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

[chunkymonkey]

Day 5 Part 3:

haha o man! my sister and you are like the same person....if I hear mouse mingle one more time from her or she sends me a link... she will not stop. That is so funny!

Haha, just looking out for my Disney sistas! I have actually not seen Mouse Mingle, just heard about it, and I don't think my sister is interested in it anyways otherwise she would have signed up by now. LOL.

 

[Dashzap]

I love your park bag! I've been eyeing that pattern in the backpack. Lesportsac just came out with a new pattern for Disney's Moana, too.

https://www.lesportsac.com/collaborations/disney-moana-by-lesportsac

 

[Dugette]

Great update on your character breakfast at Minnie's! Ours was very similar, as we were in a late time slot (but seated outdoors) and had a ton of characters and interaction. So much fun! Hard to find time to go get more food!

 

[chunkymonkey]

I love your park bag! I've been eyeing that pattern in the backpack. Lesportsac just came out with a new pattern for Disney's Moana, too.

https://www.lesportsac.com/collaborations/disney-moana-by-lesportsac

I love the print of my park bag! It's just so cute. I plan to use it on a trip to Hawaii in a few weeks!
The Moana print is cute, but not really my style. I will check it out on my trip though as I think they will be promoting it heavily there!

Great update on your character breakfast at Minnie's! Ours was very similar, as we were in a late time slot (but seated outdoors) and had a ton of characters and interaction. So much fun! Hard to find time to go get more food!

It was a really fun breakfast and some of the best character interaction we've had on the trip!

 

[emilyhuff]

YESS!!!! Just what I have been waiting for, your Plaza Inn review!!! Now I can't wait to go during our trip! Soooo many characters, such fun interactions! I love it! Thank you so much for this review! I showed to DBF and he actually got excited, which is hard to do!

 

[Saphire5742]

What a fun, tasty breakfast and so many characters too! The characters interacting with each other is too cute and funny.
Great photos as always

 

[KBOhio]

Following along! I love your trip reports - they always make me hungry though!

 

[rndmr2]

Fun update! Glad you got a few rides in before your breakfast, sorry you got banged up by the Matterhorn.

Fun breakfast, love the great mix of characters.

 

[cinderkelly]

Your Plaza Inn breakfast looks really fun! You guys are all so cute. I love the photo of you and Hook! Seems like they had lots of characters and a different mix than what you see at DW.

 

[dizneeat]

Just trying to catch up on your previous TR (YES, it did take me 5 weeks to finally getting around to catch up on everyone's TR ) ...... found this one and saving my space. Once I am done with your "other" TR I am going to catch up here.

 

[Elevationist]

Girl, your trip report is making me want to go to Disneyland NOW instead of waiting until my 40th birthday (in 2020)!

Like, in my real life, I think 7 people or so have tried to push me towards Mouse Mingle. It cracks me up every single time.

 

[Gracefulskinny]

Today begins the parks’ “shortened” hours. When I mean short, I mean really short. Both CA and DLR opened at 10am and closed at 8pm! There was EMH at DLR which started at 9am though so we took advantage of that. There was good and bad to this…first we didn’t’ have to wake up so early which was nice, but the park hours were so short and everything started to close early, even before closing time, this is just something to note when going during off-peak times. Because of the shortened hours, I felt the park was a lot more crowded, even during EMH.

good to know!

Cute!

Cute again!

I don't know why we headed to IASW first but I think because none of us wanted to open a park map

.I told her I hoped she could find one for CS! Bibbity Bobbity...Beau?

 

[chunkymonkey]

YESS!!!! Just what I have been waiting for, your Plaza Inn review!!! Now I can't wait to go during our trip! Soooo many characters, such fun interactions! I love it! Thank you so much for this review! I showed to DBF and he actually got excited, which is hard to do!

You guys will have a great time! It was a lot of fun and really cute interactions!

What a fun, tasty breakfast and so many characters too! The characters interacting with each other is too cute and funny.
Great photos as always

Thank you! We had so much fun at breakfast! It was definitely one of the few character meals that really jumped out to us so it was a must-do!

Following along! I love your trip reports - they always make me hungry though!

LOL, thanks for reading! I'm glad I've whet your appetite for more!

Fun update! Glad you got a few rides in before your breakfast, sorry you got banged up by the Matterhorn.

That ride just kills me, either that or I'm getting too old...

Fun breakfast, love the great mix of characters.

It was definitely a great character meal! I wish all character meals were as fun and slow-paced as this!

