We'll sleep when we get home! A fun-filled mother/daughter vacation! (Updated 1/21)

[StephaniexMarie]

HELLLLOOOOO HUMANS! (That's the part where you wave your arms in the air and scream!)

My mom and I just got home from our trip to the World at about 12am last night. I was planning on starting the trip report as soon as I got back - but I was way too tired. So here we go!

We MUST start with our introductions before we get too carried away! For those of you who haven't read my pre-trip report, hi, my name is Stephanie. :wave: I'm 14 years young and I have a extremely strong passion for all things Disney. My favorite movie is Beauty and the Beast and my favorite attraction is the TTA Peoplemover. I'm an only child and I live in New York with my two parents who I love very much. :lovestruc I love learning new things and I'm going to be a Sophomore next month. I'm sure you'll get to know me better by my writing in this TR, so I'll leave it at that. :goodvibes This is me:

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Next up is my mom. She works in the media at a company in Manhattan. She's always my best friend, and my favorite person to go to Disney with (Well, the only person I have been with ;) ) but my favorite nonetheless. Her favorite movie is Finding Nemo and her favorite attraction is the TTA Peoplemover. This is mommy:

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This is my first trip report - so please bear with me! I'm excited for others to hear about our lovely trip! We're going to Disney again on Thanksgiving - so hopefully I'll finish this by then. So get excited for the next 102 days!! :cool1:

[StephaniexMarie]

DAY 1
Traveling to a very magical kingdom! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42247270&postcount=7)
We’re here! We’re here! We’re here! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42258315&postcount=17)
We’re here! We’re here! We’re here! (Con't) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42258590&postcount=18)
We’re here! We’re here! We’re here! (Con't again!)
Hello, Magic Kingdom! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42258615&postcount=19)
Hello, Magic Kingdom! (Con't) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42275435&postcount=29)
Hello, Magic Kingdom! (Con't again!) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42275806&postcount=31)

DAY 2
Back and forth in Future World (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42299306&postcount=41)
On our way to The Land (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42299699&postcount=42)
One Little Spark of inspiration, is at the heart, of all creation!
Canada has a store?! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42300017&postcount=43)
Let's go on a stroll through World Showcase! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42333930&postcount=54)
Chair tricks, kakigori, and a duck! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42367510&postcount=65)
Doing as much in World Showcase as we can before dinner! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42376558&postcount=70)
Maybe we shouldn't of had that pretzel! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42393707&postcount=85)

DAY 3
Time to be treated like royalty! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42403367&postcount=92)
A perfect morning in the Magic Kingdom (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42411133&postcount=95)
Let's go explore the Contemporary (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42411512&postcount=97)
Aloha! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42411974&postcount=99)
Rest and Relaxation time (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42412154&postcount=101)
MK EMH (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43018949&postcount=157)
MK EMH P2 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43032234&postcount=163)

DAY 4
Hello, Hollywood! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42448630&postcount=115)
Perry the Platypus - come back! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42517644&postcount=123)
More Fun at the Studios (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42672575&postcount=135)
Even MORE Fun at the Studios (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42751671&postcount=138)
Hey Howdy Hey - Look Who It Is! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42761107&postcount=139)
I don't think I took enough pictures in DHS! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42761329&postcount=140)

DAY 5
Ready for a "Wild" Time! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42961325&postcount=147)
Animals, Animals, and some more Animals! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42974519&postcount=150)
To the Wildlife Express! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42976819&postcount=151)
Lots of Animals, Entertainment and Fun! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=42987197&postcount=152)
Meet My New Best Friend! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43009258&postcount=155)
Rain Rain Go Away! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43018949&postcount=157)
The rain scared all the people away! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43078436&postcount=171)
Lots of Luck - Plus a Slush! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43093250&postcount=174)
Open Up Your Heart & Let The Memories Begin! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43160619&postcount=178)

DAY 6
There Is No Such Thing As Too Much Shopping :)
(http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43166530&postcount=182)Silly Squirrel, Wolfgang Puck Express is for Guests!
(http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43231673&postcount=186)Uh-Oh, Be Careful Sock Monkey!
(http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43243537&postcount=188) One Man's Dream (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43244057&postcount=189)
One Man's Dream Part 2 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43244843&postcount=191)
Walkin Right Down The Middle of...the Streets of America! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43266660&postcount=193)

DAY 7
The Great Piggy Bank Adventure! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43682611&postcount=208)
I Want That Bed! (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=43747314#post43747314)
Do People Actually Buy These Hats? (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43747340&postcount=212)
The Most Beautiful Place For A Sunset :) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43809227&postcount=219)
Illuminations & Taking It Easy During EMH (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43809403&postcount=220)

DAY 8

Extras:
1- Hooray for Disney Mail (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43038066&postcount=164)
2- T-minus One Month - Countdown Calender, ME and other Disney things (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43058463&postcount=170)

[CandleontheWater]

I am joining in on the fun! I can't wait to read about your adventures with your Mom.

[DisneyTiger]

Yay!!! Can't wait to hear all about it!

[mimiloveswdw]

Here, here, here! :yay:

[PlutosRHM55]

I'm in! I love reading TRs written by kids the same age as me (:

[StephaniexMarie]

Today was the day. We had a very early flight and I was up out of bed by 5:15 in the morning. I made my bed and everything, which surprised my parents to say the least! :lmao: But what can I say? I had been ready to go for the longest time! Our luggage had been packed about 2 weeks prior (we were that excited ;) ) and it was all lined up and ready to go.

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Daddy drove us to JFK at 6 on the dot and we made it there with really good timing. We were there before 6:30! We live in Brooklyn, so I guess Queens isn’t too far away when there’s no traffic. We have a marina near our mall and it looked BEAUTIFUL that morning with the sun rising over it. I wanted to take a picture, but my camera was packed in a bag in the very back of the car so I couldn’t get a picture.

When we finally arrived at the Delta drop-off place, we were a little confused about if we were in the right place because everyone around us seemed to have a passport and we were just going to Orlando! :laughing: We usually fly out of LGA, but that is a long drive so we decided to fly out of JFK this year. It was a little confusing at first (and when we arrived back home on the 13th - but we’ll get to that later!) but we managed. Daddy helped us get our luggage out of the trunk and to the curb. We both hugged him goodbye and he was off. In case you were wondering, he doesn’t come with us because he is a drummer in a band that plays for weddings and different events. He doesn’t find out about his gigs far enough in advance to book a vacation - and if he misses a gig, he’s out. :eek: But he is fine without going. He has lived all around the country, including California, so he's been to Disneyland a lot (And his friends got banned from going on Pirates of the Caribbean...but that's a whole other story! :lmao: ) He gets the whole house to himself and we get a little break! :laughing:

Scanning was a breeze. I was terrified of being selected as a random for a pat-down, but luckily we both made it through without any trouble. Unfortunately, an elderly lady in front of us in line did not have the same luck, and was pulled over for a very lengthy pat-down. We both felt so bad for her. We headed toward the Delta section but stopped at Dunkin Doughnuts to get some breakfast. I ordered a whole-wheat bagel with cream cheese and an apple juice and mommy ordered a blueberry muffin and a coffee. There must have been a lack of communication because we ended up with a plain bagel with cream cheese, apple juice, and a coffee. :laughing: It was no big deal, I just took the plain bagel and mommy went through the line again to order ANOTHER blueberry muffin.

After that we went to the gate and just sat for a little while. Sooner than later, we were boarding! :goodvibes: I had my iPhone packed with tons of Disney music to keep me busy along the way.

We waited to take off

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And waited...

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And waited….

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And we were finally up, up and away!

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[StephaniexMarie]

I am joining in on the fun! I can't wait to read about your adventures with your Mom.

Welcome and thanks for joining in! :)

Yay!!! Can't wait to hear all about it!

:cool1: Thanks for joining!

Here, here, here! :yay:

:dance3: Yay! My mom just got home with Chinese food, but when I get back I'm gonna finish reading what you wrote so far and comment. :goodvibes

I'm in! I love reading TRs written by kids the same age as me (:

Welcome! I do too, I'll be sure to read yours when I get the time. :)

[MsHershey]

Subbing. My daughter and I are planning our first Mother/Daughter WDW trip in Sept. 2012. Can't wait to read about your adventure.

[PlutosRHM55]

Great start! (: Glad to see you got through all the airport craziness smoothly. I feel so bad for the lady who had to get the pat-down. And I'm sorry about your Dunkin' Donuts order debacle, I think they give you a refund if they mess up your order... something to know for next time :teeth: And a big :thumbsup2 to your iPhone of Disney Music, a great way to get into the mode (:

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[Mouseteacher]

I'm here! :surfweb: Love to read mother/daughter trips.

[StephaniexMarie]

Subbing. My daughter and I are planning our first Mother/Daughter WDW trip in Sept. 2012. Can't wait to read about your adventure.

You guys will have a blast! Thanks for reading along. :goodvibes

Great start! (: Glad to see you got through all the airport craziness smoothly. I feel so bad for the lady who had to get the pat-down. And I'm sorry about your Dunkin' Donuts order debacle, I think they give you a refund if they mess up your order... something to know for next time :teeth: And a big :thumbsup2 to your iPhone of Disney Music, a great way to get into the mode (:

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

Thank you! There's not many pictures in this first update, but there will be eventually. I think I took about 1500, and that doesn't include the ones on my phone! :eek: It was very sad to see. I'm all about safety - but I think they're taking it to the extreme. I didn't know that about Dunkin' Donuts! Ha well thanks for the info. One of my favorites on my phone is the Magic Kingdom entrance loop. It's about an hour long so that kept me occupied for most of the flight! :goodvibes

I'm here! :surfweb: Love to read mother/daughter trips.

Welcome! Thanks for joining! :goodvibes

[lmillercrew]

I'm here too! Well, me and DD. I've told her we are going and she is geeked, to say the least. We are going to be following along on your TR until we leave. Tues is the day! Looking forward to reading more!popcorn::

[heaven2dc]

Joining in on the fun! Am anxious to hear all about your trip :banana:

[quigs3]

Can't wait to hear all about your trip! It sounds like you have a wonderful mother!

[celeste.]

Hey! Great start..I'm from New York also.
Can't wait to read more. :goodvibes

[StephaniexMarie]

Our plane arrived in Orlando almost 45 minutes earlier than expected! It was wonderful because that meant more time in Disney. :wizard: We headed out to the “monorail” to take us to the other side of the airport. I’m sure this is a familiar sight for many of you. :goodvibes

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We got front row so I got to sit down for the…30 second ride. :lmao:

Once we were off, we went down the escalator and saw these signs.

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We went straight through and showed the cast members our little Magical Express booklet. We were on our way!

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After about a 5 minute wait, our line was let through and we headed towards the buses. I find that the Magical Express is true to it’s name on the way to the World, but on the way back to the airport it is the Not-so-Magical Express. :sad2: But at this moment, we were headed to the World, so we were nothing but excited!

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This was not our bus, but our bus had it’s bottom section up to put luggage in, so I thought this one made for a better picture. ;) Our bus was one of the water park ones if I remember correctly! We waited until the bus was completely full and we were on our way.

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The bus actually ended up going to AKL Jambo house and AKL Kidani Villiage first, which made the ride a bit longer because anyone who has ever been at Pop knows it’s right next to the Walt Disney World gates. In fact, I think you can see them at a certain point in the 50’s section. I guess the driver was backtracking though by going to the furthest place first then the closest to the gates.

While we were on the bus, my mom and I overheard the guy behind us talking to this woman who was at Disney for the first time. He said that his son was in the college program and was “friends of Peter Pan.” Very cool! When the woman got off bus at Caribbean Beach, the stalkers we are told him we overheard him talking about the program. :lmao: My mom told him about how I wanted to do it and he was explaining different parts of it to us. He was staying at Pop too, so when we got off the bus, his son was standing there waiting for him. He was so excited to see him, it was the cutest thing! The guy said “He looks like Peter Pan, doesn’t he?” He really did. His luggage was out of the bus before ours and him and his son were walking into the lobby. He saw us and smiled. It was our first of many Disney friends on the trip! :goodvibes

We went straight to check in as soon as we got our bags. There, we met a nice cast member who gave us some Hidden Mickey trivia : Pop version! I got 2/3 correct. He was impressed. :thumbsup2 I was checking out his pins and I saw a really cute one of the yellow 3D glasses they have at Philharmagic and Toy Story Mania. I told him I wish I had my pins with me because I really wanted to trade for it, but unfortunately they were packed with our checked luggage. He said we could come back anytime and try to find him, but if he wasn't there to ask for the front desk pins. My mom also asked him about upgrading our tickets to annual passes. You see, for this trip we got a free dining PIN code so we had to buy 2 day base tickets. We weren't sure if we had to use them first and then upgrade or upgrade first thing to get the money spent on the 2 day tickets taken off of the AP's. He checked and said to upgrade them first thing, so we did that later on in the day.

Once we got to the desk, I recognized the cast member on the other side. It was Judy from Brooklyn, NY who I saw on MeMom's trip report! :scared1: It really is a small world after all! Judy was actually helping a new CM who was very nice and from China to check us in. Judy handed me 2 "I'm Celebrating!" pins while the lady from China (I can't remember her name for the life of me, but it started with an S! I promise to take note of CM names in November. ;)) I was very happy during check in because I had gotten all of my room requests! 60's section, building 5, floor 2, facing the Hippy Dippy Pool. I was thrilled! :cutie:

We walked through Classic Hall, passed Everything Pop, and out into the 60's section!

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We took the elevator because we had our little suitcases with us, but our room was right next to the Yo-Yo staircase so we were steps away from everything.

Our room number. :goodvibes

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Here's our room! Please don't mind the fact that we made ourselves at home a bit before I started taking pictures. :)

The beds

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The TV, drawers and table

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[StephaniexMarie]

Again, please don't mind the fact that I look like I'm sleepwalking. ;) I blinked for the picture by accident. Whoops!

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Our view! :love:

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This little guy was waiting for us in the room. We were excited because we hadn't gotten any towel animals in like 2 years!

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Can you tell how excited I was? ;)

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After taking all of the pictures, we headed to Everything Pop because we were starving!

I got a pink mug and mommy got the blue mug.

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We both got the Chicken Penne Alfredo. If you read my PTR, you know what dessert I got. ;) If you're new, the TIE-DYE CHEESECAKE! :worship: It was all I expected it to be, very yummy! :goodvibes I had the flash on my accident, but don't worry, the food pictures got better (when I remembered to take them.....)

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Mommy's not a big cheesecake person so she got a tie-dye cupcake so she wouldn't feel left out of the tie-dye party. ;)

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Food Review!:
The Chicken Penne Alfredo was very good, it's one of our favorite Pop meals. It's very filling though, I can never finish the whole thing! I already described my love for the tie-dye cheesecake. :) Mommy said her tie-dye cupcake was good, but nothing to write home about.

We went back to the room to drop off our mugs after we browsed through the store. We always drop our mugs off in the room before we go to the parks, but we always see many families in the parks carrying their mugs! :confused3 I know it's your own choice, but it seems like a hassle to have to carry them around all day. We even saw this one lady holding 5 all at once! :eek:

Here's the Yo-Yo I mentioned earlier. ;)

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After we got our bags together, we took the scenic way to the buses instead of going right through Classic Hall. Here's the map near the Goofy jets that are not working. :sad2:

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We walked past the 70's.

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The playground which I used to spend a lot of time in! It's nice because it's always empty.

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[StephaniexMarie]

Saw a Rubik's cube or two.

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And we made it to the bus stops!

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[StephaniexMarie]

I'm here too! Well, me and DD. I've told her we are going and she is geeked, to say the least. We are going to be following along on your TR until we leave. Tues is the day! Looking forward to reading more!popcorn::

Welcome! Aww that's so cool both of you are reading! :cutie: Lucky, you guys are leaving tomorrow! Have a magical time and thanks for reading!! :wizard:

Joining in on the fun! Am anxious to hear all about your trip :banana:

Yay! Welcome!! :goodvibes

Can't wait to hear all about your trip! It sounds like you have a wonderful mother!

She says thank you! :goodvibes And thanks for joining in! :)

Hey! Great start..I'm from New York also.
Can't wait to read more. :goodvibes

Hi! Thank you. :yay: That's so cool, where from? :goodvibes Thanks for joining!

[StitchIsBeast]

It's really good so far! Can't wait to hear more :goodvibes.

[StephaniexMarie]

It's really good so far! Can't wait to hear more :goodvibes.

Thank you! :goodvibes

[MeMom]

Finally made it over here.

Great location on your room! :thumbsup2

Good old Judy. She doesn't know she is a DIS celebrity of sorts.

We're at the bus stop. Now it's off to a park! :cool1:

[PlutosRHM55]

Wow, when you update... you UPDATE! LOL That's so cool you met a guy on the bus with a son in the DCP. I really need to start asking about that now, probably should've asked on my last trip, but oh well. :teeth:

Awesome to see you got all your room requests and I love the view you chose. The little towel animal is awesome too. I always manage to only get the Hidden Mickey towel. It's starting to bother me now :sad2:

Oooo... all the tie-dye food looks really good. I'm really wanting to go to POP now :laughing: And I love the pictures of the scenic route you took from your room to the buses at POP. It looks so cool around there. Imagine if POP had finished Legendary Years, that would've been very cool to see all the great photo ops around there :goodvibes

Oooo... on the bus and off to the parks. Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[lbuzz52]

Great start! I'm looking forward to reading about the mother daughtrwr dynamics. I can't wait until I get to take a mother daughter trip!

[StephaniexMarie]

Finally made it over here.

Great location on your room! :thumbsup2

Good old Judy. She doesn't know she is a DIS celebrity of sorts.

We're at the bus stop. Now it's off to a park! :cool1:

Welcome! :goodvibes
Haha I know! I was tempted to say something, but then I thought she'd think I was absolutely insane. :crazy:

Wow, when you update... you UPDATE! LOL That's so cool you met a guy on the bus with a son in the DCP. I really need to start asking about that now, probably should've asked on my last trip, but oh well. :teeth:

Awesome to see you got all your room requests and I love the view you chose. The little towel animal is awesome too. I always manage to only get the Hidden Mickey towel. It's starting to bother me now :sad2:

Oooo... all the tie-dye food looks really good. I'm really wanting to go to POP now :laughing: And I love the pictures of the scenic route you took from your room to the buses at POP. It looks so cool around there. Imagine if POP had finished Legendary Years, that would've been very cool to see all the great photo ops around there :goodvibes

Oooo... on the bus and off to the parks. Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

Haha! I was planning on one post, but then I discovered the 25 picture limit. :rolleyes: Here's a fair warning, that will probably happen a lot in this TR, and probably in my post for today! There's always next trip to talk to new people! That's one of my favorite things about Disney. Practically everyone has a common interest so it's fun to make new friends in line, on a ride, or even on a bus. ;)

Thanks! I was very specific when I asked my mom to request it. She joked around, "want to request a room number too?" to which I replied "sure, why not!" :) We got a couple of towel animals this trip, they sure did make up for not getting any the past years. I never got a Hidden Mickey one, but I've seen pictures. They're cool, so don't get too bothered about not getting the little guys!

Pop is wonderful. Especially for the money. And Disney food is wonderful too. Especially when it's tie-dyed. :thumbsup2 The Legendary Years would have been neat to see. My mom said it could have been a little hard though, since there was WW1 & WW2 and the Great Depression going on at that time, but I'm sure they could have found happy things to include in the resort. AOA will be nice though. I actually saw some new concept art earlier today. I have no interest in the Cars rooms, they look too motel to me. I know, I know, that's the theme with the movie. But still! Nemo looks pretty, but my mom would probably not pay those prices when there are only 2 of us going. The Little Mermaid rooms are always a possibility, if they don't sell out! She said she'd rather go deluxe for the price of the suites, which I have no problem with. ;)

Great start! I'm looking forward to reading about the mother daughtrwr dynamics. I can't wait until I get to take a mother daughter trip!

Thank you! Mother daughter trips are soooo much fun. :goodvibes

[StephaniexMarie]

Where were we off to, you may be wondering? Take a guess.

Any guess.

Come on.

You know you wanna.

Got an idea yet?

Your have 4 choices.

6 including waterparks.

Just kidding.

We didn’t get the Waterparks fun and more option.

So 5 including Downtown Disney.

Ok.

I’ll stop now.

We were headed to…

The MAGIC KINGDOM! :wizard:

I was smiling ear to ear when I heard the Mickey Mouse Club music playing as we entered the bus lot. First things first, we had to upgrade our base tickets! We went to Guest Relations and a nice CM helped us out. Mommy got Goofy on hers and I got Mickey. I was THRILLED! But then we noticed something…our last name was spelled wrong! :eek: So after waiting in a long line to get into the park out in the hot Florida sun, we had to step out and go back to Guest Relations. Yeah, I was not a happy camper. I just wanted to get inside and feel all the magic already! I waited in the shade for a couple minutes replying to some texts, but then I joined her over at the desk. Our new AP’s were getting printed out. I was anxious to see who I got. I was really hoping it was Mickey.

It wasn’t. It was Donald.

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(That picture was taken the next day at Test Track, but it’s the only picture I have of it!)

I got a little upset because I was really happy to get Mickey the first time! I know I should have been happy from the start that I actually HAD an annual pass, and with that comes the promise that there are more trips coming in the next YEAR. But I was silly. I got over it very soon though, because we were in the Magic Kingdom!

Now here’s a little side note. I’m sure you guys have read many trip reports before. And I’m sure when the TR writer went to the Magic Kingdom, he/she took a picture of the castle while walking right down the middle of Main Street, USA first thing. I kinda….didn’t. :eek: At this point in the trip, I thought my camera bag was too bulky to carry around the parks because it’s a square, so I used a drawstring. (You can see it in the yellow Pop sign picture a bit.) It’s not the easiest for access, and it was really hurting my shoulders at the end of the day, so from day 2 on, I used the camera bag which actually wasn’t bulky at all!

The park was poppin’, which was pretty understandable at 3:00 in the afternoon. I could already feel my hair starting to frizz and curl, so we stopped in the Emporium where I got a cute hair tie with little mickey heads on it. We also bought something else, I can’t remember what. We asked the CM at the desk if we get a discount with the AP. He said an AP gets you anything. ;) Oh really? If that was true, my first wish would be a night in Cinderella’s Castle! After we left the store, we had no clue what we wanted to do first, but all we knew is that we wanted to get into air conditioning fast. So after a 20 some minute wait, we ended up here…

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I just love this ride! I know some people joke around and say the song is annoying, but I find it adorable. It’s on my iPod and everything. :thumbsup2: (Which reminds me, I said that a LOT during this trip. It was too the point that if my mom and I heard some music in a place, I turned around and opened my mouth to say something, she would say “Is this on your iPod too?” or “Of course it is!”” (:

So please remain seated, keep your hands, arms, feet and legs inside the boat at all times and enjoy the ride!

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[WildAboutWalle]

I can't wait to read more!

[StephaniexMarie]

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We love saying these different forms of goodbye! :goodvibes

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I'm blanking out on what we did next, but I'm thinking we went to Splash Mountain because I have pictures of The Briar Patch gift shop. It's so cozy in here!

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I think Splash was down, so we didn't bother to get fastpasses for me. (My mom doesn't like roller coasters or log flumes...or Tower of Terror, but I don't know what to categorize that as. :laughing: )

Crowds were insane.

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We wanted to do another attraction where we get to relax in air conditioning, so we headed back over to Liberty Square.

We passed Brer Rabbit along the way.

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And eventually arrived here.

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I love History, so I was actually excited to be seeing this again! Unfortunately, our experience was ruined because there was not 1, but 2 crying kids in the audience! :scared1: It wouldn't have been too bad if we weren't sitting by them, but one of them was right behind us. It was not fun. :sad2: The other crying kid wasn't annoying, but actually funny because he randomly had an outburst when Lincoln started speaking. :lmao: His dad took him out of the theater, which we were wishing the other parents would have done with the crying baby, but they didn't. :(

We had a Crystal Palace reservation later that night so we headed to Main Street. First, we had to take some pictures! :goodvibes

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You can see me holding my hair tie I mentioned earlier!

