kingdom from the All Stars is probably the longest of all of them,, since All Stars is a pretty good distance away. I texted Nate to see if he was still at Magic Kingdom and he said he was, but he was leaving now. Jocelyn told her mom and Taylor asked if her cousin was still there through their phones, when we all arrived.

We got off the bus and headed straight into the park. We all had bags, so that was our first order of business. The park seemed very crowded right when we went to go get our bags checked since all lines were full. The lady who checked my bag was very thorough, so I was pretty sure I was safe. When we got past the turnstiles and the bag checkers, we saw the new sign for "Let the Memories Begin!" and had to take a picture:

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After that, we headed in and grabbed a map since MK is probably one of the bigger and more complex parts we have been to, though I know the place pretty well, they just needed it in case they were losing me. When, we entered we noticed people were lining up along the sidewalks. I think it was almost time for the Main Street Electrical Parade. I talked to Taylor, Jocelyn and Tina and we decided we wanted to head to Frontierland for a water ride (Splash Mountain) and then another roller coaster (Big Thunder Mountain Railroad). As we headed town Main Street I saw this gorgeous site, that is so amazing, I needed TWO pictures:

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Once we had made it past the crowd and about in front of the castle, I had to begin being the tour guide and directing everyone towards Frontierland. The parade was definitely about to begin because the CMs were already coming out with the ropes. We tried to get behind and go through Fantasyland, but they blocked it, though I was already planning to go through Liberty Square.

We got through the crowd at Liberty Square and came up right in front of the Rivers of America. Tina, Jocelyn and Taylor all saw the Haunted Mansion and said they would like to go on that. I said after we get on the rides we planned and we headed off in the direction of Frontierland.

When we finally got to the Splash Mountain/BTMRR area, we saw that there were no logs going into the laughing place. I was a bit confused. I had the funny feeling it was having some technical difficulties, but pushed it aside and went down to get in the standby line. We were stopped by a CM who said the ride would be up-and-running in just a bit. We made a snap decision to grab some fastpasses so we could just jump right on later.

We got out of the queue area and headed towards Big Thunder Mountain. This was the only ride Taylor really wanted to do so we were doing it. I also love this ride, it was the ride I went on the most my last trip. The line was pretty short because of the parade starting soon so we got right on and were off on the wildest ride in the wild west :)

My friends were okay with the ride. They said they liked other rides better but they still liked it. Tina definitely liked it since it was the first roller coaster we had yet to go on that she wasn't totally terrified. The parade was going to start up soon and they were getting hungry so we needed to get across to Golden Oak Outpost before it came around. So, we ran as soon as we got off BTMRR and got in line for some food at Golden Oak Outpost.

I got some chicken fingers and fries like I did when I was last there. So did Jocelyn and Tina. Taylor decided to get a veggie burger or just a regular burger. They all seemed to enjoy their meal, actually, they enjoyed it enough to want to go back the next day when we would be spending the entire day there. :thumbsup2

We, then decided to head down to Adventureland to go ride POTC. I hadn't finished my fries, so I stuffed them in my back since I loved their fries and headed on down. When we got there, we found no wait and just ran right through the queue and got right on to go where "Dead men tell no tales". Near the end of the ride, before the dog with the key scene, there is an animatronic with his leg hanging over the edge swinging. This was a very... distasteful leg and my friends were afraid it would just fall off and land on them. We called it "The Leg" (:lmao:) Besides that they definitely enjoyed Pirates of the Caribbean.

When we got off, we were in search of a bathroom and found that the closest one in the gift shop following the ride was closed, so we were searching through Adventureland trying to find one. After finally finding it, I heard the music for the Main Street Electrical Parade as it came down our way, so I took a few pictures through the pathway between Adventureland and (I think) the midway point between LS and Frontierland:

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After Jocelyn came out we all headed back in the direction of the Golden Oak Outpost and were ready to go running across to get to Splash Mountain. We were blocked off so I took the time to take some more pictures of the parade:

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Then, we were allowed to run across just before the parade was ending. Splash Mountain was still closed and it was time for our fastpasses and these were probably the last ones of the day since it was so late. Upset, we walked away back to the parade and the rest of Frontierland. I said this would be a good time to go to the Haunted Mansion since we had time. Then, Jocelyn got a text from her mom to meet them in Fantasyland for the Wishes! fireworks tonight. So now we had a big decision to make and we were clearly indecisive on this matter.

What were we going to do next?

CONTINUED IN NEXT POST...

[PlutosRHM55]

Ugh, I can't stand those buses at DTD. It's like suddenly they lose total organization and everything turns to chaos. More so for the values - it's like since there's more demand the system can't handle it :confused3 You'll look over at the Beach club line, and everyone gets on, no fuss. You look over at your line for Pop or All Stars and people are pushing and shoving. There used to be added drunk people in the mix too before they closed the clubs. THAT was fun....

Great TR so far! Will you ever get to MK???

Yes, so true. Its as if they don't think people will go shopping down there... uhh... yeah they will go to DTD! And the line will be like 5 people per stop. Uhhh... no they won't! It was just awful being in that line. I couldn't imagine what it would be like with Pleasure Island opened :rollseyes2

Thanks! Welllll... look at the next update! :)

[grandfloluver]

Fabulous update! The MK is def my favorite park, and it sounds like y'all were doing my favorite things. I have that BTM spill about keeping your hands, arms, feet, and legs, inside....blah blah memorized. (in Spanish, too!) It is my favorite, after all. The Main street electrical is great, too! That music is so catchy. (: Can't wait for the next update, Timmy!

[PlutosRHM55]

Fabulous update! The MK is def my favorite park, and it sounds like y'all were doing my favorite things. I have that BTM spill about keeping your hands, arms, feet, and legs, inside....blah blah memorized. (in Spanish, too!) It is my favorite, after all. The Main street electrical is great, too! That music is so catchy. (: Can't wait for the next update, Timmy!

Thanks Hannah!

MK is awesome, nuff said. I actually have the Space Mountain spiel about keeping your hands, arms, feet and legs inside yadahyadahyadah memorized as well. I have basically the whole audio on that ride memorized LOL I don't have the Spanish though :) Yeah, MSEP is very catchy, I want it on my iPod! :mickeyjum I'll update as soon as I can. :goodvibes

[¡WDW!girlrox(:]

So I just read the first post and I'm in. Haha

[Ariel-the-Mermaid]

Really good so far! Sounds like lots of fun...
I hope your finish your other trip report too... i want to know how your 1st trip went! :)

[PlutosRHM55]

So I just read the first post and I'm in. Haha

LOL, glad you could join us, Lizzy! Hope you'll enjoy the rest of my trip! :goodvibes

Really good so far! Sounds like lots of fun...
I hope your finish your other trip report too... i want to know how your 1st trip went! :)

Thanks! Yeah, it was tons of fun, but seriously when is WDW not fun. :confused3

I've just started going back to that one. I uploaded a ton of photos from that trip and found some ones that I had of our first day. I'm going to be updating that soon. :)

[PlutosRHM55]

AN UPDATE OF MANY THINGS

So I'm going out of the TR and just stopping for some announcements:

1st Announcement is I've just re-opened, restarted, renewed and all the other "re's" for my first TR. The link is in my sig for anyone who is interested. I assure you it is just as awesome as this TR, no doubt about it :)

2nd Announcement is my birthday is coming up in just a few days. I'm wicked excited! This may possibly mean my laptop will finally be FIXED! This is pretty miraculous since its been "broken" for basically over six months. It also may mean a whole splurge of Disney movies and iTunes gift cards. Then, more fun times with friends! Yeah its pretty awesome :) So I just wanted to be excited about that.

And I think that's just about it. I'll be updating soon enough for everyone :)

[Tink2Day]

Love your trip report!
You remind me so much of my oldest grand! You have a way with words, can't wait for the next installment.

Oh, and Happy Almost Birthday!party:

[PlutosRHM55]

Love your trip report!
You remind me so much of my oldest grand! You have a way with words, can't wait for the next installment.

Oh, and Happy Almost Birthday!party:

Thanks, I'm glad you are enjoying it! :goodvibes

Oh, that's a good thing to have a way with words, right? Haha I'll update ASAP

Awwww... thanks! After this birthday, one year until I can get my license :)

[Vwdiva93]

Happy early birthday! Great update. That stinks Splash Mountain was closed! I would totally be upset too, that's one of my absolute favorites. Love your castle pics though. I always love seeing the shots of the peaceful castle just sitting there with all the crowds busily walking by:goodvibes

[Tink2Day]

Thanks, I'm glad you are enjoying it! :goodvibes

Oh, that's a good thing to have a way with words, right? Haha I'll update ASAP

Awwww... thanks! After this birthday, one year until I can get my license :)

Yes a nice turn of phrase. A bit quirky to me but I'm old:lmao: and I hear Will (my grand) say those same type of things.
(I'm a retired teacher so I do know a bit about it. Spelling errors on Trip reports don't count. LOL)
Hmm, my grand can get his provisional license at 15y 6 mo here so we have a little while. The roads will be safe for a bit:scared1:

[PlutosRHM55]

Happy early birthday! Great update. That stinks Splash Mountain was closed! I would totally be upset too, that's one of my absolute favorites. Love your castle pics though. I always love seeing the shots of the peaceful castle just sitting there with all the crowds busily walking by:goodvibes

Thanks Clarice! :) It was awful since Splash Mountain rarely breaks down so I was worried it would continue into the next day with these problems... Moving on... I think any pic of Cinderella Castle with or without people is amazing. It just symbolizes that Disney magic so well :goodvibes

Yes a nice turn of phrase. A bit quirky to me but I'm old:lmao: and I hear Will (my grand) say those same type of things.
(I'm a retired teacher so I do know a bit about it. Spelling errors on Trip reports don't count. LOL)
Hmm, my grand can get his provisional license at 15y 6 mo here so we have a little while. The roads will be safe for a bit:scared1:

Haha. Ok then! :)

Oh, well I think the spelling errors are usually more so typos. My strength is more spelling than grammar :goodvibes

That's when I am allowed to drive on the highway and practice and such at 15 and a half. I can't get my real license until I'm 16. So its very similar here. :goodvibes

[PlutosRHM55]

CHAPTER 7: THREE PARKS! TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES!! DISAPPOINTMENT!!! (Part 3)

Trying to sway my friends to go on the Haunted Mansion instead of seeing the fireworks, I told them we would talk about as we walked towards HM. We walked, weaving our way through the crowd towards the Haunted Mansion. They all seemed to want to see the fireworks more than the Haunted Mansion, even when we saw the short wait for HM, they still wanted to see it. In the end, I was disregarded and we headed off to the hub as Wishes was about to begin.

As we edged closer to the hub we heard the sounds of Wishes about to begin. Jocelyn then said her family was in Fantasyland so we couldn't go to the hub, though we already weren't going to make it there anyways, so we raced into Fantasyland just as the show started. People were gathered in one area behind the carousel and there was a huge gap in front of the carousel. Jocelyn was trying to find her family, while I pulled myself near the carousel. The show was about to begin so we stayed where we were.

Tina and I pulled out our cameras for pictures of probably the most iconic show in Disney, the fireworks at Magic Kingdom:

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REST IN NEXT POST

[PlutosRHM55]

Cont. CHAPTER 3: THREE PARKS! TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES!! DISAPPOINTMENT!!! (Part 3)

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I also took a video of one part of Wishes. I moved the camera a bit during one part where Jiminy is talking so you can see where we were:

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I have to say... I'm so glad that my friends pulled me to the show over HM. The fireworks was amazing and with all the music and dialogue behind it, it was just a great show. The whole meaning behind it was very heart-warming. I understand now why some get misty-eyed during this show, it really is that powerful. I really want to see it from the front next time since I heard Tinkerbell comes flying out. That must be cool! :goodvibes

After the show, we went to look for Jocelyn's family again. They were right next to Dumbo when we found them and they told us they were heading towards Tomorrowland right now. I really wanted to ride Space Mountain so I said let's go for it and we were pretty close to there.

We headed on down to Tomorrowland and went to the back where Space Mountain was. It didn't really seem like there was much of a line from our stand-point so we ran up to find a CM blocking the lines. He told us the ride was experiencing some technical problems. :headache: We, then just decided to go to Haunted Mansion instead. Jocelyn's family was going to do some other stuff around MK, so we split off and went on our way.

I decided to go back the way we came instead of just going across the hub, which would've been the quicker way. I just went my own way, though Taylor kept on yelling at me for going in this direction. We would get there, no matter what!

Finally we arrived at the creepy little mansion next to the colonial charm of Libery Square. The wait didn't seem to long, so we got right in line for the ride. As we travelled down the queue, I noticed there were refurb walls all along it, blocking view of the headstones. I was kinda upset since I love seeing the Leota stone that opens its eyes and looks at you. :( I tried to ignore that fact and turned towards the other side, where you could see the "entrance" to the mansion and took some pictures:

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Soon enough, we were ushered inside the mansion and joining the 999 happy haunts that live within...

The ride was great as always. My friends were totally freaked out at the beginning. They thought this would be a very startling ride, which it is in the pre-show. Then, throughout the ride, Taylor and Jocelyn kept on shouting to me from their doom buggy, "Timmy, when does it get scary?" and all these other questions that shouldn't be asked while others are trying to enjoy a ride. GRRR... In the end, they said they didn't like it and thought it was super boring. I wanted to face-palm myself then. I think they were the first people EVER to say they hated that ride. Ugghh... well they didn't get to experience the fun ending, since there was a scrim over the hitchhiking ghosts part and projects were put in front of the scrims. GRRR... Oh, it was definitely not a good week for the HM.

We checked the time and noticed it was starting to get late, so we headed back to the hub. Jocelyn also got another text from her mom saying they were outside Casey's getting hot dogs, waiting for the second MSEP that night. So, we ran along knowing it would be hard to get out with the parade going.

We got out of Liberty Square fairly quickly and were soon at the hub, where everyone was gathered along the streets. We found Jocelyn's mom and Jocelyn's littlest brother in his stroller, enjoying some ice cream. Jocelyn asked again for more money and her mom didn't give her any. She continued to whine (It was getting really late now) and her mom got her off the subject and asked us what we did. Immediately, Jocelyn and Taylor went in on how they HATED the Haunted Mansion that it totally wasn't worth it. I stepped in to say I still like it. It was to no avail and they continued to talk about it. Then, they mentioned how the only scary part was when we went down a hill backwards. Apparently, only where there was a thrill, not spook or creep was involved, was called scary. *shrugs*

We, then told them, we had to head out since we were going to be late getting back. They agreed and asked where we were going to be tomorrow. We told them here for the whole day since we hadn't done all of Magic Kingdom yet and there was SOOO much to do. They said they would join us later in the day, since we said there was a supposed morning EMH there. So, we agreed and continued on our way, hoping not to meet up with the lovely MSEP.

We made it out and were soon running off to the bus-stop. We made it with only a few people on the bus with us (or we were on our own, I forget...) We, then headed off on our way back to the All Stars. We arrived at the All Stars, stopping at Sports first then letting us lucky ones at Music off to go run back to our rooms (or pool). A few of our upper-classmen friends called out to us at the Guitar Pool to come swim. We agreed and continued on our way, though I had to take picture of the Three Caballeros in the middle:

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Before I split off from Jocelyn, Taylor and Tina, I told them we would get up early again for EMH at MK. They agreed and we went off to our rooms to get changed to go to the pool.

I got in my room to find Nate and Rishi already bustling inside. They looked like they had just gotten back from the pool and ready to go to bed. I asked them if they were going back out, but they were obviously pooped. They told me they didn't have a very magical day today with their group. I didn't want to hear about it in too much detail, but it involved Trysten and Ian. They said they were only going to travel through the parks, Rishi and Nate since they were done with the big group. Even when I asked them to join us at MK, they didn't want to, so it must've been pretty awful today.

They said they weren't going back out to the pools, so I stayed in the room and texted Jocelyn to tell her and left her a reminder that we would be getting up early for EMH. I got a text from her back then and she said they couldn't get up early, as her chaperone told her and they were already asleep in her room. So I guess that meant a change of plans... Oh well... I let it slide by and once Big Nate was out of the shower, I got changed, brushed my teeth, took a shower and began napping, almost going to sleep.

Soon, our chaperone Dr. Jim came by with our dining cards and I got up. He told us we had night EMH instead of morning EMH at MK. I was pretty happy then since I wasn't to worry about missing morning EMH at MK, but we still had night-time. I checked the times schedule I got at the front and saw there was Fantasmic also tomorrow night. I probably would fit that in, in case I got all I wanted to get done at Magic Kingdom. After that, I got my bag altogether, prepared some other things for the next day and went to sleep.

CHAPTER 8: YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE THE B-E-S-T! coming soon!

[jessidoll]

Just finished catching up,love all the updates!:goodvibesNow I'm caught up on both TRs!!!:cool1:Waiting for more.:)

[PlutosRHM55]

Just finished catching up,love all the updates!:goodvibesNow I'm caught up on both TRs!!!:cool1:Waiting for more.:)

Thanks, I'm glad you like them both! :) I can't believe you caught up on both LOL I'll update as soon as I can :goodvibes

[jessidoll]

ikr,i usually never catch up on TRs but i actually like this 1!!

[grandfloluver]

It seems you did a few good things while you were at the MK! I love Wishes, and I have the soundtrack on my iPod. I normally have a room at the Grand flo with a MK view, so I watch it from the balcony. It's special wherever you watch it. Oh, and the HM is one of my favorites! But, my mom hates it! Normally, she refuses to even ride it. I don't have a clue why, though. So, your friends are not alone in the Hate HM club, unfortunately. I can't wait to hear about your MK adventures next! (:

[PlutosRHM55]

It seems you did a few good things while you were at the MK! I love Wishes, and I have the soundtrack on my iPod. I normally have a room at the Grand flo with a MK view, so I watch it from the balcony. It's special wherever you watch it. Oh, and the HM is one of my favorites! But, my mom hates it! Normally, she refuses to even ride it. I don't have a clue why, though. So, your friends are not alone in the Hate HM club, unfortunately. I can't wait to hear about your MK adventures next! (:

Did as much as I could with the time I had :) I have a video of Wishes from Bay Lake Tower on my iPod, you don't get a good view, but I love the music. :goodvibes That Grand Floridian keeps on getting more and more intriguing. I really want to go there now. Darn you, other TRs! LOL Oh... well that will just help me get over the fact they hate it since I'm still in shock. I've only heard people who hate it, are scared of it. They hate it because its boring. :sad2: Well, the nice thing is, when I go back to Disney I won't have to endure the interruptions while I ride rides like HM again.

