We took our Parents to Disney!! **Recap of AK 2/24 Did we meet our goals? Completed**

rndmr2

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Hey everybody! :wave: We are home from our trip and I have to say it was a great one! To review, we were in the World from 5/15 to 5/22 at Saratoga Springs Resort. We stayed in a 2BRV, it was DH and I, His Mom, His sister and Her DH and His Dad. My Dad also joined us on the trip and he stayed in a Studio Villa that luckily was right next door. The link to my PTR and my TR from last year are in my Sig if anyone needs more details or a recap. The weather and crowds were much better than last year at least the 1st part of the week, it got close to what it was last year for the last few days. We accomplished most of what we planned to do and had some really great meals.

Day 1 Sunday May 15th.

We had a lot of last minute packing to do Saturday night, which was exactly what I wanted to avoid but what could I do? We had a nice visit also with my friends from Phila who came up Wednesday and left Sunday morning when we left for the airport. My Dad, who drove down, left at about 4:30am on Saturday and got to Jacksonville at about 6p that night. There was a Mass at 9:30a for DH's Dad (it had been a year since he passed away on the 14th) so we headed there shortly after 9. We left the church at about 10:30a and headed to the airport. We made very good time and got to the parking lot, parked and unloaded the car, just after that a shuttle bus came so we didn't have to wait long for that, thank goodness because it was raining. The flight coming in before us (the plane we were going to be on) was late. It also turned out to be an Honor Flight, which if you've never heard of it before, is a group that takes the Veterans to see the monuments in DC. They are from all branches of service and from all wars, etc, these were mostly all WWII vets, there may have been one or two from Korea. They announce everyone coming off the plane and they had an Army Colonel and a local Assemblyman there to greet them. We saw one when DH and I went to WDW last year. It was very moving and my MIL was very glad to have been able to see it. I did get a couple pics:

The Honor Guard waiting

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The back of the shirts read: "We can't all be heroes, some of us get to stand on the curb and clap as they go by"

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Our flight left about 45 minutes late, my dad was already in the Orlando area. I spoke to him on the phone just as the Honor Flight was coming out. He was at Walmart getting our groceries for the week. When we landed after a fairly smooth flight, he was in his room. we didn't have to wait too long for the ME Bus. It was a regular yellow Mears bus but it did have the cute little movie playing. Here is the only pic I could get of the entrance Gate:

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My Dad waiting for us at the front of the Resort.

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He took out carryons in his car to the room and MIL and I drove the 2 scooters that we rented for the week (the 2nd one was for BIL's Dad). MIL trying hers out:

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The Lobby:

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Our Room

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My Dad's Door

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Up Next Dinner at the Turf CLub


 
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We drove the scooters to our room, in Congress Park, which was like the 2nd closest to the main building but was not an easy route to get there with scooters, we did find a slightly easier route eventually but the way we were told had us going in the street along the curb with no sidewalk for a small stretch. We then followed my dad in his car to where our room was and somehow lost track of Tim, so we had to search for him for a while. I don’t know what’s in his head sometimes -my dad eventually found him sitting on a bench in front of the next building. Why he would go there when he was let out in front of our building I’ll never know…:confused3

We took some time to get settled and unpack the groceries that my Dad had picked up for us, mostly breakfast items, bottled water and other drinks. Our luggage hadn’t gotten there yet but Amy, Dave and Raymond’s did. Our ADR at the Turf Club was for 7:35p but we headed over there at about 6:45 or so to try to get in early. I never did time the walk but it must have been 10-15 minutes.

