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[aras4007]

Joining in! I remember seeing you on some of Nicki's dining reports. We were there Sept 18-25 at the BWV. I wonder if we bumped into each other!? Can't wait to hear about your trip!

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

Leave it to you to see I cheated and used last year's picture (I forgot to take a lot of attraction sign pictures this trip.

as rozz from monsters would say,

im always watching


enjoyed the update...

upset i didnt see that jake hat with the hair parker is going as him for halloween and would love that...nuts...time to check ebay.

 

[KatMark]

They are both sweet, however I think that the King is richer and firmer and the Dungeness flakier and much more moist. The dungeness has shorter legs which means a lot more meat and as a result, easier to work with (less effort).

Cynthia, thanks for all that info...very good to know.

I love how in the picture with Mike and Sulley, everyone is giving the scary pose except Sulley, the one who is supposed to be scary

While the atmosphere at 50's intrigues me, the menu has never appealed to me, so I've never eaten there. Your review does nothing to help change my mind on that one

I never even caught that about Sulley, Michelle.

I can tell you that Mark and I won't be back anytime soon...unless it is just for shakes and onion rings.

Hmmm....they will "take care of you in Dec at CSR"?? That sounds promising!

So glad you got to see Mike and Sully....they were so much fun with us

It would be nice if they moved us to a one bedroom suite with the kids being with us. But I'm not counting on anything; the $75 credit was enough and the fact that they called me.

We enjoyed the interaction with Mike and Sully...they were fun.

I love how you know every detail of your trips. Me? I remember zip. Nada. Just that we were there. LOL

My solo trip might be happening in January or February. Lots of stuff going on right now and I need to be home. Mom has been to emerg twice in a week. I'm nothing but nerves and after my experience from last night, I don't care if I have insomnia for the rest of my life!! I am so happy that your mom is going home and her meds are now the correct cocktail.

I am glad that guest services were helpful and made things right. They have always been wonderful with me. I am shocked that your meals at 50's were only okay. (love that place) However, if you want a really awesome pot roast meal? The best one on resort property is at Olivia's. Hands down. We couldn't believe it. Mark had the steak and he said it was the best he has ever had on property, also. Of course, we only discovered this hidden little gem under our noses the day before we left! Figures!

Tracy, if I didn't have the pictures, believe me, a LOT would be forgotten at my age.

I'm sorry to hear about your Mom; and I hope you are doing better...I know you had a rough night the other night.

I am NOT a pot roast person, but Mark is. We plan on eating at Olivia's next trip in 2013 so I'll be sure to let him know.

I think all your character photos are super cute! I still haven't figured out exactly where Mike and Sully meet, so kudos to you for finding it!

I have very similar feelings about Prime time, I think the food is OK, but nothing really special (that is except for the PB&J milkshakes). My in-laws seem to think that it is the greatest thing ever, so when we vacation with them, we're always dragged to 50's.

I think the photo of your DH with the Jake and the Neverland pirates hat is my favorite hat picture so far!

Now I could not tell you where Mike and Sully are, but I believe it was kind of back by Studio Catering counter service maybe?

I really thought Mark would go for the PB&J milksahke and was surprised he didn't.

Is that what that hat is? Jake and the Neverlands? Without little kids anymore, we don't see those shows on TV.

Fun morning at DHS. Sorry your 50s Prime Time lunch wasn't very good. We had an awful wait for our table once but otherwise we've always enjoyed earing there. I wish there were more TS restaurants at DHS. We almost always eat at 50s & have done Sci Fi a couple times. We've done Hollywood & Vine a couple times too and aren't in a hurry to get back there now that the kids have outgrown those characters. We may end up there for a Fantasmic package sometime though.

We had a lot of fun at the restaurant, just didn't care much for the food. We may or may not go back to Sci Fi next trip; if not, we'll head back to Mama Melrose as we've not eaten there since 2008. We are not fans of H&V...tried it twice and it was awful both times (H&V and WCC are the only two restaurants we will NEVER try again).

No hot water for TWO days ??? Oh no !! I don't even know what I would have done !! But I know I would have ridden down to the front desk on my broomstick about it !! Glad you got it taken care of.

It was a little chilly taking my showers in the morning. But it was recitfied and that's what counts.

