Inching My Way Closer to the Castle Final thoughts/future trips 4/2p90 The End 4/4p92

[MEK]

We will miss you too!

Actually, I posted a little unexpected trip that I am taking in 24 days to Florida (but no Disney). I am super excited.

Really? well, you deserve it! I need to go check out the details!

 

[MEK]

No trip report is complete without Photopass pictures. I waited until the end of the TR to post them because I had to sort through 700 plus pictures to find mine and Jens. So here we go......

Here we are....Day 2....MK. We look very happy, but also very blurry. What's up with that?????

Here I am in all my sherpaness....

Jen must have added this border:

Day 3...AK

Jen looks wide awake

I look like I need to go back to bed for a couple hours.....

Welcome Baby Simba.

Big Tree. Little People.

Take the Picture Already, Its like 110 degrees in the Sun!

Later that evening we took advantage of the low crowds at Epcot and got our ride on....

Day 4 After Our Segway tour. Gotta love the hat head....

Smile for the camera Flat Mickey

What good is a Magic Shot that Doesn't show the magic?

Ah...That's Better

Cute

I think she's trying to get away from me. Come back tinkerbell!

Later that Evening at MNSSHP.

Check out the crazy dollar store masks....

Close Up

Smile Ladies

Wow....It sure got dark fast!

Continued........

 

[MEK]

Continued.......

Yikes!

Day 5

Back to Epcot and Drinks around the World

Its obvious that the Florida Humidity is starting to take its toll on my hair....

This pictures reminds me why I want to have my hair chemically straightened before May

Stitch...You Devil You!

Haha Jen....Very Funny!

Day 6

Up Next....A Trip Recap

 

[Queenofallthings]

Those pictures are great! I love the one in front of the Eiffel Tower and the one with the ghost on the horseless carriage....those are my favorites.....I also love that you ladies look llike you're always having fun...that's the best thing of all

 

[KatMark]

MaryEllen and Jen....these are great Photopass pictures and I love the choices of border add-ons.

 

[Charleston Princess]

Great Photopass pictures! They all turned out so cute! I love the one with the ghost at the Haunted Mansion!

 

[2xcited2sleep]

The pictures turned out great! I love all the little extras with Simba, Tinkerbell, balloons etc. Very cool! Hope our pics in May turn out as well!!

And, my goodness, you DID sherpa around a lot!!

 

[dawnbu40]

Great Photopass pictures It looks like you two really had a great time

 

[MEK]

Those pictures are great! I love the one in front of the Eiffel Tower and the one with the ghost on the horseless carriage....those are my favorites.....I also love that you ladies look llike you're always having fun...that's the best thing of all

Thanks! I think the only time I wasn't having fun was that first picture in HS. That's when I was still dealing with my AP ordeal. Fortunately, I got happy again shortly after that was resolved.

The carriage is a great magic shot. I would have really liked one with the hitch hiking ghosts, but I didn't know it existed at the time.

MaryEllen and Jen....these are great Photopass pictures and I love the choices of border add-ons.

Thanks! We really tried to get some fun ones. We knew we had to fill up that CD. I had a hard time not posting some of yours along with ours!

Great Photopass pictures! They all turned out so cute! I love the one with the ghost at the Haunted Mansion!

Thanks! I remembered that shot from when Denny and I went to the Halloween party, so it was a must. I am just disappointed that we didn't think to get any PP pics with LL and Marc. Oh well.

The pictures turned out great! I love all the little extras with Simba, Tinkerbell, balloons etc. Very cool! Hope our pics in May turn out as well!!

I think we will get some great shots. Especially group shots since we will probably all be haming it up!

The only one they forgot to put in was the soarin shot! We are looking up in the air at NOTHING! So we HAVE to get that one in May. I want every magic shot they have.

And, my goodness, you DID sherpa around a lot!!

And yes - I did sherpa around a lot on the first day because I didn't want to leave my backpack in luggage services. I need to figure out something better for May. I would actually like to get a backpack for my camera and a park bag for me.

Great Photopass pictures It looks like you two really had a great time

Thanks Dawn! We really did have a great time. It was pretty much a perfect trip.

I enjoyed all your PP pics too (and just like KatMark), it was hard for me to not post some of yours because they are SO good!

 

[mickeystoontown]

This whole time you've talked about your "sherpaness" but I didn't realize just how much you carried around until I saw the Photopass pictures! Good golly woman, that's a lotta stuff!

While I liked each and every one of the Photopass pics, I think my two favorite are the one of you two and the ghost outside Haunted Mansion and the one with Stitch between the two of you.

 

[SoonerGirl]

Cute Photopass pics! I love all the magic shots!

Just an fyi, if you ever have a magic shot again that doesn't include the 'magic', they can go back and add it for you. I had one of Jared several years ago fighting Darth Vader and Darth wasn't in the shot. I contacted them through the Photopass site and they fixed the picture, no problem. You just have to make sure you do it before your viewing/ordering window closes.

 

[Stringbean&Wingnut]

Great Photopass pics!! Wow, you do carry a bunch of stuff around!! I get tired carrying my little string backpack, how do you do it???

 

[eandesmom]

GREAT pics!!!!!!! But OH MY WORD that's a lotta stuff you are hauling.

Seriously. I think you need to lighten up. Or pay for a locker. My shoulder, neck and back hurt just looking at all that!

I think the sherpa needs a new packing strategy.

 

[Nermel9]

Love the photopass pics! They have such cute borders for Halloween and the fall! And you guys got a lot of great magic shots too, I've never seen that Stitch one with the ice cream, that is adorable! Did you ask for that, or they just told you to pose that way? I'm not a big Stitch fan, but I'd love to do that shot!

