A Trip of Firsts: How the Farrell’s do a Disneymoon!

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Sorry it took soooo long but I got another update, and we are so close to the cruise!!!!

I will try and have the rest up around Mon, cause we are heading out of town for a wedding tonight.

Thanks to all you who have stuck with this annoying slow TR!

 

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Day 5

We woke up about 6:30am since we had an 8:05 ADR at Crystal Palace, the first ADR of the day. We showered and headed to the GCH to get the Mono-rail to the MK. When we walked up there were only a few other people waiting, so when the CM walked over near us, I asked if we could ride up front, and he said he would see what he can do! Just seconds after a family with a little boy walked up and asked the same thing, when the CM said he already had someone riding up front I began to feel bad. Not quite bad enough to give our seat up, but pretty bad! I figured he has like 6 more years to get to ride and enjoy it as a kid! Haha.

The monorail pulled up and the CM escorted us to the front. The driver greeted us and told us to take a seat. We sat for a few minutes, getting a peak at the control panel and taking a few photos.

The drive came back and we headed off to the MK. He gave us our co-pilot cards, and we hopped off for our morning at MK. We arrived early and weren’t really sure where to go, so we stayed up near the gates. After what seemed like forever, the CM started turning on the ticket machines. I don’t remember the CM checking our confirmation numbers for our ADR’s, I believe we just walked in when he told us it was ok to enter. Next to us was this man in a wheel chair, I mention this because he was chatting with the CM on how he’s there at least once a week and ALWAYS is the first one in the park. Oh the competition was on. When we got the chance I flew through the gate and threw the tunnel, around to the right and there it was…. Empty Main Street and The Castle!!!! It was beautiful!

Someone offered to take our photo in the street, then we headed over to CP for breakfast.

This was how empty Main Street was!

DH checked in and we sat and waiting for about 15 minutes. They called a ton of names, then ours and our hostess took us to a table to the far right. It was decorated with confetti! Our waiter came over and asked us what drinks we wanted, said congratulations on our wedding and told us how the buffet would work. We got up and started making our way around. We filled our plates and returned to our seats just in time to meet Pooh! We also saw Eyeore, Piglet and Tigger. Eyeore had taken a photo with DH then moved on to the next table, I was sad that I didn’t get a photo with him. The characters then did this dance with the children around the room. After the characters made a quick round and DH flagged down Eyeore so I could get my photo. After the photos I went back up to grab more food and when I came back our Waiter brought us a signed paper from the characters saying Congratulations! It was really sweet, and another Magical Moment! We paid with our KTTWC using a DDP meal and tipped our waiter very well!

We walked out right at 9am when the park was opening to the other guests. We decided to head straight to POTC first since it was the closest, we walked onto the ride and it was fun as usual. After POTC we headed to the Haunted Mansion. We waited until we were allowed to enter the stretching room, which we debated how they create the illusion of it stretching. We liked the refurbishments they made to this attraction. The grave yard scene was cute. We walked out and on the way we saw a crowd of people ahead, as we got closer, I knew why, it was the dream squad!!!!!!!!!!!!! We walked over and both got Dream Fastpasses for MK. I was soo excited! Like a little kid in a candy store, it didn’t matter what we got, I was so happy we saw them and got a Dream!

With our Dream Fastpasses in hand, we decided to try some different rides. We did Winnie the Pooh, Snow White and It’s a small world. After TASW, DH said he didn’t feel very good, so I told him we could leave, go back and rest a while then come back for Dinner. DH agreed, so we headed back to the Poly for a nap. It was about 11 am.

On our way back, we stopped at the GCH and I spoke with the same manager I did the other day about the Mousekeeping problem. I was very polite, but stated that I would want to know if my employees were doing their job. She apologized again and this time she asked if there was anything she could do for us, I thought “yea a MK view Concierge Upgrade would be great!” haha but said I wasn’t sure. She said “well since you have only 2 more nights, how about a credit to our room for $150.00?” I said that would be nice. She explained we could spend it however we wanted and if it wasn’t all spent we would just receive the credit back on the credit card we linked to our room. I thanked her, and DH and I went on our way, somewhat happy. The credit was nice, but I would have preferred the good service right from the start.

