I'm thankful for...MICKEY!!! My Thanksgiving '08 TR!: TR Update, Last Day!

[SwansLoveDisney]

As you know, my mom and I went on a trip to St. Augustine, FL for a long weekend. Sunday morning, we drove down to Disney World for a day of fun!

The drive wasn't bad at all. Soon, we saw this!

The sky in that pic looks MUCH worse than it actually looked!

Next, we found this!

This is where we would spend the night tonight!

Mom, take a picture of me as approaching Port Orleans Riverside!

(I hate that picture of me!)

We checked in and since it was

(actually 10:03 a.m. I hadn't changed my watch to FL time,) our room was not ready yet. I was given the option of a phone call or text message when our room was ready. I chose text because I thought it would be awesome to get a text message from Disney World! They told us what our room would be, so we headed over that way to park the car.

I was a little bummed that we were in the Alligator Bayou section

but we REALLY weren't spending much time at all in the room and I really wanted to get to the park, so I didn't argue!

We grabbed our stuff out of the car, including 3 bottles of water, since it was already pretty hot and humid. I tried to walk, but may have broken into skipping a bit as we headed over to the bus stop.

Deciding on ONE park to go to was pretty tough, but we made a decision and stuck with it.

The bus pulled up pretty quickly and we got on. I thought it was a bad sign that it was so early in the morning and we were grateful for the air conditioning already!

Shortly, we pulled up to the Magic Kingdom!

It was a short line through the bag check and we were ready to head through the turnstyles

Then we headed right up to the train and gazed upon my favorite street in the whole world, Main Street in the Magic Kingdom!

We heard the train approaching, so we jumped in line.

There it is!

I just love riding on that train! We got off the train and headed over to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Sadly, BTMRR was not running at the time. They said to check back in a half hour. So we walked over to Splash Mountain and grabbed some fastpasses.

I was DETERMINED not be be commando on this visit to Disney World. I tried to let my mom make most of the decisions as to what we would do. I say "tried" because my mom is very indecisive, so I ended up deciding anyways! I tried to keep a slow walking pace throughout the day and just take it all in.

My mom's decision this time was to go to Haunted Mansion, so off we went.

I always feel so bad for the little kids on this ride! They get so freaked out! A little girl behind us in line tapped me on the back and asked me "Does this ride go upside down?" I assured her that we would stay upright the whole time and chuckled to myself about the thought of those doom buggies going upside down!


I love all these eyes!

Bluebeard sure had a lot of wives!

One of my goals on this trip (aside from taking it easy) was to see things at Magic Kingdom that I have never seen before. Since I have never seen the Hall of Presidents, we walked over there and headed on in. But we were blocked! I hadn't realized they were closed for refurbishment (to add our new president). They were having an annual passholder event in there. Someday I will own an annual pass!!!

That was the second attraction we were denied in the first 2 hours at the park! Would this be a bad sign of things to come?!

 

[mousescrapper]

That was the second attraction we were denied in the first 2 hours at the park! Would this be a bad sign of things to come?!

I hope not....

looking forward to hearing more of your Day at MK!

 

[mrsksomeday]

It is great to see you back!! I missed you.

 

[mrsksomeday]

That was the second attraction we were denied in the first 2 hours at the park! Would this be a bad sign of things to come?!

It will get better!! You are in the Magic Kingdom, I would hope that you got some pixie dust and ride mojo .

 

[Charleston Princess]

He he -- I love that you skipped to the bus stop after checking in!!! Magic Kingdom is always a good choice for a one-park day -- I hope you aren't shut out of all the rides you want to do!

 

[KathyRN137]

Julie, I was hoping you'd choose the Magic Kingdom!!


Kathy

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

I hope not....

looking forward to hearing more of your Day at MK!

It did get much better, thank Goodness!

It is great to see you back!! I missed you.

Thanks Tracy!

It will get better!! You are in the Magic Kingdom, I would hope that you got some pixie dust and ride mojo .

Things did turn around. Of course they did! We were in Disney World!

He he -- I love that you skipped to the bus stop after checking in!!! Magic Kingdom is always a good choice for a one-park day -- I hope you aren't shut out of all the rides you want to do!