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We waited in the bar area maybe 15 minutes and then they called us to our table. We had a nice one by the window looking out onto the water (Is it the Sasagoula River?) Our Waitress came to take our drink order then our regular orders. She was nice and friendly but needed some prompting for refills, etc. and she wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer. The food was good, at least most of it was, my Dad wasn’t thrilled with his meal, he had prime rib, ordered medium well and came out pretty rare and it was not warm, even the potatoes or whatever it came with were cold. I told him to send it back but he wouldn’t. He didn’t want to hold everyone else up. Everything else was good and I think he liked the dessert. Here are pics of some of the food:

My salmon ( it is served on mashed cauliflower that was yummy, I wished there was more of it)

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Tim’s prime rib (well done)

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Amy and my Dad got the chocolate Torte

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And I got the cheesecake (I think it was banana nut)

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After dinner Tim, Rose Anne, my Dad and I went to the Studios to see Fantasmic! Nobody else wanted to go, they were too tired so we got on the bus at the Springs, which is across from the main buildings and headed out. It was crowded but not horrible. We saw the 10:30 show. I was glad to see it, this was the only night it was possible to fit it in with the schedule and our ADR’s and I wanted to make sure I saw it this time since we missed it last year. Pictures of this never come out right for me so I only took a few but I will post them anyway.

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There were 2 whole sections of the arena that were empty at the far end and ½ of the dinner package section that was empty. We were in the wheelchair section in the center with Rose Anne in her scooter and there was a family that pulled their stroller right into a wheelchair spot next to her. We kept looking at the lady but she didn’t care and nobody ever did say anything to them, I guess because there were other wheelchair spots open and it wasn’t crowded. Rose Anne did say she was obnoxious, though. After a pit stop, we headed out to our bus stop and back to SSR.

I will say the bus situation wasn’t too bad this week, even with 2 scooters, we were usually early in line at the bus stops so didn’t feel too guilty about being loaded first, and there were actually not too many times (in the earlier part of the week at least) where there were many standing. Most of the time the guys (even my Dad at 70, and Raymond who was in one of the scooters) gave up their seats anyway, which was good (and rare nowadays).

When we got back to the room everyone else was sleeping so we went in our room (we had the king bed room) and I wanted to try out the tub for my poor feet (I had gotten 2 blisters on Friday before we even left walking around at the Lilac festival, so they were bothering me) It was really nice.
Not the easiest to get back out of, especially when you drain the water out first:rolleyes1

I took a picture of this before we took it off the bed

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Next up: Day 2 EPCOT
 
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Great start to your TR! Love SSR, have they finish the new pool section yet.

I overheard someone say it was done but didn't see it for myself.

SSR was a beautiful resort but it is very spread out. Our room was in a good location if you don't count the distance from the main buildings/store/restaurant. We were reasonably close to both the pool and the bus stop.
 


I am in. Enjoying your report. Nice that you got to do Fantasmic. Can't wait to hear the rest.
 

I am finally back to update with our Day 2, the first official park day.

We got a late start this day which was not really planned on. We had all been talking for weeks before the trip about how we were going to get out the door and going early for AM EMHs or at least close to rope drop.:rolleyes1 Well, that didnt happen. Everyone seemed to get up early but Dave had last minute programming projects to grade (he is a college professor) and Raymond had his heart set on seeing the shuttle launch, he had actually made the trip to Florida a couple weeks ago when it was supposed to launch to see it live and it was rescheduled. He did ask around about getting to the Cape that morning but the only way was in a cab and that was $$$ so he settled for seeing it on TV. So, we didn't get going until late and got onto Epcot at around 11am :scared1:

We took a few pictures in the front of the park, where the F&G topiaries and signage were surprisingly still on display (it had ended the day before).

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After the pics, we headed to The Living Seas (sorry, I still have to call it that) or should I say The Seas with Nemo and Friends. After a very short wait, can I just say that the cue area is VERY dark? MILs scooter had a headlight on the front and she had to use it to be able to see to navigate. The little ride is cute and its great that they re-themed the area, but the nostalgic part of misses the movie they played, (and it rained, and rained, and rained) I think my Dad and I were the only ones on the trip who had seen it the old way. I got quite a few pics of the sea life there, some are a little dark but I will post them anyway. We spent about a ½ hour looking at the different displays, there were a few sightings of a dolphin and a giant sea Turtle.

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Mine! Mine! Mine!

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We tried to see Turtle talk with Crush when we first got there but they were having technical difficulties. They were back up before we left but there were a lot of people in line and we would have had to wait for the next show or maybe even the one after that.

