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The Hot Fudge Terrorists and the Curse of the Drunken Punkin!!!New 04/24/14 pg 19



Looks like we are headed to Figment's!










I wonder how he sticks to the floor?!







Such a great scene!



After we said goodbye to Figment we went to see if anything else was open!

Next up
Is Nemo awake?
Coffee and Hanson crazies!
 
We woke up bright and early the next morning to make it to rope drop EMH at Epcot.

I wish I could wake up bright and early.
Best I can manage is the early part.

When it came to booking out Fast Passes at Epcot they were trying out a new system where you could only get one E ticket ride FP and then could get two lesser rides. This meant we had a FP for TestTrack, Captain Eo and Figment.

I would never... ever, have thought of getting FP for Captain Eo or Figment. :laughing:

After waiting what seemed like forever we were allowed in!

Ha! I know that feeling at Disney.
Was it maybe two minutes? :rotfl:

The United Kingdom was decorated for Guy Fawkes Day. The "Gunpowder Plot" attempted by Guy Fawkes failed when he was captured before he could blow up the English Parliament. Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated every November 5th in Britain to celebrate his failure to blow up all the members of Parliament and King James I.

Remember, remember, the fifth of November,
Gunpowder Treason and Plot.

Ever seen the movie "V for Vendetta"?

They had also added the Mary Poppins topiary to this area.

Did your mom cry?

It was weird seeing someone fish in the lagoon!

More weird if he hauled out a big shark.

Darn it! I keep getting my parks mixed up.
Of course that's Universal.

The usual Disney bird pic

:lmao:

When we made it over there it was closed! :confused3

So we asked what was open and the CM responded with everything else

Uh, huh.
So when they say 'everything' they really mean 'almost nothing'?

To ride Livin with the Land

Well that was closed too!

:sad2:

So we headed to the Seas and that area was closed too!

Quote from Disney brochure:
Guests staying at Disney resorts can enjoy extra magic at select parks on select days where absolutely nothing will be open for your enjoyment!

There was nothing open besides Test Track and Soarin!

Oh, well... Those are the big two, so it's not a total waste.

Starbucks was closed too!

:rotfl:
You could've saved yourself a lot of TR writing.

Today we went to Disneyworld and it was closed!
Thanks for reading!

I love this picture!

::yes:: :thumbsup2

This is a pretty boring line now so luckily it moved pretty quickly!

Really? It looks good from your pictures.

It was closer to 9 now so we figured we would check out Figment again!

and guess what?!?!

closed? rehabed? torn down?

He was awake!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh. Phew!

I always love this ride and will miss it when they shut it down!

I think you're in the minority, there.
Are there plans to shut it down? Or are you just speculating?

Idk about you but just seeing this picture I can hear the music in my head :rotfl:

Nope, not me. The voices drown everything else out.

:rolleyes1:

I wonder how he sticks to the floor?!

Glue.
Nails.
Screws.

Although I would suspect that velcro would be less painful.

After we said goodbye to Figment we went to see if anything else was open!

Good luck!

Next up
Is Nemo awake?
Coffee and Hanson crazies!

Sounds good! Thanks for the chapter! :goodvibes
If only you could have posted a few more pictures!
 
I wish I could wake up bright and early.
Best I can manage is the early part.

I am a morning person so waking up is never an issue. Getting me out of bed is!

I would never... ever, have thought of getting FP for Captain Eo or Figment. :laughing:

Neither did we!

Ha! I know that feeling at Disney.
Was it maybe two minutes? :rotfl:

No we had to wait about 15-20 we left the hotel pretty early!

Remember, remember, the fifth of November,
Gunpowder Treason and Plot.

Ever seen the movie "V for Vendetta"?

No I never did I hear it's a good movie though!

Did your mom cry?


Nope not this day!
More weird if he hauled out a big shark.

Darn it! I keep getting my parks mixed up.
Of course that's Universal.

:rotfl:

:lmao:



Uh, huh.
So when they say 'everything' they really mean 'almost nothing'?

It was ridiculous!

:sad2:



Quote from Disney brochure:
Guests staying at Disney resorts can enjoy extra magic at select parks on select days where absolutely nothing will be open for your enjoyment!

I know it was a waste of an hour!

Oh, well... Those are the big two, so it's not a total waste.

My mom can't ride Soarin and we had, had fast passes for Test Track so we felt it was.

:rotfl:
You could've saved yourself a lot of TR writing.

