DisneyCP2002
<font color=deeppink>I always am excited when 7 pm
- Joined
- May 30, 2002
- Messages
- 6,996
Day Seven: December 17, 2003
The Plan: Check out of Pop Century, Disney-MGM Studios all day, lunch at 50's Prime Time Cafe.
My wake up call came at 8 am and I was up and at em. I had called last night for baggage pick up and knew they'd be here shortly so I quickly assessed my baggage situation to make sure I hadn't forgot anything and then checked the door for express checkout. While I was going over my bill, baggage services came and stowed my gear for me. I did notice one discrepincy on my bill so off to the front desk I went.
Somehow my tour was charged to my room key instead of being used for a magical wish. The front desk was able to right the situation and gave me an extra wish for the trouble. I thanked them for the great stay and bid adieu one last time to Pop Century.
At the bus stop the studios bus was waiting for me so I hopped on one of my last bus rides of the trip. From Pop Century it is only about a 5 minute drive to the front of the studios so we were there in no time. It had been misting off and on that morning but I was still hopeful that all of Indiana Jones would go on. They were able to do the whole show so I had an enjoyable time watching the whole production once again.
After the show was over I made my way to 50's Primetime in hopes I could get seated earlier than noon. I got checked in a few minutes before they opened and was seated almost immediatly after they opened for lunch. I had a wonderful server, she sat down at the table and we gabbed about my day, how I liked the parks, and just general fun. She made sure I ordered an appitizer since it came with my wish, and I had the brischon(sp?) cheese plate. That was very delicious and I saved some of the toast that came with it for later on the plane. For my main course I had my favorite, Mom's fried Chicken. I was able to eat almost all of it but my auntie Claire was nice enough to bring me a to go box for the plane. She did scold me a couple of times for not eating my beans and for putting my feet up LOL I had the smores for dessert and they were heavenly. I definetly give this place high marks on everything!
Since I was able to have lunch earlier than expected, I was able to make the next showing of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. I didn't ask for the fastest finger row since I wanted to be able to watch the interpreter. I never did make it onto the leader board this game but I had fun no less.
It had actually turned off rather cold during the day and I decided to opt out of the Backlot tour since I had already seen it once. I instead went to the 1:15 showing of Beauty and the Beast. I love this presentation and it definetly didn't disappoint. Four for a Dollar was wonderful as always with some christmas tunes and they even sang to a girl who having her birthday today. I love this show!
The Magic of Disney Animation was my next stop and I made it over even before the interpreter did. It was just as fun as on Sunday and this time I learned how to draw Goofy. We also saw a couple of animators at work but they were mostly just doing some clean up work on some art nothing major. It was nice though to see some there.
I made a couple of purchases in the store and then made my way toward the ABC theater where I would bid farewell to my interpreter friends for the last time this trip. I was really wishing I would be able to stay and see the parade but I knew I'd be cutting it very close if I did. I said my goodbyes to my friends and wished them well. I found a Pop Century bus waiting on me at the bus stop and we made it back to the hotel in plenty of time. I looked around in the gift shop one last time making sure I hadn't missed something I needed. At four my driver arrived and we made the trip to MCO.
Our plane was late arriving at MCO so we were 30 minutes late taking off. Luckily we got some good air and only arrived 10 minutes late. My parents met me at baggage claim and I was home by midnight.
Best Moment(s): Auntie Claire at 50's Primetime
Worst Moment(s): None
Final Thoughts:
Well this trip has come to an end and it doesn't look like I'll be back to WDW for a few years to come. I really had a very enjoyable time even if there were some bad moments. Christmas is the very best time to go if you have the time and the week I went was perfect crowd wise.
Resturant and Resort Reviews will come shortly but I wanted to hit the highlights.
Best Food: 50's PrimeTime
Best Service: Hollywood and Vine
Character Interaction: Donald's Breakfastsarous
Quick Seating during day: Garden Grill
Also I've had a few people inquire about my link with the interpreter's. I am not hard of hearing nor am I deaf to start off with. I am though a teacher and a novice at ASL. At my home church I work with children and I teach them basic ASL and we have even done some things in church. When I graduate from college I plan on moving possibly to Florida to pursue my dream to teach children with hearing difficultes ASL.
I discovered the interpreter's last year during my College Program stint. I believe the first time I ever saw them interpret a show was Cinderella's Surprise Celebration. I had to find out more so my next stop was Guest Services. I inquired about whether these interpreter's were on a schedule within the park or did they only do special occassions. The guest services person handed me a two page printout with all the parks listed. I was surprised to learn just how much stuff they did interpret. From that point forward I tried on my days off to go to some of the shows that were being interpreted that day. I struck up a conversation with one of the interpreter's one day named Brian and the rest is history. If you have a love for watching some interpret, you are in need of their services, or just are interested in seeing what I'm talking about I highly suggest you go to Guest Services on your next trip and ask them for a schedule. They will be very happy to help.
I really hope my reports haven't been boring and actually have been a good read. I tried to include as much information as I could. My next Disney trip for sure will be Disneyland in 2005 for the 50th anniversary celebration. I "might" make a disney cruise next year but that's still in the tentative stages at this point. May all your days be magical.
