GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN - Update: AK Part 1

[Beauty & the Best]

Okay, so I know I said that I'd be updating w/ our plans for Day 2 of the trip, but ReyasMommy brought up Winnie the Pooh, and so its time that I must tell you about the 5th person who's going on our trip.

The background of the story is that my mother bought be a Winnie the Pooh stuffed animal when I was 1 1/2 years old and it was love at first sight

As the years went on, Winnie got a little thinner and somehow lost his signature red t-shirt (don't ask me! my sister probably lost it!) These days poor little Pooh is also missing his lips and his eyebrows are just barely hangin' on...but we've remained inseparable.

Yep through high school and college and marriage and all, my good pal Winnie is still with me.

Some might say that sleeping with a stuffed animal past age 12 is a little weird, but to those I say --- I'm not weird, I'm quirky and that's TOTALLY different!!!

Anyhow, in the past few years, that tubby little cubby has done a fair bit of traveling. Me and my husband have made a little game out of photographing Winnie in different places. *These photos have not been photoshopped, we really are that weird, um, I mean quirky!!

Here's Winnie at the Tower of Pisa in Italy

Winnie at Glacier Bay in Alaska

Chillin on a cruise ship balcony, nice tan buddy

In Santorini Greece

Winnie in Siena Italy (doesn't it kind of look like World Showcase?)


So of course Winnie the Pooh will be going on the Girls Trip!!! I think he'll fit just right in my Disney purse so I can get a pic of him at Spaceship Earth!

Hope my weirdness, uh, quirkiness doesn't turn you guys off...Winnie and me are a package deal

 

[DevonsDisneyMom]

Tink, loving the report girl!!! Our travel dates are similar and we both have Honda Accords!!

Oh and you are quoting HSM2 I beleive!!!

What parks are you going to what days???

My friend Judy and I have been trying to plan a girls only trip for ages... Everyone always has an excuse, so that's how it ended up being just her, Devon and I going on this trip!!

 

[wdwgirl03]

Followed you over from my TR and I am in on this one too! This sounds like such an awesome trip.

That quote is definitely HSM2...it's kind of sad, as soon as I saw that I started singing that song in my head.

 

[reyasmommy]

Okay, so I know I said that I'd be updating w/ our plans for Day 2 of the trip, but ReyasMommy brought up Winnie the Pooh, and so its time that I must tell you about the 5th person who's going on our trip.

The background of the story is that my mother bought be a Winnie the Pooh stuffed animal when I was 1 1/2 years old and it was love at first sight

As the years went on, Winnie got a little thinner and somehow lost his signature red t-shirt (don't ask me! my sister probably lost it!) These days poor little Pooh is also missing his lips and his eyebrows are just barely hangin' on...but we've remained inseparable.

Yep through high school and college and marriage and all, my good pal Winnie is still with me.

Some might say that sleeping with a stuffed animal past age 12 is a little weird, but to those I say --- I'm not weird, I'm quirky and that's TOTALLY different!!!

Anyhow, in the past few years, that tubby little cubby has done a fair bit of traveling. Me and my husband have made a little game out of photographing Winnie in different places. *These photos have not been photoshopped, we really are that weird, um, I mean quirky!!

Here's Winnie at the Tower of Pisa in Italy

Winnie at Glacier Bay in Alaska

Chillin on a cruise ship balcony, nice tan buddy

In Santorini Greece

Winnie in Siena Italy (doesn't it kind of look like World Showcase?)


So of course Winnie the Pooh will be going on the Girls Trip!!! I think he'll fit just right in my Disney purse so I can get a pic of him at Spaceship Earth!

Hope my weirdness, uh, quirkiness doesn't turn you guys off...Winnie and me are a package deal

AWE!!! That is SO awesome that you're taking Pooh along with you!! And there is NOTHING wrong with being quirky!!

You could probably buy him some really cute disney clothes at a build-a-bear. He might appreciate it! Can't wait to see his pictures from Disney.

 

[Beauty & the Best]

Tink, loving the report girl!!! Our travel dates are similar and we both have Honda Accords!!

Oh and you are quoting HSM2 I beleive!!!

What parks are you going to what days???

My friend Judy and I have been trying to plan a girls only trip for ages... Everyone always has an excuse, so that's how it ended up being just her, Devon and I going on this trip!!

Thanks! You are too sweet!

Yep that was a little Sharpay there...I love HSM!!!

It was hard to get a girls trip together, but I think part of us knows that if we don't do something every year, we might lose touch since we all live in different cities.