I love Mark's super cool muscle man pose with the Incredibles!! I should probably use a different word to describe it than adorable. I certainly would have been shocked had Mark actually liked the meatloaf at 50's but sorry about the chicken. I've only had one bite and I don't recall if it was good or bad...just meh. Do you know if they ask if you want milk gravy or beef gravy for the sample platter's mashed potatoes? I notice it has the brown gravy but wonder if you can sub the
other??

I have not seen Sully & Mike characters before - I would LOVE to pose with them. What great T's from Monsters Inc. - you wear them so well.

And oops for my moment of declaring you the TSM victor ... not paying attention I guess.

My husband cracks me up. I just look at him like, "really?" "You really think you have muscles?" He's so darn cute though. The gravy came the way it was; we never thought to ask for it differently. I will say the mashed potatos and my gravy were very good. The greens -- AWFUL!

We had a lot of fun with Sully & Mike; I definitely knew Mark would want to the t-shirt and he insisted this time that we be twins.

Glad to see that that picture at least turned out well! Like I said it was really great to meet you guys and maybe on your next trip we can actually meet up when I am not working and have an offical DIS meet

Actually, that wasn't when we saw you. Since we weren't sure where we would find you, we got those the first time we passed it. Yours are coming up in the next update.

I hope we can meet again on our next trip (although our time in December at the Studios is very limited on our first night--just the lights; but we are coming back with the kids on Monday, the 10th, so maybe we can see you then or at one of the other parks).

I love the picture of y'all with Mike & Sulley! And that hat picture of Mark wearing the "Jake" hat is the best yet!

Sorry the food at lunch wasn't the best. At least your cousin sounds entertaining.

I'm glad to hear that Guest Relations got back to you about your OKW troubles. Glad they're doing something for y'all!

Thanks, Amanda. We had a really good cousin.

I didn't expect anything, but it pleased me they made the call.

Yay for getting a call back and having Disney try to help you out after the mess at OKW.

Sounds like you had a good day at DHS!

 

[KatMark]

Yay for getting a call back and having Disney try to help you out after the mess at OKW.

Sounds like you had a good day at DHS!

It was a great start to our DHS day and we still had more to come.

That's good that Guest Services called you back so quickly with the letter that you wrote. Very nice, although that "take care of you in December" sounds very vague.

That turkey leg rice krispie treat is hysterical.

I'm sorry that 50's wasn't great. I really only love the pot roast normally. And I agree about the chicken....but that's also because I believe that Popeye's chicken is the greatest!

Yes, it is very vague, but I'm happy with my $75 credit...I'm going to go buy a Disney Gift card with it for the December trip.

I had never seen the turkey leg rice krispies up until then.

I'm a Chick Fila person myself, but I do like Popeyes too.

Almost choked on my snack when I saw Mark's latest hat photos! Those are amazing!

I love that you guys were seeking out new characters. That's fun.

Too bad about PT. I didn't think that the food was that great either, but we sure had a lot of fun there! And for us-that's good enough sometimes.

Please don't choke...I don't want a lawsuit.

It was fun trying to find new people. By the time we got to our last day at the parks, we were busy seeing "new people" at the MK.

We had a lot of fun, just wish the food would have been better.

So glad to hear Disney took your complaints seriously, sounds like they compensated you nicely.

Do they serve good coffee at the Writers Shop? Or is it the nescrape stuff?

Starring rolls has a good breakfast selection too, have you ever been in there? I'm looking forward to their giant sandwhiches for lunch one of these days.

Looooove the Mike W. shirts!! I have to get one of those for my Mr. Incredible.
Y'all are cracking me up in the picture with the Mike and Sully, Sully doesn't appear to be with the program.

It's nice to get an answer from Guest Services when you have a beef, and I truly wasn't expecting anything.

I don't drink "regular" coffee...I only drink cappucinos. But Mark likes it so it must be pretty darn good. We've done Starring Rolls for lunch but never breakfast.

The Mike W Shirts were so cool....we couldn't pass them up. Nope, Sully was sleeping on the job that day.

I am so glad to hear there was a semi happy ending to the OKW experience. 2 days without hot water???? Ugh, that is worth more than $75.

