Let's get this party started!!! 2 weeks of food, pics, and fun!!! **UPDATE 2/20**

Day 5 - Part 3

Here are some more pictures from the Training Camp...

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After this, it was time to float the lazy river for a while...

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We told Alec to get close to me for a family picture... I scooted him and Tailor close, and....... What do you possibly think could happen next ???



After this, we went up and me and Alec rode the Toboggan Racers... I love how fast I get going... I have never lost a race yet!



At this point, it was about 3:30pm... Toni wanted to head back to the resort at this point as she was getting tired and Tailor did not want any part of any of the rides now... Me and Alec headed up for the Slush and Gusher... Alec was a little nervous knowing it was about 80 feet tall, and he has never been on anything this big before, but I coaxed him into trying it...

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Here is the view from the top of the Slush and Gusher...

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We closed the park out and left at 5:00pm... We were able to catch a bus right as it was ready to leave, so no wait for us! We were back at the resort by 5:25...

Right as we walked in, I knew things were not good... Tailor was sick and had thrown up around 5:15... Toni had called for housekeeping to help clean up the mess, and so me and Alec changed and tried to help... I cleaned up what I could, and piled it all in the corner... At around 6:00 I called housekeeping again to ask the status, and they told me it takes about an hour to get someone up to the room... I figured by this point, it was already 45 minutes in, so it can't be much longer... WRONG! Another 20 minutes went by and nothing, so I called again... I wasn't very pleasant this time, and made it known, so they said that they would have someone up soon... Within about 5 minutes, a knock on our door, it was housekeeping... Only thing was, they brought us clean sheets and towels, and that was it... I told the lady we needed to get the room disinfected cause my DD had thrown up in the bathrrom and it was on the floor and carpet... The lady said she would have to get someone else up there to help do that, she was only the delivery gal... At this point, i was fuming with frustration... Toni had made it clear at 5:15 that we needed to get cleaner and all new stuff up to the room... I called back for a 4th time, and they were like, "Didn't someone come to the room yet to bring new stuff?" I told them that they just left, but I needed someone to actually clean the room, not just clean stuff... She put a new request in and said to wait for a bit... It was another 45 minutes before we had another knock on or door... Finally it was someone who brought their cart with cleaners... The guy was very nice and very apologetic that it took so long... He stripped the bed, put on all new stuff, cleaned the carpet, cleaned the bathroom, left 3 spare sets of sheets, a couple extra blankets, mopped our bathroom floor, took out all the garbage liners so that Tailor had clean ones to use just in case, and even offered to bring her anything she needed too make her feel better... He kept offering suggestions for Tailor and kept saying he hoped she felt better... He actually turned our bad experience into a good one... He was amazing... By the time it was clean, it was a little past 7:15, 2 hours after the original call... We were all a little hungry, so I took off and got dinner from the food court and brought it back to the room...


Next up - What to do with the rest of the night ???
 
Day 5 - Part 4

After dinner, I decided to go walk the resort with Bertha... I took my tripod, and went out for about 2 hours... I walked the entire ground of Pop... It was a nice walk with amazing scenery... Check it out!

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I think they turned out pretty well...

Next up - Finally a day to sleep in.... or is it???
 
Your son actually smiled big at Chef Mickey's. He must've enjoyed it!:thumbsup2

The pix at POP are truly spectacular. They are certainly professional quality. You and Todd H take such great pics. I really think they could be in a Disney guidebook......Good job. It was worth the 2 hours!

I love the pix in front of Pop at the bus stops. Wierd to see almost no people in the pictures...
 
Your son actually smiled big at Chef Mickey's. He must've enjoyed it!:thumbsup2

The pix at POP are truly spectacular. They are certainly professional quality. You and Todd H take such great pics. I really think they could be in a Disney guidebook......Good job. It was worth the 2 hours!

I love the pix in front of Pop at the bus stops. Wierd to see almost no people in the pictures...

Thanks Jordan... I really should not be compared to Todd_H, as he is a completely different league... I am like a baby learning to walk compared to him... I am learning though :thumbsup2
 

You and Todd H take such great pics.

I really should not be compared to Todd_H, as he is a completely different league... I am like a baby learning to walk compared to him... I am learning though :thumbsup2

Wow, thanks for the compliment, guys. I am really honored that you like my pictures. I am still very much a photography noob myself.

Terry, I'm loving your pictures! One thing that I'm sure you found difficult was to somehow balance your desire to photograph everything in sight with the fact that you were on vacation with your family and didn't want (or if Toni is like Ali and wouldn't allow you) to experience your family vacation through a viewfinder (which is a good thing... experiencing the vacation WITH the family is #1 priority). At least, that was what was most challenging for me. However, looking at your pictures, you pulled that off nicely with a good balance of both. You have really captured some great moments (love the added videos, btw) and it really helps the viewer experience your trip right there with you guys. Very, very nice job so far.

I also love the fact that you mess with your son so much! I do that too, just like my dad did with me. It's all in good guy fun!
 
