This is the dawning of the rest of our lives... AT DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!! Updated 5/31

[__disneygirl]

LIVIN IT UP.... love that feeling!! LIVIN IT UP!!!!!!!!!
LET THE MEMORIES BEGIN!!!!!!

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Anyone else think that the LIVIN IT UP song is the worst and BEST song ever?! My mom and I constantly made fun of it this entire trip. Some say that there is no excuse for Comic Sans, but I think there is: Livin' It Up! I love the message of the song but it's just... dorky? Or something. Lame. Every time we left the our hotel room or entered a park we would sing, "LIVIN IT UP" in a totally goofy voice. And usually we'd dance around like idiots. And if something really awesome or hilarious happened, we would just instantly break into it... LIVIN IT UP, MY HEART STARTS BEATING!!!!! Are ya dizzy yet?!

The other theme of this trip was quoting the QUEEN aka Stacey.

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If you are one of those people who can't stand her, I don't think I can recommend this Trip Report to you. I personally think Stacey is completely free of all flaws, and that is why I have been quoting her since 2006. My mom was kind of on the fence about her until this trip when she finally fell off the Stacey lovin' cliff and embraced the madness that is Stacey. She too began quoting her all the time and so if you saw two crazy blondes running around the parks singing LIVIN IT UP and screaming "TEST TRACK BABY!!!!!!!!!!!" and "Pirates of the Caribbean! ARGGGGHHHHH!", well... That was us.

WELCOME!!!!!

Oh. HELLO YOU! Kinda forgot I was writing this for an audience and not just for my own giggles.

My name is Lia, I'm 21 years old, I work in the business of show and I have had a serious Disney addiction, obsession, infatuation, and devotion going on since the day I was born. This is partly because of my mom (the only other cast member in this fabulous and fierce Disney duo... though there will be special guests later on! Yay, foreshadowing!) who bought me all the Disney movies and taped Disney Channel specials for me as a child!

When I was 4, she convinced my dad that we should take a trip to Disney World for my 5th birthday. He originally said no, thinking I wouldn't remember the trip and that I was too young. Boy, was he wrong! I remember so many things from that first trip and all our subsequent ones! Disney left a giant imprint on me all those years ago, and I have not been the same since. It is VERY hard for me to choose a favorite park, ride, character, movie, etc... because I LOVE IT ALL SO MUCH! It's all wham!

You probably know me from my very famous prior masterpiece, The MCLOVINS Hit The World... HARD! (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2449416) that has been going on for over eighteen months. Yeah, it's an awesome trip report. People love it. If you haven't read it, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE!! GET OVER THERE!!

So, the "yesterday" is covered, now let's get to the present trip report! I planned and canceled this trip THREE TIMES, so there begins the madness. Just warning: there is always craziness and randomness when it comes to my mom and I at Disney. Silly things just happen to us. We do nothing (mostly) to attract this hilarity, it is simply thrust upon us. Good stories abound!

We went from December 5-14, which is a time I never thought I would visit Disney World. I always wanted to see the parks during the holidays, but December is such a busy time as it is and my favorite time to go is during the Food & Wine Festival in Oct/Nov or for my birthday in April. When we had to cancel our trip planned for October 28-Nov 6, I didn't know when we'd end up going. But frankly, I've had a crazy year and I needed an escape to my happy place MORE THAN EVER. I really don't want to get too deep on here, but when I say I needed Disney, TRUST ME!! I needed it! So as soon as I was free of work commitments, I booked the trip and two weeks later... WE WERE AT DISNEY WORLD!

Disclaimer: This Trip Report(R) has no affiliation to Stacey or the talented writers and performers involved with the creation of Livin' It Up. I am simply a fan who aspires to be 1/16th as cool as these people. Thank you.

INDEX

DAY 1: DECEMBER 5, 2011
Day 1, Part 1 In Which We Roll Like G's (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=43542607#post43542607)
Day 1, Part 2 In Which In Which The Kingdom Stays Open In Honor Of A Very Special Princess (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=43596178#post43596178)
Day 1, Part 3 In Which We Form A New Ohana At Ohana (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=43640016#post43640016)
Day 1, Part 4 In Which Someone Finally Recognizes My Royal Status (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=43675788#post43675788)
Day 1, Part 5 In Which We Let The Memories Begin! (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=43737090#post43737090)
Day 1, Part 6 In Which We Probably Made Goofy Look Normal (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=43816648#post43816648)

DAY 2: DECEMBER 6, 2011
Day 2, Part 1 In Which There Are No Mickeys Hidden In Disney Greenery (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=43862907#post43862907)
Day 2, Part 2 In Which I Discover New Realms of Awesomeness At The Hollywood Tower Hotel (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=44061145&postcount=151)
Day 2, Part 3 In Which We Don't Wanna Run, We Just Wanna Bang On The Drum All Day (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=44110663&postcount=162)
Day 2, Part 4 In Which We Visit The Cat That Hates People (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=44206893#post44206893)
Day 2, Part 5 In Which I Am Covered In Tequila (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=44246965#post44246965)
Day 2, Part 6 In Which We Feel Bad For Ringo (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=44315597#post44315597)


DAY 3: DECEMBER 7, 2011
Day 3, Part 1 In Which I Do The Joey Lunge (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=44351120#post44351120)
Day 3, Part 2 In Which There Is A Half Naked Drunk Old Man (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=44432328#post44432328)
Day 3, Part 3 In Which I Meet The Man I'm Going To Marry (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=44469298#post44469298)
Day 3, Part 4 In Which Everything Totally Blows (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=44469352#post44469352)
Day 3, Part 5 In Which They (RUDELY) Close Epcot In The Middle of Our Conversation! (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=44674233#post44674233)


DAY 4: DECEMBER 8, 2011
Day 4, Part 1 In Which We (Almost) Sustain Several Injuries (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=44674431#post44674431)
Day 4, Part 2 In Which No Cupcake For You! (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=44765861#post44765861)
Day 4, Part 3 In Which NOW I'm Ready For Safari! (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=44828277#post44828277)
Day 4, Part 4 In Which We Venture To Uncharted Territory (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=44894563#post44894563)

DAY 5: DECEMBER 9, 2011
Day 5, Part 1 In Which Minnie Mouse Freaks Out! (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=44964506#post44964506)
Day 5, Part 2 In Which We Celebrate the Fourth of July Four Times (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=45046406#post45046406)


MAKIN' DREAMS COME TRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUE...

[arbolita]

HELLO! I've lurked your other Trip Report the past couple weeks (still have to go back and read the whole thing though), and I am happy to be here for the start of this one!


I love Stacey, so I am doubly excited for this TR =D

[duckylady]

WHOOOOO LET'S DO THIS!!

I'm so excited! FLAW FREE TRIP REPORT 2011.

Y'know, I remember a lot from my first Disney trip, too. I was only four, but I definitely have a lot of these little snapshots in my mind of certain things we did (seeing Minnie for the first time, watching Alice skip down Main Street, etc.). I still have my ticket from that trip (we only went to the Magic Kingdom for one day), so I know exactly what time I entered the Magic Kingdom for the first time in my entire life. Shh, I know I'm crazy.

[LilAnn]

Jumping aboard this happy train now so I don't forget to mark my place! I am slowly, slowly making my way through your other trip report. Excited to read about this one in normal time! I have always wanted to go to Disney around the holidays.

[MarieTheCat24]

MAKIN' DREAMS COME TRUUUUUUUUUUUE OH LIVIN' IT UP LOVE THAT FEELING

That song is phenomenal. I pulled an Emma Stone in "Easy A" because the first time I heard it, I was like "Ugh what is this awfulness? Stacey deserves better." But, of course, by the end of the trip, I was LIVIN' IT UP all the time. :cool1:

That screencap of Stacey is killing me. She is America's greatest treasure.

Anyway, you know I'm ready for this! I can't wait to hear about EVERYTHING.

Wham. Boom. TEST TRACK BABY!!!

[marDgreen88]

LIVIN' IT UP! Yeah, that song is a masterpiece. How could you not want to sing it all the time? :confused3

I'm so excited to read along from the beginning this time!

[Nermel9]

I am so in for this TR! I lurked through your last one and loved it...I don't know why I never commented, I think I found it after you already started and felt weird or something! :confused3 But I loved it, and I'm looking forward to this one! I love how you write, you really have your excitement and love for Disney come through! I wish I could accomplish the same in my TR's, because I love Disney SOOOO much, but I feel like sometimes I'm so boring! :rotfl:

Anyway, I love Stacey, I love that song, I'm not really sure why people hate Comic Sans, but I write all of my TR's in that font, and I was just there when you were, I probably passed by you at some point (my DH and I went for a quick Christmas trip 12/10-12/14)!

Can't wait to read more! :yay:

[SoNotAPrincess]

Subbing! I was there for a three-day weekend from Dec. 9-12. There is NOTHING better than Disney around the holidays...any holiday, but especially Christmas!

Can't wait to hear about your adventures! :cool1:

[__disneygirl]

Yayyyy :welcome: friends!! Thanks for being here!

HELLO! I've lurked your other Trip Report the past couple weeks (still have to go back and read the whole thing though), and I am happy to be here for the start of this one!


I love Stacey, so I am doubly excited for this TR =D

Thank you for reading! Glad you have commented :) Besides Disney World itself, this is pretty much THE place to be for Stacey fans.

WHOOOOO LET'S DO THIS!!

I'm so excited! FLAW FREE TRIP REPORT 2011.

Y'know, I remember a lot from my first Disney trip, too. I was only four, but I definitely have a lot of these little snapshots in my mind of certain things we did (seeing Minnie for the first time, watching Alice skip down Main Street, etc.). I still have my ticket from that trip (we only went to the Magic Kingdom for one day), so I know exactly what time I entered the Magic Kingdom for the first time in my entire life. Shh, I know I'm crazy.

Sigh, I am so lucky. My first update and already people are calling it "FLAW FREE TRIP REPORT 2011." Thank you!!!

You aren't crazy! We have our first Disney tickets as well. My mom pressed them into a photo album for us. We still have a bunch of stuff from that trip! Does your ticket have your photo on it? Back then, they would take a picture of you and print your ticket with that photo and then PUNCH A HOLE in the ticket when you used it. It was only 1995 but the technology was nowhere near what they have today!

Jumping aboard this happy train now so I don't forget to mark my place! I am slowly, slowly making my way through your other trip report. Excited to read about this one in normal time! I have always wanted to go to Disney around the holidays.

Yayyyyyyy :welcome:!!!!!!!! Thank you for reading. And yes this is a happy train! :banana: Welcome aboard. Please keep all hands, arms, feet, and legs inside the Trip Report at all times!!!

MAKIN' DREAMS COME TRUUUUUUUUUUUE OH LIVIN' IT UP LOVE THAT FEELING

That song is phenomenal. I pulled an Emma Stone in "Easy A" because the first time I heard it, I was like "Ugh what is this awfulness? Stacey deserves better." But, of course, by the end of the trip, I was LIVIN' IT UP all the time. :cool1:

That screencap of Stacey is killing me. She is America's greatest treasure.

Anyway, you know I'm ready for this! I can't wait to hear about EVERYTHING.

Wham. Boom. TEST TRACK BABY!!!

ljksfhasdlkjfhasdjk I knew you would feel the same way about that song. And BTW, I thought Easy A was pretty overrated EXCEPT for that part. Hilarious and describes my life.

She really is. I was going to use a screencap in which she is fully clothed and standing up straight, but I didn't feel that quite captured her essence.

WHAM!!!!!!! :dancer:

LIVIN' IT UP! Yeah, that song is a masterpiece. How could you not want to sing it all the time? :confused3

I'm so excited to read along from the beginning this time!

Agreed! I sing LIVIN IT UP it all the time. Whoever doesn't is probably not going to understand this trip report.

I am so in for this TR! I lurked through your last one and loved it...I don't know why I never commented, I think I found it after you already started and felt weird or something! :confused3 But I loved it, and I'm looking forward to this one! I love how you write, you really have your excitement and love for Disney come through! I wish I could accomplish the same in my TR's, because I love Disney SOOOO much, but I feel like sometimes I'm so boring! :rotfl:

Anyway, I love Stacey, I love that song, I'm not really sure why people hate Comic Sans, but I write all of my TR's in that font, and I was just there when you were, I probably passed by you at some point (my DH and I went for a quick Christmas trip 12/10-12/14)!

Can't wait to read more! :yay:

No one should ever feel weird around me. I am 100% weird. If any lurkers are reading... come out!!!!!!!! Join the party! I have made so many awesome disfriends and I would hate to think any potential BFFs were not saying anything! :goodvibes

Thank you for the compliments! I'm sure you are not boring. No Disney fans are boring. You replying to my TR automatically makes you not boring! :dance3:

Subbing! I was there for a three-day weekend from Dec. 9-12. There is NOTHING better than Disney around the holidays...any holiday, but especially Christmas!

Can't wait to hear about your adventures! :cool1:

Welcome and thanks!!! Ahh, a Disney weekend holiday getaway... is anything better? :cloud9:

[wdwgirl03]

So am I the only one who sang "Livin' it Up" as soon as I started reading this? Now I'm going to have that song stuck in my head. :laughing: Yet you're making me want to go youtube resort TV right now!

Stacey is amazing-we are known to quote her from time to time too. One of our favorites? "That's interesting...there doesn't seem to be any track!" :thumbsup2

I'm glad you got to visit WDW during the holidays-it's a great time to go!

[flounderfan12]

totally in i followed you on twitter while you were in disney (a little obsessively perhaps lol) now i cant wait to hear the stories and stacey is a queen i quote her all the time while in disney before my last trip i had the must dos on my computer and watched them all the time now i cant cause it just gives me a pang of sadness cause i have no trip planned

[YukiPhnx]

FIRST PAGE!!!

But a lot later than I would've liked. Like I said on twitter, the DISboards need a mobile website like the Trip Advisor boards!! I need to be able to access the DIS at all times for crucial moments such as this one.

I'm so incredibly happy that you were able to go on a trip this year, after all that craziness and uncertainty in your life. And whenever YOU go on a trip, I get to live through your SUPER AWESOME tweets and trip report!!! WOOOOOOOOT!!!!

Ok, still a little crazy left over from work today (at a Toy drive for charity, OH YEAH!!) Ok, I'll dial that down.

Anyways, can't wait to hear all the little itty bitty details. Hope you took pics of all those hot CMs in Epcot, like that Italian one.

[IheartDDuck]

Okay, I've lurked on your other TR, but seeing as though I can actually get in early on this one, I'm hopping on board. :goodvibes

[Eight]

Lurked along on your last TR, so now I think I'll have to subscribe, hi! Admittedly, I had to look up the song Livin' It Up, and I'm like, Ja Rule is still around (or at least he was as of 2009 when the video I saw on YouTube was put up)? I thought he was just one of those things that disappeared when I graduated from middle school.

But anyway, I'm looking forward to reading more! :goodvibes

[leshunlenese]

I love stacey! Im so in!

[oopsiDAISY]

I too am a lurker coming out of hiding. I have read your last TR in its entirety and look forward to following along with this one from the beginning! :thumbsup2

[windi622]

Add one more lurker to your long list of fans...here I am...no longer lurking. I actually read your McLovin TR recently- and HAD to send one part to my sister. The part when you were on Expedition Everest-- "Hold on y'all". Aaaa, we laughed about that for a long time :laughing:

Excited to read about your new adventures!

[AKL LOVER]

I'm tagging along for this TR too. Can't wait to hear about your latest Disney escapades!

[Merida]

Subbing, we arrived that day after you left. It seems like everyone was down at Disney during this time though!

[__disneygirl]

Hey everyone!! I hope you all had a very enchanted Christmas like I did, or if you celebrate another holiday, I hope that was magical as well. And if you love Seth Cohen, MERRY CHRISMUKKUH!

I got a lot of Disney related presents of course!! :santa: My family says I'm so easy to buy for because they know they can just pick me up ANYTHING Disney and I will love it! They are right! I actually went to the Disney Outlet on Christmas Eve and bought my mom and I a bunch of last minute gifts!! I couldn't resist. I know that Christmas is not about material things, but I have to admit I had a bigger smile on my face walking out of that store with a bunch of Disney stuff than when I walked in, just sayin' :rolleyes1 I kind of want to get a part time job there, but I'm afraid I'd spend my whole paycheck before I even get it!

Ok.. here are some replies... as always THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE!!! and I hope you are ready to read the best trip report of all time because I am almost done with the new update!! :dance3:

SO BOOM!


So am I the only one who sang "Livin' it Up" as soon as I started reading this? Now I'm going to have that song stuck in my head. :laughing: Yet you're making me want to go youtube resort TV right now!

Stacey is amazing-we are known to quote her from time to time too. One of our favorites? "That's interesting...there doesn't seem to be any track!" :thumbsup2

I'm glad you got to visit WDW during the holidays-it's a great time to go!

:rotfl: I can NOT go on Everest without thinking or saying that line!!! And when we're getting on we always yell IT'S YETI TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!! and at the end "YETI!!!!!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!"

totally in i followed you on twitter while you were in disney (a little obsessively perhaps lol) now i cant wait to hear the stories and stacey is a queen i quote her all the time while in disney before my last trip i had the must dos on my computer and watched them all the time now i cant cause it just gives me a pang of sadness cause i have no trip planned

Yay! Glad you enjoyed my Disney tweets!

And yeah, I know what you mean. Sometimes when I'm really missing Disney World, watching Stacey on youtube makes me feel worse, not better!

FIRST PAGE!!!

But a lot later than I would've liked. Like I said on twitter, the DISboards need a mobile website like the Trip Advisor boards!! I need to be able to access the DIS at all times for crucial moments such as this one.

I'm so incredibly happy that you were able to go on a trip this year, after all that craziness and uncertainty in your life. And whenever YOU go on a trip, I get to live through your SUPER AWESOME tweets and trip report!!! WOOOOOOOOT!!!!

Ok, still a little crazy left over from work today (at a Toy drive for charity, OH YEAH!!) Ok, I'll dial that down.

Anyways, can't wait to hear all the little itty bitty details. Hope you took pics of all those hot CMs in Epcot, like that Italian one.

Aww thanks Yuki! Yes, it was a much needed trip!

I agree.. The DIS needs a TR viewing app!

It is so awesome that you did a toy drive!! We always buy a few toys for the local one in our community. It makes me feel so good to know we are making some little kid's Christmas a little better :goodvibes

No pictures of hot Italians :( I get goofy and nervous enough as it is around them that if I pulled a camera out it would just be a mess. But funny stories... oh man I have those in abundance!

Okay, I've lurked on your other TR, but seeing as though I can actually get in early on this one, I'm hopping on board. :goodvibes

YAY! :welcome: and thank you for coming out of lurkdom! :yay:


Lurked along on your last TR, so now I think I'll have to subscribe, hi! Admittedly, I had to look up the song Livin' It Up, and I'm like, Ja Rule is still around (or at least he was as of 2009 when the video I saw on YouTube was put up)? I thought he was just one of those things that disappeared when I graduated from middle school.

But anyway, I'm looking forward to reading more! :goodvibes

I AM CRACKING UP. oh man. The song I am referring to is not by Ja Rule BUT THAT IS SO FUNNY. Can you imagine if Disney had a Ja Rule song playing on the Must Do Disney show? :rotfl:

This http://youtu.be/4k_iXgSJ0Sw is the latest version of Must Do Disney and the song that plays at the beginning and end is LIVIN IT UP Enjoy and thanks for reading!

I love stacey! Im so in!

Wooooooooo hoooooooooooo! :woohoo: Stacey fans unite! CA-LASS-IC

I too am a lurker coming out of hiding. I have read your last TR in its entirety and look forward to following along with this one from the beginning! :thumbsup2

Yay thanks so much!! :welcome:

Add one more lurker to your long list of fans...here I am...no longer lurking. I actually read your McLovin TR recently- and HAD to send one part to my sister. The part when you were on Expedition Everest-- "Hold on y'all". Aaaa, we laughed about that for a long time :laughing:

Excited to read about your new adventures!

:welcome: !!!!!!!!!!!!! I had no idea I had so many lurkers!! I honestly thought hardly anyone was reading my TR! WE'RE FOUR WHEELIN' NOW BABY. This is so awesome, thanks for joining in guys! :goodvibes

I'm tagging along for this TR too. Can't wait to hear about your latest Disney escapades!

Yay!! Welcome back!!! :cheer2:

Subbing, we arrived that day after you left. It seems like everyone was down at Disney during this time though!

:welcome:!!! yeah, I feel like tons of my DIS/Twitter friends are either there now, just got back, or are on their way!

[__disneygirl]

DECEMBER 5, 2011
Day 1, Part 1 In Which We Roll Like G's

Approximately six minutes of time passed in between when I was finally able to stop obsessing long enough to fall asleep and when my alarm went off.

It was alarming. Which, I know, is the entire point of an alarm. But I was really shocked by it for some reason.

I think my body and mind were just completely out of whack from the difficult task of trying to process my ridiculous excitement.

As soon as I heard it, my thought process was basically just exclamation points followed by something like:

OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT LOUD NOISE OH IT'S MY PHONE OH IT'S TIME TO GO TO DISNEY OH OH OH

I was mostly all packed, so after throwing my toiletries and last minute items into my suitcase, I checked and double checked everything. During which I was singing all the songs from Tangled and caressing my hair. BEST. DAY. EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sigh. Such a flawless movie.

Anyway, fast forward to 5:00 AM when our limo arrived. Yeah, that's right, our LIMO. We're VIPs, okay? Deal with it.

As soon as I stepped into the limousine I started laughing hysterically.

It looked like this:
http://a.yfrog.com/img735/8109/qwsin.jpg

It's a shame I didn't bring my bling and some bottles of Patron, I thought to myself.

When my mom got into the limo, before she could say anything, I immediately told her, "We're meeting up with Jay-Z and Kanye before we hit the airport."

We proceeded to get crunk.

It was just so funny because I am not the limo type. I love glamour and privacy and all that but it just seems like an unnecessary expense to me since you can just take a normal car service or taxi that will get you to the exact same place in the exact amount of time for much less money. My dad USUALLY feels the same way, or so I thought, which is why I was shocked when he said he got us a limo. Shocked! But that's what made it so fun. I absolutely love surprises, and it just added a little glitter to the trip.

And some hilarity.

We rolled up to JFK like the P-I-M-Ps that we are in less than an hour, which is AMAZING. We beat all the traffic just like we planned!

Pixie Dust was already working in our favor, because if you do not beat the traffic and you are driving from Jersey to JFK (in New York City), the 40-50 minute ride can turn into a 3 hour journey of stress and nervous breakdowns, which is the main reason my dad hired a professional to drive us instead of doing it himself.

As soon as we walked into the airport, they were playing Madonna, and right after that they played Paul McCartney. I'm just glad the nice airport people play my favorite music upon arrival. I would have sent in a complaint had they not!

I checked in at one of the kiosks with no problem at all. I really love those things, so convenient!

We proceeded to the security checkpoint, where we hit a little snag. We were told my mom's carry on was too big. I had been worried about that because in order to save money, I told my mom we shouldn't check any bags (for those who don't know, it's $25 each way per bag - that's $100 saved by carrying on!). She agreed, but ten days worth of clothes + toiletries = a big fat carry on!

Luckily, my mom was able to remove some items from the bag and put it in another (you're allowed one carry on bag and one smaller bag like a purse/laptop case) and then it fit! Yay!

By the time we got to our gate, we still had like two hours left to go for our flight. I hate this. I love travel but I hate traveling, you know?

While my mom was off getting Starbucks, I realized it was December 5th. Which I knew, since I had that date in my head as THE DISNEY DAY since I booked our trip. But I mean, it was DECEMBER 5TH!!!! Do you know what day that is? THE DAY WALT DISNEY FIRST GRACED OUR PLANET!!!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7027/6578343157_57b1988e11_z.jpg

I couldn't believe that I totally forgot it was Walt's birthday. I thought, how perfect that we are arriving at Walt Disney World on Walt Disney's birthday. It's funny when you don't even plan something like that, and it just happens. To me, this was a sign that the trip was going to be even more magical than I was expecting.

I posted on Twitter:
OMG I totally forgot today is Walt's birthday! Happy 110th Birthday Walt Disney! Your dreams and legacy live on forever.

When my mom came back, I decided it was time for me to hunt down my breakfast.

You may remember (but probably not because I wrote about it a year and a half ago) my unsuccessful search for a McDonald's at the Charlotte airport in 2010.

That so was not going to happen this time, folks. I was going to find the perfect processed breakfast if it killed me.

I normally do not eat McDonald's because it is disgusting, but the problem is that it is also delicious. On Disney trips I just do not give a CRAP and so I like to enjoy a sausage mcmuffin with NO EGG.

Look McDonald's, I can handle the processed cheese and meat and bread. But I can't do the "Egg Product".

Can't.

They claim, "All of the fresh Grade A eggs used for the Egg McMuffin sandwiches are inspected at the farm."

Somehow I doubt this. But anyway, back to the trip report.

I had to walk pretty far, take one of those moving walkways, and two escalators to get my Sausage McMuffin WITH NO EGG, but it was so worth it.

I hadn't had one in AGES. Like, since summer of 2009. I remember the exact day b/c I had worked on Boardwalk Empire in Brooklyn from 9am the previous day til 6am that day, and was so tired I could barely function but decided I needed a Sausage McMuffin with NO EGG anyway, so I walked to McDonald's at like 7am where I ran into a man who asked me for a dollar so he could buy beer. I obliged so that he wouldn't follow me around but it didn't work. He then went to get his beer and came back and sat down at the table I was enjoying my Sausage McMuffin WITH NO EGG at. But he wasn't alone. There were two other folks with him who looked like they showered occasionally at most. He asked my name. "Amber," I said. He then introduced me to the other homeless people and honestly they all couldn't have been nicer. Or more drunk.

I think I'm making it clear why it is important for me to get away from it all and go to Disney every so often.

Well, there you go, another tangent. But I like to include these little stories about my life b/c I think it lets you guys in on who I am a bit more and then you enjoy the report more. Or you just think I'm weird. Either way, welcome to what I'm sure will be another epicly long Disney TR.

SO ANYWAY. I called my mom and said, "I'm at McDonald's. Do you want anything?" Her response was, "OOooOOoooOOoooh."

She also hates McDonald's food, never eats it, but enjoys it very much. She got the same thing as me, Sausage McMuffin with NO EGG. We may be lovers of McDonald's "food", but we have standards too!

Avoid the Egg Product, people.

What seemed like an eternity later, we were finally about to board. One of my favorite things about going to Disney are the adorable kids who are so excited they are about to burst. Do you remember that from when you were little? The complete and utter innocence and wonder and joy. There was a little girl who was talking to a flight attendant with such elation in her tiny little kid squeaky voice that I teared up.

She said, "'It's my birthday! That's why I'm getting on a plane to see Mickey! I'm going today!!!" The flight attendant wished her a happy birthday and asked what her favorite Princess was. "Um... ALL OF THEM!" she replied. The flight attendant told her to have a great trip and the little girl said, "YOU'RE A NICE LADY!" and walked away.

It was basically the cutest thing I have ever seen.

I don't remember much about the flight b/c I blacked out due to excitement.

But who cares what happened on the plane anyway? Cause within two hours we were at MCO, BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Instantly I recognized the smell of the Orlando airport. And the warmth. And I was basically RUNNING from the gate to the fake monorail.

There was a Christmas tree:
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I think they are inspired by Disney's trees, because they used the same kind of lights Disney uses on a lot of their decorations and the same tall skinny tree style.

AND THEN IT WAS TIME TO BOARD THE FAKE MONORAIL:
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When I called it the fake monorail, my mom said, "It's a real monorail." I informed her that any monorail not operated by Disney is NOT A REAL MONORAIL.

Obviously.

I was nervous about Magical Express because on our last trip, the line was literally the longest line I have ever seen for anything in my ENTIRE LIFE. Luckily, this time, there were only like three families in line ahead of us. Yay!

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I heard the CM tell the family in front of us, "Race you to the castle!" as he sent them on their way, and I was kind of disappointed when the CM we got didn't say that. But who cares, we were about to go to Disney World. He could have said, "SCREW YOU GUYS" and I still would have been like, "Thanks, and have a magical day! :):):)"

We made our way to our line:
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I remember thinking how much I loved that I had to follow castle signs in order to get to where I was going.

As I was walking, a CM asked me if I was a cheerleader.

".........................No?" was my response. I thought that was weird, but it turned out there was a huge amount of high school cheerleaders at Disney to compete that week. Hey, any day someone looks at me and thinks, "She must be a 17 year old cheerleader!" has to be a good day, right?

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We were on our way to POP CENTURY!!!!!!!! One of my favorite resorts. It is the first Disney Resort I ever stayed at and therefore, it feels like home. If I did not stay at Pop, I would still visit because to me, it's not a Disney trip without Pop.

And now, I will introduce our amazing Trip Mascot... HULA TIMON!!!!!!!!!!!
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I used to be obsessed with buying small Disney stuffed animals, like even far into my teen years. I recently stopped (although I think I am going to start again since I bought a Christmas Stitch for my mom and we keep fighting over him...but that's another story!) , but Timon is one of my favorite characters of all time, and when I saw that they made a toy inspired by the line "What do you want me to do, dress in drag and do the hula?!" from The Lion King, I HAD TO BUY IT.

And so, he became our mascot. I bought him way back when we were supposed to go in October, so I thought it would be perfect for the Halloween party since he is dressed up, but alas! It was not to be.

I took a picture of my Mickey nails:
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Love them and so easy to do! I am not very good at nail art, but all you have to do is a black stripe, yellow stripe, and two white dots. For the dots, I dipped a pen into the nail polish. I find that's the easiest way.

I also changed from my Ugg boots into my Crocs.

I posted on Twitter:
Changed into the sexiest pair of shoes I could find! Hope I don't get anyone too excited.

With this picture:
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Look, I know you all want to date me but I'm just really enjoying being single right now. Also, hmm, looking at this picture I feel I really need more Jibbitz. I would like one of Timon, Abu, or Pascal. I love Disney's animal sidekicks, what can I say!

That's all for now. UP NEXT: This must be... POP!

[MarieTheCat24]

Ahhhhh I miss that 'I'M GOING TO DISNEY TODAY, SUCKERS' feeling. It's the best feeling in the entire world. Well, maybe second best. Actually arriving on Disney property is the best feeling.

Six months, Kara, only six months...

It's a shame I didn't bring my bling and some bottles of Patron, I thought to myself.

That might be the greatest thing you've ever said. But don't you know that all of the really cool people are partying with Dr. Pepper now? At least that's what Pitbull has told me every single time I've watched college football for the past 4 months. We're also supposed to be hanging out under highway overpasses. It's the only way to have arealgoodtime.

December 5th also marks 7 months until my birthday. Walt Disney? Pssh. I'm way more awesome than him.

Isn't eating a Sausage McMuffin with no egg essentially just eating a cheeseburger for breakfast? I like the way your mind (taste buds) work(s).

Hula Timon is adorable. He's always adorable, obviously, but even more so with a flower in his hai-fur. Did you take him to 'Ohana?

I love your nails! My monochrome nails are so boring compared to the things you DISers churn out. I've gotta start thinking up something cool...

Well, those Crocs have me all hot and bothered. I have a thing for people in chunky plastic footwear.

In closing, SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING ALL THESE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THIS POP LIFE AND WHEN IS IT GONNA FADE OUT :cool2:

[oopsiDAISY]

Mmmmm- I am now craving a sausage mcmuffin with NO EGG now...that is the way I order it too. I can just taste the yumminess now...the crunchy edges of the english muffin with the spicy sausage and melty processed cheese. DIS really needs a drooly emoticon for moments like this, don't they???

[xoktenox]

Hey Lia! I am a lurker from your previous report (I may have posted once or twice) but I'm definitely on board for this one!

I live on Long Island and hateeeeee flying from the city airports, strictly because it's the biggest pain to get there if you don't time it exactly right! Glad to hear you made it there quickly with no problems!

P.S. WDW is one of the only places (the other being DLR, DLP, etc.) where is socially acceptable to wear Crocs. They are feet lifesaverssss!

I know so many people tell you this but you really have an awesome style of writing! Can't wait to hear more :thumbsup2

[duckylady]

Even just reading "I'm going to Disney World TODAY!" posts makes me excited. Even when they're in past tense! I'm not sure what's wrong with me.

Ahahaha that limo is ridiculous. Please tell me your dad specifically picked out the most swankified limo available to send you and your mom off. (Google Chrome is trying to tell me swankified isn't a word. Excuse YOU, Chrome.)

OH DUDE SPEAKING OF KIDS AT THE AIRPORT. Last time I went, mom and I were waiting at the terminal to board the plane and there was this ADORABLE little girl. I forget her name, but she was super energetic and excitable about everything, along with her baby brother. At one point, a little boy wearing Mickey ears walked in and she proceeded to chase him in circles around the terminal screaming "MICKEEEYYY! MICKEEYYYY!". I swear I'm not making this up. Some lady beside us was calling someone up on her cell to tell them what was happening, it was that funny.

Timon is one of my absolute favourite Disney characters, too! Nathan Lane, man. I can't even.

Those crocs are giving me the vapours, tbh.

(My apologies for the novel I just left you. I have a lot of feelings, apparently!)

[__disneygirl]

Ahhhhh I miss that 'I'M GOING TO DISNEY TODAY, SUCKERS' feeling. It's the best feeling in the entire world. Well, maybe second best. Actually arriving on Disney property is the best feeling.

Six months, Kara, only six months...

It's a shame I didn't bring my bling and some bottles of Patron, I thought to myself.

That might be the greatest thing you've ever said. But don't you know that all of the really cool people are partying with Dr. Pepper now? At least that's what Pitbull has told me every single time I've watched college football for the past 4 months. We're also supposed to be hanging out under highway overpasses. It's the only way to have arealgoodtime.

December 5th also marks 7 months until my birthday. Walt Disney? Pssh. I'm way more awesome than him.

Isn't eating a Sausage McMuffin with no egg essentially just eating a cheeseburger for breakfast? I like the way your mind (taste buds) work(s).

Hula Timon is adorable. He's always adorable, obviously, but even more so with a flower in his hai-fur. Did you take him to 'Ohana?

I love your nails! My monochrome nails are so boring compared to the things you DISers churn out. I've gotta start thinking up something cool...

Well, those Crocs have me all hot and bothered. I have a thing for people in chunky plastic footwear.

In closing, SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING ALL THESE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THIS POP LIFE AND WHEN IS IT GONNA FADE OUT :cool2:

SIX MONTHS!!! :dance3:

Pitbull is the gift that keeps on giving, isn't he?

OH MY GOD. A SAUSAGE MCMUFFIN WITH NO EGG *IS* HAVING A CHEESEBURGER FOR BREAKFAST. No wonder why I love them so much. Sigh. You just GET ME, don't you? Separated at birth.

I DID, in fact, take Hula Timon to 'Ohana which turned out to be a whole ordeal. Of course. Stay tuned...

Mmmmm- I am now craving a sausage mcmuffin with NO EGG now...that is the way I order it too. I can just taste the yumminess now...the crunchy edges of the english muffin with the spicy sausage and melty processed cheese. DIS really needs a drooly emoticon for moments like this, don't they???

You could always use this one: :sick: Since that's always how I feel like 20 minutes after I eat one of those bad boys and the instant glee from whatever addictive drug they pump into it fades. LOL

Hey Lia! I am a lurker from your previous report (I may have posted once or twice) but I'm definitely on board for this one!

I live on Long Island and hateeeeee flying from the city airports, strictly because it's the biggest pain to get there if you don't time it exactly right! Glad to hear you made it there quickly with no problems!

P.S. WDW is one of the only places (the other being DLR, DLP, etc.) where is socially acceptable to wear Crocs. They are feet lifesaverssss!

I know so many people tell you this but you really have an awesome style of writing! Can't wait to hear more :thumbsup2

Hey! Yeah, I remember you from your TR with tinkgurl! Congrats on your wedding and Disneymoon!! :bride:

I know right! I hate flying out of the NYC airports but the price is often SO much less. This time especially it was a massive savings to fly out of JFK.

Thank you so much!

Even just reading "I'm going to Disney World TODAY!" posts makes me excited. Even when they're in past tense! I'm not sure what's wrong with me.

Ahahaha that limo is ridiculous. Please tell me your dad specifically picked out the most swankified limo available to send you and your mom off. (Google Chrome is trying to tell me swankified isn't a word. Excuse YOU, Chrome.)

OH DUDE SPEAKING OF KIDS AT THE AIRPORT. Last time I went, mom and I were waiting at the terminal to board the plane and there was this ADORABLE little girl. I forget her name, but she was super energetic and excitable about everything, along with her baby brother. At one point, a little boy wearing Mickey ears walked in and she proceeded to chase him in circles around the terminal screaming "MICKEEEYYY! MICKEEYYYY!". I swear I'm not making this up. Some lady beside us was calling someone up on her cell to tell them what was happening, it was that funny.

Timon is one of my absolute favourite Disney characters, too! Nathan Lane, man. I can't even.

Those crocs are giving me the vapours, tbh.

(My apologies for the novel I just left you. I have a lot of feelings, apparently!)

There is nothing wrong with you, I get so excited when I read those kinds of posts too!!!

AWWWWWWWWWWKJDFSLDKFJL that is too adorable!!! Witnessing all the adorable kid moments is one of my favorite things about WDW. Too cute.

Don't apologize! Long replies are kind of a thing around here. LOL. I love it!

[AshleyAnn]

I'm loving this trip report already!

Also, I totally agree, NO EGG!

[LilAnn]

Um, thanks. You now have me craving some sort of breakfast sandwich and as I am currently working and it's 4am, all I have is a teeny bag of pretzels. Not the same.

Totally loving your writing style. I am also finding everything extremely hilarious as it is 4am. I tend to get delirious at this point in my shift, so thanks for keeping me entertained!

[__disneygirl]

Hey everyone!!! Today was amazing. I got to see Cathy Rigby's production of Peter Pan at Madison Square Garden! My friend, who also loves Disney and is ESPECIALLY obsessed with Peter Pan got free tickets b/c her sister was in the audience of the Wendy Williams show when Cathy was on and gave free tickets to the audience! We had such a great time! There was SO much Pixie Dust in the show... even more than I expected! pixiedust:pixiedust:pixiedust: It was wonderful. Also I played a lost boy in a production of Peter Pan when I was little so it really brought back memories! I have to add that I always thought it was weird that a woman always played Peter Pan in the stage versions, but Cathy Rigby is so amazing that I honestly barely noticed! She is so talented, I mean here is this woman in her 50's playing a 12 year old boy and totally selling it, not to mention her production company runs the whole tour! AMAZING! Do see it if the tour comes to your area. Especially if you have kids. I won't give things away but there are some really magical moments during the show where the kids were just beside themselves. As was I... I refuse to grow up!

Here is the trailer for it: http://youtu.be/FPE-LxGhBDo

Even though it was not a Disney production, it was such a high quality show that it was almost just as good and it made me miss WDW even more than I already do which I did NOT think was possible! Though, I must say being so used to the 1953 Disney version I really missed the music created just for that film, especially "You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!" It just wasn't the same without that. And I kept thinking of scenes from Peter Pan's Flight the whole time. I wish I could go on that ride right now! AHH! Well anyway, enough of my rambling!

I really want to update this more often than my last endless TR b/c there is a POSSIBILITY I am going to WDW in July...so I will need to finish this a lot faster! So I will be updating soon!

I'm loving this trip report already!

Also, I totally agree, NO EGG!

Thank you! :woohoo: No egg is the way to go!

Um, thanks. You now have me craving some sort of breakfast sandwich and as I am currently working and it's 4am, all I have is a teeny bag of pretzels. Not the same.

Totally loving your writing style. I am also finding everything extremely hilarious as it is 4am. I tend to get delirious at this point in my shift, so thanks for keeping me entertained!

hahahaha I love that out of this whole update, the thing people are commenting on most is the mcmuffin.

Aw man... all-nighters suck! I've been there, doll! So happy you are enjoying the report and I can help keep you entertained!

[marDgreen88]

I'm glad you had a great Christmas... omg I miss the OC. Seth. OH. Lust. I got a lot of Disney related presents too! Although, they weren't technically for Christmas, and I bought them all for myself at WDW. But I was very thankful nonetheless.

So listen, you really are a G. Were yall wearing long gold chains around your neck, grills on your teeth, and sunglasses with diamonds for lenses? One can only hope.
WALT DISNEY IS MY HERO OMG. I was actually really close to making him a birthday cake but I thought that would be... overdoing it? Maybe?
I do remember your search for McDonald's in your last TR, but that's probably because I read it like, a month ago. I'm glad you were successful this time. :laughing:
Hahah the fake monorail. I call it the schmonorail. Can't really explain why...
MAGICAL EXPRESS BLJFGLESAHKLFJKDLS. Basically.
FUNNY, I found one of those, what were they called, JIBBITZ? On the ground. At Magic Kingdom. Only I didn't realize they were something that go on shoes or else I would NOT have picked it up, (because, random stranger's feet, ew) even if it had Mickey on it... which it did. In fact it looked exactly like that one. WEIRD? DID YA LOSE ONE?
PS. Dirrrrty pop.

OH and PS again, when you tweeted today about seeing Peter Pan I was SO jealous. Ugh. Are you seriously maybe going in JULY? AHHH! I wanna go!!!

[lauren_elizabeth]

Hey Girl! Definitely count me in for this one! :thumbsup2

[__disneygirl]

I'm glad you had a great Christmas... omg I miss the OC. Seth. OH. Lust. I got a lot of Disney related presents too! Although, they weren't technically for Christmas, and I bought them all for myself at WDW. But I was very thankful nonetheless.

So listen, you really are a G. Were yall wearing long gold chains around your neck, grills on your teeth, and sunglasses with diamonds for lenses? One can only hope.
WALT DISNEY IS MY HERO OMG. I was actually really close to making him a birthday cake but I thought that would be... overdoing it? Maybe?
I do remember your search for McDonald's in your last TR, but that's probably because I read it like, a month ago. I'm glad you were successful this time. :laughing:
Hahah the fake monorail. I call it the schmonorail. Can't really explain why...
MAGICAL EXPRESS BLJFGLESAHKLFJKDLS. Basically.
FUNNY, I found one of those, what were they called, JIBBITZ? On the ground. At Magic Kingdom. Only I didn't realize they were something that go on shoes or else I would NOT have picked it up, (because, random stranger's feet, ew) even if it had Mickey on it... which it did. In fact it looked exactly like that one. WEIRD? DID YA LOSE ONE?
PS. Dirrrrty pop.

OH and PS again, when you tweeted today about seeing Peter Pan I was SO jealous. Ugh. Are you seriously maybe going in JULY? AHHH! I wanna go!!!

I never really lusted after Seth. I mean, I love him and would marry him instantly, but lust? I LUSTED after Ryan Atwood. Ugh he is perfect. I love Ben McKenzie. Luckily he is on Southland now, although it has much less pop culture references so that's a downer. Le sigh.

You don't need to explain the Schmonorail thing, trust me, I get it! LOL. That reminds me of Kathy Griffin calling the Creative Arts Emmys the Schmemmys. Love her.

I didn't lose one of my Jibbitz, thankfully! But just so you know... they never actually TOUCH your feet when you wear them. So I think you may be ok.

YES a July trip is possible! I really have no idea if it can actually happen but the seed is planted. We'll see.

Hey Girl! Definitely count me in for this one! :thumbsup2

Hey!! :welcome:!!!!

[marDgreen88]

I never really lusted after Seth. I mean, I love him and would marry him instantly, but lust? I LUSTED after Ryan Atwood. Ugh he is perfect. I love Ben McKenzie. Luckily he is on Southland now, although it has much less pop culture references so that's a downer. Le sigh.

You don't need to explain the Schmonorail thing, trust me, I get it! LOL. That reminds me of Kathy Griffin calling the Creative Arts Emmys the Schmemmys. Love her.

I didn't lose one of my Jibbitz, thankfully! But just so you know... they never actually TOUCH your feet when you wear them. So I think you may be ok.

YES a July trip is possible! I really have no idea if it can actually happen but the seed is planted. We'll see.


Hahaha, okay, so lust was quite a strong word. I just suddenly really missed the OC and you mentioned Seth, so I guess I went crazy for a second. :rotfl: I really do love Adam Brody... just not THAT much haha. Oh man do I miss the beauty of Benjamin McKenzie. :love:

Well then it's okay! :laughing: I hope I didn't lose my little JIBBIT so I can put it on my future Crocs! Because yeah, I've definitely decided that tennis shoes do my feet no favors at Disney.

Aw I hope you can go then! I'm sure it would be awesome. :)

[Merida]

I love how easy it is to pick out other people on tumblr by their internet vocab; there's a certain vernacular that goes 'round there and it TOTALLY bleeds into my real life and then everyone looks at me funnily. BUT ASIDE FROM THAT (I have no idea about twitter because I have a compulsion to use as many words as possible in every possible internet situation, also I like to use tags to ~express myself~ and I don't like twitter tags as much):

I don't understand some of the advertising fast food joints use. Like Wendy's never frozen meat? How do they ensure the meat is safe? Like, I freeze meat all the time. It's great! I can use it later and it's not spoiled! Freezers are awesome!! Is that even real meat then? (But all is forgiven because the wildberry lemonade and fries are delish)

Ahha, both my boyfriend and I have the converse-style crocs (why do we have matching shoes, who am I) but I have the kid's-size, purple-sparkly, all-ready-for-jibbitz kind. I haven't yet unbent enough to go full-on crocs. They make my feet itch. Or something. Too much plastic in one pair of shoes.

I like female Peter Pans, but that was my first exposure to it, so sentimental bias. Jeremy Sumpter is a close second (I haven't seen a live PP in ages!).

[__disneygirl]

Hahaha, okay, so lust was quite a strong word. I just suddenly really missed the OC and you mentioned Seth, so I guess I went crazy for a second. :rotfl: I really do love Adam Brody... just not THAT much haha. Oh man do I miss the beauty of Benjamin McKenzie. :love:

Well then it's okay! :laughing: I hope I didn't lose my little JIBBIT so I can put it on my future Crocs! Because yeah, I've definitely decided that tennis shoes do my feet no favors at Disney.

Aw I hope you can go then! I'm sure it would be awesome. :)

You know when I totally DID lust over Adam Brody? When was in a band in Jennifer's Body!!!!! http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lff0mu4kWf1qzi80do1_500.gif Him playing the guitar.... ugh. I have a dangerous love for bad boys. Although, I love Seth Cohen way more. I mean, not only is he amazing but he's never killed anyone so that's a plus.

and yes... GET CROCS!!! I can't stress enough how amazing they are.

I love how easy it is to pick out other people on tumblr by their internet vocab; there's a certain vernacular that goes 'round there and it TOTALLY bleeds into my real life and then everyone looks at me funnily. BUT ASIDE FROM THAT (I have no idea about twitter because I have a compulsion to use as many words as possible in every possible internet situation, also I like to use tags to ~express myself~ and I don't like twitter tags as much):

I don't understand some of the advertising fast food joints use. Like Wendy's never frozen meat? How do they ensure the meat is safe? Like, I freeze meat all the time. It's great! I can use it later and it's not spoiled! Freezers are awesome!! Is that even real meat then? (But all is forgiven because the wildberry lemonade and fries are delish)

Ahha, both my boyfriend and I have the converse-style crocs (why do we have matching shoes, who am I) but I have the kid's-size, purple-sparkly, all-ready-for-jibbitz kind. I haven't yet unbent enough to go full-on crocs. They make my feet itch. Or something. Too much plastic in one pair of shoes.

I like female Peter Pans, but that was my first exposure to it, so sentimental bias. Jeremy Sumpter is a close second (I haven't seen a live PP in ages!).

Yes, I am addicted to Tumblr! I already love you for noticing this LOL. I use Tumblr talk in real life constantly, but thankfully most of my friends are addicted too so they understand what I'm talking about. I'm also obsessed with Twitter. I hate Facebook though. I kind of miss MySpace. And I used to LIVE on Livejournal. Buuuut I digress.

It's probably not real meat. Who even knows what it is. and OOH I really have to try that wildberry lemonade. It's probably like 4,000 calories per cup though.

Your Crocs sound amazing! I really would like some new ones. I want the kids ones too because they are just cooler. Luckily I have small feet so it will probably work out!

I haven't seen the Jeremy Sumpter Peter Pan yet! My friend who I saw the play with is obsessed with it and has been telling me to watch it forEVER, so I'm definitely going to this weekend. So far I rewatched Disney's Peter Pan and Hook, so that's next! Sigh, I love all of them so much!

[MarieTheCat24]

Stopping by to say, why pick one when you can lust after both Ryan and Seth?

I'm pretty sure that's why the phrase 'best of both worlds' was invented.

::yes::

[__disneygirl]

Stopping by to say, why pick one when you can lust after both Ryan and Seth?

I'm pretty sure that's why the phrase 'best of both worlds' was invented.

::yes::

Whoa. YOU'RE RIGHT. It's Seth AND Ryan Time anyway, not Seth OR Ryan Time.

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l571k4McXc1qcwrtjo1_500.jpg

Sigh. I miss Seth and Ryan time. Ahh remember when Seth got all upset b/c Ryan was leaving to take care of Theresa and be a dad and he like couldn't even function and just sailed away on a boat and Summer was like are you serious right now? I mean best bromance ever, Seth gave up SUMMER because he was so upset about Ryan. A 17 year old dude gave up getting laid regularly by his dream girl to live with LUKE IN PORTLAND cause he was so bummed about Ryan leaving and I will never recover, bye.

[duckylady]

I use Tumblr talk in real life constantly, but thankfully most of my friends are addicted too so they understand what I'm talking about.
My best friends use Tumblr as much as I do, but one time I was talking to a girl in one of my classes and I said I wanted to work hard on an assignment because I wanted "all of the good grades". She just kind of stared at me and I felt very insecure about my life choices. BUT WHATEVER I was ~born this way~

[okw19]

So I'm just joining in after seeing you on Kristin's Buttercup TR. :) I am already in love with your TR. We have a very similar sense of humor, so obviously this was a good TR choice for me.
I hate McDonald's and I will tell everyone that, but sometimes I will get a McGriddle or a Snack wrap without anyone knowing. Shh, don't tell my fiance. He hasn't been to Mickey D's since he was like 5 because when he was at a bday party he went to the bathroom and saw an employee use the restroom then NOT WASH THEIR HANDS. Ew. I know the logic he has now is dumb, but I'm pretty sure he was scarred for life. 17 years he hasn't even snuck a McMuffin with no eggs. Shame, shame.
Anyways, sorry for the rant!
I love your Timon. I'm scared that when we go to WDW in 19 days (EEK!) I might buy way too many of the mini plush.
Can't wait to read more!

[__disneygirl]

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful celebration that will lead to a very magical and enchanted New Year! As always, my main resolution is to be happy! Not as easy as it sounds sometimes... but Disney exists, so that helps.

Look who I kissed at midnight:

http://a.yfrog.com/img876/2808/36520375.jpg
This is my friend's dog. His name is Atticus and he enjoys sleeping my bed, giving me hugs, and playing with my Disney toys. All things I also enjoy very much! He has to go home tomorrow. BOO.

I'm going to make my best impression of the red velvet cupcakes from Starring Rolls tonight! Woooohooo! But first I must post my next TR update right after I post these replies. :wizard:

My best friends use Tumblr as much as I do, but one time I was talking to a girl in one of my classes and I said I wanted to work hard on an assignment because I wanted "all of the good grades". She just kind of stared at me and I felt very insecure about my life choices. BUT WHATEVER I was ~born this way~

hahaha yes, as many tumblr users know, it's not enough to have something, you need to have ALL of it. and also, you're right. you WERE born this way! :woohoo: After that song came out, my friend and I OBNOXIOUSLY used that excuse for everything. "I don't feel like cleaning. Sorry. I was born this way!" or "I'm drunk again, but what can I say? I WAS BORN THIS WAY!" We're annoying.

So I'm just joining in after seeing you on Kristin's Buttercup TR. :) I am already in love with your TR. We have a very similar sense of humor, so obviously this was a good TR choice for me.
I hate McDonald's and I will tell everyone that, but sometimes I will get a McGriddle or a Snack wrap without anyone knowing. Shh, don't tell my fiance. He hasn't been to Mickey D's since he was like 5 because when he was at a bday party he went to the bathroom and saw an employee use the restroom then NOT WASH THEIR HANDS. Ew. I know the logic he has now is dumb, but I'm pretty sure he was scarred for life. 17 years he hasn't even snuck a McMuffin with no eggs. Shame, shame.
Anyways, sorry for the rant!
I love your Timon. I'm scared that when we go to WDW in 19 days (EEK!) I might buy way too many of the mini plush.
Can't wait to read more!

Hey!!! :welcome: and thanks for joining in!

I am of the belief that 90% of people who claim to not eat at McDonald's occasionally eat at McDonald's.Your BF is probably sneaking all kinds of nasty food. I bet he even eats McRibs. I find that the people who are the most adamant about never eating fast food are the ones who wake up with a pile of french fries in their bed, clutching a ketchup packet.

You know what's funny about the mini plushes, I find that the Disney Store usually has better ones than the parks! Some are cheaper too. You just have to shop around I guess. :yay:

[__disneygirl]

DECEMBER 5, 2011
Day 1, Part 2 In Which The Kingdom Stays Open In Honor Of A Very Special Princess

After less than 10 minutes of waiting it was time to board Disney's Magical Express!
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As usual, once on board we waited for more guests to arrive. I instantly recognized the song they were playing as the tune of The Main Street Electrical Parade, and to my surprise, my mom knew what it was too!

"THIS IS FROM THE PARADE, ISN'T IT?!" she exclaimed. It surprised me because she is not obsessed with Disney music like me and hadn't heard that tune in ages! I guess it was burned into her brain from all the times I watched the video tape we took of the parade in 1998.

After a few more minutes, it was time at last for us to be motor coached to WALT DISNEY WORLD!

I was just in total shock at this point. I was having stomach pains. Any time I get REALLY excited, my stomach hurts. It's not even a BAD pain, though, it's just like such excitement that my body can't even settle, you know?

They showed some cartoons after the usual video of the characters arriving to Disney World. It was a hilarious one where Donald was out in the middle of nowhere and was trying to set up a folding chair and kept getting trapped inside it and kept saying PHOOEY and things of that nature. Oh, that Donald!

I took a video of us going through the gates which unfortunately got erased because cameras are evil! I am so sad about this because we had a truly great and enthusiastic bus driver who really got us even more hyped up than we already were. It was so much fun and we screamed and danced as the bus drove through the world famous arch. My mom even recognized the driver from a prior trip (in 2006) because he was so memorable!

Finally, after eighteen months of planning, obsessing, crying, losing my mind waiting for Disney, I was on Disney Property once again.

Seeing Pop Century again was indescribable and the CMs standing at the red carpet to welcome us were so sweet as usual! I have no pictures of any of this because I was totally beside myself.

My mom knew I could not stand and wait for the bags to be taken out of the side of the bus so she kindly waited while I RAN into the lobby, inhaled extremely deeply, and bolted to the Online Check-In line, which was a complete breeze! It was my first time using the Online Check-In service and it went flawlessly. I definitely recommend using it. It went so quickly!

Every time I stay at Pop, I am always excited to see what section we get placed in. I love leaving it up to chance so I never request a certain section. Prior to this trip, I had stayed in the 60's, 70's, and 50's. My favorite was the 60's, just because it's the closest to the food court, shopping area, lobby, and main pool (The Hippy Dippy Pool), and I like to be in the center of the action. This time, we got placed in the 80's and I was thrilled! Always exciting to stay in a new section.

Walking from the lobby to your room is always the most intense feeling. You are at the very beginning of your adventure. The anticipation is so palpable, it's like it's an actual thing you're carrying along with you. All of your plans and favorite Disney things are dancing in your head, for you know you are about to experience them all. THIS IS IT!!!!!! THIS IS WHAT YOU DREAM OF EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE. This is where you constantly wish you were and now YOU ARE HERE! You are really at Disney World and it is ONLY THE BEGINNING!!!!!!!!

Oh man, there's really no feeling like it in the world that I can compare it to. It's just the best.

And finally we reached our room. 80's section, Building 9, Second Floor, Room 9248.

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Hula Timon enjoyed the bed. He was tired, it had been a busy morning!

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I love this picture because it looks like he is gesturing with his arm, showing off the bed Vanna White style.

Immediately, I turned on the Queen.
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As usual, she was so wham that I could barely deal. I love unpacking and getting settled while listening to Stacey frolic around Walt Disney World. Is there anything better in life?

I tried to tweet the picture of her I took above, but I guess it didn't send cause I don't see it on my feed! The only thing about our room location I didn't like was that I had VERY poor cell phone service there.

On this trip, I noticed Stacey does this often:
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She gives the thumbs up while on rides, mostly intense ones. I'm just glad she found a way to be clear about how much fun she is having, because usually I'm searching her face to find some form of emotion! Sheesh!

I just love her so much.

ANYWAY, at this point I was honestly in disbelief and complete shock that we were even at Disney World. When you want something so bad for so long, it can feel surreal when you finally experience it. I kept saying over at over, "I can't believe we're at Disney World." I had been crying on and off all morning, it just means so much to me to be there and I had to get that emotion out somehow. Some of us scream "TEST TRACK BABY!", some of us cry, some do both. I do both.

Once I was done unpacking and watching 14 loops of Stacey, I decided to head out to try and find a shortcut to the busses and lobby/food/shopping area of Pop. I knew there would be an easier way than what we had taken to get there (which was going out of the lobby through the backdoors and on through the 60's and 70's sections-- pretty far!), and I really didn't want to take that long walk at the end of every crazy park day.

