I'm Not As Tink As You Kronk I Am - Final Thoughts on Mustard's January Trip to WDW

The backlot tour looked so fun. Haven't been on that in years, didn't make it last time. The kids would have loved to have seen Herbie and the HM crypts.

Sorry you got such a crappy seat at LM. I know I tell you this every time, but great pictures!

You really take us there with all your detailed wonderful pictures:goodvibes

 
The backlot tour looked so fun. Haven't been on that in years, didn't make it last time. The kids would have loved to have seen Herbie and the HM crypts.

Sorry you got such a crappy seat at LM. I know I tell you this every time, but great pictures!

You really take us there with all your detailed wonderful pictures:goodvibes


It was a fun ride with lots to see - I'm glad we went on it. Ahhh well, I'll know better about where to sit for the Mermaid next time ;)

Thank you about the pics - they are just such a fun part of telling the story :-]
 
Well I ran out of pic-posting space right before the conclusion of The Little Mermaid, so here it is – ta-da!
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I looked back at the schedule and it said that the Incredibles were down in or around Walt Disney: One Man’s Dream, which is something that I wanted to check out anyways so we headed in. It was cool to see the history of Walt and all of the memorobelia they had in there and Bean really liked looking at the models of the different castles. The movie was cool too ….I think there were maybe a dozen of us on the whole place so we sat front row center. Never did see the Incredibles anywhere inside or out. Must have misread that one.

We left there and walked back down to the thrill rides – Bean was itchin’ to do one more trip on each. I had kept track of the schedule for Beauty and the Beast and it was showing and had the crowds distracted :D We hit Rock n Roller Coaster first, which only had a 20 minute stand-by – look, recording equipment ooohhh-ahhhhh!
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It was fun and we of course sat in the front car.

Now it was on to Tower of Terror! We were walking up to the entrance and Bean told me she wanted to ask the Bellman a question. I said sure and she walked up to him and said “how come you guys never smile?” He looked at her and said that they do smile but they don’t get many so they have to save them up! He then got down on one knee and posed for a picture with her :D :D :D
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It was a very cute moment.

I figured I had taken enough ToT pics earlier so I kept the camera in its bag and just enjoyed the ride with my wonderful daughter. This brought her ride total up to EIGHT TIMES on BOTH ToT and RnRC!!!!

We were hungry again by then so stopped at the Sunset Ranch Market for dinner. I can’t even remember what we ate – lol.

We were actually running out of attractions to go to at this point. I looked and saw that the Monster’s Inc. characters were going to appear soon and she was up for that. Here’s a pic while we waited
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Just before they opened the door Bean said she had to go to the bathroom. I asked the couple behind us if she could hold our place, partly in words and partly in hand signals because they didn’t speak English – lol. We got her to the bathroom and back just in time and I thanked the couple for saving our place.

Here she is with Mike and Sully
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We strolled around and walked by Star Tours but decided not to ride it
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I did have Bean get on the speeder thing and did one of her just sitting
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…and another that I did some photoshop tweaking on that has her really riding on it with no supports :D
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We walked around the corner and did Drew Carey’s Sounds Dangerous. Both Bean and I were pretty unimpressed by that one. I would only go back in there if I went to DHS on a REALLY hot day and wanted to go somewhere to cool off.

We strolled around a bit and I took a few shots as darkness descended on the park
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There was this stupid cart in front of that hat…
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…so I ended up angling my shots to try and keep it out of the frame
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It was starting to get close to Fantasmic! time so we started heading that direction. I snapped a pic of the water tower and of one of the store fronts.
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The “In The Can” cast was at it again
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We left them behind and took the walk up to the arena for Fantasmic! We eventually worked our way to the front row, just right of center. People started really squeezing in, but we held our own and kept our seats. The crowd wasn’t as lively as the last time we were here, but we still did a few decent human waves. I took a shot of the set before the show started
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We had the “luck” of sitting almost right in front of one of the toy vendors and I ended up buying her one spinny-lighty thing and Bean used some of her own money to buy another. After a while we heard the now familiar “monologue ending with “We now invite you to join Mickey and experience Fantasmic!, a journey beyond your wildest imagination.” :D :D :D

Cue the lights!
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Here’s Mickey!
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Bring on the human flower :-]
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Next up – animals, Indians, Princes and their Princesses, and Mickey In Peril!
 