Today we went to Disneyworld and it was closed!
Thanks for reading!


:lmao:
::yes:: :thumbsup2



Really? It looks good from your pictures.

It's cool if you're in to cars but I like the old Q better!

closed? rehabed? torn down?



Oh. Phew!



I think you're in the minority, there.
Are there plans to shut it down? Or are you just speculating?

They are shutting down the entire area and switching out Eo and Figment.

Nope, not me. The voices drown everything else out.

:rolleyes1:



Glue.
Nails.
Screws.

Although I would suspect that velcro would be less painful.



Good luck!



Sounds good! Thanks for the chapter! :goodvibes
If only you could have posted a few more pictures!

:rotfl: I thought this update was very picture heavy hence my choice to end it :rotfl:
 
Walking out onto the Boardwalk is such a great way to start the day! And could there be anything better than an empty world showcase?!?! :scratchin OK, probably actually being able to get coffee during emh would make it better. I can't believe they didn't even have the coffee going! It's a good thing I never make it for early emh, I would definitely need my fix :upsidedow
 


Well, I thoroughly enjoyed seeing pictures of an empty Epcot on the morning after I left the world.

This sounds strange - but I don't think we ever started our day at Epcot while we were at the Boardwalk. We ended almost every day there, but didn't start a single one.

Are you sure you are not the only ones there? Seriously, I think the park opened just for you!

Beautiful pictures!
 
Caught up on your updates

Bummer about the confiscated hot fudge on the flight. Score for the TSA! Bet they had a yummy dessert at lunchtime.

Pretty sunrise from the plane window.

I can't believe you had a ME bus to yourself!!! Where was everyone? Nice shots of the Disney bubble-arch.

Love the pictures of the CL lounge at BW and in the lobby. And of course, the photos of YC & BC from across the lagoon. My home! :love:

You didn't waste any time for your first meet, and what a great one!

We have never (well, almost never) dined at Beaches and Cream. Only time we have been there was when they were testing a CS breakfast in July 2009. I really wish that had continued.

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Cool picture of the IG Spider. I have read about them before but I never take the time to look for the amazing webs.

Pretty BW room! Did you have the same view as from the lounge?

:rotfl2: about the Surrey. Don't think I have ever read that decision turns out well. Especially at BW area!

What fun at Jelly Rolls!

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That is weird that everything was closed at EPCOT. We have been at EMH and didn't encounter that.

Fast pass for Figment? They must have had to dust off the instruction manual to figure out how to that for the first time.
 
Walking out onto the Boardwalk is such a great way to start the day! And could there be anything better than an empty world showcase?!?! :scratchin OK, probably actually being able to get coffee during emh would make it better. I can't believe they didn't even have the coffee going! It's a good thing I never make it for early emh, I would definitely need my fix :upsidedow

I know!

It's so peaceful and makes for some great pictures!

I know I was very upset it wasn't open!


Well, I thoroughly enjoyed seeing pictures of an empty Epcot on the morning after I left the world.

This sounds strange - but I don't think we ever started our day at Epcot while we were at the Boardwalk. We ended almost every day there, but didn't start a single one.

Are you sure you are not the only ones there? Seriously, I think the park opened just for you!

Beautiful pictures!

It was a very pretty morning!

We try to base what parks we go to on what's closest and easiest to get to from where we are staying when we do one night stays.

There were other people they were all on Soarin!

Thank you!


Caught up on your updates

Bummer about the confiscated hot fudge on the flight. Score for the TSA! Bet they had a yummy dessert at lunchtime.

Nope we watched her throw it out!

Pretty sunrise from the plane window.

I can't believe you had a ME bus to yourself!!! Where was everyone? Nice shots of the Disney bubble-arch.

We ended up having about three other families join us before we took off.

Love the pictures of the CL lounge at BW and in the lobby. And of course, the photos of YC & BC from across the lagoon. My home! :love:

:cloud9:

You didn't waste any time for your first meet, and what a great one!

It was so much fun! I can't wait for May!

We have never (well, almost never) dined at Beaches and Cream. Only time we have been there was when they were testing a CS breakfast in July 2009. I really wish that had continued.

You need to try lunch there!
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Cool picture of the IG Spider. I have read about them before but I never take the time to look for the amazing webs.

Pretty BW room! Did you have the same view as from the lounge?

Yep we were the first room to the left of the lounge!

:rotfl2: about the Surrey. Don't think I have ever read that decision turns out well. Especially at BW area!