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Luckily, I figured it out quickly! If you hang a right after the giant walkman and just go straight through the parking lot, you'll hit the bus area right away! It's like a 2. minute walk. Much less if you HAUL over there like a madwoman, as I often do. It ended up being a GREAT location with such a short walk to all the action. More Pixie Dust!

After that, I went back to the room to change and told my mom I wanted to leave soon so that we could possibly get into 'Ohana. Since we had to reschedule our trip, we lost our October ADR for 'Ohana and I had gotten so excited about dining there on our first night that I just couldn't it give up even though I know how popular and crowded it always is there. I know so many people who absolutely LOVE 'Ohana, so between that and all the DELICIOUS looking food pictures, I knew we had to at least TRY to get in!

I didn't know what time they opened for dinner, but I assumed that like most places, it was 4:00. I didn't want to rush my mom, but I did tell her that I thought the sooner we got there, the better. She moves slower on vacation, she likes to relax more than I do on our trips, and after being up since 4:00 AM she just wanted to chill for awhile. I didn't want her to look back on the trip and remember me being all naggy and telling her to hurry up, so I tried to cool it a little. Not an easy task! Though now, looking back, my favorite moments of the trip were when we were just hanging out and not rushing anywhere. On one of our last days, we sat at Starring Rolls for close to an hour just talking and enjoying the atmosphere and eating delicious treats, and it's one of my fondest memories. It's hard to find that balance of fitting in everything you want to do and taking it slow.

Pretty soon we were out the door and in the Magic Kingdom bus line!
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Check out the massive early December crowds!!!! This was a constant trend on this trip, the place was just wall to wall people. ;)
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Timon was soooo ready for the Polynesian Resort! I mean, just look at his outfit:
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The bus took a really long time to come. This is one thing I hate about the Walt Disney World Transportation System. I think that it's a really is a great benefit of staying on property and they do a wonderful job, but it's just such a time saver to get in your own car and just GO.

I was so adamant about us renting a car this trip because of all the time I felt we wasted waiting for the busses last trip. But then when we had to reschedule, I was charged a huge penalty for postponing our plane tickets. So they originally cost $340 for two roundtrip tickets. When I canceled those seats, I was told that I would get a credit for the full amount, but they charge a $150 dollar penalty per seat. They actually ended up giving me $60 back toward the new tickets, but the prices had risen significantly. So I had to pay $360 for our next set of tickets for a grand total of $700!!!!!!!!!!! Of course, Disney is worth the all the expenses, but the penalties you have to pay are really NOT fair and it just made sense to try and get that money back somehow. So when I looked at the price of a rental car for 10 days ($250) against the cost of taking the Disney busses ($0), the busses were looking PRETTY sweet!

Plus, they're Disney busses. And I love them. So it wasn't so bad. But I hate waiting. I HATE IT.

When the MK bus finally came, the driver did something weird that I have never seen done before. Once everyone was aboard, he stood at the front and went on for about 5 minutes about all the things going on that night not just at the Magic Kingdom, but in all of Disney World. It was very informative, but I wanted to GO! I mean, the drivers usually don't do that at all, but if they do talk or give info, it's usually over the loudspeaker while they're driving. It was all info I already knew anyway and oh man I just wanted to get to the Poly!

The driver's last announcement made the wait and not having a car all worth it. "Today is a very special day," he said. "The Magic Kingdom was originally supposed to close at ten o'clock tonight, but because it's this little princesses birthday, they are staying open until ONE AM in honor of her!"

You guys. I can't even tell you how awesome this was.

The look on that little girl's face I will not forget if I live to be two hundred years old. How special she felt. It was the most magical moment. I cried. She couldn't have been more than five. Imagine being five years old and someone who works for Disney announces that the Magic Kingdom is staying open in HONOR OF YOUR BIRTHDAY.

I remember that as soon as I saw the castle when we were approaching the Magic Kingdom, I started bouncing up and down and saying, "The castle! The castle!" at the exact same time, my mom said, "OooOOoooOh, I see a CASTLE!" We're collectively about 12 years old.

When we arrived at the Magic Kingdom, the bus driver said to a different little girl who was dressed as Cinderella, "Why aren't you at the castle? Aren't you late, Princess?"


Needless to say, this bus driver was the coolest person in the whole entire world. I love CMs that LOVE Disney and get it as much as we do. It's not just a job for them.

Disney is the greatest place in the world. I was so happy to be home at last!

UP NEXT: A run-in with the boyf and an unexpected 'Ohana adventure!

P.S... do ya like my new avatar? Rapunzel & Eugene!!!!!! :lovestruc

[marDgreen88]

First of all, thank you Kara for seeing things clearly and realizing that you CAN want both Seth and Ryan. Oh yes. :love:

ALSO... I LOVE your new icon picture thingy. OH EUGENE and Rapunzel. :lovestruc

Hahaha I saw that same cartoon! I love Donald.

Oh no! I'm sorry your arrival video got erased. :(

Hahahaha oh Timon, you make a beautiful Vanna.

So maybe the only reason the bus driver was standing while he was making the announcements was so he could see the girl's face. That is the SWEETEST THING!

Can't wait to hear about 'Ohana!

[disneydreamingdebby]

Totally singing Livin it Up now, thank you...:sad2:

I am joining in to read about your trip dates. I suspect that the crowd level was fantastic when you were there!

We too will be going in the summer - I suspect it will be July (middle to end I hope. I really don't want to be with the 4th of July crowds.)

I have to know what type of camera you use. The color saturation in your pictures is wonderful. I use a DSLR and have to post process to get the color. Do you edit your pictures? I am figuring you use a point and shoot bc you banged it on the table to fix it...:rolleyes1

[__disneygirl]

First of all, thank you Kara for seeing things clearly and realizing that you CAN want both Seth and Ryan. Oh yes. :love:

ALSO... I LOVE your new icon picture thingy. OH EUGENE and Rapunzel. :lovestruc

Hahaha I saw that same cartoon! I love Donald.

Oh no! I'm sorry your arrival video got erased. :(

Hahahaha oh Timon, you make a beautiful Vanna.

So maybe the only reason the bus driver was standing while he was making the announcements was so he could see the girl's face. That is the SWEETEST THING!

Can't wait to hear about 'Ohana!

Right? All hail Kara! :worship:

Thank you!! I think Rapunzel and Eugene may be my new favorite Disney couple ever.

That makes sense, good thinking! He probably also wanted to make it really special for her by making it into a bigger deal as opposed to just driving along and bringing it up. So sweet. :goodvibes


Totally singing Livin it Up now, thank you...:sad2:

I am joining in to read about your trip dates. I suspect that the crowd level was fantastic when you were there!

We too will be going in the summer - I suspect it will be July (middle to end I hope. I really don't want to be with the 4th of July crowds.)

I have to know what type of camera you use. The color saturation in your pictures is wonderful. I use a DSLR and have to post process to get the color. Do you edit your pictures? I am figuring you use a point and shoot bc you banged it on the table to fix it...:rolleyes1

You're welcome!

The crowd levels were amazing! The only problem was that because of MVMCP, the MK was pretty crowded on non-party nights, but only in the Main Street and castle areas, so it wasn't too bad.

If I do go in July, it will be right after the 4th. I'm not thrilled about the holiday crowds either, but my friends are all going around that time so we will probably be having too much fun to let anything bother us anyway!

The pics above were taken with a Panasonic Lumix, and yes I did bang it on my desk repeatedly to fix it! :thumbsup2 The colors are like that because I do edit them. I would not recommend the camera actually. It has a lot of great settings, but no matter what setting you put it on, it really sucked as far as high quality night shots go. The best point and shoot I had was a Sony Cybershot, if you're looking for a good one.

[RooRach0906]

Joining in! Can not wait to hear more! I really enjoy the way you express yourself! :goodvibes

[MarieTheCat24]

I've never been on the Magical Express. I feel like I'm missing out on a super fun party-on-the-motor-coach experience. I mean, I party and flail and cry and scream in the car, but cars aren't nearly as exotic as motor coaches.

I'm sorry about your missing arrival video. Cameras are evil. People are all worried about a possible robot rebellion, but the reliability of our cameras is really the more pressing issue. They are not to be trusted.

Stacey and I have frequent thumbs up-ing in common. It's dorky as all get out, but I ALWAYS do it. I have no idea why.

If you hang a right after the giant walkman...
I love Disney.

I agree, balance is important. Running around like crazy people is fun, but just sitting around and enjoying the moment with my family has become one of my favorite parts of a WDW vacation.

Those crowds. OH THE HUMANITY! How did you not hop right back on the Magical Express and head home? It's just not worth it.

What a wonderful bus driver! I've decided that I'm going to jot down the names of all the amazing CMs we encounter in July and send "So-and-so is awesome" notes to Guest Relations or something. I've been doing lots of College Program research and I've realized that while I always go out of my way to say thank you and such, there are A LOT of people who don't. These CMs deserve to know just how appreciated they are. WDW wouldn't be the same without them. :wizard:

Anyway, I can't wait to hear what happened with 'Ohana! Well, I know what happened, but I need details!! :rotfl:

[VBsHustla]

Awesome start! :thumbsup2 Loving the random anecdotes, particularly the McDonald's story :laughing: The crowd levels that week sound amazing! Can't wait to read more. I hope you were able to get into 'Ohana. Such a fun place!

[PlutosRHM55]

I keep on getting recommendations for your TRs so I finally decided to join in on the fun and I'm hooked! :) I love reading about people getting extremely enthusiastic about Disney as I do whenever I heard the word (Disney *twitch*) This sounds like a really fun TR and I gotta give you a big :thumbsup2 to Mr. Timon! One of the funniest lines EVER in Disney and Film History, I crack up every time I hear it. The Lion King= BEST DISNEY MOVIE EVER! (Alongside Princess & the Frog, of course ;) ) Still need to go out and buy the darn thing, I NEEDS MY LK!!! Okay... I'll just end this crazy tangent now and just say... can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[xoktenox]

Yay, you're at Disney!!! :banana:

You did a great job describing that feeling of finally arriving at your Disney resort, with the whole trip still ahead of you. The excitement is so real, it's unbelieveable.

Sounds like you got a great room!

What an awesome bus ride...I wish I was that little 5 year old girl!

Can't wait to hear about 'Ohana!

[__disneygirl]

Joining in! Can not wait to hear more! I really enjoy the way you express yourself! :goodvibes

Aww thank you! :welcome: !!!!!!!!!

I've never been on the Magical Express. I feel like I'm missing out on a super fun party-on-the-motor-coach experience. I mean, I party and flail and cry and scream in the car, but cars aren't nearly as exotic as motor coaches.

I'm sorry about your missing arrival video. Cameras are evil. People are all worried about a possible robot rebellion, but the reliability of our cameras is really the more pressing issue. They are not to be trusted.

Stacey and I have frequent thumbs up-ing in common. It's dorky as all get out, but I ALWAYS do it. I have no idea why.

If you hang a right after the giant walkman...
I love Disney.

I agree, balance is important. Running around like crazy people is fun, but just sitting around and enjoying the moment with my family has become one of my favorite parts of a WDW vacation.

Those crowds. OH THE HUMANITY! How did you not hop right back on the Magical Express and head home? It's just not worth it.

What a wonderful bus driver! I've decided that I'm going to jot down the names of all the amazing CMs we encounter in July and send "So-and-so is awesome" notes to Guest Relations or something. I've been doing lots of College Program research and I've realized that while I always go out of my way to say thank you and such, there are A LOT of people who don't. These CMs deserve to know just how appreciated they are. WDW wouldn't be the same without them. :wizard:

Anyway, I can't wait to hear what happened with 'Ohana! Well, I know what happened, but I need details!! :rotfl:

I like Magical Express but having a car is better. The party that goes on when you go under the arch IS super fun, though.

YOU DO THE THUMBS UP ON RIDES TOO? Another reason to adore you!

LOL I know, when I wrote "hang a right after the walkman" I chuckled to myself. Disney is the best.

That is such a great idea and so sweet of you! I'm sure those CMs would really appreciate it. :goodvibes They deserve it!

Awesome start! :thumbsup2 Loving the random anecdotes, particularly the McDonald's story :laughing: The crowd levels that week sound amazing! Can't wait to read more. I hope you were able to get into 'Ohana. Such a fun place!

Thank you!!! I'm glad someone enjoys my random tangents!

I keep on getting recommendations for your TRs so I finally decided to join in on the fun and I'm hooked! :) I love reading about people getting extremely enthusiastic about Disney as I do whenever I heard the word (Disney *twitch*) This sounds like a really fun TR and I gotta give you a big :thumbsup2 to Mr. Timon! One of the funniest lines EVER in Disney and Film History, I crack up every time I hear it. The Lion King= BEST DISNEY MOVIE EVER! (Alongside Princess & the Frog, of course ;) ) Still need to go out and buy the darn thing, I NEEDS MY LK!!! Okay... I'll just end this crazy tangent now and just say... can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

Aww yay! Thanks for joining in! Timon is the best. I still can't believe they put a line about dressing in drag in kid's movie. LOVE IT!

Yay, you're at Disney!!! :banana:

You did a great job describing that feeling of finally arriving at your Disney resort, with the whole trip still ahead of you. The excitement is so real, it's unbelieveable.

Sounds like you got a great room!

What an awesome bus ride...I wish I was that little 5 year old girl!

Can't wait to hear about 'Ohana!

Aww, thank you! I often feel like I'm not describing things well so it is awesome to hear that! :cloud9:

[Disneyfreak508]

I'M HERE, I'M HERE, I'M HEREEEEEEEE!!!!!

The Disney never ends. Omg. I love my life so much.

I still say we need to write the rest of that Livin it up song. I sing it constantly. Stacey is my idol. I probably watched her a total of 50 times this trip. And I would have watched her more if it wasn't for freakin' ESPN and my brother and my Dad.

I love that your Mom loves stacey now. :lmao: Awesome.

YAY FORESHADOWING ;)

WHAM!

Yeah, it's an awesome trip report. People love it. If you haven't read it, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE!! GET OVER THERE!!

:rotfl: I love you. And you can totally get away with saying that because it totally is!!!

Disclaimer. :lmao: Ahh you're killin' me already. I want to apologize in advance for these long comments. But hey, you know me.

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That screencap of Stacey is killing me. She is America's greatest treasure.

Kara, you kill me too. :rotfl2: God, I love you two. AND STACEY!!!!!! :love:

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WOOHOO A LIMOOOO! What an awesome start!

My appreciation for Walt is like sky rocketing by 4305987875634760294875093876 million right now. So I totally find that super magical.

AHH YAY I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE YOUR TWEETS NOW! This is exciting.
PS do you mind if I incorporate my tweets in my upcoming TR? I don't want to steal your idea but it's pretty much brilliant.

This McDonald's story is fantastic. And I love your little tangents. KEEP EM COMING, KEEP EM COMING!

And I also love your little child stories. I ALWAYS listen in to the children's conversations. I absolutely just love them. They make me tear up. SO CUTE OMG.

HULA TIMON! Awesome. And cute cute cute mickey nails!! :) Kristen always does that mickey one haha. I don't think I have yet! I better get on that next time.

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I want to hear about your making your own Red Velvet Cupcake experience!

YAY FOR GETTING TO THE ROOM! YAY FOR THE 80'S SECTION! YAY FOR POP! YAY FOR VANNA WHITE TIMON! omg I can FEEL the excitement.

AHH Stacey! Her show is SO short now. It sort of really disappoints me because I miss her old crazy self. But hey, it's Stace. The queen of the Disney World. Nothing is better than watching her 18 million times in a row.

That is SUCH a beautiful story about that CM and the little princess. Oh my GOD. Like... if I was that child, I don't even know. I just... AHH I love disney so much. My obsession is through the room.

I love CMs that LOVE Disney and get it as much as we do. It's not just a job for them.

This is why I MUST work there. I need to marry a boy who loves Disney and move there and work there for the rest of my life. I just don't even care. That was my decision on this trip. It's all I want to do.

Ahh okay I'm sorry about that rambling tangent of Disney goodness. But THANK YOU FOR WRITING. I love it, I love it, I love it!!! Can't wait for more! :wizard:

[disneydreamingdebby]

You're welcome!

The pics above were taken with a Panasonic Lumix, and yes I did bang it on my desk repeatedly to fix it! :thumbsup2 The colors are like that because I do edit them. I would not recommend the camera actually. It has a lot of great settings, but no matter what setting you put it on, it really sucked as far as high quality night shots go. The best point and shoot I had was a Sony Cybershot, if you're looking for a good one.[/QUOTE]

I am relieved that you edit them.:rolleyes1 I use an DSLR and the color satuation needs tweaking. I always recommend Nikon coolpix point and shoots to my friends. I had two over the years and they took fantastic pics. I've never played with the Sony. If the next "fix-it" session doesn't work, you can consider the Nikon. :lmao:

Oh, and of course, I am singing the song again...:upsidedow

[cindianne320]

Just finished your McLovins Trip Report and I can't wait to read this one, too!!!

We stayed in the '80s section last time we stayed at POP- my DH was thrilled, as we were born in the '80s :)

Can't wait to read more!

[LilAnn]

Oh my goodness, I totally teared up at the story of the totally awesome bus driver and that little girl! She must have been beyond excited!

I am totally lovin' this TR. Love your writing style and feel that you captured the arrival day feelings perfectly.

Um, I totally need to book an early December vacation at some point if the crowds are like that.:thumbsup2 (I may need to incorporate more thumbs up gestures on rides and in pics as opposed to my typical cheesy asian happy peace sign).

Stacy tv is the best kind of tv on vacation. I was utterly devastated when we stayed in Orlando over the summer and didn't have Disney tv (but maybe the fact that we were on Universal property had something to do with that).

[Merida]

Yes, I am addicted to Tumblr! I already love you for noticing this LOL. I use Tumblr talk in real life constantly, but thankfully most of my friends are addicted too so they understand what I'm talking about. I'm also obsessed with Twitter. I hate Facebook though. I kind of miss MySpace. And I used to LIVE on Livejournal. Buuuut I digress.

It's probably not real meat. Who even knows what it is. and OOH I really have to try that wildberry lemonade. It's probably like 4,000 calories per cup though.

Your Crocs sound amazing! I really would like some new ones. I want the kids ones too because they are just cooler. Luckily I have small feet so it will probably work out!

I haven't seen the Jeremy Sumpter Peter Pan yet! My friend who I saw the play with is obsessed with it and has been telling me to watch it forEVER, so I'm definitely going to this weekend. So far I rewatched Disney's Peter Pan and Hook, so that's next! Sigh, I love all of them so much!

Haha, I pretty much exclusively interact with science-y people and NO ONE uses it. No one watches cartoons or teenage dramas or, you know, TV (stupid Colorado) so Tumblr is totally an ~outlet.~ I still have my livejournal floating around, I use it to read the news (for some reason or another).

The only thing that is awful about wildberry lemonade is that it's 50 cents for a refill. I never have actual money on me and I feel so awkward using a debit card for 50 cents.

I wear either a 6.5 or a 7 in shoes and the juniors' sizes for crocs fit me. And since I never learned how to walk properly in clogs, I can walk! They lace up! Minimal weird plastic-y smell! Wins all around!

I think the 2003 Peter Pan was the adaptation that came closest to the actual book (as much as I love Rufio, it's just not the same). It's just so wonderfully filmed and precious and gorgeous (also Jason Isaacs) and I love it. And Rachel Hurd-Wood is pretty much a perfect Wendy.

You know, I don't know if I've ever been on the ME buses because I've only ever flown in for school trips and I definitely don't remember any movies. Maybe Disney secretly does hate tour groups.

Ahh, early December looks so nice compared to mid-to-late December. Though I still wouldn't want to take the buses. Especially since there's no set schedule. How do you have buses without a schedule posted?! How do you know when to line up? There are existential differences between my way of life and Disney Transportation's way of life. But there are no fun transportation people in a car (the tram people are not quite as fun. Or give annoying spiels about Epcot when they should just be driving me to Epcot).

I'm glad Disney has start trending towards the 'give everyone a personality and personal story arc!!' in their movies because, let's be real, the early princes are boring (except for Philip but that doesn't translate into a face character apparently).

[arbolita]

AHHH Only two posts in and I'm already behind in my commenting. This isn't a good sign. HERE WE GO:

I also LOVE seeing all the kids in the airport on our way down to Orlando, especially when they have their Mickey/Princess/Cars luggage. So adorable.

The fake monorail is awesome. It just totally sets the mood for the beginning of an amazing trip.

TIMON! I love that it looks like he's wearing Minnie's hairbow in that first picture. Oh Timon, you so crazy.

Main Street Electrical Parade music brings back suck amazing memories for me. I know most people like Spectro better, but MSEP was my very first Disney parade, I was so so so happy when they brought it back. The music from that is probably in my top 5 favorite Disney Parks tracks.

STACEY!! Whenever we enter our room during the trip, not just the first time, but even when we're returning from the parks, my husband and I always have to turn the TV on say "I wonder what the Must Dos are?" Oh Stacey. They'd better bring her back to do the updated video once Fantasyland is open. Nobody else could do it justice.

Awww @ the bus driver talking about the girl's birthday. Love it when Disney cast members do things like that to make someone's trip so special and memorable.

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I'M HERE, I'M HERE, I'M HEREEEEEEEE!!!!!

The Disney never ends. Omg. I love my life so much.

I still say we need to write the rest of that Livin it up song. I sing it constantly. Stacey is my idol. I probably watched her a total of 50 times this trip. And I would have watched her more if it wasn't for freakin' ESPN and my brother and my Dad.

I love that your Mom loves stacey now. :lmao: Awesome.

YAY FORESHADOWING ;)

WHAM!

:rotfl: I love you. And you can totally get away with saying that because it totally is!!!

Disclaimer. :lmao: Ahh you're killin' me already. I want to apologize in advance for these long comments. But hey, you know me.

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Kara, you kill me too. :rotfl2: God, I love you two. AND STACEY!!!!!! :love:

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WOOHOO A LIMOOOO! What an awesome start!

My appreciation for Walt is like sky rocketing by 4305987875634760294875093876 million right now. So I totally find that super magical.

AHH YAY I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE YOUR TWEETS NOW! This is exciting.
PS do you mind if I incorporate my tweets in my upcoming TR? I don't want to steal your idea but it's pretty much brilliant.

This McDonald's story is fantastic. And I love your little tangents. KEEP EM COMING, KEEP EM COMING!

And I also love your little child stories. I ALWAYS listen in to the children's conversations. I absolutely just love them. They make me tear up. SO CUTE OMG.

HULA TIMON! Awesome. And cute cute cute mickey nails!! :) Kristen always does that mickey one haha. I don't think I have yet! I better get on that next time.

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I want to hear about your making your own Red Velvet Cupcake experience!

YAY FOR GETTING TO THE ROOM! YAY FOR THE 80'S SECTION! YAY FOR POP! YAY FOR VANNA WHITE TIMON! omg I can FEEL the excitement.

AHH Stacey! Her show is SO short now. It sort of really disappoints me because I miss her old crazy self. But hey, it's Stace. The queen of the Disney World. Nothing is better than watching her 18 million times in a row.

That is SUCH a beautiful story about that CM and the little princess. Oh my GOD. Like... if I was that child, I don't even know. I just... AHH I love disney so much. My obsession is through the room.

This is why I MUST work there. I need to marry a boy who loves Disney and move there and work there for the rest of my life. I just don't even care. That was my decision on this trip. It's all I want to do.

Ahh okay I'm sorry about that rambling tangent of Disney goodness. But THANK YOU FOR WRITING. I love it, I love it, I love it!!! Can't wait for more! :wizard:

YAY!!!!! The Disney never ends and it never will! :cloud9:

haha, at the beginning of our trip my mom kept being like, "Please can we watch normal TV?" and I would just be like "No, we're watching Stacey." Period!!

Of course you can use the tweets in your report! :goodvibes

I will definitely keep the tangents coming... if you need someone to ramble on and on endlessly... look no further than me!

Thank you!!! You and Kristen are the queens of awesome Disney nails, so that is quite a compliment :)

The cupcakes were alright. To the untrained mouth, I'm sure they were much better, but to me, I was just comparing them to Starring Rolls and they are nowhere near as good! But everyone liked them. At first I bought the frosting b/c I didn't feel like making it from scratch, but it was really crappy... it just tasted like vanilla, not cream cheese, so my mom home made some and it was really good. :thumbsup2 Not as good as Disney, but you know, nothing is.

I miss the longer Stacey show and her being more crazy so much!!! I miss when the tribal rhythm was all...mmm... in her blood, and when she was yelling at the LAAAAZY PEOPLE IN THE LAAAAAZZYYYY RIVER. I miss her Triple. Mountain. WHAMMY!!!!!!!!!! and everything else. Sigh.

Aww I hope you get to work at Disney someday and find the perfect fellow Disney-loving Prince!! I have a feeling you just might. :wizard:


I am relieved that you edit them.:rolleyes1 I use an DSLR and the color satuation needs tweaking. I always recommend Nikon coolpix point and shoots to my friends. I had two over the years and they took fantastic pics. I've never played with the Sony. If the next "fix-it" session doesn't work, you can consider the Nikon. :lmao:

Oh, and of course, I am singing the song again...:upsidedow

The latest time crashing my camera against a hard surface did NOT work... but that is a story for later on in the TR! :3dglasses

Just finished your McLovins Trip Report and I can't wait to read this one, too!!!

We stayed in the '80s section last time we stayed at POP- my DH was thrilled, as we were born in the '80s :)

Can't wait to read more!

Yay!! Thanks for stickin' with me over here!!

I love the 80's! Mostly for the movies... I've always been a bit obsessed with The Brat pack!

Oh my goodness, I totally teared up at the story of the totally awesome bus driver and that little girl! She must have been beyond excited!

I am totally lovin' this TR. Love your writing style and feel that you captured the arrival day feelings perfectly.

Um, I totally need to book an early December vacation at some point if the crowds are like that.:thumbsup2 (I may need to incorporate more thumbs up gestures on rides and in pics as opposed to my typical cheesy asian happy peace sign).

Stacy tv is the best kind of tv on vacation. I was utterly devastated when we stayed in Orlando over the summer and didn't have Disney tv (but maybe the fact that we were on Universal property had something to do with that).

Thank you!!! So glad you're enjoying it. :goodvibes

I definitely recommend going in early December! Though if you do go, get all your holiday crap done before you go, so you can just relax when you get home. :thumbsup2

This is why I can't stay off property. There is no Stacey and Mickey and Stitch don't call you there. These are two essentials to enjoying any Disney trip :laughing:

Haha, I pretty much exclusively interact with science-y people and NO ONE uses it. No one watches cartoons or teenage dramas or, you know, TV (stupid Colorado) so Tumblr is totally an ~outlet.~ I still have my livejournal floating around, I use it to read the news (for some reason or another).

The only thing that is awful about wildberry lemonade is that it's 50 cents for a refill. I never have actual money on me and I feel so awkward using a debit card for 50 cents.

I wear either a 6.5 or a 7 in shoes and the juniors' sizes for crocs fit me. And since I never learned how to walk properly in clogs, I can walk! They lace up! Minimal weird plastic-y smell! Wins all around!

I think the 2003 Peter Pan was the adaptation that came closest to the actual book (as much as I love Rufio, it's just not the same). It's just so wonderfully filmed and precious and gorgeous (also Jason Isaacs) and I love it. And Rachel Hurd-Wood is pretty much a perfect Wendy.

You know, I don't know if I've ever been on the ME buses because I've only ever flown in for school trips and I definitely don't remember any movies. Maybe Disney secretly does hate tour groups.

Ahh, early December looks so nice compared to mid-to-late December. Though I still wouldn't want to take the buses. Especially since there's no set schedule. How do you have buses without a schedule posted?! How do you know when to line up? There are existential differences between my way of life and Disney Transportation's way of life. But there are no fun transportation people in a car (the tram people are not quite as fun. Or give annoying spiels about Epcot when they should just be driving me to Epcot).

I'm glad Disney has start trending towards the 'give everyone a personality and personal story arc!!' in their movies because, let's be real, the early princes are boring (except for Philip but that doesn't translate into a face character apparently).

NO ONE WATCHES TEEN DRAMAS?! :scared1: I wouldn't be able to deal with that. Thank God you have Tumblr!

I ended up loving the 2003 Peter Pan! I still prefer the 1953 film b/c of my incurable obsession with all things Disney, but it was truly beautiful. and YES, JASON ISAACS. I would talk about how I feel about him but there are several words/scenarios that are not appropriate for the DIS so I'll just say this: I dig that guy.

hahaha as annoying as the buses can be, I love them. You need to take at least one Disney bus ride! I love the spiels, I really do. I just hate waiting for them to come, load, and then having to stand sometimes is just UGH. But besides that, I love them.

I agree SO MUCH about the princes! Though I do find Aladdin and the Beast to be quite interesting and have great stories to them, but Prince Charming in Snow White and Cinderella are basically just there to look good. Prince Eric is a bit boring too. However... Eugene Fitzherbert... :lovestruc is the best. I actually read that they changed the name of the film from Rapunzel to Tangled so that people would know it's not just all about the princess and it's for boys to identify with too and stuff. Apparently a lot of people didn't like this decision but I think it was smart!

AHHH Only two posts in and I'm already behind in my commenting. This isn't a good sign. HERE WE GO:

I also LOVE seeing all the kids in the airport on our way down to Orlando, especially when they have their Mickey/Princess/Cars luggage. So adorable.

The fake monorail is awesome. It just totally sets the mood for the beginning of an amazing trip.

TIMON! I love that it looks like he's wearing Minnie's hairbow in that first picture. Oh Timon, you so crazy.

Main Street Electrical Parade music brings back suck amazing memories for me. I know most people like Spectro better, but MSEP was my very first Disney parade, I was so so so happy when they brought it back. The music from that is probably in my top 5 favorite Disney Parks tracks.

STACEY!! Whenever we enter our room during the trip, not just the first time, but even when we're returning from the parks, my husband and I always have to turn the TV on say "I wonder what the Must Dos are?" Oh Stacey. They'd better bring her back to do the updated video once Fantasyland is open. Nobody else could do it justice.

Awww @ the bus driver talking about the girl's birthday. Love it when Disney cast members do things like that to make someone's trip so special and memorable.

haha I love the kiddie luggage!!! I need Disney luggage!

I agree... once I get on the fake monorail I feel like the trip is really STARTING.

I feel the same way about MSEP, though I think I do like Spectro better. But MSEP reminds me of being like 5-10 years old during my first Disney trips and those are such precious memories!

Stacey was recently a guest on a Disney podcast and she said we will be seeing more of her at Disney in the future!!! :woohoo: SO glad she's not going anywhere anytime soon!

Thanks for reading everyone!!

[arbolita]

Stacey was recently a guest on a Disney podcast and she said we will be seeing more of her at Disney in the future!!! :woohoo: SO glad she's not going anywhere anytime soon!


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BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD IN ALL OF 2012!

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joining in. so far, it's great! so funny. :) I did not know of this Stacey until now, pretty cool!

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YESYESYESYESYES!
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BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD IN ALL OF 2012!

OMG. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING SUCH BEAUTIFUL AND MAGICAL GIFS INTO THIS TR!!! Sigh... I love my readers. :lovestruc

joining in. so far, it's great! so funny. :) I did not know of this Stacey until now, pretty cool!

Thank you so much! :welcome:!!!!!!!!

Your life will be better now that Stacey is in it, trust me. :rotfl:

[Merida]

NO ONE WATCHES TEEN DRAMAS?! :scared1: I wouldn't be able to deal with that. Thank God you have Tumblr!

I ended up loving the 2003 Peter Pan! I still prefer the 1953 film b/c of my incurable obsession with all things Disney, but it was truly beautiful. and YES, JASON ISAACS. I would talk about how I feel about him but there are several words/scenarios that are not appropriate for the DIS so I'll just say this: I dig that guy.

hahaha as annoying as the buses can be, I love them. You need to take at least one Disney bus ride! I love the spiels, I really do. I just hate waiting for them to come, load, and then having to stand sometimes is just UGH. But besides that, I love them.

I agree SO MUCH about the princes! Though I do find Aladdin and the Beast to be quite interesting and have great stories to them, but Prince Charming in Snow White and Cinderella are basically just there to look good. Prince Eric is a bit boring too. However... Eugene Fitzherbert... :lovestruc is the best. I actually read that they changed the name of the film from Rapunzel to Tangled so that people would know it's not just all about the princess and it's for boys to identify with too and stuff. Apparently a lot of people didn't like this decision but I think it was smart!


Everyone goes out camping in subfreezing weather and - worst of all - they invite me. My spare time is filled up by my Netflix queue and DVR!

Other things Tumblr is good for: the Shang gif set making its way around.

I read the book after annoying everyone with wanting to watch the Disney version so much and fell in love. It's just wonderful and clever and witty and sad and NANA. More Nana is always a good thing. 2003 Peter Pan is much more evocative of Barrie's work and is why I love it so much. The Disney version is much more brash and adventure-story-y and is good in its own right but isn't quite the same thing (similar to the movie version of Last Unicorn and Beagle's original story). Having Jason Isaacs play Hook and Mr. Darling was an AMAZING FLAWLESS choice because a) looks (he's supposed to be all sinister and gorgeous and elegant which... is not Disney-Hook) and b) thematically (scared of growing up and being stodgy, etc., etc. but really let's just go back to point a).

I feel as though Disney buses would be lost on me because I fall asleep in buses pretty much automatically. Also, I tend to leave things wherever I go so it's usually cheaper (and safer!) to stick me in the passenger seat of a car when traveling.

Aladdin is good too (I've never met the Beast at the parks, can he even talk? Which is probably the second biggest disappointment next to Prince Phillip's loss-of-sass)! A lot of the less popular movies have excellent all-around casts (Atlantis comes to mind, along with Great Mouse Detective, Robin Hood, 101 Dalmatians, and Emperor's New Groove. And Hercules! A totally before-its-time movie. So meta!)

Turning Rapunzel into Tangled wasn't my favorite move because a) precedent (Bear and Bow --> Brave, The Snow Queen --> Frozen, total downgrades in the name department) and b) it shouldn't matter! If it's an interesting and good film, its title should be irrelevant and everyone should just go see it anyway.

[__disneygirl]

Everyone goes out camping in subfreezing weather and - worst of all - they invite me. My spare time is filled up by my Netflix queue and DVR!

Other things Tumblr is good for: the Shang gif set making its way around.

I read the book after annoying everyone with wanting to watch the Disney version so much and fell in love. It's just wonderful and clever and witty and sad and NANA. More Nana is always a good thing. 2003 Peter Pan is much more evocative of Barrie's work and is why I love it so much. The Disney version is much more brash and adventure-story-y and is good in its own right but isn't quite the same thing (similar to the movie version of Last Unicorn and Beagle's original story). Having Jason Isaacs play Hook and Mr. Darling was an AMAZING FLAWLESS choice because a) looks (he's supposed to be all sinister and gorgeous and elegant which... is not Disney-Hook) and b) thematically (scared of growing up and being stodgy, etc., etc. but really let's just go back to point a).

I feel as though Disney buses would be lost on me because I fall asleep in buses pretty much automatically. Also, I tend to leave things wherever I go so it's usually cheaper (and safer!) to stick me in the passenger seat of a car when traveling.

Aladdin is good too (I've never met the Beast at the parks, can he even talk? Which is probably the second biggest disappointment next to Prince Phillip's loss-of-sass)! A lot of the less popular movies have excellent all-around casts (Atlantis comes to mind, along with Great Mouse Detective, Robin Hood, 101 Dalmatians, and Emperor's New Groove. And Hercules! A totally before-its-time movie. So meta!)

Turning Rapunzel into Tangled wasn't my favorite move because a) precedent (Bear and Bow --> Brave, The Snow Queen --> Frozen, total downgrades in the name department) and b) it shouldn't matter! If it's an interesting and good film, its title should be irrelevant and everyone should just go see it anyway.

You are too funny. I have to go read your TR!

I never read the book so I didn't realize Hook was supposed to be gorgeous and entrancing. While watching Jason Isaacs I found myself saying "WHOA, I never thought I would want to have private relations with Captain Hook, but here we are!" I loved the scene where they said Wendy was captivated by him instead of scared of him. I also loved in Hook when Peter's son started taking a liking to him but of course chose his father in the end. Ahh, so much Peter Pan goodness!!!

I haven't seen Atlantis since it came out and I don't remember it at all! I need to watch that one. Same with Treasure Planet. I hear they're both really underrated.

[__disneygirl]

DECEMBER 5, 2011
Day 1, Part 3 In Which We Form A New Ohana At Ohana

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The Seven Seas Lagoon is so gorgeous. But we didn't have time to dwell on the view. We had to DASH over to the Resort Monorail for a date with my boyfriend, Monorail Voice Guy.

You don't need to hear the story of how much I adore this man. I'm sure you've read my last world famous and amazing trip report. You know that no words turn me on more than, "For the comfort of others, no smoking please." and "Por favor manténgase alejado de las puertas."

Be still, my aching heart!

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That giant Mickey head is a wreath! Love it!

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This picture cracks me up b/c the reflection looks like God is taking a picture with a giant camera. "Oh look, it's Disney World, one of my finest creations! *Click*"

Seeing the castle and Space from the monorail is one of my favorite parts of every trip.
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Pretty soon we arrived at one of my favorite places in the world: Disney's Polynesian Resort.

The guy in front of us clearly had visited the Main Street Barber Shop:
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What a cool dad/granddad/uncle/guy/man/etc

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I love the colors on this tree. One of my favorite things about visiting Disney around the holidays is the resort specific decorations. My big regret from this trip is not going to see more of them, but I'm glad to have an extra excuse to go during the holidays again!

It was around 4:45 PM when we arrived at 'Ohana. What we saw when we got there was something I have never seen before, nor anticipated in any way.

There were two lines and a sign in front of the podium. The sign said GUESTS WITHOUT RESERVATIONS with an arrow pointing to the left, and GUESTS WITH RESERVATIONS with an arrow pointing to the right.

Have they always done this? I actually think it was a pretty great way to organize things. I hate when there's a big crowd up at the podium at a popular restaurant and you have no idea who's checked in and who's not or where the end of the line is, and you just end up standing there awkwardly wondering where the nearest Panera is.

The "Guests without reservations" line was pretty short. The restaurant was not even open yet. We talked to the people in front of us in line who said they open at 5:00 and a CM had told them they would start accepting people with no reservations at 5:30. One of the guys told me that he has come here ten times with no reservation and has gotten seated every single time.

Wait... WHAT? You're telling me all I have to do is chill in this line for 45 minutes and I've got myself a table at 'Ohana?! Done deal. If you could do this at Le Cellier, I would do it every day of our trip for both lunch and dinner. I would get in line for lunch around 9:00 AM just to be safe. I'd probably be seated around 12 or 1. Then, after enjoying six bowls of Cheddar Cheese Soup and a Chocolate Moose, I would walk around the World Showcase for approximately fifteen minutes before getting right back in the Le Cellier line for dinner.

A perfect vacation. :cloud9:

While we were waiting, my mom went over to the Tambu Lounge and got a Bloody Mary.

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Is there anyone else who cannot even fathom drinking this?! The mixture of ingredients is just :sick: bleh. For those of you who enjoy these, though, my mom said it was delicious!

I really wanted to FINALLY try a glorious Lapu Lapu (for those who don't know, that's the famous alcoholic drink you get at the Poly that comes in a pineapple), but all I had eaten all day was the McMuffin and if I drink alcohol on an empty stomach I feel awful, so I passed. Of course, I ended up never getting one. THE LAPU LAPU HAS EVADED ME ONCE AGAIN!

The info we had gotten was correct, and just around 5:30 they sat a couple of the parties in front of us. About 15 minutes later, they asked if the two people in front of us, my mom and I, and the two people behind us would like to all sit together because they had a table of six available.

My immediate mental response was NO OF COURSE NOT.

Any time anything like this happens, my default response is that it is sure to be a disaster. I mean, I didn't want to make awkward conversation with people I don't know. That whole "Where are you from, what do you do" thing is fine when you're chatting with a CM or something, but during a whole meal? Plus, this wasn't just ANY meal. This was freaking 'Ohana!!!!!!!!!!! I had wanted to eat here for five years and now I have to eat with people I don't know? And what if they turned out to be smelly or fans of the show Whitney or serial killers or pool hoppers something? No thank you, I'll just eat with my mom. Since I didn't want to offend anyone, I said quietly so that only she could hear, "No, I just want to eat with you." I decided to be a wuss and just let her take care of it.

That didn't happen. EVERYONE else, including my mom, said "Sure!"

Well okay. I'm not going to be the one jerk that says no. Plus, I was really freaking hungry. So off we went to the front of the restaurant where we were soon whisked away by the host. I noticed the four people we were to dine with seemed very excited as well, and the six of us were quite a shiny, happy group walking in there. We were kind of like the Friends cast, but not as well paid.

I wasn't really thrilled about the dining with randoms situation, but hey, THIS IS DISNEY! I was like, who cares really. I'm at Disney World and we've gotten into 'OHANA, baby!

When you go to 'Ohana, they ask if you've been there before as you walk to your table. Two of the people in our party had, but the rest of us haven't, so he took us over to this area where he showed us some drinks and explained what 'Ohana is like. Of course, I already knew everything about this place from the DIS so I just surveyed our group and wondered which of them would end up being the most annoying.

Well, guess what? It turns out that I'm a moron, cause they were all lovely people! No Whitney fans or anything. Seriously, I liked everyone and so did my mom! There was one couple from Pennsylvania and one younger couple from North Carolina. We all got along great and it was only awkward for about two minutes. Not even one of them annoyed me!

The great thing was, they were all big Disney fans staying at other Disney resorts. It's not like they just wandered into the 'Ohana line thinking "Hey, this place looks good. Aloha!" Nope. They all knew of how delicious and famous 'Ohana was and knew to get there early and get in line for a table. We all talked about past trips and favorite attractions, restaurants, etc. It ended up being really wonderful.

It was a lesson to me that I need to be more open with people. We all have plans on our Disney trips that go awry, but sometimes what ends up happening turns out to be wonderful, so you should just trust the Pixie Dust. Of course, my warped mind immediately went to the worst case scenario, but it ended up being totally not like that at all.

But who cares about that.

Mother of God that food was good.

Slap my behind and call me Walt Disney, THE FOOD WAS SO GREAT!

'Ohana is a family style, all you can eat kinda deal. I did not take pictures b/c I did not want the people we were dining with to immediately think I was insane. Usually, I try to ease people into the crazy that is me, instead of just throwing it at them in their faces.

For my drink, I ordered a pomegranate iced tea. Pomegranate is my favorite flavor and I LOVED this. I think I ended up having like three glasses of it? Just delicious.

So first, they bring a round, warm, DELICIOUS loaf of bread and it was very hard for me to not eat it all. I am starving now.

Then, they bring salad. I laughed. I knew there were large chunks of meat coming. IN UNLIMITED QUANTITIES! No chance I was going to fill up even a little on LEAVES.

Then, someone came over with a giant skewer filled with shrimp. I like seafood very little and rarely eat it, so I passed. I was waitin' for the good stuff.

One of the people at my table asked my mom if I ate meat.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

It's funny, I guess b/c I had turned down the shrimp and salad, they thought that I was one of those girls who doesn't really eat or something.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Funny. That.

So then they brought two huge plates. One was filled with chicken wings and POT STICKERS!!!!!! The other with vegetables (lol) and lo mein.

The only thing in the entire meal that I did not like were the chicken wings, and that is because they were not cooked nearly enough. They had a good flavor about them but I just couldn't eat them like that. The pot stickers were the best I EVER had, they were perfectly seared. These are much better than the pot stickers from Yak & Yeti and I ate about 48 of them.

The veggies I ignored. The lo mein, oh my god. It was the best I have ever had, and I have had INCREDIBLE lo mein from what I consider to be the best catering company in New York City. And yet, 'Ohana even beat that. I ate SO much of this. The rest of the people at our table ate very little of it and so I just kept piling it on and down the hatch it went!

Then, the meat started coming.

Glory, glory hallelujah!

The steak was just unbelievable. It was my favorite. I never expected it to be THAT good. I mean, I guess I expected less than amazing steak because it's grilled on a skewer in large quantities, but it was the kind of savory, perfect steak that you would get at a steakhouse!

The chicken was WAY better than the chicken wings. I don't know what kind of sauce they had on it but WHEW. Incredible.

They had pork too and I didn't even eat any of it. I love pork, but the steak and chicken and lo mein were just SO good and I was eating SO much already that by the time the pork came around, I couldn't even fathom adding another component to this meal.

I posted on twitter:
Oh my God. 'OHANA. I've been full for like 20 minutes but they just keep bringing more food and my god i love Disney so much.

Some kind of magic occurs at 'Ohana where, even though you are filled to the brim, you are somehow able to keep eating. I believe it was similar to a tear in the space/time continuum. Which reminds me of when Sandy Cohen asks Seth and Ryan if they need anything from the store and Seth replies, "Ryan needs a tear in the space/time continuum so he can go back and say 'I love you' to Marissa."

Remember that episode? Marissa said I love you to Ryan but he just said "Thank you" back because well he's Ryan, the abandoned, tough but secretly vulnerable hottie from Chino and he can't just SAY 'I love you' like that even though he REALLY did love her.

And he still does.

He always will.

I should probably mention now that if you don't like talk of television as a supplement to the regularly scheduled Disney Trip Report... well, prepare to do some scrolling.

ANYWAY BACK TO 'OHANA!

It was dessert time.

You are probably familiar with the bread pudding they serve for dessert at 'Ohana. I am not a fan of bread pudding. However, other people who don't really like bread pudding tell me that they eat it at 'Ohana anyway cause it's just that good. Well, I hate to disappoint you guys, but I didn't even try it! I was so full that my plan was to have "just a little bit" of ice cream.

That plan backfired.

They put this giant bowl of like, 87 scoops of vanilla ice cream with the little black flecks and the Mickey head rainbow sprinkles atop it. Most people barely took any ice cream because they were focusing on the bread pudding, which meant that I ate basically all the ice cream.

I didn't even mean to.

People were wondering what happened to it and I was all, "A squirrel just ran in and took it!" Liz Lemon style.

I was so full, I don't know how I did it. It was just so delicious.

Frankly, I doubt they even had to wash the dish, it was so clean by the time I was through with it.

And thus ended a magnificent first meal of the trip. 'Ohana lived up to my high expectations and then some. We will definitely be returning, in fact I think this will be a must do on every trip from now on.

UP NEXT: We lose a member of our crew!

[Disneyfreak508]

ksdfhskjdhgflkjsdjkzhsfdljghlkdfzjgn UPDATE!!!!!!!!!! :banana:

Hahaha oh the monorail voice guy. :lovestruc Best twitter conversation of my life. I'll probably be including that in the trip report.

HAHAHA God's giant camera. But really. GREATEST CREATION EVER.

That is one awesome man who visited the Barber Shop. I want to marry a guy who would do that. God, I love guys that love Disney. That's the key to my heart, I'm telling ya.

Thank goodness Ohana is organized like that. That restaurant is ridiculously popular so thank GOD.

When I turn 21, the first drink I want to have is a Lapu Lapu. Something is just extremely appealing about a drink being served in a pineapple.

Disney just makes everyone get along. Seriously, I bond with strangers when I'm there. I always try to keep track of how many friends my Mom makes because she talks to EVERYONE and they always get along so great!!

Slap my behind and call me Walt Disney, THE FOOD WAS SO GREAT!

HAHAHA DYING :lmao: No description could be more accurate.

LOL about the salad. My friend Alicia and I are always like "BRING ME THE MEAT AND THE DESSERT." Like seriously though. Salads are a waste sometimes.

I agree about the chicken. It just tastes SO GOOD I don't know what it is. Usually chicken is only blah in my opinion. But at Ohana it's GREAT. And the pot stickers and lo mein are perfect here, too!

I'm so glad you enjoyed your meal! And I know the feeling about being THAT FULL. I seriously always waddle out of there. AHH I just had it like 5 days ago and I seriously want to go back. YUMMMM!

[oopsiDAISY]

Thank you for this post!!! We are scheduled for Ohana during our March trip and I CANNOT WAIT!!! :cool1: How strange was it to share the meal family style with strangers, though? I can handle sitting with strangers at Biergarten because it is a buffet and everyone gets his/her own food... not sure how awkward it would be to be dipping from the same bowls...:scared: Hmmmm- come to think of it, it was probably like just putting the buffet out on the table as opposed to walking up there to fix your plate. :confused3 Oh well, we will be a party of 9 with my cousin and her kids joining us, so I don't think we run the risk of having random people added to our table. :lmao:

[disneydreamingdebby]

I hope at some point you go on "The Last Comic Standing - Disney Style" - you'd so win.

We'd be great table mates at Ohana except the fight over the pot stickers! I really don't care about the meat, LOVE the salad, and the bread pudding.

Honestly, I wish I could go there for the pot stickers and bread pudding. I am thinking that I will go to Kona on the next trip. Someone on the Dis reported that they will serve the bread pudding...

[cindianne320]

DROOLING!

Did you all have reservations and have to sit together, or were they in the no res. line?

YUM- I really can't wait we WILL have an ADR when we go next October!

[duckylady]

Omg the picture with the camera's reflection. I am dying.

I can't blame you for feeling weirded out about strangers sitting with you. I'm a huuuuge introvert and I just kinda want to be with people I know. But at Disney, I don't mind it so much. ~Disney magic, I suppose!

And what if they turned out to be smelly or fans of the show Whitney or serial killers or pool hoppers something?
Ahahaha oh Lia. This is a foolproof way of judging people and I agree with it wholeheartedly.

THIS WHOLE ENTIRE POST MADE ME SO HUNGRY. The way you described all the food and the experience made me want to go 'Ohana SO BADLY. I was already hoping for a breakfast ADR at Kona Cafe this March, though.

[MarieTheCat24]

OOOOooooooOOOOOoooooo Pretty picture. I love the Disney-created Seven Seas Lagoon.

God's giant camera is killing me. I bet he's a scrapbooker.

OH MY GOSH THE POLY :cloud9: I miss the smell. And the area music. And the hammocks. And the chips at Captain Cook's. And watching the Electrical Water Pageant from the beach. And the tiki torches. SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH.

You. Me. July. Lapu Lapu. :thumbsup2

Dining with randoms at 'Ohana...I don't know how I'd feel about that. I probably would've pulled a you and tugged on my mom's sleeve while whispering "No. Say 'no', Mommy." For some reason I turn into a three year old when faced with things I don't really want to do.

And what if they turned out to be smelly or fans of the show Whitney or serial killers or pool hoppers something?
Those would be my exact concerns. You just get me, Lia.

But the salad is so delicious! I don't take a lot because I need to save room, but the dressing is so refreshing and wonderful that I can't resist.

God, reading this is making me tear up. I think I might be the only person in the world brought to tears by 'Ohana. It's just so perfect! *SOB*

You skipped the bread pudding too? :eek: BUT IT'S SO WONDERFUL. I'm not a bread pudding fan AT ALL, but 1 part bread pudding, 5 parts ice cream, 2 parts banana sauce, 2 parts Mickey sprinkles is a flawless combo.

I MISS 'OHANA. Eating food that's not from 'Ohana tonight is going to be torture. :sad2:

[dara00]

on a cruise a lot of times you sit with other people and I don't like that so much! glad it turned out fun for you!

[marDgreen88]

Well I don't have my usual slew of (most likely annoying) comments. But I will say this:
I wanna freakin go to 'Ohana like tomorrow and I don't know why I'm at my house because my house isn't the Poly so...

[Nermel9]

Just getting caught up on your TR! Ahhh, Magical Express sounds amazing. I've never used ME because we always rent a car, but someday I really, really want to take it! I feel like when you do, you're getting extra Disney magic in your vacation that us car renters are left out of!

I love your description of walking to your room for the first time, when your whole vacation is still ahead of you, it's such a happy time! :lovestruc And Stacey has to be on at all times...my DH is NOT a Stacey fan, he gets SO annoyed with her Stacey-isms, and always changes the channel when I have her on. But when we're in a Disney resort, she's on maybe 67% of the time.

I noticed she does the :thumbsup2 a lot...I do that too, and every time I do it I'm like "ugh, I'm such a loser!" :laughing:

OMG I LOOOOVE the monorail voice guy! Seriously, that voice is just SO freakin Disney, I can't stand it sometimes. Getting on that monorail the first time on each trip makes me want to burst into tears.

:rotfl: Love the picture of God's camera...I'm sure that is exactly what he thinks when he looks down on Disney World.

I love the Poly. I need to stay there someday, it smells like Florida in there, it's perfect. And the fact that 'Ohana is just right there is even better. I'm so glad you guys got in, I did not think that was possible!! I'm a psycho with my 180 day ADR's, Le Cellier and 'Ohana are always first, days before I have to make my ADR's I start having a slight panic attack about it. The thought of not eating at either of the places is almost too much to handle! Isn't 'Ohana just SO good? We told our waitress not to even bring us salad because honestly, don't waste it on us, just bring us the good stuff. My DH and I fight over that lo mein...just thinking about it right now makes me want to cry because I know I won't be having it for like, 9 more months. (AND that's IF I can convince my DH to eat there again because he informed me on our past trip that he really doesn't like 'Ohana all that much. Except for the noodles. And the bread pudding. :sad2:)

That reminds me, I can't believe you didn't eat the bread pudding! It's probably my favorite thing in the world to eat. :love:

Can't wait to read more!

[okw19]

OH. MY. GOODNESS.
Ohana sounds so freaking amazing!! I want to eat there so bad now!!
I'm so glad the shared table situation turned out okay. I would've been nervous. :rotfl:

[LilAnn]

Oh Ohana, how I love you so! I think I would have been a good addition to your table. I would have sat there are devoured the salad and veggies and dessert. Although, I also enjoy the noodles, but I can usually on handle a couple of pieces of meat before I burst.

Interesting that they asked you to share a table with other strangers. I didn't know that they did that. I have seen them do that all the time in Chinatown restaurants, but they don't even usually ask. It's just, you get led to the table and seated with strangers. Um, ok. Sure.

Love your updates. :thumbsup2

oh, had to come back and say.....seeing how much you love Tangled.....did you hear about the short movie that will be playing before Beauty & the Beast 3D? It's just a little something called Tangled Ever After........YUP! It shows their wedding!!!!! Setting aside the fact that I loved Beauty and the Beast growing up, and how much I love Tangled.....I no longer think I can wait to see the movie in theaters!

[Eight]

I AM CRACKING UP. oh man. The song I am referring to is not by Ja Rule BUT THAT IS SO FUNNY. Can you imagine if Disney had a Ja Rule song playing on the Must Do Disney show? :rotfl:

This http://youtu.be/4k_iXgSJ0Sw is the latest version of Must Do Disney and the song that plays at the beginning and end is LIVIN IT UP Enjoy and thanks for reading!

Haha, oh man, I so didn't even realize that those were the lyrics to the Must Do Disney song! :laughing: Which is sad considering how I had that on constantly whenever I was in the room on my last trip.

Woah, they play music at JFK? And Madonna and Paul McCartney at that? That's fantastic! Life is so much better with background music. Which may be one of the reasons life is so much better at Disney World. Hm..

Count me in as one of the people who finds McDonalds disgusting and amazing all at the same time.

And your nails are so cute!

Also, I'm practically tearing up at that story with the bus driver and the little girl's birthday. Sweetest thing ever. Oh my gosh.

And I'm not even a big meat eater, but your description of 'Ohana? I'm just like, can I go now? Like right now? It sounds so good!

[__disneygirl]

ksdfhskjdhgflkjsdjkzhsfdljghlkdfzjgn UPDATE!!!!!!!!!! :banana:

Hahaha oh the monorail voice guy. Best twitter conversation of my life. I'll probably be including that in the trip report.

HAHAHA God's giant camera. But really. GREATEST CREATION EVER.

That is one awesome man who visited the Barber Shop. I want to marry a guy who would do that. God, I love guys that love Disney. That's the key to my heart, I'm telling ya.

Thank goodness Ohana is organized like that. That restaurant is ridiculously popular so thank GOD.

When I turn 21, the first drink I want to have is a Lapu Lapu. Something is just extremely appealing about a drink being served in a pineapple.

Disney just makes everyone get along. Seriously, I bond with strangers when I'm there. I always try to keep track of how many friends my Mom makes because she talks to EVERYONE and they always get along so great!!

HAHAHA DYING :lmao: No description could be more accurate.

LOL about the salad. My friend Alicia and I are always like "BRING ME THE MEAT AND THE DESSERT." Like seriously though. Salads are a waste sometimes.

I agree about the chicken. It just tastes SO GOOD I don't know what it is. Usually chicken is only blah in my opinion. But at Ohana it's GREAT. And the pot stickers and lo mein are perfect here, too!

I'm so glad you enjoyed your meal! And I know the feeling about being THAT FULL. I seriously always waddle out of there. AHH I just had it like 5 days ago and I seriously want to go back. YUMMMM!

I keep meaning to tell you, LOVE the new avatar! I'm so obsessed with Peter Pan right now since seeing the play last week. I mean I always loved it but now I'm on a whole other level.

I want to marry a guy who would do that too! I hate when guys think they're too cool to do something like that or wear a silly hat or something. If you want to be with me, silliness is required.


I agree, I wish every restaurant was this organized!

I want to go back SO bad. My mom and I talk about it all the time. Pretty much any time we eat, one of us says, "I wish we were at 'Ohana." LOL.

Thank you for this post!!! We are scheduled for Ohana during our March trip and I CANNOT WAIT!!! :cool1: How strange was it to share the meal family style with strangers, though? I can handle sitting with strangers at Biergarten because it is a buffet and everyone gets his/her own food... not sure how awkward it would be to be dipping from the same bowls...:scared: Hmmmm- come to think of it, it was probably like just putting the buffet out on the table as opposed to walking up there to fix your plate. :confused3 Oh well, we will be a party of 9 with my cousin and her kids joining us, so I don't think we run the risk of having random people added to our table.

