How much Christmas can we squeeze into 3 days? Nov/Dec 2015 TR *NEW TR Link 5/18!*

[Leshaface]

We still had to ride Living with the Land,

I'm loving this ride more and more each time! Such a fun, educational ride.

And I'm always shocked that the boys are interested in this ride.

And i'm lovin' it even more cause DS really took an interest this trip which made me excited!

And a Fluted Pumpkin. Who even knew that was a thing?

I love purchasing ugly/different pumpkins around Fall to use as decorations for our entryway area outside, and these fluted pumpkins would be perfect!

Agh such a cute display!

Cool dudes with their sunglasses!

I was really upset with myself after feeling like we did not really get use out of our Memory Maker during our first trip. I was determined to take more pictures this time!

This is me every trip! Even if I get 150 shots, the next trip i'm bound and determined to beat that number, so i'm really never satisfied

 

[cheryllarsen]

Great read! Thanks for posting

 

[oceanmarina]

Great picture of the boys, band of brothers , so sweet. Great update, can't wit to read more

 

[kastoney]

I'm with your mother in law on the Land. Love, love, love it. But of course that is largely because I hated it as a child and my brother and I always made fun of it and sang the old land song all the time. Ah nostalgia ; )

Looks like you all got some good photos this time around. I see the illusive 3 boys looking at the camera.

 

[hokieinpa]

Love the pics of your boys outside Nemo They are all looking in the general direction of the camera, too. Mommy, for the win!!!

Right?? That's probably why it's one of my favorite pictures from the trip!

I'm interested to see your review of Biergarten. I am so on the fence about whether or not DH, DS and picky-Mommy would enjoy the food, but I love the sound of the atmosphere!!!

Coming up soon but we all did enjoy it and the boys are more on the picky side versus the will eat anything side!

I'm loving this ride more and more each time! Such a fun, educational ride.

From lots of TRs and reviews, I had this feeling that it would be long and boring. But I really do enjoy it and learn so much each time!

And i'm lovin' it even more cause DS really took an interest this trip which made me excited!

That's great! I thought the boys would be bored to tears but they love looking at all the crazy plants!

I love purchasing ugly/different pumpkins around Fall to use as decorations for our entryway area outside, and these fluted pumpkins would be perfect!

That would be a great addition to a fall display! I always pick a reject pumpkin at Halloween too!

Agh such a cute display!

I know! Love everything about it!

Cool dudes with their sunglasses!

Cool is totally the word for them!

This is me every trip! Even if I get 150 shots, the next trip i'm bound and determined to beat that number, so i'm really never satisfied

I want more pictures! Need to make good use of that Memory Maker! And now that you can see the pictures right away on MDE, I can decide we need another one in front of the castle!

Great read! Thanks for posting

Thanks for following along!

Great picture of the boys, band of brothers , so sweet. Great update, can't wit to read more

Thank you! They make life interesting for sure!!

 

[hokieinpa]

I'm with your mother in law on the Land. Love, love, love it. But of course that is largely because I hated it as a child and my brother and I always made fun of it and sang the old land song all the time. Ah nostalgia ; )

Aren't family memories great? But I do enjoy Living with the Land too! The slow, seated ride through the AC helps too!

Looks like you all got some good photos this time around. I see the illusive 3 boys looking at the camera.

Yes! I like looking back over our PhotPass pictures from the trip and I'm on a mission to get more next time! And the rare shot of all 6 eyes on me!

 

[hokieinpa]

It's Biergarten!


We had wrapped up our time in Future World and began to make our way over to the World Showcase for our ADR at Biergarten. We made our way up past Figment and headed over to the Mexico side.

We enjoyed the Christmas decorations along the way!

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Especially the tree, of course! We liked finding ornaments from each country and Nate was quite excited at spotting this globe ornament so a picture was necessary.

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Looking out over the World Showcase Lagoon, we could see some very menacing clouds gathering.

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I had plans to loop back to Mexico so we only stopped briefly to enjoy a few minutes of some dancing. It looked like fun!

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And finally we reached our destination.

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I checked us in at Biergarten and was told it would be a 20 minute wait. Jake had fallen asleep on the walk over so my parents and Jim took the boys over to wait near the water. Where was I headed?

