franandaj
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Let me know when you get that information. I can figure out if I want the necklace and maybe we can get you gift cards to buy it if I want it.
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Let me know when you get that information. I can figure out if I want the necklace and maybe we can get you gift cards to buy it if I want it.
franandaj
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I'm glad you enjoyed reading about it, we had a great time.
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Caution! Long post ahead, sorry about the lack of pictures!
So now that the b'day TR is all wrapped up, we're back to this as a PTR for next Spring's trip to WDW with Naked Jim. As that is still a ways away, I hope you don't mind indulging me in using this forum as a PTR for my upcoming cruise to Baja California, my cruise / WDW vacation in December, and my various day visits to DLR during the Diamond Anniversary. By that time the trip with Naked Jim should be in full planning mode, and I'll have two other TRS either in progress or under my belt.
The cruise is still four months away and there is nothing I can do about reservations or excursions until July 18. The two night cruises seem to start off with pirate night, and I am seriously considering packing our pirate garb, since we are driving to the port and don't have to worry about luggage restrictions like one would when flying.
I'm hoping to get Palo brunch for the day at sea because that's always a great way to start off a first morning on the ship. Concierge has already started booking and Platinum opens Thursday, so I hope there is something left when us poor silver sailors can book. It won't be until the next cruise that have yet to book that I will finally be able to take advantage of being a gold member, as I turn gold only about 45 days before our December cruise.
We'll probably do a tasting later that day, and I'm sure we will do some relaxing in the room on the verandah. We'll dine in the main dining room and then revel in the fact that we do not need to pack up our suitcases and get ready to leave the ship!
From what I hear, we are among the last to leave the ship and B2B cruisers wait in one of the bars and are escorted off the ship once all the other passengers have disembarked. Then once the ship is cleared we are the first to board, even before the family of the day. We'll see how we spend our day up until the muster drill, but following the muster drill, I plan on having my own little sail away party in the spa in the form of Alone Time!
Other than that I haven't really thought through the cruise very far. I haven't looked into the excursions. We have port stops in Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada. We'll have to see if Fran is able to tender in Cabo. The seas can be rough and the tender boats are tricky.
I know I will be making a reservation at Palo for dinner on Pirate Night and for Brunch on the last sea day. That's as far as I have planned for this trip.
While my December trip is not right around the corner, the window for ADRs came last weekend. I gave a lot of thought to where we want to eat. I wanted to keep a balance between our old favorites and my desire to up my Golden Spoon percentage. For the cruise part of the vacation, DCL reservations won't happen until September 8th so I have a while to figure out what night is Pirate Night and when we'll go to Remy.
You all know how the first part of the trip goes:
Fly to MCO Sunday, December the 6th, stay at the Hyatt at the airport. Monday morning we head to port for four glorious nights at sea. Due to my good planning we won't have to suffer post cruise blues because we're going to WDW afterwards, and that's the planning I need to do there!
You're off the ship pretty early since they practically throw you off by 9:30AM. With transport to WDW we should be arriving at our resort before noon. It's highly unlikely that our room will be ready, but stranger things have happened. With this in mind my plan is to head to Epcot after we check our bags with Bell Services. I'm interested in checking out the mini F&W Christmas stands that they have during the holiday season as well as grabbing some lunch.
Friday, December11, 2015
I've decided for this day not to make any ADRs, if we want a sit down lunch my plan is to go with either Marrakesh (which can usually be a walk up), Katsura Grill (CS) or the Fish and chips place in the UK. In addition we will supplement our lunch with desserts from the Holiday Kiosks around World Showcase.
Once we get the text that our room is ready we can head back to the resort and relax. I'm planning on cooking us something low key for dinner but haven't decided quite what yet. This will not be a trip where I am packing meat, so we’ll be ordering from WeGoShop. Maybe I will do something homey like Meatloaf or Chicken Florentine. I have until I place my grocery order to decide.
Saturday, December 12, 2015
We’ll have breakfast in the room, something simple and easy. Today our plan is to hit the Epcot resorts to check out the decorations. We have lunch a 1:30 reservation at Beaches and Cream. Most likely we’ll split an entrée so that we have enough room to split a Sundae as well. I’m sure we’ll do a little shopping on the Boardwalk. Who knows we may even check out the decorations at the Swan and Dolphin too. Then it will be back to the room for a nap, maybe a Jacuzzi tub, and then we will head over to DTD for Dinner at Wolfgang Puck’s Grand Café, the Dining Room at 7PM.
