"Follow the bouncing ears!" - Oct 2010 solo/Dismeet TR; UPDATE 11/26

[DisneyFirefly]

Originally Posted by franandaj

No food porn of the buffet?

I've been there for lunch, never for dinner, is it much different?

No, I didn't want to drop my camera or drop my plate or something I'm surprised Sharon didn't get any, either, actually.

Dinner was quite nice, actually. I don't remember what the options were for lunch, but I remember finding more that I liked at dinner, oddly enough.

Originally Posted by Nermel9

The Halloween party looks like so much fun! Great pictures! I love the evil witch from Snow White, she looks so scary! I bet a lot of kids are afraid of her! Can't wait to read more!

I had a great time I seriously love that party. The hag was fun! She kept wanting to give me the apple!

Originally Posted by irishdancer86

mmm crystal palace...surroundings characters and food all look good...gonna put it on the to do list!

i liked seeing all the costumes, the party looks so much fun!

I really enjoyed Crystal Palace and will definitely be going back there again whenever I eventually make it back to WDW

The party is a great time! If you ever go during September/October, go to the party!

Originally Posted by laashley

Dana, I'm here and all caught up. Your first 3 days look like a lot of fun! Wish we could've met up while there, but we missed each other by a few hours at DTD. By the time you got to the world we were already at Islands of Adventure. How fun that you spent alot of the time with disers. Can't wait for more.

Yay! They were a lot of fun That's too bad that we missed each other, but hey, life happens It sounds like you guys had a great time, too, so that's what matters!

Originally Posted by jenbear123

I love that chicken!!! It`s hilarious and so random. Great shots from MNSSHP. The line up for the dwarfs was insane when I went on the 26th party. It was really really busy that night!

Honestly, I think you're the only person I've ever met who likes the chicken

But yeah, the line for the dwarfs was always insane I waited until I was by myself to do it, since I didn't want to subject anyone else to it

[franandaj]

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

No, I didn't want to drop my camera or drop my plate or something I'm surprised Sharon didn't get any, either, actually.

Dinner was quite nice, actually. I don't remember what the options were for lunch, but I remember finding more that I liked at dinner, oddly enough.

Whenever I go to a buffet, I always do a reconaissance mission sans plate. If it is a Disney Buffet or something that I am documenting, I take my food porn pictures first. Then once I formulate my plan of attack, I put my camera in my pocket and have at it!

Well except at Sizzler & Hometown Buffet, since most of them have about the same stuff, I already know exactly what I want and for which course!

[therussells08]

I love your POP pics! They make me really excited to stay there! And I love that you took a picture of the 1984 one, because that's the year my sister was born too!

This brings back so many memories from my first and only visit to MNSSHP! It was such a blast. That parade was amazing!

Oh, and in response to what you said a few pages back about driving Jen and I crazy with your texts...um, HECK NO! I loved getting those texts from you! The next best thing to being at Disney is hearing about a friend's trip to Disney, in my opinion!

[PrincessInOz]

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

No, I didn't want to drop my camera or drop my plate or something I'm surprised Sharon didn't get any, either, actually.

Wait and see....

[Simba22]

how the heck are you on page 5 already and i didn't even know you started!?

Going back to catch up!

[megcellent]

I'm really enjoying your TR! I failed to take pictures of our room at POP so it was a pleasant surprise to look at your pictures. It seems like you had a good single trip. My first trip to Disney was 1/2 by myself and nights with my boyfriend at the time. I really enjoyed visiting Disney alone. You could enjoy the scenery and little things more than when you've got a mission to get here or there. Can't wait to read more!

[KatMark]

Well, had I known sooner you had a TR going, I would have hopped over sooner. I'm off to bed now, but I'm subscribed and will catch up in the a.m. Looking forward to it.

[DisneyFirefly]

Originally Posted by franandaj

Whenever I go to a buffet, I always do a reconaissance mission sans plate. If it is a Disney Buffet or something that I am documenting, I take my food porn pictures first. Then once I formulate my plan of attack, I put my camera in my pocket and have at it!

Well except at Sizzler & Hometown Buffet, since most of them have about the same stuff, I already know exactly what I want and for which course!

This was my first time really doing food porn So sue me I have pics from F&W, though!

Originally Posted by therussells08

I love your POP pics! They make me really excited to stay there! And I love that you took a picture of the 1984 one, because that's the year my sister was born too!

This brings back so many memories from my first and only visit to MNSSHP! It was such a blast. That parade was amazing!

Oh, and in response to what you said a few pages back about driving Jen and I crazy with your texts...um, HECK NO! I loved getting those texts from you! The next best thing to being at Disney is hearing about a friend's trip to Disney, in my opinion!

