**Adults Only Trip of a Million Surprises With Pics** Updated Day 9!! It's All Done!

[tksbaskets]

I'm enjoying your report. Thanks for sharing.
TK

 

[WDW Poly Princess]

I know what you mean about the freakyness of feeding stingrays! I was thinking "So, I'm standing here...with a dead fish between my fingers...with my arm submerged in cold, dark, murky water...waiting for something to swim up and suck the fish out?" Still, very cool to do! (And awful about that little girl trying to hit them! Especially with her parents just standing there! I certainly hope they were kicked out of the park!!!)

Can't wait for the rest of your report!

 

[OhMari]

Enjoying reading your TR.

You'll have to learn to crop pictures, that way you can get rid of people you don't know in your pictures.

Milwaukee County Zoo, brought in Sting-Rays one summer. They were so tiny. I remember you had to wash your hands really well, before you were allowed into the area.

I bet your boyfriend proposed on the carriage ride-just guessing!

 

[NeverlandClub23]

I bet your boyfriend proposed on the carriage ride-just guessing!

No but good guess! Actually we took the carriage ride about an hour after he proposed. I'm glad he didn't do it on the carriage ride now though. It wasn't as romantic as I thought it would be.

 

[dopeyfanatic]

Sounds like this will be a fun trip! Congrats on the engagement. Can't wait to hear about it! Are you going to get married at WDW?

 

[Disney owl]

Great photos & reports

Congratulations

 

[Cass]

Hi NeverlandClub23, I am rally enjoying your report, and hoping you post more........ soon!

 

[NeverlandClub23]

Oh I almost forgot this picture! While waiting for our breakfast at Crystal Palace on 11/30/06 it started pouring down rain. About 10 minutes later it cleared and there was a rainbow going straight to the castle! I took it as a sign from Walt that good things were going to happen that day .

 

[NeverlandClub23]

Sounds like this will be a fun trip! Congrats on the engagement. Can't wait to hear about it! Are you going to get married at WDW?

Thanks! Yes we are planning a wedding at the Swan or Dolphin for December 10th. It's cheaper than an actual "Disney" wedding but we still get the Disney experience.

 

[NeverlandClub23]

Day 4 ~ November 27th Magic Kingdom/MGM Studios

Our first full day in Disney Parks!! Needless to say the first few days of the trip I never have any problem bounding out of bed even before the wake up call comes through (as opposed to the last few where it gets harder and harder to get out of bed).

The wake up call came at 8:15 a.m. and Colton picked it up. He rolled over and said “No one’s there”. I told him it may take a second to come on and in the middle of us talking it comes on and he missed half of it. But oh well, he still thought it was cute (See! I’m not the only one! ).

I jumped up and took a shower and got ready. While I was showering Colton went with my Dad to get a refillable mug at the newly reopened Captain Cook’s. He asked if I wanted one but I hardly have ever used my refillable mug and we were only at the Poly for 3 nights. (BTW, after this day he never refilled it. That was an expensive apple juice!)

OT Refillable Mug story – When we were at CSR (unbeknown to me until later) my Dad tried to use a POR mug at CSR and he got caught. I laughed for a good hour. Not only is he breaking the “Only good for stay of trip” rule but he doesn’t even use the same resort mug?!? I’m just glad I wasn’t there. I would’ve been so embarrassed.

While Colton was in the shower I called Private Dining to have half a dozen chocolate covered strawberries sent to the room. I also moved the bottle of champagne I bought from my suitcase to our mini fridge. We have a tradition on every trip that we toast to our trip and to our relationship with champagne. Every trip, even if we go camping. I was surprised that he didn’t mention anything as he’s usually the one who buys it and brings it along. So I just hoped that he didn’t look in the mini fridge before the strawberries came that afternoon (BTW, I did take a picture of them and it will be up when I get my photo’s back!).

