CRYSTAL PALACE on 4/19 PICS 10 days in the World: 22 years old! Pop/Jan2009

[SnowandMittens]

And finally, this!

We were the second group (family?) at the rope, and the first got to go help open up space mountain. I told my boyfriend that if he didn't have to spend ten minutes arranging confetti into indistinguishable words we would have been there first.

The Cast Members were having a lot of fun handing us more confetti, letting us play with the Buzz lightyear laser gun, and handing out those "No Stampeding" cards.

Watching the crowd walk up main st. towards us after rope drop was scary! It was like a moving herd of people. If I had a little kid, I would have been holding on to it like crazy. We started getting jostled around a little bit, and then the rope dropped!

 

[crgfsu1]

Awww - you did have a good time at CP Glad to hear.

Your BF playing with confetti is cute - he does care about the attention

So, your first ride was Space Mtn?

 

[SnowandMittens]

Wow! I can't believe people were acting like that to the people with early ADR's! That is astounding.

I know! I was shocked. The girl looked grateful that someone said something, but I just couldn’t believe how rude they were being to HER. Looking back on it, it’s entirely possible they were all in the same group, which would account for the unified rudeness.

Can't wait to see how your trip turns out!

Yay! Got another reader!

I just found your trip report - I look forward to more!

Cant wait to hear how you liked CP - we really enjoyed it.

Cathy

We loved it, it was soooooo cute. Tried to get the BF to do the napkin parade, but he wasn’t having any of it.

Awww - you did have a good time at CP Glad to hear.

Your BF playing with confetti is cute - he does care about the attention

So, your first ride was Space Mtn?

He does like it, he’s just shy or something. LOL.
Sure was, the next segment is BIG and finishes off the day… it’s going to be up later!

 

[Disneychix]

Wow, I've never experienced anything like that with an early morning ADR! That's insane! I'm surprised the people in charge weren't doing more crowd control. And to think those people still had 1 hour to go!

Your breakfast sounds really good. I love CP and I was surprised because it looks like you have whipped cream on your waffles and I've never seen that there before. Now I want to go back and put whipped cream on my mickey waffles!!

 

[aftensgirl]

Love reading your TR. Looking forward to read more.

 

[Tenuviel]

Loving the trip report!

I adore vanilla lattes too!!! My DH can never believe how fast I down them!!!

I also cannot believe the people's reactions to ADR! That is crazy!

 

[SnowandMittens]

As soon as the rope dropped and we threw confetti into the air (the Dbf was very amused with that and I’m pretty sure he threw his confetti on me because he was laughing and picking little mickey heads out of my hair for the rest of the day ) we booked it right to Space Mountain. The Dbf was the Fast Pass runner of the trip, has long legs, and within three minutes we had our first fast passes and were in line for Space Mountain.


Behold, rope drop doubters, we rode seven times!

In a row.

Never again will you doubt! We got out of line as soon as we started waiting more than ten minutes!

We were off to Buzz Lightyear, and proceeded to ride that three times in a row. It took me two times, but I found both of the secret targets (by cheating and googling them online without the Dbf’s knowledge) and won the promise of a light up tinkerbell later in the trip. He lost out on a Cars Magnet. We had a blast, but I like the version in California better, because you can take the guns off of the ride.


We headed up to the spinny rocket things, and squeezed into a single rocket. I’m not pooh-sized, but rather athletic, so is my BF, and it was a tight squeeze. Those things go a lot faster than I thought they would and I was rather scared. It was freaky being up that high! I got some pretty pictures though.

On the way back down, we had a good laugh at this guy’s hat. At the top of the spring there is a mini tigger. I would have loved to have met the man that designed that hat.

Oh! I have a good idea, let’s take a baseball hat, make it furry, put tiger stripes on it, like Tigger! Oh, wait! How about a SPRING! You know, because Tigger is bouncy. So we’ll stripe the spring as well! The spring is also fuzzy! Do you think they’ll get who it is? Ah, just put a little Tigger up there so they know who that hat is supposed to be about!

 

[SnowandMittens]

We got off of those and I saw Stitch, which is my favorite character, so I got a few pictures with him. We headed into Fantasy land and ran onto the teacups and saw these guys along the way:

There wasn’t much of a line to see them, but we were on a mission!

Next, we went on Pooh, which was super cute! We headed on to my FAVORITE ride in ALL of Disney World: Peter Pan’s Flight.

 

[SnowandMittens]

 

[crgfsu1]

Space Mtn - 7 times? Oh my heck! Good job.

I have never done very well on Buzz - my score fails to compairson.

I have never been on Astro Orbiter - I can imagine that it is a bit scary being up that high.

BTW - loved the guys hat. (NOT) I wouldnt let my DH wear it.

Cathy

 

[heaven2dc]

First of all, great TR and pics! Isn't it great to leave all that snow behind you and get to spend 10 days in the Florida sunshine?!!