Not getting to go on the rides was just a little disappointing, but it made us laugh more than anything!

I could not contain the skipping. I was so excited!

Julie, I was hoping you'd choose the Magic Kingdom!!


Kathy

It was the perfect choice!

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

When I left you, we were denied entrance to Hall of Presidents. We were both pretty hungry at this point since our last meal was the continental breakfast in St. Augustine.

Columbia Harbor House was calling our name! It was pretty early at this point, so it was nice and crowd-free at CHH. I had the chicken strips and fries and they were delicious as always!

Oh, and this pic is a combo of food porn and the super cute napkins!

A funny thing happened as we were eating lunch. There was a man who was apparently waiting for a HUGE group to order their food. He proceeded to move EVERY empty table to one corner of the room in order to make an enormous table for his group. He then gathered all the chairs from the room to add to his island of tables. This was kind of annoying to deal with during lunch because those tables were LOUD as he moved them. And the chairs weren't much better. I told my mom we better hold onto our table and chairs because he might steal them from under us! Well, he got all the tables arranged and then someone from his group came over and told him they were sitting on the OTHER SIDE of the restaurant. I couldn't help it and I started laughing. Mr. Furniture Mover dejectedly left his monstrous creation of tables and chairs and went to find his group.

After lunch, I told my mom that I've never done the Enchanted Tiki Room and it was on my list for the day. So we headed over that way. I was expecting it to be just blah, but I actually thought it was super cute!

I loved it how everything in the room was moving and singing!

Soon, it was time for our Splash Mountain fastpasses! I think my 3 years in Phoenix did me well on this trip to Florida because I wasn't bothered much at all by the heat. My mom, however, was sweating up a storm and was dying to get wet!

We breezed through the fastpass line and soon we saw this

Our first view of the big drop!

I wish my garden was that neat!

I love these signs!

Next up was Snow White's Scary Adventures.

Bye Dopey!

On our way out, we saw and heard these guys playing "You've Got a Friend in Me." We stopped and listened. Love that song!

After that, it was time for a bathroom break. As I was waiting outside the bathroom for my mom, a woman came up and asked me if she could borrow my phone to call her group because she came out of the bathroom and couldn't find them. I handed over the phone and waited about ten minutes for her to try to remember the phone numbers and to call everyone in the group to find out where they were! Each time she was in between calls, she would wipe her sweat off the phone and get back to it. Kinda gross! When I got my phone back, I wiped it off with an antibacterial wipe and realized that we had received the text message telling us that our room was ready!

We decided to head back to POR to get into our room and swim a bit. Our room was super close to the parking lot and super close to the foodcourt. We lugged all of our stuff to the room, opened the door to the room and realized that it was one king sized bed instead of 2 queen beds! I called the front desk and explained the situation to them and they told me that we should come to the front desk and we would receive our new room number. THIS is when the heat started to get to me! After lugging all the suitcases and stuff up to the room, I was a little sweaty. I went and got the new room number and then we put all our stuff back in the car. We headed over to Magnolia Bend (Yay!) and lugged the suitcases to the room again.

At this point, I was super sweaty and I was READY to get in that pool! We changed into our swimming suits very quickly and headed over to the pool bar (priorities!)

We grabbed some girly fruity drinks and then we found some chairs at the quiet pool. We sucked down those drinks and then jumped in the pool. So nice!

This was the life! We were at Disney World, enjoying a pool side drink and taking a dip in the perfect temperature pool with the knowledge that we'd be back in the Magic Kingdom in a couple hours!

I took some pics around the resort

Loved this!

And here's the oak

After a refreshing swim, we headed back to the room, got cleaned up, and made our way back to Magic Kingdom. Casey's was calling our names this time, so we went in and got some corn dog nuggets. Yum!

Loved these cups!

There's that beautiful castle!

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[SwansLoveDisney]

Now it was time for Pirates of the Caribbean!

My pictures from inside the ride never turn out!

We did several more attractions this afternoon, including Carousel of Progress (a new favorite of mine), Monsters Inc Laugh Floor, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (it was up and running, thankfully!).

