I'm afraid I'm with Brandon yet again...ferry over the monorail any day (but we are the ones who always get stuck for 15 minutes or more each time we ride the monorail...now I avoid it at all costs).
Sorry for the trouble checking out of AOA and checking in to POR...can't believe the long line first thing in the a.m. at POR.
Sorry you didn't get to see the New Fantasyland.
Love your pictures of the castle.
Haha, I love the monorail, but I do fear getting stuck on there!
I mean, I like the ferry, but if I can take the monorail, I'm taking the monorail!
I could not believe the line at POR! It was the ME bus, we saw it pulling away when we were walking in, little did we know, there would be 500 people in line!
That's ok, I kind of knew my chances were slim to none with the AP previews going on!
Thank you!
I think we were on Haunted Mansion pretty close to the same time! Lol
And I'm sorry, but I was so excited you didn't get into Fantasy Land, because I didn't even try and if I would have come here and seen they were letting people in that morning I would have cried! The anticipation was killing me!
It was chilly that morning but in a perfect way. I loved the weather. Shivered at the bust stop (shorts and a tee for me that day) but once at the parks it was fine. We even did Splash first thing!
Really? I bet we were in a lot of places at the same time!
OMG, New Fantasyland was the first thing I had to try to do! I kept stalking it too, like I thought maybe if they saw me pacing back and forth they'd let me in! No such luck!
I loved the weather too, the only time I was a little chilly was at night, on the tram because of the wind, but other than that, I loved the weather that week! I wish it was like that on every trip!
Awww that's too bad that the check-out/check-in processes took longer than anticipated, but you guys still made it over to the MK pretty early!!
Hahahaha ugh I hate when it gets unexpectedly cold in Disney and all of my fun Disney shirts have to be covered up too!
If AoA check out didn't take so long, we would have made rope drop! But it's ok, I'll be back in less than 2 months, so I will definitely be hitting rope drop at least once, even if my sister wants to sleep in! I'll go alone!
We did make it to MK nice and early, it was awesome with the low crowds, got a lot done!
Haha, I kept thinking that all week, that my cute Disney shirts were all covered by that stupid blue hoodie! And I almost didn't bring it, I just stuffed it in my suitcase at the last minute!
Yippee for another update! Our trips were SO close together so it's interesting to read how yours went, especially in terms of the weather. Sorry it was too chilly and we didn't get a chance to see the cute shirts. I think I had some kind of sweatshirt on during a lot of our photos too...and that was 1-2 weeks later!
I can't believe you got up THAT early and still didn't make rope drop at MK. It seemed like it would be more than possible. I can't wait to hear about your rooms at POR. I booked those EXACT rooms (the Royal whatever they are rooms) for our upcoming trip...and then cancelled them. I read a review of them yesterday and they did sound SO cool. Still...DVC free room still trumps paid for room anyday!
It's funny you mentioned NOT getting stuck on Haunted Mansion. I'd never thought about it but I think we always do as well. We got stuck on it so long this last trip that I WAS able to take some photos...in the dark without my flash! 
Glad you didn't get sick on BTMRR. It's one of my faves and while I tolerate it just fine sometimes RnRC makes me a bit queasy! 
Can't wait to read more!
Haha, it's ok, that just means I can wear all of my cute shirts again in Feb. and maybe you guys can see them in that TR! I hate repeating Disney shirts on trips, so this means I don't have to buy a ton of them for Feb.! It was still cool on your trip? I was thinking the second we left it would warm up a little, but I guess not! I love going at that time of year!
I loved our royal rooms! But yes, I'd take a free DVC room over a paid room any day too! I took tons of pictures of the royal room, I will probably have to do a separate update just for the room pics!
Yeah, HM is one of those rides you just kind of know you will get stuck on at some point...just like Splash! So I was happy when we just went all the way through with no problem! Probably because it was so early!
I think the only reason I was a little nauseous last time was because it was 8 billion degrees outside!
This time I was fine! I never get nauseous from RnRC, but I do get a headache sometimes from my head banging around! I put up with it though, because RnRC is so freakin awesome!
LOL 
And that Danish looks so good, mmmm, will definitely have to make a dash for the Main Street Bakery when I'm in the World. 
MERRY CHRISTMAS DIS FRIENDS!!!
Today is the first day I can really relax! I have to work tomorrow, but then I'm off for another 5 days, so I'm hoping to get in a few updates while I'm home! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! 
I'm just glad they didn't get rid of her all together, they need some random characters here and there. 
