A Hauntingly Merry Journey (10/17-11/8)-complete 2/11

[ddluvsdisney]

We’ve never done the scavenger hunt but I always look for Remy. I’ve had the bao buns before they are a little heavy and filling. We didn’t try the other items. Looking forward to seeing if you had some of the same foods as we did.

 

[mickey916]

We’ve never done the scavenger hunt but I always look for Remy. I’ve had the bao buns before they are a little heavy and filling. We didn’t try the other items. Looking forward to seeing if you had some of the same foods as we did.

It will be interesting to see how our thoughts compared...

 

[mickey916]

10/30 continued…Crisscrossing the Park for LLs​

We used our LL for Frozen and then needed to make our way to World Celebration for our Spaceship Earth LL.

On the way, we found Remy with a frying pan on top of the Australia booth.



We spotted an Olaf pumpkin on the roof of the Odyssey pavilion.



It’s hard to see but this is Remy with eggplant on top of the Coastal Eats booth.



After using our LL for Spaceship Earth, we backtracked all the way to France for our LL for Remy. I need to do a better job at planning our LLs so we’re not constantly crisscrossing the park. After riding Remy we headed back to “Future World”.

It was time for my LL for Guardians of the Galaxy. I scanned in, entered the building, turned the corner, and hit the end of the line. It was all the way down the ramp to the entrance. It turned out GoG was down. I’m not really sure why they let me scan in and didn’t mention that. I went back out and asked to have my LL reinstated. We had a LL for Test Track but that was down too so we got a multi-pass.

We decided to stop by the Flavors from Fire booth to get the Smoked Corned Beef with House-made Potato Chips, Cheese Curds, Pickled Onions and Beer-Cheese Fondue. This was an Emile’s Fromage Montage item. We weren’t sure we were going to complete the Fromage Montage but we got a stamp just in case.



We really enjoyed this! The chips were freshly made and there was plenty of pickled onions, corned beef and cheese to get a good bite each time. At this point, it was our favorite Food & Wine item. We gave it an A-.

After our snack we headed in to see what Communicore Hall was doing for the Food & Wine festival. Turns out, it was nothing.



I really don’t understand what’s going on with this space. My understanding was that it was specifically designed to be able to do festival presentations but it hasn’t quite come to fruition. Definitely a wasted opportunity. We did find Remy with bread outside the hall though.



Luckily our next two LLs were close by. We headed to the Land, stopping to find the Minnie pumpkin.



We rode Living with the Land and Soarin’ with our Lightning Lanes and then headed to ride Finding Nemo standby. We found the Nemo pumpkin along the way.



Guardians of the Galaxy was back up running so we made our way there, stopping to find the Chip & Dale pumpkins at Connections.



I rode Guardians with only a 17 minute wait. I’m so glad I didn’t stand in that long line earlier. I got Disco Inferno. I’m not sure if I’ve ever had that before. I usually get September or Everybody Wants to Rule the World. This is by far my favorite theme park ride anywhere.

When I got off the ride, DH told me he found another pumpkin but wasn’t sure what it was.



I think it’s Groot?

Up next…finishing our pumpkin hunt and going to a favorite dinner spot.

 

[ddluvsdisney]

10/30 continued…Crisscrossing the Park for LLs​

We used our LL for Frozen and then needed to make our way to World Celebration for our Spaceship Earth LL.

On the way, we found Remy with a frying pan on top of the Australia booth.

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We spotted an Olaf pumpkin on the roof of the Odyssey pavilion.

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It’s hard to see but this is Remy with eggplant on top of the Coastal Eats booth.

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After using our LL for Spaceship Earth, we backtracked all the way to France for our LL for Remy. I need to do a better job at planning our LLs so we’re not constantly crisscrossing the park. After riding Remy we headed back to “Future World”.

Now that I’m getting older I try really hard not to crisscross the parks. We have only bought LLMP a couple of times.

