Doin it in Style @ The Poly! September 2010 Here we Come!!!

I hope Stefy feels better soon. Sorry to hear that she is not feeling well. :sick:

popcorn:: can't wait to see DLP pictures as well as Photopass.
 
Loved seeing your trip recap and can't wait to see your Photopass pics! Photopass is brand new to me so I'm still trying to figure out the best way to utilize it for DBF and I in September without spending lots of $$ (can't decide if the photo CD is worth it or not or to just take our own pics!).

Thank you :goodvibes This was the first time we did PP too and believe me it is so much fun, I made sure to try and hit every photographer we came across. I would defo recommend preordering the CD as it is worth the $99. I am hoping we get a code for same deal for this year, otherwise I don't think we will do PP, as it is quite expensive at $150, not to mention the fact that we want to do the Halloween party twice as well.

Our first trip we took lots of pics and on the second not so many as we had the photopass. The thing I love about the PP is the special photo ops like Tinkerbell, Baby Simba etc (you will see those v soon) and then the traditional photos in front of the famous park monuments.

I love your dad!! So funny! It's really nice that you can appreciate all the touristy things that are right in your own backyard! We only ever get into NYC when we go see shows on Broadway. DH goes into NYC for work every day so it's the last place he wants to go on the weekends! We always say we're going to go see the tree every Christmas but when it comes time, we complain that it'll just be filled with tourists.....oh well, maybe next year!

Thanx, is a cute pic (he likes to pose) :goodvibes TBH the touristy things we take for granted over here and its only now that I am just beginning to appreciate them and want to explore. I can understand DH not wanting to go into the city when he works there every day, but I am sure that if you really wanted to go he would and you guys would have a blast as, like I have, you will discover new things you never knew were there :) You should go see the tree at Christmas as I am told it is a beautiful site and it must be so romantic too ice skating etc :) I would go when its just been erected or a little after (whenever the hype dies down - if that makes sense).

Hi Stefy! I haven't had much chance to catch up on the DIS lately, so it was fun to read your new updates.
I Loved reading about US and IOA. Seeing you guys enjoying a Squishee and a Duff beer was priceless! I had no idea the Simpsons area was so well themed!

The palace looks gorgeous, and the maze so fun! Ben and I love mazes- there's one built in a corn field not too far from us that we visit every fall. So much fun, but easy to get lost in!

Thanx :goodvibes The squishee was awesome and I think the Duff beer was an energy drink (not real beer :confused3 ). You guys are gonna have a blast when you go :thumbsup2

Thats the first time I have ever done a maze like that, was pretty fun. I'll bet the one near you is bigger than this one.

Wow! Great updates.... the castle pictures are amazing and I love the tapestries and art work. Thanks for the tour :goodvibes and I agree, that chandelier is beautiful.

I liked the Block Party Bash, but we've only seen it once and it was a lousy viewing spot. We'll have to try and catch it again.

I haven't been on the ferry boat yet! That and Tom Sawyer Island.... what a great view from up there.

Teppan Edo... mmmmmmm. :cloud9:

Those tapestries are beautiful and the artwork and ceiling work was amazing (hard to capture on film though).

Our spot was pretty good, not too crowded, think it was at the end of the route. I sat down and was told by the Toy Soldiers to get up and dance and another one also said Congratulations to us too. Was really nice :goodvibes

The Liberty is really cool, a nice slow paced "ride" to chill out on, just beware of that horn, esp if you are standing near the drivers window (is pretty loud).

Yes looking forward to Teppan again this year :woohoo:

Stefy, thanks for sharing your weekend with us. Hampton Court Palace looks stunning. I'd love to see something like that! It seems like you had a great time with your dad too!

Awesome Disney flashbacks as well. I love the pictures. :thumbsup2

Thanx, we had a great time. I asked him later on "where shall we go next?" :goodvibes

PP pics to come, so stay tuned :thumbsup2

Stefy isn't feeling well today so she is at home in bed but I am sure she will sneak her way onto the Dis shortly ;) If you like flashback pics then you will love our DLP pics. Not hundreds of them but enough to get the idea of the place. It has changed massively over the past 6+ years and we will try and get back one day but pricing it up is like pricing up a week in orlando!

I think she is going to start with our Photopass pics first and go from therepopcorn::

Miss you :lovestruc

Yes have sneaked on to update you all :goodvibes

I hope Stefy feels better soon. Sorry to hear that she is not feeling well. :sick:

popcorn:: can't wait to see DLP pictures as well as Photopass.