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[celeste.]

Hi! Thank you. :yay: That's so cool, where from? :goodvibes Thanks for joining!

i'm from Long Island. :thumbsup2
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I love It's A Small World..it's one of my favorites. I always take way too many pictures on it, though. :)
oh and i love hall of presidents..i like history too! too bad about the crying, though!!

[StephaniexMarie]

We walked down Main Street after out little photoshoot and passed by the Crystal Palace.

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I made it a point this year to read names on the windows. I never did it until this trip, and I’m happy I did. It’s so fun to see the names of all of the people who helped create this amazing place being displayed right on Main Street!

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We saw some interesting flowers…or pretty leaves. Whichever you prefer. ;)

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Isn’t Main Street just lovely?!

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I LOVED these! Do any of you watch Toddlers & Tiaras? I love it. Ahaha, the big crown, second row all the way to the right reminded me of an Ultimate Grand Supreme one. I took many pictures with it on later in the trip, believe me.

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Wouldn’t this be a nice addition to all of our homes? :goodvibes

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This little spot is so fun to relax in. We hung out there for a while later on in the trip.

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Gifts and more gifts!

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Hi, Casey! I never ate here before. I don’t like hot dogs, but we walked in there before and sat in the seating area to watch cartoons before and I love the atmosphere.

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Isn’t this beautiful?

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Ducky! I love ducks. They’re so CUTE! I must have at least 20 pictures of ducks from this trip.

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Playing around with my camera while we waited for our buzzer to go off for this place....

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My mom took pictures of me with characters on her old camera which has film, and the pictures haven't been developed yet so I don't have any to post. I don't think I will though, because I looked like a hot mess. :rolleyes:

I don't have any other pictures from here, but I will post a review.

Food Review:
The Crystal Palace used to be one of our favorites. I'd swear by it. But this time was just...disappointing. Maybe it's because I've changed my eating habits around so I'm eating more than just stuff like mashed potatoes, mac&cheese, and bread. But the character interaction was not good. At first I thought it was because I was 14 and all. But it wasn't. The characters just rushed by every table. When the little girl at the table next to me tried to get their attention, they didn't do a thing. :sad2: They just breezed by each table. The only saving grace of the experience was our waitress. She was bubbly and kind, and managed to get me to smile even while I was so disappointed. Good thing we were on the free dining plan, because that meal was NOT worth 90 dollars. :scared1: I have heard that the breakfast is better, but I'm not a huge breakfast person. I could just have a bagel and be filled, so chances are we probably will not be going back to the Crystal Palace. :(

Don't worry though! I know there have been a couple not-so-magical experiences today, but that all changes starting tomorrow. :thumbsup2

After the Crystal Palace, we needed something to make us happier, so we went to one of our favorites: Mickey's Philharmagic! This attraction is INCREDIBLE. I love everything about it. And their gift shop is pretty awesome!

I got this cozy blanket that's now on my bed. :lovestruc

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And this plate. Yes, I'm 14. Don't hate. It's adorable!

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And this shirt. Can't you just hear Donald saying "Where's my hat?!" :goodvibes

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[MeMom]

I have two of those Magic Kingdom plates here at my house for the girls. They do bring some happiness to a plain old meal. :thumbsup2

I like the throw and the shirt, too. Good choices on everything. That gift shop does have some different items, which is nice. ::yes::

We have not had great character luck at Crystal Palace a few times. It seems like they got a little mixed up about where they were when they finished a parade or brought out a 'fresh' character.

[CandleontheWater]

Looks like you guys had a successful first day! :thumbsup2

I have never stayed in the 60's section, despite countless trips to Pop! Do you know, are they all prefered rooms? If they are, that would explain it, since I never want to pay the extra for the preferred room. If not, well, maybe the CM at check in can just tell how much I love Oliver and Company, so they automatically put me in the 80's section.

Oh and I love your plate! I think its funny because I took a whole set of Disney plastic plates with me to college to use in my dorm room. The plates recently resurfaced in a box in my parents basement, and now my son uses them when we go home to my parents house. :laughing:

[PlutosRHM55]

YAY! Magic Kingdom... how did I not guess? I think that's pretty obvious when it comes to Disney parks to go to on the first day, but that's just me :teeth:

I'm sorry about your little AP debacle. At least you get APs and I think Donald is definitley a second choice to Mickey. :thumbsup2 And don't worry about forgetting to get a picture of the castle walking down Main Street, it makes it a bit harder touring with a camera out every second. LOL @ your AP discount question, I think I would go for buying Disney World with it :laughing:

Oh, I love It's A Small World and I love looking at these pictures you took of the ride. It feels like I'm actually there. I love that last room with the ways of saying goodbye. When the ride gets backed up there, usually I just read those off, trying to figure out what language it is. Some of them I still can't pronounce though LOL

Oooo... the Briar Patch Gift Shop looks really cool. I've actually never been in there though I've been on Splash MANY times. The theming for the ride is just great. And yeah, Tower of Terror definitely stands in a category of it's own ::yes::

I'm sorry about your crying baby experience on Hall of Presidents. I'm surprised a CM didn't step in to say "Could you please take your son/daughter out? It's distracting the guests". Though I think it should be common sense for when your baby starts crying to take him or her out of the situation and figure out what's wrong then calm him/her down.

Love your pictures from the side of the castle, so pretty! Especially with the reflection in the water :goodvibes And your main street pictures are cool too. I should try to read off the names on the windows on my next trip.

I'm sorry you didn't have a good experience at Crystal Palace. I'm surprised the character interactions weren't that great. They took a lot of time to spend at my table when I was there and they did it with other tables. It may have been because it was on off-season :confused3 It may not be for everyone.

Oh, I love Mickey's PhilharMagic, such a fun attraction :goodvibes And I love the plate! I should totally get one.

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[StephaniexMarie]

I can't wait to read more!

Thanks for reading! :goodvibes

i'm from Long Island.
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I love It's A Small World..it's one of my favorites. I always take way too many pictures on it, though.
oh and i love hall of presidents..i like history too! too bad about the crying, though!!

Oh, you're close by! Awesome. :)
You can tell by my posts, but I obviously have the same problem as you. :laughing: I try to take pictures the first time I ride so I can just enjoy the next time around.
Hall of Presidents is great. :thumbsup2 I also love The American Adventure over at Epcot! Yeah, I could have done without the crying. :eek:


I have two of those Magic Kingdom plates here at my house for the girls. They do bring some happiness to a plain old meal.

I like the throw and the shirt, too. Good choices on everything. That gift shop does have some different items, which is nice.

We have not had great character luck at Crystal Palace a few times. It seems like they got a little mixed up about where they were when they finished a parade or brought out a 'fresh' character.


I actually saw the plate first on one of your trip reports! :thumbsup2 Disney plates are the best. We have a set of 6 triangle ones for pizza, Mickey & Minnie shaped ones, a couple Rainforest Cafe ones and one from POTC.

The blanket is so cozy. :cloud9: We can never leave that gift shop without a bag! :laughing:

Aww, I've noticed that too. It was so weird though, because last year character interaction was perfect! :confused:

Looks like you guys had a successful first day!

I have never stayed in the 60's section, despite countless trips to Pop! Do you know, are they all prefered rooms? If they are, that would explain it, since I never want to pay the extra for the preferred room. If not, well, maybe the CM at check in can just tell how much I love Oliver and Company, so they automatically put me in the 80's section.

Oh and I love your plate! I think its funny because I took a whole set of Disney plastic plates with me to college to use in my dorm room. The plates recently resurfaced in a box in my parents basement, and now my son uses them when we go home to my parents house.

Good question! I was wondering the same about the 60's. I'll search stuff about that after I finish replying. The preferred room wasn't that much extra, I think $160 or something overall. My mom liked it because when we were in the 80s and 90s she'd have to juggle a tray of food and two mugs in the morning for breakfast. (I like to stay in bed for as long as possible. I think I went to the food court for breakfast once the whole trip. :rolleyes: ) But then again, Pop isn't a huge resort so whatever section you're in, it's not too bad of a walk to the lobby!

It's adorable! They had a ton of merchandise with that design on it. We also got a place mat, not that we need it, but it was only 2 dollars so I can put it in my room or something. :laughing: Like I posted above, love them Disney plates!

YAY! Magic Kingdom... how did I not guess? I think that's pretty obvious when it comes to Disney parks to go to on the first day, but that's just me

Haha, this was actually our first time going to MK right when we got there! We usually start with Epcot, but MK was fun to jump right into the heart of everything. :)


I'm sorry about your little AP debacle. At least you get APs and I think Donald is definitley a second choice to Mickey. And don't worry about forgetting to get a picture of the castle walking down Main Street, it makes it a bit harder touring with a camera out every second. LOL @ your AP discount question, I think I would go for buying Disney World with it

Donald has definitely grown on me! :thumbsup2 Looking back, I have no idea why I got all upset. I'm just weird. :rolleyes1 It really does! I used to get lazy even when I had my little point and shoot, now the Nikon with the neck strap is even more fun to carry around. :rolleyes: But for the pictures it takes, it's worth it! Haha that's a good one, you gotta think big! If that wasn't possible, one of them Golden Oak mansions would be very nice. ::yes::

Oh, I love It's A Small World and I love looking at these pictures you took of the ride. It feels like I'm actually there. I love that last room with the ways of saying goodbye. When the ride gets backed up there, usually I just read those off, trying to figure out what language it is. Some of them I still can't pronounce though LOL

It made me feel like I was there too! When I was making the post, I actually found the ride on Youtube to make it feel more real. :cloud9: Oh how I miss Disney already!
:laughing: Oh my goodness, that's why we read all them too! That ride always gets backed up, but it's a nice chance to notice little details. The people on the boat were probably getting a kick outta my pronunciations.

Oooo... the Briar Patch Gift Shop looks really cool. I've actually never been in there though I've been on Splash MANY times. The theming for the ride is just great. And yeah, Tower of Terror definitely stands in a category of it's own

Splash is one of my all time favorites! I only went on it 3 times this trip though. :eek: One trip I remember I was on it at least 10 times! I just love everything about it. Have you ever seen Song of the South? You'd like it if you're a Splash fan. :thumbsup2

I'm sorry about your crying baby experience on Hall of Presidents. I'm surprised a CM didn't step in to say "Could you please take your son/daughter out? It's distracting the guests". Though I think it should be common sense for when your baby starts crying to take him or her out of the situation and figure out what's wrong then calm him/her down.

Exactly! My mom & I thought they might have been no habla ingles. :laughing:

Love your pictures from the side of the castle, so pretty! Especially with the reflection in the water :goodvibes And your main street pictures are cool too. I should try to read off the names on the windows on my next trip.

Thanks! Main Street, USA is so charming. I could spend a whole day there and not get bored. There's endless entertainment, yummy goodies from the bakery & confectionery, and it's just so upbeat!

I'm sorry you didn't have a good experience at Crystal Palace. I'm surprised the character interactions weren't that great. They took a lot of time to spend at my table when I was there and they did it with other tables. It may have been because it was on off-season. It may not be for everyone.

Maybe it was the bunch of characters! Part of why we were so disappointed was because all of our other times there, the characters were perfect. That's great you guys had a good experience though! :goodvibes

Oh, I love Mickey's PhilharMagic, such a fun attraction. And I love the plate! I should totally get one.

You should. It's pretty awesome. :thumbsup2

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[StephaniexMarie]

Hey guys! You all probably know that my mom & I are going back to WDW for Thanksgiving, because it's in my ticker and signature and such. But I am VERY happy because we changed our plans around a bit!

Originally, we were going to be at Pop from 11/24-11/27 and check into the Polynesian that Sunday and stay until 12/3.

Well, I was on the AP site after we got back and I saw there was a 40% off code for deluxe resorts the time we were going. We already had a 40% PIN code, but I remembered that with the AP package, you can get a discounted dining plan! :eek: Such a good deal! This previous trip was our first on the plan and we thought it was GREAT!

But...there were no packages left for 11/27-12/3 at the Polynesian..

So I entered 11/26-12/3 and it worked! :yay:

Now, we get an extra day at the Poly! I'm very excited! I love that resort, we visited it a couple times this last trip and fell in love. :love:

That's pretty much it! I'll probably update the TR later today. :goodvibes

[celeste.]

That's awesome that you get to stay longer at the Poly! It's so pretty. :)

[PlutosRHM55]

That's awesome to hear you'll be staying longer at the Poly. It's such a great resort, I've really wanted to stay there. And what did you do about the POP reservation, they intersect so did you move it back or are you not going to POP at all?

[Windsor Princesses]

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[mousetravel]

Subbing!! I LOVE mom/daughter trips! My DD and I travel together. We just celebrated her 16th birthday in June with a WDW/DCL trip!

I love all your pictures! Can't wait to hear more.

[StephaniexMarie]

Today was our first full day! :woohoo: We wanted to get to Epcot near rope drop. But first, we had to eat! We went to Everything Pop and got some Pop waffles. popcorn::

I got mine with whipped cream and strawberries on top. You can’t tell in the picture, but they actually wrote out “P O P” with the whipped cream! Too cute!

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Mommy is plain Jane when it comes to food, so she got her Pop waffle looking like this. ;)

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After breakfast, we were fueled up and ready for a long day at Epcot! We did the usual routine and dropped off our mugs in the room, then headed for the bus stops. :)

We didn’t make it to rope drop, but we were there by 9:20-ish! I wanted to get a picture in front of Spaceship Earth before my hair went all crazy with the Florida humidity

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This fountain is so nice! I don't know what it is, but ever since I was little I really loved fountains. And waterfalls. Maybe because they're so calming. :cloud9:

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Were we headed to Spaceship Earth?

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Nope! Not quite. My mom spotted Daisy and insisted I get a photo with her because the line was short. Sure, no problem. :)

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Don't you love the height difference? Daisy is so tiny, she makes me look like a giant at 5'6!

After that, it was time for Spaceship Earth. I love this attraction! Call me crazy, but I also love the way it smells when you're walking up the ramp to enter. It has also helped me on many Social Studies tests in middle school! The printing press was fresh in my mind. :thumbsup2

If I remember correctly, we went to Soarin' after this to get some fastpasses. No pictures here, because it was just a quick stop. Then, we headed towards the Universe of Energy. We went through Mouse Gears to beat the heat for a couple minutes and we saw this stylin’ hat.

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We made it over to Ellen's Energy Adventure. :goodvibes

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I just love this attraction! Ellen is too funny for words (I laugh during like, the whole show. :lmao:) and it's a wonderful place to relax for 45 minutes. :thumbsup2

We spent enough time in there and Mouse Gears that we were able to get some fastpasses for Test Track! You can see my mom walking towards the right, in the blue. I had no clue she got in the picture. :rotfl:

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[StephaniexMarie]

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After we got the Test Track fast passes, we wanted to use our Soarin' fast passes, so we headed back to the other side of the park. We went through Mouse Gears, again! :laughing: There were some pretty flowers as we were walking to the store.

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Duffy! Later in the trip, I got a duffy bear with a cute German outfit. :goodvibes

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An adorable Nemo pillow. Isn't the little fin so cute? :love:

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Random merchandise I took a picture of while my mom was taking forever to look at wedding stuff. :laughing:

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We walked by the Fountain of Nations

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[StephaniexMarie]

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Past Innoventions and Epcot Character Spot

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Walked up the mountain, and made it to The Land!

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This pavillion is so awesome. They have one of the best CS restaurants, the oh-so-amazing Soarin', and a nice little boat ride! The Circle of Life show is nice too, we've seen it a couple times, but we usually skip it. I do like the signs on the way to it though, 100 ft, 75 ft, 50 ft, and 25 ft to the Circle of Life. :)

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We went down the escalator

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And arrived at SOARIN! :love:

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This attraction is so magical. You really feel like you're there. I love the orange tree smell, the pine tree smell, the relaxing waves on the beach, pretending to kick the people on the boats with our feet and feeling the BOOM as the fireworks go off! I want to live on this ride. :laughing:

After we landed, we were hungry from all that flying so we headed to Sunshine Seasons (or as my mom liked to call it the whole trip, Sunshine!)

I got the yummiest Chicken Caesar Salad. Usually the chicken is cold and I don't like that so much, but this chicken was nice and hot! I got the Chocolate Mousse cake for dessert, and a Smart Water.

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Mommy got chicken with mashed potatoes and some fruit thing that looked nasty. For dessert, she got the Key Lime pie which I tasted and it was delish! She got Smart Water as well. Might as well go for the most expensive since we were on the dining plan! :thumbsup2

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FOOD REVIEW:
This meal was one of my favorites! Probably the best Caesar salad I've ever had. The cake was yummy too, very chocolate-y. Mommy liked her meal too. She said she could have gone for more mashed potatoes and ditched the fruit thing though! :laughing: She LOVED the Key Lime pie so much she ended up getting it again the next week. We both loved knowing that our food was very fresh!

We wanted to try doing World Showcase from Canada to Mexico this year, since we usually start in Mexico. Since Figment was right next to The Land and on the way to Canada, we stopped there first. This ride always puts me in a good mood! Funny story, our first year in Disney we went on this ride during pm EMH and we were all by ourselves. At the end when Figment says "You said it Doc, imagination is a BLAST!" we jumped and were SO scared, you don't even know! :lmao: We seriously weren't expecting that! Now, it's one of those things we remember every time we're at that part. :goodvibes

We were checking out the new Imageworks to see what's changed since Kodak left. We were able to get to one of the computers to make our own figments! I'm not sure if that was there before, because usually all of the computers were broken down and the 3 or so that weren't were being hogged, but this is was so much fun to do.

This is my pretty one. ;)

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And this is mommy's! :goodvibes

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We played around with the music-making things and then looked around in the gift shop for a few. We always find interesting Epcot merchandise there. I still have a T-shirt I got in 2007 from there, it has different characters on it and they spell out EPCOT. I'll have to take a picture soon to show you guys.

We left and went on to World Showcase and on the way there we found this nice photo-op!

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Did I have good timing with the monorail or what? :wizard:

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[StephaniexMarie]

That's awesome that you get to stay longer at the Poly! It's so pretty. :)

It really is gorgeous! I'm so excited. :goodvibes

That's awesome to hear you'll be staying longer at the Poly. It's such a great resort, I've really wanted to stay there. And what did you do about the POP reservation, they intersect so did you move it back or are you not going to POP at all?

It's so nice and calm there, I just love it. :goodvibes We just made the Pop reservation one day shorter so we're there from 11/24 to 11/26. :)

Btw: I really appreciate your comments! I subscribed to your TR the other day, I just haven't had a chance to really read it in detail yet. I promise to do that today. :)

Subbing!!! :banana: Love Toddlers and Tiaras - Ultimate Grande Supreme or Bust

That comment made my day! :rotfl: Thanks for subscribing!

Subbing!! I LOVE mom/daughter trips! My DD and I travel together. We just celebrated her 16th birthday in June with a WDW/DCL trip!

I love all your pictures! Can't wait to hear more.

Awww, that's so fun!! I opened up your Spring Break one with Sea World in another tab and I'm going to read that and your others today! :goodvibes
Thanks so much! :wizard:

[PlutosRHM55]

YAY FOR EPCOT! (: That waffle of yours is taunting me right now. I'm in desperate need of a Mickey Waffle (though that was a POP waffle, still very similar :p). I have no clue how your mom could've gotten just a plain one. I couldn't survive on a plain waffle :sad2:

Oh I love that fountain in front of Spaceship Earth too, though Fountain of Nations is much cooler, EPCOT just has some really nice fountains. Like you, I'm very attracted to fountains, no matter where they are or what they look like. It's strange :confused3 And love the picture with Daisy, very cute (:

Great hat! I just loving take random pictures in Disney with the kooky hats but I never end up buying them. I don't know what it is :/ And I totally agree about Ellen, she is SO FUNNY! I don't get why people find her annoying, she is hilarious. I really wish they would make a Finding Nemo 2 so she could reprise her role as Dory, I would see the movie just for that reason ::yes:: LOL

Wow, you seemed to walk through Mousegears a lot. The Nemo pillows are so cute, especially with his lucky fin. I wonder if it will bring good luck in pillow form :goodvibes YES! And I love those photos of the fountain of nations! I really got to take a picture or record them when the music starts :teeth:

Oh, I love the Land Pavilion! I mean, it has Soarin', Living With The Land, Garden Grill and so much more. I got to try the Sunshine Seasons place, it looks really good and I've heard a lot of good reviews. The Potatoes your mom got look DELICIOUS, YUM :goodvibes

Oooo... that's a great idea doing World Showcase from the Canada side. I always start in Mexico as well and seem to never enjoy the place because I get stuck enjoying food from La Cantina Hahaha I think I need to have a notebook nearby when I'm reading TRs, so much I need to do or look into :rolleyes:

Oh great Figments, I think yours could be my Figment twin LOL Well... it may be just the buck teeth hahahaha They look great, I got to check out that ImageWorks looks like fun :) And great pictures of the backwards waterfall at the Imagination pavilion, impeccable timing with the monorail in the photo :thumbsup2

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[PlutosRHM55]

It's so nice and calm there, I just love it. :goodvibes We just made the Pop reservation one day shorter so we're there from 11/24 to 11/26. :)

Btw: I really appreciate your comments! I subscribed to your TR the other day, I just haven't had a chance to really read it in detail yet. I promise to do that today. :)

OOOHHH... makes more sense now ;)

Oh, I'm glad! I'm really enjoying this TR. This is your first one right? This is pretty impressive for a first TR. I've done two and I messed them both up completely, but that's just from my perspective. I hope you enjoy them! (: I just updated the two in progress, something to keep you occupied :thumbsup2

[StephaniexMarie]

YAY FOR EPCOT! (: That waffle of yours is taunting me right now. I'm in desperate need of a Mickey Waffle (though that was a POP waffle, still very similar :p). I have no clue how your mom could've gotten just a plain one. I couldn't survive on a plain waffle.

Oh I love that fountain in front of Spaceship Earth too, though Fountain of Nations is much cooler, EPCOT just has some really nice fountains. Like you, I'm very attracted to fountains, no matter where they are or what they look like. It's strange :confused3 And love the picture with Daisy, very cute (:

Great hat! I just loving take random pictures in Disney with the kooky hats but I never end up buying them. I don't know what it is :/ And I totally agree about Ellen, she is SO FUNNY! I don't get why people find her annoying, she is hilarious. I really wish they would make a Finding Nemo 2 so she could reprise her role as Dory, I would see the movie just for that reason ::yes:: LOL

Wow, you seemed to walk through Mousegears a lot. The Nemo pillows are so cute, especially with his lucky fin. I wonder if it will bring good luck in pillow form :goodvibes YES! And I love those photos of the fountain of nations! I really got to take a picture or record them when the music starts :teeth:

Oh, I love the Land Pavilion! I mean, it has Soarin', Living With The Land, Garden Grill and so much more. I got to try the Sunshine Seasons place, it looks really good and I've heard a lot of good reviews. The Potatoes your mom got look DELICIOUS, YUM :goodvibes

Oooo... that's a great idea doing World Showcase from the Canada side. I always start in Mexico as well and seem to never enjoy the place because I get stuck enjoying food from La Cantina Hahaha I think I need to have a notebook nearby when I'm reading TRs, so much I need to do or look into :rolleyes:

Oh great Figments, I think yours could be my Figment twin LOL Well... it may be just the buck teeth hahahaha They look great, I got to check out that ImageWorks looks like fun :) And great pictures of the backwards waterfall at the Imagination pavilion, impeccable timing with the monorail in the photo :thumbsup2

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

Ahaha I always crave Disney food. It's unhealthy. :sad2: Ever hear of the disney food blog? It's awesome! :laughing: She didn't have it TOTALLY plain, she put syrup of course, but still. ;)

I agree! The disney fountains can taunt you during a hot day though, you don't even know how many times I suggested we jump in one. :lmao: I also wanted to film it during the show, but it was always too hot to stand out in the sun and wait. & Thanks!

