Loops, Twists, Turns & Bieber?? New TR started

[DisMomAmy]

So you must be excited for the new Muppet movie? Tim & I were just talking about that last night!

So tomorrow is your big day for ADRs? Mine start next Tuesday, 25th. So are we there the same week? I thought you were flying down on the 19th? I hope I don't have my ADR date wrong... I better double check!

 

[disneyfan61]

So you must be excited for the new Muppet movie? Tim & I were just talking about that last night!

So tomorrow is your big day for ADRs? Mine start next Tuesday, 25th. So are we there the same week? I thought you were flying down on the 19th? I hope I don't have my ADR date wrong... I better double check!

We are flying down on the 19th but I am not making any ADR's for our arrival day. I have not decided if we are doing the dining plan or not. I keep going back & forth. I have to crunch numbers & see. I do not like getting dessert with meals as we are usually not that hungry right after a meal so I am thinking we will forgo the plan for April.

 

[disneyfan61]

We are flying down on the 19th but I am not making any ADR's for our arrival day. I have not decided if we are doing the dining plan or not. I keep going back & forth. I have to crunch numbers & see. I do not like getting dessert with meals as we are usually not that hungry right after a meal so I am thinking we will forgo the plan for April.

I am the one that messed up Amy. I was thinking 180 days out was 6 months (don't mind me) so I was thinking that as of 10/19 I could make reservations. So I went on this morning & of course I could not make ADR's. I guess I am a little anxious would you say??

 

[DisMomAmy]

I am the one that messed up Amy. I was thinking 180 days out was 6 months (don't mind me) so I was thinking that as of 10/19 I could make reservations. So I went on this morning & of course I could not make ADR's. I guess I am a little anxious would you say??

Bummer! I hope you didn't get up early just for ADRs!

 

[disneyfan61]

Bummer! I hope you didn't get up early just for ADRs!

Actually I forgot to set my alarm so it worked out ok. I set the time on my alarm but did not click the button to "on".

 

[disneyfan61]

After our great meal at LeCellier we watched one of our favorite bands Off Kilter

My three favorite guys:

Then we headed to FW & Ryan & Cody wanted to make their own roller coaster at Sum Of All Thrills

I did not want to do it yet so Jeff & I waited while they rode. Here are some pics of our walk over there

We then headed back to POFQ for a swim & then took the boat to DTD. While we were waiting for the boat we saw the beautiful horse drawn carriage that rides through POR & POFQ

We headed into Basin where I bought the girls in the office some Mickey soap And of course went into this store

By the way while Jeff & I were here Ryan & Cody went back to the ESPN Club as the Bruins were playing another game. So Ryan kept texting me with the scores of the game.

I made a few purchases at WoD & headed to the new store Mickey's Pantry. Oh my gosh I LOVE LOVE this store.

I was so busy looking at everything & picking out things that I did not take that many pics inside this place but I will be back there next week & will get more pictures. And I will probably be buying more too!! I did buy gifts for friends & office also. If you have an annual pass you get a 10% discount here.

After shopping DH & I stopped in at Pollo Campero Fresh A Peel. He got a Heineken & I got a Watermelon Sangria. YUM!!

Here are some random shopping pics from our DTD night

I thought this was really cute & one may come home with me next week

We took the boat back to POFQ & took showers & went to bed.

Up Next:

Which park are we headed to???

 

[DisMomAmy]

Oooo... I can't wait to check out Mickey's Pantry! And great idea to get Mickey soaps as gifts!!

 

[KatMark]

Two updates!

If we go back to LeCellier, it will be lunch and not dinner (it just isn't worth the cost of dinner ). Love the photo of your three favorite guys.

Where is Mickey's Pantry? How the heck did I miss that last month?

 

[disneyfan61]

Oooo... I can't wait to check out Mickey's Pantry! And great idea to get Mickey soaps as gifts!!

If you like to cook & like different seasonings you will go crazy. They also have teas & coffees. I will be there probably next Wed. night. I figure after we check in we will head to Epcot for a bit & then go back to POR & take the boat over to DTD.

Yeah I like Basin & getting the soaps. Not too expensive & I have 5 clerks to buy for. I am thinking I will get some things for them for Christmas as well.

Two updates!

If we go back to LeCellier, it will be lunch and not dinner (it just isn't worth the cost of dinner ). Love the photo of your three favorite guys.

Where is Mickey's Pantry? How the heck did I miss that last month?

