Ahoy Me hearties(WITH LINKS ON PG 1). Last day posted 10/17. DEC PTR STARTED W/LINK

[racefanof88]

Great updates & great photos!!! I LOVE the WL. It is in my top 5 resorts at WDW.

Thanks April . I would love to stay at WL for Christmas. I am hoping Disney offers some good AP rates for that time of year .

 

[racefanof88]

Yea, I didn't have my camera either. Weird huh?? I think Leanne got some pictures of us....maybe when you guys come in December we can get some!! The yard sale went good, made a little bit of money....and then went shopping! LOL Got some things for our MAY trip, man, I am having WAY too much fun buying little kid stuff!!! And since it's his niece, Chris doesn't mind!!! LOL

I don't know why I didn't have my camera . I looked at my SD cards again to see if I had made a mistake and just didn't download them, but no that wasn't it. I'm glad the yard sale went good. I think I am going to look through some of our stuff and have a yard sale. It would really kill two birds with one stone. I know you are having fun buying baby stuff. It is so much fun looking at all the baby clothes.

 

[racefanof88]

great updates Dana I am so glad you loved WL I love that resort also! Its beautiful!! Thats so exciting you have 2 trips in the works WCC was good we had the skillet-- but we went on a off night i think it was so late and we had like a 9:45 ressie-- i did love the bottomless milkshakes though. we would have to try it again for a earlier ADR to give it a fair shoot were do you plan on staying for your dec trip? i love your MK pics!! I miss it!! I will be back soon enough though

Thank you Desiree . I am hoping for some good AP rates at Christmas and if it is possible I want to stay at WL. I am thinking AP rates should come out soon, if they are going to offer any. Thanks on the MK pictures. I didn't get as many pictures this trip .... I know you are getting excited about your trip too .

 

[mermaid764]

I'm joining in!

I love the style your writing your TR in and am loving following along.

CBR looks like an awesome resort and I hope to get to stay here one day.

Can't wait for more

 

[bouncycat]

Ah well, there's always next time, right Dana?? HAHA Yea, baby stuff is fun. I was on Skype with Chris's niece, and she had the baby on her lap, and OH MY!!! I cannot wait to get my hands on that girl!! She's WAY too cute!!! I showed Amanda all the stuff i got for the kids, and she loved all of it, sooo I guess that's one thing I do good....SHOP!! HAHA

 

[racefanof88]

I'm joining in!

I love the style your writing your TR in and am loving following along.

CBR looks like an awesome resort and I hope to get to stay here one day.

Can't wait for more

Thanks for coming over to my TR, and thanks for the compliment.

We enjoyed our stay at CBR, it is a VERY big resort, but staying in a preferred room gave us a decent location.

I see from your countdown ticker that you will be in Disney around the same time as we will. What are your dates?

 

[racefanof88]

Ah well, there's always next time, right Dana?? HAHA Yea, baby stuff is fun. I was on Skype with Chris's niece, and she had the baby on her lap, and OH MY!!! I cannot wait to get my hands on that girl!! She's WAY too cute!!! I showed Amanda all the stuff i got for the kids, and she loved all of it, sooo I guess that's one thing I do good....SHOP!! HAHA

That's right. I have two cameras and my cell phone and no pictures ....... I know you enjoyed talking to your niece. I don't have Skype on my computer, but I do have it on my cell phone. One day I will be buying baby clothes for a grand baby, not trying to rush it, though a lot of my friends are already grandparents.......

 

[racefanof88]

Tuesday, May 25th was EMH morning at Epcot so we were up early to try and make rope drop. Dale and I went to the food court and got our danish and croissants. We got to the park, but not at rope drop , and headed to Soarin', got a FP and then got in line to ride.

Now for those that don't know me; I am terrified of heights, but I LOVE Soarin'. I rode it for the first time when we went on our September trip last year. I really think the queuing area is boring, but the ride is amazing. After Soarin' we went to get a FP at TT. I am a BIG Tron fan and as we were walking over to TT the Tron monorail went by and I got a few pictures.

Before we went over to TT though we stopped at Club Cool. This was our first time to ever go in here.

I loved it in here because I collect Coke memorabilia . Now my crew knew nothing about the flavors so we started tasting. Since I knew about the Beverly I knew not to try it. I also knew not to let Dallas try it first because he would not have tried anything else. We tried all the flavors but the Smart Watermelon from China was our favorite.