We went back to our room and took a long nap.

Next up: Our review of Crystal Palace, Our ADR at Tony’s, have all the bad reviews been right?????? and MVMCP!

 

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Our plates at Crystal Palace

DH plate, with puffed French toast, scrambled eggs, biscuit and mickey waffles.

My plate, puffed French toast, hard boiled egg, mickey waffles, bacon and some kind of bread.

We both enjoyed the food. The majority was standard breakfast fare, but things like the puffed French toast made it a more unique breakfast. The characters were great and our service was great! We both would rate this meal a 8.5, only because it was not very unique. We will definitely return to this restaurant again.

We awoke from our nap around 3:30. I immediately jumped into the shower and got ready. We headed over to the MK around 430 pm. We weren’t sure what to do for the half hour remaining till our ADR at Tony’s, so we decided to step inside where Tony’s is and look at the camera place, since I was looking for a camera strap. After about 15 minutes, I decided to buy an entire case for my camera, which came with a strap too, then we checked in early for our ADR.

We took a seat and a few minutes later we were shown to our table. Our waiter came over and took our drink orders and brought back some sliced Italian bread. This was delicious!!!! We preceded to order our meals, we both got the chicken parm. It seemed that we got our food very quickly, but it was cooked perfect. Not over done or under cooked. We were worried since Tony’s has many bad reviews on the DIS. But we very much enjoyed our meal. We decided to follow up with the Tiramisu. We had been dying to try this, since we love the Olive Garden version. We both thought it was good, not great, but we would do this meal again.

Here’s our dinner photos:

The Yummy bread!

The Chicken Parm.

The Tiramisu!!!

Over all, we liked the food, thought the service was good and the atmosphere was cute, while we were eating there were doing some kind of flag ceremony which was fun to watch also, just wish we could have sat outside, but since we kind of got snuck in, I won’t complain. DH and I both would rate this meal about a 7.5-8.

After dinner we walked over to get our wrist bands for MVMCP and since DH promised we could ride the train, we took the train around to Toon Town and looked through a few of the houses. I love the Christmas décor they had going in the houses, x-mas trees and stockings. We decided to hot a few rides and try to catch the Night Before Christmas show. We walked over to Tomorrowland, but found the show to be full with a 45 minute wait for the second show! That’s crazy. We decided to wait for Buzz instead and rode 2x’s, hit Space Mt and then hit a few shops. We noticed the parade starting so we rushed over to get a spot. The parade was very cute, I love the Christmas floats, it is deff a must see for this time of the year. Unfortunately, I don’t have any pics since I videotaped the whole thing. When the parade was over we sat waiting for Wishes to start. Wishes was amazing also. Again I videotaped it, so no pics. But I believe it was longer then I remember the normal one being and lots more Red and Green colors.

I did get a few cool pics of the castle

After Wishes, we decided to get some hot chocolate and cookies, ride pirates again, and we caught the little pirate dancing group show, it was cute. Then we hit about 5 photopass people and finished our shopping, then headed back to the Poly.

During our shopping experience I decided to get a Glass Christmas tree ornament that was a wedding one but I knew better then to carry it around, so I asked the store what the “deliver to your resort was about” they told me that your purchases could be delivered to the store in your resort by 2pm the following day, so as long as you weren’t checking out, they would hold it for you and get it to your resort for pickup. We did this and no problems or complaints at all. WE greatly enjoyed this service. Tomorrow we got to sleep in, then enjoy a relaxing breakfast at Kona and a day at Epcot.

Our opinion of MVMCP: We both enjoyed the Christmas Parade and the extended Wishes. I liked the hot chocolate and cookies, but the entire time we were there it was very very very crowded. I disliked the idea of spending almost $100.00 on tickets to not be able to do or see much. The shows were packed and hard to get into, the ride lines weren’t bad, but I would rather just go on a slower day and not have the crowded lines, then spend $100.00 extra for it. I think this is something we might only do again with children, just for the experience, and meet n’ greets, but I don’t recommend this for adults.

Next up: Is the Tonga Toast as good as it looks? And how is the Presspot? And “What the heck is Goofy doing?”