So here are my park day plans, I'll be posting more details later:
Wed 9/23- resort
Thurs 9/24- Epcot (I know, I know, MK is a better 1st day 1st time park, but I have my reasons!)
Fri 9/25 - MK and MNSHHP
Sat 9/26 - AK

Are you at any of the same parks on the same days?

Followed you over from my TR and I am in on this one too! This sounds like such an awesome trip.

That quote is definitely HSM2...it's kind of sad, as soon as I saw that I started singing that song in my head.

I'm so glad you stopped by!! I know the words to about 90% of the songs from HSM 1, 2 and 3 so really, its not sad, it just means you're one of us The trouble is that NOBODY else I know is into HSM, so I can't share this stuff w/ anyone...they don't know what they're missing really

AWE!!! That is SO awesome that you're taking Pooh along with you!! And there is NOTHING wrong with being quirky!!

You could probably buy him some really cute disney clothes at a build-a-bear. He might appreciate it! Can't wait to see his pictures from Disney.

Aren't you sweet to think that Pooh is cute instead of disturbing!!!
Seriously you should have seen my husbands face the first time I brought him to bed w/ me...god bless that man!!!

More updates soon

 

[DevonsDisneyMom]

Thanks! You are too sweet!

Yep that was a little Sharpay there...I love HSM!!!

It was hard to get a girls trip together, but I think part of us knows that if we don't do something every year, we might lose touch since we all live in different cities.

So here are my park day plans, I'll be posting more details later:
Wed 9/23- resort
Thurs 9/24- Epcot (I know, I know, MK is a better 1st day 1st time park, but I have my reasons!)
Fri 9/25 - MK and MNSHHP
Sat 9/26 - AK

Are you at any of the same parks on the same days?



I'm so glad you stopped by!! I know the words to about 90% of the songs from HSM 1, 2 and 3 so really, its not sad, it just means you're one of us The trouble is that NOBODY else I know is into HSM, so I can't share this stuff w/ anyone...they don't know what they're missing really



Aren't you sweet to think that Pooh is cute instead of disturbing!!!
Seriously you should have seen my husbands face the first time I brought him to bed w/ me...god bless that man!!!

More updates soon

Hey Tink!!! Looks like the only days that are about the same is 9/25 when we are at MNSSHP!

Oh, and I love me some HSM too!!! When I was working, I had a huge poster of HSM on my office door, yes I did get made fun of quite often for that!!

 

[Beauty & the Best]

Hey Tink!!! Looks like the only days that are about the same is 9/25 when we are at MNSSHP!

Oh, and I love me some HSM too!!! When I was working, I had a huge poster of HSM on my office door, yes I did get made fun of quite often for that!!

That is too bad...we'll have to keep an eye out for each other - w/ our Mickey sparkly ears we should be easy to spot, you don't usually see them in fours. And I was totally planning on singing "Fabulous" with you! lol

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I just want to tell everyone that I haven't given up on my PTR or anything, you're still my peeps!! I've just had a busy couple of days and tomorrow I'm going to visit MK at night (hello Spectro!) so I may not post again until Wed....we'll see.

On another shocking coming from waaaay left field note, my husband knocked my socks off the other night by suggesting that we do a 14 day Disney cruise from Port Canaveral to Barcelona Spain in April 2010. It's only $999 per person for 14 days, so that's pretty reasonable for Disney cruises. Anyway, we're not 100% sure, but there's a good chance that we'll be going on that trip!! Very excited about this possibility!!!

Have any of you guys done a Disney cruise? I think it could be really fun.

 

[wdwgirl03]

Oh sure, just go on to the MK for Spectro. That must be nice. LOL, just kidding!

We've never done one of the cruises but I would LOVE to do that some day. I'm sure they are a blast.

 

[Lynn5700]

OMG I love Winnie!!! So cute!!!!!! Awesome pics!!

Yeah I did a review of The Wave!! You girls will love it.

HAHA I forget the name of the drink. It's driving me crazy. It tastes sooo good. The picture does it no justice. If you like really fruity drinks where you can't taste the alcohol, then it's the drink for you, lol.

 

[DevonsDisneyMom]

That is too bad...we'll have to keep an eye out for each other - w/ our Mickey sparkly ears we should be easy to spot, you don't usually see them in fours. And I was totally planning on singing "Fabulous" with you! lol

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I just want to tell everyone that I haven't given up on my PTR or anything, you're still my peeps!! I've just had a busy couple of days and tomorrow I'm going to visit MK at night (hello Spectro!) so I may not post again until Wed....we'll see.

