Celebrating 10 years of marriage with the mouse: Photopass Pics Added

[vdarrell]

Loving the TR.
Pictures of Colby are so adorable even when he is holding "poop"

If I'd taken that picture when my son was little I could just imagine him telling everyone"we went on vacaton and my mommy let me hold Disney animal POOP and took a picture of it" he always did have away with mixing up the facts.

You have a very sweet family.
Ready and waiting to read more.

 

[sunshine43]

Wowowow!! That was a great trip report and now I really can't wait till January. Thanks so much for sharing. Your little boy is adorable.

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robin

 

[sunshine43]

oops

 

[mansionterror]

I'm still here too! Loving your report - great pictures and Colby is just adorable - he has some great poses! Looking forward to more.

Hey Michelle! I knew you had to be around here somewhere. Colby has always been a poser when it comes to photos, good for me since I love to take them!

Loving the TR.
Pictures of Colby are so adorable even when he is holding "poop"

If I'd taken that picture when my son was little I could just imagine him telling everyone"we went on vacaton and my mommy let me hold Disney animal POOP and took a picture of it" he always did have away with mixing up the facts.

You have a very sweet family.
Ready and waiting to read more.

That is funny! I could imagine Colby doing something just like that.

Wowowow!! That was a great trip report and now I really can't wait till January. Thanks so much for sharing. Your little boy is adorable.

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robin

Thanks Sunshine! I hope you will write a report when you come back...we have never been in January.

 

[mansionterror]

This morning was an early morning because we were going back to the Magic Kingdom to have breakfast at Crystal Palace. This is the only ADR we had for the trip and we did it to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. Upon arrival at the gates of the Magic Kingdom it took some time to figure out where to go, after having a cast member yell at us for going under the rope, which we were told to do by another cast member we were finally on our way up mainstreet. It was so quiet and peaceful that I wish we would have had more time to soak it all in but alas we had to rush as we had a date with Pooh and friends.

When I made our ressie I told the cm that we were celebrating an anniversary, I wasn't really expecting anything but wanted it noted. After waiting for what seemed like an eternity our name was called and we were lead to our table next to a bank of windows in the room to the left. The last time we ate there our window looked over the porch and I will tell you it is no fun trying to eat while kids are staring at you through the window. This time we got lucky as no-one could look through our window. As we arrived at the table we were greeted by this:

Colby's attempt at a picture

Our waitress explained everything about the breakfast and let us know that Pooh was on his way. I will tell you know that it was a good 20 minutes before Colby and I got to eat. The characters came so quickly that we just couldn’t get up and go get food. There was a lot to choose from and we definately got our fill! Here are our pictures with the crew.

[Colby waiting for Pooh

When we were about finished James took Colby to the bathroom and our waitress just kept coming by and asking where “Dad” was, I was beginning to become suspicious of her. Finally they come back and Tigger was making his rounds again. Here comes the waitress with a cupcake (With candle) and a certificate to celebrate our anniversary, she tells Tigger and he shakes James’s hand and then poses for a picture with the two of us to celebrate. This would not be the only time we received special treatment because of our anniversary.

Continues in next post.

 

[mansionterror]

The park opened while we were at breakfast so we walked out into droves of people, that didn’t keep us from taking our time and really just soaking it all in. To me it was kind of funny to watch as people made the mad dash into the park. With full stomachs we ventured out into the world!

Remember that cupcake...Colby only eats icing so here he is feeding the cake part to the ducks.

I love the castle just like this, I sincerely hope Disney doesn't slap a big birthday hat on it for the new celebration.

We decided to head towards Liberty Square to ride Haunted Mansion once again. I stopped and noticed the Liberty Tree for the first time. James and Colby got into a bit of trouble on the way.

Finally we arrived at the Haunted Mansion. Colby loves this ride so much and very seriously takes the statement that a Ghost will follow you home. As a matter of fact he talks about our Ghost a lot and even drew him in a family picture he made at school.

As we headed back towards Frontierland, we caught Woody’s roundup and decided to wait for Woody and Jessie to do a meet afterwards. That is a bad place to wait, directly in the sun and we were sweating! Colby wasn’t really in to meeting Jessie but she made such a big deal about his Buzz Lightyear shirt that he couldn’t help but love her.

