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[DexLabDeeDee]

Wow! A whole bunch of updates in a row. Awesome!

The PP photographer was kind of a jerk, and they didn’t get any of the train station in the picture. I’m not sure why they take pictures of people in front of things then cut out the thing they're supposed to be photographing. He kept moving us into an awkward hugging position, and when we still tried to face the camera he would yell “Act like you like each other!”. It was kind of annoying because we were trying to look normal in the picture while he was telling us to cling onto each other in a weird way.

Ugh. I hate it when they make you hug. We had a PP photographer do this to us too at HS. It was really awkward. This is where Disney could really make an improvement. There are some really awesome PP photographers but it's really hit or miss. And for us, mostly miss. I've heard that they don't require any photography background/experience; that they just tell you what settings to put the camera in and just point and shoot. I feel that Disney really wants to just pull in the money from the MM and not have to put any money/effort into PP training.

Last trip I scraped my knee getting into Jurassic Park River Adventure our first day, and this time I banged my shin on the seat getting into PotC.

On the way out we looked through the Main Street shops. At some point we passed Casey’s Corner and Josh goes “is that Hotdog Charlies?’

Haha. I love love love when people come up with their own names because they can't remember what it's called. Such a riot!

We were only there for a short while (and it was too out of the way of where we were other days to convince Josh to go back to try the burger and fries at Territory Lounge), but I enjoyed it.

Sooooo close to those fries!

Now I know there can be a wait, and I know it’s a busier season than the one we usually go in, but we didn’t wait anywhere else. In fact we never have. The wait might've been fine if it was nice out, but it was so cold that night too, and the waiting area was outside. We couldn’t go anywhere else because there isn’t anything there, and we didn’t know how long the wait was going to be. I assumed minutes because they didn't tell us. I had figured we’d go to Crockett’s Tavern before or after the meal to kill some time, but looking at it when we got there I realized it was part of Trails End, and the “tavern” was really a to go window.

That is a really long wait outside - I'd be upset too!

Josh was being shown around with the chef by this time so I walked up to him first, and the chef with him gave me an annoyed look and told me there were bowls for the chili…it made me feel even more awkward.

This sounds so much like something I would do. It's because of people like him that give people like me complexes about doing the "wrong" thing! And it's a buffet. The great part about a buffet is that you get to eat food in whatever manner you choose. Even chilli on your plate instead of a bowl. Horrors!

During the meal Josh also realized he left one of his more important medicines at home.

It always puts you out of sorts when you forget something and when you forget medicine, I'm sure the feeling is even worse. Poor Josh!

Not helping any we had a family with a college aged son next to us and not only we’re they being very loud, but they also invited other people to join them halfway through the dinner. Like they called other people and they arrived, and then they kind of gave their table to them. It seemed like they possibly knew somebody there, but it kind of made me wonder if part of the hold up with reservations was people dining that didn’t have ADRs.

I have never heard of anyone doing this. You'd think that the server would say something but then, maybe he or she wouldn't know if the host seated them or if they just seated themselves. Wouldn't that be just the same as going in to a restaurant and just sitting down? I wonder if they would say anything??

We both had a lot of fun on the sleigh ride. There were a lot of lights, and some campsites were decorated so much. I have some pictures, but my phone camera never does lights justice.

I'm so glad you enjoyed it!! Silver lining to your 40min ADR wait!

The next day started for us at 9 am when I awoke to a great e-mail. We had a coupon for Shulas that night! It was a really good one too, for your birthday week you can get one entree free. That’s amazing considering the cost of their entrees! I had signed up for the list with Josh’s birthday, but had kind of forgotten about it. Luckily they send it a week before your birthday, and the reservation just so happened to be that night. (It was not planned I had no idea when they sent them out which is why it was so lucky).

Whoo hoo! I bet this felt really good after your Trails End experience.

e briefly explored the hotel. We found a little area with some rocking chairs to sit in, and visited Zawandi Marketplace, but then we continued on to the bus area. Near the bus area we heard some people talking about how much they enjoyed “Mickey’s after party”.

We have another one. Love it! "Mickey's After Party" can really cover any of the parties at WDW. So now we have that one, plus Hotdog Charlie's, Sea Tavern, and Blizzard Expedition (this is what my mom calls EE).

Heading into AK a lot of people complimented my leggings. A cast member even came up to us and asked “if Ariel was okay on dry land”. He told Josh to “throw me back into the sea” if my fins came back.

I love it when CMs play along!

I decided to skip out on EE this time, and go to the shop while Josh rode. I bought @DexLabDeeDee a little yeti because EE is her favorite.