The Plan: Check out of Pop Century, Disney-MGM Studios all day, lunch at 50's Prime Time Cafe.
My wake up call came at 8 am and I was up and at em. I had called last night for baggage pick up and knew they'd be here shortly so I quickly assessed my baggage situation to make sure I hadn't forgot anything and then checked the door for express checkout. While I was going over my bill, baggage services came and stowed my gear for me. I did notice one discrepincy on my bill so off to the front desk I went.
Somehow my tour was charged to my room key instead of being used for a magical wish. The front desk was able to right the situation and gave me an extra wish for the trouble. I thanked them for the great stay and bid adieu one last time to Pop Century.
At the bus stop the studios bus was waiting for me so I hopped on one of my last bus rides of the trip. From Pop Century it is only about a 5 minute drive to the front of the studios so we were there in no time. It had been misting off and on that morning but I was still hopeful that all of Indiana Jones would go on. They were able to do the whole show so I had an enjoyable time watching the whole production once again.
After the show was over I made my way to 50's Primetime in hopes I could get seated earlier than noon. I got checked in a few minutes before they opened and was seated almost immediatly after they opened for lunch. I had a wonderful server, she sat down at the table and we gabbed about my day, how I liked the parks, and just general fun. She made sure I ordered an appitizer since it came with my wish, and I had the brischon(sp?) cheese plate. That was very delicious and I saved some of the toast that came with it for later on the plane. For my main course I had my favorite, Mom's fried Chicken. I was able to eat almost all of it but my auntie Claire was nice enough to bring me a to go box for the plane. She did scold me a couple of times for not eating my beans and for putting my feet up LOL I had the smores for dessert and they were heavenly. I definetly give this place high marks on everything!
Since I was able to have lunch earlier than expected, I was able to make the next showing of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. I didn't ask for the fastest finger row since I wanted to be able to watch the interpreter. I never did make it onto the leader board this game but I had fun no less.
It had actually turned off rather cold during the day and I decided to opt out of the Backlot tour since I had already seen it once. I instead went to the 1:15 showing of Beauty and the Beast. I love this presentation and it definetly didn't disappoint. Four for a Dollar was wonderful as always with some christmas tunes and they even sang to a girl who having her birthday today. I love this show!
The Magic of Disney Animation was my next stop and I made it over even before the interpreter did. It was just as fun as on Sunday and this time I learned how to draw Goofy. We also saw a couple of animators at work but they were mostly just doing some clean up work on some art nothing major. It was nice though to see some there.
I made a couple of purchases in the store and then made my way toward the ABC theater where I would bid farewell to my interpreter friends for the last time this trip. I was really wishing I would be able to stay and see the parade but I knew I'd be cutting it very close if I did. I said my goodbyes to my friends and wished them well. I found a Pop Century bus waiting on me at the bus stop and we made it back to the hotel in plenty of time. I looked around in the gift shop one last time making sure I hadn't missed something I needed. At four my driver arrived and we made the trip to MCO.
Our plane was late arriving at MCO so we were 30 minutes late taking off. Luckily we got some good air and only arrived 10 minutes late. My parents met me at baggage claim and I was home by midnight.
Best Moment(s): Auntie Claire at 50's Primetime
Worst Moment(s): None
Final Thoughts:
Well this trip has come to an end and it doesn't look like I'll be back to WDW for a few years to come. I really had a very enjoyable time even if there were some bad moments. Christmas is the very best time to go if you have the time and the week I went was perfect crowd wise.
Resturant and Resort Reviews will come shortly but I wanted to hit the highlights.
Best Food: 50's PrimeTime
Best Service: Hollywood and Vine
Character Interaction: Donald's Breakfastsarous
Quick Seating during day: Garden Grill
Also I've had a few people inquire about my link with the interpreter's. I am not hard of hearing nor am I deaf to start off with. I am though a teacher and a novice at ASL. At my home church I work with children and I teach them basic ASL and we have even done some things in church. When I graduate from college I plan on moving possibly to Florida to pursue my dream to teach children with hearing difficultes ASL.
I discovered the interpreter's last year during my College Program stint. I believe the first time I ever saw them interpret a show was Cinderella's Surprise Celebration. I had to find out more so my next stop was Guest Services. I inquired about whether these interpreter's were on a schedule within the park or did they only do special occassions. The guest services person handed me a two page printout with all the parks listed. I was surprised to learn just how much stuff they did interpret. From that point forward I tried on my days off to go to some of the shows that were being interpreted that day. I struck up a conversation with one of the interpreter's one day named Brian and the rest is history. If you have a love for watching some interpret, you are in need of their services, or just are interested in seeing what I'm talking about I highly suggest you go to Guest Services on your next trip and ask them for a schedule. They will be very happy to help.
I really hope my reports haven't been boring and actually have been a good read. I tried to include as much information as I could. My next Disney trip for sure will be Disneyland in 2005 for the 50th anniversary celebration. I "might" make a disney cruise next year but that's still in the tentative stages at this point. May all your days be magical.