We were determined to watch Spectro and Wishes tonight. This would be our first time watching Spectro the whole way through. And it would be our first time watching Wishes with an unobstructed view!

Over at Sleepy Hallow Refreshments, we ordered a funnel cake to share.

It was more delicious in person than it looks in the picture!

This pic was taken to make DH jealous because he LOVES Disney funnel cakes!

Here comes Spectro!

My favorite Spectro float (is that what they're called?)

After Spectro, we went and found some empty space on Main Street and we had a seat and waited for Wishes to begin!

The was my first time seeing wishes from an unobstructed view. Seeing Tinkerbell fly was awesome. And being able to hear everything, all the music and words, was very moving. I did shed a tear or two while watching Wishes. I loved it!

I made a wish at the end of Wishes and IT CAME TRUE!!! The wish that came true will be revealed soon. I am SUPER happy about it and so is DH!

After Wishes, we did It's a Small World.

After IASW, my mom was pretty tired and was ready to head back to the room. I was torn between staying and going, but I decided to go back with my mom and we went to bed and had sweet Disney Dreams!

The next morning was another steamy one, as you can see in my steamy pics!

The camera was all fogged up!

I just love how POR is designed!

We had breakfast in the food court and then headed over to Downtown Disney.

This was my first visit to TrenD and there were many things that caught my eye.

I saw a couple people wearing this dress the day before and I loved it!

Super cute shirt

I exhibited a great deal of self-restraint and I avoided buying all the cute things in TrenD. Next stop was World of Disney, where I bought "My First Minnie" for my BFF's new baby girl and I bought an outfit for my Godson's 1st birthday.

After World of Disney, it was time to head back to St. Augustine.

I was a little bit sad to leave Disney World, but the thought of a day at the beach made me happy!

It was a wonderful one day trip to Disney World! I thought that I would be left with a feeling of sadness because it was ONLY one day, but with our relaxed pace and relaxed attitude, one day was just enough for a great Disney fix!

 

[k_reile]

hmmm....a wish that makes you and DH happy??? I would guess its not a trip back to WDW but maybe a baby??? You know you are going to have to reveal this soon!! Its going to drive me crazy!! LOL!!!

 

[Charleston Princess]

I loved the new napkins and cups, too!

Hurray for a room in the Magnolia Bend section!

I can't believe you are going to make us wait to find out what your wish during Wishes was!!!!

 

[mrsksomeday]

OMG you are going to leave us with the cliff hanger about the wish an the end of Wishes ? How long are we going to have to wait? I will admit after I read that line I immediately skimmed to see if you would tell us at the end of the installment, then dejected I scrolled back up .

So I will be impatiently waiting until you reveal your wish .

 

[mousescrapper]

Julie,

loved the end of your Day TR to MK....you did more than I expected...very cool!

How fun to do new things and many of your favorites too. Isn't seeing Tink coming down from the castle just awesome!!!! I've missed her the last 2 trips, but it is a MUST for next year!

the TrenD store looks really cute! it would be dangerous for me too...the print on the dress and bag is the print on the inside of my hoddie I bought this yr, I love it!

So I hope you won't leave us hanging too long on your WISH and I really hope it has something to do w/ a little bundled wrapped in pink or blue

Julie 2 (Scrappie)

 

[KathyRN137]

Loved this!

And here's the oak

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The was my first time seeing wishes from an unobstructed view. Seeing Tinkerbell fly was awesome. And being able to hear everything, all the music and words, was very moving. I did shed a tear or two while watching Wishes. I loved it!

I made a wish at the end of Wishes and IT CAME TRUE!!! The wish that came true will be revealed soon. I am SUPER happy about it and so is DH!

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It was a wonderful one day trip to Disney World! I thought that I would be left with a feeling of sadness because it was ONLY one day, but with our relaxed pace and relaxed attitude, one day was just enough for a great Disney fix!

I agree... a great little fix!
How wonderful that you eventually got your room in the Mansions section!

We've stayed at POFQ, but never POR, so I really enjoyed your pix; especially that majestic oak! Talk about recycling!!

I'm thrilled that the wish your heart made came true!!