After we were dressed and ready to go I put a Disney sticker decorated envelope with Housekeeping written on it and a tip in it on our nightstand (I also cleaned up a little as I don’t want them having to touch our “unmentionables” ). I called my parents in the next room and everyone was ready so it was off to Magic Kingdom!

We walked to the Great Ceremonial House to get on the monorail. It was yet again a beautiful day and we were all excited. We went up to the second floor and waited in line for the monorail. I feel bad for the people staying at the GF because by the time the monorail goes to the Contemporary and Ticket and Transportation Center we have to squeeze on there when it comes to the Poly. A few families had to wait behind at the GF because the monorail was full.

We get to MK at about 10:30. We get in with no problems (I think the bag check lines run a lot faster than they used to). It’s sort of a tradition now to do Buzz Lightyear as our first ride. We walk over to Tomorrowland and wait about 15 minutes to ride. I purchased the picture because no matter how many times I ride it I always get so caught up in shooting that I forget about the picture so it’s always a picture of me with my mouth hanging open and squinty eyes. That’s my game face.

Anyways after Buzz we go on my favorite ride in ALL of WDW. The Tomorrowland Transit Authority (formerly known as the Wedway People Mover). I love this ride. I love the retro feel. I love that there is never a line. I love how relaxing it is. I love that you can see a lot of the park riding this. I just love it. I think Colton liked it.

We then did Carousel of Progress which I loved as usual but Colton didn’t seem impressed. I guess he doesn’t “get” classic Disney.

Colton and I did Space Mountain (as my parents get motion sickness on roller coaster type rides and they rode it once years ago and that was enough for them). We waited about 15-20 minutes and I must say that I laughed my butt off looking at Colton in the seat behind me. They definitely did NOT make rides years ago for big people. He looked like a gorilla riding a tricycle. I should of taken a picture.

After this we slowly made our way back to the front of the park for our 11:30 a.m. ADR at Tony’s. Our very first meal at WDW in ’93 was at Tony’s (when they served breakfast) so it’s a must every trip. We arrived about 11:15 and they don’t open until 11:30 so we checked in and had a seat on the rocking chairs on the porch.

As we were sitting there Pinocchio and his Dad (never cared for the movie so couldn’t tell you his name) came out and set up right in front of the porch right in front of us so my Mom and I are in about 25-30 different families pictures. We’re celebrities.

They called our name and sat us in the glasshouse room (we’ve always sat out here and prefer it to the “inside” part of the restaurant). We ordered the breadsticks to share which were delicious. I ordered the Chicken Parmigana hero which I have to say was the most delicious sandwich I think I have ever eaten. So yummy. Colton and my Mom had a Meatball sub which looked good and they both said was very good. My Dad had one of the Pannini’s which he said was good. Our bill total with the DDE card discount including tip was $55.71 for the four of us.

After lunch we headed to Splash Mountain. It was starting to get warmer and the park was getting more crowded. The stand by line for SM was 35 minutes so we decided to get in line. But having ridden this ride many times I knew that the line was MUCH longer than 35 minutes. It was winding around the outside part before you ever went into the building. We decided to wait anyways. After standing in line for about 40 minutes and moving almost to the part where you are right beside the train station a voice comes over the intercom that the ride is broken down indefinitely and they don’t know if or when it will be back up. So we get out of the line and get fast passes for later if it is up.

We walk over to Big Thunder and the standby line says 20 minutes. We get in line and waited 40 minutes before boarding (incorrect standby line times were a continuing theme for the week). But we also figured a lot of people probably did what we did and headed over to BTMRR when SM shut down.

After the wildest ride in the wilderness we headed over to Pirates of the Caribbean. Why is the line out of the building? In the past three trips to WDW the longest I have EVER waited for this ride is 5 minutes. I guess the movie and the ride refurb packs them in now. There was no FastPass for this ride so we get in line. I don’t remember what the stand by line time said but we waited 35 minutes.

