Dreams Come True! An April Adventure of Being Remembered & Making Magic Updated 11/6!

[katt789]

Sounds like a great plan! Save us a seat at FotLK, and we'll save you a spot in line for some characters (of course I would never condone line jumping! )

I think that you'll be really pleasantly surprised at Hoop Dee Doo, we thought it was lots of fun, but you're right--beer helps.

Yay!!! Im sure we'll be seeing the first show of Fotlk, not sure what your plans are but we'll keep ya posted!! Soooooo excited!!

 

[katt789]

Today: April 24th/2012 we will have another morning, although it won't be as early as the previous day. We'll start off with a piece of fruit/granola bar in the room to tide us over before jumping on the bus by 8:15am to head over to:

MAGIC KINGDOOOOOOMMMM IIIEEEEE My favorite park EVER! (okay....ever might be an overstatement lol)

We'll be there by 9am...as there is no way I'm missing the rope drop! That's for sure!!

My plan for this morning is to head down Main Street & grab some nice castle photopass pics on the way in;

Then head straight through the castle to submerse ourselves into the magic, and meet our first character of the day, the Fairy Godmother!

With that done, we'll check the FP return time for Peter Pan's Flight (or jump right in line for it if the wait's not too long) and then head STRAIGHT through to Frontierland! Where we'll probably be this excited:

As we hit up Splash Moutain, then duck through Adventureland and hit up whatever we've got time for (it will probably include The Magic Carpets & Jungle Cruise). Then, as it nears 9:30, I'll head over to Crystal Palace to check in!

I'll take this oppertune moment to send Tannessa & Tyler over to Space Mtn, as the line shouldn't be that bad, to quickly ride (if the wait is 15 min & under) or at least grab a Fast Pass for later. As I don't ride Space, this works out.

Hopefully they'll be back right away to head in for our reservation at 9:50am! We'll meet some characters (who are among Tanessa's & I's favorites-Eeyore & Tigger) and eat some DELCIOUS food! My goal of eating today: Pooh's Stuffed French Toast (or whatever it is) I have heard about this, but somehow missed it the other time. So, goal made! I'll probably also eat that much fruit! Lol

I'm guessing it'll take around an hour to eat, so we should be out of there by 11am, still early enough to beat some of the crowds, but not super early. My guess, we'll head back to Tomorrowland! (possibly some photopass pics on the way)

Will be next on our list, followed by another ride on Space for the other two. Depending on what we want to do, we might do the People Mover before heading into Fantasyland!

Some of the following will end up happening!

Along with the other rides, and of course, we'll take some time to meet some characters!!

On my list:
-Ariel
-Rapunzel
-Aladdin & Jasmine
-Princesses
-Well, let's face it, I want to meet all of them! If the line for Merdia isn't too bad we might jump in to see her too!

Conisdering that we have already had an evening of fun at MK, and if the crowds are too big, we might actually take a midday break today and head back to the resort for a little bit to relax here:

And here:

Before heading back for some dinner, some more rides, and of course, some Dreaming Along with Mickey, some parades, and some fireworks!!

After writing this up I feel like there isn't a whole lot for us to do...which is weird cause there's so much to do in Magic Kingdom. However, I know that we'll just go with the flow, ride rides over and over again, and maybe take that middday break (which will be a first for me) But I know Tyler really wants some hammock time, and if we have already done a bunch of the rides on our first night, now would be that time.

Also, I was updating another TR and noticed that our trip is only 1 WEEK AND 6 DAYS AWAY AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SO EXCITED.

 

[katt789]

Hey friends!!

So things have been kinda crazy this past week, and there's only a week and a bit left until our trip!! Eeee!! I'm doing my best to finish up the current TR's I have going before I leave for WDW again, I can definitely tell you the solo WDW one will be done, but the same is not looking for DLR (especially since I haven't touched on World Of Color yet!)

There's been a sickness going around work, and I managed to get it last week, and it hit hard, and thanks to the theatre side of work, I still had to work (and be involved in the show) for a couple of days, not fun! However it's now over & done with and I'll be taking care of myself before the trip hits, now I'm hoping that Tanessa doesn't catch it, cause that would really suck!

Anyways, the last week I was doing some shopping trying to get some Disney stuff done, and found the most adorable shoes!

