How we fell in love with WDW - Oct 1-15 2009 - Update 05/18 -Day 14 - DHS/DTD
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Day 9 - Magic Kingdom, WCC & MNSSHP
We didnt set an alarm today, but didnt sleep in too late and were at MK by mid morning. As we arrived it was time for the mini-parade, which we both really enjoyed, especially the dance party part in the hub, it was so fun and full of energy.
Could you ever get bored of this view? I cant thats why I have to take a photo from this bridge whenever I cross!
First stop was the Hall of Presidents! We both really enjoyed this and definitely found it much much better than the American Adventure. We enjoyed looking in the store too, America has such a different attitude to politics! I cant imagine anyone ever wearing a T-shirt with Gordon Brown on!
We also enjoyed a little taste of the american dream and a lovely CM took our photo for us.
Next up was adventuring on Tom Sawyer Island, we really loved this and were ages going through the tunnels and in the fort, what a neat attraction.
The lines were pretty long for the big frontierland rides, so we headed into Main Street and perused the stores, Jack tried on another awesome hat:
And I fell in love with a shiny purple witches hat with Minnie ears on, but decided to get it at the party that night. (Bad move!)
Once we were out of the hat store I wanted to find Lady & Tramps little love message near Tonys Town Square, which I succeeded in doing.
Then we spent some time in Exposition Hall, what a great place!
We were getting ready for lunch by now so headed out and hopped on a boat over to the Wilderness Lodge with hopes of getting a walk up for WCC.
We admired the beautiful pool and lobby and asked the lady at the WCC counter if we could have lunch, she said no problem, itd be a 30 minute wait, so we sat in the lobby with our buzzer. Pretty soon we were buzzed and before long Jack has what hed been waiting for since I forced him to read the Menus online!
He managed two skillets before admitting defeat, and for once he actually turned down dessert so he must have been full! I had the cheeseburger which was really delicious, and some of Jacks cornbread too. I didnt have dessert either as I knew lots of MNSSHP candy awaited me!
As an aside we had a wonderful server called Jeffro, who sat down at our table to take our order and called Jack cowboy every time he spoke to him, we really loved him!
After lunch we walked around the resort so more, and over to the villas as we were both very keen to see Walts train set in the lobby.
Time was ticking on and we wanted to be back at the MK all ready to Halloween it up in plenty of time so we went out front to get a bus back to AKL. Our original plan was to wait for an AK bus, but one didnt come so in the end we hopped on an EPCOT one and waited there for an AKL bus. It seemed a very long journey and I think in future wed get the boat back to MK and a bus from there! It was good to stop off at Fort Wilderness though!
When we got back to the room Jack used the bathroom and I sat out on the balcony. As I was out there I heard a rustling sound, look around and couldnt see anybody, so assumed it was the wind, but then heard it again. Out of the bushes came this guy
He must like sleeping in the shade! I couldnt believe how close he was to me, and I called for Jack but he was still busy and by the time he came out my new friend was back on the savannah.
Up next: MNSSHP!!
We didnt set an alarm today, but didnt sleep in too late and were at MK by mid morning. As we arrived it was time for the mini-parade, which we both really enjoyed, especially the dance party part in the hub, it was so fun and full of energy.
Could you ever get bored of this view? I cant thats why I have to take a photo from this bridge whenever I cross!
First stop was the Hall of Presidents! We both really enjoyed this and definitely found it much much better than the American Adventure. We enjoyed looking in the store too, America has such a different attitude to politics! I cant imagine anyone ever wearing a T-shirt with Gordon Brown on!
We also enjoyed a little taste of the american dream and a lovely CM took our photo for us.
Next up was adventuring on Tom Sawyer Island, we really loved this and were ages going through the tunnels and in the fort, what a neat attraction.
The lines were pretty long for the big frontierland rides, so we headed into Main Street and perused the stores, Jack tried on another awesome hat:
And I fell in love with a shiny purple witches hat with Minnie ears on, but decided to get it at the party that night. (Bad move!)
Once we were out of the hat store I wanted to find Lady & Tramps little love message near Tonys Town Square, which I succeeded in doing.
Then we spent some time in Exposition Hall, what a great place!
We were getting ready for lunch by now so headed out and hopped on a boat over to the Wilderness Lodge with hopes of getting a walk up for WCC.
We admired the beautiful pool and lobby and asked the lady at the WCC counter if we could have lunch, she said no problem, itd be a 30 minute wait, so we sat in the lobby with our buzzer. Pretty soon we were buzzed and before long Jack has what hed been waiting for since I forced him to read the Menus online!
He managed two skillets before admitting defeat, and for once he actually turned down dessert so he must have been full! I had the cheeseburger which was really delicious, and some of Jacks cornbread too. I didnt have dessert either as I knew lots of MNSSHP candy awaited me!
As an aside we had a wonderful server called Jeffro, who sat down at our table to take our order and called Jack cowboy every time he spoke to him, we really loved him!