It was time for my LL for Guardians of the Galaxy. I scanned in, entered the building, turned the corner, and hit the end of the line. It was all the way down the ramp to the entrance. It turned out GoG was down. I’m not really sure why they let me scan in and didn’t mention that. I went back out and asked to have my LL reinstated. We had a LL for Test Track but that was down too so we got a multi-pass.

We decided to stop by the Flavors from Fire booth to get the Smoked Corned Beef with House-made Potato Chips, Cheese Curds, Pickled Onions and Beer-Cheese Fondue. This was an Emile’s Fromage Montage item. We weren’t sure we were going to complete the Fromage Montage but we got a stamp just in case.

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We really enjoyed this! The chips were freshly made and there was plenty of pickled onions, corned beef and cheese to get a good bite each time. At this point, it was our favorite Food & Wine item. We gave it an A-.

We get this every year. It has been solid each time.

After our snack we headed in to see what Communicore Hall was doing for the Food & Wine festival. Turns out, it was nothing.

Communicore seems like such a waste of space!! It’s really too bad they could put a couple of booths in there and plenty of seating in a/c.

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I really don’t understand what’s going on with this space. My understanding was that it was specifically designed to be able to do festival presentations but it hasn’t quite come to fruition. Definitely a wasted opportunity. We did find Remy with bread outside the hall though.

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Luckily our next two LLs were close by. We headed to the Land, stopping to find the Minnie pumpkin.

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We rode Living with the Land and Soarin’ with our Lightning Lanes and then headed to ride Finding Nemo standby. We found the Nemo pumpkin along the way.

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Guardians of the Galaxy was back up running so we made our way there, stopping to find the Chip & Dale pumpkins at Connections.

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I rode Guardians with only a 17 minute wait. I’m so glad I didn’t stand in that long line earlier. I got Disco Inferno. I’m not sure if I’ve ever had that before. I usually get September or Everybody Wants to Rule the World. This is by far my favorite theme park ride anywhere.

Also my favorite ride!!! Not DH’s but he rides with me anyway. I usually get Everybody Wants to Rule the World which I liked even before the GoG ride. Whenever I hear it on the radio now it makes me smile and think of the ride.

When I got off the ride, DH told me he found another pumpkin but wasn’t sure what it was.

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I think it’s Groot?

Up next…finishing our pumpkin hunt and going to a favorite dinner spot.

 

[ddluvsdisney]

So I don’t know why or what happened but when I replied to your post it just added my replies within it, so it’s hard to see what’s yours and what’s mine. Ugh!!

 

[mickey916]

So I don’t know why or what happened but when I replied to your post it just added my replies within it, so it’s hard to see what’s yours and what’s mine. Ugh!!

Haha! It was like my own little scavenger hunt looking for your comments...I think I found them all...it wouldn't let me "quote" them either so I had to add my own quotes.

"Now that I’m getting older I try really hard not to crisscross the parks. We have only bought LLMP a couple of times."

We don't buy it much either unless there's something we really need to ride.

"We get this every year. It has been solid each time. "

We will get this again too!

"Communicore seems like such a waste of space!! It’s really too bad they could put a couple of booths in there and plenty of seating in a/c."

You would think Food & Wine would be so easy to use that space

"Also my favorite ride!!! Not DH’s but he rides with me anyway. I usually get Everybody Wants to Rule the World which I liked even before the GoG ride. Whenever I hear it on the radio now it makes me smile and think of the ride."

I wish DH could ride it with me but I'm pretty sure he might die. Way too much motion for him. I loved when my boys could finally ride with me last spring. I like "Everybody..." too!

 

[ddluvsdisney]

Your own scavenger hunt looking for my comments.
I hope that doesn’t happen again.

 

[Wood Nymph]

That was odd that they didn't have anything in Communicore when you were there. They had a display of Broadway play props from Disney shows during the Festival of the Arts last winter. That was interesting. But we don't usually go into Communicore unless something special is going on.