I tried on many more hats during the trip, believe me! The Alien one from Toy Story was the cutest. I read this in another trip report - but they're seriously there just for dress up. :laughing: That would be soooo awesome having a Finding Nemo 2. I wonder what it would be about. I'm excited for Monsters Inc 2...whenever they end up making that! I heard it's going to be a prequel, which is kinda disappointing because Boo's my favorite, but I'm sure it'll be great!

Definitely try Sunshine Seasons your next trip! Ooh I forgot about Garden Grill, I love it there! Character interaction is great and I love the rotating. :wizard: Haha we always rush by the UK and Canada because it's dark, but now we saw all of the gardens and shops in the UK and discovered Canada had a whole town if you go up the stairs. :scared1: But that's part of my next update. ;) I know what you mean about the notebook thing! :laughing: I meant to try out La Cantina but never got the chance! Next trip!

Hahaha a chubby yellow figment with buck teeth and bunny ears is always cute. :thumbsup2 & Thanks, I love that picture!

OOOHHH... makes more sense now ;)

Oh, I'm glad! I'm really enjoying this TR. This is your first one right? This is pretty impressive for a first TR. I've done two and I messed them both up completely, but that's just from my perspective. I hope you enjoy them! (: I just updated the two in progress, something to keep you occupied :thumbsup2

Haha yup!
Aww thanks so much, that means a lot! Yep this is my first of many more to come. :goodvibes I read a little bit of your first one, you didn't mess it up! It's good. :thumbsup2 I'm off to read more while I still have free time. School starts in....21 days. :eek:

[StephaniexMarie]

After we finished doing almost everything we wanted to do in Future World, we started walking to World Showcase! We knew we were almost there when we saw this

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And this

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And sooner than later, we arrived in Canada! Last year in 9th grade English, we read Anne of Green Gables so it was neat seeing some things that were mentioned in the book, like this lovely garden! We made our way down the path to go to O’ Canada. We hadn’t seen it in 2 or 3 years, so it was time to see it again.

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The cute little duck wanted to pose for me!

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This show is very good! Martin Short is pretty hilarious, and Canada is so beautiful. I want to visit the real place someday. I love the part in all the different WS movies where they mention their people and show everyone from the little kids to the older citizens in that country! We wanted to make our own Duffy’s when we got out of the show. Mommy’s is first, then mine. (:

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We stopped outside Le Cellier because we were eating there next Thursday and mommy wanted to see their menu. Then, we made our way back up.

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We always used to joke that we felt bad for Canada because they only had a little gift cart at their pavilion. Since this year was the first we actually saw Canada in daylight, we found out they DID have a gift shop! And a big one at that. We spent some time exploring the new land we found.

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I thought these were only at the UK? I posed for a picture anyways!

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A really cute window display!

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And we made our way into the store. My mom saw some maple cream cookies she wanted to get for my dad, but she didn’t want to lug it around or ship just one thing back to the room, so we got them next time we were in Canada. I thought this was just adorable.

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Saw some interesting facts about how they make Maple Syrup. It’s amazing how much work gets put into it! I guess that’s why a bottle of maple syrup was $50 there!

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We browsed around the perfumes and lotions that smelled soooo good and then went back outside where I spotted a whole group of duckies!

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Mommy spotted some birds that had taken over a little boat (I’m sure that’s not what it is, but it kind of looked like one!)

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Goodbye for now, Canada!

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SIDENOTE: Can you guys tell me what site you use to upload your pictures and put them on here? I use photobucket, but I've been noticing it's been ruining the quality of my photos! They look 10000% more clear when I'm looking in my documents. If anyone has advice, I'd greatly appreciate it!

[celeste.]

haha, I love that 'Yoga Bear' shirt! :rotfl:
I never looked in those gardens by Canada, I'll have to do that next time! :thumbsup2
& yeah, I'm 5'6 and tower over the characters, too!

[PlutosRHM55]

Oh wow! I really need to look around the Canada pavilion more, everything looks so pretty, especially those waterfalls :goodvibes Love the Yoga bear T-shirt :laughing: LOL And why are there red phone booths in Canada? I'm very confused (:

Ooooo... more ducks! They seem to be everywhere in World Showcase especially in Canada and end up on TRs, WOW! LOL

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

P.S. Really? I use Photobucket and I never had a problem with them changing the quality of my photos, though it may be because the size of your photos are smaller when looking at word documents than at full-size so the quality changes with the pixelation larger, so you are noticing it that way. If that's how your looking at it, it will be the same on most sites, but I think Photobucket is still the best.

[StephaniexMarie]

haha, I love that 'Yoga Bear' shirt! :rotfl:
I never looked in those gardens by Canada, I'll have to do that next time! :thumbsup2
& yeah, I'm 5'6 and tower over the characters, too!

It's so funny! I love stuff like that. :laughing: Haha yeah it's a nice little section! It's great how there's always something new to do at Disney. :thumbsup2 Ahh I'm glad I'm not the only one. I always wonder if the really short ones can even see me :lmao:

Oh wow! I really need to look around the Canada pavilion more, everything looks so pretty, especially those waterfalls :goodvibes Love the Yoga bear T-shirt :laughing: LOL And why are there red phone booths in Canada? I'm very confused (:

Ooooo... more ducks! They seem to be everywhere in World Showcase especially in Canada and end up on TRs, WOW! LOL

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

P.S. Really? I use Photobucket and I never had a problem with them changing the quality of my photos, though it may be because the size of your photos are smaller when looking at word documents than at full-size so the quality changes with the pixelation larger, so you are noticing it that way. If that's how your looking at it, it will be the same on most sites, but I think Photobucket is still the best.

Ahah yes! I thought of you when I was posting the waterfall pics!
And ohmygosh, yesterday they closed the second floor or Canada with all the stores. I saw it on twitter. I just found that so weird, because yesterday I posted all about discovering new Canada stuff. :rotfl: Haha I saw a really cute one in Japan just chilling in the pond by itself. It was PRECIOUS! :lovestruc

Ohh and I see what you mean about photobucket. Yeah, that's probably it. Thanks!

[Disneymama5816]

Great trip report Stephanie! My dd13 and I are really enjoying it. :goodvibes

[StephaniexMarie]

Great trip report Stephanie! My dd13 and I are really enjoying it. :goodvibes

Thank you! I'm happy to have you both reading along. :goodvibes

[StephaniexMarie]

Good morning everybody! I hope you all are having a nice and relaxing weekend. Now on to the update!

After we were still in shock that Canada had a second floor, we continued to the United Kingdom. I'll try and let the pictures do the talking, but I may add some things.

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This restaurant seems nice. We originally had reservations here months ago, but after stalking the food pictures thread we changed some around to try other things.

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Mom wanted to sit down for a second, so I took a picture of my Duffy. We saw lots of people getting them and using them as fans! You couldn't do that with the masks. :laughing:

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I tried on this cute hat. Other people in the store said it looked good, but I don't have anywhere to wear it! So back to the display it went.

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Aren't these pretty? :lovestruc

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Kind of reminds me of Belle's cottage they're building over at the Magic Kingdom!

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We made our way over the International Gateway

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And arrived here!

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This is one of the best pavilions IMO, there's so many neat things to see. Like this bench.

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Then, we went over to see Impressions de France.

We never saw this before so I was excited. This film is lovely! France is SO beautiful, it's incredible. And mom loved that they had seats. She said Canada and China should follow and do the same. :rotfl: I had forgotten that the show lets out in the gift shop (How could I? Did I forget where I was? Hah! ) so that was a nice surprise. One of these would have been a nice addition to my room. :thumbsup2

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We passed by the bakery (Which we did not go in this trip! We usually have a tradition of going there every year. I get a strawberry tart and chocolate mousse and mom gets.....something I can't remember. :laughing: Probably something key lime, she loves that!)

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[lbuzz52]

Love all your WS pictures. I've seen something new (to me) in every pavillion so far. I can't wait until my kids are old enough to appreciate epcot more.

[PlutosRHM55]

Great UK and France pictures! They both are such pretty pavilions. If only I had checked them out more over the last times I was near them. :/ The little Tea Garden or whatever it is in the UK is the place I would like to finish most. And I love that they have all the Beatles memorabilia placed in one area. Speaking of them, I see the place where the British Invasion played at the UK is gone. So sad :(

Oooooo... I definitely got to check out the France movie and wait... there are no seats at the China and Canada movies... wow! I always thought they all had seating arrangements... So much I don't know. And I would totally take one of those Eiffel Towers too, maybe the Green one.

I can't believe you didn't end up buying anything at the bakery. Everything just looks so good in there and it draws in so many. Oh, I'm getting hungry just thinking about it... cue my exit!

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[StephaniexMarie]

Why am I so excited? Because I might be going to DISNEYLAND! That's right, DisneyLAND. Not anytime too soon, but it will be for a very special occasion! My 16th birthday. :thumbsup2 We still have a while to go until then, because I am still 14 and my birthday is not till October 5th, but it's never too early to start planning a trip to a whole new place! There's so much to learn about Disneyland. I have two Disneyland planning books that I've been reading, and of course I've been reading stuff online. I've been checking out the Disneyland boards, and they have a TR thread! I'm making a PTR today so that my plans for that vacation won't clash with this trip report. I'd love it if you guys joined in, even if you've never been to Disneyland! We'll learn about everything together. :cheer2:

Here's the link to my PTR! (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=42347497#post42347497)

[StephaniexMarie]

Love all your WS pictures. I've seen something new (to me) in every pavillion so far. I can't wait until my kids are old enough to appreciate epcot more.

Thanks! That's one of the things I love most about reading other TR's, seeing new things. :goodvibes

Great UK and France pictures! They both are such pretty pavilions. If only I had checked them out more over the last times I was near them. :/ The little Tea Garden or whatever it is in the UK is the place I would like to finish most. And I love that they have all the Beatles memorabilia placed in one area. Speaking of them, I see the place where the British Invasion played at the UK is gone. So sad :(

Oooooo... I definitely got to check out the France movie and wait... there are no seats at the China and Canada movies... wow! I always thought they all had seating arrangements... So much I don't know. And I would totally take one of those Eiffel Towers too, maybe the Green one.

I can't believe you didn't end up buying anything at the bakery. Everything just looks so good in there and it draws in so many. Oh, I'm getting hungry just thinking about it... cue my exit!

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

Thanks! You always have next trip. ;) I enjoy all of the Beatles stuff, and I'm not much of a fan. It's not like I don't like them or anything, I just don't really know much about them. My mom on the other hand.....:rotfl: she loves them. In the one gift shop where I took a picture of the "LOVE" sign, they had a whole board full of trivia and my mom was reading them saying "I know every answer. :cool2:" Aww, I'm so oblivious. I didn't know where they played was gone. :( We never stayed that long to watch them, I think one time my mom made me haha but they were good. Speaking of Epcot groups, Off Kitler is pretty good. :goodvibes

Yep! It's because Canada and China have 360 screens. I suggested they get spinny chairs so you can check out all of the screens while sitting. :thumbsup2 Yes go see the France movie! It's underrated IMO. It's now one of my favorites.

Ah I know, I'm totally regretting that now as I'm sitting here snacking on baby carrots. :rotfl: I'll make up for it in November. ;)

[Cin]

Mom and I are going on our very first Mom/daughter trip to WDW in Jan. I am excited too! I can't wait to finish reading your report. Just your airplane pics got me sooo excited about our upcoming trip. LOL, and I dislike flying but it takes me to WDW so I tolerate it.

[celeste.]

The France movie is great, isn't it? And I didn't realize the movies in Canada & China didn't have seats..I've never seen them before..but they should get seats!
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& how exciting that you might go to Disneyland:goodvibes..I've never been either..probably becuase it's all the way on the other side of the country..(but it is for you, too though)

[Jazzabelle508]

Love your TR so far! love all the ride references! My mom and i also love Disney World and go every year

[StephaniexMarie]

Mom and I are going on our very first Mom/daughter trip to WDW in Jan. I am excited too! I can't wait to finish reading your report. Just your airplane pics got me sooo excited about our upcoming trip. LOL, and I dislike flying but it takes me to WDW so I tolerate it.

Aww, that'll be fun. :goodvibes Haha thanks for reading, and I feel the same way about flying! I always get a headache on planes. :headache:

The France movie is great, isn't it? And I didn't realize the movies in Canada & China didn't have seats..I've never seen them before..but they should get seats!
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& how exciting that you might go to Disneyland:goodvibes..I've never been either..probably becuase it's all the way on the other side of the country..(but it is for you, too though)

It is! I can't wait to see it again. I wanted to see it twice this trip but we didn't have time. :( They should! They have bars to lean on, and even though the CM says they're not built to support your weight, people sit on them anyways. :sad2:
Haha I know! But flights don't look to bad for the beginning of October. They're 600 some dollars and on Disney Movie Rewards I have enough points for a $100 Delta certificate so that saves us some. :goodvibes Disneyland seems so fun though!

Love your TR so far! love all the ride references! My mom and i also love Disney World and go every year

Thank you! Aww, that's so nice. :goodvibes And thanks for reading!

[MeMom]

Then, we went over to see Impressions de France.

We never saw this before so I was excited. This film is lovely! France is SO beautiful, it's incredible. And mom loved that they had seats. She said Canada and China should follow and do the same. :rotfl: I had forgotten that the show lets out in the gift shop (How could I? Did I forget where I was? Hah! ) so that was a nice surprise. One of these would have been a nice addition to my room. :thumbsup2

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I love the music in this movie. It is so peaceful and relaxing. Disney tiredness and this music could easily combine to put me to sleep here. Unfortunately, my snoring might cause people to think there is a new attraction, The Monster Who Rose from France, so I probably should stay awake.

I agree with your mom on the chairs. I wish Canada at least had benches.

They took some liberty with the Eiffel Tower colors, but they are pretty. :)

[StephaniexMarie]

I love the music in this movie. It is so peaceful and relaxing. Disney tiredness and this music could easily combine to put me to sleep here. Unfortunately, my snoring might cause people to think there is a new attraction, The Monster Who Rose from France, so I probably should stay awake.

I agree with your mom on the chairs. I wish Canada at least had benches.

They took some liberty with the Eiffel Tower colors, but they are pretty. :)

Ahaha, that would be an interesting addition to the nice peaceful show! :laughing:

Yeah, chairs would be nice for the 18 minute(?) shows! I actually saw some kids just sitting on the floor the whole time because they were so tired.

[StephaniexMarie]

As we continue our tour around World Showcase, we passed by a cute window display.

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We were about to head on over to the next country, but there was some entertainment going on! I'd seen photos in other TR's, but it was very cool to see in person.

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He is incredible! I joked that I'd have trouble just putting the chair up on the bottles, let alone stand on top of a few...UPSIDE DOWN! :eek: Wow!

We quickly passed by the country that gets the least of our love, but don't worry, we spent some time there later!

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And made our way here

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I really wanted to get some Kakigori after hearing about it on the DIS. My mom was a little hesitant, but I told her it was just like a snow cone - only better. We both got rainbow.

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We wanted to sit down and eat, so we went towards the back of the pavilion and found this cute little area.

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The Kakigori was GREAT, and wonderful for a hot Florida afternoon! We wanted to get another during the trip, but never did. While we were sitting there, guess what I saw....

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This little cutie! He was just chilling in the pond by himself. Must be a nice life. ;)

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After we said goodbye to my new friend, we explored Japan!

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I remember we stopped to get our Duffy KIDCOT stamped. The CM was SO incredibly nice! She seemed to genuinely care about each guest and was excited to write their name in Japanese. Her happiness was contagious. :goodvibes

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[basketkat]

I just caught up on your report so far! It looks like you and your mom had an amazing trip!!! I can't wait to read more!

[PlutosRHM55]

Those guys are amazing! I remember them so well from my first trip. I don't recall if we watched them enough to the point where he was on the stack of chairs, but I think what we saw was pretty intense. It's so cool! Definitely something worth seeing.


Oooo, I've never heard of Kakigori. I must try that. I'm not a huge fan of snow cones, but if they are double that I really want to try them :goodvibes And I love the little duck friend you found. It's so funny how they are always in World Showcase :teeth:

Oh I love those CMs are just so into it! You just can't help but smile and that's so cool she wrote your name in Chinese on your Kidcot Duffy, very cool (:

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[Belle83]

Great trip report :thumbsup2 Will have to try Kakigori next time I go!

[StephaniexMarie]

I just caught up on your report so far! It looks like you and your mom had an amazing trip!!! I can't wait to read more!

Thanks so much for reading! :goodvibes

Those guys are amazing! I remember them so well from my first trip. I don't recall if we watched them enough to the point where he was on the stack of chairs, but I think what we saw was pretty intense. It's so cool! Definitely something worth seeing.


Oooo, I've never heard of Kakigori. I must try that. I'm not a huge fan of snow cones, but if they are double that I really want to try them :goodvibes And I love the little duck friend you found. It's so funny how they are always in World Showcase :teeth:

Oh I love those CMs are just so into it! You just can't help but smile and that's so cool she wrote your name in Chinese on your Kidcot Duffy, very cool (:

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

Yes, it's very cool. :thumbsup2 I wish we watched more of the little entertainment this trip, but like I keep saying there's always next time. :laughing:

They're way better than snow cones, definitely try it! Haha yeah, they're really everywhere.

I know! When we were walking away I was like "Awwwwwwww she was so nice. :cutie:"


Great trip report :thumbsup2 Will have to try Kakigori next time I go!

Thank you very much! Definitely do. :thumbsup2

[StephaniexMarie]

Where we left off, we were about to check out the store in Japan. But first, we went to check out the Spirited Beasts museum to the left of the Kidcot stand. I could swear I took some pictures here, but maybe not. It was interesting, but so quiet! When I said something to my mom I felt like I was yelling, so I had to whisper. We made our way on to the store after checking out the displays. I wanted to try some Japanese candy, but I ended up getting a snack that was kind of like nutella and cookies. Nothing out of the ordinary, but it held me over till dinner. The merchandise in the store is precious! This is the only picture I got though. :laughing:

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I got 4 of these last summer and they're up in my room in a little case. I forgot what some of them meant, but now I know. I have pink, green, white and gold (not too sure about the last one, I'm too lazy to go check!)

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I bought a poster from the store that had the Japanese symbol for "Dream" on it. It's pretty! Then, we left the store and walked over to The American Adventure.

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I saw this wonderful photo-op. With a little touching up from photoshop, I love how it turned out!

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And we arrived.

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Aww, check out the little fountain. :laughing:

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It must have been around 5, so we didn't have to wait that long until showtime.

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We watched the Voices of Liberty. They're AMAZING! Do you notice the person in front of me to the right? Yeah, I don't know how, but I didn't notice his mask when I was sitting there! :lmao:

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We made our way up the escalators, well, I took the stairs just because I felt like it.

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Great show, I love the Golden Dreams song. Makes you feel very patriotic. Mom always cries even though I tell her to stop or people will think she's gone completely insane in Disney! I was still hungry and was craving a pretzel from Germany so we headed there. First we stopped in Italy to get our Kidcots stamped. I always like spending time in this pavilion because I am half Italian after all. Gotta represent. ;)

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In Italy, Mickey Mouse is called Topolino.

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Cute door handle, no?

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[basketkat]

I love all of your pictures!!! Especially of the details!!!

[StephaniexMarie]

I love all of your pictures!!! Especially of the details!!!

Thank you! It's fun noticing little things. :upsidedow

[PlutosRHM55]

Those little bear bowls are adorable and I love the meanings behind them. I think they should call the Gold one the Disney bowl, I mean it epitomizes what Disney is all about. I mean, the first four words are Disney's current catchphrase, logo... oh gosh, it's on the top of my tongue, whatever, you know what I mean.

Oh, that picture across the World Showcase lagoon is gorgeous. I really should try to edit some pictures I have in Photoshop, I know the system so well and yet I never touch up photos :/ Maybe I can make a nicer desktop background :hyper:

I LOVE the Voices of Liberty! They are just amazing. I've heard many acappella groups and it is hard to make everything sound so nice when singing acappella and these guys are just amazing. Omg... I could listen to them all day... I wonder if they have an album or something out, that would be something I could totally see myself listening to on my iPod.

Ooooo... the Italy pavilion. I'm part Italian too... I don't know what fraction or percentage, but my mom's side of the family is very much Italian so a BIG portion. Anywho... it looks so pretty. I love how it looks at night, all lit-up during IllumiNations. Great food there too, really need to find out which of the restaurants there made the food for the buffet I was at on Italy Isola. Oh, Mickey Mouse is Topolino in Italian? My life is complete!

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[StephaniexMarie]

Those little bear bowls are adorable and I love the meanings behind them. I think they should call the Gold one the Disney bowl, I mean it epitomizes what Disney is all about. I mean, the first four words are Disney's current catchphrase, logo... oh gosh, it's on the top of my tongue, whatever, you know what I mean.

Oh, that picture across the World Showcase lagoon is gorgeous. I really should try to edit some pictures I have in Photoshop, I know the system so well and yet I never touch up photos :/ Maybe I can make a nicer desktop background :hyper:

I LOVE the Voices of Liberty! They are just amazing. I've heard many acappella groups and it is hard to make everything sound so nice when singing acappella and these guys are just amazing. Omg... I could listen to them all day... I wonder if they have an album or something out, that would be something I could totally see myself listening to on my iPod.

Ooooo... the Italy pavilion. I'm part Italian too... I don't know what fraction or percentage, but my mom's side of the family is very much Italian so a BIG portion. Anywho... it looks so pretty. I love how it looks at night, all lit-up during IllumiNations. Great food there too, really need to find out which of the restaurants there made the food for the buffet I was at on Italy Isola. Oh, Mickey Mouse is Topolino in Italian? My life is complete!

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

Oh whoops, I should have been more clear! It's not the bowls that have the meanings, it's these little tiny cat figurines. But I know what you mean about the gold one! :thumbsup2

Thanks! I edited a couple more after that and I love how they come out. I posted one to tumblr and it got 5 notes. I'm so tumblr famous. ;) Aha! What type of photoshop do you have? I have Elements 9 because it was cheap. :rolleyes: But it does the basics and it's easy to use.

Oh my gosh I'd so buy that album! Before my trip I was watching sooo many videos of them on youtube, they're just so good.

Haha I say half Italian because my moms full Italian and my dad is Polish & German. People at school think I look Russian though. :confused3 I don't get it. Oh it's gorgeous during Illuminations. On our last night in Epcot we watched in Canada and were right across from Italy. I just googled Italy Isola and wow that looks nice!

[PlutosRHM55]

Oh whoops, I should have been more clear! It's not the bowls that have the meanings, it's these little tiny cat figurines. But I know what you mean about the gold one! :thumbsup2

Thanks! I edited a couple more after that and I love how they come out. I posted one to tumblr and it got 5 notes. I'm so tumblr famous. ;) Aha! What type of photoshop do you have? I have Elements 9 because it was cheap. :rolleyes: But it does the basics and it's easy to use.

Oh my gosh I'd so buy that album! Before my trip I was watching sooo many videos of them on youtube, they're just so good.

Haha I say half Italian because my moms full Italian and my dad is Polish & German. People at school think I look Russian though. :confused3 I don't get it. Oh it's gorgeous during Illuminations. On our last night in Epcot we watched in Canada and were right across from Italy. I just googled Italy Isola and wow that looks nice!

OOOHHHHH... I was a bit confused for a sec, but I just thought the orange bowl was the gold bowl, now it makes so much more sense now LOL

Oh cool! I'd love to see them. You have a tumblr too? Mine's dig-a-little-deeper.tumblr.com, if you want to follow mine. I'll follow yours unless you have happened upon mine already :laughing: I have Elements 9 too (: I got it for Christmas last year. I do a lot with photography and digital art, so I've gotten a lot of use out of it. :D

They are just way too good. I'm sure if Disney started selling recordings of them, they'd fly off the shelves. Next time I'm there, I will have to make the American Adventure show after too :thumbsup2

Yeah, that makes sense. I'm not sure about myself at all. My heritage is so crazy, it would probably take forever to figure out the percentages. :/ And yeah, it was very nice! The buffet was delicious, I think I went up for thirds, it was that good. Though I didn't have a great seat for IllumiNations, I was sitting, which it made it just that much better. I would love to do it again, but I think that may have been something special for us since we were performing in Disney. Oh well... Wishes Dessert Party, here I come!