We won't make that mistake again!

What fun at Jelly Rolls!

It was so much fun!

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That is weird that everything was closed at EPCOT. We have been at EMH and didn't encounter that.

Fast pass for Figment? They must have had to dust off the instruction manual to figure out how to that for the first time.

Yeah this was the first time we had encountered this happening.

It was nuts!
 


Subbing!! I love Boardwalk! It is my favorite...loved seeing all of those pictures! I can' believe so much was closed in the park! That would be very frustrating!
 
When we last left off we were searching high and low for something to do at Epcot! After we found the Imagination Pavilion open we decided we should check out Nemo.



Luckily it was open!



We helped Marlin find Nemo and sang our hearts out to the Big Blue World song!


Once we finished up with the fishies it was time for my daily coffee break!



This would become an ongoing routine with this trip and each day we would stop for coffee somewhere. I can't live without coffee and I am so glad they have added Starbucks to the parks!

With coffee in hand we headed to the Festival Center. I had never been here for the Food and Wine Festival so I was anxious to see what they had there.




I perused the alcohol section and we checked out the Godiva area.



We got a free sample of their pumpkin filled chocolate which I liked and mom did not!


We saw these awesome chocolate statues!













As someone who works with chocolates and makes the molds and everything I find this immensely impressive! I can't imagine how much time and patience this would take!


We headed back out into Epcot after we were done to sit and wait for the World Showcase to open so we could get our Illuminations viewing tickets!







Such a great view!



Unfortunately we didn't end up spending much time in Epcot this trip! We never actually went in to any of the countries and after finding out how small the portions were for Food and Wine we didn't eat much here except for a dessert later on in our trip.





We plopped down in Norway and waited with the rest of the crowd. A lot of families were there for the princess breakfast so I ended up helping a family out by taking their picture. They were a nice family but everyone seemed worn out and it was only 1040!

Once the rope was finally dropped a group of people took off at a sprint. Mom and I were very curious as to where they were going and it turned out they were running to line up for the Hanson show! It wasn't until 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They were nuts!

Rather than try to wait for seats for a concert we felt we didn't need to wait for I got myself one of these babies



■Frozen Szarlotka (Apple Pie) featuring Zubrowka Bison Grass Vodka

And let me tell you it was fantastic!

I caught back up with mom and we headed up the long staircase to the Chase lounge



It was a nice set up and we got our passes without issue.



After that we headed out to get some lunch!

Mom and I were very excited about the lobster tails but they didn't end up being very big!

We ended up still being hungry so I went to Ireland while mom got some fish and chips



■Lobster and Seafood Fisherman’s Pie

■Kerrygold Cheese Selection: Reserve Cheddar, Dubliner with Irish Stout, Skellig

Both were very good!



Mom also enjoyed her fish and chips!

Lunch isn't complete without dessert though so before we headed out I had one more stop to make



■Orange Dole® Whip with Crème de Cacao White

It wasn't as good as the drunken dole whip they had for the Flower and Garden Festival :(

With that we headed out of the park!

Next up
Checking in to our hotel
Dining with the Beast
 
Love the queue in Nemo - I think it's actually my favorite part of the attraction!

Your lunch looks delicious; you do a good job of finding yummy gluten free selections.

I see your magic band in the last photo - it looks like you peeled off the outer part to make it smaller. I'm trying to decide whether or not I need to do that on mine - since once I do I can't undo that!

Oh - and who spends all their time at Epcot waiting for a Hanson show??
 
When we last left off we were searching high and low for something to do at Epcot!

Word of advice. Try looking side to side next time.
Trust me on this one.


But for nothing else.

After we found the Imagination Pavilion open we decided we should check out Nemo.

You did????

So who exactly started that conversation?
I'm betting it was your mom, right?

"Caitlin, check out Nemo. He's got a nice dorsal fin."
"Ooohhh, I know mom! And the way he has no eyelids, so he never blinks! I could stare into those eyes for hours!"
"Don't tell your father, but I think I'm in love."
"I don't know, mom. You're acting pretty love struck. He's sure to think something fishy is going on."




Okay. Maybe that last line was unnecessary...
but I couldn't reel myself in.


We helped Marlin find Nemo and sang our hearts out to the Big Blue World song!

:rotfl: I could so see you two doing that!

This would become an ongoing routine with this trip and each day we would stop for coffee somewhere. I can't live without coffee and I am so glad they have added Starbucks to the parks!