Next up: The Land
 
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After we were done at The Seas we headed next door to The Land. I do have to say that this day (Monday the 16th) was a REALLY nice day and not too crowded, lines werent that long at all. We went right to Soarin and the stand-by line had just changed from 45 to 50 minutes. It was about 1145-12n at this point and I think the Fastpass return was maybe 2:30 or 3pm. We got in the Stand by line and my Dad wasnt too happy but he kept quiet, He thought we should have gotten FPs and then did the LWTL boat ride, the Behind the Seeds tour (MIL Rose Anne and I really wanted to do this), have Lunch and by then the FP time would be up but he didnt say anything until we were well into the line. I had thought that too but I was so glad to see a Soarin stand-by time at noon that was less than 2 hours I just jumped right in! LOL Well, I told him to speak up next time. The line ended up being only about 30 minutes, anyway. We were in the last row and Rose Anne said it was funny when she noticed all the feet dangling, this was one thing she did get to see on her trip in March but she was in the front row that time.
After a bathroom break (there were many of these BTW ;) ) we had lunch, it was really good, I had the chicken with potatoes and BBQ beans (different beans like lima beans and kidney beans but in a BBQ like sauce) and I couldnt pass up the Strawberry Shortcake (that is soo good!). Rose Anne got the chicken, too but she had rice and the Chocolate cake, I think. Tim and my dad had the chicken caesar salad and a cup of Chicken Tortilla soup (I tried this, it was yummy). I forget what everyone else had and I dont have any pics from this meal but here is a pic of the strawberry shortcake from last year.

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I really wanted to try something new but I just couldnt pass up that Strawberry Shortcake!

Next we went to the LWTL Boat ride. Nobody else wanted to do the Behind the Seeds besides me and Rose so we didnt do it, we just did the boat ride. Here we are on the boat:

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And a few in the greenhouses:

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I love these Sunflowers:

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Day 2 Cont'd next post...
 
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After LWTL, we headed over to Spaceship Earth and this Topiary was over that way somewhere, I forget if this was before or after SSE.

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This is SIL Amy and her Mom (Rose Anne)

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Me and Rose Anne

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After SSE (I rode with Rose Anne and Tim and my Dad were in the next car, don’t know why they didn’t get in the same one… :confused3) most of us went to Test Track-all but Amy and Rose Anne, we all did the single rider line, my dad wasn’t going to go, he went to the bathroom, but then after I came off he came out, he got in the single rider line not long after. I love that single rider line, we were all on and off within about 15 minutes total, maybe less. I had a hard time with my seatbelt and the lady sitting next to me had to help me :blush: . I took a pic of the ride pic just a minute too late for it to be clear, I forgot to get the photopass card from Rose.

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Then we did Mission Space stand by, that line wasn’t bad either, maybe 5-10 minutes for the green and 10-15 for the Orange. Dave did the Orange and I went with my Dad and Raymond to the Green. I kind of wanted to do Orange but I was a little apprehensive because I had never been so I did green, If/when I go on it again I will do the Orange. Tim wouldn’t go for some reason, but after riding it, I think he really would have liked it.

We then headed over to World Showcase, we planned to take the boat to Morocco then go over to the American Adventure as Dave and Amy wanted to see the Voices of Liberty and their last show was 5pm or something like that. We had a Photopass pic done and then took other random pics on the way to the boat, lots of the F&G stuff was still out, and most of it was for the whole week.

I think this is the first group picture I have posted (or that we have really taken besides the LWTL pic) so I will identify everyone—Raymond is on the Left, Dave and Amy (in yellow) are next, then Rose Anne and Me both in pink, my DH Tim is behind/between us and my Dad is behind Me.

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I like this pic of SSE with the fountain

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Some Winnie the Pooh and Friends topiaries

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Other F&G pics:

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In Morocco

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Japan

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Next post- Voices of Liberty:

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When we got to the American Adventure, there was about 10-15 minutes or so before The Voices of Liberty were coming on so we waited in the a/c, we waited downstairs at first, then Rose Anne and my Dad and I went upstairs to be able to go into the show for the wheelchair access (elevator), the rest waited downstairs and then went in the regular way, we met up outside. Dave really wanted to see the Voices, he has a real love for music of any kind, he is a choral director at church and he is a member and director of a Barbershop quartet and chorus so he was in his element for this.