After lunch we walked around the resort so more, and over to the villas as we were both very keen to see Walts train set in the lobby.
Time was ticking on and we wanted to be back at the MK all ready to Halloween it up in plenty of time so we went out front to get a bus back to AKL. Our original plan was to wait for an AK bus, but one didnt come so in the end we hopped on an EPCOT one and waited there for an AKL bus. It seemed a very long journey and I think in future wed get the boat back to MK and a bus from there! It was good to stop off at Fort Wilderness though!
When we got back to the room Jack used the bathroom and I sat out on the balcony. As I was out there I heard a rustling sound, look around and couldnt see anybody, so assumed it was the wind, but then heard it again. Out of the bushes came this guy
He must like sleeping in the shade! I couldnt believe how close he was to me, and I called for Jack but he was still busy and by the time he came out my new friend was back on the savannah.
Up next: MNSSHP!!
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Aww, thank you.
Just doing the MNSSHP installment now!
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We returned to AKL and had a quick swim and then showered and changed into our Halloweeny gear.
We headed out to the bus stop and were soon our way back to the MK. It was the funniest bus ride ever! One little girl was wearing a full costume of the gingerbread man from Shrek, she was the best outfit we saw all night! I didn’t take a photo, but this is what she was wearing:
In no time at all we were pulling up to the Magic Kingdom!
We were at the party by 5pm and it wasn’t too busy getting in. I headed straight to the Emporium to get my hat, but they had all gone!! There were loads earlier in the day. We crossed the street and went into the little store that only does hats and there weren’t any in there either!!! I was starting to give up when we saw one lonely hat sitting behind some big Goofy hats, so I snapped it up quick!
After a slow wander down Main Street we headed left into Adventureland, admiring the beautiful sky on the way:
Our first ride of the evening was the Magic Carpets, as there wasn’t a big line and it’s a favourite of mine.
We had a walk through Frontierland and although we didn’t fancy getting splashed we did have a fun ride on Big Thunder, we also picked up a fastpass to use later that night. Afterwards Jack bought a light up chomping skull thing that he had seen and immediately wanted (I was sporting my light up pumpkin necklace so I don’t think he felt glowy enough!), we took the opportunity to get our first helping of candy from the trick or treat area at the Liberty Bell dock and then we moved on over the to the Haunted Mansion as there was no way we weren’t riding it during the party!
They had an awesome ghost lady sat out front moaning about how hard it was to be a ghost, there wasn’t a line at that point so we were able to stand and listen to her for a while, she was really funny and was heckling people as they went past.
We made is safely out of the haunted mansion by which time it was finally getting dark so I took a photo of Jack and the castle now our various glowing objects could be used!
A lovely CM saw me taking Jack’s photo and ask if we’d like one together, we said ‘Yes please’, here we are glowing together.
Then we headed into Fantasyland the line for Peter Pan was the shortest we’d seen it so we hopped in, we waited maybe 30 minutes or so, but people were in high party spirits and the Cinderella photo area was out so we had lots to look at.
We enjoyed the ride, but didn’t think it was quite as good as the Paris version (we do appreciate the Paris ride is a lot newer though) it was still very fun and charming though. We had a wander through Fantasyland (collecting more candy along the way) and into Tomorrowland where we rode the speedway. We had fun and I drove this time as Jack had done an appauling job on the Paris version, I can’t say I did much better! Afterwards we went into the store near Auntie Gravity’s and while Jack was browsing I said I’d just go to the bathroom quick, I cut through Auntie Gravity and as I approached the restroom there Darth Vader and two Stormtroopers appeared! Jack loves Star Wars so I ran back in the store and got him so he could see them. Really awesome costumes I think they must have been very expensive as they were just like the movies. (Later on we saw them with their helmets off and they looked very sweaty indeed!)
Next up we took a ride on Astro Orbiters as they looked very fun being up so high. To be honest they made me a little dizzy and the end when they were landing wasn’t the most pleasant, I think one time is enough for me there! Of course it could have been the candy.....
It was getting close to Hallowishes time, and I wanted a good spot so we headed out of Tomorrowland and found a great spot on the bridge. We had a while to wait but filled it with taking photos.
Spooky skull reflection:
We didn’t take any photos of the show because we both wanted to enjoy it, and that was an awesome choice as they were amazing!!!!! (Also none of our firework photos ever come out nice enough to do them justice!)
After Hallowishes we took advantage of the fact our spot was right by a PP photoagrapher and had some halloweeny shots taken:
And then we headed on over to Liberty Square to get a place for the parade, which I was SO excited about! Jack took a seat on a little wall opposite the Hall of Presidents and I went to get us Popcorn and a drink as all I’d eaten wince WCC was candy and I needed something savoury to even out all the sugar. I was absolutely ages waiting at the popcorn cart, and a rude man behind me kept trying to get round me to push in front, when it was finally my turn he actually stepped in front of me so I said “excuse me” really loudly, which caused him to huff and puff at me but no way was he just going to take my spot so unashamedly! I finally had my popcorn (in cute Halloween plastic souvenir cup of course
and headed back to Jack.