Kathy

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

hmmm....a wish that makes you and DH happy??? I would guess its not a trip back to WDW but maybe a baby??? You know you are going to have to reveal this soon!! Its going to drive me crazy!! LOL!!!

Well, I'd be VERY happy with either a trip to WDW or a baby...

I loved the new napkins and cups, too!

Hurray for a room in the Magnolia Bend section!

I can't believe you are going to make us wait to find out what your wish during Wishes was!!!!

The cups were so cute and colorful! And the napkins were so much fun. It's the little things, huh?

Soon I will reveal the wish!

OMG you are going to leave us with the cliff hanger about the wish an the end of Wishes ? How long are we going to have to wait? I will admit after I read that line I immediately skimmed to see if you would tell us at the end of the installment, then dejected I scrolled back up .

So I will be impatiently waiting until you reveal your wish .

I'm sorry to leave you hanging! Soon I will tell you my wish!

Julie,

loved the end of your Day TR to MK....you did more than I expected...very cool!

How fun to do new things and many of your favorites too. Isn't seeing Tink coming down from the castle just awesome!!!! I've missed her the last 2 trips, but it is a MUST for next year!

the TrenD store looks really cute! it would be dangerous for me too...the print on the dress and bag is the print on the inside of my hoddie I bought this yr, I love it!

So I hope you won't leave us hanging too long on your WISH and I really hope it has something to do w/ a little bundled wrapped in pink or blue

Julie 2 (Scrappie)

Seeing Tink was SO cool. It was my first time with a clear view and it was awesome!

I love that print! I think I saw that hoodie too. I don't know how I resisted.

I'll tell you my wish soon!

I agree... a great little fix!
How wonderful that you eventually got your room in the Mansions section!

We've stayed at POFQ, but never POR, so I really enjoyed your pix; especially that majestic oak! Talk about recycling!!

I'm thrilled that the wish your heart made came true!!


Kathy

I was really happy to be moved to the mansions. The insides of the rooms are decorated so much better than the Alligator Bayou section!

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

In answer to your questions, my wish was that we would be blessed with a baby and we recently found out that we are expecting!!!

DH and I are so very happy with this news! We have been hoping and wishing for this for a little while and we are thrilled that our wishes have come true.

So far, I've just been very tired. No sickness yet, thank goodness!

We're expecting our bundle of joy on March 28, 2010. It seems like a long way off. I kind of wish we could fast forward to the baby's arrival, but at the same time, I hope to really enjoy this pregnancy.

We haven't told very many of our real life friends yet (in case something should go wrong), so if you are my facebook friend, please don't mention it on my facebook!

So get ready for a new little DISer!

 

[mrsksomeday]

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YAY!!! Congratulations!!! I am so very happy for you both, a little DISer. ​

I cried a little when I read your news, you are such a lovely person and will be a fantastic Mommy!!!!​

 

[Charleston Princess]

Congratulations, Julie!!! I was so hoping that was the wish that had come true!!! I am just so happy for you!!!

 

[k_reile]

Julie!!! I am soo excited for you and Gordon!!! Enjoy your pregnancy because it goes soo fast!! That baby will be here before you know it!! And before you know it you will be planning their first birthday party!!! I can;t believe my little guy is 10 months old!! BUt think of it this way by the time I get back from WDW (we're thinking feb 6-13) you won;t have much longer to go!!!

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

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YAY!!! Congratulations!!! I am so very happy for you both, a little DISer. ​

I cried a little when I read your news, you are such a lovely person and will be a fantastic Mommy!!!!​

Thanks Tracy!

Congratulations, Julie!!! I was so hoping that was the wish that had come true!!! I am just so happy for you!!!

Thank you Jackie!

Julie!!! I am soo excited for you and Gordon!!! Enjoy your pregnancy because it goes soo fast!! That baby will be here before you know it!! And before you know it you will be planning their first birthday party!!! I can;t believe my little guy is 10 months old!! BUt think of it this way by the time I get back from WDW (we're thinking feb 6-13) you won;t have much longer to go!!!

Thanks Kara!

I can't believe your baby boy is going to be one so soon!