[Tink2Day]

:hourglass
Waiting for your update

Seems I always pick the reports to read that drop off into thin air.:rolleyes1

[PlutosRHM55]

:hourglass
Waiting for your update

Seems I always pick the reports to read that drop off into thin air.:rolleyes1

Oh sorry. I was kinda caught up in homework in such this week so I'll probably update tomorrow. :)

[PlutosRHM55]

CHAPTER 8: YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE THE B-E-S-T!

I woke up the next morning around the same time as everyone else in my room. I guess my fuel from my long days at the parks was wearing me down so I slept longer. I'm glad this was my last day so I wouldn't sleep in late again, since I don't like to sleep in at all. I got up, as my roommates moped about, brushed my teeth, took a shower and the other things I do to get ready for the long day ahead. I texted Jocelyn and she said she was already ready, so I grabbed my bag and went out to meet her, Tina and Taylor.

They came out at basically the exact same moment as me so we basically went from those boots straight off to get our breakfast. As we walked down, Jocelyn got a few texts and told us Lindsay would be joining us today. She was for awhile hanging out with another group and decided to join us, because she was apparently bored with them Haha We all were okay with that so she was going to join us for the day.

Soon enough we were down at Melody Hall and entering the food court. We all ran into line for our food. Jocelyn and I got in line for the regular Mickey Waffles with Strawberries as usual (Yum!), yeah most liked those. Then, we went over and both got a bottle of lemonade, okay so so far we've gotten the same things. Then when we went to pay, we both bought the 40 cent Mickey curly straws. So, so far today we had gotten the same thing, which meant we could keep track easier of how much we had on our cards. We thought that was pretty awesome :goodvibes

We sat down in our usual spot and began to eat. We all ate pretty quickly as usual. Then, as we were finishing we talked about meeting our chaperones and where to get those bags and pins from performing a day ago. So, after we finished most of our meals, I left with my bottle of lemonade, went to go find our chaperones.

Liz and Dr. Jim are always together, so luckily we found them without having to split off to find both. They asked Liz for the bags and she came out with them. I just waited behind them, when she thought I was waiting for one, but I was still waiting for Dr. Jim who went away for a sec to talk with Pat and Carl, the chorus and band directors. He came back and then gave me my bag and pin. I stuck them both inside my bag and then we got the whole lowdown on what was going on. I ended up being included into Liz's group since I was with her chaperone-ees, if that's what you would call them. She told us to put on sunscreen then and there and just told us everything else that we hear every morning. Our curfew was late again tonight because of night EMH at Magic Kingdom, so that was some good news.

My roommates had yet to arrive and neither had Lindsay. We went inside for a bit and just kinda walked around. Jocelyn texted Lindsay, who said she was on her way. She finally got to the food court and it was getting decently close to busy hours at Magic Kingdom. She said she was going to get something small. She ran to get her food and was out very quickly with yogurt and some oatmeal sprinkled on it and we headed out to the buses.

There was nobody in the Magic Kingdom line so we ran right in. There was... however, a long wait for EPCOT (or Hollywood Studios, I forget). It was a cheerleading group and they seemed to have been waiting forever. All these buses kept on passing by and there was not one for EPCOT. All of the sudden the cheerleaders and the other people in line with them moved into our line. We luckily were at the front and didn't have to worry about them too much. They were all talking and a lot of adults were talking with them. Then, a minute or so before the bus arrived, a guy asked the cheerleaders to perform a cheer and all of the sudden they screamed out "You know that we are the B-E-S-T! Better than all of the R-E-S-T!" The crowd, with an exception of us, clapped and the bus finally arrived.

An elderly lady needed to get on the bus, so we had to wait a bit. The guy was helping her on and didn't seem to take her needed help too kindly. Jerk! Once she was on, we finally were allowed to get on the bus. I screwed on my lemonade bottle cap tightly and stuffed it in my bag before we got on. We all went straight to the back of the bus since most gather at the front so we sat there without any fear of being squished by the "B-E-S-T" cheerleading squad, but they didn't come on. Before they came on, Jocelyn whispered the cheer the cheerleaders just performed. It was pretty funny. Then we all started doing it just before they got on the bus. We had it stuck in our heads.

I must mention that today they were having one of Disney's marathons. This meant some little detours when going to parks EPCOT and Magic Kingdom since those were the beginning and the end of the race. Probably the reason why EPCOT's bus was late and our already long bus ride to Magic Kingdom was longer. So, we had a bit more time to talk. I got to talk with Lindsay a bit. She was one of the newer girls this year, well... she had left to go to a different school in middle school and now was back. She was a lot nicer than I remembered so it was fun talking to her. We also began talking with one of the cheerleaders. We soon found out it was a middle school cheerleading squad and they just won their competition down in Disney. She was a nice girl, but I don't think any of us could get over that cheer :rotfl:

As the bus ride went on, I started feeling that my seat was getting cold and so was my bag. I ignored it for most of the ride not thinking anything of it. Then it felt like it was moving. I took off my bag and found a huge puddle of lemonade in my seat! I was freaking out, because now it was all over me and probably most of the stuff in my bag. I checked and my tickets and the stuff that could get severely damaged by this were all safe. My pin lanyard did smell awful. Lindsay turned to me and went wide-eyed. Yeah, this wasn't good at all. I did get the lemonade out, but the whole thing spilled. So much for that!

The bus was finally arriving at Magic Kingdom, we were just going under the sign after I got this situated. Yet, the puddle was still in my seat. I then got an idea. I found the Mickey bag I got from performing and decided I would move everything into there while my blue bag dried off when we got off the bus. I asked them if they would wait after I got off the bus to switch everything over and they were okay with that. The bus arrived at Magic Kingdom and we were off. I transferred everything over to my new bag and put all the wet items into the plastic that was once covering the new bag and it only took a few seconds and we headed on in.

We went through the turnstiles fairly quickly, well Lindsay was having some trouble with her ticket, but it was all situated and we got through. Bag check was also very quick, nothing uneventful or funny that happened and we were on our way. We all picked up a guide map as we entered and the headed into Main Street USA, going straight towards the awe-inspiring Cinderella Castle (sorry no pictures this time around). Then, turned to the right to Tomorrowland, where our plan of attack was the intimidating Space Mountain. Tina was a bit nervous about this, but we said she had to try it and coaxed her with how I liked it, so she agreed.

We ran right up to Space Mountain. There was little line and no CM blocking us from going on, so we went straight in. We zoomed up through the cool queue, hearing the screams of space travellers who had gone before us and playing games along the way. Then, we finally got to the point where they split you up to go on Alpha or Omega. I went on Omega for my first trip, almost went on Alpha, but I wasn't feeling good when I got to the loading zone and never got to ride that side. Luck was on my side this time and we were sent to Alpha, though nobody was on Omega... probably for people with Fast Passes. There was really no wait and we filled up a whole rocket with five people, so it was all good, except there was a lot of adjusting with our bags, but we fit :) Then, we were off to "Traverse the Galaxy Moonshoes..." Oh wrong place, wrong time Haha

I'll just skip what happened on the ride since I know a lot have been on and say it was AWESOME! I remembered how terrified I was my first ride, this time it wasn't so bad and just fun. It was scary not being able to see the track, but I really enjoyed it. Our on-ride picture was funny. Everyone had some whacked up face, except Lindsay who managed to keep her face perfectly happy as if she were taking a school picture. We looked at her like "What the heck?" but disregarded ourselves and just went on up the elevator thing, bouncing along and making faces in the cameras.

As we exited the ride, everyone was unanimous about riding again, except Tina. She had been leery of the ride and after. She definitely wasn't a fan. It kinda shocked me since I didn't think it was as bad as Everest, but she felt that way, so we left our stuff with Tina and the rest of us rode it again. Again, we were sent to Alpha, except the order this time was, Taylor, me, Lindsay in the front rocket and Jocelyn alone in the back. Again, Lindsay managed to give the school picture smile when they took the on-ride photo and the ride was just awesome as before.

After we exited, found Tina and got our bags, everyone was a bit winded. It was a bit hotter than usual today, so we decided to looking for waters. We went to this cart right near Space Mountain and looked around that. I wasn't exactly thirsty so I looked around the whole thing and found a pin of Mickey riding Space Mountain and just had to have it. So I bought that. Here is a picture:

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We were all joking around about the price of the blow up balls they had since they looked like tons of fun, but nobody bought one, well Taylor bought a smaller one, but nobody ever bought the hundred dollar monumental ones. The big ticket item was this:

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You say... "It's just an ordinary water bottle" but it isn't! It is an underpriced oversized water bottle. It was perfect for a days worth of sun, sweat, aches, pains and other stuff you gain from running around a Disney park for a whole day. Taylor bought hers first, then Lindsay, then Tina, then Jocelyn and I ended up being the last one to get this... MASTERPIECE. The guy running the vending machine after seeing everyone buy one said to me, "I'm guessing your getting one too." I laughed and replied "Yes". He got me one and I was set with water for the day.

We sat down for a bit and drank our water since I think everyone was officially pooped and I figured I needed water. To show you how really big this water is, my good friend Lindsay has graciously modeled the size for you, comparing the bottle to the human head:

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Once we had gotten our fill, we decided to start walking towards some other rides. We were about to go straight for the PeopleMover when Tina came over saying she had bird poo on her arm. For sure, there was a splotch of white on her arm. I said it possibly was an ice cream or other white fluid, but she uttered the words "It's warm..." This was decidedly a perfect time for bathroom breaks (: I looked at my map for the nearest bathrooms and saw it was at the Noodle Station, so we headed over there. While everyone was taking their break, Lindsay, one of the first to buy the water bottle managed to finish the thing, along with Taylor. We even had a chugging contest to see who could finish it and they ended up doing just that. It was crazy how thirsty we'd become. Once Jocelyn got out of the bathroom, we went back into the center of Tomorrowland awaiting whatever the Disney fates meant for us to do.

CHAPTER 9: THE SEARCH FOR TOM MORROW AND SOME FRIENDLY FACES coming soon!

[MickeyisBeast]

That stinks that your lemonade spilled ): I kinda figured it would, because you mentioned that you screwed on the lid tight, making me think somethin' was gonna happen! Haha.

Hahaaha, the cheerleaders. I'm guessing they were there for Nationals. I used to do Pop Warner cheer, but the farthest we ever made it was Regionals- one step away from going to Disney. We were so close, but oh well! Haha.

[grandfloluver]

I enjoyed your Magic Kingdom update. Space Mountain is one of my favorites. I love the the thrill of it, but not so much the bumpy parts of it. Like you already know, my Space Mountain picture turned out looking like crap. That is normal for me, though. That sucks about your lemonade. Something like that would happen to me. At least you had another bag to switch into. Can't wait for another update! (:

[PlutosRHM55]

That stinks that your lemonade spilled ): I kinda figured it would, because you mentioned that you screwed on the lid tight, making me think somethin' was gonna happen! Haha.

Hahaaha, the cheerleaders. I'm guessing they were there for Nationals. I used to do Pop Warner cheer, but the farthest we ever made it was Regionals- one step away from going to Disney. We were so close, but oh well! Haha.

It wasn't fun and my pin lanyard smelled citrusy for days and my Dopey pin was practically ruined. And Haha, yeah I kinda tried to put focus so you guys would be all "Oh no" then it would happen and be all "OH NO!"

:confused3 I don't know but there was a lot of cheerleading squads, some the same age as us (rather not talk about my experience with them :mad:) and the girl we talked to said they won so if it was Nationals than... yeah we were with some awesome cheerleaders. I'm sorry you didn't make it there :( But you go to Disney all the time... still one more doesn't hurt ;)

I enjoyed your Magic Kingdom update. Space Mountain is one of my favorites. I love the the thrill of it, but not so much the bumpy parts of it. Like you already know, my Space Mountain picture turned out looking like crap. That is normal for me, though. That sucks about your lemonade. Something like that would happen to me. At least you had another bag to switch into. Can't wait for another update! (:

It is wicked fun. :mickeyjum I don't remember it being really bumpy, it was very smooth, but it was so dark so a lot of times you didn't expect something coming and it just did. Haha, I wouldn't despair all my ride photos make me look crazy or insane. The one Space Mountain photo I have, I look wild like a loose asylum inmate. *shivers* The lemonade wasn't a fun thing, I think because of this I lost my curly straw for 49 cents (LOL) I luckily had everything situated so it was all good and I'll update as soon as I can :)

[Tink2Day]

Lemonade? Sticky stuff.

Those water bottles were huge. Now I see where your title originated.
But your park partners trusted you with liquids, especially one that large after the lemonade debacle?:lmao:

If I might ask exactly where did you get the Space Mountain pin?

My grandson has quite a few pins, although he likes the Nightmare Before Christmas ones, he does have a couple of Mickeys.

Great update, I have a feeling your trip is coming to a close, I'm reading a couple of others just starting but yours has certainly been one of the most entertaining.

[wdwgirl03]

Catching up again. Looks like a great night at the MK. Glad you enjoyed the fireworks. It is an awesome show and I love the music! :goodvibes

[PlutosRHM55]

Lemonade? Sticky stuff.

Those water bottles were huge. Now I see where your title originated.
But your park partners trusted you with liquids, especially one that large after the lemonade debacle?:lmao:

If I might ask exactly where did you get the Space Mountain pin?

My grandson has quite a few pins, although he likes the Nightmare Before Christmas ones, he does have a couple of Mickeys.

Great update, I have a feeling your trip is coming to a close, I'm reading a couple of others just starting but yours has certainly been one of the most entertaining.

Very sticky!

They are. Yeah, they did because we had another problem I forgot to mention. I'll have to edit this in... when we were walking around near the cart, Tina stepped under a tree and all of the sudden something white dropped on her arm. She thought it was bird poop, though I said it may have been just ice cream, but she said it was warm... so yeah, that's the reason why we went to the bathroom. I can't believe I forgot to put that in. I'll definitely add it.

The Mickey Space Mountain pin I found at the cart like I said in the TR, but I think it may be in the gift shop you enter after getting off the ride. They usually have all Space Mountain pins in there so I'm betting you can find one :)

Yeah. This was my last full day. I'll probably do a few updates of the last day since there was still stuff that happened though we weren't in the parks. :) I'm glad you are enjoying it, that's always good to hear :goodvibes

Catching up again. Looks like a great night at the MK. Glad you enjoyed the fireworks. It is an awesome show and I love the music! :goodvibes

Am I going too fast? Haha Yeah, it was a very fun night. Nights at Magic Kingdom are the best, so much happens then. Wishes! is such a great show, the heartfelt music, the in-sync fireworks just weave together to create a great show. I hope they make it the official fireworks of MK and it never leaves (like various other Disney shows and fireworks)! ;)

[jessidoll]

THAT WATER BOTTLE IS HUGE!!!!!!:scared1::scared1:LOL!!!!:rotfl2:

[PlutosRHM55]

THAT WATER BOTTLE IS HUGE!!!!!!:scared1::scared1:LOL!!!!:rotfl2:

IT WAS! I think we all trembled in the presence of five at one point Haha (:

[Vwdiva93]

Finally caught up again on your TR. That sucks about your lemonade spilling in your bag, but at least nothing was ruined! When I was at WWoHP last summer we were walking around and my bag felt funny. I went to check it and realized a giant hole had torn in the bottom and my wallet was about to fall right out!:scared1: Luckily I caught it in time. And wow that water bottle is big but definitely a good deal. I can't imagine chugging that entire thing though lol.

[PlutosRHM55]

Finally caught up again on your TR. That sucks about your lemonade spilling in your bag, but at least nothing was ruined! When I was at WWoHP last summer we were walking around and my bag felt funny. I went to check it and realized a giant hole had torn in the bottom and my wallet was about to fall right out!:scared1: Luckily I caught it in time. And wow that water bottle is big but definitely a good deal. I can't imagine chugging that entire thing though lol.

:thumbsup2 to catching up (: It wasn't the highlight of my day that's for sure. I've luckily used to fixing these situations along with being a very intuitive person, all was well. (; Oh gosh, that doesn't sound good. Luckily you noticed before your wallet fell out. I somehow managed to keep mine safe the whole trip, I don't know how I did it but I did. :goodvibes It was an awesome deal. Going from $1.50 to something around $2.50, it was just a great deal. And yeah... I couldn't even try to chug it without laughing because the thing was so big. LOL That may be my reason, but either way probably wouldn't be able to drink it in one chug. ::yes::

[PlutosRHM55]

CHAPTER 9: THE SEARCH FOR TOM MORROW AND SOME FRIENDLY FACES (Part 1)

When we enter Tomorrowland, we are once again conflicted with a choice to either ride the Tomorrowland Speedway or the PeopleMover. We kinda wandered a bit to get more looks around. I also was kinda forcing the group towards where you could still see the Toontown sign, so I could take some pictures of it, but it was to no avail. The Tomorrowland Speedway was very long and there was no wait for the PeopleMover, so we went up to that.

We all thought it looked pretty cool since it seemed to go right into some rides we saw like Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyear and a few others. We also were tired and this looked like a ride you could definitely relax on (for those wanting to relax). Also, you had to go on an escalator to get to it! Haha I don't know why that was cool to us, but it was. We did have to wait since there was a decent sized group ahead of us, but we got on... the camera came out... and the ride began:

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As you may have noticed in the title for this chapter, I said "Search for Tom Morrow". Well... since I have only been to Disney twice withing 6 months of each other and in that time, I missed the original TTA recording. I heard about it on here and about how it was gone when I was there and the brought it back right before I went back. So, while on this ride, my goal was to hear that phrase, though I never did hear it after I got off BUT I did get some pictures of Toontown. (: So, that was pretty awesome and everyone actually enjoyed a slow-moving ride for once. There was hope! :goodvibes

Once we got off the ride and noticed it was around lunchtime, we felt it was time to give a return visit to none other than... THE GOLDEN OAK OUTPOST! Also, to see if Splash Mountain was working today, so we could ride. That was a must-do for this trip ::yes::

We headed up through Fantasyland to the pathway that leads to Liberty Square, so we could get to Frontierland. Golden Oak Outpost was at the other end of Frontierland so we had a bit of walking, but we soon got there and there was... as usual... nobody there. So, we got right in line and ordered, basically the same as last night, except most got drinks and Lindsay was with us. Since, nobody popped into line behind us, we got to talk with the girl running the cashier. She was probably one of the nicest CMs we had met this week. She was blonde, bubbly and that southern accent. She asked us about how our day was going and we told her what we did and what we were planning to do. She began talking to us about the TTA when we brought it up, it was very cool to find a CM like her. I wish I had remembered her name. ):

We soon got all our food and sat down to eat (Once again Jocelyn and I had the same exact orders). We all enjoyed our meals just as much as last time... well food-wise. After Tina's incident earlier, we had gotten a bit paranoid about birds and their scat (nicer word), so when they were flying over us, we were all trying to hide under the table. It was pretty funny, most of us figured we were fine after awhile and finished our meals in peace.

