Blowing out 22 candles in Disney World! NEW 8.24 page 25

[tinkerbell87512]

Well the bags are packed, clothes out for tomorrow and ready to go! I'm about to head off to bed to try and get some sleep! It's going to be a long day tomorrow if I can't sleep tonight. The alarm is set for 4:30 in the morning and hopefully will be on the road to the airport by 5. One perk is that it's not to far to the airport and it's a small one so there shouldn't be long lines at security. I'll check in once I get to the airport! Thanks everyone for reading along!!!!

 

[tinkerbell87512]

hi everyone! I'm updating from the plane! How cool is that?! Southwest is testing out wi-fi on some of their planes. As the plane as boarding I saw a family with a lime green mickey hanging from their bag...another fellow diser! Anyway just wanted to say hello! Hope you all have a great week and i'm looking forward to reporting when I get back! I'll be in the magic kingdom within hours!

 

[bbangel]

Totally jealous that you are now in WDW! I hope you have a great time and a very happy birthday!

 

[wdwgirl03]

Hey girl, hope you're having a great time! I can't wait to hear all about your trip!

 

[tinkerbell87512]

Hi everyone, I'm home!!! Made it in last night around 10:30 and back home around 11. Just wanted to check in and say hi. I'm going through my pictures and trying to get them ready to post in this TR. Hopefully it will get underway tomorrow. The trip was great, had a lot of fun. Great weather and some not so great weather but non the less it was Disney so had a blast anyway. Can't wait to start sharing my trip with you!!!!

 

[tinkgurl]

Yay for me you're home, but boo for you you're home! Can't wait for the TR to start.

 

[tinkerbell87512]

Yay for me you're home, but boo for you you're home! Can't wait for the TR to start.

You are so close to being a month away! I'm so jealous! No matter how long a trip to WDW is I always want to stay longer. I already miss it. I'm getting so excited for you though and your trip!!!!!

 

[wdwgirl03]

Yay, glad you had a great trip! Can't wait to read all about it.

 

[jewels1916]

Yay! Glad you are home, can't wait to read all about it! And I hope your birthday was amazing!

 

[tinkgurl]

You are so close to being a month away! I'm so jealous! No matter how long a trip to WDW is I always want to stay longer. I already miss it. I'm getting so excited for you though and your trip!!!!!

Thanks girl. I can't wait either! Kristen (xoktnox) will be doing updates when I text her!

 

[Jennifer48]

Welcome back!! I can't wait to read all about it!!

 

[DisneyFreak06]

Welcome home! Glad to hear you had a good time. Looking forward to hearing/seeing all about it!

 

[as dreamers do]

Welcome home (well, your home away from your home-away-from-home... you know what I mean)!! So glad to hear you had a great time, but even gladder that you'll be starting your TR very soon!

 

[Julie Mouse]

I hope you had a magical birthday Cheryl! Can't wait to see pics!

 

[wdwgirl03]

Hey Cheryl, just wanted to say hi! Are you going to do your TR right along in this thread? Or have you started it already and I am just missing it?! I am getting antsy over here!

 

[DisneyFreak06]

I think Cheryl must be busy preparing for her trip to Germany! 16 days! Crazy. And probably working, what with 2 trips within about a month!

 

[tinkerbell87512]

Hi everyone! Sorry for the delay, can’t believe I’ve been home a week already and I'm leaving again so soon! Work has been crazy and I finally just unpacked and finished the laundry. I think that's the worst part of coming home...is doing all the laundry. lol. Anyway like I said before I had such a wonderful trip and I tried a couple new things like the AI experience, new restaurants, the quick service dining plan, Tink meet and greet and a fun story about the POP arcade. Now like I said sorry for the delay and here is the start of my TR!
Thanks for sticking with me guys!


May 11-

The alarm went off at 4:30 this morning. Any other day I would most likely be very grumpy but today I was a few short hours from being back at Disney World. I took my shower the night before and laid out all my clothes. My goal was to be on the road at 5 and at the airport between 5:20 and 5:30. Everything at the airport went really smooth and I did notice hand sanitizer stations all around due to the swine flu outbreak. Once through security I had about an hour and a half to kill. So I surfed the dis and checked out my facebook. Before I knew it I was boarding the plane and what seemed to be a short while after that I was finally in Orlando!