On came the black light animals
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And those funky monkey things
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I only took a pic of Jiminy during the bubble sequence
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I claim this land!
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…no you don’t
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No really, I claim this land
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Okay, maybe I don’t :O
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Go John Smith!
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Sing it Pocahontas!
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And in an odd theatrical transition, cue the floating Princes and Princesses!
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Playtime is over!
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Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble
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Give us a hug!
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No hug!?! Fine – then bring on the snake!
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Watch out Mickey!!!!
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More snake-charming fun on the horizon!
 

great update and pics.

I cannot wait to ride RNRC.

Nice Fantasmic pics.

Nice of the bellman to take a pic with her.

I saw the Incredibles they were fun to see but not a must for me.
 
great update and pics.

I cannot wait to ride RNRC.

Nice Fantasmic pics.

Nice of the bellman to take a pic with her.

I saw the Incredibles they were fun to see but not a must for me.

2nd set were great too. :thumbsup2

Thanks my friend. As I think I've said in a past post, RnRC is officially my favorite roller coaster at WDW with EE coming in at a close second :D

If you like those Fantasmic pics, I have more :lmao:

It was very cool of the bellman - just one of those extra things that the CMs do to make guest's visit special :wizard:

We had a really good interaction with the Incredibles at DL in 2005 so no big loss there either ;)

Thanks again - here comes set #3!
 
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Peek-a-boo!
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A close call for Mickey
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Rubbing the lamp brings unexpected results
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Big, fiery unexpected results
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Mickey tames the beast!
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…and brings on the magic
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The mountain goes dark and then shines like a blanket of stars
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Then a special surprise comes around the river bend
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Hi everybody!
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More characters and the grand finale coming up!
 
The character Steamboat continues its journey
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I hope that's a new dance move Goofy ;-]
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Bring on the FIREWORKS!!!
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Here comes Wizard Mickey to conduct the show!
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A few more fireworks and then we wind our day down at DHS
 
Yet more fireworks
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We wander out with the shuffling masses …or at least I wander and Bean rides in a double stroller that we traded up for at a CM’s suggestion (apparently lots of parents ditch them there at the theater rather than taking them back to the front).

We strolled up towards the hat and I had Bean get out for a quick pic
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One more shot of the hat
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…and then around to the boat
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…and Hollywood and Vine all buttoned up for the night.
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Bean wanted to pull the rope one more time outside of the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular so we rolled around up there. Interestingly enough they were doing a show – it was after hours so it must have been a special presentation or something. I tried to get a CM’s attention, but they were way up top just behind the seats and it was too loud for them to hear me.

Since we had missed the finale I was sorely tempted to “jump the ropes” and see if we could get in just to see the end, but I didn’t want to risk ending our special day with security escorting us out of the park ;-] We got a call from DW and DD11 saying they were wrapping it up at Epcot, so we walked back towards the front and did a little shopping until they called to say they were there.

We all went back to the resort with another special day of memories under our belts. And tomorrow we had our big day at Discovery Cove to look forward to!!! :cool1: :woohoo: :cool1: :woohoo: :cool1:
 
the finale looked fantastic. u got great shots of Fantasmic.

sounds like a fun time was had at DHS.
 
wow! You were bustin' out those pictures huh? :thumbsup2

Great pictures of Lil Mermaid, GMR and Fantasmic!! I especially love Fantasmic. We saw it for the first time last year. Gave me goose bumps the whole time :thumbsup2 So magical!

That's awesome that Bean got to take a picture with a smiling bell hop from ToT!! You rarely see that :laughing:

And I also love the picture of her under the Ton 'o Bricks. :thumbsup2

I know I'm forgetting something. Sorry :sad2:

Can't wait to read about your next day!

oh yes, and 1300 pictures in the report??/ you go!!! :woohoo:
 
Good Lord! I think you win the prize for the most picture filled trip report!
 
