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My sister's princess

01-19-2012, 07:50 PM

This trip was booked on a whim one cold Maine winter afternoon. We had returned from the Mouse House in June, and were not planning a return trip for at least a year. Until, I started pricing and then looking at crowds... and well the rest is history! There is a pretrip report that is scattered and short here: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=43415041#post43415041

In this trip report you will find an obscene number of photos, two very quirky people, and you will see what happens when the planner doesn't plan!!

Details:
Dates: January 9th – January 15th, 2012
Dining Plan – Disney Dining
Resort – Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge – Jambo

How about some introductions!

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This is Josh, the DH. He is a twenty something who didn’t quite know he had a love of the mouse until we went to Disney in 2010 to be married. This was his 3rd trip, and I would now qualify him as a Disney nut! He is a solider with the Army National Guard (this becomes important later) and in his final year of college. Josh is a big Muppet, and Toy Story fan. He likes to try new foods, and enjoys a good beer.

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This is me, Beth. I am a twenty something with a passion for life that many people just don’t “get”. I currently work in a Financial Aid Office at a tiny University in Maine, where the DH and I met. I tend to obsessively plan. I love food, in general, and incorporate a little Disney into my everyday life when I can. This is my 4th trip to the Mouse House.

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And this is Lucky AKA Dog Dog. Lucky is a 3 year old (next month) 90 something pound baby who has taken over our lives since he joined our family in March. Dog dog is where we will begin our journey…..

Links in the next post!

My sister's princess

01-19-2012, 07:51 PM

Monday, January 9th!

First, The dog gets very sick...
(http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43790600&postcount=3)
Next, We start the journey... (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43797276&postcount=7)

And then, We get there (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43807342&postcount=18)

Now, we should have dinner (Boma) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43856636&postcount=36)

Tuesday, January 10th!

Why, am I awake this early!? (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43882127&postcount=42)

We Got out the door, now what? (The Mara) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43906511&postcount=49)

How long can it take to get down Main Street USA? (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43916087&postcount=61)

We get off the train, I get distracted, then I almost die at the POTC!!! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=43961526&postcount=72)

Getting to the Plaza (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=44001627&postcount=83)

Lunch at the Plaza (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=44001634&postcount=84)

We begin to wander... (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=44050995&postcount=104)

Josh loses, and not graciously (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=44169087&postcount=111)

Now what to do? pt. 1 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=44192377&postcount=117)

Now what to do pt. 2 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=44192402&postcount=118)

It's raining soot!! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=44208962&postcount=126)

Disappointing dinner :( (Petcos Bill's) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=44255771&postcount=135)

Wednesday, January 11th!

Breakfast with the sunrise (from the Mara) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=44291076&postcount=141)

Animal Kingdom Extra Magic Hours, and Extra Magical Safari! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=44291082&postcount=142)

LIFE update!! (3/18) (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=44360367&postcount=154)

My sister's princess

01-19-2012, 08:07 PM

We left Monday morning, very early, so I knew that I needed to have everything in order and ready to go when Josh got home on Sunday (he had Army drill) So, I spent Sunday morning doing laundry, and cleaning up around the house, and then went with a friend to get our nails done.

Lucky didn’t want to eat breakfast, and after I convinced him, he was sick. Poor puppy didn’t feel well.
I didn’t think too much of it, because Lucky has caught a cold in the past. However, by the time Josh got home from drill, and we were starting to think about finishing our packing, we knew something was wrong. VERY wrong. Lucky started shaking, and begging to go outside, just to sit on the deck. I called the emergency vet, and they advised that we bring him in as soon as possible.
I was worried, as my baby looked like this
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Instead of like this
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Well 2 hours, and 3 medications later, we were headed out the door, with instructions to give our pet sitter. Lucky had an infection, and had been running a fever. I have to say, having someone you trust and know will take care of your pets makes all the difference when leaving on vacation. More so, when you are very worried!!!

We got home, ate a quick dinner, finished packing, and headed to bed. The alarm was set for 3:45, and I knew it was going to be a long day of travel!!

CandleontheWater

01-19-2012, 10:26 PM

afwdwfan

01-19-2012, 10:59 PM

Look what I just stumbled across! I'm sorry about Lucky. That's not a good way to start a trip, but I'm glad you could trust someone to take good care of him while you were gone.

I'm looking forward to reading about your trip.

My sister's princess

01-20-2012, 08:41 AM

I'm here! I'm sorry Lucky got sick! It's always tough to leave your pets when you go on vacation, and especially hard if they are not feeling well. I hope that the pet sitter took good care of him and that he was all better by the time you got home!

YAY :cool1: You are here! I thought of you every time I saw "Barfy" during our trip. DH thought I was a bit insane when I called him that :rolleyes1

I would trust our house sitter with my life. She will be an RN in May, so I can't imagine anyone better to leave my sick pup with!

Look what I just stumbled across! I'm sorry about Lucky. That's not a good way to start a trip, but I'm glad you could trust someone to take good care of him while you were gone.

I'm looking forward to reading about your trip.

Glad you are following along! I don't have an adorable child like you do, but I treat my dog like a child! I am trying to convince my DH to join the DIS, as he is becoming a bit of a Disney nut... I will have to venture over to the dads board and see if he would like it there I think.

My sister's princess

01-20-2012, 03:39 PM

The alarm went off Monday morning at 3:45, however at 3:30 I was wide awake, and decided to get my day started :yay:! I crept down the stairs, trying not to wake the most wonderful house sitter ever, who was asleep on my couch.

We are out the door by 4:45, and our wonderful house sitter drops us off at the airport, where we check in to find… that they have changed our flights! We won’t be leaving until 6:50!!!! We decide that since we now had plenty of time, that we would get some breakfast!!

I figured now was as good a time as any to start photographing our food!
http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad288/disneyprincessatheart/Disney%202012/IMG_5765.jpg

I had a bacon egg and cheese on an English muffin, and Josh had the same, but on a bagel. Josh was please “it had bacon” and I can’t complain!

One of the things that I most love about Maine is that our airports are TINY. We have one concourse at the largest two, and neither has more than 10 gates. It is so easy to get in through security, because there are never too many flights at once!!

Josh took a little nap while I posted to facebook, and read a book on my phone. Before we knew it, we were onboard!
Where Josh took another nap!!!!
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Soon enough we landed in Philly, where we RACED to catch our next plane! We got there just in time to board… and sit, and sit, and sit.

About 15 minutes after we were supposed to leave, we were told that due to mechanical issues with the plane that we needed to deplane, and wait in the gate area for more information!! There were kids around us crying, and no one was impressed to say the least.

We were told after a short wait that they would be boarding us later in the day (5 hours later). They gave everyone a $5 lunch voucher, and sent them on their way.

Josh, being the quick thinker he is realized that we were in the concourse with the USO!!! Told you the whole soldier thing was important!
So headed off to the USO where we had lunch, and chatted about our reservations and plans for the next few days!
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After chatting for a bit, we decided to go relax in the TV room, where I somewhat napped, and we watched American Pickers for a bit!
Josh relaxing.

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Josh took this photo of us holding hands
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We headed back to the gate, and stopped for a fun photo with the Lego Liberty Bell!!
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Soon enough we were on board!
I took this photo to send to my dad, this was the largest plane that I had ever been on! It held over 200 people!!
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Lucky for us, there was a young man seated across the way who had spent the entire delay drinking. He was very loud, and somewhat crude. We were unimpress, but lucky for us, he passed out shortly after we took off.

Soon enough we were off the plane where we made wonderful friends on the shuttle who were also headed to Animal Kingdom lodge!
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Before we knew it, we were on the magical express, chatting away with our new friends! I found out that they are on the DIS, and we quickly become Facebook friends! (This becomes important!!)

Lucky for Josh and I, we are the first stop! Jambo house, here we come!!!!!!!!

surfergirl602

01-20-2012, 03:46 PM

We love the Philly USO! They helped Dan sooo much when he was on a red eye, in that huge storm (was it a hurricane that hit the east coast?) when his dad was deathly ill. They fed him, gave him a place to sleep, got 6 connecting flights (that were all canceled) AND allowed him the use of a computer.

amberg@eastlink.ca

01-20-2012, 04:06 PM

My sister's princess

01-20-2012, 04:09 PM

okay following along my maine friend....but pls tell me what the uso is....canadian army wife so not really sure.

and poor lucky....thats your equivalent to b landing at the docs about 12 hrs before we left to drive to maine.

Glad you are here Amber!!!!!!!!!!!!

The USO is a place where soldiers can go and rest. They are a really amazing organization this is their website, they do all sorts of things for the troops http://www.uso.org/

amberg@eastlink.ca

01-20-2012, 05:59 PM

Glad you are here Amber!!!!!!!!!!!!

The USO is a place where soldiers can go and rest. They are a really amazing organization this is their website, they do all sorts of things for the troops http://www.uso.org/

thats awesome! im pretty sure we don't have anything like that here, altho westjet does take pretty good care of the soldiers on thier flights(hubbys gotten free booze)

pinkxray

01-20-2012, 06:20 PM

I just found your TR and hope you don't mind if I join in:)

We rented points to stay in AKV last May and it was so beautiful. I can't wait to hear about your stay there.

That's awful that Lucky was sick when you had to leave for your trip. At least you had someone you trusted looking after him

amberg@eastlink.ca

01-20-2012, 06:31 PM

ps i totally agree about your airports! s. portland was so easy to breeze through! now that being said halifax international has a record for having some of the worst tsa agents going! they let me leave the country last yr with the kids with a scribbled note from allan, landing home and coming back through in my own home town the note got me nothing but troubles!

anyways, back to maine, the kids got to leave their shoes on, the agents were nice and friendly and we really did get through very fast. it almost made up for the 12 hr drive and the limited internet connection in our hojo room- i could get 2 bars in the bathroom....one in the room! lol

MelMel11

01-20-2012, 06:41 PM

Count me in!!

My sister's princess

01-20-2012, 07:35 PM

thats awesome! im pretty sure we don't have anything like that here, altho westjet does take pretty good care of the soldiers on thier flights(hubbys gotten free booze)

That is good, I like when companies do something, no matter how small

I just found your TR and hope you don't mind if I join in:)

We rented points to stay in AKV last May and it was so beautiful. I can't wait to hear about your stay there.

That's awful that Lucky was sick when you had to leave for your trip. At least you had someone you trusted looking after him

I am so glad you joined in!! I loved the hotel so much!
Lucky was doing much better by the end of the week, but it was scary!

ps i totally agree about your airports! s. portland was so easy to breeze through! now that being said halifax international has a record for having some of the worst tsa agents going! they let me leave the country last yr with the kids with a scribbled note from allan, landing home and coming back through in my own home town the note got me nothing but troubles!

anyways, back to maine, the kids got to leave their shoes on, the agents were nice and friendly and we really did get through very fast. it almost made up for the 12 hr drive and the limited internet connection in our hojo room- i could get 2 bars in the bathroom....one in the room! lol

We have been very lucky flying through both Portland and Bangor has been smooth for us!