[StephaniexMarie]

OOOHHHHH... I was a bit confused for a sec, but I just thought the orange bowl was the gold bowl, now it makes so much more sense now LOL

Oh cool! I'd love to see them. You have a tumblr too? Mine's dig-a-little-deeper.tumblr.com, if you want to follow mine. I'll follow yours unless you have happened upon mine already :laughing: I have Elements 9 too (: I got it for Christmas last year. I do a lot with photography and digital art, so I've gotten a lot of use out of it. :D

They are just way too good. I'm sure if Disney started selling recordings of them, they'd fly off the shelves. Next time I'm there, I will have to make the American Adventure show after too :thumbsup2

Yeah, that makes sense. I'm not sure about myself at all. My heritage is so crazy, it would probably take forever to figure out the percentages. :/ And yeah, it was very nice! The buffet was delicious, I think I went up for thirds, it was that good. Though I didn't have a great seat for IllumiNations, I was sitting, which it made it just that much better. I would love to do it again, but I think that may have been something special for us since we were performing in Disney. Oh well... Wishes Dessert Party, here I come!

Haha sorry about that! I try to proof read but sometimes I miss stuff.

That username sounds so familiar, I think I'm following you! Mine is letyourconsciencebeyourguide.tumblr.com :) Oh that's cool we have the same one! I used to have Elements 8 but after I got a virus on my laptop it was deleted and I misplaced the serial number, so we ordered 9 online before we left for Disney so I could edit pictures when we got back. I'm was really good at it before the virus and now I kind of have to re-learn everything. :headache:

They would for sure! We'd be the first to buy it. :thumbsup2

Aww haha, what are you? I would have gone for thirds too! Italian is my favorite. That's a nice thing you guys got to go to. I have to check out that TR soon. :goodvibes

[PlutosRHM55]

Haha sorry about that! I try to proof read but sometimes I miss stuff.

That username sounds so familiar, I think I'm following you! Mine is letyourconsciencebeyourguide.tumblr.com :) Oh that's cool we have the same one! I used to have Elements 8 but after I got a virus on my laptop it was deleted and I misplaced the serial number, so we ordered 9 online before we left for Disney so I could edit pictures when we got back. I'm was really good at it before the virus and now I kind of have to re-learn everything. :headache:

They would for sure! We'd be the first to buy it. :thumbsup2

Aww haha, what are you? I would have gone for thirds too! Italian is my favorite. That's a nice thing you guys got to go to. I have to check out that TR soon. :goodvibes

I never proofread, so people are probably so confused reading my chapters but if I notice something right after I post, I immediately fix it.

Oh yeah, you are! I'm following you too... I think LOL Oh, I just got a really cool idea. Check your PM box (:

I'd get a limited edition version pre-ordered :goodvibes

I'm Italian, Portugese, German, Irish and French-Canadian. I also think there may be British in there, but I'm not sure. So yeah a lot. :rolleyes: I'd love to hear what you think, though that TR is finished, so don't force yourself through it, but I do have some pictures from the dinner, sadly no food pictures because I'm such a bad DISer.

[StephaniexMarie]

I never proofread, so people are probably so confused reading my chapters but if I notice something right after I post, I immediately fix it.

Oh yeah, you are! I'm following you too... I think LOL Oh, I just got a really cool idea. Check your PM box (:

I'd get a limited edition version pre-ordered :goodvibes

I'm Italian, Portugese, German, Irish and French-Canadian. I also think there may be British in there, but I'm not sure. So yeah a lot. :rolleyes: I'd love to hear what you think, though that TR is finished, so don't force yourself through it, but I do have some pictures from the dinner, sadly no food pictures because I'm such a bad DISer.

Oh I hate when I see an error after I post. :laughing:

Haha I think I've been following you from the beginning! I remember when I first made the tumblr I went on the TB and read through the tumblr threads and followed pretty much everyone. & I replied! :thumbsup2

Well danggg. :rotfl: That's cool you're also Italian and German (and all of the other ones! :upsidedow ) I'm at chapter 3 part 2 now. I really should be asleep though. My whole sleeping schedule is messed up, I'm going to be in so much trouble when school starts. :sad2: But I have like no plans for the rest of the week so why not.

[PlutosRHM55]

Oh I hate when I see an error after I post. :laughing:

Haha I think I've been following you from the beginning! I remember when I first made the tumblr I went on the TB and read through the tumblr threads and followed pretty much everyone. & I replied! :thumbsup2

Well danggg. :rotfl: That's cool you're also Italian and German (and all of the other ones! :upsidedow ) I'm at chapter 3 part 2 now. I really should be asleep though. My whole sleeping schedule is messed up, I'm going to be in so much trouble when school starts. :sad2: But I have like no plans for the rest of the week so why not.

Ditto, but I can't stand proofreading or editing so I try to not to, but I usually do.

Oooohhhh... I follow a ton of DISers on there, mostly from the TB. The TB was the reason I got one. I was just talking about on one thread and then I joined. Oh and I got your reply and I replied back (:

LOL, yeah... I'm pretty sure my personality is total Italian. I can talk up a storm, I'm very animated when I talk, I talk fast, I don't burn I tan and all that other stuff, though that may be another piece of my heritage :D Oh wow, you're good. My sleeping schedule is messed up to though this is the latest I've been up, I'll probably just fall asleep in front of my laptop LOL Yeah, I have no plans either, and it's supposed to be gloomy and rainy all day tomorrow so more nerdy reading, DISing and other stuff :goodvibes I have no life.

Ok I think we're getting WAY too off-topic :rolleyes:

[StephaniexMarie]

Ditto, but I can't stand proofreading or editing so I try to not to, but I usually do.

Oooohhhh... I follow a ton of DISers on there, mostly from the TB. The TB was the reason I got one. I was just talking about on one thread and then I joined. Oh and I got your reply and I replied back (:

LOL, yeah... I'm pretty sure my personality is total Italian. I can talk up a storm, I'm very animated when I talk, I talk fast, I don't burn I tan and all that other stuff, though that may be another piece of my heritage :D Oh wow, you're good. My sleeping schedule is messed up to though this is the latest I've been up, I'll probably just fall asleep in front of my laptop LOL Yeah, I have no plans either, and it's supposed to be gloomy and rainy all day tomorrow so more nerdy reading, DISing and other stuff :goodvibes I have no life.

Ok I think we're getting WAY too off-topic :rolleyes:

I don't post too much on the TB because like on the hangout threads where people post random stuff I never know what to add in. :rotfl: And barely anyone knows me there so I hang out in the Trip Report section. :)

I replied back too! And I said I was going to go to bed, but here I am. :rolleyes: I swear I will after replying to this haha.

That sounds like me! :laughing: I love being Italian. I wish I lived closer to my relatives though (they're all in PA - I'm in NY) because Italian families are great.

Join the club. I have no life whatsoever, which is why I'm kind of excited for school to start so I'll have stuff to do! :laughing: I'm so lame. I have to finish up some summer work for AP Global though, so I should probably do that tomorrow and get it over with.

We really are. :rolleyes1 But now I'm going to bed for real, NIGHT!

[cajunbaby1]

Awesome trip report!!! You took a lot of cool pics!! Makes me even more excited for my Nov trip.

Hope you have a blast if you get to go to Disneyland. :)

[StephaniexMarie]

Awesome trip report!!! You took a lot of cool pics!! Makes me even more excited for my Nov trip.

Hope you have a blast if you get to go to Disneyland. :)

Thanks so much! :goodvibes

[celeste.]

Great update!
Was the Kakigori good? I was planning on getting it on my trip, but I wound up not getting one.
I just love the American Adventure! It's one of my favorite shows in Disney! The Voices of Liberty are fantastic, too.
& great pictures around the World Showcase!! :goodvibes

[StephaniexMarie]

Great update!
Was the Kakigori good? I was planning on getting it on my trip, but I wound up not getting one.
I just love the American Adventure! It's one of my favorite shows in Disney! The Voices of Liberty are fantastic, too.
& great pictures around the World Showcase!! :goodvibes

The Kakigori was great! So refreshing, be sure to try it next time. (:
I love it too! Haha yes, you'd probably be one of the first to buy their album (if they made one) along with Timmy and I!
Thank you! :goodvibes

[StephaniexMarie]

When we left off, we were checking out the doors in Italy. Now, we're moving on to Germany to get a pretzel!

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Yum! Do you see how big it is?!

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We started walking back to France for our dinner reservation, but like I promised before, we checked out Morocco! It's so busy here. It makes me feel like I'm in the marketplace in Aladdin. There’s music, the smell of incense and just so much noise! Or maybe we were just there during a busy time. Haha!

I posed in one of my favorite picture spots:

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And then we explored.

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I thought this was a pretty place to take pictures, so we did. (: But we both look like hot messes, so I’m not going to post them here! Haha

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We made it to France about a half hour earlier than our reservation time - but they were able to get us in!

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I didn’t take any pictures inside the restaurant because it was very tight space and I didn’t want to hassle a big ol’ camera, so I stole these from the Food Pictures thread! If these are any of your pictures - I hope you don’t mind! We started off with this yummy bread:

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We decided to order the prix fixe meal since it was included in the dining plan and we get an appetizer with it for no extra price. I ordered the Salade au bleu (blue cheese salad) with the dressing on the side because I didn’t know how I’d like it. I ended up liking it just fine! It was very good. Mom got what she had been wanting since I showed her the menu - Soupe a l'oignon gratinee (French onion soup.) She said it was delicious.

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For the main course, we both got the Gratin de macaroni (macaroni and cheese.) It was HUGE! I couldn’t even finish half. I guess I should have skipped that pretzel in Germany.....

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For dessert, I got the Profiteroles au chocolat (chocolate cream puffs.) Mom got the Gauteau au chocola (chocolate cake) but I couldn’t find a picture of that!

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Food Review:
Overall - this was one of our best restaurant experiences of the whole trip! Our waitress was very kind and helped me pronounce words in French. She was bubbly and full of personality. The food was just amazing. It definitely made up for our previous night’s dining experience at the Crystal Palace. We will be returning here in November!

After our meal, the sun was setting and World Showcase was beginning to light up.

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We still had unused fast passes for Test Track from earlier - so we decided to do that and then go back to Pop!

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That's our Yo-Yo!

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Since we didn't eat enough during the day, we had a little late night snack! Can you guess who's tie-dye cheesecake that was? (:

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Well that's all for today! We had a very fun day in Epcot. We had the whole trip in front of us and were pumped.

Continued in next post

[PlutosRHM55]

Oh wow, that pretzel is huge! I want one. I love those big pretzels, they are just amazing! And with that size... I'd be in heaven :cloud9: Well cloud 9 based on that LOL (: And I love the pictures around Morocco, it looks a lot prettier than I remembered and I like the storybook with the introduction to Aladdin :goodvibes

Oh wow, I totally forgot France had two TS (Bistro de Paris being the other one), is Les Chefs de France the one where they have the little Remy on a plate that they roll by? Anywho, everything looks so good! Especially those chocolate cream puffs :goodvibes Why am I always drawn to the desserts? LOL Though the Gratin de macaroni was another one that caught my eye, too bad you were too full to finish it :/

And more pictures around World Showcase and POP! These are going to be great for our little tumblr project. Oh and I see more Tie-Dye cheesecake, it is just calling to me... another reason to go stay at POP :thumbsup2

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[basketkat]

Your dinner sounds like it was really nice, and yummy too! :thumbsup2

Epcot is so pretty at night!

Mmmmm I would eat that cheesecake right now! popcorn::

[jelloarms]

And this plate. Yes, I'm 14. Don't hate. It's adorable!

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And this shirt. Can't you just hear Donald saying "Where's my hat?!" :goodvibes

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Omg I seriously almost bought that plate for myself and I am 23 years old! Also, I bought that Donald shirt. I really liked it because it wasn't one of those shirts that you found in every single store in the park. I was only able to find it in the gift shop after Philharmagic and it was the last one in my size!

[celeste.]

That pretzel is very big! I've never gotten one in Disney before, but I get one at the mall by home sometimes..they're not as big, though! :rolleyes:
In that picture spot in morocco, I met Aladdin & Jasmine on my last trip! I guess when it rains they go there instead of outside..I've never even seen it before this year.
Les Chefs de France looks great! I love French Onion Soup! & mmm the chocolate cream puffs look great, too. :thumbsup2
Isn't Test Track fun at night? I love it (well I love it day or night..)
I love Spaceship Earth lit up at night..it looks so pretty. :goodvibes
And yum! That oreo cupcake looks good & it's cute!!

[StephaniexMarie]

Oh wow, that pretzel is huge! I want one. I love those big pretzels, they are just amazing! And with that size... I'd be in heaven :cloud9: Well cloud 9 based on that LOL (: And I love the pictures around Morocco, it looks a lot prettier than I remembered and I like the storybook with the introduction to Aladdin :goodvibes

Oh wow, I totally forgot France had two TS (Bistro de Paris being the other one), is Les Chefs de France the one where they have the little Remy on a plate that they roll by? Anywho, everything looks so good! Especially those chocolate cream puffs :goodvibes Why am I always drawn to the desserts? LOL Though the Gratin de macaroni was another one that caught my eye, too bad you were too full to finish it :/

And more pictures around World Showcase and POP! These are going to be great for our little tumblr project. Oh and I see more Tie-Dye cheesecake, it is just calling to me... another reason to go stay at POP :thumbsup2

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

Ahah yeah, the Germany pretzels are delicious. :thumbsup2 Morocco is a gorgeous pavilion! I like that the actual country wanted to help with the building.
Yep, Chefs de France is the one where Remy comes! We didn't see him though. I guess you have you make your reservation for certain times? The picture I posted of the macaroni doesn't even show how huge it was! It was sooo good though. :goodvibes
Oh yes. ::yes:: I have sooo many more pictures, our project should be fun!


Your dinner sounds like it was really nice, and yummy too! :thumbsup2

Epcot is so pretty at night!

Mmmmm I would eat that cheesecake right now! popcorn::

It definitely was! ::yes::
Oh I know, I could go for Disney food anytime. I remember when we first got there I was saying "I don't know how I'm going to eat all of this good food this trip - there's soooo much I want to try thanks to the DIS." :laughing:

Omg I seriously almost bought that plate for myself and I am 23 years old! Also, I bought that Donald shirt. I really liked it because it wasn't one of those shirts that you found in every single store in the park. I was only able to find it in the gift shop after Philharmagic and it was the last one in my size!

You should have gotten the plate! I've used it a couple times now and it's so cute. :goodvibes Yeah, I think that's part of the reason I wanted it. I love unique merchandise. :thumbsup2 Good job getting the last one your size!

That pretzel is very big! I've never gotten one in Disney before, but I get one at the mall by home sometimes..they're not as big, though! :rolleyes:
In that picture spot in morocco, I met Aladdin & Jasmine on my last trip! I guess when it rains they go there instead of outside..I've never even seen it before this year.
Les Chefs de France looks great! I love French Onion Soup! & mmm the chocolate cream puffs look great, too. :thumbsup2
Isn't Test Track fun at night? I love it (well I love it day or night..)
I love Spaceship Earth lit up at night..it looks so pretty. :goodvibes
And yum! That oreo cupcake looks good & it's cute!!

The Germany ones are yummy! They taste a bit different from the Super Pretzels they have though - so I didn't really like it the first time I tried it years ago.
Oh! Well that is a very fitting spot for a M&G. :laughing: I like that you can pose there when the characters are outside. I remember in France they used to have Belle's Library and we took pictures there before..I don't know what happened to that. :confused3
The chocolate cream puffs were really good, but I barely had any room after dinner! That dining plan really makes sure you eat. :lmao:
I like it at night better! We went on in the daytime for the first time during this trip and during the outdoor part I was squinting and couldn't see a thing. :laughing: But I still love it!
Mom said it was good, I should have tried it!

[CandleontheWater]

Yum, I love Chefs du France! I've had the fancy mac n cheese also and it is so good! I want to try every TS in Epcot before I repeat one, but I would like to go back and try it again someday. I definitely don't feel that way about Rose and Crown, so I think you made a good choice to skip it! I've found that the food there was really lackluster, and most of my family wasn't feeling too hot after our meal there either! :sick:

You got some really lovely photos around WS! I love the gardens around Canada, they are always so pretty and seasonally appropriate.

I can't wait to read more! :thumbsup2

[StephaniexMarie]

I want to get as many more updates up as I can before the storm comes through. I hope we don't lose power, but if we do I hope it's able to be fixed soon. But let's get back to happy things. (:

On this lovely Friday morning in Walt Disney World, we had a destination! And that destination was Cinderella's Castle. We were taking full advantage of our free dining PIN and wanted to go back to the castle. So, we decided to try out breakfast. We had 10am reservations so we wouldn't have to rush. It was a beautiful day!

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Check in was very easy and we were called in within a few minutes. We got in line to meet Cinderella. She was lovely! She commented on my shirt, but I forget what she said. Something about her friend, Minnie Mouse. :goodvibes Here's the picture:

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The castle is gorgeous, inside and out.

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We were soon called to go upstairs, so up we went!

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We were started off with some breakfast rolls and fresh fruit along with some orange juice. I began to notice that water was dripping from the ceiling. :confused3 I didn't want my camera to get wet so I moved to the other side of the table (we were seated at a table with 4 seats.)

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We both got magic wands! I laughed because we have a joke about them. When we were at CRT two years ago, the lady asked my mom "Would your daughter like a wand?" and she answered "Why not!" instead of a "yes, thank you! :goodvibes" :lmao: So now that's an ongoing joke whenever someone says "why not!"

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Food Review:
For our meal (which I forgot to take pictures of between characters!), Mom got the breakfast platter with eggs, bacon, sausage and potatoes. She doesn't like bacon or sausage though - so she just had eggs and potatoes! She said it was very good. I think she asked for more. I ordered the cream cheese stuffed french toast after hearing about it on the DIS. It...wasn't very good. But after a few bites, I was actually full! I love breakfast food but I get filled so easily in the morning. Mom saw kids around me ordering french toast sticks, so she made me get those so I'd eat a little more. She got an order too, they were good. ::yes:: Our waiter was fantastic and very accommodating!


Our first character to come around was Snow White! She was very sweet and sounded just like Snow White should sound. :goodvibes

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We took a random picture of me while just waiting for more characters to come! (:

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Then Sleeping Beauty came around. Please don't mind my awkward pose. I don't really know why I'm tilting in all of the pictures. It almost looks like I'm trying to pose like her, holding my imaginary dress and all, but I can assure you I'm not! :lmao:

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Then Ariel came. She was by far my favorite! She told me she gave her friend Minnie Mouse swimming lessons before and a couple other things. She was funny! Before she left, she told me to have a splashing day. :thumbsup2

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Last but not least was Belle! I kind of got a two in one shot here, because Ariel is right in the background. :laughing:

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[basketkat]

Oh your t-shirt is super cute! :thumbsup2

Your breakfast at CRT sounds so nice! We are eating there for the first time on our upcoming trip!!!

It looks beautiful inside the castle!!!

I love all of your pictures with the princesses!princess:

[StephaniexMarie]

Yum, I love Chefs du France! I've had the fancy mac n cheese also and it is so good! I want to try every TS in Epcot before I repeat one, but I would like to go back and try it again someday. I definitely don't feel that way about Rose and Crown, so I think you made a good choice to skip it! I've found that the food there was really lackluster, and most of my family wasn't feeling too hot after our meal there either! :sick:

You got some really lovely photos around WS! I love the gardens around Canada, they are always so pretty and seasonally appropriate.

I can't wait to read more! :thumbsup2

That's a good idea to try each of them before repeating! Ahh, that's good we decided to cancel it then. We thought it was a waste of TS since all we were going to order was Fish & Chips so we could just use a CS (we never did end up getting those fish and chips though!) Oh that's too bad! Getting sick from food is awful at Disney. I'll be getting to that later in the TR. :eek:

Thank you! It's so pretty there. :goodvibes And thanks for reading!

Oh your t-shirt is super cute! :thumbsup2

Your breakfast at CRT sounds so nice! We are eating there for the first time on our upcoming trip!!!

It looks beautiful inside the castle!!!

I love all of your pictures with the princesses!princess:

Thanks! Aww that should be very special - especially going for your first time! I love the castle. I wish when they were doing the Year of A Million Dreams promotion we would have gotten picked to spend a night! Thank you. :goodvibes

[StephaniexMarie]

We then left CRT and I got a few last minute pictures.

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I just love it here! We usually do it every 2 years, so I can't wait to return in 2013.

We went straight to Sir Mickey's to get me a pair of sequined mouse ears! The CM at the register was very nice and cut the tags off for us. She was smiling so much - it was a great start to our day!

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Then we went to Snow White's Scary Adventures. This ride used to scare me a lot when I was younger (the first time I went on it I cried!) but now I like it much more.

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I love Dopey waving at the end, but my camera wasn't quick enough to get a picture of him! Let's just hope the ride is still open in November. Then, we were off to The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. This was our first time seeing the interactive queue in the daylight (I think we went on it Wednesday night) so I liked the fact that it was empty and I could play with some of the stuff.

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We walked past the Mad Tea Party.

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And spotted a Tigger!

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We were heading to our favorite ride, the TTA, but we stopped in Mickey's Star Traders first. I saw these cute socks (I know, I know. Socks? That's a boring souvenir. But these socks were polka dot and had some Mickey heads thrown in. They were cute.) We had to try on these stylin' hats before we left though.

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We stopped at the bathroom, but I didn't have to go so I stayed outside and took some pictures.

Love these trees.

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And sooner than later, we made it to the best ride in Disney!

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Do you know the part where it speeds up and you make a left? Yeah, I love that part. And this is my reaction every time:

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My sad attempt at getting a picture of the passing vehicle.

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[PlutosRHM55]

Ooooo... CRT! I would love to go there for a meal, just the thought of eating in the castle makes me excited. And the food looks good too, though I think that's just me staring at this cinnamon buns LOL :thumbsup2 to your lovely wands and your great character pictures! They all looked like great princesses to meet. (:

Oooo... the new Winnie the Pooh queue looks so cool. I haven't seen too many pictures of it, so it's nice to see some new stuff like the dripping honey or whatever it is, people seemed to like that. What does it do anyway?

I love the quote leaf you found near the Mad Tea Party! Isn't that your tumblr logo? Very cool. And I see the introduction photo from your PTR, you guys are rockin' those hats :teeth:

Oooooo... the TTA! Yeah, that probably is one of the best rides in Disney and it is amazing how it gets so fast at those corners. I usually just randomly yell out WOOHOO when we go around them, though I think your reaction is better :D

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[StephaniexMarie]

We saw the Carousel of Progress. I love the song!

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When we got off, I wanted to try a cream cheese pretzel. It was good - but a little too much! I couldn't finish it - it was just so sweet.

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It was getting very hot so we decided to head out of the park.

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Can you guess which one we were taking?

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Does this give you a hint?

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We were on the monorail! I was on it when I was 10, but I didn't remember what it was like. I like it a lot. ::yes::

Our first stop was Disney's Contemporary Resort!

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We went outside to the little sitting area to take some pictures for a couple of minutes. It would be nice watching Wishes from here!

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The monorail was coming by, so we went back in to try and catch it. I think we made it, even though I stopped to take a few pictures!

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BTW: Do you guys notice the quality of these photos is better? I'm currently going through each of them and making them smaller, so it may take a little longer to update!

[PlutosRHM55]

I really should get used to the fact you double update LOL...

Love Carousel of Progress too! My best friend always ends up just randomly singing that song, it's such a neat ride and I just love the classical feel it has :goodvibes Oooo... and the Cream Cheese pretzel looks GOOD!