Fun fun character pics, I just love then and you two in those shirts is priceless. I think I said this on FB but seriously, that's a xmas card pic!

Bummer that lunch was just meh. At those prices, you want it to be fabulous.

Probably...but since we rented points, I'm sure it was hard for them to reimburse us anything not knowing what I paid.

If we do a Christmas card this year, I might just use that picture. We told the kids that is how we were dressing for the rehearsal dinner.

Kat, I am really enjoying this TR. Perhaps our paths will cross one of these days down there. Mark seems to be as "Goofy" as I am in WDW.

Here's hoping the "We'll take care of you in December" turns out to be cl at the GF. It was nice to see they did get back with you quickly and even did a little something for you.

Thank you my friend. I think you and Mark would hit it off beautifully.

I hope it is NOT CL at the GF. Mark will not set foot in that resort...he finds it very , but I wouldn't mind being put up at the AKL or Poly.

Love all the pics! Even the ones of your lunch that was just so so.

I am glad guest services is going to take care of you!

Thanks, Ann. We had fun taking pictures that day since we were more rested up.

 

[FreezinRafiki]

I've always wanted to try the Writer's Stop, but every time I walk by, I'm not hungry. Guess I'll have to rectify that next time.

Sorry to hear about the food at 50s. It was great the one time we've been there.

 

[KatMark]

Glad to hear they wanted to make things right!

It was nice of them to call.

Very cute!

Thank you...I like it.


Love that place!

It was fun, and loved the themeing and all the knick knacks they had out, etc.

Why would you eat here if you don't want to be messed with?

Some people are born without a sense of humor, I guess.

Seriously...don't these people read up on these places BEFORE they go there to eat?

Good call there. Those onion rings were terrific.

That stinks. I remember really liking the chicken there. Well, I hope it was fun joking around with the server, at least.

We really had fun there, Mark.

Loved the update!

So glad OKW called you and "made it right" - hopefully they stand true to their word, and your next check in is much more magical.

I loved the tee shirts - those are so cute! And great photos with SUlly and Mike.

Sounds like you had a much better experiece at 50's than we did. We've decided that we will just "belly up to the bar" next time and order our PB&J malts to go, since that is all we go there for anyways. We are planning to try Sci-fi next time. Which is sad, because we used to LOVE 50's.

Still lovin' all the hat choices!

D~

Thanks, D. Like I said before, I didn't expect anything but an acknowledgement so they could maybe "fix" the problem.

I'm not a fan of anything green, but these t-shirts were too hard to pass up.

Now that's an idea....we'll go to the bar and get the shakes. We really like Sci-Fi; basic food.

Glad you are enjoying the hats.

I am seeing a definite hat trend with Mark I love each and every one.

Kathy, happy you invited me over to your TR..loving it!!!

Glad Guest services got back to you, and are trying to make it right. It feels good just to have the complaints acknowledged (JMHO) I'm curious to know how they will take care of you in December...some FP would be great...

I am enjoying DHS, I really have neglected DHS...I guess since the kiddos are so young we rush through..never really taking in the sights. So THANKS!!!!

I am delighted that you joined me (and I promise tonight I should be able to get back to yours to try to at least grasp what is going on).

Yes, you are new to this silly group of mine so you don't know the hats. This has been a trademark of my DH's since I started doing these TR's; he was going to give it up because now everyone does it, but the DISer's here would NOT hear of it.

I appreciated the call from Guest Services; have no idea what they mean about December...and by then I'm sure they'll forget. If it's a fastpass, I hope it covers all six of us traveling.

Sorry I haven't been by before now to post. Maybe if you started a contest or something............

Oh so I need a contest to have you come to my TR in a more timely fashion, huh? It's nice to see you here, but you missed SEVERAL updates that you didn't mention...I think you only got the first one or two.

Love that Ferry Boat ride between OKW and DTD!

It's not a quick ride, but still better than the buses (which one day we did have to use as you'll see later in the TR).

Okay, something new to add to the To-Do list........

My shake was yummy.

Wow Kathy, no more DISmeets for you after dealing with an unfriendly CM. You scared the life out of THAT poor fellow!!!!

Hardy har har...you are so funny.

Glad Mark was there to try and resuscitate him..........