Count me in!!
YAY!!! Welcome!!

disney4metoo

01-20-2012, 11:08 PM

Yeah, you started on your TR!:) I am definitely in...looking forward to reading the rest!

My sister's princess

01-21-2012, 11:13 AM

Yeah, you started on your TR!:) I am definitely in...looking forward to reading the rest!

Glad you found it! :yay:

My sister's princess

01-21-2012, 06:58 PM

We hop off the bus, and I have to say, I was awestruck by the entrance to the Animal Kingdom Lodge. It even smelled rustic. Josh told me I was crazy when I told him it even SMELLED like Africa, but he smiled, so maybe he thought so too!

I was so excited I was almost bursting as we walked across the covered entrance, and up to the door.

The door is where I saw this:
http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad288/disneyprincessatheart/Disney%202012/0109121826.jpg

A nice cast member saw me taking a photo, and offered to take one of Josh and I!
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We proceeded into the lobby, where I was again stopped in my tracks. I had looked at hundreds of photos, but I was just amazed.

We had a wonderful check in, where we were told that we had been placed on the Arusha Savanna. The woman checking us in told us that this was considered an upgrade, and that we would see lots of great animals there! She also gave us two anniversary buttons, and sent us on our way very quickly! She kept laughing, because I was just so excited!

We then took the elevator to the 5th floor and wandered to room 5529, our “home” for the next 6 nights!!

Josh opening the door!
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And now to bore you to tears with the first set of way too many photos of our room:

The towel Mickey!
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View from the door
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Dresser/TV stand, the wood work is so nice!!
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View from the couch
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Table with all the magical information!
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Bathroom sink area (that I would quickly cover in all my stuff)
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Kitchenette
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Look at how cute these tiles are!!
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The door (oh yes, I took a photo of the door)
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Bathroom
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Cute little towel animal with a Welcome Home card.
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PHEW!!! Thank goodness I did all the cute detail shots later!!!!

Anywho, back to the story.

After I finished taking the photos ( I wouldn’t let Josh set anything down till I got them) we opened the curtain and looked out onto the balcony! We could see a cattle thing (technical name) laying in the grass!!
It was WAY too dark to get a photo, so you will have to trust me, and you will have to wait for our first day to get to see our view!!

Now how about some dinner?

surfergirl602

01-21-2012, 07:24 PM

I LOVE that feeling of walking into AKL. And I know that smell. Its the smell of paradise. :) Its our absolute most favorite place to stay, ever.

disney4metoo

01-21-2012, 08:04 PM

I love the impressive themed lobby area of AKL and the African music playing in the background. :goodvibes

Dreamsdocometrue9112

01-21-2012, 08:07 PM

Hope you don't mind me subbing in! You had me at the "let's be spontaneous" title!! I'm sorry to hear about Lucky :( I freak out when my pups get sick so I can't imagine that happening right before leaving for vacation!! Glad he's better :)

Dreamsdocometrue9112

01-21-2012, 08:09 PM

I also MUST ask...where did you get your suitcases?! I can't find Mickey suitcases anywhere!

My sister's princess

01-21-2012, 08:23 PM

I LOVE that feeling of walking into AKL. And I know that smell. Its the smell of paradise. :) Its our absolute most favorite place to stay, ever.

We are already talking about going again!

I love the impressive themed lobby area of AKL and the African music playing in the background. :goodvibes

I love how they also play the music in the animal viewing areas. It's the little touches!

Hope you don't mind me subbing in! You had me at the "let's be spontaneous" title!! I'm sorry to hear about Lucky :( I freak out when my pups get sick so I can't imagine that happening right before leaving for vacation!! Glad he's better :)

I am so glad you are subbing in!! We were so upset about dogdog, this was the first emergency vet visit we have had to make! We have 2 cats and the dog, so I guess we are lucky that this is the first time!

I also MUST ask...where did you get your suitcases?! I can't find Mickey suitcases anywhere!

My sister sent them to me back in 2008. She got them online. I LOVE them, but they are really starting to show their age (I like to travel!!). The zipper on the large bag went on our last trip :sad1:

The Big Sister

01-22-2012, 08:07 AM

:thumbsup2. Hey munchkin! I love the pictures! It's fun that people still ask about the luggage

TooBoyz4us

01-22-2012, 08:19 AM

I'm lovin' your trip reports so far girlie!Its so fun to read the reports of someone you actually"know":thumbsup2

Staying at the AK is my next big goal.....well, there or the Poly ;)

My sister's princess

01-22-2012, 09:41 AM

:thumbsup2. Hey munchkin! I love the pictures! It's fun that people still ask about the luggage

YAY! You found your log in! :lmao:

I'm lovin' your trip reports so far girlie!Its so fun to read the reports of someone you actually"know":thumbsup2

Staying at the AK is my next big goal.....well, there or the Poly ;)

Glad you are reading along!!!! I love having DIS friends that I have gotten to know so well!

afwdwfan

01-23-2012, 07:13 AM

My sister's princess

01-23-2012, 04:56 PM

Wow... you have to sit around the airport for 5 hours... here's $5 to make it all better! :headache:

I'm sorry about your difficulties getting to Florida. At least you made it there safely and had a pretty nice place to enjoy once you got there. :thumbsup2

Josh was not impressed with the $5, You can't really buy lunch for that :rolleyes:

We were glad we got there as well!! The story gets better soon!!

__disneygirl

01-23-2012, 07:07 PM

jacksonsmom

01-23-2012, 08:15 PM

Yeah another update. I am responding so I can subscribe to this and know when it is updated!! :)

CandleontheWater

01-23-2012, 08:35 PM

My sister's princess

01-24-2012, 09:16 AM

Joining In!! Poor Lucky!!! :sad1: I'm sure everything ended up alright with him, right? Thank God you had a good dog sitter that you trust to take care of him! He is adorable and I love that you call him Dog Dog... so cute.

AKL is just so gorgeous. It is a must-do on all of our trips to visit even if we don't stay there. Your room is so beautiful!

Glad you are joining in!!!! We are so lucky to have our house sitter. I think I am going to die when she graduates and moves away.

AKL is just amazing. DO IT!

Yeah another update. I am responding so I can subscribe to this and know when it is updated!! :)

YAY!!!!! :cool1:

My sister's princess

01-24-2012, 09:21 AM

Oh my gosh, if they told me that my flight to WDW was delayed by 5 hours, it wouldn't just be the kids that were crying- it would be me too! :laughing:

Awesome idea to go to the USO! I've never been in one, for some reason DH is reluctant to go inside, :rolleyes: but they look really nice. Do you know if dependents traveling alone are welcome, or do I need to be with DH?

Lego liberty bell= awesome! :thumbsup2

I'm with you, I just think that the AKL is sooooo impressive! If we ever buy more DVC points, I'm going to push hard for AKL, it is just that incredible!

Glad you learned the technical name of all the animals, I think I am unfamiliar with "cattle thing", is that perhaps it's Latin name? ;) :rotfl2:

I wanted to cry.... but tried to behave myself :rotfl: there were kids watching! I am not sure on the dependents traveling alone with the USO. I don't think it could hurt to ask! They had a toy area, is it would be great if you were with the little one alone!!

I specialize in technical names for animals, soon you will see "birds" "poofy birds" and "that thing with the horns" along with others. I have alot of knowledge to share. I also have the cheat sheet they put in the rooms, so I will try and share what it says they are as well :lmao:

dara00

01-24-2012, 02:42 PM

joining in!

My sister's princess

01-25-2012, 02:51 PM

joining in!

Thanks! :yay:

My sister's princess

01-26-2012, 05:07 PM

We had dinner reservations as Boma (originally for 6:30, but moved while we were stuck in the airport to 8:05) but had some time to kill.

Josh started unpacking, because for some reason, living out of suitcases doesn’t sound appealing to him! :confused3 As he put things away, I began creating the mess that I somehow always manage to make in a hotel room, even though he makes me promise that I won’t! :lmao:

Once I had sufficiently spread my stuff around the room, I got bored and we decided to go check out the hotel a little before we went to dinner!

Josh must have gotten a hold of the camera, because I have no idea what this is

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Here we go!
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The lobby is just so pretty!!!
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First stop, of course the gift shop!! Where we find a fun table of Animal Kingdom gear!!!
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We wandered over to the stair case that leads to Boma
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And then we ventured out and around the pool area! For some reason I didn’t take any photos, I think I was still just a little overwhelmed!
After we investigated the pool area we decided to peek into the Mara to see how late they were open, and what they offered for breakfast! We were very happy to find that the Mara is open until 11:30! We decided that we would grab our mugs later, so we wouldn’t have to carry them to dinner with us.

By this time is was about 7:45 , so I figured we could go ahead and check into Boma.

The menu board
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Check in was a breeze, and the ladies working the desk were very nice to us! They gave us a pager and told us our table would be ready shortly.

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The staircase to the Victoria Falls lounge.
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The entrance
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We had a short wait, that we spent talking about how excited we were just to be there, and before we knew it, our pager was going off! We were lead to our table by a very sweet girl who loves the Magic Kingdom, and couldn’t believe that we had been up since 3:30!!!!

Our server Jeff was very quick to greet us, and described everything that would be up on the buffet. He also told us to be sure to save room for something special that he would be bringing us to celebrate our anniversary!
I ordered a pomegranate lemonade, and Josh decided to try a honey beer.

I did not order the lemonade again it was not very good. Josh however loved his beer! I took a taste, and it was really good, very smooth, and not too sweet. Josh says that the bottle says it was brewed in Florida at a micro brewery.

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We went together to get our first plates from the buffet, where there were so many interesting choices!

Josh’s first plate
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Josh loved the seasoning on the nut and berry encrusted fish. He also was a big fan of the steak. (Yes we took notes each night about our favorite things from that day, food and otherwise)

My first plate

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The mushroom soup was amazing, and the steak was delicious. The chicken wasn’t bad either. I like to try new things, but I don’t always like them so I don’t have too many other things to say about this plate!

By the time we finished what we had taken we both were getting very tired. We decided to go ahead and get some dessert. ( I also got another bowl of soup!!)

We both tried one of everything on the line, I made sure that we each had a Zebra Dome, and told Josh that people rant and rave over them here, and that they should be like heaven on a plate.

