Bring Back HYPERSPACE Mountain! Sept 2016 TR - NEW 3/17 COMPLETED! THE END!

[Dugette]

I loved Indy as well - I'd be thrilled if Dinosaur changed to that!

Gotta love the Dole Whips at the Tiki Room! (though I heard WDW is now allowing Dole Whips - and other food - in the Tiki Room)

I cannot wait to ride the new version of Soarin'!

Wow, 30 minutes for TSM is about as good as it gets (in our experience).

 

[NittanyKK]

Wow Aulani! Have you been there before? I went in 2011 - it's an amazing place! I'm going back to Hawaii (Oahu) in two weeks! Not the Aulani though, we'll be traveling with friends who are not into Disney (gasp!). Hawaii is my favorite place to travel to aside from WDW! Happy Honeymoon and best wishes!!

I haven't been to Aulani! This will actually be our first time traveling to Hawaii in general so we are suuuuper excited!! How exciting that you're going to Hawaii soon!! Although not the part where your friends aren't into Disney. Sad but I have many friends who don't get my love for Disney either! I'm really hoping that Hawaii becomes a favorite for us as well! I can't imagine that it won't. And THANK YOU!!

 

[chunkymonkey]

I'm all caught up again! I love all of your Plaza Inn pictures, it's #1 on my list of places to eat on our upcoming Disneyland trip. So many great characters, and I love that they all interact with each other!

I can't wait to read about your experience at the WOC dessert party, it's something we've been thinking about but I haven't read many great reviews of it yet.

Thanks! The Plaza Inn was great, you guys are going to have such a fun time!
And the WOC Dessert Party was awesome! You'll see in my next post!

, totally not worth it. I found Dinosaur and that whole area to be seriously underwhelming.

Great photos as always.

I remember feeling so disappointed when I found out that I wouldn't get to ride Soarin during my May trip especially knowing that I wouldn't be back to WDW for a few years. So excited that I'll get to ride in Disneyland next year!
Also IJA sounds really awesome.

Yeah Dinoland never really did it for me so I have not bothered to go out of my way for it, but maybe I'll make a visit there on one of my upcoming trips.

Thanks!

Soarin' around the world is soooo good. I can't wait to ride it at WDW!

And you'll love IJA! It's what Dinosaur SHOULD have been!

I loved Indy as well - I'd be thrilled if Dinosaur changed to that!

Oh I would over the moon if that ever happened!

Gotta love the Dole Whips at the Tiki Room! (though I heard WDW is now allowing Dole Whips - and other food - in the Tiki Room)

I heard that too! It's a great way to attract people to the Tiki Room!

I cannot wait to ride the new version of Soarin'!

It's sooo good! I don't even miss the old movie! (Well, just a little)

Wow, 30 minutes for TSM is about as good as it gets (in our experience).

Yeah totally! It was a nice change to be able to ride it at any time, although the lines did get longer at some points during the day.

I haven't been to Aulani! This will actually be our first time traveling to Hawaii in general so we are suuuuper excited!! How exciting that you're going to Hawaii soon!! Although not the part where your friends aren't into Disney. Sad but I have many friends who don't get my love for Disney either! I'm really hoping that Hawaii becomes a favorite for us as well! I can't imagine that it won't. And THANK YOU!!

Oh wow you're going to have such an AMAZING time on Hawaii! It's such a great place, with lots of beautiful beaches, but also tons of cultural stuff. If you need some recs you can read my blog www.asplashofaloha.com. I have some trip reports of our past trips to the islands, including our few days we we spent at the Aulani!
I will post some pictures of our trip in November, maybe on my PTR when I get back.
My friends all know I'm obsessed with Disney but they haven't been exposed to it as kids like I was so I guess it's just getting over that "theme park" mentality when it's so much more than that!

 

[chunkymonkey]

Day 5 Part 4: World of Color Dessert Party, aka, the BEST decision ever!

We continued walking around Paradise Pier. It was such a cute little area that reminded us of old-time amusement parks, kinda like the Boardwalk of Atlantic City or Coney Island but done Disney style!