But he wasn’t there!
Luckily some furious waving caught my eye, he had been moved by a CM so he was now sitting on the curb right outside HoP which was great as the A/C came out the doors and cooled us down a bit. We were also next to a wonderful big groups of ladies and girls who were so happy and excited. Whenever a CM walked by, if they had pins they’d go “PIN MAN!” and they’d come over and trade with them, and also during the parade they really cheered for all the characters which meant they came right by us and really made it wonderful! If you were in that big group watching the 2nd Boo to You parade on October 9th outside HoP then thank you!!
After we’d enjoyed some popcorn and water it was parade time!!!!!
This is seriously the best Disney parade I’ve ever seen and I loved it!! Here are a few photos, but as ever they don’t do Disney justice!! I can’t wait to go back to MNSSHP!!!
After the parade we had another ride on Haunted Mansion as we were right by it, it seems funner at night, I’m not sure why. It is definitely one of my favourite rides! Then we used our BTM FPs, which was awesome on the dark and with everybody’s glowing items!
Time was getting on so we headed over the the castle for the 11.15pm Mix and Mingle. This was an amazing show, even more so as not many people were watching so there was loads of space in front of the castle and everyone was jsut spread out sitting on the floor. It was so fun and relaxed. It really great way to draw the party to an end. The show was awesome!
After the show we headed over to toontown as I wanted to see Mickey and Minnie’s houses and I was hoping that 11.30pm would be a pretty quiet time to do so! I was right and we were able to look round both as we pleased. We then walked the Alice in Wonderland candy trail and got LOADS! I think it was the end of the evening clear out time!
After that it was almost midnight so sadly time to call it a day. But we absolutely LOVED MNSSHP and wish it was on everytime we visit! We’ll definitely be back in September/October to go again!
We headed out to the bus stop and were soon our way back to the MK. It was the funniest bus ride ever! One little girl was wearing a full costume of the gingerbread man from Shrek, she was the best outfit we saw all night! I didn’t take a photo, but this is what she was wearing:
In no time at all we were pulling up to the Magic Kingdom!
We were at the party by 5pm and it wasn’t too busy getting in. I headed straight to the Emporium to get my hat, but they had all gone!! There were loads earlier in the day. We crossed the street and went into the little store that only does hats and there weren’t any in there either!!! I was starting to give up when we saw one lonely hat sitting behind some big Goofy hats, so I snapped it up quick!
After a slow wander down Main Street we headed left into Adventureland, admiring the beautiful sky on the way:
Our first ride of the evening was the Magic Carpets, as there wasn’t a big line and it’s a favourite of mine.
We had a walk through Frontierland and although we didn’t fancy getting splashed we did have a fun ride on Big Thunder, we also picked up a fastpass to use later that night. Afterwards Jack bought a light up chomping skull thing that he had seen and immediately wanted (I was sporting my light up pumpkin necklace so I don’t think he felt glowy enough!), we took the opportunity to get our first helping of candy from the trick or treat area at the Liberty Bell dock and then we moved on over the to the Haunted Mansion as there was no way we weren’t riding it during the party!
They had an awesome ghost lady sat out front moaning about how hard it was to be a ghost, there wasn’t a line at that point so we were able to stand and listen to her for a while, she was really funny and was heckling people as they went past.
We made is safely out of the haunted mansion by which time it was finally getting dark so I took a photo of Jack and the castle now our various glowing objects could be used!
A lovely CM saw me taking Jack’s photo and ask if we’d like one together, we said ‘Yes please’, here we are glowing together.
Then we headed into Fantasyland the line for Peter Pan was the shortest we’d seen it so we hopped in, we waited maybe 30 minutes or so, but people were in high party spirits and the Cinderella photo area was out so we had lots to look at.
We enjoyed the ride, but didn’t think it was quite as good as the Paris version (we do appreciate the Paris ride is a lot newer though) it was still very fun and charming though. We had a wander through Fantasyland (collecting more candy along the way) and into Tomorrowland where we rode the speedway. We had fun and I drove this time as Jack had done an appauling job on the Paris version, I can’t say I did much better! Afterwards we went into the store near Auntie Gravity’s and while Jack was browsing I said I’d just go to the bathroom quick, I cut through Auntie Gravity and as I approached the restroom there Darth Vader and two Stormtroopers appeared! Jack loves Star Wars so I ran back in the store and got him so he could see them. Really awesome costumes I think they must have been very expensive as they were just like the movies. (Later on we saw them with their helmets off and they looked very sweaty indeed!)
Next up we took a ride on Astro Orbiters as they looked very fun being up so high. To be honest they made me a little dizzy and the end when they were landing wasn’t the most pleasant, I think one time is enough for me there! Of course it could have been the candy.....
It was getting close to Hallowishes time, and I wanted a good spot so we headed out of Tomorrowland and found a great spot on the bridge. We had a while to wait but filled it with taking photos.