So disappointed that you skipped out on EE but you got me a yeti, so you're forgiven.

 

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The nerve of that jerk ostrich not coming over for a hug! He's fired from the savanna!!

Nice timing on the Shula's coupon! That's a really great birthday perk...I need to look into that in the future.


I'm so glad it was the Dine with an Animal Specialist time!! It makes me wonder how many different CMs they have that cycle through for each tour/meal...I find it interesting that it's a lot of desk work. I want to hang out with the person who works with the big cats or giraffes! But after I asked, "Can I pet one?" for the 2,000th time, they'd probably kick me out and tell me to shut up.

Aww...I love King Louis and Baloo in their scarves!

I also love your leggings and ears, and it's so fun when the CMs interact like that...oh, and YUCK to the trash guy! I'm glad he at least had the decency to look embarrassed.

 

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[DexLabDeeDee]

Me too haha one time I was hanging out with friends and I forgot the word for hanging out so I called it a "friendship gathering".

Hahaha. Sounds like something Winnie the Pooh would say!

I know I felt so awkward first I couldn't find the plates then I somehow put something in the "wrong" plate, but there's no where to set the wrong plate down so I take it back to the table, and then someone takes it away. Once I got it back to the table I didn't care that it was in a plate, but they seemed to.

They are pretty aggressive about clearing plates. My dad put his down to also get something else from the buffet and I practically had to throw myself on to my dad's plate to keep the server from taking it.

Josh called Lefou's brews, Lefou's beer last time I like Blizzard Expedition.

Haha. It's pretty close!

Funny story I saved that picture of you (to use in my contacts not to be creepy), but my phone has this new(ish) feature where it sets pictures from your year to music in the "photos" section and I tried it yesterday set to dramatic/epic music (you can pick the type of music) and at the very end of the slideshow it made the most dramatic noise and accompanying it was this picture Josh said it looked like they were introducing you as the villain.

Haha. I am the villain! Mean Girl Witch...with Yeti. Dun dun duhhhhnnnnnn.

 

[Raeven]

Hahaha. Sounds like something Winnie the Pooh would say!

It does!

They are pretty aggressive about clearing plates. My dad put his down to also get something else from the buffet and I practically had to throw myself on to my dad's plate to keep the server from taking it.

Haha. I am the villain! Mean Girl Witch...with Yeti. Dun dun duhhhhnnnnnn.

It's true! A yeti really adds to the evilness too.​

 

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[Britbrie]

I am so glad you commented on my TR so that I could find yours! It is awesome! I think it is awesome how you surprised your BF with the shirt and luggage tags to give him hints of where ya'll were staying. That is awful that Josh forgot his medicine at home, migraines are no joke! We also had a terrible Trail's End experience that sounds similar to yours, I'll be writing about it at the end of my TR. Keep the updates coming!!!

 

[Raeven]

I am so glad you commented on my TR so that I could find yours! It is awesome! I think it is awesome how you surprised your BF with the shirt and luggage tags to give him hints of where ya'll were staying. That is awful that Josh forgot his medicine at home, migraines are no joke! We also had a terrible Trail's End experience that sounds similar to yours, I'll be writing about it at the end of my TR. Keep the updates coming!!!

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[DexLabDeeDee]

We tried a Memorymaker Photo Booth on the Boardwalk.

Well usually...not this time.

I was disappointed by the pictures. (Is photo booth lighting ever flattering?) But we take them every trip so I wanted to get them done. However I'm not posting them here because they were awful. I do like that you can use Photopass for them now though.

Ugh! I missed this the last trip and it was on my list of things to do. Especially since I was going to have MemoryMaker with my AP. But then I didn't get the AP so I didn't get a photobooth pic but then I did end up buying MM once I got home.

#fail

I had a kind of weird experience as a "solo diner". I went up to the check in, and the two girls behind the desk if completely ignored me when it was my turn. There was a family of 5 standing to the side of me, and one of them directed her attention to them. When she still saw me standing there she asked if I was part of their party. I said no and she went back to ignoring me. Finally the other girl checked me in, but informed me there was a wait. I found it strange the family of 5 was seated asap, and almost all the tables were empty but I still had to wait. The wait wasn't long though, and the waitress was much more polite. It was a good breakfast, but if I knew ahead of time Josh wouldn't feel up to it I probably would've just grabbed something at Les Halles for breakfast.

People are SO WEIRD about things like this. Many times I've gotten weird looks at WDW when I've done stuff myself. Who cares? Why do they care??? And don't feel bad for me - I'm not sad!

When we got there Soarin' and Test Track already had 55 minute waits (which is why I planned to get there earlier).

It's hard to get those boys out of bed in the morning...