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Seeing that we had started dessert Jeff asked if we had saved room for something special from the kitchen like he told us to! We assured him that we had, and I asked for a cup of decafe coffee to go with our wonderful desserts.
Jeff brought us a cute plate from the kitchen with some super yummy little bites on it! He even saw that I was taking photos of everything, and offered to take a picture of us!

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I of course took a photo of just the plate as well!
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Jeff brought us our bill, and returned a little later to take it for us. He was so nice when he brought it back, and thanked us for the tip, which I just thought was a wonderful. It was a wonderful evening, but holy was I exhausted.
We decided that we were going to head to bed, so that tomorrow wouldn’t be a bust!
Josh took a few photos as we wandered back to the room.

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After we made it back to the room I set a wakeup call for 7:30 the next morning, and we crashed!

surfergirl602

01-26-2012, 05:19 PM

afwdwfan

01-26-2012, 08:23 PM

We both tried one of everything on the line, I made sure that we each had a Zebra Dome, and told Josh that people rant and rave over them here, and that they should be like heaven on a plate.

Was it???? :confused3

Looks like a nice dinner at Boma. One of the many places I've yet to try. I've actually never even stepped foot on the property of AKL before, so I need to work on doing something about that one of these days.

I hope you were able to get plenty of rest for your first park day!

My sister's princess

01-27-2012, 05:58 AM

LOVE Boma and the butternut squash soup. and the corn polenta stuff is amazing. The hummus is so tasty, too! How did you like the zebra domes? And I can't stand the pom lemonade. Why can't they just have regular lemonade???

I wish they would just leave a good thing alone. The lemonade they had was yummy!

Was it???? :confused3

Looks like a nice dinner at Boma. One of the many places I've yet to try. I've actually never even stepped foot on the property of AKL before, so I need to work on doing something about that one of these days.

I hope you were able to get plenty of rest for your first park day!

Josh really loved it, wanted to go back all week even!!

You both made me realize that I didn't include my thoughts on them :lmao:

I thought they were ok, but not nearly as exciting as people make them out to be :confused3

pinkxray

01-27-2012, 06:14 AM

My sister's princess

01-29-2012, 07:57 AM

:laughing: I was waiting to hear what you thought about the zebra domes too. I had to go back and reread, I thought maybe I missed it. I didn't really like them that much. I thought they were a waste of stomach space when there is so much stuff in Disney that is much yummier. I don't get the gross lemonade either:confused3

Over all Boma looks great! We have only been there during breakfast. I had it booked when we stayed there but chickened out. I am always afraid my DH and DD will hate it, since they are extremely picky. They do have a kids section with boring stuff, right?

Yea, I am the girl that forgets to write what I though about the most hyped item at the restaurant... :rotfl:

I am getting the feeling that not many people like the icky new lemonade.

I am picky, and I found enough to eat, without hitting the kid's section. They did have like mac and cheese, and mashed potatoes, and the beef I had was pretty much just a good slice of beef!

My sister's princess

01-29-2012, 06:15 PM

I awoke the next morning at about 6:00… and couldn’t go back to sleep. I stayed in bed for about 15 minutes, then decided that I would get up and watch the sun rise.

I sat out on the balcony and really just enjoyed some “me” time, looking out over the dark savannah.

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I was a bit surprised, I guess I forgot that in Maine we are the first to see the sun, because I was out there a LONG time before the sun started peeking through….

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When the sun really started to come out, I woke the husband up, and told him to come look at the animals with me! I also updated my facebook via my newfangled smart phone, so that my friends could all be jealous!:lmao: According to my comments on that post, disney4metoo was commenting before 6:30 so I know roughly what time it was.

Josh was smart enough to grab the sheet that tells you what the animals are, so we were able to identify a few of them!

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Once I got Josh up and out of bed I decided that it was time to make some coffee! We were able to enjoy our coffee in the adorable zebra mugs that were in the room while we watched a few interesting animals wander by!
Josh just couldn’t tear me away from the balcony! I wanted to watch away my morning!!

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Add in the coffee, and I wasn’t going anywhere.

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The lighter is got, the more animals I saw!!

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Josh took a photo of me taking photos with my phone

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We enjoyed watching as everyone came out and strolled by!

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And, we got to see a nice animal keeper feeding the birds!

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And another giraffe photo, because you can’t have enough!!

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I have to say, I can be from my bed, to my desk in 45 minutes at home, and yes that includes a shower. It took Josh over an hour and a half to get me out the door…

afwdwfan

01-30-2012, 07:42 AM

Doing some animal watching would be a great way to start the day. Apparently, you thought so too, if it took an hour and a half to get you out of the room. :lmao::rotfl2:

My sister's princess

01-30-2012, 05:08 PM

Doing some animal watching would be a great way to start the day. Apparently, you thought so too, if it took an hour and a half to get you out of the room. :lmao::rotfl2:

He was very kind about it, and we had the time... but I could tell I was killing him :lmao:

surfergirl602

01-30-2012, 05:17 PM

You have inspired me to go look through our pics from last trip at the savanna view from our room. lol

mike the canuck

01-30-2012, 06:26 PM

Nice pics. Following along

My sister's princess

01-31-2012, 04:46 PM

Nice pics. Following along

Glad to have you following!

My sister's princess

01-31-2012, 05:59 PM

You have inspired me to go look through our pics from last trip at the savanna view from our room. lol

And did it make you smile for a while?!

My sister's princess

02-01-2012, 05:34 PM

Once we had gotten out the door, due to my…. distracted morning, we were running just an itty bitty bit behind the schedule that didn’t really exist. We decided to head down to the Mara and grab some breakfast!

Of course, since we didn’t have a schedule, I wanted to wander around and see the animals a little bit on the way!

These guys were hanging around by the outlook right off the lobby.

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And right behind them, we found a Zebra, and the thing with the big horns! (Again a very technical name)

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The adorable "zebras" (Thank you for pointing that out LOL) carved into the rocks! Too cute!

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The beautiful stair covering!

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Once we were done wandering there it was time to get some breakfast! This was going to be one of our out of pocket meals, so we grabbed our mugs, and got in line!

I ordered the kids waffle plate, and Josh decided to try the African platter! Since I got the kids meal, I also got to pick a kid’s drink. I chose chocolate milk… yummm I filled my mug with coffee, and Josh either got coffee or Coke Zero.

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My waffles were a little on the cold side, but nothing terrible. I smothered them in butter and syrup and was one happy girl. My bacon was really yummy as well. I ate about 1/3 of the apple sauce, and was full, so I gave the rest to Josh. For $4.99 it sure was an amazing breakfast for me!!

A closer look at the African platter

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Josh on the other hand wasn’t such a fan of his. He liked the eggs and the salsa was good, but he isn’t a grits fan to begin with, and the sausage was good, but very seasoned. He also doesn’t eat tomatoes, so those were a no go as well. Over all though, he was glad he tried something new!
For only $12.55 we were both full and ready to take on the day! This was our best value for a meal for the trip!

We headed back up to the room really quickly to drop off our mugs, and to grab our park bag before heading off to the park for the day!! We did however stop on the way out to get this fun photo of a hidden Mickey in the lobby!

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surfergirl602

02-01-2012, 05:36 PM

And did it make you smile for a while?!

Of course it did! I went and made all kinds of changes to our reservation! lol

surfergirl602

02-01-2012, 05:37 PM

"The adorable zebras carved into the rocks! Too cute!"

Those are giraffes, darling. lol

My sister's princess

02-01-2012, 05:43 PM

"The adorable zebras carved into the rocks! Too cute!"

Those are giraffes, darling. lol

:lmao: um yea that's what I meant....

surfergirl602

02-01-2012, 05:49 PM

:lmao: um yea that's what I meant....

don't fix it... its too cute!:rotfl:

amberg@eastlink.ca

02-01-2012, 06:43 PM

bwhahaha....i was wondering if i had missed something with the zebras/giraffes!

afwdwfan

02-01-2012, 09:45 PM

Zebras, giraffes... Those things with the horns... It's all good.:lmao:

Looks like a nice relaxed morning at the resort.

My sister's princess

02-02-2012, 04:15 PM

bwhahaha....i was wondering if i had missed something with the zebras/giraffes!

Now now, don't get too picky on me!

Zebras, giraffes... Those things with the horns... It's all good.:lmao:

Looks like a nice relaxed morning at the resort.:banana:

See you are in the spirit!!! We are being spontaneous here!!!!!

:banana::banana::banana::banana:

disney4metoo

02-02-2012, 05:25 PM

Grits, so that is what the white stuff was....The eggs looked good.:laughing:

I have only had the flat bread at Mara and it was pretty good. The waffles look good and what a bargain meal.:thumbsup2

My sister's princess

02-02-2012, 05:55 PM

Grits, so that is what the white stuff was....The eggs looked good.:laughing:

I have only had the flat bread at Mara and it was pretty good. The waffles look good and what a bargain meal.:thumbsup2

Yea, Josh's breakfast wasn't something I would try... but my Mickey waffles sure were yummy!!!

We enjoyed the Mara alot, and ate there a few more times!!

jecskc

02-02-2012, 05:57 PM

I am enjoying your report. We are staying at AKL for the first time in April and we are so excited. Looking forward to reading more.

My sister's princess

02-02-2012, 06:03 PM

I am enjoying your report. We are staying at AKL for the first time in April and we are so excited. Looking forward to reading more.

Thank you! Well stayed tuned if you are staying there, and are looking for fun info! We spend quite a bit of time there, and at the end of the trip I took TONS of photos of some of the room details!

My sister's princess

02-02-2012, 07:04 PM

Once we got back up to the room, we grabbed our bag, our ears, and we were on our way!!!

We went down to the lobby where I asked a very nice lady in a very nice suit (some kind of manager of something) where the busses were. I think that the bus stop location at Animal Kingdom Lodge is a bit confusing!! She gave us directions, and out the door we went!

Once we got to the bus stop we noticed that there were several families already waiting for the Magic Kingdom bus, so we gathered with them, and waited. And waited. And Waited. :rolleyes:
More and more families started lining up behind us, and about 25 minutes later an almost full bus rolled around!
We were lucky enough to get on the bus, and soon enough we were rolling up to the most magical bus stop!!

Before we could go in though, we had to stop at guest services to purchase our Armed Forces Salute tickets! I was so impressed with the way that they handle this line! One person greets you at the beginning, and then when you get to the front of the line, there is another person who guides you to the next open window! It was such an organized process that the line didn’t seem so bad at all!

I was so excited to be back, and Josh and I just stopped for a moment when we saw this sign to really appreciate that we are lucky enough to be able to travel to Disney on a regular basis.

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Josh grabbed my hand and lead me into the Magic Kingdom!

Much to our surprise, the Magic Kingdom was still in full Christmas mode! Josh spotted this guy right away, and wanted a photo!