Forgot to post these PP pics from when we first got to Paradise Pier. The PP photographer was so excited to see us as I think she was a little bored.

She said she was glad we were wearing skirts because she wanted to try that pose on the right, lol.

We all decided to try some of the smaller amusement style rides. We didn't go on the Mickey Fun Wheel because I thought the ride was too slow to load and unload so we skipped that. I've been on it before, on the side that slides up and down and I didn't really care for it. Maybe if we had more time later in the week...

We went on the spinning swings, the ones that look like this:

And we're off! Wheeeeeeeeee!

I love rides like this where it's so chill and there's never really a long line. I got some nice pics of the pier while airborne.

Here's little video of the ride, we were probably going at it's fastest when I took the video.

Then we went on that ride where you sit in a spaceship-like thing and it swings around.

Here's some video of the ride. It started of slow but it got faster and higher.

It was getting late now and we had to start checking in for our table at the dessert party.

We walked over to the area that faces the lagoon and Mickey's Fun Wheel and it was all set up with different section colors for WoC FP+ groups. We found the end of the WOC Dessert Party line and stood there. They weren't letting people in just yet so we stayed in line.

It looks long but there was someone coming around with an ipad checking reservations. She confirmed our ressie and then told us we had one of the high top tables in stead of the lower ones. I was pleased because I thought that meant a better view, but my sister said, "I don't think I can fit the chairs!" The chairs for those tables are those director style chairs at a bar stool height that have cloth and wood holding it up. My sister said she would either a) not fit or b) break the chair while trying to get int. The CM said no she wouldn't and assured her the seat will be fine and that she would fit into it no problem. Although my sister did look worried, she relented because that meant a better view. Finally they started to let us in and we were escorted indeed to one of the high top tables set up beautifully with a picturesque view of the Pier and the Fun Wheel.

Our view from our table:

Our server came over and ask what we'd like to drink, the options were a champagne I think or some blue-colored fruity drink and we all went with the champagne.

They also had a bread basket which I thought was very thoughtful. It's nice to have something not sweet at Dessert Parties otherwise I feel it's too one-note of an experience. DH and I also ordered some hot teas to warm us up for the evening, even though it wasn't as cold as the day before.

Looks like the bread is saying PEACE to Mickey's Fun Wheel!

Here's tonight's dessert menu:

Sounds good to me!

And without further ado, our platters came!
They were all plated for each of us under some lids and under the lids revealed a very lovely assortment of desserts and cheeses plus a handful of grapes.

Mmmmmmmm

This was the most perfect view ever! It was really nice to have seats for any show, and the desserts, drinks are just icing on the cake.

Here's us right before the show started. And yes, my sister fit in the chair just fine. There was no breaking of chairs tonight!

We dug into our dessert/cheese platter. Everything was pretty good. Even though it is not one of those unlimited dessert bar parties like Wishes or the Star Wars ones, it was nice to have a limited selection of curated desserts. I was expecting just really sugary rice krispy treats and some cupcakes, but we got mini bundt cakes, a coconot macaroon, a delicious dulce de leche shortbread, breads, fruit, and cheese. My sister and I love brie and we were excited to see the mini wheel of it. It was so cute! I don't think I've seen brie this small before!

After I was about halfway done with my plate, my sister and DH said, oh that macaron was good. I thought they meant the coconut macarOON, but no, they said it wasn't that, it was a small yellow French macaron...which I did not see on my plate! I guess they forgot to put it on my plate so when our CM came by to check on him I told him I was missing the macaron. He said don't worry and he'd come right back. I thought I'd just get one or two of the macarons on the side, but lo and behold...they gave me a brand new plate of desserts, complete with said French macaroon! So I got a second plate of dessert, in addition to keeping the first one. #dessertoverloadthankstodisney

On the top right you can see the little yellow macaron with the green designs that was missing from my first plate.

Oh and this plate is missing the little wheel of brie because my sister promptly made it disappear it after my plate was set down, before I could take a picture. It somehow magically appeared on her plate.
I've said before in my previous TRs that my sister has teleportation powers and it has apparently spread to inanimate objects and food.