On another shocking coming from waaaay left field note, my husband knocked my socks off the other night by suggesting that we do a 14 day Disney cruise from Port Canaveral to Barcelona Spain in April 2010. It's only $999 per person for 14 days, so that's pretty reasonable for Disney cruises. Anyway, we're not 100% sure, but there's a good chance that we'll be going on that trip!! Very excited about this possibility!!!

Have any of you guys done a Disney cruise? I think it could be really fun.

Absolutely, I will be on the look out for you gals!!! Both me and Judy will have our minnie ears on and Devon will be all done up as a pirate!!

So jealous that you get to go to Mk to see Spectro!!!

How lucky are you to go on a Disney Cruise!!! We have not been on one yet, but I definitely plan to do one in the future that's for sure... I am really holding off doing one b/c I was to cruise on one of the NEW ships!!! Speaking of which, just read on allears.net that they are renovating castaway cay!!! The artists rendision of what they are going to do looks amazing. Apparently it is to be completed next summer!!!

 

[rusafee1183]

On another shocking coming from waaaay left field note, my husband knocked my socks off the other night by suggesting that we do a 14 day Disney cruise from Port Canaveral to Barcelona Spain in April 2010. It's only $999 per person for 14 days, so that's pretty reasonable for Disney cruises. Anyway, we're not 100% sure, but there's a good chance that we'll be going on that trip!! Very excited about this possibility!!!

Have any of you guys done a Disney cruise? I think it could be really fun.

I am sooo interested in this! OMG! It sounds like a great deal. Did he find it through the website - or is it a deal from being an APH?

WOW!!! I would soooo love to do a Disney Cruise!

 

[reyasmommy]

Wow!! A 14 days cruise would be AMAZING!!! Lucky you!

My DH and I took the 4 day Disney Cruise back in 2001 as part of our honeymoon! We had a wonderful time and hope to take another one. If I could get my way I'd like to go for our 10 year anniversary and renew our vows.

 

[aprilisis]

I love your PTR! Winnie is so cute. You guys go home the day before I get there. Have a great trip & have a Captain's Mai Tai for me.

 

[Beauty & the Best]

I love your PTR! Winnie is so cute. You guys go home the day before I get there. Have a great trip & have a Captain's Mai Tai for me.

Thank you! and I'm glad you stopped by!

You must be sooo excited about your trip too. I'm on pins and needles waiting for the next two weeks to go by!

Are you going to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party?

Wow!! A 14 days cruise would be AMAZING!!! Lucky you!

My DH and I took the 4 day Disney Cruise back in 2001 as part of our honeymoon! We had a wonderful time and hope to take another one. If I could get my way I'd like to go for our 10 year anniversary and renew our vows.

Your honeymoon sounds wonderful! I think it would be great to do it as an anniversary trip - especially since it looks like Disney cruise line is so much fun for kids that mommy and daddy actually get some alone time

I am sooo interested in this! OMG! It sounds like a great deal. Did he find it through the website - or is it a deal from being an APH?

WOW!!! I would soooo love to do a Disney Cruise!

I pm'ed you about this earlier, but just for anyone else who's reading, it was not an AP rate, the $999 was the regular rate for an inside cabin.

How fun would it be if we went on the same cruise?!

Oh sure, just go on to the MK for Spectro. That must be nice. LOL, just kidding!

We've never done one of the cruises but I would LOVE to do that some day. I'm sure they are a blast.

Actually we got to the park and realized that Spectromagic wasn't showing on that day! And get this....about an hour after we get there, it starts POURING down rain - like serious rain that makes big puddles so even if you have an umbrella your feet get wet!

But we did bring umbrellas so we just did what we could in the rain - the tiki room, country bears jamboree, it's a small world, haunted mansion and pirates otc. It finally let up as we were heading towards Main St. We went to the bakery and I got a hugenormous slice of carrot cake (it was GOOD.) Then we were about to leave and noticed the Main St. vehicles were running so we rode the old timey car down the street and then we left.

The good news about the rain is it reminded me to bring umbrellas on this girls trip b/c I'm not really the poncho type!

OMG I love Winnie!!! So cute!!!!!! Awesome pics!!

Yeah I did a review of The Wave!! You girls will love it.

HAHA I forget the name of the drink. It's driving me crazy. It tastes sooo good. The picture does it no justice. If you like really fruity drinks where you can't taste the alcohol, then it's the drink for you, lol.

Thanks for the Winnie comment...I told him you think he's cute and he's so pleased! He wants me to send you a pot of honey

Yes I'm really looking forward to the Wave. I guess it just seems like a really cool place. Did you have a cocktail there? I think there are a few that look interesting.

