Just got back, mini report!

[lucy_love]

We arrived last Friday and left today. We are going back next spring break but had such a blast, as always, we want to go back over winter break!

site 301, loved the site, but it was very sad knowing about Donna Disney. When we realized it was 301, we were all a little sad but we talked to the man across the way who was very close with them and he was very kind and shared a few stories with us about them.

I found the trail that goes to WL, I rode my bike all over the place! I love bike riding around the fort. We have our own golf cart, but I didn't see as many personal carts as I normally do while there. There was a cool Mater on though!

Ate at Trails End twice, had the famous Ken for breakfast and had a mediocre server for dinner (I THINK her name was Becky). I told Ken about the disboards and how we loved him. He was just great and so happy Food was good, I always love TE! The banana muffin was sooo good! If I was not on a diet, I would have had at least 3 haha! I am a fan of the breakfast pizza, yum! The cobbler at dinner was good with the new soft serve on top

We did the Hoop Dee Doo, and loved it! This was our second time doing the show, the first was a few years ago. We loved the show and would do it again.

Ate at 'Ohana our first night! AMAZING! This is one of my top 3 restaurants ever (including non-disney). My bf said the dessert was the best he has ever had and he is hard to please! Also, by bf is a Disney hater so it was my mission this trip to turn him around... he had not been to disney since he was little. We already want to go again our next trip, time to start calling!

We did Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom. The parks didn't seem to bad, I think the longest line I saw was 50 minutes.

At Animal Kingdom there was a baby giraffe that just started running and it was our safari drivers first time seeing the little one run and boy, was he running! He was running all over the Savannah! Our driver was so excited he actually stopped the truck so we could watch him run all over the place! My bf LOVED EE! and the safari!

we also got to see the robot trash can, so cool!

At Magic Kingdom we saw a commercial being filmed for next years theme, something about celebrations. Basically, a guy was going to propose to his gf and she was being set up. They had this area by the castle roped off and the decoy people were posing with prince charming and then we saw the couple walk up and they took a picture just like the decoy people were but then the prince grabbed a box and gave it to the bf and it was a slipper on a platter with the ring inside and then he proposed and she had family hiding that jumped out. She was sooo surprised and said yes! The boys also got the famous Dole Whip but I was on a diet so chose not to, I still gained weight!

Like my mom said in another thread, they are tearing up loop 500. It's a mess right now.

Some scenic pictures:

Lot of progress since we were here last, they are building the walkway

just some more pics

Video (hope it works)



Well that's all folks! I took a ton of pictures so if you want more, I have more and if there are any questions, I will do my best to answer them

 

[Shannone1]

We arrived last Friday and left today. We are going back next spring break but had such a blast, as always, we want to go back over winter break!

Looks like you had a great trip

 

[g8trmom1]

Thanks for the report! Love the pics...post more!!

Oh, we haven't seen PUSH for a while...glad to see he's still around!

 

[Born 2 Fish]

Love the pictures ! Really nice castle pics. Sounds like ya'll have a great time. Welcome back , and POST MORE PICS !

 

[clkelley]

Would love to see pictures of Loop 500

 

[AuburnJen92]

so would i...

 

[lucy_love]

Looks like you had a great trip

thanks! we did

Thanks for the report! Love the pics...post more!!

Oh, we haven't seen PUSH for a while...glad to see he's still around!

oh cool so he has a name, Push, how appropriate I'll post more later!

Love the pictures ! Really nice castle pics. Sounds like ya'll have a great time. Welcome back , and POST MORE PICS !

thanks! I'll post more pics later

Would love to see pictures of Loop 500

I didn't take any pictures but I will do my best to describe it...

the loop is closed off so you can't go in it. There are a ton of workers, I saw at least 10-12 different workers cars, and that's what i could see from the road. The sandy area that is outlined by the wood blocks that are at every site are torn up and in big dumpsters throughout the loop. They were knocking down trees, grills in the dumpsters, breaking concrete up. That's all I can think of, it looks like all the sites are being worked on.

