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Chapter 19: Doing DHS…Hollywood Style (My last full day at Disney)!!!
Okay yes this should have been finished a long time ago and I feel like I have failed as a TR writer for my first TR, somehow I always keep on top of my PTRs and then let the TR go LOL!! Well that is going to change on the next trip, because I’m going to have Paula hounding me to get it done LOL!!! However I am happy that I’m finishing this before I go on my next trip that’s always a good thing LOL!!! So let’s continue where we left off and let me tell you the tale of my last full day at Disney!!
Tuesday morning was my last full day at Disney, Nobby and I were headed back to DHS to meet up once again with Steph and spend the day together. Nobby and I arrived about a half hour before rope drop and we were first in line at our turnstile. One thing I remember about this day was the fact that it was FREEZING, I don’t mean cold, I mean FREEZING. Everywhere you looked CMs were bundled up and most of them had on gloves, so did I LOL!!!! I made a quick call to Steph to find out what time she thought she and her family would be arriving and she told me they were running a bit behind so we made plans to meet up at the TSM Fastpass machines and get FPs for later in the day. Finally the park opened and the mass of people headed straight towards the hat to watch the opening show and then make the “run” for TSM (and I thought Soarin was bad it has nothing on TSM).
The opening show was very cute I really enjoyed it. The director and his assistant were quite funny!!
Then the rope dropped I walked, dodging the mob, attempted to not get ran over on my way over to TSM. I hopped into the FP line got my FP and then went into the Standby line. TSM has to be one of the most amazingly designed queues in all of Disney, and that’s saying a lot considering my love of all things Haunted Mansion, but the Imagineers get three thumbs up on this one. I leisurely walked through the line, taking some photos, you will notice there were not a lot of people in front of me, this made for easy picture taking!!
In my opinion the best light fixture in all of Disney!! I would love to have one of these in my child’s room someday!!
I just loved the interaction with Mr. Potato Head! I could have stood there for a while just conversing with him, however I could hear the people coming behind so it was time to move on and enjoy the ride!! Oh and enjoy the ride I did!!!!! Look I even beat my opponent…LOL
I made it my goal when I rode with Steph to do better, because she’s a teenager actually thinking I might beat a teenager at a video game didn’t seem like that good of a goal to make LOL!!!
After TSM I called Steph and she was right outside Pixar Place so she had grabbed her Fast pass and was waiting for me. Nobby and I were excited and hurried to join up!! Of course once again I gave Steph the lead, I wanted to do whatever she wanted to do and like any thrill junkie teen she wanted to ride ToT so off we went. Once again while I love this ride, Nobby gets a bit nervous, so we had to say a quick prayer because Nobby insists the two ways he doesn’t want to meet his demise is on an airplane or on ToT, where does he get these weird thoughts from, silly gnome LOL! The standby line for ToT was only 10 minutes so off we went, and there was no way our short walk was 10 minutes because 2 minutes later we were in the lobby.
We all know who I took that picture for!!!
ToT was awesome!! I screamed, Steph didn’t instead she kind of laughed at me but in a Mrs. O you are too cool kind of way!!! Then it was off to RnRC single rider line! The wait here was also very short and soon we were zooming through the streets, going upside down, and turning this way and turning that way!! Another success according to the Steph! Now Steph insisted I choose what we do next and I made a “tamer” choice and said I would like to see the Little Mermaid show!
LOVED IT!!!! Steph and I might have sang along at certain parts, we’re not ashamed to admit it!!!
After the show it was getting close to our ADR at 50’s Prime Time Café, so we started to walk that way! Once again I insisted that Steph let me treat her and I had no problem getting her added to my ADR for that day. I was very glad Steph had joined me because I was little worried about dealing with the antics here all by myself so now the waiter/waitress would have someone else to pick on LOL!!!
We didn’t have long to wait at all and we were being seated at a very nice table right next to a tv! YAY the clips were one of the main reasons I wanted to try here…I love older tv shows.
Nobby insisted that he be able to sit with some companions as he was tired of chit chatting with Steph and I and wanted to make new friends so we let him.
Here is a picture Steph took of me, I really like this picture because it shows how happy I am to be where I am right at that moment!
Well our Uncle came by and took note that I was on the DxDP and that we would be paying for Steph OOP and then took our drink order! Thanks to the DIS I knew I could get a milkshake so I ordered a chocolate one and then shared some with Steph. It was amazing!!
For my appetizer I had the shrimp cocktail, it was like regular shrimp cocktail nothing special so I didn’t take a picture of it!! It was fresh and yummy and I enjoyed it!!!
For our entrees, Steph ordered the Fried Chicken, mashed potatoes, and greens.
I ordered the meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and green beans
Everything was really yummy although I did like Steph’s chicken a little better than my meatloaf and the greens looked to die for!!!
For dessert I had the smores and I’m so ashamed to admit I didn’t even think twice I dived right in and it wasn’t until I was licking the last morsels off my fingers that I realized I hadn’t taken a picture. However, trust me on this one people, the smores at 50’s PTC are AMAZING!!!!
While we were dining Uncle had to remind me several times to keep my elbows off the table and insisted that Steph (my younger sister) had much better table manners than me LOL!! Steph’s parents also had lunch here and were a few tables away and came over to say hi and mess with us a bit before they headed back out to the park! 50’s PTC was a lot of fun for us!!! We loved it!!
