City, Sand, and Savanna - Link to new trip report

[marvali]

Why do I work 12 hour days ?? I could be home glued to Glenn's thread awaiting an update so I could be the winner and then listen to Marv whine about why I shouldn't be !!! Pat have you noticed he always congrats others but if you or I win he always challenges it

Oh, like you can remember far enough back to when you or Pat actually won a round of Glenn's contest..........

 

[glennbo123]

Well, we've come to expect it since the kids had to bail you out on the Flying Fish review.

Yeah, and I looked at my notes for the next day of the trip and already see something that I'm going to need them to remind me what my note referred to.

Coincidentally, that's also why I skip soups at most buffets. No need to waste time with soup and salad, aka "filler."

That's where they get ya.

See... you're falling for their trap.

I agree with you regarding salad (like just lettuce salad), but their soups are so good you can't pass them up. What I do is....arrive hungry!

So... are you saying you disappointed Judy by coming back home empty handed?

I don't remember if I found it or not, but I think we may have. So, it must have been some other way that I disappointed her.

Rookie mistake...

I don't remember taking that at all!

I'm sure they wouldn't have gotten the "bonuses" quite so consistently either if it weren't for being such a milestone.

Agreed!

What choice is there to make? It's a buffet!

You're preaching to the choir Andy!

I can't argue with that logic!

Ok, I respect your destruction of the dessert buffet. I can forgive the fact that you had 5 soups and a bunch of salads. It still isn't quite enough to make me overlook the tofu.

I understand. I'm putting on the "cone of shame" right now.

It's the moon's fault.

Blame must be placed.

Does this mean you point out another well known "secret" passage?

You'll have to wait. All will be revealed soon enough.

Nice job, and good that you learned from your previous contest mistake of reading the update instead of posting your answer first...........

Reading is overrated!

 

[glennbo123]

Finally on the board!

And Mark missed out on an opportunity to add to his point total to go to Aulani... sucker.


I are smart!

You dun did it!

Oh I bet Mark will be SO kicking himself when he returns and finds out.......

I know...the poor guy. He's probably waking up early due to those darned "crashing wave" noises right now.

Thanks! I do have to say that I like the idea of first on/first off on the bus front. That would be nice.

I think we may try it for May. We are planning on 10 days, so we may end up doing a split stay with somewhere else anyway, but we'll probably try it for part of the trip at least. We don't eat at the Mara a lot at all, so that's not a big deal. We may have one Boma or Jiko meal, but we've been saying we want to try Sanaa, too, so if we are there, it would be easier.

Good, I know you'll like it. It sounds like restaurant-wise it doesn't really matter, so yes, try it out!

Thanks again!

(And try the salad! It's good! But don't blame me if you don't like it. )

You are most welcome. Okay, I'll try to remember for next time.

 

[glennbo123]

I would love to try Boma but.........

I keep seeing all the peanut, peas, mustard, tomatoes and who know what else is on the allergy list and I get a little scared.

I would have to bring the whole list and have the chef come out and I don't know if I want to take up that much of his time.

Good point. You are forbidden to get anywhere near Boma. You'd need to have an epi-pen at the ready.

Oh and since no one said it
1 Judy - 1st pic 1st post - Yes I know Andy got this one

0 Judys- 2nd post. but not this one

Well, Andy kinda said this. The Rules Committee said close enough.

Why do I work 12 hour days ?? I could be home glued to Glenn's thread awaiting an update so I could be the winner and then listen to Marv whine about why I shouldn't be !!! Pat have you noticed he always congrats others but if you or I win he always challenges it

I don't know why either...the alternative that you mentioned sounds like bliss!

Oh, like you can remember far enough back to when you or Pat actually won a round of Glenn's contest..........

Don't ask me to go back looking, I don't have that kinda time!

Catching up...

Once again, I'm reading a Boma segment of a Glennbo trip report and wishing I had children who ate more than chicken nuggets and grilled cheese.

Now that you bring it up, I remember you mentioning that before. It is kind of expensive to bring them and have them just load up on chicken fingers.

I WILL make it to Boma some day! DH and I might actually take a long weekend trip in December for our 40th bdays, and it'd be sans kids, so maybe I'll get to it then!

Sounds like a great goal! If not Boma, at least some other places and things that you wouldn't do with the kids. Ooo, I know...maybe a tour like Wild Africa Trek. (Not that I've done it, but that's what I'd do, sans kids.)

Between those pics and the Dole Whips, I'm ready for a snack. Seeing as it's after 10 pm, though, I'll just have to hold myself back.

Good self-discipline!

I like your redneck ride photos. I never remember to make a face at the right time, so all of my crazy faces are real, unfortunately.

