LIVIN' IT UP, love that feeling! and feeling Goofy - Jan 2014! Complete! 6/21

[leopardmickeyears]

January 12, 2014

Someone didn't wear her eattin’ pants

After waiting what felt like an eternity for an MK bus, we were off!

Waiting for a Magic bus took 5ever. Don't you know I have the most important ADR of my life at 5?! Geez

*not an exaggeration!*

We made it to MK and power walked over to the Monorail station.

Evrr body's limping #WDWMarathon

We got on and I had a twitter convo with my twin because her and mum were at the Poly already waiting for us. It was like 5 minutes to 5 o’clock no lie and I started freaking out because:
1. I’m never late.
2. I hate being late
3. I was afraid of losing the reservation.

Monorail I love ya to death and everything but you need to get moving

Of course the monorail in front of us had to undergo a maintenance check while we were at the Contemp so we were delayed even more.

We FINALLY got to the Poly station and got off the monorail I was behind a small group of people walking SO SLOW and I COULD NOT pass them. I just ran a marathon this morning and I am moving way faster than you. CHOP CHOP GET OUTTA MY WAY.

I finally step IN to the Poly and since I have never been to ‘Ohana I was confused where I had to check in. Mom spotted my twin so we went over there and I checked us in. I felt a little relieved that we finally made it even though it was a little after 5. While we waiting my twin handed me a Disney park bag with my present in it.

And my present was a pair of embroidered ears. And the embroidery said:

Feeling Goofy
39.3

With a Goofy pin

OMG CUE DA TEARS!
BEST EARS EVER!

I gave her a hug and thanked her! Her and mum told me that they had to get supervisor approval for them for reasons...

Anyway. Soon the buzzer went off so we made our way over to get seated. I WAS SO EXCITED FOR FOOD!!!!

SO HUNGRY RUNGRY

I have been dreaming about eating at ‘Ohana for years now. I even recite the menu at various times when conversation is on the topic of Asian inspired food.

We were seated right near the fire pit. I sat in between my twin and mum and across from mom and Annie so this is the start of the Megs and Moms shenanigans.

Victory dinner at 'Ohana with @LifeDis !!! #firsttime

We started with the delicious ‘Ohana welcome bread. #carbs

I think my twin was excited that we were going to get A LOT of bread because there were 8.5 of us.

Followed by pot stickers and chicken wings.

AJ participated in the coconut races.

He was also much enjoying the Hawaiian music as he was swaying along to it. And can we take a moment to appreciate the Hawaiian shirt?

Next were the noodles! #carbs

And mom is not a willing participate in the "wait until everyone gets a good picture game." Loser.

Since I was making sure I was adequately hydrated leading up to the races, I had not had soda in days! Even with my rapid fill mug So I was excited to have some with dinner tonight. BUT HOLY CRAP you take a sip and they refill it.
I. Could. Not. Keep. Up.

I also split some all over our side of the table when we went to cheers #whereismybib

Next was the meat. Which I didn't take a picture of. You'll live.

It was at this point, that my twin said to me "I didn't wear my eattin' pants."

@LifeDis didn't wear her eattin' pants



Next was dessert.
A moment that quite possibly changed my life. I can not deal with how delicious it is.

Ft. the soda I spilt all over the table.

BABY COME BACK!!!

I need to try and recreate this. I remember at some point the Frumps trying to make it and it ended disastrously. I mentioned this to my twin. I am still willing to give it a try because I am a pretty good baker.
Mom.... is a picky eater and when she was told dessert was bread pudding she was kinda like ew about it. But she tried it and.....LOVED IT!!!!! That is a huge deal!

Moral of the story...eat at 'Ohana because BREAD PUDDING!!!

And I don't know what Disney does with their food that actually makes moi SO STUFFED. It takes a lot of food to make me get to that point. I felt like I was going to very much, quite possibly explode but I HAD TO TAKE ONE MORE BITE OF THIS HEAVENLY BREAD PUDDING!!!!

