Tut-Tut, it Looks Like Rain! May '09 Trip Report. *Finished! 9/27 Pg. 69.

[MEK]

Great, great, great photopass pictures! Can't even begin to pick a favorite, or second favorite, or..... Never mind! Maybe I'll go back later when I have more time and TRY to pick my favs!

 

[jenjolt]

Awww we do make a cute pair!!! I like that one of me too..cuz I look cheesy and well at Disney I'm allowed to feel cheesy WOOT!! I love those pictures...you did such a great editing job!!! I LOVED IT!!! I can't wait until we are back together conquering WCC and Disney together in September!!

ANd yes that Rosetta picture is exactly the way it was like...getting the third degree LOL!!!

 

[PracPerfPatricia]

Owww...great pictures with the fairies...

DD sadly doesn't "do" princesses anymore-hmm wonder if she'd do the fairies..

Is your mom coming into your TR soon...

(sorry-no pressure I just have to feed the tr addiction...)

 

[DISNEYatw]

I have spent the last 2 days reading your PTR and TR and I am finally current. It sounds like you had a wonderful trip and I absolutely love the Photopass pics. Especially the one with the "Pirate" character theme around it and the one where you are holding the balloons up in the air. You and Jen look so happy. I can't wait to hear about the rest of you trip with your mom. So until you update again I'll start reading your new PTR.

 

[pooh'smate]

LL, I love all the pictures. I too really like the balloon ones. I like the pirate charachter one too. I love that you can see how excited you girls are. It makes me excited for my trip.

 

[wdwgirl03]

Very cute photopass pictures! And the borders are so fun!

 

[Flossbolna]

lovely pictures! I like the new borders a lot! And the balloon shot is fabulous!! I want that, too!! K and I really need to get a photopass share for our trip in January! I did it last trip and it so neat to have all those pictures!

 

[2xcited2sleep]

LOVE the photopass pictures! I can't wait to take TONS in Sept! I especially like the F&G borders and also the balloon holding pose. That fairy does look like she was grilling you!

 

[disneyfan61]

Great photopass pics!! You both take great pics!! I did not know that they did the balloon pics either until I got my photopass pics & then I knew why the photographer had me put my hands up in the air!! Patiently waiting for another update...

 

[DisneyFaeriePrincess]

Oh I love all of the pictures!! They came out really well. I can't wait to see the Fairies!! Did you see the Tinkerbell movie? I just happened to be channel surfing and it was on so I watched it, it was really cute! I love the balloon pic, I want to find that one when we go!!

 

[princess&her4princes]

Oh LL, you and Jen got some GREAT photopass pics!! I'm with you, love that one of just you and Mickey, especially since it was your 1st real meeting with him!! You had to have it! And I really like the one of Jen waiting for the fairies too, too cute!!! Can't wait to see more...and btw, love how your pics look with all your cute matching tshirts!!!!

 

[Happydog]

Nice pictures LL! I thought they were very cute!!

 

[brookelizabeth]

You got some really great Photopass pictures! You and Jen both look so cute!

I love the borders this year - I haven't seen the "I'm a Real Character" one until you posted it, I like it! And the balloon shots are great!! I haven't seen those either.

 

[jordanyosh]

Okay..you're selling me on those photopass pix....never ordered any...ever....

Yours turned out soo good!

 

[Lady Lallie]

Oooohhhh I like that new balloon pose picture...cute. Both pictures that you cropped are wonderful pictures of you and Jen....those are framers!

I think so too. I love the balloon pose! We didn't even have to ask for it and we stumbled upon it twice.

You two are just beaming in all of those pictures! Good stuff!

We are, we were so happy!

Great photos! Love the balloon one.

Thanks.

I think your photo pass pictures turned out really cute. You did a great job with your borders and crops!
Can't wait to see the pictures from the next trip!

I think I went a little crazy with the borders. Hehehe.

Cute Photopass pictures!!! I am cracking up with the one of Rosetta grilling you -- you can see she is really truying to figure out how you two met!

You can see it. She was so intense!

Great photopass pics. You guys look great!

Thank you.

I love love love the balloon ones! Darn it, I wish we would have gotten that done! So fun, thanks for sharing!

Oh, that's too bad that you missed the balloon one!

Great pictures! You both look so happy!

We were happy, despite everything that was a challenge on this trip we still had a great time.

