mickeysaver
<font color=blue>WINNER of the world's worst limer
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We had a great time! We stayed at CBR for the first and the last time. We were only there Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. We will most likely refer to this trip as the love bug tour, because the critters were everywhere. Wednesday was the worst of them, but they were out in force through the trip, which was just icky. We flew home this afternoon.
We went to MGM right after we checked into the resort. We were there by 12pm. We spent a lot of time pin trading and riding RnR & ToT...multiple times. Our longest wait was late in the day for RnR and it was only 20 minutes. We met the infamous CM TJ, who has appeared on at least one of the Travel Channel WDW promo shows as a super creepy CM at ToT. I was so excited that I was able to meet him. I got a picture with him. We shopped and had a good time. I even found a plush and squeeking Wheezy the penguin! He's my favorite pengie. We saw the Cars and Mulch, Sweat & Shears. My favorite memory of the trip will forever be the look on the face of the Evil Queen when Gabby hugged her! OMG, it was priceless. The Queen was not amused and was perfectly indignant! We had dinner at Old Port Royal, which was pretty good. We were exhausted. Since we had gotten up at 4am in order to be at the airport in time for our 8am flight, we were both pooped. The blister curse struck again. I had a nasty one on the ring toe of my left foot. My heels were also bruised from the gel insoles that I had in my shoes.
Thursday, we overslept. I had a really detailed itinerary planned for AK, but Gabby was so exhausted that there was just no waking her up. When she did wake up, she wanted to put off AK until Friday, but when she realized that we would miss going to Kona Cafe on Friday morning, if we didn't get up and go, she decided that we should make the effort and go onto AK. Gabby was a saint and rented an ECV for me to use at AK for the day. We had a great time! We rode EE, which is our new favorite ride, 3 times. The longest wait was maybe 10 minutes. We rode KS, which was delayed due to an animal in the road. We sat in a shady spot for about 15 minutes, waiting for the critter to move along out to the path of the vehicle that was somewhere up ahead of us. We could see Hippos in the water, which was neat, but not exciting enough to entertain us for 15 minutes. But, we made it through ok. We saw the Tropicals, which is a really great Carribean steel drum group, a couple of times. While the day was certainly not what I had planned, it was still really a great day. We decided that we would cancel our dinner at Shutters, since it just was not what we were looking for in a TS location. We decided to go out to FW and dine at the Trail's End buffet. It was just perfect! The best bang for your buck dinner buffet on property. We had our fill of fried chicken, soup, some great veggies and a really good apple crisp. We returned to the room by way of a ferry ride over to CR and another ferry to MK and then a bus ride back to CBR. When we finally returned to the room, we found a surprize that I never would have expected. We had a personalized anniversary card waiting on the table of our room that included a picture and well wishes signed by Mickey and Minnie! It even had balloons! We were both shocked and pleasantly surprised. After a quick shower to freshen up after a long day of park touring and resort hopping, I discovered that I had a new nasty blister on my right pinky toe. We went swimming and it was so relaxing. There is nothing better than a relaxing swim after long days on blistered feet. After we came back to the room, we both had the munchies, so Gabby went and picked us up an after swim snack. We were off in dreamland shortly afterwards.
Friday started with a trip to the Poly for breakfast at Kona Cafe. I found a special Stitch plush for Gabby. He's on a motorcycle! She was so surprised. We asked if Beverly was available to be our server. We remembered that she was great back in December. Oddly enough, she remembered us too....right down to the table that we sat at. After a wonderful meal and talking with her manager about what an awesome job that she does, we headed out to DTD. Gabby again was a saint and got me a wheelchair. We shopped lots, got a Mr. Potato Head with lots of nifty parts, including a Stitch surfboard! I found the most awesome sandals! I could walk! Imagine that! Just in time for MNSSHP! There was a glimmer of hope that I might actually get to enjoy the party, up until that point, I doubted my ability to go to the party without being a real downer.
For MNSSHP, Gabby and I were dressed in shorts, stripped witch hats and stripped witch stockings, we had on t-shirts that I bought on eBay. My shirt said "Black Hat Society" and Gabby's said "Witches Gone Wild, Beware the witching hour!" We are both are pooh-sized and the sight of the two of us walking along with our bags was enough to make lots of folks giggle. We had a blast! My inner toddler was having a wonderful time. We brought some stuff to hand out to the CM's and other guests...nothing fancy, but you would be amazed how sweet and excited kids and adults can be when they get a "gold pirate coin" or a Tootsie Roll magnet.