That's awesome you got to ride on the monorail and I'm glad it wasn't as crazy an experience on my first ride. And that definitely looks like a great spot to watch Wishes from. I'll have to bring us there sometime if I get the chance to go on the monorail :teeth:

Oh yeah, I definitely noticed a difference, a good choice... I would do that, but my TR has been up long enough, I need it FINISHED... that reminds me off to update!

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[StephaniexMarie]

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We made it on the monorail and soon we were here! I was so excited to actually see the Polynesian in person after reading so much about it.

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Hey - he should be back by now!

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We were getting a little hungry, so we went to Captain Cook's to try out one of their Adult Grilled Cheeses. Never again. :scared1: I'm not going to lie, it was very good while we were eating it, but later in the day I got sick and was laying in our room at Pop for a couple hours. It was very greasy, and I don't think my body was ready for that after eating healthy stuff for a while. (The cup is there to note that I didn't want tomato on mine.)

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We walked around the resort with our Dole Whips (YUM!) and there was a sun shower. It was pretty random and funny! We hid under the nearest longhouse for a couple of minutes and then went to check out the pool. Oh my gosh. Their pool is so awesome! They were having a party and everything with music and dancing, mom said we're party crashers. :lmao: We wanted to sit on the beach for a little while, but the sand and the bench swings were too hot! So, we went on the boat to the Magic Kingdom so we could go back to Pop and freshen up. So sit back, relax, and enjoy a scenic tour across Bay Lake!

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[StephaniexMarie]

Ooooo... CRT! I would love to go there for a meal, just the thought of eating in the castle makes me excited. And the food looks good too, though I think that's just me staring at this cinnamon buns LOL :thumbsup2 to your lovely wands and your great character pictures! They all looked like great princesses to meet. (:

Oooo... the new Winnie the Pooh queue looks so cool. I haven't seen too many pictures of it, so it's nice to see some new stuff like the dripping honey or whatever it is, people seemed to like that. What does it do anyway?

I love the quote leaf you found near the Mad Tea Party! Isn't that your tumblr logo? Very cool. And I see the introduction photo from your PTR, you guys are rockin' those hats :teeth:

Oooooo... the TTA! Yeah, that probably is one of the best rides in Disney and it is amazing how it gets so fast at those corners. I usually just randomly yell out WOOHOO when we go around them, though I think your reaction is better :D

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

The cinnamon buns were pretty good! :thumbsup2 The castle really is fun, definitely worth 2 TS credits! :goodvibes You should go there next time you're there with your family, your little sisters would the princess-y stuff and you'd enjoy going in the castle. :goodvibes

I think I took a few more pictures of it, but that's later in the TR, like the last day. The dripping honey walls are there to move your hands over and there are characters underneath the honey! It's fun to play with if you have some hand sanitizer with you. :thumbsup2

Yep it is! Haha I've had that on my tumblr for a while, so I had to take a picture of it in person! Ahaha yeah - I was tempted to get one but it'd probably just get lost with all my other disney hats (I have a LOT. :scared1:) so it was fine to just play dress up with. :wizard:

Oh my gosh you do that too? I yell out "WOOOOO! :banana:" and my mom usually adds in "thrill ride!" :lmao:

I really should get used to the fact you double update LOL...

Love Carousel of Progress too! My best friend always ends up just randomly singing that song, it's such a neat ride and I just love the classical feel it has :goodvibes Oooo... and the Cream Cheese pretzel looks GOOD!

That's awesome you got to ride on the monorail and I'm glad it wasn't as crazy an experience on my first ride. And that definitely looks like a great spot to watch Wishes from. I'll have to bring us there sometime if I get the chance to go on the monorail :teeth:

Oh yeah, I definitely noticed a difference, a good choice... I would do that, but my TR has been up long enough, I need it FINISHED... that reminds me off to update!

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

Oh Timmy, I'm doing much more than double updating today. :rotfl: I'm in a Disney mood so I'm updating as much as possible today!

The Carousel of Progress is just great. I learned so many facts about that ride on my tour, but like the Winnie the Pooh pictures, that's at the end of the TR!

I don't know how early you'd have to get there to get seats, but It'd be worth it! The fireworks would look spectacular from there. I should have done that when I first started, but I was lazy. :rolleyes1 But all my pictures from now on will be HQ!

[StephaniexMarie]

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We're here! :goodvibes

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Now here's where a funny moment happened. It's hot. It's Florida. It's the middle of the afternoon. There's a line full of hot people that just want to get back to their resort and rest. But I didn't know that. So I got off the boat and decided to take a picture right over here, because it looked pretty.

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My mom said "Steph, did you get a picture of the boat?" No, I did not, but now I did. :thumbsup2

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Then we turned around and saw the line. The nice boat driver was patiently waiting and smiling, and we were just taking our sweet old time! :lmao: It was hilarious, but we felt kind of bad!

Soon the Pop bus came and we were home. We went in the pool thinking that would be refreshing, but it wasn't. The pool seemed to be warmer than sitting out in the sun! I was so exhausted, I was going to fall asleep in the pool if I stayed in there any longer, so we went up to the room. I needed something healthy to eat after that lunch, so after I took a little nap mommy ran to Everything Pop to pick up some apples and grapes. :thumbsup2 Yum!

The Magic Kingdom was open until 3am that night, so we went back at around 8pm. I can't find any pictures of that night - so I'm guessing it was raining and we left the camera in the room! I do have some pictures of some souvenirs I got that day, so I'll leave you all with that. :thumbsup2

Here's a cute Tangled book I got at the Contemporary. I couldn't resist. :rolleyes1

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I got this Philharmagic shirt that I LOVE!

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And this is not a souvenir, but here's our poster in our room! 60's section. :cool1:

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[basketkat]

Love your sparkley ears!!! (I have the same ones!) :thumbsup2

The People mover is a favorite of mine as well!!!!

It looks like you had a good time checking out the monorail resorts!

[broadwaybookworm]

Just finished reading this. Sounds like a super fun trip. I love when teens like me do trip reports!

[StephaniexMarie]

Love your sparkley ears!!! (I have the same ones!) :thumbsup2

The People mover is a favorite of mine as well!!!!

It looks like you had a good time checking out the monorail resorts!

Thanks! They're so cute, I love taking pictures with them on. :goodvibes

I could stay on that ride allllll day long.

It was really fun! We never made it to the GF, but we'll definitely stop there in November to check out their Gingerbread House. :thumbsup2

Just finished reading this. Sounds like a super fun trip. I love when teens like me do trip reports!

Thanks for reading! I love teen TR's too! :goodvibes

[sue_88]

I'm glad I found your report today! Very nice reporting and you photos are good!
I keep seeing things in trip reports that I have not seen before and need to do. Like see the shop in Splash Mountain and the shop in Canada. Also, I need to have a Kaki Gori (and I like the little oasis where you ate yours)!
Looking forward to reading more.

[celeste.]

Eating in the castle looks very cool..nice pictures with all the princesses!
Wow, our Snow White pictures are very similar, it's crazy!
Great boat pictures..I stayed at Wilderness Lodge a couple years ago and I loved taking that boat to Magic Kingdom! :goodvibes

[StephaniexMarie]

I'm glad I found your report today! Very nice reporting and you photos are good!
I keep seeing things in trip reports that I have not seen before and need to do. Like see the shop in Splash Mountain and the shop in Canada. Also, I need to have a Kaki Gori (and I like the little oasis where you ate yours)!
Looking forward to reading more.

Thanks so much for reading! :goodvibes I love finding "new" things in Disney, and yes definitely try some Kakigori. :thumbsup2

Eating in the castle looks very cool..nice pictures with all the princesses!
Wow, our Snow White pictures are very similar, it's crazy!
Great boat pictures..I stayed at Wilderness Lodge a couple years ago and I loved taking that boat to Magic Kingdom! :goodvibes

Love the castle! Thanks! princess:
Haha I know, the only way you can tell the difference is by the cast members standing there!
The boat is really fun and very relaxing. :goodvibes

[PlutosRHM55]

Oh wow, so many updates this time around! I said this before, I'll say it before, I need to expect more to read when I come to read your updates (: Alright, onto the updates...

Oh, I love the Polynesian! It's such a beautiful resort , I love the theming there, especially when incorporating Disney characters. The tikis and the waterfall are the best part about the Poly, I love your pictures next to the Tiki and the few around the waterfall, so pretty. :goodvibes I'm sorry about getting sick after eating the greasy food, but at least it only lasted for that day and didn't ruin the rest of your trip :teeth:

Bay Lake looks so pretty! I love the pictures of all the other resorts, it looked like a perfect day to be in Disney and that's awesome the guy was being patient when you guys for you to take a picture of the boat :thumbsup2 And glad to see you got refreshed at POP to go back to MK, sad to see there were no pictures, your pictures really are very nice (: And I love the souvenirs you got, especially that Mickey's PhilharMagic shirt :D

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[StephaniexMarie]

Oh wow, so many updates this time around! I said this before, I'll say it before, I need to expect more to read when I come to read your updates (: Alright, onto the updates...

Oh, I love the Polynesian! It's such a beautiful resort , I love the theming there, especially when incorporating Disney characters. The tikis and the waterfall are the best part about the Poly, I love your pictures next to the Tiki and the few around the waterfall, so pretty. :goodvibes I'm sorry about getting sick after eating the greasy food, but at least it only lasted for that day and didn't ruin the rest of your trip :teeth:

Bay Lake looks so pretty! I love the pictures of all the other resorts, it looked like a perfect day to be in Disney and that's awesome the guy was being patient when you guys for you to take a picture of the boat :thumbsup2 And glad to see you got refreshed at POP to go back to MK, sad to see there were no pictures, your pictures really are very nice (: And I love the souvenirs you got, especially that Mickey's PhilharMagic shirt :D

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

Ahaha yes, I love doing super updates! The Polynesian is the best. We almost didn't want to go back to Pop...:rolleyes1 Yeah, it could have been worse! Thankfully we were only in the room for a couple hours.

Everyday is perfect in Disney. ;) But yes, that day was extra fun! The boat driver was patient but I don't know if I could say the same about the 20 some people in line.. :laughing: I really don't know why I didn't take any! Maybe because I wasn't feeling too hot I didn't want to lug around the camera. :confused3 But thanks so much! :goodvibes

[lmillercrew]

I am loving reading your TR! It sounds and looks like you and your mom had a great time together. Next time I want a trip with my DD, I will just take her and risk her boredom. The friend thing did NOT work out at ALL! Anyway, you took some really great shots at Epcot! You should be proud. I can't believe that there wasn't a wait at Snow White?? How does that happen? :laughing: It was your lucky day, apparently.

[StephaniexMarie]

I am loving reading your TR! It sounds and looks like you and your mom had a great time together. Next time I want a trip with my DD, I will just take her and risk her boredom. The friend thing did NOT work out at ALL! Anyway, you took some really great shots at Epcot! You should be proud. I can't believe that there wasn't a wait at Snow White?? How does that happen? :laughing: It was your lucky day, apparently.

Thanks so much for reading, I really appreciate it. :goodvibes Ahh that's too bad bringing a friend didn't turn out well. :eek: I always thought it'd be fun, but then when I think about it more they probably wouldn't run around the parks like my mom and I do. :laughing: Thank you! Haha there was a 5 minute wait only because someone jumped out of the ride vehicle during the last part of the ride. :scared1: Guess I should have included that in the TR, don't know how I forgot that of all things. :lmao:

[drinkme]

I really enjoyed reading your PTR, and now your TR!

We are heading to WDW in November. It will be (mom), dd12, ds11, and dd's friend (12). I've never written a PTR, but maybe I'll start one.

I loved your pics of NYC. My dd is obsessed with the theater and performing and has been begging for a trip to NYC to visit Broadway and see some shows. We're going to plan a trip for 2012.

Anyway, can't wait to read the rest of your TR. :)

[Home@WDW]

Just started reading through your trip report today, mainly because I'm missing Disney at the moment (haven't been since June). Luckily I only live about 2hrs drive from there, but getting time off to go is hard.
Also, just wanted to say that pretty much all of my Disney trips have been with just my mom (50) and me (20) and it seems like those are the best.
Love love love Pop Century, started going there almost 3 years ago and haven't looked back since. :goodvibes Maybe sometime, if there's a good AP code I'll make it to a Moderate or Deluxe resort.

[StephaniexMarie]

I really enjoyed reading your PTR, and now your TR!

We are heading to WDW in November. It will be (mom), dd12, ds11, and dd's friend (12). I've never written a PTR, but maybe I'll start one.

I loved your pics of NYC. My dd is obsessed with the theater and performing and has been begging for a trip to NYC to visit Broadway and see some shows. We're going to plan a trip for 2012.

Anyway, can't wait to read the rest of your TR. :)

Thanks so much for reading both! A trip to the city would be so fun, be sure to see Wicked. It's my favorite. :thumbsup2 I've seen Wicked, Billy Elliot, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins and Hairspray. I've also seen a few off broadway, including Peter Pan. I absolutely love theater too. :cool1: As I'm typing this I'm wearing my Guys and Dolls shirt from last years Spring Musical..:rolleyes1 Thanks again! :goodvibes

Just started reading through your trip report today, mainly because I'm missing Disney at the moment (haven't been since June). Luckily I only live about 2hrs drive from there, but getting time off to go is hard.
Also, just wanted to say that pretty much all of my Disney trips have been with just my mom (50) and me (20) and it seems like those are the best.
Love love love Pop Century, started going there almost 3 years ago and haven't looked back since. :goodvibes Maybe sometime, if there's a good AP code I'll make it to a Moderate or Deluxe resort.

Thanks for joining in! Mother-daughter trips are certainly very fun. ::yes:: There's a great 40% off deluxe for fall right now! We originally had a PIN code for the week after Thanksgiving, but changed to AP since we could get a discounted dining plan. :thumbsup2

[StephaniexMarie]

Today was our first Hollywood Studios day. We weren’t rushing at all because last night we were at the Magic Kingdom until 2 in the morning! We arrived around 12pm.

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We walked through the gift shops so we could avoid crowds on the street. I really liked this!

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Isn't this shirt so cute?

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We heard music coming from the street and it was the new Disney Channel Rocks show. We never stayed in one place to watch it, but we heard the music a lot when we were walking by different times throughout the day and I loved singing along.

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We walked through the Animation Courtyard and then passed the Voyage of the Little Mermaid because I think the next showtime was far away.

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We walked past my favorite street signs, thanks to a certain lady named Stacey who mentions them a lot in the room!

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I love this picture!

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We didn't do the mad-dash to TSM at rope drop at all throughout the trip but we always lucked out with short wait times.. The time said 70 minutes, but I doubted it. You couldn’t even see the line from outside! So, we went in and waited for however long it would be.

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Mommy said this was her favorite color, so I took a picture!

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We got a kick outta this:

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The people in line were patient when it came to taking pictures with this Mr. Potato Head, so we were able to get a couple of pictures with little hassle! A couple of years ago when we were in line, a lady in her power scooter zoomed by the line when a family was taking pictures. :eek:

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We made it on the ride within 30 minutes or so. The line does go by quickly with all of the photo-ops! I’m going to leave you all with this beautiful picture:

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Can you guess which one of us was Player 1? ;)

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[celeste.]

Nice update!
I love Hollywood Studios as well as the TSMM queue! You got great pictures in it. :thumbsup2
And it's interesting how the lower score always has a higher accuracy! :rolleyes:
Can't wait for more!

[StephaniexMarie]

Nice update!
I love Hollywood Studios as well as the TSMM queue! You got great pictures in it. :thumbsup2
And it's interesting how the lower score always has a higher accuracy! :rolleyes:
Can't wait for more!

Thank you! :goodvibes I know right? :rolleyes: I usually just aim anywhere - except for the alien ring toss, but apparently it works out! :thumbsup2

[basketkat]

The TSM line is so cute! I think we may get Fastpasses, and then get in line so we can ride twice...and so we can see Mr. Potato Head. :thumbsup2

[StephaniexMarie]

The TSM line is so cute! I think we may get Fastpasses, and then get in line so we can ride twice...and so we can see Mr. Potato Head. :thumbsup2

That's a good idea! :goodvibes

[Microcell]

Great trip report! I love both Disney and NYC! Unfortunately we went to NYC this last June, and I injured my back so I only got to see the city for a short while before the pain became unbearable. I have decided if I won the lottery I would for sure get an apartment in New York, LOVE IT!!!!

Thanks for the pictures, I have 10 days until we go and my back still hurts so this is helping me gain the strength to go!

[PlutosRHM55]

I love those street names, too! Anything Stacy has an affiliation with in her must-do Disney spot is awesome. She is just that awesome and nobody can say otherwise :teeth:

The TSM queue is so awesome! I think the lifeguard card is starting to grow on me since... well... I'm a lifeguard lol Legit! I also like the interactive Mr. Potato Head, it is so funny sometimes when he isn't talking to a crowd and pointing out one person, very shocking and the hilarity ensues ;)

Whoa! Disney was definitely off the mark for the time, if it took you 30 minutes with time to stop for photos... and I'm guessing Player #1 is... your mom! Yeah, I'm right! Uhuh Uhuh Uhuh! (<== If you know the reference, you gain major cool points)

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[StephaniexMarie]

Great trip report! I love both Disney and NYC! Unfortunately we went to NYC this last June, and I injured my back so I only got to see the city for a short while before the pain became unbearable. I have decided if I won the lottery I would for sure get an apartment in New York, LOVE IT!!!!

Thanks for the pictures, I have 10 days until we go and my back still hurts so this is helping me gain the strength to go!

Thanks! Aww, I'm sorry you didn't get to fully enjoy your trip. I would love to live in an apartment in the city when I'm older. It seems so much fun. :thumbsup2

I hope you feel better for your trip. Have a magical time. :wizard:

I love those street names, too! Anything Stacy has an affiliation with in her must-do Disney spot is awesome. She is just that awesome and nobody can say otherwise :teeth:

The TSM queue is so awesome! I think the lifeguard card is starting to grow on me since... well... I'm a lifeguard lol Legit! I also like the interactive Mr. Potato Head, it is so funny sometimes when he isn't talking to a crowd and pointing out one person, very shocking and the hilarity ensues ;)

Whoa! Disney was definitely off the mark for the time, if it took you 30 minutes with time to stop for photos... and I'm guessing Player #1 is... your mom! Yeah, I'm right! Uhuh Uhuh Uhuh! (<== If you know the reference, you gain major cool points)

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

I don't know the reference.. :laughing: but no, I was Player 1! I always beat her. ;)

[StephaniexMarie]

After we got off of TSM, we headed towards the Backlot Tour. We hadn't done this in 2 years or so, so we made sure to do it this trip! We waited in the area with the separate lines for about 10 minutes but it went by quickly because I was looking at pictures on my camera. The little show they do before you enter the trams and all of that stuff is SO funny. I'm always jealous of the person that gets to be drenched in all of that water! After that ended, we headed out to the prop warehouse. I loved seeing this:

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I absolutely love the Hannah Montana movie! I've watched it soooo many times. It's one of my favorites. I took a little bit of time taking pictures of it, and we were one of the last people walking through the warehouse.

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Don't those cones remind you of the ones in Toy Story 2 when they're crossing the road?

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I love this attraction! It's fun to see "backstage" things, especially the costume area. :goodvibes

When we were let out, we ended up right near a Monsters Inc M&G. The line wasn't too long so we decided to stop there.

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The pictures came out great, they're all so cute!

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That morning, I had found out that Perry the Platypus would be joining Phineas & Ferb at their meet and greet for 3 time periods throughout the day. I think the time we were going was at around 2:20pm. We were there by around 2, but we wanted to wait and let a couple more people go in line so we wouldn't miss Perry. So, we went and checked out the Christmas store.

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Big mistake.

This is by FAR the slowest meet and greet on Disney property! Every family had to take pictures of their kids separately with all 3 of them, and then each of their kids with each character, and then they all danced. :rolleyes: It took us an hour to actually get to them, and we had missed Perry by a couple of people because they only let him go outside for 10 minutes. It was ridiculous! The people behind and in front of us knew about Perry being there too, and they were not happy. I managed to get a few pictures of Perry before he was gone.

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After waiting for what seemed like forever in the hot afternoon sun, we made it to Phineas and Ferb.

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By that point we were hot and hungry and just wanted to sit down, so we walked around and decided to see if there were any openings at Mama Melrose. There were! We had to wait about 10 minutes, but that was fine because we were in AC. I didn't take any food pictures here, but I'll write a review!

Food Review:
I ordered a Caesar Salad for an appetizer and it was good but nothing special. We also got a bread basket with the same rolls they have at the Crystal Palace. Yum! For our entree, we both ordered the Chicken Parm but instead of with spaghetti, we choose penne ( or some other type of pasta that's smaller!) It was SO good! For dessert, I ordered Mama's Tiramisu. It was not what I was expecting but still really good. Mom ordered the Chocolate Cannoli Cake. I tried some of hers and it was great. Our waiter wasn't the best, but he wasn't bad. Overall, this was a great place to eat and we're returning in November!

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[DisneyTiger]

Whew... I am all caught up! I am LOVING your TR:love: You are inspiring me to slow down and take my time on our next trip. I love all of th pics you take of the things around you. I never do that:sad2: But it helps you remember every step of the trip. It sounds like you and your mom had a wonderful time. Can't wait to hear more!

[Where'sPiglet?]

I just read through your whole report! I am enjoying it!

I used to live in New York City. Did you ever go to the World of Disney that they used to have at 55th & 5th? They had a Disney bear that they sold with a NYC Christmas shirt on and it looks just like Duffy. I still have my bear...I guess I can go buy more outfits for it now at Mouse Gears.

I hear you on the JFK delays. I swear you always have to wait a long time before it's your turn to take off.

I don't recall seeing all those unique items in the Philharmagic gift shop. I'll have to look closer the next time I'm there. I LOVE that Small World blanket.

I hope you have a great time at Disneyland! I think I just might actually prefer it to WDW! :eek: It has several differences from Disney World that will make it a fresh experience for you, yet still familiar.

As for a Voices of Liberty CD....I believe they DO sell albums. I think they are "Liberty Voices" online.

[MeMom]

We have not yet had the pleasure of meeting up with Phineas, Ferb, and Perry.

We made our first trip to Mama Melrose in March. We all got spaghetti, and it was good. There was way too much of it, though, so none of us came anywhere near finishing it. Had we been going straight back to the room, we probably would have begged for to-go boxes, but we weren't, so we wasted a whole bunch of 'sketti.

[spartankid34]

I'm reading along!! I'm so glad you had a great time on your trip!! I've been sad about being back, lol so I haven't started writing anything yet, but I'm enjoying reading yours, haha!

[Nature Mom]

Read through the whole TR today and it is GREAT! I love seeing The World through your eyes! I will be with my own DD11 in just a few short weeks for the first part of our stay, my DD16 and DS19 won't be able to join us until the last 5 days of our trip and you have made me really excited. My DD11 has enjoyed your TR as well and shouted when see saw your camera, "Look! I think she has the one I want!". I think she was hinting...see what you did? lol ;)

Can't wait to read the rest of your report. :goodvibes

[CandleontheWater]

I am sorry you didn't get to meet with Perry. That's strange that he was out so little, Disney must have known that meeting him would be super popular. :confused3 I do think phineus and ferb look a little freaky! :scared1:

Glad you got into mama melrose, we have had some yummy meals there.

[basketkat]

My oldest daughter is really looking forward to meeting Phineas and Ferb!!! What a bummer you miss Perry! :(

[StephaniexMarie]

Whew... I am all caught up! I am LOVING your TR:love: You are inspiring me to slow down and take my time on our next trip. I love all of th pics you take of the things around you. I never do that:sad2: But it helps you remember every step of the trip. It sounds like you and your mom had a wonderful time. Can't wait to hear more!

Thank you so much for the nice comment, and thanks a bunch for reading! :goodvibes

I just read through your whole report! I am enjoying it!