I've never seen the balloon photopass before! Very, very cute! I like it.

You've got some great smiles in these pictures. Isn't it so much fun?

It is so much fun. I love taking photopass pictures!

Love that Rosetta pic!
You did a really nice job w/ your PP pic borders!

Thank you. That Rosetta was super intense.

The picture with Rosetta is hilarious! Great shots. I love the balloon one also, and didn't know it was available. Rats!

Oh that is too bad.

Great, great, great photopass pictures! Can't even begin to pick a favorite, or second favorite, or..... Never mind! Maybe I'll go back later when I have more time and TRY to pick my favs!

Hehehe, good luck with that. I have favorites in different categories.

Awww we do make a cute pair!!! I like that one of me too..cuz I look cheesy and well at Disney I'm allowed to feel cheesy WOOT!! I love those pictures...you did such a great editing job!!! I LOVED IT!!! I can't wait until we are back together conquering WCC and Disney together in September!!

ANd yes that Rosetta picture is exactly the way it was like...getting the third degree LOL!!!

We do make a cute pair. I love that picture of you, it so cute.

Owww...great pictures with the fairies...

DD sadly doesn't "do" princesses anymore-hmm wonder if she'd do the fairies..

Is your mom coming into your TR soon...

(sorry-no pressure I just have to feed the tr addiction...)

I bet she'd love the fairies. I still have one full solo day and then Mom comes in.

I have spent the last 2 days reading your PTR and TR and I am finally current. It sounds like you had a wonderful trip and I absolutely love the Photopass pics. Especially the one with the "Pirate" character theme around it and the one where you are holding the balloons up in the air. You and Jen look so happy. I can't wait to hear about the rest of you trip with your mom. So until you update again I'll start reading your new PTR.

Thanks for joining in!! I love the pirate border, I had never seen that one before and it's really cute.

LL, I love all the pictures. I too really like the balloon ones. I like the pirate charachter one too. I love that you can see how excited you girls are. It makes me excited for my trip.

The balloon ones just look like so happy and fun.

Very cute photopass pictures! And the borders are so fun!

Thank you.

lovely pictures! I like the new borders a lot! And the balloon shot is fabulous!! I want that, too!! K and I really need to get a photopass share for our trip in January! I did it last trip and it so neat to have all those pictures!

It is so nice to have good quality photos of your whole group.

LOVE the photopass pictures! I can't wait to take TONS in Sept! I especially like the F&G borders and also the balloon holding pose. That fairy does look like she was grilling you!

I really liked all of the flower & garden borders, they were really pretty.

Great photopass pics!! You both take great pics!! I did not know that they did the balloon pics either until I got my photopass pics & then I knew why the photographer had me put my hands up in the air!! Patiently waiting for another update...

I am hoping to update today!

Oh I love all of the pictures!! They came out really well. I can't wait to see the Fairies!! Did you see the Tinkerbell movie? I just happened to be channel surfing and it was on so I watched it, it was really cute! I love the balloon pic, I want to find that one when we go!!

I own the Tinkerbell movie...I just love it. There is another one coming out this fall or next spring...can't remember when.

Oh LL, you and Jen got some GREAT photopass pics!! I'm with you, love that one of just you and Mickey, especially since it was your 1st real meeting with him!! You had to have it! And I really like the one of Jen waiting for the fairies too, too cute!!! Can't wait to see more...and btw, love how your pics look with all your cute matching tshirts!!!!

Hehehe, yes we were matchy matchy all weekend!

Nice pictures LL! I thought they were very cute!!

Thank you.

You got some really great Photopass pictures! You and Jen both look so cute!

I love the borders this year - I haven't seen the "I'm a Real Character" one until you posted it, I like it! And the balloon shots are great!! I haven't seen those either.

There were quite a few new borders I saw while I was editing them. That's 1/2 the fun of photopass!

Okay..you're selling me on those photopass pix....never ordered any...ever....

Yours turned out soo good!

You haven't!? You must. I can imagine you could get some really great ones.

 

[Lady Lallie]

Tuesday May 26th. Day 5, Part 1.

When I last left you, I had gone to bed with the plans of having a relaxing morning with perhaps some pool time and then heading to MK in the afternoon so I could catch Spectromagic again.

Of course you know that the plans changed.