At this point Splash was a walk on so we decided to ride. Colby sat with me this year and he had a blast. He kept his eyes open and said he had a great time. We were going to ride BTM but the line was long so we headed to Tomorrowland and ran into someone special!

Buzz loved Colby’s shirt and came over to me to point at by anniversary button, we got a lot of attention from characters with those buttons. After we met buzz we saw that Stitch was out and decided to go and see him. Stitch is another favorite of ours; he is always so much fun! While waiting our turn the photopass photographer noticed my pin and my shirt, she asked me how many years and then gave me a tinkerbell pin as a congrats! Gotta love those pins.

Continues in next post.

 

[mkluvsmickey]

Love your CP pictures - how nice that you had so many nice anniversary surprises! Your pictures are all so nice and clear!

Looking forward to more.

 

[mansionterror]

We decided it was time to grab some lunch so we stopped off at Cosmic Rays. We ordered our food and received two free desserts because of our pins, yippee these pins are AWESOME!! We ate our lunch and tried decide where to head next. We decided to head over to Toontown Fair to meet some old friends.

We got on the train at Toontown and rode back around to Mainstreet where we headed over to fantasy land to ride Small World again (Colby loved this ride).

We headed back around to Adventureland and met up with Captain Hook and Mr. Smee (they were not thrilled with my tink shirt or hat). We stopped in frontierland to listen to the band and bird watch and then headed on out of the park, the park closed early on this night due to the P & P Party. Colby fell asleep in his stroller waiting on the ferry and slept all the way back to the room.

Next up Lights, Camera and a Meltdown.

P.S. I will have photopass pics to add as soon as I get them uploaded.

 

[mansionterror]

Love your CP pictures - how nice that you had so many nice anniversary surprises! Your pictures are all so nice and clear!

Looking forward to more.

Thanks Michelle! I just have a Kodak Easyshare but it really does a nice job on most photos.

 

[mkluvsmickey]

Thanks Michelle! I just have a Kodak Easyshare but it really does a nice job on most photos.

That is good to hear! I am in the market for a new camera but don't want anything expensive or complicated. I think what I have now is a Kodak Easyshare - but an old one.

Love the picture of Colby on Small World - he looks so happy! And I always love the sleeping kid pics!

 

[disneyfun2007]

Great report so far. Your son is so adorable. Your family is beautiful and I love your pictures. I can't wait for more

 

[mansionterror]

That is good to hear! I am in the market for a new camera but don't want anything expensive or complicated. I think what I have now is a Kodak Easyshare - but an old one.

Love the picture of Colby on Small World - he looks so happy! And I always love the sleeping kid pics!

I have had mine for several years and I really need to update it, but I can't complain it has been a good camera. I honestly think Colby would have rode SW all day if we let him!

Great report so far. Your son is so adorable. Your family is beautiful and I love your pictures. I can't wait for more

Thanks! There are more pictures than words but I can't help it I love taking pictures!

 

[mansionterror]

Good grief...it has been a whole month since I updated this last. I will do my best to get an update up and running before the end of the week!

 

[mansionterror]

Since we are leaving tomorrow for our short Thanksgiving trip I thought I would try to get in an update...

Day 6: We started this day out at Disney Hollywood Studios, there aren’t many rides we do here so we kinda moved at a leisurely pace. We also met a lot of characters so prepare for lots of character pics. We got a times guide and headed over to the Streets of America to meet the Power Rangers. I stopped to pose next to a poster of my favorite show outside of the ABC Commissary.

We noticed that there were photopass photogs out in droves so we grabbed a few fun shots near Star Tours and headed over to get in line to meet the Red Ranger! RR loved Colby’s shirt and showed him how to pose.

After meeting the rangers we got a few photos on the streets and met Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable.
S.O.A. pics

With no real touring plan in mind we did the back and forth sort of thing. We rode star tours and caught a glimpse of the Jedi Training Academy. We also met Chip and Dale at the big hat. I just happened to be wearing my C & D shirt which got me a lot of attention. Chip thought it was so funny that Dale was the wrong color. They loved Colby’s power ranger shirt so they posed appropriately.