Here are a couple videos





After the American Adventure show, I love that show by the way, it is so moving, I get teary every time, Rose Anne said she really liked it, too, we headed back to Japan to see the drummers, we caught the end of a performance earlier and everyone wanted to see the whole thing, they are cool, it was actually a different show, but that was good.

More pics along the way, this is the Tangled tower, I dont know if this is F & G related or not

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The train Village, there were a couple trains going, I think at least one of them was related to the Kim Possible missions:

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And I finally made it here:

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They were doing up a new batch of these babies:

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I used a snack credit for one, it was yummy, I wanted to try more things but it was getting close to our dinner time and it was warm out and I was afraid it would melt, too.

Here are a couple more goodies

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I didnt get any food pics at the Biergarten but here are a couple of the band, the food here was really good, though, they had a cauliflower soup that was really good with those pretzel rolls

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One last pic from Epcot

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After dinner, we went out to the lagoon just in front of Germany to watch Illuminations, it was a pretty good spot, I didnt take any pics as they never turn out for me so I just sat back at watched the show. We went back to the room, it was kind of a far walk to the bus stop for SSR and we had to wait for the next bus because they already had a scooter on it and we had 2 to load. We could have split up but we just all waited. We all went in the pool and hot tub for about an hour before turning in.

Next up: Day 3, Hollywood Studios
 
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Great trip report so far! Can't wait to read more!

I *think* I will be taking a family trip with my mom, dad, brother, aunt, uncle, and cousin sometime next year (probably January). Did you like the 2 bedroom villa? Did it work out well with 6 adults?
 
Great trip report so far! Can't wait to read more!

I *think* I will be taking a family trip with my mom, dad, brother, aunt, uncle, and cousin sometime next year (probably January). Did you like the 2 bedroom villa? Did it work out well with 6 adults?

Welcome and thanks for reading! The 2 bedroom Villa worked out pretty well for us. It might be a little tight for 7 or 8, which is what they sleep but that is assuming everyone will be sharing beds. DH Tim and I had the master BR with the king bed, BIL's Dad Raymond slept on the couch and Amy and Dave had the second BR with Rose Anne, there were 2 beds in there, I think they were queen. I don't think I got any pictures in that part of the room. When my dad and Raymond joined us, we tried to get a 3 bedroom or a treehouse villa but they were all booked.
 
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My parents took my grandmothers - gosh maybe ten years ago - and they both had their Disney scooters. They had a great time zipping around Epcot and MGM. They even would race each other! My parents could hardly keep up with their moms and started to think they were worse then us kids.

your TR reminds me of their stories from that trip.
 
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My parents took my grandmothers - gosh maybe ten years ago - and they both had their Disney scooters. They had a great time zipping around Epcot and MGM. They even would race each other! My parents could hardly keep up with their moms and started to think they were worse then us kids.

your TR reminds me of their stories from that trip.

Yeah it was quite the experience with 2 scooters! It became a running joke/competition to see who could get onto the bus the quickest without crashing into anything ! LOL:)

Looks like you have a trip coming up soon, I bet you are excited!
 


Day 3, Tues 5/17 Hollywood Studios

We got an earlier start today but we had just missed a bus to DHS so we had to wait a while for the next one. Amy and Dave were taking it easy this morning and were going to meet us later at the park. We arrived at the gate at about 10:30 or so and headed right to TSM. Here are a couple pics on the way there:

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It was still early enough (and not too crowded) that the line wasn't too bad, we were routed through the Fast pass line due to the scooters and went right to the gate where they detour to the ramp to avoid the stairs. We waited about 15 minutes or so, mostly because we had to wait for certain cars to be routed over to that section. I rode with my Dad in a one bench car (it was the wheelchair accessible one) and Tim rode with his Mom in the next car with Raymond behind them. Here are a couple pics, they didn't turn out too well but I will post them anyway.