Spooky skull reflection:
We didn’t take any photos of the show because we both wanted to enjoy it, and that was an awesome choice as they were amazing!!!!! (Also none of our firework photos ever come out nice enough to do them justice!)
After Hallowishes we took advantage of the fact our spot was right by a PP photoagrapher and had some halloweeny shots taken:
And then we headed on over to Liberty Square to get a place for the parade, which I was SO excited about! Jack took a seat on a little wall opposite the Hall of Presidents and I went to get us Popcorn and a drink as all I’d eaten wince WCC was candy and I needed something savoury to even out all the sugar. I was absolutely ages waiting at the popcorn cart, and a rude man behind me kept trying to get round me to push in front, when it was finally my turn he actually stepped in front of me so I said “excuse me” really loudly, which caused him to huff and puff at me but no way was he just going to take my spot so unashamedly! I finally had my popcorn (in cute Halloween plastic souvenir cup of course
and headed back to Jack.But he wasn’t there!
Luckily some furious waving caught my eye, he had been moved by a CM so he was now sitting on the curb right outside HoP which was great as the A/C came out the doors and cooled us down a bit. We were also next to a wonderful big groups of ladies and girls who were so happy and excited. Whenever a CM walked by, if they had pins they’d go “PIN MAN!” and they’d come over and trade with them, and also during the parade they really cheered for all the characters which meant they came right by us and really made it wonderful! If you were in that big group watching the 2nd Boo to You parade on October 9th outside HoP then thank you!!
After we’d enjoyed some popcorn and water it was parade time!!!!!
This is seriously the best Disney parade I’ve ever seen and I loved it!! Here are a few photos, but as ever they don’t do Disney justice!! I can’t wait to go back to MNSSHP!!!
After the parade we had another ride on Haunted Mansion as we were right by it, it seems funner at night, I’m not sure why. It is definitely one of my favourite rides! Then we used our BTM FPs, which was awesome on the dark and with everybody’s glowing items!
Time was getting on so we headed over the the castle for the 11.15pm Mix and Mingle. This was an amazing show, even more so as not many people were watching so there was loads of space in front of the castle and everyone was jsut spread out sitting on the floor. It was so fun and relaxed. It really great way to draw the party to an end. The show was awesome!
After the show we headed over to toontown as I wanted to see Mickey and Minnie’s houses and I was hoping that 11.30pm would be a pretty quiet time to do so! I was right and we were able to look round both as we pleased. We then walked the Alice in Wonderland candy trail and got LOADS! I think it was the end of the evening clear out time!
After that it was almost midnight so sadly time to call it a day. But we absolutely LOVED MNSSHP and wish it was on everytime we visit! We’ll definitely be back in September/October to go again!
dismagiclover
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Just found your TR and I've had fun reading it! You are a cute couple
I just wanted to mention that many years ago (like 1992) I did a Study Abroad in London and one of the things us students missed was Taco Bell. But then one day we found one in London. If I remember right it was by the Earl's Court Tube stop. That was a happy day for us and we'd go over once a month or so to get our fix. I wonder if it is still there. Maybe you can get Taco Bell in the UK (but you might have to go to London for it.)
I just wanted to mention that many years ago (like 1992) I did a Study Abroad in London and one of the things us students missed was Taco Bell. But then one day we found one in London. If I remember right it was by the Earl's Court Tube stop. That was a happy day for us and we'd go over once a month or so to get our fix. I wonder if it is still there. Maybe you can get Taco Bell in the UK (but you might have to go to London for it.)
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Thank you Jenny.Just found your TR and I've had fun reading it! You are a cute couple
Sadly that Taco Bell is long gone.
We are now left with none. But Mexican food has really taken off over here (finally!) over the last couple of years so I'm ever hopeful.Not that we need any more fast food restaurants!
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Thank you Jenny.
Sadly that Taco Bell is long gone.
Not that we need any more fast food restaurants!
Sad news about Taco Bell. Actually these days I'm much more of a Chick Fil A fan. Did you ever try Chick Fil A when you were over here?
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Day 10 - A lazy morning and DHS
After not getting back until late the previous night we didn’t want a busy start this morning, so I had scheduled the latest Boma Breakfast ADR possible.
Luckily our room was less than a minute’s walk from Boma so we had plenty of time to get up slowly and get ready for the day.
We had a bit of a wait for check in as it was pretty busy (it was a Saturday after all) but nothing too bad, and were soon seated. We honestly weren’t too blown away by Boma. The food was OK, but by the time I had waited for 10 minutes at the omelette station everything else on my plate was freezing cold, which wasn’t a good start to my morning.
Our server was awful, he took forever to bring one drink and then never came to us again. I had to ask a different server for a second drink and then couldn’t find anyone to get our bill. He had completely disappeared. Our only bad service at Disney but I think a disappearing server and no replacement is pretty poor! All the tables around us were stacked with dirty plates and glasses and everyone else in our section looked just as confused!
After breakfast we took it easy by the pool with our refillable mugs and our books. We laid over near the flamingos which was a noisy (feeding time!) but fun place to be.
