Wow! Those were some crowds! I'm amazed that there was anything without a wait.
Love all the pictures! And wow, that is indeed a super creepy chair! I don't think I could sit in it without shivering! lol.
I was surprised too! And some of the wait times were only 30 minutes, and usually things go faster than that - so not too bad or different from what we experienced the day before. But overall just the people THERE was overwhelming, standing around, sitting, etc.
I love the Christmas pictures of the different resorts. They make me want to get out the Disney Christmas decorations in July.
If my house looked anything like WDW during Christmas, I might just leave mine up!
Love the updates Brook!! We are on a mini vacation in Gatlinburg right now and I jumped on the computer--love all the Disney updates! (we actually hit a
Disney Store outlet store here and bought up tons of stuff! My friends back home said I just cant go anywhere without a little bit of Disney magic-so TRUE!)
Anyway, I loved your Boma pictures. We always go to Boma for a breakfast too and just love the foods and juice. I also have lots of the carved animals that you showed in your pictures. My sister and her family were missionaries in Africa and she brought me back some and they are the exact ones in your pictures. Pretty neat
That is very cool that the animals are the same ones! I always wonder if the gifts are authentic, and I'm sure some aren't...but it's great to know that some really are!
Isn't Boma awesome? I love, love, love it. I'm certain I'll enjoy the breakfast we have booked for September as well though....and I can always go back to Boma again on a later trip!
Enjoy Gatlinburg!
4.5 Hours?! I'm not sure there's any ride at WDW that I'd wait that long for, unless Kevin Sorbo was part of it (my next husband
)
I'm with ya. There isn't anything at WDW I would wait for that long! There is so many other things to see, why wait in line??
Me too! I so wish I had bought something NYE or New Years. What was I thinking?
Looking at your pictures of Epcot on NYE reminded me of the scene we had at DHS that day/night. Crazy crowded, wasn't it? Didn't you just want to yell from the monorail to those people waiting outside the Figment ride --"It's not worth it, folks!"
I totally regret not buying SOMETHING too. I don't know when/if we'll go back at the time, so....
All well!
Hilarious! Wait in line for a 2 minute ride with a song that gets stuck in your head and skunk smell blasted at you. Sign me up!
Once again a wonderful update Brook! It really looks like you made the best of the day by avoiding touring the parks. The thing that surprised me the most was 70 minutes for Maelstrom...
On the other hand it also shows how some attractions just don't hold up at all: no wait for Honey I Shrunk the Audience. I guess that's the reason why the went back to showing Captain EO (which by the way, you should make sure to see in September!!).
This sounds like you really need some brats for your grill!!
Chicago is on my list of places to visit - one thing I would love to do one day is take 6 weeks off from work and go on a road trip through the US driving on country roads. I guess Cars (and especially the documentary on the DVD about Rout 66) is the reason for this...
Not only Blankistani, but also Ecuador? You really had some adventure in your life!!
I know! I have NEVER seen a line for it - and 70 MINUTES! And then there was only 15 for the Mexican Small World featuring Donald Duck. I like that one better than Maelstrom personally...
Captain EO is on my list!
I was very excited to see it come back! I'm nervous about Henry's reaction to it all...I've heard there are some darker parts and some parts might scare kids...plus Henry has never been all that great with 3D shows - so maybe if Joe isn't interested I'll send them over to Nemo. We'll see how it goes.
We do need brats! I know there is a butcher shop fairly close to my house that sells them (I looked it up online
), I just have to find it.
I think the road trip through the US would be fantastic! Joe and I always talk about getting a big RV when we get old and doing that.
I took a picture of those, too. It would be neat to see them fall.
70 minutes for Maelstrom. That's pretty crazy stuff.
Nice walking-around-by-yourself pictures.
It would have been neat to see them fall! I bet it was a great little party at GF that night.
I know! I've never seen a line for it before!
I love that you ventured into the park to get us some pictures of those INSANE crowds!!! The whole update was great, but this line had me rolling in laughter...
DUH! They're all over at Epcot!
You are RIGHT!!!!
Thanks for the photo tour Brook! Some of your World Showcases pictures reminded me of the crowds that we were in when I was there with Jackie and Kat for Food & Wine.....but that's just "street" traffic.
I'm vowing right now to never go into a Disney park if they want me to park on the grass!
F&W can get very nutty on the weekends, Joe and I did that one time...it's intense!
I think that is a good rule about parking. If it's THAT busy it's not going to be all that fun anyway!
Although Ecuador was an adventure, I'd have to say it was TOOOOOOOOOo much of one. We had several near death experiences in our family with one trauma after another- and I actually have some long standing PTSS issues from of it. (think house fires, near drownings, car wreck.... etc....) Plus I got pregnant there- it was hard.
Sorry to remind you of these horrible experiences.
Wowsers.
Not a good adventure at ALL. (at least there are some good memories from it...like quinoa!
)
I'm not sure there's any ride at WDW that I'd wait that long for, unless Kevin Sorbo was part of it (my next husband 
Since the trip was booked recently there isn't anything available for the entire time, so we are waitlisted too. Hopefully it comes through. BWV is where Joe has wanted to stay since he first saw it back in 2006 on the last day of our honeymoon. 
Thank you for the PD! Less than $20 is a fantastic price!!
I didn't notice that until you mentioned it! You are right!