I didn't even know he did that until I looked at the pictures after uploading them.

on the APs!!!!!

One of my favorite parts of the trip was getting those puppies.

TIW is my favorite way to do Disney dining. Much more flexible and fits my dining habits better.

We found it works much better for us than the dining plan...I really am glad I got it. And now I can use it for the kids and us in December.


Hopefully the parks were similar so you could get a lot done when the time comes.

Not bad, not bad at all.

So did you get him this one to wear on the December trip???

Nope, it would ahve been too hard to explain why I was getting it. Nicki is taking care of that for me.

We had a similar experience there. The food looks good, but it turned out very underwhelming. Not high on my list for a return trip for sure, although the breakfast buffet might be worth a visit.

Nope...won't be back for a very long time.

Wow, sorry you guys had such a tough time just getting your room taken care of at OKW. You sure didn't need that additional stress. I'm guessing things got better though.............

It wasn't the way I wanted to start the trip, but it all worked out in the end and we put it aside until we got home and I wrote my letter.

I'm kind of curious about what taking care of you at CSR means too.

Me too; and I bet they forget all about it when we get there. But it's not important; at least they acknowledged me.

You do realize that isn't a Starbucks, right?

Yes, I know it isn't a Starbucks. And we arrived on Saturday, the 15th, and I had two Starbucks' at O'Hare Airport and then didn't have another oen until that Thursday when we picked up the rental car. So there!

That sounds like a fun thing to do.

It was; we got some great new characters.

That's kind of disappointing. It has been years since I've been there. I really want to go back sometime.

I'd go back but just for the onion rings and shake.

Your TR is awesome so far love all the pics. I'm glad they got back to you right away at your resort. Oh btw I love the shirt Mark is wearing I like like 10 Min from Marco Island.

Thank you so much for joining. We LOVE Marco Island and, if you stick around for the whole TR, you will see we spent a week there after Disney (I met my "adopted" sis here on the DIS, and she works on Marco and lives in Naples, so we spend a week there every year after Disney).

 

[KatMark]

Hope you don't mind another one joining in. Going back to catch up. Looks like fun.

I always love having new readers (not that my old readers bore me or anything ). I hope you enjoy.

It's good to hear that Disney got back in touch with you regarding the "issues" you experienced at check-in and the rude castmembers. That's why I always tell people to write to Disney if they experienced any problems or to applaud an excellent castmember.

I'm with you Lisa. I either go to the front desk (not that we've ever had that many issues with Disney) or write a letter. If they don't know there is a problem, they can't fix it.

yay for OKW making their wrong right! sounds like you might get some PD in August too!

love the Mike shirts and photo!

bummer about your 50's lunch, we thought about trying it next year for the first time, but not sure though the shake and rings look yummy!

Animators is one of our fav's at WDW & DLR...I have kept all of our drawings over the years...love seeing how Megan has progressed with her drawing over the years!

I'm happy they called and acknowledged there was a problem.

I like the shirts too...and Andy posted that picture on FB when he picked us up and all his friends said, "we want parents like that....they know how to have fun."

I'd go for the onion rings and the shake; maybe a burger would be safer?

I love doing the animator thing, but my drawing was so bad there was no way I was keeping that one. It must be fun to look at Megan's over the years.

Joining in! I remember seeing you on some of Nicki's dining reports. We were there Sept 18-25 at the BWV. I wonder if we bumped into each other!? Can't wait to hear about your trip!

It is so nice to have you here. So you read my "adopted sis's" dining reviews? Aren't they fun? I can tell you from first hand experience the last three years and numerous trips to Marco, that Nicki and Todd are exactly like that in real life.

We could very well have crossed paths and not even known it.

enjoyed the update...

upset i didnt see that jake hat with the hair parker is going as him for halloween and would love that...nuts...time to check ebay.

Thanks, Dan. I hope you can find the hat on Ebay.

I've always wanted to try the Writer's Stop, but every time I walk by, I'm not hungry. Guess I'll have to rectify that next time.

Sorry to hear about the food at 50s. It was great the one time we've been there.

You need to GO hungry so you can stop. They have some wonderful baked goods.

We enjoyed it many, many years ago, but the food just wasn't that great this time. Or we are getting fussier in our old age?