While we were digesting, Mum noticed this guy sitting at a few tables over from us with this plate that had a mountain of shrimp peels on it. And this guy was wearing a Dopey medal. We were telling everyone at our table to look over and he noticed we were looking at his plate and he started laughing but it's ok because mum gave him a thumbs up. We actually went over to him on our way out and mum said something to him but I don't remember what that was.

We paid and wobbled out of the restaurant and mum wanted us to take a picture in front of her statue friend.

Photo creds to da twin.

Now...we're both in pain but for different reasons #ohanaprobs #GoofyChallenge @LifeDis


We looked in the gift shop downstairs while we waiting for the rest of the group to use the bathroom.

I want this.

We went outside to the bus stop to get a bus to DTD for the Cool Down Party*...​

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[DisneyKid4Life]

Haha, it is the rules of nature. If you need to get somewhere quickly, "nature" will put someone very slow in front of you.

Oh WOW, that is an AWESOME gift!!!!! Perfect. How thoughtful.

Sounds like a great celebratory dinner Meg.

 

[LifeIsDis]

I WAS SO NERVOUS. And I heard the CM go to the stand by line and say “Once 5:15 comes we will let you know if people don’t show up for their ADR.” SHDKLSHDJKLHSDKLH NOOOO.

Stupid monorail. It was probably yellow.

Feeling Goofy
And I didn’t understand why that had to be manager approved…. #slow

2 Megs, 2 Moms

YES GIMMEE DAT BREAD

Good thing Mum knows that food pictures come before eating. She is already prepared for June

The refills

GAHHHH DAT BREAD PUDDING

Shrimp plate

Coming up next: DA KOUZZI

 

[leopardmickeyears]

Haha, it is the rules of nature. If you need to get somewhere quickly, "nature" will put someone very slow in front of you.

Oh WOW, that is an AWESOME gift!!!!! Perfect. How thoughtful.

Sounds like a great celebratory dinner Meg.

Hmmm nature put some slow people WITH me too for this trip....
FAVORITE THING EVER!

I WAS SO NERVOUS. And I heard the CM go to the stand by line and say “Once 5:15 comes we will let you know if people don’t show up for their ADR.” SHDKLSHDJKLHSDKLH NOOOO.

Stupid monorail. It was probably yellow.

Feeling Goofy
And I didn’t understand why that had to be manager approved…. #slow

2 Megs, 2 Moms

YES GIMMEE DAT BREAD

Good thing Mum knows that food pictures come before eating. She is already prepared for June

The refills

GAHHHH DAT BREAD PUDDING

Shrimp plate

Coming up next: DA KOUZZI

OMG DON'T EVEN TELL MOI THAT THAT WAS MY BIGGEST FEAR THAT NIGHT
*cough cough BoG*
ACtually it MIGHT have been yellow?
I was a little #slow too
BREAD PUUUUUDDDDDDDDDDDDDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG

 

[leopardmickeyears]

January 12, 2014

I shall dub thee...Meg Meg

We got on the bus for DTD. We were all towards the back; mom and Meg sat together, then there was a row with people in between them and myself, and Annie and Mum stood next to us. This was the most hysterical bus ride in the history of ever. Like how Meg was reading the word corrals as corals…..
Mom was asking Meg about school and everything and her 2 hour bus ride home…
Mum was also asking mom and me to say certain words so she could laugh at our accents…
Boston vs. New Yawk, here…
We were also having these conversations over those people sitting in the row in between us…whoops. They actually ended up giving us a dirty look when we got off the bus. LOL

When we made it to DTD and Kristen and crew decided they were going to head back to the room…

Mom, mum, Annie, Meg and myself got off at the Marketplace. We had no idea where the Cool Down Party* was being held…so I even tweeted at runDisney and DTD to help a sista out; runDisney.com only says it’s held at DTD.

I asked a CM in WoD, and they didn’t know. Actually I don’t even know what the answer was because i don’t think she answered in English. We asked someone in Team Mickey and they said West Side. We also stopped by Guest Relations because I wanted…no NEEDED the button that says My Magical Triumph (and I know they had it at one point because I saw it with my own eyes in another TR) Sadly, they didn’t have it. They said to try Guest Relations at a park. Ok!

