"Are you done with that?!" A photo heavy, gluttonous, Jan 2012 Trip Report! NEW PG32

[Dreamsdocometrue9112]

I saw lots of pictures in the title and food porn! I love pictures and food porn! I'm in! Excited to read more

BTW - great pictures!! I guessed that since you mentioned you are a photographer

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

I saw lots of pictures in the title and food porn! I love pictures and food porn! I'm in! Excited to read more

BTW - great pictures!! I guessed that since you mentioned you are a photographer

Oh yes, lots of food porn is on the way! I've been drooling have the day while editing them!

LOL, I almost put "amateur photographer" b/c even though I am one, I'm still insecure about my shots sometimes, so it's nice to hear that people like them!

 

[jecskc]

I had NO IDEA that I could change the size! Thank you so much, this saves me a lot of time and energy!

I learned it the hard way, believe me. I am glad I can help.

 

[akayek31]

I love mypoints! I was saving up for my $25 GC for RFC but had to settle for $10 at Cracker Barrel and $10 at TGIFridays. I did however buy a GC for RFC at wal mart. No worries about pics they are awesome!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

I love mypoints! I was saving up for my $25 GC for RFC but had to settle for $10 at Cracker Barrel and $10 at TGIFridays. I did however buy a GC for RFC at wal mart. No worries about pics they are awesome!

Thanks! So this was the GREAT thing about postponing the trip and planning for so long! Here's what I had in gift cards from mypoints for the trip!!!:
125$ for RFC
20$ for Burger King
35$ for Subway
20$ for Cracker Barrel (didn't even use!)

It was SO helpful with the drive there and back! I love mypoints, just wish Amazon were on the list b/c I buy nearly everything on Amazon and I won't buy it somewhere else through mypoints unless it's cheaper (which is unusual) but every bit helps!

 

[akayek31]

Thanks! So this was the GREAT thing about postponing the trip and planning for so long! Here's what I had in gift cards from mypoints for the trip!!!:
125$ for RFC
20$ for Burger King
35$ for Subway
20$ for Cracker Barrel (didn't even use!)

It was SO helpful with the drive there and back! I love mypoints, just wish Amazon were on the list b/c I buy nearly everything on Amazon and I won't buy it somewhere else through mypoints unless it's cheaper (which is unusual) but every bit helps!

I usually buy whatever GC I want to use if I don't have them. I want to try Movie and Dine at DTD so I got $50 for DS and I. plus I got him McDonalds cards for his trip to and from Daytona for the race. I will however be using the GC that I got from the Disney store to put on the room when I get there and will be eating at The Brown Derby that day...he gets to meet Jeff Gordan (who he hates but is doing it for his mom lol) and I get that wonderful cobb salad (which is all I usually get there). I love GC's and as an added bonus I work at Cracker Barrel and have a 35% off employee discount which DD (who doesnt want to go ) would love for me to use to bring home a car load of University of Florida stuff (she is obsessed with going there one day and has been obsessed with Tim Tebow for about 4 years lol) Can't wait to read more!

 

[ksack]

I love mypoints! I was saving up for my $25 GC for RFC but had to settle for $10 at Cracker Barrel and $10 at TGIFridays. I did however buy a GC for RFC at wal mart. No worries about pics they are awesome!

Okay, it is a bit early for me and I might have missed it, but what is the mypoints thing? I saw on a different board about the survey thing you can do and was thinking of that... are they related?

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Okay, it is a bit early for me and I might have missed it, but what is the mypoints thing? I saw on a different board about the survey thing you can do and was thinking of that... are they related?

Mypoints is a site that links you to other sites (major ones like Lowe's, Target, Walmart...just about any store!) and if you click through them to make purchases, you get points for it. Obviously they get paid by the companies and then you can cash in your points for gift cards to a number of places. They are totally legit, I've had no problems getting my points cashed in and I go through them when I'm ordering anything from a site online that I already would order from. I just go to mypoints and click through to whatever store, and then purchase. Easy peasy!

WORD OF WISDOM: Make a new gmail for mypoints. They send tons of emails (you can click to check out sites and get 5 points just for checking out the site) and spam sometimes if you sign up for things. I have a separate email for my mypoints and it works really well! Also, if you think you are going to do it, will you PM me with the email you want to use? If I send you an invite, I can actually get points for someone signing up!

 

[Oliquig]

Hi I'm back! Boo. Now I can read your TR! Yea!

Looks like you had a great time. RFC can be so expensive, we have one 20 minutes from our house, so no temptation, but my niece was very intrigued by T-Rex. Great.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Hi I'm back! Boo. Now I can read your TR! Yea!

Looks like you had a great time. RFC can be so expensive, we have one 20 minutes from our house, so no temptation, but my niece was very intrigued by T-Rex. Great.