After this we headed back to SM to see if it was up. It was and our FastPass window had opened so we went in. We waited about 10-15 minutes and boarded (My Mom and I donned our poncho’s as walking around soaked and smelling of Florida water did not appeal to me). This is definitely my second most favorite ride in WDW. I love going on it with people who go on it for the first time too because they think every drop is the big drop. And I was so happy to see that all of the animatronics were working (they all haven’t been for the past couple of trips) AND the jumping water was working! My Dad and I were so excited about that. We drop and Colton gets drenched (he tried to hide in my poncho as we were going down but for someone who talked a bunch of trash about my poncho before we got on the ride I pushed him away). Side note: I finally saw the Hidden Mickey profile in the opening of SM!! I was looking and looking and then it just popped out!

We got off of the ride and headed to Haunted Mansion. The parade was going down the street so we figured it would be a perfect time to go there. It was! We waited maybe 5 minutes and had the best people ever in our stretching room (have you ever just enjoyed the complete strangers you were around and wished they were around you on every ride?). There were only about 10-12 other people around but everyone was quiet during the “talk” so that everyone could hear and no one pushed over to the door to be the first to get out and everyone was very courteous about forming a line once we got out of the room instead of pushing around the sides to get in front of people. We even had a great conversation with the people around us. It was the best line experience the whole week.

The ride was great and Colton really loved it. After HM we headed over to FantasyLand to ride It’s a Small World. I love it since the refurbishment. We waited maybe 10-15 minutes and had a great ride.

About this time it’s 4:30 and we have an ADR for Crystal Palace at 5:05. We take our time getting to Crystal Palace and check in at 4:50 and ask for a table on the side. We had to wait about 15 minutes but it was worth it to be out of the way and have a more quiet table. The food was great as usual and Colton ate a few mountainous plates (but my Dad definitely beat him). I was bummed out as it was getting closer to 6 p.m. and that’s when the fireworks were going off but I didn’t want Colton to see them until the next night when we could get a good spot! He said he really wanted to see them so we left my parents at the table and went outside and stood on the front steps of the restaurant. We had a great view and the fireworks were amazing! It was so great to be there, have a great view, not be in mobs of people, and be able to enjoy the fireworks. (BTW my parents said that they did not pipe in the music or dim the lights in the restaurant if anyone is considering staying in during the fireworks with a window seat)

After the fireworks were over we went back and collected my parents . We then made our way out of the park with all of the other people as MK closed at 6. I always feel like a cow when leaving down Main Street at closing time. We’re all being herded by the people with the big Mickey hands. But they do an excellent job of herding I have to say, especially with the Christmas Party traffic coming in .

We jump on the monorail and head to the Contemporary. We got off the monorail to look at the decorations. Colton said that this was his least favorite resort of all of the ones we visited as it reminded him of an airport. I told him that I liked it and have to stay here at least one night to complete my goal of staying in every Disney resort. He agreed and said that he just wouldn’t want to spend the whole week there.

We looked at the chocolate display and then made our way back to the monorail. Now this is when my Dad got his angry pants on. We waited about 5 minutes for a monorail to arrive. When it did there were two wheelchairs the guy at the monorail station had to load (he was the only one on the platform working other than the monorail driver). There were about 10 other people waiting with us. The guy loaded the two wheelchairs and then the monorail left without anyone else getting on it! So we all thought that was a little odd as there was plenty of room on the monorail. Another monorail came about 5 minutes later and by this time there were two more wheelchairs waiting to board. He again loaded them and let no one else on even though there was room. By this time there are about 30 of us waiting to get on a monorail and my Dad asks the CM what’s going on and why can’t we load while he’s putting the wheelchairs on? The CM says that the monorail is only allowed to be in the station for a minute and a half and he has to load the wheelchairs before anyone else can get on. Well thank God the next monorail came about 5 minutes later and there were no wheelchairs waiting and we finally got to get on. I'm all about waiting and being patient but standing for 20 minutes and not knowing if you're ever going to get on the monorail is not fun.