 

[BellaBaby]

Loving your TR as always! Just playing catch up the last several days since the holidays were so busy. Finally all caught up. We did MNSSHP for the first time this year as well and very much enjoyed it. But we did MVMCP for the first time last year and that has the slight edge for us. There's nothing like Christmas at Disney!

I did not know you could have an LL reinstated. There are times we've had the same thing happen, ToT comes to mind, where we get up there and it's down and we're stuck waiting. Idk why they don't tell us before we scan as well. but this is good to know.

 

[mickey916]

That was odd that they didn't have anything in Communicore when you were there. They had a display of Broadway play props from Disney shows during the Festival of the Arts last winter. That was interesting. But we don't usually go into Communicore unless something special is going on.

It thought it was odd too. They had a Spike the Bee display for F&G and the gingerbread Spaceship Earth for Festival of the Holidays. You'd think they would've done something for Food & Wine.

Loving your TR as always! Just playing catch up the last several days since the holidays were so busy. Finally all caught up. We did MNSSHP for the first time this year as well and very much enjoyed it. But we did MVMCP for the first time last year and that has the slight edge for us. There's nothing like Christmas at Disney!

I agree! We enjoyed our Halloween time in Disney but there's nothing like Christmas.

I did not know you could have an LL reinstated. There are times we've had the same thing happen, ToT comes to mind, where we get up there and it's down and we're stuck waiting. Idk why they don't tell us before we scan as well. but this is good to know.

I didn't know if they would do it either but I figured it was worth asking. I really didn't want to have to wait in line for 45 minutes to an hour after paying $$ for the LL. Judging from the length of the line it certainly seemed like it was going to be quite a wait. The CM did something on her tablet and said it would work whenever I came through later. It disappeared from the app so I was a little nervous but it worked!

 

[mickey916]

10/30 Continued…Made A Big Mistake!​

We found the Mickey Mouse pumpkin over by Test Track as we made our way through World Discovery.



We walked back to France for our dinner reservation at one of our favorite Epcot restaurants, Le Creperie. We always share the Prix Fixe meal and add a salad (or soup) and soda. It’s more than enough food for us.



These salads are huge and I love the dressing. There’s not a lot to it, mostly greens and tomatoes but it’s very good.

We shared the ratatouille galette (Tomato, Zucchini, Eggplant) which we’ve tried before.



We both really enjoyed this again. The galette is made out of buckwheat which gives it a nice nutty flavor. That being said, if you don’t like buckwheat you won’t like this. We like the Savoyarde galette as well (Raclette Cheese, Caramelized Onions, Bacon, Imported Bayonne Ham) and tend to alternate ordering it. Can’t wait for that next time!

For dessert we shared the Poire (Pear, Chocolate Ganache, Whipped Cream) crepe.



This is our favorite crepe! I never would’ve ordered it because I’m not usually a fan of pears but our oldest son ordered it back in the spring and let us taste it. It’s so good! The pears have the perfect texture, not too hard and not too mushy. We’ve tried the Pomme (Caramelized Apples, Caramel Beurre Salé), Gourmande (Hazelnut-Chocolate Spread, Whipped Cream), and Melba (Peach, Red Berries Sauce, Almonds). My favorite is the Poire and probably my least favorite (but still good) is the Melba.

We once again really enjoyed our meal and had excellent service. We gave our meal an A-. Quite surprisingly the restaurant was empty during the dinner hour. The entire time we ate there were only two other full tables. I don’t know if this restaurant will last long if it doesn’t get more guests. It was a nice quiet meal for us though and a place we will return to again, probably on our trip this spring. It gets an A- because it's a very good meal and one we will return to but not a "must-do" every time.

After our meal we headed back to “Future World” stopping by Disney Traders to find the Daisy pumpkin.



We found the Figment pumpkin in the Imagination Pavilion.