I think it's great how Magical Express tells people to let only one person in your party stand in line. That makes the lines so much less hassle-free to stand waiting your turn. I can't even imagine standing in line with loads of families and big groups (when I was there in December and the ME lady told the people in front of me that only one person was allowed to wait, the dad got all huffy and said something like "look it's starting already!!". Not sure what he meant but his poor wife was so embarrassed, hung her head down & grabbed their 3 kids' hands and backpacks and went to sit down.)

I also can't believe those disgruntled people making snide remarks to those entering with ADR's. Obviously they don't read the Disboards! I overheard a few remarks when we were in the Fastpass line. Oh well....you're at Disney people, so just be happy!!

I hope you get to enjoy the rest of your trip without too many more unhappy events. BTW you did an awesome job with planning your trip & spending only $2200 for air, room, dining plan and park tickets for 10 days!

 

[aladdinsgirl]

Really enjoying your report. The pics of Cinderella Castle are beautiful! We were at WDW 1/8-1/18 for the marathon and we stayed at Pop and BCV, I am going to be scanning your pictures to see if I see myself in the background, wouldn't that be wild??

 

[mickeystoontown]

Anxiously awaiting more!

 

[DT83097]

Love the TR so far - you are doing a great job. If those people in line at MK were smart they would've been asking you HOW you were able to get in early!! Oh well, their loss and all of the DIS' gain!!

 

[DessertGirl]

Love your TR. You are hilarious.

Can't wait to read more!

 

[DessertGirl]

sorry forgot to subscribe...

 

[courtney2702]

Im joining in on your trip report. hope you dont mind. Oh my the DME bus driver would have scared me to death! How could he not be nice he gets to be a part of disney everyday! lol

I also have a tortie kitty (well cat now). she was left in a box on the side of the road. Off of trip report topic but dose your torties have a very independent personality i've read thats most torties personalitys?

 

[SnowandMittens]

Love the TR so far - you are doing a great job. If those people in line at MK were smart they would've been asking you HOW you were able to get in early!! Oh well, their loss and all of the DIS' gain!!

I know! My boyfriend actually turned around and went, “Na na na na na na!” and stuck his tongue out at them . He’s a riot.

Anxiously awaiting more!

Yay! Going to work on some of it right now!

Really enjoying your report. The pics of Cinderella Castle are beautiful! We were at WDW 1/8-1/18 for the marathon and we stayed at Pop and BCV, I am going to be scanning your pictures to see if I see myself in the background, wouldn't that be wild??

I am obsessive about doing that! I love finding TR of people that went at the same time, just to see if I’m in those pictures somehow. I’ll make sure to put in all of the crowd shots and stuff.

First of all, great TR and pics! Isn't it great to leave all that snow behind you and get to spend 10 days in the Florida sunshine?!!

I think it's great how Magical Express tells people to let only one person in your party stand in line. That makes the lines so much less hassle-free to stand waiting your turn. I can't even imagine standing in line with loads of families and big groups (when I was there in December and the ME lady told the people in front of me that only one person was allowed to wait, the dad got all huffy and said something like "look it's starting already!!". Not sure what he meant but his poor wife was so embarrassed, hung her head down & grabbed their 3 kids' hands and backpacks and went to sit down.)

I also can't believe those disgruntled people making snide remarks to those entering with ADR's. Obviously they don't read the Disboards! I overheard a few remarks when we were in the Fastpass line. Oh well....you're at Disney people, so just be happy!!

I hope you get to enjoy the rest of your trip without too many more unhappy events. BTW you did an awesome job with planning your trip & spending only $2200 for air, room, dining plan and park tickets for 10 days!

Thanks!
The bus driver was scary! I complained to Disney about it and got kind of a dismissive phone call. Strange….

Space Mtn - 7 times? Oh my heck! Good job.

I have never done very well on Buzz - my score fails to compairson.

I have never been on Astro Orbiter - I can imagine that it is a bit scary being up that high.

BTW - loved the guys hat. (NOT) I wouldnt let my DH wear it.

Cathy

Everytime my boyfriend would complain, I would point out that I wasn’t making him wear a Tigger hat…

Im joining in on your trip report. hope you dont mind. Oh my the DME bus driver would have scared me to death! How could he not be nice he gets to be a part of disney everyday! lol

I also have a tortie kitty (well cat now). she was left in a box on the side of the road. Off of trip report topic but dose your torties have a very independent personality i've read thats most torties personalitys?

One of them is. Stitch couldn’t care less if I was there unless she wants her chin scratched or wants to play… on an odd note, she plays fetch. She’ll find a scrap of paper and drop it on my lap and run after it and bring it back. It’s pretty cute.
Lilo thinks she is human. Every time I come home, she’s poking me with her nose, or putting her paws on my face. She likes my bf’s scruffy when he lets his beard grow out and she’ll sit on his chest and rub her face against his for hours. It’s soooo cute.

Love your TR. You are hilarious.

Can't wait to read more!

Haha, I’m going to show my mom that. Look mom, SOMEONE thinks I’m funny.

 

[minniemousepancake]

Awesome trip report so far! Can't wait to read more!

 

[Bridora]

Hi! Just read your whole TR! I've been thinking about trying rope-drop on our 1st day, at least...we are not morning people, but you rope-droppers are on to something for sure!!