I'll post another update when we come back. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

 

[mrsksomeday]

I love your trip report!! Colby is adorable, your pics are great, I hope you continue your report!!

 

[mkluvsmickey]

All caught up finally! I love your Chip & Dale shirt! They are always so funny when you meet them!

 

[mansionterror]

I love your trip report!! Colby is adorable, your pics are great, I hope you continue your report!!

Aww Tracy thanks for coming over to read my report...as you already know I am enjoying yours. I am about to be off work for a week due to the holidays so my hope is to finish it during that time.

All caught up finally! I love your Chip & Dale shirt! They are always so funny when you meet them!

Hi Michelle!! Glad you have been able to read everything...I was afraid that people had given up on it since I hadn't posted in awhile. Chip & Dale are my favs because they interact so much with adults and children alike.

 

[mansionterror]

We headed over to Pixar Place to check the wait time of TSMM, it has a 20 minute line so we decided to hop on in. The que for this ride is amazing, we had so much fun just checking out the details. As we approached Mr. Potato Head we noticed that he was picking on people. Once we got in site we were picked on twice! First he noticed our pins and had the entire crowd wish us a Happy Anniversary then he singled me out. “Hey lady in the tan shirt, yeah you the one pretending that I am not talking about her, the top of your hat is missing, if anyone has seen the top of this lady’s hat let her know”. He had a field day with my sunvisor! It was loads of fun and Colby got a kick out of it!

Pics from the cue:

We loved the ride, James and Colby rode together and I ended up with a single rider who happened to recognize me from Mr. Potato's picking earlier. She and I had a good chance to get to know each other when we got stuck on the ride for about 20 minutes. I thought Colby would go berserk and take James down with him.

Next we headed over to wait in line for Mator and Lightnening McQueen, I am glad they moved these guys it was hot in that line! We also met Sully and Mike and then headed back over to ABC for lunch. I honestly do not know why we torture ourselves by eating there…it is the worst counter service on property! Colby and I headed into the Animator’s studio in hopes of meeting the incredibles but Frozone was there.

Once we were done here we headed over to the big rides (at some point during the day we grabbed fast passes for TOT and RRC). This is where the meltdown comes in to play. The last time we were in Disney we took Colby on TOT, he didn’t care for it. As soon as the Tower came into view Colby started crying…he was not going on that ride and we could not make him. We got some stares from people during that episode. We explained that we would take turns and he didn’t have to ride. So James and I took turns going solo. It is funny how more independent you become as an adult…no way I would have waited in line by myself when I was a teen. I LOVE TOT so I didn’t mind going solo. After James took his turn he went to use his RRC pass while Colby and I headed back over to meet the Incredibles. We also met Sorceror Mickey and played in the studio while we waited for James to come back.

Colby and I had a lot of fun in the studio...we found out which character we were most like and lent our voices to the characters of the lion king.

Once James showed up (he milled around in the gift shop after his ride) we headed to the GMR a family favorite of ours. After we became part of the movies we headed back out to the hat to meet Minnie and Max as well as Aladdin and Jasmine. Colby received his second kiss from Jasmine and again I got the picture to prove it!

At this point James was ready to go as he was itching to go to DTD so we back to the room for a quick rest and refresh and then headed to shoppers paradise! James disappeared for quite a while in World of Disney while Colby and I shopped for gifts for his teachers. James came back with an anniversary gift for me…a Mickey head necklace. I was very touched and surprised that the did that for me. We all picked out souvies and then headed to Goofy’s Candy Company to make our own treats. Colby and I both got Rice Crispies treats and James got a big cookie. We headed back Pop to get ready for our last day at Disney.

Up next our last day in the parks.

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Stopping by to check out your report. I already looked at all the pictures. Colby is a cutie pie! Looks like you had a super fun June trip. Are you going to add Thanksgiving too? You should.

 

[mansionterror]

Stopping by to check out your report. I already looked at all the pictures. Colby is a cutie pie! Looks like you had a super fun June trip. Are you going to add Thanksgiving too? You should.

Thanks for stopping in!! I may do a Thanksgiving report since this one is almost done and we aren't going back to June. It was a short trip due to work constraints but still trip worthy!