Too bad they're about 10 sizes too small Some friends and I also planned an adventure day last week, and spent the afternoon at the zoo, and then watched some Toy Story. I got some pics of that too!

The Penguins were a brand new exhibit for us, and the line up was already half an hour long right at noon, my room mate went on the Saturday before us and said the line was up to 2 hours long! It was an awesome day to spend out in what little sunshine we have going on here!

On Monday we of course celebrated Easter, and I had such a little house-wife day. I came home from work on Sunday and cleaned up everything and cooked the lovely Easter feast the next day!

The night of Easter was filled with some Lion King, Disney Trivial pursuit, Disney Apples to Apples, and some adventuring on Chatroulette...crazyness overall.

With 1 week and 3 days left until we leave, I still have to pack, organize everything, exchange some money, and of course, call Visa. I tried to pay off half of the room ressie today, and it wouldn't accept my Visa card! Everything had seemed to be ok the previous day, and something with the Disney website was messed up too, so I'm hoping it isn't actually my card!!

 

[Merida]

Yay your trip is SO SOON! It looks like the crowds died down more than they were expecting after Easter, so I don't think it'll be so bad next week.

I'm incredibly jealous of your cartwheeling skills - I don't think I've ever managed to do a full one.

Your Easter dinner looks delicious - looove broccoli and cheese.

Feel better!

 

[katt789]

Ugh, that's hard to decide!. I'd probably not add the extra day, just figure out some stuff that I would want to do on my own (mini golf? A tour? Maybe explore a new resort?) and let them head to Universal. And then have a back-up plan if they don't head over to Universal (which is totally possible, it may end up being easier to stay at Disney! Especially if everyone's tired, haha. And if Tyler doesn't buy a ticket ahead of time, no one's out any money!).

Yeah, I'm thinking I'm just going to break it to Tanessa that I've searched over the schedule, but thanks to it being so jam packed, I just don't know if there's time, and Tyler doesn't have the money.

Yay your trip is SO SOON! It looks like the crowds died down more than they were expecting after Easter, so I don't think it'll be so bad next week.

I'm incredibly jealous of your cartwheeling skills - I don't think I've ever managed to do a full one.

Your Easter dinner looks delicious - looove broccoli and cheese.

Feel better!

Ieeeee!! So excited!! I've gotta start wrapping up my other TR's lol. That's exciting! I'm not sure what the crowds have been like at all, but the first week of May seems to always be awesome, so I'm ok with it!. Haha! That comes from many many years of gymnastics training!

Thanks! It was quite delicious! And I am feeling better now, there's still a little tickle in my throat, but we're all good!

 

[katt789]

Well, as we're coming down on the 8 days (not including today) until the trip, I figure I should update this more often!

Today, Wednesday April 25/2012 We might even start off a little later than usual, I'd say up by 8:00am today. It's day 3 of the trip, and we might be getting a little tired. I may use this morning if I can get up early, to roam around the resort and maybe even just pick up breakfast for the other two.

(Side note: I find that it is always SO annoying to wake up, get half ready (especially when you have the dining plan mugs) go down to the food court, eat, take your mug back to your room, then walk all the way back to the bus stop to get to the park.)

I plan to be on a bus by 8:45ish by the latest, as we should still arrive early as we are going to:

Disney's Hollywood Studios today!! Usually we have a different plan of attack on days like today, but I'm braving a new ride, so we will be taking place in the Toy Story Mania RACE!

Where we'll either jump right in line, or grab some fast passes for later (maybe both!?). Once that's done, we'll head down towards the other rides we wanna ride, and maybe, if the line's headed in, we can check out Voyage of the Little Mermaid on the way!

Then we'll be heading straight to our two big rides of the day (that I'm sure we will ride again & again & again!!)

And Tower of Terror!

