A Quick Holiday Miracle - An All Girls Trip - Dec/12 *REVIEWS finally up! 03/30*

[KatMark]

Fun update. You sure got a lot done in those three hours...good for you!

I'm not sure about Star Tours...I don't know if it is "worse" or if I am just getting older, but I was definitely "not" feeling good after I got off it the last two times. I'll do TOT twelve times a day though.

Can't wait to hear about your afternoon at CSR.

 

[Disney9.9.10]

Fun update. You sure got a lot done in those three hours...good for you!

I'm not sure about Star Tours...I don't know if it is "worse" or if I am just getting older, but I was definitely "not" feeling good after I got off it the last two times. I'll do TOT twelve times a day though.

Can't wait to hear about your afternoon at CSR.

Aw thanks It felt great to get so much accomplished in so little time! I'm sorry you didn't feel good after getting off of ST. I'm a ride wimp myself and there are a few things that make me feel "iffy" too. I haven't got up the courage to ride ToT yet. Maybe one day!

 

[marDgreen88]

Yall definitely had a great productive morning! I'm glad you were able to convince your mom and grandma about the drawing class!

Oh man, it just snowed here so warm weather and swimming sound so amazing right now! SIGH!

 

[Disney9.9.10]

Yall definitely had a great productive morning! I'm glad you were able to convince your mom and grandma about the drawing class!

Oh man, it just snowed here so warm weather and swimming sound so amazing right now! SIGH!

I'm glad that you were finally able to read an update, now that I am passed all of the FLE stuff It definitely was a productive morning - I love when that happens! We got some snow here too last night, so I agree that it would be great to be in the Florida sun at Disney

 

[Deesknee]

sounds like a great day at DHS. I love Art of Animation. I'm glad you all ended up enjoying it. Loving your updates & pictures!

 

[Nermel9]

Finally caught up! Isn't New Fantasyland amazing??? I'm so anxious to get to that part of my TR, but it's still days away from where I actually am! I will say though, I did eat at Be Our Guest and I was just blown away! It is perfect!

I LOVE that creepy picture of the Tower of Terror! You don't go on it???? You're missing out, it is the BEST ride in the entire world! I'm obsessed!

Haha, I was the same way as your mom and grandma the first time I took the drawing class, I cannot draw to save my life, so I was nervous, and now it's one of my favorite Disney things to do!

Can't wait to read more!

 

[Disney9.9.10]

sounds like a great day at DHS. I love Art of Animation. I'm glad you all ended up enjoying it. Loving your updates & pictures!

Thank you

Finally caught up! Isn't New Fantasyland amazing??? I'm so anxious to get to that part of my TR, but it's still days away from where I actually am! I will say though, I did eat at Be Our Guest and I was just blown away! It is perfect!

I LOVE that creepy picture of the Tower of Terror! You don't go on it???? You're missing out, it is the BEST ride in the entire world! I'm obsessed!

Haha, I was the same way as your mom and grandma the first time I took the drawing class, I cannot draw to save my life, so I was nervous, and now it's one of my favorite Disney things to do!

Can't wait to read more!

Ah! I love the New Fantasyland! I'm glad to hear that you had an awesome experience with Be Our Guest as well (I can't wait for your update on it!)

No, I'm too much of a wimp to ride it. Maybe one day I will have the courage lol And I'm glad that you tried the drawing class even though you were nervous, it is such a great experience!

I'm sure I'll update again within the next few days

 

[eandesmom]

I thought for sure I'd posted on your last update but apparently not! How great that you talked them into doing the animation class, it is a lot of fun and I'm glad they had some after all.

That is a seriously creepy ToT picture!

Very productive morning. I think they need to expand Starring Rolls, it is so tiny and very little seating. It wouldn't surprise me though if this is where they plan to put the Starbucks. Time will tell I guess.

 

[Stringbean&Wingnut]

Creepy TOT pic!!!

You guys definitely had a productive DHS morning!! I ALWAYS forget that the animation class exists - it looks like fun though!

 

[Disney9.9.10]

I thought for sure I'd posted on your last update but apparently not! How great that you talked them into doing the animation class, it is a lot of fun and I'm glad they had some after all.

That is a seriously creepy ToT picture!

Very productive morning. I think they need to expand Starring Rolls, it is so tiny and very little seating. It wouldn't surprise me though if this is where they plan to put the Starbucks. Time will tell I guess.