Sunday, December 13, 2015
This may be a good day for a lazy morning. Those of you who have read my previous TRs know that I like at least one day for a “Bacon and Eggs” breakfast in the room and we don’t go rushing off right away. It’s usually a small breakfast, so we don’t get too full, and I’ll make breakfast by 9AM so that we will at least be hungry for lunch. After we get going, we will head up towards the Monorail resorts. Depending on our timing, we will probably head to lunch first and then the resorts. Today’s plan is to have lunch at Ft. Wilderness, Trail’s End restaurant at 12:00 noon. We can either take the trail to the Wilderness Lodge or take the bus up to MK and hop on the Monorail.
Once we have seen enough of the decorations, it will be time to head back to SSR and spend another quiet evening in the room. I’m thinking that I will plan for Grilled Cheese Sandwiches and Tomato Soup. We’ll already have the bread and cheese on hand and the soup is non perishable in case we change our minds and decide to head out to Splitsville for dinner instead of fixing it in the room. . If that doesn't work there's always Wolfgang Puck Express close by.
Monday, December 14, 2015
Today we resume going back to the parks. I wanted to avoid them on the weekend days only because the crowd levels are usually higher. Besides that will give us ample opportunities to take advantage of the viewing the resort decorations. Today we will be venturing out to Epcot. Breakfast will be light again as we’ll want to get an early start.
Today’s lunch ADR will be at the San Angel Inn at 12:30. So far all the restaurants that I’m planning are new to us, and this one is as well. I’m hoping we can hit some of the special Holiday Kiosks again on this day. I’m thinking we’ll get there early and do the rides in Future World until World Showcase opens. Do a little browsing around the World and then head to lunch.
We can go back to the room for our afternoon nap, and then head out to DHS for the Osborne Lights. Dinner will be at 7:50 at 50’s Prime Time Café, and then that will conclude our “new” restaurants for this trip.
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
This will be our last full day of the trip and we’ll be back to our tried and true dining favorites. A WDW trip would not be complete without a visit to the Strawberry Soup restaurant, and this time it will be for Breakfast. Not that there aren't plenty of other tasty items, but the soup is a favorite. Our reservation at 1900 Park Fare is at 9:30AM.
After breakfast we'll head over to the MK for a few hours. Hopefully we can get FP+ for 7DMT, I also hope to ride CoP & Peoplemover, two I missed on the last trip. Around mid day we'll go back to the room to pack and rest. Our last reservation is at Flying Fish Café. There is an appetizer that I saw on @podsnel's TR quite a few years ago that I have been dying to finally try. It might be enough for my meal!
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Wednesday is our departure day, but we don't have to be on the ME until 1-2PM. We can play this by ear, but I have one or two thoughts. Last trip we had breakfast at WPE and it was outstanding. If we get our act together early enough we could do that again. If we are moving slowly we will possibly go to Cooke’s of Dublin instead. And then it will be time to catch DME back to the airport.
We have a trip down the Mississippi next March, but I haven’t made any plans towards that trip, so for now we’ll skip over that one.
Moving on to the trip with Naked Jim, we came to a decision today. Before arriving on Disney property, we will be spending two nights at “the park which shall not be named”. We’ll spend two nights at the Loews Royal Pacific Hotel before moving on to Disney property. It’s not until the end of September that I can start playing around with our room reservations again, so that’s it for now regarding our plans!
Oh yeah, tomorrow we are going out to the park to see the fireworks, so maybe I’ll have some pictures from our afternoon out at Disneyland!
So now that the b'day TR is all wrapped up, we're back to this as a PTR for next Spring's trip to WDW with Naked Jim. As that is still a ways away, I hope you don't mind indulging me in using this forum as a PTR for my upcoming cruise to Baja California, my cruise / WDW vacation in December, and my various day visits to DLR during the Diamond Anniversary. By that time the trip with Naked Jim should be in full planning mode, and I'll have two other TRS either in progress or under my belt.
