A TR..Surprises galore!MNSSHP,WishesDessertParty,Wishes Cruise -- Final Thoughts :(

[ShannonMB]

Oh, so much great stuff in this TR! I'm just now joining.

I think you might have gotten more people to fill in the Mickeys on your door sign if you left a pen!

Your anniversary surprise made me cry.

I am so glad to have seen your pics of the parade at MNSSHP, especially the headless horseman!!

I loved your pic with the Beast. I MUST meet him, too. I love him. SO much!

Great to see the pics of the Wishes Dessert Party. Looks like it might be worth checking out at some point if they keep it going.

So sorry about Joe's pain issues. That must NOT be fun at Disney, but what a trooper, looks like he was totally in the spirit!

Really fun TR!!

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

Great updates! The Wishes Dessert Party looks awesome!!

Thanks. And the party was awesome!!!

Great pictures from the dessert party. They got me so excited for when we go in December!

Do you know how long they are continuing it for?

Great updates! Those balloons from the MNSSHP are adorableeeee! And I love that you wore your Minnie ears to Perkins...and people pointed!! I would totally do the same thing!!!

You had to see Joe's face when I said I was wearing them in Perkins.

I am wondering if they'll have the dessert party in July. I would like that.

I'm not sure how long they plan to continue it.

Great update, looks like you had a blast at MNSSHP and the Wishes Dessert Party looks soooooo good. I hope they extend this to next year Hope your mum was ok, I would have been freaking out too.

She was fine. She just ate a bit much and with all of her problems before vacation, combined with the heat, she had a little too much that day. I can't believe how many people they sent to her room. I wasn't happy about that at all!

Oh, so much great stuff in this TR! I'm just now joining.

I think you might have gotten more people to fill in the Mickeys on your door sign if you left a pen!

Your anniversary surprise made me cry.

I am so glad to have seen your pics of the parade at MNSSHP, especially the headless horseman!!

I loved your pic with the Beast. I MUST meet him, too. I love him. SO much!

Great to see the pics of the Wishes Dessert Party. Looks like it might be worth checking out at some point if they keep it going.

So sorry about Joe's pain issues. That must NOT be fun at Disney, but what a trooper, looks like he was totally in the spirit!

Really fun TR!!

Thanks! I actually did have a Sharpie attached to the string of Mickey heads.

I can't believe that Joe had no clue up until a few minutes before! I recommend the Wishes Cruise to anyone considering it.

I waited a LONG time to meet Beast..and it was worth it....

Definitely try out the desert party if you have a chance too!

Joe was a trooper!

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

I forgot to mention one very, very important surprise the night of the Wishes desert party...............

I have had this fascination with Pixie dust for years. Seems that you can't buy it anywhere so I have been collecting it from every even that we go to over the years when it is on our table.

My husband was sooooooooo sweet...... He saw me doing my usual collecting of pixie dust off of the table. He went over to a CM and asked them, rather practically begged them to let him have some for me. He explained to them how bad I have been trying to get some to put in Christmas cards, decorate with at home, etc. They gave him an entire FIST FULL for me! You had to see my face when he handed it to me. I think I cried. Oh, it was magical............

I know it sounds rather insane, but OMG, I was soooooooooooo happy!

 

[Stefy]

Aww bless that was really nice of them to do that and DH for asking for you

 

[inkedupmomma]

I was wondering why you hadn't mentioned the pixie dust! Iwas so excited for you! Joe is a sweet man! it's a bummer that you cant buy it anywhere!

 

[KatMark]

Awwww...what a sweet hubby. I'm surprised they don't sell it...they could make a fortune on it. Like you, I collect mine every year and bring it home.

 

[NancyLuvsMickey]

I forgot to mention one very, very important surprise the night of the Wishes desert party...............

I have had this fascination with Pixie dust for years. Seems that you can't buy it anywhere so I have been collecting it from every even that we go to over the years when it is on our table.

My husband was sooooooooo sweet...... He saw me doing my usual collecting of pixie dust off of the table. He went over to a CM and asked them, rather practically begged them to let him have some for me. He explained to them how bad I have been trying to get some to put in Christmas cards, decorate with at home, etc. They gave him an entire FIST FULL for me! You had to see my face when he handed it to me. I think I cried. Oh, it was magical............

I know it sounds rather insane, but OMG, I was soooooooooooo happy!

Awww, what a sweetheart!!!

 

[praisehisname]

I had quite a bit of catching up to do! Great job on the fireworks shots. The pixie dust story made me smile. What a sweet CM!

Denise

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

Aww bless that was really nice of them to do that and DH for asking for you

I was SO happy!

I was wondering why you hadn't mentioned the pixie dust! Iwas so excited for you! Joe is a sweet man! it's a bummer that you cant buy it anywhere!

I can't believe I forgot about it too! Duh, it was awesome! He's sweet like that. Thinks of stuff that he knows will make me happy and just does it.

Awwww...what a sweet hubby. I'm surprised they don't sell it...they could make a fortune on it. Like you, I collect mine every year and bring it home.

I have looked and called EVERYWHERE to see if I can buy it. Maybe they can't find it in merchandising because I was asking for confetti? When I thanked the CM for the confetti he said, what confetti? Do you mean Pixie Dust?

Awww, what a sweetheart!!!

I had quite a bit of catching up to do! Great job on the fireworks shots. The pixie dust story made me smile. What a sweet CM!