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I was on the left and my Dad was the right

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We then headed over to The Little Mermaid show, We were ushered right in and were near the door with the scooters but they had started a show recently so we waited about 15 minutes or so for the next one, it was nice to be in the a/c though. Rose Anne heard from Amy while we were waiting and they were getting off the bus so they would meet us at the exit for the show.

I took a couple videos but I guess I didn't upload them on photobucket, when I find them I will post them later. We met Amy and Dave outside the show and after a little pit stop we headed back to TSM so they could ride it. They went with Raymond and were a little ahead and just went right into the standby line, when we got there the CM there put us in the fast pass line, we tried to get them to join us but they were already too far in. I never did get the reasoning why they would put us in the FP line sometimes and the reg line the next, I guess it is the CMs call at the entry. We did see them go through the line and they were about ½ way through the room while we were still on the ramp.

We waited a while on that ramp but when we got to the front, there was a couple where the woman couldn't transfer from her chair and got to see how the accessible car worked, it was kind of neat to see them do it. The seat in the accessible car is about a 60/40 split and the open the back door and fold it down like a ramp and pull out the 60 part of the bench and roll the chair in that spot. Rose Anne and I rode together on this one and Tim rode behind us. (My Dad stayed out for this one, he wanted to get some coffee).

We waited for a while for Amy, Dave and Ray to come out. While we waited there were some green army men out and we could see Woody and Buzz through the window of the Pixar M&G building. I walked around a little and looked at the stuff in one of the kiosks, they had a Lotso bear there, he was real soft and cuddly but I guess they wanted him to be like the one in the movie because he had areas on him that were supposed to be dirt. I had also seen a video TR on here that had footage of the Pixar Lamp that was really cute and danced around to the music, I had assumed it was there at DHS but I never did find it, not sure where it is or even if is still there.

After leaving Pixar Place, Dave and Ray wanted to go to RnRC and TOT, the rest of us were fine with missing those so we went to the Great Movie Ride. I really like this ride, it does need an update or 2 but it is still a good attraction. Rose Anne really enjoyed it. We came out and Amy called Dave and they had ridden one and were getting ready to get on the other, not sure which one they did first. We agreed to meet for lunch at the Sunset Market, after lunch we planned to see the Beauty and the Beast show. Dave and Amy were really disappointed to learn that Four for a Dollar were no longer there.

Here are a couple pics of the Citizens of Hollywood performers that we saw on the way to lunch:

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I had the cheese pizza and Caesar salad combo with carrot cake, Rose Anne and Ray had the Italian sandwich, Amy had a veggie burger and everyone else had the deluxe burger. Everyone liked their meals and that carrot cake was pretty good.

We went in to the Beauty and the Beast show, the guy at the entrance asked us if we wanted to be at the top or the bottom, which was where the wheelchair accessible seats were. We chose the bottom which was in the second row, we ended up on the far left. I took few pics:

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After the show I headed to Starring Rolls, I had told everyone that I was using a snack credit there today and I would bag it up to take back to the room, since there was no way I would be able to eat it then.
Here are some pics of the goodies:

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My dad came in to see the goodies too but didn't get anything. The one girl said there may be a box to take it in but the one at the register said the only one they had was not the right shape for a cupcake. Ill leave it to guess which one I got, there will be pics later when I actually cut into it

After I got my treat, there were more Citizens performing then the parade was about to start so we waited for that. I usually dont take the time for the parades, not that I dont enjoy them, I just usually would rather do other things but at this point we were planning to leave after this anyway so we waited toe 10-15 minutes until it came, Im glad we did, it was a fun parade, I was singing the song by the end. I had a decent spot but my pics dont look that way, Im not the best photographer.

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I was sad I missed getting a good pic of Dug, I like him

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I love Carl, he is so funny with that cane with the Tennis Balls!

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Next Post: Muppets and a couple critter encounters
 
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I had really wanted to see the Muppets all day. After the parade, everyone really was getting ready to leave but Tim and my dad said if I really wanted to see the Muppets we would go, we asked Amy, Dave and Ray and Ray said he loved the Muppets and would like to see it too, so that’s where we went. We waited for about 15 minutes or so outside and then inside in the a/c for the pre-show, I really loved that pre-show. We got our own little pre show outside, though…

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A video

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It was so funny! This is the second thing he did, first he took a french fry then this second thing was a chicken nugget. The Muppets were funny as usual. They were closed when we came last year, I think they were giving the theater a face lift so I haven’t seen this since 2004 and I was glad I was able to.