During the moments before the show they announced that some Mickey Fun Wheel game was able to be played on your smartphone. You had to connect to the special wifi and go to a special website to play the game. What you have to do is replay the color sequence played on the fun wheel.

There are several rounds of the game and the winner gets to control the colors of the fun wheel for a few minutes.
Well, I would say don't bother with this as the wifi kept kicking us off and we couldn't get make it through any complete rounds.

No worries because after the game was over, the lights around Paradise Pier went out and WOC was finally starting! It was our first time seeing this show and it didn't disappoint, especially with our wonderful view.
This is not an easy show to photograph as the projections on the water do not come out as clear on camera as in person, but please enjoy the photos and videos I captured:

And here's some videos I took:

At the end of the show they turned the lights back on at Paradise Pier and the entire area glowed in different colors.

As you can see, it was a great show! It was also fairly long as well, so I really appreciated having the seats. It was the perfect view, and the food and service was great.
I highly recommend this dessert party if you get a chance to do it, it made watching it for the first time extra special!

At the end of the day we walked back to the GC. It was so nice to be so close to our room! I honestly don't think any one of us was hungry after our buffet lunch and my double dessert dinner so I don't think we ate anything else that night, maybe some snacks we had in the room. I may have gotten a churro sometime during the day as well but I probably ate it too quickly to take a picture!

Coming up on our next day, lunch with the Princesses!​

 

[dizneeat]

This was the most perfect view ever! It was really nice to have seats for any show, and the desserts, drinks are just icing on the cake.

Looks like a great spot to view it! I thought about booking the dessert party for us, but we never did.

They were all plated for each of us under some lids and under the lids revealed a very lovely assortment of desserts and cheeses plus a handful of grapes.

Ah, I love it, when it comes out plated. And I might add that it looks realy yummy. That small brie is cute. Love the savoury and sweet mix.

So I got a second plate of dessert, in addition to keeping the first one. #dessertoverloadthankstodisney

You had to connect to the special Wifi and go to a special website to play the game. What you have to do is replay the color sequence played on the fun wheel.

That is something we might have missed altogether. What a shame wifi didn't work well enough to really play.

As you can see, it was a great show!

I could not agree with you more. It was an awesome show.

 

[rndmr2]

Great update! Looks like you had fun on the rides at Paradise Pier! Growing up going to carnivals and down the shore (usually Wildwood NJ) I always loved the Swings! They are fun.

Great view for your WOC Dessert party. The plate you get looks like a nice variety, I love sweet things but I really love eating cheese and grapes together too. You may have mentioned it but do you mind saying how much it cost?

 

[bcwife76]

Totally worth it, right? I've already told my dh that any future trips will include the WOC dessert party because we are SPOILED now We had so much food leftover from ours because both our girls could not finish it all....we shoved it down our faces so fast on our last morning!

Love that they gave you an entire second plate that's some yummy pixie dust right there!

 

[rentayenta]

This is such a great trip report! I read it over the last few days.

 

[franandaj]

I never even knew that twe was a WoC dessert party. It sounds like a great deal. I don't even remember the last time that I saw WoC.

I've also never been on those rides you went on either! I think I need a DCA catch up course!

 

[Saphire5742]

We continued walking around Paradise Pier. It was such a cute little area that reminded us of old-time amusement parks, kinda like the Boardwalk of Atlantic City or Coney Island but done Disney style!

This makes me happy

I love rides like this where it's so chill and there's never really a long line. I got some nice pics of the pier while airborne.

Great photo!

She confirmed our ressie and then told us we had one of the high top tables in stead of the lower ones.

Score!

Our view from our table:

Perfect view. Love it!

They were all plated for each of us under some lids and under the lids revealed a very lovely assortment of desserts and cheeses plus a handful of grapes.

Beautiful plate and I love that it is brought to you instead of having you go around buffet style. Makes it more enjoyable in my opinion

My sister and I love brie and we were excited to see the mini wheel of it. It was so cute! I don't think I've seen brie this small before!

I love brie too. Such a wonderfully creamy cheese that's not too strong. I'd be excited with that mini wheel too.
Hmmm, the Backstage Magic ABD is supposed to include VIP seating at shows. I wonder if we'll also get dessert plates.