I used to live in New York City. Did you ever go to the World of Disney that they used to have at 55th & 5th? They had a Disney bear that they sold with a NYC Christmas shirt on and it looks just like Duffy. I still have my bear...I guess I can go buy more outfits for it now at Mouse Gears.

I hear you on the JFK delays. I swear you always have to wait a long time before it's your turn to take off.

I don't recall seeing all those unique items in the Philharmagic gift shop. I'll have to look closer the next time I'm there. I LOVE that Small World blanket.

I hope you have a great time at Disneyland! I think I just might actually prefer it to WDW! :eek: It has several differences from Disney World that will make it a fresh experience for you, yet still familiar.

As for a Voices of Liberty CD....I believe they DO sell albums. I think they are "Liberty Voices" online.

Thanks for reading! Yes, I have been to the World of Disney store when it was open and I absolutely loved it. I liked that they had more park-type merchandise like pins. I didn't know about that bear though, but it sounds really cute!

The blanket is very cozy. :cloud9: They have a ton of Small World merchandise there.

Thank you very much! I like that it's smaller and I'll love to see all of the similarities and differences. ::yes::

:eek: I just searched them on amazon and they have a bunch of CD's. Thanks so much for telling me! I'm going to ask my mom if I can get it, it's only $7.

We have not yet had the pleasure of meeting up with Phineas, Ferb, and Perry.

We made our first trip to Mama Melrose in March. We all got spaghetti, and it was good. There was way too much of it, though, so none of us came anywhere near finishing it. Had we been going straight back to the room, we probably would have begged for to-go boxes, but we weren't, so we wasted a whole bunch of 'sketti.

Aww. :laughing: Yeah, that's how we felt at Chefs de France!

Read through the whole TR today and it is GREAT! I love seeing The World through your eyes! I will be with my own DD11 in just a few short weeks for the first part of our stay, my DD16 and DS19 won't be able to join us until the last 5 days of our trip and you have made me really excited. My DD11 has enjoyed your TR as well and shouted when see saw your camera, "Look! I think she has the one I want!". I think she was hinting...see what you did? lol ;)

Can't wait to read the rest of your report. :goodvibes

Thanks so much! Your trip should be a lot of fun! :wizard: Haha aww, it can always be a Christmas present. ;) We went to Best Buy to get it and we got the refurbished one which was $400 rather than $700, but it was practically brand new because their Geek Squad makes sure that it's working perfect.

I am sorry you didn't get to meet with Perry. That's strange that he was out so little, Disney must have known that meeting him would be super popular. :confused3 I do think phineus and ferb look a little freaky! :scared1:

Glad you got into mama melrose, we have had some yummy meals there.

My thoughts exactly. :confused3 They were making a hype out of it and everything. While in line they were giving out movie posters. Oh well! But yes, I so agree with you about Phineas & Ferb. :rotfl:

My oldest daughter is really looking forward to meeting Phineas and Ferb!!! What a bummer you miss Perry! :(

Even though the line is long, it's kind of fun (when you're not standing out in 100 degree weather...:rolleyes1) But they have activities for kids to do which is fun to watch. They pretend to be making a music video and they have blow up guitars and different instruments. The little boy in front of us kept going out for every activity, it was so cute. :goodvibes

[StephaniexMarie]

Hey DIS friends! I'm so sorry I haven't been updating the TR lately, I've been so busy with school since I started last Thursday. I promise to post a new update as soon as I have a day with little homework. But for now, I just wanted to share with you guys that we changed our reservation for November! As you may know, we were going to start off at Pop for 2 nights. Well, we love Pop a lot, but we wanted to try something new. So, we changed to All Star Movies! I'm so excited. We have a preferred room so I'll be sure we request the Toy Story section. :thumbsup2

[spartankid34]

Very understandable about school, no worries from me :thumbsup2 I'm excited now to even hear about the all stars lol, but I guess that'll be another TR, haha!! Can't wait to read the next update when you get to it!!

[PlutosRHM55]

That's great you got to go on the Backlot Tour. It's not really anything special, but I do love Catastrophe Canyon, best part of the whole tour. If only a working studio was back there like way back when before Timmy ever entered the World. And the queue is pretty cool too (: And you do know those cones are basically made to mimic those, they are used in the new DHS parade and originally used in the Block Party Bash. :teeth:

Great pictures with Sully! I seem to miss so many M&Gs. I totally need to check them out when I'm out and about in WDW. And I like the theming they give to some of them, Disney always goes above and beyond :goodvibes

Awwww... I'm sorry you didn't get to see Perry. That whole thing with Agent P only being out for a limited time really bothered me. I mean, seriously? Only for that time! Maybe announce him as a new seasonal character, that would be more sensible. But of course... it's Disney :/ At least you got to meet Phineas & Ferb :thumbsup2

Mmmmm... Mama Melrose's sounds very good. It seems like my type of food, I might have to make an ADR there on my next trip. Cannolis... :)

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[StephaniexMarie]

After we were all filled up from our lunch, we wanted to do The Great Movie Ride! There were plenty of photo-ops along the way. ;)

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The sun was glaring, I was squinting and there was weird shade. Here's the result. :laughing:

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And we finally made it!

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This ride is so fun even though I think we both know the lines by heart! I love when we get an extra-enthusiastic CM. And who doesn't love the video of movies at the end?! When the ride let out there was the cutest bunny outside the door. I was so close to snapping a picture but then the crowds came and well, that bunny disappeared in a flash! We walked over towards Sunset Boulevard shortly after that.

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This is one of my favorite pictures! The funny thing is, I had no clue how it turned out while I was taking it because the sun was glaring. :laughing:

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And we made it to R&RC.

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(Do you see that orange dot around that guy's face in that picture up there? I didn't notice that until now - kind of creepy!)

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If I remember correctly, I had a fastpass. Little did I know...there's a single rider line........:rolleyes1 Whoops! This ride is SO fun, even though I can never fully enjoy it because I'm in shock I survived the take-off. :laughing:

I think I also had a FP for the Tower of Terror, but it was 5:30ish so we decided to get some Triple Blast Pops and go to Beauty and the Beast for the 5:45 show.

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[basketkat]

I love all of your pictures (As always)..the bunny sounds like a cutie! :cutie:

I love the Beauty and the Beast show...I think it is one of my favorites! :thumbsup2

[StephaniexMarie]

Very understandable about school, no worries from me :thumbsup2 I'm excited now to even hear about the all stars lol, but I guess that'll be another TR, haha!! Can't wait to read the next update when you get to it!!

Haha good! I have some days off next week so I promise to update a lot. :) And actually, we changed our reservation again. We upgraded and now we're going to Port Orleans French Quarter! :cool1: I can't wait to try some beignets and explore the whole place. Plus, we'll both love having a hot tub for two nights (the Poly doesn't have one!)

That's great you got to go on the Backlot Tour. It's not really anything special, but I do love Catastrophe Canyon, best part of the whole tour. If only a working studio was back there like way back when before Timmy ever entered the World. And the queue is pretty cool too (: And you do know those cones are basically made to mimic those, they are used in the new DHS parade and originally used in the Block Party Bash. :teeth:

Great pictures with Sully! I seem to miss so many M&Gs. I totally need to check them out when I'm out and about in WDW. And I like the theming they give to some of them, Disney always goes above and beyond :goodvibes

Awwww... I'm sorry you didn't get to see Perry. That whole thing with Agent P only being out for a limited time really bothered me. I mean, seriously? Only for that time! Maybe announce him as a new seasonal character, that would be more sensible. But of course... it's Disney :/ At least you got to meet Phineas & Ferb :thumbsup2

Mmmmm... Mama Melrose's sounds very good. It seems like my type of food, I might have to make an ADR there on my next trip. Cannolis... :)

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

Haha yes, I thought of the parade after I looked through my pictures. Which reminds me, I didn't get to see the "new" parade at DHS this past trip! I read that it was a lot like the old one though, so I guess it doesn't make a difference.

I know right? It was kind of frustrating at the time - but I'm over it now! :goodvibes

Mama Melrose is delish! Definitely make a reservation for your next trip ( after Disneyland ;) )

I love all of your pictures (As always)..the bunny sounds like a cutie! :cutie:

I love the Beauty and the Beast show...I think it is one of my favorites! :thumbsup2

Thank you! :goodvibes

[StephaniexMarie]

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:dance3:

After the show was over, we walked back up Sunset Boulevard and stopped in Beverly Sunset Sweet Spells. I think Mom wanted to get a frozen lemonade slush and I was going to look at my selections. I spotted a cake pop! I saw them months before on the Disney Food Blog (which is a great side if you're a Disney Foodie - check it out!) and really wanted to try one. You could tell they were pretty new to the CMs because the ones at the register were a little confused at how to ring it up. It didn't take too long though and we walked out of the store to the benches near Starring Rolls.

I was a very good DIS-er and made sure to take a picture of my treat. It was chocolate on the inside and the ears were marshmallow filled.

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The people sitting on the bench near us didn't think the same thing and my mom said they gave me a look. :lmao: I cracked up! I could only imagine how many people in Disney think I'm absolutely insane every day I'm there.....:rolleyes:

The cake pop was good! A little different from what I expected and very sweet. After that we went to go watch the 7:00 American Idol show. I love going to the finale shows best!

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We wanted to see Fantasmic! but we had a little bit of time to spare so we stopped at Catalina Eddie's to get a salad for me and Rosie's All American Cafe to get a burger (I think?) for mommy. I also got a cute souvenir mug! We both got the chocolate cake with the DDP.

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It was very good! I love Disney salads, they're so good. :thumbsup2

After we finished eating, we went across the street and walked to the amphitheater. They were playing the pre-recorded announcements that the show many be canceled due to inclement weather. That didn't scare people away though, the theater was packed! The show started about 15 minutes later but everyone was fine with that. In fact, when they started the show the crowd was cheering so loud, it was so funny! :wizard:

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[StephaniexMarie]

After Fantasmic ended we waited towards the back right for 15 minutes or so to let the bulk of the crowds leave so we wouldn't be wall-to-wall with people. Our plan worked out pretty well and we didn't have any problems getting out ( other than having a few ECV's running into us...but that's another story :rolleyes: ) The park was about to close but we were determined to make it to Toy Story Mania for one more ride. What a rush! We always do this whenever we're at DHS for closing. As we approached TSM what looked like the managers were laughing and smiling and yelling at everyone to come and hurry before they closed the line! I love moments like that in Disney. Very magical. :goodvibes

The magical moments weren't over though. After we got out of the ride we saw a crowd around the meet & greet area. Buzz and Woody were there! Their handlers were saying "Say goodnight to the toys!" It was the cutest thing!

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So unexpected! There were only about 10 of us there so it was very intimate. Nobody was allowed to pose with them, but I liked that because we got to see them just interact with one another and the crowd. I took this great opportunity of having Pixar Place practically to ourselves and snapped some pictures!

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See what I mean by empty? ;)

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We went on toward the hat to take some (ok, a LOT!) of pictures.

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It's very blurry but I like how the hat was lighting up!

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[StephaniexMarie]

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I love these! I made my mom wait with me until it changed back to "GO"

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When we finally got on the bus after all of my picture taking, I wanted to attempt to get a picture of the Pop sign. You can see by yourselves how that turned out. ;)

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Lovely, no?

We walked through Classic Hall like a bunch of zombies with the rest of the group getting off the bus.

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Our building!

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We walked in the door to find this little fellow.

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Here's our collection of all the ones we got during the trip. Definitely made up for the lack of them in the past years! I remember a while back during either my 1st or 2nd trip the mousekeeping set up a stand in Classic Hall and were making towel animals for guests! I've never seen anything like that since. It was so nice. :goodvibes

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We then got ready for the next day and fell right asleep. We had a pretty successful day if I may say so myself. :thumbsup2

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[lbuzz52]

i had fallen a bit behind...
i love that interaction with the toys!

[StephaniexMarie]

i had fallen a bit behind...
i love that interaction with the toys!

Totally fine! It was very unexpected, I loved it. :goodvibes

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Helllo DIS-friends! Guess what today is?

MY BIRTHDAY!

:banana:

I'm 15! :dance3:

Also, we only have 50 more days until Disney!!!! I promise to update this report very soon!

:wizard:

[Jazzabelle508]

Happy birthday!!!!!!

[PlutosRHM55]

Happy Birthday, Stephanie! party:

[elder]

Happy Birthday! I have been lurking and not posting, but I have really enjoyed your reports!
:yay:

[StephaniexMarie]

Happy birthday!!!!!!

Happy Birthday, Stephanie! party:

Happy Birthday! I have been lurking and not posting, but I have really enjoyed your reports!
:yay:

Thank you all! :yay: :yay: :yay:

[StephaniexMarie]

On this day, our original plans were to hit MK and stay all day for 2am EMH. But, we had gone to the Magic Kingdom twice already! So, we decided to go to a different park.

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We never feel like we get enough time at this park. Mostly because it's always so hot and there's little AC to be found! While planning the trip, I made sure that we'd start Animal Kingdom early in the morning. We didn't make rope drop, but we were there by 10! I'd say that's an improvement from 12-1 in the afternoon. ;)

We wanted to go on Kilimanjaro Safaris first, so we made our way up the Oasis exhibits and past the Tree of Life. It still amazes me that it was made around an oil rig!

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Flamingos are so pretty.

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We found our way to Africa in little time!

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Crowds were small and there was about a 20 minute wait for Kilimanjaro Safaris. Is this bird not AMAZING?

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A good thing about being a party of 2? Being able to get front row!

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Now you see the hippos..

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And now you don't!

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Check out these little fellas.

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These guys are certainly not little fellas.

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I love getting so close up with the different animals.

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[lmillercrew]

I haven't been on the DIS in a while so it was nice to catch up on your TR.

[StephaniexMarie]

I haven't been on the DIS in a while so it was nice to catch up on your TR.

I've been neglecting the DIS too! Our trip is in 38 days though so I'm going to try and put an update up every day so I can finish in time. :goodvibes

[StephaniexMarie]

Alright, we are now continuing our safari through the Harambe Wildlife Reserve. Remember, this is a two week long journey and there's so much more to see!

I'm not quite sure what these guys are, but there sure are a lot of them.

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Now, you're going to have to look REALLY closely to see who's in this picture!

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Just kidding, I'll let ya see a close up now!

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Turn to your left and you'll see some elephants by the water!

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Look, there's a baby elephant! Here's where you say "Awwww!"

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Now, if you'll look up on that rock you'll see a lion that looks very
comfortable.

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I wonder what makes him stay up there? Could it be a magical air conditioner? ;) I think we'd all like one of those magical air conditioners when we're in Animal Kingdom in the middle of August!

These guys kinda scare me, but amaze me at the same time. They're so big!

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Now, I know this is no proper way to end our journey but it seems to be the last photo I have from the safari. Guess our two weeks together were cut short! Thankfully no poachers caused any harm. :)

After that we went to the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail because we had never done that before.

Look up in the right corner! Monkeys!

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Our safari guide told us what this guy was, but I can't remember. I don't want to sound dumb, but I think it's a mix between a zebra and another animal!

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We then went to the area with the snakes, tortoises and naked mole rats. My mom wasn't exactly a big fan of that room! These guys are harmless though.

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Then we went to see the fishies and the hippos.

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After that we moved onto the section with the gorillas! My favorite part of the trail! The guy by the window was sound asleep. We actually witnessed him waking up. It was SO cute!!

My..what big hands they have. 6 year old male gorilla vs 14 year old (at the time) girl!

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What a sight! ;)

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[StephaniexMarie]

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Next, we were going to check out the Conservation Station for the first time:

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We just missed the train that was there so we had to wait for about 10 minutes. It wasn't bad at all though. Especially when you can bug your mom and take pictures of her. (:

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When the train came back, we boarded and sat front row. The little ride over was very nice. There were ads for the Disney Nature movie "African Cats" which looked really cool. Then, we passed by the "backstage" areas. Part of me thought it was cool to see but the other part of me was like :eek: when I saw a car parked there. That's what happens when you stay on Disney property, you get completely absorbed in the world and forget the real world exists!

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We stepped off of the train and were met by this cute little statue (and a bunch of tired people waiting to get back to the park ;))

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I remember when we arrived here we stopped at the little cart and I got a Smart Water. I love it! Funny thing is, when we got home and went to the supermarket we saw that they had ones that were double the size the ones that are in Disney for only ONE DOLLAR! It was so crazy, considering the ones in Disney are $3.25. But anyways...don't you love this building?

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My mom had to stop for a bathroom break so I waited in this area and checked out the place while she was in there.

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I spotted this hidden mickey!

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When she came out we walked inside to the main part and sat down for a bit, then we went over to these stations and watched how they take care of the elephants and two other animals. The elephant video was especially interesting, it was cool to see how the cast members interact with them while feeding and washing them.

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Then we saw Jiminy Cricket! I've been wanting to meet him since I was 9. (: Ignore my smile, the CM couldn't figure out how to take a picture so I was smiling for a while!

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Then we went outside to the petting zoo! I don't consider myself a huge animal lover, but I LOVED being this close to the animals!

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Look how close they all are! :laughing:

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[StephaniexMarie]

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Look at that face. ;)

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After about 15 minutes in the petting zoo we decided to go back to the train station. We really enjoyed the Conservation Station! It's one of the few places with AC in Animal Kingdom..:rotfl:

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Isn't that pathway SOO pretty? (:

When we got off of the train, we were going to make our way towards Nemo since we hadn't seen it in a couple years, but I heard something going on over by Tusker House!

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These guys were SO good and so fun to watch! Unfortunately, it started raining towards the end of the performance so they had to cut it short.


It was only a Florida sun-shower though, so after we hid under the coverings by the restaurant for a couple of minutes we were ready to go walk! We went through Asia and saw that the Flights of Wonder show was going to start in about 20 minutes. I was really excited to see it, especially because it was another first!

I decided to just watch the show and not take pictures with my camera, but I did take a few before and one towards the end.

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You can't really see, but that's a bald eagle up there!

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After that, one of my favorite moments of the trip happened. We were hungry so we stopped at the Quick Service Yak & Yeti restaurant. We both ordered the Honey Chicken with rice and vegetables with frozen lemonade for dessert and two bottles of water. It took about 10 minutes to get our food, but that was alright. When we went to go look for seats, there were absolutely none. We stood there searching for a table for about 5 minutes, and then finally one was empty underneath a tree. Sure, it wasn't underneath the awning, but it was a table! We were eating and it was sooooo good. One of my favorite meals of my life! My mom was complaining because of the heat and that she couldn't get to any vegetables because there was so much chicken in hers. I was content and just kept eating. Then, a carrot fell from the tree onto our tray. At first we thought some baby was just having a tantrum and threw it and it landed here, so we continued eating. A minute or so later my mom finally got to the vegetables and rice! She had a fork full and was about to take a bite when....PLOP. A bird pooped on her shoulder! :laughing: I laughed soooo hard. But I was mad, because she didn't feel like eating anymore and we left! :( It seriously was one of my favorite meals though, right after this lovely steak and mashed potatoes dish I had in Miami during Superbowl Weekend. I can't wait to get some Honey Chicken (and sit under an awning while eating it!) in November!

After that fiasco, I wanted to go ride Everest! Last year we discovered the single rider line which works great for me because my mom is too scared to ride it. I was on in about 10 minutes! I got a cute Yeti stuffed animal that I'll have plenty of pictures of at the end of Day 5. :)

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Then, we went to Nemo and saw these guys! I wanted to watch for a little while but we didn't.

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Those are some wise words.

Like I said about Kilimanjaro Safaris, it's great having a party of two! Even though we didn't come 45 minutes in advance for the show (Maybe 25-30) we were able to squeeze into one of the rows towards the front.

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[celeste.]

Oh my, i have not been on disboards in FOREVER! I just caught up with your TR..I've been slacking big time on mine! :rolleyes: I got a job at the end of August and between that and school I have NO time.
Anywho, great updates, I'll try to keep up from now on! :thumbsup2

[StephaniexMarie]

Oh my, i have not been on disboards in FOREVER! I just caught up with your TR..I've been slacking big time on mine! :rolleyes: I got a job at the end of August and between that and school I have NO time.
Anywho, great updates, I'll try to keep up from now on! :thumbsup2

Ah I know! I was the same way just a couple of days ago..then I realized our next trip is in 36 days so I better get to business! :laughing: I've been really busy with school and such too, but I'm getting trip fever now so you know. ;) And thank you! I'd love to see yours updated too!

[StephaniexMarie]

UPDATE: Ok, I lied! I know I added {Update Everyday} to the title but I've been really busy these past two days. Last night I was at a dance class at a new studio which was AMAZING btw! I'm in junior company and I'm taking ballet and lyrical. The other girls are so talented. I was a bit overwhelmed to say the least! But I know I'll catch up after a few weeks. I've danced at another studio for about 10 years before but it was nowhere as near as good as this one! Everyone was so sweet and welcoming, it was really fun.

Then today I left school early because I had an ear doctor appointment. I'll spare you the details on that one because they aren't that thrilling but yeah, so sorry I didn't have time to update last night! Now onto the REAL update...)

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Really cute show! When it was over I spotted this not-so-hidden Mickey near where we were sitting!

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At that point, we were really tired but we wanted to still see The Festival of the Lion King. We checked our times guide and saw it wasn't for another 2 hours or so, so we stood in front of the Tree of Life deciding whether to go back to Pop or wait it out. All of a sudden, this little cutie came over! I flipped. As you can probably tell by now, I love ducks! I took so many pictures of them this trip. This one was so cute sticking his little beak thru the gate!

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We were really tired so we decided just to go back to the hotel and rest. We'd be back to Disney in about 3 months, after all!

On the way out I saw these amazing birds. I'm pretty proud of how the pictures came out!

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The bus came pretty quickly and we were the second family in line so we got seats. :woohoo: Once we got back to Pop, we decided to go on a shopping spree!

This is my Yeti that I wrote about in a previous update

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And here is everything else from Everything Pop!

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MMMM...those cookies are SO good

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Isn't shopping in Disney the best? :goodvibes

I believe it was about 6:30 when we got back in the room and took the pictures of the merch. Then...the rain started. This wasn't just any rain, this was like a tropical storm! The palm trees outside the wind were blowing like crazy, the pool was obviously closed and it was really fun to watch people run for cover. :lmao:

My mom and I took a bunch of silly pictures of ourselves during this time. We also watched lots of Good Luck Charlie. It's our favorite show on Disney Channel. Amy Duncan is SO funny. I also took some pictures of our view, keeping my trip report in mind! ;)

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[Terkina]

Great things you got from your shopping :goodvibes
The Yeti you got is so cute :lovestruc

[StephaniexMarie]

Here's another picture of rainy Pop

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Let's take a look at the lovely weather for the upcoming week.....:scared1: Showers, showers and more showers! Here's a spoiler: the rain wasn't that bad that week!

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At that point, the rain was starting to lighten up but it was still coming down pretty hard. We already wasted about 2 hours in the room and I wanted to go to the Magic Kingdom for some EMH! My mom promised we'd leave at 8:00, so if you look at that last picture, I had 10 minutes left until we were out the door!

Of course...I took some pictures to pass the time. (:

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When we were getting our bags together for the park, my mom said that I couldn't take my Nikon in case it poured again, so I had to take my little point-and-shoot! It took nice pictures, but I missed my baby! :lmao:

We ran to the Classic Hall as fast as we could to take a little shortcut and were eventually on the bus. There was only one other family with us, a couple, and they were nice to talk to. One thing we found kind of funny though is that they both carried around wash clothes from the room with them. Very interesting...

The bus driver predicted that the rain would stop once we got closer to the MK and what do you know? It did! See, you can't listen to the message boards all the time. Sometimes - but drivers are right! (;

EDIT: FROM HERE ON, ALL OF THIS HAPPENED ON FRIDAY NIGHT! SORRY I GOT MIXED UP.


I love when it is still kind of light out but the lights in the MK are on, so I took plenty of pictures.