Thank YOU for reading and commenting!

I know it's hard to believe, but it wasn't weird at all! Everyone was so polite and friendly, and the guys were gentlemen and always offered the bowls to us ladies first. With the wrong people, it could have been a nightmare, but luckily we got lovely people. I was always hesitant to try Biergarten because you have to eat with other people, but now I'm totally open to it!

I hope at some point you go on "The Last Comic Standing - Disney Style" - you'd so win.

We'd be great table mates at Ohana except the fight over the pot stickers! I really don't care about the meat, LOVE the salad, and the bread pudding.

Honestly, I wish I could go there for the pot stickers and bread pudding. I am thinking that I will go to Kona on the next trip. Someone on the Dis reported that they will serve the bread pudding...

Why thank you! That's quite a compliment!

Kona is so great too! Though I've only had breakfast there, but I've heard the dinner is amazing too. I would really love to try it sometime.

DROOLING!

Did you all have reservations and have to sit together, or were they in the no res. line?

YUM- I really can't wait we WILL have an ADR when we go next October!

Nope, we were all in the "Guests without reservations" line.

It will be worth the wait for you guys! :)

Omg the picture with the camera's reflection. I am dying.

I can't blame you for feeling weirded out about strangers sitting with you. I'm a huuuuge introvert and I just kinda want to be with people I know. But at Disney, I don't mind it so much. ~Disney magic, I suppose!

Ahahaha oh Lia. This is a foolproof way of judging people and I agree with it wholeheartedly.

THIS WHOLE ENTIRE POST MADE ME SO HUNGRY. The way you described all the food and the experience made me want to go 'Ohana SO BADLY. I was already hoping for a breakfast ADR at Kona Cafe this March, though.

Yeah, at Disney I tend to talk to people as if we've been friends for years, there's no weirdness like in real life.

I'm glad you got the Whitney joke. I haven't even watched the show because from the previews I can tell that I couldn't bear it.

That's so awesome that people find my descriptions of 'Ohana droolworthy. I was afraid this post sucked because of my lack of pics, but it doesn't seem to matter! Yay! 'Ohana's deliciousness: defying photographic evidence.

OOOOooooooOOOOOoooooo Pretty picture. I love the Disney-created Seven Seas Lagoon.

God's giant camera is killing me. I bet he's a scrapbooker.

OH MY GOSH THE POLY :cloud9: I miss the smell. And the area music. And the hammocks. And the chips at Captain Cook's. And watching the Electrical Water Pageant from the beach. And the tiki torches. SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH.

You. Me. July. Lapu Lapu. :thumbsup2

Dining with randoms at 'Ohana...I don't know how I'd feel about that. I probably would've pulled a you and tugged on my mom's sleeve while whispering "No. Say 'no', Mommy." For some reason I turn into a three year old when faced with things I don't really want to do.

And what if they turned out to be smelly or fans of the show Whitney or serial killers or pool hoppers something?
Those would be my exact concerns. You just get me, Lia.

But the salad is so delicious! I don't take a lot because I need to save room, but the dressing is so refreshing and wonderful that I can't resist.

God, reading this is making me tear up. I think I might be the only person in the world brought to tears by 'Ohana. It's just so perfect! *SOB*

You skipped the bread pudding too? :eek: BUT IT'S SO WONDERFUL. I'm not a bread pudding fan AT ALL, but 1 part bread pudding, 5 parts ice cream, 2 parts banana sauce, 2 parts Mickey sprinkles is a flawless combo.

I MISS 'OHANA. Eating food that's not from 'Ohana tonight is going to be torture. :sad2:

"You. Me. July. Lapu Lapu." OMG this needs to happen. I can't even. It HAS to!

I knew you would understand my concerns! This is another reason why July has to happen, so I have someone to judge everyone with.

You are NOT the only person who is brought to tears by 'Ohana, trust me. Yesterday marked exactly one month since I ate there. It was not an easy day.

I will definitely try the bread pudding next time!

on a cruise a lot of times you sit with other people and I don't like that so much! glad it turned out fun for you!

Yeah, it's tricky because if you got rude people at your table it could be horrible. I'm so glad we got people we liked!

Well I don't have my usual slew of (most likely annoying) comments. But I will say this:
I wanna freakin go to 'Ohana like tomorrow and I don't know why I'm at my house because my house isn't the Poly so...

Your responses are not annoying! I enjoy them always! :)

"I don't know why I'm at my house because my house isn't the Poly so..."
I feel the same way. Today, I walked into my house and no one greeted me with a lei. I was furious.

Just getting caught up on your TR! Ahhh, Magical Express sounds amazing. I've never used ME because we always rent a car, but someday I really, really want to take it! I feel like when you do, you're getting extra Disney magic in your vacation that us car renters are left out of!

I love your description of walking to your room for the first time, when your whole vacation is still ahead of you, it's such a happy time! :lovestruc And Stacey has to be on at all times...my DH is NOT a Stacey fan, he gets SO annoyed with her Stacey-isms, and always changes the channel when I have her on. But when we're in a Disney resort, she's on maybe 67% of the time.

I noticed she does the :thumbsup2 a lot...I do that too, and every time I do it I'm like "ugh, I'm such a loser!" :laughing:

OMG I LOOOOVE the monorail voice guy! Seriously, that voice is just SO freakin Disney, I can't stand it sometimes. Getting on that monorail the first time on each trip makes me want to burst into tears.

:rotfl: Love the picture of God's camera...I'm sure that is exactly what he thinks when he looks down on Disney World.

I love the Poly. I need to stay there someday, it smells like Florida in there, it's perfect. And the fact that 'Ohana is just right there is even better. I'm so glad you guys got in, I did not think that was possible!! I'm a psycho with my 180 day ADR's, Le Cellier and 'Ohana are always first, days before I have to make my ADR's I start having a slight panic attack about it. The thought of not eating at either of the places is almost too much to handle! Isn't 'Ohana just SO good? We told our waitress not to even bring us salad because honestly, don't waste it on us, just bring us the good stuff. My DH and I fight over that lo mein...just thinking about it right now makes me want to cry because I know I won't be having it for like, 9 more months. (AND that's IF I can convince my DH to eat there again because he informed me on our past trip that he really doesn't like 'Ohana all that much. Except for the noodles. And the bread pudding. :sad2:)

That reminds me, I can't believe you didn't eat the bread pudding! It's probably my favorite thing in the world to eat. :love:

Can't wait to read more!

Renting a car is awesome, though. But you know what? I'd like to take DME from the airport to Disney and then get a car once at Disney, since they have various places on property where you can do that. I love the Magical Express. I especially like taking it back to the airport at the end, cause it makes it feel like you're still at Disney up until the last second, which is nice.

Thank you! and haha, I couldn't marry a guy who didn't love Stacey and enjoy watching her because I am so much like her, so that relationship would end before it even began. LOL.

I never freak out about ADRs anymore because I feel like Disney is such an accomodating company that they really try to get everyone in. Still, it's so much better to have your guaranteed ADR!

'Ohana is worth the 9 month wait! I will definitely be trying the bread pudding next time. :)

OH. MY. GOODNESS.
Ohana sounds so freaking amazing!! I want to eat there so bad now!!
I'm so glad the shared table situation turned out okay. I would've been nervous. :rotfl:

It IS amazing, you must try it on your next trip! I can't believe we didn't go sooner!

Oh Ohana, how I love you so! I think I would have been a good addition to your table. I would have sat there are devoured the salad and veggies and dessert. Although, I also enjoy the noodles, but I can usually on handle a couple of pieces of meat before I burst.

Interesting that they asked you to share a table with other strangers. I didn't know that they did that. I have seen them do that all the time in Chinatown restaurants, but they don't even usually ask. It's just, you get led to the table and seated with strangers. Um, ok. Sure.

Love your updates. :thumbsup2

oh, had to come back and say.....seeing how much you love Tangled.....did you hear about the short movie that will be playing before Beauty & the Beast 3D? It's just a little something called Tangled Ever After........YUP! It shows their wedding!!!!! Setting aside the fact that I loved Beauty and the Beast growing up, and how much I love Tangled.....I no longer think I can wait to see the movie in theaters!

haha oh man, I would have been alarmed if they had put us all together without asking!

YES OF COURSE I HEARD AND I AM SO OVERWHELMINGLY EXCITED FOR IT :lovestruc I am seriously going to be sitting there like crying my eyes out and jumping up and down. I LOVE RAPUNZEL AND EUGENE. :love:

Haha, oh man, I so didn't even realize that those were the lyrics to the Must Do Disney song! :laughing: Which is sad considering how I had that on constantly whenever I was in the room on my last trip.

Woah, they play music at JFK? And Madonna and Paul McCartney at that? That's fantastic! Life is so much better with background music. Which may be one of the reasons life is so much better at Disney World. Hm..

Count me in as one of the people who finds McDonalds disgusting and amazing all at the same time.

And your nails are so cute!

Also, I'm practically tearing up at that story with the bus driver and the little girl's birthday. Sweetest thing ever. Oh my gosh.

And I'm not even a big meat eater, but your description of 'Ohana? I'm just like, can I go now? Like right now? It sounds so good!

LOL that was such a funny misunderstanding. :rotfl:

Thank you and thanks for reading & commenting! Glad you're enjoying it. :)

[Merida]

You are too funny. I have to go read your TR!

I never read the book so I didn't realize Hook was supposed to be gorgeous and entrancing. While watching Jason Isaacs I found myself saying "WHOA, I never thought I would want to have private relations with Captain Hook, but here we are!" I loved the scene where they said Wendy was captivated by him instead of scared of him. I also loved in Hook when Peter's son started taking a liking to him but of course chose his father in the end. Ahh, so much Peter Pan goodness!!!

I haven't seen Atlantis since it came out and I don't remember it at all! I need to watch that one. Same with Treasure Planet. I hear they're both really underrated.

Haha, I only have a window of maybe 30 minutes a day where I'm funny. I used mine up today explaining a library themed baby shower to my boyfriend when I was supposed to be writing my update, so no funny. Whoops!

Yes, read the book! It's on Project Gutenberg so it's even free!! Also Tiger Lily is an awesome warrior princess in the book (compared to the movies where she usually doesn't do much).

They really are. The stories aren't really the tightest but the animation is stunning in both. Plus it's really hard to wrong with Treasure Island - IN SPACE (with Emma Thompson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt). This formula also works with Treasure Island, Muppets, and Tim Curry. Fact.

I am so glad they put signs up normally for Ohana. After our Kona dinner I got stuck in the mass of people as everyone eyed me suspiciously while I pushed my way to the front. Those people are scary. Family style meals at Disney are scary - people watching me eat creeps me out. And I have to talk to them while eating? That's a little too much to ask for my vacation time!

Whitney is the worst thing on television - TAKE IT OFF. Cougar Town is on break and Whitney remains on TV. Pan Am is on break and Whitney remains on TV. Community is on break and Whitney remains on TV. Friday Night Lights got cancelled and Whitney is still on TV. I just don't understand. Who watches? Why don't I have a Neilsen box? Who can I steal a Neilsen box from?

It's scientific fact - you have two stomachs, one for normal food and one for ice cream (we went through several rigorous trials in order to determine this).

[AKL LOVER]

I am so right there with you on the bloody mary--BLECH! Now the Lapu Lapu, that is my idea of a little piece of :cloud9:...it's a bummer that you didn't get to try it.

We absolutely loved Ohana when we tried it for the first time back in May. Makes me sad that we've been going to Disney but skipping Ohana for so many years. :sad2: Although, I did vow that we would never do Ohana again at the beginning of the trip! We ate so much and my DH got so stuffed that for the rest of the trip he just kept saying that all the food was just too much. And he's never done that before. I mean one of our favorite parts of going to Disney is all the great food. So for our upcoming June trip I booked Ohana as one of our last dinners ;)

Glad the multi-family seating worked out for you!

[marDgreen88]

Your responses are not annoying! I enjoy them always! :)

"I don't know why I'm at my house because my house isn't the Poly so..."
I feel the same way. Today, I walked into my house and no one greeted me with a lei. I was furious.


Haha I was kinda kidding. I say stuff like that... because I'm weird, apparently. Like that little kid fish on Finding Nemo. "I'm OBNOXIOUS!" Cool, I know.

Would you believe me if I said I've never actually been to the Poly, ever? DEPRIVED. I need to go to 'Ohana like RIGHT NOW.

[shan23877]

Just found your TR and joining in!

I was hooked immediately because it seems that you and I share the same McDonalds philosophy. I don't eat the crap EVER, but occasionally a girl needs a sausage biscuit. My only worry is that you didn't mention the lukewarm government cheese that should ALWAYS grace the sandwich. Egg product is really gross though, and should never be on the breakfast sandwich. These are my rules at least, and I'm pretty set in my ways. ;)

Can't wait to read more, you seem to be a really talented writer. :thumbsup2

[shan23877]

Just caught up (including chatter) and had to comment.

Whitney may be the worst crap to ever grace the airways (and I watch a LOT of really bad television so I should know).

and, my household was chosen to be a Neilson family this fall. I may have been one of the proudest moments of my life. Sadly though, our week was the week of Thanksgiving when there are no new shows. I really felt that my talents were being wasted being given such a down week. They did send me $20 in cash for my troubles though!

[xoktenox]

'Ohana = :cloud9: Pure heaven. Thank you for making me starving as I will now go into my kitchen and eat everything in sight, hoping to fill the void of wanting 'Ohana right now!

Oh and you MUST have a Lapu Lapu on your next trip!!

[__disneygirl]

Haha, I only have a window of maybe 30 minutes a day where I'm funny. I used mine up today explaining a library themed baby shower to my boyfriend when I was supposed to be writing my update, so no funny. Whoops!

Yes, read the book! It's on Project Gutenberg so it's even free!! Also Tiger Lily is an awesome warrior princess in the book (compared to the movies where she usually doesn't do much).

They really are. The stories aren't really the tightest but the animation is stunning in both. Plus it's really hard to wrong with Treasure Island - IN SPACE (with Emma Thompson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt). This formula also works with Treasure Island, Muppets, and Tim Curry. Fact.

I am so glad they put signs up normally for Ohana. After our Kona dinner I got stuck in the mass of people as everyone eyed me suspiciously while I pushed my way to the front. Those people are scary. Family style meals at Disney are scary - people watching me eat creeps me out. And I have to talk to them while eating? That's a little too much to ask for my vacation time!

Whitney is the worst thing on television - TAKE IT OFF. Cougar Town is on break and Whitney remains on TV. Pan Am is on break and Whitney remains on TV. Community is on break and Whitney remains on TV. Friday Night Lights got cancelled and Whitney is still on TV. I just don't understand. Who watches? Why don't I have a Neilsen box? Who can I steal a Neilsen box from?

It's scientific fact - you have two stomachs, one for normal food and one for ice cream (we went through several rigorous trials in order to determine this).

YAY a Cougar Town fan!!! I am SO obsessed with that show. I love that Courteney Cox essentially took what she learned works on Friends and made Cougar Town awesome. I mean, that show started with her sleeping with young men, and is now about six friends hanging out all the time. The only difference from Friends is that it's set in Florida and Rachel and Monica were never as drunk as Jules and Ellie. I can not even tell you how much I had friends like that. My friends want to like, better their lives and actually do things. I want to sit around drinking wine and judging others.

I am so right there with you on the bloody mary--BLECH! Now the Lapu Lapu, that is my idea of a little piece of :cloud9:...it's a bummer that you didn't get to try it.

We absolutely loved Ohana when we tried it for the first time back in May. Makes me sad that we've been going to Disney but skipping Ohana for so many years. :sad2: Although, I did vow that we would never do Ohana again at the beginning of the trip! We ate so much and my DH got so stuffed that for the rest of the trip he just kept saying that all the food was just too much. And he's never done that before. I mean one of our favorite parts of going to Disney is all the great food. So for our upcoming June trip I booked Ohana as one of our last dinners ;)

Glad the multi-family seating worked out for you!

It's ok... I'll DEF get the Lapu Lapu next time!

TOO MUCH DISNEY FOOD? That's crazy talk! Glad you worked it out for one of your last dinners. Could you imagine if your DH said no Ohana at all? :scared1:

Haha I was kinda kidding. I say stuff like that... because I'm weird, apparently. Like that little kid fish on Finding Nemo. "I'm OBNOXIOUS!" Cool, I know.

Would you believe me if I said I've never actually been to the Poly, ever? DEPRIVED. I need to go to 'Ohana like RIGHT NOW.

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE POLY? The first time I went was in 2006 and I have never been back to Disney without visiting it. It's an essential now!

Just found your TR and joining in!

I was hooked immediately because it seems that you and I share the same McDonalds philosophy. I don't eat the crap EVER, but occasionally a girl needs a sausage biscuit. My only worry is that you didn't mention the lukewarm government cheese that should ALWAYS grace the sandwich. Egg product is really gross though, and should never be on the breakfast sandwich. These are my rules at least, and I'm pretty set in my ways. ;)

Can't wait to read more, you seem to be a really talented writer. :thumbsup2

YAY :welcome:!!!!!! Thanks for joining us!

I love the cheese. I know, it's like, who even knows what it REALLY is. It's delicious. I don't care. My insides rot when I eat it but whatever.

Thank you so much!

Just caught up (including chatter) and had to comment.

Whitney may be the worst crap to ever grace the airways (and I watch a LOT of really bad television so I should know).

and, my household was chosen to be a Neilson family this fall. I may have been one of the proudest moments of my life. Sadly though, our week was the week of Thanksgiving when there are no new shows. I really felt that my talents were being wasted being given such a down week. They did send me $20 in cash for my troubles though!

You know what's funny? I love bad television and I still can't watch Whitney. Like, I can watch a bad show but it has to have SOMETHING going for it. For instance, Last Man Standing is not a good show. But it stars Tim Allen! How can ya not love Tim Allen?! Buzz Lightyear! Santa Clause! Tim the tool man Taylor! I'll be a fan of his until the day I die, even if he does star on shows that are WAY below his talent. But Whitney? Just has Whitney. Ugh.

SO jealous you were a Neilson family even during a bad week. Besides running all of television, that is one of my TV goals! LOL.

'Ohana = :cloud9: Pure heaven. Thank you for making me starving as I will now go into my kitchen and eat everything in sight, hoping to fill the void of wanting 'Ohana right now!

Oh and you MUST have a Lapu Lapu on your next trip!!

I apologize. It's terrible, I know. Every day I open the fridge and just stare, hoping that if I wish hard enough, Disney food will just appear. It never happens. I may starve.

[__disneygirl]

DECEMBER 5, 2011
Day 1, Part 4 In Which Someone Finally Recognizes My Royal Status

When we last left off at 'Ohana, I had just polished off enough ice cream to feed the entire Duggar family.

Gosselins too. Kardashians. Baldwins. Culkins. Cusacks.

Let me just sum this up by saying: I ate a LOT of ice cream. Enough to feed all celebrity families.

Also, I gotta say it: I never saw a bad movie that had at least one Culkin in it.

If you spot a Culkin in a movie, it's a good one.

If you spot more than one, forget about it. Through the roof.

Love those Culkins.

Anyway, my mom, me, and one of the couples had planned on making it to the MK in time for the Main Street Electrical Parade, but we were too full to move and I thought, why rush? It was only day one.

We relaxed with some coffee and chatted with the people at our table. One of the guys was nice enough to give us a couple of those 20% off coupons that come out with receipts sometimes. I can't tell you how in handy those came! Everyone at our table was just so nice. I wish we had all taken a photo together!

Eventually, we all said our goodbyes and I called a few of the strongest men working at the resort to help carry me out of the restaurant. They were able to do it by rolling me out on one of those luggage carts.

'Ohana rocks. Bottom line. Go there.

My mom and I had a CM take our picture in front of the restaurant, and that is the moment I realized something terrible had happened!

HULA TIMON WAS GONE! :scared1:

We searched and searched. We went back to the table and looked underneath and around it. We talked to a bunch of servers. We checked the bathroom. We asked at the podium and the bar.

He was nowhere to be found.

They told us to check down at the Front Desk just in case someone had turned it in there, so we headed down. I wanted to go downstairs anyway just because I love the Grand Ceremonial House and basically every inch of the Poly.

My mom walked up to the front desk and told the CM working there that the stuffed toy we had lost was "Timon, from the Lion King."

The CM said, "I KNOW WHO TIMON IS! I LOVE TIMON!" LOL it was so cute. But sadly, the Timon fan couldn't find him. He did look up our room reservation and put a note on it that I had lost him, just in case anything turned up.

I was honestly in such a happy mood just from being at Disney that I hardly even cared, plus I reasoned that it a mass produced toy that I'm sure I could find again, but it was a bummer not having our mascot anymore. I was excited about having lots of silly Hula Timon pics. Ah well, there's always a next time.

The front desk CM asked me who lost the doll. I said that it was me. He said, "No, I meant who's is it?" I laughed and said, "It's mine."

I guess he was expecting that it belonged to a child, since it's a toy and I'm 21 and all, but nope! He was my Timon! I refuse to grow up. I won't. You can't make me!

I am Peter Pan.

Well, I'm a girl. So maybe I'm Patrice Pan. Pepper Pan. Pattie Pan. Peppermint Patty Pan? Paloma Pan. Piper Pan? Penelope Pan?

I hate all of these names. Well, Peppermint Patty Pan isn't bad. I am a Peanuts fan. But whatever, you get the point.

I've decided that I refuse to acknowledge aging anymore. When my next birthday comes, it will mark the day that I was born, 22 years prior.

However, I will still be 21 in my mind. Eternally. Like Forever 21, but better quality. I won't age and my buttons won't fall off in the wash.

So on April 8, I will be celebrating my eternal youth. You're all invited to that festival of crazy.

Let's get back to the report. As we chatted with the CM some more, we learned a little about the Poly. Most of it, I already knew. Duh. But they were wearing these nuts around their neck (no other way to say it) on a necklace and my mom asked what they were. The CM said they were Kukui nuts and that they came from a tree that was right outside the door. Of course. And it's a genuine one from Hawaii that Hawaiians came here to plant. And the CMs had to not be in the area during the planting because it's sacred or something. I'm pretty sure I'm getting this story wrong because I didn't write it down, but the point is, this tree is a big deal.

When I got home, I realized I have a pink Kukui nut necklace! I had no idea they were modeled after something real, I thought it was just supposed to be a bead necklace. The other funny thing is, I wore that necklace at the Poly in 2006 and didn't even know there was a tree of them outside! I'm definitely going to wear it on my next trip.

After learning all about the nuts, something even more awesome (if you can believe it) happened. In true Disney fashion, this CM went out of his way to try and make us feel better about the loss of our dear friend, Hula Timon.

When you arrive at the Polynesian's lobby/front desk area known as the Grand Ceremonial House, you are usually greeted with an "Aloha!" and then you get lei'd. Since we had come in on the monorail, we didn't get lei'd, so the CM brought us three leis, which was weird since there were only two of us.

He put one around my neck, one around my mom's neck, and then doubled the third one up and placed it on my head.

He dubbed me, "Queen of the Polynesian Resort."

That's right, folks. You are in the presence of royalty.

It was amazing. I felt so special. It was so wonderful to realize that this was only our first day at Disney, and already so much Pixie Dust was being sprinkled on us!

Also, it just felt good to be in a place where my royal status was being adequately recognized and celebrated. It's offensive if you don't call me "Your Majesty", so please start doing that. I'm basically like Kate Middleton, but way better. I've never seen her with a lei on her head. Or even around her neck! Loser.

My mom and I then took a million Polynesian Royalty photos all around the resort in which we look like mental patients. Attractive ones, though. We were like Angelina Jolie and Winona Ryder in Girl Interrupted, but without Jared Leto. That part was kind of annoying, cause he's usually present on all of my vacations. I think I'm going to have to cut him loose soon, the poor guy.

There are some pretty amazing pictures in which I am sprawled out on a couch. I think a crowd formed to watch my grace, but I can't be sure. I sent those pics straight to Jared. He loved them, obvi.

We were truly Livin It Up is the point of all this blabber.

We couldn't spend that much time ruling the Poly, though, because...uh... there was KIND OF a Kingdom within walking distance. A magical one, in fact. Actually, it was THE Magic Kingdom. So we skidaddled onto the monorail, left today, and entered the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy.

I just want to take this opportunity to thank all of you for being here, especially as I recount the loss of our beloved Hula Timon. Spoiler Alert: We never found him. I hope he is in the hands of someone like Andy now, and not one of those nightmare kids from Sunnyside Daycare. OR SID. OH GOD. :eek:

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Hula Timon 2011-2011

UP NEXT: I'm wishing...

[lauren_elizabeth]

What a wonderful update! 'Ohana is one of my absolute favorites at Disney World... or anywhere for that matter. Everything about it is just perfect and delicious. The Lapu Lapu's are yummy and you must try one when you go again. :goodvibes

Boo on losing your Timon, but how cool of that CM to dub you, "Queen of the Polynesian." Now you can tell everyone that YOU are the Queen. :worship:

Oh and when you turn 22, you can just say it's your 2nd 21st birthday! :thumbsup2

[Disneyfreak508]

When we last left off at 'Ohana, I had just polished off enough ice cream to feed the entire Duggar family.

Gosselins too. Kardashians. Baldwins. Culkins. Cusacks.

:rotfl2: I can only imagine the insanity that would occur if those families visited Ohana.

OH NO HULA TIMON!!!

I refuse to grow up. I won't. You can't make me!

I am Peter Pan.

Well, I'm a girl. So maybe I'm Patrice Pan. Pepper Pan. Pattie Pan. Peppermint Patty Pan? Paloma Pan. Piper Pan? Penelope Pan?

I hate all of these names. Well, Peppermint Patty Pan isn't bad. I am a Peanuts fan. But whatever, you get the point.

HAHAHA YESS! Oh my God. I love it. I will not grow up either. Child at heart and Disney obsessed in mind :goodvibes

However, I will still be 21 in my mind. Eternally. Like Forever 21, but better quality. I won't age and my buttons won't fall off in the wash.

THEIR BUTTONS ALWAYS FALL OFF OMG. It drives me insane haha.

And your birthday is April 8th!?! Mine is May 8th!!!! :banana:

Your Majesty, Queen of the Polynesian, it is such an honor to be reading your trip report! Haha that's awesome.

[MarieTheCat24]

You are killing me, Lia. I think this is my favorite thing you've ever written. I can't stop laughing.

DEAR LORD NO! NOT HULA TIMON! WHY? WHYYYYYYYYYY?

This is just so tragic. Who steals a stuffed animal?

While Peppermint Patty Pan is a fine name (I love the Peanuts gang!), I think you should go with Pepper Pan. That way, you can (with slight adjustments) assume the Pepper Ann theme song as your own.

PEPPER PAN, PEPPER PAN, MUCH TOO COOL FOR GROWING UP...

Like Forever 21, but better quality. I won't age and my buttons won't fall off in the wash.
:lmao:

they were wearing these nuts around their neck (no other way to say it)
:rotfl: Maybe that's why I like the Polynesian so much. I also wear nuts around my neck on a regular basis. They're only Buckeyes, but still, I think this qualifies me for a job at the Poly. When do I start?

RIP Hula Timon. I will never forget the way you showed off the bed at Pop Century. Such talent. :sad1:

[__disneygirl]

What a wonderful update! 'Ohana is one of my absolute favorites at Disney World... or anywhere for that matter. Everything about it is just perfect and delicious. The Lapu Lapu's are yummy and you must try one when you go again. :goodvibes

Boo on losing your Timon, but how cool of that CM to dub you, "Queen of the Polynesian." Now you can tell everyone that YOU are the Queen. :worship:

Oh and when you turn 22, you can just say it's your 2nd 21st birthday! :thumbsup2

Thank you! After that amazing meal, it's definitely a favorite of ours too. I can not wait to go back and try a Lapu Lapu!

Yes, yes, I am the Queen! No pictures please!

:rotfl2: I can only imagine the insanity that would occur if those families visited Ohana.

OH NO HULA TIMON!!!

HAHAHA YESS! Oh my God. I love it. I will not grow up either. Child at heart and Disney obsessed in mind :goodvibes

THEIR BUTTONS ALWAYS FALL OFF OMG. It drives me insane haha.

And your birthday is April 8th!?! Mine is May 8th!!!! :banana:

Your Majesty, Queen of the Polynesian, it is such an honor to be reading your trip report! Haha that's awesome.

Yay to us for never growing up! I just don't think it's necessary.

haha, Forever 21 is such crappy quality, but every once in while you find something good. Plus they have Disney things. I bought nearly the entire Minnie Muse collection in 2010. I couldn't help myself!

Wooooohooo! We should take a month long Disney trip for our birthdays. THAT is necessary.

*bows* Thank you, thank you.

You are killing me, Lia. I think this is my favorite thing you've ever written. I can't stop laughing.

DEAR LORD NO! NOT HULA TIMON! WHY? WHYYYYYYYYYY?

This is just so tragic. Who steals a stuffed animal?

While Peppermint Patty Pan is a fine name (I love the Peanuts gang!), I think you should go with Pepper Pan. That way, you can (with slight adjustments) assume the Pepper Ann theme song as your own.

PEPPER PAN, PEPPER PAN, MUCH TOO COOL FOR GROWING UP...

Like Forever 21, but better quality. I won't age and my buttons won't fall off in the wash.
:lmao:

they were wearing these nuts around their neck (no other way to say it)
:rotfl: Maybe that's why I like the Polynesian so much. I also wear nuts around my neck on a regular basis. They're only Buckeyes, but still, I think this qualifies me for a job at the Poly. When do I start?

RIP Hula Timon. I will never forget the way you showed off the bed at Pop Century. Such talent. :sad1:

Yay!! That's quite a compliment coming from you, most hilarious of TR writers.

I don't know :sad2: I really have no idea what happened to him. He was in my bag one minute, then I went into a meat coma, and he was gone. Maybe it's some kind of 'Ohana conspiracy?

OMG thank you. SHE'S HER OWN BIGGEST FAN, PEPPER PAN!

Nut necklaces are more popular than I thought!

I know, I know. He was quite the meerkat. :littleangel: Sigh.

[duckylady]

That is SO CUTE that the CM dubbed you ~Queen of the Polynesian Resort~, omg. I feel like that's pretty much the best resort to be queen of. Like no one would ever be dubbed QUEEN OF ALL STAR SPORTS or anything.


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Hula Timon 2011-2011
Every night in my dreams
I see you, I feeeel you
That is how I know you go on

Far across the distance
And spaces betweeeen us
You have come to show you go oonnn

Near, faaar, whereeever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heeeart
And my heart will go on and ooon

[disneydreamingdebby]

:rotfl2:


Okay, so let me get nerdy here for a minute (and not acceptable Disney nerdy...) I need to give you the backstory...

Have you heard of/ read Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point? If not, you just need to know there are groups of people who help make an epidemic (and epidemic hasn't negative or positive connotation here). One of these people is a salesman, another is a maven, etc. and so on.

Anyway, you and Kara need to write a book. A Disney book - not a guide book- an adventure book/ addiction book--like Mousejunkies.

So, the backstory part...I would totally assist in making it an epidemic. Well in this case a best seller. Okay. A best seller among Disney fans....

Please get busy. Then drink wine. When the book makes you tons of money, you can drink more wine, at the Poly, while reigning.:worship:

[Merida]

YAY a Cougar Town fan!!! I am SO obsessed with that show. I love that Courteney Cox essentially took what she learned works on Friends and made Cougar Town awesome. I mean, that show started with her sleeping with young men, and is now about six friends hanging out all the time. The only difference from Friends is that it's set in Florida and Rachel and Monica were never as drunk as Jules and Ellie. I can not even tell you how much I had friends like that. My friends want to like, better their lives and actually do things. I want to sit around drinking wine and judging others.


Yes! We hopped on the bandwagon a little late (it took some time to convince my boyfriend but he should know by now that I have excellent TV taste. And it wasn't me who went out and bought seasons 2-4 of Everwood at Best Buy's $10 sale!). I love Ellie SO MUCH and Cougar Town way more than Friends (although I've actually never really watched Friends but that is against the point!). But still - my fave part is when Busy Phillips admits that she just wants to live Ellie's life and I'm like yes, you all understand me. I like that it's set in Florida, if only because it reduces the probability of weird, not seasonal clothing changes (coughcoughGossipGirlcoughcough).

Also, their cul de sac is so cute. How amazing would it be to be able to talk to your best friend right through your kitchen window?! And to, you know, have people in your house all the time!

Okay, I've been looking for an embarrassingly long time and there's almost no genderswapped version of Peter Pan anywhere on the Internet. I mean, there're more Sleeping Beauty genderswaps than Peter Pan! So.. there's no fandom answer to what girl-Peter-Pan would be named.

And I love kukui nut leis (especially when they're painted)! The oil is supposed to really good for your skin and hair as well (fun facts! Also: it's the state tree of Hawai'i and makes a nice lamp oil. The foliage is also very pretty).

[PlutosRHM55]

Alright, I guess I got behind but I'm catching up quick...

Love the Seven Seas Lagoon! (: Always nice to arrive at the Magic Kingdom or ride the monorail and see that beautiful sight. Your picture captures that essence perfectly :) LOL @ your whole monorail man story, I never read your last TR, but I knew about it. You is DISFamous :thumbsup2 You must've been enjoying that ride ... A LOT all the way to the Poly haha

Oh my gosh, I love your little interpretation of that picture, "God's big camera in the sky" love it! Disney is truly a creation worth taking a photograph of, obviously God would be taking a picture. He is a man of many interests and an Almighty DISer ::yes:: Love your picture of Space (when read literally, it sounds funny lol) from the Monorail, how I miss it so :lovestruc

YAY The Poly, my dream resort :goodvibes LOL @ the guy who went to the Main Street Barbers, a whole lot of respect for that guy haha All the power to ya my man! And the Poly tree looks so pretty. Hopefully someday I will be able to really see all the Christmas decorations in the world, they just look so pretty in pictures they must be awe-inspiring in real-life (like everything there). :cloud9:

That's awesome how 'Ohanas has it split up in the No-ADR versus ADR there. I've seen situations (well... at T-Rex) where they need stuff like that and it isn't a pretty sight. I may have to consider going there now (NEW CHARACTER BREAKFAST! <3) And knowing how Le Cellier is, I would love if there could be walk-ins there like you explained :goodvibes Always wanted to eat there :)

I'm sorry to hear you were disregarded in the field of opting out to not have other people sit at your table. I probably would've been the same way, but... you just have to go with the flow. :teeth: Though I'm pretty sure serial killers wouldn't be walking around Disney, if they are... :scared: EEK! But the annoying part, totally understand. But that's awesome they were a great group you were paired up. The Disney Fates were in your favor then ::yes::

Oh my gosh... you and the Frumps (Jess and Kristen) are going to kill me with your food descriptions. Why must you make them sound so delectable? I mean, when you start with "Slap My Behind and Call me Walt Disney", you can't go wrong. I want me some steak and those million scoops of ice cream RIGHT NOW! And I think I may go out on a limb for the Pomegranate Iced Tea, Pomegranate seems like the real deal fruit haha I wish I could've heard your review of bread pudding though, seems like you could've given one heckuva review ::yes::

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[PlutosRHM55]

Alright, hopefully after this I'll be caught up... pretty sure I'll be...

First, I gotta say you know your celebrity families. Those Kardashians... lol Anyways... I'm sorry to hear you were too tired to go to MK so early and missed MSEP. Well, you have a long trip ahead of you anyways, more chances to see it :) And that's awesome how those people you met gave you 20% discounts. But HULA TIMON! OH MY GOSH! Well, at least you guys were fast moving in case he got far...

LOL @ the CM asking who's Timon it was. That is just how it is for us child at hearts aka DISers aka crazy people (say that like Charlotte says in Princess and the Frog) :laughing: "I won't grow up! I won't grow up! I will never go to school (well I have, okay song over...)" I hope my random annoying addends won't totally throw you off. Just be warned though :)

All that stuff about the Poly is really cool. Disney is so very authentic when it comes to how they add little bits and pieces to their resort. Where the CMs had to leave the room for a tree planting, that's impressive! And that's cool you have your own Kukui necklace, just another piece of Disney for you at home :goodvibes

That's so cool how they named you Queen of the Polynesian! Very cool! "Eat your heart out Kate Middleton" A million cool points to what show and what episode, because it's the best quote ever! :teeth: Anyways... must've been pretty awesome to be getting so much magic already on this trip. How I would love to be of royalty in Disney. *bows down*

I'm sorry to hear about Hula Timon though. I was so hoping to see more of him. I pray he doesn't have to end up with some Evil Toddlers or Sid. :sad2: Though... I think I can hear him "You've Got A Friend In Me" mashed-up with "We Belong Together" ;) He will always be remembered though... ::yes::

Can't wait to read about your first moments in the most Magical of Kingdoms! :mickeyjum

[__disneygirl]

Yes! We hopped on the bandwagon a little late (it took some time to convince my boyfriend but he should know by now that I have excellent TV taste. And it wasn't me who went out and bought seasons 2-4 of Everwood at Best Buy's $10 sale!). I love Ellie SO MUCH and Cougar Town way more than Friends (although I've actually never really watched Friends but that is against the point!). But still - my fave part is when Busy Phillips admits that she just wants to live Ellie's life and I'm like yes, you all understand me. I like that it's set in Florida, if only because it reduces the probability of weird, not seasonal clothing changes (coughcoughGossipGirlcoughcough).

Also, their cul de sac is so cute. How amazing would it be to be able to talk to your best friend right through your kitchen window?! And to, you know, have people in your house all the time!

Okay, I've been looking for an embarrassingly long time and there's almost no genderswapped version of Peter Pan anywhere on the Internet. I mean, there're more Sleeping Beauty genderswaps than Peter Pan! So.. there's no fandom answer to what girl-Peter-Pan would be named.

And I love kukui nut leis (especially when they're painted)! The oil is supposed to really good for your skin and hair as well (fun facts! Also: it's the state tree of Hawai'i and makes a nice lamp oil. The foliage is also very pretty).

So many people have told me I would love Everwood, but I never watched it. I probably would love it and then be horrifically devastated over it ending, and I just don't need that kind of grief! I still deal with night sweats and chest pain over the OC being over, and that ended... oh my god... FIVE YEARS AGO?!?! *panic attack*

Help.

You should really watch Friends. Like every episode. It's my favorite show of all time. Nothing makes me laugh harder... besides my actual friends. Uhh... sometimes. But really, best show ever.

Apparently since ABC just canceled this new terrible show Work It, Cougar Town will have a place again. I hope so. The creator has been tweeting about it and I am stressed, basically.

Sleeping Beauty genderswaps? HMMM interesting!

Alright, I guess I got behind but I'm catching up quick...

Love the Seven Seas Lagoon! (: Always nice to arrive at the Magic Kingdom or ride the monorail and see that beautiful sight. Your picture captures that essence perfectly :) LOL @ your whole monorail man story, I never read your last TR, but I knew about it. You is DISFamous You must've been enjoying that ride ... A LOT all the way to the Poly haha

Oh my gosh, I love your little interpretation of that picture, "God's big camera in the sky" love it! Disney is truly a creation worth taking a photograph of, obviously God would be taking a picture. He is a man of many interests and an Almighty DISer. Love your picture of Space (when read literally, it sounds funny lol) from the Monorail, how I miss it so :lovestruc

YAY The Poly, my dream resort LOL @ the guy who went to the Main Street Barbers, a whole lot of respect for that guy haha All the power to ya my man! And the Poly tree looks so pretty. Hopefully someday I will be able to really see all the Christmas decorations in the world, they just look so pretty in pictures they must be awe-inspiring in real-life (like everything there).

That's awesome how 'Ohanas has it split up in the No-ADR versus ADR there. I've seen situations (well... at T-Rex) where they need stuff like that and it isn't a pretty sight. I may have to consider going there now (NEW CHARACTER BREAKFAST! <3) And knowing how Le Cellier is, I would love if there could be walk-ins there like you explained :goodvibes Always wanted to eat there.

I'm sorry to hear you were disregarded in the field of opting out to not have other people sit at your table. I probably would've been the same way, but... you just have to go with the flow. Though I'm pretty sure serial killers wouldn't be walking around Disney, if they are... EEK! But the annoying part, totally understand. But that's awesome they were a great group you were paired up. The Disney Fates were in your favor then ::yes::

Oh my gosh... you and the Frumps (Jess and Kristen) are going to kill me with your food descriptions. Why must you make them sound so delectable? I mean, when you start with "Slap My Behind and Call me Walt Disney", you can't go wrong. I want me some steak and those million scoops of ice cream RIGHT NOW! And I think I may go out on a limb for the Pomegranate Iced Tea, Pomegranate seems like the real deal fruit haha I wish I could've heard your review of bread pudding though, seems like you could've given one heckuva review ::yes::

Can't wait to read more!

Thank you!! I'm DISFamous??? Really?? *Taylor Swift ohmyGODican'tbelievei'mwinningyetANOTHERaward face* Just kidding, I know I pretty much rule these boards. :3dglasses

I like the idea of calling God an "Almighty DISer". I hope he reads my TR.

All the decorations are truly beautiful, but the best is the castle dream lights.

There's a new character breakfast at 'Ohana? *googles* Hmm... I don't see anything about that. It seems to be the same Lilo and Stitch Best Friends breakfast!

It's not that WE make them sound delectable... they ARE that good! Fantastic food inspires fantastic descriptions, I guess. Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuum! I wish I could eat Disney food right now! All other food seems lame in comparison and that is really saying something coming from me!

Next time I will for sure try that bread pudding and provide an excellent review! :cheer2:


Alright, hopefully after this I'll be caught up... pretty sure I'll be...

First, I gotta say you know your celebrity families. Those Kardashians... lol Anyways... I'm sorry to hear you were too tired to go to MK so early and missed MSEP. Well, you have a long trip ahead of you anyways, more chances to see it :) And that's awesome how those people you met gave you 20% discounts. But HULA TIMON! OH MY GOSH! Well, at least you guys were fast moving in case he got far...

LOL @ the CM asking who's Timon it was. That is just how it is for us child at hearts aka DISers aka crazy people (say that like Charlotte says in Princess and the Frog) :laughing: "I won't grow up! I won't grow up! I will never go to school (well I have, okay song over...)" I hope my random annoying addends won't totally throw you off. Just be warned though :)

All that stuff about the Poly is really cool. Disney is so very authentic when it comes to how they add little bits and pieces to their resort. Where the CMs had to leave the room for a tree planting, that's impressive! And that's cool you have your own Kukui necklace, just another piece of Disney for you at home :goodvibes

That's so cool how they named you Queen of the Polynesian! Very cool! "Eat your heart out Kate Middleton" A million cool points to what show and what episode, because it's the best quote ever! :teeth: Anyways... must've been pretty awesome to be getting so much magic already on this trip. How I would love to be of royalty in Disney. *bows down*

I'm sorry to hear about Hula Timon though. I was so hoping to see more of him. I pray he doesn't have to end up with some Evil Toddlers or Sid. :sad2: Though... I think I can hear him "You've Got A Friend In Me" mashed-up with "We Belong Together" ;) He will always be remembered though... ::yes::

Can't wait to read about your first moments in the most Magical of Kingdoms! :mickeyjum

We got to see MSEP later in the trip :thumbsup2

Omg, I sing that "I Won't Grow Up" song all the time. I played a lost boy in a production of Peter Pan when I was 10 years old and that was my favorite number to perform. :cloud9:

THAT WAS ON GLEE, RIGHT? Kurt said that. No idea what episode. Oh wait, it was at the prom! But yeah, Kate Middelton is totally jealous of me, I think that's obvious. princess:

I'm going to buy another Hula Timon and bring him along for another trip, so don't worry! He will make his triumphant return one day! :simba:

Thanks for reading and for all the wonderful comments! :smickey:

[Merida]

So many people have told me I would love Everwood, but I never watched it. I probably would love it and then be horrifically devastated over it ending, and I just don't need that kind of grief! I still deal with night sweats and chest pain over the OC being over, and that ended... oh my god... FIVE YEARS AGO?!?! *panic attack*

Help.

You should really watch Friends. Like every episode. It's my favorite show of all time. Nothing makes me laugh harder... besides my actual friends. Uhh... sometimes. But really, best show ever.

Apparently since ABC just canceled this new terrible show Work It, Cougar Town will have a place again. I hope so. The creator has been tweeting about it and I am stressed, basically.

Sleeping Beauty genderswaps? HMMM interesting!



Very important first: Did you see that Taylor Swift was cast as Eponine in the new movie version of Les Mis? Like, I have no idea who that casting director is or why they have a job. I would be a better casting director than that person and all my resume consists of is having lots of opinions on people's faces.

Everwood is adorable; it transports Stars Hollow to Colorado and adds in lots of skiing. Emily van Camp (from Revenge) is in it and so is Chris Pratt (from Parks and Rec). Ugh, it is adorable and makes me cry all the time because it is so good at crying moments and not being too schmaltzy.

I've only ever seen the first season of the O.C. It's like when I only watched the first season of Friday Night Lights for about three years - sometimes there are perfect television seasons that I am afraid to move past because the sophomore slump depresses me (also my college roommate had the DVDs and then we moved into separate apartments so no more access).

YES I SAW THAT. I'm so glad because we're almost through with season 2 and, seriously Work It looked awful (so did the show that Work It replaced. Man Up or whatever).

[__disneygirl]

DECEMBER 5, 2011
DAY 1, PART 5 In Which We Let The Memories Begin!

At last, it was time to monorail it over to the most perfect place on this planet:
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I can't tell you how happy I was. I was singing and skipping and laughing all the way from the monorail to the entrance.

Going back to the Magic Kingdom after not seeing it in eighteen months is the closest thing I will ever experience to Heaven on Earth. That's it.

I was in complete awe. Finally, I thought, I'm here. I'm back. I'm really back. I'm finally home.

I distinctly remember stating the obvious over and over as we walked in. "It's just so beautiful," I said. "It's just SO. BEAUTIFUL."

It was instant relaxation and relief for someone who never calms down, never stops worrying, never stops stressing, never stops obsessing, never stops freaking out. It was peace, at last and all of a sudden. I just felt like collapsing onto the street, crying and kissing the pavement as if I had just landed on the shore after being lost at sea for 18 months.

As the castle came into view, I said through tears, "Have you ever seen anything so beautiful in your entire life?"

Seeing the castle with the dream lights on it for Christmas was just breathtaking. My pictures do not even begin to capture such a magnificent sight. You can't imagine that the most beautiful thing you've ever seen could be EVEN MORE STUNNING, and then Disney does it. I realize I'm overusing the word beautiful here, but you've been there. You know. It's the most beautiful place in the world. IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

You know what wasn't beautiful? THE CROWDS.

This was pretty much the only time we had a crowd problem besides at the Osborne lights, but that's days from now. Anyway, the MK was pretty crowded because Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party was going on during select nights, so everyone without party tickets would come on the non-party nights so that they could see Wishes, The Magic, The Memories, and You, and The Main Street Electrical Parade.

The awesome thing about that was that the lines for rides were pretty non-existent, since everyone was mostly there for the shows. The bad thing was that you could hardly move once you got closer to the hub.

Still, I managed to find a great spot for my mom and I, just a little left of center, right in front of the castle, minutes before The Magic, The Memories, and You began.

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This was our location. It was a pretty great spot but like I said, the pictures in no way compare to the real beauty!

I found some good ones on Tumblr, though:
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Seriously, it's the most stunning thing in the world. I really hope I am there during the holiday season again soon. It's such a special time to visit.

OK so, OMG. The Magic, The Memories, And You. Holy freaking crap. This was our first time ever seeing this show and I can not even explain how incredible it truly is. I mean, besides your usual Disney magic, the digital projection is some of the BEST I have ever seen! It is so tight and sharp and EXACT to the castle. I cried so much during this. I especially got emotional during the part where the girl gets proposed to and she starts jumping up and down. My dream is to get proposed to at Disney and if it actually happens I will probably die of happiness before I even get to say yes! Also, if a man proposes to me at any place other than Disney, I will say no. If you propose to me in a place where Cinderella doesn't live, how do you expect our marriage to work?

The other time I got really emotional was when they sing the line, "Open your heart and let the memories begin" and then they play a quote of Walt speaking at the opening of Disneyland. He says, "To all who come to this happy place, welcome!" I actually know that entire speech by heart. I have it on my iPod. I get teary just hearing Walt speak. I know I say this all the time, but I will never stop being in awe of him. He was just a little boy drawing pictures once upon a time, he followed his dreams, and they came true beyond his wildest imagination. People who aren't crazy about Disney can say that the whole "dreams come true" thing is just clever marketing, and I just feel bad for them. How can they not realize that Disney's claims of "dreams come true" is backed up by the fact that Walt followed his? He followed them with such strength, creativity, and conviction that millions upon millions of people visit the product of those dreams.

Do you know what he said when they were planning Disney World? I love this quote. "I believe we can create a community that more people will talk about and come to see than anywhere else in the world." I mean HOW CRAZY IS THAT? How gutsy is that, to even say those words? It came true! He did it! There are people having the time of their lives at his parks right now all because he believed. Some people think having big dreams is crazy and foolish, but I think NOT having them is crazy and foolish. Sure, what Walt ended up creating is a one in a million experience, but what if that next one in a million is you? So give your wildest dreams a try. Nothing is ever as hard as we build it up in our minds to be. Just try. You never know what could happen. You may end up building a magical kingdom of your own. You never know.

I didn't take any pictures during the show because I was too busy being in awe, but I (again) found a great Holiday shot on Tumblr so I figured why not share:

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AMAZING!

Before Wishes began, I spotted Tinkerbell waiting in the highest tower to fly over the Kingdom:

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I usually save Wishes for more toward the end of the vacation, but I decided to just slap a full dose of some of the best magic Disney has to offer right onto our faces right out of the gate. I mean, why not? ARE YA DIZZY YET?!

Watching Wishes is one of my favorite things to do in my life. It just never gets old. My favorite part is when all the characters start saying their wishes. It gets me SO GOOD. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I can not stop myself from crying during that part.

Seeing Wishes right away was kind of like the official kick off of the trip. Like BOOM, YOU'RE AT DISNEY. NOW GO PLAY. MAKIN DREAMS COME TRoOOOOOoooOOOOoooOOOOOoOOOOOOOOOOOOooo, Livin It Up! Love that feeling!

The problem was that it was like 10:30 PM and I hadn't gotten any sleep the night before so that equaled a LOT of hours of no sleep. I have insomnia and often have to work ridiculous hours on sets with hardly any rest, so I'm used to it, but my mom was about to collapse.

So we went back to Pop to get some sleep. The end!

NOT. LOL WHO DO YOU THINK WE ARE. DO YOU THINK THERE IS SLEEPING IN DISNEY?! HAVE YOU NOT READ THE TRIP REPORT "THERE'S NO SLEEPING IN DISNEY!"? DO YOU THINK I'M KIDDING? DO YOU THINK WE CALL IT MANIA FOR NOTHIN!??!

I mean, really.

Up next: The walking dead conquer the MK! ....Sorta.

[__disneygirl]

Very important first: Did you see that Taylor Swift was cast as Eponine in the new movie version of Les Mis? Like, I have no idea who that casting director is or why they have a job. I would be a better casting director than that person and all my resume consists of is having lots of opinions on people's faces.

Everwood is adorable; it transports Stars Hollow to Colorado and adds in lots of skiing. Emily van Camp (from Revenge) is in it and so is Chris Pratt (from Parks and Rec). Ugh, it is adorable and makes me cry all the time because it is so good at crying moments and not being too schmaltzy.

I've only ever seen the first season of the O.C. It's like when I only watched the first season of Friday Night Lights for about three years - sometimes there are perfect television seasons that I am afraid to move past because the sophomore slump depresses me (also my college roommate had the DVDs and then we moved into separate apartments so no more access).

YES I SAW THAT. I'm so glad because we're almost through with season 2 and, seriously Work It looked awful (so did the show that Work It replaced. Man Up or whatever).

EYEROLL. I guess they think that she will bring in young fans who maybe wouldn't be interested in seeing Les Mis otherwise? I can understand it as a business decision, but not on any other level.

Oh man, Everwood sounds awesome. I love Chris Pratt.

The first season of the OC is so good that it breaks my heart and ruins my life every single time I watch it. I LOVE season 2, though. I know a lot of people don't but it's still magical to me. Season 3 is a sin, but there are still some amazing moments that make it worth it. Season 4 is just an entirely new show. I love Season 4 in its own way, but nothing will ever be as good as the beginning. Especially b/c I was in 8th grade at the time and nothing is ever as big of a deal as it is when you are 14. Ah, those were the days!

I've never watched Friday Night Lights but I've literally not heard one bad thing about it. I'll get around to it one of these days. Right now I want to catch up on Grey's Anatomy b/c they are doing a "what if" episode and I LOVE when shows do that.

[saintstickets]

The other time I got really emotional was when they sing the line, "Open your heart and let the memories begin" and then they play a quote of Walt speaking at the opening of Disneyland. He says, "To all who come to this happy place, welcome!" I actually know that entire speech by heart. I have it on my iPod. I get teary just hearing Walt speak. I know I say this all the time, but I will never stop being in awe of him. He was just a little boy drawing pictures once upon a time, he followed his dreams, and they came true beyond his wildest imagination. People who aren't crazy about Disney can say that the whole "dreams come true" thing is just clever marketing, and I just feel bad for them. How can they not realize that Disney's claims of "dreams come true" is backed up by the fact that Walt followed his? He followed them with such strength, creativity, and conviction that millions upon millions of people visit the product of those dreams.

Do you know what he said when they were planning Disney World? I love this quote. "I believe we can create a community that more people will talk about and come to see than anywhere else in the world." I mean HOW CRAZY IS THAT? How gutsy is that, to even say those words? It came true! He did it! There are people having the time of their lives at his parks right now all because he believed. Some people think having big dreams is crazy and foolish, but I think NOT having them is crazy and foolish. Sure, what Walt ended up creating is a one in a million experience, but what if that next one in a million is you? So give your wildest dreams a try. Nothing is ever as hard as we build it up in our minds to be. Just try. You never know what could happen. You may end up building a magical kingdom of your own. You never know.

Thanks so much for expressing your sentiments so eloquently. I know exactly how you feel about WDW, the Castle, the fireworks, Walt and all things Disney. You either get it or you don't and you GET IT! This is the first post I read after watching my Saints lose to the 49ers and I sure did need the lift. Thanks again. :thumbsup2

[Kelliroo3]

Great report! I stumbled upon yours as I was reading Jess's! Fun! I was there in December from the 7-11th so I'm excited to hear what you did and what you thought. Isn't it just beautiful at Christmastime? It was my first time there in December and I just loved it! Can't wait for more :)

[Disneyfreak508]

OH YAY my first night all moved into college and I have an update to read right before I go to sleep. Life is good! :goodvibes

Beautiful is the perfect word to describe everything in Disney. I'm like tearing up just reading your description right now. NOTHING CAN EVER BE BETTER THAN THE MAGIC KINGDOM. ANYTHING. I love it more than words can describe.

Please excuse me while I go turn on my Magic, Memories, and You soundtrack so I can read this part of your update with the appropriate background music.

"...as we proudly present... the magic, the memories, and YOU!"

- nice sparkly disney music begins -

- piano interlude -

"A TWINKLE OF LIGHT..... A TOWER SO TALL... A PRINCESS PREPARES TO HAVE HER MIDNIGHT AT THE BALL..." :lovestruc

I'm dying. Take me home. Now. Please.

Alright lets continue.

My dream is to get proposed to at Disney and if it actually happens I will probably die of happiness before I even get to say yes! Also, if a man proposes to me at any place other than Disney, I will say no. If you propose to me in a place where Cinderella doesn't live, how do you expect our marriage to work?

Me too, sister! If it's not a Disney proposal, it's a no go. And if it's not a fairytale wedding... we are going to be off to a rocky start. End of story. :laughing: <-- this guy may be laughing but I'm dead serious. hahaha

And every word you said about Walt Disney is so true. It's absolutely unbelievable to think that everything he ever thought of actually became a reality. He built it out of nothing but a dream! That's absolutely insane when you think about it.

NOT. LOL WHO DO YOU THINK WE ARE. DO YOU THINK THERE IS SLEEPING IN DISNEY?! HAVE YOU NOT READ THE TRIP REPORT "THERE'S NO SLEEPING IN DISNEY!"? DO YOU THINK I'M KIDDING? DO YOU THINK WE CALL IT MANIA FOR NOTHIN!??!

God, this is why I love you. :rotfl: And this is why your trip reports are like some of my top top favorite pieces of literature of all time.

I can't wait for the next update!! Thank you for helping me survive my first night of college. Now I am going to go to sleep and dream about the magic, memories, and you. Good night.

"And we wish you. magical. dreams." :wizard: (said in that beautiful robotic disney resort telephone voice. :lovestruc)

[heaven2dc]

You are by far the most entertaining trip reporter of all time! I haven't laughed this much in a long time :lmao: Great writing style :thumbsup2

First of all - I am an O.C. fan and really miss that how! One of my kids surprised me with copies of Season 3 for my birthday this past summer and I immediately put DVD 1 in and started watching before I even blew the candles out on my cake (before anyone thinks I'm mean to my family, I had many many many candles to blow out and needed the rest first ;))

How neat that you got into Ohana and everything worked out with the other dinner companions - I think only at Disney could that work out so well. I'm so sorry that Hula Timon didn't turn up - but hopefully as you said, he is in the hands of a child who is treating him like royalty.

[MarieTheCat24]

First of all, I saw the word 'Everwood' and started bawling. WHY DID YOU HAVE TO CANCEL IT, CW???