Once we had finished our meals, we headed over to Splash Mountain. The ride looked like it was working fine until people stopped going down the drop. They seemed to be fixing, since you could see some CMs up there, so we went to get some FPs, which were around 2 a little bit later, so maybe we could ride it after another ride on Thunder Mountain, since we all enjoyed that.

Just as we walked away from the Fastpass kiosks, Jocelyn got a call from her mom. They said they were looking for us and had entered Frontierland (I forgot to mention, she told her parents where we were, since they had been texting her for most of the day). She told her they were near Big Thunder Mountain Railroad with Fastpasses for Splash. Her mom really wanted to ride that, so she said wait for them, so they could get the Fastpasses. I told Jocelyn to tell them to hurry since FPs go quick and we want them to at least coincide so we could all ride together.

We kinda moved off to the side outside of BTMRR, trying to stay together within the huge masses surrounding us. Jocelyn said they were pretty close and she would go looking, after waiting a bit. Then... just as she left, her brother and dad came over. We tried calling her over and she finally came back. She was a bit irritated and it was pretty funny. Jocelyn then showed them where the FP kiosks were so they could get FPs for Splash to go on with us. Once they got them and came back, Jocelyn's mom and her baby brother came over. Jocelyn and Taylor were all over Jocelyn's baby brother. He was a cute little guy, but they went ballistic. We luckily were able to get things straight about our plans to go on Splash, which Jocelyn's mom ended up jumping in on, taking her husband's FP.

After setting the record straight, Jocelyn, Taylor, Tina, Lindsay, Jocelyn's dad, Jocelyn's brother and I all got in line for BTMRR. While in line, since the wait was a bit long, we got into talking about Pin trading. Jocelyn was showing off her new pin and I took out my lemony fresh lanyard to show them. Jocelyn's little brother was immediately pulled into the power of the ToT pin on my lanyard, the twenty-billionth person to be hypnotized by it. He really wanted to trade something on his lanyard, but I never did, he didn't have any amazing pins on his lanyard, though there was a Sorcerer Mickey pin I liked, but I only had one pin that I wanted to trade and he didn't take it. Since I don't think I posted a picture of the pin, here it is:

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After our little pin talk, we began deciding who was going to sit with who. Nobody, including my nice self, wanted to sit with Jocelyn's brother, so it was hard trying to get someone to compromise and sit with him. He really wanted to sit with one of us to annoy us. He is one of those kids who enjoys doing that, which is why nobody really likes him. I usually disagree with statements by my friends about not hanging out with their siblings or things along those lines (we all have said things like that, I'm sure), but he is just another case, even I could hang around with another one of my best friend's sister more than Jocelyn's brother, though I'm still nice to him. In the end, Taylor ended up with him, though I almost did, but she was being a whiner for most of the week, so she sorta had it coming to her.

Soon enough, we got to the loading area and were off on the wildest ride in the Wild, Wild West. It was just as awesome as the first time we went on it and Lindsay, the only one in the group who had yet to ride it, enjoyed it. That roller coaster is a classic for a reason, even though it may not go so fast, it is one of the most popular rides in all of Disney World. :thumbsup2

When we got off, it was basically time for Splash Mountain, which meant we only had ample time before our FPs expired (not really, but I just say that since some CMs are just too thorough). We were now running against the clock to find Jocelyn's mom so we could ride. Would we make it?

CONTINUED IN NEXT POST...

[Tink2Day]

Not to pry but my two grandsons were reading your trip report and since they are close in age, they were curious and wanted me to ask
What songs did your group sing in WDW?
They are both musicians and one sings in church and so on. They just were curious.:)

[PlutosRHM55]

Not to pry but my two grandsons were reading your trip report and since they are close in age, they were curious and wanted me to ask
What songs did your group sing in WDW?
They are both musicians and one sings in church and so on. They just were curious.:)

I got to think for a minute since I have a whole new selection I'm singing for chorus... We sang at Disney:

L.O.V.E.
The Look of Love
Come On, Get Happy (Three Harold Arlen Songs)
Let's Face The Music and Dance

And then our Acappella group sang:

The Longest Time

I think that was it from what I remember.

[grandfloluver]

Great update! Ahh....the TTA and BTM-two things I love. I would rather do Big Thunder Mtn, though. Love that ride! Except the beginning, its pretty loud with the bats and that cracking sound. The TTA isn't my favorite, but if fun every once in a while. My brother used to think that when you went through Space mountain, you actually went on the ride. It used to scare him to death. I always thought it was funny, though. Hope you update soon! (:

[PlutosRHM55]

Great update! Ahh....the TTA and BTM-two things I love. I would rather do Big Thunder Mtn, though. Love that ride! Except the beginning, its pretty loud with the bats and that cracking sound. The TTA isn't my favorite, but if fun every once in a while. My brother used to think that when you went through Space mountain, you actually went on the ride. It used to scare him to death. I always thought it was funny, though. Hope you update soon! (:

Those two are awesome rides. :thumbsup2 The beginning for BTMRR IS WICKED LOUD! I don't get the point of it, I think that's the only part of the ride I actually cringe in fear. Well... not in fear, but because its so loud it bugs me, though I like how they have the scent machines there, it adds a whole no element. And LOL @ your brother thinking the TTA became the Space Mountain ride (If only :rolleyes:) I'll update ASAIC (As soon as I can) (:

[¡WDW!girlrox(:]

I finished catching up last night, but figured I'd post now. Lol

I know, isn't TOT awesome! You so should have gone on RNRC though, it is amazing and the fact that Aerosmith is blared throughout the ride makes it heaven.<3
Haha (:
I love your trip report though! It's awesome!

[PlutosRHM55]

I finished catching up last night, but figured I'd post now. Lol

I know, isn't TOT awesome! You so should have gone on RNRC though, it is amazing and the fact that Aerosmith is blared throughout the ride makes it heaven.<3
Haha (:
I love your trip report though! It's awesome!

Awesome! At least you aren't lurking...

TOT is the best! (How far behind are you?) I may... the next time I go (whenever that may be) on RNRC, but I just don't want to experience all those inversions and stuff, not my thing.

Awww... nice to see you are enjoying it (:

[Vwdiva93]

I love the escalator at TTA too. I wish all escalator's were like it, lol. And I love that picture you took of the Astro Orbiter with the seagull flying in front! :laughing: It's weird but I love finding odd surprises in photos. Can't wait for the next update.

[luckylady]

Great update. This is the first time I have heard of the Golden Oak Outpost. Have never seen it in all the times I have been there,but then again I don't pay any mind to what's around me. Ugh now I can't wait to ride BTM when I'm there in two weeks.

[PlutosRHM55]

I love the escalator at TTA too. I wish all escalator's were like it, lol. And I love that picture you took of the Astro Orbiter with the seagull flying in front! :laughing: It's weird but I love finding odd surprises in photos. Can't wait for the next update.

It just feels like a more smoother way to get up than the regular escalator. There should be a law to insert those anywhere an escalator is used. :thumbsup2 Wow! I didn't even notice that until I saw this comment. Maybe that was the seagull that left a little present for Tina on her arm... Hmm... We might never know...:rotfl: Odd surprises in photos are funny, when you have the thought to find them ;) I'll update ASAP, I've been pretty busy this week so I'm a bit behind. I may do double updates this weekend (:

Great update. This is the first time I have heard of the Golden Oak Outpost. Have never seen it in all the times I have been there,but then again I don't pay any mind to what's around me. Ugh now I can't wait to ride BTM when I'm there in two weeks.

I don't think many know about it. It is basically hidden in the shadows of Splash Mountain. Definitely check it out next time you're heading for Frontierland or Splash Mountain. Its in the opposite direction towards Adventureland. :thumbsup2 BTMRR is a great ride! Very fun (:

[PlutosRHM55]

I'm sorry I haven't updated in awhile. I got busy with school for the past few weeks and haven't had any time on here. Final exams are coming up and my teachers are giving out so many projects. It is just crazy. I did end up though seeing Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides on premiere day and again for my birthday party (which was 20 days after my real birthday). I thought it was a decent movie, not hugely great, but it was good. I liked some of the new characters they added. I'm actually hoping for fifth after this one, it just ended that way. Alright, let's move on to the update---

CHAPTER 9: THE SEARCH FOR TOM MORROW AND SOME FRIENDLY FACES (Part 2)

Jocelyn's mom did make it in time. She traded off with Jocelyn's dad and we ran right into the FP line practically just in time for both of our FP times. We went through the line fairly quickly, it wasn't until we arrived at the loading zone and after the second CM checked our FPs that we got slowed down. When it was time to get ready to load, Jocelyn's brother and I sat up front, while everyone filed in behind and I really didn't pay attention. I love Splash and I've never sat anywhere but the front or in the front half of the log. It is just the best seat in the... log, house, I don't know lets move on.

I really don't have to explain the ride much, though there was a recent refurb that happened about a month before I went. Well, the first thing I noticed where they did have the lap bars now, not exactly a problem for me, but I still prefer them without. They also removed the handles you can hold onto, well used to hold onto, while on the ride with the installation of the lap bars. I also noticed there was a new drop... I'm not sure if it was just me, but they added another drop after the rollercoaster one. I may have missed it my first time, but I still don't recall that one being there. Oh well... I'll have to watch ride-throughs on YouTube to check.

When we got off the ride, we headed out of Frontierland and into Adventureland since it was close. Jocelyn's mom decided to take Jocelyn's baby brother somewhere else since she wasn't exactly sure if he'd like it, so the rest of us got in line. On the way to the line, we passed some of the CMs controlling the stroller area. They were using the pirate-ish/british accent used in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and using the same lingo. It was pretty funny, one of the guy CMs got really into it. We bypassed them and got in line for the ride.

The line for the ride was a bit longer than usual, usually it's a walk-on ride no line trouble, but this time it was different. They had a big crowd of people walking into the ride and the line was so big, they had to split it up into two lines. We had to make a decision and ended up going in what seemed to be the shorter line, but was much longer, we felt. Though we used our time wisely and just talked a lot, showing off our huge water bottles to Jocelyn's dad. I also took some pictures:

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The ride was just as awesome as before except this time, because of the amount of people going on the ride, we got backed up on the ride all the way into the scene right wear "the foot" is. That is pretty far back and when we got there, after moving a bit, we ended up directly under "the foot". Jocelyn and Taylor were terrified and went crazy. Tina decided to take pictures then and didn't notice. Lindsay didn't know about "the foot" since she wasn't with us last night and was totally confused. Jocelyn's dad just played into "the foot" story and said "Imagine if it fell..." Jocelyn and Taylor were even more scared. It was pretty funny, until we moved out from under it.

The scene after "the foot" is the final scene with the jail cells and the dog with the key. Then, the new Jack Sparrow scene after that. We were backed up in there for awhile and during that time, I started getting splashed with water. Jocelyn was nearest to me and the water and she always liked to annoy me, so I turned to her and told her to stop. She was confused as to what and I told her to stop splashing me. She had that look that said "He is so frustrated, I'll just keep on doing it..." Though, it wasn't totally there, so I turned away, but then got continually splashed and turned back where this time she was confused. I was pretty annoyed when I got off the ride, but I brushed it off so I could enjoy the rest of the day.

Jocelyn's mom and brother were waiting for us outside the ride, so they could walk with us to Fantasyland, our next plan of attack. Jocelyn really wanted to go on It's A Small World for some reason. She was really pushing it to the point where she started singing the song. We luckily found our way behind the castle and to the ride. The line looked very long, but I've waited in the line for that long, so it wouldn't have been too bad.

Of course, I was wrong. The wait was definitely longer than the last time, but we still got on the ride and I seriously hate how the queue is for this ride. Why not flip the exit and the loading zone. I mean... it doesn't look right, the exit should be on the side not facing the majority of the queue and the loading zone towards the entrance. It makes complete sense, but I'm not a Disney Imagineer or President (yet) so I have no say. We got on the ride nonetheless but the wait was awful, especially with Taylor and Jocelyn fighting over who got to play with her little brother. He was thoroughly enjoying it though.

On the ride, I sat up front with Jocelyn and her brother, while everyone filed in behind us. Her brother was probably getting annoyed with Taylor since she was causing all the trouble and wanted to sit with me so that's what happened. It helps to be laid back and have the uncanny ability (nowadays) to stay out of drama. The ride was just as cute and magical as ever and I somehow am not annoyed with the song anymore. Jocelyn's brother also enjoyed it and sat through the whole thing well... until we got backed up in the final scene when he started getting anxious, but he's very cooperative and sat back down. We probably were stuck on the ride for an extra twenty minutes, but we were sitting so it wasn't a problem.

Once we got off the ride, we headed further down into Fantasyland, towards Tomorrowland. You could see all the constructing for the FLE here the best, which is when the thought came into my mind. There was one ride still in Fantasyland going to be totally shut down for the FLE. We were walking right by it and I knew I had to go on it, so I asked my group if we could go on it and after some persuasion, I got them to go on.

The wait was a bit longer than usual, but I'm guessing there were some people who knew about the closure of the ride, so it was probably going to be like this for awhile. It was a good thing for us, since it gave us time to decide who was going to sit where, since this ride gives less room to sit. We were hoping to be able to fit all nine of us into one, though that would mean 3 per row and 7 of us were probably going to have to squish already for 3. There was also fighting about who would sit with Jocelyn's little brother. Taylor was trying really hard to sit with him, but he picked Jocelyn and I once again. I could tell Jocelyn was getting angry with the fact Taylor was hogging her brother's attention, when it is HER BROTHER.

When it was time to load, we ended up somehow fitting everyone on ride vehicle, though I think it may have been Tina and Lindsay who had to be put in another ride vehicle, but I forget. Either way, I felt the ride wasn't as great as the first time I went on it. Maybe, it was the lighting, but the foreboding quality of the ride just wasn't so... foreboding. The first part with the-queen-change-to-hag still scared me, but it wasn't great. Jocelyn was quite angry with me bringing her on the ride and showed it, but I had to agree with her, but I told her it was closing soon so it was good taking one last ride. For me anyways (:

After this, we decided that it was a good time for a break. We found a little ice cream QS called... Storybook Treats. It was right next to the ride, so we stopped by there. Also, everyone was keen on getting the Fudge Brownie Sundae. I'm not a chocolate person so I got some soft serve swirl, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The only downside to my decision was Jocelyn and I no longer had the same amount of money left on our cards since she got the Sundae. We were upset since now we couldn't depend on each other for how much money we had left.

After this, we ended up going the long route back to Frontierland, not just turning around to go back to Liberty Square, but went across the Hub to Adventureland past Golden Oak Outpost into Frontierland. Jocelyn's mom was saying they'd wanted to see the Country Bear Jamboree since it was Jocelyn's grandma's favorite show. They didn't know where it was so I had to show them. We started heading down towards Liberty Square when we found the show. I wasn't looking to watch the show, so I was ready to turn and go, when everyone else wanted to see it. I tried to persuade some to not, but I was disregarded and decided to see it.

We, then went to find a spot for Jocelyn's baby brother's stroller, which was a scavenger hunt since people left very little room for them, but we soon found a spot and put it there. And once Jocelyn had put her stuff in the stroller, we headed on inside to the waiting area for the show.

CONTINUED IN NEXT POST...

[princesskate0330]

I found this a little late compared to everyone else, but I'm excited to read everything. I'm in band and my school just announced that we're going to Disney and Universal next year during spring break so I'm hoping to learn from experiences. You're lucky you got to fly. We have to drive. From Illinois. That's two nights on a bus. We went to New Orleans this year and spent one night on the bus and I just about died so that's not going to be fun. Hopefully I'll get some ideas of how to go about the trip from your TR. From what I've read so far it's really good, so I'm excited! (:

[PlutosRHM55]

I found this a little late compared to everyone else, but I'm excited to read everything. I'm in band and my school just announced that we're going to Disney and Universal next year during spring break so I'm hoping to learn from experiences. You're lucky you got to fly. We have to drive. From Illinois. That's two nights on a bus. We went to New Orleans this year and spent one night on the bus and I just about died so that's not going to be fun. Hopefully I'll get some ideas of how to go about the trip from your TR. From what I've read so far it's really good, so I'm excited! (:

Well I'm glad you found it and I hope you will enjoy it (: Oh that's awesome! After reading what I've written for this TR, school trips are very fun! It is great to see Disney through your friends' eyes or other kids your age. And lucky you for going to Universal too (though Disney is obviously better ;))! Oooo... that's gotta stink, well I had a lot of transportation switches and the waits in the airport... I could go on, in a nutshell it'll be a lot less hectic by just riding on a bus. :thumbsup2 Hope my TR helps with some ideas and I hope you enjoy the rest! :goodvibes

[PlutosRHM55]

CHAPTER 9: THE SEARCH FOR TOM MORROW AND SOME FAMILIAR FACES (Part 3)

Now, when we got inside, we soon learned that the show didn't start until around 6 minutes from now, so we found a bench and sat down. While we sat down, I ended up getting into a conversation with Jocelyn's mom. I don't know why, but it just happened and I was just telling her about everything that was going on. I even showed her my still-sticky lanyard. We were interrupted by Jocelyn's baby brother who was getting pretty anxious running around. I took out my water bottle then and saw that I had drunk most of it. Wow!

Soon enough, the show opened up and we all crowded into the theater. Since, I saw this show before and took a ton of pictures on my phone, I was just going to enjoy it this time, but no, I still took pictures:

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I had totally forgotten how much I loved this show and after seeing it again, my love was fully renewed. I can tell why its survived so long here. It has Disney Magic, Pure Fun and Happiness rolled into a great show! I just wish they would bring that Holiday show Disneyland had before they took there show off the grounds. That would really help bring it to the modern front.