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Some of my most favorite pictures come from hat posing, we dedicate several pages to this in our photobooks. I LOVE that you guys do it so often. Those pix are fantastic!

I absolutely love the Monster shirts, plus you're sporting your Dis colors!

on the $75 credit.

I hope we get to meet up next trip, maybe I can see this surprise from Nicki for myself.

 

[FreezinRafiki]

We enjoyed it many, many years ago, but the food just wasn't that great this time. Or we are getting fussier in our old age?

Sorry, Kathy. This is one of those "entrapment" questions that any answer I give will be wrong. I'm not going to answer.

 

[KatMark]

Some of my most favorite pictures come from hat posing, we dedicate several pages to this in our photobooks. I LOVE that you guys do it so often. Those pix are fantastic!

I absolutely love the Monster shirts, plus you're sporting your Dis colors!

on the $75 credit.

I hope we get to meet up next trip, maybe I can see this surprise from Nicki for myself.

They are so much fun, hat pictures. They just show the "joy" in being at disney. I'm glad you liked the pictures.

Do they still do the LIME for the DIS? I've not seen it in a couple of years.

The credit was a nice surprise.

I am hoping we get to meet on the trip in December too...it would be such fun.

 

[mommy2mrb]

Kathy, so can you just go to 50's to get the shake and apps??? might be a nice "healthy" snack

 

[KatMark]

Sorry, Kathy. This is one of those "entrapment" questions that any answer I give will be wrong. I'm not going to answer.

What was I thinking??????

 

[KatMark]

Kathy, so can you just go to 50's to get the shake and apps??? might be a nice "healthy" snack

ABSOLUTELY on both counts. I don't think I've ever seen where you can't just go for appetizers and a drink to any of the establishments; and what better snack when on vacation?

 

[marvali]

Oh so I need a contest to have you come to my TR in a more timely fashion, huh? It's nice to see you here, but you missed SEVERAL updates that you didn't mention...I think you only got the first one or two.

Wow Mrs. Incredible.........y Impatient!!! Posts can only be so big you know......

Well, I think it is time to get this vacation rolling and on to the fun. What do you guys, think? Good, glad to see you are in agreement with me.

Hmmmm........first I was aware not agreeing with you was an option..............

I’m sure you can figure out who has the higher score in this picture. But I do take great pride in the fact my accuracy is ALWAYS better.

Somehow, some way, you and I need to find a chance to do this together! I think I finally found someone I can beat..............

And, these next two pictures are for my good DIS friend, Rosie.

Nice job of getting that big leeeaaaaan in there by Mark, but Rosie and I are gonna have to give you some Pole Dancing lessons Ms. Kat!!!

We had a great ride, but no Rebel Spy for me like in January.

I love watching the pre-show here. For some reason those little confused robots crack me up trying to figure out how to clean the windshield.

Mark-2 D-2???

Before I get to the next update, I did want to let you all know that I wrote to Guest Services about our issues at OKW with the check-in and the hot water. They called me yesterday and I had a lovely talk with them. They asked if this meant I wouldn't be staying at OKW again. I told them we would definitely be back, just not on our next trip because it wasn't available in December so we were going back to CSR; but we plan on being back at OKW in August.

She said they would take care of us in December at CSR (whatever that means) and they gave us a $75 credit on our American Express for the rudeness of the CM's and the lack of hot water for two days.

Great news that they listened and did something about your bad experience!

I took a picture of these couple of items in the case because I thought they were so cute:

Love the turkey leg rice krispy treats!!! Need to try one of those.......

Great pose...............

I can't believe they don't have Mrs. Incredible appearing with Mr. Incredible anymore. She's a real hottie!!! The one time we got pictures with them I enjoyed flirting with Mrs. Incredible and getting Mr. I riled up........

We bought these t-shirts (this was when we actually arrived home in them as I forgot to take a picture when I bought them):

The EYES have it...........

After the Voyage of the Little Mermaid, it was close enough to our ADR time that we could walk over to

Love 50s Prime Time. Sorry you had a bad experience with the food, but every time we have been there the food was fantastic. I guess being from the south I appreciate the fried chicken and the greens more. You would probably say the same thing about that delicacy called grits..........