Here is a picture of Dallas trying the Beverly.

After Club Cool we headed on over to get a FP for TT. That done we went to the Universe of Energy. Dallas loves the Universe of Energy soooooo we spent some time with Ellen and Bill Nye.

I don't mind this ride because it is cool in here AND you can sneak a nap .

When we were through traveling back in time an learning about fossil fuels we went back to ride TT, but it was down . We headed back over to Soarin' and rode again. Dallas really wants to ride in the front row, but we are never put there . We walked back over to TT and it was up and running again, but the FP line was as long as the stand by line. The CM said they would accept FP's all day regardless of the return time.

Our breakfast had worn off now and we were getting hungry. I did not want a hamburger so we decided to head over to the MK. When we got up to the monorail station this is what we see coming

I got to ride the Tron monorail


We decided to try our luck at getting an ADR at Plaza. I called and they had one for around 3:00, but we did not want to wait that long to eat; it was only 1:00ish. I asked if they had anything at Tony's and they had a 1:35 so we took it. When we were almost at the MK it started raining, NO WAIT, it started POURING. We got off the monorail and everybody was waiting for the rain to stop. It rained for about 5 minutes or so and then it stopped.

We ran into Michelle and her family as we were heading into the park and we talked to them for a while. We got to Tony's and signed in at the podium. We were told our table would be ready in a few minutes because they were setting it up for us. We were hardly in a chair when they called our name. We were taken to the table and this is what we see.

They had decorated the table for our anniversary.

The room where we were seated.

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[bouncycat]

Awesome update Dana!! I liked the Tron monorail also. You know, you can ask in the boarding area to be seated up front, you may have to wait like one cycle, but it's SOOOO worth it!!!!

 

[leamom2princesses]

Gee whiz I was WAAAAAAYYYY behind. Great updates. I still haven't tried the Universe of Energy...what's wrong with me right? I love your Tronorail pics. We thought it was really neat also.

I hate to say this but I don't think I got any pics of our meet either. I didn't take any all week except for the ones Joe took. I have issues what can I say???

 

[Queenofallthings]

I'm with you and Dallas, I love Universe of Energy....it's a great place for an afternoon snooze isn't it

So happy you got the Tronorail....so exciting

Can't wait to hear about your time at the MK

 

[racefanof88]

We were given our menus and began to look them over. Dale ordered the Bianca Flatbread, I got the Chicken Parmigiana and Dallas got the child's Cheese Pizza. The chef came to our table due to Dallas' allergy. He ordered off the kids menu for every meal so the DDP was not the best way to go. I did not get pictures of the food for some reason, but I did get dessert pictures.

I got the Pistachio Creme Brulee

This was the BEST dessert of the whole trip.

Dale got the Ice Cream Bomb

I did not get a picture of Dallas' Ice Cream, but you can see it in the next picture

Our waitress took a picture for us

When we finished with lunch we headed back over to Epcot. We went to TT and the FP line was STILL long. I wanted to ride MS, but Dallas nor Dale wanted to ride so I rode it alone; they waited for me in the game room. The line at TT was starting to shorten, but we did not want to wait out in the heat so we rode SSE. I love SSE, it reminds me of my first trip. We went BACK to TT and the FP line was finally to the point that it was inside the building.

If you look you can see Dale elbowing Dallas. Dallas hates this part of TT and he would NOT look at his picture...... Take a look at the little girl behind Dallas; she looks like she is bored...... I look like I'm scared to death . I'm holding Dallas' hat in my right hand and had my hand on his lap. The first few times we rode Dale and I would both hold onto Dallas legs because he said he didn't feel so scared when we did that.

We had an ADR at 'Ohana for 5:30pm and by the time we were through with TT it was time to head over to the Poly. On our way out I took a picture of the car I want.

We had parked at Epcot so we got the car and drove over to the Poly. Now ya'll know I had to take A LOT of pictures so here are a few.

Dale was acting silly and the lady walking by was looking at him like he was crazy.

Dallas was mad at me for something so this is the look I get when I told him I wanted to get his picture

Chef TJ came out to talk to Dallas and explain everything about the food. He told Dallas "If it no come from my hand, you no eat it"......... He was awesome. Dallas got hot dogs and french fries. They started bringing out our food about this time and here are a few pictures.

I love wings, but these were not done in the middle so I only tried one.

The noodles were delicious.