WHY?

WHYYYYYYYYY?

:sad2:

Anyway, your update...

OoooOooooOooo pretty Christmas lights on the train station. 10,000 more Christmas pics, please! *grabby hands*

It was instant relaxation and relief for someone who never calms down, never stops worrying, never stops stressing, never stops obsessing, never stops freaking out.
::yes:: I couldn't have said it any better. I mean, I'd be lying if I said I stop worrying completely while at WDW because part of me is still convinced I'm gonna go flying into the Briar Patch and suffer death by giant thorn impalement, but the giant weight that I carry around on my shoulders every other day of the year is lifted (and then immediately replaced by my actual giant weight of a backpack) and everything feels right.

After seeing The Magic, The Memories, and You only once, it has become one of my favorite things in all of WDW. It just happened to be raining on the night we saw it, so the tears streaming down my face blended in quite nicely. The song itself would've gotten me, but the music/watching people have fun in my favorite place in the whole wide world/standing *in* my favorite place in the whole wide world/Walt Disney combo was the perfect storm of tear induction.

I still crack up every time I see Livin' It Up all bright and cheery in Comic Sans. I've gotta be careful. If I get super drunk anytime soon, I have a feeling I'm gonna wind up with it tattooed somewhere on my body.

[__disneygirl]

Thanks so much for expressing your sentiments so eloquently. I know exactly how you feel about WDW, the Castle, the fireworks, Walt and all things Disney. You either get it or you don't and you GET IT! This is the first post I read after watching my Saints lose to the 49ers and I sure did need the lift. Thanks again. :thumbsup2

Aww thank you. I'm so happy I could bring you a bit of joy by expressing my Disney love! :cloud9:

Great report! I stumbled upon yours as I was reading Jess's! Fun! I was there in December from the 7-11th so I'm excited to hear what you did and what you thought. Isn't it just beautiful at Christmastime? It was my first time there in December and I just loved it! Can't wait for more :)

I love Jess, she brought me so many new readers! yay Jess! :yay: Thanks for joining in & :welcome:!!!

Yes, it was so beautiful to see all the decorations. :goodvibes I never thought I'd be one to go to Disney around Christmastime and now I can't imagine Christmastime WITHOUT Disney.... the obsession just grows and grows!

OH YAY my first night all moved into college and I have an update to read right before I go to sleep. Life is good! :goodvibes

Beautiful is the perfect word to describe everything in Disney. I'm like tearing up just reading your description right now. NOTHING CAN EVER BE BETTER THAN THE MAGIC KINGDOM. ANYTHING. I love it more than words can describe.

Please excuse me while I go turn on my Magic, Memories, and You soundtrack so I can read this part of your update with the appropriate background music.

"...as we proudly present... the magic, the memories, and YOU!"

- nice sparkly disney music begins -

- piano interlude -

"A TWINKLE OF LIGHT..... A TOWER SO TALL... A PRINCESS PREPARES TO HAVE HER MIDNIGHT AT THE BALL..." :lovestruc

I'm dying. Take me home. Now. Please.

Alright lets continue.

Me too, sister! If it's not a Disney proposal, it's a no go. And if it's not a fairytale wedding... we are going to be off to a rocky start. End of story. :laughing: <-- this guy may be laughing but I'm dead serious. hahaha

And every word you said about Walt Disney is so true. It's absolutely unbelievable to think that everything he ever thought of actually became a reality. He built it out of nothing but a dream! That's absolutely insane when you think about it.

God, this is why I love you. :rotfl: And this is why your trip reports are like some of my top top favorite pieces of literature of all time.

I can't wait for the next update!! Thank you for helping me survive my first night of college. Now I am going to go to sleep and dream about the magic, memories, and you. Good night.

"And we wish you. magical. dreams." :wizard: (said in that beautiful robotic disney resort telephone voice. :lovestruc)

Ahhh CONGRATULATIONS GIRL! A new college, a new adventure! I know how stressful it was for you to be in that other school you hated. I can't wait to hear how everything goes during your first week. I'm sure it will be amazing.

Ok I love how you were tearing up reading my descriptions and now I'M tearing up reading YOUR descriptions. LOL. We're just an endless parade of Disney emotions.

hahaha I'm serious about it too! Disney is one of the most important things to me, how can I agree to spend my life with someone who doesn't understand that? You don't get Disney? THAT'S A DEALBREAKER!!

Every time I get discouraged about my dreams I just think of Walt. What if he had given up before succeeding? I CAN NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT.

hahaha I love you too girl!!! WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE TO HEAR THAT ROBOTIC PHONE VOICE RIGHT NOW!

You are by far the most entertaining trip reporter of all time! I haven't laughed this much in a long time :lmao: Great writing style :thumbsup2

First of all - I am an O.C. fan and really miss that how! One of my kids surprised me with copies of Season 3 for my birthday this past summer and I immediately put DVD 1 in and started watching before I even blew the candles out on my cake (before anyone thinks I'm mean to my family, I had many many many candles to blow out and needed the rest first ;))

How neat that you got into Ohana and everything worked out with the other dinner companions - I think only at Disney could that work out so well. I'm so sorry that Hula Timon didn't turn up - but hopefully as you said, he is in the hands of a child who is treating him like royalty.

Wow, that is quite a compliment! Thank you so much! :welcome:

Your kids bought you the OC for your birthday? Best kids ever! :cheer2:

I agree, in Disney almost everything works out magically... :smickey: not so much in real life!

First of all, I saw the word 'Everwood' and started bawling. WHY DID YOU HAVE TO CANCEL IT, CW???

WHY?

WHYYYYYYYYY?

:sad2:

Anyway, your update...

OoooOooooOooo pretty Christmas lights on the train station. 10,000 more Christmas pics, please! *grabby hands*

It was instant relaxation and relief for someone who never calms down, never stops worrying, never stops stressing, never stops obsessing, never stops freaking out.
::yes:: I couldn't have said it any better. I mean, I'd be lying if I said I stop worrying completely while at WDW because part of me is still convinced I'm gonna go flying into the Briar Patch and suffer death by giant thorn impalement, but the giant weight that I carry around on my shoulders every other day of the year is lifted (and then immediately replaced by my actual giant weight of a backpack) and everything feels right.

After seeing The Magic, The Memories, and You only once, it has become one of my favorite things in all of WDW. It just happened to be raining on the night we saw it, so the tears streaming down my face blended in quite nicely. The song itself would've gotten me, but the music/watching people have fun in my favorite place in the whole wide world/standing *in* my favorite place in the whole wide world/Walt Disney combo was the perfect storm of tear induction.

I still crack up every time I see Livin' It Up all bright and cheery in Comic Sans. I've gotta be careful. If I get super drunk anytime soon, I have a feeling I'm gonna wind up with it tattooed somewhere on my body.

Why does ANY channel cancel ANY good show? This is why you and I should run the world. And by the world, I mean all of TV, but that's basically the whole world anyway.

Oh man, I took an endless amount of pics of the MK all dressed up for Christmas. I have so many of the exact same pictures just on different days. I couldn't stop snapping away. And yet, they do not even begin to capture the beauty!!! One day we are doing a Christmastime Girls of the DIS trip!!!!

I never really worry about safety on Disney rides b/c I know they are the best quality machines money can buy and are tested constantly. ANYWHERE else, though, oh my God I imagine the 10 million different ways any ride can kill me. When I took my cousin to a carnival last summer I was so terrified the entire time.

Ahh it really is one of the best shows they've ever done. I saw it a few more times on the trip and it was just as effective over and over again.

Stay tuned for more Livin It Up!

[__disneygirl]

Hi guys! This is just some of me obsessing over the international Disney Parks. If you've been to any of them or are fascinated by them like me, a lot of this info is going to probably seem lame, but for those of my readers who don't know a lot about these parks I just wanted to write a bit about it because you all really need to get educated and obsessed like me!!!

So my last update seems like forever ago... That's mainly because I've recently become OBSESSED with all Disney Parks that are not in the United States. I mean, I've always been into them and knew a bit of info about each park, but I never went into deep research. I've now completely given up all of my free time to the rabbit hole that is information on all the parks in Tokyo, Paris, and Hong Kong. I can't even describe how passionate I am about this. I have even started learning Japanese. I don't even know, you guys. I've always had a wanderlust and wanted to travel the world... the only reason I ever wanted to be rich was so I could take trips, I don't give a crap about nice cars or mansions, I just want to see the world... my #1 place I wanted to visit was always Europe followed by Africa, but as usual Disney has to take over and influence my whole life... now I think I want to go to Tokyo even more than Europe which I NEVER thought I would say because I have been obsessed with Europe for years... but TOYKO HAS TOYKO DISNEYSEA WHICH IS OFFICIALLY THE COOLEST PLACE I HAVE EVER NOT SEEN. I can't even fathom that park. That's the only way I can describe it: I can't fathom it. You have to check out this website: http://www.tdrfan.com/ especially look at all the pictures of each "land" in Toyko DisneySea. I think it's the most spectacular looking Disney park of all time. Believe it or not, I'm actually not thrilled by their version of the Magic Kingdom -- their "Main Street" is called World Bazaar and is INSIDE, which is...no pun intended..bizarre to me. IT'S A BIZARRE BAZAAR. Quite frankly. I haven't researched it enough yet though because I'm too consumed by Toyko DisneySea at the moment.

My second biggest International Disney Park obsession would be Disneyland Paris. Their version of the MK is the PRETTIEST thing in the world. I can't get over it. Their Fantasyland is 2934801298x better than the one at WDW. It kind of makes WDW's Fantasyland look like an outdoor mall of rides. And I LOVE WDW'S FANTASYLAND!!! But DLP's version looks like a REAL Kingdom out of one of the princess movies. I have watched this walkthrough so many times: http://youtu.be/E-YeQ0FMrHM MY GOD I WANT TO LIVE THERE.

Hong Kong Disneyland seems like the least cool... but it's Disney, so that means even the least awesome is still better than all other things. But I don't know, their Main Street seems REALLY plain and weird to me... still wonderful of course, just dull compared to the other versions of Main Street. And their castle is TINY! I know the one in California is small, but the one in Hong Kong kind of seems like an afterthought! But who cares about THAT because THEY HAVE TOY STORY LAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't even with this. They are expanding this park a lot and adding more and more, apparently it will be done in 2013. I WOULD LIKE TO GO FOR THE OPENING OF THE NEW LANDS PLEASE.

I am so pissed that all of these places are not right around the corner from me. It's making me realize how UNBELIEVABLY LUCKY I am to live so close to WDW... I mean, it's 18 hours by car and 2 hours by plane... that is nothing compared to how far Japan, China, and France are. Ahh, at least it's something to look forward to ONE DAY! I hope i'll be able to go to at least one of these places before I'm 30... maybe more than one if my wildest dreams come true... and who knows, maybe they will... Walt's did. :smickey:

I've also never been to Disneyland in California which I know is a terrible thing. I have been meaning to go since like, 2004, but I always end up choosing Disney World instead because LET'S BE REAL FOR A SECOND HOW CAN I CHOOSE TO GO TO A PLACE THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN EPCOT. Like what even. But I REALLYREALLY am going to go to California within the next 2 years, I think. I may go in February 2013 because that's a big time for auditions for new TV shows in Los Angeles (pilot season) and I can't go this year. So WE'LL SEE. I also avoid Disneyland TRs/walkthroughs bc I want to experience it first hand without seeing it any other way. I know that I won't get to go to the international parks for years and years (unless some miracle occurs) so I can't really resist with learning everything about those (plus it's a little less than wise to go overseas without knowing anything LOL). I kind of want to experience Disneyland in California without knowing much about it or seeing many photos. It's always better to enter a Disney park armed with information, but when I was a child I knew nothing about the parks and just explored WDW going wherever and doing whatever and I kind of want to experience Disneyland that way...... CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY I AM NOT ON A PLANE RIGHT NOW? UGH

Anyway....whew. If you have ever been to any of the international parks, please direct me to your TR(s)!! I have been reading a lot of them and I am just dying. Seriously, you think you can't love Disney any more than you already do... and somehow your heart expands like the Grinch's on Christmas Morning!!!!!!!!! Well, I don't even know what I'm talking about at this point but OH MAN. Ok, I'll go finish the update now lalalalala.

[IheartDDuck]

We went to Disneyland Paris in September of 2010 and it was beautiful. I didn't write a TR about it, because I was so jetlagged during that portion of the trip that honestly I don't remember much. Silly me. We are going back in July this year though, so I will make sure to take plenty of notes and pictures, and I'll direct you to the TR that I'll be writing. ;)

[__disneygirl]

We went to Disneyland Paris in September of 2010 and it was beautiful. I didn't write a TR about it, because I was so jetlagged during that portion of the trip that honestly I don't remember much. Silly me. We are going back in July this year though, so I will make sure to take plenty of notes and pictures, and I'll direct you to the TR that I'll be writing. ;)

WOW!!! I am so jealous! Even though you don't remember a lot, it must have been beyond amazing if you are going back so soon. Where else in Europe are you going if you don't mind me asking? I can't wait to read this TR!

[__disneygirl]

DECEMBER 5, 2011
Day 1, Part 6 In Which We Probably Made Goofy Look Normal

Attention: This was one of the silliest nights of my life.

We were so. TIRED.

You know how, after a night of heavy drinking, your memories are...well... let's just say a BLUR? I'm not talking blackout drunk, I just mean that nice place alcohol can bring you where everything just seems really fun and silly.

This is the place we were in during our late night MK excursion.

However, it did not involve alcohol.

You can achieve this feeling naturally by combining radical excitement with extreme fatigue. Or by overdosing on food... but you all know THAT story already.

So just a warning: my memories on this night are fuzzy at best. I mostly remember a lot of colors and giggling, just to give you an idea of how this is going to go. And there are not a lot of photos. But hopefully the descriptions will paint enough of a picture in your imagination.

So let's get right to it! After deciding to Live It Up at the Kingdom despite barely being able to function, we high tailed it on over to Liberty Square. You see, our friend Master Gracey died at a Mansion there and gets awfully sore if we don't visit him every once in awhile. On our way, we stopped at Sleepy Hollow because my mom was basically asleep and needed a coffee.

I love that place, it's so quaint. I have always meant to get a treat there but it's never the right time. I have to remember to do that sometime soon. And also, the CM taking people's orders there was from Lyndhurst, NJ, which is like 20 minutes from where we live and right next to where my mom grew up! I love when that happens!

I'm pretty sure this is when we stopped in a store but I don't remember where it exactly was or what it was called. I took a picture of Mickey Lawn Gnomes because that is what people who are not drunk do.

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It's a good thing I am not in charge of our lawn decorating because I would have purchased approximately 40 of these bad boys to surround our home.

Onto the Mansion!

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Once we got over there, I realized I COMPLETELY forgot that they redid the queue. We had never seen it before and, in our sleepy giggly state, we found the entire thing fascinating and hilarious.

When you get to the point where the line splits and you can go off into the graveyard or into the building, I was all, "WHAT IS THIS?" and then ran into the graveyard while singing "What's This" from one of my favorite movies, The Nightmare Before Christmas. I barely remember this but I remember I LOVED it and we kept letting people pass us so I could press the books or whatever it is (I really don't remember?). OH, YOU KNOW WHAT I DO RECALL? That thing where you touch the instruments and they make the sound of the instrument!!! OH DISNEY!!!!!!!!!

I also couldn't find Master Gracey's grave? Which was troubling. It was probably just me buuuut WHERE IS IT? Cause it's not in the same place, right? Sorry. I was delirious.

Of course, our tour was interrupted by our doom buggys stopping about ten times during our tour. Look Master Gracey, I know you like us, but if you keep trapping us in your house, we're not going to be so inclined to come back. Or at least, we wouldn't in most haunted houses, but this one? Getting stuck is AWESOME cause you get to look around at everything! And who cares if a silly spook sits by your side when they're all so friendly...for the most part. :hmghost:

I think I'm exaggerating, though. I think it was three times that we got stuck? The first time I can't remember but I know it happened (am I making sense?).

I do remember my mom asking me to point out Hidden Mickeys or any other cool things, and I showed her the hidden Donald and the Grim Reaper Mickey, but all the other ones TOTALLY slipped my mind!

The second time it stopped was the GRAVEYARD SCENE! JACKPOT! We got to look at EVERYTHING. It was amazing! I remember noticing a bunch of things I had never seen before, but of course I can't remember exactly what they were now. Like I said, we were just so deliriously tired.

The third time we stopped was right before the hitch hiking ghosts part, but Master Gracey just kept yapping and yapping anyway, so we were sitting there looking at nothing while he was going on about the hitch hiking ghosts, and we just found it hilarious and cracked up ENDLESSLY. I remember us being like (talking to Master Gracey) "Uh, what are you talking about? Hitch hiking ghosts? WHERE? I SEE NOTHING!" While looking around for them, craning our necks, over and over.

Once the ride started going again, Master Gracey repeated the line, "Oh, and there's another matter I forgot to mention, beware of hitch hiking ghosts!" And I was like, "UH, you ALREADY SAID THAT." And my mom said, "Oh! THERE they are!" once the ghosts appeared. You had to be there but it was SO FUNNY in our delirium. I think we then started talking to the ghost in our Doom Buggy. I probably said something to it in a British accent b/c that's what I do when I'm in a silly mood. I do this weird Cockney thing that sometimes blends with an Australian accent. "Oy! Nice to meet you, chap!" It's all a blur.

After we got out of the mansion, I tried to show my mom Mr. Toad in the Pet Cemetery, but you can't see him at all in the dark!

My mom kept bringing up how tired she was and that she really didn't think she could last much longer, and I felt the same way but I was in denial about it. Like, I just wanted to not be tired so we could stay until closing (1 AM) and so I acted like I was totally fine, when in reality I was afraid to even blink because I thought if I closed my eyes for even a second, I would just immediately collapse into a coma.

And still we soldiered on.

I THINK we went on It's A Small World (IN THE NAME OF EVERYTHING CLASSIC IN THE ENTIRE WORLD) next which is obviously the thing to do when you are so tired and happy you feel like you are living in a dream. I was seriously floating on a cloud the entire time.

Oh look, a picture!
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And of course, because it's us, something silly and hilarious had to happen. Again.

They changed the Small World queue. The part where you used to exit is now part of the queue. So we went that way and walked around to the bottom... I am not going to explain this well because it is such a blur, but basically what happened is I told the CM there were two people in our party, she put us in a row, there were barely any people there and we all boarded the boat, except my mom.

The gate closed on her literally a SECOND after I had walked through it. We were both so tired that we just paused for a minute and stared at it, expecting it to magically open!

My mom and I then both looked up at the control booth and waved. At the exact same time. Again, you had to be there, but IT WAS TOO FUNNY. Like we didn't even say "Hey, help us!" at first or anything, we literally just waved. The CMs probably thought we were just being friendly. And one of them waved back, smiling. LOLOLOLLOOLODJSDLMJS.

I said, "Can she get through? She was supposed to be on this boat." But they already knew and were trying to fix it.

For some reason, this took a LONG time. My mom and I just kept looking at each other, frustrated but amused. Like, we just wanted to get on the freaking happiest cruise that ever sailed already, and we were so tired, but it was also really funny so we didn't really care. Things like this happen to us all the time so we just kind of laugh about it.

I guess there isn't a button you can just press to open those gates, or if there is, it wasn't working because they never did end up opening! After them trying to fix it for about 5 minutes, they just escorted my mom around to the other side of the boat, where you'd normally exit, and finally she was able to board and we were able to get going! I wanted to call Guest Services and demand ten free Le Cellier reservations for our inconvenience, but I was in too good a mood, so we just sailed on with another hilarious memory. CA-LASS-IC.

After we safely docked and were able to exit together with no trouble, we danced on over to Mickey's PhilharMagic.

I absolutely love this show and was SO excited to be seeing it so early in the trip. It means a lot to me because it focuses specifically on the Disney movies that touched me most as a child, as if it were made for me! I was never into Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, or Snow White that much when I was little. I mean, I LOVE those movies and they are classics and have a very special place in my heart (actually, Snow White was the first movie I EVER saw in a theatre when I was 3, and I still remember it to this day!), but how much I love them does not even compare to the OBSESSION I had and still have with Aladdin, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Fantasia, and Peter Pan. I always joke that they tailor made this attraction for me! And by joke, I mean I very seriously tell people that they tailor made this attraction for me. I am QUEEN OF THE POLYNESIAN, after all. By the way, I was still wearing my crown. All night. I had attached bobby pins to it so that it would stay affixed no matter what, and it worked perfectly! I plan on doing this again the next time I visit the Poly, just so my loyal subjects recognize me instantly.

As usual, I cried during this show (my favorite 3D show ever, FYI... I mean how could it not be when they tailor made it for me...) and I'm pretty sure my eyes didn't fall out. They were really sick of being open.

After we stumbled out of PhilharMagic, my mom said the words that needed to be said.

She could not go on any longer. It was almost 11:30 and we left our house at 5:00 AM that morning. She said she wanted to stay but she knew that if she pushed it tonight, she'd be totally zonked for the next few days and I knew it was true. I bellyached for awhile before finally breaking out of the delusion that I don't require rest and I realized she was right. Usually we don't even do a park on our first day so that we are energized for the rest of our trip, so we were really pushing it here. I didn't want to leave, but I knew that we had nine more days to run wild around the world and right now it was time to stop.

I love the one castle pic I took as we headed out:
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What I wouldn't give to be standing in that place right now! :cloud9:

It was still pretty crowded on Main Street, so I told my mom we should walk through the stores which is always my trick to beat the crowds, but I guess everyone was clued into that little trick because the stores were packed too! Not just that, but it took us like three times the amount of time to walk through because we were looking at and obsessing over basically every item.

We then saw a Santa look alike on an ECV by the register. He looked so much like Santa that you could tell he was TRYING to look like Santa even though he didn't have the suit on. His beard was real and he was very pudgy and jolly and wearing red. There were a bunch of children crowded around him. He looked so much like Santa that my mom thought he was like, an official Disney Parks Santa, and said to me, "Why would Santa be on an ECV?" and I was like, "Uhh, that's not SANTA Santa, that's just some guy." and we both were a little skeeved.

Since it's Disney, I'm sure he was just a nice man who dresses as Santa in a totally UN-creepy way. I wasn't too worried about it because I'm positive that if anything even slightly odd went down, Disney would kick his behind out of there in the blink of an eye, but it was just weird that he was sitting there on his ECV listening to what kids wanted for Christmas. Dude, go get a job at the mall!

After stopping to use the bathroom, we finally were able to exit the MK and caught a bus back to Pop where we both collapsed onto our beds! Seriously, I don't think I even watched one full loop of Stacey, I was so zonked. You know that it's a serious situation when I don't even watch one full loop of Stacey!

Up Next: Hitting some of our favorite places on our first full Disney Day!

[IheartDDuck]

WOW!!! I am so jealous! Even though you don't remember a lot, it must have been beyond amazing if you are going back so soon. Where else in Europe are you going if you don't mind me asking? I can't wait to read this TR!

My mom is actually from Belgium and immigrated here when she was 15. So, we still have family in Belgium. We're going to be visiting for about two weeks with Belgium as our hub. The great thing about that location is that it's so close to everything for day trips. We're going to likely be spending 2-3 days at DLRP. We saw plenty of the actual city of Paris in September of 2010. We're also going to be visiting the cities of France that border Belgium, the Netherlands (mainly because I want to go to Amsterdam), Germany, and Luxembourg. We haven't decided where else we're going to go. We don't want to do too much that we don't remember anything. LOL.

Paris in general was just amazing. It's so beyond surreal to visit there. Everything is so old. That's my favorite part of it all. There was so much history there and everything was just so beautiful. And an amazingly clean city for being a major metro area.

My favorite part was the metro system. We just relied on the train/subway/el system to take us where we needed to go. So easy and inexpensive.

[IheartDDuck]

Oh, I know exactly what it feels like to be that tired and just trying to make your way through the day! That's how I felt when we went to DLRP, except it was only 3pm. But due to the change in time and all of the time we had been traveling, I had been up for about 24 hours. And seriously felt drunk. Like, I was walking around stumbling and couldn't see straight. But all I could think of was "must.....see.....Disneyland.....Paris!"

Okay, that IASW story is priceless. It must have happened because your reaction times were significantly diminished due to the exhaustion factor. :lmao:

[Disneyfreak508]

I just mean that nice place alcohol can bring you where everything just seems really fun and silly.

This is the place we were in during our late night MK excursion.

However, it did not involve alcohol.

You can achieve this feeling naturally by combining radical excitement with extreme fatigue. Or by overdosing on food... but you all know THAT story already.

This is me to a tee on New Years Eve. Except I wasn't even that tired. I was just INSANE. I seriously can't wait to get to that part of my trip report. AHH why did all of the best stuff happen at the end of the second trip!? hahaha but anyways... BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD.

Master Gracey's grave is literally the big grave right in the middle of the queue :rotfl: You'll definitely see it next time you go and you're fully functioning! Don't worry - it is there!

Hahaha oh It's A Small World. CA-LASS-IC. What a frumpy mess you guys had going on there. :lmao:

I TOTALLY 100% agree with you about the movies in PhilharMagic. Like... ABSOLUTELY. Disney Renaissance movies pretty much were our childhood. And then Peter Pan, for some reason, is like one of my all time favorites. I decided I have a crush on him when I was at Disney on ice today. Nbd. But AHH those movies. I just can't.. even.. GAHH I LOVE THEM!!!!

I SAW SO MANY SANTA LOOK ALIKES ON MY TRIP!! Seriously they all just congregate to Disney. It's crazy.

I hope you guys were able to drag yourselves out of bed in the morning! I can't wait for the next update!! :goodvibes

[jecskc]

Requesting permission from her Royal Highness Queen of the Polynesian to join this trip report. Looking forward to reading more!!

[__disneygirl]

My mom is actually from Belgium and immigrated here when she was 15. So, we still have family in Belgium. We're going to be visiting for about two weeks with Belgium as our hub. The great thing about that location is that it's so close to everything for day trips. We're going to likely be spending 2-3 days at DLRP. We saw plenty of the actual city of Paris in September of 2010. We're also going to be visiting the cities of France that border Belgium, the Netherlands (mainly because I want to go to Amsterdam), Germany, and Luxembourg. We haven't decided where else we're going to go. We don't want to do too much that we don't remember anything. LOL.

Paris in general was just amazing. It's so beyond surreal to visit there. Everything is so old. That's my favorite part of it all. There was so much history there and everything was just so beautiful. And an amazingly clean city for being a major metro area.

My favorite part was the metro system. We just relied on the train/subway/el system to take us where we needed to go. So easy and inexpensive.

That is SO awesome, you are so lucky. I have long lost distant cousins in Italy, but since we don't know each other it would probably be weird if I showed up there. I am so jealous of your trip. I often try to fashion the perfect Europe trip but I would have to go there for like a month at LEAST to do everything I want to do and even then it would be cramped. A lot of people do like, 3 days in France, 2 in London, 3 in Italy, 2 in Germany, etc... but my problem is that I want to spend like two weeks in each of those places SO I need to win the lottery is my point.

My friend goes to France all the time and he loves it there and is always saying I have to visit him sometime in France. I'm like yeah, I'll just hop on a plane NO PROB. We were gonna rent an apartment with a bunch of our friends for 2 months a few summers ago but of course that completely fell through! I remember him saying we could take a "day trip" to Disneyland Paris and I was like LOL A DAY TRIP? It's more like... I'll be there the whole time.

ANYWAY enough of my rambling. I can't wait to read your TR! You should do a PTR.

Oh, I know exactly what it feels like to be that tired and just trying to make your way through the day! That's how I felt when we went to DLRP, except it was only 3pm. But due to the change in time and all of the time we had been traveling, I had been up for about 24 hours. And seriously felt drunk. Like, I was walking around stumbling and couldn't see straight. But all I could think of was "must.....see.....Disneyland.....Paris!"

Okay, that IASW story is priceless. It must have happened because your reaction times were significantly diminished due to the exhaustion factor. :lmao:

Oh man, I'd be so frustrated if I felt that way at DLRP! The only reason I can do that at WDW is b/c I know it like the back of my hand and have seen almost everything. I can't even imagine us being that silly in a foreign country. Well, of course I can, but I'd rather us be awake for it. LOL.

This is me to a tee on New Years Eve. Except I wasn't even that tired. I was just INSANE. I seriously can't wait to get to that part of my trip report. AHH why did all of the best stuff happen at the end of the second trip!? hahaha but anyways... BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD.

Master Gracey's grave is literally the big grave right in the middle of the queue :rotfl: You'll definitely see it next time you go and you're fully functioning! Don't worry - it is there!

Hahaha oh It's A Small World. CA-LASS-IC. What a frumpy mess you guys had going on there. :lmao:

I TOTALLY 100% agree with you about the movies in PhilharMagic. Like... ABSOLUTELY. Disney Renaissance movies pretty much were our childhood. And then Peter Pan, for some reason, is like one of my all time favorites. I decided I have a crush on him when I was at Disney on ice today. Nbd. But AHH those movies. I just can't.. even.. GAHH I LOVE THEM!!!!

I SAW SO MANY SANTA LOOK ALIKES ON MY TRIP!! Seriously they all just congregate to Disney. It's crazy.

I hope you guys were able to drag yourselves out of bed in the morning! I can't wait for the next update!! :goodvibes

I want to go for New Years so bad!

But they moved it, right? I swear it was not in the same place it has always been!

We were very Frumptastic! You would have loved it!

I dragged myself out of bed... My mom on the other hand.... :rolleyes: She has this idea that you're supposed to get rest on vacation? I don't understand it!

[__disneygirl]

Requesting permission from her Royal Highness Queen of the Polynesian to join this trip report. Looking forward to reading more!!

GRANTED!!!!!!!!!!

People of all shapes, sizes, races, creeds (?), colors, and lands are welcome here!!! I also welcome little blue aliens, mermaids, eternal children, magic carpets, genies, unicorns, fairies, things that aren't supposed to talk but do, and just all animals in general.

Anyway.... Thanks for joining us! :3dglasses

[Disneyfreak508]

I want to go for New Years so bad!

But they moved it, right? I swear it was not in the same place it has always been!

We were very Frumptastic! You would have loved it!

I dragged myself out of bed... My mom on the other hand.... :rolleyes: She has this idea that you're supposed to get rest on vacation? I don't understand it!

Hahaha I am going to try SO HARD to go again this upcoming year. :rotfl: Probably not Christmas... but NYE. It's even better. Because then the day after everyone LEAVES. It's a brilliant time to go. Because you get to PARTY PARTY PARTY and then it's a ghost town. Perfection.

Yes they moved it! Don't worry you're not going crazy! ;)

LOL don't worry. My Dad thinks the same way. However, my Mom and I just leave him in the room with my even lazier brother while we go to the parks :p

[MarieTheCat24]

Someone should really call Ke$ha and get her to write a song about Disney drunkenness. "Your Love Is My Drug" is a pretty accurate representation of how I feel about Disney.

My parents have been eyeing those Mickey Lawn Gnomes for YEARS. I don't quite understand why they don't just buy one. It's clear they're interested.

I think it's impossible to ride Haunted Mansion without getting stopped. At least you were stuck in cool places, though. I'm always stopped right in front of a wall and/or emergency exit sign. Listening to the "Playful spooks have interrupted our tour..." spiel over and over isn't any fun when there's nothing to look at.

Lol-ing at your Small World story. You guys remind me so much of my mother and I. Like crazy stuff always happens to us (in life, not just at Disney) that would probably cause other people to go into complete meltdown mode and we just stand there making faces at each other and laughing.

I totally agree about Mickey's Philharmagic. I'm not a fan of 3D movies and usually try to avoid them, but it's a compilation of my Disney classics so I just can't hate the thing. Even though I have to close my eyes when we start "flying". :sick:

Can't wait for more!!

[marDgreen88]

BAHHH I CAUGHT UP! I know you're SO excited. :rolleyes:
Okay first of all... RIP Hula Timon. I am legitimately sad. WHY? I mean someone had to have taken him because he wouldn't have just disappeared right?
HOW CUTE. Queen of the Poly... can I ask permission to stay there sometime? I really really want to. THANKS!
Wow, ya know, you are really good at putting my exact thoughts into coherent sentences. Seriously! The Magic, The Memories, and You... I can't even... I just... ahhhhh it makes me so emotional. Even typing that just now. Ugh I have problems.
Ok so yeah, I want to all the international parks too, but I have no clue if I ever can. DL Paris is so gorgeous. The only thing that weirds me out are the bushes, or trees, or whatever they are. They're box shaped and it's awkward to me. Everything else is beautiful though. AND have you seen what the Shanghai Disney is gonna look like? OH WOW it's going to be spectacular! I haven't ever been to Disneyland either. :(
Omg funny, Haunted Mansion and small world were the first two rides of my trip too! Did you know that their ride buildings are RIGHT next to each other?! I'm sure you did. I think that's so cool hahah.
Anyways, I'm glad I caught up, I didn't like being behind! Yay. :goodvibes

[Kelliroo3]

I know the feeling; that's what happens on travel days when you're up early and out late! But it's crazy fun! Oh what Disney makes us do to ourselves! I love the Small World fiasco! lol never had that happen before! Yay for new things haha.

[AlliGirl]

Ahhh! So I’m having an odd day where I don’t really have much to do, as it’s the beginning of the semester and my only goal for the afternoon is to simply stay awake and not nap and throw off my delicate sleep schedule. So of course I came to the dis to time warp away a few hours and WOAH! First, thank you so much for bringing the international Disney Parks to the forefront of my attention. I read everything on the sites you posted and I am flabbergasted! I had always assumed that the parks besides WDW & DL were merely a copy and pasted version of a smattering of successful Disney rides and parks on a smaller scale, without much new innovation. (And why would I ever think that? Disney doesn’t half-donkey anything! Shame on me for assuming!) BUT DISNEYSEA! WOW! What a revelation! It’s like an even more awe-inspiring fantasy version of the World Showcase! I love that you’ve been spending so much time researching it, I’m the same way! I once spent a few hours reading every single thing online about the abandoned “Beastly Kingdom” area of Animal Kingdom (I won’t go into spilling every detail about it here, but if you haven’t read about it yourself, start at the AK Wikipedia page for an overview of what I’m referencing!) I can’t wait to go back to AK with that knowledge, keeping an eye out for the things they left behind!

Anyways, your TR is one of the highest forms of entertainment! Always brightens my days! :goodvibes

[dara00]

I agree about the movies in philharmagic! awesome! I love Aladdin, Lion King, etc. too. Luckily my 4 yr old loved it too so we saw it 2x! (just got back last night).

[AKL LOVER]

I also find the international Disney parks fascinating...I have one burning question about them though...Is the main language at each of the parks the language native to that country or is it English? I just can't imagine going to TokyoDisney and everyone speaking Japanese!

[__disneygirl]

Hahaha I am going to try SO HARD to go again this upcoming year. :rotfl: Probably not Christmas... but NYE. It's even better. Because then the day after everyone LEAVES. It's a brilliant time to go. Because you get to PARTY PARTY PARTY and then it's a ghost town. Perfection.

Yes they moved it! Don't worry you're not going crazy! ;)

LOL don't worry. My Dad thinks the same way. However, my Mom and I just leave him in the room with my even lazier brother while we go to the parks :p

That's what I was thinking... if you fly in on the 30th you'd only have two or three days of the big crowds and then stay the first week of January which is the lowest crowd time! :cloud9:

LOL OK THANK YOU because if you said it was in the same old spot I was going to seriously question my sanity.

Someone should really call Ke$ha and get her to write a song about Disney drunkenness. "Your Love Is My Drug" is a pretty accurate representation of how I feel about Disney.

My parents have been eyeing those Mickey Lawn Gnomes for YEARS. I don't quite understand why they don't just buy one. It's clear they're interested.

I think it's impossible to ride Haunted Mansion without getting stopped. At least you were stuck in cool places, though. I'm always stopped right in front of a wall and/or emergency exit sign. Listening to the "Playful spooks have interrupted our tour..." spiel over and over isn't any fun when there's nothing to look at.

Lol-ing at your Small World story. You guys remind me so much of my mother and I. Like crazy stuff always happens to us (in life, not just at Disney) that would probably cause other people to go into complete meltdown mode and we just stand there making faces at each other and laughing.

I totally agree about Mickey's Philharmagic. I'm not a fan of 3D movies and usually try to avoid them, but it's a compilation of my Disney classics so I just can't hate the thing. Even though I have to close my eyes when we start "flying". :sick:

Can't wait for more!!

That's a good song to equate with Disney, minus the "I like your beard" ending. I don't know how that would fit in.

The bigger question is why have you not purchased an army of Mickey Gnomes, or as I like to call them, Mnomes, and had them shipped home as a gift?!?!

Yeah, for us it is also not a Disney-exclusive thing, it's just an every day life thing. I used to say there was a "Storm cloud of insanity" hanging over my head, about to burst at any time. I should probably bring that back, it's a pretty decent metaphor. Feel free to use it...you're welcome!

They need to do more attractions that are themed around the early 90's Disney films because everyone is saying how much they love PhilharMagic for that reason!


BAHHH I CAUGHT UP! I know you're SO excited. :rolleyes:
Okay first of all... RIP Hula Timon. I am legitimately sad. WHY? I mean someone had to have taken him because he wouldn't have just disappeared right?
HOW CUTE. Queen of the Poly... can I ask permission to stay there sometime? I really really want to. THANKS!
Wow, ya know, you are really good at putting my exact thoughts into coherent sentences. Seriously! The Magic, The Memories, and You... I can't even... I just... ahhhhh it makes me so emotional. Even typing that just now. Ugh I have problems.
Ok so yeah, I want to all the international parks too, but I have no clue if I ever can. DL Paris is so gorgeous. The only thing that weirds me out are the bushes, or trees, or whatever they are. They're box shaped and it's awkward to me. Everything else is beautiful though. AND have you seen what the Shanghai Disney is gonna look like? OH WOW it's going to be spectacular! I haven't ever been to Disneyland either. :(
Omg funny, Haunted Mansion and small world were the first two rides of my trip too! Did you know that their ride buildings are RIGHT next to each other?! I'm sure you did. I think that's so cool hahah.
Anyways, I'm glad I caught up, I didn't like being behind! Yay. :goodvibes

I think he probably fell out of my bag, because I had him like hanging out of it, and some kid probably picked it up and just kept it. Like I said, I just hope it's an Andy and not a Sid!

Not all the topiaries at DLRP are square! They have lots of different kids just like they do at WDW :)

I'm excited for Shanghai Disney, especially b/c they say it will be more of a resort than the one in Hong Kong, bigger and better and so on. They expect it to be done in 2016... seems like so far away but I'm sure time will fly, I can't wait to see more developments!!

I did! So much of that area is kind of squished in... but I love it b/c nothing at the Magic Kingdom seems that far to me. Like even if I'm on one end of the park and have to get to the other side... it's not so far. It's quite cozy in the Kingdom.

I know the feeling; that's what happens on travel days when you're up early and out late! But it's crazy fun! Oh what Disney makes us do to ourselves! I love the Small World fiasco! lol never had that happen before! Yay for new things haha.

haha yes it's very fun! And there will be many more new things on this TR... so stay tuned! :yay:

Ahhh! So I’m having an odd day where I don’t really have much to do, as it’s the beginning of the semester and my only goal for the afternoon is to simply stay awake and not nap and throw off my delicate sleep schedule. So of course I came to the dis to time warp away a few hours and WOAH! First, thank you so much for bringing the international Disney Parks to the forefront of my attention. I read everything on the sites you posted and I am flabbergasted! I had always assumed that the parks besides WDW & DL were merely a copy and pasted version of a smattering of successful Disney rides and parks on a smaller scale, without much new innovation. (And why would I ever think that? Disney doesn’t half-donkey anything! Shame on me for assuming!) BUT DISNEYSEA! WOW! What a revelation! It’s like an even more awe-inspiring fantasy version of the World Showcase! I love that you’ve been spending so much time researching it, I’m the same way! I once spent a few hours reading every single thing online about the abandoned “Beastly Kingdom” area of Animal Kingdom (I won’t go into spilling every detail about it here, but if you haven’t read about it yourself, start at the AK Wikipedia page for an overview of what I’m referencing!) I can’t wait to go back to AK with that knowledge, keeping an eye out for the things they left behind!

Anyways, your TR is one of the highest forms of entertainment! Always brightens my days! :goodvibes

Yay, I'm so glad you're all into it too now!! I do know all about Beastly Kingdom... I am not happy that they ended up abandoning these plans. There also used to be secret paths at Animal Kingdom that they've blocked off and that REALLY annoys me because it was SO cool!

I agree about the movies in philharmagic! awesome! I love Aladdin, Lion King, etc. too. Luckily my 4 yr old loved it too so we saw it 2x! (just got back last night).

Aww, how wonderful. I love that my young cousins that are 10 and 14 years younger than me love all those movies too! A lot of the time my aunt/their mom will come in, see us watching a Disney movie, and say how nice it is for me to watch what THEY want to watch... meanwhile I picked the movie! haha

I also find the international Disney parks fascinating...I have one burning question about them though...Is the main language at each of the parks the language native to that country or is it English? I just can't imagine going to TokyoDisney and everyone speaking Japanese!

Disney does not require their cast members in Tokyo to speak English and in fact from what I have read, most of them don't. It's not that big a deal because you can simply open your park map and point to something and they can point to which way it is, you can hold up your fingers to show how many people in your party, you can point to your menu to show what food you'd like to order, etc. Also, they have to separate their shows into English and Japanese shows. Like at Stitch Encounter in Tomorrowland, you have to look at the guide and pick one of the English showtimes. It's a whole other adventure over there!

[Nermel9]

I've looked into Disneyland Paris before, but not any of the Asia parks. I just assumed I'd never go there, so why bother, but they look pretty cool! Disneyland Paris, though, looks beautiful! I watched that walkthrough of Fantasyland you put up and I love it! :lovestruc I love how there is so much Alice in Wonderland stuff there! I hope I can get to France someday!

I'm pretty much obsessed with Disneyland in CA, but I feel the same way you do, I try not to look at too much of it, because I want to experience it in person for the first time. I do have a DVD of it, and a guide book but that's it. I can't even bring myself to watch World of Color on you tube because I need to see it in person first! But again, like you, I plan to go every year, but then choose WDW because of Epcot! I'm hoping to go next year sometime, but who knows? I need to go at some point. I have to see Walt's park, it's amazing to me that he was actually there, in that park, walking around.

Also, love the update! I love the nights that you are so tired, but you have to keep going, because you can't bear to drag yourself away from the parks! I always wonder why everyone in the world gets stuck on HM...I got stuck in front of the bride when I was there in December, and it was SO scary...at first I was like "oh, awesome, I can take pictures of her"...but after a while, I was terrified...it really seemed like she was looking right at me. :eek:

I LOVE your picture of the castle! God, I really love the castle lit up for Christmas, it's seriously the most beautiful thing ever. :)

[__disneygirl]

I've looked into Disneyland Paris before, but not any of the Asia parks. I just assumed I'd never go there, so why bother, but they look pretty cool! Disneyland Paris, though, looks beautiful! I watched that walkthrough of Fantasyland you put up and I love it! :lovestruc I love how there is so much Alice in Wonderland stuff there! I hope I can get to France someday!

I'm pretty much obsessed with Disneyland in CA, but I feel the same way you do, I try not to look at too much of it, because I want to experience it in person for the first time. I do have a DVD of it, and a guide book but that's it. I can't even bring myself to watch World of Color on you tube because I need to see it in person first! But again, like you, I plan to go every year, but then choose WDW because of Epcot! I'm hoping to go next year sometime, but who knows? I need to go at some point. I have to see Walt's park, it's amazing to me that he was actually there, in that park, walking around.

Also, love the update! I love the nights that you are so tired, but you have to keep going, because you can't bear to drag yourself away from the parks! I always wonder why everyone in the world gets stuck on HM...I got stuck in front of the bride when I was there in December, and it was SO scary...at first I was like "oh, awesome, I can take pictures of her"...but after a while, I was terrified...it really seemed like she was looking right at me. :eek:

I LOVE your picture of the castle! God, I really love the castle lit up for Christmas, it's seriously the most beautiful thing ever. :)

Who knows... maybe you will get to go someday! Life is crazy, you never know.

I love all the Alice in Wonderland stuff too! That has always been one of my top favorite Disney movies and I always wished WDW had more AIW stuff like the other parks. Mad Tea Party is fun but it doesn't really capture the essence of the movie/story like other Disney attractions do. Disneyland in California has an AIW dark ride that I am dying to see, DLRP has that maze that looks INCREDIBLE... I am dying to do that even more! At Toyko Disneyland, they have this AWESOME restaurant called The Queen of Hearts Banquet Hall. You can read about it and see the pictures here: http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID507290.asp Make sure you enlarge them b/c they put so much detail into it! I wish we had that here! They even have heart shaped meat patties and buns and stuff, and I read a TR that said the food was really good there. Ahh I want to go right now!

I totally agree with you... I would NEVER watch World of Color on youtube. I want to experience it in person. I have seen just a few pics of it and I know you can do a dining package, and that is literally all the info I know about it.

And about it being "Walt's Park"... I totally agree with that too. I know I am going to cry so hard when I go there. I am going to be imagining Walt walking down Main Street. I'm going to be looking at everything saying, "I wonder if he sat there. I wonder if he touched that wall. I wonder if he ate here." LOL. I am so obsessed I know, but it I just love the man so much!

I think that Bride is one of the only legit scary things at the Mansion. Everything else is kind of like, either cartoony Disney or spooky and eerie, not actually enough to freak me out. But that bride looks EVIL!

[__disneygirl]

Hi guys... since some of you commented that you appreciated the international Disney parks info I'll probably be sharing more stuff as I discover it!

Check out this awesome view of Hong Kong Disneyland's Flight of Fantasy parade. I find the floats of the international Disney park parades to be so much better than ours, especially in Paris, but these are gorgeous too!

Normally I wouldn't watch a parade on youtube cause I'd want to experience it at the park, but they'll probably change this before I ever get to go. But if you are planning to go anytime soon you should probably wait to see it in person!

Here is the link http://youtu.be/kK3qhFfayvI

I just love so many things about this parade...
-First of all, SO MUCH COLOR! It just all seems so much bigger and brighter than what we have here!
-I love the outfits of the gang, especially Minnie's dress!!
-I love the Pooh floats with the honey pot hot air balloons! That used to be my favorite part to watch as a kid! and the second one with all the Heffalumps and Woozles... SO COOL.
-The girl in the Hunny pot! Adorable!
-The girls that come out in the Marie Antoinette dresses before the princesses are SO BEAUTIFUL as is the princess float! I wonder how hard it is to find American girls to be friends with the princesses there. I heard that when the park opened they sent a lot of girls over who were at WDW, but I don't know if they still do that.
-I think it's so awesome that they stop the parade. I would love that so I could look at more details and take more pictures. And it's sooo magical how they bring out all the children to be in it!!! I'm sure they will never forget that.
-The jungle themed float is just too ridiculously amazing. I can't even with that. Also, the face on the side of it looks like Olmak from Legends of the Hidden Temple. 90'S NICK REFERENCE?
-The LITTLE LADY BUG CARS!!! Everything is just SO. CUTE.
-The hula girls outfits are pretty much my favorite hula outfits EVER!!
-The Stitch float is so beautiful, and I don't know what that thing swinging back and forth is supposed to be... a makeshift spaceship? Who knows, but it is AWESOME! We need Stitch floats at WDW please!
-I literally yelled out in glee when I saw Toy Story was next. I am such a child but omg. This parade is so amazing, I'd be freaking OUT if I was there.
-FEMALE BUZZ LIGHTYEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IS THAT NOT THE COOLEST THING IN THE WORLD. FOUND MY HALLOWEEN COSTUME FOR THIS YEAR.
-That Toy Story float is so much more extravagant than the one in the Hollywood parade! and I love that one, but man! The giant Rex in the back with the monkeys hanging from him!!! ahh!!

Okay... enough Disney obsessing for me for today... NOT. I am going to the Disney Store and then to see Beauty and the Beast in 3D!! FINALLY!!!!! I just watched BatB like a month ago on my old VHS copy from when the tape came out in 1991! LOL! I still don't have the DVD. I'm so excited to see it in full quality on the big screen!!!! I hear the ballroom scene especially is BREATHTAKING! AHH I'M SO EXCITED! But honestly I am even more excited for THE TANGLED SHORT!!!!!! EUGENE AND RAPUNZEL'S WEDDING OH MY GOD :lovestruc:lovestruc:lovestruc:lovestruc:lovestruc

Wow. WHEW. I am tiring myself out already. I must go shower and get ready! Have a magical day guys, and cheers to you if you withstood all my crazy rambling! :woohoo:

[__disneygirl]

I JUST BOUGHT THE VERY LAST HULA TIMON FROM AMAZON!!!!!!

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I don't like this stock photo b/c it doesn't really show his personality. SHEESH.

WHEW.

Thank God I got him in time! I really needed Hula Timon to come back to me so that he could Live It Up with us on our next trip. I don't know when that will be, but I just feel better knowing he is here for when I need him!

He arrives in 4-14 days! I can't wait! I will be going to Party City tomorrow to get the appropriate "WELCOME HOME" banners and so on. I'm thinking of throwing a little Hawaiian Luau themed shindig, nothing big, just some tiki torches in the living room and who knows, I may wear a hula skirt and a shell bra. Let's see how many Lapu Lapus I end up drinking and go from there. I just want him to feel comfortable and at home when he arrives, you know?

Alright, it's 2am so I should probably try and get some rest or something...? Have a magical day!

[YukiPhnx]

Ok Lia, I've been absent for a long time now, but that only means one thing....A SUPER LONG COMMENT. So here goes.

Day 1 pt.1
Yes, I know exactly what you mean about your alarm going off. Whenever you're not fully ready for it it's like, "Where is that loud noise coming from???"

I've gotta say, I've been saying "BEST. *something* EVER!" a lot lately, always imagining myself as Rapunzel. Not creepy at all.

Wow.....a limo to the airport. Now that's rocking in style. So freakin cool!!! You're obviously Disney VIP.

Wow, you guys did 10 days in carry-on? I applaud you. I wonder if I can try that for my 12 day trip. BTW, who did you guys fly with?

It's definitely fate that led you to travel on his birthday. It's like, "Hey Walt, I'm celebrating your birthday by enjoying your awesome vision."

Hah, I completely agree with McDonald's breakfast! I never get the egg McMuffin. It just.....that's not what a real egg is supposed to look like. No matter how hard those commercials try to tell us.

I actually remember that day you worked on Boardwalk Empire. I remember your tweets. Was that back in 2009?

Awwwww, that little girl sounds SOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!! So adorable! Love that some children are still innocent. Thank you, Disney.

LOL about the monorail being fake cause it's not a Disney one. It's actually not a monorail at all, so you're right! Another DISer told me it runs on wheels, making it not a monorail. The more you know!

Wow, being mistaken as a high school cheerleader. Not bad! Good thing you guys weren't staying at the All Stars!


Awww, the hula Timon is so cute. Christmas Stitch you say? I have....one of them. But I also have the White Stitch which comes out for Christmas, so does that count?

LOVE YOUR NAILS!!! Now that I've gotten into doing my nails, I must have Disney nails for my next trip.

I have a Stitch Jibbitz too, of course. I got the full-body one. I have a Wall-E too with an Eve, but my Eve broke *tear*. Love those shoes btw.

Day 1 pt.2
My eyes bugged from reading this line. "I was just in total shock at this point. I was having stomach pains. Any time I get REALLY excited, my stomach hurts. It's not even a BAD pain, though, it's just like such excitement that my body can't even settle, you know?" It's like you're my body double. That's exactly how I feel when I get excited! Particularly when I'm traveling. I'm not alone :hug:

I love watching the old cartoons! Me and Andrew will stop and watch them if we see them playing somewhere. It's just so wonderfully nostalgic even though we didn't watch them much as kids.

Oooh, I'll have to do online check-in on my next trip, since I'll be checking in at least 10 people. I don't think I've ever really minded the whole check in process. It just builds me up some more, haha.

Seriously Lia, you and Kara need to start on that book already. I just love the way you two write. I also nominate you as the leader of the WDW cult. That speech about arriving at Pop and walking to your room? Priceless.

The thing I love about Pop is that you can always find a shorter path to the centre. It's a lot more compact than some people think. I mean, I was in the 70's and found the walk to be super short. Only at Pop do you tell people to "hang a right at the giant walkman".

I spent a good 5 minutes staring at those pictures of you waiting for MK's bus. I want to go "home"!!!! Would you mind if I saved that pic?

Oh my gosh, that driver is so freakin awesome!

And yes, I love your new avatar. It's so sweet!

Day 1 pt.3
Love those shots on the monorail! Especially the one of God taking a picture of Disney. A fine creation indeed.

I'm getting so excited just looking at those pictures. I've only been on the monorail once, can you believe it? No? Neither can I. That needs to be fixed.

Wow, it's so great that you can get seats even without reservations! Probably works better with small groups though.

Haha, I cracked when I read this, "fans of the show Whitney". I also can't fathom drinking a Bloody Mary.

Wow, it's so great that you were seated with huge Disney fans. Would be so awkward if they were complete noobs and asked annoying questions like trying to park hop with 2 MYW tix.

That pom iced tea sounds great! I think I had something like that at Ruby Tuesday's when I was in New York. Were the refills free?

Oooh, I love pot stickers! So glad to hear they were great. Man.....all this talking of food....I need to go get something to eat. Why am I not eating at Ohana tonight??? I can't wait to eat there on my next trip.

Day 1 pt.4
Dang, that's a lot of ice cream. I find that I can always have a lot of green tea ice cream, no matter how full I am. I just love that stuff!

I totally agree with the Culkins. Not a bad movie ever.

Aw, it's too bad you didn't take their picture. I had a wonderful moment with some strangers on our Montreal trip too and also forgot to take pictures. Meeting them totally made our trip more fun. And it's so sweet they gave you their coupons!

Oh no, Timon is missing! It's too bad you couldn't find him even after all that looking. I mean, where could he have gone?

Haha, it's funny the CM didn't think Timon was yours. It's like that a lot when I bring Duffy McDuff around. They think it's a present I'm giving a little kid but no, it's MY Disney bear.

I like Pepper Pan. Reminds me of Pepper Ann.

I'll try my best to make your festival of crazy. Haha, I love Forever 21. At first I heard a lot about it, but when I saw the store I didn't know it was it! It's just roman numerals. Tricky

Ooh, I heard about those nuts on the Travel Channel! What a coinkidink that you actually have one and wore it to the Poly before! You were destined to talk to this CM.

QUEEN OF THE POLYNESIAN!!!! That is so adorable!!! Hail to our queen! :worship:

Aww, I wish I could see those royal photos. I love posing for funny photos! Of course, I also love the attention I get, even if people DO think I'm crazy. BTW, you're one of the few people I know that have watched Girl, Interrupted. Thank you.

Day 1 pt.5
Wow, when did you guys get to MK? It's already dark!

There's something about heading into a park in the evening that just feels so....relaxing.

Dude, it's crazy packed! Woah, that one picture sparkles! So cool!

You have Walt's speech?? Can you pass it to me, please?

That bit about Walt's dreams. Amen sister. You said it. I hate it when people use Disney as a scapegoat for everything bad that happens. "They're only doing it for the money", "CMs are only nice because they get paid to do it." Obviously, none of those people have ever been to WDW. They just don't want to believe that there really is a place where you can be truly happy.

Wow, that peppermint castle looks so cool! With the projection technology nowadays, they won't have to physically change the appearance of the castle. It's amazing.

I've only seen Wishes once. Well, I saw it on my last trip, but was right under it so couldn't really appreciate it. Can't wait to get a good view of it on my next trip, at the wishes dessert party!

Wow, you guys took on EMH on your first night?

Day 1 pt.5
Yes, I know that nice place. That's a nice place to be, especially at MK! But wow....I can almost imagine what it must be like.

Is Sleepy Hollow where you can get funnel cake? If yes, then I remember going there! It was one of the best funnel cakes I've ever had.

Haha, I've never seen those decorations before. I'd love to come across it on a lawn one day and say, "Hey! I saw that in Lia's TR!"

That HM queue sounds like so much fun! I think I would do that during the EMH too, when I can really take my time touching EVERYTHING. It's so awesome that you barely had any lines!

You know what? I think we DISers are the only park visitors that don't mind when a ride stops all of a sudden. Well, when it's not in a scary dark tunnel of course (I'm thinking of you, Kara). Especially in the HM because there's so much to look at!

Your mom sounds so cute. I think it's so great you have such a close relationship with your mom, having so much fun at Disney.

HAHAHAHA, that situation at Small World sounds so funny! I can really picture it all happening.

Good idea using bobby pins to keep the lei on your head. Pretty cool you had spare bobby pins! I hope everyone recognized your royal status.

Yeah, I hate that feeling I get when I know I'm too tired to go on but the MK is still open. I'm glad I planned a no-park day for after my MK day on our last trip. Totally worth it.

Oh my gosh, speaking of Santa-guy, at my old work place we met a man that I though would make a great Santa. He was all jovial and had the white beard and everything. After some talking with him, we found out he WAS a Santa!!! We met Santa!

The rest
I've heard many people say that Tokyo DisneySea is probably one of the best parks in the world. I can't wait to visit it one day!

It's probably because I'm Asian, but I see myself visiting ALL of the parks one day. In fact, the next time I'm in HK I plan to buy an Annual Pass (they have so many different tiered ones) and make at least 2 trips to experience absolutely everything. I can't wait to go on the Jungle Cruise for English, Cantonese and Mandarin!

A lot of people that have been to HKDL say it's not worth it, but they're not a huge Disneyparks fan!