 

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Our ADR was for 10am, so we woke around 9, showered and got dressed and headed over to the GCH. We were a bit early so we walked around and took some pictures. Shortly after we were called and seated. We looked over the menu, even though I had known for months what I was going to order. Our waiter was a heaver set young guy, and very friendly. I ordered the presspot coffee and DH ordered the juice, it’s a special kind for Kona.

This was amazing, hands down the best coffee I ever had.

DH then ordered the Blueberry pancakes, with ham and I of course ordered the Tonga Toast with bacon.

If you do not like sweet things then DO NOT get this, it’s very sweet and sugary.

Just to show you what the inside looked like.

the different toppings

They came with 4 different sides, syrup, strawberry something (not very good), butter and something else, I didn’t try any but the strawberry. We payed OOP for this meal and it was worth every penny. So Is the Tonga Toast as good as it looks? The Answer?? YES! And how is the Presspot? Unbelievably Delicious! Both DH and I would rate this a 10! We had great service, the best coffee I’ve ever had, DH even had a cup and a half, and amazing food. We are planning on eating here every trip we take from now on!

After we finished up, we headed to Epcot for the day. Rode some rides, explored and did some shopping. Then around 2pm we decided to hit the Visa Card Character Meet N Greet again. This time it was Mickey, Minnie and Goofy! We walked in and Goofy pointed to my “Just Married” button and held his hand out for mine, and looked for my ring. I say “looked for my ring” because he made gestures about not being able to see it, I think it made DH feel bad, but it was really funny. Then Minnie hugged me and showed me her hand and how she didn’t have a ring from Mickey. I told Mickey that wasn’t very nice, and he put his head down with his hands covering his face. I truly was amazed on how “verbal” the characters are for not being able to talk! Disney really puts a lot of work into everything! We left and walked around World Showcase for a few hours.

This is Goofy trying to see my ring!

I just love this photo, it looks very professional!

At about 3pm we started getting very hungry. I knew our ADR’s were at 5, but I was starving, so we ran to Electric Umbrella and got a late lunch…A BIG MISTAKE. We ended up eating too much and were still full by the time dinner rolled around. But we couldn’t miss our ADR at Teppan Edo. We both really wanted to try this place, so we went and checked in.

It wasn’t long before our name was called and we were shower to our seats with another family of 7, four adults and 3 children. Needless to say our table was a bit crowded. Even though we were on the dining plan we were able to pick the combo meals, which had a split entrée, such as steak and chicken, which is what we both chose. Also with it came some kind of noodle with veggies. Our chef came out and started cooking, he was amazing. He did the steaming onion train, made a Mickey Mouse and even tossed the food in the air and caught it in his hat. Now DH and I are not big veggie eaters, well we cleaned our plates. Delicious!!!! Everything was cooked perfectly. This restaurant was just as much about the show as it was the food. I will say even the young children seemed to enjoy their food. DH and I both rated this restaurant a perfect 10! Teppan Edo had the perfect amount of fun added with amazing food and great atmosphere. We will be returning back there on our next trip and we hoping it will be as good as this last time. I do not have any pics for our meal here, I forgot to take my camera out we were so busy watching the chef.


After dinner we walked around a bit then decided to get a spot for illuminations. We had found a great spot last time and wanted to head back there. On our way we found and even better spot and took turns holding the spot while we went to shop. I had found an adorable Mickey and Minnie throw I wanted to purchase and wanted a pair of sweatpants, so I got those and a few other small items. DH had seen a track jacket he wanted and had to have, so he went back to get that, then we relaxed and waited for illuminations to start.


After Illuminations we headed back to the room, since tomorrow was a early day and we were headed to the ship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Next up: Our Optional Morning at AK, and a perk from the DCL and off to explore the Wonder!

 

[dizziedupbaby0127]

Hey guys I just wanted to say Thanks, if any of you are still with me.

I know I have dragged this TR out much more then I ever wanted to or should have! I just haven't had alot of time lately. But I am trying to shorten it up and get to the good stuff, and the cruise is next, so I will work on that!

 

[Belle_373]

I'm here and looking forward to reading the rest of your report!

 

[MaleDisneyBeliever]

Im still here and enjoying!