We arrived shortly after 4pm. We arrived just a few minutes too late to see Captain Jack. So, we went to ride PotC. Well, it was a complete walk on, but had technical difficulties. We started handing out pirate coins to the kids waiting in line, their parents were all thrilled with that. The ride was delayed about 10 minutes and even though we were behind only one family, we decided to come back later, stepped out of line and suddenly, it was back up and running! So, we rode it, but got stuck in the scene where the pirates sing "Yo Ho, Yo Ho", so that song go really old, really quick. We must have been there about 10 minutes. When we exited, we went off to HM where I encountered a super creepy CM named Alex. When I say super creepy, I mean in a really good way. CM's at HM are supposed to be part of the show and he was the best part for me! We rode IaSW and saw Philharmagic, both of which were walk ons. Most of the rides were 5 minute waits or total walk ons. There were lots of candy station lines, we only visited one and there was plenty of candy given out before and during the parade over in Frontierland. Gabby wanted a picture of the headless horseman, but missed the shot and the horseman, so we had to work in a sighting for her during the second parade. We had an ADR at the Plaza, but cancelled. We ended up at our traditional spot, Pecos Bills' Cafe.
Ooohhhh, the parade, it was so good! We loved it and we are so not parade people. This is now our favorite WDW parade! Conversely, we are total fireworks nuts, and didn't really care for the HalloWishes show. The fireworks were pretty, but the show lacked emotion. We both prefer regular Wishes and the holiday Wishes that we saw at MVMCP last year to this show.
We rode BTMRR twice and Splash once, we got soaked on Splash....not good when the humidity is already so icky that sweat is rolling down your back underneath your t-shirt......ewwwww!!!! We saw Snow White and the Seven Dwarves over in Fantasyland and checked out Stitch's Dance Party at Cosmic Rays.
We did pick up the limited edition pin for the evening, the limited edition jumbo pin, and the pin from last Friday's party, which they still had plenty of even at the end of the night. We drooled over the limited edition watch, but the $380 price tag was a bit much for us, even if there are only 30 of them. lol
We got enough candy for us and then some. We saw lots of characters, but didn't really worry about snagging photos with them. We got several photopass pics taken. I still need to review them.
Overall, it was a good night. We had a good time. Neither of us feel the need to do it again though. Which is odd, since we absolutely loved MVMCP and would do it every year, if given the chance. For us, MNSSHP was a fun night, I am glad that we did it, but now it's more of a been there, done that, sort of a thing. Maybe we both need a little more scary in our Halloween parties? After seeing the ads on tv for the Universal parties, Gabby wants to possibly try that out next year. Oddly enough, I agree and it's so odd that I am willing to step out on the Mouse. I have never been to Universal, but their party looks too wicked awesome!
We used DME for our trip and it was very efficient and if I ever could bring myself to fly again, I would use it without a doubt. We have figured out that we are 6 to 8 day park tourist. We like to have off days. This was a great trip, but it was also a very busy trip. We are both pooped, but glad to have had the pixie dust!
That's my story and I am sticking to it! Maggie
We went to MGM right after we checked into the resort. We were there by 12pm. We spent a lot of time pin trading and riding RnR & ToT...multiple times. Our longest wait was late in the day for RnR and it was only 20 minutes. We met the infamous CM TJ, who has appeared on at least one of the Travel Channel WDW promo shows as a super creepy CM at ToT. I was so excited that I was able to meet him. I got a picture with him. We shopped and had a good time. I even found a plush and squeeking Wheezy the penguin! He's my favorite pengie. We saw the Cars and Mulch, Sweat & Shears. My favorite memory of the trip will forever be the look on the face of the Evil Queen when Gabby hugged her! OMG, it was priceless. The Queen was not amused and was perfectly indignant! We had dinner at Old Port Royal, which was pretty good. We were exhausted. Since we had gotten up at 4am in order to be at the airport in time for our 8am flight, we were both pooped. The blister curse struck again. I had a nasty one on the ring toe of my left foot. My heels were also bruised from the gel insoles that I had in my shoes.
Thursday, we overslept. I had a really detailed itinerary planned for AK, but Gabby was so exhausted that there was just no waking her up. When she did wake up, she wanted to put off AK until Friday, but when she realized that we would miss going to Kona Cafe on Friday morning, if we didn't get up and go, she decided that we should make the effort and go onto AK. Gabby was a saint and rented an ECV for me to use at AK for the day. We had a great time! We rode EE, which is our new favorite ride, 3 times. The longest wait was maybe 10 minutes. We rode KS, which was delayed due to an animal in the road. We sat in a shady spot for about 15 minutes, waiting for the critter to move along out to the path of the vehicle that was somewhere up ahead of us. We could see Hippos in the water, which was neat, but not exciting enough to entertain us for 15 minutes. But, we made it through ok. We saw the Tropicals, which is a really great Carribean steel drum group, a couple of times. While the day was certainly not what I had planned, it was still really a great day. We decided that we would cancel our dinner at Shutters, since it just was not what we were looking for in a TS location. We decided to go out to FW and dine at the Trail's End buffet. It was just perfect! The best bang for your buck dinner buffet on property. We had our fill of fried chicken, soup, some great veggies and a really good apple crisp. We returned to the room by way of a ferry ride over to CR and another ferry to MK and then a bus ride back to CBR. When we finally returned to the room, we found a surprize that I never would have expected. We had a personalized anniversary card waiting on the table of our room that included a picture and well wishes signed by Mickey and Minnie! It even had balloons! We were both shocked and pleasantly surprised. After a quick shower to freshen up after a long day of park touring and resort hopping, I discovered that I had a new nasty blister on my right pinky toe. We went swimming and it was so relaxing. There is nothing better than a relaxing swim after long days on blistered feet. After we came back to the room, we both had the munchies, so Gabby went and picked us up an after swim snack. We were off in dreamland shortly afterwards.