Absolutely, I will be on the look out for you gals!!! Both me and Judy will have our minnie ears on and Devon will be all done up as a pirate!!

So jealous that you get to go to Mk to see Spectro!!!

How lucky are you to go on a Disney Cruise!!! We have not been on one yet, but I definitely plan to do one in the future that's for sure... I am really holding off doing one b/c I was to cruise on one of the NEW ships!!! Speaking of which, just read on allears.net that they are renovating castaway cay!!! The artists rendision of what they are going to do looks amazing. Apparently it is to be completed next summer!!!

We'll look for you too, so if you see some crazy woman yelling "Reese! Devon!" at you guys, you'll know it's me!

We didn't get to see Spectro yesterday but I did buy the soundtrack and listen to it on the way home pretending that the other cars on the highway were Spectromagic floats....its almost the same thing!

I did hear about the Castaway Cay rennovations. They would still be going on when that cruise visits there but people say it isn't bad. I'll bet the newer Disney ships are going to be amazing!

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Pssst!
For any of you who have heard about the rennovation of Fantasyland in WDW, I heard from a CM yesterday at Pinnochio's Village Haus that the rumor is true and they are going to start doing construction in January 2010!

 

[Beauty & the Best]

Day 2 – Thursday Sept 24th, Epcot baby!

Okay finally! Here are our plans for Day 2 when we hit the parks.

And our related Disney quote:

“I don’t know when, I don’t know how, but I know something’s starting right now!”

Yay! Day 2 is our first day to hit the parks and really start our trip. We will be visiting Epcot.

Why not MK on the first day you may ask?

Well, there are a couple of reasons, but mostly because I have deduced with my super human crowd predicting powers which days are the best days to go to the parks during our trip and this is how it worked out.

It has a lot to do with avoiding EMH’s (remember we don’t have park hoppers!) avoiding MK on a Saturday and avoiding the opening day of Epcot’s Food & Wine Festival – which I have heard is a total zoo.

We don't have a detailed touring plan for the parks, so we'll probably just go with what we feel at the time – hitting a few “must do’s.” I have a tendency to get a little drill sergeant on my girlfriends if there are too many plans, so during this trip I am going to try to suppress those crazy super-planner urges and just relax and have fun.

Wake up by 7:30 to shower and make it to rope drop

This may or may not happen. I really would like to make it to rope drop, but again I don’t want to be a complete pain about it, so if people need to sleep in another hour, that is doable. I checked last week and you could still get Soarin’ fastpasses at 10:30, so we should still be good if somebody (um, Jasmine) needs more sleep.

Drive to Epcot in the Tinkerbell Taxi (aka Honda)

Enter Epcot!!!!

Take photos at the front of Spaceship Earth before the actual rope drop

Not sure if we’ll do photopass (I’ve been thinking of doing the cd) but I definitely want some of us in the classic shot.

Avoid the Soarin’ stampede and head to Test Track to ride. Maybe also ride Mission Space.
Get over to Soarin’ (now hopefully a little calmer! ) and get fastpasses.

And from here I have not planned anything as far as rides go. I figure we’ll spend the first ½ of the day in Futureworld.

The Futureworld highlights for us are:

Soarin’ – I will be thinking of Heather’s motion sickness during the city scene...rusafee represent!
Test Track
The Seas w/ Nemo
Imagination ride
Spaceship Earth – “remember how easy it was to learn your ABC’s? Thank the Phoenicians.”
Mission Space
Club Cool – oh yes, we will take the Beverly challenge!

Lunch at Sunshine Seasons

This is a no brainer. There are so many choices and they also have some healthy items (yay goat cheese salad!) I think this will be a winner w/ the whole group.

Perhaps go back to resort for a little break

I don’t know if we’ll want to do this, but I’m allowing time to go back to the resort and rest if we need it. We’ll probably be to psyched for our first day in the parks but you never know.

Then after lunch (or our mid-day break if we choose to have one) we’ll make our way to the World Showcase…I think we’ll start on the Mexico end and make our way around like that.

Our World Showcase highlights are:

All the world pavilions – some drinking around the world, but not too much, I’d like to try one of the slushies in France, a margarita at the new tapas bar in Mexico and maybe a drink in the Rose & Crown…we’ll see!
Mexico boat ride
Maelstrom – love that weird little glowing eye in the beginning of this ride…I just can’t look away!
Canada film
American Adventure
Off Kilter (I don’t think British Invasion plays the day we’re there) but hey, Kilts are sexy!

Go to Restaurant Marrakesh in Morocco for a 6:00 dinner reservation.

