(Final 8/12)The WILDEST Ride in the Wilderness!" Princess Half Marathon TR/Feb.2014

[Twoboysnmygirl]

I have been slacking majorly. I am now all caught up

Poor Savannah, with being hungry and afraid that you were lost, it took her over the edge into meltdown mode. Glad you guys got it all squared away and didn't last long

Love all your morning shots. So nice and peaceful in the morning

Gorgeous pics of Illuminations. That is my favorite nighttime show

Thanks! I've been slacking as well, so we're in the same boat! I am just really busy this summer with work and summery stuff, I can't seem to keep up with the DIS!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

After my lovely morning soaking my feet in the hot tub and watching the sun come up at BCV, I was ready to get those girls up and head out for our last full day!

They were slow moving, but it didn't matter because we could WALK to Epcot! Have I mentioned I loved that??

These are their We-are-too-tired-and-sick-of-posing-faces that morning as we headed out.

We took our little secret path and in 2 minutes we were outside International Gateway entrance. One more picture...PLEEEEAAAASE?!?!? (yes, I have been known to beg. Oh and I also promise it's the last one and then ask for more 5 minutes later.)

What better than walking to Epcot and having it take 3 minutes? Uh...avoiding the rope drop crowd. I mean, seriously...look at the crowd here...it might take us an hour just to get through bag check!

So we were inside in the blink of an eye! I love this area of World Showcase.

I have a bit of an obsession with the pink trees here. So, we get pink blooms on some trees in the spring, but not WHOLE PINK TREES. And, I swear that no matter what time of year I go to WDW, these trees are always pink? Do they stay in bloom all year? It's a mystery. Either way, I'm in love. Pink tree love.

It's so crowded over here in the morning. I don't think it was rope drop yet, or right at. I love this time of morning in WS, even if nothing is open.

told you I was in pink tree love.

see the balloon in the distance there?

I loved that they were putting up Flower and Garden topiaries already. Apparently that's not how you spell topiaries according to the red line underneath it, but I have no clue how to spell it.

so crowded...

Yep, 9am and it's just always on the brain.

Savannah told me to take this one, guess she was feeling the Canada love that morning.

and only second to my pink tree love is yellow tree love!

We knew just where we were headed, but stopped to admire the monorail.

Where were we headed, you ask? Test Track, naturally!

I was lucky enough to make FP+ reservations on the day there was a glitch and you could make them for TT and Soarin...and had them for both, but Savannah LOVES Test Track, so we wanted to hit standby and create a car at rope drop and then we could use our FP+ later. We jumped in line not too long after RD, I think it was 9:05 or so when we got over there.

 

[Victoriasmom98]

I just don't know how you managed in all those crowds. OMG!!! Didn't you get sick and tired of having people just everywhere! I feel so, so very sorry for you!!!

 

[rteetz]

Wow those are some great World Showcase pictures! I love walking in parts of the parks that are empty.

 

[ZellyB]

The park looks amazing. I also love to get into the park early when it is deserted like that. Heaven.

Savannah's headband is so cute! And it looks like both girls have a rose motif going on their shirts. Adorable!

 

[Tinker326]

Great pics my Tweedlefriend.

As always.

Love Savannah's cat ears too. Cute, cute....

 

[Trentmom]

Your photos are so gorgeous. One near end, over looking the water, wow, so tranquil.Love that photo

Oh and I love Savannah cat ears. super cute

Love how both girls have flower shirts on. Very pretty

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

I just don't know how you managed in all those crowds. OMG!!! Didn't you get sick and tired of having people just everywhere! I feel so, so very sorry for you!!!

I know, right?

Wow those are some great World Showcase pictures! I love walking in parts of the parks that are empty.

Thanks! I almost always want to get out to WS before 11am or RIGHT at 11 when it opens. It's just so much nicer to look around and way less crowded.

The park looks amazing. I also love to get into the park early when it is deserted like that. Heaven.

Savannah's headband is so cute! And it looks like both girls have a rose motif going on their shirts. Adorable!

They planned it like that...coordinating but not matching! The headband is something she wears almost every time we go to WS in case we see Marie, but then we rarely do???

Great pics my Tweedlefriend.

As always.

Love Savannah's cat ears too. Cute, cute....

Sigh...I need a Tweedlefix! I am assuming that your life is as crazybusy as mine right now but you are wistfully thinking of me whenever someone mentions Alice In Wonderland, running, booze, cupcakes, or mockingbirds.

