The Wazowski Report ! HalloweenTime TR Day 1 DONE & Day 2 Started !! Added 12/26!

[travelmel]

Nice!

I love the pic of the Axiom standing in front of Goofy.. .but his hand is out and I expected to see Tinkerbell.

Also, the pic of you guys looking cold and wintery in front of the snowy castle is SO GREAT! How very festive!

Nice update!

 

[wazowskiLOVER:)]

Nice!

I love the pic of the Axiom standing in front of Goofy.. .but his hand is out and I expected to see Tinkerbell.

Also, the pic of you guys looking cold and wintery in front of the snowy castle is SO GREAT! How very festive!

Nice update!

Thanks !!!

I can't wait to get my Pre TR started for our trip !! WOO

 

[DisneySuiteFreak]

Hey Wazowskilover,
Good trip reports! Thanks for posting them and the pictures. Your friends/family's expressions crack me up! You all are very expressive people; looks like you all have a real good time.
I was there last January during the same time frame and it was crazy rainy! My jeans were soaked up to the knees and our shoes were soaked too. It was freezing cold too! But every ride was a walk on so that was awesome. I can totally relate to the bummer part of the rain though, especially when only going for a short trip. I love your designs for your shirts and the blanket/hoodie. Awesome. You're very creative! You should consider selling some of those things online.
DSF

 

[Disneygrl36]

Excited for you that you are going back so soon.
I am leaving in 5 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[wazowskiLOVER:)]

Hey Wazowskilover,
Good trip reports! Thanks for posting them and the pictures. Your friends/family's expressions crack me up! You all are very expressive people; looks like you all have a real good time.
I was there last January during the same time frame and it was crazy rainy! My jeans were soaked up to the knees and our shoes were soaked too. It was freezing cold too! But every ride was a walk on so that was awesome. I can totally relate to the bummer part of the rain though, especially when only going for a short trip. I love your designs for your shirts and the blanket/hoodie. Awesome. You're very creative! You should consider selling some of those things online.
DSF

Thank you DSF !!!! Wasn't it crazy how it rained like that ? We were constantly checking disneyL0VE's phone to check & see what the weather would be like. It was nice to have little to no line at all though !

Excited for you that you are going back so soon.
I am leaving in 5 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woo !! you got 3 days !!!

 

[wazowskiLOVER:)]

Hey guys !

So after about a couple of weeks on holding out and asking questions about Hojo's, I've finally booked our room for January 3rd - January 6th ! I booked for 3 nights and got the entertainment rate for 2 of them and then had the opportunity to use my AP discount for the first night. SOOO total for the 5 of us in the Deluxe Room with Queen beds for 3 nights its going to cost $300.38 ! So its about $60 per head for the whole weekend. That is totally a steal I'm completely stoked now

I think we have a set cast for this trip and it includes the DIS family quartet : me, Shyboy72, TheAXIOM, and disneyL0VE. Before she wasn't going to come buuuuuuuutttt of course she couldn't pass up another trip that ends on her birthday I think instead of leaving in the morning on her birthday, we should wait until lunch and have a celebratory lunch/drink since it will be her 21st! The 5th person to join our extravaganza is our cousin Jesse (he is the brother of the guy from our last January trip). Its so easy to get our family mixed up because we have so many people in our family. Its just easy to say yes and agree haha.

What is pretty exciting about him is he has lost the Disney magic and hasn't really experienced much except being present at a couple of family trips without an agenda and knowing what to look for. So I'm really excited to kind of open his eyes

One of the things that he has never done that I want to have him enjoy is a character meal. To keep the times rollin and to try new things, we have decided to go to Minnie & Friends. I'm pretty excited about it because we'll get to take pictures with different characters this time. I'm not really HUGE on breakfast, but since it is a buffet, we're gonna get our money's worth for sure !

So I guess this is the beginning of my Pre-Trip report since it is approximately 29 days until our amazing trip !

