Catherine & Jesse - PJ & TR: TR Day 2 - hair & make up trial, updated 11/5

It was about 4:00 when we left Franck’s. We went back to POP to change and went back out to MK for the P&PP. We’ve never been to the P&PP before so I was pretty excited about it.

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Once we got in, we headed towards Adventureland because I wanted to get in line for the Captain Jack Sparrow meet and greet. I’ve heard the line can get really long so I wanted to get there early. It looked like it was going to start pouring so we took a sat down in the El Pirata y el Perico seating area to wait for the rain pass. It started POURING….

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Of course I forgot to bring the ponchos, so we just waited until the rain let up. Once it was finally down to a light drizzle we started walking towards the meet & greet line. There was no line at all – we walked right inside.

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When we were done with the meet & greet, we started walking towards HM. The rain had stopped and I noticed how empty the park was. There was practically no one around! It was weird –

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We found a treasure spot and decided to go in and see what they were giving out. We got some candy necklaces, beads, and a paper tiara/pirate hat. They reminded me of the paper crowns that they use to have at Burger King. After HM, we went on IASW. Again, surprised at how empty Fantasyland was…

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We then walked over to Toontown to see if there were any characters out.

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We got to meet Daisy and Minnie in their princess princess: gear.

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I love taking pictures with characters! DF is really good about giving me my character time and is usually the one who takes the pictures. He’s not really a picture person. So after he took the picture of Minnie and me, we were getting ready to move on when Minnie came over, grabbed DF’s hand and pulled him over for a picture. It was really cute.

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When went on a few more rides (all walk on) and then we over towards main street to get a spot for the parade. I did take some pictures, but they all came out really dark – after awhile I just gave up because none of the pictures were coming out good.

After the parade, we had some time before the fireworks, so we went to Cosmic Rays to get some dinner. I was still really full from all that food at the tasting, so I just got a kids chicken nuggets. DF got a burger. We went back out towards main street to get a spot for the fireworks. I really like the fireworks, but DF said he liked Wishes better. I think we left the party around 11:00 or 11:30. We were exhausted! We hopped on our bus and headed back to POP.

Up Next: Our last full day at Disney :sad1:
 
:yay: we enjoyed P&PP too! Love daisy as a princess!

btw- the food looks delicious! We tried alot of the same stuff!
 
April 5, 2008 - Day 3

Today was our last full day and we were going to spend it at the parks. But first we were going to have breakfast at Kona! :banana: After reading all the great reviews about the Tonga toast – I knew I had to try it. We arrived right on time for our 10:00am ADR and were seated almost right away. I ordered the Tonga toast and Jesse ordered the Big Kahuna.

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The Tonga toast was so good and really filling too. I think I still had about a quarter of it left. I had some of Jesse’s pineapple pancakes and those were really good too. After Kona, we went to AK and just took our time walking around. We didn’t really go on any rides, except Dinosaur. We spent most of our time in the stores and just looking around. After AK we went back to POP to rest for a little bit because it was getting kind of hot and it looked like it was going to rain again.

On the way back to the room, Jesse stopped at the food court to pick up a tie-dyed cheesecake.
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We took a little nap back at the room and got ready to leave for Epcot. When we got off the bus at Epcot, it started pouring. Luckily I brought the ponchos this time :woohoo:. So, we put our ponchos on and walked through the rain. As we were going in to Epcot, a lot of people were leaving. We went on Spaceship Earth since it was the closest ride to the entrance. This was one of my favorite rides. I haven’t been on SSE since the refurbishment so I was excited about. Some of the updates on the ride were great. All the animatronics look much more real now. I was kind of disappointed with the second half of the ride though. Its just not the same anymore. I won’t go into detail about it – just in case there are some people that haven’t been on it yet.

When we came out of SSE, it was still raining – we headed over to the Land pavilion. We went on Living with the Land (love that ride) and then went over to Sunshine Seasons to get some food. Soarin had an hour wait and no more fast passes, so we skipped that ride. I got the kids chicken leg and mashed potatoes, Jesse got a turkey sandwich and a kids noodles and sweet & sour chicken.

