A pictorial trip report! Updated 18/06/08, 990 Pictures so far, not close to done!

[*KeepMovingForward*]

I just found your report and only on page 2, but so far you rock! Can't wait to see all your fabulous pictures and hear all about your trip!

 

[Shir Kahn]

Sorry for the long delay between updates, real life keeps getting in the way! Just a note about this trip report, I'm going to be presenting the pictures in the order that I took them, rather than by subject. What this means is, there may be 3 or more different segments that feature a certain ride or landmark, because I saw them at different times. I did actually try and take unique shots each time I was taking more of the same subject, Spaceship Earth for example. There will be different angles, different times of day, different parts of it and occasionally I might have a repeat in there. Bear with those please, I have so many pictures that it's sometimes tough to remember if I've got a certain shot already. I will try and edit out shots that look identical.

Alright, enough with that, now for some more trip report!

Morning came quick, this was the view from just outside our room door:

It's finally open but we're running late, so we didn't end up eating breakfast here like I had planned on our itinerary. This becomes a common theme for us!

We waited while no less than 15 buses for different parks arrived. We saw 6 Magic Kingdom buses, 4 Animal Kingdom buses, 4 DHS buses and one bus that had "Remy" written on it.

Finally!

We're on our way!

 

[Nicole786]

I cant wait to be at POP!!

 

[Shir Kahn]

Everything is so beautiful at WDW!

Getting pretty excited at this point, we're finally about to enter our first park!

I was taking a fair few of these while walking, so unfortunately, I've got a few blurred images in here. I'm including them anyway, I don't want you to miss anything!

 

[Shir Kahn]

On our way over to Mission Space, DW saw her Mickey Crocs!

Green team side almost always had a super short wait and seeing as there was no way DW was doing Orange, that's what we always did!

By the way, I made it a bit of a habit to take pictures of cast member uniforms, so you'll see a fair amount of those shots in this TR.

 

[Disney Brat]

Yay!! More pics!! Love the updates!!! I hope your DW is feeling ok now!

 

[Shir Kahn]

The part after you get off the ride is pretty interesting, but we didn't stop for long, we had too much to do!

And of course, each ride dumps you off into a store to walk through. Lots of good, overpriced stuff to buy! (and wow, did we ever buy!)

Next stop, Test Track!

As soon as DW gets finished taking pictures of Disney merch that is!

A few more pics of Mission Space as we're heading over to TT.

This happened a lot on our trip, I'd be walking along and notice DW wasn't with me! I'd turn around and she'd be straggling behind, having stopped to take pictures! Then I'd take some more pictures while waiting for her to catch up and she'd see that I stopped walking, so she'd stop and take a few more, etc. It's no wonder we ended up with so many!

Hidden Mickey! It turns out that DW has an eagle eye for spotting these, whereas I could be looking straight at one and not see it. As a matter a fact, at least twice on this trip, I would have just taken a picture and DW would say "oh good, you got the Hidden Mickey!" and my reply would be along the lines of "Huh, wuzzat?"

 

[Shir Kahn]

I cant wait to be at POP!!

Pop Century is just so fun! We're completely happy with Pop, however we're having to stay at All Star Music on the summer trip. Oh well, change is good right? Hope Asmu is a good resort!

Yay!! More pics!! Love the updates!!! I hope your DW is feeling ok now!

Yep, DW is feeling much better now. Glad you're enjoying the updates!

 

[Disney Brat]

Great pics!! DH has no clue about hidden Mickeys. I have recently become interested in finding them, but am not very good at finding real hidden ones. But DD is great! She will find them anywhere...not too bad for a 4 year old!! We have a Disney Nut in the making..lol

 

[Disney Brat]

Pop Century is just so fun! We're completely happy with Pop, however we're having to stay at All Star Music on the summer trip. Oh well, change is good right? Hope Asmu is a good resort!

We are staying at ASMu this Oct, and I switched from POP to there, because my BIL and his family are staying at the family suites, and the kids all wanted to swim and play together. I am really hoping that we will like ASMu too!! You have to tell us all about it when you get back!! Will we be lucky enough to get a PTR and TR for that trip as well......