This sign was over in that area, I guess it is open now from what I have seen here on the DIS

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There also looked like they were doing a soft opening for Star Tours that day too, This was Tuesday, it may have been for AP holders or DVC members but I wasn’t sure, I really should have asked and I regret that now because we never did get a chance to come back here during the trip so I won’t be able to see it until the next trip and who knows when that will be?

Everyone had ice cream on the way out, I didn’t, I had used my snack already and wasn’t really wanting anything at the time.

We saw this cute little family:

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We had a couple photopass pics taken on the way out, this was with my camera

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We waited a long time for the bus this day, luckily there was a bench nearby, because my feet were pretty achy. It was about 30 minutes.

This little friend was in our room when we got back:

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Most of us went down to the pool when we got back except Rose Anne and I. We actually sat and plotted out an itinerary for the rest of the week and a basic plan for each day.

Next post: Dinner at Teppan Edo, end of Day 3
 
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Here's another pic of our little friend

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And here is my cupcake, did anyone guess?

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It was yummy but I could only eat half of it, I could have done with a little less icing, although the icing was tasty. Tim actually ended up finishing it up on our last day.

Our dinner ADR was at Teppan Edo at 8:10. We planned to be at the bus stop by 6 but didnt get there till about 6:30-6:45p. We were on the bus at 7 and on our way to Epcot, once there we High Tailed it all the way across the park to Japan.

Here is a pic I took along the way, the F&G stuff was Still out:

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We had to wait a few minutes for our table but we were right in one of the first rooms, it may have been the first one. We were seated with a nice young couple, Tim and I were at the opposite end of the table from them but My Dad and Rose Anne spent most of the time talking to them, I think they were from NYC.

Our chef was Ken, he was ok, it was entertaining but he was kind of messy, spilled the sauces and missed Tims plate with his noodles. The food was good, I hate onions, though so it was a job picking them all out of the noodles, then when he did the chicken he mixed mushrooms in them so I had to take those out, Amy ate those, though. I considered getting the scallops but got the chicken and shrimp instead, if they had a scallop and chicken combo I would have gotten that. Most of us got salads, Dave got a sushi sampler and his dad had some of that too, it surprised me that he got that, I didnt know he liked it, I certainly dont. :sick:

Here are some pics from the dinner, sorry if they are a little blurry:

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Ken

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Iced Green Tea, Rose Anne liked it, Ray said it tasted like Swamp water just goes to show how tastes and opinions are different.

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My noodles and veggies

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The sauces, I have no idea what they were but they were good

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Chocolate Ginger cake

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The food was good and the portions were good sized too. My Dad worried that there wouldn't be a lot of food, as the last time he ate there the portion sizes were really small but he said it was better this time. Amy and Dave go to a Japanese steakhouse in their area that they said is a lot more entertaining but it was good, our guy was definitely better than another table I saw, the chef was not very personable, at least our guy attempted to interact with us. we weren't finished until about 9:30 or 9:45p so the park was fairly deserted as we made our way out to the bus.

Another topiary on the way out, I took other pics but they were all too dark.

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The Honor Flight is really cool, my SO's grandpa (WWII vet) recently went on it to Washington D.C.

I'm jealous you went to Teppan Edo, it looks great!
 
The Honor Flight is really cool, my SO's grandpa (WWII vet) recently went on it to Washington D.C.

I'm jealous you went to Teppan Edo, it looks great!

Thanks for reading! I was so moved by the Honor Flight, my MIL and I both were getting teary. My Dad is a Vietnam Vet and was in the Army for 20 years so a lot of the military and patriotic stuff gets me like that. I really wished we could have gone to see the Flag Retreat at MK but we never got to it (I had hoped to have him take part but we got into MK too late that day)

Teppan Edo was a fun dinner!
 

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