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We wandered around a bit by the train station, looking at some of the decorations.

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We started to head down Main St. stopping to enjoy the Main St. residents harassing some passing families. I politely asked the Mayor if I could have a photo with him. He was more than happy to oblige me!

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After the mayor, I wanted another photo!!

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After our photo, we were lectured by the very wonderful woman about never going to bed angry, and that we were still very much in honeymoon phase. She point blank told us that we may not always like each other, but we will always love each other.

Before we go much farther into the story, I have to admit something. I became obsessed with the trolley on this trip. We were going to ride it or die trying.

Anywho, we continued down Main St, and we stopped to grab our photopass, and our first photopass picture of the trip!

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I love when people share their bad photos, so in the spirit, I try to do the same! Here is one that is pretty interesting! Wonder why my eyes were closed?

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As we approached the hub I saw it. THE TROLLEY!!!!!

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Not only was the trolley stopped so you could take photos, there was a photopass person right next to it!!!!! Castle and Horsey in the same photo? YES PLEASE!!!!!

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I put the wrong border on this, but thought I would share it anyway, because it looks cute with the border

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At this point I was skipping around like a toddler, and Josh was just trying to keep me from getting killed by a passing stroller.

Of course on our way to Tomorrow Land we had to stop and get a few more fun photopass photos!!

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AND NOW, THE RETURN OF JOSH’S “SURPRISED FACE” This face has earned some great comments in the past!

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And now, his handsome face with a wonderful smile!

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On the bridge to Tomorrow Land

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Once we had these photos on the photopass, I knew it was time to take a photo of the back of the card. (remember this, it becomes important).

As we headed over the bridge we were on a mission. We needed to defeat the evil Zurg!!!!

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Josh beyond creamed me, but we both had a great time!

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We stopped to get Josh a fun photo with Zurg!

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On the way out we grabbed a set of fastpasses to come back later! We also spied this fun little guys!

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We then spent about 45 minutes trying to figure out if they were offering trolley rides that that, and if they were, where we could get one. Once I gave up for the time being, we hopped onto the train, to catch a quick ride to Frontier Land!!

On the train we met a sweet couple who’s picture I took. They offered to take one of us as well!

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amberg@eastlink.ca

02-02-2012, 07:44 PM

dara00

02-02-2012, 07:48 PM

wait, that horsey thing is called a trolley? I just called it a horse drawn carriage in my tr! oops!

love the photopass pics! you got them back really fast!

My sister's princess

02-02-2012, 07:51 PM

honest, not picking, i really thought i had missed a post! lol

ive never seen the mayor let alone get a pic with him over 10 trips!!! i have to sayas much as i loved the decorations- disney is def go big or go home!- but i kinda missed the usual music playing in the parks. i think i was about 12 days in before i went in epcot " wheres the epcot music?" lol yeah im real attentive.

We luckily got "non Christmas" Main St. later in the trip :lmao: Feel free to pick away! :goodvibes

wait, that horsey thing is called a trolley? I just called it a horse drawn carriage in my tr! oops!

love the photopass pics! you got them back really fast!

Not sure that it is truly called a trolley, I just love that song that they sing and dance to, and the song calls it a trolly. Add to that the fact that I pretty much make up names for everything I see, and BAM it's a trolly!

Thanks for liking my pics! I did the edits really fast, and just went ahead and ordered it. I have found that the more edits I do, the less I print :confused3 I think I get overwhelmed!

surfergirl602

02-02-2012, 08:12 PM

We luckily got "non Christmas" Main St. later in the trip :lmao: Feel free to pick away! :goodvibes

Not sure that it is truly called a trolley, I just love that song that they sing and dance to, and the song calls it a trolly. Add to that the fact that I pretty much make up names for everything I see, and BAM it's a trolly!

Thanks for liking my pics! I did the edits really fast, and just went ahead and ordered it. I have found that the more edits I do, the less I print :confused3 I think I get overwhelmed!

I am ashamed. I didn't know there was a mayor. And I didn't know there was a horse drawn trolly. I will go hang my head in shame now. :sad1::sad2:

dara00

02-02-2012, 08:21 PM

Not sure that it is truly called a trolley, I just love that song that they sing and dance to, and the song calls it a trolly. Add to that the fact that I pretty much make up names for everything I see, and BAM it's a trolly!

Thanks for liking my pics! I did the edits really fast, and just went ahead and ordered it. I have found that the more edits I do, the less I print :confused3 I think I get overwhelmed!

On my second day I saw some people dancing in front of some other transportation thingy - I wonder what that one's called!

you are probably right about the edits on the photopass. I added borders, I cropped, etc, and will probably have too many photos when I get the cd!

My sister's princess

02-03-2012, 06:55 AM

I am ashamed. I didn't know there was a mayor. And I didn't know there was a horse drawn trolly. I will go hang my head in shame now. :sad1::sad2:

BAD DISer BAD!!!!! :laughing: I still like you though!

On my second day I saw some people dancing in front of some other transportation thingy - I wonder what that one's called!

you are probably right about the edits on the photopass. I added borders, I cropped, etc, and will probably have too many photos when I get the cd!

hmmm was it the bus thingy? You have kids though (I peeked at your TR last night) so you need oddles more photos than I do!!

vassar36

02-03-2012, 02:12 PM

great trip report...you two are such a cute couple.......

afwdwfan

02-03-2012, 02:29 PM

We luckily got "non Christmas" Main St. later in the trip :lmao:

That would be really neat to see both on the same trip. I'm sure it makes the differences stand out more. That and it would just blow me away to see how much effort they have to put in to doing so much to the parks.

It looks like a fantastic morning at the Magic Kingdom, but really, aren't they all? No better way to start your park time. :thumbsup2

amberg@eastlink.ca

02-03-2012, 04:30 PM

yeah i was kinda shocked it went on sooooo long! i asked a cm cus we tried to get all the trees at the various resorts and she told me jan 2nd stuffs done.....um yeah....lol it was nice, altho still not xmas to me since we didnt have our usual tree at home. but i think i needed a bit of xmas music deprogramming by the end of it.

not that itll stop me from going back in 2 christmases......

My sister's princess

02-03-2012, 05:15 PM

great trip report...you two are such a cute couple.......

Thank you! Glad you are following along!

That would be really neat to see both on the same trip. I'm sure it makes the differences stand out more. That and it would just blow me away to see how much effort they have to put in to doing so much to the parks.

It looks like a fantastic morning at the Magic Kingdom, but really, aren't they all? No better way to start your park time. :thumbsup2

It was a wonderful morning! Yes it really makes you appreciate the details when they change so fast, and dramatically!

yeah i was kinda shocked it went on sooooo long! i asked a cm cus we tried to get all the trees at the various resorts and she told me jan 2nd stuffs done.....um yeah....lol it was nice, altho still not xmas to me since we didnt have our usual tree at home. but i think i needed a bit of xmas music deprogramming by the end of it.

not that itll stop me from going back in 2 christmases......

We might do Christmas some year. It would be amazing to see the lights!!!

My sister's princess

02-07-2012, 04:58 PM

We scrambled off the train, and right down to grab a set of Splash Mountain fastpasses for later! :cool1:

After that we decided to walk over to adventure land to explore a bit! On the way however, we had to pass a very sad sight.

A closed Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. :sad2:

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However, I was quickly distracted by something shiny…. Well lots of something shinysss

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I had never seen this before and loved it! I found a mermaid pin (my main collection) that I had never seen before, and happily traded with the nice cast member.

Yet again I was distracted by shiny things, so Josh and I pulled out my list of pennies, and squished on that I didn’t already have!

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At this point I was really getting into this being spontaneous thing, and we started to wander over to Adventure land.

Lots of construction going on!

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Once we got into Adventure Land it was time to find some adventure with the Pirates of the Caribbean! It was pretty much walk on, so in we went!

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I made the mistake of stopping on the way to take these photos:

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And with flash

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I say made the mistake, because when we stepped back into line, we separated one girl (maybe 17) from her family. We didn’t realize it until we were in a space too tight to wait for them to all pass. She was shrieking at them in Spanish to push past us (based on her motions, and pointing at us) to catch up to her. They were yelling at her to come back to them. Finally she let Josh and I pass, and on to the boats we all went!
It was as always, a wonderful journey!

dara00

02-07-2012, 05:14 PM

SCHBR'smom

02-07-2012, 05:17 PM

I'm here a little late, but I LOVE the photos of AKL. Just beautiful!

My sister's princess

02-07-2012, 05:26 PM

we liked that pin trading stand too - I hear it's open when BTMR is closed. Cool that you collect mermaid pins! This was my first time really trading (and my kids too) but I'd love to form a real collection like that.

We had never seen it before, I was super excited. I think it is fun distraction to have when BTMR is close!

I do collect lots of other pins, but my main objective it to find all the mermaids!!!!!!

dara00

02-07-2012, 05:32 PM

We had never seen it before, I was super excited. I think it is fun distraction to have when BTMR is close!

I do collect lots of other pins, but my main objective it to find all the mermaids!!!!!!

are they mermaid like ariel or other mermaids too? do you have pictures of your collection?

PebblesMK

02-07-2012, 06:01 PM

Yoooohooooo!!!! It's me! (I've been following all along but haven't commented- last time I'm pretty sure I got points! :eek: ) Anyway, I saw your trolley pics and you wore a pink shirt that day, the first pic, there is a girl with a pink shirt. I looked and thought "HOLY CRAP YOU GOT TALL!!!!!!"....then realized she is not you.

My sister's princess

02-07-2012, 06:09 PM

are they mermaid like ariel or other mermaids too? do you have pictures of your collection?

Ariel, I just refer to it as "mermaids" I do have some old photos, I will take new ones of all of them!!!!

Yoooohooooo!!!! It's me! (I've been following all along but haven't commented- last time I'm pretty sure I got points! :eek: ) Anyway, I saw your trolley pics and you wore a pink shirt that day, the first pic, there is a girl with a pink shirt. I looked and thought "HOLY CRAP YOU GOT TALL!!!!!!"....then realized she is not you.

I was wondering if that photo would confuse anyone :lmao:

I don't think I will ever be tall :sad1:

CandleontheWater

02-07-2012, 07:20 PM

dara00

02-07-2012, 08:23 PM

afwdwfan

02-08-2012, 07:22 AM

So disappointing that you had to see BTMRR closed. One of my favorites. I guess that's part of it though. WIth all those moving parts, it takes work to keep everything working smoothly. Hopefully when they reopen it, all of the effects will be working properly and it will be better than ever.

My sister's princess

02-08-2012, 08:10 AM

I am intrigued by the fantastic rolly pin box outside of Thunder.

You think its always there? I hope I'll be able to see it next week! It might make up for Thunder being down one tiny bit.

