The 75% All New Trip! - All done! Bonus Material finished, Link to new TR!

It is actually easier to use since they are now just images on the drive and you don't have to install the CD software.

This sounds promising. Having to install the software every time was a pain.

As it is the Mississippi one will be only partially finished when I start on the Naked Jim one! And then both need to be wrapped up by July 1 when we leave for Vancouver! :faint: PLUS we need to clean out the old place!!!!


This sounds very familiar. I still have a good chunk to go on the the coast to coast trip report. I am actually typing this in Warwick, where I am currently on one of my mini trips. So I will do a report on this and I have two more mini trips this side of Easter. Then I have the report for my Arabian Gulf cruise to do and I am hoping to have the whole lot finished before we leave for our next big trip in May.

What a pain with the washing machine. It was good of them to compensate you so swiftly, but I have the feeling that money cannot replace everything.

The Star Wars Launch Bay looks really neat and it looks like you got a good amount of rides done.

Corinna
 
Your riverboat cruise seems like so much fun! I can't wait to hear all about it.

I spied your bag of chocolate and you still had a lot left! And it was the good stuff too! Do you guys hand them out at the parks as well?

That stinks that you had such an issue with your room. I do love SSR's kitchens. They look so warm & inviting. I do have to ask...it looks like there are windows next to the jacuzzi tub....is that right??

I have to admit, that view straight to the Chinese Theater is pretty nice.

I'm so excited to see all the Star Wars additions and I know DH will love it. I've been keeping the details from him so he'll be surprised.

Hope things are working in your favor for the apartment construction. I can't even imagine how much of a headache it is.
 
I too enjoy the walk from the Studios to the BW area or Epcot it is a lovely walk.

And sometimes it's a lot faster than waiting for the boats!

I know I'm late to the party but perhaps I need some background on naked Jim as the name is certainly intriguing!

The story comes from our 2013 Wonder Cruise trip, but you would have to hunt for it in that trip report. If you click on the link in my signature "Sharing the Disney Magic..." I reposted the story as part of the original introduction to the TR. It was going to be a TR about taking our friend to WDW until Fran fell and broke her leg. Now it's just an ongoing chronicle of my DIS friends coming to DL and I go out there and meet up for the day, as well as my own day trips.

Also the manager was quick on the refund with the laundry, I hope it compensated you both sufficiently :goodvibes

Considering most of the load was socks and underwear, it probably did amount to much the WDI T-shirt was the most expensive thing in there.

I absolutely love the view of the Chinese Theater!! I can't wait to get to see it!

I hope you have it in your plans sometime soon!

I know I have not been commenting a lot, but I have been reading along and really loved your report. What a shock about them wanting to transfer you to OKW!! I know how I talked you into SSR a little bit way back when you were planning the trip.

And thank you for doing that! It really made things very convenient as we did a lot of dining at DTD and came back to our villa from quite a few resorts as opposed to from parks.

I love the look of the SSR one bedrooms. The studio we had seemed rather a bit bland, but the one bedroom looks lovely! I know that there is currently a lot of discussion about how the newly refurbished DVC rooms all look very generic. I actually like most of the new designs. I never liked that style of crazy patterns everywhere. In fact that was one of the reasons that kept me from buying DVC for a couple of years. But I understand that tastes are different for everyone.

I haven't heard that, but I don't mind bland. I find the rooms refreshing and once our stuff is scattered all over the room, it has that homey feel for us!

wish I could get more excited about the Star Wars stuff. It's all gray, black, white and metal to me. :sad2:

That could be my pictures too. But you mentioned you don't even like the movies. I find the detail fascinating.

I agree about the Toy Story queue. Much more fun in DW!

::yes::

It looks more like Hollywood when you are coming into HS without the hat.

Except that the Chinese Theater isn't loacted at a "T" intersection, but other than that small detail. :laughing:
 
I am loving your report!! I love the way you and Fran travel.
I agree that last morning on the ship is brutal. The people that all week have been so nice, all of a sudden have nothing to say and want you out of the room and off the ship pronto!!
I can't wait for more.
 


There's a lot of focus on Star Wars at Disney now, isn't there? I don't know if it is overkill or what...but I guess there are a heap of star wars geeks like me that just can't seem to get enough. But i agree with @dhorner233 - that display just seems black, white and green.

There was orange as well...but yes there is a lot of Star Wars going on right now. I guess until Finding Dory comes out or something else to hype about they're going to capitalize on that.

Looks like a good day at DHS. Nice to see the path and I hope you and Fran weren't too tired out from it.