After we saw the show, we then headed across the Magic Kingdom straight for none other than Tomorrowland. We'd been here a lot, but of course had to come back to finish it off proper. So, we first walked around a bit trying to decide what we should do. Jocelyn's mom and baby brother went to go get pictures with Chip & Dale in Space Gear, while the rest of us decided to go on Buzz Lightyear.

The wait was a bit longer than I remembered, but we still went on. I ended up sitting with Jocelyn, who was keen on beating me after I beat her on TSM. We were delayed a bit more when, right before we got on the ride it broke down for like 10 minutes. We had to wait awhile, but soon got on, where the ride proceeded to break down constantly. And the worst part was Jocelyn got the highest score possible on the ride less than halfway through. I thought that was pretty fish and I was pretty sure her shooter was broken.

Here is a picture of us on the ride:

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After the ride, we looked around for Jocelyn's mom and brother and found them right in front of the PeopleMover. They said Chip & Dale ended up leaving before they got in line so they'd been waiting for us for awhile. We then decided, since we were near it, to ride the TTA again. We all rushed on and took up a whole train of carts on the ride. I took a ton of pictures this time:

Jocelyn and her baby brother
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Love this thing! We went over there so many times on this day (forgot to mention that)
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The Castle
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Toontown <3
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Space Mountain!!
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Me (Serious 1st, Happy 2nd)
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When we got off the ride, Jocelyn, Taylor, Jocelyn's dad, Jocelyn's brother and I wanted to go on Space Mountain again. Tina wasn't a fan of the ride and Jocelyn's mom had to take care of her baby brother, so it was just us. We went over to the other side of Tomorrowland and grabbed some Fastpasses. We saw we had a while before it was time to use them, so while Jocelyn's mom went looking for more characters with Jocelyn's baby brother, everyone wanted to go on Stitch's Great Escape.

I've heard many bad things about that ride and I didn't like the fact most of it was in darkness, so I tried to move away and get someone to go on the Carousel of Progress with me, a ride I had really wanted to try since after my last trip. Jocelyn tried to persuade me to go, since everyone else was, but I told them what SGE was and Tina immediately backed out. So, we ended up going to the Carousel of Progress while they enjoyed their ride.

Tina and I leisurely walked over while we talked. I asked her how she liked Disney since this was her first trip and being an "experienced" Diser, I wanted to ask. She said she was enjoying it, but wasn't too keen on some things (like ToT and Space Mountain), but all-in-all she liked it. We got into some of the stories that happened throughout the earlier half of this trip as well. It was then, we saw they were about to load for another ride, so we ran up through the queue and ran up. We were at the back of the group and got right on the ride. We did sit away from everyone else though and enjoyed the ride on our own.

We both enjoyed the ride a lot, though "There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" was like "It's A Small World" on steroids, it was great fun! It wasn't until the last scene in the ride, Jocelyn started sending me frantic texts about our FP time and how they were ready to go on and there was nobody there. I tried to calm her down, but she kept on texting me and soon enough, I was off the ride and heading straight towards Space Mountain.

I made it right as our FPs started working. Jocelyn's mom was nowhere in sight, so we gave our bags to Tina (Poor Tina :() And went into the FP lane queue. I thought by going on with our FPs, we would be able to go on the Omega side of Space Mountain, instead of Alpha, but, of course, I was wrong and we ended up on Alpha again. It was an awesome ride no doubt about it, but I would like to go on the side where everything was basically the same, but in opposite direction, which would've been pretty cool.

After we got off, we found out Jocelyn's mom and baby brother were now going to go on the Monster's Inc. Laugh Floor show. They were already in line and were waiting for us. I thought it would be a fairly interesting show, so I actually went along with the group instead of arguing this time. GO ME! (: It was then I would soon discover that this would be my final Magic Kingdom fling...

CHAPTER 10: FAREWELLS, THE CALLING OF THE MONORAIL AND THE MOST ANNOYING PHONE CALLS! coming soon!

[Vwdiva93]

The Country Bear Jamboree looks really cool. I've never seen it before, for some reason I always think the shows are really lame but I end up loving them! :laughing:Maybe I'll try that one out next time I go. And that shot of the Toontown tents makes me so sad, I still can't believe they had to get rid of it:sad2:

[PlutosRHM55]

The Country Bear Jamboree looks really cool. I've never seen it before, for some reason I always think the shows are really lame but I end up loving them! :laughing:Maybe I'll try that one out next time I go. And that shot of the Toontown tents makes me so sad, I still can't believe they had to get rid of it:sad2:

I'm the exact same way, so definitely see the show and you will love it (: I know right! I'm guessing Pete's Barn is gone, so I'm glad I got a shot of it :goodvibes RIP Toontown! <3

[jessidoll]

great update,i'm gonna miss toontown so much:sad2:,but i'm also excited for whats taking its place:yay:,so its kinda bitter-sweet lol

[wdwgirl03]

One of these days I really need to go back and see the Country Bears. I honestly can't remember the last time I saw it because it was that long ago. I know we have a home video of part of it, haha.

[Princess116]

youre a really good writer, you really get all the details in haha. i haven't read it all yet, but i read the first chapter and i'm really enjoying your tr! :thumbsup2

[PlutosRHM55]

great update,i'm gonna miss toontown so much:sad2:,but i'm also excited for whats taking its place:yay:,so its kinda bitter-sweet lol

I know... I'm really sad and angry with myself about Toontown closing since I never got to go and it was open when I was last there. :( I'll just make sure to venture into the new Fantasyland when its open, not missing it AT ALL :thumbsup2

One of these days I really need to go back and see the Country Bears. I honestly can't remember the last time I saw it because it was that long ago. I know we have a home video of part of it, haha.

You should definitely see it! It is a great show. It is basically an animatronic concert, very much like the original Enchanted Tiki Room, where they sing various songs and such. There is also commentary in between and I just love the feel and that magical quality it possesses. I'll say it again: Go see it! :goodvibes Haha

youre a really good writer, you really get all the details in haha. i haven't read it all yet, but i read the first chapter and i'm really enjoying your tr! :thumbsup2

YAY! NEW READER! :cool1:

:welcome:

I'm glad you are enjoying it so far. I hope my earlier extremely long chapters won't turn you off too much... but it seems you like that. Can't wait to hear what you think as you read more! :thumbsup2

[PlutosRHM55]

CHORUS LIFE OUTSIDE OF DISNEY (AND SOME OTHER STUFF)

Since Chorus was a pretty big part of how this trip came to be, I thought I would let you all in on what's happening in the world of my Chorus.

So, last night, I recently had my last performance with the Seniors since they were graduating. It was pretty epic! It legit was. The band usually outshines us at our concerts, but at graduation, we just totally owned them. When, we performed the Glee version of "Lean on Me", we rocked it out and the soloists were fantastic! (: The crowd even started clapping to the beat. It was just that great. I didn't take any pictures since it wasn't mine or a relative's graduation, but I have many Senior friends and I'm definitely going to miss them :'(

Also, in the upcoming week, I have a little chorus project where I have to sing a song from a Broadway musical. I originally was going to sing "Lay All Your Love On Me" from Mamma Mia! (ABBA), but I soon got the whole song and found out it wasn't really a solo, so I switched. I'm now singing "Be Prepared" from.... wait for it... The Lion King! It is going to pretty cool. I just need to find an instrumental version of the song :thumbsup2

Now, before this all, I had a Music Awards Banquet, which is like a Sports Banquet but for Band & Chorus. They give out all those plaques on the walls, along with the music cords for graduating seniors, participation awards and the such. Well... along with this, they give out awards to each grade for Outstanding Band Student and then Outstanding Choir Student. There are two for each given out per grade and guess who won for the Freshman? ... ME!! Yes, I won! I was quite surprised, but it was pretty awesome since I won with a friend I've become quite close with this year, Trysten, who was on this trip. Here is a picture of her on our performance day in Disney at World of Disney:

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When we found out, we got the awards for that, she got wicked excited and basically choked me, while hugging me. It was a cute moment, my mom said. :rollseyes: Here is the medal I received for the award:

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I also have some other big news. As you can see in my siggy, there is a countdown for another trip... my 16th Birthday! I've had it there for awhile, when I was trying to persuade my mom to see if I could do it and it was iffy. Then, she began talking to the lady who lent us some DVC points for our first trip and really started getting into the whole thing. Then, I mentioned it to my friends and were all for it, one even said he would definitely pay for his half of the trip. So, it seems it's actually coming together :hyper: I'm very excited! So... that is just a little teaser for my to-be PTR (:

I also have been working on drawing Disney Characters free-hand and wanted to show everyone. They look really good:

PLUTO
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MICKEY
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Well, that's it for another one of my real life updates. I'll be updating the trip part of the TR soon! Only a day and a third to go (I think) :')

[wdwgirl03]

YEAH for a ticker!!! How fun to go for your 16th birthday. Still hoping I can go for my birthday some day...haha

Your drawings are great! I especially like the Pluto one. Awesome job! :thumbsup2

[PlutosRHM55]

YEAH for a ticker!!! How fun to go for your 16th birthday. Still hoping I can go for my birthday some day...haha

Your drawings are great! I especially like the Pluto one. Awesome job! :thumbsup2

I'm so excited! (: Hopefully I can get the trip to be longer than the 4 days I'm reaching for :thumbsup2 And based on being with others going on trips during their birthdays, definitely do it. The Birthday button makes things very interesting. LOL

Thanks Sarah! (: I think I just have this weird knack for drawing Pluto. Even before I started really trying to draw free-hand, I drew a really good Pluto, but this is my best by far. :goodvibes

[jessidoll]

Congrats on the choir award!:thumbsup2I'm in chorus too and i would love to sing "be prepared".Hope you do great!:)

[PlutosRHM55]

Congrats on the choir award!:thumbsup2I'm in chorus too and i would love to sing "be prepared".Hope you do great!:)

Thanks! And I sang it on Monday and people said I did really good so I'm glad I did the song justice :teeth:

[PlutosRHM55]

I must warn you there are no pictures in this chapter. I'm sorry, but during this time I had to concentrate on a lot of things other than my camera (or I'm just a bad DISer ):). I'll try to make it quick as possible, but I can guarantee you this is one interesting chapter.

CHAPTER 10: FAREWELLS, THE CALLING OF THE MONORAIL AND THE MOST ANNOYING PHONE CALLS!

After we got off Space Mountain, we found where Tina was and got all our bags then headed on over to the Laugh Floor. Jocelyn's mom and her baby brother were already in line and they were near the back, so we just hopped right behind them, another big group of people following right behind us.

We moved through the main queue and into the pre-show area fairly quickly, but we waited for the pre-show for a bit. We saw you could send in our own jokes for the show, so Lindsay decided to text one right before they let us into the show. We did get it sent, but we'd just have to wait and see if it was selected for this show.

Well... it wasn't, but the show was great anyway! I think it's one of my new favorite shows. It also could've been how the show went along for me, too. Firstly, there was the guy they picked for Sulley, who was sitting right behind me, and you could tell he really didn't want to be picked. It was especially obvious, when they asked him to make a scary face. Then, they picked this baby boy to play Mike Wazowski and when they said "With one eye", the dad covered one of his eyes. The dad was also "That guy!". Oh, it was just classic fun(ny)! I say to definitely check it out, for anyone who hasn't seen it yet.

After we got off the ride, we checked the clock and saw it was getting into the near-night hours, so we decided this would be a good time to go. There was also the time where Jocelyn and Lindsay had to check out, since they both had family in Florida. We told Jocelyn's parents, who walked with us back to Main Street. They decided to go get something to eat, so we said our goodbyes to them and to Magic Kingdom. :(

By the time, we got out of the park, we discovered we had a few hours until Jocelyn and Lindsay had to go. Lindsay and Taylor still wanted to go back to ASMu, but Jocelyn, Tina and I were still hoping to do at least one more park or something else. After saying goodbye to Lindsay and Taylor, we discussed what our next move and decided we wanted to go to Animal Kingdom. Now, this is where things got a bit crazy...

We went up to the list of bus stops and found the AK bus. We were on the bus for a bit then stopped at the Polynesian. Everyone who was on the bus got off that stop. The bus driver even stepped off for a bit. Then, when he came back on, he told us that Animal Kingdom was closing at that moment, so we got off at the Polynesian. We decided to go inside and were about to go get something to eat at Captain Cook's when we decided to get to the Contemporary to walk back to the Magic Kingdom. So, we ran around the Great Ceremonial House trying to find our way to the monorail (Don't worry we did and the resort is beautiful!) So, we got on the monorail and got off at the Contemporary. There, we got off and went out to the bus stop, but of course, decided otherwise and ran back inside the Contemporary and got on the monorail. We, then went all the way around to the Poly and the Grand Floridian as well, which sadly was the only monorail resort we never went inside ): Then, got off at Magic Kingdom. So, yeah, we got lost on the monorail AGAIN!

When we got off the Monorail at MK, we then decided to get on a bus to All Star Music. The bus took awhile to get to our resort since MK is so far away, but there was still time before Jocelyn had to leave. When we got to the resort we decided to go inside to eat at Intermission Food Court. I didn’t have a ton of money on my dining card so I just got… a hot dog? Haha I even forgot what I ordered (Being a bad DISer again), but I know it wasn’t a lot. There were French fries that came with it though :thumbsup2 Jocelyn texted Taylor asking where they were and, hearing that we were down at the food court, they came to find us. They didn’t stay and chat for long since it was now only 2 hours until Jocelyn and Lindsay had to leave. Lindsay and Taylor decided to go take a bus to MK to make the time go by. After we finished, I remembered Fantasmic was showing tonight and Nate was at DHS today, so I thought I could meet him there, if he still was there and see the show, then let Jocelyn and Tina go back since Tina was obviously tired and Jocelyn had to pack before her dad picked her up. Then, Jocelyn suggested that her dad pick me up when Jocelyn got picked up and we could go see it then, but I discovered it would be too late. She also suggested EMH at MK, but I still had to see Fantasmic.

Once we all had finished eating, we headed out to the buses to find Taylor and Lindsay still sitting there. MK was the resort farthest from our resort, so it would probably take the bus awhile to get over here. Jocelyn, Tina and I got into the Hollywood Studios beside them. We waited about 5 minutes, when the MK bus finally arrived and then another two or three minutes, when we were finally on the bus to DHS. There were some other students from my high school on the bus with us as well, all going to Fantasmic. Jocelyn talked with them and I texted Nate to see if he was at Hollywood Studios, but he wouldn't answer his phone.

We got to the park in very little time, went through the gates and walked towards Sunset Boulevard, in case Nate got my text and figured out where to meet me. It was then, he called me, but I never got to the phone in time. The line for Fantasmic was already way down Sunset Boulevard, almost time for the show. I called Nate back and he said "Can't talk right now, bye!" or something along those lines. It was a bit strange. I called him again and he answered in the same manner. I was really confused and told Jocelyn to call him. Nate didn't answer his phone, so she called Rishi, whom Nate said he was with and got the same answer as I did. Then, Nate called back and gave the "Can't talk right now!" answer again. I was getting really angry. I called one last time on Jocelyn's phone and tried to get him to reason, but it was to no avail. Jocelyn and I were so confused by this and just stopped answering their calls.

We guessed, even if they were in Hollywood Studios, we would never be able to get a connection with them, so we headed back to the resort, my plans of seeing Fantasmic... foiled ): I know this sounds really self-centered, I was mad at Nate. I mean, really? Call you saying you can't talk right now. Sheesh! Well, I won't go into too much about that, but I was mad at this moment. Jocelyn, Tina and I, left the park and went to our bus-stop. Our bus was right there when we got to the stop, so we hopped right on. I'm guessing because it was a Fantasmic night at DHS that that was the reason why nobody was on the bus, so it was a nice ride back to ASM.

My phone vibrated a few times in my pocket, but I ignored it, knowing well who it was. I was about to answer it since I don't like to be angry with people and this was sort of a stupid reason. But, without the whole situation with wanting to see Fantasmic, what was the joke in just calling someone and saying "Sorry can't answer the phone right now"? Even Jocelyn was angry.... Alright I'll just stop there.

So, as we got onto the main highway, Jocelyn got a call on her phone and guess who it was?

Nate.

CHAPTER 11: WHAT WE CALL THE NIGHT LIFE coming soon!

[PlutosRHM55]

CHAPTER 11: WHAT WE CALL THE NIGHT LIFE

I told her not to answer, but she, of course, disregarded me and answered. When she answered almost immediately, she turned to me asking me to take the phone. I shook my head and turned away to signal I wasn't going to answer it. She told him I wouldn't answer and there was a lot of trying-to-reason-with-Timmy right there, but it was to no avail on Nate's part. They said goodbye and hung up.

Jocelyn told me he was sorry about the annoying phone calls and said it was because they were playing a game. She didn't know much past that, but she said it was just really stupid and he was really sorry about it all and he wasn't at DHS. I don't know why, but I was acting really conceited since I missed Fantasmic because of the phone calls and was angry? I still don't get me even now. If he was at Studios, it would make for a much different story. After that talk, the bus ride was all in silence.

When we got back, it was almost time for Jocelyn to go, so I had to make a decision as whether to go with them to EMH at MK or try to make Fantasmic. When we got off the bus, we immediately ran into... Guess who?

Nate.

Along with Rishi, of course. They were just coming out for a bus ride to Downtown Disney it looked like. I stood back to let Jocelyn talk, but then I stepped forward and we talked it all out. So, they were playing a game and it was one of those scavenger hunt games at Disney that they held. I'd never heard of them before, but it sounded legit, because they did win a few things. Most of it was trivia, but when they were getting texts and calls from me they had to tell me to stop and it turned out that Rishi was the one who made all the calls, not Nate, so the communication was even wrong. I forgave them and asked where they were going. They said Downtown Disney and I was excited since we rarely got time down there yesterday and I still wanted to pin trade. I asked if I could join and told Jocelyn that I'll just be going with them. We all said our goodbyes to Jocelyn as she went to get packed and we got in line for the bus to DTD.