Since we were already there, we rode Journey into Imagination with no wait.

We headed into the Creations shop to find the Goofy pumpkin.



Our final pumpkin was listed as being located in the Green Landing Play Zone. We searched for quite a while and it felt weird to be two adults wandering around a play area where kids were all playing. Eventually, across from the play area, we found Wall-E and Eva.



So cute! We really loved the creativity of all of Pluto’s pumpkins! It was definitely a fun scavenger hunt.

With our pumpkin scavenger hunt complete, we headed to Test Track to use our recovery Lightning Lane that we had been awarded earlier when Test Track was down. The whole reason I bought LLs for this day was to be able to experience the latest version of Test Track. Well, as we were making our way there I discovered my recovery LL was gone! It turned out when I was booking my Soarin’ LL I neglected to confirm it and so when I entered the line, it had used my recovery LL instead for Soarin’ and there were no regular LLs left for Test Track for me to grab. Ugh! I visited a Blue Umbrella Cast Member though and explained the situation. He was able to fix it and reinstate my recovery LL so I could use it for Test Track.

We both really enjoyed the new version of Test Track and thought it was really well done. Our favorite will always be the original Test Dummies version but this one is a huge improvement over the last version.


We walked around admiring the beautiful lighting. It’s so much darker this time of year so the lights really stand out.



We decided to experience the Journey of Water to see everything lit up at night. It was so beautiful! I couldn’t really capture it on my phone but I got this cool picture.



We’re not fans of the Luminous Show so we headed back to our hotel after the Journey of Water. Overall we had a fun day trying a few Food & Wine items, looking for Remy and Pluto’s pumpkins and riding rides. Despite our best efforts we didn’t complete the Remy Scavenger Hunt. We just couldn’t find the one in the America Pavilion. Luckily we planned on coming back another time and hoped to find the last elusive Remy and try even more Food & Wine food!

With all the back tracking for LLs and scavenger hunting, my total step count was 33,170 steps! (12.76 miles)

Up next, exploring Animal Kingdom on Halloween

 

[ddluvsdisney]

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[ddluvsdisney]

So it happened again. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. I’m doing the same thing that I’ve always done. I hit Reply
The photos aren’t even showing up anymore.
Please help

 

[mickey916]

So it happened again. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. I’m doing the same thing that I’ve always done. I hit Reply
The photos aren’t even showing up anymore.
Please help

Weird...Can you see the photos in my original post? I know I had an issue once and I had actually somehow toggled off the "BB" code (I don't know what that means) check the little brackets on upper right corner in your reply (next to the little floppy disk symbol) and if you hit that it makes it appear like this reply, otherwise you get weird (QUOTE) words in your reply. Hopefully that helps.

 

[ddluvsdisney]

Weird...Can you see the photos in my original post? I know I had an issue once and I had actually somehow toggled off the "BB" code (I don't know what that means) check the little brackets on upper right corner in your reply (next to the little floppy disk symbol) and if you hit that it makes it appear like this reply, otherwise you get weird (QUOTE) words in your reply. Hopefully that helps.

I will check that out! I can see the photos in original post but they disappear when I hit reply.

Edit: it seemed to work fine for this post.

 

[ThreeBoyMama]

Those crepes look delicious! Love all the cute pumpkins

 

[Wood Nymph]

This is our favorite crepe! I never would’ve ordered it because I’m not usually a fan of pears but our oldest son ordered it back in the spring and let us taste it. It’s so good! The pears have the perfect texture, not too hard and not too mushy. We’ve tried the Pomme (Caramelized Apples, Caramel Beurre Salé), Gourmande (Hazelnut-Chocolate Spread, Whipped Cream), and Melba (Peach, Red Berries Sauce, Almonds). My favorite is the Poire and probably my least favorite (but still good) is the Melba.

This crepe looks really good. My sister was interested in this restaurant because she has celiac's disease and could eat the buckwheat crepes. But the Prix fixe menu is a turn off.