The cruise is still four months away and there is nothing I can do about reservations or excursions until July 18. The two night cruises seem to start off with pirate night, and I am seriously considering packing our pirate garb, since we are driving to the port and don't have to worry about luggage restrictions like one would when flying.
I'm hoping to get Palo brunch for the day at sea because that's always a great way to start off a first morning on the ship. Concierge has already started booking and Platinum opens Thursday, so I hope there is something left when us poor silver sailors can book. It won't be until the next cruise that have yet to book that I will finally be able to take advantage of being a gold member, as I turn gold only about 45 days before our December cruise.
We'll probably do a tasting later that day, and I'm sure we will do some relaxing in the room on the verandah. We'll dine in the main dining room and then revel in the fact that we do not need to pack up our suitcases and get ready to leave the ship!
From what I hear, we are among the last to leave the ship and B2B cruisers wait in one of the bars and are escorted off the ship once all the other passengers have disembarked. Then once the ship is cleared we are the first to board, even before the family of the day. We'll see how we spend our day up until the muster drill, but following the muster drill, I plan on having my own little sail away party in the spa in the form of Alone Time!
Other than that I haven't really thought through the cruise very far. I haven't looked into the excursions. We have port stops in Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada. We'll have to see if Fran is able to tender in Cabo. The seas can be rough and the tender boats are tricky.
I know I will be making a reservation at Palo for dinner on Pirate Night and for Brunch on the last sea day. That's as far as I have planned for this trip.
While my December trip is not right around the corner, the window for ADRs came last weekend. I gave a lot of thought to where we want to eat. I wanted to keep a balance between our old favorites and my desire to up my Golden Spoon percentage. For the cruise part of the vacation, DCL reservations won't happen until September 8th so I have a while to figure out what night is Pirate Night and when we'll go to Remy.
You all know how the first part of the trip goes:
Fly to MCO Sunday, December the 6th, stay at the Hyatt at the airport. Monday morning we head to port for four glorious nights at sea. Due to my good planning we won't have to suffer post cruise blues because we're going to WDW afterwards, and that's the planning I need to do there!
You're off the ship pretty early since they practically throw you off by 9:30AM. With transport to WDW we should be arriving at our resort before noon. It's highly unlikely that our room will be ready, but stranger things have happened. With this in mind my plan is to head to Epcot after we check our bags with Bell Services. I'm interested in checking out the mini F&W Christmas stands that they have during the holiday season as well as grabbing some lunch.
Friday, December11, 2015
I've decided for this day not to make any ADRs, if we want a sit down lunch my plan is to go with either Marrakesh (which can usually be a walk up), Katsura Grill (CS) or the Fish and chips place in the UK. In addition we will supplement our lunch with desserts from the Holiday Kiosks around World Showcase.
Once we get the text that our room is ready we can head back to the resort and relax. I'm planning on cooking us something low key for dinner but haven't decided quite what yet. This will not be a trip where I am packing meat, so we’ll be ordering from WeGoShop. Maybe I will do something homey like Meatloaf or Chicken Florentine. I have until I place my grocery order to decide.
Saturday, December 12, 2015
We’ll have breakfast in the room, something simple and easy. Today our plan is to hit the Epcot resorts to check out the decorations. We have lunch a 1:30 reservation at Beaches and Cream. Most likely we’ll split an entrée so that we have enough room to split a Sundae as well. I’m sure we’ll do a little shopping on the Boardwalk. Who knows we may even check out the decorations at the Swan and Dolphin too. Then it will be back to the room for a nap, maybe a Jacuzzi tub, and then we will head over to DTD for Dinner at Wolfgang Puck’s Grand Café, the Dining Room at 7PM.
Sunday, December 13, 2015
This may be a good day for a lazy morning. Those of you who have read my previous TRs know that I like at least one day for a “Bacon and Eggs” breakfast in the room and we don’t go rushing off right away. It’s usually a small breakfast, so we don’t get too full, and I’ll make breakfast by 9AM so that we will at least be hungry for lunch. After we get going, we will head up towards the Monorail resorts. Depending on our timing, we will probably head to lunch first and then the resorts. Today’s plan is to have lunch at Ft. Wilderness, Trail’s End restaurant at 12:00 noon. We can either take the trail to the Wilderness Lodge or take the bus up to MK and hop on the Monorail.