We talked for a bit and I asked them how their day went. They told me that they had gotten a lot done with just the two of them. They didn't get to do a lot and still never got the chance to go back to Magic Kingdom, but they were still satisfied, though they did regret not going. When the bus finally came, we got on with only a few other people. I actually ended up finishing my water while getting on the bus, though the bus driver came up to me and told me to put it away. Ooops! :guilty:

The bus ride was basically all talk. Nate, Rishi and I talked the whole there and loudly may I add. One time, they told me how they desperately needed me during the trivia, when one of the questions was about naming all the Disney Princes and they couldn't do it. I was horrified when they named some princes from other animation company movies. Then, this guy chimed in about how Princes have to marry a Princess to become Disney property, or was it the other way around? I forget, but I remember that.

The bus first stopped at Pleasure Island to let people off there since that still hadn't been pulled off the map completely yet and then we went all the way around to be dropped off at the Marketplace, the entrance to DTD :goodvibes I took this moment of mellowness to take out my camera and thus, I began snapping some pictures:

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I joke about this second picture, because I was taking it to get a better picture of the brooms from Fantasia and I yelled out "You got in my shot!" And Nate turned around "You tried to kill us!" Then Rishi turned around and they went crazy! It was annoying at first, but then it got funny so I went with it.

We continued on down, I pushing them past things I knew we couldn't really do, saying we could go back later. Our first stop, I was disregarded to go here AGAIN, was the lego store, well the temporary one. I'm not a huge Lego fan. When I was younger and sorta played with Legos, usually it turned out where I wouldn't be able to finish and someone else would finish my Lego creation. I definitely wasn't interested now, btu I went in to check the place out. And look, who I found:

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Woody totally made up for the 15 minutes I lost just wandering through the Lego store, surely not going to buy anything and we never actually did. I think Nate got a keychain, but that was about it.

We headed further down when I saw the Pin Trading store once again. I really wanted to go there, as did Nate, but Nate was mediator and said we would go in when we came back since it was edging closer and closer to the time we had to get back by or the time it would take from here to get to ASMu by that time. I'm pretty sure that sentence made no sense, but I think you get the picture Haha There was also the fact that Rishi never got a chance to enjoy DTD because the band never had the time earlier that day.

We then found ourselves in Ghirardelli once again. I think we just circled the chocolate shop area of the store a few times so we could get as many free samples as we liked. The lady knew our little motive and even let us have two at certain times. After enjoying the deliciousness known as chocolate, one bar still in our hands, we headed towards World of Disney, which we could not miss.

We went in the Stitch entrance like usual and really went into shopping mode. I had to get one shirt from this trip, since I've kinda made up a tradition in my mind to get a shirt from each of my trips. I also had to get one with the year I went since that's what I got on my first trip. If I found it I would now have 2010 and 2011. And it ended up that I did find it, it didn't take a ton of time, but I found it. It was actually in the main section and was one of the lower-priced shirts. It was really nice. I didn't take a picture then, but here is a nice picture of the shirt:

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I assure you I bought the gray one.

I think the positions of the characters varied, but still, it was a great tee. Nate was about to buy it too, but he found another one so that we didn't have matching ones (WEIRD!). His was really cool too:

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After getting those, I then brought us to the pins section so we could look for more pins. Rishi was a bit... I don't know, indecisive when we walked him over. He heard us talking about the pin trading system a lot and was thinking about whether he should do it or not and what he should buy. Nate and I immediately jumped at the chance. We helped him look for a lanyard and a starter set or a starter set that came with the lanyard to get him on his pin trading journey. He was still indecisive and we kept on pointing out different kits to him, but he couldn't pick. In the end, he ended up getting a separate lanyard with 4 pins that had one of the big five representing a park. Nate ended up getting a mystery set to trade, too, in the time that we waited. We then went up to the same register as always to buy our stuff. The ladies who work them seem to always be nice over there, so we got to chat, Nate even tried to trade. :goodvibes After getting all our stuff bought, we continued down to the other end of Downtown Disney.

We had mostly been in the Marketplace when we were there so I tried to push them to travel down further, so we did. It seemed very quiet on the other end, but still there were people. We got as far as T-Rex and went inside. Nate wanted to do Build-A-T-Rex with the money he had left (he used up the rest on the T-Shirt) so we went inside to go check that out. I, of course had to take a picture of the huge T-Rex smack right in the middle of the place. I take awhile to take pictures so I'm sure I was a roadblock Hahaha

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So, we went inside Build-a-T Rex and looked around. It took us awhile, but we finally found the price and, I totally not shocked, that it was $20! That seemed a lot for just a stuffed animal you may not ever touch again after a week of adoring it. So, it was pointless and we turned around and left. I took another picture because the place looked SO COOL:

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We tried to go further down, but found really nothing, so we just went on our merry way, back to the marketplace. When we started going back, Nate started rushing us. He told me he got a text from Mat, another friend of ours (well he's a friend and brother to one of my best friends), who said he bought a ton of Pizza with the money left on people's cards and he wanted us to come back and eat it. Nate freaked out thinking we weren't getting any Pizza, so he wanted to get out of their quickly. I practically ignored him after and saw my favorite Disney princess (Yes I have a favorite. Guys can have a favorite right?), well the "sculpture"esque version at DTD and had to take a picture.

Nate didn't understand I just wanted her so he jumped into the shot. He got a bit creative:

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I gotta give him an explanation of a DISer and the random things we take pictures of WITHOUT human beings involved. :rollseyes

We moved on very quickly after that, though we did end up stopping at Ghirardelli again, but we didn't do our twenty lap thing again, just three times and left with a ton of chocolate. I think that got us on a sugar high. We then ran smack into the Pin Trading store again. All of us wanted to check it out now, so we went in and looked around. Rishi already opened his new pin set, so Nate got him set up and we searched all throughout the store. Nate and Rishi went trading while I searched for the Villains pin collection I'd really wanted to buy, but couldn't find it everywhere, though it was EVERYWHERE at the beginning of the trip. Ugghhh.. this still bothers me now.

In the end, I bought a plain Sorcerer Mickey pin, because he is just that great. Rishi traded a few times, and I think Nate traded a few as well. He got one of the puffles, which was really cool and I was now keen on trading my yucky pin for one of those. I forget what Rishi got through trades, but he enjoyed it and so we travelled through the rest of the Marketplace trading wherever we could. By the end, I think Rishi had 5 or 6 pins and Nate had 10 or 12, just one more than me ): It was all in good fun.

Before we left, we looked in at Goofy's Candy Company in the dessert making area, as well as the T-shirt making place, but that was just all for fun and we made our way out.

There was a huge line already forming for the All Stars, so we immediately got in line, not knowing how many people would slowly glide in behind us. The bus started loading right after we got in line. We luckily ended up with seats, well... Rishi and I. Nate ended up standing. The bus was packed of course and the bus driver, the same one who told me to put my water away, was screaming at everyone to move back. She wasn't exactly a nice lady, though she did manage to get everyone on the bus, especially since it was going to be the last bus for awhile.

The bus ride back was uneventful, well compared to other bus rides. Nate just kept telling us that the Pizza was going quick and how Mat was begging them to get there. I wasn't exactly in the mood for Pizza and would've rather stayed in DTD, but I was out-voted. Our resort was the last stop at the All Stars, so it was pretty empty at our stop and Nate got to sit awhile.

As soon as we got off the bus, we immediately ran towards the pool and we did run. Nate still hasn't learned the fact that running in any form is dangerous, especially with many people. Rishi and I somehow kept up and found Mat with a few other chorus girls at the pool enjoying the Pizza. They were pleading for us to eat it, so we indulged ourselves, just as Mat asked for more money to buy more Pizza. The girls were on him telling him they didn't need any more, but apparently he did, but I didn't give mine up and enjoyed my Pizza.

Nate, Rishi and I headed back to the room to put on our swim suits to go to the pool. I ended up being the first changed at the room so I went out to the pool first. I decided to go on my own, since they were taking awhile and I wanted some pool time. I walked around the Piano pool and headed straight for the Guitar pool. I texted Jocelyn to see how she was doing and as I went down the long pathway to the Guitar pool, I ran into a group of... I'm guessing it was another cheerleading group there. One of the girls ran up to me and asked me to switch shirts for a scavenger hunt. I was taken aback and knew this wasn't anything good, so I came up with the most insane and stupid lie to say "Well, I've gotta go see someone," yeah it was stupid and they bought it! Well, I should use it more often.

I got down to the pool in one piece. I didn't stay for too long, I actually never even went into the water. I just ate some more pizza and talked with the girls from chorus, who were sort of my acquaintances not just girls from chorus, but I think I've confused enough with names at this point and they weren't entirely important as individuals. Mat had left (and I'm not spelling his name wrong by the way) and Nate and Rishi took forever to show up, so I ended up going back down to our room. They were just about to leave, but when I came back and told them about the cheerleaders incident, they decided to stay and pack. Big Nate was still out, but he stopped by a few times while we got ready for the craziness of going home the next day.

Dr. Jim also came by fairly earlier telling us about how tomorrow was going to go. He said, we'd have to be ready by 8 to have our bags checked or to get our tags for them. He also passed back our bus tickets for the Magical Express and checked if we got the Magical Express envelope on our door, which we did. Then, he left. We continued packing for awhile and didn't really do much after. Big Nate got back and took the first shower. I followed suit, and after brushing my teeth, went right off to bed in my little corner on the last night in Disney. Disney depression was slowly going to slink its way into my mind soon.

CHAPTER 12: THE ATTACK OF RECEIPTS, LUGGAGE AND PIN TRADING! coming soon!

[grandfloluver]

Ok! I'm finally pretty much caught up on your TR! Where to start...... Well, I absolutely love the Laugh Floor, too. I always have to see that each trip I go on. DTD is fun, too. I actually haven't been at night,though. I wear out so fast where we do everything in the morning, that I don't have much of a nightlife. Lol The World of Disney has to be my favorite place there. I've never been in the T-Rex cafe, but it looks cool! I will haven to do that sometime. (:

[PlutosRHM55]

Ok! I'm finally pretty much caught up on your TR! Where to start...... Well, I absolutely love the Laugh Floor, too. I always have to see that each trip I go on. DTD is fun, too. I actually haven't been at night,though. I wear out so fast where we do everything in the morning, that I don't have much of a nightlife. Lol The World of Disney has to be my favorite place there. I've never been in the T-Rex cafe, but it looks cool! I will haven to do that sometime. (:

Awesome! :D So glad you caught up, Hannah :thumbsup2

The Laugh Floor is such a great show. I know it's pretty much the same everytime, but seriously with the different people and personalities they pull from the audience, I find it to vary a lot. :goodvibes

I love DTD at night! The day is fun with the performances they have, but night, everything is lit up (well not everything LOL), but it has a nice mood to it. <3 it there! World of Disney is the best there... well... actually, I think the Pin Trading tore ties it for me, but I like to Pin trade. :confused3 And yeah, it's wicked cool in there! I definitely want to make ADRs there, it would be so much fun :teeth:

[wdwgirl03]

Gotta love shopping at Downtown Disney! It's funny, I never used to really get t-shirts on our earlier trips but now it's become sort of a tradition for me too. You can never have too many Disney shirts. :thumbsup2 And I think I have a Sorcerer Mickey pin too.

The T-Rex looks so cool. I need to eat there sometime.

NOOO, I hate Disney depression! Is it really almost over? :sad2:

[PlutosRHM55]

Gotta love shopping at Downtown Disney! It's funny, I never used to really get t-shirts on our earlier trips but now it's become sort of a tradition for me too. You can never have too many Disney shirts. :thumbsup2 And I think I have a Sorcerer Mickey pin too.

The T-Rex looks so cool. I need to eat there sometime.

NOOO, I hate Disney depression! Is it really almost over? :sad2:

It's the best shopping there is Hahaha :D I have to get a shirt with the year on it for each of my trips now. I didn't even mean for it to become a tradition, but I had to do it since I was too late with my pins :( I only can get one shirt per trip so it has to have the year :thumbsup2 Oh, that's cool! I actually traded it... but I'll get to that later in the TR :teeth:

It is so cool! The friends I'm inviting to my sixteenth birthday in Disney were in this TR so I'm guessing they'll want to go there. And I'll probably have to go to California Grill as well :sad2: With that, I might as well just splurge and call it summer vacation LOL

:sad1: Yes, I have the updates for my last day, which will probably be... 3 or 4 then the wrap-up one and then I'll post my PTR!!! So exciting, but saddening, more tears :'( I'm glad you've enjoyed it though. :D

[PlutosRHM55]

I'm very sorry I've been slacking off on these updates. It seems this summer of fun has become a lot busier than I thought it would, but no fear, I am here to update... so let's get to the update shall we...

CHAPTER 12: THE ATTACK OF RECEIPTS, LUGGAGE AND PIN TRADING!

It was the last day. If only it hadn't come sooner. I always dread this time, but unfortunately, it must come and thus it came. The day didn't exactly start on a high note. My room woke up a little later than usual, including myself. We only had less than an hour to get ready to bring our stuff to down to the Magical Express counter. I luckily had most of my stuff packed already, but nobody else in my room thought ahead like I did, so everything turned into chaos.

I was the first to take a shower and was the first to be ready (again!), so it was mostly waiting around for me. Our chaperone checked on us in the midst of the chaos, I being mostly calm just putting away a few last minute things. My roommates packing like maniacs. It just wasn't a good sight. They all ended up having everything ready to go down at 10. WOOHOO! Yeah, not so much.

Before he called us to go down, Dr. Jim handed out the tags needed to send the bags through Magical Express onto the plane and know what? Only Rishi and Big Nate received Magical Express luggage tags. Nate and I were left without them, which meant we had to give them our name at the Magical Express check-out desk and hope for the best. Big Nate ended up going by himself with another group, because of the size of his Baritone Saxophone and we had to wait. Then, we finally went down. There, we discovered Nate and I didn't have the same privileges as Rishi and Big Nate having the luggage tags and had to check in at the airport, meaning, we still had our luggage to haul around.

With not very disney faces, Nate and I trudged back into All Star Music, with suitcases still in hand. It just wasn't starting out as a good day for us. By the time we finished with all the Magical Express transactions, we now only had two hours left, before we had to take that infamous ride on the Magical Express out of Disney World. :( I needed to use my time wisely.

So, as I was about to start heading down to my room to put my suitcase there for the time being, I saw Sam and Gwen, a few other friends of mine who were busy eating and didn't seem to have any bags to carry with them. I wanted to go get something to eat and maybe do some last minute shopping and pin trading and didn't really want to walk all the way down to my room. I asked them if they would watch over it, since they weren't leaving anytime soon and they agreed! So, I left my stuff with them, not knowing how many bags would follow me :rolleyes2

After that, I kinda just walked around a bit. I decided to take out my pin lanyard, now that it was completely dry and sticky free, to possibly do some pin trading. I decided to go down to the gift shop to see if I could find some last minute souvenirs, still some money left in my pocket. I didn't really buy anything and left, then found a CM behind the DVC stand with a lanyard and a pin display and on his lanyard, I found a green puffle pin! I had to have it. So, I traded my American Flag inside Mickey Ears one that I didn't like for it. This was a milestone since I actually pin traded and got rid of the one pin I didn't want. CHYEAH! Here is a picture of the pin I got:

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So, this began my pin trading adventure. After this, I went back into the gift shop. Liz, the girls I was with 's chaperone came by and asking if I wanted her Ursula pin. I turned it down because it was so tiny, but that was my last chance at getting a villains pin. She did end up giving me her last dining card to use, so that's a plus :teeth: I ended up buying one last pin, a Figaro pin! I've just loved him since I first saw Pinocchio. Isn't he just adorable. Look at this pin:

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After getting that pin, I traded with the cashier lady, who was very nice. She even introduced me to this pin board they had there. I thought that was really cool and I found a FIGMENT PIN! So cool and it was a Hidden Mickey one, even cooler! So I traded my Pluto pin for that. And check out the Figment pin:

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I was very happy and enjoyed checking out my lanyard. It looked like it was truly a presentable lanyard now. I don't know what that meant for my trading status, but I loved it the way it was. Then, I noticed after trading my Pluto pin, there was no Pluto to be found. This was unacceptable since I am Pluto's RHM (which stands for Right Hand Man, btw) and had to represent him on my lanyard. This was saddening, so I just went back to where Sam and Gwen were, and sat with them for awhile.

Rishi came by with his lanyard, which he was prepared to trade off of and I noticed he had a Pluto pin on there. I asked for it, but he told me no. Well, that just foiled my plans. He left with Nate to go pin trade and I just sat for a bit with Sam and Gwen as more bags gathered around us. One of the chaperones, whom I know before this trip, joked about asking for money since they had so many bags. It was pretty funny and struck up a conversation. Well, I kinda jumped into a conversation, but it was something to do. She also showed off one of those crazy hats you find in World of Disney and I thought that was hilarious. She was going to use it as a signaling device to her chaperone group. Oh, she was great! Tina walked over around this time and asked if anyone wanted to go spend all their cards on some last minute food. Everyone else said they were good, but I said I would and we went on inside.

We both had a ton of money left to spend on our dining cards so this was the perfect time to do so. We ended up buying a pizza to split and some extra snacks for the plane ride home. I got some Chip & Dale Snack Co. Cashews, while Tina got some Minnie's Bake Shop Chocolate Chip Cookies. I also ended up buying a refillable mug, the last day of the trip, even with the one back home, but the more souvenirs the better. Now, this is where the receipts come in. So together, we probably had... ten dining cards take or add a few, this meant for MANY receipts. I think we held up the line because of this. I kept on apologizing to the cashier, but she was fine, though she didn't seem exactly happy, but she let me keep all the cards for souvenirs, so I still have them. I also kept the receipts and still have them. Yeah, I'm just that crazy! :teeth:

After all that, we went back outside to the table with Gwen and Sam enjoying our pizza. I went back in to refill my mug with root beer, forgetting that I had to drink it all before getting on the plane. After finishing the pizza (Tina ended up abandoning it after one slice), noticing how close it was to being time for our departure, I remembered about this really cool Pluto pin I saw on the Pin Board in Maestro Mickey's and, regretting my decision of trading the last Pluto pin, I had to get it. So I raced down, asked for the pin board and traded my sorcerer mickey pin (sorta regretted this, but maybe I could trade with my sister :goodvibes) and I got the Pluto pin. Check it out:

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I went back and practically inhaled my root beer, finishing the whole thing up, stuffed it in my bag and waited around for those last few minutes. It was about only twenty minutes now until we had to meet out front, so I didn't have a ton of time left in Disney. I decided to relax, with nothing really to do, took a bathroom break, now, just under 15 minutes, I went out to the best, trying to hide the sadness and depression, always present when I was leaving the most magical place on Earth...

