JAMBO Everybody...An August 2011 TR (Completed May 13)

[SaratogaJace]

Love the trip report. That lady with the pug must have been fun Lol.Will be fimnishing the TR.

 

[SaratogaJace]

Mmmmmm that pork tenderloin looks fantastic! Wow no one can beat how nice the CMs are at Disney.

 

[Queenofallthings]

Such a cute picture of you and Jasmine at the bus stop!

The picture of Jasmine and Jeff with the hats is hilarious!

Cape May buffet is so good! We are huge fans!

So glad you all had such a great day!

Thanks hon!

Isn't that one funny? They are crazy....and I think with all the rest they had during the day they were worse than ever

We will definitely be going back that's for sure! We loved it!

Thanks again hon!

Love the trip report. That lady with the pug must have been fun Lol.Will be fimnishing the TR.

Everytime I think of her I laugh...it was one of those moments where you have to take a step back and think "seriously, are you for real" and unfortunately the answer was yet

Glad you are enjoying it!!

Mmmmmm that pork tenderloin looks fantastic! Wow no one can beat how nice the CMs are at Disney.

Jeff still talks about that meal! It was, hands down, best meal I've ever had!!!

The CM's are amazing and wonderful!

 

[TanzUnited99]

Hey hope you all are well Thanks to your handy dandy chapter links I'm all caught up!

Your food pics of Boma are making me hungry A DIS meet and pool time sounds like

Love the nighttime shots in your second post.

 

[Queenofallthings]

Hey hope you all are well Thanks to your handy dandy chapter links I'm all caught up!

Your food pics of Boma are making me hungry A DIS meet and pool time sounds like

Love the nighttime shots in your second post.

Hey girl! All well at our end and hope you are too! Good thing you were able to help me figure those chapter links out!

One of the best days we spent!

 

[TanzUnited99]

Hey girl! All well at our end and hope you are too! Good thing you were able to help me figure those chapter links out!

One of the best days we spent!

Hey hun! I'm getting there - just taking each day as it comes.

Yeah loved chatting to you that day - it was fun!

 

[Queenofallthings]

Hey hun! I'm getting there - just taking each day as it comes.

Yeah loved chatting to you that day - it was fun!

It's tough, there is no doubt about it!

I will have a post up later tonight, Jasmine and Mini Montana are going to the hockey game tonight, so I will actually be able to get the laptop in the evening!

It was fun....

 

[Queenofallthings]

Time for another post! This day was the day we had all waited for! We were going off property to IOA to visit WWOHP...and other stuff there We were so excited as we are all huge fans of Harry! Peg and family had never been to IOA and Jasmine and I hadn't been since 2002...she was 10! Time for another visit! Unfortunately, we didn't go to US, just not enough time, but we had a full day at IOA!

Geodoc got up bright and early to get the rental car/van and we had a quick breakfast in our room and we were off! It seemed so weird to actually have a vehicle at our disposal to get around...never in all our visits had we ever rented a car! Before long this is what we saw and there was a lot of excitement inside that van let me tell you!

Starbucks....now, for those of you who have followed us in past TR's, you know how much Jasmine loves Starbucks! No time to stop this morning and that's when I knew we were on a very serious mission...if Jasmine has no time for Starbucks!!!!

Is it wrong to want to have a margarita at 830am? I could have used one!

Island of Adventure .... here we come!

The Adventure Begins.....dear Lord, keep us safe!!!

I love a Christmas Store no matter where it is!

Love this sign! It wasn't Disney, but it was still cool!

Zax...our dad used to read us Dr. Suess books every night before we went to bed, so to see all of this just screamed childhood to us....

Love everything Suess!!

No time to stop, but we did make it back here later in the day!

Finally, WWOHP...oh how excited we were! I was a little nauseated at the thought of The Forbidden Journey, but I trucked right along!

See that face...that's the "hurray up mother, the line up is getting longer" face...I received that look a few times on this day!

a little fuzzy, I was a tad bit excited and clearly couldn't hold the camera steady

Honeydukes....seeing this was like stepping thru the movie screen and into Hogsmeade....it was so neat!

Busy morning, but we didn't care, we would wait as long as we had too! Our only must do's this day was everything in WWOHP, anything over and above that was gravy

Owl Post...I could have taken picture after picture but we did have a destination in line and a certain couple of teenagers kept reminding me of this fact!

The Forbidden Journey!!!