SO EXCITED!! I'm pretty sure Rock N Rollercoaster is Tyler's favorite ride, and I have always been to chicken to ride it in the past, I also thought there was some issues with flashing lights (but that's just Space) so after some research to double check, I've decided that I'm going to ride it this trip, in honor of Tyler! Am I scared, oh heck yes! But I love Everest, so I know it'll be fantastic! *fingers crossed* I have yet to be on a coaster that goes upside down, but from what I've heard, you can't even tell, so I'll be ok!
Tower of Terror on the other hand, greatest ride in all the universe!! I love, love, love it, and am so excited to go on it again and again. Now Tyler, the big ride buff, yeah, he got a little scared last time (so I may be riding this solo if Tanessa doesn't like it) Here's a visual:

We're all doing totally fine, just riding the ride, and then there's Ty, holding on for DEAR LIFE, and using the bar on the front of the elevator car as it appears stronger (we're all down in the front left corner)

With that done, it will really be time to check out the times guides for some shows, as we'll want to check out everything really.

Some Car action

Some Indiana Jones stunting

And the stage version of one of my favorite movies (and favorite villians...*swoon*)

It'll probably be around lunch time now, and who knows, depending on what we're feeling like, we might swing down to BoardWalk for some lunch

But when we get back, it is time for some Star Wars FUN (which I will most likely sit out, perfect time for an ice cream treat!)

And of course, we'll play with our favorite Muppets!

And Wander the Streets of America

And right over at 4:50, we'll head into the Animation Building for some Character Palooza!!

And then really it'll be time to re-visit some of our favorite rides, and then head into the huge line for:

Fantasmic!

There appears to be a Fantasmic playing every night we're there, so hopefully the crowds won't be that bad the night we're there, it was one line that I didn't really enjoy waiting in, and then waiting another huge wait once we were seated. Ugh.

When the show's done, it we're super tired, we might just head home for a nap (and thanks to some other TR's, I know there are firepits around CBR, if those are still up & running) but if we're feeling rambuncios, we could head to Jelly Rolls for a bit first.

And that, is Day 4!

 

[katt789]

Hey friends! I figured that now that things seem to be working again, I should probably jump in and update a little bit! Especially because our trip is 5 DAYS AWAY (and that includes today!) Things have been a bit crazy at work, thanks to last week being closing week, but now we have some extra time off while the show changes over, so that's good! The downside is that my next paycheck has two extra "off" days plus it covers the week I'm in Disney, upside: I'll be in Disney! Yay!

And now, onto the plans for the next day! We're heading over to Epcot today!

This is another day that we really don't need to be getting going superbly early, especially now that Test Track is down (then again that probably be a reason to get there earlier, as everyone will be heading for Soarin)

On the way over to the Land Pavillion, we might stop to see some friends:

And then continue on to The Land to Soar over California!

I'll have to sit this one out, something about the combined factors of the 3 d screen, and the "soaring" momentum just makes me feel ill! I'll hang out outside the cue (and if it's open, maybe even get some strawberry shortcake while I wait? Hahah) We'll check out the rest of the Pavillion while we're there!

Then from dry land to the big blue!

I know there's some serious hate towards this ride, but it's so CUTE, I enjoy it, I really do haha! I definitely want to take time to stop and watch some Turtle Talk as well, I found it to actually be really funny, and I found it funnier than the Laugh Floor over at MK

With that next Pavillion down & done with, we'll cut across to explore our imaginations!

And probably NOT watch Captain EO...but maybe, just for old times sake!? Tyler will be super excited at this point, as he knows where we'll be heading next:

Where I will be getting before & after pictures of him, as he's going on the intense side, and last time he went twice in a row and then threw up, but we had all split up from each other at this point on that trip.

Once that's done, it will really just be us exploring the World Showcase

Since we'll be on the left side of the park already, and we've got until 2:30 to get 3/4 of the way around the showcase, we'll start in Mexico! We have a plan to attempt to drink around the world (and that really only being one every country or so) especially for me, as I'm not really a beer drinker, there will only be some places that I stop. I also know that if we want to do that, we need to be taking the trip around the showcase really slowly, and not rushing through the pavillions.

When we hit France, (or at 2:30 and we'll back track) we have some special lunch dates!

At Chefs de France!! I was debating between here & Via Napoli, but after checking out the menus, I decided that lunch in France would be a better idea!

And here is where I get stuck on what to eat! There's so many choices! Who knows, maybe I'll just order some appitizers to eat! I would like to try the French onion soup, and honestly, I'd like to *try* the escargots, which might be something we all split? And THEN there's a cheese plate! AH! For the meal I might do the crepe florentine, maybe the salmon, maybe the roasted chicken?