CHAPTER 13: I GET LUCKY AND... AN EXTENDED STAY! coming soon!

[Vwdiva93]

The last day at Disney is never fun :sad2: But it sounds like you made a good use of your last few hours! I love all the pins you traded for, especially the Figaro one, he definitely is adorable!

[Stitch95]

awesome update Timmy :thumbsup2
I love all of your pins.. i use to have that same puffle one but i traded it off, i cant remember what i traded it for, probably a Stitch one ;)
I cant wait to read more :goodvibes

[PlutosRHM55]

The last day at Disney is never fun :sad2: But it sounds like you made a good use of your last few hours! I love all the pins you traded for, especially the Figaro one, he definitely is adorable!

Definitely not, the day you leave Disney is the day the Disney depression begins :sad2: But yea, I definitely did. I didn't even get to do what I wanted to on this trip, so I made the best and did some last minute pin trading and the Figaro pin was well worth it, even though it wasn't a nice pin, it was still worth it :thumbsup2

awesome update Timmy :thumbsup2
I love all of your pins.. i use to have that same puffle one but i traded it off, i cant remember what i traded it for, probably a Stitch one ;)
I cant wait to read more :goodvibes

Thanks Amy! (:
That's cool! :) I don't know if I would trade it, maybe for a different colored puffle or a really nice pin I've wanted. :confused3 LOL
I'll update ASAP! :teeth:

[wdwgirl03]

The last day always stinks, no matter how many times you've been to WDW. :sad2:

Looks like you found some cool pins! I like the Figment one. Figment is awesome. :thumbsup2

[jessidoll]

The last day is always bad:sad2:.But at least you got some rockin' pins!:thumbsup2I just love the Figaro pin,he is soooo cute!:lovestruc.Great update by the way:banana:

[luckylady]

I agree the last day is always sad.Hope there is another trip in the future. Love the Figment pin. Can't wait to read chapter 13. Have a great summer with lots of down time.

[PlutosRHM55]

The last day always stinks, no matter how many times you've been to WDW. :sad2:

Looks like you found some cool pins! I like the Figment one. Figment is awesome. :thumbsup2

You have no idea :sad2: But I think without it, there wouldn't be that drive to go back. You want to stay forever, but you can't, so once you get back, you plan your next trip :teeth: Yeah, it still sucks.

Figment is AWESOME! That one is actually part of a collection, I really want to try to find the whole thing my next trip. :thumbsup2

The last day is always bad:sad2:.But at least you got some rockin' pins!:thumbsup2I just love the Figaro pin,he is soooo cute!:lovestruc.Great update by the way:banana:

Totally, you only have so much time left to enjoy the magic :sad2: Yeah, that's true and I love that Figaro pin, I don't think I could ever part with it, he is just SOOOOO CUTE, like you said :goodvibes And thanks! :teeth:

I agree the last day is always sad.Hope there is another trip in the future. Love the Figment pin. Can't wait to read chapter 13. Have a great summer with lots of down time.

::yes:: If only you could live in Disney... LOL And about future trips... (; Check in my siggy and we'll just have to wait and see. :D It is such an awesome pin, so glad I have some Figment love on my lanyard. :goodvibes I'll update ASAP! (: And thanks (and I totally am) :teeth:

[Queila]

Subscribing!!! :)

Will catch up and come back soon.

Q

PS. Figment pin looks awesome. ;) Great one.

[Queila]

Congratulations on performing at DTD. How exciting! Great memories to treasure forever. :)

[PlutosRHM55]

Subscribing!!! :)

Will catch up and come back soon.

Q

PS. Figment pin looks awesome. ;) Great one.

NEW READER! (: :welcome: Thank you for joining in! I hope you enjoy :D

And thanks! Figment needed to be represent (:

Congratulations on performing at DTD. How exciting! Great memories to treasure forever. :)

Thanks! It was so cool, especially looking directly at Mickey on... whatever that thing is above World of Disney hahaha It was definitely something I will never forget. :goodvibes

[luckylady]

Great you do hav another trip in the works. What a wonderful way to spend your 16th birthday. LOL 2 days left till HP I have 12:01 tickets waiting in my room.

[PlutosRHM55]

Great you do hav another trip in the works. What a wonderful way to spend your 16th birthday. LOL 2 days left till HP I have 12:01 tickets waiting in my room.

I'm so happy that it is slowly coming to fruition. I thought I would never be going again until I graduated. Once I finish this TR, I will start the PTR for that trip :gooodvibes

You're going to see the Midnight Premiere!!! LUCKY!! I wanted to go see it, but my mom said no at first and then said yes, but it was too late :( Oh well... maybe I'll see it the day of :teeth: Have a great time! (:

[Disneyfreak508]

I hopeed over to this TR too and I read the whole entire first day! Wow, this sounds like a lot of fun :yay: I wish I got to go on a trip like this! It probably would have drove me nuts, though, to be waiting around all of the time. Good job being patient!

The flip flops sounds like they were really painful! They really are uncomfortable to wear in Disney... I agree! Sneakers are too, though, although they're a little bit better. My feet hurt no matter what!

This whole Italy dinner thing sounds awesome! I bet that was great! :thumbsup2

I can't wait to read more.. but I have to take a break for now! Yay for TR's :)

[PlutosRHM55]

I hopeed over to this TR too and I read the whole entire first day! Wow, this sounds like a lot of fun :yay: I wish I got to go on a trip like this! It probably would have drove me nuts, though, to be waiting around all of the time. Good job being patient!

The flip flops sounds like they were really painful! They really are uncomfortable to wear in Disney... I agree! Sneakers are too, though, although they're a little bit better. My feet hurt no matter what!

This whole Italy dinner thing sounds awesome! I bet that was great! :thumbsup2

I can't wait to read more.. but I have to take a break for now! Yay for TR's :)

Glad you made it over, Jess! (: :welcome:

It was a lot of fun, though there was the waiting at the beginning and end of the trips, but Disney was worth it :goodvibes Though the worst wait was for our buffet at Italy Isola, which was awesome :cloud9: Totally worth that wait.

I can't believe I survived a whole day in those. When I got back to my room that night, my feet were killing me. I have collapsed arches (flat feet), so I usually wear inserts, so it wasn't just the major blisters but my ankles were angled inward because they weren't supported and that didn't feel good, so my feet were pretty beat up that first day.

Oh, it was awesome! The reception was unanimous, everyone loved it. I'm still trying to figure out which Table Service in Italy the food came from because I really want to go there since the food was that good. Maybe that will be my birthday ADR... hmmm...

I hope you enjoy the rest! :smickey:

[PlutosRHM55]

CHAPTER 13: I GET LUCKY... AND AN EXTENDED STAY... AS ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END

I ended up getting up and going out front early. There were a few people from the big group I was with, but nobody had really come out yet until the exact moment we were about to leave. We waited around for awhile and our whole group filled up the Magical Express waiting area, so I was almost stuck in the crowd with my huge suitcase and everything. I luckily made it out and stood on the outside, avoiding the catastrophe that would've happened.

Before we left, my chorus teacher and the band teacher both alerted anyone who still had a suitcase would go with one of the extra chaperones that came along to get them checked in. They pointed him out and everything was set. It was soon after the buses finally came. After storing my bag in the bottom of the bus and getting on, we were off to the airport for that fateful Magical Express ride back to the airport. I don't know why but I went crazy with my camera taking pictures on our way out:

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Palm Trees!!
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My sad face
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I'm just trying to hold it all in :'(

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In Front of Me
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SUMMIT PLUMMET!
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Victory Way... some street I liked the title of...
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The entrance, but I'm going away from it WAAAAHHH!!!
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The Leaving Video
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"We hope to see you again soon!" Yes, I really really do. :teeth:

We finally arrived at the airport. Of course, the many buses caused for another long wait until we could finally go get down to the insanity of the Orlando Airport. I soon found out after everyone who needed to check-in their bags at the airport was here that there were 20 of us! That's like 1/5th of everyone who was there. I don't get why we couldn't have just sent it all through Magical Express... ?_?

All of us needing bag checks met in the area outside the Jet Blue bag check-in and went right in. Checking in our bags was pretty uneventful. We did get backed up when one of the senior girls in chorus's brother had a little trouble with getting his trombone through the bag check-in weigh-in. Besides that we went through quickly and the after part is where I got lucky :teeth:

So after the bag check-in, everyone got tickets. As you remember, on the way here, I sat up close to the front where the Extra Leg Room seats on JetBlue are, well... I got lucky again and got seats there. Almost everyone who had to do this extra check-in was seated up there. Then, there were the few unlucky ones who had to sit WAY in the back. :sad2: Everyone was checked in quickly and we continued on our way.

Security was also very uneventful though we laughed at the little sign for how much wait we had to get through security. Isabella, another girl I knew, joked about getting a FP :lmao: Yeah, not that funny, but it was nice to feel some magic there. *~*~*<--- that's pixie dust.

After we got through security, everyone went to get on the tram (mini-monorail) to get to our terminal. When we got on, I was with my friend, Nate, Isabella, Caterina (the senior girl whose brother had trouble at check-in) and Matt. I think there was one other person, I forget who it was, but only three of us got the chance to sit down on our short ride. It ended up being me, Nate and the person I forget. Caterina wanted a seat and was whining about it (as a joke of course), when all of the sudden Matt came trampling through and yelled at me "Give up the seat for the lady!" Everyone started bursting out laughing, except me and him. I was a bit scared, but didn't budge and kept my cool but he kept going at me and the laughter ensued. In the end, when we were just coming into the terminal I let her sit and got off right after. Go figure!

We got off, waited for the next group to come through and then made our way to our terminal. At the terminal, we learned that our flight was delayed because of storms coming in around our area. It ended up being delayed an hour and a half so I ended up being in the terminal longer than I expected (: (: (: My extended stay right there.

While in the terminal, after just sitting doing nothing, I ended up joining my friend, Alicia and one of my Disney pals this trip, Tina and their friends for a game of... ummm... forget what the name of the game was, but it was a card game and really helped past the time. I took some pictures when I was learning how to play-

Alicia with Ghirardelli. YUM!
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Most of the group
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Tina's cookie that she bought with the last of our Dining Cards
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It really helped past the time because soon enough, we were off flying back to the snowy, cold place called home ):

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Of course the uneventful-ness continued and I enjoyed the little snack I brought for the flight back-

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We arrived at Logan Airport around 10ish and being one of the first of the plane, I got to feel the shock of the cold (I was still wearing shorts), which nobody liked. We all talked about it after getting off, while waiting for everyone else stuck back in the crowd (which was everyone past my row strangely :confused3). After everyone got off, some went on a bathroom break then met up with the chaperones to hear about the game plan. After everyone had done what they had to do, we headed down to get our luggage.

As soon as the carousel started rotating, I found my luggage fairly quickly. I was one of the first to get my luggage so I had more waiting to do Urrrggghhh, but after me everyone suddenly found theirs and we were off to the bus for our, what felt longer than usual, drive back to home. It was pretty cold, so I got in my jacket and wore it out side, with my shorts still on, trying to hold onto the Florida heat (Sadly didn't work) I went out, got my stuff put away in the bus and got on. I took some last minute pictures before I was in for the long haul-

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^The last picture of this whole trip

After a nap and an hour or so of driving, we got back to the school, the annoying white stuff called snow covering every inch of ground that was there to walk on. My dad was the one who came to get me. I was leaving the next day further north to go snowboarding (like every year :P). I was only one home for that night, thus this ends "Cheerleaders! Blisters! Oversized Water Bottles! ...It Must Be Disney" a TR by PlutosRHM55 (aka Timmy)

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Now, don't be alarmed there are still a few more updates to come, just not trip related. Though, I've hope you enjoyed what has been a great trip that I had the pleasure of being on and sharing with all of you. So, just stay tuned as I wrap up this great adventure (:

[Vwdiva93]

Great update, leaving is just so depressing though :( I always go picture crazy when I leave too! It's like I want to take as many pictures as I possibly can to remember everything and keep the trip going a few more minutes lol.

Yay for getting extra leg room seats! I wish I was as lucky as you when I fly, because I'm pretty tall and am usually really cramped on airplanes.
And I'm not fond of that annoying white stuff either:laughing:, especially coming home to it after warm Disney weather! Glad they're still some updates left!

[jessidoll]

The last day is always sad:sad1:.When i leave i go pin trading crazy and alittle picture crazy too.I always end up with at least two really bizarre pictures like a tree from my resort or maybe a drink i got on the last day :confused3,its really weird actually:rotfl2:.Great update!:thumbsup2

[PlutosRHM55]

Great update, leaving is just so depressing though :( I always go picture crazy when I leave too! It's like I want to take as many pictures as I possibly can to remember everything and keep the trip going a few more minutes lol.

Yay for getting extra leg room seats! I wish I was as lucky as you when I fly, because I'm pretty tall and am usually really cramped on airplanes.
And I'm not fond of that annoying white stuff either:laughing:, especially coming home to it after warm Disney weather! Glad they're still some updates left!

Totally. I don't know why I ended up taking so many pictures when I left. On my last trip, there were zero pictures of our departure, but for this trip... I guess things changed. It may be because I was behind the camera. And I'm so glad I got some last minute pictures like more of ASMu.

So glad I got them going back and coming to. I'm fairly tall for my age (5'8" give or take an inch), so I was happy to have those seats and I find the craziest possible way to be uncomfortable. I mean, I'll move at least 3 times throughout the time I'm sitting. I can never be comfortale :sad2:

And yeah, snow... no longer my favorite thing in the world ;) The reason why I like going to Disney in SPRING Hehehe

I'll be updating ASAP! :goodvibes

The last day is always sad:sad1:.When i leave i go pin trading crazy and alittle picture crazy too.I always end up with at least two really bizarre pictures like a tree from my resort or maybe a drink i got on the last day :confused3,its really weird actually:rotfl2:.Great update!:thumbsup2

I know right. Even with future trips being planned, it's never a happy occasion :sad2:

I think the Pin Trading craze was just so last minute since I was building up my collection this trip and got more than I bargained for so I traded a ton those last few hours. :teeth:

I think the reason I went picture crazy was probably because I wasn't occupied with directing amateurs (well one of them has been more than me...) around the parks, so I got my chance. Though, I think I'll be doing the exact same thing on my next trips :thumbsup2 LOL @ the random pics, though I think a drink you got on the last day is completely normal :)

Oh and thanks, I'll be updating ASAP! (:

[Stitch95]

Awesome update Timmy :thumbsup2
it sounds like you had an amazing time... it must have been fun to go to Disney with a bunch of your friends (:
Also, I loveeee all of your pins :goodvibes
I cant wait to read more.. if there is more to read that is.

[PlutosRHM55]

Awesome update Timmy :thumbsup2
it sounds like you had an amazing time... it must have been fun to go to Disney with a bunch of your friends (:
Also, I loveeee all of your pins :goodvibes
I cant wait to read more.. if there is more to read that is.

Thanks Amy! (:

It was an awesome time. I love now that I have seen both perspectives Disney with Friends vs. Disney with Family. Now, I just need Disney solo Hehehehe

Thanks Amy! I'm probably not going to trade any of them because I like them s much LOL

Oh yes, there is more to read. Stay tuned! :thumbsup2

[Queila]

Great update!

Leaving is never easy but I am glad to see you made the most out of your extra time in Orlando. And it is even more awesome that you are going back soon!

I also wanted to say congratulations on your medal and on you free hand drawing. Great job.

Q

PS. "Be pared" is one of my favorite Disney songs. ;)

[PlutosRHM55]

Great update!

Leaving is never easy but I am glad to see you made the most out of your extra time in Orlando. And it is even more awesome that you are going back soon!

I also wanted to say congratulations on your medal and on you free hand drawing. Great job.

Q

PS. "Be pared" is one of my favorite Disney songs. ;)

Thanks!

Oh it never is. I'm glad that I made the most of it and I still have another trip to look forward to. Lessens the depression left by the last :sad1:

Oh, thanks! I'm still shocked that I got that medal. The worst part is... I'm not doing chorus again next year... but nobody in my chorus class this year is doing it either so... I don't feel too bad. :/

You mean "Be Prepared"? Sorry just checking, I make typos all the time. <3 that song! Another reason why Elton John has mad skillz :cool2:

[PlutosRHM55]

TONS OF FUN IN THE SUMMER SUN!- A DAY AT THE WATER PARK!

I thought before I give the final wrap-up on this TR I'd give you a little glimpse into my vacation this summer. So, because of plans for some big trips in the coming year, we decided not to make big plans for this summer. Also, between my sisters and I we took a lot of funny with some activities I did in school, so we were just trying to save for something big. I got another Disney trip, so I was pretty satisfied, but I'll move on from this and to what we did this summer.

We've been staying pretty close to home, but went all out when my mom bought some discounted season passes (wishing they were APs :() to this waterpark near us called Water Country. So far, we've only been twice, but we're going again tomorrow and probably the following week since it’s the only week my dad has off from work and he hasn’t been yet. Or we may do something else so stay tuned for that (:

Now, the first time we went to Water Country, my sister (also known as DOS on my other TR) had invited one friend, my friends all couldn’t come, so it was just her. We didn’t bring a camera that day so we sadly have no pictures  But seriously, there wasn’t a great deal we did that day, but it was still fun nonetheless. Though the second time, I had three friends come, all of which you may remember from this TR: Jocelyn, Nate and Trever. Jocelyn was really the only friend of mine in the group I travelled with in Disney. She’s probably the most notable of the three. Nate was one of my roommates at ASMu, you know the little guy? Yep that’s him. He didn’t really show up too much in the heart of this report, but at the beginning and end, lots of Nate. Trever was the only one who I wouldn’t be surprised if you forgot him. He only showed up for a minimal amount of time, during the day I performed in DTD when I went shopping. His brother was in the chorus with me. He’s a huge fan of Phineas and Ferb, might I add. My sister (DOS) had only one friend again and then, my mom and DYS of course. It was a pretty decent-sized group. Well, I’ll just stop with the introductions and move to the pictures (I have a video, but seriously, it is the most unflattering video for me and probably Nate, you have no idea, so I won't post it, sorry):


DOS and friend enjoying some Fried Dough
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Goofing around
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DYS enjoying some lunchables
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Jocelyn, Nate, Trever and I in the wave pool (I'm the one with my hands up)
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DOS, DYS and friend in the wave pool
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Having Fried Dough
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One of many unflattering photos (but the video was MUCH worse)
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DYS showing off her fried dough, the world record for the biggest fried dough ever
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On the Lazy River
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DYS just floating by
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Having a great time as always
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DEUCES!
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APOO!