Meet the cast :

TheAXIOM

disneyL0VE

me, wazowskiLOVER: )

Shyboy72

cousin Jesse

Of course, I chose the most attractive pictures of our lovely family

Our first day is to leave here from San Jose at around 4 am. I know TheAXIOM is gonna fly over here and do the roadtrip with us, I'm not sure about disneyL0VE. Once we get to the hotel, we'll check in and deck it to those magical chiming turnstiles and head straight for Indie (its kind of a tradition )

 

[travelmel]

I love your cast head shots!

I hear HoJo's is the bomb. Sounds good!

 

[wazowskiLOVER:)]

I love your cast head shots!

I hear HoJo's is the bomb. Sounds good!

Thanks travelmel

I'm so excited now !

 

[kesharn81]

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[wazowskiLOVER:)]

thanks for the info - useful thread...

this seems useful information...thanks for sharing...

No problem

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

Jasmine, you’re going to love the Hojo! Seriously. The walk is a breeze. The grounds are pretty and everything was so clean. I’m a picky girl when it comes to hotels and I was very happy. So was Jesus! He said this is going to be our regular hotel!

Yay! Your trip is almost here!!!!!

 

[wazowskiLOVER:)]

Jasmine, you’re going to love the Hojo! Seriously. The walk is a breeze. The grounds are pretty and everything was so clean. I’m a picky girl when it comes to hotels and I was very happy. So was Jesus! He said this is going to be our regular hotel!

Yay! Your trip is almost here!!!!!

OooOOo !! How great I'm glad. I trust your judgement, so I'm sure I'll probably fall in love with the place.

 

[wazowskiLOVER:)]

For this past trip I bought the toddler size backpacks because I really wanted the Buzz Lightyear one that I have Unfortunately I think I'm going to have to retire it because it really isn't getting the job done right unfortunately. The reason I am saying this is because I have my tripod with me and that thing is NOT fitting in those baby backpacks. So I'm thinking its time to purchase a new one and this is what it looks like :

I'm picking grey so that just in case the guys will take their turn wearing the backpack they won't be as embarrassed as they would be if it was black and pink

Its on sale on Amazon for $22.99. I think I'm going to get it!

 

[wazowskiLOVER:)]

Hello All

Since we will be driving, I've already came to the idea that we will buy water and snacks so we can save some major $$$. I've been thinking about it as well, and I was thinking that we could also bring food so that we won't have to keep eating out. You think that will save on some money ?

I was thinking of bringing lunch items in our bags and just worry about dinner outside. Anyone have any ideas on good cheap meals I can make/bring to the park?

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

I really like that backpack, it's cute! But still neutral for the boys to wear if they need to. I say get it!

We brought breakfast food this past trip and didn't really eat it. We always bring bottled water and juices to take with us. We also take small snacks, granola bars and stuff like that.

The food for us at DLR is hard to resist! But also even though we're big eaters, we could each eat a pretzel and a coke and be full for a couple hours.

 

[wazowskiLOVER:)]

I really like that backpack, it's cute! But still neutral for the boys to wear if they need to. I say get it!

We brought breakfast food this past trip and didn't really eat it. We always bring bottled water and juices to take with us. We also take small snacks, granola bars and stuff like that.

The food for us at DLR is hard to resist! But also even though we're big eaters, we could each eat a pretzel and a coke and be full for a couple hours.

I think I will buy the backpack

I was thinking for sure on water. Juices sound like a great idea too I think I might have to make a list of things of things I want to buy.

I know for sure I'd like to bring some jerky and maybe fruit leather as well ! There is also a list of food that we want to try at the park so we probably won't be able to resist getting things at the park. Thanks for your opinion Courtney!

 

[wazowskiLOVER:)]

So, I bought the backpack on amazon! It totaled to $22.99 ! No shipping cost at all Its supposed to come between the 11th - 16th. I'm pretty excited to see what it looks like

I've been planning planning planning in my head and being 24 days away, I can't help but be antsy; especially with all these wonderful TR to get me all excited about our trip.