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Of course! I had sea salt caramels and caramel corn on my mind! I used an AP or TIW discount here, I can't remember which one but it's something to keep in mind!

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Treats in hand, I met everyone else over by the water. Some seats opened up near the Biergarten entrance so we grabbed them and enjoyed the surroundings!

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We parked our strollers inside since it looked like rain any minute. Our buzzer went off and we headed inside.

Our table was on the second level near the back. Since we were a large party, we had a whole table to ourselves!

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The view from our table. We enjoyed the band while we ate and the decor inside was really lovely!

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I'm not a huge fan of German food but Jim is so he was very excited about this meal. I was pleasantly surprised to see lots of familiar items on the buffet and we enjoyed everything!

I have our favorites listed as
-cheese (my mom loved the variety of cheeses)
-gratin of some kind
-salmon
-pretzel rolls
-berry compote dessert

There was a decent amount that the somewhat picky boys enjoyed too - baked chicken legs, hot dog-ish sausage, cheese, and pretzel rolls. And the chocolate milk definitely helped too!

I would come back here again for sure. It may be a few trips before we repeat a meal at Biergarten since there are so many other World Showcase spots I want to try first. But a very enjoyable meal overall!

We finished up and gathered our strollers from the entrance way. It had rained a bit during our meal and was still drizzling some. But not enough to stop us so we headed out to explore the World Showcase some more!


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[missangelalexis]

I'm glad you were able to beat the rain! Sounds like a really enjoyable meal, I'm glad to hear you would go back sometime!

 

[KathyM2]

Biergarten sounds like a pretty good meal!! I love your pics where you got all 3 boys...and looking at the camera and smiling!! That never happens with us and we only have two lol. Your post made me want some caramel corn lol

 

[missjackiemcg]

It actually sounds like we might be OK to try eating at Biergarten, despite my hesitation!! Good thing you brought your stroller in to park it even though the rain wasn't too bad. We had one really bad pour on our stroller Jimmy's first trip and were a bit wiser after that!! Poor guy had to sit on a poncho the rest of the day because it just never dried!!

 

[hokieinpa]

I'll be back for replies but I just wanted to post a link for my October 2016 PTR!
http://www.disboards.com/threads/sorry-boys-this-time-mamas-going-solo-new-4-4.3498853/
Sorry, boys...this time Mama's going SOLO! October 2016 PTR

Hope you'll join me for planning my first ever solo trip!

 

[hokieinpa]

I'm glad you were able to beat the rain! Sounds like a really enjoyable meal, I'm glad to hear you would go back sometime!

It was nice to relax inside after a busy morning! And the food and atmosphere were both really nice!

Biergarten sounds like a pretty good meal!! I love your pics where you got all 3 boys...and looking at the camera and smiling!! That never happens with us and we only have two lol. Your post made me want some caramel corn lol

Biergarten was a nice break from our busy morning in Future World! And we loved the show!

That picture is one of my favorites from the entire trip!

And I love that caramel corn! But it gets stale so quickly. I think I may try bringing a ziploc and transferring it over immediately so see if that helps!

It actually sounds like we might be OK to try eating at Biergarten, despite my hesitation!! Good thing you brought your stroller in to park it even though the rain wasn't too bad. We had one really bad pour on our stroller Jimmy's first trip and were a bit wiser after that!! Poor guy had to sit on a poncho the rest of the day because it just never dried!!

I think you'll be fine! There was fruit, cheese, regular and pretzel rolls, applesauce. And the music made it fun!

Yes, I was happy we kept the strollers safe and dry! I did bring rain covers but they were a pain so having a sheltered spot was nice!

 

[missjackiemcg]

Heading to your new PTR!!!

 

[Leshaface]

I've never stopped to check out the ornaments on this tree, but I love it!

Good girl! This place is seriously the best!

Treats in hand, I met everyone else over by the water. Some seats opened up near the Biergarten entrance so we grabbed them and enjoyed the surroundings!

I got to hang out on a bench in the 'square' too and it's such a fun place to hang out, people watch and hear the music!

I never really get to see the inside of this place so it's cool that you captured some shots.

I'm not a huge fan of German food

I've really never tried it before but have always wanted to! DH gives me a hard 'No' every time I suggest coming here, but I really, really want to.