Once we were suitably relaxed and our breakfast had digested we headed over to DHS as we wanted to catch the parade.
My favourite photo from my ‘bus stop’ series of the trip
We had time to wander around the park and then nabbed amonst all the head statues. Which was a great place to watch from! I even caught a little squishy ball! (The cats love it!)
That’s the first time I’ve watched a parade from further back, and we really enjoyed it, we sat up on a wall, had a great view, and it was super fun!
Straight after the show it was time for:
Weeeee! This was SO much fun! We waited in the little holding area for a while and whooped and hollered for the contestants before heading into the theatre. It was amazing, just like being at the set of the show.
We had 3 great contestants, but the man who won was awesome, he was a Dad on a trip with his wife and kids and he was a really great singer! I hope he won at the end of the day! (This was October 10th, please let me know if he did win, he deserved to!)
Our next stop was either to be Tower of Terror, or The Little Mermaid. I gave my big strong Fiance the choice so you know where we headed!
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He was so sweet, I asked him which he’d like to do and he went “Oooooh, the Little Mermaid!” and then coughed and made his voice all deep and added “Because I know you want to see it!”
This is his happy face once we got in, he’s trying to hold it back but you can see he’s excited!
You can also see the fuzzy head of the super cute baby who sat next to him, he was a lovely baby and so well behaved through the whole show, enjoying the lights and sounds and clapping to himself and blowing bubbles. Even so some meanie behind us decided to ‘tut’ when he was blowing bubbles to himself. Urgh, get a bit of the Disney spirit!
After the Little Mermaid I was starting to feel a bit peaky, I don’t know if it was breakfast, or too much sun, but we had a sit down and I got some water and started feeling a lot better, we also watched some of the Jedi show thingy as we were over that way.
An Indiana Jones showing was about to start so we headed in to watch it, there was lots of room left so we got a pretty good seat. We enjoyed the show but both thought it could maybe do with a bit of an update.
We walked over to the Toy Story outdoor shop thingy as Jack wanted to grab some bits for his nephews and I started feeling really weird again, so I sat down while he browsed and then we headed out of the park.
When we got back to the resort we loads of animals out grazing!
I had a lay down and Jack got some dinner from the Mara, I didn’t really fancy eating though and I’m sad to say that was a pretty boring Disney night. We watched a movie and I did some laundry, we also did some shopping in Zawadi, so all was not lost. I did feel a bit guilty though but I was fine the rest of the trip, so I think maybe I just needed to take it easy for a few hours.
After not getting back until late the previous night we didn’t want a busy start this morning, so I had scheduled the latest Boma Breakfast ADR possible.
Luckily our room was less than a minute’s walk from Boma so we had plenty of time to get up slowly and get ready for the day.
We had a bit of a wait for check in as it was pretty busy (it was a Saturday after all) but nothing too bad, and were soon seated. We honestly weren’t too blown away by Boma. The food was OK, but by the time I had waited for 10 minutes at the omelette station everything else on my plate was freezing cold, which wasn’t a good start to my morning.
Our server was awful, he took forever to bring one drink and then never came to us again. I had to ask a different server for a second drink and then couldn’t find anyone to get our bill. He had completely disappeared. Our only bad service at Disney but I think a disappearing server and no replacement is pretty poor! All the tables around us were stacked with dirty plates and glasses and everyone else in our section looked just as confused!
After breakfast we took it easy by the pool with our refillable mugs and our books. We laid over near the flamingos which was a noisy (feeding time!) but fun place to be.
Once we were suitably relaxed and our breakfast had digested we headed over to DHS as we wanted to catch the parade.
My favourite photo from my ‘bus stop’ series of the trip
We had time to wander around the park and then nabbed amonst all the head statues. Which was a great place to watch from! I even caught a little squishy ball! (The cats love it!)
That’s the first time I’ve watched a parade from further back, and we really enjoyed it, we sat up on a wall, had a great view, and it was super fun!
Straight after the show it was time for:
Weeeee! This was SO much fun! We waited in the little holding area for a while and whooped and hollered for the contestants before heading into the theatre. It was amazing, just like being at the set of the show.
We had 3 great contestants, but the man who won was awesome, he was a Dad on a trip with his wife and kids and he was a really great singer! I hope he won at the end of the day! (This was October 10th, please let me know if he did win, he deserved to!)
Our next stop was either to be Tower of Terror, or The Little Mermaid. I gave my big strong Fiance the choice so you know where we headed!
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He was so sweet, I asked him which he’d like to do and he went “Oooooh, the Little Mermaid!” and then coughed and made his voice all deep and added “Because I know you want to see it!”
This is his happy face once we got in, he’s trying to hold it back but you can see he’s excited!
You can also see the fuzzy head of the super cute baby who sat next to him, he was a lovely baby and so well behaved through the whole show, enjoying the lights and sounds and clapping to himself and blowing bubbles. Even so some meanie behind us decided to ‘tut’ when he was blowing bubbles to himself. Urgh, get a bit of the Disney spirit!
