Holy Buckets! It's A Solo TR, 3/8-15/09 **5/1/09 Vids & Pics Done**

[jenseib]

OOOOOH! You got to see Devine! I have only seen her once in 2007.

 

[MyMuse]

How nice of you to add my pics to your TR. LOL!

LOL! I forgot you both had the same name!

I just finished adding some of her pics to my album; she got good shot and different from mine.

About Devine - I was disappointed I didn't see her the previous day when I was at AK, but there she was on our Park De Hop Day! It was almost by accident. It was cool; she completely faded into the trees. I did some video of her too.

I'm hoping to see her in May, but I doubt I would get lucky twice.

 

[jenseib]

I almost missed her then too. I only noticed her becasue a crowd of people were looking in that direction and I was trying to figure out why. LOL!

 

[MyMuse]

I finished placing pictures to post #150 (the first 5 days).

 

[disneygirlinnj]

Subbing! Just got through your R&C day...sounds like a fabulous trip already!

 

[jenseib]

I love them. I want to go back and some of the shots you took now! LOL!

 

[disneygirlinnj]

Just caught up on the whole trip report! Sounds like you had a perfect vacation, glad your first trip went without a hitch!

 

[MyMuse]

Didn't mean to go AWOL

I will continue to post pictures shortly. I still have not rec'd the Photopass CD!

 

[mickeystoontown]

Didn't mean to go AWOL

I will continue to post pictures shortly. I still have not rec'd the Photopass CD!

Caught again (with pics) and am waiting for more!

 

[MyMuse]

This has been moved from its previous post due to image space issues....

Day 5, Part 3 – Magic Kingdom

We park hop to MK and it’s right before 3pm, so the parade is beginning to start. So, we hop on the WDW Railroad and do a circuit around.

From the platform:

After the railroad, we head up on Main Street. I wanted to see the mosaics in the Castle, but once again, it is roped. There’s a show at the Castle Forecourt? Off to Tomorrowland we go. First up is Monters Inc Laugh Floor, no wait (other than the pre-show). It was different this time but the same outcome. It was very cute.

Next, Tomorrowland Transit Authority. I really like this ride, there was a very small wait for it. Not like the walk-on, it was for me before.

We head for Fantasyland for Snow White, which wasn’t so scary. It is almost laughable that I didn’t do it before! It was actually kind of cute. We were in the first car and the wait wasn’t very long.

Next was small world and the wait was fast going. This is also such a cute ride! Love it! As we exit, there is no line at all!

I think at this point, I was able to get into the Castle. This is where I realize there is an entrance to Cinderella's Royal Table and BBB from Fanastyland. I got to see the mosaics!!

We decide to have a bite to eat at Pinocchio Village Haus because we are a bit hungry and it is just so darn cute. We share a 8 piece chicken nuggets and my receipt shows it is now 5:43pm. We take table overlooking small world. We also take a few pictures of the inside.

Next on the agenda was Liberty Square for Haunted Mansion ride. The wait wasn’t very long. I liked going through this ride again as I saw different things and the ballroom is awesome. The fake ghost in the mirror was fun with 2 people in the tram.

You can kind of see it:

Off to Adventureland and went on Jungle Cruise. It took some time to get through the line. I didn’t think of FP’ing it until we were halfway in line. It wasn’t as good as the first time I went on it, but still slap-sticky as ever. We go on Pirates, no wait. I didn’t tell Jennifer about the small drop, but she survives.

We climb up Swiss Family Robinson and still love the view. There a few less people than when I went on before.

At this point, it’s near to 7:30pm and Wishes is at 8pm. I want to redeem my voucher for a Photopass picture and since MK is where we ended and this is my last park day, I went to get one at Expo Hall. I'm hoping to get in and out before Wishes starts.

So, we head for Expo Hall, which is in the front of the park. So, all good. We take more pics of the Castle on our way out.

Then we see it. The Line. At the Photopass. At Wishes Time. I ask to double-check I'm looking in the right place. I am. Argh. Isn't everyone supposed to be outside?

A man at one of the terminals (think there is only 3) is taking an inordinate amount of time at the terminal. So much so, that a manager comes out and says very diplomatically, "are you finding all your pictures, sir?". What he really wants to say is, "hurry up! I have a loooong line waiting and you've been here for 35 minutes without buying a thing!". LOL!