 

[Wicket's Mom]

Love those photos. I, too liked the ghost photos, especially the smiling one.

I'm got to do the photo pass thing, love the way they add all of the magic to the pictures.

 

[MEK]

This whole time you've talked about your "sherpaness" but I didn't realize just how much you carried around until I saw the Photopass pictures! Good golly woman, that's a lotta stuff!

Well, I think it looks worse than it is because I carried the most stuff around on the first and the last day. Plus my camera bag is big. I know - excuses, excuses. I brought my mug with me too so I could get a drink as soon as I got back to the resort.

While I liked each and every one of the Photopass pics, I think my two favorite are the one of you two and the ghost outside Haunted Mansion and the one with Stitch between the two of you.

They are both great pics, but I think I like Stitch best. He's not my favorite character, but he takes a fun picture.

Cute Photopass pics! I love all the magic shots!

Just an fyi, if you ever have a magic shot again that doesn't include the 'magic', they can go back and add it for you. I had one of Jared several years ago fighting Darth Vader and Darth wasn't in the shot. I contacted them through the Photopass site and they fixed the picture, no problem. You just have to make sure you do it before your viewing/ordering window closes.

That is such good information. I had no idea you could get the magic shots fixed after the fact. Thanks for sharing that important tidbit. I will remember that for May.

That would be disappointing - to have a shot with Jared and no Darth Vader.

Great Photopass pics!! Wow, you do carry a bunch of stuff around!! I get tired carrying my little string backpack, how do you do it???

It looked like a lot on the first and last day because I brought my big backpack into the park. And that stinkin' camera bag is big. But its so worth it to have the camera. I will admit, at the Halloween party I was so tempted to leave everything in the room. When its hot all that stuff gets annoying.

 

[MEK]

GREAT pics!!!!!!! But OH MY WORD that's a lotta stuff you are hauling.

Seriously. I think you need to lighten up. Or pay for a locker. My shoulder, neck and back hurt just looking at all that!

I think the sherpa needs a new packing strategy.

Now, now...don't be too harsh on me. I think it looks worse than it really is. Camera...check. Back pack (usually with water - seriously, I think that's the only reason I bring it in)....check. refillable mug...check. Oh - that thing around my neck is where I keep my AP and Disney gift card and that type of stuff. That's so I always know where it is.

But I am thinking of moving my camera to the blue backpack because its really meant to carry a computer, so I think it should protect my camera. Then I can get a cute park bag.

Love the photopass pics! They have such cute borders for Halloween and the fall! And you guys got a lot of great magic shots too, I've never seen that Stitch one with the ice cream, that is adorable! Did you ask for that, or they just told you to pose that way? I'm not a big Stitch fan, but I'd love to do that shot!

I'm not a big stitch fan either, but when Denny and I went they had us pose for the shot and I thought it looked cute. I can't remember if we asked or the PP person offered. The only one I really remember asking for was the Soarin one (which, as you can see, did not turn out).

The fall borders are really fun. You'll enjoy that when you go next fall!

 

[MEK]

Love those photos. I, too liked the ghost photos, especially the smiling one.

I'm got to do the photo pass thing, love the way they add all of the magic to the pictures.

PP is really fun. We did a PP share this time, so it was cheap. One trip when Denny and I went together, we really didn't have enough pictures to warrant a PP disc, so we had a camera made. It was great. I really enjoyed seeing it everyday.

The magic shots are a lot of fun, especially now that I know which ones to ask for.

 

[Ducky4Disney]

I'm gonna pick and choose some comments to comment on, there is no specific order or reason as to what I'm picking or why I am responding to only a few of them; bear with me.

...so we had a camera made. It was great. I really enjoyed seeing it everyday.

And by camera, she means calendar!

GREAT pics!!!!!!! But OH MY WORD that's a lotta stuff you are hauling.

Seriously. I think you need to lighten up. Or pay for a locker. My shoulder, neck and back hurt just looking at all that!

I think the sherpa needs a new packing strategy.

I'm with you on that! My "lumbar pack" has been the sinlge best purchase I've ever made for trekking thru WDW! And no, it's not a fanny pack! When I was in WDW and extremely pregnant, I wasn't sure if I was gonna wear my pack; well I wasn't sure if it was gonna fit my massive girth to begin with, but in the end it was a great thing! It counter-balanced my belly and added back support

Here is a pretty good pic demonstrating my bigness from that trip.

How in the heck did I carry that 2.5 year old??

MaryEllen and Jen....these are great Photopass pictures and I love the choices of border add-ons.

Mary Ellen knew all the right poses to ask for, I had no idea! I did like adding the borders afterwards but I have to apologize to MEK, I edited her out of a few so I could have some "just me" pics! (I did the same thing to my MIL with our MNSSHP pics. For some reason she had to be in all of them)

While I liked each and every one of the Photopass pics, I think my two favorite are the one of you two and the ghost outside Haunted Mansion and the one with Stitch between the two of you.

Those are good ones, and I am a HUGE HM fan so I love those too! But I look rather... um... fluffy in those, more Pooh size than I am in real life. And BOY did I need a haircut!

I think this is one of my favorites:

I need to start talking about my Sept trip, maybe a pre-TR is in order? I might just have to do it!

D4D

 

[2xcited2sleep]

Yes, I think a PTR is in order!

I didn't realize you have to ask for those special magic photopass shots. Good thing I'll have MEK along in May so we'll know what to ask for!!