Once we have seen enough of the decorations, it will be time to head back to SSR and spend another quiet evening in the room. I’m thinking that I will plan for Grilled Cheese Sandwiches and Tomato Soup. We’ll already have the bread and cheese on hand and the soup is non perishable in case we change our minds and decide to head out to Splitsville for dinner instead of fixing it in the room. . If that doesn't work there's always Wolfgang Puck Express close by.
Monday, December 14, 2015
Today we resume going back to the parks. I wanted to avoid them on the weekend days only because the crowd levels are usually higher. Besides that will give us ample opportunities to take advantage of the viewing the resort decorations. Today we will be venturing out to Epcot. Breakfast will be light again as we’ll want to get an early start.
Today’s lunch ADR will be at the San Angel Inn at 12:30. So far all the restaurants that I’m planning are new to us, and this one is as well. I’m hoping we can hit some of the special Holiday Kiosks again on this day. I’m thinking we’ll get there early and do the rides in Future World until World Showcase opens. Do a little browsing around the World and then head to lunch.
We can go back to the room for our afternoon nap, and then head out to DHS for the Osborne Lights. Dinner will be at 7:50 at 50’s Prime Time Café, and then that will conclude our “new” restaurants for this trip.
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
This will be our last full day of the trip and we’ll be back to our tried and true dining favorites. A WDW trip would not be complete without a visit to the Strawberry Soup restaurant, and this time it will be for Breakfast. Not that there aren't plenty of other tasty items, but the soup is a favorite. Our reservation at 1900 Park Fare is at 9:30AM.
After breakfast we'll head over to the MK for a few hours. Hopefully we can get FP+ for 7DMT, I also hope to ride CoP & Peoplemover, two I missed on the last trip. Around mid day we'll go back to the room to pack and rest. Our last reservation is at Flying Fish Café. There is an appetizer that I saw on @podsnel's TR quite a few years ago that I have been dying to finally try. It might be enough for my meal!
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Wednesday is our departure day, but we don't have to be on the ME until 1-2PM. We can play this by ear, but I have one or two thoughts. Last trip we had breakfast at WPE and it was outstanding. If we get our act together early enough we could do that again. If we are moving slowly we will possibly go to Cooke’s of Dublin instead. And then it will be time to catch DME back to the airport.
We have a trip down the Mississippi next March, but I haven’t made any plans towards that trip, so for now we’ll skip over that one.
Moving on to the trip with Naked Jim, we came to a decision today. Before arriving on Disney property, we will be spending two nights at “the park which shall not be named”. We’ll spend two nights at the Loews Royal Pacific Hotel before moving on to Disney property. It’s not until the end of September that I can start playing around with our room reservations again, so that’s it for now regarding our plans!
Oh yeah, tomorrow we are going out to the park to see the fireworks, so maybe I’ll have some pictures from our afternoon out at Disneyland!
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dolphingirl47
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Your plans all sound great and I hope that they all come together. I can definitely recommend checking out the decorations at the Swan and Dolphin. One of them has a Christmas tree made up of white poinsettia plants. I don't think I had ever seen something so stunning before.
Corinna
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How did I just realize we'll be overlapping in December! 
I'm going with a lady from work and her husband, the original plan was the weekend before so I was going to miss you completely. But they had to change dates and now I'll be there the 10th-14th. I'll be with them most of the time but hopefully we can do something together 
I'm going with a lady from work and her husband, the original plan was the weekend before so I was going to miss you completely. But they had to change dates and now I'll be there the 10th-14th. I'll be with them most of the time but hopefully we can do something together 
rentayenta
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Sail away party in the spa? Sounds heavenly! 
Will you stay on the ship in Ensenada?
I think Marrakesh is over looked by many. Good choice! We really like the food and atmosphere.
A trip without packing meat is no trip at all!
We really enjoyed 50's. If it's possible to request a server, request Loukili. I don't remember many servers names but he may be the best server we have ever had; even outside of Disney. You won't regret it. But be ready to play.
Will you stay on the ship in Ensenada?
I think Marrakesh is over looked by many. Good choice! We really like the food and atmosphere.
A trip without packing meat is no trip at all!