Thanx, so annoying as I never usually get sick :sick:

Update coming right up :)
 
Hey everyone, hope we are all good today and had great weekends :goodvibes

Now I know some of you have been waiting for the PP pics, so without further ado here we go :goodvibes

These were taken in the Character Spot in Epcot: Future World
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Cntd...
 
Next up Italy

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Hmm seems thats it for Epcot, the photographer was great though, wish there was one of him in every country in WS. I think this year we might make it our mission to get a PP in every country (is that possible?).

Now we move on to DHS

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Cntd...
 

AK

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AKL
These are in front of the tree at AKL

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Thats it for now, will update with MK pics later on :)
 
Love all the PP pictures! If you remember from my summer trip report I'm a photopass junkie too. I agree though that the $150 price tag is a bit steep. Supposedly they send out codes to people who stay on property, so you should get one! I'll be hoping for you:goodvibes
 
Thanx, I loved using the PP as we had alot of fun taking the pictures and also seeking out all the special pictures too.

I hope we get a code too, otherwise I am not sure what to do. Whether to email PP or send them a message on Twitter.

I see you haven't got long now til your Pirate Adventure, how goes the planning, are you going to do PP again?
 
Morning

I thought I would post a few more PP pics before I go to work.

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and that concludes our PP pics. We took, in total, 277 pictures which is not bad. Might see if we can break that this year :goodvibes

Up next...Poly Portrait Session.
 
I love your PP pictures. They are awesome! You were able to get a lot of great ones.

Looking forward to the photo session pictures!
 
I see you haven't got long now til your Pirate Adventure, how goes the planning, are you going to do PP again?

The planning is pretty much done for the trip. I just keep adding ADRs:scared1: We're on the regular dining plan, so all of these ADRs I've added with have to be OOP. Chances are good I'll cancel several of them. I'm most excited about the Pirate League with just me and the boys. I'm going to do it with them and I think it will be lots of fun. For that reason alone I may end up doing Photopass. You know I'll want pictures of the 3 of us together in our pirate garb;) I'm renting points though and it might be tough to get a code for the $100. Disney Destinations won't send one to me. I have to get it through DVC member services and since I'm not the owner of this reservation I don't know if they will give it to me. I guess we'll both have to wait and see what our PP fate is.:confused3
 
I missed an update! :confused:

Your Photopass pics are great! Pluto is one of the best characters to interact with.... he's a hoot! pluto:

Awwww, Minnie and Soupafly..... :love: :laughing:

Love the Stitch hug! Such a big smile!

All of the We're Engaged ones are beautiful. Do you have any of these up and framed?

The Star Wars one?!! How did you do that?!!! I want that!!!

Baby Simba.... my favorite! :goodvibes

You two are very photogenic together.

Have you looked into sharing the photopass with someone? I don't know exactly how it works, I'll be looking into it myself a bit down the road, but I do remember a few people mentioning they'd done it and it worked out well.
 
I love your PP pictures. They are awesome! You were able to get a lot of great ones.

Looking forward to the photo session pictures!

There were alot of special ones that we didn't get that we have to this year like the Balloons, Soarin, Test Track etc

Photo Session will be updated this evening :)

There are lots and lots but I kinda ruined them all IMO :confused3

You didn't ruin them bubba, when I look at them all, all I see is us and nothing else :lovestruc

Sorry to go all sappy on you guys

The planning is pretty much done for the trip. I just keep adding ADRs:scared1: We're on the regular dining plan, so all of these ADRs I've added with have to be OOP. Chances are good I'll cancel several of them. I'm most excited about the Pirate League with just me and the boys. I'm going to do it with them and I think it will be lots of fun. For that reason alone I may end up doing Photopass. You know I'll want pictures of the 3 of us together in our pirate garb;) I'm renting points though and it might be tough to get a code for the $100. Disney Destinations won't send one to me. I have to get it through DVC member services and since I'm not the owner of this reservation I don't know if they will give it to me. I guess we'll both have to wait and see what our PP fate is.:confused3

Sounds like its going to be an awesome vacation. You must let me know when you start your TR :)

I would look into how to get the code. Maybe post on this thread and see wht they say --->

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1703832&page=142

I missed an update! :confused:

Your Photopass pics are great! Pluto is one of the best characters to interact with.... he's a hoot! pluto:

Awwww, Minnie and Soupafly..... :love: :laughing:

Love the Stitch hug! Such a big smile!

All of the We're Engaged ones are beautiful. Do you have any of these up and framed?

The Star Wars one?!! How did you do that?!!! I want that!!!