I would have to agree with you all the way... I didn't want to hold the family back from enjoying anything while I stood around and tried to frame something perfectly, but yet i also wanted to get all the pics I could... Tough to balance, so most of the time, I just told the family to keep walking and I would catch up...
 
Great updates....I hope Tailor started feeling well quickly...

Love the Pop resort pics....well done.

I also love the random shots of Alec....my hubby and my son are always playing around like that....I know when he gets older those will be the times he remembers most....hanging out and laughing it up with dad.

We are lazy river people too!
 
Hi--joining late but looks like you still have lots of days left. Great TR and photos! :thumbsup2 You are braver with your cameras than I (on the water rides) but it's paid off with some amazing pix!

Hope Tailor began feeling better before long.

Good to see Daisy at the Tusker House breakfast, but we never know for sure where else to find her. :confused3 Like you, we also enjoyed Chef Mickey's for breakfast.

Looking forward to more...
 
Whew! I'm caught up now! :woohoo: Great trip report!!! I'm in :love: with your pics! I seriously agree with a previous poster that some of these pics can be used for brochures! Based on your series of events Hollywood Studios must be your next day! Dunhhh duuunnnhhhh dunnnnhhhhhhhhhhh!!! ;) Oh yeah and I really like anothere posters idea about proposing to one of the wicked step sisters I'm going to make Ian do that the next time we go to WDW!

Hopefully I will get an email when there is an update or someone posts something I havent gotten one from the DIS since you were at like page 4! Anyone know why this happens!?
 
Hi--joining late but looks like you still have lots of days left. Great TR and photos! :thumbsup2 You are braver with your cameras than I (on the water rides) but it's paid off with some amazing pix!

Hope Tailor began feeling better before long.

Good to see Daisy at the Tusker House breakfast, but we never know for sure where else to find her. :confused3 Like you, we also enjoyed Chef Mickey's for breakfast.

Looking forward to more...


The camera I had on the water rides was an Olympus that is 100% waterproof... It was purchased for the water parks... It worked out great!

Whew! I'm caught up now! :woohoo: Great trip report!!! I'm in :love: with your pics! I seriously agree with a previous poster that some of these pics can be used for brochures! Based on your series of events Hollywood Studios must be your next day! Dunhhh duuunnnhhhh dunnnnhhhhhhhhhhh!!! ;) Oh yeah and I really like anothere posters idea about proposing to one of the wicked step sisters I'm going to make Ian do that the next time we go to WDW!

Hopefully I will get an email when there is an update or someone posts something I havent gotten one from the DIS since you were at like page 4! Anyone know why this happens!?

I am hoping to do an update tonight with at least the next day or 2... Stay tuned!
 
This is a little off topic for our TR, but last night we went to Disney On Ice - World of Fantasy! It was an absolutely amazing ice show :3dglasses... We have gone to a few in the past to other shows, and this was by far my favorite... This show had scenes from Mickey and Friends, Cars, Ariel, Lion King, and Pixie Hollow... If any of you are interested, you can click on the link below and it will take you to a slide show of some of my pictures... I took about 565 pictures, but the top 75 are on the slide show... I have been working all day at processing these images... My camera is not the greatest at indoor dark pictures, so you will have to bare with me on the quality of the images... I wish I had your camera Todd!


Click the Link Below!! (Once it opens, click on the lower right hand icon to make it full screen :thumbsup2)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38619676@N08/sets/72157622523895509/show/with/4037699615/

P.S. - I am in hopes to have another day of our trip posted shortly... :surfweb:
 
Day 6 - Part 1

Today was going to an exciting day... We were meeting Porturican for the first time! We actually slept in this morning until about 8am... We were headed for DHS today, so if we were planning on being there for rope drop we had to rush... We were out the door by 8:30, but when we got to the bus stops, the line was huge... We decided if we had any chance of getting there soon, we had to take a cab... We hopped in a cab, which only cost me $10, we arrived at DHS right at 9am... We walked through security and into the gates... What was the first thing that caught my eye you might ask?

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Of course! We called Porturican on the phone, and she was at TSM already... We headed straight there so I could grab a FP while there was still some available...

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TSM was already at a 45 min standby time, and our FP were not until about 10:30, so we had some time to burn... Where do you go if you have time to burn at DHS? That one is easy!

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RnRC of course! We went there as a big group, but Tailor still was not tall enough (not that she would ride it anyways) to ride it, so Toni sat with her while I took Alec on it, and Adrienne (Porurican), Annette (Porturican's sister), Ian (Porturican's son), and D'Shawn (Adrienne's son) went on too... It was their first time on, so I was as excited to ride it as I was to see their reactions... While going through the line I happen to look over and see Toni with Tailor waiting for our return...

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When we got inside, I snapped a few pics while I could, before Bertha had to find her seat in the cargo net... This ride goes too fast for me to try to hold her...