I love this! So cute!

We stopped by Club Cool for some pineapple Fanta (for me), and decided to skip our Character Spot FP.

Club Coooool!!!!!

While he called him to decide I fell in love with Chewbacca and giant Stitch.

Eeeeee!!!


From my Sept 2014 trip!

Were you there in Sept of 2014??

28 and Main EE socks for Josh

I think I need those!!

Josh wanted to skip the Gran Fiesta Tour so we headed to Norway.

Bad Josh!

He also mentioned she likes cats, llamas, and penguins which was not helpful at the moment.

That is a hysterical list! You should have gotten her the $30 Gigi cat that I got for Christmas. It's sneakily anime.

This drives me crazy, but after awhile a family came, and sat on the bench with us even though there were several totally empty benches near us, and kept shoving more and more into my space like they were trying to get us to leave.

Like the people at TL! I really need a mind reading device. I've just got to know what is going on in people's heads! Seriously? Why do you think that is okay???

Hahahahahaha. Everyone looks like they are having fun and you look scared!!

 

[ariane37]

I love all the Christmas decor at ALL the Epcot resorts, and I'm glad you got to see the Swalphin decorations, too. I think often people forget to go there and the chocolate scene at the Swan is incredible-couldn't you smell the chocolate
I wasn't that impressed with FEA either although admittedly I'm not a Frozen fan. Just thought there was too much empty space on one side. We rode it in Aug. and didn't even attempt to ride in Nov.
And once again, so glad you enjoyed the avocado margarita

 

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[ArielSRL]

Glad you could see the holiday fireworks from the Boardwalk! And I love all the Christmas decorations. I used to go the beginning of December quite a bit and got to see that stuff. But it is just too hard now to get time off then (I'm a teacher). My last two trips as well as the one this year is summertime bc of Summer Break.

Epcot seemed a little hit or miss. The good thing is you guys go back so often that you don't have to be militant about a schedule or anything. We live so close that we should go more often but its just too expensive for a family of four.

I have Les Halles on my list for a later breakfast one of our Epcot days. I think its like a well known "secret" these days, it seems, so I am hoping it won't be too terribly crowded when we go, but I guess we shall see.

Looking forward to more!

 

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Eek! I got behind on this and I didn't realize it! My comments are going to be lame, lol! (and most definitely out of order)

- I love those EE socks!!
- I hug that giant Stitch every time I see him! So does my oldest...in fact, on our last trip, he was visiting a Stitch in the Emporium and a little girl was looking at him weird, so he says, "What? Are you judging me??" Which made the little girl giggle and then follow him around the store.

- I thought the giant white poinsetta tree at the Dolphin was gorgeous! I liked our decorations at the Boardwalk, but I liked Yacht and Beach more. That carousel was really cool, and the tree at YC with the ships on it was so pretty (but I love all that nautical stuff anyway!!)

- I'm sorry your experience at Boma was so weird at first! I'm glad the waitress was good, though!!

-Ugh, FEA. I loved the animatronics of Sven and Olaf, but Elsa wasn't working during the Let it Go part (I'm assuming she's supposed to move her hands and not just stand there with them positioned awkwardly), and it was cold so I didn't want to get splashed either. I also didn't know about the photo and ours is awful, LOL!
I just mainly really missed Maelstrom after exiting the ride. And thank goodness for FP, because I'd have been so much less than happy if I'd waited for that standby!!

 

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[MeghanEmily]

Love your Wild Africa Trek post. I'm looking forward to hopefully doing it on our honeymoon. I'm concerned about the rope bridges, so glad they didn't bother you. I have short legs too, so we'll see!

I can't believe your cab driver! That's so unprofessional. If you're driving at Disney you have to expect people to be taking short rides. We can't all be going to the airport every day!

I miss taking the picture outside at the sign at Tusker House, too.

 

[ariane37]

That is completely messed up about your cab driver! Steve would have exploded. Too bad he doesn't actually work for Disney so you can't complain-well, you could have complained to his company but in the grand scheme of things given the time it would've taken away from your trip, probably just not worth it We took a cab in D.C. once in August and the driver refused to put the a/c on and wouldn't allow any windows to be rolled down (that wouldn't have really helped since it was about 100 degrees out). That ride totally sucked but at least he wasn't nasty!

The Wild Africa Trek looks like a neat experience but that food wouldn't do anything for me, I'd probably make a beeline to Boma afterwards And on the ostrich pooping? I wrote this on someone else's TR not long ago but at the Bronx Zoo a few years ago we were front row to watch an orangutan pull a piece out of his butt, examine it, and pop it in his mouth Good times!