So we headed in the direction of West Side, and since the CM at Team Mickey didn’t seem so sure as to the location, I decided to stop a fellow runner and ask where the Cool Down Party* was.

Her answer…and I quote:

“This is the party.”

Oh.

There wasn’t anything.

So we continued because in our goodie bags from the expo, there was a coupon thing for free socks at Fit2Run that Annie really wanted……..
LOL I wanted them too because ‘If it’s free, I’ll take 3’ and I’m assuming MAYBE they were tech socks. While supplies last.

So we went and they had music playing at this little section of West Side (I’m usually in Marketplace at night, but I’m assuming this was nothing new to the atmosphere of West Side) and they had these backdrop stands of each medal (kind of like the ones I took a picture of at WWOS earlier in the week) so my twin took a picture of moi for me. And at least they had PhotoPass photographer there too.

We went over to Fit2Run and they also had a runDisney backdrop. And you had to stand on line for a picture. Ummm this is not a character but ok.

The worker(?) who took a picture with one of our many camera devices said to me

“You put my biceps to shame.”

Yep.

There was some prize wheel thing outside that you had to sign up with your email or Facebook with Fit2Run in order to spin. I don’t know if mom signed up but she spun LOL.

Mom and mum both spun and got sunglasses. Meg and I spun and got Koozies. You know, those stupid things for drinks? What the crap?
Meg and I ended up with the sunglasses in our possession because I turned around and saw her wearing the sunglasses so I wanted to be cool like her and I put them on too. So we walked around DTD in the dark wearing sunglasses.

Walking around DTD with @LifeDis with matching sunglasses

So (almost) all day Saturday and today when ever one of the moms would call for us and say “Meg” they would have 2 heads turn. Twin probs.
So mom decided she was going to start calling my twin Meg Meg.

And thus my twin was dubbed Meg Meg and the rest is now history.

We came across some sidewalk chart art.

WiLd aND CrAZy PaRTaaY

Annie and I were actually pretty upset about the whole party thing. We were REALLY looking forward to something fun after all the hard work so...there's that...

After we partied it up at the Cool Down Party*, we headed to the bus stop because Meg Meg had school and everything the next day. Eww. I got on a bus for the Poly-Contemp because our goal was to get to the TTC to get Meg Meg and mum’s car so we could stop at the MK Hess station so my mom could get something and then they were giving us a ride back to OKW.
We had a conversation on the bus ride over about our stupid Koozies and I was going crazy because I couldn’t remember of a name of a toy from the 90’s that sounded like it! Mum remembered. Koosh ball.

We got off at the Contemp and went up to the monorail. The Mickey wreath on the Contemp was still up and the CM at the monorail station was telling us how people take a picture with the camera lined up perfectly so the ears are on the person’s head. Mom tried to take the picture with Meg Meg and fail. Moi on the other hand succeeded but it’s a little blurry because I still have a hate-hate relationship with camera ISO. It’s something I’m working on.
ANYWAYS

We made it to the TTC and I was like “Hey, I ran through this the past 2 days and I had absolutely NO idea where I was!”
There was a nice little chalk message for us runners too.

Meg Meg and I made a run for it to cross from one side to the parking lot. I was hoping I could move fast enough to avoid getting hit by a tram BUT since my 39.3 miles were over now I don’t care if I break a hip because I got my medals!

But I don't wanna get run over by the tram @LifeDis

We also came across an abandoned wheelchair and we were totally gonna take it for Annie because she still didn’t move. But I took a picture of it instead.

After we finally found the car, we all piled into it. We went to the Hess and mom when to get what she needed which also included a soda and I’m pretty sure they didn’t have Pepsi so she was piiiiiiiiisssed LOL. Mum also got some gas while Meg Meg had to clean out all her Chick-fil-a containers from the front seat.

We had yet another absolutely hysterical conversation on the drive back to OKW. I don’t remember about what but I have never laughed so hard in my life.

As we were approaching OKW, mum started to drive by it because I guess it snuck up on her. She was essentially past it when she made the right onto the road.