Great pix as usual.

I can't believe you got to ride ToT and RnRC each 8 times.:thumbsup2

Good seat mojo for Fantastic.

If you scroll down on the boat finale pix quick enough, it looks like the boat is moving......
 
the finale looked fantastic. u got great shots of Fantasmic.

sounds like a fun time was had at DHS.

Thankyee - it was a very good day and one that Bean still talks about/boasts to friends about :D

wow! You were bustin' out those pictures huh? :thumbsup2

Great pictures of Lil Mermaid, GMR and Fantasmic!! I especially love Fantasmic. We saw it for the first time last year. Gave me goose bumps the whole time :thumbsup2 So magical!

That's awesome that Bean got to take a picture with a smiling bell hop from ToT!! You rarely see that :laughing:

And I also love the picture of her under the Ton 'o Bricks. :thumbsup2

I know I'm forgetting something. Sorry :sad2:

Can't wait to read about your next day!

oh yes, and 1300 pictures in the report??/ you go!!! :woohoo:

I am a picture taking machine! :lmao: :rotfl2: :lmao:

I ended up going on YouTube to find the intro to Fantasmic! so I could quote it in the TR and it gave me a little chill and a smile just seeing/hearing the recording of it. That good ole' Disney Magic :wizard:

The pic of Bean with the Bellman is one of my top ten of the entire trip along with her giving Buzz a kiss :love: And the ton of bricks pic was priceless - she did such a great expression for it :laughing:

I'll start working on the Discovery Cove pics sometime over the next couple of days. Don't know if I'll get the actual TR update for it going this weekend though since we're picking up our new tent trailer on Saturday :woohoo:

Good Lord! I think you win the prize for the most picture filled trip report!

Yeah, I do got a bit overboard ...hehehe. I just peeked and I'm actually just over 1,400 with the finish of DHS :lmao: :banana: :lmao:

yes he does, hope your not on dial up. :rotfl2:

Oh, I'm sure I scared away the dial-up peeps long ago :surfweb: :rotfl:

Great pix as usual.

I can't believe you got to ride ToT and RnRC each 8 times.:thumbsup2

Good seat mojo for Fantastic.

If you scroll down on the boat finale pix quick enough, it looks like the boat is moving......

Thanks Jorday, and for clarity my total was 8 times on RnRC and only 6 times on ToT (Bean rode it two more times than me with DW and DD11 while I got lunch with the moms on our first DHS day ;) ).

Yes, we got Fantastic Fantasmic! seats :thumbsup2 :goodvibes

Really? I'll have to try that :)
 
Hey Mike,

Just popping in to say I have been reading and enjoying your pics. They are fantastic as usual!
 
hi Mustard!! Hope you are doing okay:hug: , haven't heard from you in a while.
 
Hey Mike,

Just popping in to say I have been reading and enjoying your pics. They are fantastic as usual!

Hiya! Thank you for stopping by and taking a look at our little adventure :)

I'm poppin in too.....

Howdy Jordan, thanks much for the bump - I have been kinda AFK for a bit :(

hi Mustard!! Hope you are doing okay:hug: , haven't heard from you in a while.

Hello hello! Thanks for the bump, I'm still here :goodvibes

Actually, I've been away for mostly good reasons. For one, today is my birthday :banana: I'm about to take off from work (only working 1/2 day). Going to get some last minute groceries before heading back to the house to finish packing our trailer.

We're going camping at an area state park for my birthday weekend with a couple of friends families - gonna break in the new tent trailer right! :cool1: :yay: :woohoo: :yay: :cool1: The weather is going to be gorgeous with temps in the high 70s with very little humidity :dance3:

I have most of the pics together from our Discovery Cove day and hope to get everything together for posting on Monday. If I don't get it done then I might be stuck until the end of the week because I'll be out of town at BOLI training :headache:

Y'all take care and have a wonderful weekend!!!
 





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