serendipity
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We did another Mickey wake up heave ho hang up this morning.
The thing was, there weren't really any crowds in the park so it wasn't necessary to get to the park before opening to ride all the rides. I would highly suggest going to Disney at least once for this reason alone.
The weather was again terrible, which I found out, once again AFTER doing my hair. However, we were in good spirits. Finally we were making our way to MGM and I couldn't be happier.
We made our way over to the bus stop and onto the bus. We found two seats but Jeremy was kind enough to stand up so a little girl could sit down. This same little girl, combined with her father and brother behind me proceeded to cough on me the entire way to MGM.
It was actually comical because the girl would literally turn to me and then go "CAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHH"....this repeated until arriving at the studios and me running to the bathroom to wash my hads and face in a frenzied manner. Plllllease.....please, teach your kids to cover their mouth for gods sake!
It was starting to rain and I had just the thing for the occasion- ponchos! Jeremy, not thrilled with the situation....
Jeremy Kate, I'm not wearing those stupid things
Me But honeyyyyy, you don't want to make me wear them all myself do you??? ::while batting eyelashes:::
Jeremy Yes, yes in fact I do
I can see that
We made our way through the gates and a couple that we kept running into during our whole trip was nice enough to take a picture of the two of us in front of the sorceror mickey hat
We hadn't eaten breakfast yet so we headed over to the Starring Rolls Cafe and used some of our CS to get bagels, drinks and sugar cookies which we stored for later. Everything was great, and we were lucky enough to get a table under an umbrella so we didn't get soaked. I love this cafe and we make a point to eat here every trip.
We were kind of indecisive about what we wanted to do. It was already around 11am and we weren't really in a show kind of mood. We had just scene Little Mermaid and Beauty and The Beast a few months ago and just didn't have the longing for it like we, well I, normally do so we decided to do a little shopping in the Villains store (I lovvvvvvvvvve that store)
This was followed by our decision to see Muppet Vision 3-D, one of my favorite attractions in all of Disney World. It's so cute, I especially love when Fozzy throws the pie at the audience and when the little guy (the name is escaping me) that represents 3D turns to Mickey at the end with all the fireworks. So fun!
It was starting to clear up so we were able to get rid of the ponchos making us both happy. We didn't really have a plan as there wasn't much that we wanted to accomplish at the park so we strolled our way over to the Animation Academy, another one of my personal favorites.
There was a little bit of a wait so I explored the que area seeing all the concept art for the animated films. I find this area so fascinating, seeing what all of the characters were originally intended to look like. Just look at the animation style of Pocahontas before they went back to the drawing boards!
After watching the hilarious video about Mushu's creation we entered the drawing room. So far we had already drawn Donald on our first trip and Minnie on our second so we had our fingers crossed to draw someone else. Goofy it was! Unfortunately we weren't able to sit together because the room was already full but I sat next to a nice family, so I couldn't complain too much. Both of ours came out okay, just another addition to the collection (we save all of these in a memory box at home
)
We exited and took the personality test and I (suprise, suprise) came out as Tinker Belle. Jeremy wasn't interested in finding out his hidden personality so we made our way over to sing some tunes at the next machine deciding on Heigh Ho. We love this little area! So much to do!
On our way out we found Mr. Incredible
And learned yet again that Lilo and Stitch was supposed to be set in the mid-west but at the last minute was put to the Polynesian (think they were trying to up the sales at the Poly much on that one?).
It was time to get seats for the parade and we found AMAZING ones. There's this little set of stairs by Drew Carey that people aren't allowed to stand in front of but are allowed to sit on in the direct route of the parade. It is fantabulous!
Jeremy went off in search of ice cream and was gone for a VERY long time. Finally I turned my cell phone on and called him to make sure everything was okay and he was VERY grouchy
Jeremy What is is Kate?
Me: I'm just making sure you're okay
Jeremy The people who work here are completely incompetant
Me So just come back....
CLICK
.....well that was a bit unnecessary. He then proceeds to come back and yell at him for making him leave the line. Well, we had a pre newlywed undisney moment there and scared off just a few kiddies
Sorry. I ended up going back for the ice cream and finally all was well right before the parade started.
Our seats were awesome, and I know I'll never get these pictures again so here they are for your viewing pleasure......
We even saw the White Rabbit! There he is!
There he is again!!!
Weren't those fabulous?
Anyway, we had dinner reservations in another couple hours at 50's Prime Time Cafe so that we would be able to see Fantasmic but nothing else that we really wanted to see. We debated our options before deciding to forget Fantasmic, as we knew we were going to see it at Disneyland on our honeymoon (NOT knowing that it will be under refurbishment
), change our ADR's to Les Chefs de France and head over to EPCOT.
To Be Continued Shortly
The thing was, there weren't really any crowds in the park so it wasn't necessary to get to the park before opening to ride all the rides. I would highly suggest going to Disney at least once for this reason alone.