We stop at the Ticket and Transportation center and then continue on to the Poly and GF with us getting off at the GF to look at the Christmas decorations. Colton thought the Gingerbread house was neat but he didn’t seem as impressed as I thought he would be (apparently he used all of his glee up on the Stitch wake up call ). He liked the resort but said the lobby was too loud (and it was a lot louder than usual) and too foo-foo for his tastes but agreed that we will stay there for at least one night at some point in the future. My mom had wanted to purchase a Gingerbread house after she had heard on the Food Network special that they were somewhere around $25. Yeah. Ok. Try $65. So we got a Gingerbread shingle .

We hop back on the monorail with no problems and get back to the Poly at about 7:30 p.m. The chocolate covered strawberries were waiting and they were beautiful! Even though I had ordered half a dozen they sent a dozen with a beautiful conch shell made out of white and milk chocolate filled with M&M’s. The whole thing was only $34 including the room delivery charge and tax. Colton was impressed I snuck the bottle of champagne without him knowing and thought the strawberries were great.

We changed and I noticed the tip for Housekeeping was still on the night stand and I thought “Well, maybe they didn’t see it”. I'll try again tomorrow.

We hopped on the bus to MGM at about 8 p.m. and after stopping at the GF arrived at MGM at approx 8:45. The park closed at 8 but was open until 11 because of EMH’s. Colton wanted to do Tower of Terror first so after getting our wristbands headed over to do that. Sunset Boulevard was dead and we walked right on Tower of Terror (which wins both of our votes for best themeing for line and ride). He liked it but said all of the multiple drops gave him a headache (cry baby ) so we decided not to do it again.

We went back to meet up with my parents who said they would be waiting for us when we got out. Well apparently Fantasmic had let out because I have never seen so many people in MGM in all of my life! It was packed! We decided to leave the area and wait for some people to leave before we headed back to do RnR.

We walk over to the Osborne lights (my Dad’s favorite) and do a quick walk through before heading to MuppetVision. There were more people than I’ve ever seen waiting in the preshow area which is good as I hope this show never closes. The show was cute as usual and I thought what a boring job it would be to dress up in the Shuggums (I think that’s his name, I’m not the best at the Muppet names) costume and come out every 30 minutes looking for an animatronic bunny. But maybe that’s just me.

After Muppetvision my Dad wanted to spend more time at the Osborne lights and Colton and I decided to try RnR out now. We waited about 30 minutes and then rode in the front seat (I get motion sickness if I sit in any other seat other than the front on rollercoasters). I’m not crazy about this ride as I’ve been on way better rollercoasters and Colton thought it was ok (he’s been spoiled by the Hypersonic XLC at King’s Dominion and no other rollercoaster will be good enough for him now).

We went back to the Osborne lights and watched the final light show. The lights perform every 15 minutes to different Christmas songs. It was performing to that popular Manheim Christms song (I'm on a roll with names tonight ). It was amazing and I found myself getting choked up as hardly anyone was on the street and it you could feel the music and the spirit. It was just a wonderful magical moment.

Well, MGM was closing and even though we didn’t get a lot done we still had another day we were coming there later in the week. We got back on the bus (doesn’t standing on the bus suck when you’re exhausted and been up walking all day?) and headed back to the Poly.

I set the wake up call for the next day and fell into bed.

Up next: Animal Kingdom, Festival of the Lion King, Expedition Everest should be renamed to Expedition Make-U-Sick, Flame Tree BBQ lunch, ‘Ohanas dinner, and Mickey’s Very Merry Very Crowded Christmas Party!!

 

[a*lil*bit*goofy]

AWWWWWWW i was hoping to read about the engagement! LMAO! I said to you an hour ago i was going to bed, but i bit the bullet and started my reports. I did my hotel report already, yea ! ANYWAY GREAT add on! I am totally hooked and looking forward to more. :O) Don't leave us hanging TOOO long!

Have a good night!

 

[MeLady]

It is almost 1 am and I am dying for chocolate covered strawberries and M & Ms! Do you know if you can order them from Poly even if you are not staying there?? l

 

[Jennifer48]

Hi there!