From the comments on here it sounds like some of my readers don't believe that all of my crazy faces aren't real!

I did annoy someone at LEGOLAND in Chicago when I tried to take a picture of our ride picture over spring break. She saw what I was doing and immediately changed the pictures to the next riders. DH laughed at me - I think he said something about we obviously weren't in Disney.

I believe it. Some of those places need to chill-out with the ride photo pictures. There has only ever been one ride photo that I've wished I'd bought, at Hersheypark, and I didn't take a redneck photo of it but it was good enough to purchase, redneck photo or not. Oh well.

 

[nittanyliongirl02]

Love the arty pictures! If we go in September I'm hoping to finally learn how to use my DSLR that I got for Christmas to take some arty pics myself!

 

[natebenma]

OK, we're going to try it this way. Still need to catch up on some past posts, but I"ll work on keeping up from here forward and go back when I can can.

Had to read the Boma chapter(s). It is my favorite restaurant at Disney, with unique, yummy options. I am very sad that it didn't make the list for the very short Disney portion of our upcoming trip.

I appreciate all of your pictures and descriptions. Looks like you did a pretty good job, even without the notes.

Nice pictures of the resort at night. I especially like the one of the fireplace.

 

[Poolrat]

Oh, like you can remember far enough back to when you or Pat actually won a round of Glenn's contest..........

NICE !!!!!

Good point. You are forbidden to get anywhere near Boma. You'd need to have an epi-pen at the ready.

Probably not THAT bad but I may pay for it in other ways. I would also have spend an hour with the chef and afterwards he may just want to spit in my food anyway.

Well, Andy kinda said this. The Rules Committee said close enough.

BOO! That seems the only way I can get any points lately....

 

[nodnol]

I lovd you detailed report on Boma. I'm a little bit sorry we skipped it last time. But I think, I liked breakfast there even more. But I would need to go back to the old TR to check on that....

 

[RGirl]

Whoa! I got WAY behind again! Stupid real life with it's real-life issues.

I am totally caught up now. I loved reading about Boma - we have only made 2 WDW trips (set for 3 in August, and of course, one DLR trip, one cruise, and another scheduled for August ), and Boma made the list both of those trips - LOVE it. We aren't going this year, and I have to admit to feeling a bit sad about that. I love that place!

I also wanted to say that the PP photos that you got with your folks in MK are absolutely beautiful. You will be so thankful to have those over the years. They are priceless - you are very lucky that they would make this kind of trp with you and enjoy it. Thank you for sharing them.

 

[natebenma]

You’re very welcome. It was a lot of fun to play around with different settings. Enjoy your camera! What kind did you get?

Too funny- your comments about your camera on my PTR and mine here. I got a Canon EoS Rebel T3. I took it to Mexico and had it out one afternoon, but with all the sand and water, it spent most of the time in the safe. I took it out for a photo tour one afternoon, but only on Automatic.

I have just started playing with some of the settings.

I have 3 weeks to Universal/Disney and still trying to figure out how often the big girl camera will make it to the parks. The thing I really love about the waterproofs is not worrying about babying them or getting wet. I'm not looking forward to needing a locker.

 

[natebenma]

I'm caught up on your MK day!!!

"Rain Capes!" Love it!

Also love the photos on Main Street with your parents, just your parents and you two. Really nice shots.

Good for your parents for braving Space Mountain. Sorry your dad did not fare well. How did your mom do?

The dwarf pictures with your parents are cool!

We had same reaction with Ben with the stretching room- the screaming really bothered him. On a couple of trips, we asked the CMs if we could skip the stretching room and they accommodated us. Now we can do the full experience, though.

So you have managed to avoid Pecos Bill all this time? I am not a huge fan. Hecticity is the perfect word for the experience. The boys like PB, but Columbia Harbor House is my go-to.

Love the pictures of the crowds from the BTM queue- and the great pictures on the ride.

You had the best place for the Speedway- taking pictures and not on the actual ride!

for more Space Mountain.

I love how your group is able to break off into smaller subsets to have different experiences.

 

[jecskc]

Loved your night time shots !! Especially the South Carolina reference !! Aww - I love Kidani. It is so peaceful there. We stayed at Jambo on our last trip and I liked being close to the Mara and the main gift shop, but you can't beat the extra room in the Kidani villas. We love AKL.

 

[Millie12591]

Hey Glenn!

Yes, you're seeing things correctly. I've finally hauled myself over here!

Great updates, (I'm all caught up now) and as usual you always take such great photos of your vacation.