Thanks I'm really glad that we did the class too. It was so cold and foggy all morning, I couldn't pass up taking that picture. I agree about Starring Rolls. It was pretty nuts in there! There aren't many breakfast QS options in DHS and the food there is good, so everyone had the same idea. Luckily, we managed to get a table, but I'm not sure that everyone got a table right away. Hopefully they figure something out! I wouldn't want to see it gone though, it is such a cute little place.

Creepy TOT pic!!!

You guys definitely had a productive DHS morning!! I ALWAYS forget that the animation class exists - it looks like fun though!

Thanks It was a really great morning. You should definitely get to that animation class at some point, it is so much fun and unlike anything else you do!

 

[Disney9.9.10]

Day 4 Part 2 - Saturday, December 15th, 2012

So I left us off at DHS. We had just ridden Star Tours and the sun was FINALLY coming out! It had been pretty cold so far on our trip, so we were really happy to be getting some warmth. We got on a bus and went back to CSR for the afternoon.

Since I had never stayed at CSR before, I knew that I needed to get a bunch of pictures around the resort. So randomly, you will see shots from different places around the resort. There is no real rhyme or reason to them, I just took them as I saw them.

Here are a couple of examples lol

It really is a very pretty resort.

And here are a few outdoor shots on our way back from the bus stop to our room.

I went to the lobby to call my husband. I had tried the night before, but never got ahold of him. It was nice to talk to him I missed him and my little puppy! After I got off the phone, I went to get some grapes with one of my snack credits. I usually love these grapes, they are always fresh and firm. Well these ones, not so much, I was disappointed I also grabbed some lemonade in my refillable mug and then headed back to the room. We all changed into our bathing suits and went to the quiet pool. We hadn't done this yet on our trip because it was so cold!

When we got to the pool, we found that we were the only ones there!

Not one person came the whole time that we were there! My mom was the only one who actually went into the water, and she found it chilly, so there was no way I was going in! I sat on a lounge chair with my lemonade and my book (Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf) and enjoyed the sunshine. It was a very nice, relaxing afternoon.

I went back to the room first. I needed to take a shower and get ready for dinner, and I take the longest to get ready Slowly, everyone else made their way back to the room to get ready.

Then it was off to DHS for dinner!

We hopped on a bus and were at DHS by 4pm. We went straight to TSM to use our FP's that we got that morning. We walked right on and I won again!

From there, we headed over to Hollywood and Vine for our dinner reservations. We were there early, but we only sat for a few minutes before they called us in.

I'm not sure that we will eat there again. I really enjoyed how many options they had, and there were a bunch of vegetarian options, which made me really happy. However, our server wasn't great, the restaurant seemed dirty (compared to WDW standards), and the bathroom is shared with 50's Prime Time (it was tiny, and packed).

After dinner, we walked over to get in line to meet Santa Goofy! I was really excited to finally get a picture with him.

Goofy turned on the Osborne lights and then came over for pictures.

We were lucky enough to get a group shot, and individual shots with Santa Goofy!

We were the last group that got to see Goofy before he took a little break.

Up Next… The Osborne Lights!

 

[Deesknee]

Nice you were able to atleast get this day at the pool.

I have heard good things lately about CSR. It looks beautiful!

I am jealous you met Santa Goofy! We have only met him once. I didn't know he had a meet and greet at DHS! We were there for the lightening of the lights one night. If I had only known..

You all look like you are enjoying your girls only trip! I am enjoying the TR

 

[beebeeryan]

Oh my goodness, I just found your TR! I just booked our 2013 trip and was looking over my old TR from August 2011 and noticed in your siggy that you just went so I had to come over catch up with you! I have not been on the boards much since we didn't do Disney in 2012 and it hurts too much to come here when you're not planning a trip.

I'm sorry for the difficult summer/fall you had, fingers crossed for a much happier 2013. I see another trip is planned.

LOVE LOVE LOVE the pictures you got of the resort and New Fantasyland. I CANNOT wait to see it in person. Hey I take a zillion pictures of the castle too, I don't know why, they all look the same, but I keep taking. You did an awesome job with a point and shoot.

I'm so glad you got a nice little "girls" trip in to end the year on a good note.

Looking forward to the rest of the TR.

 

[marDgreen88]

Looks like such a beautiful afternoon, and CSR looks like a beautiful resort! I've never actually been there, but I always thought it looked pretty in pictures.

Ahhhh I didn't know 50's shared a bathroom with H&V! No wonder! It definitely is teeny tiny!

LOVE the Santa Goofy photos! That was such a brilliant idea to add a character meet and greet this year! So cute!