Your Plaza Inn breakfast looks really fun! You guys are all so cute. I love the photo of you and Hook! Seems like they had lots of characters and a different mix than what you see at DW.

Thank you!! We had such a fun time. Hook was really charismatic and took the time to interact with us...and with other characters!
It was a really cool blend of characters, I wasn't expecting all these different personalities and I really didn't expect Hook!

Just trying to catch up on your previous TR (YES, it did take me 5 weeks to finally getting around to catch up on everyone's TR ) ...... found this one and saving my space. Once I am done with your "other" TR I am going to catch up here.

Glad to see you back Karin! Take your time, this TR will be here for a while!

Girl, your trip report is making me want to go to Disneyland NOW instead of waiting until my 40th birthday (in 2020)!

Gosh, I feel so old! LOL
Disneyland was great! A different beast than WDW but it was great. We definitely toured the parks at a different pace though.

Like, in my real life, I think 7 people or so have tried to push me towards Mouse Mingle. It cracks me up every single time.

LOL, it does seem to have people with the right character...i.e. LOVES DISNEY. I think that's enough to work with

good to know!

Yeah I think I prefer the longer hours because you know there will be pockets of time like really early am or late at night when the parks have light crowds regardless of the crowd levels. These short hours seem to make the park crowded at all times.

Cute!

Cute again!



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Thank you!!

 

[chunkymonkey]

Day 5 Part 3: Finally, we ride Indiana Jones! Hold on to your potatoes!

After our fun-filled character breakfast we headed out to tackle more of the park. We went over to IJA and finally we get to ride it after trying about 3 times. We actually got to ride it twice because they had just reopened so the line was pretty short so we rode standby. Then we used our FP right after that! I totally love this ride and think it's so much fun. I think Dinosaur (which has the same ride vehicle and ride structure) should be replaced with IJA because it's just a much better theme! I was never a fan of Dinosaur and I often forget it's in AK, so much so that I never seem to venture to Dinoland USA. My sister kept asking me, "There's a Dinoland USA in AK? Why haven't we gone there?"

I remembered from our previous trips that there were some interactive elements in the ride queue, and my favorite was the wood pillar which you have to push in and then the spears in the ceiling come down. Good times. Hehe.

What do you do when you see a "Caution: Do not pull rope sign?" Obviously you pull it.

After our multi-trip on IJA, I seem to have a memory loss as to what rides we went on. We may have gone on PoC again. I don't have any pictures of it though. It was getting later in the afternoon now and we wanted to hop over to DCA before our WOC dessert party at 7:30pm so we decided to to see Enchanted Tiki Room as it was on the way out of the park. In DLR, the Aloha Isle stand selling Dole Whips is right outside the Tiki Room, so of course while you are waiting for the show, you just have to get one (or a few). There are actually 2 lines for Dole Whip, one outside of the waiting area for Tiki Room, and one inside the waiting area. Either line was always long! People here really love their Dole Whip!

We ended up waiting outside while CS headed to the line inside and whoever got there first would order for everyone. CS got there first so the line inside MAY be a little shorter. Either way, we satisfied our craving for Dole Whip! Aloha!

The Tiki Room show is pretty much the same as in WDW. I love hearing the music and just sort of closing my eyes to get a power-nap. We managed to get a cozy spot in a corner padded bench so I just leaned my head back against the wall...ahhhh.

After Tiki Room, DH and I decided to head back for a quick dip in the pool before heading to DCA. CS, of course, wanted to get some PP pictures, so we decided to just meet back in the room. DH had the brilliant idea to take all our tickets, and run over to DCA and grab FP for Soarin' so by the time we were done with the pool, it would be time to ride! I was like, sure, knock yourself out if you like, I'm going to the pool. So DH took all our tickets and we walked out of the park. CS was still able to stay in the park, it's just that if she leaves she'll need her ticket to get back in so she agreed to meet up with us before DCA.

While DH ran down to DCA, I slowly walked around DTD.

This Anna and Elsa boutique was actually like a Bibbity Bobbity Boutique!

Some anniversary stuff was still up at World of Disney! I thought the CM the day before told me that all the Anniversary stuff would be gone, but apparently it was only true for the store in the GC. World of Disney still had lots of stuff in stock, like picture frames, cups, and albums. Clothing was hit or miss. I didn't have any luck finding the the hoodie that I wanted.