Another bit, not sure if you guys know or have talked about it, but ToT in Japan is actually diff from all the other parks because Japanese people simply don't know The Twilight zone so they had to make up another story. It's really cool if you look it up.

Ok, I almost cried when they brought the kids up to join. That is so magical!

[__disneygirl]

hahaha *Rapunzel voice* LONGEST. COMMENT. EVER!!!!!!!!! But I love it!

We flew American. Not my favorite airline tbh, but the planes landed safely so who am I to complain?

You're probably thinking of a different time, I tweet about Boardwalk Empire a lot still haha. But I worked on it for a month and a half in summer 2009, and I don't think I knew you then!

oooh I want a white Stitch! The Christmas Stitch I bought my mom is wearing Christmas pajamas, it's so cute.

10 people, wow that sounds like an awesome trip! I would love to go on a big family trip like that, but it's near impossible with everyone's schedules and such.

Leader of the WDW cult LOLOLOL omg. You are too funny. Well thank you for the compliments, I'm so happy you guys enjoy my writing so much.

I agree - every room location at Pop is a good one because of the shortcuts you can take through the parking lot.

Feel free saving any pics! I don't mind at all. :)

'Ohana is pay one price and your drink comes with the meal so yup it's free for refills!

haha, Kara said the same thing about Pepper Pan!

I don't have Walt's speech on this computer, once I get it off my other one I'll send it to you! It's on youtube though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W8iiugY3C0 :)

Yup, they have Funnel Cake at Sleepy Hollow. They also have huge waffles that you can get with strawberries or chocolate and they have them all day, not just at breakfast time and they are diiiiivine!

No park days are awesome! I love just going to the resorts, DTD, and hanging out.

Oooh I hope you get to go to HKDL soon! I am dying to go to see Toy Story Land. But also I would just love to visit China in general, and now I'm completely obsessed with Japan so Asian culture is kinda my thing right now haha. I can't stop reading Trip Reports from the Asian parks! It's so weird... it's a similar Disney experience... but SO different at the same time!

I did hear that the ToT story is totally different at DisneySea. I WANT TO GO SO BAD I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN. sigh. The RnR story is different at the Disney Studios in Paris, and I saw a walkthrough and I have to say, Disney World's RnR story kicks Paris' butt bigtime!

[MarieTheCat24]

That parade is really cool. The whole animal float looks like Legends of the Hidden Temple. Amazing. Does it randomly give out free trips to Space Camp?

I'm so glad Hula Timon will soon be back in your life. He seems like such a lovely fellow. I hope to meet him someday. :upsidedow

[__disneygirl]

That parade is really cool. The whole animal float looks like Legends of the Hidden Temple. Amazing. Does it randomly give out free trips to Space Camp?

I'm so glad Hula Timon will soon be back in your life. He seems like such a lovely fellow. I hope to meet him someday. :upsidedow

jkflksdjflsdk SPACE CAMP. I still want to go. I wanted to be on Legends so bad I can't even describe it. HOW HARD IS IT REALLY TO PUT TOGETHER A FREAKING MONKEY. Do you know that I actually looked up the number for Nickelodeon studios and sat on the phone for a really long time waiting and talking to randoms when I was like, 8 or something, because I wanted to find out how you could be on that show, and the last person I got finally told me they were no longer in production? I wanted to die.

I am waiting with bated breath for Hula Timon's arrival.

I have been singing the classic Vera Lynn song (that also happens to be part of my beloved Tower of Terror area loop):

We'll meet again
Don't know where (well it will be at my house)
Don't know when (within 4 to 14 days actually)
But I know we'll meet again
Some sunny day (it probably won't be sunny cause we have been having crap weather but I am installing a heat lamp in my room so Timon will feel more at home and comfortable)

[__disneygirl]

DECEMBER 6, 2011
Day 2, Part 1 In Which There Are No Mickeys Hidden In Disney Greenery

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOSLEEEPINGAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHA!

Mickey and Stitch called at 8:00 AM. I wanted to get to Hollywood by 9:00 for opening so I was kind of pushing it but I had been SO tired the night before that I decided couldn't get up any earlier than 8... but after that it was time to GET MOVING!!!!!!!!! :stitch:

My mom woke up but said she was just too tired to go to the parks this early. I wasn't surprised, it had been a looong busy arrival day, and she's never been into commandoing early at the parks. I never want her to be tired and unhappy so I just tour alone until she feels rested!

I was out the door by 8:30ish and of course had to wait long for the bus, but it ended up being fine since Hollywood is the closest park to Pop!

I arrived a few minutes after opening and took a few pictures of Hollywood Boulevard. I can not tell you how much I LOVE this park and always have. To me it's just as magical as Magic Kingdom, just in a different way. The architecture here is my favorite ever, and someday I want a house in that kind of style.

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I must say, the one disappointing thing was that they were playing Christmas music instead of the usual area music, which was sad because not only is that my FAVORITE area music at Disney, I wasn't in the Christmas spirit yet at all! In fact, most of the Christmas stuff went completely over my head the entire trip. I'm a holiday FREAK, so I normally get super into Christmas right after Thanksgiving, but my mind was really preoccupied obsessing over the upcoming Disney trip, and it just didn't happen. Flying down to a warm climate didn't help at all either, it just didn't *feel* like Christmas...so hearing Christmas music everywhere was odd. I missed my beloved Sunset Boulevard Area Loop and Slow Boat To China!

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My first stop of the day was obviously my obsession Toy Story Midway Mania, aka the reason I get up in the morning.

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DEATH BY MONKEYS!!! p.s. You may notice a big dot in some of my pictures. That's because my camera was on its last legs. More on THAT later. But basically no amount of lens wiping off would get rid of it so I just learned to accept it, kind of the way you do when trying to cover a zit before seeing the person you have a crush on.

I have been addicted to TSM since the first time I went on it, but this trip the obsession went over into what Chandler Bing calls "the bad place." If you're not familiar with that Friends episode (?!) then let me use another TV reference and say I'm like the people on the show Intervention only worse, basically. And if you don't get that TV reference, I just can't help you. Anyway, the main thing that fed the monster was that during such low crowd times you can go on TSM over and over in the morning and it just gets more and more addicting.

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ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR. FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, YOU'RE GONNA SCORE.

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This is one of the best queues at WDW. I especially enjoy Andy's drawings!

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So cute... if only my zit didn't ruin this photo...

One of the awesome things about being solo is that during certain times, they let you skip the end of the line right after you get your 3D glasses, and send you over into the fastpass line! Wooooooooooohoooooo!

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My first score was pitiful - 111,400! After 18 months of no TSM, I was quite rusty! It didn't matter, though, I had the time of my freaking LIFE just like I always do. You should see how into this ride I get. I scream and yell and jump around and stomp my feet as if I am gambling a lot of money in Vegas or something. I just... lose it. There is almost nothing in life as fun as this ride and I am serious.

I posted on Twitter:
The amount of fun I have as one of Andy's toys playing Midway Mania is insane. No wonder Woody refused to give up on him! <3

Of course, I got right back on! The ride had been about a 10 minute wait the first time, although it said 30. I actually think they just put 30 minutes up there right at opening because it kept saying 30 in the mornings when it was much less. The second time, my wait was about 20 minutes, probably a little less! This time, I got 148,000 points, which is still crap, but at least it was an improvement! My record is 178,500 though so I can clearly do way better! AND ON MY NEXT TRIP I WILL FINALLY CRACK 200,000 -- THAT IS A PROMISE!!!

Whew.

I love Toy Story Mania, you guys. SO MUCH. Ugh.

After the second time, I decided to take a break from the mania and stroll around Hollywood for awhile.

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Can you believe I STILL haven't seen the new Muppet movie?

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Goofy, in his Hollywood Finest, was out with Pluto.

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JOIN ME IN THE NEXT POST FOR MORE LIVIN IT UP!

[__disneygirl]

Nearby, they had a red carpet and film set with a director calling out at people to do certain things like they were in a movie.

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People would be walking by, and the director would yell for them to walk down the red carpet, especially kids. It was SO cute to watch! Also.. is it just me, but are there more Citizens of Hollywood/Streetmosphere than ever? I mean, there's always been a lot of it in Hollywood, but this trip I felt like they were everywhere! They were doing such a good job that my mom kept thinking they were really filming something, haha!

So then Goofy and Pluto came by and the director called out to them and they grabbed a group of kids and walked down the carpet with them, and everyone cheered! It was so magical!

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After that, I decided to head down Sunset. In protest of the Christmas songs, I hummed the Sunset Blvd Area music. LOUDLY. Take that, people in the Holiday spirit!

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The wait time for Tower of Terror, my favorite attraction ever, was only ten minutes (as usual :love: ) but I decided to hold out on this until my mom came. Tower of Terror is kind of *our* thing.

I posted this picture on Twitter:
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With the caption, "I'm home."

SIGH, IT'S JUST SO BEAUTIFUL.

I walked over to another favorite, The Rock N Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith. Sigh. This is my favorite rollercoaster ever. Not only do I love coasters, I love Aerosmith with a flaming, fiery, dirty rock n roll passion. Being on this crazy ride and singing along to the music I love so much while being at my favorite place in the world is one of the best feelings ever in life. Not to mention that the pre-show makes me SO EXCITED every time like it's the first.

I posted on Twitter:
"The show is all the way across town, but we got you a really fast car."

I always get a little chill when she says that line!!!!

"I hate all of you!" Disney, you are perfect. As are you, Illeana Douglas. Going on this ride for the first time each trip is always one of my favorite moments.

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The queue/theming/story of this attraction is one of my favorites of all time. I recently read that the one at Disneyland Paris has a totally different story and I hate that! I mean, I appreciate it being unique to each park, but the story at the WDW one is just so perfect... who doesn't want to be personally invited by Steven Tyler to hang out backstage at an Aerosmith concert? THAT'S ONLY LIKE MY DREAM!!! Sidenote: When I was 14, I told Steven Tyler's security guard that I would lick a public toilet seat in order to hang out with Aerosmith. I was not kidding but that did not seem to matter... he did not provide me with a pass, so this attraction is the closest I have ever got to hanging out with Aerosmith...so far, anyway!

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"Thank you vera much" has always been one of my favorite details... oh Elvis. :love:

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I can never get good pictures in here, but that valet parking ticket dispenser thing says "SWIPE CARD AND JUST PUSH PAY" which is a reference to Aerosmith's flawless 2001 album, Just Push Play, which happens to be one of my all-time FAVORITES. A lot of people aren't crazy about their newer stuff, but those people are morons so let's move on.

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After the Aerosmith concert, I felt it was time to journey to a galaxy far, far away. But that sounded like a long trip to me so I figured I should hydrate before embarking on such an adventure.

I got a Frozen Strawberry Lemonade due to reading about how delish they are in many a TR.

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Do you like my Stitch clutch? I got SO many compliments on it during the whole trip! You can't see it in this pic, but if you turn the clutch around, there is a little Stitch tail. Ahh, it's so cute! I ordered it on Ebay from Hong Kong. They have the coolest merch over there, and in Toyko too! My dream is to visit all the Disney Parks around the world one day, so hopefully I will see for myself and buy 29840912481098098 Hong Kong Dollars worth of merch!

Dissers did not let me down once again -- the frozen lemonade was THE BOMB! And I never say things are THE BOMB because I am not a teenager in 1995 but really it was THE BOMB. Yet another Disney snack addiction was born! I had sooo many of these on the trip! They are delicious and so refreshing!

While I was sitting on the bench enjoying the frozen lemonade, a group of young girls were looking straight down at the ground and walking in circles. It was pretty funny to begin with, but then they got closer to me and I heard their conversation.

"He was lying! There are no Hidden Mickeys!" one girl said.

Another girl said, "YES THERE ARE! I saw one!" she seemed to be the only girl in the group that actually believed they existed. The rest of them seemed annoyed, but continued to look anyway. It was so hilarious because I think we all know there are hardly any Hidden Mickeys on the ground and the ones that are there are kind of obvious (like on the manhole covers), I mean you wouldn't have to STARE AT THE GROUND for ages to find them like when you have to search murals or something. It was too funny.

These are the moments I hate being solo -- when something hilarious happens and there is no one to turn to and crack up with. It's the main reason why I'll probably never take another solo trip. It's just not as fun.

What happened next literally made me burst out laughing right in front of them: one of the girls went over to a bush and started looking in it. For a Hidden Mickey. A bush! :rotfl: Like, she was pushing branches out of the way and really LOOKING IN THE BUSH FOR A HIDDEN MICKEY. She then examined the dirt around it and called her friends over to help her. I was in tears!

At this point, I had to intervene. They were all kind of ganging up on the one believer and I felt bad. She was never going to prove that Hidden Mickeys existed by looking in a bush. I became obsessed with Hidden Mickeys years ago, and so I thought I'd share some of my knowledge.

"Hey, there ARE Hidden Mickeys!" I said. They all stopped dead and said "WHERE?!" at the same time.

I explained that they were all over the place, but that there were hardly any on the ground and they certainly wouldn't find them in the bushes or the dirt. I said they were mostly found in the attractions and resorts and that there were different types. I told them about the silhouette Mickeys, full bodied Mickeys, the ones that are just three circles, and so on. I also informed them of the fact that there are hidden Minnies and Donalds and more, and that it was a whole other really fun element to Walt Disney World that most people don't know about.

They were stunned.

"REALLY?!?!"

"Yeah. There are books about it and everything, they sell one at a lot of stores here called the Hidden Mickey Guide. But you can just google it, hundreds of them are listed online."

Then, a whole lot of googling commenced as they pulled out their phones. The girl who had believed all along said, "I TOLD YOU GUYS" about 10 times. I told her about a few specific nearby HMs, pointing them in the direction of the Great Movie Ride, which houses a few especially great ones (including a Hidden Minnie that I have never been able to find but am DYING to!).

They seemed into it and it was really cute. They had gone from bratty pre-teens who seemed like they thought they were a little too cool for Disney World to excited kids again. I was happy my endless Disney knowledge helped others to Live It Up!

Up Next: The event that caused me to separate my life into two parts: the time before I ate a Starring Rolls cupcake, and the time after I ate a Starring Rolls cupcake.

[dara00]

do you remember what song you heard on the rockin roller coaster? I think mine was Sweet Emotion, does that make sense? I only really heard it at the one part where you kind of slow down and you can see around you a bit. I started singing along and then we were off again!

[Disneyfreak508]

I agree that Hollywood is such a magical place. My appreciation has increased by 5 million percent after last trip. I just love it so much!

Okay, I TOTALLY said the same thing about the holiday music in Epcot! Now, don't get me wrong I love Christmas Music... but I MISSED MY INNOVENTIONS LOOP. I was really disappointed that I didn't get to hear it at all. It just sets such a tone for the area.

I'm glad I'm not the only psychotic one who revolves their lives around TSM. :rotfl: Seriously I think the more you play it the more addicting it becomes. My obsession was getting unhealthy. It sounds like yours was too. :laughing:

And yeah I definitely go a little crazy. I always scream at the screen "BREAK THOSE PLATES!!!!" or anything relating to whatever scene I'm in. Can you imagine the two of us on that ride together? We'd probably injure someone. Seriously.

You'll break 200,000 next time! I know you will! The only times I ever broke it though was when I was on INTENSE adrenaline. Once right before the park closed (that was my best!) and once when the park JUST opened and there was no line. Ah I can't wait to tell all about that part of my TR. I'll probably get to those updates in like... August. LOL but really.

YOU NEED TO SEE THE MUPPET MOVIE!!!!!!!!! My appreciation for them went through the roof.

Oh my gosh that stitch clutch is really adorable!! I bet all of the merch from Hong Kong and Tokyo is so awesome. It's a whole new style to us, Americans!

HAHAHA I am so glad you told those girls about Hidden Mickeys. I would have been DYING if I heard that conversation. Like... I think they just expected them to pop up out of the ground! :lmao:

Yay thanks for the update! Can't wait for more! (and to hear about STARRING ROLLS!!!!!!!!!!!!! :love:)

[Merida]

EYEROLL. I guess they think that she will bring in young fans who maybe wouldn't be interested in seeing Les Mis otherwise? I can understand it as a business decision, but not on any other level.

Oh man, Everwood sounds awesome. I love Chris Pratt.

The first season of the OC is so good that it breaks my heart and ruins my life every single time I watch it. I LOVE season 2, though. I know a lot of people don't but it's still magical to me. Season 3 is a sin, but there are still some amazing moments that make it worth it. Season 4 is just an entirely new show. I love Season 4 in its own way, but nothing will ever be as good as the beginning. Especially b/c I was in 8th grade at the time and nothing is ever as big of a deal as it is when you are 14. Ah, those were the days!

I've never watched Friday Night Lights but I've literally not heard one bad thing about it. I'll get around to it one of these days. Right now I want to catch up on Grey's Anatomy b/c they are doing a "what if" episode and I LOVE when shows do that.

It's just such a silly decision because the one thing that Les Mis, the longest running Broadway show, is missing is overly invested fans who will come and see everything and pay exorbitant amounts of money.

Chris Pratt is kind of, well, a prat in Everwood but his name is Bright in the show so it's kind of understandable. Who names their kid Bright?? I was thinking of doing a masterpost and then megaupload was taken from me (RIP megaupload and mediafire and like half the places I visit on the internet. It's just not faaaair).

And most importantly: COUGAR TOWN SEASON 3, FEBRUARY 14th!!! Thank goodness my boyfriend scheduled our Valentine's Day activities (seeing Cirque du Soleil) early or I... would have been very conflicted. And maybe thought for a few minutes before just setting the DVR. But it all works out! PENNY CAN FOR EVERYONE.

And this guy on my TV again:

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He understands me.

Other Disney parks are super fun! And cruises! I mean, going to Disney World is neat and everything but Disney makes up all sorts of easy excuses to go elsewhere. I have to become reading-fluent (that sounds really stupid but whatever) in French and I'm TOTALLY turning that into a trip to EuroDisney (Disneyland Paris? whichever. Rebranding confuses me).

You should do Disneyland December 2012. Because that is a totally awesome time to go to Disneyland (and the San Diego Zoo. PANDAS). I keep peeking at Disneyland pictures because I have no self control but I will definitely not, in NO WAY, look at any pictures of the holiday overlays. I need surprises!! Though, judging by flickr, Disneyland is a magical place where characters are every three feet and do really fun things with you at all possible times so I really need to lower my expectations a tad.

Also, changing the Small World queue at Disney World totally threw me off more than anything. Small World is flawless, no need to change ANYTHING in there, especially something that will make me lost entering a roped area.

DHS is my least favorite; like, there are good parts but overall it needs some sort of cohesive theme. It's so close but just not quite. And it gets way crowded really quickly due to the narrowness of everything. I just want to fix it every time I go in there.

The new Muppet movie is really good though! Bret McKenzie (of Flight of the Concords and Lord of the Rings fame) did a lot of the music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDnTo2S2BrA) and it's really noticeable. And it's meta in a good way!

Good thing for 14-year-old you that public toilet seats are usually quite clean!

But really 'hidden Mickey' is kind of a misnomer because a lot of them aren't very hidden and it's much more scavenger hunt/spy-y than they really are. Like, if you relax and pay attention then BAM Hidden Mickey. Or maybe my years of I Spy and Where's Waldo? obsessions finally paid off and I'm just super good at finding them?? Are they supposed to be difficult?

[__disneygirl]

do you remember what song you heard on the rockin roller coaster? I think mine was Sweet Emotion, does that make sense? I only really heard it at the one part where you kind of slow down and you can see around you a bit. I started singing along and then we were off again!

I can't remember what it was that specific time, cause I went on so many times during the trip. I do remember, however, that a few days later I kept getting Young Lust OVER and over! I couldn't shake that song!

I agree that Hollywood is such a magical place. My appreciation has increased by 5 million percent after last trip. I just love it so much!

Okay, I TOTALLY said the same thing about the holiday music in Epcot! Now, don't get me wrong I love Christmas Music... but I MISSED MY INNOVENTIONS LOOP. I was really disappointed that I didn't get to hear it at all. It just sets such a tone for the area.

I'm glad I'm not the only psychotic one who revolves their lives around TSM. :rotfl: Seriously I think the more you play it the more addicting it becomes. My obsession was getting unhealthy. It sounds like yours was too. :laughing:

And yeah I definitely go a little crazy. I always scream at the screen "BREAK THOSE PLATES!!!!" or anything relating to whatever scene I'm in. Can you imagine the two of us on that ride together? We'd probably injure someone. Seriously.

You'll break 200,000 next time! I know you will! The only times I ever broke it though was when I was on INTENSE adrenaline. Once right before the park closed (that was my best!) and once when the park JUST opened and there was no line. Ah I can't wait to tell all about that part of my TR. I'll probably get to those updates in like... August. LOL but really.

YOU NEED TO SEE THE MUPPET MOVIE!!!!!!!!! My appreciation for them went through the roof.

Oh my gosh that stitch clutch is really adorable!! I bet all of the merch from Hong Kong and Tokyo is so awesome. It's a whole new style to us, Americans!

HAHAHA I am so glad you told those girls about Hidden Mickeys. I would have been DYING if I heard that conversation. Like... I think they just expected them to pop up out of the ground! :lmao:

Yay thanks for the update! Can't wait for more! (and to hear about STARRING ROLLS!!!!!!!!!!!!! :love:)

OH MAN I MISSED THE INNOVENTIONS LOOP SO MUCH TOO I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU. I listen to that all the time at home and it never ever fails to put me in a better mood. It was just weird not hearing it.

I can't even imagine how much worse my TSM addiction would be now if I went to Disney as much as you did last year. I mean, I only had that one ten day trip and I was ready to check myself into rehab.

AHH THE PLATE BREAKING ONE IS MY FAVE and also the one I rock the most at, if I do say so myself! And yes, there is lots of screaming involved.

The merch overseas is so cool because they don't really do the whole "slap a mickey head and a castle on something and sell it" thing as much as they do here. Also, in Japan they just have an obsession with cute things, like cartoon animals advertise most products even when they're not for kids, so they're really inventive when they bring Disney characters into that!

Oh I was totally cracking up at them! I will never forget that... when the girl started searching the bush I could hardly get a breath.

It's just such a silly decision because the one thing that Les Mis, the longest running Broadway show, is missing is overly invested fans who will come and see everything and pay exorbitant amounts of money.

Chris Pratt is kind of, well, a prat in Everwood but his name is Bright in the show so it's kind of understandable. Who names their kid Bright?? I was thinking of doing a masterpost and then megaupload was taken from me (RIP megaupload and mediafire and like half the places I visit on the internet. It's just not faaaair).

And most importantly: COUGAR TOWN SEASON 3, FEBRUARY 14th!!! Thank goodness my boyfriend scheduled our Valentine's Day activities (seeing Cirque du Soleil) early or I... would have been very conflicted. And maybe thought for a few minutes before just setting the DVR. But it all works out! PENNY CAN FOR EVERYONE.

And this guy on my TV again:

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He understands me.

Other Disney parks are super fun! And cruises! I mean, going to Disney World is neat and everything but Disney makes up all sorts of easy excuses to go elsewhere. I have to become reading-fluent (that sounds really stupid but whatever) in French and I'm TOTALLY turning that into a trip to EuroDisney (Disneyland Paris? whichever. Rebranding confuses me).

You should do Disneyland December 2012. Because that is a totally awesome time to go to Disneyland (and the San Diego Zoo. PANDAS). I keep peeking at Disneyland pictures because I have no self control but I will definitely not, in NO WAY, look at any pictures of the holiday overlays. I need surprises!! Though, judging by flickr, Disneyland is a magical place where characters are every three feet and do really fun things with you at all possible times so I really need to lower my expectations a tad.

Also, changing the Small World queue at Disney World totally threw me off more than anything. Small World is flawless, no need to change ANYTHING in there, especially something that will make me lost entering a roped area.

DHS is my least favorite; like, there are good parts but overall it needs some sort of cohesive theme. It's so close but just not quite. And it gets way crowded really quickly due to the narrowness of everything. I just want to fix it every time I go in there.

The new Muppet movie is really good though! Bret McKenzie (of Flight of the Concords and Lord of the Rings fame) did a lot of the music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDnTo2S2BrA) and it's really noticeable. And it's meta in a good way!

Good thing for 14-year-old you that public toilet seats are usually quite clean!

But really 'hidden Mickey' is kind of a misnomer because a lot of them aren't very hidden and it's much more scavenger hunt/spy-y than they really are. Like, if you relax and pay attention then BAM Hidden Mickey. Or maybe my years of I Spy and Where's Waldo? obsessions finally paid off and I'm just super good at finding them?? Are they supposed to be difficult?

AHHH!!! COUGAR TOWN! I'm so excited, I literally clapped when I heard the news. As for me, Ellie is kind of my spirit animal.

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Love her. Also I'm kind of excited for Laurie and Travis to happen and I know that skeeves some people out but I don't care at all THEY ARE CUTE and I think Jules will be able to accept it.

Ooooh I hope you get to go to France soon, that would be so wonderful! I want to go so bad. As for Disneyland, I don't want my first Disneyland experience to be around Christmas because of all the things that change, but I am SO excited about seeing the Nightmare themed stuff. I've loved that movie forever and they don't feature it at Disney World for some TERRIBLE REASON.

Ahh I totally have to disagree with you on DHS. I think the theme is so perfectly done! The Hollywood that never was and always will be... sigh. As for the crowds, I never go around busy times so I haven't experienced that, but the Osborne lights did get a little crazy.

I'm excited to see the Muppet Movie, I just didn't have time during the holidays, but I can't wait!

I agree that most of the Mickeys are not that hidden, but there are a lot that ARE hard to find, especially because when you're moving on a ride you don't have that much time to look. I've never found the Tinkerbell in Frontierland or that Minnie on the Great Movie ride (SHE ELUDES ME EVERY TIME!). There's a hidden Mickey & Donald on the GMR that I actually JUST found once and for all on this trip. I was so excited! But more on that another time!

[Nermel9]

I LOVE Hollywood Studios, it is every bit as magical as the Magic Kingdom! I don't get the people that say it's boring, and the only thing to do there is ride TSM. It is SO much fun, the buildings are so beautiful! I love the music loops there too, I kind of miss the music during the holidays. I was in desperate need of holiday magic on my trip in December though, so I was happy to hear Christmas music. In Epcot, though, it's strange to walk in and not hear "Legacy" playing. :confused3

HAHAHA, OMG the Friends where Chandler says "the bad place" was on today! All the best Friends episodes are on right now, the earlier ones where Monica and Richard are together, and Rachel and Ross. "Hi, I'm Chandler, could I BE wearing anymore clothes?" :rotfl2: Ahhh, I love that episode!

Moving on, TSM is so much fun! I still have yet to go through the actual standby queue, we always use FP's. I really have to suck it up and wait one day so I can see all the cute little details in it.

OMG Rock N Rollercoaster, I love that ride so much! It's weird, I've always liked Aerosmith, but now, when I hear an Aerosmith song on the radio or on my Ipod, I think I'm hearing Disney music! :rotfl:

Did you watch Six Feet Under? Because Illeana Douglas was on it for a couple of episodes and her character was just SO disgusting. So I have a hard time seeing her in a Disney attraction!

Where did you get that Frozen Strawberry Lemonade?? That sounds fantastic!

[IheartDDuck]

"Monica, I think you've gone to the bad place". :lmao:

You crack me up saying that you would lick a public toilet seat to see Aerosmith. Absolutely hilarious.

You WILL break 200,000 points on your next visit to TSM. I just know it. You can do it! ;)

There are no hidden Mickeys?! Get out! That's too funny. You're right, the one downfall is not having someone to turn to when something is funny. It's like you turn, look......and nothing comes out.

[Merida]

AHHH!!! COUGAR TOWN! I'm so excited, I literally clapped when I heard the news. As for me, Ellie is kind of my spirit animal.

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Love her. Also I'm kind of excited for Laurie and Travis to happen and I know that skeeves some people out but I don't care at all THEY ARE CUTE and I think Jules will be able to accept it.

Ooooh I hope you get to go to France soon, that would be so wonderful! I want to go so bad. As for Disneyland, I don't want my first Disneyland experience to be around Christmas because of all the things that change, but I am SO excited about seeing the Nightmare themed stuff. I've loved that movie forever and they don't feature it at Disney World for some TERRIBLE REASON.

Ahh I totally have to disagree with you on DHS. I think the theme is so perfectly done! The Hollywood that never was and always will be... sigh. As for the crowds, I never go around busy times so I haven't experienced that, but the Osborne lights did get a little crazy.

I'm excited to see the Muppet Movie, I just didn't have time during the holidays, but I can't wait!

I agree that most of the Mickeys are not that hidden, but there are a lot that ARE hard to find, especially because when you're moving on a ride you don't have that much time to look. I've never found the Tinkerbell in Frontierland or that Minnie on the Great Movie ride (SHE ELUDES ME EVERY TIME!). There's a hidden Mickey & Donald on the GMR that I actually JUST found once and for all on this trip. I was so excited! But more on that another time!

I loooooved when Ellie took down the wine bar owner. Like together, they were perfect but her going after him for being mean to Jules was AMAZING. And Travis just looks old (like, older than 19) to me and well, it's Laurie! Basically: GET IT, TRAVIS. (Though I wouldn't say no to Smith again because I too love it when guys have first name last names and last name first names)

I've actually never seen Nightmare! I don't know, Halloween's never been a thing for me. But claymation is! So I'm going with laziness. :rotfl: I don't think that many things change, mostly just Small World or Haunted Mansion. And really we just want to go and stay in the Disneyland Hotel. I am hoping that we don't get spoiled for a holiday decorated parks (if we like it so much we want to go back), but that week in mid-December is our favorite time to take a vacation so we'll have to risk it. The regular fireworks show is supposed to be spectacular so we'll have to take at least one non-holiday trip!

I wish the sections on the other parks were a little more active - it's so hard to find up-to-date comprehensive information on the other ones! How am I supposed to convince people to come with me?? I think we'll try DLP before TokyoDisney - as awesome as it looks, I could survive in Paris with my language skills. My Japanese is completely non-existant and I don't want to be that tourist! And what's the point of going to Japan if you don't get to see some of the sights (besides the gorgeous Disney hotels. Seriously, why don't we have a version of the Ambassador here?!)?

I like parts of Hollywood Studios - going up to Tower of Terror is brilliant! But so much has been stripped - liking the working studio part which was such an awesome idea - and nothing has really been put in? I know the building of the park was rushed and sometimes it really shows. Like, expand the Indy Jones part! Or Star Wars! Or Muppets! There were all these really great ideas that were put forth at one point and then.. they never came to be. A little more depth would be nice (the same thing could be said for Animal Kingdom, but they've got tigers and the theming there is, overall, impeccable IMO. And tigers win over everything - especially toilet paper trees (is that still in DHS?)! But seriously the Muppets Studios part would have been so much fun). Also, my Hunchback show is gone. And I'm not really sure how to get over that one.

Someone did point out the GMR Minnie to me once, so I don't think that counts. :rolleyes: I should get a list because I realized I have no idea what my Hidden Mickey percentage is. I actually may be terrible!

[__disneygirl]

I LOVE Hollywood Studios, it is every bit as magical as the Magic Kingdom! I don't get the people that say it's boring, and the only thing to do there is ride TSM. It is SO much fun, the buildings are so beautiful! I love the music loops there too, I kind of miss the music during the holidays. I was in desperate need of holiday magic on my trip in December though, so I was happy to hear Christmas music. In Epcot, though, it's strange to walk in and not hear "Legacy" playing. :confused3

HAHAHA, OMG the Friends where Chandler says "the bad place" was on today! All the best Friends episodes are on right now, the earlier ones where Monica and Richard are together, and Rachel and Ross. "Hi, I'm Chandler, could I BE wearing anymore clothes?" :rotfl2: Ahhh, I love that episode!

Moving on, TSM is so much fun! I still have yet to go through the actual standby queue, we always use FP's. I really have to suck it up and wait one day so I can see all the cute little details in it.

OMG Rock N Rollercoaster, I love that ride so much! It's weird, I've always liked Aerosmith, but now, when I hear an Aerosmith song on the radio or on my Ipod, I think I'm hearing Disney music! :rotfl:

Did you watch Six Feet Under? Because Illeana Douglas was on it for a couple of episodes and her character was just SO disgusting. So I have a hard time seeing her in a Disney attraction!

Where did you get that Frozen Strawberry Lemonade?? That sounds fantastic!

I'm so glad you share my Hollywood Studios love! I hate when people say it's boring. I just can't...fathom how that could be. I need to give walking tours of it so I can share my obsession with others!!

That is seriously one of my all-time favorite episodes. It is just so priceless. Any episode where the six of them are all together (as opposed to 3 separate storylines) is just amazing, but that one is especially hilarious.

I love TSM so much that I don't even mind waiting in the standby line LOL. and I never wait on lines more than like 10-15 minutes, but it's worth it to me. Then again, I go at low crowd times so it's never listed as more than 60 minutes, and I know if it says 60 it's really 40.

Yeah, even though I've been obsessed with Aerosmith forever, certain songs immediately bring me back to the RnR, especially Love in an Elevator. I love when that song plays during the ride as Love in a Rollercoaster and the "GOOOOING DOOOOOOOWN" part plays right before a drop. SO AWESOME.

I have been meaning to watch Six Feet Under for YEARS! Illeana's such a good actress too, she has had such a varied career. But she'll always be Aerosmith's manager in my heart! haha

I got it at a cart right off of Hollywood Blvd! I've heard there are other places at the parks to get them but I didn't see any. Also, you can buy Minute Maid Frozen Lemonade at the grocery store, but they don't have the strawberry, and it's just not the same!

"Monica, I think you've gone to the bad place". :lmao:

You crack me up saying that you would lick a public toilet seat to see Aerosmith. Absolutely hilarious.

You WILL break 200,000 points on your next visit to TSM. I just know it. You can do it! ;)

There are no hidden Mickeys?! Get out! That's too funny. You're right, the one downfall is not having someone to turn to when something is funny. It's like you turn, look......and nothing comes out.

YAY I love that people are getting my Friends reference!! :laughing:

Let me be clear: when I was 14, I 100% would have done that to hang with Aerosmith without a second thought. These days, I'm a little more terrified of germs and paranoid. Ah, growing up!

Thank you! I know I can do it too, mainly because I will not leave until it happens. Security will have to forcibly remove me and then probably ask me not to return to the park, so then I'll have to show up in a disguise and basically, it's going to be an ordeal but I AM GOING TO CRACK 200,000.

I loooooved when Ellie took down the wine bar owner. Like together, they were perfect but her going after him for being mean to Jules was AMAZING. And Travis just looks old (like, older than 19) to me and well, it's Laurie! Basically: GET IT, TRAVIS. (Though I wouldn't say no to Smith again because I too love it when guys have first name last names and last name first names)

I've actually never seen Nightmare! I don't know, Halloween's never been a thing for me. But claymation is! So I'm going with laziness. :rotfl: I don't think that many things change, mostly just Small World or Haunted Mansion. And really we just want to go and stay in the Disneyland Hotel. I am hoping that we don't get spoiled for a holiday decorated parks (if we like it so much we want to go back), but that week in mid-December is our favorite time to take a vacation so we'll have to risk it. The regular fireworks show is supposed to be spectacular so we'll have to take at least one non-holiday trip!

I wish the sections on the other parks were a little more active - it's so hard to find up-to-date comprehensive information on the other ones! How am I supposed to convince people to come with me?? I think we'll try DLP before TokyoDisney - as awesome as it looks, I could survive in Paris with my language skills. My Japanese is completely non-existant and I don't want to be that tourist! And what's the point of going to Japan if you don't get to see some of the sights (besides the gorgeous Disney hotels. Seriously, why don't we have a version of the Ambassador here?!)?

I like parts of Hollywood Studios - going up to Tower of Terror is brilliant! But so much has been stripped - liking the working studio part which was such an awesome idea - and nothing has really been put in? I know the building of the park was rushed and sometimes it really shows. Like, expand the Indy Jones part! Or Star Wars! Or Muppets! There were all these really great ideas that were put forth at one point and then.. they never came to be. A little more depth would be nice (the same thing could be said for Animal Kingdom, but they've got tigers and the theming there is, overall, impeccable IMO. And tigers win over everything - especially toilet paper trees (is that still in DHS?)! But seriously the Muppets Studios part would have been so much fun). Also, my Hunchback show is gone. And I'm not really sure how to get over that one.

Someone did point out the GMR Minnie to me once, so I don't think that counts. :rolleyes: I should get a list because I realized I have no idea what my Hidden Mickey percentage is. I actually may be terrible!

YES I just love the Jules/Ellie friendship so much. I mean, I love all the friendships but that is undoubtedly the best.

You really need to watch Nightmare!! It's such a staple of my childhood and as I got older I appreciated it for so many other reasons. It's just amazing and I really don't know why there is no celebration of it at Disney World!

The Disneyland Hotel looks so classic Disney and beautiful. I would love to stay there so much! I would probably have to do a split stay though because the Grand Californian just looks divine.

There is a lot of info about the International parks if you dig around a bit, though I agree, I wish there were some international, english speaking dissers that could post about them more!

I agree there are a lot of parts of DHS that are underdeveloped. Like why is Sounds Dangerous just sitting there. They did something with it during the end of December so I don't understand why it can't just be a whole attraction already. Another thing is, I hate that American Idol is there SO MUCH. I will be so happy when that is changed. I agree Muppet Studios would have been AMAZING and I'm still holding out hope, especially with the new Muppet Movie.

I'm honestly jealous that you have seen the Minnie even though you didn't find it yourself. For some reason I refuse to ask a CM to show it to me. Every single time I go I search and search that mural and I never ever find it! This has been going on for like... 8 years or something. It's just sad!

[Kelliroo3]

I've never gone to a park alone...what's it like? I feel like I'd be lonely, but then again you can do everything at your pace and do what you want, when you want to. I guess I wouldn't mind doing a park solo for some of the time, but not all day and all trip.

Love your obsession with the theme park music. I feel the exact same with the music..especially the music at Wilderness Lodge and Innoventions. When I was there in early December I definitely missed my music!

Tower of Terror is my mom and mine's thing too. So fun. Also love TSM and RnRC! Disney does have the best ride dialogue. =) Looking forward to more!!

[tinkgurl]

HEY! Wow..you didn't tell me you started this! Well I'm here now! And GUESS WHAT?!? You were seriously like a few doors down from our room at Pop!

[__disneygirl]

I've never gone to a park alone...what's it like? I feel like I'd be lonely, but then again you can do everything at your pace and do what you want, when you want to. I guess I wouldn't mind doing a park solo for some of the time, but not all day and all trip.

Love your obsession with the theme park music. I feel the exact same with the music..especially the music at Wilderness Lodge and Innoventions. When I was there in early December I definitely missed my music!

Tower of Terror is my mom and mine's thing too. So fun. Also love TSM and RnRC! Disney does have the best ride dialogue. =) Looking forward to more!!

Going solo can be great in many ways, mostly because you get to explore the parks in any way you want at any pace you want, as you said. However, I went on a solo trip when I was 18 and I probably wouldn't do it again. I'm glad I did, cause I discovered the parks in a whole new way that has stuck with me, but it did get pretty lonely. Seeing all the families together made me miss mine so much and made me realize while magic does live at Disney, you bring some of it with you.

I actually don't think I have any of the WL music, but I love it there so I am gonna have to find it!

Thanks for reading!!

HEY! Wow..you didn't tell me you started this! Well I'm here now! And GUESS WHAT?!? You were seriously like a few doors down from our room at Pop!

HEY TINKGURLFRIEND!!! Thanks for joining in!!! Seeing your signature reminded me of your wedding, I am so excited for you! Are you having your wedding at Disney or doing that at home and then going on your Disneymoon? Either way, you are so lucky!!! I can't wait to read that TR.

[Huskerkelsey]

Loving your TR so far! Can't wait for more posts!

[tinkgurl]

HEY TINKGURLFRIEND!!! Thanks for joining in!!! Seeing your signature reminded me of your wedding, I am so excited for you! Are you having your wedding at Disney or doing that at home and then going on your Disneymoon? Either way, you are so lucky!!! I can't wait to read that TR.

Hey disneygirlfriend!! I'd love to have the wedding at WDW, but not everyone would be able to make it there. So, we're having it at home, then going on our Disneymoon. Don't worry- there's lots of "Disney" touches to the wedding. It's not over the top. I'll start a PTR after Feb. 15th, which is when we get to make our ADR's!

[Aussiesalad]

HOOORAY!!!! and HOW DID I MISS THIS STARTING??
Loved your other TR, think you are hilarious :lmao:
I have a million things to say, but will only pick a few, due to the fact I am at work...and should be working... meh
Quoting Stacey should be a theme of every trip. Full stop.
She is just so wonderful! and I love that she 'thumbs up' so much. I love everything she does! So much enthusiasm all the time.... ahhhh Stacey :goodvibes
I hate alarm clocks for that very reason, sleeping soundly and then such a loud irritating salsa tune...going straight into my dreams...so confusing and upsetting. But I love those rare days when through the loud confusing morning fog your brain realizes "I'M GOING TO DISNEY". It's the only time the obnoxious alarm clocks stupid noises can be forgiven.
December 5th is my birthday! So happy to share it with Walt.... Actually it's more his birthday...i just tag along.
God's camera picture is too funny! Who wouldn't be proud of creating the most magical place on earth?
Awwhhh glitter hair dad! You go with your glittery self! Adorbs. I love when dad's get so into the Disney spirit, truly heart warming. Before I agreed to marry my husband I outlined all the Disney responsibilities he would be faced with in the future.
Your pictures really highlight why I LOVE Christmas at Disney....although you live in New York which is my other all time favourite Christmas location. I love places that just feel like Christmas. And New York City and Disney just do it for me... Australia=not so much
Although I agree with you and Jess, I love Christmas music A LOT, but I really find myself missing the regular park loops. They should just "christmasify' the regular loops...add the odd sleigh bells or reindeer noises over the top.
Ohhhh the OC... I have so much love for that show!!
And Friends, just put on any episode and I feel so much better about everything!
I am most likely heading to Disneyland Paris this year for work (ARGHHH) so I'll be sure to report back all my findings. I went to Paris a couple of years ago and am still kicking myself for not going then. Ugh so silly.
Anyways this was meant to be a short post just voicing some excitement for this TR. So YAY! Excited for what's to come

[kansasdisneygal]

I'm somewhat new to DIS and read through your McLovins hit the world HARD TR! Loved it! I'm excited to read along with this report, so far its great!!! Now, I'm thinking of adding Ohana to my reservations for my trip in May.

[__disneygirl]

Loving your TR so far! Can't wait for more posts!

Yay, thank you!

Hey disneygirlfriend!! I'd love to have the wedding at WDW, but not everyone would be able to make it there. So, we're having it at home, then going on our Disneymoon. Don't worry- there's lots of "Disney" touches to the wedding. It's not over the top. I'll start a PTR after Feb. 15th, which is when we get to make our ADR's!

Oooh yay, I can't wait for that PTR. I'm so happy for you! :bride:

HOOORAY!!!! and HOW DID I MISS THIS STARTING??
Loved your other TR, think you are hilarious :lmao:
I have a million things to say, but will only pick a few, due to the fact I am at work...and should be working... meh
Quoting Stacey should be a theme of every trip. Full stop.
She is just so wonderful! and I love that she 'thumbs up' so much. I love everything she does! So much enthusiasm all the time.... ahhhh Stacey :goodvibes
I hate alarm clocks for that very reason, sleeping soundly and then such a loud irritating salsa tune...going straight into my dreams...so confusing and upsetting. But I love those rare days when through the loud confusing morning fog your brain realizes "I'M GOING TO DISNEY". It's the only time the obnoxious alarm clocks stupid noises can be forgiven.
December 5th is my birthday! So happy to share it with Walt.... Actually it's more his birthday...i just tag along.
God's camera picture is too funny! Who wouldn't be proud of creating the most magical place on earth?
Awwhhh glitter hair dad! You go with your glittery self! Adorbs. I love when dad's get so into the Disney spirit, truly heart warming. Before I agreed to marry my husband I outlined all the Disney responsibilities he would be faced with in the future.
Your pictures really highlight why I LOVE Christmas at Disney....although you live in New York which is my other all time favourite Christmas location. I love places that just feel like Christmas. And New York City and Disney just do it for me... Australia=not so much
Although I agree with you and Jess, I love Christmas music A LOT, but I really find myself missing the regular park loops. They should just "christmasify' the regular loops...add the odd sleigh bells or reindeer noises over the top.
Ohhhh the OC... I have so much love for that show!!
And Friends, just put on any episode and I feel so much better about everything!
I am most likely heading to Disneyland Paris this year for work (ARGHHH) so I'll be sure to report back all my findings. I went to Paris a couple of years ago and am still kicking myself for not going then. Ugh so silly.
Anyways this was meant to be a short post just voicing some excitement for this TR. So YAY! Excited for what's to come

Thank you so much! :welcome:!!!

Quoting Stacey will not only be the theme of all our trips, but it's pretty much the theme of our lives. My mom and I quote her daily and any time we do anything fun together we sing LIVIN IT UP. It's just become necessary.

Ahh yes I HATE when the sound of my alarm invades my dreams!! It is such a weird feeling!

I agree, I always feel better when I watch Friends no matter what is going on.

I'm so jealous you got to go to Paris and are visiting again and seeing Disneyland Paris! You should do a TR.

I'm somewhat new to DIS and read through your McLovins hit the world HARD TR! Loved it! I'm excited to read along with this report, so far its great!!! Now, I'm thinking of adding Ohana to my reservations for my trip in May.

Thank you so much, that's great to hear! You absolutely must add 'Ohana to your ADR list. It will always be a must do for us from now on!!!

[marDgreen88]

Can I just say I feel really dumb right now, because I read this update THE DAY you posted it, but I never replied. Uhhhh??? Anyways, I totally agree about the Christmas music! Like I mean, I enjoy Christmas music a TON but when I'm in Disney I want to hear my Disney music. Like where was my Main Street music and INNOVENTIONS LOOP? Ugh. Seriously the ONE drawback of going early December!

YES TOY STORY MANIA IS THE BEST. I cannot wait to ride that puppy again.

YOU NEED TO SEE THE MUPPETS! It comes out on DVD March 20th. Keep that in mind. :cool2:

That's hilarious about the hidden Mickeys... did they think it was like an Easter egg hunt or something? HAHAHA. That cracks me up. Good for you for spreading your knowledge.

I'm excited to hear about your first Starring Rolls experience!

[__disneygirl]

HEY EVERYONE!!!!!!!! I'm so sorry I haven't updated. I can't believe it's been over two weeks. Life is just manic right now but I will definitely post an update tomorrow!!! I just wanted to stop by here and wish all of you a Happy Valentine's Day since I love you all SO MUCH! :love::lovestruc:love::lovestruc:love: Thanks for sticking with me!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE!!

Here are my Valentines for you...

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MWAH!! I love you all!

Happy Anna Howard Shore Day! Happy Galentines Day!!!!! HAPPY DAY COUGAR TOWN IS COMING BACK ON!!!! AHHHH!!!!


Can I just say I feel really dumb right now, because I read this update THE DAY you posted it, but I never replied. Uhhhh??? Anyways, I totally agree about the Christmas music! Like I mean, I enjoy Christmas music a TON but when I'm in Disney I want to hear my Disney music. Like where was my Main Street music and INNOVENTIONS LOOP? Ugh. Seriously the ONE drawback of going early December!

YES TOY STORY MANIA IS THE BEST. I cannot wait to ride that puppy again.

YOU NEED TO SEE THE MUPPETS! It comes out on DVD March 20th. Keep that in mind. :cool2:

That's hilarious about the hidden Mickeys... did they think it was like an Easter egg hunt or something? HAHAHA. That cracks me up. Good for you for spreading your knowledge.

I'm excited to hear about your first Starring Rolls experience!

Don't feel dumb! I do that all the time!

I'm so excited to see the Muppets!! I will keep March 20th in mind, thanks!

An easter egg hunt LOL that's perfect, I never thought of that but that's exactly how it seemed.

[cindianne320]

LOL- March 20th is my birthday!!!

[__disneygirl]

DECEMBER 6, 2011
Day 1, Part 2 In Which I Discover New Realms of Awesomeness At The Hollywood Tower Hotel

When we last left off, I was assuring some tweens that Hidden Mickeys could not be found in the bushes at Walt Disney World. Or anywhere, really. I mean, I haven't searched through a lot of shrubbery in my life, but I found no Mickeys hidden in the ones I have looked through. After sending the girls on their merry way, I went over to Star Tours.

I had not been on this ride in years because it is the only Disney ride I've ever been on that made me a little nauseous, but I had heard such good things about it since the refurbishment that I knew I had to check it out.

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Luckily, the wait was 10 minutes and I got right on!

Wow, I love this ride now! Let me just preface this by saying I'm not a big Star Wars fan. It's not that I don't like it, it's just that I've only seen the first film and it was YEARS ago (Though now that I love the ride, I'm tempted to marathon the original 3 films). It doesn't really matter though, because the ride is great now. I love that they have so many different scenarios so that if you ride more than once, it's likely it not be the same as the last, since there are over 50 different experiences. On this particular visit, Darth Vader intercepted our flight before we even left the building and called out the Rebel Spy which was this adorable little boy! At the end, Princess Leia came on the screen and gave us our mission (the second time I went on later in the trip, it was Yoda, and Darth Vader didn't show up in the beginning). So fun! I also didn't feel sick at all this time as it is MUCH smoother than I remember, so yay!

I posted on Twitter:
Loved the new Star Tours, wasn't a huge fan of it before. People clapped at the end!

Yes that's right, it was so awesome that people actually cheered at the end. I LOVE when that happens. What a fun experience!

Well, I hadn't been on Toy Story Mania in almost an hour, which is unacceptable, so I went right back over there. This time the wait said 45 minutes, but it was only 30. You know it's low crowd times when you get on TSM 3 times, RNR, and Star Tours before 11:00 with a break in between! LOVE IT!!!

I posted this on Twitter:
My arm actually hurts cause I go THAT hard on Toy Story Mania. I just rule.

I really do rule. And I do go very hard. It's intimidating and REALLY embarrassing for the people sitting in the same car as me. I'm always the best score in the car. I don't have a big ego, I just love how awesome I am.

At this point, nothing in Hollywood really had much of a wait except TSM, and even that was only about 20 minutes. Needless to say, I very much recommend early December as a time to visit WDW! Who cares if your kids are already going to have Christmas break off? Pull em out of school anyway! How important is education compared to Disney REALLY? Think about it.

Since almost every ride was a walk on, I did what any obsessed Disney fan would do: wander around and take pictures!

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Read this dedication, I love it. My favorite part is "We welcome you to a Hollywood that never was and always will be." Says so much with so little words!

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This is one of my favorite pictures from the trip, I just like the angle.

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At this point I was super hungry. My tummy was all rumbly Pooh style, so I headed over to Graceland AKA Starring Rolls to FINALLY try one of their world famous cupcakes. I had always wanted to try the Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcake or the Butterfinger Cupcake, but then my friend Jess raved about the Red Velvet one on her TRs and it just looked so ridiculously delicious that I had to get that one!

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SLAP MY BEHIND AND CALL ME SHERIFF WOODY, THIS WAS THE BEST CUPCAKE I HAVE HAD IN MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And that is really saying something cause I can put those away like NO OTHER! But this is really the best cupcake I have EVER had! All the bakeries in competition with each other who have some of the best pastry chefs in Manhattan as owners have NOTHING on this!!!!!

Red velvet in general is really good, but this was some of the best quality cake I have ever had. Disney, in general, always as amazing quality cake but this was just above and beyond even that. The cream cheese icing was also better than any other I have had. They must have a secret ingredient or something because I can't put my finger on it, but it's just better. In the middle of the icing, there is a dollop of cheesecake, which is brilliant to begin with but then there are also pieces of Heath bar on top which is seriously on par with E=MC squared as far as genius ideas go.

Sigh. I would pay $100 for one right now. I am not exaggerating. These are the cupcakes Jesus eats in Heaven. If you normally do not have a big sweet tooth... if you usually don't like cupcakes very much... it doesn't matter. Try it. You will never be the same.

At this point I was really missing my mom. Red Velvet is her favorite and I really wanted to share it with her. Also, I wanted to change my outfit cause I was kind of uncomfortable, so I got a box for the cupcake and called to tell her to hang tight at the resort cause I was coming back.

On my way out I took a picture of the awesome Christmas tree:
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Once I arrived at Pop, I took the shortcut back to our room (LOVE IT!) and found my mom lounging by the Computer Pool. At this point I was like GURL. I mean, I know, I know. It's a VACATION. Lounging by the pool is normal(ISH), but I was sick of touring alone. She said she was ready to go anyway, so it worked out well! We sat by the pool awhile chatting and eating the cupcake and then headed upstairs.

After we turned on the TV and admired Stacey, changed, and caught the bus, we were back in Hollywood!

Whew.

I took a picture of the Times Board because I love when they write 13 minutes for ToT:
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Wait time of doom! P.S. DO NOT ASK what those lines all over the picture are. I thought my camera was dead right there but by shaking it around and banging it on my hand several times it was back to working fine, albeit with the zit, but you can't have everything.

I took this pic just to test out my camera, but it actually turned out cool I think!
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Since I had decided to wait for my mom to ride Tower of Terror aka MY FAVORITE ATTRACTION OF ALL TIME, I was basically running down Sunset! But my mom stopped because some Citizens of Hollywood were out and about, so I joined her:
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This was a really cute little show. They had a bunch of different Hollywoodlanders, like a gangster and a dramatic actress, and mixed them with park guests. I wish I had more detailed notes with all the characters and what they said because it was so good! They all stood in a line as you can see in the pic and sang "The 12 Days of Christmas". They went through one by one choosing their own replacement for the normal lyrics, but it had to be something they wanted for Christmas and each gift was tailored to the character. Of course, the gangster was reluctant to join in on the fun and kept messing the whole thing up! I think he finally decided on something like "Seven guns a-blazing!"

As an actress, this would definitely be one of the #1 jobs I would love to have if I were to work at WDW. So much fun and so much improv involved! It would be so fun to stay in character while talking to guests and play off whatever they said.

Sidenote: Last week I was doing improv and I had a scene with this hilarious actor and we were supposed to be siblings that were little kids finding toys from Santa on Christmas morning. We were acting CRAZY excited, and I screamed, "WE GOT IPODS!!!!!!!!!!" and he turned to me and said, "LOOKS LIKE WE'LL BE LISTENING TO OUR TUNES ON THE GO!" and I can not get it out of my head. The audience EXPLODED with laughter and every time I even SEE an apple product I can't BREATHE. Improv is the best... if you have a local acting program you should take it even if you can not imagine acting. It's a really unique experience and SO MUCH FUN!

Anyway, back to the report! It was finally time for our descent into THE TWILIGHT ZONE. And it was a walk on!

I'm not going to write about my deep and endless love for this ride again, as I already covered it pretty well in my LAST (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=37348507&postcount=291) TR (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=37348538&postcount=293). So check that out!

I was really anxious to see if they would be playing the Tower of Terror area loop AKA my FAVORITE music in all of Disney, and they were! I was so happy b/c like I said, a lot of the other area music was replaced with Christmas music (actually, I ended up realizing that the attraction area music stayed the same, while a lot of the general park area music was Christmas themed). I love hearing the dreamy Sunset Boulevard music headed up to the Hollywood Tower Hotel and really missed that, but once I finally arrived at the hotel I heard the same old WONDROUS loop of 20's-40's music! My favorite. PERFECTION.

Another sidenote: The other day my dad was watching a movie about Glenn Miller, brilliant jazz musician/composer of the 30's and 40's who served in WWII even though he was already a major celebrity and ended up going MIA in 1944. They play a lot of his music around the ToT area, so when I heard it coming from the TV I was all "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and ran in there to watch. I told him I knew the music from Disney and he said, "That's because this is REAL music, not like this crap they play today!" LOL. My dad thinks all music and film produced after 1950 is awful, and though I obviously don't agree, there is something absolutely timeless and perfect about that kind of music and I've always held a great fondness for it. He then told me that at his high school prom he won the Jitterbug dance contest to one of Glenn Miller's songs! LOL! Being awesome runs in the family TBH.

ANYWAY, as you all probably already know, I am so obsessed with the entire building of the Hollywood Tower Hotel. My dream is to get to design my own home one day and have it built in different Disney styles, mostly mimicking the HTH and various buildings throughout the park, like the Mickey's of Hollywood building. Hollywood Studios architecture is my favorite ever! I also want some kind of Fairy Garden on my property, and a tree house, and a pool kind of like a mermaid cove, and stained glass windows themed after different Disney tales... buuut before I reveal all the plans for my future home/personal theme park, let's move on!

I know I say this over and over but it bares repeating: you must ALWAYS remember to stop and smell the details at Disney! I have been on the Tower of Terror dozens of times, taken a million pics of it, examined so much of it, but even I noticed something I NEVER have before!

The room behind where you go look at your ride photos is decked OUT! I wish I could have gotten better pictures of it, or seen back there better. I was literally leaning over the desk trying to see more details, because if there is ever like a note on a table, or a book open, or a piece of music, or a picture it ALWAYS has significance. Disney doesn't just throw anything into their set design! Working on movies and TV made me really learn to appreciate the little things, because when you actually get to know set designers and decorators as people who spend hours upon hours shopping for things to put in the background that no one notices, it makes all the difference!

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It seemed to be some kind of storage area for the hotel, though it was pretty hard to see back there, but it was still incredible. The thought they put into these things and no one even looks! Once I started craning my neck and taking a million pictures, people came over to see what I was looking at, and I guess they didn't find it so interesting cause they walked away a second later. EYEROLL.