After the Little Mermaid I was starting to feel a bit peaky, I don’t know if it was breakfast, or too much sun, but we had a sit down and I got some water and started feeling a lot better, we also watched some of the Jedi show thingy as we were over that way.
An Indiana Jones showing was about to start so we headed in to watch it, there was lots of room left so we got a pretty good seat. We enjoyed the show but both thought it could maybe do with a bit of an update.
We walked over to the Toy Story outdoor shop thingy as Jack wanted to grab some bits for his nephews and I started feeling really weird again, so I sat down while he browsed and then we headed out of the park.
When we got back to the resort we loads of animals out grazing!
I had a lay down and Jack got some dinner from the Mara, I didn’t really fancy eating though and I’m sad to say that was a pretty boring Disney night. We watched a movie and I did some laundry, we also did some shopping in Zawadi, so all was not lost. I did feel a bit guilty though but I was fine the rest of the trip, so I think maybe I just needed to take it easy for a few hours.
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Sounds like you had an awesome time at MNSSHP! Sorry you were feeling bad the next evening, but at least you got your laundry done! 
dismagiclover
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Sounds like a nice relaxing morning and a fun afternoon at DHS. Sorry you weren't feeling top notch. Smart to take it easy. And taking a break in your AKL room is still a pretty great choice
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After a good nights sleep we were up bright and early and ready to hit DisneyQuest!
I always felt the bus to DTD was a long one, but we were still there before opening time and browsed the LaNouba store and the DQ store before being in the first 10 people in for the day.
I enjoyed the lift with Genie, but was kinda un-impressed with the rest of it. The first thing we did was the Magic Carpets ride/thingy and I couldn't really have fun because I was too paranoid about my nose being trapped in a hole where millions of other noses have been, I also thought it was past it's best.
Next up we did the virtual Jungle cruise which was quite good, and then finally was had a game of Buzz Lightyear's Astroblasters which was probably the best thing in there.
To be hoenst is reminded me a lot of the Trocadero in London, and I was never a fan of that either!
Back out into the sunshine we went which was a much more pleasant way to spend the morning. And we had grand plans:
There wasn't a long wait at all, so we bought a ticket and got in line, and after one more ride it was our turn to board.
We started out over the right hand side of the baloon so had a great view over DTD and SSR:
Then the captain came around and took a photo of each of us which I thought was nice of him to do.
After that we got to walk around to the opposite side of the balloon so we all got to see everything. From this side we had a great view of the parks and resorts!
Soon we were back on the ground again, we both really enjoyed our flight and said we'd definitely do the Disneyland paris one next time we're there, although we're yet to see it up in the air!
All that ballooning had made us hungry! We did contemplate trying WPE, but we both knew what we wanted, and that was another EARL! I once again had the Hawaiian BBQ - YUM and Jack had the same this time as he had liked his Jerk Chicken one previously but admitted mine was the nicer of the two.
Once we were stuffed full of sandwich we did some shopping for gifts, Jack bought one of his nephews a box of Potato Head parts as he really loves Mr P.H.! We also had a good nosey around the T-Rex store, I was tempted to build-a-dino, but resisted.
We headed back to AKL and did some chilling by the pool, before heading out to EPCOT for the evening.
Our first stop:
I was glad to see our fellow Space travellers were both adults this time, and our ride was a lot more enjoyable without a distressed child sitting next to us. We did Green again incase you were wondering! No spinning for us!
Afterwards we headed over to ride Ellen's Energy Adventure, it passed the time, and the dinosaur bit was cool, but I am not convinced we'll be riding it again.....
Next up was SE again, we couldn't resist the pull of getting another glance into our future!
Turns out we'll have a pretty awesome house:
And I'll have a hologram lady to play chess with in case Jack's company gets boring on long journeys:
And we'll go on holiday to outer space! Sweet!
We really love SE a lot, and already can't wait to ride again on our next trip!
Soon the sun was setting and we were able to enjoy EPCOT with all the pretty lights on:
We took the opportunity to have a PP photo taken:
And then settled in to a spot for Illuminations, we had a great spot at the entrance to WS opposite America, this was our pre-show view:
We had a bit of a wait ahead of us, so I went and got us some drinks and Ice-cream and then I waited for AGES for a bathroom, and then Jack waited for like 2 minutes for a bathroom (men get it so easy) and then it was time for Illuminations!
After the show we headed back to the bus stop and didn't have too long of a wait to board a bus.
We got back to AKL and were both a bit hungry so went to the Mara and grabbed some drinks and snacks before calling it a night.
I always felt the bus to DTD was a long one, but we were still there before opening time and browsed the LaNouba store and the DQ store before being in the first 10 people in for the day.
I enjoyed the lift with Genie, but was kinda un-impressed with the rest of it. The first thing we did was the Magic Carpets ride/thingy and I couldn't really have fun because I was too paranoid about my nose being trapped in a hole where millions of other noses have been, I also thought it was past it's best.