Dale did not care for the food too much, but he ate the bread, steak and shrimp. I thought it was pretty good, and the bread pudding was out of this world.

Here is a picture of the dessert Chef TJ made for Dallas.

From the look on Dallas' face it looks like he had some of my Mai Tai.......

The cupcake they brought for me and Dale for our anniversary.

If you look in the background you can see the empty skewer that was once Chef TJ's creation.

On our way out we saw Leanne, Leanne's friends, Mary and their families. We stopped and talked to them for a few minutes. We decided to head back to CBR and rest. It had been a long hot day and we were ready to get cleaned up and rest.

 

[racefanof88]

Awesome update Dana!! I liked the Tron monorail also. You know, you can ask in the boarding area to be seated up front, you may have to wait like one cycle, but it's SOOOO worth it!!!!

Thanks Christie . We have rode up front on the monorail a couple of times, but since the accident last July, I'm scared to ride up there any more.

I can't wait for the new Tron movie to come out. I will be there with bells on.

 

[racefanof88]

Gee whiz I was WAAAAAAYYYY behind. Great updates. I still haven't tried the Universe of Energy...what's wrong with me right? I love your Tronorail pics. We thought it was really neat also.

I hate to say this but I don't think I got any pics of our meet either. I didn't take any all week except for the ones Joe took. I have issues what can I say???

Don't feel bad about being behind; I can't seem to stay caught up on reading nor posting . I think your girls would like UE. It is loud and dark in some spots though. I really liked the Tronorail. They did an AWESOME job with the paint.

I can't believe we didn't get any pictures . If I expected Dale to take pictures we wouldn't have any...... I wish Dale and Dallas liked taking pictures because that would give me more than one view of what is going on.

 

[racefanof88]

I'm with you and Dallas, I love Universe of Energy....it's a great place for an afternoon snooze isn't it

So happy you got the Tronorail....so exciting

Can't wait to hear about your time at the MK

I thought I was the only one who thought it was a good snooze ride . It is a long, dark ride so there is just enough time for a power nap.

I was expecting the inside of the Tronorail to be decorated too, but it wasn't .

 

[bouncycat]

Ah, wasn't talking about the monorail, I'm tired, and upset at Chris, so I'm not thinking clearly...you can ask to sit up front for SOARIN!!! LOL we always ask to sit up front, and don't mind waiting for it, it makes the experience better if you don't have feet hanging in front of you!!! HAHA I'm a dork!!

 

[Believeinfairytales]

Great updates! Your dessert at Tony's looked so good. And Dallas' dessert at O'hana was AWESOME! I couldn't help but laugh at your description of everyone in the TT picture. It was so funny! That girl in the back really did look bored, LOL!

I also laughed at the lady looking at Dale like he was crazy. How dare he have fun at Disney World!

 

[racefanof88]

Ah, wasn't talking about the monorail, I'm tired, and upset at Chris, so I'm not thinking clearly...you can ask to sit up front for SOARIN!!! LOL we always ask to sit up front, and don't mind waiting for it, it makes the experience better if you don't have feet hanging in front of you!!! HAHA I'm a dork!!

UT OH........Chis is in the dog house . We will have to ask if we can do that next month. I don't know if I will like it all that much since I am so scared of heights, but I won't know until I try it .

 

[racefanof88]

Great updates! Your dessert at Tony's looked so good. And Dallas' dessert at O'hana was AWESOME! I couldn't help but laugh at your description of everyone in the TT picture. It was so funny! That girl in the back really did look bored, LOL!

I also laughed at the lady looking at Dale like he was crazy. How dare he have fun at Disney World!

Thanks . The dessert WAS good. I had the creme brulee at Le Cellier, but it wasn't very good. It was a maple flavor and it just didn't taste as good as Tony's.

When I saw the TT picture I thought it was hilarious. The little girl was leaning up on her elbows and seriously looked like she would rather be somewhere else. For some reason I have the same look in the TT picture I have with Lisa and her family......

I can't remember exactly what we were doing when Dale was laughing, but the lady did look at him like he needed to act more grown up.......

 

[mickeystoontown]

I got behind somehow. Oh I know how! I've been busy visiting with Lacey and not Dising.

You guys got a lot done at Epcot despite the heat. I am right there with you on Soarin'. I hate heights but I love Soarin'. One of the best rides in Disney World.

I'm so glad that you posted pictures of both Ohana and Tony's. Both of those are on our list of "we need to try" restaurants.