When I got home, I did some research and discovered that a lot of the stuff in this area are REAL PROPS FROM TWILIGHT ZONE EPISODES!!!!! HOW COOL IS THAT, RIGHT? I haven't watched the Twilight Zone in ages, but HOW FUN for huge fans of the show to look and try and find things! Like, if they did this with the show Friends, I would have a BLAST looking for everything as I have seen every episode at at LEAST 5-10 times. It's like a real life Hidden Pictures puzzle! Disney is the freaking BEST!

Apparently there is a toy telephone somewhere in this room used in the episode "Long Distance", but I can't see it in my pictures, so I must have missed it. There is a phone on the desk, but it looks like a regular phone, not a toy, so I will have to look for that next time!

See, it's just like I told ya. You NEED to slow down and catch the details. And always google something if you don't know what it is. Disney never just does anything... there is a reason and meaning behind it all.

To the right of this little room, there are two bulletin boards. It is so dark in there that it was impossible to get a good picture, but these were AWESOME! They had hand written notes pegged to them by people staying at the hotel that were advertising/selling things. One said something about selling his child's toy that he doesn't use anymore, and it listed the price and room number. I wonder if people actually did this back then? I don't think Disney would just randomly make it up, since stuff like that usually tends to be accurate.

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SO amazing. Sigh. Just another reason to worship Disney and love the Hotel!

When we walked into the hotel gift shop, I saw two little boys sitting on the floor playing with toys, totally engrossed in whatever fantasy scenario they had invented as if they were acting in a scene. It was so adorable.

The shop here is one of my favorites, along with Rock Around The Shop at the Rock N Roller Coaster. Ahh, I'm too obsessed! I want everything they sell! I have wanted the HTH bathrobe for like 10 years. I'm serious. I HAVE to buy it next trip. When you want something for that long you should just shell out the $60 once and for all and get it!

I absolutely love this area of the hotel. This is one of my favorite places at Disney. I can't describe how obsessed I am with this building! When I am rich, I am going to show an architect these pictures and say, "Go."

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[marDgreen88]

Ahhhh the cupcake looks and sounds delicious. I really want to try it, but I'm afraid it might be too rich or something! The other day I had a MINI red velvet cupcake, which was delicious, but even that was almost too rich for me! I'm odd I know. Ehhh I'll probably end up getting it anyway. :laughing:

I love that you always notice the little details like that! It's really awesome. I'm making a mental note to really look around at Tower of Terror next time.

Loved the update as usual! :goodvibes

[__disneygirl]

Ahhhh the cupcake looks and sounds delicious. I really want to try it, but I'm afraid it might be too rich or something! The other day I had a MINI red velvet cupcake, which was delicious, but even that was almost too rich for me! I'm odd I know. Ehhh I'll probably end up getting it anyway. :laughing:

I love that you always notice the little details like that! It's really awesome. I'm making a mental note to really look around at Tower of Terror next time.

Loved the update as usual! :goodvibes

It's not too rich at all, trust me! I hate that. Usually when a cupcake is really rich I can't even eat the whole thing, but I could eat about 14 of these in one sitting and not be done. I remember one of the cookies I got at Writer's Stop took me hours to eat because of that, but the cupcakes at Starring Rolls are just perfect.

Thanks girl!

[duckylady]

UGH OH MY GOD I CANNOT. These pictures are KILLING me. I leave in thirteen days and this trip can't come fast enough!

STAR WARS IS LEGIT THE GREATEST THING IN THE UNIVERSE. It's one of my all-time favourite things in the world. You should definitely check out the original trilogy when you have some time! I haven't really spoiled myself for anything in the new Star Tours so I'm going into it completely blind. I may sob with joy.

I want to smash my face in that Red Velvet Cupcake. It looks so good.

One of my favourite parts in Walt Disney World is the little outdoor queue part of Tower of Terror. I don't know why, but just hanging out there and hearing the old-timey music makes me so happy. When I'm feeling homesick for Disney, I usually think of really specific parts of the parks that I'm missing (coming out on to Main Street after the sun has set and seeing all the lights on, the entrance to Animal Kingdom, etc.) and that specific part of the queue always comes to mind.

[AKL LOVER]

Um, did you notice in your 3rd picture of the little room at the HTH that the back left leg of the desk chair was missing?!? Freaky. I'm just sayin'.

[__disneygirl]

UGH OH MY GOD I CANNOT. These pictures are KILLING me. I leave in thirteen days and this trip can't come fast enough!

STAR WARS IS LEGIT THE GREATEST THING IN THE UNIVERSE. It's one of my all-time favourite things in the world. You should definitely check out the original trilogy when you have some time! I haven't really spoiled myself for anything in the new Star Tours so I'm going into it completely blind. I may sob with joy.

I want to smash my face in that Red Velvet Cupcake. It looks so good.

One of my favourite parts in Walt Disney World is the little outdoor queue part of Tower of Terror. I don't know why, but just hanging out there and hearing the old-timey music makes me so happy. When I'm feeling homesick for Disney, I usually think of really specific parts of the parks that I'm missing (coming out on to Main Street after the sun has set and seeing all the lights on, the entrance to Animal Kingdom, etc.) and that specific part of the queue always comes to mind.

AHHHH you are SO lucky! I'm so jealous. March seems like a great time to go, too.

Being a huge Star Wars fan, you're going to lose it when you finally ride the refurbished version! I mean, I love the ride and I'm not even into Star Wars so you are just going to freak out. It's worth the wait!

I completely agree with you. It's my favorite queue and if I HAD to narrow down like a Top 5 Favorite Places At WDW list, it would definitely be on there. It's like stepping into the "Hollywood that never was and always will be", but it's also mysterious and dreamy and creepy and a little off, but sooo beautiful.

Have a red velvet cupcake for me when you're there, will ya? I miss them dearly. :cloud9:

Um, did you notice in your 3rd picture of the little room at the HTH that the back left leg of the desk chair was missing?!? Freaky. I'm just sayin'.

Whoa, I didn't notice that!!! That is so awesome. I love Disney.

[AlwaysPlanning]

Loving your TR. U make me LOL.

[Disneyfreak508]

I saw you updated this a few days ago and I have been wanting to read it so bad and I HAVEN'T HAD TIME!! But here I am and I am excited because I have a moment to breathe and obsess over disney. yayayay :goodvibes

hahaha everyone always tells me to watch star wars (because I never have) and the only reason I would be open to it would be because of Star Tours! I would like to know what is going on in that ride. :rotfl:

Yay for you not even feeling sick at the end! That's a super good thing :thumbsup2

I MISS TOY STORY MANIA!!!! :sad1: Oh my GOD. I need it back in my life!!!!!!! :(

Who cares if your kids are already going to have Christmas break off? Pull em out of school anyway! How important is education compared to Disney REALLY?

This will DEFINITELY be happening when I have children someday. Seriously.... SO WORTH IT!

Very very nice pictures! They're very different angles of DHS that most people don't capture... I like them a lot!

ileusfdhvilskjfdnkirsukdhfgslkjdfcaeiljfdsljreoihl kjdfhadiluedhskdhuewshdkjdsbfakewjdbsmn RED VELVET CUPCAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so glad that you tried it upon my recommendation... I feel so special!

I AM SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT THAT MUCH! YAYAYAYAYAYAY :banana: Oh my God it's SO. FREAKING. PERFECT!

That cream cheese icing is really good... I completely agree. It's not like... the type of frosting that sits like a rock in your stomach. It tastes fantastic and is light enough to make you not feel super fat. Same with the whole cupcake in general. IT'S JUST THE BEST THING EVER! And heath bars just make everything better. Seriously.

And I totally agree about the not liking cupcake thing... because Nat does not like cupcakes and she LOVED this. IT'S SO GOOD!

And yes, I realize I just went on and on and on about those cupcakes but they deserve it!!!

I hope your Mom loved the cupcake as much as you did!

I like that balloon picture a lot!

Haha I remember that 12 days of Christmas skit! I didn't stop to watch but I heard it while I was in the area.. it was really adorable!

LOL improv is the best! I need to get better at it personally, but I absolutely LOVE watching it! That sounds like a hilarious skit!! So funny.

When you make that dream house, I'm coming to visit. Because it sounds perfect in EVERY WAY. DISNEYYYYYYYYY :love:

I wish that people like us (who are a littleee obsessed with disney details) had the chance to go behind the scenes and look at all of these details and have a tour guide tell us what everything is. That's so incredibly cool about the twilight zone props!! Ahhhh!

OMG YOU TOTALLY NEED TO GET THAT BATHROBE! It's worth it if you have wanted it for 10 years :rotfl:

Okayyy I definitely wrote a lot more than I expected to. But I MISSED YOUR UPDATES! I'm glad I finally got to catch up! Yay! Can't wait for the next one!

[MarieTheCat24]

Hello friend! I'm sorry I haven't commented in forever. Thankfully, it looks like I've only missed two installments. Thank you for not being a frequent updater. It works better with my laziness and tv schedule. We're like a match made in TR heaven. :thumbsup2

Here we go...

Yay Hollywood! I concur about the architecture. It's gorgeous. If I never live in a teal and coral home, I will be incredibly disappointed.

But are you like the couch-cushion-eating, sleeping-with-blow-dryer, compulsive-shower-drain-hair-pulling people on My Strange Addiction? I think that's where I'm at. I mean, I'd marry TSM if I could. Mrs. Kara Toy Story Mania has a nice ring to it.

Your pictures have me on the verge of tears. I MISS YOU DISNEY WORLD. SO MUCH. WHY AM I NOT WITH YOU ALWAYS? WHY AM I NOT GOING TO SPEND 24 HOURS SOAKING UP YOUR WONDERFULNESS NEXT WEEK? WHY IS THERE NOT A FROZEN STRAWBERRY LEMONADE IN MY FREEZER RIGHT NOW? WHY? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

You're such a good samaritan, Lia. I probably would've just laughed at the people searching for Hidden Mickeys in the dirt. Or told them that they're gonna need a shovel.

I don't know whether or not to try Star Tours. I'm really not a fan of the faux flying feeling, but everyone keeps talking about how awesome it is and I don't want to miss out on something that I could possibly, potentially handle. How much of a flight simulator is it? My sister says it's essentially just like watching tv, but she's a thrill junkie who barely watches tv so I don't trust her lol.

Oh god RED VELVET. We will be arriving at WDW on the 1 year anniversary of my first Red Velvet Cheesecake cupcake. Fitting. It will also be the 1 year anniversary of Riley's death but that's sad so cupcake it is! I will have 365 - one for every day since my life was changed by its red velvet goodness.

Even I, a TOT non-rider, have had my eye on those Hollywood Tower Hotel robes for years. I have spent a lot of time waiting in that giftshop so I guess it'd still be an appropriate souvenir. :laughing:

Can't wait for the next update!!!

[__disneygirl]

Loving your TR. U make me LOL.

That's very nice to hear! Thank you! :cheer2:

I saw you updated this a few days ago and I have been wanting to read it so bad and I HAVEN'T HAD TIME!! But here I am and I am excited because I have a moment to breathe and obsess over disney. yayayay :goodvibes

hahaha everyone always tells me to watch star wars (because I never have) and the only reason I would be open to it would be because of Star Tours! I would like to know what is going on in that ride. :rotfl:

Yay for you not even feeling sick at the end! That's a super good thing :thumbsup2

I MISS TOY STORY MANIA!!!! :sad1: Oh my GOD. I need it back in my life!!!!!!! :(

This will DEFINITELY be happening when I have children someday. Seriously.... SO WORTH IT!

Very very nice pictures! They're very different angles of DHS that most people don't capture... I like them a lot!

ileusfdhvilskjfdnkirsukdhfgslkjdfcaeiljfdsljreoihl kjdfhadiluedhskdhuewshdkjdsbfakewjdbsmn RED VELVET CUPCAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so glad that you tried it upon my recommendation... I feel so special!

I AM SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT THAT MUCH! YAYAYAYAYAYAY :banana: Oh my God it's SO. FREAKING. PERFECT!

That cream cheese icing is really good... I completely agree. It's not like... the type of frosting that sits like a rock in your stomach. It tastes fantastic and is light enough to make you not feel super fat. Same with the whole cupcake in general. IT'S JUST THE BEST THING EVER! And heath bars just make everything better. Seriously.

And I totally agree about the not liking cupcake thing... because Nat does not like cupcakes and she LOVED this. IT'S SO GOOD!

And yes, I realize I just went on and on and on about those cupcakes but they deserve it!!!

I hope your Mom loved the cupcake as much as you did!

I like that balloon picture a lot!

Haha I remember that 12 days of Christmas skit! I didn't stop to watch but I heard it while I was in the area.. it was really adorable!

LOL improv is the best! I need to get better at it personally, but I absolutely LOVE watching it! That sounds like a hilarious skit!! So funny.

When you make that dream house, I'm coming to visit. Because it sounds perfect in EVERY WAY. DISNEYYYYYYYYY :love:

I wish that people like us (who are a littleee obsessed with disney details) had the chance to go behind the scenes and look at all of these details and have a tour guide tell us what everything is. That's so incredibly cool about the twilight zone props!! Ahhhh!

OMG YOU TOTALLY NEED TO GET THAT BATHROBE! It's worth it if you have wanted it for 10 years :rotfl:

Okayyy I definitely wrote a lot more than I expected to. But I MISSED YOUR UPDATES! I'm glad I finally got to catch up! Yay! Can't wait for the next one!

Yeah, I feel like I get most of Star Tours just b/c a lot of the references in it are just widely known things from pop culture since the movies are so popular but I'm sure there's tons we're missing by not being familiar with the movies. I mean, Disney always throws in those little details and things that a lot of people don't catch.

Thanks for the compliments on my pics! :yay:

Seriously Jess, I owe you my life basically b/c if it wasn't for your TR I probably would have gotten a different cupcake. :scared1:

I agree, the cupcakes at Disney don't make you feel that overly heavy feeling that a lot of cake does. It's clear they use all fresh and natural ingredients.

You'll get better at improv I'm sure. Just keep doing it as much as possible even when you're scared or working with people you think are way better than you are. It's really the only way to improve at it since it's so different from learning a scene and practicing it over and over. Honestly I think it's one of the most fun and thrilling things I do!

AHH that would be so amazing to get to go behind the scenes at ToT! Have you ever done a backstage tour? I've always wanted to but a lot of them are super expensive so I haven't yet but hopefully next trip. and I am TOTALLY getting the bathrobe next time.

[__disneygirl]

Hello friend! I'm sorry I haven't commented in forever. Thankfully, it looks like I've only missed two installments. Thank you for not being a frequent updater. It works better with my laziness and tv schedule. We're like a match made in TR heaven. :thumbsup2

Here we go...

Yay Hollywood! I concur about the architecture. It's gorgeous. If I never live in a teal and coral home, I will be incredibly disappointed.

But are you like the couch-cushion-eating, sleeping-with-blow-dryer, compulsive-shower-drain-hair-pulling people on My Strange Addiction? I think that's where I'm at. I mean, I'd marry TSM if I could. Mrs. Kara Toy Story Mania has a nice ring to it.

Your pictures have me on the verge of tears. I MISS YOU DISNEY WORLD. SO MUCH. WHY AM I NOT WITH YOU ALWAYS? WHY AM I NOT GOING TO SPEND 24 HOURS SOAKING UP YOUR WONDERFULNESS NEXT WEEK? WHY IS THERE NOT A FROZEN STRAWBERRY LEMONADE IN MY FREEZER RIGHT NOW? WHY? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

You're such a good samaritan, Lia. I probably would've just laughed at the people searching for Hidden Mickeys in the dirt. Or told them that they're gonna need a shovel.

I don't know whether or not to try Star Tours. I'm really not a fan of the faux flying feeling, but everyone keeps talking about how awesome it is and I don't want to miss out on something that I could possibly, potentially handle. How much of a flight simulator is it? My sister says it's essentially just like watching tv, but she's a thrill junkie who barely watches tv so I don't trust her lol.

Oh god RED VELVET. We will be arriving at WDW on the 1 year anniversary of my first Red Velvet Cheesecake cupcake. Fitting. It will also be the 1 year anniversary of Riley's death but that's sad so cupcake it is! I will have 365 - one for every day since my life was changed by its red velvet goodness.

Even I, a TOT non-rider, have had my eye on those Hollywood Tower Hotel robes for years. I have spent a lot of time waiting in that giftshop so I guess it'd still be an appropriate souvenir. :laughing:

Can't wait for the next update!!!

AHH don't encourage me to not be a frequent updater!! I want to do it at least once a week but now that I've said that the next update will probably be in 2014.

My Strange Addiction :love: To quote Happy Endings, that show makes me feel like I have my life together. I mean, no matter how bad things get, I don't eat laundry detergent daily so how terrible are things REALLY?

God, I miss it so much too. I keep having dreams that I'm there and it's killing me because I want nothing more than to go for my birthday weekend but I really have to stop being so irresponsible with my money. Or not. I actually would probably do it if my birthday didn't fall on an insanely expensive weekend (Easter). Airfare alone was $400 per person! Please kill me.

As much as I want you to eventually ride everything at Disney, I'm going to be real... it's not just like watching TV. But it's not super intense either. It doesn't feel faux flying. It's so much of a more effective simulator than it was in the past and it is as smooth as can be. It really feels like you're going somewhere and the visuals are so freaking cool.

365 red velvet cupcakes. :cloud9: That is just too sexual to speak of in my opinion.

I think it would be funny if you bought that robe and people would be like "YEAH, best ride ever!" and you'd be like "Yeah....Hella awesome gift shop!" If you said things like HELLA which I'm not sure that you do but hey, in the right context it's not so bad. See: No Doubt, Hella Good, circa 2001.

[__disneygirl]

DECEMBER 6, 2011
Day 1, Part 3 In Which We Don't Wanna Run, We Just Wanna Bang On The Drum All Day

It was nearing parade time, so we headed back over to Hollywood Boulevard to get a good spot. We hadn't seen a parade at THE DISNEY/MGM STUDIOS since the 90's (insert 90's Nick/Boy Meets World/Spice Girls reference here), so I was VERY excited! I actually think I love the parades more now than I did as a kid-- I never used to want to stop and watch when I was little, but now I go out of my way to make sure we don't miss them.

On the way there, we passed another Hollywood citizen talking to a park guest. The Hollywood native was a very famous celebrity, and the guest started freaking out as if they had for real seen one of their favorite stars. I love when guests aren't afraid to go all out like that and join the show.

We found a great spot to sit on the boulevard, and I took a picture of the pretty sky. It was such a nice day-- really the only HOT day of our trip.

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While people wait for the parade, they do this DANCE PARTY thing in the middle of the street! They played "Canned Heat" by Jamiriquai, which you probably know from the movie Napoleon Dynamite, a movie I love. Now, it's used really awesomely at the end of that movie. HOWEVER, if you are REALLY awesome, you first knew that song from the epic dance sequence at the end of the movie Center Stage. You don't understand, I LIVE for epic dance sequences. I know every step to this dance and have since I was 10, even though I never did pointe! I still do it sometimes. I kind of wanted to do it in the street that day LOL but it was mostly kids being adorable and I didn't want to be the weirdo doing full choreogaphy in the street. I do enough of that at home, you know?

There were these two kids that were especially cute. I even creepily took pictures because I just never wanted to forget the moment.

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This little girl was dancing like there was NO TOMORROW. She was so full of joy! It was so amazing to see. Then, this little boy in a Darth Vader costume joined her and that made it EVEN MORE ADORABLE! I hope they get married someday. LOL.

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These two made my day! So cute!

But that wasn't even the most adorable part if you can believe it. The family next to us had two little girls dressed as Rapunzel and Cinderella, and they had been watching the little girl dance too. One of them said to the mother, "Can we invite her over for a play date?" LOOOOOOOOOOOOLODFOLDAKLFJ I COULDN'T BREATHE.

And then it was time for Pixar Pals Countdown to Fun Parade! I was TOO excited!

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It was really hard to get good pictures at some points because the sun was SO bright, so bare with me here!

Let me tell you something, if you think the Small World song gets stuck in your head for days, you have another thing coming because the song they sing during this parade has been lodged in my head since the first time I heard the chorus:

I DON'T WANNA RUN, I JUST WANNA BANG ON THE DRUM ALL DAY!

That song was in my head the entire day and I have sung that line at least once EVERY single day since! I don't care, it reminds me of Disney so I love it.

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Yayyyy! Flik and Atta! A Bug's Life is super underrated.

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"Someday, I will be a beautiful butterfly!"

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SO PRETTY!

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Ratatouille was next!

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I love Remy because he just wants good food, which is basically my main concern in life.

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Monster's Inc!! WOOO!!

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Up! Can you believe I only watched this movie once cause it made me cry so much? I really want to see it again, but sometimes I'm just not in the mood for the waterworks. I LOVE it, though. There was another float with Carl on it, but I couldn't get a good pic!

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Potato Head took some time off from being the Boardwalk Barker to come Live It Up with us!!

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I love the dancer's costumes, cause they're not perfectly matched or anything... they look like a kid playing dress up put them together.

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Such a great parade! My mom kept talking about it the whole trip, she loved it so much! It's her favorite one I think. It's just so fun and upbeat. It's very wham, SO BOOM! Don't miss it!

Up Next: PEOPLE PEOPLE PEOPLE. EVERYWHERE PEOPLE!

[marDgreen88]

:rotfl: I really wish you would have done your full on choreography in the middle of Hollywood Studios. I think it would have been welcome entertainment. Fellow guests probably would have just thought you were late to a flash mob, or something.

YOU'RE RIGHT. A Bug's Life is SO underrated. It's one of my favorites!

I loved that parade too! I mean yeah, it's pretty simple and some people complain that the song literally just repeats itself over and over, but the PIXAR characters! They're all awesome and I love them, and I LIKED the song so therefore I too think the parade is awesome. :thumbsup2

[shan23877]

I had to come back out of the woodwork because not too many people understand or appreciate the greatness of CenterStage. It is a fabulous work of cinema, and I love it. However, that damn Zoe Saldana can suck an egg for never admitting that she had a part in such a fine film. It's as though she's ashamed of it. :sad2:

Same goes for Zellweger-- treating Empire Records like a red-headed stepchild. Damn them!

P.S. Huge Friends fan as well, love the references, keep 'em coming!

[oopsiDAISY]

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Either that is a wardrobe malfunction or Bullseye ate a person!!! :scared1::eek:

[Disneyfreak508]

Seriously Jess, I owe you my life basically b/c if it wasn't for your TR I probably would have gotten a different cupcake. :scared1:

AHHH thank goodness I'm such a convincing cupcake reporter :thumbsup2

You'll get better at improv I'm sure. Just keep doing it as much as possible even when you're scared or working with people you think are way better than you are. It's really the only way to improve at it since it's so different from learning a scene and practicing it over and over. Honestly I think it's one of the most fun and thrilling things I do!

I love getting acting advice from you! Thank you :) I will definitely practice as much as I possibly can! Improv is A LOT of fun!

Speaking of like performance and acting and all that fun stuff... Seth Meyers from SNL came to my college last night and I went to go see him. HE WAS SO FREAKING FUNNY OMG. I thought you would probably appreciate that :p

AHH that would be so amazing to get to go behind the scenes at ToT! Have you ever done a backstage tour? I've always wanted to but a lot of them are super expensive so I haven't yet but hopefully next trip. and I am TOTALLY getting the bathrobe next time.

I went on the Backstage Magic Tour for my 16th Birthday Present. That's the tour that I DEFINITELY recommend that you do! It's like 6 or 7 hours long (but you do NOT get bored. At all. Obviously.) and you get to go freakin' EVERYWHERE. They spent a ton of time talking to us about the Tower of Terror and we got to see some of the ride operation secrets and learned about the details. We also got to see Backstage at the American Adventure, The Costume Department, (HOLY freaking God that place is beautiful) The Laundry Facility, Where they store all of the Flower and Garden topiaries in the greenhouses, This huge warehouse where they had ride vehicles like splash mountain logs, hunny pots, dumbo elephants, etc. The ultilidors at the Magic Kingdom, and MANY more places. I wish I would have been trip reporting back then so I could remember more of the details. But you would ABSOLUTELY love it. It's definitely on the expensive side... but it's like.... absolutely unbelievable. If you can save up for it, it's SO worth the money. I say if you're gonna go on a tour, just do that one and go all out so you can see EVERYTHING. It's a life changing experience. :lovestruc Plus your tour guide will be SUPER knowledgable so any detail questions you have they would be more than happy to answer! And I think we went to Whispering Canyon for lunch! YUM!

Woo sorry to ramble. I hope that's helpful!

Alright, time for the update!

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LOL dance together at Disney as children BAM get married. :lovestruc What a perfect story.

The family next to us had two little girls dressed as Rapunzel and Cinderella, and they had been watching the little girl dance too. One of them said to the mother, "Can we invite her over for a play date?"

ldfuhvjldkfgjhnldkjgfh OH MY GOD THAT'S THE CUTEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD! Seriously. Children. Key to my heart. SO CUTE.

I'm surprised I don't know this song! I have never heard/seen the parade at DHS... weird, I know.

BUG'S LIFE IS ONE OF MY CHILDHOOD MOVIES! When I was in Kindergarten I think I watched it EVERY SINGLE DAY for like months. And then for Halloween my brother and I dressed up as Flik and Atta. OMG I HAVE A PICTURE. Of course I feel the need to show you now.

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Precious, right? oh my God I miss being 5.

"I AM A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY!" Omg. I freaking NEED to watch that movie like immediately. Ahhh I'm so glad it's such a huge part of this parade!!

I have only seen Up once, too! I just watched it for my first time a little over a month ago. I LOVE KEVIN!!!!!!

Livin' It Up in Comic Sans makes me laugh out loud. Literally.

TOYYYYY STORYYYYYYYYYY!

I need to definitely see this parade next time! Thank you for bringing it to my attention! :thumbsup2

And THANK YOU FOR UPDATING! :hug:

[__disneygirl]

:rotfl: I really wish you would have done your full on choreography in the middle of Hollywood Studios. I think it would have been welcome entertainment. Fellow guests probably would have just thought you were late to a flash mob, or something.

YOU'RE RIGHT. A Bug's Life is SO underrated. It's one of my favorites!

I loved that parade too! I mean yeah, it's pretty simple and some people complain that the song literally just repeats itself over and over, but the PIXAR characters! They're all awesome and I love them, and I LIKED the song so therefore I too think the parade is awesome. :thumbsup2

haha a flash mob at Disney! That would be so amazing! There's always next trip ;)

Disney songs are repetitive people, deal with it! LOL I never understand when people complain about stuff like that, like the Small World song. It's alll part of the experience! :thumbsup2

I had to come back out of the woodwork because not too many people understand or appreciate the greatness of CenterStage. It is a fabulous work of cinema, and I love it. However, that damn Zoe Saldana can suck an egg for never admitting that she had a part in such a fine film. It's as though she's ashamed of it. :sad2:

Same goes for Zellweger-- treating Empire Records like a red-headed stepchild. Damn them!

P.S. Huge Friends fan as well, love the references, keep 'em coming!

YAY, a Center Stage fan! I can't even tell you how many times I've seen it, I'd have to guess at least 50. It was my 4th grade dream! I had no idea Zoe felt that way. I HATE when actors are like that! You should be proud of all your work, even if it's terrible (which Center Stage is so not). That's one of the reasons I love Jen Aniston, she was in the movie Leprechaun and always jokes about it and just owns it. AND EMPIRE RECORDS IS SUCH A GOOD MOVIE! I LOVE IT! How could Zellweger feel that way? Especially when she makes crap like New In Town and Case 39. They can't all be Chicago, honey! Own it!

Oh trust me, there will be a ton more Friends references! Stay tuned! :happytv:

Either that is a wardrobe malfunction or Bullseye ate a person!!! :scared1::eek:

Oh man, I didn't even notice that!!!! Yikes!

AHHH thank goodness I'm such a convincing cupcake reporter :thumbsup2

I love getting acting advice from you! Thank you :) I will definitely practice as much as I possibly can! Improv is A LOT of fun!

Speaking of like performance and acting and all that fun stuff... Seth Meyers from SNL came to my college last night and I went to go see him. HE WAS SO FREAKING FUNNY OMG. I thought you would probably appreciate that :p

I went on the Backstage Magic Tour for my 16th Birthday Present. That's the tour that I DEFINITELY recommend that you do! It's like 6 or 7 hours long (but you do NOT get bored. At all. Obviously.) and you get to go freakin' EVERYWHERE. They spent a ton of time talking to us about the Tower of Terror and we got to see some of the ride operation secrets and learned about the details. We also got to see Backstage at the American Adventure, The Costume Department, (HOLY freaking God that place is beautiful) The Laundry Facility, Where they store all of the Flower and Garden topiaries in the greenhouses, This huge warehouse where they had ride vehicles like splash mountain logs, hunny pots, dumbo elephants, etc. The ultilidors at the Magic Kingdom, and MANY more places. I wish I would have been trip reporting back then so I could remember more of the details. But you would ABSOLUTELY love it. It's definitely on the expensive side... but it's like.... absolutely unbelievable. If you can save up for it, it's SO worth the money. I say if you're gonna go on a tour, just do that one and go all out so you can see EVERYTHING. It's a life changing experience. :lovestruc Plus your tour guide will be SUPER knowledgable so any detail questions you have they would be more than happy to answer! And I think we went to Whispering Canyon for lunch! YUM!

Woo sorry to ramble. I hope that's helpful!

Alright, time for the update!

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LOL dance together at Disney as children BAM get married. :lovestruc What a perfect story.

ldfuhvjldkfgjhnldkjgfh OH MY GOD THAT'S THE CUTEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD! Seriously. Children. Key to my heart. SO CUTE.

I'm surprised I don't know this song! I have never heard/seen the parade at DHS... weird, I know.

BUG'S LIFE IS ONE OF MY CHILDHOOD MOVIES! When I was in Kindergarten I think I watched it EVERY SINGLE DAY for like months. And then for Halloween my brother and I dressed up as Flik and Atta. OMG I HAVE A PICTURE. Of course I feel the need to show you now.

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Precious, right? oh my God I miss being 5.

"I AM A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY!" Omg. I freaking NEED to watch that movie like immediately. Ahhh I'm so glad it's such a huge part of this parade!!

I have only seen Up once, too! I just watched it for my first time a little over a month ago. I LOVE KEVIN!!!!!!

Livin' It Up in Comic Sans makes me laugh out loud. Literally.

TOYYYYY STORYYYYYYYYYY!

I need to definitely see this parade next time! Thank you for bringing it to my attention! :thumbsup2

And THANK YOU FOR UPDATING! :hug:

Yes... had you not described that cupcake in such delicious detail, I would not be the woman I am today! Please keep the food reviews coming! You know what I really want to try that I've never seen anywhere but your trip report? The carrot cake cookie at Writer's Stop. YUM! WOW!

I would be happy to provide any acting/showbiz advice anytime! I mean, I pretty much still need advice on it myself though, but I'll try my best. LOL

That's so awesome that Seth came to your school! How fun! My favorite is when he has Stefon with him on Weekend Update. Oh man I can't stop laughing when that comes on.

Thanks for the info on Backstage Magic! It sounds AMAZING! That would be the one I want to do the most. When I saw it would be $500 for my mom and I to do it I was like OUCH, but it seems worth saving up for. I also really want to do the "Through Walt's Eyes" and "Marceline to the Magic Kingdom" tours cause Walt just fascinates me. And basically all the Epcot ones cause I'm so obsessed with every inch of that park. And Wild By Design at AK!! And... just all of them. haha!

HAHAHA that is SUCH a cute picture of you and your brother! I miss being 5 too. You absolutely MUST catch the parade next time, especially being such a big Bug's Life fan!

Thank YOU for reading!! :flower3:

[Kelliroo3]

I love the citizens of Hollywood! They are so hilarious. When we were there this past December we saw their show too with the 12 days of Christmas. It was so funny! We were just walking by after riding TOT and they were performing. It was a perfect surprise! Loved it.

Yay TOT- it is an awesome ride and full of amazing detail. I love the theming. I wish I could just roam around the lobby and see everything. You HAVE to get the robe! Just do it or you'll keep regretting your decision that you didn't get it. Plus it'll probably just keep going up in price LOL.

Yummy cupcake. Okay. It's official I HAVE to get one! Between you and Jess talking about it I feel like it's just something I have to try. I had the oreo one from Boardwalk Bakery and that was delicious. But I've never had anything red velvet before so this will definitely be a new experience for me haha. May cannot come soon enough.

The Pixar parade looks fun! I'll have to try to see that too. I usually skip the afternoon parades but we'll try to see that one!

[PlutosRHM55]

Hi Lia! :) Sorry I haven't commented on this TR in awhile, but I'm glad to hear you found a new hula Timon on Amazon. I was so sad when you announced his disappearance :( And I've really enjoyed catching up, so glad to hear someone else thoroughly enjoys most everything about Tower of Terror, seriously that ride as a whole is just amazing and I got to look for that robe. May have to save up for that lol Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[lauren_elizabeth]

This is the SECOND picture I've seen just this morning of the infamous Red Velvet Cupcake at Starring Rolls! I NEED ONE! OH MY GOSH. :cloud9::love:

And that parade! My son would absolutely ADORE it! Your pictures are amazing! :thumbsup2

[MarieTheCat24]

I love when guests play along with CMs/Citizens of Hollywood. I mean, it's Disney. I wish everyone would loosen up and have a little fun.

I have a theory that the sky is always extra blue over MGM. Your pictures support that.

I've never seen the Countdown to Fun parade, so I looked it up on Youtube to hear the music - holy hell that's repetitive! It's catchy and not necessarily unpleasant, but it's definitely repetitive. I miss Block Party Bash. It used all the same floats/costumes, but there were showstops/trampolines/Green Army Men/audience involvement and other extra elements that made it so much cooler. It also included the macarena which trumps all. :upsidedow

I can't wait to hear all about my favorite cat!! ;)

[__disneygirl]

I love the citizens of Hollywood! They are so hilarious. When we were there this past December we saw their show too with the 12 days of Christmas. It was so funny! We were just walking by after riding TOT and they were performing. It was a perfect surprise! Loved it.

Yay TOT- it is an awesome ride and full of amazing detail. I love the theming. I wish I could just roam around the lobby and see everything. You HAVE to get the robe! Just do it or you'll keep regretting your decision that you didn't get it. Plus it'll probably just keep going up in price LOL.

Yummy cupcake. Okay. It's official I HAVE to get one! Between you and Jess talking about it I feel like it's just something I have to try. I had the oreo one from Boardwalk Bakery and that was delicious. But I've never had anything red velvet before so this will definitely be a new experience for me haha. May cannot come soon enough.

The Pixar parade looks fun! I'll have to try to see that too. I usually skip the afternoon parades but we'll try to see that one!

Ahhh I want to wander around the lobby so bad too! I wish they would let me out of line. Maybe one day if I beg and beg and swear not to touch anything. Probably not but hey it's worth a try!

OMG yes get the cupcake. I also had the Oreo cupcake from the Boardwalk Bakery and it WAS delicious, but nowhere near as good as the red velvet one. That is the SUPREME KING OF CUPCAKES!!! It makes everything else taste... lackluster. It's just that good.

Hi Lia! :) Sorry I haven't commented on this TR in awhile, but I'm glad to hear you found a new hula Timon on Amazon. I was so sad when you announced his disappearance :( And I've really enjoyed catching up, so glad to hear someone else thoroughly enjoys most everything about Tower of Terror, seriously that ride as a whole is just amazing and I got to look for that robe. May have to save up for that lol Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

Hey! Yup, Hula Timon is here again. He's actually sitting right here, on my desk. I like to keep him close because of what happened last time! hah!

Glad you're enjoying, thanks for reading!


This is the SECOND picture I've seen just this morning of the infamous Red Velvet Cupcake at Starring Rolls! I NEED ONE! OH MY GOSH. :cloud9::love:

And that parade! My son would absolutely ADORE it! Your pictures are amazing! :thumbsup2

That cupcake is one of the MUST DOs in my opinion! Make sure you get that and see the parade with your son next time. Absolute perfection!

I love when guests play along with CMs/Citizens of Hollywood. I mean, it's Disney. I wish everyone would loosen up and have a little fun.

I have a theory that the sky is always extra blue over MGM. Your pictures support that.

I've never seen the Countdown to Fun parade, so I looked it up on Youtube to hear the music - holy hell that's repetitive! It's catchy and not necessarily unpleasant, but it's definitely repetitive. I miss Block Party Bash. It used all the same floats/costumes, but there were showstops/trampolines/Green Army Men/audience involvement and other extra elements that made it so much cooler. It also included the macarena which trumps all. :upsidedow

I can't wait to hear all about my favorite cat!! ;)

I agree!

There were TRAMPOLINES?? Ahh! They do that a lot at the international parks and it is SO cool! In general the parades overseas are better imo.

THAT CAT!!! Oh man. I'm gonna cry. Why are we not there right now?!?!

[__disneygirl]

DECEMBER 6, 2011
Day 2, Part 4 In Which We Visit The Cat That Hates People

After the parade, there was a Voyage of the Little Mermaid show that coincided perfectly with how much time we had until our ADR. Don't you love when that happens?

A lot of people say this show is too rushed and that it needs updating. Well, it wouldn't kill them to update it but I really love it just the way it is, mostly because of nostalgia.

This show is one of my vivid memories from my first trip that we went on for my 5th birthday. The Little Mermaid was always one of my #1 favorites as a child, and I just remember being so completely in awe of this show that I was frozen and speechless. I especially remember the rain falling down from the ceiling at the beginning and just thinking it was the coolest thing in the world.

The only thing is, they really need to mic Ariel. She had a very beautiful voice but she was hard to hear and we were in one of the first rows!

I swooned over Prince Eric, as usual. He is my third favorite prince, behind Aladdin and Eugene Fitzherbert.

After the show, we headed out of the theatre and onto one of my favorite parts of all our WDW trips!!!!!!! We had an ADR at MY FAVORITE RESTAURANT IN ALL OF WDW..... THE SCI-FI DINE-IN THEATRE!

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It's very hard for me to pick a favorite restaurant, but Sci-Fi is so much more than a place to eat. It is an attraction all its own. No restaurant makes me happier! A lot of people agree the atmosphere is amazing, but the food isn't good. These people are wrong. Yeah, the menu doesn't boast 5 star meals (why would it? It's supposed to be a freakin' Drive In!), but everything I've eaten here has been delicious. Of course, the food could be terrible and I still would come here. Sci-Fi is a MUST DO, even if you want to save your dining plan credit for a more sophisticated meal, you should still come here and get a milkshake or some dessert or SOMETHING just to experience it. You will be saying YUM and WOW about every 5 seconds. Must must must must MUST DO!!!!

I love that the whole thing is set up like a real movie set. I've been on many sound stages and sets and this place is so accurately designed! Actually, I visited Sci-Fi a few times before my first time on a real set, so when I got my first jobs working in movies/tv, they REMINDED ME of Sci-Fi and other places in Disney! LOL. I really didn't realize it before I started working on sets, but most of Disney is really designed like a living, constant film and TV set. So incredible!

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I checked us in and we waited about ten minutes. During that time, my mom went to the restroom and I did what I do best at Disney: wander around and take pictures!

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All sound stages have a red light and sign like this and even so, I'm always worried I'm going to step into the wrong door and walk into the middle of a scene. I actually almost did that while working on The Good Wife. It was VERY frumptastic of me. Can you imagine? Julianna Margulies standing there talking very seriously to someone, and in I tumble! LOL. I

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I became very interested in this old pay phone! There was a phone number on it: 213-560-4052! I was very tempted to call it, but decided to wait for my mom, and then totally forgot! Next time!

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After waiting about 10 minutes, our car was ready! Yay!

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YAYYYYYYYYYYYAYAYAYYYYYYY SCI FI! This is seriously one of my favorite places to be in the entire world. If I lived in Orlando, I'd be here weekly. Well, daily, let's be real.

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For our drinks, we both got vanilla milkshakes. Now, I only drink milkshakes at Disney World, specifically only at Sci-Fi and Beaches & Cream. It wasn't always like this, I used to think that milkshakes outside of Disney were good. I was wrong. Most milkshakes, even though made with delicious ingredients, are NOTHING compared to the fantastical deliciousness that is a Disney milkshake. Milkshakes from anywhere else just taste like Wendy's Frosties to me now. Every once in awhile, if I'm at a nice place or a specialty restaurant outside of Disney, I get a milkshake just to see if they can compare... and they never do.

I also got a coke with cherry flavoring in a souvenir cup with a GLOW CUBE!!!
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I was SO excited about this LOL. It was just so cool...no pun intended! But really, I loved it so much. I use my glow cube on special occasions now so I don't use up the battery, but I use my Sci-Fi mug almost every day! It makes me so happy! The cube was slowly changing colors at the time, but you can set it to just stay a solid color or blink too!

Let me explain about the cherry flavored sodas. This is not Cherry Coke. This is not Cherry Pepsi. This is coke that they pump some kind of cherry goo into and it makes the world go round. IT IS SO GOOD! Disney ruins a lot of things for me, like I used to love Cherry Coke and now it tastes like crap to me compared to Disney's cherry flavored soda. It's going to get to the point where all I eat outside of Disney is water and rice cakes.

Finally, we ordered our mini-meal! We never get much food here because the milkshakes are SO filling. We got what we always get, the DIVINE Spinach & Artichoke dip!

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I don't eat spinach. I don't eat artichokes. And somehow, I love this! Go figure. This is, yet again, another thing I almost never get outside of Disney because 90% of restaurants do not make it correctly. The appetizer at Chili's is actually pretty close, but their chips kind of ruin it! No where near as good as what Disney serves!

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We also ordered a side of fries to share. YUM.

This was a really cute little notice I didn't remember from before:
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LOL!

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[__disneygirl]

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I hate that my pictures never come out in here! I wish you could see the Hollywood Hills in the background.

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Now, it's very hard to pick a favorite sketch because everything shown at the Sci-Fi Dine-In Theatre is magnificent. However, there is a certain cat I am very fond of.

You know who I'm talking about.

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IT'S THE CAT WHO HATES PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!! "People people people. Everywhere, PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!"

In this "grass is always greener on the other side" tale, our hero is a nameless cat who HATES people. Loathes them! He's always getting stepped on and having his business invaded by people and he just can't stand them. So much so that he decides the only logical thing to do is move to outer space. Alas, once he gets to the moon, things like this happen to him:

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This makes him realize that basically everywhere sucks so he should really stop complaining about the people of earth. So naturally he turns himself into part golf ball, part golf club, and hurls himself back toward earth where he hugs the sidewalk. Roll credits!

The Cat That Hated People: fun for the whole family!

Oh Sci Fi, I love you so much. For more on my Sci Fi love and obsession, check out my previous TR (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=37245838&postcount=264)!

On our way out, I took a picture of the outdoor bar.
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This isn't always there, or at least I don't remember it from past trips.

Next to Sci-Fi, there is a great little cafe called Writer's Stop that I wanted to show my mom. They are famous for their delicious cookies and it's just a really cute place. My mom and I are both writers, so as soon as she saw it she said, "Hey, this is our stop!" and I laughed so hard I almost threw up.

The cookies looked BEYOND amazing, but we were so full from our drive in food that it just wasn't the right time, so I made a mental note to return soon, and off we went!

We headed out of the park and to the boat dock so we could go to Epcot. I was bouncing with excitement. EPCOT!!!!!!! Our Livin It Up would reach new ridiculous levels once we arrived!

Up next: I embarrass myself in front of a gorgeous man. What else is new?

[PlutosRHM55]

Voyage of The Little Mermaid :thumbsup2 I really hate how I've never seen that show down there. I love the movie and yet I haven't had a chance to see it. But it sounds really cool, I mean when it rains at the beginning oh that must be really cool when seeing it for the first time. Hopefully it will still be there when I go back since a lot of forgotten shows in DHS are being shut down just like that :eek:

Oh... well... this is awkward. Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater, hmmmm... yup... yeah, I'm not a fan. I mean I didn't have an awful experience, but compared to other experiences it wasn't good. But the drinks, especially the shakes, there I've heard are wicked good so I may give it a second chance and I did enjoy my pasta salad, it's just all the bad kinda covered the good, but I won't go into that for your sake. And I want to see the new entrance area since it was under construction when I was last there. :) I love the pictures you got of those little screen advertisements on the screen, it really is funny that they show previews for those bad movies when you first think about it :goodvibes And I think it's awesome you have an obsession with the Cat Who Hates People, I'm surprised I don't remember him from the reel, but I'll have to make sure to catch him in his act :laughing:

Mmmmm... Writer's Stop, another place I need to check out, the carrot cake cookie is just so enticing :goodvibes Also, I may find a chance to put together a nice manuscript there ;)

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[Disneyfreak508]

I don't know if you're familiar with the Birbaum's Walt disney world guides, but they have a version that is "for kids by kids" where the kids can write in their opinions on the Disney attractions... And when I was in 6th grade I wrote in about Voyage of the Little Mermaid and got published :) To this day I always think of that book when I hear about that attraction haha

We have THE SAME Disney prince line up :lmao:

I LOVE SCI-FI!!! Hearing you talk about it makes me miss it sooooo much!

FRUMPTASTIC! Omg I love you. Perfect frumpy (and accurately described) moment!

Ahh I definitely want to call that number! I'm putting it in my phone right now!

I never noticed those movie posters! How perfect!

Bahahaha "daily, let's be real." :rotfl2: but seriously.

Mmmm milkshake. I want one. :lovestruc

Lol realistically, the only things worth eating outside of Disney are rice cakes and water. I wish I didn't have to waste my calories on non-Disney food haha

Spinach and Artichoke dip is like..... Ahhhh SO PERFECT. Ugh I want it right now!

Bahaha I noticed that love bug sign when I was there and I forgot that existed. I got a kick out of that one LOL

Yay the cat who hated people! I watched for that one specifically when you told me about it. So funny!!

Yay for the Writer's Stop! I hope you went back there eventually!

Such a great update! Can't wait for the next one! :goodvibes

[leshunlenese]

[B]


If I lived in Orlando, I'd be here weekly. Well, daily, let's be real.


Let me explain about the cherry flavored sodas. This is not Cherry Coke. This is not Cherry Pepsi. This is coke that they pump some kind of cherry goo into and it makes the world go round. IT IS SO GOOD! Disney ruins a lot of things for me, like I used to love Cherry Coke and now it tastes like crap to me compared to Disney's cherry flavored soda. It's going to get to the point where all I eat outside of Disney is water and rice cakes.



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:rotfl: I fell ya on this! Every time we are trying to go out to eat at home, i want to go to Disney. Like why can't there be character meals in Georgia. I cannot even get a good cupcake without thinking about starring rolls! I would have a season pass just to go eat if i lived in orlando!

[duckylady]

YESSS SCI-FI! So awesome. So Disney.

I want those movie posters in my room! They're lovely.

Not gonna lie, a lot of time I am The Cat Who Hates People. Not at Disney, of course, but everywhere else. Ah well.

I'm so happy I checked the Dis this morning so I could read this. I'm leaving for Disney World TODAY - this is making me even more excited!!

[marDgreen88]

OMG SCI FI!!!! Why is that seriously the coolest place ever? It just is.

OKAY so I loved the food that I had there (I'm gonna be honest for a second and say that I accidentally just typed 'foot' first. I did not love the foot I had there) BUT I DIDN'T LIKE THE MILKSHAKE. I don't know why!!!! Like what's wrong with me??? To be honest I thought that IT tasted like a Wendy's frosty! (I think I told you this before... I feel like I did haha.) So was my mistake getting chocolate? My sister got oreo or whatever and she loved it. And you had vanilla... so hmmmmmmmm?

I AGREE about the flavored soda (the BEST ever. Vanilla coke will never be the same) AND the light up cubes. I LOVE THEM! Mine is up in some high cabinet that I can't reach and I miss it dearly! :sad2:

Hahaha I swear, all the video clips had me CRACKING UP. I was like, HOW has my life been lacking this GENIUS for so long?

Can't wait for more Livin' It Up! :woohoo:

[codysmom1990]

Is anyone there now that can post how the crowds are? My son & friends are heading down for the week, do you think it will be crowded?

[Kelliroo3]

I just had to call the number....and it wasn't anything. Just said my call could not be completed at this time :( I had to call it! LOL. Anyways, love the Sci Fi! So fun in there. It's one of my earliest Disney restaurant memories. I remember thinking it was so cool to sit in a car, watch cartoons and eat. Awesome! The cat who hates people is a good one. I also like the kitchen of the future.

Glow cubes are fun. And love the cup! We got some a few years back because we were randomly chosen for family of the day! They had caramel popcorn in the cups and we also got a certificate. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. :)

[__disneygirl]

Voyage of The Little Mermaid :thumbsup2 I really hate how I've never seen that show down there. I love the movie and yet I haven't had a chance to see it. But it sounds really cool, I mean when it rains at the beginning oh that must be really cool when seeing it for the first time. Hopefully it will still be there when I go back since a lot of forgotten shows in DHS are being shut down just like that :eek:

Oh... well... this is awkward. Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater, hmmmm... yup... yeah, I'm not a fan. I mean I didn't have an awful experience, but compared to other experiences it wasn't good. But the drinks, especially the shakes, there I've heard are wicked good so I may give it a second chance and I did enjoy my pasta salad, it's just all the bad kinda covered the good, but I won't go into that for your sake. And I want to see the new entrance area since it was under construction when I was last there. :) I love the pictures you got of those little screen advertisements on the screen, it really is funny that they show previews for those bad movies when you first think about it :goodvibes And I think it's awesome you have an obsession with the Cat Who Hates People, I'm surprised I don't remember him from the reel, but I'll have to make sure to catch him in his act :laughing:

Mmmmm... Writer's Stop, another place I need to check out, the carrot cake cookie is just so enticing :goodvibes Also, I may find a chance to put together a nice manuscript there ;)

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

Definitely catch Voyage next time you're there!

I honestly can't imagine having a bad or even sub-par experience at Sci-Fi, so I suggest you try it again someday! Who knows, maybe you just got some bad luck at that time.

I really want to try that carrot cake cookie after seeing it in Jess' TR!! Yuuuuum!

I don't know if you're familiar with the Birbaum's Walt disney world guides, but they have a version that is "for kids by kids" where the kids can write in their opinions on the Disney attractions... And when I was in 6th grade I wrote in about Voyage of the Little Mermaid and got published :) To this day I always think of that book when I hear about that attraction haha

We have THE SAME Disney prince line up :lmao:

I LOVE SCI-FI!!! Hearing you talk about it makes me miss it sooooo much!

FRUMPTASTIC! Omg I love you. Perfect frumpy (and accurately described) moment!

Ahh I definitely want to call that number! I'm putting it in my phone right now!

I never noticed those movie posters! How perfect!

Bahahaha "daily, let's be real." :rotfl2: but seriously.

Mmmm milkshake. I want one. :lovestruc

Lol realistically, the only things worth eating outside of Disney are rice cakes and water. I wish I didn't have to waste my calories on non-Disney food haha

Spinach and Artichoke dip is like..... Ahhhh SO PERFECT. Ugh I want it right now!

Bahaha I noticed that love bug sign when I was there and I forgot that existed. I got a kick out of that one LOL

Yay the cat who hated people! I watched for that one specifically when you told me about it. So funny!!

Yay for the Writer's Stop! I hope you went back there eventually!

Such a great update! Can't wait for the next one! :goodvibes

Omg! What year is it, because I have a Birnbaum's kids edition from I think 2002? Or 2003. I can't remember. But I used to treat that thing like it was the Bible. Seriously, I learned soooo much from that book before discovering the DIS. That is so cool that you were in it!

On the daily thing... I seriously don't know how fans who live in the area resist going to Disney constantly. I remember someone saying that once you move down there it's not as fun. And I can see that because it would be weird for Disney to be a regular every day thing, but at the same time I can never imagine it getting old. EVER.

haha YAY I'm glad I can spread the Cat Who Hated People love! It's funny how much stuff you and I have done b/c we found it in each others TRs.

I did go back to Writer's Stop the next day! One word: YUM!!!!! Okay, two words: YUM and WOW!!!!!!!!

:rotfl: I fell ya on this! Every time we are trying to go out to eat at home, i want to go to Disney. Like why can't there be character meals in Georgia. I cannot even get a good cupcake without thinking about starring rolls! I would have a season pass just to go eat if i lived in orlando!

I agree! I would be so fat if I lived in Orlando and I would not even care. It would be worth it. I would happily spend time in the gym burning it off if I got to eat Disney food all the time!

YESSS SCI-FI! So awesome. So Disney.

I want those movie posters in my room! They're lovely.

Not gonna lie, a lot of time I am The Cat Who Hates People. Not at Disney, of course, but everywhere else. Ah well.

I'm so happy I checked the Dis this morning so I could read this. I'm leaving for Disney World TODAY - this is making me even more excited!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! YOU'RE AT DISNEY WORLD RIGHT NOW!!! My jealousy cannot be contained!!!!!!!!!! I hope you are having the most magical trip ever. :smickey:

OMG SCI FI!!!! Why is that seriously the coolest place ever? It just is.

OKAY so I loved the food that I had there (I'm gonna be honest for a second and say that I accidentally just typed 'foot' first. I did not love the foot I had there) BUT I DIDN'T LIKE THE MILKSHAKE. I don't know why!!!! Like what's wrong with me??? To be honest I thought that IT tasted like a Wendy's frosty! (I think I told you this before... I feel like I did haha.) So was my mistake getting chocolate? My sister got oreo or whatever and she loved it. And you had vanilla... so hmmmmmmmm?

I AGREE about the flavored soda (the BEST ever. Vanilla coke will never be the same) AND the light up cubes. I LOVE THEM! Mine is up in some high cabinet that I can't reach and I miss it dearly! :sad2:

Hahaha I swear, all the video clips had me CRACKING UP. I was like, HOW has my life been lacking this GENIUS for so long?

Can't wait for more Livin' It Up! :woohoo:

I can't imagine a Sci Fi milkshake tasting like a Frosty. That is horrifying and I am sorry you had that experience!!! Who knows what happened. Maybe you just got a crappy one made the wrong way. Mistakes happen. I've had many a milkshake there and each one was just unbelievably, astronomically perfect, so do not give up on them! Vanilla is the best one, in my opinion.

Is anyone there now that can post how the crowds are? My son & friends are heading down for the week, do you think it will be crowded?

Hi there, you're on the Trip Reports board, your question would be more appropriate in the Theme Parks, Attractions, and Strategies board. However, you can just google "Disney crowds march" and you'll get a ton of info! :thumbsup2

I just had to call the number....and it wasn't anything. Just said my call could not be completed at this time :( I had to call it! LOL. Anyways, love the Sci Fi! So fun in there. It's one of my earliest Disney restaurant memories. I remember thinking it was so cool to sit in a car, watch cartoons and eat. Awesome! The cat who hates people is a good one. I also like the kitchen of the future.

Glow cubes are fun. And love the cup! We got some a few years back because we were randomly chosen for family of the day! They had caramel popcorn in the cups and we also got a certificate. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. :)

Aw man! I was hoping it was some amazing Sci-Fitastic recording Disney set up. Ah well. That's so weird, it's very rare for Disney to just randomly leave something like that around. I think I may ask a CM about it next time I am there. Maybe the number signifies something.

That is so awesome that you were chosen as family of the day! I would totally freak out. Did you get to ride in the parade?

[Kelliroo3]

Aw man! I was hoping it was some amazing Sci-Fitastic recording Disney set up. Ah well. That's so weird, it's very rare for Disney to just randomly leave something like that around. I think I may ask a CM about it next time I am there. Maybe the number signifies something.

That is so awesome that you were chosen as family of the day! I would totally freak out. Did you get to ride in the parade?

I know I was hoping for something too...it is weird though that they would have a random number posted. Maybe it only works if you're there? :confused3

No parade for us because we were just family of the day at Sci Fi, not MGM. Oh well. We were all happy! :)

[__disneygirl]

I know I was hoping for something too...it is weird though that they would have a random number posted. Maybe it only works if you're there? :confused3

No parade for us because we were just family of the day at Sci Fi, not MGM. Oh well. We were all happy! :)

Oh wow! I didn't know they had family of the day at Sci Fi! That is so awesome!!!

[AKL LOVER]

We ate at Sci-Fi last May and enjoyed it. I think that lots of people do give the place a bad rap for their food, but we enjoyed what we had. Also, our server was so nice...he gave each of my kids one of those Sci-Fi cups filled with caramel popcorn. They were so excited to get them.

[__disneygirl]

We ate at Sci-Fi last May and enjoyed it. I think that lots of people do give the place a bad rap for their food, but we enjoyed what we had. Also, our server was so nice...he gave each of my kids one of those Sci-Fi cups filled with caramel popcorn. They were so excited to get them.

Glad to hear another good Sci Fi review :thumbsup2 That was so sweet of your server. The staff there is always so great.

[__disneygirl]

DECEMBER 6, 2011
Day 2, Part 5 In Which I Am Covered In Tequila

Hey everyone! This is probably the shortest time in between updates ever... but I have just been in one of those crazy Disney moods where you miss it so much you are almost hysterical, so yay! An update!

Just a funny story... I was REALLY obsessing over Disney today, like even more than usual, I even cried over it... TWICE. That's just me. So later on my mom and I went to Ikea. In the parking lot I noticed something Disneyish sitting in an abandoned shopping cart right near where we parked our car:

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It looks like something that maybe you'd put on a table at a kid's party or something?? I don't know! The characters are attached to thin wooden rods, so I think I'm going to stick them in soil once I get some pots to plant flowers on my windowsill for the spring. Ahh! It made me so happy!

Anyway... let's get on with it!

When I last left you, my mom and I were waiting in Hollywood for the boat to to the United Kingdom.