Next up we did the virtual Jungle cruise which was quite good, and then finally was had a game of Buzz Lightyear's Astroblasters which was probably the best thing in there.
To be hoenst is reminded me a lot of the Trocadero in London, and I was never a fan of that either!
Back out into the sunshine we went which was a much more pleasant way to spend the morning. And we had grand plans:
There wasn't a long wait at all, so we bought a ticket and got in line, and after one more ride it was our turn to board.
We started out over the right hand side of the baloon so had a great view over DTD and SSR:
Then the captain came around and took a photo of each of us which I thought was nice of him to do.
After that we got to walk around to the opposite side of the balloon so we all got to see everything. From this side we had a great view of the parks and resorts!
Soon we were back on the ground again, we both really enjoyed our flight and said we'd definitely do the Disneyland paris one next time we're there, although we're yet to see it up in the air!
All that ballooning had made us hungry! We did contemplate trying WPE, but we both knew what we wanted, and that was another EARL! I once again had the Hawaiian BBQ - YUM and Jack had the same this time as he had liked his Jerk Chicken one previously but admitted mine was the nicer of the two.
Once we were stuffed full of sandwich we did some shopping for gifts, Jack bought one of his nephews a box of Potato Head parts as he really loves Mr P.H.! We also had a good nosey around the T-Rex store, I was tempted to build-a-dino, but resisted.
We headed back to AKL and did some chilling by the pool, before heading out to EPCOT for the evening.
Our first stop:
I was glad to see our fellow Space travellers were both adults this time, and our ride was a lot more enjoyable without a distressed child sitting next to us. We did Green again incase you were wondering! No spinning for us!
Afterwards we headed over to ride Ellen's Energy Adventure, it passed the time, and the dinosaur bit was cool, but I am not convinced we'll be riding it again.....
Next up was SE again, we couldn't resist the pull of getting another glance into our future!
Turns out we'll have a pretty awesome house:
And I'll have a hologram lady to play chess with in case Jack's company gets boring on long journeys:
And we'll go on holiday to outer space! Sweet!
We really love SE a lot, and already can't wait to ride again on our next trip!
Soon the sun was setting and we were able to enjoy EPCOT with all the pretty lights on:
We took the opportunity to have a PP photo taken:
And then settled in to a spot for Illuminations, we had a great spot at the entrance to WS opposite America, this was our pre-show view:
We had a bit of a wait ahead of us, so I went and got us some drinks and Ice-cream and then I waited for AGES for a bathroom, and then Jack waited for like 2 minutes for a bathroom (men get it so easy) and then it was time for Illuminations!
After the show we headed back to the bus stop and didn't have too long of a wait to board a bus.
We got back to AKL and were both a bit hungry so went to the Mara and grabbed some drinks and snacks before calling it a night.
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I think it was around $18 or so. We really enjoyed it and thought it was good for under $20.
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Thank you
If you're on a UK ticket and it's included for free, then maybe give in an hour one time when you're in DTD anyway, but we won't be back.
Jack says he'd maybe go again if it were just him and his friend and they could play on the video games while his wife and I shopped, but that wouldn't be a definite.
It just didn't feel 'Disney' to us, and put it this way - on our next trip we're getting free annual passes. They don't include DQ or the water parks. We're going to buy the water park APs for $106 as opposed to upgrading our APs to include them and DQ which would cost us around $130.
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We were up bright and early today as we were excited to go to Typhoon Lagoon, and as the DTD busses always felt a long ride, and the longest wait of all of them we wanted to be at the stop in plenty of time. It turns out we didn’t have too much of a wait that day and we were soon on our way!
We were in the park well before opening so had time to admire the view from the entrance point: (All photos on this section are from the internet, as we didn’t take a camera. I have asked for an underwater camera for Christmas this year so I can’t wait for our next water park trips!)
Then we headed down and got a locker and got changed.
A little bit of a crowd was forming at the roped of section that lets you onto the path that heads down to Crush’n’Gusher, so we waited there. It was a very hot day already so I was glad I had my funny looking aqua shoes on!
After a little wait and me hearing the ‘boom’ of the wave machine and telling Jack that’s what it was and Jack saying “No, it wouldn’t be that loud.” We were allowed in and headed over to Crush n Gusher first. There was no wait at all, so we rode on two of the different slides, both were really fun and we had a great time. (Until we got to the bottom of each when I feared a little for my life as Jack would land on top of me! Only one time all trip did either of us manage to get to the bottom of a slide and not get completely submerged!)
Then we decided to have a change of pace and headed over to Shark Reef. It was super quiet so we got our snorkels and had a (cold!) shower and then headed into the pool. I really loved it and now in retrospect I’m not too sure why we didn’t go around and cross again. I think we were too excited to see and do everything!
We had a ride on a couple of the Storm slides which were fun and then the next stop was a ride on Castaway Creek, we got in at the point nearest Shark Reef and stayed on until we were round the other side of the mountain near Ketchakiddee Creek. We hopped off and decided to check out the Lagoon itself!
