1 year anniversary, 8 days and too much food......June 2011...11/14 Last Day!

[hstrickland]

Oh...by the way...I'm one of those strange people who like Journey into Imagination...and yes the song sticks in your mind!!!!

 

[shippedtosea]

Oh...by the way...I'm one of those strange people who like Journey into Imagination...and yes the song sticks in your mind!!!!

haha it was stuck in my head for the next two days of our trip! makes me happy tho.

 

[Kimmy]

I'm in

 

[shippedtosea]

Day 1 Part 3

So we headed inside to check in. There was a huge line for people waiting without ADRs, but we walked happily to the check in. We waited about 25 mins in the bar area and finally our buzzer went off! We were lead to a table on the right side of the fire. It was about 2 tables away from where we sat last time. We were seated and our waiter came by to say hi and see if we had been there before. We had eaten here on our Honeymoon so he didn't have to explain much.

Our ticket did not say that I was a vegetarian however which would become a pattern through the whole trip. I had filled out a dietary request form but....apparently it was attached to our ADRS in code and no one knew what it meant!

So I asked to see a chef and we placed our drink order. I got a raspberry lemonade

and DH got a sprite...but I didn't take a photo because I figured it was boring haha.

We were also brought salad to go along with our welcome bread

So...this salad is one of my favorites ever. I love the dressing....which I found a recipe for but haven't made it yet. its soooo good. and so is the bread. But you want to watch and not eat too much because you'll never be able to eat all the food that is soon to come!

A chef then came by and talked to me. He asked me what I would like....which I guess is nice but kind of drives me nuts because I don't know what they have! So then he said he can make a stir fry...so I said that was fine. I was a little sad because last time I got tower of amazing veggies from TJ but I was willing to try something new!

sauces for the meats came by. the top left is peanut and bottom left is sweet and sour....and I think the other is spicy but I'm not sure what exactly it was.

This is what I was given as my appetizer. I'm not sure how they make simple hummus and pita chips taste so awesome....but they do. If I didn't know they would keep the food coming and coming I would have wanted more!!

This is what DH got and what everyone usually gets. Its wings and dumplings. DH loves these but just like me knows how much other food there are and its impossible for one person to eat all of these. Its the same amount a table of 4 would get!

Then a musician came out. He was the nicest and happiest man ever. He was playing a Ukulele and played a few songs while walking around the tables it was really nice. Then while he stared straight at me and DH's buttons and said "Anyone celebrating an Anniversary or Honeymoon please come up" About 6 other couple got up as well and we each put Leis on each other and then kissed. There was also a couple on their honeymoon....which I was hoping maybe was someone on the dis? anyone? That would have been cool if it was.

Then we were asked to slow dance and he played "Why do Fools fall in love?" It was really cute and made me super happy.

Here is my stir fry. Which turned out to be really yummy.

These I call the noodles of yumminess. I love them and remembered them from the last time we ate there. SO GOOD.

Yum

and then I became a bad disser and forgot to take a photo of DH's meat!!! oops.....I guess thats because I don't eat it....or I was too busy stuffing my face. He really liked the Pork, Chicken and Steak. He really didn't like the shrimp. I think its because they cook it with the shell.

This was dessert....bread pudding a la mode with Banana Foster sauce. I was too stuffed and DH ate it, its his favorite part of this meal.

Huge difference of this meal from late time we ate here. The food came out much slower. which gave us time to enjoy it. Last time we had a very late ADR and they literally threw the food at us without being able to eat anything. So we ended up with a table covered in food and it was very intimidating. This time we enjoyed every part. We love Ohana's (for both Breakfast and dinner) and this experience just confirmed our love. The food is so good and the servers are so nice here. This will def be a place we will go back to on our next trip. If you haven't tried it, its a must on our list!

So then we headed off to MK EMH (2am)

Waiting for the boat.

So I would say this move was the dumbest of our trip. DH had said right before we left he wasn't feel too well and we bought medicine with us. BUT we had been up for like 22 hours by this time...so MK EMH was a bad idea. You'll see why later in the report. Also I always want to go into MK refreshed and starting with the morning show. So us going here late at night for the first time this trip was breaking all my "rules".

We obviously went anyway. Entering the MK is always magical for me...but I really need to go first in the morning....I donno why but it just makes a difference. SO it was very weird and not the same to go and night. I didnt get the same experience (like I did when we came back for the morning)

We first went to check out how long Space mountain and Buzz were...which was about 60 mins and 45 mins. So we figured we'd come back when people started leaving after the parade and fireworks. (wrong...so wrong)
We walked around and checked out the Tangled meet and greet

Which I looooved. I think it looks great. I wish the lines weren't always nuts.

While we were there we accidentally caught some of "Magic memories and you" DH took some pictures but I wanted to wait til we saw the whole thing from start to finish so we only watched a little

We then headed over because I needed to get on Haunted Mansion which is my favorite ride in MK.

We then walked straight on Pirates and Big Thunder. Which was great! While we were on the line for Big Thunder Wishes started going off....which always gets me choked up. (anyone else?) its my favorite. But we had a date with wishes the next night so we just sung along as we waited on line.

We kept on walking and jumped on Jungle Cruise which I love in the dark so its a big must on my list. Then because Dumbo's line was crazy we went on Aladdin! I like this ride...DH thinks its silly, but oh well. DH also "accidentally" flew me straight into the camel spray!

We caught the end of the Electrical Parade...but again I really love this and wanted to see the whole thing. (see this is why we should have waited!!)

This parade is so amazing...<3

By then it was getting very late and we were on 24+ hours and running so we checked to see if we could get on space....still an hour long!

So our last ride of the night was Winnie the Pooh....I really wanted to check out the new line and beat the crowds during the day. it was about a 10 min wait. We really enjoyed the new line! Its so cute and fun. Like always the ride was fun too! After the ride we dragged our tired butts onto the bus and headed to BW to pass out!

Here's a hint for whats up next

 

[shippedtosea]

I'm in

Thanks for joining!

 

[hstrickland]

Ohana is one of my favorites. Although on our past trip the service was really shady...I almost felt sorry for the waitress, she was that bad. But...the food was great and of course the bread pudding was outstanding!!! That's probably on my top 5 list of 'must-have' desserts at WDW! In fact, we ordered 2 dishes of the dessert...needless to say we were stuffed! We will probably go back on our next trip...for the dessert of course

Okay...not really sure what the picture is that you posted I'm curious!!!! I'll be waiting for more!

Heather

 

[shippedtosea]

Ohana is one of my favorites. Although on our past trip the service was really shady...I almost felt sorry for the waitress, she was that bad. But...the food was great and of course the bread pudding was outstanding!!! That's probably on my top 5 list of 'must-have' desserts at WDW! In fact, we ordered 2 dishes of the dessert...needless to say we were stuffed! We will probably go back on our next trip...for the dessert of course

Okay...not really sure what the picture is that you posted I'm curious!!!! I'll be waiting for more!

Heather

Oh I'm sorry you had a bad waitress last time! It always sucks to have an otherwise great meal but a bad waitress or waiter. I never can get through the dessert at the end. I usually have a few bites and then I'm done.

You'll have to wait and see! I'll hopefully be posting the next day after work tonight.

 

[leshunlenese]

that was a busy day but fun! we are going to ohanas for the 1st time this december. Im trying not to get too excited becasue i have heard from some that it was not good but everyone has different taste and i hope mine is the liking one

 

[shippedtosea]

that was a busy day but fun! we are going to ohanas for the 1st time this december. Im trying not to get too excited becasue i have heard from some that it was not good but everyone has different taste and i hope mine is the liking one

Oh! Your going to love it. This is our second time and I also have had a bunch of other dis friends go and they all feel the same! I hope you really enjoy your meal. You should also try breakfast if you have a chance.

 

[shippedtosea]

Hey all! Hope you had a great weekend.

Day 2

So our first full day always has to be MK. Its a tradition and makes me super happy. Oh yeah and today was our actual anniversary day! So we had a fun full day planned.

The opening show is one of my favorites...so we had to make it to rope drop! we were an hour early and grabbed our ideal spots! (center, right up front)

Here is a close up of the buttons we got when we checked into the Boardwalk

So we waited and finally heard the song I love so much!

Anyone else love this show? It makes me a little teary eyed. It always marks the beginning of our vacation.

Then we hurried through the gates with everyone else and we rushed down the right side of main street. And saw a beautiful sight.

We didn't have much time because we had a 9:30 ADR. So we grabbed Space Mountain Fastpasses and then rushed over to buzz to see what the wait was.
On the way there we ran into one of DH's favorite characters. He was jumping in puddles and making a scene! We were the first to get a picture.

I'm on the right. I learned from this ride that I need a warm up (you'll see later) This time I was terrible

Then we walked towards the castle

and checked in at our ADR for CRT! We had dinner there on our honeymoon and this time we were trying breakfast.

We waited only a small amount of time and then were lead upstairs to the exact same table we had on our honeymoon! We thought that was crazy

DH was clearly excited.

Our Waitress was super nice and very excited that we were celebrating our anniversary. She took our drink orders and when she came back with them we were given a wand and sword! I love that they give these out.

I got coffee (naturally) and DH got OJ. We were also brought out assorted pastries

and fruit

We were give 3 choices of meals. Granola, Fruit and yogurt. Stuffed french toast with berry jam. and potatoes, eggs and sausage.

DH order the potatoes, eggs and sausage and I ordered the same without meat.

They did the wish upon a star ceremony about then. Which is super cute if you haven't seen it.

Our food came super quick! and I was given THIS

I guess they felt bad about what I ordered so they gave me a little of everything! It was sooooo yummy. I don't think I could have had a whole plate of the french toast but it was nice to have a little taste. They also gave me french toast sticks from the kids menu! I was happily surprised at how good the food was (i've heard EH reviews)

DH's plate....well I was still being a bad diser and forgot to take a photo (yup...this will be the last time tho!) So just imagine my eggs, potatoes and some meat! haha!

Then soon the princesses came by.

Ariel always likes me because our hair matches! she was super nice.

So our verdict...the food and service is really good here! I liked breakfast more then I did dinner. Its a great way to start the day! This is def worth a try once, even if your not big on character breakfasts.

 

[shippedtosea]

We headed out of breakfast and found one of the characters on my check list!

Then we headed over around the castle. We found the well nice and empty! so we stopped to take photos.

By this time we could get another fastpass so we headed back up mainstreet to make a date with some mice.

We grabbed our fastpasses and were told we could still get another! Which made us super happy. Before heading over to tomorrowland I stopped in to the hat shop and got a pair of sparkly ears! I loved my bride ears last year and didn't wear them nearly enough...so this time I wanted anniversary ears!
When we were coming out we ran into these guys!

We then went back to tomorrowland, grabbed buzz fastpasses.

Not too shabby!

We then went to space! I just love this ride! I really like the new sound effects that they added. It def makes it seem faster. We had to wait for our buzz fastpass so we headed over to Fantasyland to see what was going on there. While I was there I found ANOTHER of my must meet characters

Love him!

After we met Pinocchio we could grab another fastpass so thats just what we did!

and we decided to ride the carousel. I love carousels so its always a must.

So thats all for now!

Up Next:

 

[Stephie77]

Hey girl! I am here and loving what I have read so far. I am excited to read the rest. xoxoxoxo

 

[BerrysGirl]

Your trip seems like so much fun! How are you not exhausted from the night before? I'm really excited to read more because I'm a vegetarian too and so far you've eaten at places I've never tried. Nice to see my options before I go

 

[shippedtosea]

Hey girl! I am here and loving what I have read so far. I am excited to read the rest. xoxoxoxo

Welcome hun! thanks for reading along!

Your trip seems like so much fun! How are you not exhausted from the night before? I'm really excited to read more because I'm a vegetarian too and so far you've eaten at places I've never tried. Nice to see my options before I go

Haha we were SO tired. but we were in Disney! Can't let anything hold you back. It will catch up to us tho. Oh I'm glad I can help! I also did a veggie food review on our last trip the link is in my sig.

 

[Kimmy]

Great pictures! How were the lines? Was it really busy?

 

[shippedtosea]

Great pictures! How were the lines? Was it really busy?

Thanks! The lines weren't too bad....it started to get busier towards the end of the week.

 

[PirateMommy]

This parade is so amazing...<3

I love all of your photos (and your trip report!) but these night time ones are spectacular.

What kind of camera do you use?

 

[shippedtosea]

I love all of your photos (and your trip report!) but these night time ones are spectacular.

What kind of camera do you use?

Thanks so much! Me and DH take turns with the camera. He is the best at night.

Most of the photos are taken with a Nikon D80. We love it.

 

[soul_power]

Loving your TR so far! The pics are amazing! DBF and I are in our 20s and have a trip coming up in September, so I love reading TRs of other couples around our age!

By the way, I love that white Mickey shirt you're wearing on the first day! So cute!

 

[PoohGal05]

Your trip report is WONDERFUL and your pictures are amazing!! I look forward to reading more! And might I say, you look like Ariel at CRT!