I really enjoyed Pop I thought it was a very nice place for the money I paid for it. Yay for your sister being my age! I should've grabbed one of 1986 as well, and then 1959 and 1961 for my parents, but I forgot

I really love the Boo to You parade. It's honestly my favorite parade at all of Disney World

I'm glad you enjoyed them! I just hated feeling like I was teasing you is all

Originally Posted by PrincessInOz

Wait and see....

Oh boy. Do you have 200 pics just of CP's buffet?

Originally Posted by Simba22

how the heck are you on page 5 already and i didn't even know you started!?

Going back to catch up!

I haven't got a clue! I'm going to put up another post in a few, once I get it typed up

Originally Posted by megcellent

I'm really enjoying your TR! I failed to take pictures of our room at POP so it was a pleasant surprise to look at your pictures. It seems like you had a good single trip. My first trip to Disney was 1/2 by myself and nights with my boyfriend at the time. I really enjoyed visiting Disney alone. You could enjoy the scenery and little things more than when you've got a mission to get here or there. Can't wait to read more!

I'm glad you're enjoying it! I really enjoy traveling and most of the time, I can only do it on my own, so I'm sort of used to traveling as a party of one I hope you enjoyed your first trip, since it looks like you've been back since then! But yeah, that's one of the things I love about solo trips, is that you can enjoy everything and not just the rush to get to places (not that I don't rush around sometimes ).

[DisneyFirefly]

Originally Posted by KatMark

Well, had I known sooner you had a TR going, I would have hopped over sooner. I'm off to bed now, but I'm subscribed and will catch up in the a.m. Looking forward to it.

It happens Glad you're here! Sleep well and see you around!

[Simba22]

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

Friday, October 22, 2010 - Arrival Day

I had an early flight out of Midway, so guess what time I woke up?



Yes, that's right, 2:54am.

[QUOTE=DisneyFirefly;38775336]
We also stopped at a McDonalds drive-thru near the airport to grab breakfast. No pictures of that, but I got a sausage biscuit and hash brown with chocolate milk. My dad got the same, except his biscuit also had egg on it, and we split an extra hash brown. Those things are so bad for you, but they're so tasty![quote]

Agree! Speaking of McDonald's, we stopped there for dinner tonight (again) and I thought I ordered a Quarter Pounder and instead it was a DOUBLE Quarter Pounder! UGh and it was so greasy and oily I'm thinking I won't need chapstick again for at least a week. Why do I keep eating that stuff when everytime I do, I regret it?

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

I can never get a pic of the entrance from the DME bus!!

[Simba22]

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

I spent about an hour walking around before I stopped at Guest Relations to upgrade my ticket and later stopped at Candy Cauldron. Except for airplane peanuts, I hadn't eaten in 12 hours. I got a chocolate covered strawberry and the CM asked what kind. I told her to pick, as I didn't care because it was strawberries and chocolate. She gave me the biggest berry in the case It was white chocolate drizzled with white and milk. The whole thing was half the size of my palm.

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That strawberry looks so good!!!!!

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

Fish and chips. VERY good. I'd never had fish and chips before (fish sticks and fries don't count), and this was awesome.

I ate Fish & Chips at least twice on our trip! I love it and Lumar hates fish so I never eat it here at home. It's one of my favorites!

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

Dunbrody kiss. This thing was amazing, omg.

Yup...going to Raglan Road just for this!

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

I really can't say enough good things about my dinner at Raglan Road. The food was excellent, the service was good, and the atmosphere was fun. We're definitely going back.

I've heard nothing but great things about Raglan Road. **Adding to the list for next trip!**

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

I realized I was crashing, so I got on the bus back to Pop. I bought a few things at the gift shop (mouse ears, a lanyard, and some pins, as well as a couple things I'd forgotten), and then went back to my room. My bag showed up while I was gone, so I unpacked it. It had been searched by the TSA, probably because I had glow sticks in it. I put on the TV for a while and then went to bed around 11:30pm.

Well, HELLO!!! You've been up since 2:54 IN THE MORNING!!!

This is the first time we have gone to WDW and NOT had one of our bags inspected.

Originally Posted by jc040404

You've forced me to follow your TR now. Everytime I see your title, I hear "Follow the bouncing Figment!" and that song gets stuck in my head! Eek! Thank goodness I love that one.

Sounds like an interesting trip!!

It reminded me of that, too! I love Figment!

