Are you Push?? Our sister trip around the World - COMPLETED 6/13!
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After our tiring morning at Typhoon Lagoon, we grabbed some snacks at Landscape of Flavors then went back to our room. I got this adorable Mickey cupcake:
and Jess had some brownie bites. Both were pretty yummy, mine was slightly bland but it was made from sugar so I ate it
We showered and we were excited for our first visit (this trip) to Hollywood Studios! By about 3:30, we were out of the room and on our way to DHS. Before we got on the bus, Jess stopped at the front desk to get some quarters and pennies for her pressed penny collection, and Jess got an Art of Animation penny - I think she chose Ariel. The DHS bus came quickly and we arrived by 4. The first thing we noticed - it was HOT! This was our first time being in a park late in the afternoon and I was sweating to death!
We stopped for lots of photopass pictures this day in a few different spots!
First up was the front of the park:
Then Tower of Terror:
The guy near ToT had some good poses, including a new magic shot! I love the way this one turned out:
Then it was time to grab a fastpass for Rock n Rollercoaster!
I was seriously overheating, so we got some snacks and sat under an umbrella. I got some popcorn and Jess got a churro. The churro stand was closing for the afternoon so they gave her a free one! She shared with me so that was a nice surprise for both of us. I used my snack credit for the popcorn and paid OOP for a delicious diet coke!
Here's Jess modeling her two churros...
We wanted to ride something inside, so our first official ride at DHS was the Great Movie Ride. I still have yet to get the cowboy scene, its always the gangster!
Afterwards, we walked around outside and looked for Hidden Mickeys in the handprints and took some icon photos...
I had heard about character palooza, and at this time it was around 4:45pm, so we head over to the animation building. Pooh had no line, so we hopped over to meet the guy!
Frozone and Mr. Incredible as well as Sorcerer Mickey was out, but no one special. Maybe there was no character palooza this day??
The other lines were long, so we met Pooh then went over to do something wed be wanting to try - the animation class! Continued below..
and Jess had some brownie bites. Both were pretty yummy, mine was slightly bland but it was made from sugar so I ate it
We showered and we were excited for our first visit (this trip) to Hollywood Studios! By about 3:30, we were out of the room and on our way to DHS. Before we got on the bus, Jess stopped at the front desk to get some quarters and pennies for her pressed penny collection, and Jess got an Art of Animation penny - I think she chose Ariel. The DHS bus came quickly and we arrived by 4. The first thing we noticed - it was HOT! This was our first time being in a park late in the afternoon and I was sweating to death!We stopped for lots of photopass pictures this day in a few different spots!
First up was the front of the park:
Then Tower of Terror:
The guy near ToT had some good poses, including a new magic shot! I love the way this one turned out:
Then it was time to grab a fastpass for Rock n Rollercoaster!
I was seriously overheating, so we got some snacks and sat under an umbrella. I got some popcorn and Jess got a churro. The churro stand was closing for the afternoon so they gave her a free one! She shared with me so that was a nice surprise for both of us. I used my snack credit for the popcorn and paid OOP for a delicious diet coke!
Here's Jess modeling her two churros...
We wanted to ride something inside, so our first official ride at DHS was the Great Movie Ride. I still have yet to get the cowboy scene, its always the gangster!
Afterwards, we walked around outside and looked for Hidden Mickeys in the handprints and took some icon photos...
I had heard about character palooza, and at this time it was around 4:45pm, so we head over to the animation building. Pooh had no line, so we hopped over to meet the guy!
Frozone and Mr. Incredible as well as Sorcerer Mickey was out, but no one special. Maybe there was no character palooza this day??
The other lines were long, so we met Pooh then went over to do something wed be wanting to try - the animation class! Continued below..
We went to wait in line for the Animation class...I don't think we waited too long but I don't really remember. Soon we were seated in our adorable desks with pencils ready!
I'm not sure what Jess is looking at in this picture, it's kind of creepy...
I liked our teacher this day...she let us vote on what character we wanted to do and Minnie won! I absolutely loved this class. It was so fun getting to learn how to draw the characters and mine didnt come out *too* bad, although Jesss was a lot better.
My Minnie:
Jess' Minnie:
Our RnRc fastpasses werent ready yet, but our two hour window passed so we went to grab some FPs for Tower of Terror (TSM was gone by the time we got there at 4:00, obviously). We still had a little time before our RnRc FP was ready, so we took some more PP pictures! Some of these are reallllly cheesy!
Cheese-a-licious:
But there were some cute ones too!
We were "celebrating" Jess' graduation from college 6 months earlier.
I like this one too!
After our photoshoots, we went and walked around One Mans Dream. We were kind of rushing through so we could ride RnRc before dinner, so we didnt stay for the film and I would have liked to spend a little more time there. Theres always next time!