With our pumpkin scavenger hunt complete, we headed to Test Track to use our recovery Lightning Lane that we had been awarded earlier when Test Track was down. The whole reason I bought LLs for this day was to be able to experience the latest version of Test Track. Well, as we were making our way there I discovered my recovery LL was gone! It turned out when I was booking my Soarin’ LL I neglected to confirm it and so when I entered the line, it had used my recovery LL instead for Soarin’ and there were no regular LLs left for Test Track for me to grab. Ugh! I visited a Blue Umbrella Cast Member though and explained the situation. He was able to fix it and reinstate my recovery LL so I could use it for Test Track.

I'm glad that the blue umbrella team could fix your LL. I lost a LL for Tiana when I thought I was just changing something else. It is easy to mess it up.

With all the back tracking for LLs and scavenger hunting, my total step count was 33,170 steps! (12.76 miles)

That is a lot of steps! We don't usually get over 29,000 steps.

 

[ddluvsdisney]

10/30 Continued…Made A Big Mistake!​

We found the Mickey Mouse pumpkin over by Test Track as we made our way through World Discovery.



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We walked back to France for our dinner reservation at one of our favorite Epcot restaurants, Le Creperie. We always share the Prix Fixe meal and add a salad (or soup) and soda. It’s more than enough food for us.

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We both really enjoyed this again. The galette is made out of buckwheat which gives it a nice nutty flavor. That being said, if you don’t like buckwheat you won’t like this. We like the Savoyarde galette as well (Raclette Cheese, Caramelized Onions, Bacon, Imported Bayonne Ham) and tend to alternate ordering it. Can’t wait for that next time!

For dessert we shared the Poire (Pear, Chocolate Ganache, Whipped Cream) crepe.

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This is our favorite crepe! I never would’ve ordered it because I’m not usually a fan of pears but our oldest son ordered it back in the spring and let us taste it. It’s so good! The pears have the perfect texture, not too hard and not too mushy. We’ve tried the Pomme (Caramelized Apples, Caramel Beurre Salé), Gourmande (Hazelnut-Chocolate Spread, Whipped Cream), and Melba (Peach, Red Berries Sauce, Almonds). My favorite is the Poire and probably my least favorite (but still good) is the Melba.

It worked!! I didn’t click on the floppy disk thing bc it wouldn’t let me. I’m not sure what I did haha. The photos are still not showing up in my reply. So weird. Those crepes do look really good. I’m not sure about the buckwheat though.

We once again really enjoyed our meal and had excellent service. We gave our meal an A-. Quite surprisingly the restaurant was empty during the dinner hour. The entire time we ate there were only two other full tables. I don’t know if this restaurant will last long if it doesn’t get more guests. It was a nice quiet meal for us though and a place we will return to again, probably on our trip this spring. It gets an A- because it's a very good meal and one we will return to but not a "must-do" every time.

After our meal we headed back to “Future World” stopping by Disney Traders to find the Daisy pumpkin.

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We found the Figment pumpkin in the Imagination Pavilion.

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Since we were already there, we rode Journey into Imagination with no wait.

We headed into the Creations shop to find the Goofy pumpkin.

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Our final pumpkin was listed as being located in the Green Landing Play Zone. We searched for quite a while and it felt weird to be two adults wandering around a play area where kids were all playing. Eventually, across from the play area, we found Wall-E and Eva.

Those pumpkins are all so cute.

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So cute! We really loved the creativity of all of Pluto’s pumpkins! It was definitely a fun scavenger hunt.

With our pumpkin scavenger hunt complete, we headed to Test Track to use our recovery Lightning Lane that we had been awarded earlier when Test Track was down. The whole reason I bought LLs for this day was to be able to experience the latest version of Test Track. Well, as we were making our way there I discovered my recovery LL was gone! It turned out when I was booking my Soarin’ LL I neglected to confirm it and so when I entered the line, it had used my recovery LL instead for Soarin’ and there were no regular LLs left for Test Track for me to grab. Ugh! I visited a Blue Umbrella Cast Member though and explained the situation. He was able to fix it and reinstate my recovery LL so I could use it for Test Track.