Glad you got everything sorted out at POTC and didn't end up breaking up any families! :rotfl:

I think it will be there, Dara says it is there when BTMR is closed.

Yea, thanks goodness we weren't home wreckers. It was a close call though. I have no idea what that girl was thinking that her entire family (upwards of 10 people) could shove past the two of us.

It should be there!

See Dara says so :rotfl:

So disappointing that you had to see BTMRR closed. One of my favorites. I guess that's part of it though. WIth all those moving parts, it takes work to keep everything working smoothly. Hopefully when they reopen it, all of the effects will be working properly and it will be better than ever.

We knew it was going to be closed, but I was still a little sad. It has traditionally been the first ride of the trip. Later in the trip though we got some sneeky peekies of the constructions!

My sister's princess

02-11-2012, 06:09 PM

After our boat journey, we decided it was time to check out a classic that neither of us had ever experienced.

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We caught the last few seconds of the preshow, and were quickly let into the theater.

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We headed in, and enjoyed the show!

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While over here we decided to grab some Fastpasses for Jungle Cruise, so that we could enjoy a cruise a bit later in the day! :goodvibes

Once we got our Fastpasses, we knew it was time to start working our way over to the Plaza, where we were going to be having lunch!

On our way over we saw that the line to meet Ariel and Prince Eric was closed, though they had just started their meet and great about 10 mins ago. It was a goal to meet Eric this trip, so we took note that we would need to be on time if we wanted to meet them!

Of course as we crossed Main St. we ran into a photopass person or two!!!

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Hehehe Josh’s surprise face again

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We made it to the Plaza with plenty of time to spare!

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We walked up to the podium, and stood in line, behind a very angry woman who didn’t have a reservation. The nice person at the desk was doing their best to help her, but she was freaking out, and it didn’t appear that they had much wiggle room!

So while I waited I took another photo.

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Luckily they had another cast member go down the line with one of those little tablet thingies, and she checked everyone else in the line in while this woman continued to complain. Our ticket says we were checked in at 11:58 for our 12:15 reservation.

We were given a pager and told that we would be seated soon!

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I hadn’t really even peeked around here, so Josh and I really enjoyed the scenery!

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Of course the trolley chooses now to roll by…. The singers and dancers were going strong, and I started to sing along, much to Josh’s surprise. I love to keep park music going at my desk leading up to trip, so I knew the song LOL. He made fun of me, and told me that the other people waiting wanted to hear the show, not me. Silly husband.

I had noticed a photopass person outside the doors to the entry, and when our ticket was called, I asked if he could get a quick picture!!

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We were led inside, and around the corner to the sun room! I was so excited, I was really hoping we would be seated in there, because from the outside it looked like it had a great view. I was not disappointed when we were lead to a small table on the back wall.

I sat on the inside, on the booth seat, and Josh sat across from me in the fancy chair. I could see the castle out the windows, and was on cloud nine.

Our server John came over very quickly, and sat next to me while we decided what we wanted to drink. I decided on a water with lemon, and Josh got a Coke.

John wandered off to get our drinks, and we were left with the menu. I had a general idea of what I wanted, and was pretty sure I knew what Josh would order, but we both still needed to decide, and pick a side.

Josh used my phone to take a photo of the happy me to upload to my facebook, so that I could share my joy with all my friends at home!

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Instead of deciding what I wanted for lunch, I took pictures of the menu!

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And then a photo of Josh…

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And a photo of that view, however that didn’t some out as well as I would have liked!

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Josh was wonderful about the photos of the menu!

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After much picture taking, Josh and I both ordered!

As we were waiting for our meals to come out, the Mayor came in, and presented a certificate to the 100th guest of the day!

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Continued in the next post!

My sister's princess

02-11-2012, 06:10 PM

As we waited, we really admired all of the wonderful details in the restaurant. I loved that the tables had such detail, and we loved the decor that surrounded us! Such a cute space!

Our lunches came after a short wait, and we were not disappointed!

I chose the Turkey Club

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I had asked that they hold the mayo, and the tomato on my sandwich, and that I get some ranch on the side. My lunch came exactly as I had ordered it, and I couldn’t have been more thrilled. I also was surprised by the amount of meat on my sandwich!! Holy cow there was tons of yummy turkey, on perfect bread…. Yummmmmm There were also tons of fries, which were hot and crisp!

And Josh, as I predicted chose the Cheese Steak

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Josh really liked the bun on his sandwich. He was also very impressed with the portion, and the fries. Josh is a big fries man, so when he says they are good, it really means something! He was happy with how filling it was!

He must have kept the camera at this point; here is an awkward photo to prove it!!

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As we were eating the Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It! Street Party came by, and we watched as they danced, and danced, and danced. They were dancing almost until we left! We were surprised by how long that show lasts!!

Anywho, we decided that we would spit a dessert, and ordered this:

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The Plaza Sunday, with the nuts on the side. :cool1:

And we were in heaven. My notes say that we would return, just for the ice cream in the future. It was really really yummy.

We had decided earlier that we would be paying out of pocket for this meal, and I have to say, we were very happy with the $33.51 that it came to! This is one of the meals that is making us wonder if we want to try and OOP for our next trip!

We were now full, happy, and relaxed… what to do next!?

amberg@eastlink.ca

02-11-2012, 06:14 PM

My sister's princess

02-11-2012, 06:21 PM

we caught the tiki tiki tiki room for the first time this trip too! the kids loved it....jmust like small world.....ugh. lol it was fun but not an i gotta do it again and again.

okay come on, were you the 100th peeps? wait is this still the same day as josh dragging you out of the room after watching the animals?

We were not the 100th peeps sadly....

Yes, we are still on the first morning. Guess I should have warned in the intro that this story was going to take a while :rolleyes1

dara00

02-11-2012, 08:19 PM

I don't think I've ever even heard of the Plaza! it looks great though!

ZehnJahren

02-11-2012, 08:42 PM

Hello! Coming over from my TR and all caught up on yours now. You definitely got more pics of the AKL room than I did - I was too concerned with sending texts to everyone I knew telling them I'd made it safely! It's funny how many people worried about me on the solo trip!

You know, I keep wanting to eat at the Plaza and KEEP NOT DOING IT - I am now convinced, I'm going on my next trip. :) Those fries do look great!

You guys look like such a great couple, and I'm enjoying everything so far - except that 5 hour wait at the airport. I would have went NUTS.

amberg@eastlink.ca

02-11-2012, 09:42 PM

no worries, just wasn't sure if i missed anything....im getting forgetful these days. lol

My sister's princess

02-12-2012, 07:51 AM

I don't think I've ever even heard of the Plaza! it looks great though!

It really was! I would recommend it for lunch for anyone!

Hello! Coming over from my TR and all caught up on yours now. You definitely got more pics of the AKL room than I did - I was too concerned with sending texts to everyone I knew telling them I'd made it safely! It's funny how many people worried about me on the solo trip!

You know, I keep wanting to eat at the Plaza and KEEP NOT DOING IT - I am now convinced, I'm going on my next trip. :) Those fries do look great!

You guys look like such a great couple, and I'm enjoying everything so far - except that 5 hour wait at the airport. I would have went NUTS.

Thanks for popping over! I even have more photos of the room from nap time later in the trip!

The Plaza was really yummy, and on our "must return to" list! We really are 3 meals a day people, so I know we will end up back there soon!

I tend to be highstress, over planner, but this trip was all about being spontaneous, so when we got bumped back 5 hours, I just went with the flow. :upsidedow

no worries, just wasn't sure if i missed anything....im getting forgetful these days. lol

I have added headings to the links for different days, this masterpiece will less confusing for all now :lmao:

amberg@eastlink.ca

02-12-2012, 03:15 PM

id say you didn't have to do that just to help little confused me out...but then i know you're trying to escape homework! lol

surfergirl602

02-12-2012, 03:28 PM

oooh, SHINY!!! that made me laugh! I'm excited to visit that pin trading station... its our favorite thing to do! LOVE pin trading! The pictures are fantastic.

Did you get to meet Eric? We've never been able to meet him.

IheartDDuck

02-12-2012, 03:49 PM

A little late, but joining now!

I love AKL, but agree that getting to the bus stop can be a little bit confusing at first. And that the buses seem to take a long time. But I will say, the beauty of the resort makes me overlook that.

I've been seeing the Plaza pop up on lots of people's TRs, so I'm thinking I need to stop there on an upcoming trip.

My sister's princess

02-12-2012, 04:20 PM

id say you didn't have to do that just to help little confused me out...but then i know you're trying to escape homework! lol

SSHHHHHHH don't you tell on me :eek:

oooh, SHINY!!! that made me laugh! I'm excited to visit that pin trading station... its our favorite thing to do! LOVE pin trading! The pictures are fantastic.

Did you get to meet Eric? We've never been able to meet him.

You will have to keep reading to see if we met Erick.... :snooty:

A little late, but joining now!

I love AKL, but agree that getting to the bus stop can be a little bit confusing at first. And that the buses seem to take a long time. But I will say, the beauty of the resort makes me overlook that.

I've been seeing the Plaza pop up on lots of people's TRs, so I'm thinking I need to stop there on an upcoming trip.

So glad you are joining in! We defiantly loved AKV, and I bet we will return in the future at some point.

I would say go for the Plaza, it wasn't the most amazing thing I have ever eaten, but it was a really good lunch, and a fair price!

amberg@eastlink.ca

02-12-2012, 07:01 PM

lol youre sooooo busted!

afwdwfan

02-13-2012, 07:41 AM

I've never had a meal at the Plaza, but recently, I've been seeing a lot of really good reviews there. I might have to put this one on our list of places to eat in the future.

It's a good thing that they have a photogenic menu. :lmao::lmao:

My sister's princess

02-14-2012, 04:28 PM

lol youre sooooo busted!

I got it all done!

I've never had a meal at the Plaza, but recently, I've been seeing a lot of really good reviews there. I might have to put this one on our list of places to eat in the future.

It's a good thing that they have a photogenic menu. :lmao::lmao:

I love when my photos make someone want to go somewhere :goodvibes It makes my creepy picture taking of food worth it :rotfl:

disney4metoo

02-14-2012, 06:05 PM

My sister's princess

02-14-2012, 06:57 PM

Those frys looks delicious! We ate at the plaza last May and we enjoyed it. I do not remember what I ordered, but I remember it was good. :rotfl:

Thanks for taking all the pics! I am really enjoying looking at them.:goodvibes
Looking forward to reading more...

I am so glad you are enjoying the photos! I know there are lots, and lots of them, and I don't want to bore anyone!

disney4metoo

02-14-2012, 08:12 PM

I am so glad you are enjoying the photos! I know there are lots, and lots of them, and I don't want to bore anyone!