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Okay yes this should have been finished a long time ago and I feel like I have failed as a TR writer for my first TR, somehow I always keep on top of my PTRs and then let the TR go LOL!! Well that is going to change on the next trip, because I’m going to have Paula hounding me to get it done LOL!!! However I am happy that I’m finishing this before I go on my next trip that’s always a good thing LOL!!! So let’s continue where we left off and let me tell you the tale of my last full day at Disney!!
Tuesday morning was my last full day at Disney, Nobby and I were headed back to DHS to meet up once again with Steph and spend the day together. Nobby and I arrived about a half hour before rope drop and we were first in line at our turnstile. One thing I remember about this day was the fact that it was FREEZING, I don’t mean cold, I mean FREEZING. Everywhere you looked CMs were bundled up and most of them had on gloves, so did I LOL!!!! I made a quick call to Steph to find out what time she thought she and her family would be arriving and she told me they were running a bit behind so we made plans to meet up at the TSM Fastpass machines and get FPs for later in the day. Finally the park opened and the mass of people headed straight towards the hat to watch the opening show and then make the “run” for TSM (and I thought Soarin was bad it has nothing on TSM).
The opening show was very cute I really enjoyed it. The director and his assistant were quite funny!!
Then the rope dropped I walked, dodging the mob, attempted to not get ran over on my way over to TSM. I hopped into the FP line got my FP and then went into the Standby line. TSM has to be one of the most amazingly designed queues in all of Disney, and that’s saying a lot considering my love of all things Haunted Mansion, but the Imagineers get three thumbs up on this one. I leisurely walked through the line, taking some photos, you will notice there were not a lot of people in front of me, this made for easy picture taking!!
In my opinion the best light fixture in all of Disney!! I would love to have one of these in my child’s room someday!!
I just loved the interaction with Mr. Potato Head! I could have stood there for a while just conversing with him, however I could hear the people coming behind so it was time to move on and enjoy the ride!! Oh and enjoy the ride I did!!!!! Look I even beat my opponent…LOL
I made it my goal when I rode with Steph to do better, because she’s a teenager actually thinking I might beat a teenager at a video game didn’t seem like that good of a goal to make LOL!!!
After TSM I called Steph and she was right outside Pixar Place so she had grabbed her Fast pass and was waiting for me. Nobby and I were excited and hurried to join up!! Of course once again I gave Steph the lead, I wanted to do whatever she wanted to do and like any thrill junkie teen she wanted to ride ToT so off we went. Once again while I love this ride, Nobby gets a bit nervous, so we had to say a quick prayer because Nobby insists the two ways he doesn’t want to meet his demise is on an airplane or on ToT, where does he get these weird thoughts from, silly gnome LOL! The standby line for ToT was only 10 minutes so off we went, and there was no way our short walk was 10 minutes because 2 minutes later we were in the lobby.
We all know who I took that picture for!!!
ToT was awesome!! I screamed, Steph didn’t instead she kind of laughed at me but in a Mrs. O you are too cool kind of way!!! Then it was off to RnRC single rider line! The wait here was also very short and soon we were zooming through the streets, going upside down, and turning this way and turning that way!! Another success according to the Steph! Now Steph insisted I choose what we do next and I made a “tamer” choice and said I would like to see the Little Mermaid show!
LOVED IT!!!! Steph and I might have sang along at certain parts, we’re not ashamed to admit it!!!
After the show it was getting close to our ADR at 50’s Prime Time Café, so we started to walk that way! Once again I insisted that Steph let me treat her and I had no problem getting her added to my ADR for that day. I was very glad Steph had joined me because I was little worried about dealing with the antics here all by myself so now the waiter/waitress would have someone else to pick on LOL!!!
We didn’t have long to wait at all and we were being seated at a very nice table right next to a tv! YAY the clips were one of the main reasons I wanted to try here…I love older tv shows.
Nobby insisted that he be able to sit with some companions as he was tired of chit chatting with Steph and I and wanted to make new friends so we let him.
Here is a picture Steph took of me, I really like this picture because it shows how happy I am to be where I am right at that moment!
Well our Uncle came by and took note that I was on the DxDP and that we would be paying for Steph OOP and then took our drink order! Thanks to the DIS I knew I could get a milkshake so I ordered a chocolate one and then shared some with Steph. It was amazing!!
For my appetizer I had the shrimp cocktail, it was like regular shrimp cocktail nothing special so I didn’t take a picture of it!! It was fresh and yummy and I enjoyed it!!!
For our entrees, Steph ordered the Fried Chicken, mashed potatoes, and greens.
I ordered the meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and green beans
Everything was really yummy although I did like Steph’s chicken a little better than my meatloaf and the greens looked to die for!!!
For dessert I had the smores and I’m so ashamed to admit I didn’t even think twice I dived right in and it wasn’t until I was licking the last morsels off my fingers that I realized I hadn’t taken a picture. However, trust me on this one people, the smores at 50’s PTC are AMAZING!!!!
While we were dining Uncle had to remind me several times to keep my elbows off the table and insisted that Steph (my younger sister) had much better table manners than me LOL!! Steph’s parents also had lunch here and were a few tables away and came over to say hi and mess with us a bit before they headed back out to the park! 50’s PTC was a lot of fun for us!!! We loved it!!
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Both me and my DD were crushing a bit
I'm glad you're finishing up the report
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It's so odd to me to see you all bundled up in sweaters and gloves while in WDW. 
Those are some great pics of the stunt show and the Prince Caspian meet sounded fun!
I feel some planning coming on. 