I woke up around 8:30, feeling rested and good. I put on the weather channel which had become my morning habit. They were predicting rain & thunderstorms again....right around the time I was planning on heading to the Magic Kingdom. I was not pleased. While I was thinking about what I was going to do, I flicked through the channels. I stopped on Step by Step on ABC Family and guess what episode it was? The episode in which they are at Disney World! I sat and watched, reliving my childhood.

I decided that I didn't want to be going out to the parks in the rain. It's one thing to get caught in the rain but it's hard to make myself go to the parks in the rain. I got ready, bandaged my feet and headed out to the bus stop. Which was one loooooong walk. I had been totally spoiled with Jen's car for the first 1/2 of my trip.

I didn't wait too long for a MK bus and was able to grab a seat. That was important with my feet. I sat down every chance that I got. I did feel a little bad because there was a mother who came on the bus, the rest of her party was split up all over the bus and she had her little girl with her. She was also carrying two cups of coffee. No way she could hold them and the handle. I told her that I would be more than happy to hold her coffee and that I would give her my seat but I had hurt my feet and didn't really want to stand up. She was so grateful that I offered to hold her coffee and she told me not to worry about the seat. We had a nice chat on our way to MK. I love Disney moments like that.

All week I had been trading texts with Cynthia - Addicted2theMouse, she was staying at All Star Music but our paths hadn't crossed yet. She was in MK today so I had texted and told her I was on my way. She ended up meeting me on Main Street. I didn't even think to get a picture! She was with two of her daughters and we decided to head over to Carousel of Progress...I don't think they had ever done it or if they had it had been a really long time. I enjoyed my ride around the CoP, I didn't even take my camera out. In fact...I only took 5 pictures on my solo day.

After our ride, Cynthia and her daughters went to find a Dole Whip and I went and had another Cream Cheese Pretzel. I think this is my favorite snack at Disney World. So good! I sat in Tomorrowland, dodged the creepy birds and ate my pretzel. I knew I wanted to head to Fantasyland next. I really enjoyed walking slowly, taking in all the little details. It's so nice to be solo and not worry about anyone else having a good time or getting on the rides they want to ride.

Winnie the Pooh and Snow White had long wait times so I passed on those. I decided to see Mickey's Philharmagic. The line was outside but in no time at all I was inside and I could have sworn that I took pictures of the posters inside, in fact I know I did but they are not on my memory card. Weird. I was able to sit in quite near the front. I enjoyed the show so much, like always. This is my favorite 3D movie in Disney. I just love it, so magical and it has so many of the movies from my childhood so that makes it even better.

I have to say that the park was SO crowded this day. It was also really hot. I made my way to Liberty Square and decided that I should eat lunch before anything else. My cream cheese pretzel didn't quite fill me up. I headed to Columbia Harbour House.

The line wasn't too long. I was debating between the Fish & Chicken combo or the blt chicken salad. I decided to go with the Fish & Chicken combo and I have to say that I was disappointed. The fish was way overcooked and hard to eat. I barely ate any of it. The chicken was good, your basic chicken. I'd try Columbia Harbour House again but I wouldn't order the fish again.

I really did enjoy the atmosphere of Columbia Harbour House. It's very pretty and colonial. I just love it!

And that concludes my photos from this day....

After lunch I headed to Haunted Mansion. I will admit...I was a little creeped out riding this by myself. But I survived and really enjoyed it. I debated going on a second time but decided to press on.

I made my way over to Frontierland and looked in a bunch of the little shops. I usually don't spend a lot of time in Frontierland since I usually skip Splash and BTMRR. After the shops I went to wait for the Country Bear Jamboree. I hadn't done this on my last few trips. I remember it being lame-o last time but maybe I am becoming more lame-o because I really liked it this time. I enjoyed the show and took NO pictures. I couldn't believe it myself but then again...I think I did take pictures. I wonder if pictures from this day are missing. Weird. I sat right in the front row and had a wonderful time.

I did some more wandering and made my way to The Tiki Room. I love those Tiki birds! Not so crazy about Iago's voice but The Tiki Room just reminds me of Walt so I really enjoy it.

I moseyed over to Pirates after my Tiki experience. It was hot and crowded at this point. I couldn't believe the people, I think it was because this is generally the time of day I'm back in my room napping and relaxing. Both lines were open at POTC and I went to the right.