Oh and this plate is missing the little wheel of brie because my sister promptly made it disappear it after my plate was set down, before I could take a picture. It somehow magically appeared on her plate.
I've said before in my previous TRs that my sister has teleportation powers and it has apparently spread to inanimate objects and food.

From the pictures looks like a wonderful show. Glad you enjoyed it and can't wait to see it myself although I think when I'm there it will be the holiday version

 

[chunkymonkey]

Looks like a great spot to view it! I thought about booking the dessert party for us, but we never did.

It's definitely one of the better dessert parties i've been to because it includes seats! It sure beats having to stand for a while...

Ah, I love it, when it comes out plated. And I might add that it looks realy yummy. That small brie is cute. Love the savoury and sweet mix.

It was quite a nice mix of foods. Not too much, and it was nice to have the cheese, fruit and bread so it wasn't all sweet. I would recommend not having dinner as you do fill up on everything!

That is something we might have missed altogether. What a shame wifi didn't work well enough to really play.

Yeah, they hand the instructions on every table. I'm not sure if this was for everyone or just the dessert party goers, but unfortunately we didn't get to finish a round properly as we kept getting logged off the system.

I could not agree with you more. It was an awesome show.

It is indeed! Can't wait to see it again!

Great update! Looks like you had fun on the rides at Paradise Pier! Growing up going to carnivals and down the shore (usually Wildwood NJ) I always loved the Swings! They are fun.

Definitely! It was fun going on all these classic rides but at Disney!

Great view for your WOC Dessert party. The plate you get looks like a nice variety, I love sweet things but I really love eating cheese and grapes together too. You may have mentioned it but do you mind saying how much it cost?

The dessert party is 79 per person. It is quite expensive and more expensive than the WDW dessert parties I have been too! But I guess because it had table service, seats, and a nice selection of quality desserts, and champagne, it definitely felt more upscale. I thought it was worth it and I would do it again.

Totally worth it, right? I've already told my dh that any future trips will include the WOC dessert party because we are SPOILED now We had so much food leftover from ours because both our girls could not finish it all....we shoved it down our faces so fast on our last morning!

Yes! It was such a treat! I'm definitely spoiled. We went to watch WOC again later that week and we had to...gasp...stand and wait!

Love that they gave you an entire second plate that's some yummy pixie dust right there!

It was so cool that I got another plate! I didn't expect that so it was extra pixie dust!

This is such a great trip report! I read it over the last few days.

Thank you so much for reading!!

I never even knew that twe was a WoC dessert party. It sounds like a great deal. I don't even remember the last time that I saw WoC.

Oh that's so funny! It is definitely a fantastic treat when watching WoC!

Beautiful plate and I love that it is brought to you instead of having you go around buffet style. Makes it more enjoyable in my opinion

Definitely more enjoyable to have a seat and table service!

I love brie too. Such a wonderfully creamy cheese that's not too strong. I'd be excited with that mini wheel too.Hmmm, the Backstage Magic ABD is supposed to include VIP seating at shows. I wonder if we'll also get dessert plates.

It's so funny, Brie tastes different from most cheeses. My mom doesn't like almost all cheeses but she loves brie! I hope your VIP seating includes the dessert as it's such a nice treat!

From the pictures looks like a wonderful show. Glad you enjoyed it and can't wait to see it myself although I think when I'm there it will be the holiday version

OOOH the holiday version, I'm sure it will be just as spectacular![/QUOTE]

 

[Raeven]

The WOC dessert party looks great! And it looks like the view was really good too.

 

[natebenma]

So much for being all proud of myself for being caught up on your report!



Just finished your first night at DL.

Wow! What a spectacular day and evening you had! Hyperspace Mtn, DL Forever and Paint the Night! Together! While Supplies Last.

Your pictures, of course, are AWESOME! I especially like the shot of the fireworks forming a Mickey head.

Love the picture of your sister and her doppel"hanger" wearing the same dress. Too funny!

I got a sweatshirt from Disneyland, too. Just grey with an embroidered Mickey Mouse. Before I read your description my thought was that it looked very feminine.