Diagram of the new Fantasyland!
Finally, our RnRc FP was ready so we walked over and rode. As usual, it was awesome! I took this "artsy" picture along the way - I love these balloons!
We also lucked out and missed a HUGE storm. By the time we got out of the ride, the sun was coming back out but the ground was soaked and people were still wearing ponchos. We caught some luck there! Around this time we realized that we probably werent going to be done dinner in time to use our ToT fastpasses, so we gave them to two guys who were pulling FPs and pulled some new ones. We were happy to spread the pixie dust and they were excited to get them!
I'm not sure what Jess is looking at in this picture, it's kind of creepy...
I liked our teacher this day...she let us vote on what character we wanted to do and Minnie won! I absolutely loved this class. It was so fun getting to learn how to draw the characters and mine didnt come out *too* bad, although Jesss was a lot better.
My Minnie:
Jess' Minnie:
Our RnRc fastpasses werent ready yet, but our two hour window passed so we went to grab some FPs for Tower of Terror (TSM was gone by the time we got there at 4:00, obviously). We still had a little time before our RnRc FP was ready, so we took some more PP pictures! Some of these are reallllly cheesy!
Cheese-a-licious:
But there were some cute ones too!
We were "celebrating" Jess' graduation from college 6 months earlier.
I like this one too!
After our photoshoots, we went and walked around One Mans Dream. We were kind of rushing through so we could ride RnRc before dinner, so we didnt stay for the film and I would have liked to spend a little more time there. Theres always next time!
Diagram of the new Fantasyland!
Finally, our RnRc FP was ready so we walked over and rode. As usual, it was awesome! I took this "artsy" picture along the way - I love these balloons!
We also lucked out and missed a HUGE storm. By the time we got out of the ride, the sun was coming back out but the ground was soaked and people were still wearing ponchos. We caught some luck there! Around this time we realized that we probably werent going to be done dinner in time to use our ToT fastpasses, so we gave them to two guys who were pulling FPs and pulled some new ones. We were happy to spread the pixie dust and they were excited to get them!
rachel09985
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Those magic shots with Chip are so cute. Your drawings were awesome !I want to do that someday.
katt789
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Yay! Sounds like DHS was fun! I do really want to get onto RnR sometime, I think I have Paige convinced into it in Feb, I mean, she did convince me into Space! Haha!
You guys got lots of photopass pics! Good on ya! Haha, another goal for my next trip! Lol. Nice job missing that storm! We got stuck in it at MK for a bit, but managed to head into Tiki room for shelter haha, you guys really lucked out though!
You guys got lots of photopass pics! Good on ya! Haha, another goal for my next trip! Lol. Nice job missing that storm! We got stuck in it at MK for a bit, but managed to head into Tiki room for shelter haha, you guys really lucked out though!
teekathepony
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Those magic shots with chip are adorable! I would love to do that one!
Free churro? Awesome!
Sounds like a great afternoon, how lucky that you missed the storm!
Free churro? Awesome!
Sounds like a great afternoon, how lucky that you missed the storm!
lvcourtneyy
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I just started reading but now I'm along for the ride!
I'm planning a trip for September 2014 (maybe 2013 too if life would stop getting in the way!) and hoping to pick up tips from as many others as I can!
I'm planning a trip for September 2014 (maybe 2013 too if life would stop getting in the way!) and hoping to pick up tips from as many others as I can!
Aussiesalad
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All caught up and joining in!
Loving your TR so far!! I love sister trips
Loving your TR so far!! I love sister trips
You have to go on rock n rollercoaster!! At least once, to see if you like it
Loving your report!! All the pictures are so great! I really wish we had pictures like this on our trip! Oh well! Keep it coming!!
Thanks! I saw you started your TR up again, can't wait to read some more! I learned my lesson last time, I didn't take many pictures & regretted it! Also, prepaying for the Photopass is a good reason to take lots of pics, haha
Great pictures....loving your TR.
Thank you! And thanks for following
Thanks! He didn't tell us who would be in the magic shots before so I was anxious to see them! And the free churro was a nice surprise!
I just started reading but now I'm along for the ride!
I'm planning a trip for September 2014 (maybe 2013 too if life would stop getting in the way!) and hoping to pick up tips from as many others as I can!
Thanks so much for following! September is an awesome time to go and were hoping we can go back in Sept 2014 (depends on Jess' work schedule). It was hot but tolerable!
All caught up and joining in!
Loving your TR so far!! I love sister trips
Thanks for following!!
We are finally all moved into our new house! We aren't totally unpacked yet but I'm giving myself a break and posting a few updates to this TR! Hopefully they'll become more frequent now
After we gave away our Tower of Terror fastpasses, it was almost time for our reservation for...
Mama Melrose! So we made our way over to the restaurant, located near the Muppets. I really liked the decor in this restaurant, it was nice and cozy and I loved the lights. We checked in, and there were a few hidden Mickeys near the front of the podium (check out this Mickey leaf!)
so after we snapped a few pictures of them, we were promptly seated.
Besides being seated quickly, the service here was seriously lacking tonight! Our waitress was very nice though! We were seated right near the kitchen...some might find this annoying but I like that we could see in and watch them cook! The especially love the lights in this place. Very nice theming!
We both ordered sodas then we placed our food orders - I got the penne vodka and I think Jess got the chicken picatta, but I cant really tell from the photos.
Our food didnt take too long to come out and they were both very good! I actually preferred Jess to mine but they were both pretty delish.
We then waited forever to get our desserts - Jess got chocolate gelato and I got some sort of chocolate melting cake (again!). When they finally came out, they were both very good!
Again, we waiting for a lonnggg time to get the check. We settled the bill with the DDP and head out for some more Hollywood Studios fun!
Our rating for this meal is as follows:
Food: 4. The food here was really good! Both of our entrees were served hot & delicious and I thought they had a lot of good choices on the menu.
Service: 3. Service here was not so good. Our waitress was very nice, but it wasnt that busy and I found the service slow.
Ambiance: 4. Love the ambiance here! I love all the lights overhead and I thought it was very cozy.
Wait time: 4. We didnt wait long at all, we were seated quickly!
Would we visit again? Yes! It wont be a must-do every trip, but I would come back again for sure.
Ranking: 4. This one falls pretty much in the middle of the pack!
Continue below for another update!
After we gave away our Tower of Terror fastpasses, it was almost time for our reservation for...
Mama Melrose! So we made our way over to the restaurant, located near the Muppets. I really liked the decor in this restaurant, it was nice and cozy and I loved the lights. We checked in, and there were a few hidden Mickeys near the front of the podium (check out this Mickey leaf!)
so after we snapped a few pictures of them, we were promptly seated.
Besides being seated quickly, the service here was seriously lacking tonight! Our waitress was very nice though! We were seated right near the kitchen...some might find this annoying but I like that we could see in and watch them cook! The especially love the lights in this place. Very nice theming!
We both ordered sodas then we placed our food orders - I got the penne vodka and I think Jess got the chicken picatta, but I cant really tell from the photos.
Our food didnt take too long to come out and they were both very good! I actually preferred Jess to mine but they were both pretty delish.
We then waited forever to get our desserts - Jess got chocolate gelato and I got some sort of chocolate melting cake (again!). When they finally came out, they were both very good!
Again, we waiting for a lonnggg time to get the check. We settled the bill with the DDP and head out for some more Hollywood Studios fun!
Our rating for this meal is as follows:
Food: 4. The food here was really good! Both of our entrees were served hot & delicious and I thought they had a lot of good choices on the menu.
Service: 3. Service here was not so good. Our waitress was very nice, but it wasnt that busy and I found the service slow.
Ambiance: 4. Love the ambiance here! I love all the lights overhead and I thought it was very cozy.
Wait time: 4. We didnt wait long at all, we were seated quickly!
Would we visit again? Yes! It wont be a must-do every trip, but I would come back again for sure.
Ranking: 4. This one falls pretty much in the middle of the pack!
Continue below for another update!
After our bellies were full for a yummy dinner, it was time to use some Fastpasses for a wild ride at the Hollywood Tower hotel! But of course we had to take some pictures along the way!
Hi Jess!
Ready to ride this bad boy!
We didnt wait long and soon we were taking our first ride of the trip on Tower of Terror. This ride scares me SO much the first time I ride it each trip, but I love it so much! Jess is always cracking up because I scream my head off every time. By the time we were done on our ride it was around 8:30. There was second showing of Fantasmic around 9:30 that night and although we didnt originally plan to, we decided to stick around and watch it! There was EMH this night also. We had done everything we wanted to do already so we just walked around some stores until 9:00, when we went into Fantasmic.
Sillly hats!
This is such a terrible picture, it cracks me up...luckily Jess doesn't cruise the Dis so I can post bad pictures of her!
She wanted a pillow pet so bad but we thought this Mickey one was weird. Any guesses on what she would eventually go home with??
We went in at 9:00 and got a good seat - I love Fantasmic! I try not to take pictures during fireworks/shows so I can fully focus on what's going on. Here's the one picture I took!
We didnt get to see the whole thing in December 2011, so I was excited to watch it again. As usual, since Im so impatient, we head out of the theater about a minute before the end to beat the bus crowds - I cant take all those crowds at the end of the night! We quickly stopped for a nighttime Photopass picture:
And to grab this picture, for my doggie Oscar!
We bolted for the exit and got to the bus just after 10. We didnt wait too long for a bus and were back at the hotel by 10:30. No big blue pool tonight - we hit the hay since we were up so early! Tomorrow we had the morning off from the park and planned to tour the hotel (finally!), so we didnt even set an alarm.
Hi Jess!
Ready to ride this bad boy!
We didnt wait long and soon we were taking our first ride of the trip on Tower of Terror. This ride scares me SO much the first time I ride it each trip, but I love it so much! Jess is always cracking up because I scream my head off every time. By the time we were done on our ride it was around 8:30. There was second showing of Fantasmic around 9:30 that night and although we didnt originally plan to, we decided to stick around and watch it! There was EMH this night also. We had done everything we wanted to do already so we just walked around some stores until 9:00, when we went into Fantasmic.
Sillly hats!
This is such a terrible picture, it cracks me up...luckily Jess doesn't cruise the Dis so I can post bad pictures of her!
She wanted a pillow pet so bad but we thought this Mickey one was weird. Any guesses on what she would eventually go home with??
We went in at 9:00 and got a good seat - I love Fantasmic! I try not to take pictures during fireworks/shows so I can fully focus on what's going on. Here's the one picture I took!
We didnt get to see the whole thing in December 2011, so I was excited to watch it again. As usual, since Im so impatient, we head out of the theater about a minute before the end to beat the bus crowds - I cant take all those crowds at the end of the night! We quickly stopped for a nighttime Photopass picture:
And to grab this picture, for my doggie Oscar!
We bolted for the exit and got to the bus just after 10. We didnt wait too long for a bus and were back at the hotel by 10:30. No big blue pool tonight - we hit the hay since we were up so early! Tomorrow we had the morning off from the park and planned to tour the hotel (finally!), so we didnt even set an alarm.
lvcourtneyy
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Your food at Mama Melrose looks good! I've heard pretty mixed reviews about it. Did you do the Fantasmic package or no cause you said you hadn't planned on staying...silly question, I guess I just answered it myself
I feel like the Tower of Terror is consistently scary each time, no matter how many times you ride!
Fantasmic is amazing but the crowds really are something awful. What a good idea to leave a bit earlier. We usually end up being those obnoxious people climbing up the bleachers as they tell you not to. What can you do! I always feel like if there was any kind of emergency, we'd all die in that crowd.
Love the updates! Great pictures.
I feel like the Tower of Terror is consistently scary each time, no matter how many times you ride!
Fantasmic is amazing but the crowds really are something awful. What a good idea to leave a bit earlier. We usually end up being those obnoxious people climbing up the bleachers as they tell you not to. What can you do! I always feel like if there was any kind of emergency, we'd all die in that crowd.
Love the updates! Great pictures.
teekathepony
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Congratulations on being moved in!
Mama Melrose is one place that makes my short list every trip just to get cut at the end. I'd like to try it some day. Too bad about your service, but the food looks yummy.
Nice DHS evening! I can't ride ToT, too scary for me.
Mama Melrose is one place that makes my short list every trip just to get cut at the end. I'd like to try it some day. Too bad about your service, but the food looks yummy.
Nice DHS evening! I can't ride ToT, too scary for me.
Aussiesalad
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I know what you mean about those crowds! I either have to leave before the show ends or sit and wait for everyone else to exit first. I can't be in the middle of the zillions!!
I love the silly hat photo!
And good work on the hidden leaf mickey! Some of them are so tricky!!
I love the silly hat photo!
And good work on the hidden leaf mickey! Some of them are so tricky!!
katt789
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New house! Yay! I think I kinda missed some stuff, but Im going to start with Mama Melrose and go from there, hopefully I get all caught up, haha! Aw, its so cute in there, although, not what I expected, lol, dont know what I thought itd be though ahha. I really find that if theres one place where Disney Dining slacks, its bringing the bill out! Especially at buffets, like, they take forever!!
I love the muppet area! Everythings so awesome over there! ToT is definitely one of my favorite rides, although it does scare me every so often, haha. I love the pillow pets! I think I might end up buying one next trip who knows? Aw man!! Why would you skip the ending!?!? ITS THE BEST PART!! That moment that Mickey pops up on top of the mountain and is running everything, UGH, MY FEELINGS!! I just cant!
I love the muppet area! Everythings so awesome over there! ToT is definitely one of my favorite rides, although it does scare me every so often, haha. I love the pillow pets! I think I might end up buying one next trip who knows? Aw man!! Why would you skip the ending!?!? ITS THE BEST PART!! That moment that Mickey pops up on top of the mountain and is running everything, UGH, MY FEELINGS!! I just cant!
Fratthouse
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I'm late to the party, but I'm here! I've enjoyed catching up on your TR - looks like you had a great trip! Excited to hear about the rest of it
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