Your photos are so gorgeous. One near end, over looking the water, wow, so tranquil.Love that photo

Oh and I love Savannah cat ears. super cute

Love how both girls have flower shirts on. Very pretty

Thanks! Yep, they planned all their outfits to coordinate but not be too matchy-matchy. It was cute!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

I figured I would do another this morning since work is going to get busy in the next week or so with the holiday. IF I were to use no smilies at all, I would be able to fit all my photos in this one post, but we all know how likely it is for me to use no smilies.

So, we had arrived at Test Track about 5 minutes after RD and got in the standby line. It took 30 minutes to get through, but it was pretty entertaining and we were excited. We chatted about how we couldn't believe it was our last day already.

I was glad we did standby since we had only done FP previously and it's fun to design your own car. I'm not sure I would stand in a 30 minute line every time, but I wanted to do it at least once.

Here is our car, it's Orange because Ed Sheeran's album (at least before this new one) was orange. No, I'm not kidding...she's a serious fangirl, it's all about Ed.

We love TT, even if it is brief. I think our car won too!

We headed towards Soarin' to use our FP when we were finished with TT. We were going to get Starbucks but when we saw the line we decided to do Soarin' first and go back afterwards. We passed more colored trees, so naturally I had to take a picture.

After our soaring, we headed to Starbucks. Somehow I let the girls convince me to get something that didn't even have coffee in it?? I must have been delirious. I'm actually not sure I knew it didn't have coffee until I saw it. Some sort of vanilla frappe with a couple pumps of raspberry in it??

but they were so pretty!

and tasty. I drained mine in record time, I'm surprised I didn't get a massive brainfreeze.

Oh look, more yellow trees!

We headed towards the Seas to sit for a bit and finish our drinks. I snapped a shot of the FP+ queue when we passed it. Stand in line to change my FP selections? Hmmm, not my idea of fun.

I'm going to put the rest of the pics in another post so they will fit. These are the photos in where Savannah shows off her animal-whispering skillz.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

What is Savannah doing here???

Well, my dear readers, she is picking up a cracker off the sidewalk at WDW. Now, this in itself is pretty insane, Savannah's a bit OCD about cleanliness and picking up something off the ground is GROSS! But...we had sat down on a bench and watched as this guy dodged strollers and nearly was run over a few times trying to get to said cracker. Savannah decided to go get it for him and made a friend.

The look on her face is hilarious, she's like PLEASE don't bite me!

Savannah drew quite a crowd pretty quickly, everyone was stopping to watch the crazy girl who had made friends with a squirrel.

After a while he got bored with her and headed off. The girls were finished with their drinks, so we headed to The Seas, but had to stop for more colored tree photos.

Nemo was walkon, yay!

Afterwards the girls spent some time looking in the tanks.

It was cool until I drug them out b/c I didn't want to see the dolphin. It bothers me to see dolphins in captivity. I'm sure WDW is the best place to be captive, but even a big tank doesn't look very big for a dolphin and I end up feeling bad for them. I know, bleeding hearts of the world unite.

I had to look at my notes to see what was next. Apparently we went to Sunshine Seasons for lunch, but I have no photos of our food?? I swear I took them?

The next photos are of Spaceship Earth, it was walk-on as well.

I'm a vegetarian in future world as well.

TANGO! I also like to party...but are any of you surprised??

Up next, we forget we have a FP and mother nature turns on us.

 

[Trentmom]

Love the flower pics

Crazy girl with squirrel But very sweet

 

[Victoriasmom98]

Great update!!! I love the Seasons for lunch as I think their food choices are the best! I just love how Savannah handled the squirrel situation. She is such a lover of animals, isn't she? Same with Victoria. Oh, by the way, Vic says she sent a message to Savannah on FB. Do you know if she got it? It would be nice for the two of them to be friends before Playlist.

Anyways, I love your colored trees pictures. Do you not have any colored trees in your town? Hmmmmm? And from the pictures I'm assuming you mean just the blooms have color, right? not the entire tree?

 

[annmarieda]

Great update!

Love the WS photos. One of my favorite parts of entering through the IG... just so quiet back there in the morning.

The squirrels in Disney can be quite persistent and INSTANT regarding making friends especially when friends have food.

Love the SE pic of you with your tongue out. I always always ALWAYS look horrid in those pics. Maybe with my tongue out I would look less like I am snarling... cause kinda hard to snarl with your tongue out.