 

[rachel09985]

The fog looks cool! I have never done the drawing class but want to so bad!

 

[Disney9.9.10]

Nice you were able to atleast get this day at the pool.

I have heard good things lately about CSR. It looks beautiful!

I am jealous you met Santa Goofy! We have only met him once. I didn't know he had a meet and greet at DHS! We were there for the lightening of the lights one night. If I had only known..

You all look like you are enjoying your girls only trip! I am enjoying the TR

It was a nice, relaxing afternoon! CSR is beautiful, I enjoyed it there, even though it isn't my favourite resort. Thanks for the lovely comments

Oh my goodness, I just found your TR! I just booked our 2013 trip and was looking over my old TR from August 2011 and noticed in your siggy that you just went so I had to come over catch up with you! I have not been on the boards much since we didn't do Disney in 2012 and it hurts too much to come here when you're not planning a trip.

I'm sorry for the difficult summer/fall you had, fingers crossed for a much happier 2013. I see another trip is planned.

LOVE LOVE LOVE the pictures you got of the resort and New Fantasyland. I CANNOT wait to see it in person. Hey I take a zillion pictures of the castle too, I don't know why, they all look the same, but I keep taking. You did an awesome job with a point and shoot.

I'm so glad you got a nice little "girls" trip in to end the year on a good note.

Looking forward to the rest of the TR.

Thanks for joining in! Nice to see you back around these parts again - and with a trip planned! If you start a report I will definitely join in Thank you for your kind words as well, I appreciate it. New Fantasyland is better than any pictures or TR can make it look, you are going to love it! And if you don't have a reservation, waiting in line for QS lunch at BOG is definitely worth it.

Looks like such a beautiful afternoon, and CSR looks like a beautiful resort! I've never actually been there, but I always thought it looked pretty in pictures.

Ahhhh I didn't know 50's shared a bathroom with H&V! No wonder! It definitely is teeny tiny!

LOVE the Santa Goofy photos! That was such a brilliant idea to add a character meet and greet this year! So cute!

It was a great afternoon! And CSR is a very pretty resort, very relaxed feel to it. I've eaten at 50's PT before and never knew about the shared bathroom, that wasn't very good planning on someone's part lol Santa Goofy was wonderful, he was high on our list of characters we wanted to meet with!

The fog looks cool! I have never done the drawing class but want to so bad!

It looked very nice against ToT, but it was chilly! You should definitely make time for the drawing class, it is well worth it!

 

[KatMark]

Love the pictures at CSR. I especially like the picture of that empty pool....something we never saw on our trip there.

We've done Hollywood & Vine twice, unfortunately. Never again! You are right the service was bad, it was filthy and the food was like eating in a high school cafeteria.

LOVE the photos with Santa Goofy.

 

[Stringbean&Wingnut]

CSR looks like a really pretty resort! We were hoping to have time to visit it this past trip, but didn't. Someday I definitely want to check it out!

Yay for Santa Goofy!! Love the holidays at Disney!

 

[Disney9.9.10]

Love the pictures at CSR. I especially like the picture of that empty pool....something we never saw on our trip there.

We've done Hollywood & Vine twice, unfortunately. Never again! You are right the service was bad, it was filthy and the food was like eating in a high school cafeteria.

LOVE the photos with Santa Goofy.

Thank you The empty pool was great, and we didn't even see any people near the buildings either, it was like our own private resort! I've never experienced that at WDW before. Your experience at H&V seems to go along with many that I've heard. It is unfortunate how substandard it is in that restaurant.

CSR looks like a really pretty resort! We were hoping to have time to visit it this past trip, but didn't. Someday I definitely want to check it out!

Yay for Santa Goofy!! Love the holidays at Disney!

Thank you It is a very pretty resort, and I also love the holidays at WDW!! I always say that I'm going to go resort hopping while I'm there, and I never do. We were going to see AoA on this trip, but since we only had 5 days, we didn't have time. Maybe next trip!

 

[Disney9.9.10]

Day 4 Part 3 - Saturday, December 15th, 2012

So we had just had our picture taken with Santa Goofy, and the Osborne Lights were on all around us.

This was my first time seeing the Osborne Lights. I have no idea how this was my first time But I was AMAZED! These lights are fantastic! And it is not just the lights - it is a whole experience.

You are in Disney. There are millions of lights. There is SNOW falling. There is music.

No amount of pictures can do this experience justice, but I will share mine with you anyway!

Continued in the next post...