I purchased the WDW backpack like those girls were wearing. No Mickey-burger, though.

 

[natebenma]

UGH!!! 10 am opening? That's practically end of the afternoon for me. I am an every day early riser, usually around 5 am, and of course on West Cost time, it feels earlier. Fortunately, when we were there in the summer staying onsite I think at least one of the parks opened at 7 am each day.

We have a couple of regrets from our trip to DL. One is that we didn't ride It's A Small World. I didn't realize that it was so much better until after we were home. I love the idea of the outdoor portion of the ride and that they have added Disney movie characters as well.

Great picture of the Matterhorn!

UGH on Indiana Jones breaking down.

Looks like everyone got the Minnie Ear memo though!

 

[Elevationist]

Forgot to post these PP pics from when we first got to Paradise Pier. The PP photographer was so excited to see us as I think she was a little bored.

would be excited to see ya'll, too! You two are adorable!

I love rides like this where it's so chill and there's never really a long line. I got some nice pics of the pier while airborne.

I love me a good chill-out ride!

This was the most perfect view ever! It was really nice to have seats for any show, and the desserts, drinks are just icing on the cake.

Seats?! AND table service?! Man, this kicks the crap out of WDW's dessert parties! (Of which I went to my first one on my recent trip and loved, by the way!)

This is a gorgeous scene! I love it!

As you can see, it was a great show! It was also fairly long as well, so I really appreciated having the seats. It was the perfect view, and the food and service was great.
I highly recommend this dessert party if you get a chance to do it, it made watching it for the first time extra special!

Yep, you convinced me. Whenever the day comes that I make it out to Disneyland, I'm totally doing this!

 

[ArielSRL]

I was behind but I just read through two updates (EMH and character breakfast). I really do like the outside queues at DLR but I'm wondering if the weather played into the changes in WDW....more rain, more heat in summer, etc.

IASW looked so fun! And I love the Matterhorn!

That character breakfast was amazing! So many characters! You'd have to do like 4 meals or more to see all of those at WDW!

The restaurant reminded me a bit of Crystal Palace.

Ok, I'll catch up more later.....

 

[natebenma]

I love that Paradise Pier Photopass Place! Too funny that the photographer seemed bored- I don't remember that spot ever being very crowded.

I like your pictures from the swings and the rocket ride. I can't do rides that spin in a circle like that anymore.

AWESOME photos and videos from World of Color! They must have changed up the show from when we saw it in 2014. It looks so much better now in the reports I have seen.

The price is totally worth it to get such incredible seats and yummy, plated, desserts and drinks served to you. We did the WoC dining package, at Carthay Circle, which was great, but I think I would like this more. I like that they gave you some sweet and savory selections. Yay on scoring second plate because you were missing one item and LOL at your instant loss of the mini-brie!

 

[ArielSRL]

Love the World of Color update! Love the party, the table, the treats! Looks like a great show! I'll have to schedule this dessert party if we get there in the next few years.

Btw, I rode that Mickey wheel in 2002 and I made the mistake of doing the moving vehicles. Omgoodness, never, ever again!

 

[kastoney]

Somehow I found your report in SEPTEMBER, apparently didn't "watch" it so here I am 2 months later in catchup mode. #oops

Of course as usual i'm totally food consumed and your trip certainly didn't disappoint. That WoC party especially looks amazing (and the show too). Love their broad use of dessert and the savory options they had available.

Total unrelated side note, where are you sunglasses from. Love them!

 

[Dugette]

We didn't go on the Mickey Fun Wheel because I thought the ride was too slow to load and unload so we skipped that.

Same reason I chose to skip it. Looked like quite an ordeal to load.

Wow, that sounds great! I really didn't know anything about this dessert party and how different it was. I'll have to keep it in mind if we get back.

This was the most perfect view ever! It was really nice to have seats for any show, and the desserts, drinks are just icing on the cake.

Yep, that looks great!

So I got a second plate of dessert, in addition to keeping the first one.

I've said before in my previous TRs that my sister has teleportation powers and it has apparently spread to inanimate objects and food.

Beautiful!