It's hard work riding those scooters down the path! :rotfl2:

It's bad enough the washer wasn't working but to stain your clothes is awful! I'm glad the manager gave you a credit...I'm hoping you managed to get the stains out!

Well, no. I just have a bunch of underwear that looks dirty. The stains on the WDI shirt are in places that they aren't obvious, but it really sucks. I guess I'll have to find someone to get me back in to Mickey's of Glendale to get a replacement.

I screwed up our FP's for our October trip with my brother and family. I didn't realize my SIL hadn't linked anyone to me other than myself so when I changed times, I only changed the two of us...thank goodness we figured it out a few minutes later!

I'm getting worried about our upcoming trip, only three of us have passes and I don't see Jim doing anything to get Alberto a pass, so I might not be able to make reservations for him.

I love the Star Wars stuff but I hope Disney doesn't over do it. Sadly, I'm sure they will. Oh well, I'm enjoying it for now!

I have a feeling that the lands will be really cool, I've heard some stuff about what the Cantina will be like and it should be pretty neat.

Nope. No growing in winter.
In summer, though... Uh.... Just looked up wheat as an example.
We export about 15 million tonnes of the 25 million we grow.

It must be a quick growing season!

Just think how clean those clothes will be!!

... or not. Bummer.

Or not.

But it would have been interesting.

Nah. I talk to her in her sleep all the time. We have full conversations and she doesn't even remember.

Nice that at least you didn't have to wait around.

Especially when I had plans!

While that's nice, I would rather not have to go shopping while I'm trying to park tour.

Oh, no worries, I thought that I would put a $6 charge on the room so that I could help spend the $100, little did I know that Fran had already put $180 in pins on the room charge. :faint:


I wonder why it took them that long to figure it out!

Whoops!

Nice save.

It worked out pretty well for us.

Oh, man... You look mean!!! :laughing:

Don't cross this jedi!

:rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl:

Nicely done. Always try to appease the common folk.

Fran always says, "Keep the peasants happy so they don't riot and storm the castle."

No carrot cake cookie?

She says that she can always get carrot cake, but it's hard to find a good cinnamon roll and this looked like one.

Those props/costumes are great!

I always like to look at the attention to detail, especially on the models.

No way! That's awesome!

The jawas were really popular, people were waiting a long time to get their pictures taken with them.

I never did quite figure out the advantage of that.
Seemed it would just make it more likely to cut your own hand off.

Yeah, cause the side sabers weren't long enough to do anything besides that. I guess they just thought it looked cool.

Very touchy trigger. Occasionally shoots first.

:laughing:

Hang on, lemme check... nope.

Aw, C'mon, it would be so cool!

I like that!

And it's better than my old nightstand lamp!

Darn. I would've liked to have seen what you look like on it.

You would have loved one of my DL photos from my December trip, I was channeling you and Kay on CA Screamin'. Since you're not reading on that TR, I'll go ahead and post it here.



Huh. I'm so used to hearing the opposite remark.

Really about TSMM? I mean DL's counterparts are far superior on almost all fronts with the exception of ToT. WDW's is much better on that one, but the queue for TSMM in DCA is just kind of Blah.

Uh, oh. Sore feet? Dead battery? Both?

Hang on, you're about to find out.

That stinks. I'm glad that they made an effort to make it right, but that's really frustrating. Hopefully they fixed it and you were able to get the stains out.

I think the answer is coming up soon....


Everyone seems to like it better without the hat!

:headache: I'm glad you could at least make it work.

It actually worked out better, since Fran didn't want to ride Star Tours. What I should have done was make her a ToT, and me an RnRC FP+ and then use each of them. Not a bad idea for May.

That looks really good.

She is a connoisseur of Cinnamon Rolls!

Cool! I guess I missed those lamps, although I wasn't really examining everything in the store. I saw prices on a few things and figured I didn't really need to spend much time in there. :rotfl::rotfl2::lmao:

If you're looking a prices at Disney, you pretty much won't buy anything. That's why we waited until we were home and get our 20% discount!

How many stormtrooper costumes do you have now? :rotfl2:

At least she knew not to buy that! Though she did ask me if we had a place to put it! :lmao:

I completely agree. And it is in the A/C. Which is nice.

Weren't you the one pointing out how almost all of DLs queues are NOT in the inside in the AC?

Uh oh... did they deliver a partially charged scooter?

I think even worse, a scooter with an old battery that wouldn't hold a charge for very long.

Holy moly on the resort issues. Glad the room issues got settled but I am anxiously awaiting what happened with the stained clothes. That would infuriate me.

Hopefully that's coming up soon.....

We love Marrakesh. It's a total hidden gem in my opnion.