 

[momabaarjo]

squirrel squirrel squirrel

Can I follow you around during PHM and take picture?. This is the first trip where I don't have to feel like I am playing tour guide or racing from place to place.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Love the flower pics

Crazy girl with squirrel But very sweet

Thanks!

Great update!!! I love the Seasons for lunch as I think their food choices are the best! I just love how Savannah handled the squirrel situation. She is such a lover of animals, isn't she? Same with Victoria. Oh, by the way, Vic says she sent a message to Savannah on FB. Do you know if she got it? It would be nice for the two of them to be friends before Playlist.

Anyways, I love your colored trees pictures. Do you not have any colored trees in your town? Hmmmmm? And from the pictures I'm assuming you mean just the blooms have color, right? not the entire tree?

Sunshine Seasons usually has a lot of options for vegetarians as well, that's one of the reasons we like it!

In the spring our trees bloom, but it's really brief? Just a week or two and then the color is all gone...

Great update!

Love the WS photos. One of my favorite parts of entering through the IG... just so quiet back there in the morning.

The squirrels in Disney can be quite persistent and INSTANT regarding making friends especially when friends have food.

Love the SE pic of you with your tongue out. I always always ALWAYS look horrid in those pics. Maybe with my tongue out I would look less like I am snarling... cause kinda hard to snarl with your tongue out.

I never usually like my pics on SE either, that's one of the reasons I decided to just have fun with it.

squirrel squirrel squirrel

Can I follow you around during PHM and take picture?. This is the first trip where I don't have to feel like I am playing tour guide or racing from place to place.

Yes maam! I'm looking forward to getting in some picture time that I don't usually get when I'm all commando at the parks!

Now I'm off to see if I can find someone with questionable scruples that might want to share the DVC/AP link so I can register early.

 

[Tinker326]

Now I'm off to see if I can find someone with questionable scruples that might want to share the DVC/AP link so I can register early.

Wait ,what? No. You can't be shady mcshade and leave me in the dust wondering if I'll make it in. You have to use your shady powers to get me a link too!!! #shadyjambomockingbirdmargaritatweedles.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Wait ,what? No. You can't be shady mcshade and leave me in the dust wondering if I'll make it in. You have to use your shady powers to get me a link too!!! #shadyjambomockingbirdmargaritatweedles.

I thought you were registering today for some reason? Oh maybe Visa?? If I get a link, you will be sure I'll send it to my Tweedle as well!

I know it's shady but last year someone posted it later in the day and I used it to register and didn't feel too guilty about it. I figured most of the DVC/AP people registered earlier in the day and I wasn't taking anyone's registration from them... it just saved me the worrying a week longer about getting registered. I know, I'm a bad tweedle. What can I say?

 

[Tinker326]

I thought you were registering today for some reason? Oh maybe Visa?? If I get a link, you will be sure I'll send it to my Tweedle as well!

I know it's shady but last year someone posted it later in the day and I used it to register and didn't feel too guilty about it. I figured most of the DVC/AP people registered earlier in the day and I wasn't taking anyone's registration from them... it just saved me the worrying a week longer about getting registered. I know, I'm a bad tweedle. What can I say?

I have the Visa but I've yet to see any indication that Visa is allowing any early registration... I can't find anything. So I'm stuck till next week.....

My SIL does have AP but for some reason I thought I read that they could only register to same address?

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

I have the Visa but I've yet to see any indication that Visa is allowing any early registration... I can't find anything. So I'm stuck till next week.....

My SIL does have AP but for some reason I thought I read that they could only register to same address?

Not sure, I know last year you just had to be able to "get in" with your DVC or AP and then it was just regular registration...I even answered the questions honestly on registration that I didn't have either, when it asked. It's no biggie to me this year. Last year I was worried I wouldn't get registered and I am not so worried this year. I think as long as we get online right at 11am on Tuesday we'll be just fine!

 

[jdd]

Not sure, I know last year you just had to be able to "get in" with your DVC or AP and then it was just regular registration...I even answered the questions honestly on registration that I didn't have either, when it asked. It's no biggie to me this year. Last year I was worried I wouldn't get registered and I am not so worried this year. I think as long as we get online right at 11am on Tuesday we'll be just fine!

I was able to register myself, my niece and a friend using the link I have with my AP. We all have different addresses, and as you said above, I answered the questions honestly (I have an AP, but my niece does not, and my friend will, but doesn't yet). Anyway, if you want to try the link I have, you can PM me.