I'm enjoying reading your trippie. I love reading adults only trips as I don't have children so all my trips are sans kiddies!

Congratulations on your engagement! I can't wait to read how he does it!

I hope the long wait for pictures includes one of the ring!

 

[serendipity]

Very cute. I'm going to guess he proposes at MVMCP?

 

[Grumpy's Wife]

My vote is he proposes during Wishes. Right at the end.

 

[NeverlandClub23]

Still a couple more days until the engagement. Although he told me after he proposed that his original idea was to do it during Wishes in front of the castle but since I hinted around that I wanted a more private proposal he decided against it.

Here's a pic of the ring that I took when we got back with my Mom's camera:

I love it and he picked it out himself without us ever looking at rings. I had a few dreams before we went on this trip that he proposed to me with a man's wedding band with big ugly pearls all around it. I'm glad he didn't choose that!

I'm off to work now but will hopefully be finishing up day 5 when I get home. Have a great night everyone and thanks for reading along!

 

[silverangel879]

Awww...It looks so pretty the ring....He chose well!...Loving your report....WAITING for more!!!

 

[NeverlandClub23]

Day 5 ~ Tuesday November 28th Animal Kingdom/Magic Kingdom (MVMCP)

I wake up a few minutes before the wake up call and jump out of bed and into the shower. Colton’s lazy butt wakes up about 30 minutes later and while I’m in the bathroom getting ready puts on my clothes and walks into the bathroom. I about died laughing and wish I had taken a picture. Although he did stretch them out.

Now I have to tell you I kind of knew he was going to propose during the trip. He’s not very good at keeping secrets and was letting things slip but I still didn’t know for sure . I was getting worried as the days went by as I had scheduled an Engagement Photo Session for Friday morning as I wanted our Engagement pictures we put in the paper to be from Disney. (I also figured if we didn’t get engaged then we could still use the pictures whenever we did). Up until this point he seemed completely fine and didn’t seem to be hiding anything.

I asked him if he wanted to put anything in the safe and he said no but that he would set the combo. I put some money and my keys and stuff in there and he shut it and told me the combo was the date of our anniversary. Before we left I had something else I wanted to put in there but the combo wouldn’t work! So I asked him what it was again and he said that he would put it in there for me. That got my little wheels turning in my head.

Anyways, I put the envelope tip on the pillow of the bed this time and we left about 9:45 to the good ol’ bus stop. Waited about 15-20 minutes and loaded up on the bus (have you ever noticed whenever you’re at the bus stop everyone else is always waiting for the same bus you are??). We arrived at AK around 10:30 and I headed through the masses of people to Expedition Everest to get FastPasses. We then walked over to DinoLand and rode my favorite ride at AK, Dinosaur. Colton loved it and I bought the picture here too as Colton had so much fear in his face like he really thought the Dinosaur was going to eat him! It was too funny! (Also, I’ll point out here that one of the downsides of switching resorts mid-stay is that you can’t have stuff sent back to your resort if you’re leaving the next day).

After Dinosaur we made our way back to Expedition Everest to wait for our FastPass window to open up. We were all hesitant to ride this as we all get motion sickness pretty easily. We all took Dramamine about an hour before just in case. Our window opened up and we headed in with about 15 other people who were waiting for the same timeframe (some who even tried to get in before they actually could but were turned away). We waited about 5 minutes and boarded the very back of the train.

It was a lovely ride at first. We went up the hill and eventually to the part where the track is out. We all knew we were going to go backwards and in the dark but it was VERY dark. Pitch black and it goes back and forth backwards in the dark. I have been on many, many rollercoaster’s in my day. I’ve been to the best amusement parks in the country and have ridden the best rollercoaster’s in the country and have NEVER felt sick. I felt like complete crap the rest of the day. Every time we got off of a ride it felt like I had just gotten off of EE for the rest of the day. But my Dad was worse off than me. He was so sick that sweat was just pouring down his face. Colton said he was fine but the rest of us were pitiful. We sat for a good 30 minutes on a bench before attempting to move on. I will not ride this again but I do have to say the line area and the ride have great themeing.