If anyone has any thoughts on what to get, definitely let me know! When lunch is over with, well, we'll be over in France anyway, so we will be getting some presents!

GRAND MARNIER SLUSHIES...this is reason 2 I won't be drinking around the World, I could drink these ALL DAY! SDSASNGJFK so goooood. I might try the grey goose lemon one this time too, who knows?!

After exploring the rest of the world, we'll take our time, maybe visit some things that we missed on the way in, or ride some rides again. I'm guessing thanks to lunch, our dinner will be small, and we can just grab a spot for Illuminations!

Gawd, writing up pre-trip reports makes it seem like there's not a whole lot to do on some days, but I know that's a lie, there's so much to do and explore in Epcot! I definitely forgot to add that we will be meeting as many characters as we can, especially as Epcot has some characters you can't meet anywhere else, or in different costumes. I also really want to spend time exploring the pavillions, last year we kinda stopped going in to them as we started the hunt for food, there's so much to look at explore and take pictures with! I also kind of want to try pick a pearl...who knows?!

And that, concludes our Epcot day!

 

[shan23877]

I had heard the test track rumors too, but I've been checking the app on my phone daily, and according to that it's still running. Disney's site says that it'll be down June 1 for refurb. My fingers are crossed because it's Maddie's favorite ride.

Ah, how life changes... You'll be drinking around the world-we'll be searching for princesses around the world.

 

[katt789]

I had heard the test track rumors too, but I've been checking the app on my phone daily, and according to that it's still running. Disney's site says that it'll be down June 1 for refurb. My fingers are crossed because it's Maddie's favorite ride.

Ah, how life changes... You'll be drinking around the world-we'll be searching for princesses around the world.

The app that I have on my phone says its closed today. I'm pretty sure it was sometime in April that the refurb started. It sucks as it's really the only actual ride I'll go on at Epcot, but hey, it just means they're making it better!

Haha! Oh I'll still be searching for princesses! You can count on that!

 

[shan23877]

yup, you're right. Just checked again. That sucks! Maddie will be so disappointed!

 

[dara00]

hi again! so excited for you and your next trip! have a great time!

 

[jane2073]

I love reading about your plan for the day! It makes me want to go right now!!

My family met up with my brother-in-law and his family back in August for a day at HS. We got there first thing in the morning and did the race to Toy Story Midway Mania! Holy cow! We were all holding hands and practically running to keep up with the crowd! At one point my nephew exclaims "Do they give out free money at the end of the ride???!". It was that intense- and a lot of fun!

We have eaten at Chefs de France. We usually get the fix pre' (?) menu. It is a salad, French onion soup, fancy grilled cheese sandwich and crete brûlée'. Really good!

 

[katt789]

yup, you're right. Just checked again. That sucks! Maddie will be so disappointed!

Boourns, that sucks. But on the plus side, that means there's more time for princess hunting?!

hi again! so excited for you and your next trip! have a great time!

Hi! Glad to see you travelled over here to read along!!

I love reading about your plan for the day! It makes me want to go right now!!

My family met up with my brother-in-law and his family back in August for a day at HS. We got there first thing in the morning and did the race to Toy Story Midway Mania! Holy cow! We were all holding hands and practically running to keep up with the crowd! At one point my nephew exclaims "Do they give out free money at the end of the ride???!". It was that intense- and a lot of fun!

We have eaten at Chefs de France. We usually get the fix pre' (?) menu. It is a salad, French onion soup, fancy grilled cheese sandwich and crete brûlée'. Really good!

Oh my goodness I just can't wait!! 4 days! IEEEE getting so pumped! Haha! That's hilarious! If only they gave out money at the end of the ride for the first people! HA (although that would make things superbly worse haha)

I was thinking about that for the meal, but I do have a case of lactose intolerant (it's not that bad, I can eat them, just in low quantities) I love french onion soup, and would pick off most of the cheese, but add a sandwich and creme brulee and it's too much for me. I'm sure I'll figure it out! Thanks for the advice!

 

[jane2073]

I forgot about being lactose intolerant. There is A LOT of cheese in that meal!!

