beckyx3
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jan 5, 2012
Ohhhhh. Scaaaaaary!
After our Midway Mania we walked to our next FP+ reservation.
Where were we heading? Why the Twilight Zone, of course!
We stopped to get some Photopass pictures. The photographer was a lot of fun. He got some great shots.
We headed to TOT. I know Anne wasn’t with us. Maybe she can enlighten us on what she did while we went on our tour of the hotel?
Our ride was hilarious. Kerri was so scared. She hates the feeling of her butt lifting off the ride and she kept mentioning it. Once we got to when we were about to drop she screamed “OH MY GOD. IT’S WARM. IT’S HOT. OH MY GOD”. The guy behind her goes “It’s about to cool down, REAL QUICK”. We got a nice little kick out of that.
The ride was great as usual. Our pictures and ride video were so good!
TOT VIDEO
A Must Watch!
After we dropped in on our ghost friends we browsed the gift shop and I debated over buying my favorite TOT shirt. I went back and forth on our last trip about buying it. I decided against it. I was so mad at myself that I didn’t buy it that I asked Anne when she went that December to look for me, but I think they might’ve been out of it or my size. So I couldn’t believe I was standing with it in my hand and I was going to walk out without it.
But we had a dinner reservation to get to!
We headed towards Echo Lake and found Anne and Steve. And checked in for our reservation at 50’s!
For months I had tried to add an extra person to our reservation. I was able to add one to every other reservation except for this one. So I was scared when I walked up and told them we had 6 instead of 5…
And it was totally fine. Should’ve known!
We sat and waited in the living room. It was packed but we were able to get a spot on the couch and not long they were calling our strange little family.
I was so excited for this meal. Nora and I were giving each other knowing glances. Making sure our elbows and phones were off the table while we hoped our friends got yelled at for their bad behavior, but we got nothing.
Our waitress was nice. She didn’t really give much schtick. She did leave our plates for those of us who didn’t finish our food so we all decided to pile our leftovers on to Steve’s plate, hoping someone would get in trouble!
She just laughed. Oh well. We tried.
We all really liked our meals. I got the pot roast. It was delicious and really filling. As was the HUGE slice of chocolate cake I got. Which turned out to not be the best idea since we had a FP+ right after our meal. We were all so full and were all on board with this whole Free Dining thing.
After our meal we headed to Star Tours.
Steve decided to sit it out. I don’t do well on Star Tours but I was really hoping that Kerri was the rebel spy since she loves loves loves Star Tours. So we told him where to meet us at the end and we got in line.
As we made our way through the queue, we made it to the spot where the CM asks how many are in your party. The CM shouted out that he was looking for 4 people and I immediately raised my hand and tried to get his attention.
Except we had 5 people.
I would never live that down. Especially since it wasn’t the last time.
We got on the ride and we had the Wookie planet (Ker’s favorite planet) and I tried not to throw up my giant cake.
Her verdict? She was not a fan. The scene we got must’ve been from a newer movie and she did not approve. So we met back up with Steve. Played around in the gift shop, Ricky pin traded, and we decided what to do next.
We took a walk around Streets of America so we could see it before it was most likely torn down.
We then decided to head to Muppets. We must’ve entered right after a show started because we were the first people in the pre-show and we waited for a long time. While we waited I checked Amazon again for an SD card. I was still so mad at myself for forgetting the card. I decided I was just going to bite the bullet and buy one the next day at the camera shop in Epcot.
We were let in to the show and it was hilarious as always. I absolutely love Waldorf and Statler. They crack me up every time.
After the Muppets we decided we had enough time to catch the Great Movie Ride before we had to check out what was going on for the second showing of Fantasmic.
I didn’t mind the new narration. I do love the Great Movie Ride but I definitely understand that to keep it running they have to do stuff that the sponsor wanted. The guides seemed to do well with the new recording. Everyone loved the ride. I was so happy that we were all happy.
So we decided to head towards Fantasmic when we heard an announcement saying the showing was no longer letting people in. This couldn’t be right. The first show hadn’t even started yet? How was this happening?! We needed to figure out what was going on. So what did we do?