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Beautiful. :goodvibes

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Then, I took lots of pictures of the little statues! I took them from what I thought were unique angles. (:

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This one was my facebook picture for the longest time. It got a lot of likes! :thumbsup2

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[StephaniexMarie]

Great things you got from your shopping :goodvibes
The Yeti you got is so cute :lovestruc

I love it! I dressed it up with my mickey ears and sunglasses later in the trip, it was adorable. :goodvibes

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[Terkina]

Lovely pictures. I love the colour of the sky :)

[StephaniexMarie]

Lovely pictures. I love the colour of the sky :)

Thank you! I thought it looked really pretty too. :goodvibes

[Terkina]

I love it! I dressed it up with my mickey ears and sunglasses later in the trip, it was adorable. :goodvibes

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That is so cute :lovestruc :lovestruc

[StephaniexMarie]

That is so cute :lovestruc :lovestruc

Haha thanks!

[StephaniexMarie]

OKAY you guys, I got a bit confused. This Magic Kingdom update is actually from Friday night, not Sunday night! So sorry I got mixed up. Im going to finish up here and then finish up Sunday appropriately.

After all that picture taking, we decided to go on some rides! We went to Adventureland and well, you can see where we went from there!

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It looks like I didn't take many pictures after that, probably because my little point-and-shoot isn't that great at night shots! But I believe we went to Frontierland after that. Before we left for Disney, I had been asking my mom numerous times if she would go on a roller coaster with me. From reading my TR, you guys probably know she is a ride-wimp! I told her Big Thunder wasn't too bad and she eventually agreed to it. So that night, we went in line. I could tell she was really nervous, but I wanted her to go on in case she enjoyed it! We waited in the regular line for about 30 minutes and when we got to the ramp before they put you in seats, there was bad thunder and lightning and we had to wait for ANOTHER 20-30 minutes. It wouldn't have been too bad if I had my phone..but that night was the night I decided to leave it at Pop! :laughing: So we just waited there, bored, for however long. Lots of people left, but we were so close that there was no point in going back. By the time we got on, I think my mom wasn't as nervous because we had that extra time. Boy, was I wrong.....:laughing: She had her eyes closed the whole time! She said never again. I, on the other hand, had a great time! :wizard: At least she can say she did it now. ;)

The next picture I have is in Mickey's Philharmagic, so I'm guessing we went through Liberty Square and stopped at the Haunted Mansion along the way. Then, we went to Fantasyland and did Fantasyland stuff. I spotted this Hidden Mickey for the first time after the show was over!

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I think we made our way out a little after that because we were very tired from that morning!

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Goodnight, Main Street, USA!

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Again, SO sorry about the mix-up with the days. The rain at Pop did actually happen on Sunday, and we did go to the MK Sunday night, but these pictures were from Friday night. I'm going to fix the links and everything right now!

[StephaniexMarie]

I almost forgot to mention! Yesterday, we got Disney mail! Yep, that's right, we got our Magical Express booklet. Well, two for that matter. We're going to Port Orleans French Quarter on November 24th-November 26th and then staying at the Polynesian until December 3rd. :cloud9: The trip is quickly approaching, which means it's about time to create our countdown calender again! If any of you read my PTR, it will be similar to that one, but a little different. :) I'll be doing picture updates of the Disney mail and the countdown calender soon, and eventually packing when we get closer to the trip! :wizard:

[lmillercrew]

YAY for Disney mail!!! I enjoy reading your updates. So much fun for you and your mom to share these experiences with each other.

[CandleontheWater]

Good job getting your mom on Big Thunder! My mom can be a ride wimp too, but even she will go on thunder.

It looks like you guys had a great night, I'm so happy that the rain stopped, now that is magical! :)

I can't believe that your next trip is so close! I'm sure you're getting really excited!

[StephaniexMarie]

YAY for Disney mail!!! I enjoy reading your updates. So much fun for you and your mom to share these experiences with each other.

Disney mail is my favorite! :wizard:
Thank you so much. :goodvibes I love being in Disney with her!

Good job getting your mom on Big Thunder! My mom can be a ride wimp too, but even she will go on thunder.

It looks like you guys had a great night, I'm so happy that the rain stopped, now that is magical! :)

I can't believe that your next trip is so close! I'm sure you're getting really excited!

Haha thanks! It wasn't easy, but at least she did it. :thumbsup2 I'll be sure to tell my mom that, she's going to feel really pathetic about not wanting to ever go on Big Thunder again now. :lmao:

We had a really fun night! We didn't quite make it for the 3am EMH, but we did pretty good.

It's unbelievable! I never thought I'd be going on three trips in one year and buying an annual pass, it's ridiculous. :dance3:

[ZehnJahren]

What a fun trip report! I'm really enjoying all your pics. My mom and I are really close and we went to Disney together for Thanksgiving back when I was about 14; we had a lot of fun (but also some teenage meltdowns, of course, as I was prone to those :laughing:). We just went together again for the first time in almost 20 years just about a week ago - still fun!

My mom, however, will definitely ride the "big girl" rides. I'll be reading the rest of your TR! Ready to hear more!

[StephaniexMarie]

What a fun trip report! I'm really enjoying all your pics. My mom and I are really close and we went to Disney together for Thanksgiving back when I was about 14; we had a lot of fun (but also some teenage meltdowns, of course, as I was prone to those :laughing:). We just went together again for the first time in almost 20 years just about a week ago - still fun!

My mom, however, will definitely ride the "big girl" rides. I'll be reading the rest of your TR! Ready to hear more!

Aww, thanks so much! I'm glad you're enjoying it. :goodvibes Oh that's so sweet! :cutie: I definitely have occasional meltdowns in Disney...:rolleyes: But probably not this trip since the weather will be cooler.
Thanks again! I have some homework left for tonight and a Trig test to study for so I don't know if I'll have a trip update up, but I'm making a pre-trip update right now. :)

[StephaniexMarie]

Here's a little Pre-Trip Update in honor of our next trip being in less than ONE MONTH! :woohoo:

We received our Magical Express booklets in the mail on Saturday. This was our first time getting two! Yay for split-stays. :goodvibes

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(Ignore that little black mark, it happened when I used certain settings.)

And of course with the Magical Express booklets, you also get these lovely yellow tags!

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Port Orleans French Quarter and the Polynesian...here we come!

MOVING ON....

Since I was in a picture-taking mood, I took a few pictures of Disney things around my room. :)

This is a poster from Japan that says "Dream."

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A big poster I got from the art store in DTD! It's much prettier without the flash. ;)

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One of my favorite things in my room...a Magic Kingdom poster! I really love this one.

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And here's the last picture I took, a precious picture Disney sent to us in our AP Holder mail! My mom & I were so shocked the day we got the package, we weren't expecting anything extra!

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ONTO THE COUNTDOWN CALENDER...

OK, so if any of you read my PTR, you probably saw my pictures of our Countdown Calender. We started at 29 days instead of 30 because we were running a little late. Speaking of late, I better start finishing up the calender because today is 30 days!

Here's how it looked from August 3rd to yesterday:

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We have some fixing to do!

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Unfortunately, I didn't get to finish yesterday. (Homework. :rolleyes: ) But I really need to finish ASAP. I have a feeling it won't be completed until the weekend though, but oh well!

Here's how it currently looks.

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Well, that's all for now guys! My laptop is dying so I have to be SUPER QUICK with this post. :laughing:

[StephaniexMarie]

OK. I know where the trip report ended off last was a little confusing, but these upcoming updates are 100% Day 5 (Sunday night!) :goodvibes

Our first stop we made when we got back from Animal Kingdom was Everything Pop! popcorn:: It was about 5:30 at this time. I just wanted a kids meal, so we didn't use our dining plan. My mom got the Chicken Penne Alfredo.

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I got the kids turkey sandwich (which I LOVE, btw!) with grapes and a cookie (Disney cookies are so yummy. I only recently discovered that you can buy them without getting a kids meal at certain places! :thumbsup2) and the soup of the day which was Tomato. Mmmm!

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As we were finishing up eating, we heard something going on in the center of the food court. I looked over our booth and what did I see?!

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Cast Members doing the hustle! :rotfl: Of all the times we've stayed at Pop, we never were there at 6:00pm to actually witness them dancing! It was really cute. :goodvibes

We filled our mugs and headed back to the room where we would be for the next 3 hours or so (see previous updates. :))

Here's some excerpts from my previous Sunday update...

At that point, the rain was starting to lighten up but it was still coming down pretty hard. We already wasted about 2 hours in the room and I wanted to go to the Magic Kingdom for some EMH! My mom promised we'd leave at 8:00, so if you look at that last picture, I had 10 minutes left until we were out the door!

When we were getting our bags together for the park, my mom said that I couldn't take my Nikon in case it poured again, so I had to take my little point-and-shoot! It took nice pictures, but I missed my baby! :lmao:

We ran to the Classic Hall as fast as we could to take a little shortcut and were eventually on the bus. There was only one other family with us, a couple, and they were nice to talk to. One thing we found kind of funny though is that they both carried around wash clothes from the room with them. Very interesting...

The bus driver predicted that the rain would stop once we got closer to the MK and what do you know? It did! See, you can't listen to the message boards all the time. Sometimes - but drivers are right! (;

The park entrance was nearly empty, or so it felt. The rain had scared a lot of people away from the park that night. Less lines for us! :thumbsup2 I believe I only took my iPhone with me, so all of tonight's pictures are from there.

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Main Street was kind of packed, but that was expected because of the parade and fireworks. We cut through the Emporium to avoid crowds.

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I love this picture!

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[MeMom]

I got the chance to scroll through. Disney pictures are a great way to start a Friday! :cool1: Just thinking of staying at the Polynesian is pretty exciting! How nice!

I just had that Penne Alfredo dinner at Pop a very few days ago. I can never eat the full meal - that's a lot of food - but it's one of my favorite Pop meals.

[sue_88]

Looks like I will be at POFQ the week before you! Maybe I will visit the Polynesian too. Have a good weekend.

[StephaniexMarie]

From there, it looks like we went to Liberty Square from Main Street.

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There's the Liberty Square Riverboat. :)

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We went onto the Haunted Mansion! I wanted to get some cute pictures of the new graveyard queue. By the end of the trip I wanted to go through the line in the daylight and get pictures with my Nikon, but that never happened...whoops! :laughing:

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This is my mom's "I'm waiting in line, must you take a picture of me?" face. ;)

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The line must have been moving slow, because here's a picture I edited on the InstaGram app of me in front of the entrance. :)

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Once we got off the Haunted Mansion, we went to the Yankee Candle store. We bought a wedding gift for my mom's coworkers son and daughter-in-law, a couple kitchen things including a Mickey Mouse toast press and a giant unicorn lollipop that is still sitting in my room to this day, unopened. :lmao: We wanted to send back everything minus the lollipop to the room since the wedding gift was breakable. The lady in back of us in line wanted nothing of that. :eek: She definitely made it known that she was irritated with the whole situation! I felt kind of awkward, because shipping back to the room is something that Disney offers people to utilize, and honestly it didn't take more than 5 minutes. Oh well, we'll never see her again!

It was almost 10 when we finished checking out so I made us RUN to see the fireworks! Don't you love spur of the moment events in life? :goodvibes

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I remember waiting by the bridge where the parade floats pass, but we soon discovered that trees blocked the castle. Since there's only two of us, we found a place to squeeze in on Main Street. It was perfect!

After the show, we went back to Liberty Square because I wanted to try a Liberty Swirl Slush from Sleepy Hallow. Mmmmm! It was SO good, I'll definitely be getting that again.

The two rocking chairs near the Hall of Presidents were free, probably because everyone was still on Main Street waiting for The Magic, The Memories, and You!

Here were the light crowds walking around.

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And here's me on the rocking chair. :cloud9:

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We heard the announcement that the show was starting in a couple of minutes, so we got up and went over to the tables and chairs by Sleepy Hallow. Of course the view wasn't spot on, but it was pretty good. Plus, we had seats!!

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[StephaniexMarie]

I got the chance to scroll through. Disney pictures are a great way to start a Friday! :cool1: Just thinking of staying at the Polynesian is pretty exciting! How nice!

I just had that Penne Alfredo dinner at Pop a very few days ago. I can never eat the full meal - that's a lot of food - but it's one of my favorite Pop meals.

I'm glad you're back! :) Oh, I know what you mean. We can never finish it either!

Looks like I will be at POFQ the week before you! Maybe I will visit the Polynesian too. Have a good weekend.

Aww, how fun! Thank you, you too! :goodvibes

[lmillercrew]

I had the chicken alfredo at Sports this summer, and it was really good too. (probably the same as at POP) I'm still not sure that I like the Memories and you show at the end of the day, and I haven't figured out why.:confused3
What is in the slushie thingy? I've never heard of it.

[StephaniexMarie]

I had the chicken alfredo at Sports this summer, and it was really good too. (probably the same as at POP) I'm still not sure that I like the Memories and you show at the end of the day, and I haven't figured out why.:confused3
What is in the slushie thingy? I've never heard of it.

Yeah, it's probably the same! It's so yummy and I love the bread stick that comes with it. popcorn::

Aww, why not? After seeing posts on the Disney boards I wasn't sure what to expect but I found it to be very magical. :cloud9: I can't even watch it without tearing up. :rotfl: And I adore the song! Ok, I'm done. I just really love it. :goodvibes

The Liberty Swirl Slush is basically a fancy name for a strawberry & blue raspberry slushy. :laughing: It's really good and refreshing though!

[StephaniexMarie]

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"With every drop that must be done, there is an element of fun.

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"To Infinity and Beyond!" You just have to see this part for yourself, so here's a video. It's 149857678x more amazing in person though. It looks like a rocket ship is blasting off Cinderella's Castle. Jaws dropped every time!

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"Ohana means family."

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If you want to get a real feel of the show right now, listen to the whole show. It puts me in such a happy mood. :wizard: :goodvibes :flower3: princess:

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When the show was over, we went around the castle and saw Tiana and Naveen were out greeting people! I heard online that Naveen was rare and only out during parties, but I guess not. I should have gone to them and got a picture, but I didn't. I could kick myself now. :laughing:

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We went to Mickey's Philharmagic from there. I've probably mentioned this before, but this show is one of our top favorite things in Disney. :goodvibes

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I never noticed these decorations up in the gift shop! I thought they were pretty cute. (:

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EMH was starting to kick in because Dumbo didn't have a very long line. I love going on this ride at night. Even though there are construction walls on one side, it's still SO magical being around the castle and the carousel! This picture really captures what I'm trying to say. :cloud9:

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(And yes, I know I've been absent for a week now, but you can bet I'll be making up those updates this weekend. :thumbsup2)

[MeMom]

When the show was over, we went around the castle and saw Tiana and Naveen were out greeting people! I heard online that Naveen was rare and only out during parties, but I guess not. I should have gone to them and got a picture, but I didn't. I could kick myself now. :laughing:

You didn't take time to see Naveen??? :faint:





I never noticed these decorations up in the gift shop! I thought they were pretty cute. (:


In Disney World, you have to look up, down, and all around! There are cool things everywhere. ::yes::

[StephaniexMarie]

We went on the teacups next, and we got to go on 5 times in a row without getting off! We each had our own tea cup because while I LOVE to spin…my mom does not. ;) Half of the fun of that ride is watching my mom’s reaction to all my spinning!

We headed over to Winnie the Pooh after that and we had the whole ride TO OURSELVES! It was amazing!! I have the ride memorized (Yes, I’ve been on it THAT many times! And I have it on my iPhone…you get the point. :)) so I was having a good ol’ time singing along to it! It was one of the most magical moments of the trip. :goodvibes:

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If you couldn’t understand how obnoxious I was during the ride…now you see. :lmao: I’ve always wanted to take a picture in this room, but I didn’t want to bother the other people in our Hunny Pot. Bad quality, but you can see what it is!

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I walked off the ride smiling ear to ear. We went over to Peter Pan and what do you know….NO LINE! Yes, that’s right! This was something I’ve never seen before. Even the times we’ve been in the Magic Kingdom at 3:00 in the morning, there has always been some sort of line. So, we ran on! I was giddy during the whole ride. When we turned the corner at the end to the loading/unloading zone, the cast member asked if we wanted to go again. Um, YES! I wanted to go a third time but my mom was tired. :lmao: So off we went.

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This is her giving me her very best exhausted smile!

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We dragged ourselves to Main Street, but I could not pass up the great photo opportunities (even though I only had my iPhone with me)

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Look closely…there’s my mom! I told her she was in the picture, but she didn’t care! She just wanted to learn against the bar. :lmao:

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The bus came soon enough and we arrived back home. Goodnight, Pop!

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[StephaniexMarie]

You didn't take time to see Naveen??? :faint:






In Disney World, you have to look up, down, and all around! There are cool things everywhere. ::yes::

I know, I know. :sad2:

That's what I love about it! You always can find something new. :goodvibes

[StephaniexMarie]

Today was Monday. We originally were going to do Hollywood Studios all day, but we decided to go to Downtown Disney since we hadn’t been yet! Plus, we’ve never been there early in the day. We’ve always ran there after 9:00pm and only had a couple of hours to look around. My mom went to Everything Pop to get breakfast and brought it back to the room (like she did most days.) I usually got a bagel with cream cheese and a side of disney potatoes (healthy, no?) and she would usually get an omelet. Soon enough, we were out of the room!

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If you can remember from Day 2, I had pictures of 70, 80, 90 and "Pop", so I wanted to complete the collection :goodvibes:

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Our bus had only a handful of people on it so we had a nice, peaceful ride. (:

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Our first stop was the Christmas store, but we weren’t really in a Christmas mood so we didn’t stay for long. :laughing: We crossed over and went to the arts and crafts store. I got a few things here, including a Haunted Mansion behind the scenes book, a Toy Story Vinylmation and a poster that I put in a previous update. Here it is again!

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It began to rain once we stepped outside of the store, so we dashed over to the Rainforest Cafe! We weren't sure if we were going to eat there that day or not, so for now we just looked around in the gift shop.

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I'm sure most of you know Tracy, the talking tree. :laughing:

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We went to Little Miss Matched after that. I LOVE that store! I got two sets of the same Mickey socks (yes, I know it’s little MISS matched, but I wanted matching ones! :lmao: ) and a really soft scarf that all my friends love!

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We passed an interesting cart on our way out of Little Miss Matched. It had souvenirs for strictly left handed people. It was interesting! :upsidedow

From there, we went to the bargain store where you can get cheaper merchandise. I really wanted to get one of the grab bags they had that were $10 and filled with random things. It took some begging, but I got it! :thumbsup2: Here’s what I got in it. Considering the Candace doll itself was $14 when bought somewhere else, I think I did pretty good. ::yes::

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We went to Basin from there and got a few different bars of soap! :cloud9: LOVE that store! Everything smells SO good!!

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I believe we went over to The World of Disney after that! We must have spent a good hour in there.

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[marDgreen88]

Hey girl! I recently found your TR and I'm all caught up! I'm enjoying it! It's really cool that you and your mom got to do Disney together. Looking forward to more. :goodvibes

[lmillercrew]

I love shopping pictures!!! I can't wait to check out the silver store when we go in June!

[StephaniexMarie]

Hey girl! I recently found your TR and I'm all caught up! I'm enjoying it! It's really cool that you and your mom got to do Disney together. Looking forward to more. :goodvibes

Hey! Thanks so much for joining! :thumbsup2

I love shopping pictures!!! I can't wait to check out the silver store when we go in June!

I do too! My mom is excited to check that one out. :)

[StephaniexMarie]

We bought a lot of souvies at the World of Disney store, and our annual pass discount really helped us out! I can't remember everything, but I remember I got a cute Peter Pan decoration that moves and plays music. Here’s a video I took on my phone of it a little while ago for informational purposes ;) :

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We bought a bunch of other things ($250 dollars worth…:rolleyes1)and we had it all shipped to the room.

We were hungry after all that shopping, so we went to try Wolfgang Puck Express for the first time!

FOOD REVIEW:
At first, we were a little confused about how ordering and seating works, but it’s actually pretty simple. For those of you who haven’t been there before, I’ll explain: You order and grab seats as if you’re at a CS location, but they have servers bring out your food and re-fill drinks! Simple, right? We both ordered the Chicken Penne Pasta dish and a Traditional Margherita pizza to split, along with frozen yogurt for dessert. popcorn:: We picked out a seat by the window. We noticed some commotion going on outside so we looked to see and saw this little guy eating these people’s food!

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Our food came pretty quickly. It was REALLY good, but really filling!

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Dessert was so good. I love fro-yo, strawberries and brownies so having them all together was PERFECT!

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Overall, we really loved this meal! It felt like TS for a CS credit, a really great value! :thumbsup2

We saw a crowd around the Rainforest Cafe so we went to check it out. It was a bird show! :laughing: For the rest of the trip, (and even after we were back in Brooklyn) whenever we mentioned birds we thought about what happened at Yak & Yeti.

Some animals were real.

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And some were...not. :upsidedow

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We went to the pin store after that in search of Annual Passholder exclusive pins, and here's what we found!

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I looooove it!! :love: It's a very nice addition to my pin collection. I can't wait to see if they have any more exclusive ones when we're there in 11 days!

After looking around at the many pins in there, we went towards the Once Upon a Toy store. We found a giraffe along the way. :goodvibes

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[marDgreen88]

Aw, your next trip is so soon! HOW EXCITING. :cool1:
Looks like yall hit the jackpot at Downtown Disney!
How cute is that squirrel? Haha. Did the pasta have peas in it? I think that may have turned me off a little... but the frozen yogurt looks delicious!
I didn't know they did a bird show...? :confused3
Very cute pins! :goodvibes

[StephaniexMarie]

We also saw Buzz Lightyear. :goodvibes

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And a flying Wendy.

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Along with a Dinosaur! Please ignore my less-than-attractive face. ;)

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In the Once Upon A Toy store, I got a few cool things! One was a Beauty and the Beast book that I saw the previous day at Animal Kingdom, but there was only one copy and it was kind of ruined, so I was keeping an eye out for it the next day! I also got an Imagineering DVD that I still have not had time to watch. ): And a mousepad, well, just because!

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The CM checking us out was extremely nice! She gave us the Premium AP discount just for the heck of it. We really appreciated that. (:

We headed out and found the Winnie the Pooh character bench! Luckily there was nobody else there at that time, so we had time to take a bunch of pictures. I love how they came out! pooh:

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It was about time to get back to the room at that point. Both of us were pretty tired. I wanted to go over and see the new Lego displays but we were too tired to walk over to it. There's always next trip, right? But we couldn't leave just yet! After seeing pictures on the DIS and the DisneyFoodBlog, I really wanted to customize my own Mickey Mouse Rice Krispie Treat at Goofy's Candy Co! So, we went!

I got mine dipped in Milk Chocolate, covered in Sprinkles and then dipped in some more Milk Chocolate because one time wasn't enough. (:

My mom got pretzels dipped in Milk Chocolate, topped with Dark & White chocolate chips and then dipped in some Dark Chocolate.

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Like how I dotted my I?

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It took us a couple of days to eat both! They were SO good though, I can't wait to make another. This time around, I think I'll get a Rice Krispie dipped in Milk Chocolate, covered in Oreos and drizzled in White Chocolate! Mmmmm.

We rested at Pop for a little while, but not for long because Hollywood Studios has EMH going on! :wizard:

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Our first stop of the night was the Buzz and Woody meet and greet. Boy, did we have a crazy experience here. I don't even know where to begin. It started off with these guys.

If you can't tell, (which you probably can't since the picture isn't easy to see) this family of 10 or so was running down Pixar Place with clear bags on their heads instead of ponchos! It was pretty funny to see while standing inside.

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Next, we saw a little more than we wanted to of the family in front of us. You see, they weren't exactly very fluent in English (or proper etiquette.) I'm not going to post any pictures of me from in here because I look absolutely awful (that Florida humidity does wonders to your hair.....:eek: ) But every time my mom went to take a picture of me, this little girl either A) Jumped in front of the picture or B) Licked the floor around the picture scene or the props in the scene. Yes, licked! :crazy2: At first we were a bit taken back, but after it happened a few times we became hysterical.