If you can think of anything else to ask, I will do my best to answer, or my mom might be able to.

so would i...

see my above reply to clkelley

 

[Us3]

Thanks so much for the report and the pictures! The baby giraffe is adorable! It looks like you guys had a great time! We've only had Ohana's once for breakfast...and it was GREAT!

Keep posting the pics and thanks for sharing!

 

[daddyscooltv]

I remember seeing you guys in 301 we had the golf cart with the big red mickey head on the back of it. We were at the playground behind you guys by the dog walk a few times.

 

[dizneydiva2005]

Loved seeing the pictures- I can't wait to go in 25 days!!!

What happened to donna disney??

 

[BigDaddyRog]

The Big "C"

 

[OK GRUMPY]

Wow Thanks for sharing your trip . Enjoyed it!

 

[g8trmom1]

I hate to hear they are taking trees down. That is what I love so much about the Fort...all of the trees.

 

[2goofycampers]

Great pix Ashley. Who is your Mom?

 

[bigdisneydaddy]

The Big "C"

We were at the fort when the news came of her passing, I dont really know how to put it into words but the fort had a change in karma after that.

 

[2goofycampers]

We were at the fort when the news came of her passing, I dont really know how to put it into words but the fort had a change in karma after that.

I agree, we were there in Jan 2008 and each time we passed 301 there was a sad feeling.

 

[VACAMPER]

Great report and pictures. Diet must be going great because you look hot. Way to go. Keep up the good work.

 

[Just Beachy]

Ashley,
Nice pictures! That baby giraffe is so cute! Glad you had a great time. Congrats on making your bf a Disney lover. Wish I could do that to my DH!

You look fantastic! I don't know why you are still on that diet. Good job! Now get your skinny butt over to the weight loss board and give the rest of us some encouragement!!

 

[ColleenFL]

Hi
I am Ashley's (Lucy Love) mom.
All I can add about Loop 500 is that I think they were trimming the tree branches and clearing shurbs for more room at the sites for MH slides and awnings. Although as we were leaving we did see trim cutting trucks coming into the loops. Loop 500 still has a lot of trees and you would proabably not noticed if it were not for the sumps. The potato vine is killing a lot of trees and therefore they need to be cut down which is sad. I did not see any other loops under construction except for 500 it did look like some work had been done in Loop 1000 but that may be due to the potato vine. We rode every loop in the golf cart and it looks like Disney is a little behind on making premium sites with the exception of loop 500.

 

[mamaloya]

Great pics!!! And you look fabulous. If I could just lose a few pounds before dh gets back. While he has been gone, he lost 30 and I gained 10. Once the doc gets my meds figured out, I will hopefully have the strenght and energy to go back to working out.

Glad your bf saw the light. I'd hate for you to have to dump him because he didn't like disney. We went on our honeymoon to WDW and dh liked it but was not a big fan. Well I dragged him back a couple of more times but I swear on our trip in Feb 2006, Tinker Bell got a hold of him and sprinkled him with pixie dust because shortly after we got back HE asked ME to plan a trip for that Dec. We didn't get to go in 2007 because of the army moving us and dh deploying and such. He did tell me to take a trip while he was gone. After we got back and he saw pics though he was sad and said we could never go again w/o him. We are going as soon as he gets back.

As for the 500 loop, grills in the dumpster? Wow, they really are making them premium. I wonder if the new grills will still be the same. I still want to know what the "upgraded" picnic tables will look like as well. I think the first one to post a pic of the new tables or a new site should get a get out of jail free card.

We love Ohana as well. We don't get to do special dining as much as we want though because, with all of us, it is $200 a pop. We had the dining plan one trip and did one every day, including the Hoop Dee Doo, which we had a blast at. Now we try to do one special dining per trip.

Glad you had a great trip. Please post more pics for us all.