Fun, Sun, and Mickey Mouse! An August 2009 TR...new 11/19 p. 34

[wdwgirl03]

I think it looks like Donald's foot & tail.

Nope, not Donald either.

hello hello! ive decided to join in too!

great start so far!! luck you to be a DVC member! i told DBF we gotta join when we're a bit older!!

so awesome u got to see PUSH! i wanted to see him but didnt run into him while we were there!

Hey Vallie! Glad to have another new reader.

I know, I love being DVC members...it means we can never stay away from WDW too long!

I can't wait to find out what the cloud answer is! Well at least you are going back ! That's all that counts! We did book BB while we were there I wasn't sure we were going to because I'm going on a cruise with my Sis for her 40th bday but we agreed we will stil do disney! The cruise is only 4 days!

Hmm, maybe I will just post now since everyone is so curious! LOL.

That is true, it's always nice knowing we're going back but it's nicer when we have dates set in stone. That is cool you are going on a cruise even if it is only for 4 days!

Wow another great update!

Is the cloud Stitch? I am dying to find out! LOL

I've never seen Push but thats cool how he works. I never knew that the CM operates him right out in the open and no one really notices!

Thanks Kristen.

The cloud isn't Stitch either! But I am enjoying seeing everyone's guesses!

I know, it was kind of funny, once I saw him it was so obvious but in May I honestly had no idea how it was working!

great update!!!!!!!!

Thanks Megan!

 

[wdwgirl03]

OK, well since everyone is so curious as to what the Disney cloud was, I'll finally tell you guys. Just take one more look at it...

Here's a hint: it's a side profile of the character.




And another: He can fly but he's not a bird. (is it making any sense now?!)




The cloud is...
















DUMBO!!!

Does anybody see it now? Maybe?? The part on the right is his trunk...hehe

I may or may not have an update tomorrow since we are going to the Brewers game. But hopefully I'll have one soon. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Oh yes, and if you have a Wii...I know I posted something in my PTR when I first heard about it but the Toy Story Mania video game is due out September 15!! It sounds like so much fun. Guess who will be buying that???

 

[tinkgurl]

Aw I miss the MK. I'm a dork.

Oh my gosh..I just realized something..we didn't ride the Carpets this trip. What is wrong with us?!

I wish that they would add in the Disney characters to the different scenes of IASW like they did over in Disneyland!!

Aw, PUSH! I think the guy doing the controlling needs to do a better job of hiding. I know that he has to be close to hear what the kids are saying to him, but still!

 

[Goofy22]

OK, well since everyone is so curious as to what the Disney cloud was, I'll finally tell you guys. Just take one more look at it...

Here's a hint: it's a side profile of the character.




And another: He can fly but he's not a bird. (is it making any sense now?!)




The cloud is...
















DUMBO!!!

Does anybody see it now? Maybe?? The part on the right is his trunk...hehe

I may or may not have an update tomorrow since we are going to the Brewers game. But hopefully I'll have one soon. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Oh yes, and if you have a Wii...I know I posted something in my PTR when I first heard about it but the Toy Story Mania video game is due out September 15!! It sounds like so much fun. Guess who will be buying that???

I see it now! LOL!

 

[jwwi]

Sarah,
loved the MK update. I'm sure your treats tasted great on such a hot day. I honestly can say that I could not see Dumbo in the cloud, I thought it looked a little like goofy's hat at the top? What do you think?
Beautiful day in Milw today, too bad the Brewers lost, we went last night.
Just switched my quick trip at POR at the end of the month to WL. Not a giant rate change, and I thought it would be nice to be so close to MK. I will be going with my DD and her DH, I think they will be excited to stay there.

 

[onelilspark]

Your story about Push made me laugh. My boyfriend is a "figure things out" kind of guy and I'm a "leave me wondering" kind of gal. He has a hard time keeping quiet sometimes!

 

[bluejasmine]

Loving the pics and report.. I am leaving in 12 days and living thru your pics

 

[DevonsDisneyMom]

Hi Sarah, I enjoyed the update!!! I am so excited for our trip, only 2 more weeks to go!!!

 

[xoktenox]

Oh yes, and if you have a Wii...I know I posted something in my PTR when I first heard about it but the Toy Story Mania video game is due out September 15!! It sounds like so much fun. Guess who will be buying that???

I already pre-ordered this game at Target! I can't wait!!

 

[wdwgirl03]

Aw I miss the MK. I'm a dork.

Oh my gosh..I just realized something..we didn't ride the Carpets this trip. What is wrong with us?!

I wish that they would add in the Disney characters to the different scenes of IASW like they did over in Disneyland!!

Aw, PUSH! I think the guy doing the controlling needs to do a better job of hiding. I know that he has to be close to hear what the kids are saying to him, but still!

Well then we'll be dorks together because I miss it too!

That would be cool if they added the characters like they did in Disneyland. The DL version was already way better than WDW...

Or he could be sitting in some secret room with a video camera so nobody sees him.

I see it now! LOL!

haha, glad we're not the only ones!