I can finally report I've tried a Dole Whip, and yum!! To be honest I'm not sure which I got, it was vanilla soft serve in pineapple juice. I think if I had gotten both as pineapple it would have been too much for me.


Great to see your nephew there.

 

[englishrose47]

Oh, like you can remember far enough back to when you or Pat actually won a round of Glenn's contest..........

Wood that be another Dinasaur joke/crack, Mr Elous !!!

 

[eandesmom]

Mmmn Boma!

Oh I love those soups. Love love love love them!

I would love some right now.

Poor Lauren, I can see where she'd be a bit annoyed...bummed probably more like it but yes, hard to compete.

Nice nighttime shots.

 

[glennbo123]

Love the arty pictures! If we go in September I'm hoping to finally learn how to use my DSLR that I got for Christmas to take some arty pics myself!

I hope you do get to go in September, and that you do learn to use that DSLR! Read the manual and take some practice shots ahead of time, and then go have fun on a little photo tour when you're there.

OK, we're going to try it this way. Still need to catch up on some past posts, but I"ll work on keeping up from here forward and go back when I can can.

Works for me.

Had to read the Boma chapter(s). It is my favorite restaurant at Disney, with unique, yummy options.

Ours too. I agree! I always try to arrive hungry, and leave stuffed!

I am very sad that it didn't make the list for the very short Disney portion of our upcoming trip.

Aw, dang.

I appreciate all of your pictures and descriptions. Looks like you did a pretty good job, even without the notes.

Thanks! Yeah, I don't think there was too much that I couldn't piece together from pictures and menus and stuff.

Nice pictures of the resort at night. I especially like the one of the fireplace.

Thanks Dee!

Probably not THAT bad but I may pay for it in other ways. I would also have spend an hour with the chef and afterwards he may just want to spit in my food anyway.

No, I don't think so. They probably welcome an opportunity to get out of the kitchen for a few minutes.

BOO! That seems the only way I can get any points lately....

Aw, hang in there.

I lovd you detailed report on Boma. I'm a little bit sorry we skipped it last time. But I think, I liked breakfast there even more. But I would need to go back to the old TR to check on that....

Unfortunately, I've never had breakfast there so I can't compare. But we're not real big breakfast people...we're usually just trying to eat something quick so we can get to the parks. I'd love to try that juice at Boma though, that's for sure!

 

[glennbo123]

Whoa! I got WAY behind again! Stupid real life with it's real-life issues.

No worries Roni...I'm glad that you were able to get back on.

I am totally caught up now. I loved reading about Boma - we have only made 2 WDW trips (set for 3 in August, and of course, one DLR trip, one cruise, and another scheduled for August ), and Boma made the list both of those trips - LOVE it. We aren't going this year, and I have to admit to feeling a bit sad about that. I love that place!

I agree with you, it's our favorite. There're so many places I want to try though, we'll have to see if we have to sacrifice it next time to make room on the agenda. But in our current plan, that's still a couple of summers away, so lots of time for that to get worked out!

I also wanted to say that the PP photos that you got with your folks in MK are absolutely beautiful. You will be so thankful to have those over the years. They are priceless - you are very lucky that they would make this kind of trp with you and enjoy it. Thank you for sharing them.

Aw thanks. That's very nice of you to say. Yes, they were very thankful that we invited them along...even though they didn't get around as quickly as most other park-goers, they were great sports and made every effort to get to as many rides and attractions as they could.

Too funny- your comments about your camera on my PTR and mine here.

We visited a friend's pool today and I tested mine out...it seemed to work great! I got some underwater photos and the camera still works, so that's success.

I got a Canon EoS Rebel T3. I took it to Mexico and had it out one afternoon, but with all the sand and water, it spent most of the time in the safe. I took it out for a photo tour one afternoon, but only on Automatic.

I looked at the specs of the T3 and it sounds like an upgraded version of what I have. Yeah, most of my shots are with Automatic, nothin wrong with that. I set it to Shutter Priority for my redneck ride pictures, to make sure that the shutter stays open long enough to get a good picture. And of course my nighttime pictures are Shutter Priority also.

I have just started playing with some of the settings.

I think I read the manual about 3 times. I probably need a refresher on some things now though.

I have 3 weeks to Universal/Disney and still trying to figure out how often the big girl camera will make it to the parks. The thing I really love about the waterproofs is not worrying about babying them or getting wet. I'm not looking forward to needing a locker.

If I remember correctly, Universal is a little more strict than Disney about taking bags on rides? As in not letting you take bags on rides? I just took James and a couple of friends to Six Flags in NJ and they wouldn't allow even a little drawstring bag on one of their smaller coasters. We had to rent a locker and then we ditched the bag at the car when we went out for lunch. What a pain.