When we got to the security kiosk, mum rolled down the window to tell the guard that she was “…just dropping these people off at their room. Yeah I don’t know, we just found them on the street.”

My stomach hurt SO BAD from laughing so much at this point.

We said our goodbyes and decided that Meg Meg was going to sleep over at our room on Thursday night instead of mum dropping her off super early on Friday for DAK. We said our goodbyes and they went back home.

I went upstairs and dropped off my bag and got my mug to go get a drink. I took my camera with me.

I ended up running like 80% of the way from my room to the Hospitality House.
There is something wrong with me.

There must be something wrong with me because I ran like 80% of the way from my room to the gift shop carrying my camera and mug in sandals

No but really. I just ran Goofy and could not move several hours ago, but here I am running in a dress and sandals feeling great!!

Guess 39.3 miles wasn't enough. #DopeyhereIcome

The confidence is there now.

So I got a couple of refills and took some pictures and headed back to get ready for bed….aka my legs get to rest.

I did quite a bit of tweeting including Meg Meg and myself going back and forth tweeting our jokes from the night so we would remember.

I will leave you with a picture of my bib and beautiful medals because I did it

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[LifeIsDis]

CORALS!

That bus ride home = #livinituplovethatfeeling

Can’t forget AJ was pulling my hair!

TRULY LIVIN IT UP AT DTD!

I wrote down Mum’s old email on that sheet which she can’t even log onto

KOOZIES AND SUNGLASSES OH MY GOD

MEG MEG FTW
Wearing my bracelet right now

LAUGHING SO HARD RIGHT NOW FOR NO REASON OMG I LOVED THAT NIGHT

Oh the TTC….

THE WHEELCHAIR AND THE TRAM *DIES*

That squished emoji >>>>>


And the old Rapid Fill cups!

OMG MUMS COMMENT I WILL NEVER GET OVER THAT

THIS UPDATE CRYING DYING I DON’T EVEN KNOW

 

[leopardmickeyears]

CORALS!

That bus ride home = #livinituplovethatfeeling

Can’t forget AJ was pulling my hair!

TRULY LIVIN IT UP AT DTD!

I wrote down Mum’s old email on that sheet which she can’t even log onto

KOOZIES AND SUNGLASSES OH MY GOD

MEG MEG FTW
Wearing my bracelet right now

LAUGHING SO HARD RIGHT NOW FOR NO REASON OMG I LOVED THAT NIGHT

Oh the TTC….

THE WHEELCHAIR AND THE TRAM *DIES*

That squished emoji >>>>>


And the old Rapid Fill cups!

OMG MUMS COMMENT I WILL NEVER GET OVER THAT

THIS UPDATE CRYING DYING I DON’T EVEN KNOW

ALL THE BUS RIDES THO
Did he slap your face too?
DA MOST LIVIN IT UP THERE EVER WAS
BAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA THAT'S RIGHT!!!
I know I just said it on your update the other day, but this too was one of my most favorite nights ever. In my life.
I STILL PEE MYSELF WHEN I THINK ABOUT MY THOUGHT PROCESS RUNNING THRU THE TTC THE DAY OF THE HALF you would have died

 

[DisneyKid4Life]

Come on Meg, you mean that "Held at DownTown Disney" isn't enough info???? It's so tiny after all.

Oh... that was it. So basically it's "Come to the Party at DownTown Disney!!!!" (and hopefully buy lots and lots of stuff).

Wait... That Frozen photo is CHALK?????? That is wicked.

Now that is an awesome collection of medals.

 

[Credit Man]

Great update! The ears are perfect!!!

 

[leopardmickeyears]

Come on Meg, you mean that "Held at DownTown Disney" isn't enough info???? It's so tiny after all.

Oh... that was it. So basically it's "Come to the Party at DownTown Disney!!!!" (and hopefully buy lots and lots of stuff).

Wait... That Frozen photo is CHALK?????? That is wicked.

Now that is an awesome collection of medals.