We really enjoyed 50's. If it's possible to request a server, request Loukili. I don't remember many servers names but he may be the best server we have ever had; even outside of Disney. You won't regret it. But be ready to play.
rndmr2
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Started this report a couple days ago, caught up now, that party looked like a lot of fun, what a great way to celebrate your 50th!
Your plans for the upcoming trips look fun, sorry you had to cancel your spring trips.
Sorry Fran is going through all those issues, hopefully now she can get some relief.
WDW is really beautiful at Christmas time. I have been a few times over actual Christmas a few years ago, but it's really crowded. They say that the earlier part of December is a great time to go with the lower crowds. I would love to go during that time of year again someday because I haven't seen the Osborne Lights (they weren't there when I was there last) and I have yet to see the Candlelight Processional, which I would love to see.
Your plans for the upcoming trips look fun, sorry you had to cancel your spring trips.
Sorry Fran is going through all those issues, hopefully now she can get some relief.
WDW is really beautiful at Christmas time. I have been a few times over actual Christmas a few years ago, but it's really crowded. They say that the earlier part of December is a great time to go with the lower crowds. I would love to go during that time of year again someday because I haven't seen the Osborne Lights (they weren't there when I was there last) and I have yet to see the Candlelight Processional, which I would love to see.
mvf-m11c
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I will pm or email you when I find the information.
Your plans for your December trip look very interesting and well plan.
I really wanted to go back to the Christmas season at WDW but it will be nice to go back during the Halloween/F&W Festival this year.
Hope you have a great time at the DLR tomorrow and to be able to see Paint the Night and Disneyland Forever.
afwdwfan
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Well, you've certainly rallied back from the canceled trips and uncertain plans of a couple of months ago! All the plans look great, and I'm glad to see you've got some fun trips coming up.
I really want to take your lead and try some new places on our next trip. It's just always so hard to avoid re-visiting the old favorites though!
I don't fault you a bit for going to "that other park." In fact, I think it is a great idea! I love Universal... and I can't remember when exactly the Naked Jim trip is planned for, but will it be after the new King Kong Skull Island area opens in IOA? I think it is set to open next summer sometime.
I really want to take your lead and try some new places on our next trip. It's just always so hard to avoid re-visiting the old favorites though!
I don't fault you a bit for going to "that other park." In fact, I think it is a great idea! I love Universal... and I can't remember when exactly the Naked Jim trip is planned for, but will it be after the new King Kong Skull Island area opens in IOA? I think it is set to open next summer sometime.
mvf-m11c
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The Dream Store merchandise for the D23 Expo for the Sorcerer pre-order was put online today and here is the link to it. https://www.disneynow.com/profile/web/index.cfm?PKwebID=0x782436243&varPage=home
There are quite some nice stuff for this year Dream Store.
There are quite some nice stuff for this year Dream Store.
PrincessInOz
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Fantastic plans for December. Here's to the time going quick...and Fran back to feeling great!
rentayenta
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The kids had a blast Thursday night. Braden loved Star Tours! Your lamb burger on FB looked INSANELY delicious. I have got to get my hands on one of those.
franandaj
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We will have to see about our tiredness level, but I remember seeing your pictures of that pointsettia tree and it was really pretty.
I love your plans!
As for the park that cannot be named, let me look to see if I can get any discounts for you.
Jill in CO
Thanks! Anything helps!
How did I just realize we'll be overlapping in December!
Awesome! Let's talk about it when you're here in October!
Sail away party in the spa? Sounds heavenly!
I did it on the Cruise out of Miami and it was a great way to spend the sail away!
I have no idea, we haven't talked about it yet, but we probably will stay on the ship in Nassau.
I love Moroccan food, in fact I've put Cous Cous with Chicken and Merguez on the menu for this week.
A trip without packing meat is no trip at all!
I'm not sure how much we'll be ready to play, I better make sure Fran has had her nap and a pain pill!
I'm glad you made it over here!Thanks, I'm really getting ancy for a trip. At least we are going up the Coast in 18 days.
She's starting to feel better as the drug is saturating her system.
We've been to DL many times at Christmas and it's great, but I can't wait to see all the different resorts all decked out. From the pictures I've seen the WDW resorts do it up much bigger than Disneyland.
franandaj
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It's hard to choose which time to go, for us it came down to timing of our Wonder Cruise and band concerts.