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

Despite wanting to sleep in, I somehow woke up around 8:30am I couldn't get back to sleep, though. I work night shift, so once I'm up, I'm up, which is very annoying and makes naps nearly impossible. I got up and got ready to go, then ran to Everything Pop to get MORE things I'd forgotten. The night before, I'd forgotten a bottle of lotion and something else I don't remember right now, but the next day, I realized I'd brought my contacts and the solution... But not the case or my eyedrops or my sunglasses. So there went about $30 just on that. The sunglasses alone were $25. Ah well. Such is life, right?

At least you didn't forget socks....

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

If anyone's wondering why I have times, it's because I was keeping a detailed trip journal for the first few days... Then I forgot about it

I write down the times too! I don't know why since I don't think anyone really cares about exact times. It helps me to remember what we did though, if I can picture the time of day I guess....

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

It was good, except for the garlic bread, which if I'd hit you over the head with, you would have been knocked unconscious. I only took one bite, since I lost one tooth recently and didn't need to lose any more.

Gross!

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

She calls the princesses Pink Barbie (Aurora), Blue Barbie (Cinderella), Yellow Barbie (Belle), etc.

So cute!

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

Did you know that if you linger in the stretching room, you can hear the gargoyles whisper to each other?

Just so you know, we now have to wait to hear them every.....single.....time....we ride!

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

There was this super annoying kid there who kept waving his glow sword in our faces and then finally smacked Brad (Heather's husband) in the knee with it.

What was he saying?! "wanna see my glow stick?"
Sorry, Brad, but that story was hilarious. I so would have grabbed that thing and launched it somewhere. Like maybe onto I-4...

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

After we exited, Ali texted again to say she was on Main Street, so we sat in front of Harbor House to wait for her. Once we'd all met up, we went on Haunted Mansion again and I told Lumar all the trivia I know about the ride, since it's his favorite ride as well. We then headed into Adventureland so they could all get Dole floats. I didn't get one, as I don't like pineapple. Once the ice cream was done, EMH had started, so Ali handed out glow sticks and we went on Jungle Cruise. We had an excellent skipper.

I actually got vanilla ice cream...i like the pineapple but wanted vanilla for some reason. Our skipper on Jungle Cruise was good! I liked her!

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

We then went to Frontierland and rode Splash, and Ali bought the photo. Speaking of which, I need to PM her my address After Splash, we went on Thunder Mountain, then headed for Fantasyland. We went on Small World and then went to Tomorrowland to see about Buzz and Space again. Space was still outrageous, so we went on Buzz. I sucked and only got 1800 points. After Buzz, we went on the TTA again and then headed up Main Street in search of a snack for Lumar and Ali. On the way there, we stopped to do a couple Photopass shots. One of them is awesome, and I won't tell about it until I get the picture to show it. We wound up in the Bakery and they got these enormous ham sandwiches, and I got an apple juice, since I was thirsty and didn't want water.

You forgot about the CHEESE SAUCE! I'll be talking about it in my TR when I get to this day! I just got my PP CD yesterday...I love the pics from this night! And yes, those sandwiches were just unnecessarily large. I couldn't even bite into it like a normal human being.

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

Once we were done there, it was almost 3am, so we continued up Main Street, stopped to watch the Kiss Good Night, and then headed for the buses. The first thing I did when I got back to my room was take my contacts out and wash my face.

Then I passed out.

I don't even think I washed my face. I should have, but I'm pretty sure I took my contacts out and fell right to sleep. As a matter of fact, now that I'm thinking about it....I never even pulled the covers over me! I remember waking up and being freezing cold!

[Simba22]

Originally Posted by HeatherBelle614

I'm hereeee!!!!!

We had a GREAT trip! I love the title, too! I'm trying to figure one out for mine!

Not so easy when you don't have lucky muffins telling you what to do, is it?

Originally Posted by PrincessInOz

LAST......as always!

Nope, you beat me! For some reason, I stop getting email updates every once in a while so I had no idea this TR was even started!

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

Hot fudge sundae from Mrs Potts.

I love Mrs. Potts' Cupboard! I stop there for ice cream at least once on every trip!

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

Ummmmmm....What is this???? It looks splendiferous!

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

I have no clue who this guy is, I just liked his shirt!

That is a GREAT shirt! I bet he probably bought it at WWoHP. Maybe I can find it online somewhere.....

Originally Posted by DisneyFirefly

I don't think he liked the hat.



Lumar, Ali, Heather, and Brad, with Dole whips.



I somehow cut Brad out of this pic on Splash.





After stopping for sandwiches, Ali fed Piglet the ham sandwich.

Yeah, I think I'm stealing some of these, too! And I only fed Piglet the ham sandwich because 1) I felt like a bigger pig than him for eating that monstrous thing, and 2) people always say they feel bad eating sausage in front of Piglet at CP...and this is my way of saying "I don't!"