I know! How dumb of me that I couldn't figure that out!
WELL not even that. The site says "Enjoy delicious food, great music, and get a chance to pick up some last minute keepsake merchandise to remember the weekend." UM lies. BUT that will get addressed later on in the week.
YES CHALK!
MY BABIES

Great update! The ears are perfect!!!

One of my favorite things ever!

 

[leopardmickeyears]

January 13, 2014

Adding more miles to my legs

I went to bed pretty late because I was still riding the high that was the WDW marathon and the bestest night ever with mom, mum, Annie and Meg Meg. Also I was up late looking at my pictures on my iPad after backing them up. And loops of Stacey.

I got up sometime around 6:30am…because this was a 6:32am.

Same RT @LifeDis: Got 5.5 hours of sleep last night #yolodisney #livinituplovethatfeeling @meghill132

I laid in bed for a while because Disney beds are SO COMFORTABLE.

So many loops of Stacey >>>

Eventually I got up because let’s just say my GI tract was effected from running 39.3 miles in 2 days. ANYWAYS. Legs and the rest of me felt pretty good! Time to add more miles to the legs IN THE PARKS!

Me for the rest of the trip

I got up and got ready and I don’t remember what else I did this morning. But we had a wakeup call for 7. Annie got up and got dressed and soon the 2 of us were off to my favorite park!

Epcot day!!!!

Captain EO shirt and ears with Epcot Park map bow #ootd

I took a selfie at the bus stop because I loved my OOTD the day.

A bus came and it felt like it took forever to go through the resort loop because someone on an ECV didn’t know how to drive it...

Eventually we made it to the park literally 5 minutes after it opened and I don’t wanna talk about it. We headed over to Test Track but first I had to snap a bajillion pictures of Spaceship Earth.

EPCOT MUSIC

One of my absolute favorite things in the whole entire world.

We made our way over towards Test Track.

This was my first time experiencing the redesign of Test Track and.....not a fan.
I love the physical look of it because...well I love Tomorrowland and Epcot for kinda the same reason of the futuristic look and clean lines and etc. I only got to ride the original TT only once, but I definitely liked it better.

An interactive queue is always a plus though.

Of course our car is pink

We went for POWER!
When we got to the loading area, Annie scanned her MB too soon SO WE DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW OUR CAR DID. GOOD JOB, ANNIE!

We were in the front at least. And my favorite part was still there aka the Mack truck coming at you.

#deathgrip on the speed test

TEST TRACK, BABY!

Next we headed over to one of my FAVorites and our first ever FP+

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[LifeIsDis]

We got home so late that night and we got lost on WDW property soooo.

LOVE DAT BOW

Oh god here we go with the EVCs….

Love moi some SSE spam

Old test track >>>

 

[DisneyKid4Life]

... "And loops of Stacey"

Oh God I miss Epcot music. While I adore Disney at Christmas, that's one thing I hated... no Epcot music.

I have to admit, new Test Track is growing on me. After a few trips you may feel the same. It took me a while.

 

[DisKH]

Just catching up on the last few updates.

I never had bread pudding before Ohana and now when ever I see it on a dessert menu I cry a little inside because It can never live up to Disney's version. I could eat a plate of it by myself…

That downtown Disney part looked…wild…I can't believe they didn't do more!

How could you run from your room to the gift shop! I'd have rented a wheelchair or a vespa by then…


I love epcot, and I loved the old test track. It sounds weird but the new feels too sterile and artificial

 

[emilyindisney]

I've been lurking thus far but couldn't help but chime in to say that Goofy medal is GORGEOUS! Seriously. 1000% worth it!

I've been toying with the idea of going Goofy in 2015 (I keep saying it's the year of the marathon, after all) and your TR has me pretty much sold!

 

[leopardmickeyears]

We got home so late that night and we got lost on WDW property soooo.

LOVE DAT BOW

Oh god here we go with the EVCs….

Love moi some SSE spam

Old test track >>>

GOOD JOB GUYS!

Don't run over moi's foot, pls.

Duh.

... "And loops of Stacey"

Oh God I miss Epcot music. While I adore Disney at Christmas, that's one thing I hated... no Epcot music.

I have to admit, new Test Track is growing on me. After a few trips you may feel the same. It took me a while.