The weather was again terrible, which I found out, once again AFTER doing my hair. However, we were in good spirits. Finally we were making our way to MGM and I couldn't be happier.
We made our way over to the bus stop and onto the bus. We found two seats but Jeremy was kind enough to stand up so a little girl could sit down. This same little girl, combined with her father and brother behind me proceeded to cough on me the entire way to MGM.
It was actually comical because the girl would literally turn to me and then go "CAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHH"....this repeated until arriving at the studios and me running to the bathroom to wash my hads and face in a frenzied manner. Plllllease.....please, teach your kids to cover their mouth for gods sake!
It was starting to rain and I had just the thing for the occasion- ponchos! Jeremy, not thrilled with the situation....
Jeremy Kate, I'm not wearing those stupid things
Me But honeyyyyy, you don't want to make me wear them all myself do you??? ::while batting eyelashes:::
Jeremy Yes, yes in fact I do
I can see that
We made our way through the gates and a couple that we kept running into during our whole trip was nice enough to take a picture of the two of us in front of the sorceror mickey hat
We hadn't eaten breakfast yet so we headed over to the Starring Rolls Cafe and used some of our CS to get bagels, drinks and sugar cookies which we stored for later. Everything was great, and we were lucky enough to get a table under an umbrella so we didn't get soaked. I love this cafe and we make a point to eat here every trip.
We were kind of indecisive about what we wanted to do. It was already around 11am and we weren't really in a show kind of mood. We had just scene Little Mermaid and Beauty and The Beast a few months ago and just didn't have the longing for it like we, well I, normally do so we decided to do a little shopping in the Villains store (I lovvvvvvvvvve that store)
This was followed by our decision to see Muppet Vision 3-D, one of my favorite attractions in all of Disney World. It's so cute, I especially love when Fozzy throws the pie at the audience and when the little guy (the name is escaping me) that represents 3D turns to Mickey at the end with all the fireworks. So fun!
It was starting to clear up so we were able to get rid of the ponchos making us both happy. We didn't really have a plan as there wasn't much that we wanted to accomplish at the park so we strolled our way over to the Animation Academy, another one of my personal favorites.
There was a little bit of a wait so I explored the que area seeing all the concept art for the animated films. I find this area so fascinating, seeing what all of the characters were originally intended to look like. Just look at the animation style of Pocahontas before they went back to the drawing boards!
After watching the hilarious video about Mushu's creation we entered the drawing room. So far we had already drawn Donald on our first trip and Minnie on our second so we had our fingers crossed to draw someone else. Goofy it was! Unfortunately we weren't able to sit together because the room was already full but I sat next to a nice family, so I couldn't complain too much. Both of ours came out okay, just another addition to the collection (we save all of these in a memory box at home
)We exited and took the personality test and I (suprise, suprise) came out as Tinker Belle. Jeremy wasn't interested in finding out his hidden personality so we made our way over to sing some tunes at the next machine deciding on Heigh Ho. We love this little area! So much to do!
On our way out we found Mr. Incredible
And learned yet again that Lilo and Stitch was supposed to be set in the mid-west but at the last minute was put to the Polynesian (think they were trying to up the sales at the Poly much on that one?).
It was time to get seats for the parade and we found AMAZING ones. There's this little set of stairs by Drew Carey that people aren't allowed to stand in front of but are allowed to sit on in the direct route of the parade. It is fantabulous!
Jeremy went off in search of ice cream and was gone for a VERY long time. Finally I turned my cell phone on and called him to make sure everything was okay and he was VERY grouchy
Jeremy What is is Kate?
Me: I'm just making sure you're okay
Jeremy The people who work here are completely incompetant
Me So just come back....
CLICK
.....well that was a bit unnecessary. He then proceeds to come back and yell at him for making him leave the line. Well, we had a pre newlywed undisney moment there and scared off just a few kiddies
Sorry. I ended up going back for the ice cream and finally all was well right before the parade started.Our seats were awesome, and I know I'll never get these pictures again so here they are for your viewing pleasure......
We even saw the White Rabbit! There he is!
There he is again!!!
Weren't those fabulous?
Anyway, we had dinner reservations in another couple hours at 50's Prime Time Cafe so that we would be able to see Fantasmic but nothing else that we really wanted to see. We debated our options before deciding to forget Fantasmic, as we knew we were going to see it at Disneyland on our honeymoon (NOT knowing that it will be under refurbishment
), change our ADR's to Les Chefs de France and head over to EPCOT.To Be Continued Shortly
I know the NYC scene too well. Last time I was home we got turned away from some bar b/c my friend's jeans weren't quite dark enough 
Le Cellier is soooooo good. Oh what I would do to be eating there right now!!! 
.
We ordered a round of drinks (I was finally back into Bacardi and Diet Coke mode knowing our vacation was soon after and the scale would be beckoning me back home). 
As soon as he's done, we're moving to NJ though. It will always be my "home" 