Sarah,
loved the MK update. I'm sure your treats tasted great on such a hot day. I honestly can say that I could not see Dumbo in the cloud, I thought it looked a little like goofy's hat at the top? What do you think?
Beautiful day in Milw today, too bad the Brewers lost, we went last night.
Just switched my quick trip at POR at the end of the month to WL. Not a giant rate change, and I thought it would be nice to be so close to MK. I will be going with my DD and her DH, I think they will be excited to stay there.

Glad you liked the update. You are definitely right, those treats hit the spot on a steamy afternoon. It was really interesting hearing everyone's guesses for the cloud...things I never would've thought of myself but when they were mentioned I could kind of see it.

That is awesome you switched to the WL! I'm sure you'll love it there. It's such a neat resort.

As for the Brewers what a crazy game that was today! I could not believe they got a triple play. I didn't even realize Casey McGehee stepped on third base so I thought it was just a double play. Overall it was a LOOOONG game but atleast we won in the end. Random question: do you live in the Milwaukee area or do you just go to a lot of games?

Your story about Push made me laugh. My boyfriend is a "figure things out" kind of guy and I'm a "leave me wondering" kind of gal. He has a hard time keeping quiet sometimes!

I wonder if I would've figured out how he worked if I hadn't seen that thread on the DIS a while back...

Loving the pics and report.. I am leaving in 12 days and living thru your pics

Glad you're enjoying my report! I'm jealous you are leaving so soon. Are you going to do a TR?

Hi Sarah, I enjoyed the update!!! I am so excited for our trip, only 2 more weeks to go!!!

Woo hoo, only 2 weeks! You're getting close.

I already pre-ordered this game at Target! I can't wait!!

Cool! I remember seeing something in the Target ad a couple weeks ago about preordering it...did you get some sort of gift card doing that? I thought it said if you preordered it you got a $10 Target gift card or something.

 

[xoktenox]

Cool! I remember seeing something in the Target ad a couple weeks ago about preordering it...did you get some sort of gift card doing that? I thought it said if you preordered it you got a $10 Target gift card or something.

Yepp, I get a $5 Target gift card from preordering the game. $5 is not much but I can probably get an eyeliner or a couple of boxes of cereal (I eat cereal like twice a day LOL) with it!!

 

[wdwgirl03]

Yepp, I get a $5 Target gift card from preordering the game. $5 is not much but I can probably get an eyeliner or a couple of boxes of cereal (I eat cereal like twice a day LOL) with it!!

haha yeah, but atleast it's something! I am so excited to get that game.

 

[wdwgirl03]

August 20, 2009...part 5

We took the boat back to the Wilderness Lodge for a little break and to get out of the sun for a while. We couldn’t wait to jump in the pool and cool off. It was funny because on the boat ride back Dad spotted another Disney cloud that he said looked like Minnie. Hehe! The lady in front of us overheard and said she could see it too. Sorry, no picture of that one but Emma got a bunch from the ride back.

When we got back we walked past the main pool which turned out to be pretty crowded.

So we ended up deciding to just go to the quiet pool near the villas. We went back to the room, quickly changed into our suits, and headed to the pool which was called Hidden Springs Pool (or something along those lines). It was neat because there were little springs in the pool that kind of bubbled. Even though the water was pretty warm it was still refreshing. After half an hour or so we went back to the room, took a quick shower and decided to head over to Epcot. Epcot was having PM EMH that night so we were hoping to be able to get on Test Track and possibly Soarin (yeah right!). So we headed out to the bus stop.

Here’s an interesting story from the bus: when we got on, there was this little boy, maybe 7 or 8 years old who was getting on in a wheelchair. I was really confused as to why he needed a wheelchair—he didn’t really look like he needed one. Then I noticed his foot was all wrapped up. As we were driving along I overheard his dad telling some other people how they were at Epcot earlier that day. I think the dad said he was trying to get Soarin fastpasses when all of a sudden he hears this scream. Turns out somebody in one of those ECVs RAN OVER THE BOY’S FOOT! Apparently it was an older man and he obviously felt horrible about it but how sad is that?! What made it worse was the poor kid was wearing one of those “first visit” buttons. I felt so bad for that kid.

Anyways, we arrived at Epcot, went through the bag check and headed to Future World. The obligatory SSE shot:

We were curious to see if the park would be like the MK or if it would be more crowded because of EMH. Some of the Future World attractions had pretty short waits but Soarin had over 100 minute wait. No surprise there, so we’d have to do it some other time. It also seemed like there were more people around than there were at the Magic Kingdom. So our first stop was the Electric Umbrella for some dinner. I like it there, but does anyone remember the old restaurant that used to be there (I think it was called Pasta Piazza) where you could get pizza and pasta? I kind of miss that…it was pretty good. After grabbing some burgers and sandwiches we decided to walk over to Test Track.

The wait was 40 minutes and since we had just finished eating we didn’t mind. But right after we got in line it jumped to 80 minutes so we decided to get in the single riders line instead, which was still 40 minutes. We had never done single rider before but it ended up working out pretty well. Some shots from inside the queue:
self-portrait...bleh.