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Next up was the Sock Monkey family. This group was anything but oblivious to their surroundings. They tried everything they could to try to get in front of others in line. For example, they'd say they wanted to get a picture with their kids in front of a scene even though they were 5 families back, and once they got to that scene, they didn't go back to their original spot. When the family got a picture of their kids together, they'd then take a separate picture with just the Sock Monkey there. It was....interesting...:lmao: My mom likes to call this one "Sock Monkey Committing Suicide"

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All in all, this was probably one of our most memorable experiences of the trip, and not even because of the real characters! ;)

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[StephaniexMarie]

The weather outside was lousy, so we finally went over to One Man's Dream! I had been wanting to come here since our first DHS day.

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Walt Disney's 2nd grade school desk.

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I love seeing Disney's lesser-known projects, like the Alice films.

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I loooove seeing how they used to put all of the frames together.

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Didn't this picture come out GORGEOUS? :love:

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These next two are some of my favorites. Walt with the Peter Pan boat is such a cool picture, and I could spend forever looking at the mini version of Peter Pan's Flight. (:

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[lmillercrew]

I love the picture of Walt with the Peter Pan boats!

[StephaniexMarie]

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My favorite room in One Man's Dream is probably this one. :wizard:

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The Legacy Continues....

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Does anyone remember when the computer in here had VMK on the screen? :goodvibes

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A look at the new and improved Fantasyland.

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[StephaniexMarie]

Aw, your next trip is so soon! HOW EXCITING. :cool1:
Looks like yall hit the jackpot at Downtown Disney!
How cute is that squirrel? Haha. Did the pasta have peas in it? I think that may have turned me off a little... but the frozen yogurt looks delicious!
I didn't know they did a bird show...? :confused3
Very cute pins! :goodvibes

I'm SO excited! It's at that point where it's basically all you can concentrate on, I love it. :goodvibes
The pasta did have peas in it. My mom felt the same way you did at first, but I think she just avoided them. I'm sure you could just ask if they could not add them though. :) Yeah the yogurt was soooo good!
I didn't either! :laughing: It wasn't anything big, just something to attract crowds really. :upsidedow

I love the picture of Walt with the Peter Pan boats!

I do too! :goodvibes

[StephaniexMarie]

After One Man’s Dream, we walked through Pixar Place and went towards the Streets of America, something we hadn’t visited yet!

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Poor Monkey! :lmao:

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I feel like I could spend FOREVER on the Streets of America. I especially love the New York part, since that’s where I’m from and all. (: It’s so much fun to check out all of the little details.

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You don’t even know how many times I re-took this picture! I finally was happy with this one.

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Anyone up for some window shopping in Chinatown?

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I thought this looked really cool. Hollywood Studios is full of interesting photo-ops. ::yes::

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This used to be the Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable meet & greet! :goodvibes Isn't this place gorgeous though?

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"Be Back Soon. Couldn't resist taking a Disney vacation!"

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It was almost time for Fantasmic! so we went over to the amphitheater to get our seats. There was no delay tonight because the weather cleared up! No pictures from here, but you can use your imagination. ;)

The line wasn't too bad for the Tower of Terror, only about 20 minutes, so I went in line while my mom relaxed in the gift shop. (: I LOVE how scared I get before the ride and before the drops! This ride is great!

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....Looks like a nice place to stay. :laughing:

I also went on Rock and Roller Coaster since we were right there!

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After I got off of the ride and we began to walk back to the bus stop, we found out last interesting guest of the day. This girl had a very...unique..outfit! We found it pretty amusing at this hour. :rolleyes1

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[MeMom]

What a treat to come over here and find all of these pictures! I didn't even make it to DTD in October, since time was so short, so I am ready to get some time there in December. ::yes::

One Man's Dream ought to be a pre-requisite for getting in the parks. People should know where it all started and appreciate that it truly was one man's original idea that has come to this point - that has given us so many good times, added such joy to our lives, and brought us in contact with people from all over that we never would otherwise have even known existed.

I'll go to bat for the Sock Family - not in the skipping line part, but in the taking picture part. They may have been doing it for a school project. Brooklynn had to take Lola Cow with her to WDW once and journal all of their activities. I'm sure we got some weird looks while taking pictures of Lola, but it was all in fun, and Brooklynn loved sharing their adventures when she got back to pre-school. :cutie:

[marDgreen88]

I love One Man's Dream!
Yeah, you can definitely spot some interesting people out there... I don't think I could have handled the licker. :eek:

I am the same way about Tower of Terror. In fact it's the only ride I ever get nervous about. No matter how many times I've been on it. I still have a mini inward freak out while the elevator is going up. :laughing:

[lmillercrew]

I LOVE Tower of Terror! It's one of my favorites! I like to boost myself up, on the way down, like I'm going to stand up. I catch a lot of air and makes my tummy feel even more funny!! :rotfl:
My DD and I took lots of pics of people in weird outfits at Disney! We laughed A LOT threw up in our mouths sometimes too! :laughing:

[StephaniexMarie]

What a treat to come over here and find all of these pictures! I didn't even make it to DTD in October, since time was so short, so I am ready to get some time there in December. ::yes::

One Man's Dream ought to be a pre-requisite for getting in the parks. People should know where it all started and appreciate that it truly was one man's original idea that has come to this point - that has given us so many good times, added such joy to our lives, and brought us in contact with people from all over that we never would otherwise have even known existed.

I'll go to bat for the Sock Family - not in the skipping line part, but in the taking picture part. They may have been doing it for a school project. Brooklynn had to take Lola Cow with her to WDW once and journal all of their activities. I'm sure we got some weird looks while taking pictures of Lola, but it was all in fun, and Brooklynn loved sharing their adventures when she got back to pre-school. :cutie:

Haha yes, I'm trying to crank out as much of this TR as I can before I leave on Thursday! :goodvibes

I completely agree with you about One Man's Dream. It's a fun way to learn about the man who started it all! It definitely gives you some great insight on all of the movies, parks and other things Disney created. :wizard:

You have a good point there. I have to admit, I never thought of that. Brooklynn's Lola Cow project sounds really cute. I saw something like that in another trip report I read, instead it wasn't for school. I think it was for a Chik-Fil-A contest. You had to take a picture of the stuffed animal cow in front of a cool vacation destination or something like that. No matter what the Sock Monkey family did that for, I'm sure they got some really cute pictures in the Toy Story line! :goodvibes

I love One Man's Dream!
Yeah, you can definitely spot some interesting people out there... I don't think I could have handled the licker. :eek:

I am the same way about Tower of Terror. In fact it's the only ride I ever get nervous about. No matter how many times I've been on it. I still have a mini inward freak out while the elevator is going up. :laughing:

Haha yes, the licker was a bit much! Kinda makes you wonder what you touch everyday in the parks...:scared1: Hand sanitizer is your best friend! :laughing:

Oh, me too! It was especially worse in the summer of 2010 when they added the new effects. They took away the part where the narrator spoke right before the drop, so it was REALLY a surprise!!

I LOVE Tower of Terror! It's one of my favorites! I like to boost myself up, on the way down, like I'm going to stand up. I catch a lot of air and makes my tummy feel even more funny!! :rotfl:
My DD and I took lots of pics of people in weird outfits at Disney! We laughed A LOT threw up in our mouths sometimes too! :laughing:

I love doing that! :lmao: It's so much fun being lifted from you're seat as you're descending. :yay: Ahaha, you definitely see some interesting people at Disney!

[marDgreen88]

Haha yes, the licker was a bit much! Kinda makes you wonder what you touch everyday in the parks...:scared1: Hand sanitizer is your best friend! :laughing:

Oh, me too! It was especially worse in the summer of 2010 when they added the new effects. They took away the part where the narrator spoke right before the drop, so it was REALLY a surprise!!


Funny you should say that because the summer of 2010 was actually my first time at Disney ( :scared1: ) and so it was the first time I rode ToT... so I had no clue what to expect. I thought it was so much fun and then they even showed you your ride picture when you were still on the ride, and it was hilarious. But then when I rode it in December it was completely different. To be honest I think I liked it better in June!

[StephaniexMarie]

HEY GUYS!
I know this TR has been pretty dead for a while. I'm sorry about that! But I'm going to start a new one VERY soon and of course, continue with this one so the memories from our August trip will never be forgotten. :goodvibes
We were in Disney World from November 24th- December 3rd. I've been recovering for a week and spending my days catching up with homework, attending rehearsals for my school's production of "Once On This Island" and going to dance class. Expect updates soon! :thumbsup2

[MeMom]

Concentrate on your schoolwork and enjoy your play. Maybe you can get some DIS time over the break. I hope your trip was awesome!

[lmillercrew]

Listen to MeMom. She's right. Schoolwork is more important than your TR. We will all be here when you get back!

[PlutosRHM55]

Hello Stephanie! Sorry I haven't commented on the TR in awhile. Like you, school was becoming pretty crazy and could only get crazier so I had very little DIS time, but it's the holidays (which end tomorrow :( ) So I found time to comment on all the TRs I fell behind on or catch up on. I've definitely enjoyed catching up on yours especially with all the great pictures and merchandise. I will definitely have to go back and make notes. I can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum I also wanted to say I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

[MickeyisBeast]

Just found your TR and although I've only just finished day 1, I love your TR! You're a really good writer. I'm a little bit older than you and I'm going to Disney with just my mom soon, so that's how I found your TR- oh and we're staying at the Pop like y'all did (:

[StephaniexMarie]

Concentrate on your schoolwork and enjoy your play. Maybe you can get some DIS time over the break. I hope your trip was awesome!

Listen to MeMom. She's right. Schoolwork is more important than your TR. We will all be here when you get back!

Definitely. Trust me, I take my schoolwork VERY seriously! :thumbsup2 I've been all caught up and I'm ready to continue/start the trip report. :flower3:

Hello Stephanie! Sorry I haven't commented on the TR in awhile. Like you, school was becoming pretty crazy and could only get crazier so I had very little DIS time, but it's the holidays (which end tomorrow :( ) So I found time to comment on all the TRs I fell behind on or catch up on. I've definitely enjoyed catching up on yours especially with all the great pictures and merchandise. I will definitely have to go back and make notes. I can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum I also wanted to say I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

Timmy! It's fine! :goodvibes Thank you for joining back again. Luckily, as a New York City high school student I have Regents Week coming up and I have a week break. I have 3 hour rehearsals each day for my musical but I'll have a lot of time to trip report too! :) Hope you had a great Christmas and New Years as well!

Just found your TR and although I've only just finished day 1, I love your TR! You're a really good writer. I'm a little bit older than you and I'm going to Disney with just my mom soon, so that's how I found your TR- oh and we're staying at the Pop like y'all did (:

Thank you so much! :goodvibes Have a GREAT trip with your mom & have fun!! :wizard:

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I wanted to share some news with all of you! My mom surprised me when I came home from dance class tonight! :goodvibes

She asked "Have you ever wanted to see the Flower Festival in Disney?" I had a feeling something was up and nodded. She broke out smiling and said "Well we're going!!!!"

I was shocked! I honestly never expected to be going in the spring time, with school and all, but it's just a Friday- Sunday trip! It was actually a gift of sorts for us, so it's completely FREE! I'm SOOOOOO excited! I immediately booked Via Napoli for Friday, March 9th (arrival day) and Ohana (:cloud9: ) for Saturday, March 10th (RIGHT BEFORE WISHES!!) :wizard: I can't wait! Time to add a ticker, lol.

Have a magical weekend!

[marDgreen88]

Ahhh, that's so exciting! :goodvibes

[StephaniexMarie]

Ahhh, that's so exciting! :goodvibes

I know! We're going to Epcot as soon as we get on Disney property on that Friday. There are Extra Magic Hours until 12am so we'll have plenty of time to check out all of the topiaries and ride as much as we can at night. Then, there is a brunch on Saturday with John Gidding from HGTV (we're not sure where yet) But before and after the brunch it's going to be Magic Kingdom all day! I actually just changed our Ohana ressie to Kona so we can eat earlier and get back to the Magic Kingdom for the parade, castle show and fireworks. On Sunday morning we're going to try and get up early and head over to Hollywood Studios depending on what time our flight is. :thumbsup2

[StephaniexMarie]

Hello guys! Hope you all had a nice weekend and an easy transition back to school & work after the Christmas break. :goodvibes I've been editing pictures from this trip and my most recent trip all weekend, and I'm determined to have this trip report completed before my March trip! I PROMISE there will be some sort of update tomorrow. I hope everyone who has been following along in the past will come on over again. There's roughly 4 more days of this trip to report, so it shouldn't be too long. TTFN! :wizard:

[StephaniexMarie]

Today was Tuesday, and that means EPCOT! I don’t know why, but ever since we started going to Disney, Tuesday & Thursday were designated Epcot days. Probably because in the past, there used to be EMH on both of those nights! (Now it’s just on Tuesdays)

I was all ready to go with my Peter Pan shirt! :thumbsup2

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It was a very foggy day in Walt Disney World!

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We decided to escape the fog and head right into Innovations to do some of our favorite activities.

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First up was The Great Piggy Bank Adventure. If you haven’t done this before - it is a MUST! You start off in a line outside the actual game rooms. Here, you’ll be offered a look inside the Pig family! Take a peek at some of their vacation memories, graduations and portraits.

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Once your group is led inside, you will be pointed in the direction of your designated screen where you will begin your journey. Through a series of simple questions, you’ll choose what your goal is and the Piggy Bank will explain what’s going to happen next.

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I choose a vacation. I believe the other options are a dream bedroom and a college savings fund.

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Then, you receive your Piggy Bank! My favorite part. (:

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If it’s a busy day, you’ll wait for a few moments to move onto the next room. But if it’s not, you’ll be led to the first game! There are three games in total. In one of them, you catch coins in the air. In another, you spread out your money in different parts of the room so you can’t lose a big chunk at once if it gets stolen. And I’m not sure what the other one is. All I know is we sure got a good score!

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Before departing with my dear Piggy Bank, I had to get a picture with him!

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The cast members could tell how much I loved the Piggy Bank, because they gave me this super cool sticker after we took pictures! :laughing: I love when I get stuff that they give to the little kids.

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It was time to say goodbye, and off our piggy went!

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Oh, and if you were wondering if we accumulated enough money for that dream vacation…..we did!

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Yay!!! :lmao:

We exited and were on our way to the other Innoventions building.

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[lmillercrew]

I've never seen that Piggy Bank game before, of course I don't spend a lot of time inside Innoventions. I will have to check it out in June.

[StephaniexMarie]

I've never seen that Piggy Bank game before, of course I don't spend a lot of time inside Innoventions. I will have to check it out in June.

It's really cool! We spent a little more time there this year. I actually tried out the Sum Of All Thrills in November, it's SO fun. Especially when you go upside down. ;)

[StephaniexMarie]

Over at the other side of Innoventions, we were about to get Stormstruck!

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Stormstruck is a unique experience where you feel as if you’re in the middle of a terrible storm. You witness houses blow apart, trees getting knocked over and even see a few cars fly. It’s a Disney 4D show with some special water and wind effects at just the right time. Overall, it’s really fun (and pretty scary at the same time!)

Once the show ended, you enter a room with a few different games. Some are physical and some are video games. We played one that we never played before. We didn’t really know what to do so it was funny! We were stuck on the third level, but thankfully some lady came and joined and help us complete the game. :woo:

Although the lady won level 3, guess who player 2 was? ;) That’s right, yours truly!

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We then went over to one of our favorites, The House of Innoventions. I’m always jealous of all the cool things in there!

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The little kids waiting in line and I had a blast playing with this outside in the “front yard” :laughing:

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We chit-chatted with our tour guide since we were first in line for the tour. He was very sweet! Once we saw the cool system where the family can see who’s waiting outside their door, we headed into their kitchen. How do ya like that microwave?

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Isn’t their dining room very colorful and neat?! Ours does NOT look anything like that :lmao

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Having these bookshelves would be amazing! And I love that you can tilt the computer screen back and forth on this computer.

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Here is my absolute favorite room in the house. I think it’s pretty obvious why….the BED!!!!

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If I had that bed, I’d NEVER get out. :haha: It can hold the weight of 6 adults. :thumbsup2

Another thing that I love and want in the house is this magic carpet. Isn’t this the cutest?!

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I always find the last room a little bit boring, so that’s the last of my pictures here. They always say to ask them about anything you’ve seen in the house, so I may just have to ask about that magic carpet. I would ask about the bed…but I don’t think we can justify that price!

On our way out of Innoventions, we went to make some paper. :thumbsup2

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If I remember correctly, we had a less-than-friendly cast member there. But whatever, I got to make my paper! (:

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[StephaniexMarie]

After we left Innoventions, it started to rain. HARD. And on top of that, it was COLD! It was in the 60’s! Definitely not your normal temperature for August in Disney World. We dashed into Mouse Gears and did some shopping to kill time (which, by the way, kills too much time sometimes!) and I picked up a hoodie to wear for the rest of the night.

Once it cleared up a little bit and it was just drizzling, we went over to World Showcase and started at Mexico - the perfect pavilion for less-than-desirable weather! We planned on going on the boat ride first, but a mariachi band was playing so we paused for a little bit. We never saw them perform before!

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After we got off the ride, we browsed the gift shop. That seems to be a trend in this trip report….:rolleyes1

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We tried on a LOT of hats!

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I don't look crazy at all...:rolleyes1

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Adios, Mexico!

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We skipped a few countries because we had a reservation at one of our FAVORITE restaurants - Via Napoli! popcorn::

Mmmm, I could eat here every single day and never get sick of it. Well, I probably would get sick of it at some point. But you get the point - it's SO good! I didn't take any pictures, but I remember what we ordered.

For our appetizer, we choose the Arancini (Rice balls stuffed with meat) and they did not fail to dissapoint!

For our entrees, my mom choose one of the most expensive items on the menu to take advantage of Free Dining - the veal parm. I tried a few pieces and some of the veggies and WOW! It was FANTASTIC! I kept it simple and ordered an individual margherita pizza. So good! I remember the first time I tasted their pizza in August 2010. I felt as if I died and went to Heaven. :worship:

Because of the dining plan, we ordered dessert here for the first time. Mommy ordered the Zeppole de Ricotta. She shared some because it was a generous portion, but I did not care for them at all. She liked them though, but she said she wouldn't order them again. I ordered the "Ugly But Good" which is actually not that ugly. :rotfl: It is VERY good though. I would definitely order it again. I was going to in November but decided not to because it was so cold!

Our waitress was FANTASTIC! Very attentive and very knowledgeable. We gave her a very nice tip. :goodvibes

It was still pretty light out after we finished eating. If I remember correctly, our reservation was at 4:35, so we were probably out by 5:30.

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I annoyed my mom as she shopped for some wallets. (:

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And once she shooed me away (I know, how loving!) I decided to look around myself.

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We left empty-handed and were greeted with the beginning of a BEAUTIFUL sunset around World Showcase Lagoon.

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[Momto2PrncChrmgs]

Hi Stephanie!
I just found your TR and went thru it all this evening! Great job, very entertaining! How were the crowds for the week? We're thinking about going the first full week this August, and was wondering if it's going to be too crowded.

[StephaniexMarie]

Hi Stephanie!
I just found your TR and went thru it all this evening! Great job, very entertaining! How were the crowds for the week? We're thinking about going the first full week this August, and was wondering if it's going to be too crowded.

Hi! :wave2:
Aww, thank you so much! That means a lot. :goodvibes

In my opinion the crowds aren't too crazy. You just need to know where to expect them. For example: Main Street after Wishes will always be crazy - no matter what time of the year you go. The only difference is that in August it is humid and everyone is dying hot. Getting to the parks early and then taking mid-day breaks worked wonderful for us in August. During previous trips, we'd always sleep in and get to the parks at 11 or 12 in the afternoon and we were always extremely hot for a few hours until the sun set. If you tour the parks at the right times, drink a LOT of water, take breaks at your hotel or hotels near the park you're at, (Say you're at the Magic Kingdom and want a break - you can hop on the monorail and check out the three hotels there!) you'll be fine. :)

[Momto2PrncChrmgs]

Thanks for the info! I think (hope) we can handle the heat, as long as its not ridiculously crowded. We're early morning, rope drop people, then we usually leave mid-afternoon and go back to swim and get ready for dinner. Now just waiting to hear about a new job that would make it possible. :worship: pixiedust:

[StephaniexMarie]

Thanks for the info! I think (hope) we can handle the heat, as long as its not ridiculously crowded. We're early morning, rope drop people, then we usually leave mid-afternoon and go back to swim and get ready for dinner. Now just waiting to hear about a new job that would make it possible. :worship: pixiedust:

No problem! The way you tour sounds perfect for the summer. Good luck with that!! :goodvibes

[lmillercrew]

Great update! I want to go to Disney with you and your mom! Do you think your mom wants a 40 yr old to take shopping??? :rotfl::rotfl: Just kidding. You are one lucky girl.

[heathsf]

Whew! I just finished catching up! Great report so far. You are very detailed and I love looking at all your photos! :goodvibes

[StephaniexMarie]

Enjoying the beautiful sunset, we strolled over to Germany to check out the train display. This is the first time I’ve really paid attention to the little details here and it was so worth it!

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If you think that's spectacular, you should see what they add for Christmas! :goodvibes

We stopped for a quick bathroom break before leaving Germany and then we were ready to go!

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Snow White's wishing well! :cloud9:

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At the trading post, we stopped and looked around (wasn't that predictable?) and I tried on these cute Duffy ears! Look at that hair. :lmao: I swear, it was straight in the morning!

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The view was BEAUTIFUL from where we were!!

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We skipped by China and made a stop in Norway. I'm guessing the line wasn't too long for Maelstrom, so we went on! I always feel like this ride can be way longer.

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By the time we were out, the sun had set but the humidity was still present! This is what happens to your camera lens when you take it out of AC. :laughing:

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[StephaniexMarie]

We went to scout out our viewing spot for Illuminations right after that! There were a few palm trees blocking a little bit, but it's not like we hadn't seen the the show before. Illuminations is SO incredible. I love the music that plays just before the show starts, it gets you so pumped! Here are some pictures I took. On our most recent trip, I took SO many pictures of fireworks and I love the results. I'll get to that in my other trip report though!

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Ahhhh, makes me wish I was in Epcot watching it right now. :lovestruc

We stayed put for a couple of minutes while the crowds thinned out and then made our way to Mission Space!

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We went on the green side because my mom doesn't believe me when I say orange isn't that bad! Haha, honestly, the only difference I noticed was the change in pressure. It was SO much fun when I went on with my friends two years ago, we were trying to put our hands in the air and were miserably failing lol

Since we were taking it easy this night, we went over to The Seas With Nemo & Friends to hang out in the aquarium. I love sea creatures. I could easily spend an entire day in this pavilion. We didn't see any dolphins (my FAVORITE!!) on this night, but we saw them two days later! But, we did see some hidden mickeys.

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Look at all those fish!

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If we can't see dolphins, the next best thing is reading about them. :thumbsup2

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I really wanted to go on Soarin' after the Seas, but as pathetic as this sounds, we were both too lazy to walk up the giant hill that leads to the entrance. :rotfl: So we went to the Imagination Institute Open House instead! We spent a little bit of time in the ImageWorks part after since barely anybody was there.

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We dragged ourselves out of the park after that to get some rest! After all, tomorrow we were going to be at the Magic Kingdom bright and early and then we had a luau to go to. (:

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[StephaniexMarie]

Great update! I want to go to Disney with you and your mom! Do you think your mom wants a 40 yr old to take shopping??? :rotfl::rotfl: Just kidding. You are one lucky girl.

Ahaha, thank you! :goodvibes

Whew! I just finished catching up! Great report so far. You are very detailed and I love looking at all your photos! :goodvibes

Thanks so much! :goodvibes I've been trying to crank out these updates lol, I want to try to complete this one before I get into my Thanksgiving one. :thumbsup2