We obsessed over the ducks:
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As you may remember, our April 2010 was PACKED with duck sightings. And not just sightings, full on incidents. Baby ducklings ate my popcorn, a massive duck family stopped traffic at the World Showcase, Mr. and Mrs. Duck were quacking at us outside our door at Pop, on and on and on. Well, it's a spring thing I guess because we saw almost no ducks on this trip and no ducklings at all! :(

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Though the boat takes a long time, I enjoy the ride as long as we're not in a hurry to go somewhere. It's a very relaxing break in between park touring, and we definitely needed to allow some digesting time after stuffing ourselves silly at Sci-Fi.

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After stops at the Swan & Dolphin, Boardwalk, and Beach Club, we disembarked at the International Gateway and headed into the World Showcase. I prefer going into Epcot this way because it's closer to the hot foreign men, and that is always where I want to be.

We found ourselves in the land of the best bands...
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The United Kingdom! And whoa, I don't remember it being as crowded as it looks here!

Of course, we stopped into the pub immediately. My mom wanted to enjoy a drink and I wanted to enjoy the view and the accents.

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This was the first time I had ever been in here, and WOW it's awesome. I don't know what I was expecting, but it just feels like a normal bar somewhere, not a Disney bar. People were doing shots of whiskey and stuff which was so hilarious to me. I would never dare drink whiskey at Walt Disney World. It would cause me to do some really UN-Disneyish things that will remain nameless. My mom wanted to try one of their special beers so she asked what the best one they had was. I paid no attention because not only am I not into beer, but I was looking around for a Paul McCartney lookalike.

Unfortunately, I did not find my Macca doppleganger on this or any other night of the trip! Not even a good Townshend or Richards look alike. To be honest, this didn't matter much because of the accents. I chatted with both bartenders about what is good there and what people order the most. My mom did end up with a special beer she said was quite good, but I have no idea what kind it was or what the boys told me, I was too distracted by the hot accents.

A+ Trip Reporting right here, folks. Look no further!

Next, we hit up Canada. I saw Le Cellier and my soul cried. Then, we headed up the stairs and into the store to check out some meese and beavers and stuff.

This is a fine store. They had a lot of moose merchandise, many of which featured them wearing very little clothing.
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Every store should have things like this. Get on the ball, Disney.

They also had more disgusting soaps!!! You may remember me featuring Beaver Breath and some others in my last TR. They have added these two:
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Obviously, this is the classiest shop in all of the World Showcase. Take that, France! Who wants a beret when you can have soap that has a photo of big foot with a rose in his mouth on the wrapper? Seriously.

ALSO: Notice that on the Dog Team Drool one, it says that it doesn't actually contain any dogs or drool, but on the Sasquatch one it doesn't say that it doesn't actually include Sasquatch sweat!! YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST: BIG FOOT IS REAL AND SWEATS TO MAKE THIS PRODUCT!

They also had something I haven't seen before in here, a Canada Quiz! I did not know the answer to any of these questions because none of the answers were Ryan Gosling.
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I wanted a margarita, so off to Mexico we went, stopping to ooooh and ahhh at the pretty tree:
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We went to La Hacienda and I ordered a frozen margarita:
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It was alright. Like, for a margarita, it was good. I'm a bad judge of it because though I enjoy drinking and very much appreciate its effects, I hate the taste of 90% of alcohol. The only alcohol I really enjoy the taste of is wine. I wanted to try a variety of things at WDW, though, so I tried to branch out a little. It took me a long time to drink this, you can't really tell here but it comes in a BIG cup, much bigger than any normal bar would serve. It didn't get me drunk at all though, so it's not like it's that much tequila. I wasn't thrilled by it. To be honest, it just turned into a burden because carrying around an ice cold glass of something you aren't even that into is annoying. Also, you can't go on rides while holding a drink, and I think everyone knows how important it is that I ride Maelstrom at least five times a day. So my review of this drink is: Get it if you can bare to skip Maelstrom.

We went into the pavilion where gazed lovingly at the wood carvings I obsess over but never buy:
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These were my two favorite wood carvings this year. I wish they were less expensive, even the small ones are like $50! One day, I'm sure I'll get one though.

I feel like we were in here for a long time, but I have no more pictures! I remember us looking at EVERYTHING though, and trying to get on the ride, but because of my giant marg, we couldn't. God, this margarita was keeping me from Disney's best rides!!!!!

We were mostly just wandering around, enjoying the atmosphere. I hardly have any pics cause I was holding my massive drink. Do you see what I mean?

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I love this shirt I saw at one of the outposts! That alligator sure looks hungry.

In Italy, we stopped to sit for awhile. And by that, I mean I wanted to spy on the Tutto waiters and choose which one of them I was to marry.

My mom said she wanted to check out the drink menu at one of the stands and so we walked over there.

To my absolute delight, a cute Italian CM approached us and engaged us in a conversation immediately. He was from Milan and said that he didn't want to go back to Italy because he loves it in the US and at Disney. He started trying to convince me that Italian men were extremely more respectful toward women than American men. He said to me that he hopes he can marry an American girl one day and live here. He then told me I was very beautiful.

OH. What an interesting combination of thoughts that was!

You can't just say stuff like that to me when you are hot and Italian. It just doesn't work that way. So of course I had a reaction that would be more appropriate in the screenplay of a comedy film than in real life, but what else is new?

So you know how if you are drinking something with a straw and you blow into the straw, it makes bubbles and if you do that too hard, the drink will splash up and hit you in the face?

I was taking a sip of my margarita at the time of him saying this and I did exactly that.

I don't even know HOW I DID IT? I think I was trying to giggle at his American wife comment but I forgot to remove my mouth from the straw.

It was typical.

And you know what, it would have been bad enough if it was a normal drink but it was a yellow/orange slushie.

LIKE, COME ON.

This is why I will probably never have a hot Italian husband. Someone who isn't covered in yellow alcohol will get one of those.

He was nice about it, turning around and handing me a napkin, but it was over at that point. There is no way to gracefully wipe a margarita off of your face and shirt. You just have to do it awkwardly and hope you don't die of embarrassment.

I survived. Barely.

My mom talked to him mostly after that, since I was too busy blacking out. She actually had a frumpy moment too where she forgot Milan is all about fashion and started talking about it like it was Rome, and the cute Italian was pretty confused. He probably thought we were dorks or idiots. Or both. Then he started listing all these places that we'd never heard of and I just felt like a moron. But then he brought up Marcianise, which is where my grandfather was born and where I have distant relatives! So I was able to save face a little bit, but like I said, I blew a yellow margarita slushie onto my own face. There is just no recovering from that point.

Up next: A visit with a dear friend.

[Disneyfreak508]

Omg! What year is it, because I have a Birnbaum's kids edition from I think 2002? Or 2003. I can't remember. But I used to treat that thing like it was the Bible. Seriously, I learned soooo much from that book before discovering the DIS. That is so cool that you were in it!

On the daily thing... I seriously don't know how fans who live in the area resist going to Disney constantly. I remember someone saying that once you move down there it's not as fun. And I can see that because it would be weird for Disney to be a regular every day thing, but at the same time I can never imagine it getting old. EVER.

haha YAY I'm glad I can spread the Cat Who Hated People love! It's funny how much stuff you and I have done b/c we found it in each others TRs

I think the one that I was in was like the 2006 version. I don't know... somewhere around there. But OMG I know, it was like my Bible too. Absolutely OBSESSED. I got my first one when I was in 2nd grade and continued collecting them all throughout middle school. They were beautiful. I should go get the most recent version just because I love them so much.

Yeah, people say that. But I think we are special cases. We have such a good mindset that I don't think we would EVER get bored!

Oh my God we seriously reccomend SO much stuff to eachother... and it's great!! I tried so many things because I read about them in your past trip report and I just loved everything! And I notice details so much more now thanks to you! :hug:

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This unexpected update KIND OF just made my day. :party: And umm... I have been in a super crazy disney mood this whole WEEK. Because like, when I'm at college it dies down a little. And now I'm on break and I went SLDIUFDHJKSAKDILCJKBSDFLZIKAJDKHSDHFJAJLHFDJ DISNEY! So basically... we're Disney twins.

I prefer going into Epcot this way because it's closer to the hot foreign men, and that is always where I want to be.

:thumbsup2 I know what you mean.

it just feels like a normal bar somewhere, not a Disney bar.

It's weird to think that a "normal bar" type place is located right in Epcot. You would never even know!

BAHAHA Canada IS the frumpiest country, after all.

That drink is not worth it if it's effects lack drunkenness AND prevents you from going on the Maelstrom. Just... No. not okay. :laughing:

To my absolute delight, a cute Italian CM approached us and engaged us in a conversation immediately. He was from Milan and said that he didn't want to go back to Italy because he loves it in the US and at Disney. He started trying to convince me that Italian men were extremely more respectful toward women than American men. He said to me that he hopes he can marry an American girl one day and live here. He then told me I was very beautiful.

Swoon, swoon, swoon, swoon, SWOON!!!!!!! :cloud9: Omg I would have been like... oh yeah, let's get married right now. PERFECT! You're italian, you work at Disney, and you're hot. You're a winner. :rotfl:

Hahahahaha oh Lia. :rotfl: That's so funny. Because I would TOTALLY do something like that too and I can just picture my own personal reaction. Hahaha I bet he still thought you were beautiful, even with margarita on your face!! :p

Dang, that drink was causing PROB-LEMS.

frumpy. teehee. (:

Great update!! YAYYY! Can't wait for the next one!

p.s. in the "up next" portion, I read "deer" instead of "dear." Wow.

[Kelliroo3]

AHH Ikea! I love that store. I could just wander around there for hours and try to pronounce all the Swedish words. Haha.

Lucky you! What a great find. So exciting. Good idea to use it for flowers. They'll be cute.

Love walking around World Showcase and looking at the shops. You always seem to find the most interesting and fun things! I don't know what it is but don't you just love being at World Showcase at night? It's just magical I guess. Love it!

Uk Pub is one of my favorite bars/lounges at Disney. It's just fun. Always loud and exciting. :)

LOL LOL :lmao: :rotfl2: I'm sorry but your Italian story is hilarious. Right? You have to look back at it and laugh. I would be so embarrassed too, but then you just have to look back at it and laugh. Oh goodness, what are the chances? That's certainly something that would happen to me too. At least he was sweet about it and got you a napkin. :)

[marDgreen88]

Ah yes, your sign from the Disney gods. It really is one, you know. That's a cute idea!

Oh gosh those soaps! I don't think I want to bathe in the sweat of anything or anything.

Hahahah okay, the slushie thing. That is something that would happen to me (and it probably has)! You go from playing it cool to suddenly wanting to die. Just in a matter of seconds. It's unbelievable. It reminds me of a certain scene from Friends when it's the Thanksgiving flashback, and fat Monica is drinking her Diet Coke and Chandler says something that makes her laugh, and she like chokes on her Coke. :rotfl: yeah...

[__disneygirl]

I think the one that I was in was like the 2006 version. I don't know... somewhere around there. But OMG I know, it was like my Bible too. Absolutely OBSESSED. I got my first one when I was in 2nd grade and continued collecting them all throughout middle school. They were beautiful. I should go get the most recent version just because I love them so much.

Yeah, people say that. But I think we are special cases. We have such a good mindset that I don't think we would EVER get bored!

Oh my God we seriously reccomend SO much stuff to eachother... and it's great!! I tried so many things because I read about them in your past trip report and I just loved everything! And I notice details so much more now thanks to you! :hug:

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This unexpected update KIND OF just made my day. :party: And umm... I have been in a super crazy disney mood this whole WEEK. Because like, when I'm at college it dies down a little. And now I'm on break and I went SLDIUFDHJKSAKDILCJKBSDFLZIKAJDKHSDHFJAJLHFDJ DISNEY! So basically... we're Disney twins.

:thumbsup2 I know what you mean.

It's weird to think that a "normal bar" type place is located right in Epcot. You would never even know!

BAHAHA Canada IS the frumpiest country, after all.

That drink is not worth it if it's effects lack drunkenness AND prevents you from going on the Maelstrom. Just... No. not okay. :laughing:

Swoon, swoon, swoon, swoon, SWOON!!!!!!! :cloud9: Omg I would have been like... oh yeah, let's get married right now. PERFECT! You're italian, you work at Disney, and you're hot. You're a winner. :rotfl:

Hahahahaha oh Lia. :rotfl: That's so funny. Because I would TOTALLY do something like that too and I can just picture my own personal reaction. Hahaha I bet he still thought you were beautiful, even with margarita on your face!! :p

Dang, that drink was causing PROB-LEMS.

frumpy. teehee. (:

Great update!! YAYYY! Can't wait for the next one!

p.s. in the "up next" portion, I read "deer" instead of "dear." Wow.

Aww, I'm so happy to hear you notice details more cause of my TR!! So many people don't get it. and of course I already have stuff from your most recent TR that I know I have to try, like La Hacienda and the red bean ice cream and Sanaa. All food of course!! haha

I love how you were in a crazy Disney mood all week and then found out that you were going!!! AHHH!!!

"Hahaha I bet he still thought you were beautiful, even with margarita on your face!! :p"
You're so sweet, but I was the same color as Bert from Sesame Street, so I don't know about that. hahahaha THE WHOLE THING WAS SO FRUMPY. Perfect way to describe it.

LOL you are so funny with the deer thing. Cracks me up every time.

AHH Ikea! I love that store. I could just wander around there for hours and try to pronounce all the Swedish words. Haha.

Lucky you! What a great find. So exciting. Good idea to use it for flowers. They'll be cute.

Love walking around World Showcase and looking at the shops. You always seem to find the most interesting and fun things! I don't know what it is but don't you just love being at World Showcase at night? It's just magical I guess. Love it!

Uk Pub is one of my favorite bars/lounges at Disney. It's just fun. Always loud and exciting. :)

LOL LOL :lmao: :rotfl2: I'm sorry but your Italian story is hilarious. Right? You have to look back at it and laugh. I would be so embarrassed too, but then you just have to look back at it and laugh. Oh goodness, what are the chances? That's certainly something that would happen to me too. At least he was sweet about it and got you a napkin. :)

"AHH Ikea! I love that store. I could just wander around there for hours and try to pronounce all the Swedish words." That is exactly what we do every time we go. :rotfl:

I agree, WS at night is absolutely magical. It's always been one of my favorite things, there's just something about it. :cloud9:

Don't be sorry, I think it's hilarious too! :laughing: I've learned to accept and enjoy the absurd moments of my life instead of being embarrassed by them. And he helped by being really sweet!


Ah yes, your sign from the Disney gods. It really is one, you know. That's a cute idea!

Oh gosh those soaps! I don't think I want to bathe in the sweat of anything or anything.

Hahahah okay, the slushie thing. That is something that would happen to me (and it probably has)! You go from playing it cool to suddenly wanting to die. Just in a matter of seconds. It's unbelievable. It reminds me of a certain scene from Friends when it's the Thanksgiving flashback, and fat Monica is drinking her Diet Coke and Chandler says something that makes her laugh, and she like chokes on her Coke. :rotfl: yeah...

I hope it is!

I don't want to bathe in sasquatch sweat either but still I am tempted to buy one of those. Is that crazy? LOL.

HAHAHAHHHA I know what you are talking about. Oh how I love Fat Monica!!!

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hahahaha I love the what might have been episode!!!!

Thanks for reading guys!!! :cheer2:

[Jazzabelle508]

I'm in :) i followed you over here from Jess's TR and I can't wait to hear all about your trip as well! I also just noticed your replies above mine and i love the friends references in there. Gotta go catch up on what you have already written!

[therussells08]

I know a TR will be good when it starts with a screenshot of Queen Stacey! :thumbsup2

"It was alarming...which is the entire point of an alarm." HAHA I'm cracking up already! :lmao:

I agree...McDonald's "Egg Product" is questionable and disgusting. I've never seen a Grade A egg that looks like that. Maybe like..Grade F! Bazinga!

I think you sum up the feeling of finally arriving at Disney World and the overwhelming emotions perfectly! :goodvibes

Oh my, the story about the bus driver and the little girl had me seriously tearing up. HOW PRECIOUS. :lovestruc

I tried the Lapu Lapu a couple of trips ago, and it was SO strong. Which, in retrospect, I should have known considering it's 151 poured into a hollowed out pineapple, but still. :scared:

I fully support your Culkin theory. Have you seen that movie The Good Son where Macaluy (how on earth do you spell his name?!) is a psycho murderer child? Two Culkins- awesome movie.

R.I.P, Hula Timon. I like to think that ne snuck off and he's living in Cinderella castle with Bo Peep. I always suspected she was sneaking around behing Woody's back. I have a really long/creepy past trip story where I convinced myself I was Woody's girlfriend, and this is exactly why. He's too good for Bo Peep. We all know what word rhymes with "Bo," amiright?!

You're so right about The Magic, The Memories, and You. The digital projection blew my mind! When they turned the castle into a gingerbread house I was losing my mind. :hyper:

Your confidence with TSM is great! I am the same way. I would like to point out that my husband is a weapons specialist in the freaking SPECIAL FORCES and he has yet to beat me on TSM. We are awesome. :rolleyes:

I love that you stopped to admire the details at ToT! I try so hard to notice everything, but there's still so much I've missed!

AHH I love the Pixar Pals parade! It's amazing, and I love watching all the Disney dads dancing without even realizing they're doing it!

I love that alligator shirt! I hope they still have it in July... :rolleyes1

Okay, I am in love with your TR and writing style. How have I not read your stuff before? It's seriously amazing, and you are hilarious! I can't wait to read more!! :yay:

[Nermel9]

Don't you just love Rose and Crown? I love that there is a real bar, right in the middle of Disney World! :cool1:

Haha, I'm kind of obsessed with mooses (yes, I know, that is incorrect, however, it sounds cuter than saying "moose" when you mean many mooses :)) so I love all the adorable merchandise they have plastered with mooses in Canada. :goodvibes

Awww, I'm so sorry about the incident with the Italian guy and the margarita, that is so something that would happen to me. :rotfl2:

OMG!!! I freakin LOVE Fat Monica! I wish she was fat all the time! "It's NOT mayonnaise!" :laughing: Ahhh, I love her! I always thought Courtney Cox should have won an Emmy for being Fat Monica. Didn't Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow win one for Friends, but not poor Courtney Cox? Not right. :sad2:

[Merida]

I thought I had commented on some of these, but I guess I didn't? Maybe I'm making things up?

Oh well.

I love how positive everything is in DHS. You oughta be in pictures - you're right, I should! I am awesome and thank you for reminding me, park!

I love all the details in Tower of Terror - or, more accurately, reading about them online (since I never have time to find all them?). I'm happy to spot the glasses from the Burgess Meredith library episode (my favorite and the only one I know well enough to pick up allusions to/props from. Seriously how do people find all these things. Especially from before digital cameras were so prevalent, did they just stand in the ToT line all day and memorize everything in line and then rewatch all of Twilight Zone?).

And the DisneySea version looks so cool! The story's not quite as cool (but it's a neat idea, to take the ride but change it so significantly for the parks. I wish a lot of the "copied" rides in DL/WDW/DLP were more like this) but the themeing!! And the building is just so fancy!

So jealous of your Good Wife experience. I really need to catch up with the current season (it's on the DVR.. somewhere...). What were you working with (on?) on the show?

Have you seen those new soda (Coke, I think) machines where you can make all the different flavors? A restaurant in town just got one and it'll mix any base Coke product (lemonade, Coke, Diet Coke, etc., etc.) with all sorts of flavored syrups. The strawberry lemonade seriously tastes like liquid Pez. It is seriously life-changing (or so I think. Our friends are less enthused. I'm sorry but freshly syruped drinks are VERY IMPORTANT).

The cat who hates people is my ultimate gpoy, I think. Minus the whole moon part. More the utter frustration with everyone in his immediate surroundings.

AAAH MOOSE PUNS. I mean, real moose scare the bejeesus out of me but fictional ones are great!! Brief moosage. HA.

My only cell phone trivia knowledge is that Nokia comes from Finland. WHERE IS THE SCANDAVIAN TRIVIA BOARD, EPCOT??? Why must you keep me from being great?

Ugh, I hate really big drinks. They're so annoying because they just go on forever and they usually aren't mixed thoroughly. I just want a new drink!!

I don't know, I'm pretty sure the slushie incident has been used in multiple romcoms as a meet cute. Still hope!

[PlutosRHM55]

Awwww... the things you find in the most unlikely places! I had a very similar instance this past week. I was walking outside from school and down on the sidewalk was a Walt Disney World pen. I completely flipped out! I immediately stopped and picked it up, getting some weird looks from my dad and my sister lol I don't care, it's a DISNEY PEN!!! AAAHHHHH!!! :laughing: The things we DISers do.

On to the update...

OH I absolutely love the Disney ducks especially the ones that are at World Showcase! I'm pretty sure they have become a new attraction that's why CMs don't make a big deal about them. They are just the greatest things ever. Disney ducks <3 But sorry you didn't get to see many of them this time around, but at least you got pictures of the ones you DID see :thumbsup2

:thumbsup2 to calling England the land of the best bands, it is just so true! Without England, we wouldn't have geniuses like Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney. ::yes:: LOL @ your infatuation with the accents, so funny.

Oh those soaps from Canada are ridiculous (BIG FOOT IS REAL?!?!) ! I really need to check out that gift shop there, they look like they have some awesome stuff. "I moose wake up" :lmao: Greatest shirt ever, even though I think people shouldn't be so cranky in the morning :sad2: My war against morning crankiness aside, that's so cool they have trivia about Canada in the stores. More reason to check out this store lol

Ooooo... that tree really is very pretty! :goodvibes Sorry you got stuck with a drink while on your way to riding Maelstrom a bazillion times. The moments, where you got to remember to think ahead ;) :thumbsup2 to the awesome wood carvings, Disney does really need to lower those darn prices :/

LOL @ your little situation with the margarita spillage! If I was there, you would've had no chance with Mr. Milan. I would've just fallen off the chair, ledge or whatever you were sitting on and looked like I was going into a seizure. It's seriously impossible for me to go anywhere without making a scene. I'm considering entering a hash tag on twitter about that lol But that's great anyway you got to talk with this guy and bring an interesting memory along with you afterwards :laughing:

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

[MarieTheCat24]

SCIIIIIIIIIIII-FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!! I'm can't wait to go back in July. There's been a gilla monster-shaped hole in my heart since 2010.

Did you have to ask for the souvenir cup w/glow cube or is it on the menu? I kinda really need one of those in my life. Also, do you think Sci-Fi would give me the number of their cherry goo supplier? I could really use some of that stuff. I can't have caffeine, so I had to give up Cherry Coke 6 years ago since they don't make a caffeine free version. It's tragic. If I ever suddenly develop a strong singing voice and try out for American Idol, my pre-audition backstory piece will involve me crying about having to give up Cherry Coke as sad music plays in the background. I mean, some contestants live in tents/have dead family members/grew up in a cult/got bullied in school, but I can't drink Cherry Coke. TRAGEDY. :sad2:

I'm pretty sure The Cat Who Hates People was written as a cautionary tale just for me. I always threaten to move to a deserted island because, like that cat, I also hate people. Clearly, this would be a bad idea.

Why are those ducks black? Is that like a thing? I guess it's just one more bird to add to the list of Flying, Beaked, and Feathered Animals that Creep Me the Heck Out. Normal ducks are still cool, but these black things? Strange.

What did the Sasquatch Sweat soap smell like? I'm dying to know. After watching Finding Bigfoot on Animal Planet, I've decided that, when I'm not theorizing about ancient aliens or bidding on abandoned storage lockers, I will be joining the hunt for Bigfoot. Knowing what his sweat smells like should help.

Yes, blowing a yellow margarita on your face is a dealbreaker in a comedy, but not in a romantic comedy! If your life was a romcom, he'd find it adorable. :thumbsup2

[__disneygirl]

I'm in :) i followed you over here from Jess's TR and I can't wait to hear all about your trip as well! I also just noticed your replies above mine and i love the friends references in there. Gotta go catch up on what you have already written!

Yay, thanks so much for joining in! :welcome:!!!!!!!

I know a TR will be good when it starts with a screenshot of Queen Stacey! :thumbsup2

"It was alarming...which is the entire point of an alarm." HAHA I'm cracking up already! :lmao:

I agree...McDonald's "Egg Product" is questionable and disgusting. I've never seen a Grade A egg that looks like that. Maybe like..Grade F! Bazinga!

I think you sum up the feeling of finally arriving at Disney World and the overwhelming emotions perfectly! :goodvibes

Oh my, the story about the bus driver and the little girl had me seriously tearing up. HOW PRECIOUS. :lovestruc

I tried the Lapu Lapu a couple of trips ago, and it was SO strong. Which, in retrospect, I should have known considering it's 151 poured into a hollowed out pineapple, but still. :scared:

I fully support your Culkin theory. Have you seen that movie The Good Son where Macaluy (how on earth do you spell his name?!) is a psycho murderer child? Two Culkins- awesome movie.

R.I.P, Hula Timon. I like to think that ne snuck off and he's living in Cinderella castle with Bo Peep. I always suspected she was sneaking around behing Woody's back. I have a really long/creepy past trip story where I convinced myself I was Woody's girlfriend, and this is exactly why. He's too good for Bo Peep. We all know what word rhymes with "Bo," amiright?!

You're so right about The Magic, The Memories, and You. The digital projection blew my mind! When they turned the castle into a gingerbread house I was losing my mind. :hyper:

Your confidence with TSM is great! I am the same way. I would like to point out that my husband is a weapons specialist in the freaking SPECIAL FORCES and he has yet to beat me on TSM. We are awesome. :rolleyes:

I love that you stopped to admire the details at ToT! I try so hard to notice everything, but there's still so much I've missed!

AHH I love the Pixar Pals parade! It's amazing, and I love watching all the Disney dads dancing without even realizing they're doing it!

I love that alligator shirt! I hope they still have it in July... :rolleyes1

Okay, I am in love with your TR and writing style. How have I not read your stuff before? It's seriously amazing, and you are hilarious! I can't wait to read more!! :yay:

:welcome:!!!!!!!

Yikes, I didn't realize the Lapu Lapu was so strong. I guess I figured it would be more fruity, like more of a novelty drink. Hmm. I'm not so keen on getting it now. Especially at Ohana. Strong drinks + tons of food = YIKES.

Of course I have seen The Good Son!! Omg. That movie is crazy. And so good. Just like every Culkin movie. :thumbsup2

"We all know what word rhymes with "Bo," amiright?!" :rotfl:

Wow that is amazing that you would kick your husband's butt on TSM! You go girl!! Who run the world... GIRLS AT DISNEY ON TOY STORY MANIA.

You're so sweet, thank you! Glad you're joining in, since obviously I love your TR as well.


Don't you just love Rose and Crown? I love that there is a real bar, right in the middle of Disney World! :cool1:

Haha, I'm kind of obsessed with mooses (yes, I know, that is incorrect, however, it sounds cuter than saying "moose" when you mean many mooses :)) so I love all the adorable merchandise they have plastered with mooses in Canada. :goodvibes

Awww, I'm so sorry about the incident with the Italian guy and the margarita, that is so something that would happen to me. :rotfl2:

OMG!!! I freakin LOVE Fat Monica! I wish she was fat all the time! "It's NOT mayonnaise!" :laughing: Ahhh, I love her! I always thought Courtney Cox should have won an Emmy for being Fat Monica. Didn't Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow win one for Friends, but not poor Courtney Cox? Not right. :sad2:

Yes, I do! It would be nice to eat there if you felt you wanted a break from super Disneyish things. I'm not sure how crazy I'd be about the food though...hm.. reviews anyone?

hahaha I kind of want to buy some of the half dressed MOOSES merch and display it in my home just b/c I think that would be funny for when people come over.

Don't apologize.. it made a great TR story! :dance3:

I think the entire Friends cast should have won Emmys at least once during the 10 year run. Overall I think the show kinda got shafted. I mean, awards don't matter, but still. The kicker is, they were all nominated at different times EXCEPT Courteney! She never even got a nomination which is INSANE b/c she was so amazing in that role, as Fat Monica and just Monica. UGH.


I thought I had commented on some of these, but I guess I didn't? Maybe I'm making things up?

Oh well.

I love how positive everything is in DHS. You oughta be in pictures - you're right, I should! I am awesome and thank you for reminding me, park!

I love all the details in Tower of Terror - or, more accurately, reading about them online (since I never have time to find all them?). I'm happy to spot the glasses from the Burgess Meredith library episode (my favorite and the only one I know well enough to pick up allusions to/props from. Seriously how do people find all these things. Especially from before digital cameras were so prevalent, did they just stand in the ToT line all day and memorize everything in line and then rewatch all of Twilight Zone?).

And the DisneySea version looks so cool! The story's not quite as cool (but it's a neat idea, to take the ride but change it so significantly for the parks. I wish a lot of the "copied" rides in DL/WDW/DLP were more like this) but the themeing!! And the building is just so fancy!

So jealous of your Good Wife experience. I really need to catch up with the current season (it's on the DVR.. somewhere...). What were you working with (on?) on the show?

Have you seen those new soda (Coke, I think) machines where you can make all the different flavors? A restaurant in town just got one and it'll mix any base Coke product (lemonade, Coke, Diet Coke, etc., etc.) with all sorts of flavored syrups. The strawberry lemonade seriously tastes like liquid Pez. It is seriously life-changing (or so I think. Our friends are less enthused. I'm sorry but freshly syruped drinks are VERY IMPORTANT).

The cat who hates people is my ultimate gpoy, I think. Minus the whole moon part. More the utter frustration with everyone in his immediate surroundings.

AAAH MOOSE PUNS. I mean, real moose scare the bejeesus out of me but fictional ones are great!! Brief moosage. HA.

My only cell phone trivia knowledge is that Nokia comes from Finland. WHERE IS THE SCANDAVIAN TRIVIA BOARD, EPCOT??? Why must you keep me from being great?

Ugh, I hate really big drinks. They're so annoying because they just go on forever and they usually aren't mixed thoroughly. I just want a new drink!!

I don't know, I'm pretty sure the slushie incident has been used in multiple romcoms as a meet cute. Still hope!


Regarding Tower of Terror: I bet it's mostly people who are obsessed with the show. Like I said, I would totally recognize anything from Friends, so I can understand someone who has seen every Twilight Zone episode several times pointing out stuff right away!

I agree... I like our ToT story much better, the same goes for our Rock N Roller Coaster VS the one in Paris. Kinda lame!

Well.. the first Good Wife episode I did was back in Sept of 2010, Miranda Cosgrove was in it. I think I did like 5 more over the next year. I've never watched the show but I'm pretty sure I've worked with the whole main cast. I really like working there, it's a lot of fun and the wardrobe people are cool which is SO IMPORTANT because I hate when they make me wear something I don't feel comfortable in like I'm actually going to be noticed or even shown on camera. And the food is really good. They have the best catering I've had besides Boardwalk Empire.

It is SO WEIRD that you just brought this up because I literally just saw those soda machines yesterday at the Regal Cinemas on 42nd & 8th and was freaking out because I'm trying not to drink soda and be super healthy so I didn't get any. But I am totally going back because it was the coolest thing EVER and I agree it is very very important!!!

Yeah, I don't get the point of big drinks. Why would you drink a huge alcoholic drink? If you're drinking just to enjoy something tasty and refreshing why not get something non-alcoholic? And if you're drinking to get drunk/tipsy, why not just do a couple shots and get it over with? LOL. I just don't enjoy alcohol. Thank God for wine or i'd be screwed.

Ahhh I want a meet cute to happen to me. I don't know where John Cusack is right now but I'm upset that we're not stumbling over each other in Central Park or something. A girl can dream.

[__disneygirl]

Awwww... the things you find in the most unlikely places! I had a very similar instance this past week. I was walking outside from school and down on the sidewalk was a Walt Disney World pen. I completely flipped out! I immediately stopped and picked it up, getting some weird looks from my dad and my sister lol I don't care, it's a DISNEY PEN!!! AAAHHHHH!!! :laughing: The things we DISers do.

On to the update...

OH I absolutely love the Disney ducks especially the ones that are at World Showcase! I'm pretty sure they have become a new attraction that's why CMs don't make a big deal about them. They are just the greatest things ever. Disney ducks <3 But sorry you didn't get to see many of them this time around, but at least you got pictures of the ones you DID see :thumbsup2

:thumbsup2 to calling England the land of the best bands, it is just so true! Without England, we wouldn't have geniuses like Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney. ::yes:: LOL @ your infatuation with the accents, so funny.

Oh those soaps from Canada are ridiculous (BIG FOOT IS REAL?!?!) ! I really need to check out that gift shop there, they look like they have some awesome stuff. "I moose wake up" :lmao: Greatest shirt ever, even though I think people shouldn't be so cranky in the morning :sad2: My war against morning crankiness aside, that's so cool they have trivia about Canada in the stores. More reason to check out this store lol

Ooooo... that tree really is very pretty! :goodvibes Sorry you got stuck with a drink while on your way to riding Maelstrom a bazillion times. The moments, where you got to remember to think ahead ;) :thumbsup2 to the awesome wood carvings, Disney does really need to lower those darn prices :/

LOL @ your little situation with the margarita spillage! If I was there, you would've had no chance with Mr. Milan. I would've just fallen off the chair, ledge or whatever you were sitting on and looked like I was going into a seizure. It's seriously impossible for me to go anywhere without making a scene. I'm considering entering a hash tag on twitter about that lol But that's great anyway you got to talk with this guy and bring an interesting memory along with you afterwards :laughing:

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum

That is so awesome you found a WDW pen! Yay for us finding Disney things!

It's okay, I'm sure I will be back to Disney for a spring trip sometime soon (I am hoping to go for my birthday NEXT April, in 2013) :thumbsup2 and there will be tons of ducks and more importantly, baby ducklings!! :goodvibes

It really is true. I mean, I love America. We're great and all, but we didn't breed The Beatles.

I will definitely think ahead next time before doing ANYTHING that may stop me from riding Maelstrom over and over until I pass out. I may name my next TR "Why Ride Anything Else?"

:rotfl: Yeah it's a fun memory even though it was a bit of an embarrassing moment. I love talking to the CMs from all around the world even if I do end up blowing a tequila filled bubble up into my face.

SCIIIIIIIIIIII-FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!! I'm can't wait to go back in July. There's been a gilla monster-shaped hole in my heart since 2010.

Did you have to ask for the souvenir cup w/glow cube or is it on the menu? I kinda really need one of those in my life. Also, do you think Sci-Fi would give me the number of their cherry goo supplier? I could really use some of that stuff. I can't have caffeine, so I had to give up Cherry Coke 6 years ago since they don't make a caffeine free version. It's tragic. If I ever suddenly develop a strong singing voice and try out for American Idol, my pre-audition backstory piece will involve me crying about having to give up Cherry Coke as sad music plays in the background. I mean, some contestants live in tents/have dead family members/grew up in a cult/got bullied in school, but I can't drink Cherry Coke. TRAGEDY. :sad2:

I'm pretty sure The Cat Who Hates People was written as a cautionary tale just for me. I always threaten to move to a deserted island because, like that cat, I also hate people. Clearly, this would be a bad idea.

Why are those ducks black? Is that like a thing? I guess it's just one more bird to add to the list of Flying, Beaked, and Feathered Animals that Creep Me the Heck Out. Normal ducks are still cool, but these black things? Strange.

What did the Sasquatch Sweat soap smell like? I'm dying to know. After watching Finding Bigfoot on Animal Planet, I've decided that, when I'm not theorizing about ancient aliens or bidding on abandoned storage lockers, I will be joining the hunt for Bigfoot. Knowing what his sweat smells like should help.

Yes, blowing a yellow margarita on your face is a dealbreaker in a comedy, but not in a romantic comedy! If your life was a romcom, he'd find it adorable. :thumbsup2

"There's been a gilla monster-shaped hole in my heart since 2010." :rotfl: Please marry me or something?

Yes, they are on the menu and YES you do need one. I am so sorry you have to live without Cherry Coke. You are such a strong person, I don't know if I could make it through that. But the goo Disney has is 10x better than Cherry Coke anyway. Also, if you go to any restaurant with a bar, they may have it. I've asked at places since coming home and a lot of them do. Cheesecake Factory does. It's not as good as at Disney, but nothing is.

Yeah, don't go to a deserted island. You may end up turning into a plant or something and we all know the cat didn't seem to enjoy that too much.

You've never seen black ducks before? It is, in fact a thing, but the ones we saw were more dark blue/grey and a little shiny.

Hmm I don't think I smelled it. Or did I? If I did, it wasn't memorable... since I don't remember.

My life is definitely a romcom though. It's just that I'm not playing Meg Ryan or Reese Witherspoon. I'm the forever alone yet witty friend!

[__disneygirl]

Isn't it weird that there are people out there that aren't obsessed with Disney and can just live their lives without constantly planning their next trip??? I can't. stop. obsessing.

[marDgreen88]

Yes. I don't understand those people. I'm in a constant state of MUST PLAN DISNEY.

[__disneygirl]

Same here! For the past week and a half or so I have been going through an obsession even greater than my usual one and it is killing me that I'm not there! All my free time has been eaten up by Disney. I HAVE A FEVER. AND THE ONLY PRESCRIPTION IS MORE DISNEY.

Sigh.

What totally did not help is all the Storybook Circus news!! Have you guys seen this? Oh man! It soft opened today! I have to say, I had my doubts about this section of Fantasyland. I mean, why touch a classic? If it ain't broke... etc. But WOW IT LOOKS AMAZING! I don't know why I ever doubt Disney. Here are some links if you guys haven't seen this yet:

(Warning, spoilers! If you want to wait and see it in person don't click! I could not resist!)

http://thedisneyblog.com/2012/03/12/storybook-circus-soft-opening-photos/

http://www.disunplugged.com/2012/03/12/dumbo-and-barnstormer-at-magic-kingdom-in-walt-disney-world/

http://www.wdwmagic.com/Attractions/Fantasyland/News/12Mar2012-PHOTO---Storybook-Circus-on-new-Magic-Kingdom-park-map-today.htm

I'm freaking out! I want to be there so bad! I wish this would subside. I mean, I'm always obsessed with Disney but usually I can think about other things for more than 5 seconds.

I'm trying to plan for us to go at the end of Sept. Fall is my favorite time to go b/c of the Food & Wine Festival but I haven't been able to since 2008. Now with free dining overlapping with F&W, oh my god. And I want to go to the Halloween party so bad. I have been trying to go since I was like 16. If we do go it will be 199 days from now. Of course I am already counting down a trip I have no idea if I can go on, but I can't help it. The trip this trip report is about was originally supposed to be in October, we had flights booked and costumes planned and ADRs and the whole thing and my stupid job got in the way and I just want to finally be back at Disney during the fall. AHH!!

I probably sound insane but I must rant somewhere. I don't even expect anyone to read this but whatever. WOW. I need to go chill out or something. And by that I mean I need to read more about Storybook Circus. Ok bye. :rolleyes1

[MarieTheCat24]

"There's been a gilla monster-shaped hole in my heart since 2010." :rotfl: Please marry me or something?

Yes, they are on the menu and YES you do need one. I am so sorry you have to live without Cherry Coke. You are such a strong person, I don't know if I could make it through that. But the goo Disney has is 10x better than Cherry Coke anyway. Also, if you go to any restaurant with a bar, they may have it. I've asked at places since coming home and a lot of them do. Cheesecake Factory does. It's not as good as at Disney, but nothing is.

Yeah, don't go to a deserted island. You may end up turning into a plant or something and we all know the cat didn't seem to enjoy that too much.

You've never seen black ducks before? It is, in fact a thing, but the ones we saw were more dark blue/grey and a little shiny.

Hmm I don't think I smelled it. Or did I? If I did, it wasn't memorable... since I don't remember.

My life is definitely a romcom though. It's just that I'm not playing Meg Ryan or Reese Witherspoon. I'm the forever alone yet witty friend!
Oh, Lia, you are me. I am also the forever alone yet witty friend. Hollywood needs to make a movie from the point of view of the forever alone yet witty friend. I feel like they'd probably screw it up though, and turn the FAYWF into a romantic lead. This is why I need to become a writer.

And, no, I've never seen black/grey ducks. Just the typical brown/brown&green ones. I guess I've been missing out. Wait, there were white ducks with black spots that lived on my campus freshman year. They kinda looked like cows. It was confusing. I think I have pictures. I need to find a biologist who will explain them to me. :laughing:

[AugustDisney]

Ok...subbing.

I just finished Day 1 and I'm cracking up. Actually, I'm alternating between cracking up and getting teary, because I miss being in Disney so so much and I am looking forward to my October 2012 (honeymoon) trip so bad.

And I'm really sad that I'm only going for six days, but I know we will make the most of it. We never had planned on going to Disney for our honeymoon, but the cruise we were planning on taking really won't work out with my fiance's new job/lack of vacation time. Its a good thing that we had such an amazing time (even better than we were expecting) back in August when we were there (even with the incredible heat). We went from being absolutely sure we were not going to go to Disney for our honeymoon, to "I wonder if we can do a couple days in Disney before the cruise" to "I don't think this cruise thing is going to work out, lets just do Disney...we can do a cruise another time".

Anyway...keep writing, and I'll keep reading.

[__disneygirl]

Oh, Lia, you are me. I am also the forever alone yet witty friend. Hollywood needs to make a movie from the point of view of the forever alone yet witty friend. I feel like they'd probably screw it up though, and turn the FAYWF into a romantic lead. This is why I need to become a writer.

And, no, I've never seen black/grey ducks. Just the typical brown/brown&green ones. I guess I've been missing out. Wait, there were white ducks with black spots that lived on my campus freshman year. They kinda looked like cows. It was confusing. I think I have pictures. I need to find a biologist who will explain them to me. :laughing:

FAYWF!!!! We have created another abbreviation! When we finally go on our Girls of the DIS trip, we will be a couple of FAYWFs ROTCOMS. :woohoo:

COW DUCKS??? That, I have not seen. Who knew there were so many weird ducks out there?



Ok...subbing.

I just finished Day 1 and I'm cracking up. Actually, I'm alternating between cracking up and getting teary, because I miss being in Disney so so much and I am looking forward to my October 2012 (honeymoon) trip so bad.

And I'm really sad that I'm only going for six days, but I know we will make the most of it. We never had planned on going to Disney for our honeymoon, but the cruise we were planning on taking really won't work out with my fiance's new job/lack of vacation time. Its a good thing that we had such an amazing time (even better than we were expecting) back in August when we were there (even with the incredible heat). We went from being absolutely sure we were not going to go to Disney for our honeymoon, to "I wonder if we can do a couple days in Disney before the cruise" to "I don't think this cruise thing is going to work out, lets just do Disney...we can do a cruise another time".

Anyway...keep writing, and I'll keep reading.

:welcome:!!! Thanks for reading & subbing!

haha Disney always wins out over everything, doesn't it? You can definitely make a lot of those six days. Just make sure you have solid plans and you will probably be able to fit in the things you really want to do. :thumbsup2

[__disneygirl]

DECEMBER 6, 2011
Day 2, Part 6 In Which We Feel Bad For Ringo


While I dried off, we wandered around the WS a bit more and then made our way into Future World.

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We had a VERY important friend to visit.

You know who I'm talking about. He lives at The Seas With Nemo and Friends, one of my favorite places in all of Walt Disney World.

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I love walking up and seeing all the Finding Nemo icons. Like many Epcot diehards, I was not thrilled when I heard that they were changing The Living Seas, as I loved the pavilion as it was. I should have trusted Disney, as they never let me down.

I can't tell you how happy and excited I was as we entered the dark sand filled queue that leads down into the ocean. We boarded our clam shell, carefully keeping our hands, arms, feet, legs, and FINS inside the shell at all times!!!

This ride makes me get emotional every single time I go on it. I don't know what it is. It's not just that I love the movie Finding Nemo. When I first went on this ride, even though I was 18, I felt like I did the first time I rode Peter Pan's Flight, when I was about to turn five and thought we were really flying. It was just one of those moments of Disney magic that hits you unexpectedly. It's just a really wonderfully well done ride. I think the EAC section is genius, as is the inclusion of the animated characters in the real tank. Also, the song Big Blue World gets me every time. It's like Circle of Life pt 2. "In the big blue world, it's a journey that never ends..." I'm going to tear up right now. OH DISNEY!!!!!

But I think we all know the ride isn't even the main attraction at the Seas.

It's the one, the only.... OUR FROGFISH FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I'm positive that you already read all about our obsession with this fascinating animal in my last award winning TR, so I won't go into detail about why he is the best thing ever. You already know. If you don't, here (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=37669367&postcount=364) is the post.

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Aerial view of Our Frogfish Friend

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SERIOUSLY THOUGH, JUST LOOK AT HIM!

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So many fascinating details to this fish. I could seriously stare at him all day.

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He did not look like he was in a very Livin It Up mood, as usual. I tried singing the song, but that just seemed to make him even more annoyed. I tried saying the things you always say to someone you haven't seen in awhile... how have you been, what's going on, how have the crowds been, do you want me to sneak you a Mickey bar or something, etc. It didn't really work. He just had that same "Ugh" look on his face no matter what I said.

Aw well. Doesn't change our undying love and dedication for OUR FROGFISH FRIEND.

He still does not have an official name beyond that. We have debated many names but he is so special and it is such a big and important decision, that we have not been able to come to a conclusion. I think I'm going to purchase a baby name book and go from there.

Frogfishes actually come in all different shapes and sizes. Or at least two, because there's another Frogfish in the same tank. He is kind of like the Ringo to Our Frogfish Friend's Paul. Still amazing, but he didn't write Hey Jude, ya know?

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I just feel bad for this guy. First of all, he looks dead. That is never a good thing. Secondly, all the hype is on Our Frogfish Friend since my TR was so endlessly popular that tons of people started crowding around his section of the tank and ignoring the Ringo Frogfish. I tried to give him some attention but it's hard to focus when, in the very same tank, lies Our Frogfish Friend, in all his 4 legged, red horned head glory.

We said goodbye to Our Frogfish Friend and the Ringo Frogfish and went to go talk to Crush, who was just about to take a peek into the human tank for a chat.

I am such an idiot for not taking more notes, because this was one of the better shows I've seen, and trust me I have seen this tons of times. On my 2008 trip alone, I went four times. There were a few new jokes and set-ups that I had never witnessed before, and it was even more hilarious than usual. I won't spoil it for you, but at one point Crush told a little boy that he was his new best friend and the kid was SO happy. It melted my heart.

We browsed in the Seas shop for a little while. I love all the Nemo, Little Mermaid, and other sea themed stuff they have here, and of course the bubble doors that lead out of the pavilion. They had some Ariel outfits in this store and a mom said, "Ugh! Those are so ugly!!!" and her sassy daughter shot back, "ARE YOU CALLING ARIEL UGLY?! CAUSE THAT'S HER SKIRT, MOM!" hahaha Lesson learned: Don't mess with a mermaid loving child!

We headed over to an attraction I have been wanting to see for years upon years: Captain EO. My mom and I are both huge lifelong Michael Jackson fans who never got a chance to see this during its original run, so we were thrilled that they have brought it back. However, there was a CM standing in front of it that informed us that Captain EO closes early (7:00 PM) every day except Friday, so we decided to go to outer space with a different celebrity instead.

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Gary Sinise! Sure, he may not be a moonwalking legend who named his home Neverland, but he's still a pretty awesome dude.

My mom decided to skip out on Mission: Sinise because she was tired and didn't feel like dealing with the whole LAUNCH INTO SPACE feeling.

This ride is unbelievable. There is absolutely NOTHING like it in the world. Well, nothing that I can compare it to. Real astronauts have claimed it is very similar to an actual space launch. That fact alone just blows my mind. That I could possibly feel something that only a small, elite group of people over history have had the honor of experiencing.

It's not even a theme park ride to me. Like, Tower of Terror and Rock N Roller Coaster are intense, thrilling, crazy, and make you feel all tingly, but those feelings align with any great high speed coaster or free fall ride. What you experience on Mission: Sinise is a very singular and (no pun intended) OUT OF THIS WORLD experience. And what's almost better than the crazy feeling you get is the RELIEF when it ends and you're out into space. Like, it feels amazing when it's happening, but it's almost too much, it's overwhelming and insane and stops at the exact right time... JUST before you feel like you may spontaneously combust... and the view of outer space is just ridiculously amazing. HOW DO THEY MAKE YOU FEEL THAT WAY? I just DO NOT understand how they do it. It's absolutely insane.

I've been on Mission: Sinise many times solo, and I am almost exclusively placed with people who do not speak English and are usually screaming in another language. I usually enjoy this. However, this time I was placed with all Americans. And not just any Americans. Awesome, hilarious Americans.

There was a guy and girl that were together, me, and a solo guy. All around my age. The solo guy was from Texas and kind of quiet and shy, while the guy that was with his GF was one of the most outgoing and hilarious people I have ever met.

While we were getting assigned our positions, he began to sarcastically take this mission VERY seriously. He got the navigator position and acted very cocky and proud. His girlfriend was the pilot. I got assigned commander. He said, "Okay, you're the commander. Listen! You better COMMAND! I don't wanna get up there and find that the commander is not commanding properly. Don't disappoint us!"

Then, he started berating the shy Texas guy who was named the engineer, saying that it really was a lame job and so on. This poor guy was doing that nervous giggling thing some people do with strangers when their boundaries are clearly being crossed. The whole thing was Heaven for me.

The whole thing continued during the ride after we got past the whole screaming part. Every time Sinise would prompt us to do something, the funny dude would comment on it, saying things like, "That was on point!" or "Great job, pilot!" When it was time for the engineer (shy guy from Texas) to engage hypersleep he said, "Sub par. I'd say that was sub par." By this point, he was in on the joke more and we all had gotten into it and so it was SO much fun. It was cool to joke around like that so easily with people I didn't even know. We also kept high fiving. LOL. It was just a blast.

Our team unloaded and exchanged more high fives, and I went outside to meet up with my mom.

I posted on Twitter:
Oh my God awesomeawesome mission to Mars. LOVED my crew members. Didn't hurl but my eyes teared a lot and that never happened before!

From that ride on, my eyes teared every time I went on, which I think was 2 more times this trip. It just made the whole thing even more intense! I hope that's not a sign that my brain is going to explode the next time I go on. I guess we'll just have to wait and see!

It was almost closing time, which is when I always go to Soarin because the line is too long every other second of the day. Except at opening... which reminds me, I've never been to Epcot for opening! Must do that next trip. TIME TO DO THE MUST DOS!

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As soon as I was hit with the glorious scent of The Land pavilion, I almost fell over. It's not possible to describe this smell because it smells nothing like anything in the world except itself. I just stood there, arms wide open, inhaling the delicious Land. It was getting pretty close to final flight time over at Soarin though, so we walked around the bend, took the escalator down, and hopped in line!

The wait was longer than I expected, but it wasn't bad. My mom and I were in one of those deliriously tired giggly moods and had a great time. We almost never stand in line for long since I am such a Disney pro, but when we do we always manage to entertain ourselves. We ended up being on the last flight of the night! Woohoo!

There was no one in the Land but us once we exited. People were vacuuming and cleaning up and stuff. It was kinda funny. Closing time, you don't have to go home but you can't stay here...

I took a pic of the mosaic that lines the building on the way out:
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At this point, it was getting to be too late to go to Wolfgang Puck Express, which is where we planned to have a late dinner. They close at 11 and it was about 9:45 once we got off Soarin. Since you can't get a direct bus to Downtown Disney from the parks, there was a possibility we wouldn't make it in time, so we decided to just eat back at Pop Century and go to WPE the following night. I had been dying to eat at Pop anyway since I LOVE their food, so all worked out well!

As we veryyyy slowllllyyy exited Epcot, I took about 394940 SSE pictures. It's an amazing sight at any time, but nothing really compares to how breathtaking it is at night. I think I probably have more pics of SSE at night than I do anything else at Disney, even the castle!

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This is my favorite one!

As we waited for our bus back to Pop, my mom started endlessly singing *NSYNC's classic hit, Pop. "This. must. be. POP!!!!! P-p-p-p-p-p-p-POP!"

I was REALLY afraid that she was going to follow it with the beatboxing part but thankfully, I don't think she remembers it. WHEW.

Back at Pop Century, we went straight to Everything Pop: Shopping & Dining. We split up, my mom going over to the grill area and me going over to the Italian area. I was in for one of my favorite dishes ever, the Chicken Penne Alfredo.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH I love it. I eat every bite every single time I get it (which is multiple times per trip). You would not expect something like this to be good when buying it at a food court, but it's DELICIOUS and such good quality. When you cut the chicken open it is pure white meat, very fresh, and steaming hot! So ridiculously good. As you can see, I also got the chocolate and vanilla Character Cookies, which have been my fave since I was little.

My mom got a burger, and she wasn't thrilled with it. It's the first thing we've gotten at Pop in 5 years of visits that's ever been sub-par, so we were surprised. I don't have a pic, but I did take one of the view from our seating area:

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Voila!

I remember picking up the cookies to inspect the Nutrition Facts, something I just naturally do in life since I'm always trying to be healthier. I then stopped myself, because hello, it's Disney! Calories and fat don't exist at Disney. It's just a fact.

After we were finished we filled up our mugs, and went back to the room for some quality Stacey time. This is the point of the trip where our theme started to become clear.

I really don't remember which one of us mentioned how silly and stupid yet awesome the Livin' It Up song was, but we kept talking about it, singing it, and CRACKING. UP. We'd get so excited for it to come back on. We'd quote Stacey the whole time. It was so much fun.

At one point, my mom CHANGED THE CHANNEL for awhile and I was all like "Waaaah, more Stacey please!" and the SECOND she changed the channel back, LIVIN IT UP was JUST starting. We could not breathe we were laughing so hard. From that moment on we knew this would be the inside joke to end all inside jokes and we would never stop singing that song.

Off to bed we went, humming the song in our sleep. Makin' dreams come truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue....

Up next: I finally do the MAD DASH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Disneyfreak508]

R.I.P, Hula Timon. I like to think that ne snuck off and he's living in Cinderella castle with Bo Peep. I always suspected she was sneaking around behing Woody's back. I have a really long/creepy past trip story where I convinced myself I was Woody's girlfriend, and this is exactly why. He's too good for Bo Peep. We all know what word rhymes with "Bo," amiright?!

Can we just talk about how I was scrolling through the comments and I read this and I CAN NOT STOP LAUGHING?!!? :rotfl2: Oh my God. Hahahaha that's just too funny! :lmao:

Isn't it weird that there are people out there that aren't obsessed with Disney and can just live their lives without constantly planning their next trip??? I can't. stop. obsessing.

Yeah I don't know why people think I'M the weird one. DISNEY OBSESSIONS ARE COMPLETELY NORMAL.

Lol I was just creepin' your trip report thread and then BAM you posted an update. You are wonderful.

IT'S THE FROG FISH, IT'S THE FROG FISH!!!

Doesn't the queue of the Finding Nemo ride smell SO good!? Or is it just me? I don't know. I am obsessed with the smell in there. It's not quite Disney water... because there is no water on that ride (besides the tanks but that's contained)... it just smells GOOD.

AHHHH FROG FISH!!!!!!

HE'S SO WEIRD AND I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. :hug:

Dang, you're so nice to offer him a mickey bar. I can't believe he didn't accept that fabulous offer!

LOL Naming the frog fish is SERIOUS business. The day you decide, let me know. Because I will never call him by anything else. He deserves the best name EVER.

Ahh that was a fantastic Beatles reference, my friend. Very nice.

I just feel bad for this guy. First of all, he looks dead.

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Ringo Frogfish. Hahaha. Maybe you should just name them Ringo and Paul. :laughing:

HAHAHA I'm so glad that little girl put her mother into place. YOU DO NOT DISS ARIEL!

I agree about the feeling of Mission: SPACE. I have only gone on the orange side twice. I honestly get really nervous every time I go on that ride because it's SO INTENSE! But after it's over I am always so happy I went on it. It's so cool!

LOL omg you had a fantastic crew! Hahahahaha that's such a good story!

My eyes used to tear on Space Mountain! I don't know why. It might be the cool air whipping in your face type deal. Maybe the air conditioners in Mission: Space and the G-Forces resulted in tears?

"TIME TO DO THE MUST DO'S." oh my God I just heard that it's Stacey's exact voice. AHHH I MISS THAT WOMAN.

I'm so glad that Kristen and I aren't the only freaks who go into the Land pavilion and just stand there so we can smell it. I always think that the CM's are staring at me but I decide not to care because it just smells SO GOOD!

I love that your Mother was singing NSYNC. :lmao: She's just awesome.

I HAVE BEEN WANTING THAT CHICKEN PENNE ALFREDO FOR SO LONG. IT LOOKS SO GOOD!

Disney calories aren't real. I always say that. LOL I actually lost a pound after my Christmas trip in December. And I ate like a crazy woman. Weird? Yes. But that's the magic of Disney. I BELIEVE!

Makin' dreams come truuuuuueeeeee.... ohhhh, livin' it up! love that feelin'... feeeeee-lin.... livin' it up, we're together once againnnn. ohh, livin' it up, my heart starts beatin'.... ohhh-hhh.... livin' it up, let the memories begin!

I'm sorry for this essay of a comment. I didn't mean for it to be this lengthy. But that was a fabulous update, my friend. :thumbsup2

[dara00]

you are too funny. I went back to read all about your first frog fish meeting! I'll have to look for him next time I'm there!

[Kelliroo3]

Finding Nemo! I enjoy that ride too. I think it is definitely an under rated ride. I just love that song! Aww you just talking about your love for the song and the ride made me tear up too! Dang you, Lia! :lmao: I want to go there now!! And, the Crush show is pure genius. So much fun. I love that show and the Monsters Inc. I love the audience interaction; always so fun and always different! I love that part of it! You never know what you'll see.

Your Mission Space crew was awesome! That sounded like so much fun. I'm sure it made the whole experience even more fun. :) Much better than riding in silence or worrying about your other passengers possibly throwing up...