I try! We're not getting any younger, and after all the years we spent not traveling because her parents were ill, and then all the canceled trips for various medical maladies, I keep a steady stream of trips planned!
I know what you mean, but try taking the Golden Spoon Challenge and see how many places you actually have been. I thought I'd eaten at a lot of places until I took that and realized I really needed to branch out my horizons!
We've been twice before, it's not like Disney because we just don't like the rides as much, but Hogwarts was amazing, I can't wait to see what they have done with Diagon Alley. We're going in Spring, so unless they are having a soft opening, we'll miss that. That's OK, we saw King Kong last night and while the island was cool, would you take your daughter there? I'm just like her. Ewwww bugs!
Thanks!
Thanks for posting this!
Thanks, yeah it's always better when she feels better.
I'm glad they had fun. It was a good night, full report coming up. Just no pictures to confirm we met.
The stateroom would never be the same if we put meat in the "cooler" for four nights, and then carried it with us on the bus.
mvf-m11c
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Your welcome. It has been a while to look for the Dream Store merchandise to be posted online and now I'm still trying to look for the Mickey's of Glendale and Disney Store for the D23 Expo.
I know what you mean. It is hard with all the different plan events and trips that you have to work it around another date.
franandaj
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About four weeks ago Disneyland began it's Diamond Anniversary celebration. With everything that had been going on and Fran's mobility level, we hadn't been able to make it out there until Thursday. We couldn’t leave until after my haircut, and we were on our way by 2:30.
The first stop was the Uva Bar and Cafe in DTD for the "make up" of my Lamburger. It was yummy.
Fran got the French Dip, she seemed happy with her choice.
Look at all that yummy goodness!
After our late lunch/ early dinner, we decided to head into DCA. We cut through the lobby of the Grand Californian and they had this on display. I wasn’t sure if it was a cake or not, but you couldn’t get close to it as it was roped off.
I wanted to check out Soarin with its refurb and all. Fran wanted to look at Off the Page and Elias and Company. So we agreed to meet up after my flight.
I noticed that the Carthay was all decorated for the 60th.
They redid the area where Soarin is located and made it kind of “National Parky”. It’s going to take some getting used to, but it’s OK, I kind of liked it.
The new Smokejumpers Grill
And Soarin’ redesigned.
This CM doesn’t appear to be having a very magical day.
I don’t remember this picture from before.
At least they didn’t change a whole lot.
I was seated in an entire row of newbies. At first the outbursts of the young girl next to me were slightly annoying, but when I recognized her awe at the ride in general I found it refreshing. Everyone around me was gasping and “oooing” and “aaaahhhhing”. It was kind of neat to experience their awe
I do have to say that they really cleaned up the film nicely. That black spot that used to be in the bottom left of the projection is gone, and so is the phasing that the old film showed. The images were crisp and clear just like I remember it being the first time that I rode it. The Mickey head on the golf ball was really easy to spot and nice and clear.
After that we were off to DL.
We checked out the Disneyana Store, but luckily there wasn’t anything there that we couldn’t live without. For $2000 you too could have one of these 24 Mickey ear hats.
These watches are a slightly better deal at $1000 each.
It was four hours before the parade was about to begin and people had already begun staking out their spots along the parade route, they came with blankets, and everything they needed to entertain themselves for hours.
We checked about viewing and confirmed that we had some time that we could kill, so I decided to go on Star Tours. Just as our Starspeeder was getting ready to take off I got a text from Fran that read “buying figures”. I also got a text from Jenny’s daughter saying that she and her BF had arrived on campus and where should they meet us.
I got three of my favorite scenes on ST. The non vader opening, the Wookie Planet, Yoda came to talk to us, and then we went to the water planet. After exiting the ride I found Fran at the counter purchasing these figures. Gabby and her BF showed up just then and we decided to go on ST again while the clerk unwrapped all her figures to check them for damage.
Once we finished the ride, I let them go do what they wanted and they planned to meet back up with us at 8:30. I wanted to go on Space Mtn next, but as soon as I tried to enter the queue, they announced it was down. As I walked back to meet Fran, my fitbit went off telling me that I had reached 10,000 steps. That was only the beginning! I eventually walked almost 14,000 steps that day, over 5 ½ miles.