I've never gotten into the whole coffee culture.
I kinda wish I had. I feel like I'm on the outside looking in.

Just don't care for it that much.

I swear I am not making this up...

I had my first cup in 1982...
my second was 1992...
my third was 2004...


Of course I'm still feeling the caffeine buzz from that last one.

We got a free sample of their pumpkin filled chocolate which I liked and mom did not!

pkondz, not being a fan of pumpkin... would probably agree with Dawn.

We saw these awesome chocolate statues!

Very nice, and...

oh, shoot.
I just chewed a hole in my shirt.

As someone who works with chocolates and makes the molds and everything I find this immensely impressive! I can't imagine how much time and patience this would take!

You make the molds too!!!!

:worship:

I've done some chocolate figurines, etc (hollow ones I mean) but always with bought molds.

You would have loved the Lindt Chocolate Museum (not sure if you read that chapter on my TR or not. Chapter 10.)

Unfortunately we didn't end up spending much time in Epcot this trip!

Not. much. time... in Epcot...

:faint:

A lot of families were there for the princess breakfast so I ended up helping a family out by taking their picture.

That's nice of you.

They were a nice family but everyone seemed worn out and it was only 1040!

Hey! You try riding Figment 27 times in a row!

Once the rope was finally dropped a group of people took off at a sprint. Mom and I were very curious as to where they were going and it turned out they were running to line up for the Hanson show! It wasn't until 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They were nuts!

I'm not sure if I should say they're dedicated...

or nuts.


I think I'll go with the latter.

Rather than try to wait for seats for a concert we felt we didn't need to wait for I got myself one of these babies
Frozen Szarlotka (Apple Pie) featuring Zubrowka Bison Grass Vodka

Wow. That looks (and sounds) good.

I caught back up with mom and we headed up the long staircase to the Chase lounge

Don't know that one. Where is it?

Lobster and Seafood Fisherman’s Pie

Can you give more details on that?

Orange Dole® Whip with Crème de Cacao White

I'm not a fan of Crème de Cacao, but it sure looks good.

Next up
Checking in to our hotel
Dining with the Beast

Thanks for the chapter, Caitlin! :goodvibes
 
Love the queue in Nemo - I think it's actually my favorite part of the attraction!

Your lunch looks delicious; you do a good job of finding yummy gluten free selections.

I see your magic band in the last photo - it looks like you peeled off the outer part to make it smaller. I'm trying to decide whether or not I need to do that on mine - since once I do I can't undo that!

Oh - and who spends all their time at Epcot waiting for a Hanson show??

It is an adorable Q!

Thank you it was very good!

I hadn't taken it off at first and it was just too big for me once we were there and wearing them all the time.

I have no idea!!!


Word of advice. Try looking side to side next time.
Trust me on this one.

We did! We went from Imagination Pavilion to the Land to the Seas and nothing!

But for nothing else.



You did????

So who exactly started that conversation?
I'm betting it was your mom, right?

"Caitlin, check out Nemo. He's got a nice dorsal fin."
"Ooohhh, I know mom! And the way he has no eyelids, so he never blinks! I could stare into those eyes for hours!"
"Don't tell your father, but I think I'm in love."
"I don't know, mom. You're acting pretty love struck. He's sure to think something fishy is going on."




Okay. Maybe that last line was unnecessary...
but I couldn't reel myself in.


:rotfl2:

:rotfl: I could so see you two doing that!

We always do!

I've never gotten into the whole coffee culture.
I kinda wish I had. I feel like I'm on the outside looking in.

Just don't care for it that much.

I swear I am not making this up...

I had my first cup in 1982...
my second was 1992...
my third was 2004...


Of course I'm still feeling the caffeine buzz from that last one.

I couldn't live without coffee!

pkondz, not being a fan of pumpkin... would probably agree with Dawn.

They were so good!

Very nice, and...

oh, shoot.
I just chewed a hole in my shirt.



You make the molds too!!!!

:worship:

I've done some chocolate figurines, etc (hollow ones I mean) but always with bought molds.

You would have loved the Lindt Chocolate Museum (not sure if you read that chapter on my TR or not. Chapter 10.)

That was a very cool chapter!

Not. much. time... in Epcot...

:faint:

We always spend a ton of time there on family trips so we just didn't get over there much.

That's nice of you.



Hey! You try riding Figment 27 times in a row!



I'm not sure if I should say they're dedicated...

or nuts.


I think I'll go with the latter.