 

[Gracefulskinny]

Yay! I'm all caught up!

 

[Dugette]

Where was I headed?

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Smart girl!

Since we were a large party, we had a whole table to ourselves!

That's kinda cool. No worries about chatting it up with strangers.

I have our favorites listed as
-cheese (my mom loved the variety of cheeses)
-gratin of some kind
-salmon
-pretzel rolls
-berry compote dessert

Sounds like a good list to me (well, I'd skip the salmon, but that's just me). I really need to get back to Biergarten sometime when I have an appetite.

 

[Elevationist]

I had plans to loop back to Mexico so we only stopped briefly to enjoy a few minutes of some dancing. It looked like fun!

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How cool! I've caught the mariachi band, but have never seen dancers there before!

I checked us in at Biergarten and was told it would be a 20 minute wait. Jake had fallen asleep on the walk over so my parents and Jim took the boys over to wait near the water. Where was I headed?

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Jealoussss! When I popped in here in December, the line was 5 miles long so I passed. BIG MISTAKE. Next time, I'll was for HOURS if I have to, I don't even care!

Look at all those delicious carbs!!

I'm not a huge fan of German food but Jim is so he was very excited about this meal. I was pleasantly surprised to see lots of familiar items on the buffet and we enjoyed everything!

Yeah, I learned that I'm not a fan either. But my Mom loves it, so if she holds up her promise to go with me next October, we'll probably be doing dinner here.

There was a decent amount that the somewhat picky boys enjoyed too - baked chicken legs, hot dog-ish sausage, cheese, and pretzel rolls. And the chocolate milk definitely helped too!

Aaaaand this will pretty much what I'll be sticking to myself.

 

[MissMaryQC]

We enjoyed the Christmas decorations along the way!

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SUPER PRETTY!

Especially the tree, of course! We liked finding ornaments from each country and Nate was quite excited at spotting this globe ornament so a picture was necessary.

that's really cool! i like that they incorporate that stuff into the holiday decor. Disney is the best!

Looking out over the World Showcase Lagoon, we could see some very menacing clouds gathering.

Looks like a regular Florida sky to me! Heehee.

Of course! I had sea salt caramels and caramel corn on my mind! I used an AP or TIW discount here, I can't remember which one but it's something to keep in mind!

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Um, yyummy! That sounds delicious!

The view from our table. We enjoyed the band while we ate and the decor inside was really lovely!

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WOW! You guys got great seats! I'm so curious about this show, maybe if I ever make it to Epcot...

I'm not a huge fan of German food but Jim is so he was very excited about this meal. I was pleasantly surprised to see lots of familiar items on the buffet and we enjoyed everything!

I'm not sure I'd know German food if I was eating it. But this sounds like a great meal, and a great time!

 

[tortilla24]

Read up on the whole report today! Looks like such fun!

 

[hokieinpa]

I've never stopped to check out the ornaments on this tree, but I love it!

I loved the ornaments from each country! So much detail in all of the decorations!

Good girl! This place is seriously the best!

I'm not sure I'll be able to visit Epcot without a stop here! Everything is amazing!

I got to hang out on a bench in the 'square' too and it's such a fun place to hang out, people watch and hear the music!

It was a really fun atmosphere! The music and decorations made it a great place to spend our short little wait!

I never really get to see the inside of this place so it's cool that you captured some shots.

Biergarten is very pretty on the inside! Love the music and the decor! And the table to ourselves was a nice perk!

I've really never tried it before but have always wanted to! DH gives me a hard 'No' every time I suggest coming here, but I really, really want to.

They do have pretty amazing beer! Can't hurt your argument!

Yay! I'm all caught up!

Yay! Thanks for following along!

Smart girl!

I'm not sure I can pass through the Germany pavilion and not stop to get something! And the caramels actually traveled home very well in our luggage.

That's kinda cool. No worries about chatting it up with strangers.

I know this is everyone's big fear when it comes to Biergarten! It was nice to have our own table and not worry about the boys disturbing anyone.

Sounds like a good list to me (well, I'd skip the salmon, but that's just me). I really need to get back to Biergarten sometime when I have an appetite.

There was plenty of variety and everyone was very happy with the food. I have such a hard time deciding on ADRs in the World Showcase. So many choices, especially when you add in the QS and snack options!