OMG I'm exhausted just from replying! I'm going to bed and I'll be back to finish catching up tomorrow afternoon!

[DisneyFirefly]

Monday, October 25, 2010 - Epcot, Food and Wine Festival

This is about where I stopped really taking thorough notes like I had been earlier in the trip

I think I woke up somewhere around 9 and got up, got dressed, and headed over to Epcot to meet up with Sharon!





I'd texted her once I got on the bus and she said she was in Mouse Gears, so I headed over there, since she'd texted again to say she was still there. I couldn't find her at first, so I looked at snowglobes.



When we finally found each other, she gave me a little keychain Eeyore to hang out with Pooh for the rest of the trip!

After meeting up, we decided to go to Soarin'. I'd never been on it, so we hurried over there. I got a Fastpass and gave it to her in exchange for the one she already had (she'd done it earlier in the day and had gotten a FP to use with her DH later) and then went on it. Honestly, I loved it. It wasn't as amazing as people say it is, but I really did love it.

After Soarin', we wandered over to Figment and went on that, then found our way into Captain Eo. I think I'd wanted to do Figment and she wanted to do Captain Eo, because I remember that she wasn't very enthused by Figment and I thought Captain Eo was kind of stupid.

I was amused at them using the Star Wars miniatures, though.

Once we were out of the eight minute Michael Jackson video, we walked into the World Showcase and started our excursion through part of the Food and Wine Festival!

I was taking pictures of the herb plants for my mom.















Sharon decided that she wanted something from Greece, and I decided I wanted to try the cheese fondue.

[DisneyFirefly]

I didn't try the spanakopita (sp?) thing, but I remember her liking it. The cheese fondue was good, though. I'd never had fondue before! That sort of became the theme for the afternoon

Then we went to Canada.







The cheese soup was excellent, and I can see why everyone raves about it. I wish I'd had some bread, though



That was the maple glazed salmon. Even when I was in Alaska, I didn't try the salmon, but I did it to make Sharon stop picking at me. It was good, to be perfectly honest, but not something I'd get often.

After a stop at the bathroom, we went to Ireland to try two of franandaj's suggestions.









That little bitty cake? Did not last long. It was so good! I want another The fisherman's pie was good as well, but I think the real hit was the lava cake. Does anyone have a recipe? (Seriously, does anyone have a recipe?)

After Ireland (and calling my mom to tell her that I'd not only eaten fondue, but salmon, lobster, and scallops), we went into the UK pavilion to do a little bit of shopping.

[DisneyFirefly]

I have a friend who's obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, so I made Sharon hold the bear for a picture



And my dad is currently obsessed with the Beatles. I actually wound up calling him when I saw the coffee mugs they have there. I was supposed to buy him a Grumpy mug, but when I saw those, I called him and asked if he wanted a Beatles mug or a Grumpy mug. He told me to get the Beatles one. About ten minutes after we left the shop (I think we were in France by then), he called and told me to return it and get the Grumpy one. Well, I said I'd see what I could do, since I'd paid with a gift card. I later took Sharon's advice and just told him when I got home that I'd had them ship it to Pop and just never got around to getting back to Epcot to return it.

I did get him the Grumpy one, though, too. He loves it. See?



Anyway, then we wandered through the shops and eventually found ourselves in the tea/candy shop. I wanted a Mars Bar, but GASP! They didn't HAVE them!

I got a Ripple bar instead, which was actually very good and I want another

I had to take a picture of the girl at the register, though, because her name was Jade and so is my niece's.



We headed into France then.



Sharon decided to continue the "Dana's never tried this before, let me make her try it" thing and got in line in the France booth.





She emerged with creme brulee.



I thought it was all right, but she said it wasn't wonderful (I think that's the word she used). I'll probably try it again someday.

We met Marie and my pics are apparently on Photopass. Maybe on Sharon's camera as well, I don't know. At least, I think we did Marie before the creme brulee. If not, it was the other way round. Then we meandered through the rest of the the pavilion and into the Patisserie.



Yum. Didn't get one, but thought about it.

We did both get one of these:



And then sat at this table in the corner of that little area:



The slushies were non-alcoholic and were perfect, as it was really hot and sunny that day. After a little bit, this woman sat down at the empty chair at our table to make a phone call and then engaged us in a very strange conversation. I don't remember all of it, but I remember that her demeanor changed on the drop of a hat. It was very odd.

We got up to leave when our drinks were done and we saw a mom loaded down with food and kids looking for a table. They ended up at a table on the other side of the courtyard, but we for some reason took pictures of her food while we were guarding it when she went to get the kids.



We continued on through the showcase.