Trying to go back and get caught up a little, while I'm just sorta sitting around being a captured audience today.............
I tried to capture some of the decorations, but feel like I did not really do a good job.
Beautiful decorations in WL, but you are correct......hard to get great pictures! Especially this tree............it is MASSIVE!
I love the special resort and park trees they have at Christmas with their unique theming!
Afterwards we decided to give the new “A Pirate's Adventure ~ Treasures of the Seven Seas” (that’s the official name on the website). It is kind of a theme park version of the Midship Detective Agency game that we played on the Fantasy. Just not with pictures, but with other interesting stuff. You sign up for it in a little hut along the walkway between Pirates and Frontierland. There you get a map with the first clue. At every station there happens something neat and you get your next clue. It is all in Adventureland and really a neat addition! It definitely made me look at stuff that I had never noticed before!
It's actually a fun addition that doesn't distract or detract from the environment you are in like that noisy SotK game. It really is worth your time -- adults and kids can enjoy it.
Yes this is a nice addition, and I agree with Michael that even adults can enjoy this also! Have done a few of these........need to get the maps and do the rest.
I really was not in the mood for picture taking that day due to the weather, but Michael said that I should take a picture of the lovely Frozen stage they had but infront of the castle. I declined at first, but then after a few steps thought of you my dear readers and turned around.
The things we do for our readers!
But we DO appreciate the effort!
We arrived at the Starbucks which was packed. But they were extremely efficient in there! I was so impressed. It was about 6 times as large as any Starbucks I have seen here in Germany and there were a million people working behind the counter!
Knowing you.............you counted EVERY one of them!
The ride is really cute! I thought the ride sensation in itself was a lot of fun. Milder than BTMRR, but because of the swing not as boring as a true kiddie coaster. The one show scene they added is very nice. And then there is a fun little bonus while you are waiting for your train to go into the station for unload, but I would not call this a real show scene.[I would ... I'll give them that.] However, the ride is over far too quickly. In some way it reminded me of Crush’s Coaster in Paris. Both rides leave you wondering why they left it at that and did not go the extra mile that you expect from Disney. Especially if you see what they did in Cars Land in California, it seems unfair that the Magic Kingdom did not get something of equal quality. And if you think it was a space issue – that is not true. There exist blue prints of a far longer layout with two real show scenes, but that was cut at some point. Why may always stay a mystery, but one could ponder that they need to cut the money for the My Magic + cost overruns from somewhere…
I agree with your assessment! There were some good points but overall when I rode it...........I was very UNDERwhelmed! They didn't go the extra mile.........or even the extra 100 meters IMO!
I was under the belief that the discount was 20% off, but apparently they've been trying to fill shows so the discount was 50% off. That makes it a BARGAIN! I was thrilled to hear that.
Yes, that is a GREAT bargain! Always nice........
I was afraid the time on the ticket was when the show started, not when they began letting folks in (as I hadn't seen the show since the 1980s!) I was very concerned and couldn't reach my friends because my phone wasn't acting normally on the boat over. But we made it with like 3-4 minutes to spare and then had a wait to get in anyway. But it took what was a relaxing time and made it stressful and I just wasn't in the mood for it.
I am with you on that one! Seems like stressful is getting to be a little bit bigger concern with each trip. Always some new form of stressful popping up somewhere!
Yes......yes it is! And some fine looking fried chicken at that!
I need to try some one trip soon.............
Yes, it is.. FW and Pioneer Hall are part of MY WDW. Much like RC was before they closed it in 2001 and left it to rot in the swamps for the last 14 years. There's very little of the WDW I grew up with in the 70s-90s left and it saddens me greatly because what they've taken away hasn't, for the most part, been replaced by bigger and better things.
A lot of magic I remember as a boy isn't there anymore, so I agree! Fortunately, there are still a few gems if people take the time to find and enjoy them!
It was likely somewhere between 49-53 when we made it to the pool. That is, indeed, too cold for a Floridian to do anything but soak in a jacuzzi so that is what I did.
Pretty much anyone south of the Canadian snowbirds that come down during those times of the year.
Ok, to clear up the big question of what we had for lunch: Michael and I took the time to discuss this over the phone as we knew that you readers would hate not knowing exactly what we ate that day!
Inquiring minds.............
So, I gave him a call (for nearly one dollar per minute…), but got his voice mail. When we were just leaving the parking garage he called back (receiving his phone call cost one dollar per minute as well) and said that he would then like to get blue jeans. So, that’s why I went back. And even with paying stupid international roaming fees (they really are nothing else than a rip off!) the jeans were a fantastic deal!
Okay, I was going to ask if there was any real discount left after all that.............
40?!?!! That was the first time we met! You told me you were 27!!!!
I'm pretty sure she told me the same thing that trip.............
And then it was time for one last look down Main Street:
Always a beautiful and festive sight.............well, except when it is the final one you get to enjoy!
But at the same time, I also wasn't surprised to find she already thought she needed the whole set.
Well done, I got a really nice long response from him out of it! 
