Can a trip w/ friends make up for an unmagical trip with the BF?-Final Updates 12/30!

Are you posting today because it is better to write about a Disney trip than to look out your window and see snow in October. You are luck you have power. I only have it because I'm at work. I live in central Mass near Worcester and I have 6 inches of snow in my driveway. I think my calendar is slow.

Not really. We never lost power and only had about 2 inches of snow. I want to get as much written as possible as soon as possible so I don't forget any details! I didn't really get as much written yesterday as I would like so I figured I would update today and I needed a break from trying to get my pumpkins ready for tomorrow. Now its time for the Pats game which means I'll have 20 minutes to do an update during half time.:rotfl2:
 
Day 3 found us parking here

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at 10:30am. Not too bad. Today was a MNSSHP and had rain in the forecast. Originally, this was the day I wanted to go figuring not too many people would be there, but b and g never told me they wanted to go in the rain and then we didn't buy tickets in advance so, it was no longer a MNSSHP day for us. We took the monorail to MK directly. We went to rent a wheelchair for g and the nice lady told us, if we were going to be there for awhile, to buy multiple days at $10 a day rather than day by day at $12 a day. Thank you for suggesting that and saving us a few $$.

Once that was done, we headed towards Fantasyland. First ride for us is Winnie the Pooh. We had fun playing with the interactive queue.

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From there we went on Snow White's Scary Adventure, while in the queue I made lunch reservations for us, since rain was in the forecast and I didn't want us stuck scrambling for somewhere to eat. After being scared on that adventure, we headed to the carousel.

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g on the horse in front of me and b is way up front. There is a pole intersecting someone's head. Yep, that would be her. From there it started to sprinkle so we headed over to Dumbo so I could get construction photos.

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Construction Photos:

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Up Next: My most embarrassing moment in Disney (as of yet) and what not to do during lunch.
 
The illuminations photos turned out very nice :thumbsup2

The Pooh queue looks like fun. I can't wait to see it...since it was not done last time I was there.

The expansion photos are great!!!! I can't believe how much they are doing!!!
 
Great safari pictures! I love the picture of you and Goofy.

Your pictures of Illimuniations are great!

Don't you just love that new Winnie-the-Pooh queue? We had so much fun in there.
 

I gotta say, it isn't easy to read your TR while I'm sitting here eating my breakfast of toast and yogurt, and you're going on about cupcakes and caramel corn! :rotfl:

I really want to see the new queue for Winnie the Pooh! It looks so cute!
 
The illuminations photos turned out very nice :thumbsup2

The Pooh queue looks like fun. I can't wait to see it...since it was not done last time I was there.

The expansion photos are great!!!! I can't believe how much they are doing!!!

Hopefully, December or January's photos turn out even better! Zoe is going to love the Pooh queue, we couldn't help but have fun. I have like a million more photos (shot on Sports Continous) but I didn't want you to see like every five feet.:rotfl:

Great safari pictures! I love the picture of you and Goofy.

Your pictures of Illimuniations are great!

Don't you just love that new Winnie-the-Pooh queue? We had so much fun in there.

Thanks Kathy! That queue so so addictively fun and makes you feel/want to be little again.

I gotta say, it isn't easy to read your TR while I'm sitting here eating my breakfast of toast and yogurt, and you're going on about cupcakes and caramel corn! :rotfl:

I really want to see the new queue for Winnie the Pooh! It looks so cute!

I'm sorry about making you hungry. I did warn you I have a sweet tooth. :lmao: I probably won't get to update today, but hopefully tomorrow! You'll see the queue soon enough (if you ever tear yourself away from Epcot)
 
***** I forgot to mention I also sent a picture of the caramel marshmallow to Ann to see if she knew where I was. Day 3 I decided to play a new game of taking random photos and see if she knew where I was. The first one was obvious, I'll post the phone photos later to see who knows they came from. *****