We came in from the left hand side of the pool, so a wave or two came while we were wading/swimming over to the main funnel part. We positioned ourselves out quite far into the waves, I’d say about here:
Well, that was a mistake! After a little while of us bobbing around we heard the “Boom” (I told Jack it was that loud!) followed by the screams and before we knew it a massive wall of water was heading right for us! Turns out we were right in the break zone of the wave and we got completely wipe out by it! I almost lost my hair band, and got a good few pints of water up my nose! Next time the wave came we learnt to turn and face away from it!
We waited in the water for a while in case the big siren went off (we heard it a few times from around the park, but still don’t know what happens after it sounds) but it didn’t so we headed out and to Gangplank Falls first. This was the longest wait we had all day, (only 10-15 minutes or so) and we’d loved Teamboat Springs so we were excited to ride. Sadly it was the most disappointing ride of the trip, as it just seemed so short and uneventful.
Next stop was Mayday Falls and Keelhaul Falls. I can’t remember which was which, but we loved one and the other one (with a super bumpy floor) was Jack’s least favourite Disney experience as he gone turned around near the start and had to ride the whole thing backwards!
We hopped back into the lazy river and did a loop (can you tell they are our favourite parts of the water parks?) and then rode the last Crush n Gusher slide before sitting in the sun for a while and then getting dried and dressed.
We headed out to the bus stops, and were hoping to go to DTD (even though we’d had EoS the day before we wanted another!) but couldn’t see any buses to there, and when we asked a driver he said there was no way to get there other than getting a resort bus. (Even though all our buses from AKL went to DTD via TL when we got them.)
We got on the next AKL bus and sure enough it didn’t stop at DTD so we grabbed some lunch back at the Resort before heading out again for the afternoon.
We were in the park well before opening so had time to admire the view from the entrance point: (All photos on this section are from the internet, as we didn’t take a camera. I have asked for an underwater camera for Christmas this year so I can’t wait for our next water park trips!)
Then we headed down and got a locker and got changed.
A little bit of a crowd was forming at the roped of section that lets you onto the path that heads down to Crush’n’Gusher, so we waited there. It was a very hot day already so I was glad I had my funny looking aqua shoes on!
After a little wait and me hearing the ‘boom’ of the wave machine and telling Jack that’s what it was and Jack saying “No, it wouldn’t be that loud.” We were allowed in and headed over to Crush n Gusher first. There was no wait at all, so we rode on two of the different slides, both were really fun and we had a great time. (Until we got to the bottom of each when I feared a little for my life as Jack would land on top of me! Only one time all trip did either of us manage to get to the bottom of a slide and not get completely submerged!)
Then we decided to have a change of pace and headed over to Shark Reef. It was super quiet so we got our snorkels and had a (cold!) shower and then headed into the pool. I really loved it and now in retrospect I’m not too sure why we didn’t go around and cross again. I think we were too excited to see and do everything!
We had a ride on a couple of the Storm slides which were fun and then the next stop was a ride on Castaway Creek, we got in at the point nearest Shark Reef and stayed on until we were round the other side of the mountain near Ketchakiddee Creek. We hopped off and decided to check out the Lagoon itself!
We came in from the left hand side of the pool, so a wave or two came while we were wading/swimming over to the main funnel part. We positioned ourselves out quite far into the waves, I’d say about here:
Well, that was a mistake! After a little while of us bobbing around we heard the “Boom” (I told Jack it was that loud!) followed by the screams and before we knew it a massive wall of water was heading right for us! Turns out we were right in the break zone of the wave and we got completely wipe out by it! I almost lost my hair band, and got a good few pints of water up my nose!
Next time the wave came we learnt to turn and face away from it! We waited in the water for a while in case the big siren went off (we heard it a few times from around the park, but still don’t know what happens after it sounds) but it didn’t so we headed out and to Gangplank Falls first. This was the longest wait we had all day, (only 10-15 minutes or so) and we’d loved Teamboat Springs so we were excited to ride. Sadly it was the most disappointing ride of the trip, as it just seemed so short and uneventful.
Next stop was Mayday Falls and Keelhaul Falls. I can’t remember which was which, but we loved one and the other one (with a super bumpy floor) was Jack’s least favourite Disney experience as he gone turned around near the start and had to ride the whole thing backwards!
We hopped back into the lazy river and did a loop (can you tell they are our favourite parts of the water parks?) and then rode the last Crush n Gusher slide before sitting in the sun for a while and then getting dried and dressed.
We headed out to the bus stops, and were hoping to go to DTD (even though we’d had EoS the day before we wanted another!) but couldn’t see any buses to there, and when we asked a driver he said there was no way to get there other than getting a resort bus. (Even though all our buses from AKL went to DTD via TL when we got them.)
We got on the next AKL bus and sure enough it didn’t stop at DTD so we grabbed some lunch back at the Resort before heading out again for the afternoon.
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We've never tried the waterparks, but they look like so much fun! One of these years.
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