I'm caught up on your MK day!!!

"Rain Capes!" Love it!

Da, da, da, daaaaaaah!

Also love the photos on Main Street with your parents, just your parents and you two. Really nice shots.

Thanks Dee.

Good for your parents for braving Space Mountain. Sorry your dad did not fare well. How did your mom do?

She did just fine! Enjoyed it, and was ready to try the next thing.

The dwarf pictures with your parents are cool!

We had same reaction with Ben with the stretching room- the screaming really bothered him. On a couple of trips, we asked the CMs if we could skip the stretching room and they accommodated us. Now we can do the full experience, though.

Oh man, I never even thought of asking to skip the stretching room....that never occurred to me! <smacks head> It's funny though, how that is scarier than the actual ride.

So you have managed to avoid Pecos Bill all this time? I am not a huge fan. Hecticity is the perfect word for the experience. The boys like PB, but Columbia Harbor House is my go-to.

Yes, I'd managed to avoid it up to this point. We've been to CHH a couple of times, and like it...I just wanted to try something new. But I think we'll go back to CHH, we like it much better!

Love the pictures of the crowds from the BTM queue- and the great pictures on the ride.

Thank you, thank you.

You had the best place for the Speedway- taking pictures and not on the actual ride!

for more Space Mountain.

I love how your group is able to break off into smaller subsets to have different experiences.

It seemed like the logical thing to do, but yes, I'm glad that no one got bent out of shape by that.

 

[glennbo123]

Loved your night time shots !! Especially the South Carolina reference !!

Thank you! I'm kind of surprised that I knew what was on the SC flag.

Aww - I love Kidani. It is so peaceful there. We stayed at Jambo on our last trip and I liked being close to the Mara and the main gift shop, but you can't beat the extra room in the Kidani villas. We love AKL.

My home away from home!

That main gift shop is awesome, so big and so much stuff to peruse.

Hey Glenn!

Yes, you're seeing things correctly. I've finally hauled myself over here!

Camille!

Great updates, (I'm all caught up now) and as usual you always take such great photos of your vacation.

Thank you! I enjoy taking them, and sharing them with you folks.

I can finally report I've tried a Dole Whip, and yum!! To be honest I'm not sure which I got, it was vanilla soft serve in pineapple juice. I think if I had gotten both as pineapple it would have been too much for me.

Yeah, I can see how it might be too much, too sweet...but I can handle it!

Great to see your nephew there.

It's kind of funny how they live fairly close, but don't get there very often. We're glad that they can join us, and it worked out great that they could just spend the night in our suite.

Wood that be another Dinasaur joke/crack, Mr Elous !!!

I think he was just saying that you hadn't won a round in a while.

Mmmn Boma!

Oh I love those soups. Love love love love them!

I would love some right now.

Oh I know. Andy was saying that it's not a good move to waste money and appetite on the soups (and salad), but at Boma they're so good, and so different than what you can get anywhere else, that I just have to!

Poor Lauren, I can see where she'd be a bit annoyed...bummed probably more like it but yes, hard to compete.

I think the card that she got when we checked into Vero was the only real acknowledgement. Yeah, bummed...and a little miffed.

Nice nighttime shots.

Thank Cynthia.

 

[RGirl]

No worries Roni...I'm glad that you were able to get back on. :good vibes

I agree with you, it's our favorite. There're so many places I want to try though, we'll have to see if we have to sacrifice it next time to make room on the agenda. But in our current plan, that's still a couple of summers away, so lots of time for that to get worked out!

Aw thanks. That's very nice of you to say. Yes, they were very thankful that we invited them along...even though they didn't get around as quickly as most other park-goers, they were great sports and made every effort to get to as many rides and attractions as they could.

We often travel with my mom - mostly smaller road trip. But she did go with us on our first WDW trip. She has a lot of mobility issues, and it is challenging for her to go places and do things. I wasn't sure whether she actually enjoyed the trip while we were on it (which, I'll admit stressed me out a little), but you know what? She still talks about that trip - about seeing her granddaughter at BBB, eating at Chef Mickey's, etc. I'm so glad that I convinced her to go with us! So I know how much you must have enjoyed having your folks go with you.

 

[MEK]

Yeah!!!!! I got another Judy sighting! I rock.

Thank you for documenting your Boma journey so thoroughly. I must admit, I like your left to right (or was it right to left?) is something I have never tried. I like it.

Too funny about Lauren being upset no one recognizing her graduation. I have to say that when Denny and I wore our anniversary buttons we felt like celebrities. They were all over us.

Beautiful pictures post dinner. Love them!