I’ve never been here and have heard mixed reviews but I’m willing to give it a try. This is the one reservation that my girlfriends have offered input so if it doesn’t go well it’s on them! Lol
But the interior of this restaurant looks really cool and I really like the counter service in Morocco so it should be good.

Then after dinner we’ll just walk around the showcase, maybe do some shopping and get a beverage before getting a spot for Illuminations.

Watch Illuminations

This show is one of my favorites. It just wow’s me every time I see it. We’ll probably stake out a spot around Germany. There’s always a good view from there w/o a lot of crowds.

Go back to the CBR

After a full day we will either be on a huge high from the park or really wiped out. If we’re wiped out, we’ll just head back to the resort and maybe do a late night swim.

And those are our Day 2 plans! What do you think? Are we missing anything important?

Next update – Am I going on a Disney cruise? Did we do it or did we decide that 14 days away from our dog is just too much??

 

[DevonsDisneyMom]

Thank you! and I'm glad you stopped by!

You must be sooo excited about your trip too. I'm on pins and needles waiting for the next two weeks to go by!

Are you going to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party?



Your honeymoon sounds wonderful! I think it would be great to do it as an anniversary trip - especially since it looks like Disney cruise line is so much fun for kids that mommy and daddy actually get some alone time



I pm'ed you about this earlier, but just for anyone else who's reading, it was not an AP rate, the $999 was the regular rate for an inside cabin.

How fun would it be if we went on the same cruise?!



Actually we got to the park and realized that Spectromagic wasn't showing on that day! And get this....about an hour after we get there, it starts POURING down rain - like serious rain that makes big puddles so even if you have an umbrella your feet get wet!

But we did bring umbrellas so we just did what we could in the rain - the tiki room, country bears jamboree, it's a small world, haunted mansion and pirates otc. It finally let up as we were heading towards Main St. We went to the bakery and I got a hugenormous slice of carrot cake (it was GOOD.) Then we were about to leave and noticed the Main St. vehicles were running so we rode the old timey car down the street and then we left.

The good news about the rain is it reminded me to bring umbrellas on this girls trip b/c I'm not really the poncho type!



Thanks for the Winnie comment...I told him you think he's cute and he's so pleased! He wants me to send you a pot of honey

Yes I'm really looking forward to the Wave. I guess it just seems like a really cool place. Did you have a cocktail there? I think there are a few that look interesting.



We'll look for you too, so if you see some crazy woman yelling "Reese! Devon!" at you guys, you'll know it's me!

We didn't get to see Spectro yesterday but I did buy the soundtrack and listen to it on the way home pretending that the other cars on the highway were Spectromagic floats....its almost the same thing!

I did hear about the Castaway Cay rennovations. They would still be going on when that cruise visits there but people say it isn't bad. I'll bet the newer Disney ships are going to be amazing!

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Pssst!
For any of you who have heard about the rennovation of Fantasyland in WDW, I heard from a CM yesterday at Pinnochio's Village Haus that the rumor is true and they are going to start doing construction in January 2010!

Ha Ha!!! We will definitely be on the look out!! And wait, I have not heard about these rumors??? Shocked at my lack of knowledge! Spill the beans tink!!!

 

[Beauty & the Best]

Ha Ha!!! We will definitely be on the look out!! And wait, I have not heard about these rumors??? Shocked at my lack of knowledge! Spill the beans tink!!!

I think I heard it from the dis so that just means you're spending all of your time on the trip planning forums

Here's a link to the rumor - http://thedisneyblog.com/2009/07/17/magic-kingdom-fantasyland-expansion-plans-leaked/

Basically they want to revamp Fantasyland - keep the old favorites but take out toon town and add more princess related rides and attractions.

 

[reyasmommy]

Your plans look great!! When your drinking your yummy alcoholic drinks around the world think of me. I'm not a big drinker by any means, but since being pregnant I crave it like crazy!

I was at the dollar tree store today and I saw a bunch of cute clothes you could be your pooh bear...

 

[rusafee1183]

Yeeeeeeah Day 2 updates!!!


Well, I think you hit everything I even got a mention in the PTR.



Not the best way to be remembered ... but I'll take what I can get

Also, I vote for a GGCLS during Illuminations. Pure heaven.


I am getting sooo jealous! I won't be there for over a year But I'll think of you girls when you're gone! You are going to have such a blast!

I'm excited to hear about Day 3 plans!!!

 

[wdwgirl03]

Oh no, that stinks about Spectromagic and the rain.

Your plans look good so far. And I am thinking you are going on the cruise...