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I love Sunshine Seasons. There is a lot of variety and the food is always pretty good. When we left the Land, it had finally stopped raining. We decided to walk around WS for a little bit. We went on the Grand Fiesta Tour in Mexico and Maelstrom in Norway. We then shopped for a little bit at Mouse Gears and finally went over to get a spot for Illuminations. Illuminations was at 9:00 that night and Wishes was at 10. After Illuminations, I wanted to run over to MK to catch Wishes. While on the monorail, it started raining again. We just didn’t feel like walking through the rain again, so we headed back to POP. Back at the room, we started packing to go back home the next day. :sad1:

April 6, 2008 - Day 4

We checked out at 11:30 and checked in our suitcases. We had some breakfast at the POP food court and hopped on the bus to Downtown Disney. Of course it started raining again, so we just hurried along into each store. As we were walking towards the West side, we saw Cooks of Dublin and decided to stop for lunch. I got the fish and chips, Jesse got the sausage and chicken with chips.

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The fish was really good, sausage was ok, but I didn’t try the chicken. After lunch, we went back to POP to get on the Magical Express and went home.
I can’t wait to go back in October!
 

Everything looks wonderful, Catherine! BTW, how is that tie-dyed cheesecake? Can you taste the food coloring? :)
 
Your food for the wedding LOOKS so good

Mmm, it tasted really good too. You're going to love going to you PS!

Everything looks wonderful, Catherine! BTW, how is that tie-dyed cheesecake? Can you taste the food coloring? :)

Thanks Cam. The cheesecake was actually pretty good. It tasted like a regular cheesecake, no food coloring flavor at all. :thumbsup2

I love the fish and Chips there

The fish and chips were really good. I wanted to try the fish and chips in UK also but didn't make it to that side of WS because of all the rain :guilty:
 
How was the parmesan crusted Chicken and the mahi mahi?? I am planning to have that?
 
How was the parmesan crusted Chicken and the mahi mahi?? I am planning to have that?

The parmesan crusted chicken was delicious! That is going to be one of our entrees. We are doing a duo plate. The mahi mahi was pretty good too. It went really well with the mango chutney. We decided not to go with the fish because DF and a few people in our family don't like fish. You should still try it though.
 
Hey Catherine - everything looks great! :thumbsup2 We got back from our PS last night.:sad1:

We chose the almond cake & amaretto mousse for our bottom layer - that one is really good.

We also went to Kona's for breakfast one day - what an awesome place. My DF had the french toast and I had the eggs benedict...yummy food!

I agree with you on the SSE - I don't think the second half is as good as it used to be. I don't think the music is as good either.

I'm right there with you waiting for October!!
 
Hey Catherine - everything looks great! :thumbsup2 We got back from our PS last night.:sad1:

We chose the almond cake & amaretto mousse for our bottom layer - that one is really good.

We also went to Kona's for breakfast one day - what an awesome place. My DF had the french toast and I had the eggs benedict...yummy food!

I agree with you on the SSE - I don't think the second half is as good as it used to be. I don't think the music is as good either.

I'm right there with you waiting for October!!

Thanks Jennifer! I'm glad you enjoyed Kona! I might try to squeeze that in the October trip too :thumbsup2
 
WOW your PJ is great. All the food you have picked for the wedding looks so amazing, i'm drooling!!

What did the tropical mousse filling taste like?? Where there chunks of fruit in it? it sounds so yummy!!

Jennifer
 
WOW your PJ is great. All the food you have picked for the wedding looks so amazing, i'm drooling!!

What did the tropical mousse filling taste like?? Where there chunks of fruit in it? it sounds so yummy!!

Jennifer

Thanks for reading Jennifer! The tropical mousse is really good. It has a mango flavor. DF and I love mangos, so it was pefect for our top layer. There were no chunks of fruit in it although you can add fresh strawberries or raspberries to some of the other fillings they have. For example, we are adding fresh strawberries to the bavarian cream on the bottom layer of our cake.
 
6 months....Now the time will really fly! (I hope so)!
 
I can't believe your at the 6 month mark!!!:banana: It will be here before you know it!
 















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