^I would totally explain that, but it's just the brainchild of my sister's crazed, random mind, so just leave it at that.

As said before, it was a very fun and productive day. After this day, I've gone on every single ride in this park, including all the kiddie stuff. CHYEAH! I'm pretty proud of that. I also got to have Fried Dough and Dippin' Dotz, always a plus. If I haven't yet done it in Disney, I'm satisfied with here Hahahaha

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So this is one of two or three, depending of some real life updates I'm formulating for you. Then, I'll have one big wrap-up update for everyone. Stay tuned! :mickeyjum

[PlutosRHM55]

ON THE WATERFRONT- THREE DAYS ON THE LAKE

So this was a bit more recent than the last update. It was actually the week after the Fourth of July. My friend, Trever, who was briefly featured in this report, and Mat, his brother who was also featured, have parents who own a lake house. They usually invite us every year, and this time they invited us prior to their July 4th extravaganza. It was pretty quiet, just Trever and his mom. Mat was actually in Florida, at school, not Orlando, Daytona, but close enough hahaha So, it was fairly calm.

This was a bit different from the last few times we've been. I've been to this place from when it was still being built and such to the midst of their special weekends they have. We also usually have everything planned out, but this time, it just was wake up-> have breakfast-> play on the lake -> take a break (lunch -> have dinner -> something different -> relax -> go to bed. Nothing very interesting, though one night, my friend had a little tussle with a spider that crawled onto his face. It was a bit unnerving waking up to a piece of the couch flipped over and no Trever. O_o Still I had fun, as I usually do. It was also a great way to break from swim team (My sisters and I are all on swim team, btw) So here is a quick summary of our week in pictures:

First view of the lake
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DYS out on the dock
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DOS driving the motor boat
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DYS peddling on the paddle boat
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Trever "snorkelling"
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My mom and Trever's mom enjoying Iced Tea on the water
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I drying off a bit
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DYS decided to join Trever on his underwater adventures
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All current activities (well not so current anymore)
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The raft
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Trever taking a breather
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Trever trying to take hold of my paddleboat
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I escaped!
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Look what Trever found (Hint-It's on the raft)!
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DYS waiting for her turn to drive the motor boat
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DYS fishing with her net
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Harley, Trever's keen little guard dog (He is watching this TR right now)
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This is so unreal. I mean the contrast is just crazy!
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Trever after his late-night face-off
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DYS caught a fish!
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So did DOS!
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Trever and I out by the raft
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I would give you details on what happened as a mini-TR, but seriously it was a big monotony. It just was the same. There also were points where I ended up on my laptop because Trever didn't want to do anything. Though, my mom, Trever's mom and my sisters all went to the longest candy counter in the world (I'm not sure if it is anymore :confused3), Chutter's. It was right down the street from the lake house. I didn't go because Trever didn't go, but I got a lot of candy. There were a few little things here and there, but you got the jist with the pictures.

It wasn't like past trips as I said many times before, but that's what made it fun :goodvibes

*~*~*

So I've decided to add in one more real-life update and then we'll have the final wrap-up. As a teaser to the real-life update I'll give you a hint... it involves ducks. That's a big hint right there and you'll see why when I post it. Stay tuned!

[Vwdiva93]

Wow what a beautiful lake house! And such a pretty view. Looks like you all had a fun yet relaxing week.
Except for that spider crawling on your friends face!:scared1: I would probably scream bloody murder if that ever happened to me! lol

[PlutosRHM55]

Wow what a beautiful lake house! And such a pretty view. Looks like you all had a fun yet relaxing week.
Except for that spider crawling on your friends face!:scared1: I would probably scream bloody murder if that ever happened to me! lol

I love going to that lake house! Always a great time :goodvibes And this was the first time we really took out those boats. They usually have their speedboat out, but the dad wasn't there so we couldn't go on it, which sorta stunk :/

LOL! I was a little mad at him when he told me that morning. We slept in the same room, their loft, so he left me while a gigantic spider was roaming around. I don't know how he even managed to stay so quiet. :sad2:

[PlutosRHM55]

First, I'm very sorry I kinda slacked on this update. I've been extremely busy the past few days. I have states for swimming in two days and it's just been some exhausting practices and I'm going to be hugely busy this weekend. So I've got my last Vacation update... well it's sorta double because I thought you all deserved more for getting such a late update.

Oh, I wanted to ask since I'm pretty excited about this and I'm a total nerd, but... I GOT AN EARLY ACCOUNT ON POTTERMORE! :goodvibes If you don't know what that is, Pottermore is a site created by J.K. Rowling as a way to thank her fans (like me) for our dedication to the Harry Potter series. It isn't opening up until October, but a limited few (a million) can get in earlier this week and I got in two days ago. Totally worth waking up 4 in the morning :laughing: I just wanted to talk about that and ask if anyone else got on and what their username is? And good luck to those trying now to register early! (:

INTO THE WILDERNESS AND SWIMMING WITH DUCKS- ONE AWESOME WEEK

So, my dad only got one week off from work this summer, which meant only one week of vacation with him, so we took advantage of that and made some big plans :teeth: The first thing we did was the world-famous Boston Duck Tours!

As you probably guessed I live up in the Northeast area and so Boston isn't very far away and I've been there many times, but we've never done one thing they are famous for, the Tours on World War II Ducks around Boston. If you don't know what "Ducks" are, they aren't the QUACK! Ducks, but "amphibious" vehicles originally created by housewives during WWII for the army. They can be driven on land and travel in water. I think most of the ones made during WWII are no longer around, but some places (other than Boston) have taken them and made them into these tours, but I have a feeling Boston is famous by having different themes to each boat and characters driving them (drivers :rolleyes:)

So, we got to do this. We were in a dark green colored boat called Liberty Teresa and our driver was Warrant Officer William. The cool part about that name is his initials spell WOW! And that's what was on his name tag, pretty cool.

Here is a select picture tour of our tour :teeth::

First, the Family Photo (This wasn't the duck we rode in behind us, that duck hadn't arrived yet and it was in front. The name of this one is Red Sox Nathan and was the one I wanted... So close, so close!)
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It also looks like I'm giving a half-smoulder hahahaha

The front of our duck
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The inside of our duck (we were up front!)
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A big teapot and it's STEAMING!
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Some building
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See this cemetery? People are dying to get in there (one of my dad's cheesy jokes)
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Suffolk University
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"Where everyone knows your name" (The inspiration for Cheers)
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This is considered to be one of the most beautiful churches in the US
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There's always a shopping district -_-
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Oh yeah, Stanley Cup Champs=The BRUINS!
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The Pru (Love it there!)
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Ooooo... a Library!
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I think that's a statue of Paul Revere or... I forget his name Something Singleton Painter
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The Four Seasons, the only Five Star hotel in New England
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The State House
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The Boston Garden (well TD Banknorth Garden)
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The USS Constitution
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Our Driver, W.O.W, Warrant Officer William
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CONTINUED BELOW...

[PlutosRHM55]

The Museum of Science, epicness!
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Approaching the water
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On the Charles River!
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When we got far enough into the Charles River, our driver asked if any kid (well I’m a teen but whatever) wanted to drive the boat, so my sisters and I went up

First was DYS
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Followed by DOS
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And finally me, wait… I’m a good driver so I’ll keep my eyes on the water... okay, maybe
I'll take one quick picture :/

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Everyone apparently survived our driving. See how happy my mom and dad are!
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Oh look what I got for driving the Duck
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Now we’re going by a Prison O.o
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Oh, look, more ducks!
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Kilroy, you are still there, I’m pretty sure
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Our Duck
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And that ends our Duck Tour adventure. We had some dinner after at McCormick & Schmicks, which was delicious. I got Lobster :goodvibes. Now, we fast forward two days after to… Clark’s Trading Post!

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I don't know how to explain Clark's Trading Post, but it's similar to a theme park with different attractions and such, but it's mostly based off the famous Bear show they have there, which is exactly how we started off our day, but first, DOS and I are trying to get this darn pump to work.

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Alright, now on with the show...

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It was much longer, but I think you understand the point of the show. After the show, we went to search for the notorious WOLFMAN... *echoes*

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Then we went on the Bumper Boats
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We also got to ride on Segways
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And Dipped Candles
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Very fun

Oh and look it, a seat reserved for the current leader in AL East. Yeah, that's right!
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It was a very fun day. We got to do a lot and it was nice to visit a favorite childhood travel spot and relive it all and be able to enjoy it a lot more (since there wasn't a lot I could do as a kid). Overall, it was a very fun week, with it's ups-and-downs, but it was nice to get to enjoy our "summer of fun" as a family.

*~*~*

Alright, so there is only one more update left :'( All good things must come to an end, so I must say I hope you've enjoyed reading this TR as I've enjoyed writing it to share it with all of you. Now, get ready for a supermegafoxyawesome (if you get the reference, you earn a ton of cool points) wrap-up! Stay tuned!

[Jazzabelle508]

I ended up getting early to pottermore as well (I think you already knew that though cuz i mentioned it in kristen's TR.) My screen name is GoldThorn119

[PlutosRHM55]

I ended up getting early to pottermore as well (I think you already knew that though cuz i mentioned it in kristen's TR.) My screen name is GoldThorn119

Mhm, yup you told me. Your username is awesome, much better than mine. Mine is HexHazel91 (: I also got one for my friend today and another one in case another one of my friend's asked for one.

[Vwdiva93]

I got a Pottermore account too! I totally wasn't expecting too, I'm not a huge HP fan like a lot of people, but I do like it a lot. My username is ChaserDawn97.

The Duck tour looks so cool! I've always wanted to do one of those. That's pretty awesome that you got to drive the boat too!
And that Clarks Trading Post looks pretty neat, I'm so jealous you got to ride the Segways! I still have yet to ride on one, lol.

Can't believe there's only one update left :(

[PlutosRHM55]

I got a Pottermore account too! I totally wasn't expecting too, I'm not a huge HP fan like a lot of people, but I do like it a lot. My username is ChaserDawn97.

The Duck tour looks so cool! I've always wanted to do one of those. That's pretty awesome that you got to drive the boat too!
And that Clarks Trading Post looks pretty neat, I'm so jealous you got to ride the Segways! I still have yet to ride on one, lol.

Can't believe there's only one update left :(

Awesome, Clarice! Glad to see you got one. You probably read above, but I'm HexHazel91. (:

It was so much fun. You should totally do it if you get the chance, very fun. Though the driver is very controlling when you're driving the boat :rolleyes:

Yeah, it is really cool. It reminds me of Disney giving characters to certain CMs that need to act in a certain way, like with the wolfman. It's kinda that other half of Disney that not many theme parks have :goodvibes And those Segways are actually a lot easier to use than I thought, if you get the chance, definitely ride it.

I know... :sad: But I can't wait to post it, it's going to take awhile to type up what I want to type up.

Thanks for reading along! (:

[wdwgirl03]

Woo, my sisters and I also got early Pottermore accounts! I'm not really a fan of my user name though...all of the choices they gave me were kind of lame. I wish we could've made our own names. :confused3

They have those Ducks up in the Wisconsin Dells too. I've only been there once so we never got to do one.

OMG, Kilroy was here...that totally reminds me of middle school. I'm pretty sure the musical one year was Kilroy Was Here! Now I'm going to have to go dig out my yearbook. haha

[PlutosRHM55]

Woo, my sisters and I also got early Pottermore accounts! I'm not really a fan of my user name though...all of the choices they gave me were kind of lame. I wish we could've made our own names. :confused3

They have those Ducks up in the Wisconsin Dells too. I've only been there once so we never got to do one.

OMG, Kilroy was here...that totally reminds me of middle school. I'm pretty sure the musical one year was Kilroy Was Here! Now I'm going to have to go dig out my yearbook. haha

Yeah same with me and when I signed up again for my friend, I found MUCH better usernames. I actually signed up for a second account since I'm pretty sure another one of my friend's is going to want one :rolleyes: And I totally agree about making our own names, but I think with these being "beta-accounts", this is all just for a test since we are helping creating the site so... yeah :laughing: My username is HexHazel91 by the way

Cool! They seem to be in a lot more places than I expected haha :p If you ever get the chance, definitely check it out. I don't know how their tours are up there, but if they are anything like Boston, it's really cool and very fun :thumbsup2

OMG, haha! Though I wouldn't be surprised, if you were right. The names they have for musicals hahaha

[airplanegod]

Just read everything, awesome job! I am around your age as well, but I am not in band, so no extra Disney trip for me :sad2: Also, I have a random question. How did you like Jetblue? ;)

[PlutosRHM55]

Just read everything, awesome job! I am around your age as well, but I am not in band, so no extra Disney trip for me :sad2: Also, I have a random question. How did you like Jetblue? ;)

Thanks and :welcome: though this TR is almost over, always room for new readers :D Oh, really? That's cool. I'm actually in chorus not band, just to clarify. I used to be, but I prefer chorus :teeth: But it's okay, if you don't get the chance to go with school, I personally think with family is much better (:

Jetblue? Hmmm... I actually have to say, though I did enjoy the TVs, they just weren't very efficient as other airlines. This I'm comparing to Southwest. On Southwest, our delays were minimal getting on the plane and on the runway. I also could easily replace those TVs with my iPod if I could, though it would be sad not knowing where you were, but the Captain was very good on updating the passengers on our location on Southwest. So... while I did enjoy it with some of the more intriguing amenities, Southwest was just much better :teeth:

[3timesmom]

Timmy, you are getting really good at this...nice TR! Are you going to IOA on your next trip? The Harry Potter part is pretty awesome and since you are a HP fan I think it is a must go!!!:goodvibes

[PlutosRHM55]

Timmy, you are getting really good at this...nice TR! Are you going to IOA on your next trip? The Harry Potter part is pretty awesome and since you are a HP fan I think it is a must go!!!:goodvibes

Thanks and :welcome:, I hope you enjoy this TR just as much as my other one (:

I'm hoping to. None of my friends who I've asked to come have done it and we're all Harry Potter fans going so I'm really edging to sneak in one day at IOA and Universal since... I've never been there hahaha So while I really want to go, it's not set in stone, neither is the trip itself, but that's the point of starting a TR so early :goodvibes

[Tink2Day]

Checking in on this report. Most of the other reports I subbed to just dropped off the planet.:confused3

If you get the chance WWOHP is a MUST DO for Potter fans, it's fun even if you aren't a fan but for fans? It's like stepping into the movies or the books. The rest of IOA is a lot of fun too, especially the water rides.
It's expensive, but most one day park tickets even to Disney are pricey.

Hope you get to go! Start that Pre Trip report and maybe it'll bring on good karma:woohoo:

[PlutosRHM55]

Checking in on this report. Most of the other reports I subbed to just dropped off the planet.:confused3

If you get the chance WWOHP is a MUST DO for Potter fans, it's fun even if you aren't a fan but for fans? It's like stepping into the movies or the books. The rest of IOA is a lot of fun too, especially the water rides.
It's expensive, but most one day park tickets even to Disney are pricey.

Hope you get to go! Start that Pre Trip report and maybe it'll bring on good karma:woohoo:

Awwww... well I'm still here! And there are a ton AMAZING TRs, so definitely look around the TR board some more :teeth:

I really want to go. My parents have already said they would totally come back to Orlando for a non-Disney trip (though I have no clue how they are going to get that by me :p) and Universal was definitely on that list. I'm hoping, by adding that incentive for my next trip (maybe some SeaWorld too...), that it'll be signed, sealed and we're booking ADRs :goodvibes

Thanks! (: I'm just starting to put the wrap-up update together, so it'll be up soon and then my PTR probably will be posted soon after. :cool1:

[PlutosRHM55]

CHAPTER 14: IT'S THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE! YOU DON'T NEED TO STOP, IT'S YOUR CHANCE, LIVE IT UP!

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6 months this trip took place and now this report is finally coming to a close. It's amazing how long it takes to relive a trip before you have to stop (:rolleyes:). For this reason and many others, I have to thank you, my amazing readers for staying with me through this crazy ride called Cheerleaders! Blisters! Oversized Water Bottles! A TR by PlutosRHM55 (Timmy, whichever you prefer), your comments have always been greatly appreciated and I just love getting to know all of you. You all are some amazing people in your own right. (: Now, to the lurkers, yes I know you're out there, I invite you to redeem yourself by joining in all the insanity now or pay the consequences. The consequences in this situation aren't the most pleasant and I'll just leave you at that, but I thank you for stopping by to read along as well and I've hoped you enjoyed this TR, reading it as I've had writing it, this also goes out to the other readers, as well. :D I couldn't thank you guys enough! (: With that said, I have one last thank you...

Before I get into what it is, I must shout-out to my all-time favorite TR author, Jess aka Disneyfreak508. If you haven't read any of her TRs, I advise you to check them out. She is just finishing up her second official TR and just began writing her third so lots of trips to read, but I would like to make this shout-out mostly to her first TR, which I call, in simpler terms, the tale of the frumpy bathrobe princesses! In this TR, she made a whole video documentary of her adventures and I must say she did a FANTASTIC job. I had done something similar before this with my first trip on the same program, but in an older version, so after seeing she added this to her TR, I decided to make one for this trip, but in her advanced format, so after a long conversation with her (she is the sweetest person ever), I soon was hooked up and ready to get this "wrap-up" together. Mine, of course, not as elaborate as hers and not much of a video, but just a slideshow of pictures, including ones that I removed from earlier in the TR for all who survived this story of woe, excitement and various other emotions. Without futher ado, I present the tale of "Cheerleaders! Blisters! Oversized Water Bottles! ... It Must Be Disney" in pictures, videos and music:

Day 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMJv_D8vkLE)
Day 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8QP6hGy2uU)
Day 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpNfY8Vwepw)
Day 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYmhnkXAMGs)
Day 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM4NA0LIlXc)

Review of the Whole Trip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo-PSa1XuZA)

Jess, I hope you're okay with me borrowing your idea. I have done it before, but just not with the updated software and more Disney music. Okay, I'll stop ranting and get to the my final thoughts so I can spare myself from the waterworks, which generally doesn't occur with me, but still maybe you are just as sad as I am about this trip report ending. I really need to stop carrying this out, so much to say with so little time, I'll just get right to it.