Denise

Thanks! I am going to practice at our hometown July 4th festival to see if I can get any better at the fireworks shots.

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

So we are at the point of my TR that bums me out....our last full day.

We had early morning ADR's at Crystal Palace today. It's a tradition for my family to have one early, early day at MK so that we can try and get "empty park" pictures. I like CP for breakfast. We ate there for dinner last year and it wasn't too bad, but I think I prefer breakfast.

It was a nice morning.

We sort of took our time getting to the MK and were cutting it close to our ADR time, but we didn't really mind.

Took this for all my friends asking about prices:

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

We decided to take the Monorail over because it was getting close to time for our ADR.

Jack and "the gramma" deep in conversation

Now I know I said we were getting close to our ADR time but for Jenn and I, there is always time for a picture or two.

or ten...................

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

We all stopped for this one.

Could not resist more park pics will not too many people.

As we got closer to CP, Jenn and I "did like Jack" and said "we'll be right back." And we did this..............

And then more of this............

The guys checked us in and I swear, they were probably giving us dirty looks or something. I could see the look on Joe's face and could tell he was a bit peeved that we just took off.

So, what did we do when we got near CP....um, yeah, more of this.......

Until it was time to go here.............

Next...CP and what did we do after that!

 

[ShannonMB]

Really outstanding pics on this update!!!!! I love the water on the monorail windows, you really get that *steamy* feeling looking at those!

 

[KatMark]

Awesome photos. I too hate this part of the report...the last full day. It's so sad.

We've never done any other meal at CP except for breakfast and I can't imagine lunch or dinner measuring up.

 

[Stefy]

Loving all the pics, esp that Beauty and the Beast one.

Can't believe your TR is almost over

 

[praisehisname]

I love that you took your time and got so many awesome pictures! It's your vacation, afterall!

Denise

 

[AlohaPolynesian]

YUMMY CP! What great empty park pictures. I am so glad that Joe got you pixie dust, that's so cool!!

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

Really outstanding pics on this update!!!!! I love the water on the monorail windows, you really get that *steamy* feeling looking at those!

Thanks. My goal next year is to take find unusual things to take pictures of. That way I don't have to hear Joe say "how many pictures do you NEED of the castle."

Awesome photos. I too hate this part of the report...the last full day. It's so sad.

We've never done any other meal at CP except for breakfast and I can't imagine lunch or dinner measuring up.

I really like CP for breakfast. Maybe it's the empty park feeling? We have done dinner there too and it wasn't bad.

Loving all the pics, esp that Beauty and the Beast one.



Can't believe your TR is almost over

I love Beauty and the Beast. I could watch the show at Hollywood Studios over and over and never get tired of it.

I know....... I may finish it up this weekend.

I love that you took your time and got so many awesome pictures! It's your vacation, afterall!

Denise

I plan to do the same next year. I think I am over doing the parks "commando style."

YUMMY CP! What great empty park pictures. I am so glad that Joe got you pixie dust, that's so cool!!

I was SO excited when Joe handed me the pixie dust!

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

I guess I can only drag out the last day for so long. I hate that the trip is coming to an end.

My ham and bean soup is on so I thought I'd do a bit more of my TR.

We left off with all of us at CP for breakfast on our last full day. It was John's birthday today too.

They called our name and off we went.

I enjoy breakfast at CP. It doesn't seem so chaotic to me like some of the rest of the character meals do. It's more of a relaxing experience.

Here is a sample of what we had:

Pooh stopped by. He's so cute!

Then there was Eeyore.

Our server came by to wish John a Happy Birthday. He had a card for him as well.

This next picture I took just for you, Mike. My bro is lurking on my TR. He, for whatever reason, his entire life, has hated piglet. Can you even imagine such a thing????

My goal on our next family vacation is to mend their relationship. Not sure what happened 30 some odd years ago, but Piglet is cool and I shall do my best to see what I can do.

We left CP and headed over to see if Kayla could wake Tink. On the way we saw this guy. Yeah, we have a bazillion and fifty of these in Ohio but I stopped to take this guy's picture anyway.

Isn't this pretty?

I wasn't fast enough with the camera but Kayla did get to wake up Tink. I'm not sure how I feel about the new way they are doing this. About 2 minutes later another child came in and asked if she could wake up Tink and they let her do it too! I was hoping that Kayla would not notice. I was worried she'd be crushed. Again, not sure I like how they are doing this these days.

Next was Snow White. Take a look at this! Ha! This is why we do the earliest possible ADR at MK!

So, from day 1 or our trip, out of no where, Joe would suddenly belt out in his HUGE voice............HIGH-HOOOOOOOOOOOO! OMG, I wanted to die. He would do this at the worst possible moments. I think he did that just to piss me off. OMG, he belted out a HUGH HIGH-HOOOOOOOOOOO when we exited Snow White. Yeah, I headed for the hills baby.

We then went into Sir Mickey's. Remember the freaking sweat shirt that my mother was on a mission to find for my sister? Yeah, you guessed it. There it was on the last day....after she had spent like $75 on a different one. She was going to get this one for her anyway but they didn't have her size. We hung around while they checked in back. I took a picture of the SKU number and I think we are going to order it for her for Christmas.

I got a mug with this on it. I love this and am kicking myself for not getting the shirt.

 

[praisehisname]

Last days are so sad...

Love that t-shirt, and I'm glad your mom finally found the sweatshirt!

Denise