From Dumbo, we headed toward Liberty Square passing by Peter Pan and It's a Small World. Peter Pan had a 20 minute wait, while IASW had a 5 minute wait. We had been parking the wheelchair and g had been using the GAC with us to either use the FP lane or we'd walk the queue. Well at IASW, they were very insistent that he could stay in the wheelchair, so we headed to the wheel chair entrance. Well the entrance is right next to the exit ramp. Yes ramp. So I'm pushing (more like holding back) the wheelchair as its headed down the ramp, after it was drizzly and raining and what happens???? I slipped on the ramp with all that downward force and fell on my bum in the middle of the ramp on the way down, while people were walking up the ramp. I was so embarrassed. We got down the ramp and went through the ride. Wow the differences between DL and DW! IASW had been closed when I was there last year, so this was my first time going on it here.

From there we headed over to LTT for lunch, after being seated and ordering our food a family entered. Now this wasn't any family, there was a mother, a father, and a screaming son. The whole time from the moment they entered I hoped they weren't going to be sitting anywhere near us. And where did they get sat? At the table right next to us! :scared1: They tried to pacify him with crayons and paper and it worked for about 15 seconds and then he started screaming again. In the meantime, his parents had ordered meals. b went to the restroom and wash her hands, g went to the restroom and washed his hands, and then I went to wash my hands. While upstairs in the restroom with the door shut, I could still hear him yelling just as loud as when I had been sitting at the table next to him. I felt so bad for g and b still being at the table. I got back down and within five minutes or so, FINALLY the dad decided to take the kid out of the restaurant and the mom asked for everything to be packed up for them to go. I had never been so happy!

Shortly after they food arrived to go, our waitress came over and apologized for ignoring us but she wanted to get them out of the restaurant and we all appreciated that! I got the pot roast, g got the tri-corner sandwich, and b got the salad. b then asked the waitress if there was bacon in the salad, because it didn't say there was bacon in the salad in the menu. The waitress said no, there is no bacon in the salad, but I can double check with the kitchen to make sure. This continued for a few minutes before the waitress suggested maybe it was the cheese since its a smoked cheddar. Turns out that was what was making b think there was bacon in the salad. g ate about half his sandwich, b ate half her salad, and I ate enough pot roast with giving b and g a bite that it wasn't worth taking home. We got their entrees packed and at some point during the meal b complained about how expensive the food was. :headache: so I paid for everyone's meal since I didn't want to listen to people complaining (c'mon people you saw the prices when you ordered!) for the rest of the day.

We headed out and were just about to enter the new queue for the Haunted Mansion, when g got a call. So b and I entered the queue and left g behind.

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We picked up g who was still on his phone at the exit and we backtracked to go on Peter Pan. I still love flying over London! We then made our way over to Frontierland and my next update!
 
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Please enjoy our one ride in Frontierland. Hang in there, its pretty dark and loud in the beginning. You're about to ride the wildest ride in the wilderness!

 
I definitely can't wait to see the new queue for the Haunted Mansion, it looks awesome! (And yes, I can tear myself away from Epcot to check it out...for a little bit ;) :laughing: )
 
I love the video...made me smile. Thanks!!! BTMRR is one of my favorite rides!!! G's commentary is hilarious. :goodvibes

I am glad your neighboring family made their way out of the restaurant. I fear that had they not.....:confused3
 
I definitely can't wait to see the new queue for the Haunted Mansion, it looks awesome! (And yes, I can tear myself away from Epcot to check it out...for a little bit ;) :laughing: )

I'm sure you'll find the strength to get away from Epcot for a couple days.

I love the video...made me smile. Thanks!!! BTMRR is one of my favorite rides!!! G's commentary is hilarious. :goodvibes

I am glad your neighboring family made their way out of the restaurant. I fear that had they not.....:confused3

I'm glad I could make you smile, I know the last few days have been tough.
 
After our ride on BTMRR, we headed towards Adventureland! No one felt like getting wet on Splash Mountain, well b and g minded, I didn't really care as long as I wasn't in the front row like last year!

We had a date with a Mr. Jack Sparrow, whom b was very excited to see. As we exited, we spent some time playing in the gift shop and then we let b take some pictures of Mr. Jack Sparrow himself during the pirates tutorial. From there we headed over to the flying carpets.