I always found if I had an issue with a paid LL like GoG cast members were very accommodating.

We both really enjoyed the new version of Test Track and thought it was really well done. Our favorite will always be the original Test Dummies version but this one is a huge improvement over the last version.

I haven’t been on the new TT yet. I thought DH did it on one of his weekend golf trips but I’m not sure.
We’ll need to hit it in February

We walked around admiring the beautiful lighting. It’s so much darker this time of year so the lights really stand out.

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We decided to experience the Journey of Water to see everything lit up at night. It was so beautiful! I couldn’t really capture it on my phone but I got this cool picture.

I love the parks at night!

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We’re not fans of the Luminous Show so we headed back to our hotel after the Journey of Water. Overall we had a fun day trying a few Food & Wine items, looking for Remy and Pluto’s pumpkins and riding rides. Despite our best efforts we didn’t complete the Remy Scavenger Hunt. We just couldn’t find the one in the America Pavilion. Luckily we planned on coming back another time and hoped to find the last elusive Remy and try even more Food & Wine food!

Not a fan of Luminous either. I wish they would have left Illuminations alone!!! AND Wishes for that matter!!!

With all the back tracking for LLs and scavenger hunting, my total step count was 33,170 steps! (12.76 miles)

Up next, exploring Animal Kingdom on Halloween

That’s a LOT of miles!!!

 

[mickey916]

Those crepes look delicious! Love all the cute pumpkins

I really liked all the pumpkins too, very creative!

This crepe looks really good. My sister was interested in this restaurant because she has celiac's disease but could eat the buckwheat crepes. But the Prix fixe menu is a turn off.

You don't have to get the Prix Fixe menu. You can order just what you want to get. We do it because it saves (a little) money when we share the prix fixe meal and we don't need our own crepes.

I'm glad that the blue umbrella team could fix your LL. I lost a LL for Tiara when I thought I was just changing something else. It is easy to mess it up.

I've messed it up before too and forgotten to confirm but I've never had it use my recovery LL instead. I will definitely pay more attention next time.

That is a lot of steps! We don't usually get over 29,000 steps.

I think it might have been our most on this trip but I'm not sure. I look it up each time I write an entry so we'll see...

It worked!! I didn’t click on the floppy disk thing bc it wouldn’t let me. I’m not sure what I did haha. The photos are still not showing up in my reply. So weird. Those crepes do look really good. I’m not sure about the buckwheat though.

Glad it's working! I bet they changed something so that the photos don't show in replies anymore.

Those pumpkins are all so cute.

They were! I'm glad we were there in time to see them. I think they came down after 10/31 as we didn't see them on subsequent visits to Epcot.

I always found if I had an issue with a paid LL like GoG cast members were very accommodating.

Thankfully I haven't had to visit them much but the CMs at the blue umbrellas always seem to be very good.

I haven’t been on the new TT yet. I thought DH did it on one of his weekend golf trips but I’m not sure.
We’ll need to hit it in February

Definitely! We thought it was a good mix of projections and physical sets.

I love the parks at night!

We do too, especially in darker times of year when you can really appreciate the lights.

Not a fan of Luminous either. I wish they would have left Illuminations alone!!! AND Wishes for that matter!!!

I agree about Illuminations. We never saw Wishes...I think that was during our 12 year hiatus from Disney.

That’s a LOT of miles!!!

It was but they are so much easier to get in Disney!

 

[ddluvsdisney]

I agree about Illuminations. We never saw Wishes...I think that was during our 12 year hiatus from Disney.

You’ll need to watch Wishes on YouTube. It is my absolutely favorite fireworks show!!!