Yep, I'm really over RFC, so if we ever go again (I mean, I'm going, but with Savannah) I think we'll just make a reservation for drinks and dessert...she really only wants that Volcano anyway!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Our first park day had arrived!!

I love the first day. Everyone is ready to get up, in fact, they were all up and standing there talking with me when the wakeup call came! We decided to drive since we were headed to Crystal Palace for an 8:05am ADR. As I was driving up to the entrance, I told Rey to get out the camera and take the entrance picture for me. What I got was 100 pictures of this Ferrari? that was entering the park.

The guys were more excited than Christmas day, especially when they realized that it was one of the Exotic Driving Experience cars, going to the track. They had ooohed and ahhhhed and drooled over the driving experience, but we couldn't find a way to pull it off financially this time. 200-300$ just for one person to drive 6 laps?!? Maybe if Rey & I go back alone.

After they wiped the drool off their chins, we got parked. We were in nearly the same spot as the 2009 trip when using a diamond parking pass. Love early morning arrivals! Everyone was wearing their tie dye this morning and apparently Rey was in not only good spirits, but evil-rock-star-Kiss-face-mood as well!

That cracks me up!
Hopped on the monorail

and were soon at my favorite place ever!

I love the park when it's empty! This was really the only time I saw it this way, so I'm glad we had our early morning ADR.

I took some pics of the scrims that are up since people ask about them all the time on the DIS. I really do think they are ingenious. Yes, the bakery one was obtrusive and I couldn't get the mainstreet shot I wanted, but the scrims really do blend in when you are there and the alternative would be some huge brown thing, so I was ok with it.

I would briefly regret what happened next. We walked down Mainstreet and passed a couple photopass photographers, but I was wanting to get PAST the Bakery scrim so it wouldn't be in the shot. Since we all had our matching shirts on, I wanted a castle pic, but when we got down near the bridge, there were no photopass photographers! No idea why, but we looked over and saw a line at CP, so we just ditched that idea and thought we would get pics later. I KNOW that this never works, once the sun comes out and there are tons of people it makes for a squinty-eye-crowded shot, but I was trying to go with the flow. So, never got that shot! I did get one of everyone walking down mainstreet though. I haven't edited out the crane yet so that you can see what it looked like. It also takes some time in photoshop and I don't feel like messing with it now!

We said hello to some ducks on our way over to CP (yes, I took pics, but really, I have to pick and choose my battles here...there are more duck pics later in the TR too!

Rey, still in a perky mood...and my boys, who are quite used to it, tolerating him.

It didn't take long and we were called in! First group of the morning, so none of the characters were out yet and we could get our food and get situated before they started coming around! GREAT seat, with a view of the castle! This was a theme throughout the trip, we had the most amazing seats at all our ADRs.

Hmmmm...food porn or characters first? I'm thinking with this crowd, food porn is top of the list!
Oh how I stuffed myself silly!

that vegetable-egg frittata (sp?) was really good, the potatoes were as well! The chocolate waffle was good, although would have been better had I used syrup (I found that out at Ohana later in the week...yum!)
I had a plate with fruit, a muffin, and a chocolate croissant too, not sure where that went to. Rey's plate... he liked that meat/hash stuff, but it looked so nasty to me, maybe that's just b/c I don't eat meat. LOL.

THEN, when I was really actually full, Rey brought this baby over and after tasting it...I had to go get some of my own!

I had passed it up b/c it didn't look terribly appetizing, it was called Pooh's fruit lasagna or something? Bread pudding with fruit...and although it didn't look that great in the pan, it was SO good. I ran over, got some, and ate it before Rey was even finished with his!

Tigger came right away, but then somehow we had to wait forever for the rest of the characters.

In the end, we were just waiting on Eeyore, and had finished, so I asked the guys if they would go get FPs for Space Mountain and we would head to Peter Pan after meeting Eeyore. I didn't give it a lot of thought, but I was sending the guys out to ROPE DROP for Space Mountain. Rey has never really experienced RD since we were always about 15 minutes late on his first trip (but don't let me start rambling about THAT!)

So, Eeyore came, and Savannah was so pleased, he's her favorite.

We were off after that and headed out and through the castle for our non-dumbo-dash! I guess we can call it the Peter-Pan-Dash now.

(I'm at my 25 image limit!)
Up next...my guys don't like Rope Drop...

BTW- I can't fit the word "UPDATE" in the title, but I will put NEW and the Pg# when I update. There will usually be more than 1 post though as it doesn't seem like enough to just post one each morning. Two seems like a good amount!

 

[okw19]

I absolutely love the pics of Rey and Savannah from this morning. So sweet to see love between a father and daughter like that.

Crystal Palace looks amazing, and it's making me totally regret my choice of an Eggo waffle for breakfast this morning.

You're making me nervous for the next chapter! Hopefully the guys make it out of the Space Mountain dash okay!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Danimaroo!!Thanks for the idea for the title of this update!

Magic Kingdom, day 1, continued! (this was Sunday, Jan. 28th, 2012)

So we left off with the girls headed to Peter Pan and the guys headed for FP's at SM...

I have to admit, this was the first time I felt a little relieved to have just me and the girls? I think just less people helped, but more on that later.

We stopped for a quick shot heading through the castle.

and headed right to Peter Pan! I think the sign said 10 minutes, too lazy to go look at that pic. Anyway, it was really nearly walk on. I advised the girls to get in the boat quickly and look at me so I could take a picture, but when you try to take a picture standing on a moving walkway really fast, it tends to be slightly blurry. Still a memory for me since it was our first ride of the trip, so it's a keeper for me.

I cried. Yep. I was back and it was magical and just so happy. I think I hummed the PP song the rest of the trip...ok, I'm STILL humming it! I think I need to get a PP ringtone.

BTW, when the DIS limits me to 25 images, that includes smilies, and as you can tell, I love them, so it limits my pics even more!

Came off of PP feeling wonderful and walked right up to the grumpy looking guys waiting for us. Apparently they were disgusted with the behavior of people at rope drop. I can't say I blame them, I never have understood the pushing and running. If you are at RD, you are good to go, there's just no reason to run and rush! Anyway, Rey said Dallas needed to go on something that would cheer him up b/c he was just annoyed with people in general...so I had the perfect response to that!

Even though Savannah & I have been to WDW twice, we had never been on Philharmagic! It was top on my list after PP, so we headed right over and walked in. Ah...love rope drop! It was just a short wait with our 3D glasses.

Uh...LOVE LOVE LOVED it! In fact, I loved it so much, I think I don't like Muppets as much now b/c I liked the 3D better in Philharmagic! Had to get the quintessential Philharmagic shot when we came out.

When we came out, I had promised Savannah that they could hop on the carousel, so that's what they did! It was funny, I overheard someone behind me when we were waiting say "Oh look at her hair!" I couldn't tell without a facial expression whether it was a positive or negative comment, but thought it was funny b/c I had forgotten my hair was pink!

We walked by Pooh, they didn't feel like it at the time b/c they were headed right to one of our favorites...(I think maybe all the rides are our favorites!)

So we do the same thing each time...those that want to spin until they are sick go with Savannah(Leslee), those that might want to spin a bit (Rey & Dallas) went together and that normally leaves Dylan and I! I'm always consumed with getting "the shot" so no spinning for me, thank-you-very-much! Still not sure I got the shot, but I got some fun ones!

Good times! When we got off, we spotted someone furry and headed right over to the very short line!

too cute that he squatted down to sign the autograph books!

Next update, a favorite not-so-speedy-speedway and my first time on Space Mountain!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

I absolutely love the pics of Rey and Savannah from this morning. So sweet to see love between a father and daughter like that.

Crystal Palace looks amazing, and it's making me totally regret my choice of an Eggo waffle for breakfast this morning.

You're making me nervous for the next chapter! Hopefully the guys make it out of the Space Mountain dash okay!

Thanks! I have another I didn't post that I worked on that will probably end up framed on the wall. Wanna see?!?!...

 

[dara00]

love the pictures, looks like a great morning so far!

 

[giantstoindy]

I'm in! Looks like a great trip report!!!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

love the pictures, looks like a great morning so far!

Thanks! It was a GREAT morning!

I'm in! Looks like a great trip report!!!

Welcome!!! Hope you like pictures and rambling!

 

[SeptemberGirl]

So I keep thinking how great these picutres are, like even the kids being "eh mom" are awesome...then I remember you do this for a living! you should be paid to follow families around WDW!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

So I keep thinking how great these picutres are, like even the kids being "eh mom" are awesome...then I remember you do this for a living! you should be paid to follow families around WDW!

OMG, how cool would THAT be?!?! I want that job! I won't add any fuel to Rey's plight though...all he can talk about it MOVING to Orlando! I cannot leave my friends and business, but he's even got the boys saying they would move to Florida.

 

[JDailey]

I am amazed at your photos. They are wonderful!!! I need a new camera but, I am clueless when it comes to that kind of thing. Think you could help me out with that?? I love the photos that are close up and everything behind it is blured!! I really loved the photo or Rey and Savannah too!! I have a photo similar to that with my husband and son holding hands. It was his 5th birthday and I had a shirt made that said on the back I am 5 today it was so sweet!! I can't wait to hear more!!!