[__disneygirl]

Yeah I don't know why people think I'M the weird one. DISNEY OBSESSIONS ARE COMPLETELY NORMAL.

Lol I was just creepin' your trip report thread and then BAM you posted an update. You are wonderful.

IT'S THE FROG FISH, IT'S THE FROG FISH!!!

Doesn't the queue of the Finding Nemo ride smell SO good!? Or is it just me? I don't know. I am obsessed with the smell in there. It's not quite Disney water... because there is no water on that ride (besides the tanks but that's contained)... it just smells GOOD.

AHHHH FROG FISH!!!!!!

HE'S SO WEIRD AND I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. :hug:

Dang, you're so nice to offer him a mickey bar. I can't believe he didn't accept that fabulous offer!

LOL Naming the frog fish is SERIOUS business. The day you decide, let me know. Because I will never call him by anything else. He deserves the best name EVER.

Ahh that was a fantastic Beatles reference, my friend. Very nice.

:rotfl2:

Ringo Frogfish. Hahaha. Maybe you should just name them Ringo and Paul. :laughing:

HAHAHA I'm so glad that little girl put her mother into place. YOU DO NOT DISS ARIEL!

I agree about the feeling of Mission: SPACE. I have only gone on the orange side twice. I honestly get really nervous every time I go on that ride because it's SO INTENSE! But after it's over I am always so happy I went on it. It's so cool!

LOL omg you had a fantastic crew! Hahahahaha that's such a good story!

My eyes used to tear on Space Mountain! I don't know why. It might be the cool air whipping in your face type deal. Maybe the air conditioners in Mission: Space and the G-Forces resulted in tears?

"TIME TO DO THE MUST DO'S." oh my God I just heard that it's Stacey's exact voice. AHHH I MISS THAT WOMAN.

I'm so glad that Kristen and I aren't the only freaks who go into the Land pavilion and just stand there so we can smell it. I always think that the CM's are staring at me but I decide not to care because it just smells SO GOOD!

I love that your Mother was singing NSYNC. :lmao: She's just awesome.

I HAVE BEEN WANTING THAT CHICKEN PENNE ALFREDO FOR SO LONG. IT LOOKS SO GOOD!

Disney calories aren't real. I always say that. LOL I actually lost a pound after my Christmas trip in December. And I ate like a crazy woman. Weird? Yes. But that's the magic of Disney. I BELIEVE!

Makin' dreams come truuuuuueeeeee.... ohhhh, livin' it up! love that feelin'... feeeeee-lin.... livin' it up, we're together once againnnn. ohh, livin' it up, my heart starts beatin'.... ohhh-hhh.... livin' it up, let the memories begin!

I'm sorry for this essay of a comment. I didn't mean for it to be this lengthy. But that was a fabulous update, my friend. :thumbsup2

I think you and I are just obsessed with all Disney smells b/c YES, I do love the smell of the Seas. I have no idea what it is. It's Disney, I guess. I really love the smell of Pop Century too and it doesn't even smell like anything I can put my finger on, it's just... something. Sigh.

Ahh I love him so much too! I want a Frogfish of my very own! Actually, I pretty much just want him. Maybe we should just call them Ringo and Paul. I think that's kind of hilarious because Paul is a normal name and the Frogfish is so crazy looking. Hmm.. I will have to think it over, discuss it with my mom, consult my lawyer, etc.

I like the air conditioner/G-Force theory a lot better than my head exploding theory, so yes, let's go with that!

I miss Stacey too. I watched the Must Dos the other day and cried obviously.

OMG I didn't gain any weight on my trip and I was shocked! Seriously... because I ate at least one cupcake every day... one day I ate ice cream 3 times in one day... not to mention the huge meals. It's all the walking! Crazy.

Don't apologize.. I love long comments! MAKIN DREAMS COME TRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUE

you are too funny. I went back to read all about your first frog fish meeting! I'll have to look for him next time I'm there!

Thank you so much! Don't forget to tell Our Frogfish Friend I said hi when you see him ;)

Finding Nemo! I enjoy that ride too. I think it is definitely an under rated ride. I just love that song! Aww you just talking about your love for the song and the ride made me tear up too! Dang you, Lia! :lmao: I want to go there now!! And, the Crush show is pure genius. So much fun. I love that show and the Monsters Inc. I love the audience interaction; always so fun and always different! I love that part of it! You never know what you'll see.

Your Mission Space crew was awesome! That sounded like so much fun. I'm sure it made the whole experience even more fun. :) Much better than riding in silence or worrying about your other passengers possibly throwing up...

hahahaha I get teary just thinking about it, so don't feel bad! It's just beautiful.

You're right about Crush being pure genius... I was stunned the first time I saw it. I can't even imagine being a kid and seeing it. I would have died. Monster's Inc is so awesome too. I hope they add another one like it!

It was SO much fun! I'll definitely never forget that particular jaunt to Mars. haha!

[therussells08]

Okay, let it be known that I had to read this post three times before I could get through the entire thing without laughing until I cried. I am in love with your obsession with the frogfish...absolutely HYSTERICAL. :rotfl: His "ugh" face is killing me. But seriously though, are scientists aware that Disney is harboring the missing link?!

"I just feel bad for this guy. First of all, he looks dead. That is never a good thing." BUAHAHAHAHAHA....I can't even deal with this...it's too funny. My husband officially thinks I'm crazy because I've been rolling around in the floor in front of my laptop for like twenty minutes laughing my butt off.

Ohhh the smell of The Land...pure magic. :lovestruc

Okay now I have that N'Sync song stuck in my head! "Dirty pop...baby, I know you can't stop..." Actually, I think those lyrics are totally wrong. :confused3

Amazing update! Can't wait for more!

[snookie5605]

i cant even tell how you hilarious your trip reports are! i started reading this one and while waiting for updates, i went back and read your first one. i actually sit here and laugh out loud. i cant wait for more updates. and from reading your first TR, just have faith that you will find your true love and he will propose to you in disney. my husband did back in 2006 and he really isnt a big fan at all, but sure enough he whipped out that ring on that little bridge going through cinderellas castle while we were watching the ducks swim! so you will find him even if it isnt that cute italian CM! HAHA! i also find your little super tired giddy moments hysterical because we have gotten that way too. back in 2009 when my husband and i took my niece down to the world for her HS grad gift, we were like one of the last people leaving EPCOT after dinner at Le Cellier. we were either giddy on the food or whatever, but my husband started skipping through WS and we just found it hilarious that we were laughing so hard we couldnt walk and then had to go pee! so anyways.....cant wait for more updates!

[__disneygirl]

Okay, let it be known that I had to read this post three times before I could get through the entire thing without laughing until I cried. I am in love with your obsession with the frogfish...absolutely HYSTERICAL. :rotfl: His "ugh" face is killing me. But seriously though, are scientists aware that Disney is harboring the missing link?!

"I just feel bad for this guy. First of all, he looks dead. That is never a good thing." BUAHAHAHAHAHA....I can't even deal with this...it's too funny. My husband officially thinks I'm crazy because I've been rolling around in the floor in front of my laptop for like twenty minutes laughing my butt off.

Ohhh the smell of The Land...pure magic. :lovestruc

Okay now I have that N'Sync song stuck in my head! "Dirty pop...baby, I know you can't stop..." Actually, I think those lyrics are totally wrong. :confused3

Amazing update! Can't wait for more!


hahaha Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoy my TR so much!

The missing link... :rotfl: omg you are so right about that. That's hilarious.

Thanks for reading!

i cant even tell how you hilarious your trip reports are! i started reading this one and while waiting for updates, i went back and read your first one. i actually sit here and laugh out loud. i cant wait for more updates. and from reading your first TR, just have faith that you will find your true love and he will propose to you in disney. my husband did back in 2006 and he really isnt a big fan at all, but sure enough he whipped out that ring on that little bridge going through cinderellas castle while we were watching the ducks swim! so you will find him even if it isnt that cute italian CM! HAHA! i also find your little super tired giddy moments hysterical because we have gotten that way too. back in 2009 when my husband and i took my niece down to the world for her HS grad gift, we were like one of the last people leaving EPCOT after dinner at Le Cellier. we were either giddy on the food or whatever, but my husband started skipping through WS and we just found it hilarious that we were laughing so hard we couldnt walk and then had to go pee! so anyways.....cant wait for more updates!

Yay, thank you so much for reading both of my TRs! I'm so glad you like them & thanks for all the nice compliments!!

Aww you are so lucky! What a great husband. I hope you're right... that my prince is out there! Sometimes I doubt it though :laughing:

:rotfl: hahaha that is so funny about yout husband skipping through the WS! I'm glad my mom and I aren't the only ones who act like complete crazy fools at Disney. It's the mix of the excitement, food, fatigue... it just gets you eventually!

[YukiPhnx]

First off, THANK YOU for sharing my love of MGM. I absolutely adore the architecture there. I even bough the Imagineering Guide for that park. It's so interesting! I totally recommend it.

Ooooh, you know I learned all about the props thing on ToT years before my first time on that ride, when I came across an article about it. A lot of the props are in the lobby, like the glasses from "Time Enough at Last".

Haha, it's so cute to hear about that group of girls! Disney World, turning the nations kids BACK into kids.

Awesome Red Velvet cupcake at Starring Rolls? I'M THERE! I love Red Velvet too! I also heard the Carrot cake cookie at Writer's Stop is really yum. Oh gosh, I'm going to buy so many of those cupcakes. It's hard to come by a REALLY GOOD cupcake.

That back room is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to check it out! I'm usually in such a hurry to get back on the ride that I don't spend much time in the shop. Yes, you should buy the bathrobe. BUUUUUYYY ITTTTT. :thumbsup2

You know, I've always wanted to make a costume of one of the parade dancers. It just looks like so much fun.

I still haven't eaten in Sci Fi yet, but I will be fixing that on my next trip. I love milkshakes but like cupcakes, it's hard to find a really good one.

Wow, those Italian guys sure know what to say to get a girl. But the fact that the drink blew up in your face sounds....HILARIOUS!! :rotfl2: I cracked up when I read that part. Hahaha. Food falls on me a lot and I usually just brush it off and hope the people around me choose to blink for a very long time.

Oh yeah, I was able to finish that quiz on my last trip! But looking at the new one...it's kind of tough. I didn't know we had 7 NHL teams. In case anyone wants to know, that popular cellphone is the Blackberry. RIM comes from Waterloo and everybody at the University has a joke about all the Engineers wanting a RIM job. I actually know a few who had RIM jobs and got free Blackberries.

I don't understand those soaps either. I've never seen them up in Canada. I can't even imagine what they smells like. I hope people don't think we actually use those up here. I wish they would have more authentic Canadian stuff, like snow shoes.

OUR FROGFISH FRIEND!!! You're right, I could watch him all day. I think the coolest thing about Frogfish is that not a whole lot of them look alike. I'm mesmerized when he starts to swim. It's so mystical!

I love talking to Crush too. It's always different with different kids and it's always the kids that make the show. I always get really into too like, "DUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!!!!!!!!!!" at the top of my lungs and "BYE CRUUUUSH!!!!"

Gary Sinise will forever be the awesome Lt.Dan to Andrew and I.

Wow....your experience with the group sounds like SO MUCH FUN!!! I think I'm going to do that next time. I love it when people get really into character like that!

Ok, here I was thinking, "Oooh, that breadstick looks really good." then you drop that pic of the food court and I just BROKE DOWN. OH gawd I miss it so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *sigh* I'm going save all your Pop pics and make myself a slideshow. Thank you for all those pics. :hug: I seriously :lovestruc you.

[Nermel9]

I loved this update! Poor Ringo! He really does look dead! :sad1: I was starting to feel really bad for him, so I'm glad you moved on to Crush! I'm going to have to check them out when I'm there in May, I hardly ever look in the tanks...except for the fish that look like Nemo, of course. :cool1:

:rotfl: Mission: Sinise! I'm going to have to start calling Mission Space that now, it's perfect! I LOVE this ride! I don't know how they make it so real feeling either, but I'm SO glad they do! I don't really get how spinning can make you feel like you are blasting off into space, it's genius! :) After me whining about the green side on my TR and reading about your experience, now I have to just suck it up and go on the orange side solo on my next trip! I can't pass it up again! :eek:

Being in the Land at closing time must be weird...it's always strange to see CM's pack up for the night and close Disney. It's strange to me that Disney World closes. I've always wanted to try to stay long after a park has closed and see when you will get kicked out, because apparently, you can stay and just wander around for a pretty long time after the parks close!

I love your pictures of Spaceship Earth! It's funny, certain things I see in TR's just hit me and make me want to be back at Disney RIGHT. NOW. That's how your SE pics are making me feel! I want to goooooo!!! :lovestruc

OMG. I just stayed at Pop for the first time in December and the Chicken Penne Alfredo was the best thing I had to eat on that whole trip! How is it so good??? :worship:

[__disneygirl]

First off, THANK YOU for sharing my love of MGM. I absolutely adore the architecture there. I even bough the Imagineering Guide for that park. It's so interesting! I totally recommend it.

Ooooh, you know I learned all about the props thing on ToT years before my first time on that ride, when I came across an article about it. A lot of the props are in the lobby, like the glasses from "Time Enough at Last".

Haha, it's so cute to hear about that group of girls! Disney World, turning the nations kids BACK into kids.

Awesome Red Velvet cupcake at Starring Rolls? I'M THERE! I love Red Velvet too! I also heard the Carrot cake cookie at Writer's Stop is really yum. Oh gosh, I'm going to buy so many of those cupcakes. It's hard to come by a REALLY GOOD cupcake.

That back room is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to check it out! I'm usually in such a hurry to get back on the ride that I don't spend much time in the shop. Yes, you should buy the bathrobe. BUUUUUYYY ITTTTT. :thumbsup2

You know, I've always wanted to make a costume of one of the parade dancers. It just looks like so much fun.

I still haven't eaten in Sci Fi yet, but I will be fixing that on my next trip. I love milkshakes but like cupcakes, it's hard to find a really good one.

Wow, those Italian guys sure know what to say to get a girl. But the fact that the drink blew up in your face sounds....HILARIOUS!! :rotfl2: I cracked up when I read that part. Hahaha. Food falls on me a lot and I usually just brush it off and hope the people around me choose to blink for a very long time.

Oh yeah, I was able to finish that quiz on my last trip! But looking at the new one...it's kind of tough. I didn't know we had 7 NHL teams. In case anyone wants to know, that popular cellphone is the Blackberry. RIM comes from Waterloo and everybody at the University has a joke about all the Engineers wanting a RIM job. I actually know a few who had RIM jobs and got free Blackberries.

I don't understand those soaps either. I've never seen them up in Canada. I can't even imagine what they smells like. I hope people don't think we actually use those up here. I wish they would have more authentic Canadian stuff, like snow shoes.

OUR FROGFISH FRIEND!!! You're right, I could watch him all day. I think the coolest thing about Frogfish is that not a whole lot of them look alike. I'm mesmerized when he starts to swim. It's so mystical!

I love talking to Crush too. It's always different with different kids and it's always the kids that make the show. I always get really into too like, "DUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!!!!!!!!!!" at the top of my lungs and "BYE CRUUUUSH!!!!"

Gary Sinise will forever be the awesome Lt.Dan to Andrew and I.

Wow....your experience with the group sounds like SO MUCH FUN!!! I think I'm going to do that next time. I love it when people get really into character like that!

Ok, here I was thinking, "Oooh, that breadstick looks really good." then you drop that pic of the food court and I just BROKE DOWN. OH gawd I miss it so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *sigh* I'm going save all your Pop pics and make myself a slideshow. Thank you for all those pics. :hug: I seriously :lovestruc you.

Ahh, I love the Imagineer Guides! I have the ones for Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom. I definitely HAVE to get the others, though!

I am definitely buying the bathrobe next time. You have all convinced me! :thumbsup2

OMG please do not miss Sci-Fi on your next trip! I promise you won't be disappointed.

Well I'm happy to hear that it's not just me thinking that quiz was really hard! I wish they would have more authentic stuff from each country too. I mean, I think they do a great job but it could be even more amazing.

Ahh I love when the Frogfish swims!! It's not even swimming really. They kind of hop/float. It's so weird. I LOVE IT.

Yay, Lt. Dan!! I love Forrest Gump.

You're welcome!!! Thanks for following along and just in general being awesome. :hippie:


I loved this update! Poor Ringo! He really does look dead! :sad1: I was starting to feel really bad for him, so I'm glad you moved on to Crush! I'm going to have to check them out when I'm there in May, I hardly ever look in the tanks...except for the fish that look like Nemo, of course. :cool1:

:rotfl: Mission: Sinise! I'm going to have to start calling Mission Space that now, it's perfect! I LOVE this ride! I don't know how they make it so real feeling either, but I'm SO glad they do! I don't really get how spinning can make you feel like you are blasting off into space, it's genius! :) After me whining about the green side on my TR and reading about your experience, now I have to just suck it up and go on the orange side solo on my next trip! I can't pass it up again! :eek:

Being in the Land at closing time must be weird...it's always strange to see CM's pack up for the night and close Disney. It's strange to me that Disney World closes. I've always wanted to try to stay long after a park has closed and see when you will get kicked out, because apparently, you can stay and just wander around for a pretty long time after the parks close!

I love your pictures of Spaceship Earth! It's funny, certain things I see in TR's just hit me and make me want to be back at Disney RIGHT. NOW. That's how your SE pics are making me feel! I want to goooooo!!! :lovestruc

OMG. I just stayed at Pop for the first time in December and the Chicken Penne Alfredo was the best thing I had to eat on that whole trip! How is it so good??? :worship:

Thank you! I know, I feel bad for Ringo too! But at least he's a guest star in my TR now. :) That's something at least.

I really don't know how spinning could make you feel that way. It doesn't feel like spinning at all! I've heard the green side is so boring, definitely come back to orange!!

Just get on line for a popular ride right before the park closes. I've been there an hour after closing! It's awesome to see the park empty and quiet like that.

"It's funny, certain things I see in TR's just hit me and make me want to be back at Disney RIGHT. NOW." I know EXACTLY what you mean. That happens to me all the time!

That totally doesn't surprise me! It is SO delicious! One of my favorite meals. popcorn::

[marDgreen88]

I don't know HOW I do it but I always miss your updates at first. Apparently I never know what day it is. ?? ANYWAYS! Hahaha as soon as you said you had a very important friend to visit, I knew it would soon be time to shield my eyes. I'm sorry to Mr. Frogfish but AHHH. He frightens me. I feel bad for saying that though. He doesn't mean to. I would probably frighten him too. BUT I've never seen him before! I feel the need to really search for him this summer because as of right now he's but a myth to me.

OMG RINGO IS EVEN SCARIER. Okay, clearly I have a problem.

HAHAH high five to the little girl. YOU DON'T CALL ARIEL'S SKIRT UGLY. Ya just don't.

Hahah your Mission: Sinise experience sounds awesome. I'm glad shy Texas guy got into it! That's hilarious. I've never done Mission: Sinise before. (Either side. I'm CLEARLY A WIMP. I mean come on, Frogfish and Ringo even freak me out.) BUT I want to! It sounds awesome and terrifying at the same time.

You and your mom sound so awesome. The fact that she even knows that there is a beatbox at the end of PPPPPPPPOP is impressive. GOTTA LOVE LIVIN IT UP WITH YOUR MOMMA.

[__disneygirl]

I don't know HOW I do it but I always miss your updates at first. Apparently I never know what day it is. ?? ANYWAYS! Hahaha as soon as you said you had a very important friend to visit, I knew it would soon be time to shield my eyes. I'm sorry to Mr. Frogfish but AHHH. He frightens me. I feel bad for saying that though. He doesn't mean to. I would probably frighten him too. BUT I've never seen him before! I feel the need to really search for him this summer because as of right now he's but a myth to me.

OMG RINGO IS EVEN SCARIER. Okay, clearly I have a problem.

HAHAH high five to the little girl. YOU DON'T CALL ARIEL'S SKIRT UGLY. Ya just don't.

Hahah your Mission: Sinise experience sounds awesome. I'm glad shy Texas guy got into it! That's hilarious. I've never done Mission: Sinise before. (Either side. I'm CLEARLY A WIMP. I mean come on, Frogfish and Ringo even freak me out.) BUT I want to! It sounds awesome and terrifying at the same time.

You and your mom sound so awesome. The fact that she even knows that there is a beatbox at the end of PPPPPPPPOP is impressive. GOTTA LOVE LIVIN IT UP WITH YOUR MOMMA.

Aww, don't be scared of Our Frogfish Friend. Sure, he's a little surly, but he's still our friend!! :hug: Once you meet him, you'll feel differently. He's kind of like the Beast. Once you get to know him, you'll fall in love! :laughing:

Ahhh just do it!! You'll love it! Well, IDK, some people do get sick. It's a very intense feeling. It's the craziest ride ever. But honestly, it's worth a try. And do the orange side. I hear you hardly even feel anything on the green one.

My mom is awesome :thumbsup2 She went to 3 *NSYNC concerts with me haha and that's just that one band. Plus I used to play their music incessantly. I still love it actually and listen from time to time. Pop music is just so fun and it reminds me of being a kid. But yes, I love my mom! We have a great time together.

[__disneygirl]

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY EVERYONE!!!!

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I hope everyone is getting their fair share of Livin' It Up in today. I know I am! And by that, I mean I just got green frozen yogurt. It was Thin Mint flavored. YUM. I'm not really one for celebrating this holiday, even though I am a small part Irish. I just wanted to post this cute picture of Mickey. Anyway, enjoy your day everyone!! There is an update coming! WooOhooo!

[__disneygirl]

DECEMBER 7, 2011
Day 3, Part 1 In Which I Do The Joey Lunge

It had been a very tiring Day 2 of Livin It Up, so I decided to not set the alarm for Day 3 in favor of getting some much needed Z's.

Luckily, my body realized this was ridiculous and woke me up at 7:00 AM, ready and rarin' to go. I wasn't tired at all! I mean come on, it was only Day 3, what am I, an old lady? There's no sleeping in Disney!

Before I continue, I have to note how different this day ended up being compared to my original plans. If you're wondering whether or not it ended up for better or for worse, you'll just have to stick with me for the answer. WINK.

Being that I was up so early, I decided that THIS was THE DAY.

The day I would go through a life changing experience.

Some compare it to a religion.

I wouldn't go that far.

Or would I?

Yes, friends, it was time for my FIRST OFFICIAL TOY STORY MANIA MAD DASH!!!!!!

I normally skip mad dashes. We always visit WDW during low crowd times and it's just unnecessary. HOWEVER, having never experienced one, naturally I didn't feel whole as a human being. It was something I very much needed to do.

I was very excited, but I knew my mom would not want to be part of this. She hates rushing anywhere, especially on vacation, and is (GASP) not that into Toy Story Mania. I know, I know, how can I be blood related to this person? I mean, she likes it fine, but it's not something that she has to do more than once per trip.

I DON'T GET IT EITHER LET'S JUST MOVE ON.

I arrived in Hollywood about 20 minutes before opening time and as I went through the turnstiles, a cast member wearing those giant Mickey hands said "Good morning, Princess." and I floated away on a cloud. I can not tell you how much I LOVE this. I mean, they mostly say it to little girls so it feels so special when they say it to me! They must be able to tell I am a kid at heart.

I walked quickly through Hollywood Blvd and went as far as I could go before the crowd got thick. Most people gather in the middle of the Blvd, right in front of the hat. This is a mistake!

All the cool people (like moi) know that you should go to the right, where Starring Rolls is, to get a prime spot for the Mad Dash. A lot of people go closer to the hat but that is absurd! I mean, unless you're trying to be the first rider of the day on Great Movie Ride, in which case, God speed. But if you want to know where the real action is, it's on the right. So I stood near Starring Rolls anxiously awaiting the rope to be dropped so I could thrill guests by doing my best Roadrunner impression.

There was a little boy dressed as Darth Vader that was doing the splits in front of me and it was hilarious. This reminded me that I should probably stretch out in preparation for the Mad Dash. In one of my favorite Friends episodes (which I actually already referenced talking about TSM in my first Day 2 update... it's just a REALLY great episode) Joey puts on all of Chandler's clothes to annoy him and then does lunges in them so he works up a sweat and the clothes get all sweaty and gross. You can see the scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q--6wtCPHg8

When my friend Barbara and I were like 15, we went to a concert in Atlantic City that we waited like 12 hours on line for to get front row, and right before they let us in we started doing The Joey Lunge while quoting the episode, mostly because we were deliriously tired, but also because we wanted to be limber so that we could RUN to the front row as soon as they opened the door. We're rock and rollers, man. Also, we're just really obsessed with Friends and like to quote it/act out scenes from it as often as possible.

Needless to say, it was also necessary to do The Joey Lunge that morning in Hollywood.

Finally it was time for Rope Drop. I have no idea what kind of opening ceremony occurred because I could barely hear it and couldn't see anything, but it was really REALLY short. I'd never been to opening at this park before, so I don't know if it's always been that way or what but it was totally no big deal.

BUT WHO CARES ABOUT THAT!!! *Mufasa Voice* IT IS TIME.

I dashed, MADLY, to Toy Story Midway Mania. I can't say it any plaineya!!!!!

I reached TSM within seconds, madly dashing through crowds of people. They stood no chance. They were not prepared and had not done The Joey Lunge before rope drop. Amateurs.

I was one of the first riders on Toy Story Mania thanks to Joey Tribbiani! See? Friends saves lives.

Two cast members walked us through the entire attraction. It was so cool being the first people in there and seeing no one ahead of us and the ride vehicles and CMs just standing and waiting for everyone. I had never experienced that before!

I can't even describe to you the insanely fun time that I had that morning. It was completely ridiculous. I rode so many times I nearly blacked out. Over and over, again and again, toys and shooting and running and plates and aliens and TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARNATION!!!!!!!!

It's a blur.

One thing I do remember is chatting with an older couple (and when I say older, I mean I was impressed they were walking without the help of a walker/ECV... four for you old people, you go old people!) who were holding the Hidden Mickey Guide. We bonded over our love of HMs and I told them about my favorite ones. The man pulled out a pencil from his pocket and started marking them down so they could find them! They were just precious.

Another thing is that when the line started getting long, a couple of CMs actually picked up containers of 3D glasses and started walking through the line and passing them out. As they would walk by guests they would say "Excuse me, toys!" or "Can I just get by you toys for a second? Woody and Buzz wanted us to pass these out!" AHH. I loved it.

I posted on Twitter *Tweet edited to be DIS-appropriate*:
The ring toss is the hardest part of TSM. That screws me every time. But I kick effing booty at the rest of it especially the plates. Dec 07, 2011

AHH THE BLEEPING RING TOSS. I got way better at this toward the end of the trip but I kept blowing it at first. They really did an awesome job making this part seem so real. It's so frustrating because the rest of the ride is just hitting targets and you get so used to your technique doing that. Then you get to the ring toss, where you can't just hit the target, you have to make sure the ring lands correctly. I hope I didn't scare anyone being filled with endless rage and screaming during this section.


More Twitter posts:
I do way better on the left side of the ride vehicle than the right for some reason. Still no 200,000 and now the line is getting long!!! Dec 07, 2011

I keep getting best in my vehicle, cause I rule, but I haven't cracked 200,000 yet. I need to conquer this!!! Dec 07, 2011

I like that I tweeted during this TSM marathon, because I honestly remember hardly anything specific about it-- it was kind of like a Hunter S. Thompson drug binge and subsequent bender, but with less hospital stays. I know it was a freaking blast, but the details escape me.

It is very true though that I need to be on the left of the vehicle. My new goal is to get just as good being on the right side, because the one time I tried the that side, my score plummeted. I need to be able to conquer TSM from all locations in order to be the Best Person Ever, which is something that is very important to me.

At some point, I needed a food/restroom break. AHH don't you hate being a human? You have to do things like eat and go to the bathroom, and neither of these actions are permitted while riding Toy Story Mania. Which means you have to STOP RIDING IT!!!!!

Life is so hard. Luckily, food is amazing and what is even more amazing is DISNEY FOOD. One example of this is found at Writer's Stop, a cute little coffee shop located in between Sci-Fi and New York City.

Writer's Stop is famous for their delectable cookies in the same way that Starring Rolls is known for their out of this world cupcakes. I have wanted to try one of these cookies for a very long time, and the moment had finally arrived!

It was VERY hard for me to choose just one cookie. They all looked so amazing. I wish I had a picture for you to see what I mean, but I'm pretty sure I was too stunned from excitement to work my camera.

I finally settled on the giant peanut butter cookie and went over to the couch to relax and enjoy it.

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This is now one of my favorite places in all of WDW and I know I will visit many times during my next trip. Not only was the cookie ridiculously delicious, I felt so relaxed and peaceful in this place. It's set up like nowhere else at the parks and was empty at the time, making it a perfect counterpart to my mental TSM bender. I just sat there for awhile feeling so happy and lucky to be at my favorite place on earth.

I posted on Twitter:
I think Writer's Stop is my new fave hangout. Giant cookies and leather couches? Oh Disney.

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View from the couch... Don't ask why Andy Dick was on TV. That man continues to be a mystery. I remember them playing hilarious clips from Modern Family though, which I loved.

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Yummy individually wrapped cookies (more on these later in the report!)

I only ate half of my peanut butter cookie because it was unbelievably rich and things like that are enjoyed more when split between two sittings, but man, it was SO GOOD! I can't wait to have another one and also try the famous Carrot Cake Cookie!

Up Next: Solo wandering around Hollywood & Downtown Disney and ITALIAN MEN!!!!!!!!!

[therussells08]

Happy St. Patrick's Day! That picture of Mickey is precious! :lovestruc

HAHAHA I LOVE that episode of Friends! A few years ago I borrowed a pair of my sister's shorts and she got all mad about it, so I did the Joey lunge in them! You and I are seriously long lost friends...we have too much in common! :rotfl:

WOW...I am seriously impressed with your TSM awesomeness. :worship: I shall call you, Mad Dash Master.

Writer's Stop is so cozy! It reminds me of a college coffee shop or something, only ten million times for amazing! :goodvibes

[shan23877]

Doesn't everyone do the Joey Lunge to limber up? Just like everyone categorizes their towels (into 11 categories no less) Seems perfectly normal to me, and calisthenics are always a good idea in the morning. :thumbsup2

[Nermel9]

I knew as soon as I read the title to this chapter it was gonna be a good one! That is one of my favorite Friends episodes EVER! Although, I suppose if you love that show, it has to be a favorite, it's classic! My DH quote and I quote it all the time! I quote it at work and people look at me like I'm insane, and then I have to explain it...ugh...why can't I just work with people that are obsessed with Disney and Friends where I don't have to constantly explain myself all day? :laughing: " I'm not gonna go commando in another man's fatigues."

Anyway, your mad dashing sounds pretty successful! I almost attempted the mad dash in October (I didn't get there in my TR yet) but then decided against it, but I'm ready to do it in May! Although, I've read they don't really do the mad dash anymore, which kind of makes me happy, I don't really feel like madly dashing to ride a ride at 9:00 in the morning...

I love everything about that ride! :lovestruc The ring toss is hard! I have yet to break 200,000! As long as I keep beating my DH though, I'm happy! :rolleyes1

Isn't the Writer's Stop the best place on Earth? Ok, that might be a little dramatic, but it's just SO cute, this little hidden away corner of DHS with the best cookies ever!! I don't know what's better, Starring Roles or Writer's Stop, they're both perfect! :lovestruc

[__disneygirl]

Happy St. Patrick's Day! That picture of Mickey is precious! :lovestruc

HAHAHA I LOVE that episode of Friends! A few years ago I borrowed a pair of my sister's shorts and she got all mad about it, so I did the Joey lunge in them! You and I are seriously long lost friends...we have too much in common! :rotfl:

WOW...I am seriously impressed with your TSM awesomeness. :worship: I shall call you, Mad Dash Master.

Writer's Stop is so cozy! It reminds me of a college coffee shop or something, only ten million times for amazing! :goodvibes


:rotfl: OMG that is so hilarious that you did that! And yes... I can totally tell we would get along in real life!

MAD DASH MASTER!!! Oh, I love it!! Hear that everyone? I'm the MAD DASH MASTER! Make way!! :laughing:

A college coffee shop.. you hit the nail on the head there! But like you said, even more amazing.

Doesn't everyone do the Joey Lunge to limber up? Just like everyone categorizes their towels (into 11 categories no less) Seems perfectly normal to me, and calisthenics are always a good idea in the morning. :thumbsup2

:laughing: Sigh... Unfortunately everyone does NOT do the Joey Lunge to limber up. I wish they did because that is the kind of world I want to live in. And oh man, Monica with her crazy towels and placement of the Phone Pen and her ribbon cabinet. Best show ever!

I knew as soon as I read the title to this chapter it was gonna be a good one! That is one of my favorite Friends episodes EVER! Although, I suppose if you love that show, it has to be a favorite, it's classic! My DH quote and I quote it all the time! I quote it at work and people look at me like I'm insane, and then I have to explain it...ugh...why can't I just work with people that are obsessed with Disney and Friends where I don't have to constantly explain myself all day? :laughing: " I'm not gonna go commando in another man's fatigues."

Anyway, your mad dashing sounds pretty successful! I almost attempted the mad dash in October (I didn't get there in my TR yet) but then decided against it, but I'm ready to do it in May! Although, I've read they don't really do the mad dash anymore, which kind of makes me happy, I don't really feel like madly dashing to ride a ride at 9:00 in the morning...

I love everything about that ride! :lovestruc The ring toss is hard! I have yet to break 200,000! As long as I keep beating my DH though, I'm happy! :rolleyes1

Isn't the Writer's Stop the best place on Earth? Ok, that might be a little dramatic, but it's just SO cute, this little hidden away corner of DHS with the best cookies ever!! I don't know what's better, Starring Roles or Writer's Stop, they're both perfect! :lovestruc

hahahaha there are just so many CA-LASS-IC moments of that episode. I agree, if everyone was obsessed with Friends and Disney, the world would be a better place. :cloud9:

They don't do it anymore? Where did you read that? I don't know, I find it highly unlikely! Everyone wants to get on TSM so bad in the morning. And who can blame them? I'm not a big fan of mad dashing either but it's one of those things I just wanted to experience and I'm glad I did. It was crazy, but fun.

Ahh It's hard to compare the two, they're both so amazing!

[Nermel9]

They don't do it anymore? Where did you read that? I don't know, I find it highly unlikely! Everyone wants to get on TSM so bad in the morning. And who can blame them? I'm not a big fan of mad dashing either but it's one of those things I just wanted to experience and I'm glad I did. It was crazy, but fun.

Well, I'm not sure if it's 100% true or not, but I've read on some TR's and in the Theme Parks and Strategies section that they unofficially open DHS now at 8:30 or 8:45. So if you're smart, you will get there at 8:30, and instead of holding everyone in front of the hat until 9, they just let you in to go get your FP's for TSM AND TSM is already open, so you can just get right on! :banana: I'm really hoping this is true, because I'm planning to get there at 8:30 when we go in May and skip the whole mad dash! :eek: It makes sense, but I feel like once more people catch on, then the mad dash will just start at 8:30 instead of 9, but for now, I guess it's working! I'll find out in 7 weeks! :dance3:

[__disneygirl]

Well, I'm not sure if it's 100% true or not, but I've read on some TR's and in the Theme Parks and Strategies section that they unofficially open DHS now at 8:30 or 8:45. So if you're smart, you will get there at 8:30, and instead of holding everyone in front of the hat until 9, they just let you in to go get your FP's for TSM AND TSM is already open, so you can just get right on! :banana: I'm really hoping this is true, because I'm planning to get there at 8:30 when we go in May and skip the whole mad dash! :eek: It makes sense, but I feel like once more people catch on, then the mad dash will just start at 8:30 instead of 9, but for now, I guess it's working! I'll find out in 7 weeks! :dance3:

Hmm... interesting!!! Yikes, that's annoying that we have to get there even earlier now for TSM! wonder what will be going on by the time I go back (Hopefully at the end of September...) Oh well, it's so worth it!!

Yay, 7 weeks for you guys!! So jealous!

[marDgreen88]

THAT MICKEY PICTURE IS SO ADORABLE! Where did you find that? Haha I've been told that I'm a small part Irish too (and apparently that's why my last name is Green... GO FIGURE! Hahah) but I really couldn't care less about St. Patrick's Day. I don't even understand its existence, to be perfectly honest! ANYWAYS UPDATE.

OMG I LOVE YOUR TITLE. "I tell you it's hot in here, I better not do any... LUNGES." Oh my gosh best episode ever. One of them. There are so many.

TOY STORY MANIA MAD DASH! Oh those are exciting times!!!!

You and your friend Barbara sound like the kind of people I would enjoy being friends with. Omg, Friends does save lives. Thank God.

I am SUPER competitive but terrible at Toy Story Mania! I feel like I'm trying so hard to beat the person next to me (which I always have done so far, but they suck too) but I always get caught up in marveling at the characters and the music and just the experience as a whole, that my mind goes OFF THE GAME. Yeah, it's unacceptable and I need to learn from the masters of the Dis. You are one of them hahaha. :worship:

[__disneygirl]

THAT MICKEY PICTURE IS SO ADORABLE! Where did you find that? Haha I've been told that I'm a small part Irish too (and apparently that's why my last name is Green... GO FIGURE! Hahah) but I really couldn't care less about St. Patrick's Day. I don't even understand its existence, to be perfectly honest! ANYWAYS UPDATE.

OMG I LOVE YOUR TITLE. "I tell you it's hot in here, I better not do any... LUNGES." Oh my gosh best episode ever. One of them. There are so many.

TOY STORY MANIA MAD DASH! Oh those are exciting times!!!!

You and your friend Barbara sound like the kind of people I would enjoy being friends with. Omg, Friends does save lives. Thank God.

I am SUPER competitive but terrible at Toy Story Mania! I feel like I'm trying so hard to beat the person next to me (which I always have done so far, but they suck too) but I always get caught up in marveling at the characters and the music and just the experience as a whole, that my mind goes OFF THE GAME. Yeah, it's unacceptable and I need to learn from the masters of the Dis. You are one of them hahaha. :worship:

I just googled "Mickey Mouse St. Patrick's Day" haha. Never fails! :thumbsup2

There really are so many. I could never choose one favorite. Maybe a top 20 list or something, but that would still be very hard!!!

No, I TOTALLY know what you mean about being immersed in the ride! The first few times I went on I was seriously stunned and mystified, playing the game didn't seem as important as taking it all in. But now that I'm a little more used to the MANIA that is Toy Story Mania, I can get my head in the game and really focus. You'll get there someday!

[oopsiDAISY]

Okay, just caught up. I was gone last week, so I had missed a few updates. RE: Mission Space...you MUST follow my TR because I have the BEST MS story evah to share!!! :banana:

TSM mad dash- we had a 7am EMH while we were there. We showed up all ready to run the marathon and the park was EMPTY!!! :scared1: There was no line in the cue and no line at the FP machine...it was like an eerie episode of Twilight Zone or something. :eek: But it was awesome too, of course! :lmao:

I can now say I have tried the Carrot Cake Cookie from Writer's Stop! :cool1: It was on my must-do list this time. Stacy told me I must do the must do's so... I did the must-do! :dance3: Let me just say it was PHENOMENAL!!! And I might add, it is best for breakfast in the morning with a hot cup of coffee...:cloud9: So big you can have it two mornings in a row! :thumbsup2

I also wanted to add a little tidbit to make you smile. After not allowing my children to watch ANYTHING on tv the whole week we were there if it did not star Stacy :rolleyes1 ... my kids spent all week saying "TEST TRACK, BABY!" (even the 5 yr old out of the blue! :rotfl2:)

[__disneygirl]

Okay, just caught up. I was gone last week, so I had missed a few updates. RE: Mission Space...you MUST follow my TR because I have the BEST MS story evah to share!!! :banana:

TSM mad dash- we had a 7am EMH while we were there. We showed up all ready to run the marathon and the park was EMPTY!!! :scared1: There was no line in the cue and no line at the FP machine...it was like an eerie episode of Twilight Zone or something. :eek: But it was awesome too, of course! :lmao:

I can now say I have tried the Carrot Cake Cookie from Writer's Stop! :cool1: It was on my must-do list this time. Stacy told me I must do the must do's so... I did the must-do! :dance3: Let me just say it was PHENOMENAL!!! And I might add, it is best for breakfast in the morning with a hot cup of coffee...:cloud9: So big you can have it two mornings in a row! :thumbsup2

I also wanted to add a little tidbit to make you smile. After not allowing my children to watch ANYTHING on tv the whole week we were there if it did not star Stacy :rolleyes1 ... my kids spent all week saying "TEST TRACK, BABY!" (even the 5 yr old out of the blue! :rotfl2:)

I will definitely be following along with your TR! Can't wait to hear all about it :thumbsup2

OMG that is amazing! I would hate getting up that early to be there by 7, but it sounds totally worth it. I hope something like that happens next time I go!

haha "TIME TO DO THE MUST DOS!" :yay: So glad you loved the Carrot Cake Cookie! I am SO excited to try it! That will seriously be one of the first things I do next time I'm in Hollywood... after riding TSM 9298 times of course :thumbsup2

OMG your kids are like my future children hahaha. That is too funny! You are an awesome mom for turning your kids into Stacey fans! She is the best! "This doesn't look like Test Track... TEST TRACK BABY!" Oh how I love her!

[oopsiDAISY]

I will definitely be following along with your TR! Can't wait to hear all about it :thumbsup2

OMG that is amazing! I would hate getting up that early to be there by 7, but it sounds totally worth it. I hope something like that happens next time I go!

haha "TIME TO DO THE MUST DOS!" :yay: So glad you loved the Carrot Cake Cookie! I am SO excited to try it! That will seriously be one of the first things I do next time I'm in Hollywood... after riding TSM 9298 times of course :thumbsup2

OMG your kids are like my future children hahaha. That is too funny! You are an awesome mom for turning your kids into Stacey fans! She is the best! "This doesn't look like Test Track... TEST TRACK BABY!" Oh how I love her!

"We're four wheelin' now Baby!" "I'm on top of the woooooorrrrld!"

[Stringbean&Wingnut]

Joining in!!! I'm loving your hilarious TR so far!! :goodvibes

I love your description of doing the Joey Lunge at DHS! You were ready and prepared!! :rotfl:

I can attest to the "unannounced early openings" at DHS. When we were there in January, we arrived at 8:45, and the park was already open, and seemed to have been so for at least a few minutes. Unfortunately, TSM, the only ride that was open for those early moments, was down! :laughing:

Can't wait to read more!

[__disneygirl]

"We're four wheelin' now Baby!" "I'm on top of the woooooorrrrld!"

HAHAHAHA I love that my TR has become one big Stacey lovefest. THERE'S A LOTTA MONKEY BUSINESS GOIN' ON AROUND HERE.

Joining in!!! I'm loving your hilarious TR so far!! :goodvibes

I love your description of doing the Joey Lunge at DHS! You were ready and prepared!! :rotfl:

I can attest to the "unannounced early openings" at DHS. When we were there in January, we arrived at 8:45, and the park was already open, and seemed to have been so for at least a few minutes. Unfortunately, TSM, the only ride that was open for those early moments, was down! :laughing:

Can't wait to read more!

Welcome and thanks!!!

Oh man, I'm definitely gonna have to get up super early then, aren't I? I hope arriving at 8 will suffice. My TSM marathon mornings must go on!

[IheartDDuck]

OMG, I love Fat Monica! Hilarious!

Those TSM newbies that don't go to the right by Starring Rolls. Oh such sad, unaware people heading towards the center of DHS. *sigh* They only give me the opportunity to get where I'm going faster!

[Disneyfreak508]

TOY. STORY. MANIA. - hyperventilating -

*Mufasa Voice* BAHAHA YESSS omg I always say it that way. :lmao:

I was one of the first riders on Toy Story Mania thanks to Joey Tribbiani! See? Friends saves lives.

Everything about those two sentences is just perfect. :worship:

I NEED to be on the left side of the ride vehicle in TSM also. I just do terrible when I'm on the right!

Ahh I can picture being right there in the Writer's Shop :cloud9: I can't wait to go back!

[__disneygirl]

OMG, I love Fat Monica! Hilarious!

Those TSM newbies that don't go to the right by Starring Rolls. Oh such sad, unaware people heading towards the center of DHS. *sigh* They only give me the opportunity to get where I'm going faster!

Exactly! Perhaps we shouldn't reveal my TSM mad dash methods!!!

TOY. STORY. MANIA. - hyperventilating -

*Mufasa Voice* BAHAHA YESSS omg I always say it that way. :lmao:

Everything about those two sentences is just perfect. :worship:

I NEED to be on the left side of the ride vehicle in TSM also. I just do terrible when I'm on the right!

Ahh I can picture being right there in the Writer's Shop :cloud9: I can't wait to go back!

hahahaha omg I want to go on TSM with you so bad. Kara too. We would have the ultimate battle!!!

Of couse you would say it that way too :laughing:

AHH I am so excited for you to go back! And madly jealous!!! It's soooo soon!!!! :dance3:

[LutheranChick82]

Oh my goodness I have been laughing out loud at your TR. Gurl you are hilarious.
I now have to go read your other TR!

Kelly

[__disneygirl]

Oh my goodness I have been laughing out loud at your TR. Gurl you are hilarious.
I now have to go read your other TR!

Kelly

YAY! Thank you. I'm glad to hear you're enjoying it. I hope you like my last TR as well.

[FairyGodmothers Sis]

Lia,

Your TR is hilarious! LOVE it! Your pictures are really beautiful too! Nice camera! Can't wait to read more!!!!:worship:

[__disneygirl]

Lia,

Your TR is hilarious! LOVE it! Your pictures are really beautiful too! Nice camera! Can't wait to read more!!!!:worship:

:welcome: + Thanks! So glad to see you over here!

[Reberella]

You are too funny! Lol I am laughing out loud while reading this trip report.:rotfl2:
Btw, where in NJ do you live? I live in Union County, and JFK (with no traffic) is about 45 minutes away! I guess it's a small world! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Ahhh.... i know, im hilarious...:goodvibes

[dara00]

You are too funny! Lol I am laughing out loud while reading this trip report.:rotfl2:
Btw, where in NJ do you live? I live in Union County, and JFK (with no traffic) is about 45 minutes away! I guess it's a small world! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Ahhh.... i know, im hilarious...:goodvibes

hey, I grew up in Union County! (berkeley heights). But JFK was never that close...Newark was only 20 minutes though!

[__disneygirl]

You are too funny! Lol I am laughing out loud while reading this trip report.:rotfl2:
Btw, where in NJ do you live? I live in Union County, and JFK (with no traffic) is about 45 minutes away! I guess it's a small world! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Ahhh.... i know, im hilarious...:goodvibes

Thank you so much! So happy you enjoy it and yay for more Jersey people reading my TR! I live right outside of NYC... it IS a small world after all... :rotfl:

hey, I grew up in Union County! (berkeley heights). But JFK was never that close...Newark was only 20 minutes though!

Sigh.. I wanted to fly out of Newark.. so much easier. But I often find JFK is cheaper by like $100.

[__disneygirl]

DECEMBER 7, 2011
Day 3, Part 2 In Which There Is A Half Naked Drunk Old Man

I ventured out of Writer's Stop to do what I do best: wander around and take pictures!

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As I was walking past here, I heard a woman say, "Why is that dinosaur in the middle of this park?" and the kid she was with (who I assume was her son) said very matter-of-factly, "Because this is Disney." LOL! Oh, I laughed so hard. I wish you could have heard the kid, his tone was so hilarious. Like duh, mom, this is Disney! So for the rest of the trip any time I questioned anything I realized the obvious answer to everything is simple: "Because this is Disney."

At this point, I got a huge craving to be at Downtown Disney. Does that ever happen to you? All of a sudden it just hits you: you want to be in a very specific part of Disney World and it reaches you down to your core so much that it almost hurts. You can see yourself in a certain spot and you hear the sounds and smell the smells and FEEL Disney. Your memory of it is so sharp and you feel so close to it and yet you're so far. You just want to GO so badly. Most of the time this happens I am about 1,800 miles away from Downtown Disney (or whatever part of WDW I am craving at that moment) and that is a huge bummer. I can't tell you how happy I was knowing that I could head right over!

I wanted to do something I'd never done before: take a boat to Downtown Disney. I knew I could get one from Saratoga Springs or Old Key West, so I decided to just wait near the busses for whichever one came first.

Where did I end up?

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Old Key West! I was excited to explore before getting on the boat because I had never been to this resort before and I love visiting Disney resorts I've never seen!

So many people have told me this resort is stunningly beautiful and they were right. The moment I arrived it was just like sudden relaxation. I can't even tell you how peaceful, quiet, and lovely it is there. Such a nice escape from the hustle and bustle of the parks. I love places like Pop Century that have that crazy Disney energy, but Old Key West was so delightfully mellow that it made me crave a more relaxing resort stay.

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This is the central area where the lobby, food, and shopping is located. It's kinda like a mini version of Disney's Boardwalk. They call it the Hospitality House.

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Took this while walking from the bus top to the Hospitality House on the bridge.

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This was one of my favorite things-- Old Key West was the first DVC Resort, and pictures of some of the original families are on the wall here.

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I love anything nautical, so this place really suits me. I would love to stay there!

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The Christmas decorations around the resort were very subtle, with the exception of this tree. I love the vibrant colors and sea theme. Very Little Mermaid like! This was probably my favorite Christmas tree I saw in all of Disney...hmm... tied with the one at the front of Animal Kingdom!

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I love the ornaments. That blowfish cracks me up. And the random eggplant? No idea what that's doing there, but hey, i'll go with it!

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They give out balloon animals when you check in. I love the "Happy Holidays" spelled out in balloons! What a fun job.

After checking out the lobby I went down to the boat dock and waited for the next to arrive.

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About 10 minutes passed and then I was on my way to Downtown Disney!

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[__disneygirl]

I know I've used the word relax about 10 times so far to describe my morning, but here we go again: what a relaxing trip! There's almost nothing to look at in between OKW and DTD, just trees and greenery, and it kind of feels like you're not in Disney for a minute. It was very interesting and different! We passed a bunch of boats and there was lots of waving from all parties involved.

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And then the West Side started to become visible. For some reason, I wasn't expecting this view! I guess I didn't remember exactly where the boat docks were and had no idea which area of DTD we were going to end up at. It was truly a beautiful way to see the West Side.

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We docked and I headed up the ramp to do more wandering!

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I had two specific things in mind: try and find some cute tights to wear with my nice outfit I had prepared for our Tutto Italia lunch, and look for Tangled merchandise at World of Disney. There is a SEVERE lack of Tangled stuff for sale throughout the parks and I have no idea why! I'm totally in love with that movie and need loads of stuff to comfort my obsession! Sheesh.

The boat docks right near the area of West Side that houses places like Paradiso 37 and Raglan Road, two restaurants we had reservations for during our trip and ended up not going to! Why do I even bother to plan? LOL. We always end up doing whatever random thing we feel like at that moment! Anyway, I really like this section of Downtown Disney. I actually never been in that little nook before. When it comes to the West Side, I usually stick to the part that houses absolutely GIGANDO names in entertainment such as House of Blues, Planet Hollywood, Virgin Megastore (RIP), etc.

I went into a trendy store called Apricot Lane, which I figured was my best bet for the tights. It kept getting really chilly at night and I knew I'd be cold without them, so I was pretty bummed when the only tights I could find were weirdly striped. Knowing that I could return them if I changed my mind, I decided I would just rock the stripes. There was a lot of stuff I wanted to buy in here, though, if you're a female looking for cute clothes that don't have anything to do with Disney, I suggest it. The staff was also very nice and helpful, and the manager even apologized for not having the kind of tights I wanted. So even though I didn't find exactly what I was looking for, I still recommend this place.

Next, I strolled on over to the Marketplace. It was so nice to be back here! We spent a lot of time here on our previous two trips and I was so happy to see familiar sights such as Earl of Sandwich, Tren-D, Ghiradelli, and of course... Wolfgang Puck Express. :love: Oh how my mouth waters simply at the thought. It was SO hard to not go in and scarf down one of their delicious pizzas, but I knew I had to save room for our lunch ADR.

The displays at the Lego store were the coolest I had ever seen!

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One of my favorite scenes from Toy Story come to life in lego form! FALLING WITH STYLE!

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Snow White kissing Dopey.. does it get any cuter? (With bonus DEER for Jess and Kristen :D)

I went to World of Disney and headed straight to the Princess room without wandering around. You see, World of Disney is a dangerous place. It will one day be the reason for me claiming bankruptcy and honestly, probably the reason for my death. It's the biggest Disney store in the world and I can't be trusted there. When I go in, it's as if I enter a black hole. I black out and wake up hours later with bruises and 17 cents to my name. I just wanted to get in, get my Tangled stuff, and get out!

To my great disappointment, World of Disney had the same old Tangled stuff that every other store had. :( I didn't really want any of it, but one of the play sets did catch my eye:

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This play set features the Drunk Old Man, one of my all-time favorite characters. I just think it's hilarious that there is a Disney character that is THAT hammered. I mean, sure, Gaston drinks beer at the local tavern, but he's still coherent. This guy from Tangled has little to no idea what is going on. Reason #8943573498 why Tangled is a flawless movie.

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This part always KILLS ME. When I first saw it I could not breathe from laughing so hard.

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If you haven't seen Tangled yet, let me just fill you in: there is a half naked drunk old man in this movie. There is also Eugene Fitzherbert :lovestruc, who is so amazing that he actually took Aladdin's place as my all-time FAVORITE Disney Prince. Annnnd just a million other things that make this movie the BEST. I could go on and on. Yeah. WATCH IT.

Anyway, I love this movie so much that I almost plopped down the $22 to buy the set, but I decided against it because spending $22 on toys when you are an adult.... look, it's clear I need therapy, let's just be real here. I actually did buy a Toy Story Hawaiian play set for myself for Christmas because I'm normal, and that's what normal people do, however it's just been sitting in my room in the box. I mean, I'm not going to PLAY with them but I just love seeing Woody wearing a lei and Buzz in a hula skirt, okay? Hula Timon loves it too! :woohoo:

Let's move on. At this point, I realized I should probably be getting back to Pop in time to change before our lunch ADR at Epcot, so I headed over to the bus stop to catch a ride back to Pop.

Up next: Italians :love: ...and disappointments.

[flounderfan12]

i absolutely love taking the boat to dtd when i stayed at pofq it was one on my favorite things to do. omg wolfgang puck express hands down best counter service place im drooling right now thinking about the chicken alfredo and creme brulee seriously why arent i in disney right now? i agree wholeheartdly on tangled its perfect there is not a flaw the little mermaid will always be my favorite man do i love tangled i still have yet to meet rapunzel in the parks but once flynn wasnt with her anymore i kinda lost interest anyway lol

[cindianne320]

Loving the updates! Now I'm dying to see the scene from Toy Story- that's my son's favorite movie! :love:

[Disneyfreak616]

Hey Lia! I just caught up on all your updates, and I decided to comment! But since I missed the last like 163784739, I'll just comment on the most recent one:

YES. I totally get what you mean. Right now, I am literally in tears because I want to be watching Wishes sooooo badly at this moment. But alas, I cannot. :(

I've never been in Apricot Lane, but I really wanna check it out now! Thanks for the tip. :)

Ahh thanks for the deer pic! And the shoutout! :hug:

Ahh WPE...so tempting!

Tangled is such a beautiful movie! Aladdin and Eugene are tied in my book. <33

Can't wait to hear about the Italians. :love:

[Disneyfreak508]

I love that you take pictures of not-so-ordinary places in DHS. They're not your stereotypical photos that you always see. Very nice job. :thumbsup2

"Because this is Disney." There's literally no better answer for anything. :rotfl:

Does that ever happen to you? All of a sudden it just hits you: you want to be in a very specific part of Disney World and it reaches you down to your core so much that it almost hurts.

YES! But most of the time it's when I'm at home. You were lucky and it hit you when you were actually there... so you could actually go there when you physically needed to fulfill your deprivation. :laughing:

Old Key West is absolutely my childhood. That's the place I stayed when I was beginning to finally comprehend Disney and begin my obsession. (I was in 2nd grade. Ahh... good times) I think I have ended up staying at Old Key West... 4 or 5 times? It's my parents' FAVORITE. Especially my Dad's. He's a big relaxation guy. (although, he did LOVE Bay Lake Tower... :p)

I LOVE THAT FAMILY ALBUM WALL. I have been intrigued by it my entire life. It's SUCH an adorable idea. Oh my God. The pictures are just so funny... it's amazing how Disney times have changed so fast.

Aww I didn't get to see that Christmas Tree at OKW but I'm glad you took pictures! It's SO pretty! The color scheme is like perfect.

Random Egg Plant. Why? BECAUSE THIS IS DISNEY!

Ahh that boat dock. That reminds me of that time I met that ADORABLE CM and talked to him forever and fell in love. :lovestruc Being a Disney Cast Member is like the key to my heart. :laughing:

You know what's super weird? I NEVER go to the West Side of Downtown Disney. I think I have only gone there on one trip. We went a couple times to do Disney Quest and Cirque du Soliel... but it was all in the same trip. And that was a LONG time ago. I was in middle school. That area feels the least Disney like to me, I guess.

LEGO. DEER. OMG.

I'm literally cracking up at the thought of that drunk old guy right now. :rotfl2:

And I'm seriously considering buying a Tangled play set for myself. But realistically, I want all of the play sets from every single Disney movie. Let's be real.

[IheartDDuck]

The drunk old guy is definitely one of the best parts of Tangled! "Woah, someone get me a glass, because I just found me a tall drink.........of water..."

OKW is one of my favorite resorts for just chilling out. So relaxing and calming of an environment.