I love them!:goodvibes

My sister's princess

02-15-2012, 06:48 AM

I love them!:goodvibes

Well there are lots and lots more to come!

LuckyMouse

02-15-2012, 09:25 AM

More Please :surfweb:

My sister's princess

02-15-2012, 01:59 PM

More Please :surfweb:

I hope to get an update written and posted tonight! I have some really fun fastpass photos to share from our afternoon at Magic Kingdom!

My sister's princess

02-16-2012, 06:26 PM

After our wonderful lunch we were recharged, and ready to go! I was very excited, as we were blasting through the things I wanted to do so fast, that I knew we would be able to avoid the crazy closing time buss packedness!
We wandered over to Fantasy Land to get some more Fastpasses, and I got this great photo on the way of the new Little Mermaid ride!

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I love that things are really starting to take shape behind the fence, and that we could see things that looked like real attractions starting to appear!

We stopped, and picked up these beauties

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Because we had just eaten lunch, we decided that there couldn’t be a better time to ride Splash Mountain! We slowly wandered over to the entrance, but stopped to put everything in our bag into plastic baggies. When we rode Splash in May we were placed in the front row, and soaked to the bone. I don’t think we would have gotten that wet if we had jumped in a pool, it was that bad. :sad2:

I was terrified this would happen again, but figured that we would just go back and change if it did, I mean we are being spontaneous right?!

I decided that before we used our Splash Fastpasses, that we should get a photo of our wonderful collection!! I know that they are changing the rules soon so that we wouldn’t be able to tour this way again, but hey, this is what we had at the time! :goodvibes

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Once we were all packed up, we jumped into the Fastpass line, and wandered in! I always feel kinda bad as we pass the folks waiting in line! Before we knew it, it was time to load!

We were seated in the back of the log, and I was so relieved that we wouldn’t be soaked at the end!!!

Before we knew it we were pulling back into the loading area, and I was freaking out at Josh to get the camera so that I could get a redneck of our ride photo!!!

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And our beautiful log!

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We stopped on the way out to listen to Chip and Dale in their little house! Josh loved this little detail!

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And then we explored the gift shop!
Josh found a small Lotso, during our May trip he brought a large one home! He was excited.

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We decided to wander down through frontie ville, and see where we ended up!

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Much to my surprise, we ended up here

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Neither Josh, nor I had ever ridden the tea cups before, but there was almost no line, so we figured, Why Not!?

We hopped into the almost nonexistent line

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While we waited, I tried, and failed to get a photo of the mouse in the teapot!

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We were quickly let in, and Josh told me that I could pick whatever cup I wanted, and of course I raced to a pretty pink cup!

My handsome husband, waiting for the ride to start!

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Josh took the camera, and got a quick photo of me!

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And off we went!!!!!
I was very surprised to see that they started the ride with empty cups!
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Josh is normally the person who doesn’t do spinney rides, but he wanted to spin in the Tea Cups! I had to tell him to stop… he was making me sick!

Before we knew it, our ride was over, and we were sent to the exit!
Because I hadn’t been allowed to “over plan” I asked Josh what he wanted to do! We wandered off again, this time toward Tomorrowland.
However, I was yet again distracted by something shiny!

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But, where do we go now?!

dawne98

02-16-2012, 08:17 PM

you two are just too cute:) loving you TR and the photo's :)

ZehnJahren

02-16-2012, 08:53 PM

What a fun update! I love all your Splash photos - of the loading area, the ending area, and of COURSE I love a good redneck ride photo. :)

It's so nice to SEE Fantasyland growing. Before, when it was just walls and noise, you just felt like you had less room in Fantasyland. Now, you feel like there's a whole new world over there - I can't wait to see it!

I went back and forth to buy that little Lotso. I stopped and smelled him at every single store I went to, but I never ended up buying him. I carried him around for AWHILE, but never took him home with me. :(

In your photo with the FPs, what are the light green ones next to Winnie the Pooh? That is QUITE a collection of FPs; I'm gonna miss that ability to collect them all day and be able to ride at night with no wait.

IheartDDuck

02-16-2012, 08:56 PM

That was a might hefty fastpass collection that you had there. I have to admit, even being as experienced in WDW as I am, I have never amassed a collection that large. It's a shame that they're not going to allow it anymore.

Great day so far.

My sister's princess

02-17-2012, 07:17 AM

you two are just too cute:) loving you TR and the photo's :)

Thank you! We like to have fun together, the result is alot of fun photos!

What a fun update! I love all your Splash photos - of the loading area, the ending area, and of COURSE I love a good redneck ride photo. :)

It's so nice to SEE Fantasyland growing. Before, when it was just walls and noise, you just felt like you had less room in Fantasyland. Now, you feel like there's a whole new world over there - I can't wait to see it!

I went back and forth to buy that little Lotso. I stopped and smelled him at every single store I went to, but I never ended up buying him. I carried him around for AWHILE, but never took him home with me. :(

In your photo with the FPs, what are the light green ones next to Winnie the Pooh? That is QUITE a collection of FPs; I'm gonna miss that ability to collect them all day and be able to ride at night with no wait.

Josh looked at big Lotso on our last trip allllll week before getting him. Our nephew loves him to death, and tries to chew on him, very cute, and very worth the cost!

I know what you mean about the fantasy land area, the wall does make it seem very small, combined with the rows of strollers in front of the wall, and it takes up alot of the walking space!

I am not always great with the rednecking, but we are getting a new camera soon, and I hope it will be even better!

The green passes are to Buzz Light year!!!

That was a might hefty fastpass collection that you had there. I have to admit, even being as experienced in WDW as I am, I have never amassed a collection that large. It's a shame that they're not going to allow it anymore.

Great day so far.

I am mixed on how I feel about the change in Fastpass hoarding :lmao: I am going to miss doing it, but is sure is frustrating to get into the fastpass line and have the wait be just as long as standby because people are using them waaaayyyyyy past the time. I am thinking that if it really makes people mad, and becomes and issue they will just change it back to the current way of doing it

afwdwfan

02-17-2012, 08:38 AM

When we rode Splash in May we were placed in the front row, and soaked to the bone. I don’t think we would have gotten that wet if we had jumped in a pool, it was that bad. :sad2:
I know the feeling. Front row is brutal on a cold morning.:headache:

I always feel kinda bad as we pass the folks waiting in line!
That's just a sign of weakness. :rolleyes1 :lmao:

Before we knew it, our ride was over, and we were sent to the exit!

I can't believe that ride is so short. You'd think no more people than there are in that line, it might last a little bit longer. I guess they just found the perfect ride length to minimize their proten spill clean up efforts. :rotfl2:

My sister's princess

02-27-2012, 09:55 AM

I know the feeling. Front row is brutal on a cold morning.:headache:

That's just a sign of weakness. :rolleyes1 :lmao:

I can't believe that ride is so short. You'd think no more people than there are in that line, it might last a little bit longer. I guess they just found the perfect ride length to minimize their proten spill clean up efforts. :rotfl2:

I will never forget how wet we were in May, it was just insane....

I can't help but be weak when sad little faces are looking at me as I charge by!!!

The Tea Cups are a young person's game... We are officially old since we can't handle them I guess

My sister's princess

02-28-2012, 07:01 PM

After much discussion about how we are too old for the Tea Cups, and how they were way more spinney than I thought they would be.

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Ohhhh, good plan, that is about as unspinney as it gets!

I was surprised a bit that there was a steady stream of people headed up to ride!

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We hop on, and off we goooooo, well maybe not that fast, but we went!
Look at this handsome man!

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And now…. Too many photos of our ride…

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After our journey through we decided that it was time to face Zurg again! Look at the times on these, we are bad people who use our Fastpasses outside the time frame.

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This was our most intense ride of the trip. I often lose to Josh, not by a little either… However thanks to the wonderful friends I have made here on the DIS, I knew for a place to look for a great bonus target, and while I didn’t find it on our first ride through, I sure did this time! :lmao:

I got my best score EVER!

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I tried to get a photo of Josh’s score, but ended up with this :confused3

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About halfway through the ride he noticed that I was beating him. I have to preface this photo by telling you all that we can’t play Monopoly in our house, because Josh isn’t a good loser.

Anywho, he figured out that I was wining, and as a result, decided to do this in our photo.

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Yes, Josh is sticking his tough out at his wife. Sore loser much?

On a side note, has anyone ever notice that the labels they put on the bottom of the photo do not match your score? I just did…

He still tells me that I cheat at Buzz, and won’t let it go… :rotfl:

afwdwfan

02-28-2012, 07:15 PM

Wow. You must have really smoked him if his score wouldn't even show up.:lmao:

It looks like the two of you were really having a good time riding Buzz.

Dreamsdocometrue9112

02-28-2012, 09:57 PM

The Buzz story sounds awfully familiar! My DF is a sore loser, as well. I kicked his butt last trip (I NEVER win) and he was convinced I cheated!! If I dare to bring it up again, he would probably still say the same thing to this day!:rotfl2:

My sister's princess

02-29-2012, 08:17 AM

Wow. You must have really smoked him if his score wouldn't even show up.:lmao:

It looks like the two of you were really having a good time riding Buzz.

:lmao: We really like the Buzz ride, what can I say, we are easily amused... Don't worry I promise we ride other things later.

The Buzz story sounds awfully familiar! My DF is a sore loser, as well. I kicked his butt last trip (I NEVER win) and he was convinced I cheated!! If I dare to bring it up again, he would probably still say the same thing to this day!:rotfl2:

Apparently boys are touchy about shooty games :confused3

afwdwfan

02-29-2012, 08:40 AM

Apparently boys are touchy about shooty games :confused3

What do you mean by that???:confused3

By the way, did you notice that picture in my TR that showed my score over 100k... all while a toddler was spinning our car randomly around?:rolleyes1 :lmao::rotfl2::rotfl:

My sister's princess

02-29-2012, 03:56 PM

What do you mean by that???:confused3

By the way, did you notice that picture in my TR that showed my score over 100k... all while a toddler was spinning our car randomly around?:rolleyes1 :lmao::rotfl2::rotfl:

I am guessing you hit a few of those hidden targets to get that score :lmao:

You may join my cheater club now

My sister's princess

03-01-2012, 12:55 PM

Due to our lack of plan we were once again left to stare at each other and have this conversation:

Me: What do you want to do
Josh: I don’t know, what do you want to do
Me: I wasn’t allowed to plan what I want to do
Josh: Ok let’s go ride Pooh

And so it was settled.

We headed back to fantasy land, and over to Pooh. We stopped to take a photo of this cute detail that we had never noticed before.

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We bounced over, and into the Fast Pass line! (We have never gone through the regular queue here, someday we will, so that I can play with all the fun stuff!!!