This trip definitely fulfilled my expectations. It was just as amazing as any ordinary trip to Disney could be. I know that sounds strange when I just finished a TR where it wasn't just the regular trip to the most magical place on earth with the always lovely family, but with my peers and all my closest friends. I probably should be ranting about this being the trip of a lifetime, but in my opinion, my first trip with the family was just a lot more magical. It was my first trip with a whole list of firsts and firsts are always the most concrete memories in my mind, this were just like the memories I share with my friends everyday with just another dash of pixie dust, though that is something beautiful in itself, what that first trip brought out in my family, there's no comparison, but lemme get off comparing the only two trips to Disney I have under my belt and just focus on this one trip.

As I said at the beginning, this trip was amazing! I had so much fun. Going to Disney with friends is something most DISers my age dream about. I don't think that cheesy so-bright-it-hurts smile never left my face throughout this whole trip. I also think I lost my voice, laughing through all the craziness. Everyone involved in my portion of the trip will probably be talking about this for years to come, we still talk about it to this day. I don't think a day goes by, hanging out with my friends where we start chanting "You know that we are the B-E-S-T, better than all of the R-E-S-T!", an annoying cheer that became probably the biggest highlight of our trip. I don't think I could every look at a water bottle in the normal manner or wear my adidas flip flops without thinking of my race to the buses through world showcase WITHOUT THEM. This trip is immortal in my mind.

That said, I would like to re-iterate the highlights of the trip with...

Timmy's Teers of Terrific Sometimes Terrible Tidbits From Tarries In The World

Okay, maybe that isn't the best name, but basically it's just a list of the top 10 memories from this trip. Of course, we'll start the countdown from 10 (i.e. Some of these pictures are not of the actual occurences, but have a relation to them)...

#10: AN HONORARY CAST MEMBER FOR THE DAY

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I think this goes without saying. My dream is to someday work at Disney and for a few moments I was let into the society where that happens. Then, getting to perform in Disney itself while Mickey watches from above (World of Disney), it was so surreal. I will always cherish this once in a lifetime chance I got.

#9: NO USE CRYING OVER SPILLED LEMONADE

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It happens to us all the time, but they always make for something to laugh about when you say "Remember when..." Having screwed on that lid so tightly and then for the whole thing to explode, forcing me to switch the contents of my bag and cleaning my pin lanyard (which took forever to get rid of the smell), this was just an everlasting issue throughout the whole day, so I think it deserves a place in the countdown.

#8: SORRY, CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW, BYE!

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If you're talking about the most irritating phone calls, this would be on the top of any list. It's so very irritating when you're trying to get answers and all a person does is answer the phone to hang up on you. I think this will be left in the black sheep of Disney memories, but it was a memorable moment nonetheless.

#7: GIVE UP THE SEAT FOR THE LADY!

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While this didn't happen IN Disney, it was just so funny, I had to give it a spot. I mean, I had to give the lady a seat! (; That just speaks for itself right there. When a person just spontaneously yells at you to get off your butt and move, it adds a whole sense of hilarity and shock. This was all completely unplanned and the antics used in the situation make it just that great in my mind.

#6: "IT'S WARM..."

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This created a total sense of paranoia for anyone who was there when this happened. I'm pretty sure there are many names that could be given to what had happened in this moment. When someone walks over with a splotch of white stuff on their arm after standing under a tree, you're almost 100% sure it was bird poo. I, of course, wasn't totally assured and had to bring up the probability of Ice Cream and of course, the counter-argument to that was "It's Warm..." This will forever be burned in the minds of my group and I think that was the only time I cowered in fear at the site of something non-human.

#5: A DIFFERENT KIND OF BAG CHECK

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The course that the events took in this situation were so unprecedented and shocking, it will never happen again. It seemed normal at the start until we got to the bag with many zippers and of course the security guy had to turn around and say "I just got my nails done." Then, of course, he had to continue his comments looking through the bag then cue Jocelyn and the hysterical laughter ensued. It just goes to show how CMs can truly make a day that more magical.

#4: "POR FAVOR MANTENGANSE ALEJADO DE LAS PUERTAS"

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You guessed it? THE MONORAIL! It was my first time ever on the monorail and you couldn't get into a funnier situation then what we got ourselves into. I'm still a noob in the world of Disney compared to most DISers especially when it comes to forms of Disney transportation that isn't the buses. Putting all of us noobs in the situation of getting from one park to another, let's just say we make things more complicated than they should... And for that to happen TWICE over the course of consecutive days, my DISerly love for the monorail will be forever unique.

#3 ONE PARTICULAR JAUNT THROUGH WORLD SHOWCASE

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I think I'm the only one who laughs at this. What person runs through World Showcase barefooted? *raises hands* Now, you understand? There's also a lesson here for the kids, NEVER and I repeat N.E.V.E.R. wear flip flops in Disney, it may just lead to situations like this. Of course, the fact that I did run for World Showcase gave me a lead onto which bus would bring me to the resort, so it was just a happy memory even with the stinging pain of blisters...

#2: OVERSIZED WATER BOTTLES!

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It is just amazing how strong a mark something as simple as water a bottle left a mark on our trip. These were HUGE and carried all of us through our full day in Magic Kingdom. I think when you start taking pictures of this water bottle then you know that there is something special about it. Because of these, my outlook on the size and state of water bottles will never be the same. I will be forever awestruck by these freaks of nature.

And, last, but certainly not least....



#1: YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE THE B-E-S-T!

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The number one "Tidbit" of this whole trip. I'm sure for anyone who was there that day will remember this moment forever, even in old age, watching generations of yourself running around the World, we'll always remember this. Who knew a cheer as annoying as this would become our quote for the rest of the trip and we still sing it today whenever we come to a theme park. If those cheerleaders hadn't switched bus lines these prophetic words would've never met our ears. All aside, "You know that we are the B-E-S-T! Better than all of the R-E-S-T!"

I'd also like to highlight a few other special tidbits from this trip that were fairly memorable such as our IllumiNations Dinner on Italy Isola, my first ride on Tower of Terror, Pin Trading and many others, but the ones I listed were definitely the highlights of this trip.

As you can clearly see this was one fantastic trip filled with oodles of fun! We couldn't have asked for more. We did many new things, maybe missed a few things we shouldn't have missed, but looking back, I had no regrets on the trip so why should I regret something now. You can only do so much over a five day trip and I think I did just enough. There are always future trips as well to look forward to (:

Now as I end this trip, for those of you, still wanting more, I do have one other TR, which is still in progress, of my first ever trip to Disney titled When I First Felt the Magic... FINALLY! (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2647894) This took place last year in April so it's basically over a year old, but I say to not miss out on reading this, it was a... life changing trip. I may be taking this trip too far, but when you wait so long to go on this one trip, it's amazing how strong an effect the trip has on you. Also, I will be starting my first official PTR for my 16th birthday trip. If you take a gander at the ticker in my signature or understand when next Spring is, that is going to be a LOOONNGG PTR, but hopefully it will be well worth it getting ahead. I will post a link to it once it's up and ready :teeth:

Again, thank you for following along and joining me as I relive this wonderful trip! And because I started this update with a picture, I shall end with one--

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And as the say in Disney, Have a magical day! :mickeyjum

[Jazzabelle508]

Enjoyed your TR a lot :) Every update that i read reminded me of ow much fun disney with friends can be. Yes sometimes it gets weird to not be able to turn to your family when you have any kind of comment to make but the other parts of a friends-trip far outweigh that part of it. I liked how you also did the videos of your trip like jess did in her TR. I haven't gotten a chance to watch yours yet but i'm sure there good :) I liked you idea of doing a top 10 for the trip. On my last trip to disney I sat down at the end of each day and wrote a top 10 list for each day (i tried to do a TR for this trip but since i had not discovered the DIS yet at the time of the trip i didn't take very good trip notes so i forgot a lot of the details by the end of the 4th day of my trip so i didn't get to finish it :( my next trip i definitely plan on doing a complete TR and to take good notes of each day of my trip. anyhow, the point of that story was that i love making those kind of top 10 lists, they really help you remember tips and advice you have for people and help you remember parts of the trip. I never thought of doing one for the trip as a whole, that's a cool idea!

[PlutosRHM55]

Enjoyed your TR a lot :) Every update that i read reminded me of ow much fun disney with friends can be. Yes sometimes it gets weird to not be able to turn to your family when you have any kind of comment to make but the other parts of a friends-trip far outweigh that part of it. I liked how you also did the videos of your trip like jess did in her TR. I haven't gotten a chance to watch yours yet but i'm sure there good :) I liked you idea of doing a top 10 for the trip. On my last trip to disney I sat down at the end of each day and wrote a top 10 list for each day (i tried to do a TR for this trip but since i had not discovered the DIS yet at the time of the trip i didn't take very good trip notes so i forgot a lot of the details by the end of the 4th day of my trip so i didn't get to finish it :( my next trip i definitely plan on doing a complete TR and to take good notes of each day of my trip. anyhow, the point of that story was that i love making those kind of top 10 lists, they really help you remember tips and advice you have for people and help you remember parts of the trip. I never thought of doing one for the trip as a whole, that's a cool idea!

I'm glad you enjoyed it! (: And yeah, Disney with friends is very fun, a study in extreme opposites to with family :thumbsup2 I prefer with family though, since my mom, in Disney, on rides=priceless. Though, being able to share with your friends is really cool as well, though it is much harder trying to run the whole trip when they are dragging you behind :/ Still, tons of fun (: And I hope you like the videos too :D I would say just watch the review one, it's much better than the other five in my opinion :teeth:

Thanks! I've seen other TRs list out the most memorable moments from the trip so I decided to do it too since this had a lot of crazy moments LOL And I think I was reading your TR. I'm sad you didn't finish it, it was really good. I actually didn't take any notes at all for this trip, by the way but I've got a fairly good memory so a lot of the important stuff wasn't hard to remember, pictures help as well (: So taking A LOT of pictures really is a good asset. Definitely tell me when you start writing another TR, I would love to read. (: And yeah, those top 10 lists definitely help with remembering the trip. I can split up the days, but sometimes the events get mixed up and those moments help as guidelines and it makes it all very coherent :goodvibes

Thank you for reading along! :wizard:

[wdwgirl03]

Great wrap-up. I only watched one of the videos so far but it was really cool! Isn't it amazing what you can do with technology? Nice work. :thumbsup2

[PlutosRHM55]

Great wrap-up. I only watched one of the videos so far but it was really cool! Isn't it amazing what you can do with technology? Nice work. :thumbsup2

Thanks Sarah! (: I'm glad you liked the videos :teeth: And I know right, and it's really fun making them :goodvibes

Thanks for reading along! :wizard:

[Vwdiva93]

Aw I can't believe it's come to an end already :( I hate ending TRs so much. I really enjoyed reading it though. And you're so lucky you have a new trip to look forward too!

I love the videos! That's such a good idea, and the music you chose is great! They seem like a really fun way to relive the trip even more. I'd love to make them for mine, if only I had the time (and knew how to, Lol!)

I'll be anxiously awaiting your PTR for your birthday trip:thumbsup2

[PlutosRHM55]

Aw I can't believe it's come to an end already :( I hate ending TRs so much. I really enjoyed reading it though. And you're so lucky you have a new trip to look forward too!

I love the videos! That's such a good idea, and the music you chose is great! They seem like a really fun way to relive the trip even more. I'd love to make them for mine, if only I had the time (and knew how to, Lol!)

I'll be anxiously awaiting your PTR for your birthday trip:thumbsup2

Me too :( I know, it just feels like your own trip has ended though you haven't even left your house LOL. I'm glad you enjoyed it and I can't wait until I get to share the next trip with y'all :D

Thanks! They really are a great way to relive the trip. Instead of just flipping through pictures, I have music set behind them to make it a bit more interesting. I've done it for basically every "big" trip I've taken since the year before Disney so I'm probably going to be doing it from now on :rolleyes:

I'll be posting it up soon enough. Thanks for reading along with this one, Clarice! (:

[ZFamily5]

I can't believe I've missed your TR for so long! I love reading fellow teen's TRs! Going back to read now!

[PlutosRHM55]

I can't believe I've missed your TR for so long! I love reading fellow teen's TRs! Going back to read now!

Well, glad you could join, though I just sorta ended it LOL, but new readers are welcomed anytime so :welcome: Hope you enjoy reading my TR! (:

[PlutosRHM55]

I would like to interrupt this TR for a special announcement...

I've just recently posted my new PTR for my 16th Birthday Trip and would love it if anybody would check it out. Here is a link: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2780491

Have A Magical Day! :mickeyjum

[StephaniexMarie]

Timmy! I finally finished reading and your trip report was great. I'm amazed at all the little details you take note of. I loved reading about you guys being Honorary Cast Members and just getting from one place to the next! Trips with friends are definitely different, but fun in a new way. :wizard: Now I just have to finish your first TR and I'll be good! :thumbsup2

[PlutosRHM55]

Timmy! I finally finished reading and your trip report was great. I'm amazed at all the little details you take note of. I loved reading about you guys being Honorary Cast Members and just getting from one place to the next! Trips with friends are definitely different, but fun in a new way. :wizard: Now I just have to finish your first TR and I'll be good! :thumbsup2

Awesome :woohoo:, I'm glad you liked it, Stephanie! I sorta have this weird thing for being extra detailed with writing, yeah I'm strange. :rolleyes: It was so much fun being an Honorary Cast Member. We got to see the backstage area, it was almost like a special tour. So much fun! :goodvibes And yeah, Disney with friends is tons of fun, gives a whole different perspective on the parks. :thumbsup2 I hope you enjoy the rest of my first one, can't wait to hear what you think of that! :mickeyjum

[disfreak24]

I finished it! haha It was great! Sounds like it was amazing! By the way I really loved that pink duck boat thingy! By the way I am sooo jealous of you getting to be an honorary cast member for a day!;) That would be so much fun!

Now I have to read the PTR but I'll do that later, because I have to do homework -.- haha but this one was great!:) I really enjoyed reading it, Timmy! :goodvibes

EDIT: wowww I just realized I said "by the way" a lot lol!

[PlutosRHM55]

I finished it! haha It was great! Sounds like it was amazing! By the way I really loved that pink duck boat thingy! By the way I am sooo jealous of you getting to be an honorary cast member for a day!;) That would be so much fun!

Now I have to read the PTR but I'll do that later, because I have to do homework -.- haha but this one was great!:) I really enjoyed reading it, Timmy! :goodvibes

EDIT: wowww I just realized I said "by the way" a lot lol!

Awesome, Hannah! And thanks! (: It was definitely an amazing trip, but aren't they all? :goodvibes Oh, that one was my sister's favorite I think, of course :/ Hahaha, jealous much? LOL Thanks! It was really fun. (:

Yeah, definitely go finish your homework and I will be writing and update :thumbsup2 And I'm glad to hear you enjoyed this one (:

P.S. I noticed that, I was about to say something :laughing: But it's okay.

[StephaniexMarie]

Awesome :woohoo:, I'm glad you liked it, Stephanie! I sorta have this weird thing for being extra detailed with writing, yeah I'm strange. :rolleyes: It was so much fun being an Honorary Cast Member. We got to see the backstage area, it was almost like a special tour. So much fun! :goodvibes And yeah, Disney with friends is tons of fun, gives a whole different perspective on the parks. :thumbsup2 I hope you enjoy the rest of my first one, can't wait to hear what you think of that! :mickeyjum

:laughing: I'm thinking of getting a notebook while I'm there next trip to jot some things down. I have a pretty good memory but I'd just like to be a little more detailed. :goodvibes I want to go to Disney with a big group. Well, not like HUGE. But more than 2. :lmao: I'm actually planning one for Spring Break, now I just need to find people to bring. :rolleyes:

[PlutosRHM55]

:laughing: I'm thinking of getting a notebook while I'm there next trip to jot some things down. I have a pretty good memory but I'd just like to be a little more detailed. :goodvibes I want to go to Disney with a big group. Well, not like HUGE. But more than 2. :lmao: I'm actually planning one for Spring Break, now I just need to find people to bring. :rolleyes:

Yeah same here, my memory is pretty good, but the thing is I can't keep it in order and I'll only have two spots in mind where things happened. It's annoying, I also think taking more pictures would help. I liked to be very detailed too... as you can tell LOL I love going to Disney with big groups, though I think nothing over 5, maybe 6 if everyone knows where they're going that helps :laughing: Ooooo... Have fun! (:

[cindianne320]

What a great trip! thanks for sharing it with all of us. There is nothing like traveling with your friends and peers- I was there with my school band in spring 1997- the 25th anniversary. Now it's the 40th- I can't believe it!

I would love to see your complete lanyard of pins, after all of your trading at the end! (I know you showed most of it, I just want to see all!)

I hope you get to go back and experience the magic soon!

[katt789]

I'm here to join in! (although I've only read the first 2 posts!:laughing:) I followed you over from Kristen's TR, as I noticed that you're transversing the galaxy for Pigfarts as well!!! :wizard:

[PlutosRHM55]

What a great trip! thanks for sharing it with all of us. There is nothing like traveling with your friends and peers- I was there with my school band in spring 1997- the 25th anniversary. Now it's the 40th- I can't believe it!

No problem, I love sharing my trips with you all (: There really is nothing like it, it is just such a unique experience to do Disney with friends. I can't believe though, you got to go during the 25th anniversary! I was so close to the 40th, SO CLOSE! :sad2: lol


I would love to see your complete lanyard of pins, after all of your trading at the end! (I know you showed most of it, I just want to see all!)

I thought I posted a picture of that... hmmmm... I'll have to go look for that. Good thing you caught me right before I close this thread. :thumbsup2

I hope you get to go back and experience the magic soon!

Thanks! I'm really hoping I'll get to go at least once or twice more before I graduate.

I'm here to join in! (although I've only read the first 2 posts!:laughing:) I followed you over from Kristen's TR, as I noticed that you're transversing the galaxy for Pigfarts as well!!! :wizard:

:welcome: Though this TR has been finished for awhile :rolleyes1 lol Glad you like it so far! Haha, you saw that? Well I'm glad to have another Starkid over here! (:

[PopArtGal]

Here I am. Sorry I'm late though.

[PlutosRHM55]

Here I am. Sorry I'm late though.

It's okay. This TR has been long over, but it's open so it's nice to know it isn't ignored (: