BE's Never Ending TR -- That kind of ... Ended? Or did it?

[JH87]

YAY for the update!
You know, I have seriously been considering doing a character meal for my trip in a few weeks, and I already read about how you can do it on a MM day, during MM even without MM access on your ticket. And after reading about your plans I think I wanna do the same thing. I haven't done one since I was probably 2 years old, and I have no clue which character meal it was. All I remember is Minnie kissed my dad & I just thought that was the best thing ever.
Ok, enough of my rambling. What I am getting to is THANK YOU for convincing me to do a character meal this time around!
Hopefully this week your training goes smoothly!

 

[Belle Ella]

Yay Jillian!! Glad it's convinced you to do it!! And M&F should be the only character meal where you'll find Minnie Mouse unless I'm mistaken (and similarly, Mickey's Surfs Up at the PPH should be the only character meal where you'll find him). Meredith hasn't done a character meal since she was akid either so yay for everyone getting to do them!! I have heard some reports that vary on what happens if you are done with your meal before the regular opening time. In my experience we were able to leave and Disneyland still had not officially opened, but I have also heard someone somewhere once say that they weren't allowed to leave until the Park was officially open. So who knows what the real policy is. But you'll still be inside Disneyland before it's officially open which is a small little fact that I love.

 

[JH87]

YAY I actually just booked it. 7:20a on Aug 2, a Tuesday! I haven't even gotten a reply from my friend on if she wants to do it, but I am sure she won't mind.

I just thought of a question which I should have asked the CM...what time do we need to be at the gate to get escorted to the Plaza Inn? Like, right at our reservation time or 10 mins before or something?

 

[smile4stamps]

Personally I can't see getting to use any of the MM time in the park if you are there to do the characters. I use my 90 minutes almost everytime! If you are just using it to eat then yeah you might get done in time to do a ride or two.

Opps! I guess I forgot to put this pic in my TR! We found Minnie at Goofy's! (I thought that was strange!)

 

[Belle Ella]

Heyyyyy! Wait a second. I posted a reply and it's MIA. Man. I don't want to type that all out again. Suppose I gotta. Later.

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Aww. You and Minnie look cute together.

 

[smile4stamps]

Heyyyyy! Wait a second. I posted a reply and it's MIA. Man. I don't want to type that all out again. Suppose I gotta. Later.

The whole internet is acting strange today!!

 

[JH87]

Heyyyyy! Wait a second. I posted a reply and it's MIA. Man. I don't want to type that all out again. Suppose I gotta. Later.

Aww man!
Hate when that happens.

 

[BACON]

You got it Steven! I have to say, with so many events that take place in WDW, how does anyone ever pic which ones to do, lol. I thought I had such a simple decision signing up for Disneyland Half since it was the only option I had (WDW is just not in the cards for me just yet) and then they go and introduce the Tinkerbell Half and now it'll be hard for me not to do both (although the Disneyland Half suits me better because of how close it is to my birthday).

Hopefully you and everyone else will remain injury free leading up to the weekends. I hope, hope, hope I don't have to go through anything other than sore muscles. I have yet to ever really have what I refer to as a 'real' injury and I would prefer to keep it that way. I'm such a wimp for pain and can't imagine having to sit out because of them. The worst I've done outside of a sprained wrist is a broken pink toe and somehow I don't think that one counts for much of anything.

This will probably be my last runDisney event for some time. I still have a bunch of running goals outside of completing the Goofy challenge, and I would like to do those first.

Thanks for the wishes about remaining injury free. I just did about 40 minutes of youtube yoga (I can't afford regular classes right now so it's this and some free courses offered throughout my city for now) and my knee and overall self feels a lot better. Definitely not 100%, but it's a great cross-training workout.

Once I confirm my flight I'll start my own thread instead of hijacking yours.

 

[Belle Ella]

OK, this didn't go over so well last night (sigh - I had a nice reply typed out and everything) so lets give it another try!

Jillian, let's see ... As far as what time to show up for M&F I'd say get there as early as you are comfortable with but before 7:20a. People will be lining up between the time the security check point opens and on and so long as your name is down on their list they'll let you in even if it's not your exact time yet. You'll still have to walk over to the Plaza Inn which is where they'll actually check you in for your meal, etc.

Paula, I knew someone had seen Minnie at Goofy's recently. For some reason I was spacing that I saw the photo in your TR. I didn't want to say it if I couldn't remember for sure who it was, lol. I was trying to go back to your GK posts but the DIS was going so slowly for me at the time. I thought that was so very, very strange!

And don't worry Steven, I don't think you're hijacking my thread! Back in 'the day' (and maybe Paula is one who can testify to this) the whole thread was one big hijack It's an ever-growing thing and I like having a discussion, not just me posting my updates. It's kind of a group-effort as far as I'm concerned! But I highly recommend writing your own!! I love pushing everyone to write P/TR's.

I'm still in the novelty phase of my runDisney events but I definitely understand having other running goals that you want to get done other than the Goofy challenge. I hope you're able to achieve them all

 

[JH87]

Thank you! I was thinking to just leave the hotel at 7, since it's across the street on Harbor. Takes less than 10 mins to get to the gates so we should be okay.
When I was making the reservation, the CM asked if I was staying nearby. I said "yeah across the street" and then that was the end of that. I wonder why he asked?

 

[Belle Ella]

Got something in the mail today that I ordered for my training! Buuut ... I think I'll wait until next Tuesday before I tell you what it is!

Jillian, sounds good to me. I'm a very get-there-early person, who knows where it comes from, and for some reason I always have to be first at the security check point. It's a problem!! And they always ask me the same thing when I call Disney dining. I'm guessing it's just a simple way of getting a sense for how many people who call the dining number are staying on-site or off-site, coming in for the day, etc. - a kind of poll/survey. That's my bet guess.

 

[smile4stamps]

I always get to Gate 1 by 7am to be let in when they let the MM people in. I then walk to the Plaza and am usually checked in and seated right away so that way you can get started...

 

[Belle Ella]

 

[JH87]

Got something in the mail today that I ordered for my training! Buuut ... I think I'll wait until next Tuesday before I tell you what it is!

Yay! Looking forward to finding out what it is!
I also like to be early for stuff. I'd rather be 1 hour early than 5 minutes late for anything. And at DLR, if I am more than 10 people back in line at the gates, I do not like it very much.

 

[Belle Ella]

Well, it's something I'm glad to finally have. Might not be exciting to everyone else though, lol. And you sound a little bit like me! Although my need to be early and at the front stems from my anxiety and I know it.

 

[smile4stamps]

I've never made it to the FRONT but I do not like to be very far back either. It's one of the things I DID not like about the DoubleTree. The shuttle got me there just 10-15 minutes before park open...

 

[Belle Ella]

I can count more times than not that I've been at the very front of the gates, lol. But when you're the first person to get to the security checkpoint by about a half hour or more (they usually have nothing up yet/nobody there when I show up) it tends to happen, lol. But I am a crazy early morning person so it makes it a lot easier. But one thing I love is being the first person to walk down Main Street so I can get my people-free photos.

 

[Belle Ella]

Checking in for the end of the week. My training is going well and I think I can really stick with it this time. Everyone, have a great weekend!!

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Checking in for the end of the week. My training is going well and I think I can really stick with it this time. Everyone, have a great weekend!!

Thank you!!! I hope you have a great weekend too.