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After bouncing and floating along with Pooh and friends we headed out, and decided this was a good time to get a few photos of the construction that we could see!

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Continued in next post!

My sister's princess

03-01-2012, 12:57 PM

We wandered back through Fantasy land, and stopped to grab a photo that we had never done before, but is classic Disney…

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This is one of Josh’s favorite moves, so he was very happy to take these quick shots. We grabbed that last one to use in the scrap book! Remember, I like to share good, and bad photos. I am well aware that this is not the best photo ever taken of me BWHAAHHAHA!

We were greeted by a fantastic site as we walked through a set of magical doors.

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It was a perfect show as always! Of course after we had to stop so I could look around the shop a bit!

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I’m not sure how we got over to the Jungle Cruise, or what our thought process that we should walk clear to the other side of the park was, but that is what my camera tells me we did! :confused3

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Little known fact about me, I HATE spiders.

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Anyone looking for a kitten?

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We bordered our boat to begin our 2 week cruise. Here we met one of the funniest Cast Members that we have encountered.

In his words – We were off, like a Kardishian wedding!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA

Here are a few photos from our journey. Sadly this is not all of them!

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Can anyone tell me if this is somewhat new? I have a feeling that this game has been here forever, but I just never noticed it?

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After our cruise Josh headed for the Nut cart in Adventure land! The roasted nut carts are one of his favorite places to use a few snack credits while we are in the world! The time stamp on the receipt says 4:02 so it was about time for tummys to start growling!

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afwdwfan

03-01-2012, 01:53 PM

surfergirl602

03-01-2012, 04:59 PM

Great pictures! You are making me want to start my own trip report!

My sister's princess

03-01-2012, 05:55 PM

Hmmm... Fantasyland to Jungle Cruise???? Apparently you must have wanted to get on a boat, but didn't want "that" song stuck in your head.:rolleyes1

It's a shame the stone won. I've heard stories of people pulling the sword out, but I've never seen it.

I'm not sure exactly how long the little boats have been there, but it seems like they've been there as long as I can remember.:confused3

Don't worry, that song appears later! :rotfl2: I love that the sword will move sometimes, I think that is super fun. It's the little random touches like that, that make me love Disney all the more.

Great pictures! You are making me want to start my own trip report!

Do it! I am so enjoying recording all of this, plus I love that people are enjoying reading it!

Dimples1973ca

03-01-2012, 06:08 PM

A great trip report. Thanks for sharing.

My sister's princess

03-02-2012, 09:40 AM

A great trip report. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for reading on! This report is going to go on, and on, and on... I hope you are ready :rotfl2:

Grumpy's Wife

03-02-2012, 12:39 PM

I just found your report and wanted to say Hi. :wave:

I absolutely love the wedding picture on the bottom of your page. Beautiful!

My sister's princess

03-03-2012, 05:59 AM

I just found your report and wanted to say Hi. :wave:

I absolutely love the wedding picture on the bottom of your page. Beautiful!

:yay: Glad you are here!!

Thank you! That is one of my favorite photos from our wedding :lovestruc

My sister's princess

03-03-2012, 06:03 AM

After our lovely snack, we wandered back toward Liberty Square. We peeked around the Christmas shop, and started the process of picking our 2012 ornament to take home!

We stopped in the area right before the bridge to the hub to get a Photo Pass done!

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The photographer saw me fiddling with my phone, and offered to take a photo of us with my phone as well! What a nice guy! I love that even if you don’t intent to by the prints or CDs that they will use your camera as well!

After our photo we headed to see some happy haunts!

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The interactive line looked packed, and we had seen it in May, so we decided to head straight into the attraction.

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When we left, they were still at 999 happy haunts. Thank goodness we avoided that trap!

However, we got caught in another Disney trap next.

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The 5 minute wait wasn’t really a wait, unless you went down the right side of the walk path. We went to the left and walked on, past a line of people on the left. I kinda felt bad (yes I know, a weakness) :sad2: but hey no one told those people they had to go to the right! In fact, there was a sign that said, please use both sides!!!!

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The clock here freaked Josh out pretty badly, because right before we left he had been playing the Small World level of Epic Mickey… and the clock in that game is FREAKY :rotfl2:

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We got stuck long enough in the last room for me to take this photo, and post it to my Facebook.

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Josh and I have the same feelings about this ride… I could lose a few rooms and we would like it more. But it is worth a ride through if you are looking for something to do!

We decided that now was as good a time as any to use our Pan Fast Passes, and when I saw the wait time I decided that I wanted a silly photo! I grabbed a nice Cast Member who was about are age, and he laughed when I told him what I wanted for a photo!

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We headed in to soar in the clouds!

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We went from Peter Pan to Snow White, and had a lovely ride. I am a bit sad this ride is going away, but I think I am going to like the new ride better!

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The Dream Along with Mickey show was in full swing when we got out of Snow White ( I think a better question, is when isn’t that show going on?!) So we wandered into the castle, and I had a chance to look at the beautiful mosaics on the wall without the crowd! Though the Cast Member guarding the way was very nervous that we were too close to the rope!

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As we exited the castle the fireworks for the show went off, and we had soot rain down on us. Ewww. So we ducked into Castle Couture, so I could see if there was a sweatshirt that I liked! One of the few benefits of being the size I am is that I can buy girls clothing in the Disney line, so I am sometimes able to find things that are cuter, and holy cow cheaper.

We didn’t have success this time, but I wasn’t going to stop looking!
Of course everyone needs a photo of the Cinderella fountain!

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By this time, my tummy was starting to rumble!

amberg@eastlink.ca

03-05-2012, 02:57 PM

afwdwfan

03-05-2012, 03:44 PM

We went to the left and walked on, past a line of people on the left. I kinda felt bad (yes I know, a weakness)
Now you're catching on!:thumbsup2

The clock here freaked Josh out pretty badly, because right before we left he had been playing the Small World level of Epic Mickey… and the clock in that game is FREAKY :rotfl2:

::yes::

Great game, and it makes that ride even more scary than it already is. :scared1: :rotfl2:

I think IASW is about the right length. The song is annoyingly catchy at any length, but I like the fact that you can actually sit down and relax for a while on that ride. Unlike a 2 minute ride you have almost everywhere else, this one usually lasts almost as long, or longer than the wait.

My sister's princess

03-06-2012, 01:45 PM

ornament pic please! we get one each trip now too. not that i can find the one from our first trip with the kids.

i have a hidden mickey pic at the haunted mansion to show you when i get in gear and post my xmas trip pics to fb.

I will post a photo, I think I took one when we bought it?

I can't wait to see those photos!!!! :cool1:

Now you're catching on!:thumbsup2

::yes::

Great game, and it makes that ride even more scary than it already is. :scared1: :rotfl2:

I think IASW is about the right length. The song is annoyingly catchy at any length, but I like the fact that you can actually sit down and relax for a while on that ride. Unlike a 2 minute ride you have almost everywhere else, this one usually lasts almost as long, or longer than the wait.

We love the game!!!!

True, many of the rides are so short, it makes me sad!

CandleontheWater

03-06-2012, 02:00 PM

I love, love, love, the photo you took with the FPs under the wait sign! Classic! :rotfl:

My sister's princess

03-06-2012, 03:38 PM

I love, love, love, the photo you took with the FPs under the wait sign! Classic! :rotfl:

I couldn't resist... We have so many of the smile and pose in front of this or that, that I am always trying to find new fun photos to take lol

kdevoe

03-07-2012, 03:29 PM

Just found your TR. I'm in!! I love those cheesy classics shots. One trip my DH and I got 6 of those red cards they give you when you wait in line (they are to determine if the wait times are correct... I think :)) and we took a photo with each one. :rotfl2:

amberg@eastlink.ca

03-07-2012, 04:17 PM

i know i am soooo slow in getting pics up to fb. i havent loaded any from dd's bday party. i just had to order the extension for my photopass pics too. i despise that site with how slow it is.

My sister's princess

03-07-2012, 04:41 PM

i know i am soooo slow in getting pics up to fb. i havent loaded any from dd's bday party. i just had to order the extension for my photopass pics too. i despise that site with how slow it is.

I have gotten to the point with the photopass where I just do all the edits I can in like 2-3 sittings, then I just order it!

Just found your TR. I'm in!! I love those cheesy classics shots. One trip my DH and I got 6 of those red cards they give you when you wait in line (they are to determine if the wait times are correct... I think :)) and we took a photo with each one. :rotfl2:

I am so glad you are joining in :cool1: Welcome!!!!!!

I am always happy to share cheesy and bad photos :lmao:

My sister's princess

03-07-2012, 04:44 PM

This update will the saddest of them all. We had our first truly disappointing meal at Disney. We don’t expect too much, but this meal just was kinda gross.

I was getting hungry, and had my heart set on Columbia Harbor House, however it was closed for dinner.

So we decided to head over to Pecos Bill’s. We had had a snacky meal there during our 2010 trip, it was decent, and there wasn’t a line out the door, so in we went.

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The nice greeter lady at the door gave us a hand held menu

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Only half of the ordering bays were open, and there was almost no line at them. I was a bit surprised by this, because it was 5:45. I was expecting to have to fight a dinner crowd! Maybe this should have been our warning?

Joshua ordered the Angus Cheeseburger with fries a bottle of water, and carrot cake. I got the Deluxe cheeseburger (hold the BBQ sauce please!) with chocolate cake and a lemonade.

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We went to the toppings bar and got all sorts of things that would be yummy, like cheese sauce, mushroom, lettuce, ranch for my fries and tons of ketchup. We then found a nice little table out on the patio so that we could enjoy our dinner as the sun set!

Josh loved the condiment bar, but he was not impressed with the burger. “It was dry, wasn’t good” is what my notebook says he thought that night when we got back to the room.

I was just mad, the onion ring on my burger was pure grease, the bun was a nasty level of dry, and the meat had 0 flavor. I ate all my fries, and picked at the burger, healthy right?

As we were eating dinner we had a big choice to make, stick it out for another couple of hours and see Wishes, or go back to the hotel and relax, because we were going to be hitting Extra Magic Hours the next morning, and had a late dinner plan.

We decided that since we would be back later in the week, we would head out after dinner, shopping down Main St. just a bit.
We finished our yucky dinner, and headed out.

We of course stopped to get a Photo Pass photo done on the way down Main St.

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Look at the lady in the blue in our photo! How awkward is this!!

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We popped into the emporium to see what they had for sweatshirts, and I found one that I feel in love with! However, they didn’t have an XL out, so I went to find someone to ask, and Josh waited by the rack. Someone asked him if they could help him, about the same time I founds someone, so the two Cast Members met up in the back looking for the same thing!