I went back to the GC, changed and went to the pool and hung out there until DH met me there too. Mission Soarin' FP = success! Yay!
The pool was nice and refreshing. I really love the convenience of the GC. IT makes taking breaks so easy.

So nice to relax in the sun and non-humid weather...it was hard to pry me up after our hour at the pool, but we had to get ready to go!

Meanwhile CS was having some fun back in DL:

Looks like she didn't get any characters but got a magic shot!

CS met us back at the room and we were ready to go so we all left together to head to DCA for the first time on the trip!

We went through the GC entrance to DCA which pretty much takes you near Grizzly River Peak, but just to the left if you walk down a bit is Soarin'!

Finally we got in to see the NEW Soarin'!!!

We got some pixie dust in that we sat center top row without even asking. The best seats in the house for our first ride Over The World!

This version of the movie was awesome! We really enjoyed it! I can't wait to see WDW's version of it in 1.5 months!

We headed over to Paradise Pier to ride TSM. The wait was about 30 minutes and we thought it was worth waiting on considering lines at the DHS version are never this low in the middle of the day.

I wore my Spiderman Tokidoki t-shirt thinking I'd have the opportunity to meet Spiderman sometime today but I didn't realize his meet n greet spot was on the other side of the park, plus his last meet n greet time was approaching and I was too lazy to rush over. So we decided to just ride TSM twice!

As is the case with every ride that has a score, I beat DH the very first time, and he beat me on every time after that.

Here's the score from our 2nd time on it: I am on the right.

Coming up...more Paradise Pier Fun and the World of Color Dessert Party!

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[alohamom]

I think Dinosaur should be replaced with IJA because it's just a much better theme!

BEST IDEA EVER!

 

[bcwife76]

We rode Indy twice on this past trip as well (YES I'll finish my TR soon lol) and before this summer I hadn't been on Indy since 2006! Long break......I don't know why because I LOVE this ride

Oh that pool looks so refreshing! Being able to go back with such a quick walk is definitely a huge draw for that hotel!

So....Soarin'.....you LOVED it right? I mean....it's fantastic RIGHT??? I swear I just want to ride it back to back all day when we are at Epcot

Can't wait to see what you thought of the dessert party

 

[NittanyKK]

Just caught up on your DL trip report after reading your last WDW trip report! I'm really enjoying this trip report... my fiance and I are honeymooning in Hawaii (Aulani!) then staying at Grand Californian for four nights and going to Disneyland. We've never been to DL so we're both really excited!! I'm slightly afraid of the insane crowds because we'll unfortunately be there the week before Christmas but... at least I'll be at Disneyland! I just scheduled breakfast at Plaza Inn so I was excited to see your pictures with characters from there. I love characters!

Your outfits are always so cute and your niece is adorable! Excited to read more.

 

[chunkymonkey]

BEST IDEA EVER!

totally. I'd spend WAAAY more time at AK if that were the case!

We rode Indy twice on this past trip as well (YES I'll finish my TR soon lol) and before this summer I hadn't been on Indy since 2006! Long break......I don't know why because I LOVE this ride

It's such a great ride!

Oh that pool looks so refreshing! Being able to go back with such a quick walk is definitely a huge draw for that hotel!

Definitely the #1 perk about staying at that hotel!

So....Soarin'.....you LOVED it right? I mean....it's fantastic RIGHT??? I swear I just want to ride it back to back all day when we are at Epcot

Can't wait to see what you thought of the dessert party

Yes we LOVED it! We literally went on it about 10 times the entire trip, especially because it was so close to the GC, and FP were always available more more so than RSR.

Just caught up on your DL trip report after reading your last WDW trip report! I'm really enjoying this trip report... my fiance and I are honeymooning in Hawaii (Aulani!) then staying at Grand Californian for four nights and going to Disneyland. We've never been to DL so we're both really excited!! I'm slightly afraid of the insane crowds because we'll unfortunately be there the week before Christmas but... at least I'll be at Disneyland! I just scheduled breakfast at Plaza Inn so I was excited to see your pictures with characters from there. I love characters!

Your outfits are always so cute and your niece is adorable! Excited to read more.

Hi there and welcome! THANK YOU for reading and for the kind words. 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 think you'll have a wonderful time at DLR, the Plaza Inn was lots of fun and the character interaction was wonderful.
Thank you!!

 

[fallonkendra]

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.

 

[Saphire5742]

My sister kept asking me, "There's a Dinoland USA in AK? Why haven't we gone there?"

, 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.