They were Hanson fans are freaks!

Wow. That looks (and sounds) good.



Don't know that one. Where is it?



Can you give more details on that?

It was mashed potatoes some sort of red sauce and had hunks of lobster and crab.

I'm not a fan of Crème de Cacao, but it sure looks good.

It wasn't great but I drank it!

Thanks for the chapter, Caitlin! :goodvibes

Thanks for reading!
 
So jealous! I didn't see those chocolate displays. I ran into the festival center to grab passports for my hubby and I but never looked around. Ad I missed the free Godiva sample too?:sad2: I love everything pumpkin.
So happy you tried the apple pie drink - that was one of my favorites at F&W.
I don't understand people who would waste time lining up for a concert:confused3 There is no band I want to see that much! We saw Survivor while we were there. We showed up 20 minutes before it started and I saw a line so we went to get in it. The people told me they were waiting for the next show. I don't know why you would stand in line for s show when there are seas available . DH and I walked over to the seating area and there were loads of seats. I sat and held our seats which we very good while he went to get us drinks. It never filled completely and if I had wanted to, I could have got a lot closer to the front than I did.
Oh and the Chase lounge - we stopped in for the tickets for Illuminations and they did not have them (it was early). I asked them when they ran out and they said that they did not offer them every day and that the day we were there was one of the days that they did not offer any!
 
Sorry I missed this update. It must have been during my long work stretch.

Anyhow - for some reason we never made it into the Chase lounge, but it looks really nice. I wish I could remember why we never went up. :rolleyes2 :confused3

That apple pie drink looks really yummy. I feel like I worked so hard to get something in every country, but I still overlooked so many yummy things.

Lining up for Hanson at 11am. Hmmmm - don't think so. :rolleyes1
 
So jealous! I didn't see those chocolate displays. I ran into the festival center to grab passports for my hubby and I but never looked around. Ad I missed the free Godiva sample too?:sad2: I love everything pumpkin.

The displays were very cool!

I also love everything pumpkin so I loved the chocolate!


So happy you tried the apple pie drink - that was one of my favorites at F&W.

It actually was why we went at that time :rotfl: I was between that time or going for the Tower of Terror 10 Miler and I was like I'm sold as soon as I heard about it!

I don't understand people who would waste time lining up for a concert:confused3 There is no band I want to see that much! We saw Survivor while we were there. We showed up 20 minutes before it started and I saw a line so we went to get in it. The people told me they were waiting for the next show. I don't know why you would stand in line for s show when there are seas available . DH and I walked over to the seating area and there were loads of seats. I sat and held our seats which we very good while he went to get us drinks. It never filled completely and if I had wanted to, I could have got a lot closer to the front than I did.

I didn't understand it either. Although the show we went to was pretty packed!

Oh and the Chase lounge - we stopped in for the tickets for Illuminations and they did not have them (it was early). I asked them when they ran out and they said that they did not offer them every day and that the day we were there was one of the days that they did not offer any!

Yeah the day we went they didn't offer special seating tickets :confused3

Sorry I missed this update. It must have been during my long work stretch.

Anyhow - for some reason we never made it into the Chase lounge, but it looks really nice. I wish I could remember why we never went up. :rolleyes2 :confused3

That apple pie drink looks really yummy. I feel like I worked so hard to get something in every country, but I still overlooked so many yummy things.

Lining up for Hanson at 11am. Hmmmm - don't think so. :rolleyes1

It's okay I know the holidays are a crazy time for everyone!

It was a nice place to stop and get some soda for free!

It was one of my favorite things!

I didn't know they were so popular!
 
I hope everyone had a great holiday! I know a lot of people are super busy during this time so I will start up my posts again on Monday. To tied you over I thought I would share the holiday video I made of my family and friends!


Caitlin's Christmas Video
 





Such a great view!



That really is a gorgeous view and a great picture!








■Orange Dole® Whip with Crème de Cacao White

It wasn't as good as the drunken dole whip they had for the Flower and Garden Festival :(


Look pretty darned yummy to me!


I'm with you on the coffee. Can't get the day started without being sufficiently caffeinated. I'm not a huge fan of Starbucks because I drink my coffee black and I find theirs to be a bit strong, plus they are always confused when I order just a "large black coffee" and don't use words like venti or leche.

I also agree with you about the pumpkin. The chocolate sample sounds interesting.

The chocolate sculptures are AMAZING!!! What talented artists.

:worship:
 

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