 

[KatMark]

Jasmine, Jasmine, Jasmine. I would have been hitting that Starbucks and telling the others I would catch up with them.

You sound so excited about your day at IOA. It's nice to have a car and "explore" outside THE World every once in awhile.

Can't wait to hear how you liked all of the attractions.

 

[Purpleblanket]

Oh.. I love the Harry Potter Pictures!! Can't wait for more!!!

debbie

 

[Jazzabelle508]

Yay 4 WWOHP!!!!! I am also a HUGE fan of anything harry potter related! I was totally one of those people who cried when I saw the last movie because that meant harry potter was over. I have also gone 2 three of the book premires (5,6 and 7) and 5 of the midnight movies (4, 5, 6, 7 and 8). Actually for the fourth movie we went at midnight and then were on an early morning flight 2 disney the next day and it was either go 2 the midnight premire or wait another week before going 2 see it. Waiting another week 2 see it wasn't an option. It was absolutely worth it 2 be super tired the next day! (actually I just slept on the plane and slept before the movie and I was fine). The funny thing is that the ultimate reason why i am even into harry potter at all was because when i was in third grade my teacher offered everyone a pizza party who read up 2 a certain point in the first harry potter book and of course that was what finally motivated me and then it became my favorite book series ever and I read the first 4 books within one school year (there were 4 books out at the time and the fourth one had just come out when I began reading the first one)! I have since become known as "the harry potter fan" amongst my friends. In fact, harry potter and disney are two obsessions that probably weight close 2 equally in my book. Slight shifts one way or the other depending on the day. I can't wait 2 hear what you thought of WWOHP! I was seriously in love with it my first time being there a year ago!

Liked seeing your pics entering universal, that is exactly how i was entering there for the first time because I knew that if it weren't 4 harry potter I wouldn't have even been there.

You defnitely know when a teenage girl is on a mission if there is no time 2 stop @ starbucks! I am also a fan of starbucks! I love stopping there before boarding a flight (either starbucks or mcdonald's).

I can totally relate 2 jasmine and jeff when it comes 2 just going 2 forbbiden journey! I can't wait 2 hear what you guys thought of it!

 

[disneydreamingdebby]

Poor Jasmine--seeing that sign must have been like one of us seeing a monorail...haha...Personally, I like WaWa coffee so much better.

I can't wait to hear about your opinion on Harry Potter!

 

[Shannon84]

Oh my gosh WWOHP looks so amazing!! I have read all the books and seen all the movies and I just love them!! I hope one day we make it there to the park, but for now I will live through your TR

I would have stopped for starbucks, Disney has terrible coffee

 

[Diamondintheruff]

I'm not sure what I'm more excited about the Starbucks or WWOHP!

Never been to WWOHP. I was hoping to fit in a visit this next trip but it's not to be. I'll have to live through you so let's get on with it.... In case you can't see me I've got a look that says "Let's get on with this TR". It looks very similar to Jasmine's look here. Just picture a few more pounds and wrinkles.

 

[declansdad]

Hey no problem skipping past Starbucks, it is over-priced , poor quality coffee. Sorry Jasmine.

 

[PISCESANGEL]

Hi Queen! I love the IOA update... I keep saying if I venture out of WDW I would go there because I am also a big Harry Potter fan.


Anyway I'm so looking forward to reading more- hope all is well!

Carla

 

[katefl]

Just wanted to stop by and say I am enjoying your TR! I'm the same way with visiting Universal, I'm only interested in the HP section and if you try to get me anywhere else in that park, good luck!

 

[CanadianWDWfan]

I have to admit I haven't read or seen anything Harry Potter.

I don't really know why...I recently purchased all the DVD's so I look forward to finding out what all the buzz is about.

I wonder if Jasmine got her Starbucks on the way home.

 

[shan23877]

Fun update! I'm not a huge Harry Potter fan, but I'd like to get over to IoA one of these days. We did US 8 years ago, and it was a little disappointing. Could have been that we'd been on a cruise and spent 4 days at WDW prior to going tho.

 

[lauren_elizabeth]

Jasmine definitely must have been excited for the day if she didn't want to stop at Starbucks! Starbucks is delicious! What does she like to order from there?

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter! Yay! I want to visit there so badly on our next trip to Disney. Everything looks so perfect and just like you're actually there. I can't wait to hear how you end up liking the Forbidden Journey! I bet it's a blast!