I tell Jennifer to go outside and enjoy the fireworks while I am inside waiting on this line. I finally get to a cashier after the fireworks are over; thankfully the manager opened up another terminal down the hall. I know I want a pic from AK with the Tree of Life in the background, so the CM can just look those up. I pick one and notice that the one closer to the tree never made it with me cradling Simba. Darn!

I do like the one I picked, added an AK border and have it printed out. The CM was very nice, but I ended up rushing him along. He seemed content for me to stay there forever and play around with the pictures, placing Tink and Simba in photos. Maybe it's being from NJ, but I want my business conducted and over with maximum efficiency. LOL!

And that darn guy is STILL have the terminal! Holy Buckets!

At this point, it is after 8:30pm and we head out of the park to the buses. Thankfully, there is a dedicated POFQ bus. It comes fairly quickly. Jennifer stays at the resort to see the room and stay awhile.

I stop at the foodcourt to get milk, juice and a Chicken Taco Salad. My receipt shows it is 9:09pm. We head to my room, eat and hang out. After I walk Jennifer to her car, I check out the Arcade (I still have the 30 minute card), listen to Eliot Dyson at Scat Cats for 3 songs, do a night stroll, locate the laundry and boat launch. I go back to my room and realize I left my Photopass picture at the food court.

I go back to the foodcourt and find it with the front desk. It takes awhile to find, but I got it back after I described it. And the fact that it was from today and I'm wearing the same clothes and, oh yeah, it'll be me in the picture! LOL!!!

I leave everything everywhere since I don't have to get up early.My park days are done. I journal and hit the sack at 12:36am.

 

[MyMuse]

I have finally finished with the photos other than the Photopass ones. I will just post those in a separate post.

I did update some posts with more photos as I got my friend's pictures as well. It started with Post #139 on Page 10. You can tell since the pictures are slightly larger.

The pictures of the last couple of days are larger since I was tired of editing them smaller.

Ok, that is all for now. Photopass pictures and videos are coming!

 

[MyMuse]

I just got a voicemail from WDW Resorts thanking me for writing a letter about some really magical CMs.

Wasn't that nice? I love my trip journal!

Hopefully, those great CMs continue doing what they do best.

 

[KatGarcia]

Awesome to get the Disney voice mail! I'm excited to see videos!

 

[jenseib]

Love the pictures!

 

[MyMuse]

Yes, I finally got my CDs and finished viewing them. I did not get a chance last night to upload, but will do so as soon as I can!

I will also try to upload videos into my YouTube account and get those going as well. The vid of the animator was so cool!

I'm so disappointed that Photopass shares are being discountinued on the DIS. It was one of the great things about being here.

 

[jenseib]

Yes, I finally got my CDs and finished viewing them. I did not get a chance last night to upload, but will do so as soon as I can!

I will also try to upload videos into my YouTube account and get those going as well. The vid of the animator was so cool!

I'm so disappointed that Photopass shares are being discountinued on the DIS. It was one of the great things about being here.

Can't wait to see them!
I'm disappointed too. I have heard that Yahoo groups wil lbe started, so I might look there next time.

 

[MyMuse]

I did not get a chance to upload the Photopass pics. I run out of time all the time!

Though, I did do a Excel spreadsheet of my spending at Disney since I remembered to bring all my receipts to work with me.

Here's how it broke down:

$230 for Dining (15x)
$240 for Merchandise (including shipping the box home)

That's not too bad, right? And I had $250 in gift cards; $200 from the promotion and $50 from my sister. And all the merchandise wasn't all for me!

I will use this information to see if the Dining Plan will ever pay off for me. I only did 3 table service restaraunts - Rose & Crown, Mama Melrose and Big River Grille.

 

[jenseib]

So you're doing the dining plan this time around? I love the dining plan myself. But I know it's not fore everyone. But I know if we paid out of pockert for each of the meals, DH would complain every time we ate. now it's all prepaid so he doesn't and eats like a pig!

 

[MyMuse]

So you're doing the dining plan this time around? I love the dining plan myself. But I know it's not fore everyone. But I know if we paid out of pockert for each of the meals, DH would complain every time we ate. now it's all prepaid so he doesn't and eats like a pig!

No, I have a room only reservation, so I cannot add a dining plan. I don't think it'll ever work out for me. I do like TS meals, but not everyday. I'm not sure about the QS plan, since it does seem like alot of food.

I did the spreadsheet to total my expenses and see whether the dining plan would have saved me anything.

 

[jenseib]

I can't beleive you only have 5 more days!