They were using one of the briefing rooms just for the single riders so I think one group of people went in before us. There were also a few times when they would just load an entire car with single riders. Emma and I ended up in the same car. So it was kind of neat because it was getting dark by the time we got on and we’d never ridden Test Track at night. In the end it took us about half an hour to get through which wasn’t bad.

When we got off there was some pretty crazy lightning out in the distance…good thing we got out of Test Track when we did! It never did end up raining though. Since it had been a long day we were starting to get tired. On the way out we stopped in Mouse Gear to look around and scope out any souvenir ideas.

I read in one of my Celebrations magazines that the old Dream machine from the original Journey Into Imagination was in the store so I pointed that out to Dad. Still miss that version…

While we were in the store we tried on some hats:

As we wandered around some more Emma spotted the display of the Vinylmation Mickeys. I had seen some stuff online about it so I explained it a little bit to her. I was really surprised when she said she wanted to get one—I thought for sure she’d think they were stupid! I wanted to get one too but the problem with them is that they’re sold in blind boxes so you don’t know what you’re going to get. But we still really wanted one! There were 3 different sets so we decided to go with the clear one—that set was just a bunch of different colored Mickeys (think giant gummy bear-style Mickeys!) so we figured we’d be happy with whichever one we got. They were all pretty cute! So we each picked out a box and were both excited and a little nervous about opening them. haha When we got to the bus stop we decided to open them up. I went first and got a blue Mickey. YAY! Then Emma opened hers and she got a red one. Needless to say we were both satisfied. And thus the addiction was born (you were right Colleen!)! Leave it to me to pick out the most pointless souvenirs. What can I say, I am a sucker for anything cute.

After a few minutes our bus pulled up and ohhhh boy, the windows were literally covered in water. When we got on the bus it was FREEZING! It was sooooo cold. Everyone was pretty much hugging themselves or each other to try to keep warm…it was that cold. The driver said if he turned the AC down the bus would get really hot really fast. It actually felt good getting off at the WL even though it was still so warm outside.

So that brings us to the end of our arrival day. I think we might’ve gone to the store to pick up some cereal and milk for the room before going to bed. But we needed to get some rest since we’d be getting up early again the next morning…


Up next: Extra Magic Hours at Hollywood Studios!

 

[DisneyFaeriePrincess]

Ok I definitely see Dumbo now!! I saw those vinylmation guys too and was very very very tempted to buy them but resisted it!

 

[Mickey_Mom]

Yay for quiet pools and boat rides. Those are really nice pictures over the water. I saw those Vinylmations too and reaaaaally had to resist the urge to buy them. They looked so cute I know I would have been instantly addicted. The plushies are

 

[Nicole786]

Joining in! WL is my all time favorite hotel, but I got butterflies when I saw your GF pics I really want to stay there one day!!

 

[Angies1274]

Love the boat ride pics!! Glad you were able to enjoy the quiet pool!!

How sad about the little boy, especially since it was his first visit! Last year, when we were getting off the train at the train station at MK, a lady almost ran into DS but luckily DH noticed and pulled him out of the way just in time.

We never rode Test Track in the dark before. It sounds cool!! (well, without the lightning of course.)

It sounds like you had a great arrival day!!! Can't wait to hear about EMH at DHS!!

 

[wdwgirl03]

Ok I definitely see Dumbo now!! I saw those vinylmation guys too and was very very very tempted to buy them but resisted it!

You have more will power than I do about the vinylmations. Though I do have to say some of them are a little weird. That's why I hate that they're blind-boxed!

Yay for quiet pools and boat rides. Those are really nice pictures over the water. I saw those Vinylmations too and reaaaaally had to resist the urge to buy them. They looked so cute I know I would have been instantly addicted. The plushies are

Glad you liked the pictures.

Instantly addicted like me? It's funny because when we were in NYC this past March I vaguely remember seeing huge signs on the doors of the World of Disney store there but didn't really pay attention to them! Kind of a bummer because there are some really neat ones from the very first set that they don't make anymore. And there's no way I'd pay ebay prices for them!

Joining in! WL is my all time favorite hotel, but I got butterflies when I saw your GF pics I really want to stay there one day!!

Welcome Nicole! I remember reading your TR when you stayed at the WL with your brother. The GF would be neat to stay at too!

Love the boat ride pics!! Glad you were able to enjoy the quiet pool!!

How sad about the little boy, especially since it was his first visit! Last year, when we were getting off the train at the train station at MK, a lady almost ran into DS but luckily DH noticed and pulled him out of the way just in time.

We never rode Test Track in the dark before. It sounds cool!! (well, without the lightning of course.)

It sounds like you had a great arrival day!!! Can't wait to hear about EMH at DHS!!

Yeah, the boat ride was so much fun. Glad we finally got to do that!

I know, what a way to remember your first visit!

I'm surprised at how much we got to do our first day. It's always nice when you get there early enough to do stuff.

 

[tinkgurl]

Isn't the Villas pool so nice and quiet compared to the main pool?! That's another reason why we loved staying there!

Oh my gosh, poor kid!

Ugh, I don't miss that TT line!

 

[mickeystoontown]

I was behind three installments! But, I am all caught up now. Believe it or not, I actually picked Dumbo for the Disney character cloud!

Looking forward to reading more!

Lisa