The fried chicken always reminds me of how my mom made it when I was a boy growing up, and when I have had it, it is much better than KFC and Popeye's, and I am a big Popeye's fan!!!

The meatloaf is the one thing I haven't tried from the sampler, and since the Pot Roast is one of my favorites there and Mark didn't think it had much taste, I am guessing you guys just hit it on a bad day or maybe they have lost their normal chef recently.

We were seated in a back room with one other family. I wish I could remember the name of our Uncle as he was pretty good...he knew which table he could joke with (ours) and which one he could not (the ones next to us by the Television who seemed to not appreciate his attempt at humor).

Our uncle even begrudgingly took a picture of us:

I recognize exactly where you are sitting. When we were there last summer (my infamous TR that never ends) we were seated on the other side of that wall at the table where you see the white-haired man behind Mark.

Tracy, if I didn't have the pictures, believe me, a LOT would be forgotten at my age.

Thanks for saying it for me so I wouldn't have to............

I am NOT a pot roast person, but Mark is. We plan on eating at Olivia's next trip in 2013 so I'll be sure to let him know.

Olivia's is definitely a hidden gem for dining at WDW!!!!

I really thought Mark would go for the PB&J milksahke and was surprised he didn't.

Magdalene ordered this when Jonathan and I met her there last October. Even though I am a big PB&J fan, I didn't think the milkshake sounded too good. But Magdalene let me try hers and I can definitely say Mark needs to order it next time.......it was very good!

 

[mommy2mrb]

ABSOLUTELY on both counts. I don't think I've ever seen where you can't just go for appetizers and a drink to any of the establishments; and what better snack when on vacation?

might be a good option for us to try 50's out then...I just don't think we could eat all that food and don't want to get in "trouble" with the aunties

 

[KatMark]

Well, being that we are leaving in 43 days for the big surprise trip, I am determined to keep moving with this TR as I want it done before we go and I still have work to do on the PTR for the December trip. I can't believe that in 42 days Mark will get the surprise of his life and then leave the very next morning.

So when we last left you, we had just visited with Mr. Incredible and Mark had modeled a hat for us.

It was now time for us to split up. I was going to go do my favorite ride and Mark was going to go do one of his...our "mini solo trip".
I headed here:

(Yes, Dan, I stole the sign from last year's pics!)

Redneck photo:

While Mark headed here:

Sorry no photos of Mark on his wild ride since I had the camera.

From there, we hit the stores along the street as we walked towards The Great Movie Ride:

We had tried the Great Movie Ride earlier, but it had shut down for some reason, but now there was no line, no waiting:

After our ride with the gangster yet again (do they even do the cowboy version anymore), we decided we were ready to head back to the resort for a rest before our "late" night.

On the way out of the park, we were searching for a DISer who is a Photopass photographer at the Studios. We found her and, although we'd had pictures here already, we stopped for some more (and if my memory serves me right she did a different set of special effect pictures...but we'll have to wait until we get the CD to find out).

Shelby, thank you for taking the photos for us...it was great meeting you:

And, of course, we had to have one by the hat:

Speaking of hats, you didn't really think we were done with hat pictures from our morning at the DHS, now did you?

And one more set of photos outside of the park:

We had great timing on a bus and were soon on our way back to OKW. I took a few pictures from our patio while Mark took a little nap before we went out for the evening:

We had a great morning/early afternoon at the Studios. I would have liked to have seen Beauty and the Beast and the Walt Disney Story...but Mark was still a little tired and it was hot, so a rest is what we needed.

Up next, where do we spend our evening?

 

[PhoenixStrength]

The pictures of Mark (and you!) in the different hats seriously make me

Wow, a 3rd Dismeet already, and only on your second day! Great that you got some pictures from her Can't wait to see where you headed to that evening!

 

[marvali]

You are just NOT going to make catching up easy are you???

 

[SoonerGirl]

I'm with Mark on the ride choice

I laughed out loud at the Grumpy hat with the beard, that's awesome

They do indeed still run the cowboy side! I get the gangster ALL.THE.TIME. so last trip I asked if they were running both scenes, we had to wait a bit, but we got the cowboy.

 

[lovethattink]

Great update. I have never seen a fan hat!!! Solar powered?! I bet JJ would love one of those!