I was just in front of these ladies, looked like Mom and Daughter. They were very much in the know, I figured they were probably DISers but I didn't say anything. Now...we had about a 15 minute wait or so, so not a horribly long wait or anything.

Now I was standing in line, I heard people asking if this is the Fastpass line...I chalked it up to people not knowing what they were talking about. About 5 minutes later, there was a new group behind the Mom & Daughter pair. Then I hear the daughter say, "Don't even try that Fastpass crap with us. You just cut all those poor people and you know very well that you don't have a Fastpass ticket."



Apparently these hooligans were cutting poor people in line who didn't know any better! What jerks. Stuff like this annoys the crap out of me, just wait your turn. The hooligans were probably in their late teens, they were not too happy about being thwarted. I was hoping that I wouldn't get stuck in the same boat as them.

As it turned out I sat on the same bench as the Mother & Daughter and the hooligans were left on the dock as we sailed away.

I had a nice cruise with Captain Jack, though it was really freaky going on that drop by myself.

When I got out of Pirates, the dark clouds were rolling in. I debated with myself. Stick out the rain? Stay for Spectro? Go back to the room and come back out? It was about 3:45ish at this point. I thought about going to tour some of the resorts around the MK area too. I just didn't know. My feet weren't hurting me horribly this day but I had taken it easy and slow, resting a lot in between things.

I decided that I'd head back to All Star Music and see what happened. I made it to the bus stop just as the rain started. Phew. I was still dry! The line was long and I didn't make it onto the first bus. At this point the rain was POURING. And it was windy.

Know where I am going with this?

I was soaked from head to toe. The rain was just whipping right through the bus stop. I was in the front of the line and I had my back to where the rain was coming through and my hair was plastered towards the front. I looked real pretty.

We waited FOREVER for a bus. It was at the point that everytime another bus pulled in and wasn't for ASMu, everyone in line GROANED. It was awful. Finally a bus came and finally we made it back to ASMu. At this point I was DONE. I got some food from the food court in to go containers and headed back to my room. I believe I got the chicken quesadilla, it was really yummy! No picture but I do have one coming up on another day. I needed to rest. I had thoughts of the rain stopping so I could go see Spectro but that never happened. The best I remember, it rained pretty much the whole night. I figured another night of rest would do my feet good.

I was just checking my Twitter updates from the trip and it does say that I took 25 pictures that day! I am missing about 20 of them! What the heck!? I only used one memory card...they must have eaten them. I don't remember deleting them.

I know that I read a bit that night, watched TV and talked to both Mom and Marc. It was pretty uneventful.

I was very much looking forward to Mom coming the next day. She was bringing blister supplies and more socks for me since I hadn't packed them for everyday of the trip. Her flight was getting in around 10:30 so I wasn't planning on heading anywhere in the morning...I'd just wait for her call when she was on the Magical Express.

 

[NotSoEvilStepmother]

That's really weird how your memory card ate your pictures. Hopefully they'll show up somewhere.

That's too funny about the hooligans getting thwarted.

Yay for mommy's bringing supplies.

BTW, love your Photopass pictures. I really wish we'd gotten into a share when I went so that we could've had the pictures. Oh well.

 

[BigEeyore]

Sorry about your memory card issue - that's never happened to us before! Hopefully there weren't any priceless moments that were lost.
I love that story about the mom and daughter in the POTC line - we never let line jumpers go by us either!

 

[DreaGirl]

I love your photopass pictures! You did a great job editing and I love all the borders. I really love the balloon and hope to do that in October.

Your solo day sounds nice and relaxing. I can just see you standing in the line w/a windy rain pouring down. That happened to us on our first night in November. My poor husband was carrying our two bags, a huge stroller, and trying to keep A. out of the rain while I tried ot nurse B. standing up, which would not work so I sat down (on the wet puddled ground) and did it. It was horrible!

That's weird about your pictures! Thanks for the food review that is on our counter service list so now I know what NOT to order.

It is strange riding rides alone, we do the parent swap, but after a while it becomes normal.

Can't wait to hear about your adventures with you Mama!

 

[meeko_33785]

Hope you're able to find your photos. How strange!

I understand about feeling creepy riding Haunted Mansion and Pirates alone. For some reason, those are two rides that I am adamant that I will not do by myself. It's silly, but they do creep me out. Yet, I think I'd be fine doing Tower of Terror by myself. Go figure.