I Got My Disney Fix and I Feel Fine! An illustrated story.

[Sleeping*Beauty]

Can't wait to hear more!

 

[Shmu]

Just letting you know I have subscribed to all 3 of your threads. Posting on this one to let you know. By the way, you have wonderful creative ideas. Love all the pics. Your reports are helping me plan my trip. Keep up the good work. I'll be staying tune.

 

[Mic_n_Min]

I am really enjoying this TR and your Dining Review. Great job! Love all of the pics!

 

[pl'smama]

Great TR so far Quiltymom, you are so entertaining!!

Question for you; was the soap on the side of the tub NOT the one with the Mickey Icon on it?? If they have changed it my DD will be so upset. She is only 4.5 years old and she has informed me that the first thing she wants to do when we arrive (at POFQ) is have a bath with Mickey!! WHen we first went in 2006 she walked into the bathroom, spied the Mickey soap and started to strip. She just wanted a bath with Mickey!!

Suz

 

[quiltymom]

suz,

Never Fear! The soap is the one with the Mickey head on it, so your DD will be able to have her bath with Mickey. That's a cute story! You'll have to make sure to put that in her memory book!

 

[GoingtoWDW2007]

Subbing - Great TR so far....
We were just at POFQ 10-14 of Nov. - Great time but I think the rooms at Riverside look a LOT nicer to me than FQ....if it's any consolation

 

[pl'smama]

suz,

Never Fear! The soap is the one with the Mickey head on it, so your DD will be able to have her bath with Mickey. That's a cute story! You'll have to make sure to put that in her memory book!

Thanks for the reasurrance quiltymom and the tree!!! I hope it looks right!!

Suz

 

[fizz13]

Had to jump on board for your trippie as your food reviews blew me away and the trippie has started off just as well. Can't wait to read more

 

[Cory's Gal]

Great start to your TR!! Can't wait to read more!! We stayed at POR in 2005 and thought it was a beautiful resort, it's fun to see pictures!!

 

[BaBeeCee14]

Subscribing..... love all the pics

Looks like we were there at the same time! Our trip was from October 17-21st.

 

[tink's girls]

I love your TR! Can't wait to read more!

 

[mdsouth]

I am loving your report! It is a great mix of details and pictures. Thanks so much for sharing. I am enjoying the similarities, like you, my DH will go to Disney with us, but not a huge fan. Again, like your family, we only go every four years or so. We were there in 2005, and are planning to go in 2009.


My DH says we can go in 2009, but I would like to swing it in 2008.
I just need my DISNEY FIX!!!

So, for now, trip reports are my FIX. Thanks for helping out a fellow Disney Addict!

 

[Lizzy Lemon]

Hoping to go back to WDW for our 2nd holiday in 2009 and looking at your report with great interest as it will probably be our choice of resort.

 

[Sea-Donkey]

PO Riverside!

 

[Shadoe1031]

Sweetie Girl LOVES rubber duckies. If you ask her a math question, her answer usually is “Ducky." Well, she is only 7! Ducky is her favorite answer for anything.

That's so cool. My standard answer for anything is Purple. Did you know that purple is also the square root of orange?

 

[tinkerbell87512]

I love your pictures on the PotD thread and when I saw this report on the reports thread I had to join! Love the story and pics so far, can't wait to see more!

 

[Backstage_Gal]

love you talent for story telling. I just found your report tonight, but it's past midnight, and I am on the pre-trip report, so it will have to wait till later.
Great job

 

[quiltymom]

Thanks, everyone. And welcome! I'm thrilled to have people read all about our trip, maybe to learn something new or just to wish.

Here's the next part!

 

[quiltymom]

It was time to leave the pool to get ready for dinner at Chef Mickey’s. Our bags were waiting for us in our room when we returned – isn’t the DME wonderful?

Now, I’ll admit that I was a bit paranoid about the busses at POR after reading many horror stories about it here on the DIS. We were cutting our timing kind of close, so we were very tempted to hop an EPCOT bus and do a monorail transfer to the Contemporary. Yet we decided to buckle down and wait for the MK bus, which showed up only minutes later.

Since it was a beautiful day, we decided to walk over to the Contemporary. I’m glad that we did. It was fun to come through the front doors and see it as a guest would.

If you’ve been reading my dining report you’ll remember that I lack any sense of direction. So yes, it took us a bit to finally make it up to Chef Mickey’s (bypassing the shops was a hard thing for me to do!), and we arrived at the check-in desk 5 minutes early for our ADR. Check out my dining report for more on this fun evening.

After dinner we chose to go to the MK. I was split between doing that or going back to the resort to settle in more and get a good first night’s rest before our busy week. But getting overruled again, we hopped the monorail over to the MK (here are some photos of the trip over) …

… and fumbled our way through the finger-scan thingie. We were in!

The first thing the kids saw was a bunch of hula-hoops just as we went through the entrance, so we had to stop there for a while.

I finally dragged the kids away so we could get our first official PhotoPass family picture, then we were hopped on the train to Frontierland.

In retrospect, going to the MK on a Saturday evening is not a very good idea. Duh. After seeing the long waits for some rides, we settled on a ½ hour wait for POTC.

I didn’t want to do this because Spectromagic would be almost starting when we would get off of the ride. I really wanted to watch Spectro and Wishes that evening, but I knew that if we didn’t get on the bus right then, it would be forever until we were back at the resort; thus, a late evening for the start of a very busy week.

Since the railroad was closed for the parade, I knew that we would have move fast. I maneuvered the family through the Adventureland crowds, routed us through the Main Street shops, “excuse me’d” past the people in Town Square and made it through the turnstiles just minutes after the parade began. Whew!

Thankfully we didn’t have to wait long for a bus, and we were in our rooms and in bed by 10:00. Our first day was over. Nitey-nite!

Except that our dreams and nightmares actually happened the next day …

 

[scottny]

i love the interaction at Chef Mickey.

Love POTC, just a fun ride. Nightmares??? that does not sound good.

Nice update and pics.