The main thing for me is planning what I am going to buy for food for this trip. So far I know I want to pack food that we eat and sustain past lunchtime because we're all on a budget for this trip. I am planning on making food the night before with my mother (we're gonna make sandwich rolls!) we're going to bring a small cooler to keep them fresh

I want to go to the store and get these food items for the trip :

1. Water
2. Juice
3. Beef Jerky
4. Trail Mix
5. Fruit Leather
6. Chex Mix
7. Breakfast pockets

Other than that, we're pretty game for just checking out food we want to eat because disneyL0VE, TheAXIOM, and I have a list of food that we've been DYING to try while we are there.

The things we want to try are :

1. Bengal BBQ
2. Tinkerbell Twist
3. Minnie & Friends breakfast

I still need to get PS for Minnie & friends breakfast, but I am torn on what day to do it! I know that we want to take advantage of the park but I'm a little worried that we won't be able to get a lot done on Saturday & Sunday seeing that it is the last days of the Christmas decor and it is so close to New Years that I think people will spill over to the weekend. With that, I'm thinking of maybe getting the character breakfast done on Monday because the decor will not be there and the pace will be slower that day so we'll be able to get a lot done without having to rush to places to wait in line for a long time. I'm not sure though. Anyone have any good ideas ?

I also need to make new LGMHs because the ones I made broke and disneyL0VE's fell off on Space Mountain. The clip thingy didn't work out so well I'm hoping that in the end, they will stick and work!

In terms of the park, I know that we're planning on seeing the Aladdin musical, fantasmic, the fireworks, and taking a good amount of time in the animation theater. I really want this trip to fill my cousin with magic since he is not really a Disney fanatic (like the rest of our family is). Other than that, the only other thing I'm expecting from this trip is taking a million pictures and cracking up really hard

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

OoOOoHHH!! Bengal BBQ! I want to try there to. Everytime we walked by it smelled so good I was drooling. Yummm.

We were looking at pictures from Emmers at her Dream Suite and she had pictures from Minnie's Breakfast and I was showing Jesus, and he was like "OMG. Look at those huge sasuages! OMG. We have to go there!!!" lol. Silly boy.

 

[wazowskiLOVER:)]

OoOOoHHH!! Bengal BBQ! I want to try there to. Everytime we walked by it smelled so good I was drooling. Yummm.

We were looking at pictures from Emmers at her Dream Suite and she had pictures from Minnie's Breakfast and I was showing Jesus, and he was like "OMG. Look at those huge sasuages! OMG. We have to go there!!!" lol. Silly boy.

Thats hilarious !!

He does sound silly ! Thats how Eric is about food too

I'm really excited about Bengal BBQ even if it doesn't look like a lot of food for so much money (isn't that how DL is anyway in terms of food?). So I'm thinking I'll bring drinks and chips when we go get food from there

 

[Sherry E]

The chicken skewers at Bengal BBQ are particularly good. Bengal BBQ used to sell these great orange and lemon swirled sorbet thingies and stopped years ago. I loved those. Way better than Dole Whips.

You know, I think I would like to see the Aladdin show too. I hadn't given it much thought before now, and I don't know why, but I think it would be pretty good. The only thing is that I don't know where I am going to squeeze it in on this upcoming trip. We are getting there late on Friday the 19th, and not going into the parks that night, as far as I know (subject to change). We will probably eat and go listen to the carolers in the GCH with our cocoa. The next day, other friends are joining us and I don't think they would be down with the Aladdin show. The following day, my friend can't stay too long at DLR but I think she would like Aladdin too. I would want to squeeze it in while she is still with me, but I don't know if we can pull it off. There is just never enough time to do everything! You really do need like a good block of several days in the parks to be able to get to everything!

Anyway, if you end up seeing Aladdin and I miss it, make sure to let me know how it is!!!