You guessed it! Photopass!
Okay now we really needed to figure out what was going on. We spoke with a CM outside of the entrance and she explained it was for the first show and that they would start allowing people in for the next show in a little while. I asked if she thought it would fill up and she said absolutely not.
With that knowledge we checked out the line for Rockin’ Rollercoaster but the wait was way too long.
So what should we do? We decided to head back to TOT. Anne and Steve had never been through the line so we brought them through. As we waited for our elevator they called for a party of 1. We found a guy and Kerri started clapping for him so everyone else clapped along. It was a lot of fun.
Anne and Steve took the slow elevator down and we had such an awesome ride sequence. It was so good that everyone clapped!
TOT VIDEO TWO
We got to that awesome gift shop and…
I did it! I bought the shirt with my AP discount. I’m really happy I bought it. I’m definitely wearing it to work on Halloween.
After that we decided to head in for Fantasmic. We were all a little tired so I passed out some glow sticks that I bought and we all waited for the show.
It was fantastic. I talked it up like crazy to Steve because I knew he’d love it. Kerri did too. She had this look on her face and I knew right then and there that we had her hooked.
We exited the show and we decided to shop on the way out. At some point we shopped on Hollywood Blvd and looked at all of the mugs and stuff previously so myself and Nora knew we wanted the Chip mugs.
As we checked on the way out Kerri went ahead and decided to head back right away. She said she had no problems at all.
Nora purchased her mug and we headed to another store for Anne to buy the Chip and Dale mickey ears hat for Halloween costume. We checked out a few more stores to try and wait out the lines.
We headed to the line and talked about how great our first day was and how we pretty much couldn’t believe we were actually there.
Some of us showered and some people laid in bed. We all definitely slept well that night. That’s for sure!
Coming up: I finally buy an SD card for my DSLR and I take more pictures than you’ve ever wanted to see in your life. We have WAY more Disney fun. And could there be some drama on the horizon?? You’ll just have to come back to find out!!
After our Midway Mania we walked to our next FP+ reservation.
Where were we heading? Why the Twilight Zone, of course!
We stopped to get some Photopass pictures. The photographer was a lot of fun. He got some great shots.
We headed to TOT. I know Anne wasn’t with us. Maybe she can enlighten us on what she did while we went on our tour of the hotel?
Our ride was hilarious. Kerri was so scared. She hates the feeling of her butt lifting off the ride and she kept mentioning it. Once we got to when we were about to drop she screamed “OH MY GOD. IT’S WARM. IT’S HOT. OH MY GOD”. The guy behind her goes “It’s about to cool down, REAL QUICK”. We got a nice little kick out of that.
The ride was great as usual. Our pictures and ride video were so good!
TOT VIDEO
A Must Watch!
After we dropped in on our ghost friends we browsed the gift shop and I debated over buying my favorite TOT shirt. I went back and forth on our last trip about buying it. I decided against it. I was so mad at myself that I didn’t buy it that I asked Anne when she went that December to look for me, but I think they might’ve been out of it or my size. So I couldn’t believe I was standing with it in my hand and I was going to walk out without it.
But we had a dinner reservation to get to!
We headed towards Echo Lake and found Anne and Steve. And checked in for our reservation at 50’s!
For months I had tried to add an extra person to our reservation. I was able to add one to every other reservation except for this one. So I was scared when I walked up and told them we had 6 instead of 5…
And it was totally fine. Should’ve known!
We sat and waited in the living room. It was packed but we were able to get a spot on the couch and not long they were calling our strange little family.
I was so excited for this meal. Nora and I were giving each other knowing glances. Making sure our elbows and phones were off the table while we hoped our friends got yelled at for their bad behavior, but we got nothing.
Our waitress was nice. She didn’t really give much schtick. She did leave our plates for those of us who didn’t finish our food so we all decided to pile our leftovers on to Steve’s plate, hoping someone would get in trouble!
She just laughed. Oh well. We tried.
