70 to Freezing in 7 hours. A Nov/Dec 2011 trip report. Updated 4/28

[amandaw]

So sorry to hear about your experience with Photopass. I've never done it & this definitely doesn't make me want to spend the money on it. I hope you're able to get your photos downloaded without any problems.

 

[MEK]

So sorry to hear about the photopass experience. That is so frustrating and I don't blame you for being angry. I am glad they were able to upload them again for you so its not a complete loss. But, wow, what a delay. I hope you get them soon.

 

[petals]

So sorry to hear about your experience with Photopass. I've never done it & this definitely doesn't make me want to spend the money on it. I hope you're able to get your photos downloaded without any problems.

So sorry to hear about the photopass experience. That is so frustrating and I don't blame you for being angry. I am glad they were able to upload them again for you so its not a complete loss. But, wow, what a delay. I hope you get them soon.

I got my photos. I downloaded them to the computer rather than order the CD but I really am not happy about what happened. They basically ignored my order I should have copped on when the confirmation email didn't come through when I paid for the postage. I wanted the hard copy of them and tbh with the price of them I would have expected to get that instead I got an unmagical CM telling me they'd no History of my order and that what I was saying couldn't be the truth. So bad because I like the photos and the experience to actually get my photos was just extremely unDisneylike

 

[petals]

Want to do the update for second half of day 4 so then I can go back and put vid pics and possibly some photopass pics for the first two days. I may even post a pic or two with me in it just for Judy Anyways:


Day 4, part 2:

So we left the Outlets and got the iride headed back for our hotel or at least in that direction. Please excuse the lack of pictures for now while I tell a little story but on said iride we had one of our eh funnier/random moments from the trip. Coming from stop 42 it's the last iride stop so we had a long way to travel since we were getting off at stop 15 or thereabouts and at that time of day people were leaving work or shopping centres or Seaworld or heading to work for the evening whatever point is the iride was busy. Then at one stop this guy got on and he was obviously a regular the driver knew him anyway and announced to those close enough to hear him that this guy was a fantastic "Irish" singer and sang in an Irish pub on international drive and if we wanted a good night out we should go along and see him perform. Okie and said guy was not a bit shy and was very much putting on a notice me performance in the middle of the iride where he was standing. He was talking quite loudly which is where Momma and I spotted the biggest problem but he was telling people whether they wanted to listen or not that he was from Cork in Ireland and had moved to Florida ever so many years ago. We said nothing loud enough for anyone to hear.
So anyway Mr. Performer was mouthing in the middle of the iride and the driver went whatever his name was sing Danny Boy. I love when you sing Danny Boy it's so good. At which point Momma couldn't take the performance anymore and said loud enough for Mr. Performer to hear but to the driver please don't get a Liverpool man to sing an Irish song I'm from Ireland and that man doesn't have a Cork accent he has Liverpool accent. (Liverpool is in England not Ireland for those of you who may not know this side of the Ocean very well) Mr. Performer then decided to tell whoever was near him he was originally from Liverpool but had moved to Cork when he was young. He then went silent til we left the iride. It was funny though


If you recall then from part 1, I mentioned I thought I lost my vaseline that I was using as lip balm. For some reason my lips were really dry and I was not going to live without that vaseline on that day anyway so we decided on the way back to the hotel that we would get off the iride at Walgreens to see if I could find more there and then walk down to see if by some miracle the tin was still under the seat at the iride stop

So into Walgreens we went and I found Disney stuff so I took pics of course:

I need these:

That cookie there was the Minnie one I got and a Mickey one and they were nearly the same as the ones they were selling in the parks at the time except in the parks they were 3.95 in Walgreens they were .99c. I got something for my lips that wasn't vaseline but it would do and I also got Christmas themed M&M's. I thought the wrapper was cute enough to warrent a picture:

Purchases in hand we left Walgreens and walked down towards the hotel so we could check the iride stop for my vaseline. I was very upset over losing it. I took pics on the way down the road as well. I don't know why but I was suprised when I saw Christmas Decorations on International drive. Kind of like the airport I just wasn't expecting to see them:

I love the big light up chips (or fries? We call them chips over here. When I ask for a plate of chips in Florida I get a plate of crisps.) on the side of McDonalds:

This was my favourite decoration:

A palm tree and a Christmas present because palm trees are the first tree you think of when you think of Christmas The vaseline wasn't at the iride stop we had used that morning either

We got back to the hotel pretty early that night compared to other nights anyway and we both needed it at that stage because our feet were starting to feel all the walking plus we had another fun filled day planned for the next day. What was the first thing I saw when I went into the bathroom?!


Sitting underneath the mirror looking up at me was my lost tin of vaseline that I'd been so upset about losing


Next up Where are all the people?