I'll definitely keep it on my list, especially if we find ourselves hungry without an ADR.

Your report is making me want to get back to WDW. It's been ages.

Yeah, you haven't been since my first canceled trip. Move first, then go.
 
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This sounds promising. Having to install the software every time was a pain.

It was. I had forgotten about that until I did my Wonder TR and had to reinstall the software to view the pictures.

This sounds very familiar. I still have a good chunk to go on the the coast to coast trip report. I am actually typing this in Warwick, where I am currently on one of my mini trips. So I will do a report on this and I have two more mini trips this side of Easter. Then I have the report for my Arabian Gulf cruise to do and I am hoping to have the whole lot finished before we leave for our next big trip in May.

We sound really spoiled don't we! :rotfl2:

What a pain with the washing machine. It was good of them to compensate you so swiftly, but I have the feeling that money cannot replace everything.

I still grumble when I see those stained undies.

The Star Wars Launch Bay looks really neat and it looks like you got a good amount of rides done.

Since I'm not a total ride junkie, I kind of like the whole FP+ system. I think I will plan them in the future not that Fran and I ride together but that I can use hers for different rides, or to go twice on the ones I like.

Your riverboat cruise seems like so much fun! I can't wait to hear all about it.

That's why I'm trying to plow through this one so quickly! I don't want to have to wait to write about the Riverboat Cruise when it finally happens.

I spied your bag of chocolate and you still had a lot left! And it was the good stuff too! Do you guys hand them out at the parks as well?

We bought like four bags of the Ghiradelli squares at Costco, we didn't hand them out at the parks because CMs can get their own candy when they don't live on the ship. Most of that bag came home with us, at least what we didn't eat in the room.

That stinks that you had such an issue with your room. I do love SSR's kitchens. They look so warm & inviting. I do have to ask...it looks like there are windows next to the jacuzzi tub....is that right??

Those are shutter windows that open to the bedroom area. That way I can watch the TV and read the captions while I'm in the tub.

I have to admit, that view straight to the Chinese Theater is pretty nice.

It really seems like everyone likes it better this way.

I'm so excited to see all the Star Wars additions and I know DH will love it. I've been keeping the details from him so he'll be surprised.

I hope they keep them around until the official land opens, but I hope that they rotate them since I get there fairly often.

Hope things are working in your favor for the apartment construction. I can't even imagine how much of a headache it is.

Well we aren't even to the point of construction, but we did take two more loads of the Disney stuff to storage today, so most of the Disney boxes have been removed, and almost all the others have as well. There's probably about 20-30 boxes left from the 200 or so that we took down from the attic. We have even started shredding the taxes stuff that is older than 7 years! So it's progress, but it is really slow. At least some of our friends have started taking some of our furniture off our hands as well.

I am loving your report!! I love the way you and Fran travel.
I agree that last morning on the ship is brutal. The people that all week have been so nice, all of a sudden have nothing to say and want you out of the room and off the ship pronto!!
I can't wait for more.

I'm glad you are enjoying the report! It is amazing after all week they have been so great about serving you and it's not that they become mean or don't serve you, but they do have a change of attitude. I did think that the CMs on the Wonder were a little bit nicer than on the Dream. Since they only do short cruises, they are used to changing really often.
 
So as we left off, we had decided to scoot on over to the Epcot resorts rather than take the Friendship boats.

We went to the Boardwalk first to check out their decorations.

























We even bought a Gingerbread cupcake for later.



I couldn’t convince Fran to get in this photo op with me.





I was bummed this wedding party was monopolizing the fireplace and the freaky chairs. But I made the best of it.















Then we went to the gift shop where Fran found one of the DVC Hawaiian shirts in her size. I also got a DVC tank top, and then we headed out for our ADR.



Then it was off to lunch.

We approached the Beach Club





On our way to the Beach Club Fran's battery indicator started to dip dangerously low. We switched scooters since hers would carry me more easily and hopefully make it to the restaurant where we hoped we could charge.


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We made it and they let us plug in outside. Here we were finally at Beaches and Cream!











This place really is small!







We split a Reuben and an order of onion rings.





And then we got the Mudslide also to split.



We did good huh?



They let us leave the scooters charging while we went up to the lobby to take pictures of the decorations.















I just love all these little detailed touches on the trees!











Then we unplugged our scooters and headed over to the Yacht Club.








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It must be a quick growing season!

Three days!

Nah. I talk to her in her sleep all the time. We have full conversations and she doesn't even remember.

:lmao:

Oh, no worries, I thought that I would put a $6 charge on the room so that I could help spend the $100, little did I know that Fran had already put $180 in pins on the room charge. :faint:

:eek: Surprise!