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(That is Alec, with Adrienne, Ian, Annette, and D'Shawn in the background)

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(Left to right - Ian and D'Shawn)

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(Left to right - Annette and Adrienne aka "Porturican")

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When we got off the rider, we met Toni outside... Now, we have been here 3 times so far, and Toni has never been able to ride RnRC yet.. She has wanted to, but just stayed with Tailor everytime... Adrienne was nice to offer to stay with Tailor in the gift shop and let Toni go on with me... Alec stayed with his sister and me and Toni took Ian and D'Shawn on the ride... It was awesome! Thank You Adrienne! You can see the pure horror on Toni;s face...

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After RnRC we headed over to the tower... Tower of Terror that is....

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I took this shot when the doors opened for the first time...

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I held the camera out and took a blind shot to my left to try to get the reactions of Adrienne and her group... I didn't do half bad considering we were int he process of falling, and it was purely a blind shot...

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Next up was something for all of us, but we had no idea what to do... We headed back towards the middle of the park to get some ideas... We decided to hit the Great Movie Ride.... We have never been on it, so I was excited... In the front of the ride, I noticed that there was celebrities hand and foot prints in the cement.. I had to get a picture of this one...

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Here are some shots from in the ride... Here is another place where Todd's camera would have come in handy...

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Up next - Part 2
 
Day 6 - Part 2


Everyone really enjoyed this one, so we figured we had better head over to another family favorite... TSM! It was time for our FP's...

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What an amazing ride! After this, we were hungry... We wanted to hit our favorite CS meal at DHS, Pizza Planet.... Adrienne had a ressie for a little later, so we decided to separate... We headed over in the direction of Pizza Planet... I got a few pics on the way...

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Then we arrived! By the time we got there, it was about noon, so it was a 45 min wait to get our food...

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We left and headed back int he direction of Pixar Place... On the way, we found a little friend...

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He was just headed out to check on the Laugh Floor, but his close friend was on his way to take over this area...

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After Sully, we headed over to Voyage of the Little Mermaid... We waited last year for this show, and right before it started, Tailor freaked out cause the eveil octopus was in the show and she was scared... This year, she didn't want to see it, but we convinced her that the octopus was not real and was just acting silly, and she was okay to go in... She is glad she was, the show was awesome!

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After we left the Mermaid show, we headed back towards the main cross streets of Hollywood and Sunset... We sat down for a minute and realized it was close to the time for the Block Party Bash parade, so we found a spot to hang out, and waited...

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Here comes the Parade!!

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Up next - who could have surprised me by dancing in the parade?
 
Day 6 - Part 3

I looked over to the left and what could I possibly have seen? Tailor was pulled out to the parade by a CM and she was a dancer in the parade!!! It was so darn cute...

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After the dancing was over, the parade continued and here comes Tailor's favorite character... Boo!!

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On the way out, the toy soldier gave his salute...

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After the parade cleared out, we headed over to Beauty and the Beast Show...

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After the show, it was time to eat some dinner... We had a ressie at 50's PTC... It was great food, and the waiter played right into his role... It was a hoot...

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It looks like Alec was in heaven when they brought him those smores...

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After dinner, we headed over to the Backlot Tour... On the way, I found Walt, so naturally had to take a pic...

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After the Backlot Tour, it was back over to TSM for the last time today...

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Our plan was to make the 2nd showing of Fantasmic... I was joing to try tomeet Todd_H over there and get some good seats... We didn't make it last year, and I keep hearing how good this show is...

Did we make it to Fantasmic?
 
Day 6 - Part 4

As I said, we were PLANNING on trying to make the 2nd show of Fantasmic, but that didn't happen... I was not feeling well, so we attempted to make the first showing instead... When we went over to the gates, the first showing was full... None of us really wanted to hang around for another 2 hours until we could get into the next showing, so we decided to leave... Before we left, Toni found a place to hang for a few, and I went around the park to get a few pics at night... I couldn't leave without a few key pictures...

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And, my all time favorite night shot of DHS...

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Well, that sums up our 6th day... On the way out, Tailor decided to get some cotton candy, and ate some on the way to the bud... Of course, she decides to lick it instead of eating it, so she ends up looking like this...

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We made it back to the resort, and went to sleep...

How early do we get up tomorrow?

Stay tuned to find out...

 
Great updates! Beuatiful shots of Pop and DHS at night too! I kept meaning to go out and take photos of POFQ at night but just never got around to it. Just more reason to go back I guess, right?

Glad to see that Tailor was feeling better the next day too, it sucks being sick on vacation! It sounds like it only lasted the evening though, which is as good as it can get I guess!

Your BB pics made me realize that I haven't been to a water park in YEARS! I might have to change that soon lol
 
Wow, your DHS pics are great! I was struggling at DHS; I should have brought both my lenses instead of just the 30mm. Lesson learned for next time. :)
 
I love the family picture with Sully!

As always your pictures are awesome! I have camera envy....I need a bertha of my own.
 












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