 

[amandaw]

That is too funny about the guy on the bus. As soon as you said your mom stated he was from Liverpool, I was like "WHAT?!? That's not Ireland!" He needs to stop being a poser!

Enjoyed all of your Christmas themed pictures! Glad you were able to find your vaseline. It's a bad feeling when you have dry lips & nothing for them.

 

[momabaarjo]

Everyone posts how fun and Disney their Walgreens are...but not ours! I too love that decoration of the palm tree and present...

Sorry about the photopass...my only issue was that the most important pictures of the WHOLE trip my ds2 meeting Lightning McQueen were lost (thank goodness I took my own pictures) and that in MOST of the family pictures my face is half hidden by my ds1, you would think the photographer would have seen this in the lense and fixed it!

I have not gotten my photopass CD yet, but the lady who did the share is busy with mardi gras, so I am not too worried.

 

[MEK]

Don't you hate when you lose something and then find it in the most obvious place? Happens to me all the time!

I can't believe your mom said something about the "Danny Boy" singer. Too funny! I bet it will be awhile before he gets up and sings on the iride again.

I really wish you could find Disney goodies at other Walmarts like that.

Glad you got your pictures downloaded. I guess you'll just have to burn your own CD which is a little aggravating considering you paid for it and the postage. Looking forward to seeing your pics!

 

[lovethattink]

Well I rang Disney Photopass and i am not impressed at all. This kind of thing completely disappoints me when it comes to Disney and I am not at all incouraged to use photopass EVER again.

Story. I pre-ordered the CD in october for the November trip. Pics were all taken November and December obviously and I then edited them all and ordered the cd the first week in January as I got an email saying the photos were due to expire on the 8th of January.

That's all fine. I FRICKIN ORDERED THE DANG CD BEFORE THE 8TH OF JANUARY and was waiting and waiting and waiting and nothing happening so I looked at my online account and I believe I posted here the same day that I looked online and it said order was processed SHIPPED the 13th so I have been deliberately waiting for 21 days to come because on ebay they say 15-21 working days for orders from U.S. to get to Ireland. All fine today is 21 working days since 13th of January so no cd.

I look at my photopass account today and the order I made in January is gone and it looks as though my last order was the pre-order of the cd. The status on the order is gone as well obviously. So I rang them and they have no record of the CD being ordered at all. NOT FRICKING GOOD ENOUGH. I look in my email and there's nothing there to say they processed it and I look at the credit card statement and nothing on that either but i know I 110% ordered that dang cd on the first week of January because I did it before the photos were due to Expire and I remember it gave me a choice of downloading them or getting the CD and I choose the CD because I wanted to have a copy to hold onto. NOW THEY DECIDE TO GO AN LOOSE MY ORDER ALTOGETHER. How the hell can that happen like it said it was processed on the 8th of January and now they've decided I didn't order the cd at all. NOT GOOD ENOUGH and I am so Fricking mad right now! I do not get how when I know I ordered them did they just completely ignore the order. They've put my pictures back up now but I'm going to just get the download now because I am not taking the chance that they ignore my order for a second time. VERY disappointed in Disney Photopass.

I got my photos. I downloaded them to the computer rather than order the CD but I really am not happy about what happened. They basically ignored my order I should have copped on when the confirmation email didn't come through when I paid for the postage. I wanted the hard copy of them and tbh with the price of them I would have expected to get that instead I got an unmagical CM telling me they'd no History of my order and that what I was saying couldn't be the truth. So bad because I like the photos and the experience to actually get my photos was just extremely unDisneylike

Don't fret yet. Did you print out your orders and confirmations? Remember I had problems with my last order. None of the MK pictures were on the cd. I also had problems with my first cd order too, with the computer. Both times I called and wonderful cm helped me and resolved the issue. They can retrieve old pictures. Did you call photopass?

 

[lovethattink]

Everyone posts how fun and Disney their Walgreens are...but not ours! I too love that decoration of the palm tree and present...

Sorry about the photopass...my only issue was that the most important pictures of the WHOLE trip my ds2 meeting Lightning McQueen were lost (thank goodness I took my own pictures) and that in MOST of the family pictures my face is half hidden by my ds1, you would think the photographer would have seen this in the lense and fixed it!

I have not gotten my photopass CD yet, but the lady who did the share is busy with mardi gras, so I am not too worried.

Our walgreens isn't Disney either. And I'm close to Disney, but I guess not close enough, lol. For stocking stuffers and stuff, we head to the Walgreen's nearest to Cross Roads. They have Disney stuff there!

 

[petals]

That is too funny about the guy on the bus. As soon as you said your mom stated he was from Liverpool, I was like "WHAT?!? That's not Ireland!" He needs to stop being a poser!