Fran always says, "Keep the peasants happy so they don't riot and storm the castle."

::yes::

She says that she can always get carrot cake, but it's hard to find a good cinnamon roll and this looked like one.

I suppose. I still haven't had a carrot cake cookie there.
Been too full!

I always like to look at the attention to detail, especially on the models.

Me too! Especially Sports Illustrated and Victoria's Secret models.

The jawas were really popular, people were waiting a long time to get their pictures taken with them.

This surprises me not at all.

You would have loved one of my DL photos from my December trip, I was channeling you and Kay on CA Screamin'. Since you're not reading on that TR, I'll go ahead and post it here.


:lmao: Awesome!! :thumbsup2

Really about TSMM? I mean DL's counterparts are far superior on almost all fronts with the exception of ToT. WDW's is much better on that one, but the queue for TSMM in DCA is just kind of Blah.

No I meant about other rides.
I seem to usually hear "But it's better in DL."

Back to read the update later.
 
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They had the coolest display IMHO.









This Funicular even worked!





Check out all the characters and other touches in this Village.



































After that we visited the gift shop and I got these spiffy earrings. They only had one pair of each, and since they were affordable enough, Fran always likes to get me two pair in case I lose one. Then I still have two more to lose, so we were on the lookout for a second pair.



We caught the bus back to Disney Springs. Fran called the scooter company while we were on the bus and explained (on their voice mail) that there was obviously a problem with the battery on the scooter, that it must be old and unable to hold a full charge and that we would like to me arrangements to trade it in on a unit that works better.



Driving by our resort on the way to Disney Springs.



On our way back to Saratoga Springs.



Fran was having restaurant envy that we weren’t eating here this trip. I have booked it into our next trip, especially since it will be closing down for months during the middle of our trip in May.





When we got back we thought the maintenance guy had taken our ruined clothes, but instead he put them in the dryer and dried them to further cement the damage so that I could not remove the stains. I did make another attempt at trying to get the stains out of my Imagineering shirt. Stains in the underwear were annoying, but since I'm about the only one who sees them it's OK.

Fran took a nap. I checked the DIS. I worked on my Wonder Cruise TR and posted another update, plus I caught up on some other folks TRs.


Next up: Dinner and the start to our new day.
 
Love your entire trip report as usual. Always my favorite. Your Yacht Club pictures gave me pangs. I own at BCV but love YC (have only stayed here twice) because it's so peaceful and 'adult-like'. Also, I have purchased Crislu jewelry for my daughter at the YC. Yours are very pretty.

I smiled when you said Fran buys you duplicate of earrings. I also do the same thing for some of the Disney earrings for the same reason. Especially since Disney has a tendency to eliminate some of my favorites....and I've lost one.
 
*sigh* Really wish I were there right now. Or at the least....have a trip in the works to go see Christmas at WDW.
 
Love all the Christmas decorations at the EPCOT resorts! Disney really does make someone feel that Christmas Spirit! The Yacht Club display looks awesome. I can totally see why that is your favorite!

Sorry the maintenance guy dried your clothes :( I'm glad they did give you the room credit!
 
You had a nice day at DHS even though you didn't get there during EMH. There were some different props at the DHS Launch Bay compared to DL version. It was neat to see Launch Bay different from DL. The holiday season is so nice to see and you had a nice score on TSMM.

The Boardwalk, Yacht & Beach have one of the nicest Christmas decorations at WDW hotels during the holiday season from my experience.
 
I think my favorite part of the pictures was the little snow village. I am a total sucker for model train villages and will stand by that cute little one in the German Pavilion for hours! What an incredible amount of detail in there! And I agree, the little details on the trees were amazing! The fish and starfish ornaments are my favorite. Especially in the blue and purple/pink color scheme. I didn't know Fultons was closing. Wonder if it'll be open for my trip? I don't have plans right now to go, but I've always wanted to. Hmmm?
 
We sound really spoiled don't we! :rotfl2:

I suppose we do. However, at the moment I am working 7 days in a row, then I have a day off next Sunday before working another 6. So I suppose if I work hard, I have deserved to enjoy myself when I have some time off as well.

Then we went to the gift shop where Fran found one of the DVC Hawaiian shirts in her size.

I got this for Graham for his birthday and he loves it.

It was nice to see all the Christmas decorations. The decorations at the Bordwalk have changed quite a bit. The ones at the Beach and Yacht Club are the same as I remember them. Lunch looked lovely, but what a pain about the scooters.

Corinna
 
Loved your update! I am putting Beaches and Cream on my list for my next trip!