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I also thought it might be fun to take photos in sports continous here. Eh, the photos weren't as fun filled, but one I just noticed has Splash and BTMRR in the background.

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We then checked out the Tiki Room, which I liked. And now I'm singing at work "In the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room, in the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room, all the birds play and the flowers bloom in the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room". By this time it was almost 4pm and we have covered the basics in 4 lands and I wanted to get out of MK before the hoards of MNSSHP guests came to mix and mingle with day guests. So we loaded up, headed out and ended up here

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At HS, this was the only day that Fanstamic! was not showing this week, and it was closing at 7 or 8? So we could have an early night. I wanted to try RnRC for the first time ever and check out Characterpoolza, which I can never spell right for the life of me. When we got there it was about 4:30pm, so knowing b wasn't going to want to hang out while I met characters that I really wanted to see, I sent b and g off to do ToT and RnRC while I did Characterpoolza and told them to meet me at TSMM. So while they went off and did their thing I got to enjoy this!

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Phew! Round #1 down and waiting for round #2 I decided to meet up with Pooh since his queue was the shortest. Afterwards, Round 2 started and I met....

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As I stepped out from my high of character meetings, I saw I had a missed call from g by about 2 minutes, so I called him back and we arranged to meet up.

Up Next: What's the 1st ride we go on together and what to do in the evening.
 
Great updates! Loved the BTMR video.

I cannot believe all the characters you saw. :thumbsup2 Where was that at? I've never seen that many in one spot.
 
What cute head band! :goodvibes

And I can't believe all the characters you saw. I love Meeko (sp?) Very cool you got to see him/her (I can't remember..it is a boy, right?)
 
Great updates! Loved the BTMR video.

I cannot believe all the characters you saw. :thumbsup2 Where was that at? I've never seen that many in one spot.

There are a few more funny videos to share with you guys. This would be why I said there might be more at the Art of Animation if you go at the right time.:rolleyes1 Search the DISboards for Character poolza. :rolleyes1

What cute head band! :goodvibes

And I can't believe all the characters you saw. I love Meeko (sp?) Very cool you got to see him/her (I can't remember..it is a boy, right?)

Oh I got a few other pieces of headwear this trip too. Meeko I think is a boy, since he doesn't talk I guess its up to you to decide? He likes playing with the headband, because in true raccoon form its shiny. I'm really hoping to get another update done tonight. I moved where I was sitting at work and now there are more people around. If BF isn't home, I should be free!
 
That was nice of you to pay for everyone's lunch at LTT...you kind of have to expect things to be expensive when you're at Disney! :confused3 That's why I like doing the dining plan, I don't even really look at prices of food, because it's already paid for!

Great character pics! I want a picture with those penguins SOOOOO bad!!! I can never find them, I go to the places people say they are and I can still never find them! I'll have to try Characterpalooza sometime! :thumbsup2
 
Great updates! Love the character pictures!

I really like meeting the characters, its just helps immerse me more in the Disney experience, rather than we're in a theme park let's get all the rides in.

That was nice of you to pay for everyone's lunch at LTT...you kind of have to expect things to be expensive when you're at Disney! :confused3 That's why I like doing the dining plan, I don't even really look at prices of food, because it's already paid for!

Great character pics! I want a picture with those penguins SOOOOO bad!!! I can never find them, I go to the places people say they are and I can still never find them! I'll have to try Characterpalooza sometime! :thumbsup2

Well with getting the AP I bought TIW for my trips. Since the dining plan says it can save you up to 20%, but with TIW you are saving 20% and they figure out the tip and everything. Plus it includes drinks! Even though, I really don't drink, I'm a lightweight.

I saw those penguins everywhere! You'll have to try Characterpalooza, I'm not sure about December since Fnatasmic is at 6:30pm, but maybe your May trip?

You got to meet some pretty cool characters! Great pics!

Yeah I was pretty excited, but it gets better in the coming days. :rolleyes1
 

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