I think that's why Mam said it out loud. She wouldn't normally do things like that but he was being such an attention seeker she'd had enough

Enjoyed all of your Christmas themed pictures! Glad you were able to find your vaseline. It's a bad feeling when you have dry lips & nothing for them.

Thanks. I'm a creature of comfort I know what I like to use and if I can't have it I'm not happy but will make do. I got lip balm in walgreens but I really wanted my vaseline

Everyone posts how fun and Disney their Walgreens are...but not ours! I too love that decoration of the palm tree and present... .

I loved all the Disney stuff at Walgreens. Those Snow Mice could be pushed down and stretched back out again. I spent a while playing with those while Momma shopped

Sorry about the photopass...my only issue was that the most important pictures of the WHOLE trip my ds2 meeting Lightning McQueen were lost (thank goodness I took my own pictures) and that in MOST of the family pictures my face is half hidden by my ds1, you would think the photographer would have seen this in the lense and fixed it!

I have not gotten my photopass CD yet, but the lady who did the share is busy with mardi gras, so I am not too worried.

It really is a pity because they do take some good pics. With mine there was some blurry pics and later on in the trip on character isn't even looking at the camera when the photographer is taking the pic as in he's looking off to the side and has his body twisted that way as well. You'd think the photographer would have waited until all characters were looking at the camera but no I always get someone to take the same pics with my camera though just in case!

Don't you hate when you lose something and then find it in the most obvious place? Happens to me all the time!

I know I hate it lol! Momma did joke to me about it for a few days after every so often going ah where's the vaseline let's go back to the iride and check if it's there!

I can't believe your mom said something about the "Danny Boy" singer. Too funny! I bet it will be awhile before he gets up and sings on the iride again.

It had to have been annoying her though because she wouldn't usually do that unless the person was really really annoying her.

I really wish you could find Disney goodies at other Walmarts like that.

I loved them. I think if airlines didn't have baggage restrictions I'd have bought half of florida lol!

Glad you got your pictures downloaded. I guess you'll just have to burn your own CD which is a little aggravating considering you paid for it and the postage. Looking forward to seeing your pics!

I know I'm not really happy about that. I'm wondering if there's price difference between downloading as opposed to the cd because it doesn't really seem fair to have them at the same price and I pre-paid for the cd not download!

Don't fret yet. Did you print out your orders and confirmations? Remember I had problems with my last order. None of the MK pictures were on the cd. I also had problems with my first cd order too, with the computer. Both times I called and wonderful cm helped me and resolved the issue. They can retrieve old pictures. Did you call photopass?

I rang them and they activated the photos again but all but told me I was lying about placing the order at the start of january. Everything from their computer systems are highly automated to it just wasn't possible. It frickin was possible i did order them and it did go missing somewhere in their automated system. I downloaded the pics instead of ordering the cd when they reactivated them because I'm not taking the chance they lose the order again and take another month to send them to me! Not really happy though because I pre-paid for the cd!

Our walgreens isn't Disney either. And I'm close to Disney, but I guess not close enough, lol. For stocking stuffers and stuff, we head to the Walgreen's nearest to Cross Roads. They have Disney stuff there!

That was a Walgreens on international drive so I suppose they have to have Disney and universal stuff and the likes because it's so close to all the hotels.

 

[afwdwfan]

That would have been hilarious to see your Momma call out the singer's accent.

I'm glad you found your Vaseline.

 

[petals]

That would have been hilarious to see your Momma call out the singer's accent.

It was funny. He went very quiet when he heard we were Irish as well

I'm glad you found your Vaseline.

That was a bit of a slow moment

 

[momabaarjo]

 

[blessedmom4]

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[petals]

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Thanking you. Love the pictures

 

[petals]

Just a little message for all my readers and lurkers alike

 

[petals]

Just sharing a few random edits from photopass pics for Animal Kingdom day and a few pics I took off the videos and stories they reminded me of!

Photopass first. In corner of one of the pics I noticed Stitch was driving the train:

There was many pics of characters "free" as well:

Love him:

I found Minnie:

Xmas tree by night so pretty:

Video pics:

Goofy's trailer:

This dude was a legend!

he was carrying the monkey with the Santa hat and stopped in front of me and was making Monkey noises to the child beside me when I turned the camera on him. He looked at camera going oh hello and then looked through lens as if searching and went "You have a very nice sitting room."

There was another CM came over to a child beside me and the child had a Nala but only Nala's head was sticking out of the bag. The CM asked the child if she only bought the head and not the rest of the body.

 

[amandaw]

Love the pictures!

 

[petals]

Love the pictures!

Thanks

 

[momabaarjo]

Looks like a great day in AK...photo pass pictures? Does that mean you have your CD?