Since I couldn’t ride the ride, we did one of the next best things, got Mickey bars.
We watched a couple families of ducks while we ate our treats. One family had children, the other family had teenagers. The mother of the children didn’t want the teenagers around her kids and chased them away.
We still had an hour to kill and I decided to ride Big Thunder, the stand by wait was only 20 minutes! Fran enjoyed a Mickey Pretzel.
I love all the critters along the route.
As always it was a fun ride. As we pulled into the station, I noticed this between the two sets of buildings. I never noticed it before.
By this time, I was ready for a break, my legs were getting tired, so we settled in for the evening, waiting to be entertained.
Up next: Paint the Night Parade
The first stop was the Uva Bar and Cafe in DTD for the "make up" of my Lamburger. It was yummy.
Fran got the French Dip, she seemed happy with her choice.
Look at all that yummy goodness!
After our late lunch/ early dinner, we decided to head into DCA. We cut through the lobby of the Grand Californian and they had this on display. I wasn’t sure if it was a cake or not, but you couldn’t get close to it as it was roped off.
I wanted to check out Soarin with its refurb and all. Fran wanted to look at Off the Page and Elias and Company. So we agreed to meet up after my flight.
I noticed that the Carthay was all decorated for the 60th.
They redid the area where Soarin is located and made it kind of “National Parky”. It’s going to take some getting used to, but it’s OK, I kind of liked it.
The new Smokejumpers Grill
And Soarin’ redesigned.
This CM doesn’t appear to be having a very magical day.
I don’t remember this picture from before.
At least they didn’t change a whole lot.
I was seated in an entire row of newbies. At first the outbursts of the young girl next to me were slightly annoying, but when I recognized her awe at the ride in general I found it refreshing. Everyone around me was gasping and “oooing” and “aaaahhhhing”. It was kind of neat to experience their awe
I do have to say that they really cleaned up the film nicely. That black spot that used to be in the bottom left of the projection is gone, and so is the phasing that the old film showed. The images were crisp and clear just like I remember it being the first time that I rode it. The Mickey head on the golf ball was really easy to spot and nice and clear.
After that we were off to DL.
We checked out the Disneyana Store, but luckily there wasn’t anything there that we couldn’t live without. For $2000 you too could have one of these 24 Mickey ear hats.
These watches are a slightly better deal at $1000 each.
It was four hours before the parade was about to begin and people had already begun staking out their spots along the parade route, they came with blankets, and everything they needed to entertain themselves for hours.
We checked about viewing and confirmed that we had some time that we could kill, so I decided to go on Star Tours. Just as our Starspeeder was getting ready to take off I got a text from Fran that read “buying figures”. I also got a text from Jenny’s daughter saying that she and her BF had arrived on campus and where should they meet us.
I got three of my favorite scenes on ST. The non vader opening, the Wookie Planet, Yoda came to talk to us, and then we went to the water planet. After exiting the ride I found Fran at the counter purchasing these figures. Gabby and her BF showed up just then and we decided to go on ST again while the clerk unwrapped all her figures to check them for damage.
Once we finished the ride, I let them go do what they wanted and they planned to meet back up with us at 8:30. I wanted to go on Space Mtn next, but as soon as I tried to enter the queue, they announced it was down. As I walked back to meet Fran, my fitbit went off telling me that I had reached 10,000 steps. That was only the beginning! I eventually walked almost 14,000 steps that day, over 5 ½ miles.
Since I couldn’t ride the ride, we did one of the next best things, got Mickey bars.
We watched a couple families of ducks while we ate our treats. One family had children, the other family had teenagers. The mother of the children didn’t want the teenagers around her kids and chased them away.
We still had an hour to kill and I decided to ride Big Thunder, the stand by wait was only 20 minutes! Fran enjoyed a Mickey Pretzel.
I love all the critters along the route.
As always it was a fun ride. As we pulled into the station, I noticed this between the two sets of buildings. I never noticed it before.
By this time, I was ready for a break, my legs were getting tired, so we settled in for the evening, waiting to be entertained.
Up next: Paint the Night Parade
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