After this we slowly made our way over to Flame Tree BBQ. I wasn’t really hungry but felt I should eat something. I ordered the Turkey sandwich and a side of O-rings and a Sprite. Colton got the Beef BBQ sandwich, my Mom got the chicken salad, and my Dad got the ribs. My Dad said the ribs were excellent and I LOVED the onion rings. Everyone else did not care for their food at all. Colton said the sandwich he had was very greasy and the salad my Mom had didn’t look that great. My sandwich was pretty bland. I do love the seating area though and would definitely eat here again but just order a whole bunch of onion rings!

After lunch we did It’s Tough to Be a Bug and waited about 10 minutes and got great seats because they do a great job of making everyone move all the way across the row at this show. This is my favorite 3D show and I wish it was longer. Colton jumped when the hornets stung him. Now I know a lot of kids are braver now than I was when I was little but this show would have scared the poo out of me when I was little. Every time Hopper comes out there’s always at least one kid around me that screams at the top of their lungs and cries the rest of the show and I feel so bad for them. Also the part where they spray you with the bug spray is thicker and colder than it used to be. It was almost impossible to see anything for a couple of seconds. But I love it!!

After the show we walked over to Camp Minnie Mickey to wait for the Festival of the Lion King as I’ve always wanted to see it but we just never have made time to do it. We had to wait a little while so we just walked around. I actually have never been over to Camp Minnie Mickey and thought it was very cute and would love to bring my child (if and when that happens) there. Colton and I threw a coin into the little water area where Donald is fishing and we made a wish and decided that would be our tradition to do every time we come to AK.

We waited in line forever and were finally let into the seating area. We had the President of Seating Control CM that was very adamant about everyone moving as far right on the bench as we possibly could (which we were already doing but he didn't want even an inch between you adn the person beside you) even after no one was coming in and during the first few minutes of the show. And he wasn’t satisfied until you were practically sitting on the lap of the person beside you. I thought the guy behind us was going to hit him.

The show was good and I’m glad I saw it but probably wouldn’t again. It’s a cute show for kids but I almost wish we had used all of that time to do other things.

After the show we headed to the safari ride. We had no wait and hopped right on the vehicle (the parade was going on then which I would assume is why we didn’t have to wait). It was great as usual and we had a few giraffes walk right in front of our vehicle. I’ve never seen them so close before! Also, we saw a male and female lion on top of the rock and they both yawned as we went by. Apparently we don’t entertain them as much as they entertain us!

After the ride we walked the Pangani Trail and that was beautiful as always. I just love the trails at AK. You could go down them a thousand times and see something different every time.

It was starting to get cloudy at this point and we could tell rain was coming so we decided to head back to the room at about 3:50 p.m. (the park closed at 5 p.m.)

We get back to the bus stop and it is PACKED!! I looked around at all of the other bus stops and none had more people than ours did. After about 20 minutes a bus came and we were one of the last people on and there were many more behind us. The bus was loud and crowded and I think Colton was over riding the bus by this point (he even said he would rather fight traffic in the parking lot in his own car than deal with it so he at least has his own space so I told him next time we can drive to the parks if he wants).

We got back to the room a little after 5 p.m. and had about 30 minutes to relax before our 5:45 p.m. ADR’s at one of my favorite restaurants, ‘Ohanas. I changed and everyone else napped (wimps!! ). I watched some DVC TV and then woke everyone up so we could get a drink at the bar before we went to dinner.

We checked in at ‘Ohanas and then found chairs at the Tambu lounge to order a drink. I ordered a Lapu Lapu (easy on the liquor) and Colton had a Tequila Sunrise. My drink was awful and I tried to give it to Colton but even he didn’t like it (he said it was too strong and just tasted like one big shot, I agreed). My Dad tried it and thought it was ok so he drank the rest of it. But it is neat that it comes in a pineapple it just wasn’t my cup of tea (or liquor).