 

[IheartDDuck]

Wow girlie, you have a lot of trips planned! I'm so jealous, because I don't have that many WDW trips planned. My year of trips has come to an end.

 

[katt789]

I forgot about being lactose intolerant. There is A LOT of cheese in that meal!!

Haha, yeah, I'll figure it out, I'm thinking I might get the crepe meal or the chicken, but still get the soup to start? Maybe, we'll see haha

Wow girlie, you have a lot of trips planned! I'm so jealous, because I don't have that many WDW trips planned. My year of trips has come to an end.

But you have SO MANY tickers too, and honestly, this is the end of my travelling, dance is costing too much and that's just ballroom without any compeitions, I need to get a second job (at least) to start paying for it and disney together, then take a break and focus on working haha boourns for being an adult, right?

 

[Jeanne95]

Posting here because it seems more relevant than on your other TRs!

 

[katt789]

Before I start off with our plans for the day, I figure that I'm just going to kinda, update life now, makes more senes than bothering with useless links & junk.

This has been a busy & boring last couple of days, we just closed the last show at work, so the weekend was busy, followed with the closing night party on Sunday, (which definitely threw off my Monday errands! haha) and now we have had a couple of days off before Dress rehearsal tonight & opening tomorrow!

I've managed to finish all my laundry, pack nearly everything I've needed, and pick up my passport. We've also sorted out how we're getting to the airport, Sylvia (from my Dec trip) is going to stay over at my place Sat night and we're all going to go from there! I also got my adorable Stitch Iphone case in the mail on Monday! yayayayay!! (I'm sure you'll see pics of it in the near future). I was also supposed to be "cleansing" over these last couple of days in preparation for all the junk I'll be eating starting Sunday, but having so much time off has really screwed with that (and the gym haha) However, it'll all work out!

And now: onto the plans!

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Day 6: Friday April 27th!
Our plan for today is to really just park hop everywhere that we want to, everywhere that there's stuff we missed, or want to do again. We'll start off the morning, Imma say around 7:45, where we'll make our way down to Old Port Royale for some breakfast!

(I honestly think that I am more excited to go back and EAT than anything else, I freaking LOVE Disney food... *sigh*)

Once that's all done we'll jump on a bus for our first destination of the day!

And soon enough, we'll arive at:

That's right! Animal Kingdom!! (can we just take a pause here and let me say, I really wish that they had gone through with that "Mystal Land" that I hear was planned, a land with dragons & unicorns and awesomeness, SO AWESOME, and I really do hope that the rumours about Avatar land falling through, are true, I haven't seen the movie, and honestly have no interst, like, Epcot needs some revival right now, let's focus on that instead of making a new land in Animal Kingdom, or make Australia! That has LOTS of adventures!) *off topic done*

I really do love me some Animal Kingdom, it's got some great rides, a great show, and just has a whole different feel than any of the other parks. I think the themeing of all the lands are done so well, and the fact that they even have the cracked pavement in parts, so totally awesome!

Assuming we make rope drop, we'll hang out around the hub for a while, and once the rope is dropped, make a bee-line for the same place we did on Day #1!

That's right! We are BACK to brave the yettie, over and over and over again. Seriously.... Expedition Everest is by FAR one of my favorite rides, and I'll ride it as many times as I can. Knowing that this is rope drop, we should be able to squeeze in 2-3 rides right off the bat (including some front row?!) and then grab a FP for later. Hey, it's an awesome ride, even with broken tracks!

Today will honestly be a lot of figuring out during the trip, I have no interest doing Dinosaur more than once a trip, but if Ty & Tanny want to, then by all means, we'll jump over there or to the Safari next!

And of course, if you know me, you know my main target in this park is actually a show! So we'll most likely hit up the first showing of Festival of the Lion King!

And I'll dream & hope & pray that one day I will be on that stage, and I'll be so inspired that I'll want to start stretching and doing ballet right then & there! (no worries...I won't...)

And THAT, will pretty much sum up our morning at Animal Kingdom. I'm hoping we can get it all done by the end of the first FOTLK show, but I'm also willing to stay longer than that to really appreciate everything and take the time to enjoy.