I made my way to the magical express check in counter and there was no wait. In fact the check in process has changed. You don’t even have to check in at the counter anymore unless your reservation has changed. Where the bus lines are there is a podium and the CM there just takes your ME ticket and directs you which lane to stand in depending on which resort you are staying at. When I joined the Pop century line there was only about 4 families before me but by the time the bus actually came (maybe 25 minutes) the whole line was packed.
All the people waiting to get on the bus...

Getting close...

After about a 30 minute ride on the ME bus we were finally pulling into WDW property!

Pop century is just a short ride from the gates and we were there in a flash. I got off the bus and took in a deep breath of that FL air. It was about 85 degrees today and beautiful. Not to humid…just perfect. I went inside to check in and there wasn’t any line. The woman that checked me in was very nice and handed me a birthday button! I was assigned a room on the 4th floor of the 70’s section. My room was ready so I went to drop off some stuff before heading to the parks.

My room number...

My first stop after seeing my room was Downtown Disney. I wanted to try planet hollywood since I had a $15 off coupon (by booking a package). I made my way out to the bus stop and I found that all the busses had the Celebration balloons on them (along with the monorails)

I got to PH around 12:15 and there was practically no one in there.

Maybe 6 families all together. Let me just say this about PH it was cool seeing all the movie memorabilia but I don’t think I would go back again. The food was ok, nothing special and the service was sooo slow. It was a one time ‘glad I tried it, not going back again’ kind of place.
The place is 3 floors all themed by catagories of movies. I was on the first floor and here's a view looking up.

I love the movie Titanic and the circle thing on the right (I don't know if you can see it) is a prop from that.
Also I love Hocus Pocus and here is one of the dresses from that movie.

After lunch I wanted to try the ‘Characters in flight’ balloon but it was down due to the wind. (this seemed to be a common trend in all the times I tried to go up) I was really disappointed. It seemed to be such a perfect weather day but I guess the balloon guys saw it otherwise. I then made my way over to the market place just taking in the beautiful weather and enjoying the moment. I poked around the World of Disney store for a bit and decided I wanted to make my way over to the Magic Kingdom and see how long the line for the Tinkerbell meet and greet was.

Up next...I'm home! Magic Kingdom here I come!

 

[tinkerbell87512]

Yay, glad you had a great trip! Can't wait to read all about it.

Thanks Girl! the TR is officially started!

Yay! Glad you are home, can't wait to read all about it! And I hope your birthday was amazing!

Thanks! My b-day was fun, even got a suprise from my family!

Thanks girl. I can't wait either! Kristen (xoktnox) will be doing updates when I text her!

Ohhh awesome!

Welcome back!! I can't wait to read all about it!!

thanks!

Welcome home! Glad to hear you had a good time. Looking forward to hearing/seeing all about it!

Thanks Tina!

Welcome home (well, your home away from your home-away-from-home... you know what I mean)!! So glad to hear you had a great time, but even gladder that you'll be starting your TR very soon!

Thanks Jenny! Haha and yes I know what you mean.

I hope you had a magical birthday Cheryl! Can't wait to see pics!

I did Julie! Thanks!

Hey Cheryl, just wanted to say hi! Are you going to do your TR right along in this thread? Or have you started it already and I am just missing it?! I am getting antsy over here!

Haha no It's here. I just haven't been on the Dis. Work has been crazy and been busy planning our trip to Germany. Anyway it's finally started and it's here!!!!

I think Cheryl must be busy preparing for her trip to Germany! 16 days! Crazy. And probably working, what with 2 trips within about a month!

Haha you guessed that right!

 

[tinkgurl]

Whoo! You are there! The new stuff on the buses look cool!

Okay, this is totally random but...I'm so glad you posted something about "Hocus Pocus" because I was trying to think of the name of this movie FOREVER last night and it was driving me nuts!

 

[DisneyFreak06]

I love it! I love reading your TRs. You are so detailed and add tons of pictures. I might try PH this summer too, since I got a package. It might be fun to just try it and to take pictures. Did you just walk up?

Have fun packing for Germany!