Love all the Christmas decorations! So beautiful and I love the way they work in little touches like the sail boats at the Yacht Club and the carrousel animals at the Boardwalk.

That carousel at the Boardwalk, was it edible? Were the horses?

And the little train village was the best! Love the way they worked in so many Disney characters!

Pretty earrings! That's smart to get two pair!
 
That sucks about your clothes!
I love the train set up! Especially all the details.
I'd love to stay in that area someday. Doubt I'll get to unless I get DVC though. Although at this point I just want to go to Disney anywhere since I haven't been for so long!
 
Love your entire trip report as usual. Always my favorite. Your Yacht Club pictures gave me pangs. I own at BCV but love YC (have only stayed here twice) because it's so peaceful and 'adult-like'. Also, I have purchased Crislu jewelry for my daughter at the YC. Yours are very pretty.

I own at BCV, we are back there again in October. We haven't stayed there since 2013 so that will be nice to be back there during F&W. I don't even pay attention to the makers of the jewelry, but normally I buy stuff from the Dream Collection. They are always at D23 and even remember me because I always buy their "new" pieces. Thank you, I've been wearing those a lot lately. I just recently changed to my "Frozen" earrings that I got at the studios in November.

I smiled when you said Fran buys you duplicate of earrings. I also do the same thing for some of the Disney earrings for the same reason. Especially since Disney has a tendency to eliminate some of my favorites....and I've lost one.

I'm glad to hear that others do it too. It makes sense since they discontinue items when they run out of stock, you can't get replacements. I have a lot spaces where I can wear just one earring, but mostly posts. Danglies don't work so well higher up the ear.

*sigh* Really wish I were there right now. Or at the least....have a trip in the works to go see Christmas at WDW.

I wish you had a trip in the works now too! :(

Love all the Christmas decorations at the EPCOT resorts! Disney really does make someone feel that Christmas Spirit! The Yacht Club display looks awesome. I can totally see why that is your favorite!

I totally loved the little village idea and the fact that they incorporated all the Disney characters made it even more cool!

Sorry the maintenance guy dried your clothes :( I'm glad they did give you the room credit!

Yeah that kind of sucked. I was thinking that if I could have soaked them a few more times they wouldn't have looked like they were all dirty. Every time I see them I get all :furious:

You had a nice day at DHS even though you didn't get there during EMH. There were some different props at the DHS Launch Bay compared to DL version. It was neat to see Launch Bay different from DL. The holiday season is so nice to see and you had a nice score on TSMM.

We did get a lot done that morning. As much as people bash FP+ it kind of works for us since we aren't park commandos. Especially since Fran lets me use hers most of the time.

The Boardwalk, Yacht & Beach have one of the nicest Christmas decorations at WDW hotels during the holiday season from my experience.

They were definitely nice, but I also like the Grand Floridian. We didn't get to WL or AKL so I don't know about those two.

I think my favorite part of the pictures was the little snow village. I am a total sucker for model train villages and will stand by that cute little one in the German Pavilion for hours! What an incredible amount of detail in there! And I agree, the little details on the trees were amazing! The fish and starfish ornaments are my favorite. Especially in the blue and purple/pink color scheme. I didn't know Fultons was closing. Wonder if it'll be open for my trip? I don't have plans right now to go, but I've always wanted to. Hmmm?

I loved all the details in the decorations and how they vary from resort to resort. I saw these details on another's TR (now no longer on the DIS) and that made me really want to tour the resorts. Plus I think Corinna did a Christmas trip which made me want to go during this time.

No, Fulton's will not be open during your trip unless they are way ahead of schedule. The rennovations are supposed to go all the way through December. What is weird is that I have a lunch reservation there for the 5th of May and reports say that they are closing on the 1st or 2nd of May. I made one on the 29th for dinner just in case.

I suppose we do. However, at the moment I am working 7 days in a row, then I have a day off next Sunday before working another 6. So I suppose if I work hard, I have deserved to enjoy myself when I have some time off as well.

Well you work a lot harder than I do. We did work for a few hours yesterday. Two loads of Disney boxes went to New Storage yesterday, and on Friday a load of boxes went to old storage. But today I have just sat around watching TV and updating on the DIS. :banana:

I got this for Graham for his birthday and he loves it.

It was nice to see all the Christmas decorations. The decorations at the Bordwalk have changed quite a bit. The ones at the Beach and Yacht Club are the same as I remember them. Lunch looked lovely, but what a pain about the scooters.

I'm glad he likes the shirt, I hung hers up in the closet and it's stayed there ever since.

The lunch was really good! We especially liked the Sundae! But the Reuben was really good too. I had my first one since then just the other night as I was totally craving one.
 

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