A few minutes later our buzzer went off and we were sat for dinner. I wish we had asked for a window table or a table on the side as I didn’t care for where we were sitting but it wasn’t bad either. We had an awesome server (I think her name was Debbie) and she brought us Wonton chips and the dipping sauces and some salad. Eating with men though my Mom and I didn’t get much so we were constantly waiting for refills on food. I love the Wontons and the potatoes. The turkey was really good (I didn’t eat the pork, sausage, or steak but everyone said it was all good but none of them really cared for the sausage).

Our waitress brought out a huge bowl of the bread pudding which was devoured and it was AMAZING. I didn’t have enough room for it last year so I paced myself this year. My mom and I were stuffed but Colton and my Dad had another huge dish of bread pudding split between the two of them.

After this it was about 7:15 so we headed out. We hopped on the monorail (once again filled with people) and got off at MK. There were so many people!! As soon as we got in MK it started pouring down raining and people scattered. We wanted to ride the train to Frontierland but the train wasn't running that night. We went into the Emporium instead and bought two umbrellas’ (we forgot the poncho’s in the room) and headed to Tomorrowland to ride Buzz Lightyear. We waited about 15 minutes and got on.

I usually ride with my brother who knows all of the secret targets to hit in Buzz Lightyear and is great at steering our “spaceship”. I hit the only one I remembered a few times and had 999,999 points!! I was so excited as my Dad had always beaten me. I turned our spaceship around to show my parents behind me and two seconds later we stopped and all of our scores went blank!! All of my hard work!! We were completely dead for a couple of minutes but when we restarted it went back to zero!! I was about to cry but at least everyone had seen it and I felt like a winner.

We then rode the TTA again and it’s even better at night. I love it. Colton and I rode Space Mountain again and this time he was in the very front car and looked even funnier. I swear his knees were popped out on the sides as wide as the spaceship! It was hilarious but he didn’t find it as amusing as I did.

After Space Mountain I wasn’t feeling good (stupid EE!!) so we made our way over to a spot to watch Wishes. We were on the bridge to the left of the castle and thought we had a good clear spot until the fireworks started going off and we had a big freakin’ tree blocking all of the low ones.

I just love this firework show. The peripheral fireworks were amazing. It was so neat to have them all the way around us! Colton said the only downside to Disney fireworks is that no other fireworks you ever see are as good as them. I couldn’t agree more! I am glad that we saw the ones the night before though as I hadn’t realized it was two completely different firework shows.

After the fireworks we waited for 30 minutes for complimentary yummy cookies and cocoa at the Columbia Harbour House (what's up with those wait times??) then we rode BTMRR, Pirates of the Caribbean, Snow White (which still freaks me out to this day), Peter Pan (one of my favorites!), Winnie the Pooh, and Philharmagic (Colton loved this) with little to no wait. It was great! It was a little after 11 p.m. after all of this and we were all very tired.

Back on the monorail and back to one last night of wonderful sleep at the Poly.

Up next: Moving on to the Bayou at POR, finally my favorite park Epcot!, tricking Colton into drinking Beverly (I know it’s mean but he tricked a complete stranger into drinking it after he did so he’s worse than I am!), eating the best lunch EVER at Chefs de France, dinner at Le Cellier, and much more!!

BTW, the tip was on the nightstand when we got back to the room and the bed was made!! Argghh!! Why do they not want my money?!?!

 

[serendipity]

great installment. I love all the detail. I LOVE the dessert at the Poly also...I was reading a slim fast bar as I read it and reallyyyyyyyy got jealous!

 

[Jennifer48]

Good job Colton on a beautiful ring!

I'm sorry to hear you didn't enjoy EE. That is my now favorite ride!

Its weird that Mousekeeping didn't take your tip money

Oh and Festival of the Lion King is a must for me. I cry everytime!