 

[Shir Kahn]

We are staying at ASMu this Oct, and I switched from POP to there, because my BIL and his family are staying at the family suites, and the kids all wanted to swim and play together. I am really hoping that we will like ASMu too!! You have to tell us all about it when you get back!! Will we be lucky enough to get a PTR and TR for that trip as well......

Of course! I've got the Trip Report bug now!

 

[momof2sons]

We stayed at the ASMu Oct 07 and loved this resort. We have also stayed at POP 4 times and find them to be a little more noisier than
ASMu or ASMo. The next time we go and on a tight budget we would choose ASMu over POP. We liked POP but prefer the quietness of ASMu.


Enjoying the pics and can't wait foe the next installment.

 

[tinkerbell87512]

Loving your report and pictures. looking forward to more!

 

[Shir Kahn]

Noise at Pop Century has never been an issue for us. We're early risers and come back to the hotel after midnight almost always, so it's usually dead quiet whenever we're actually there. I'm more concerned about what I've heard about the bus service to the All-Stars. How did that work for you?

 

[momof2sons]

Never waited more than 10 min at the resort and never shared bus stop with the other 2 AS resorts. At park close different bus stops for each AS Resorts also.

We only had one problem with the bus and that was going to DTD. We over slept one afternoon and should have taken our van it would have taken off the stress of getting to LaNuba on time. We did make it but was worried we would not. We only had 15 min to walk/run to make curtain. 10 min bus ride turned into a 20 min ride {bus drivers fault I'm not for sure}but it was my fault for over sleeping I didn't set the alarm.

 

[Shir Kahn]

Well that's good to hear. Hopefully we'll like Asmu as much as you did!

Forgot to tell you all! I booked our ADR's for August yesterday and got incredibly lucky again! Here's what we have so far:

Aug 25th - Sci-Fi 8:45pm
Aug 26th - Coral Reef 8:20pm (bah, there goes Illuminations!)
Aug 27th - Tusker House 4:00pm
Aug 28th - CRT 8:25am!!
Aug 29th - Le Cellier 11:55am
Aug 30th - Crystal Palace 8:05am

After having booked meals for 5 of the days, I asked her "I know this is an extreme long shot, but any chance of CRT on the 28th for breakfast?" She laughed and said, "yeah, that is a long shot but I'll check." "Wow, I actually have an ope.." Me - "I'll take it!!"

Apparently, she had been having to tell people that CRT was all booked for all the days they were asking for, but I managed to luck out again!

 

[Disney Brat]

I have also heard good and bad things about the AS busses. Although lately it has definatly been more good news than bad. I have also heard a lot of ASsp and ASMo sharing busses and Music getting its own, when busses had to be shared.

Way to go on awesome ADR's!! Especially CRT! That is amazing, sure gives me hope of getting it for DD this Oct!

 

[Msslaydbug]

I am loving all the pictures. We love Pop Century ! Can't wait to see more.

 

[mishy]

Love the pic's... It's like I'm there

michele

 

[Shir Kahn]

Real life keeps getting in the way of the updates, but they're on the way! Just a quick update right now, regarding our August trip. We did it again, turned a 7 day trip into a 12 day trip, so now we're heading down from August 19th - August 30th! Only half the trip has free dining unfortunately. Oh well, it's going to be a lot of fun regardless! Our schedule so far is as follows:

Aug 19th: MK
Aug 20th: AK Rainforest Cafe 5:00pm
Aug 21st: DHS Hollywood and Vine Fantasmic Package 5:10pm
Aug 22nd: Epcot Garden Grill 5:10pm
Aug 23rd: BB or TL California Grill 7:30pm
Aug 24th: MK Liberty Tree Tavern 8:30pm
Aug 25th: DHS Sci Fi 8:45pm
Aug 26th: Epcot Coral Reef 8:20pm
Aug 27th: AK Tusker House 4:00pm
Aug 28th: MK CRT 8:25am
Aug 29th: Epcot Le Cellier 11:55am
Aug 30th: MK Crystal Palace 8:05am

Can't wait!