NO?!?! I would be heartbroken. Thanks for the warning for whenever I get down there for MVMCP
Oh yeah? I'll take your word for it and will report back

Just catching up on the last few updates.

I never had bread pudding before Ohana and now when ever I see it on a dessert menu I cry a little inside because It can never live up to Disney's version. I could eat a plate of it by myself…

That downtown Disney part looked…wild…I can't believe they didn't do more!

How could you run from your room to the gift shop! I'd have rented a wheelchair or a vespa by then…

I love epcot, and I loved the old test track. It sounds weird but the new feels too sterile and artificial

I was just looking at the recipe again because I really really REALLY wanna try and recreate it. I know it won;t be as wonderful as theirs, but it's worth of shot to get a small taste of Disney at home, right?

It was wild alright to quote mum, "I mean if Disney wanted to throw a party, Disney knows how to throw a party."

Yeah I don't know. I just ran my 3rd full this past weekend and it appearers my recovery time is getting shorter But I'm feeling an ECV for Dopey 2016

I've been lurking thus far but couldn't help but chime in to say that Goofy medal is GORGEOUS! Seriously. 1000% worth it!

I've been toying with the idea of going Goofy in 2015 (I keep saying it's the year of the marathon, after all) and your TR has me pretty much sold!

Thanks for reading! ISN'T IT THOUGH?!

YAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAY!! GO FOR IT!! YOU CAN DO IT! I'll be rooting you on if you do!

 

[leopardmickeyears]

January 13, 2014

I'm just borrowing it.

In the gift shop, I spotted a piece of Stitch merchandise that I actually do not own. Ironically enough, it was a Koosh ball Stitch! I definitely need to buy this when I'm back (omg in June!!!)

After a quick trip to Mars, went crossed over to the other side of Future World for Captain EO cause DUH.

I complimented this lady on her shirt. It was from the inaugural Princess Half Marathon. Can you believe that event has only been around for 5 years?

I had to get a picture with my boy. Even though it looks like I'm showing off the hardware, but I'm really showing off the shirt 'cause twins!

Captain EO!!!

Yeah, don't know if you can tell but I'm kiiinda a big Michael Jackson fan.

Usually I always move all the way across the row because it is un-American to stop in the middle. Buy when we entered the theater they told us we could pretty much sit anywhere. Annie went all the way to the end and sat down so therefore was not getting back up. I sat in the middle of the row for prime seating of MJ.


Last trip, I had a Park Hopper from my no-expiration ticket from circa 1994 that I was using, and I REALLY wanted to utilize the PH.
Like, go over to AK and ride Everest or go back to Epcot and watch Captain EO and maybe borrow some 3D glasses.
But NoOoOoOo. Some other people didn't know how to keep themselves entertained for an hour or 2, so that never happened.

So...I may or may not have borrowed a pair of 3D glasses this time around...I don't know.

It was getting close to Duffy time and I realized I forgot my autograph book back in the room. NOOOOES.
I texted my mom to see if they left yet and they did. Rats. I went into the Imagination Pavilion gift ship to buy another autograph book and see if there was any Captain EO merch. There wasn’t! SO glad I snagged up a bunch last trip.

It was 11 by now so we went over to World Showcase to kill some time before Duffy came out.

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[DisneyKid4Life]

Ahhh the Water-Rise in front of EO. I think we should do away with water-falls and all water should go up from now on.

That is seriously cool that you have an EO shirt. Those are really rare I think. I have a button and actually gave one away last trip so that a die hard like yourself could have it. It was only right.

 

[leopardmickeyears]

Ahhh the Water-Rise in front of EO. I think we should do away with water-falls and all water should go up from now on.

That is seriously cool that you have an EO shirt. Those are really rare I think. I have a button and actually gave one away last trip so that a die hard like yourself could have it. It was only right.

I'll agree with you on that one

Well I don't know how rare this one is since I bought it in Epcot last trip but since there was NOTHING this time...
THAT IS SO NICE OF YOU

 

[LuvEeyore]

Loving your report and joining the run!!Cant wait to hear more.