Friday started with a trip to the Poly for breakfast at Kona Cafe. I found a special Stitch plush for Gabby. He's on a motorcycle! She was so surprised. We asked if Beverly was available to be our server. We remembered that she was great back in December. Oddly enough, she remembered us too....right down to the table that we sat at. After a wonderful meal and talking with her manager about what an awesome job that she does, we headed out to DTD. Gabby again was a saint and got me a wheelchair. We shopped lots, got a Mr. Potato Head with lots of nifty parts, including a Stitch surfboard! I found the most awesome sandals! I could walk! Imagine that! Just in time for MNSSHP! There was a glimmer of hope that I might actually get to enjoy the party, up until that point, I doubted my ability to go to the party without being a real downer.
For MNSSHP, Gabby and I were dressed in shorts, stripped witch hats and stripped witch stockings, we had on t-shirts that I bought on eBay. My shirt said "Black Hat Society" and Gabby's said "Witches Gone Wild, Beware the witching hour!" We are both are pooh-sized and the sight of the two of us walking along with our bags was enough to make lots of folks giggle. We had a blast! My inner toddler was having a wonderful time. We brought some stuff to hand out to the CM's and other guests...nothing fancy, but you would be amazed how sweet and excited kids and adults can be when they get a "gold pirate coin" or a Tootsie Roll magnet.
We arrived shortly after 4pm. We arrived just a few minutes too late to see Captain Jack. So, we went to ride PotC. Well, it was a complete walk on, but had technical difficulties. We started handing out pirate coins to the kids waiting in line, their parents were all thrilled with that. The ride was delayed about 10 minutes and even though we were behind only one family, we decided to come back later, stepped out of line and suddenly, it was back up and running! So, we rode it, but got stuck in the scene where the pirates sing "Yo Ho, Yo Ho", so that song go really old, really quick. We must have been there about 10 minutes. When we exited, we went off to HM where I encountered a super creepy CM named Alex. When I say super creepy, I mean in a really good way. CM's at HM are supposed to be part of the show and he was the best part for me! We rode IaSW and saw Philharmagic, both of which were walk ons. Most of the rides were 5 minute waits or total walk ons. There were lots of candy station lines, we only visited one and there was plenty of candy given out before and during the parade over in Frontierland. Gabby wanted a picture of the headless horseman, but missed the shot and the horseman, so we had to work in a sighting for her during the second parade. We had an ADR at the Plaza, but cancelled. We ended up at our traditional spot, Pecos Bills' Cafe.
Ooohhhh, the parade, it was so good! We loved it and we are so not parade people. This is now our favorite WDW parade! Conversely, we are total fireworks nuts, and didn't really care for the HalloWishes show. The fireworks were pretty, but the show lacked emotion. We both prefer regular Wishes and the holiday Wishes that we saw at MVMCP last year to this show.
We rode BTMRR twice and Splash once, we got soaked on Splash....not good when the humidity is already so icky that sweat is rolling down your back underneath your t-shirt......ewwwww!!!! We saw Snow White and the Seven Dwarves over in Fantasyland and checked out Stitch's Dance Party at Cosmic Rays.
We did pick up the limited edition pin for the evening, the limited edition jumbo pin, and the pin from last Friday's party, which they still had plenty of even at the end of the night. We drooled over the limited edition watch, but the $380 price tag was a bit much for us, even if there are only 30 of them. lol
We got enough candy for us and then some. We saw lots of characters, but didn't really worry about snagging photos with them. We got several photopass pics taken. I still need to review them.
Overall, it was a good night. We had a good time. Neither of us feel the need to do it again though. Which is odd, since we absolutely loved MVMCP and would do it every year, if given the chance. For us, MNSSHP was a fun night, I am glad that we did it, but now it's more of a been there, done that, sort of a thing. Maybe we both need a little more scary in our Halloween parties? After seeing the ads on tv for the Universal parties, Gabby wants to possibly try that out next year. Oddly enough, I agree and it's so odd that I am willing to step out on the Mouse. I have never been to Universal, but their party looks too wicked awesome!
We used DME for our trip and it was very efficient and if I ever could bring myself to fly again, I would use it without a doubt. We have figured out that we are 6 to 8 day park tourist. We like to have off days. This was a great trip, but it was also a very busy trip. We are both pooped, but glad to have had the pixie dust!
That's my story and I am sticking to it! Maggie
The guys don't bid until the Monday after Thanksgiving, so I am in a holding pattern of "maybe this, what if that" until after the bids.