Baby Simba.... my favorite! :goodvibes

You two are very photogenic together.

Have you looked into sharing the photopass with someone? I don't know exactly how it works, I'll be looking into it myself a bit down the road, but I do remember a few people mentioning they'd done it and it worked out well.

All the characters were fun to interact with at that spot, Stitch was the best though :goodvibes

I couldn't believe Minnie tried to make out with Dave, was not impressed :laughing: But wait til you see the DLP ones, those will make you laugh.

Stitch was alot of fun, think he tried to steal me from Dave and then proceeded to try and wrestle with me :rotfl:

Thank you, Dave did most of the border stuff, but he placed them well on some of the pics :lovestruc

We waited around until after Jedi Training to get it done. Think we weren't too sure so looked out for the PP Photographer and asked him about it.

The baby Simba one is pretty cute, I think someone commented on it on my Facebook when I uploaded them, something about "Proud parents" :laughing:

Thanx, I like to get photos with us and take lots of photos. I especially enjoyed doing the photo session, was so much fun.

I am not sure if we would be into sharing the PP, might be something to look into though :)
 
going to research photopass now, all the photo's are lovely, you's look so naturally lovely:cutie:, i'm always a bit awkward in photos but with only 2 people it just seems like a good idea so we don't have to rely on passers by to offer to take one of us together...if that makes sense?:confused3

also the amaxzing photo's of teppan edo are not reassuring me that i made the right choice in booking Le Cellier as our Epcot ADR...what do you think? :confused:

Enjoyed all the photos from your universal days, you captured all the really iconic shots that bring back so many good memories, i've got photo's of me and my nana in front of jaws from when i was 5 up to 21!!! so nice to look back on...

and liked the magic kingdom ones too from the liberty belle riverboat (i think?) dbf loves beautiful scenery and i know he's going to be so surprised by the amount of disney detail everyhere!!!
 
going to research photopass now, all the photo's are lovely, you's look so naturally lovely:cutie:, i'm always a bit awkward in photos but with only 2 people it just seems like a good idea so we don't have to rely on passers by to offer to take one of us together...if that makes sense?:confused3

Aww thank you :hug: Its hard when there are only ywo of you. We are gonna try and be more creative and do self portraits of each other. Sometimes we find that we don't need to ask anyone to take our pic, they just seem to ask us and then of course we reciprocate if need be.

I would recommend doing the PP its so much fun and there is an awesome website you can check out called Stitch Kingdom and it has loads of info on there about the PP and also shows you what the special pics look like too.


also the amaxzing photo's of teppan edo are not reassuring me that i made the right choice in booking Le Cellier as our Epcot ADR...what do you think? :confused:

I can't speak for Le Cellier as we haven't eaten there before. But Teppan is a great restaurant and a must try at least once. I suppose it depends on what you feel like. Do you feel like dining where you share and interact with others at your table? Or do you feel like a more intimate dinner?

Enjoyed all the photos from your universal days, you captured all the really iconic shots that bring back so many good memories, i've got photo's of me and my nana in front of jaws from when i was 5 up to 21!!! so nice to look back on...

Wow you have been to US loads, its nice to have a spot where you take pics as a tradition.

and liked the magic kingdom ones too from the liberty belle riverboat (i think?) dbf loves beautiful scenery and i know he's going to be so surprised by the amount of disney detail everyhere!!!

That boat ride is really cool and you can get some amazing shots along the way, a nice way to relax and slow down for a bit :thumbsup2

:goodvibes
 
You've been busy posting away while I was on vacation! Love seeing the pics and reading the recap of your last trip - your ring is beautiful and the proposal sounded so sweet! :goodvibes

When does your 180-day window open to make ADRs for your next trip? I made some strange ones at 6 am in the dark on my laptop in our hotel room for our September trip. :rotfl: I'll have to sort those out soon when the rest of life gets back to normal after vacation!
 
going to research photopass now, all the photo's are lovely, you's look so naturally lovely:cutie:, i'm always a bit awkward in photos but with only 2 people it just seems like a good idea so we don't have to rely on passers by to offer to take one of us together...if that makes sense?:confused3

also the amaxzing photo's of teppan edo are not reassuring me that i made the right choice in booking Le Cellier as our Epcot ADR...what do you think? :confused:

We are exactly the same as you when it comes to taking pictures. I end up taking more of Stefy during our trips as i'm usually the one holding the camera. I know we could just give our camera to the CM to take the pictures instead but I like the extra interaction the CM's give you when on Photopass.

