HAHA see, I thought the same thing. Like, this photo just made my day when I saw it!!
Yay! Stories! Pics! Amy feeling better and planking with Bruce! That was soooooo funny! I was doing my best not to wake up my DH but it's so darn hard not to laugh when you look at that picture. Plus imagining some older opulent walking out and having to step over them would have had me rolling out of my bed!
Thank you for my fix! I so needed that! Oh, and now I'm starving for some yummy breakfast at 2 am! ;-)
Amy and Bruce are so funny!! They were committed "Plankers"
The food at the Crystal Palace looks soooo yummy, and Pooh and friends are so, so very sweet. Your pictures with them are all great!
OMG, PRICELESS! PLANKING in the middle of the hall!!
I LOVE getting up early (uh...hello? It's 5:30am right now and I've been up for over an hour) so getting up at WDW is even better! Everything is quiet and empty! CP breakfast is my favorite thing to do early in the morning and I'm completely jelly that you get to go back in 4 months and I have to wait 9! Did you think the puffed french toast tasted different this time? It seemed denser or something, still good, but not as good...maybe I just built it up so much in my head between trips that it's couldn't stand up to my expectations!
Awesome update!
Hilarious! I love the planking!
Oh my gosh, HILARIOUS!!! Did you ask them how long they were planking while waiting for you to come out?!?! I can only imagine what kind of conversation stirred up that idea... But also, yay for Amy feeling better!! What a bummer that they BOTH ended up sick on vacation.
Ohhh, we have experienced that SUPER OBNOXIOUSLY EARLY morning at MK too, but it is SO worth it to be let into the park early and get those gorgeous shots of a mostly empty Main Street. Yummmm, Crystal Palace! My favorite breakfast that we have done so far, which granted is not many, but still, it's delicious. That puffed French toast, oh my GOD, it's pure sugar dusted perfection!
Haha, at first I thought Amy and Bruce were just stretching out a sore back too.
I do absolutely have to commend them on their commitment.
Strangely, I just can't NOT get up early in Disney. At hope you betcha, but there, nope.
To reply to replies: Yes! I am down for the kitchen sink or MNSSHP meets, or both, bahah, both is good. From the looks of things I will be headed to MNSSHP twice during our trip, but My Mom and friend will only be going to the one, so theyll definitely have to catch Hallowishes, Parade, some characters, and that, and Ill do everything else on my own the other day haha. UGH. SO EXCITED!!
Bahahaha!! I am not a morning person AT ALL, until Im in Disney, then Im raring to go before the suns even up! Lawl. Oh my gawd, I would die if I opened my door to people planking, thats hilarious!
Okay, that first sunrise photo seriously took my breath away, magical. Man, that crane, doesnt it know its not photogenic?! Lawl. And recently, there was the grossness of their being two cranes, the main one, and one that was doing work over in FLE that would pop up in photos! UGH.
Ah! Were doing CP in Sept too! What day are you going? Lawl, maybe itd be the same day?! I love the potatos, but I have to admit, I wasnt the French toasts biggest fan!
Those celebration cupcakes are the absolute best, and deserve to be eaten at all times of the day! Yum!
Love, love, love this update! CP is prolly my favorite restaurant on property, simply because Pooh is my absolute fav-o-rite character. But in looking at your yummy plate, I have to say I'm a little puzzled and sad at the same time...Does CP not have the Pooh waffles anymore??
Oh we can't wait to try Crystal Palace. We have an 8:05 ADR for Crystal Palace in September and are sooo looking forward to it. Great update again as always.
OMG the planking is awesome!! So glad to hear that Amy was feeling better!
OMG! I FREAKING LOVE AMY AND BRUCE!!!!!!!! That is so something I would do, but I'd never get Brandon to agree to it. How fun!
All I could think about this whole update was, "Hmmm...an 8:05 ADR for Crystal Palace...hmmmm...sounds perfect!" AND WE'LL BE DOING IT WITH YOU PEOPLE IN FOUR MONTHS!!!!!!
(I'm a little excited. Forgive me.)
And the crane? Oh, the crane. I'm sure it will be there with us, too. WOMPWOMP.
I go in 23 days and your TR has me and my girls jacked and ready for our breakfast at Crystal Palace!!!!
HAHAHAHA! Bruce and Amy planking... a sure sign that they're both feeling much better! That's amazing.
That sunrise picture... omg. Not only is it amazing because you're at the MK entrance, but you got the Contemporary and the monorail and just AHHH.
'THE PUFFED' is the most fantastic thing ever. AND PIGLET!!!! I'm loving this update.
I don't even think you realize this but I'm eating at Crystal Palace in about two weeks and OH MY GOSH THIS MADE ME SO EXCITED!!!! I'm guessing a few of the updates that will come in the near future will include New Fantasyland... maybe by then I won't have to avoid them anymore!!!
Awww thanks Dani. It was just one of those spontaneous things that I just HAD to do. You bring so much joy around here.
I'm a new member and happened upon your thread and love it! I'm subscribed! Also I love the pictures of the Star Wars ride. My DF and I are going to Disney for our honeymoon next year and when I showed him the pics of the ride in your thread, he got giddy Also, I'm pretty sure I'll have to drag him out of Mitsukoshi. He is an anime and video game nerd (like me) and he will want to buy everything!
Planking. Oh the planking. I'm a fan! WOMPWOMP to the back pain, though, that's for sure!
I have done Crystal Palace for dinner, but never breakfast. Between your pics and the ones Marissa posted... I have to have the puffed French toast! Like, I need it in my life! And Disney potatoes. I don't know what they do to their potatoes to make them taste so dang delicious, but I am a FAN! Yum, yum, yum the food looks so good!
Also, I'm kinda jealous/excited for your ADR plans with Jenn... Definitely excited more than jealous, though, since I get to meet both you and Matt and Jenn's family!!
Only 4 months!!!!!
Womp womp moment of my day: reading your trip report and realizing it wasn't done! Your trip reports are the only ones I faithfully read, and I love them. I don't ever venture away from the Disneyland side of these boards, except for your trip reports! Oh, and on a side note, I'm from Tacoma and the entire time I was looking at your wilderness lodge photos I kept thinking of how weirdly familiar that place looks....you hit it SPOT on by comparing it to paradise!
I thought I should come out from lurking and say hi; I love your TR so far! I'm now going back and reading your 2012 TR and am loving it as well. I also have a quiet, yet hilarious, Star Wars obsessed DH, so your trips remind me a lot of our own!
Have a great time on your September trip...you'll love F&W...it's our new favorite and MNSSHP is a blast...even for those of us without kids. DH and I went as Fantasyland Imagineers last year complete with hard hats and construction vests and the CMs loved it...a few were even fooled. So if you have a creative costume...you'll have some great CM interactions!
So glad your friends were both finally feeling better!
CP is great for the before park opening but I am not as much a fan of the food. However Winnie the Pooh is my favorite character so that is also a bonus!
Update: The girls had ruled out Haunted Mansion this time. But then they thought about it and said they *might* ride it with Matt because it's his favorite. Maybe. Subject to change.