Either way, I found the perfect sweatshirt, and we continued to shop! I love that you can shop through the different stores, and take stuff from one room to the next. We try to buy stuff in batches, because we have the Disney Visa, so we the the 10% off when we do! The receipt says we also bought a scrapbook pack that night ( I LOVE to scrapbook), postcards, and something else, that I can’t figure out what the code on the receipt means!

After our mini shopping spree, we stopped for just a moment at the exit to say goodbye.

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As we passed Guest Relations a nice lady approached us, and asked if we would complete a survey on our dining experiences in the park that day! I heartily agreed. She noticed that I had pins, and asked me what I collected. While we filled out the survey, she ran around to several different places and found me 3-4 mermaids to choose from! I happily traded her a boring pin for a new mermaid pin!!

I told them in my survey that I wish I had had McDonalds rather than Pecos Bill’s but that I had enjoyed everything else! I figure if I don’t tell them, who will!?

As we exited, we stopped again to grab another Photo Pass photo, this time with the Let the Memories Begin sign!

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We had beat the crowd to the bus (part of the reason we decided to leave early) and while we waited, Josh got a picture of me in my new sweatshirt!

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We headed back to our room, and changed really quickly. When we got to our room, we had a very pleasant surprise! My sister, who is the DVC owner, had called and scheduled a full house keeping for us that day! We had fresh towels, soap and coffee, she really rocks at surprise!!! I was so excited, partially because we love to take the little soaps home with us!!

Once we had our swim suits on, we headed for the Mara. We filled our cups, and then we relaxed in the large hot tub with some other nice people for a while. It was such a relaxing evening, and we were in bed so early that I wasn’t sorry we didn’t stay for Wishes that night. While I was a bit sad we didn’t see it, when getting up the next morning wasn’t painful, I was thankful! On our way back up to our room we stopped into the Mara again, grabbed some pastries for Breakfast, and filled our mugs for the next morning!

This guy was outside our window as I got ready for bed (it’s giraffe, the photo is really dark, sorry)

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CandleontheWater

03-08-2012, 07:11 AM

I agree with Pecos Bills! I used to love it, but the past few times have been pretty awful. :sad2:

I ate at CHH for the first time in a while on our President's day trip and I really enjoyed the fried shrimp platter. I think I have a new go-to CS at the MK!

Your evening sounds awesome! One of my big regrets from our Oct trip at AKL was that we weren't able to log any pool time. Well I guess it just gives us an excuse to go back. I'm secretly planning a land and sea extravaganza for after DH returns from deployment, and I think I'm going to book AKL. We had so much fun there on our mini trip and I'm sure DS would LOVE the animals!

My sister's princess

03-08-2012, 05:03 PM

afwdwfan

03-09-2012, 09:12 AM

Merida

03-09-2012, 02:48 PM

I've been lurking and have now finally remembered to sub! I'm sorry your Pecos Bill meal wasn't that great; we were going to grab some food there our last trip and then skipped it. I'm glad we made that decision!

My sister's princess

03-10-2012, 07:27 AM

I'm sorry you had such a bad experience with the food at Pecos Bill's. We ate there in Nov and had a really good meal. I had burgers at a few different QS places on property that week, and the one there was just as good as any of them. I hope this may have just been a bad day there. :confused3

It was just so blahhhh. Josh ordered a burger elsewhere in the week and it was much better! Maybe it was just an off day :confused3

I've been lurking and have now finally remembered to sub! I'm sorry your Pecos Bill meal wasn't that great; we were going to grab some food there our last trip and then skipped it. I'm glad we made that decision!

Glad you are subbing in! :banana:

I figure that if that is the worst meal I ever have at Disney, my life is pretty good :lmao:

My sister's princess

03-11-2012, 01:43 PM

The alarm went off early the next morning! We had Extra Magic Hours to catch at Animal Kingdom! We both got ready fairly quickly, and had our breakfast on the balcony!

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My chocolate chip muffin was so yummy! The only way it could have been better was if I had heated it with some butter, but I didn’t think to grab butter the night before! I had filled my mug with lemonade, and stuck it in the fridge, so I had had that to wash it down!

Josh had filled his mug with Coke Zero, and got a huge coffee cake. Josh would recommend the coffee cake, said that it was good sized, and awesome tasting.

It was a little cold sitting out there, but this was our reward.

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We decided that we had time to stop and see the flamingos on our way out! This photo was taken at 7:19, so we were running really early!

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With the sun rising!

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We headed to the bus stop, I knew that we were doing perfect on time, because Animal Kingdom is only 5 minutes from the lodge!
At the bus stop, Josh took a photo of the vending machines.

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We met the nicest ladies on the bus who are also pin traders, and talked the whole way there about how we spend all this time and money on pins, but when we get home, they go into a book, and get put away.

A very short bus ride later, and we were there!

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This beautiful tree was still standing!

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I was trying to so hard to get a good photo of the tree, and a nice security guard showed me exactly where to stand, and BAM I got the perfect picture!

There was a Photo Pass person on the other side of the tree, so of course we got a photo!

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We then headed in right through the gates! I was a bit surprised because it wasn’t quite time for Extra Magic Hours, but my confusion what cleared up when I saw that they were holding us all once we got over the bridge. There was a young guy amping everyone up, having people cheer based on the ride they were dashing for!

This is a photo of the crowd, sorry you can’t see much, I am short!!

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He asked who was headed for Mt. Everest, I got confused and cheered. :upsidedow We were in fact headed to the Safari fist thing!

Before we knew it, they were letting us into the park, and off to the Safari we went!

The line was moving so fast I was in shock! I had heard that they wait to run the first trucks some mornings, but I guess this wasn’t one of them!

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We were quickly settled into a truck, and off we went!

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Continued in next post due to too many photos!!!

My sister's princess

03-11-2012, 01:44 PM

I have a ton of photos from this trip through to share. It was the THE most exciting and interesting trip we have ever taken through! There were animals everywhere and boy were they active!!!

Because we were out so early, we saw people out taking care of the animals!

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This is where things started to get crazy! I felt bad for our poor driver! The animals in the big open field area were chasing each other all over the place, it was nuts! They kept jumping in and out of the road, and were just generally going crazy!

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Once we got out of that area our poor driver relaxed a little, and we continued to see amazing animals!

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By some miracle we chased away the poachers, and saved Little Red! From what I have been reading though, this might be the last trip that Josh and I will have a chance to save him on though!!!

amberg@eastlink.ca

03-11-2012, 01:56 PM

Merida

03-11-2012, 05:39 PM

Mmm, chocolate chip muffins. What do you do with the butter and heating it up (I know I'm probably making this way complicated in my head, but I've never heard of that method!)?

So many flamingos! They're penned it, right? My boyfriend HATES flamingos so if he finds out there's a huge flock running wild, I don't think I'll ever get to stay in AKL! :rotfl:

Being a Disney zookeeper has to be one of the best jobs. I'd love to get that close to the animals on a regular basis!

disney4metoo

03-11-2012, 09:38 PM

It must have been fun watching all the animals run around on the safari. You got some really good pictures of the animals.

Carissa 80

03-11-2012, 09:38 PM

Love your sweatshirt!! There was a little gift shop downstairs in the Polynesian... (OHANA'S YUM!) anyway, I was able to find a sweatshirt there that I hadn't seen anywhere else. We spent quite a bit of time in MANY different gift shops, so I was surprised to find the best sweatshirt there.

Thanks for the info on the lines. I would have felt bad too, but I completely agree that if they had read the sign it wouldn't have been an issue.

Grumpy's Wife

03-12-2012, 07:56 AM

We always make a mad dash to Expedition Everest. By the time we make it to the Safari the animals are usually just laying around. Great pictures from your early morning ride.

afwdwfan

03-12-2012, 09:51 AM

Wow, that looks like a fun safari. The driver may have had a hard time getting through, but it would definitely be interesting to see the animals out running and being active.

I can't say that I would be too sad if that story line disappeared.:rolleyes1

smile4stamps

03-12-2012, 03:06 PM

Hi. Just wanted to say I stumbled on your TR by way of your Dining Reviews from last year! Enjoying both and will be back!!

My sister's princess

03-12-2012, 05:21 PM

thats the one thing i loved about going in january and feb last year, the weather is so cool more animals are out to see! to this day my little guy still remembers the color of the giraffe tongue and says it each trip.

one of our guides in january i swear to god i saw her texting and driving. thank goodness the weather was wamer that day cus if the animals had been out like that she surely would of hit one!

:scared1: Texting while driving in that area is scary!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love that your little one still talks about it, it's the small things!

Mmm, chocolate chip muffins. What do you do with the butter and heating it up (I know I'm probably making this way complicated in my head, but I've never heard of that method!)?

So many flamingos! They're penned it, right? My boyfriend HATES flamingos so if he finds out there's a huge flock running wild, I don't think I'll ever get to stay in AKL! :rotfl:

Stick the muffin in the microwave, cut if half, smother on some butter... OMG it is amazing..

The Flamingos are penned :lmao: He will be fine! However I must say I love flamingos, so he is silly!!!

Being a Disney zookeeper has to be one of the best jobs. I'd love to get that close to the animals on a regular basis!

It must have been fun watching all the animals run around on the safari. You got some really good pictures of the animals.

It was really fun! I love trying to take photos of animals, most of them end up really blurry though!

Love your sweatshirt!! There was a little gift shop downstairs in the Polynesian... (OHANA'S YUM!) anyway, I was able to find a sweatshirt there that I hadn't seen anywhere else. We spent quite a bit of time in MANY different gift shops, so I was surprised to find the best sweatshirt there.

Thanks for the info on the lines. I would have felt bad too, but I completely agree that if they had read the sign it wouldn't have been an issue.

Glad you found a sweatshirt that you liked! I love to buy fun things like that when we are down there. I am wearing my sweatshirt from my 2010 trip right now (in class)

We always make a mad dash to Expedition Everest. By the time we make it to the Safari the animals are usually just laying around. Great pictures from your early morning ride.

We ended up over at Everest soon after. We were really lucky with the crowds, and were pretty quick to get through the big attractions

Wow, that looks like a fun safari. The driver may have had a hard time getting through, but it would definitely be interesting to see the animals out running and being active.

I can't say that I would be too sad if that story line disappeared.:rolleyes1

I am hoping that they will revamp the story line, not ditch it all together. I love that you can pretend that you are out in the wild with the animals... kinda. I have heard they are adding more zebras!!!!!

Hi. Just wanted to say I stumbled on your TR by way of your Dining Reviews from last year! Enjoying both and will be back!!

Glad you followed me over!!! I love working on my dining reviews, but I feel like people think I all I do is eat! We do more on vacation than eat, but I sure do like to eat! :lmao: