60 Candles, 30 Million Lights, Best Friends&Family at Disney--Priceless (New 5/23)

[petals]

I love your eeyore hoodie and the fairy wings so cool. I still have not found that Mickey head at Poly it must be the excitement over how close Stitch is in O'Hana that makes me blind

 

[dizneeat]

Great updates!
Glad to hear that you still enjoy Kona so much, we have not been back in a while, maybe we should?

Your MK photos are fab! I love the ones with Mickey and your wings are awesome!

 

[Andrea_loves_Disney]

Hi Kathy!
I just ran across your trippie today as I just booked CSR for our spring break trip! Great report! Awesome pictures!! The more I read the more I think I have read one of your reports in the past! AND I live in Bartlett! I have probably seen you at Stratford at one time or another, haha!! Anyway I am kind of a fair weather friend on the DIS boards...I am only here when I have a trip on the books! Otherwise it makes me sad and jealous to read about everybody else's trips! I am childish, I know!! Anyway we have never stayed at CSR (or any other moderate for that matter!) so I am anxiously reading through everything I can for tips! So HI!!! And thanks for the great report!!! :

 

[englishrose47]

Well there is the Weston Country Store, a Christmas Store, A Boat Ride on Lake Champlain , Ben & Jerry's factory, and the Teddy Bear Factory !! The scenery is awesome !!Oh I forgot The Covered Bridges Then of course there is the FOOD , 4 days of Free Dining

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

I did not know that, Dan; thanks for the encouragement.

i meant disney ones silly. we got parker a pack of car ones and toy story ones for christmas...

enjoyed the updates.
the foggy castle shot is actually pretty cool, havent seen it like that before.

 

[Linda67]

I'm so enjoying your TR

We are going to be in WDW the first two weeks of December and even though it's ages away your photos of all the holiday decorations are really building the excitement

Your photopass pictures are awesome

 

[cheekypoppins]

awe I love the pic with wings I've never seen that one before

 

[that's nice]

I really want to try Yachtsman sometime. Just never had the budget (or lack of little ones around) to try. Sounds like I need to make it happen sometime.

I didn't know they serve burgers there....

Looks like my pictures.... except it is dark in yours..

::whoops:: that isn't a foggy CSR lake? I guess I picked the wrong picture. LOL :::

As you can see in Nicki's dining reviews, we had a wonderful breakfast as always at Kona...this is a keeper for us. And the four of us had FOUR pressed coffee pots. We took what was leftover with us as we hopped on the monorail.

It could of been a keeper for much longer if you only listened to me sooner!!

We got through bag check and were on our way inside the Magic Kingdom. I couldn't believe we had been here two days already and still had not been to the Magic Kingdom.

Then the photopass photographer asked if I wanted "wings?" I said, "sure, why not?"

That is cool! I need to do that this weekend!!!!

 

[WDisneyMom]

Yes, lights were cancelled due to weather

Yay for 150 days until your trip with Mary and the girls and double yay for the airfare! That is awesome!!

Loved Kona when we ate there a couple of years ago.

Great pictures of everyone! Love your wings

 

[GrammyJudy]

My daughter loves Tink so I have to remember to get the wing picture of her....so cute

 

[Nermel9]

Wow, it was so foggy that morning!

I LOVE Kona for breakfast, it's so great to go there, eat, and then hop over to the MK for the day!

Are you on Instagram now, or did you just use Des' for the picture? If you are, let me know and i"ll follow you!

I love your pictures with Mickey and the ones in front of the castle! I think the fog makes it look really pretty in the background! And the wings! I didn't know they did that! I'm going to ask for that next time I get a photopass CD!

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

I didn't know they serve burgers there....

It's a steak. It's a fancier version of a burger.

 

[jecskc]

I love those wings !! You mean those aren't real ???

 

[MEK]

I love those wings !! You mean those aren't real ???

I was going to say the same thing!

I love that morning mist picture of the lake. Very cool!

Was Todd still a little sleepy?

You are really getting the most amazing PP pictures on this trip!

 

[MeMom]

Don't you know he is in heaven right here - all chilled back, sipping his coffee, riding the monorail after breakfast at Kona, on a surprise Disney trip instead of back at home... That picture just captured a really good feeling to me.

 

[englishrose47]

Kathy I missed th update!!!! The pix at Poly were great I Loved the PP pix especially the "Wings" pne that is a new one for me !!!

 

[lovethattink]

Wow, it was really foggy that morning. Great Mickey pictures!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Kathy, I agree with the other posters, the wing photo is adorable and yours is the first I have seen of it's kind!
We had a great breakfast at Kona too. We booked it after reading Nikki's review!

 

[WDWaddictt]

Wow what a foggy morning. Kona looks yummy!

Love the pictures especially the wings, that is so cool!!!

 

[eandesmom]

In case any of you missed it posted yesterday, I am 150 days out from my girls trip with Mary (MaryAZ), Avery and Cayley...purchased the airfare yesterday as I couldn't pass up the price of $213.80 round trip. A PTR will be done but not until this puppy is done; I cannot do two reports at the same time again...that was brutal (as it is I'm behind on a few threads).

That is a great rate! I hear you on the two reports, it is not easy. That's why Mary Ellen is the headliner on our report. That and her pictures are always better. I have a feeling Aulani will not be much or any of a PTR, just a TR at the rate I am going on my current one. We will see.

So back to this TR. It is now Saturday, December 8. Having slept a tad better the night before, I was up at 6:00 a.m. to shower and get dressed. Mark followed after me and we left our room a few minutes before 7. Yes, I only mentioned Mark and me. Andy and Des, being the VERY young people in this group, were too tired to get up and join us for our breakfast ADR and said they'd meet us at the park later that morning. Your loss guys, not ours. And next time suck it up! If we can do it at almost age 55 and 60, you sure as heck can at 26 and 23!

Now, just because you CAN suck it up at those ages, doesn't mean you have any interest in doing so. I'll be honest. I wouldn't. There is no way on God's green earth I am getting up at 6 am on vacation to eat a sit down breakfast at 7:30. I'll get up in time to make RD and then grab a muffin after it's an hour in especially during EMH but I just can't enjoy a sit down meal like that, that early, I am just not that hungry that early so it wouldn't be as enjoyable as it should be. 8:30 would be the absolute earliest and that'd be pushing it. I like brunch! I'm up earlier than that everyday, vacation is for staying up late and sleeping in. A little. For me anyway.

So...when I meet you one of these days, as I am sure it's an IF, not a WHEN, it will not be for a 7:30 breakfast.

Mark and I walked to El Centro so we could catch a cab. A few pictures on the way. It was still dark and VERY foggy.

See, that's my point. If it's still dark, YOU SHOULD BE IN BED! It's ok, I guess, to get up in the dark but by the time I leave the room it needs to be light or I'll feel like I'm at work (this is why I'll never do a WDW 5K or anything along those lines, 0-dark thirty is not my cup of tea. I can't believe the fog and humidity. I will be so very happy if it is warm on our trip next year.

Then the photopass photographer asked if I wanted "wings?" I said, "sure, why not?"

LOVE this pic!