I know Le Cellier is supposed to be one of those tough to get reservations and I have never seen a bad review on it. I havent actually been but to Le Cellier but have been to Teppan and our meal there was fantastic. We had a great group of people to talk to and they ended up paying for our meal which also made it special to us. If I were you though I would probably try Le Cellier just because you already have that adr secured. Maybe try and swing an extra epcot evening for Teppan?

You've been busy posting away while I was on vacation! Love seeing the pics and reading the recap of your last trip - your ring is beautiful and the proposal sounded so sweet! :goodvibes

When does your 180-day window open to make ADRs for your next trip? I made some strange ones at 6 am in the dark on my laptop in our hotel room for our September trip. :rotfl: I'll have to sort those out soon when the rest of life gets back to normal after vacation!

I think we can make the first 10 days of ADRs on 2nd April and I am sure we will get all the ones we want. The only two that might cause some trouble are Le Cellier and California Grill because we are going to try for that on our first proper park day. Hopefully it all goes well though :goodvibes

I couldn't believe Minnie tried to make out with Dave, was not impressed :laughing: But wait til you see the DLP ones, those will make you laugh.

We waited around until after Jedi Training to get it done. Think we weren't too sure so looked out for the PP Photographer and asked him about it.

Yeah for some reason Minnie Mouse digs me......evidence in the DLP pics when you see them ;)

Yes the Darth Vadar pic can be taken by the CM directly after the training academy ends. Just walk up and ask for it. I cant remember the reason now but he couldnt take the pic on the actual stage and instead took us just to the side by some trees to do it. Wont tell you what I did to Stefy after the 2nd pic was taken haha:lmao:
 
Love the PP pics.. and you met Max!! I'm so jealous.. I've never seen him in the parks before, I used to love Goof Troop and the Goofy Movie!! :rotfl:

I've read/heard that the PP Discount code is emailed to guests 45 days before their check-in date.. did you book directly through Disney?

Last two trips I had the link to PP website for the pre-purchase cd.. it doesn't work anymore though :eek:

Emma princess: x
 
You've been busy posting away while I was on vacation! Love seeing the pics and reading the recap of your last trip - your ring is beautiful and the proposal sounded so sweet! :goodvibes

When does your 180-day window open to make ADRs for your next trip? I made some strange ones at 6 am in the dark on my laptop in our hotel room for our September trip. :rotfl: I'll have to sort those out soon when the rest of life gets back to normal after vacation!

Yay your back :goodvibes Well maybe not yay as you had to leave, but still :goodvibes

How was it? You going to include a recap in your existing TR or start a whole new one? You must tell me when you do :goodvibes

Thanx for the lovely comments :)

Our ADR window opens on April 2nd, which is 2 weeks and 3 days away. Actually can't believe it has crept up so fast. Can't wait to make them though.

Lol, 6am to make your ADR's and in the dark. That must have been fun :laughing:

Love the PP pics.. and you met Max!! I'm so jealous.. I've never seen him in the parks before, I used to love Goof Troop and the Goofy Movie!! :rotfl:

I've read/heard that the PP Discount code is emailed to guests 45 days before their check-in date.. did you book directly through Disney?

Last two trips I had the link to PP website for the pre-purchase cd.. it doesn't work anymore though :eek:

Emma princess: x

Thanx, yes Dave was really excited to meet Max as he asked about him on both our trips and when I saw him I told him to look and see who was there. Bless his little face, it lit up all excited :lovestruc

We did book direct with Disney (online), I hope we do get sent something, hopefully on or before the end of August.

Yes that link doesn't exist anymore, I went to go try it out a couple months ago and thats when I discovered that they send you a code. I really don't get why they did that, but oh well.
 
Evening All :wave:

Gosh work was brutal today, still not feeling 100% and its still busy! Oh well, at least its not dead and we have nothing to do, thats the worst, because then you have to find something to keep you occupied for 7hrs!

I updated my Disney Notebook this evening with bus info for the Poly. So far I have learned this

Monorail

GCH Station stops at (in order) GF - MK - CR - TTC
TTC stops at Epcot


Buses
AK - Duration Approx 20mins
DHS - Duration Approx 15-20mins
DTD - Mixed info but majority of people have said it can take up to 40mins


I have also learnt that we may sometimes have to share with the other Deluxe Resorts also, which may add extra time on to our journey.

I think next I might do "Must Do's" for each park like rides etc. Just something to keep me occupied to pass the time.

I was saying this morning to Dave that we are nearly in the 5 month mark and before we know it it will be 4 months, then 3 :yay:
 



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