We all really liked our meals. I got the pot roast. It was delicious and really filling. As was the HUGE slice of chocolate cake I got. Which turned out to not be the best idea since we had a FP+ right after our meal. We were all so full and were all on board with this whole Free Dining thing.
After our meal we headed to Star Tours.
Steve decided to sit it out. I don’t do well on Star Tours but I was really hoping that Kerri was the rebel spy since she loves loves loves Star Tours. So we told him where to meet us at the end and we got in line.
As we made our way through the queue, we made it to the spot where the CM asks how many are in your party. The CM shouted out that he was looking for 4 people and I immediately raised my hand and tried to get his attention.
Except we had 5 people.
I would never live that down. Especially since it wasn’t the last time.
We got on the ride and we had the Wookie planet (Ker’s favorite planet) and I tried not to throw up my giant cake.
Her verdict? She was not a fan. The scene we got must’ve been from a newer movie and she did not approve. So we met back up with Steve. Played around in the gift shop, Ricky pin traded, and we decided what to do next.
We took a walk around Streets of America so we could see it before it was most likely torn down.
We then decided to head to Muppets. We must’ve entered right after a show started because we were the first people in the pre-show and we waited for a long time. While we waited I checked Amazon again for an SD card. I was still so mad at myself for forgetting the card. I decided I was just going to bite the bullet and buy one the next day at the camera shop in Epcot.
We were let in to the show and it was hilarious as always. I absolutely love Waldorf and Statler. They crack me up every time.
After the Muppets we decided we had enough time to catch the Great Movie Ride before we had to check out what was going on for the second showing of Fantasmic.
I didn’t mind the new narration. I do love the Great Movie Ride but I definitely understand that to keep it running they have to do stuff that the sponsor wanted. The guides seemed to do well with the new recording. Everyone loved the ride. I was so happy that we were all happy.
So we decided to head towards Fantasmic when we heard an announcement saying the showing was no longer letting people in. This couldn’t be right. The first show hadn’t even started yet? How was this happening?! We needed to figure out what was going on. So what did we do?
You guessed it! Photopass!
Okay now we really needed to figure out what was going on. We spoke with a CM outside of the entrance and she explained it was for the first show and that they would start allowing people in for the next show in a little while. I asked if she thought it would fill up and she said absolutely not.
With that knowledge we checked out the line for Rockin’ Rollercoaster but the wait was way too long.
So what should we do? We decided to head back to TOT. Anne and Steve had never been through the line so we brought them through. As we waited for our elevator they called for a party of 1. We found a guy and Kerri started clapping for him so everyone else clapped along. It was a lot of fun.
Anne and Steve took the slow elevator down and we had such an awesome ride sequence. It was so good that everyone clapped!
TOT VIDEO TWO
We got to that awesome gift shop and…
I did it! I bought the shirt with my AP discount. I’m really happy I bought it. I’m definitely wearing it to work on Halloween.
After that we decided to head in for Fantasmic. We were all a little tired so I passed out some glow sticks that I bought and we all waited for the show.
It was fantastic. I talked it up like crazy to Steve because I knew he’d love it. Kerri did too. She had this look on her face and I knew right then and there that we had her hooked.
We exited the show and we decided to shop on the way out. At some point we shopped on Hollywood Blvd and looked at all of the mugs and stuff previously so myself and Nora knew we wanted the Chip mugs.
As we checked on the way out Kerri went ahead and decided to head back right away. She said she had no problems at all.
Nora purchased her mug and we headed to another store for Anne to buy the Chip and Dale mickey ears hat for Halloween costume. We checked out a few more stores to try and wait out the lines.
We headed to the line and talked about how great our first day was and how we pretty much couldn’t believe we were actually there.
Some of us showered and some people laid in bed. We all definitely slept well that night. That’s for sure!
Coming up: I finally buy an SD card for my DSLR and I take more pictures than you’ve ever wanted to see in your life. We have WAY more Disney fun. And could there be some drama on the horizon?? You’ll just have to come back to find out!!