We'll hope back on the bus, and head over to our next destination of the day:

Hollywood Studios! I'm pretty sure that this park we will head straight down Sunset Boulevard, and check out the wait times to decide whether we will board a service elevator:

Or spend some time ROCKIN OUT!

We'll do both, possibly over & over again, and if Tanessa doesn't like ToT, then I'll do that alone while they do RnR, again, ToT is another one of my favorites, and I do not want to be missing out on any rides on it. I dunno what it is, I love the drop feeling, so obviously this is a ride for me, I still get more freaked out from anticipation than anything else! Haha.

Considering there's a 12:45 show, we'll most likely check it out and watch the odd couple defeat all odds and fall in love!

Also known as my other favorite show! By now it'll be past 1, and I'm sure we'll be HUNGRY, and as we all know, the counter service in DHS isn't that great. (I'm seriously looking at this plan right now, and thinking that we'll probably spend more time in AK in the morning, maybe eat lunch there? who knows!? We'll figure it out)

If it's already past 1, only a snack will be in order, as we have dinner ressies at 4:30, so we'll find something to nibble on, maybe ride some rides again, and then be done with DHS. Thanks to TT being closed, we'll probably skip Epcot all together, and head straight over to our Kingdom of Magic! (also know as my second home!)

We have the first few hours to catch any characters that we missed on the first couple of days,

(that being strictly Rapunzel, and if Flynn was randomly appearing, I think I'd die...)

And any that we may want to meet again:

Of course riding some of our favorite rides over again and again!

And now that it's coming towards 4:00pm, we'll have to leave MK for a little bit, as we have dinner reservations, and all of that, will be:

Continued in Next Post!

As I do not have enough space to finish it here!

 

[katt789]

Where I left off, we were just exiting the Magic Kingdom, and jumping onto a monorail!! (this will probably be our first monorail experience this trip!)

And it will zip us right over to:

*sigh* *swoon* the most gorgeous resort of them all, and one of these days, I will stay in it! So pumped, it's soooo pretty, and I just fall a little bit more in love with it every time I see it!

Clearly, we have dinner reservations at 1990 Park Fare!

With Cinderella, her Prince & Step Family. I am really excited about this! It's got some more "rare" characters that you really don't get to meet all that often, and it seems like it's always a good experience, and let's be honest, I'm pumped for the food! (I've eaten breakfast here in Dec, and it was delicious, and I've seen some dinner pics recently and it looks really good)

Although I have heard some bad things about cm's here, (and the GF in general) and I will admit to not having the greatest experience in Dec, but it wasn't anything to complain about (and our server was GREAT) I am excited for eating here, for reasons such as:

I also plan on running to the dollar store before leaving to try and find some plastic rings for the step sisters, from Tyler of course! Oh the hilarity, he's already agreed to it, so we'll see how things go over!

Once we're done with dinner, we'll hop right back onto the monorail and back to the Magic Kingdom. We should be able to be back in MK for 6:30pm, which I think is MORE than enough time to ride as many rides as possible:

And of course many many others. And while we're in Liberty Square, that would be a good time to pop over and see my bff's for a last visit before leaving!

And to wrap up a perfectly magical trip, we'll stake a spot out for Wishes, and end our trip very magically!

Once the fireworks our done we'll slowly slowly meander our way out of the parks, cause really, who wants to be part of that MOB. The park closes at 11, but we'll take some time browsing the shops, maybe get a last snack at the Confectionary, you know, the regular. I don't have a whole lot of plans to buy things this trip thanks to going to Disney so many times, and being a lot more finiky with money, but there are a couple of things on my list.

Once our shopping is done, we'll jump on a bus and head back to our last sleep at CBR, which will really only be a half sleep. Everything will be packed and cleaned, and the Magical Express will be picking us up around 3am for our 6am flight back home! *fingers crossed this goes better than my Jan trip*

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And at this point, I'd like to say thanks for everyone that read along to the PTR, and that the TR will be started within a week or so of me being back, but hey, it takes a LONG time to upload & resize photos, so if you're bored, be sure to check out my DLR TR that's in the works!

 

[katt789]

I'm typing this from the airport in Calgary! I most likely will not be posting again until we are home, who knows, maybe I'll give ya a few teasers! Things have been great so far, flew through customs & security, and just waiting to board the plane! 12 hours and we'll be there!!