Yup that is what we do. Go for a late lunch. On Sunday I will be booking it for our April Trip. LeCellier is one of Cody's requests. He made all the choices since it will be his high school graduation trip. Good thing we like it too.

I do not remember what stores are next to Mickey's Pantry but will check it out next week. I know it is right in the Marketplace. There are so many places it is easy to miss something!!

 

[jeremysdisneymom]

I have so wanted to go this time of year for so long I cannot believe we are a week away. I have been reading up on all the food booths & writing down all the food I want to try. Have you ever been during this time of year??

I have never been during F&W but have been in September. The fall decorations in MK are beautiful and I love MNSSHP. It is a favorite of mine! I hope to get back next fall however I think it will be more like the following year.

We are going over Easter weekend for F&G. There is a great possibility we are heading to Disneyland this summer as I have a conference in San Francisco in July. I am hoping we can swing a Disney Cruise over Thanksgiving week and spend some time at the World as well that week. If we do all that, there is no way I will make it back in the fall. My bank account will prevent it!

 

[jeremysdisneymom]

I have no idea how I missed Mickey's pantry this summer! That store looks really neat. I will have to make a trip there in November.

Aw, Le Cellier... I too love that place. I need to go back and see if I can squeeze a ressie in for April.

I have never taken the boat into DTD. I love the views! I need to give that a try.

Plus, I must do that carriage ride at POR. That looks like fun!

Good luck with your ADRS!

 

[disneyfan61]

I just had my hair cut & it was LONG overdue. I feel like a new person.

So let's keep this TR rolling..

Thursday May 26th, 2011

We woke up to another glorious sunny day at Disney. We grabbed breakfast in the room & headed here

We know of a little trick to bypass some of the crowd. We go into Rainforest Cafe & there is a side door there that you can get into the park so that is what we do. We did some browsing in the store before they opened the door

Cody with a friend

The similarities are incredible aren't they???

Let's Start The Day

We always walk/speed walk to EE. Of course that is Ryan & Cody's favorite ride here so we always head that way first.

Always a great ride. We then headed to Kali River Rapids & got a FP

Then we headed to Kilimanjaro Sararis. The wait was maybe 15-20 minutes.

While we walked through the line

Well we have to get ready to head to Cody's last high school soccer game. I hope they win!! They have not had a good season AT ALL so I hope they end it on a high note.

Coming Up

Safari
Yak & Yeti
Where will we go later?????

 

[KatMark]

I never knew that little secret about RFC. Thanks.

I did EE with Mark in September; I told him that was the LAST time I was doing it. He's on his own from now on (just like I'm on my own with TOT).

I missed that big tortoise when we were there last month.

Enjoy the game. I hope they win; it will be a bittersweet evening for all of you.

 

[jeremysdisneymom]

You are on a roll, Doreen! I have never been in the rainforest cafe. It looks neat in there. I made an April ressie per Jeremy's request but it is at DTD.

 

[disneyfan61]

If you like to cook & like different seasonings you will go crazy. They also have teas & coffees. I will be there probably next Wed. night. I figure after we check in we will head to Epcot for a bit & then go back to POR & take the boat over to DTD.

Yeah I like Basin & getting the soaps. Not too expensive & I have 5 clerks to buy for. I am thinking I will get some things for them for Christmas as well.



Yup that is what we do. Go for a late lunch. On Sunday I will be booking it for our April Trip. LeCellier is one of Cody's requests. He made all the choices since it will be his high school graduation trip. Good thing we like it too.

I do not remember what stores are next to Mickey's Pantry but will check it out next week. I know it is right in the Marketplace. There are so many places it is easy to miss something!!

I have never been during F&W but have been in September. The fall decorations in MK are beautiful and I love MNSSHP. It is a favorite of mine! I hope to get back next fall however I think it will be more like the following year.

I cannot wait to see the decorations in person. My camera will be overworked!!

We are going over Easter weekend for F&G. There is a great possibility we are heading to Disneyland this summer as I have a conference in San Francisco in July. I am hoping we can swing a Disney Cruise over Thanksgiving week and spend some time at the World as well that week. If we do all that, there is no way I will make it back in the fall. My bank account will prevent it!

Oh Disneyland!! That sounds great. I would love to get there someday but I am hooked on Florida so we shall see. I need to talk my DH into cruising!! I want to go but he has no desire to cruise. I think he would do it for me though so we need to work on that. Maybe for our 30th anniv. in a few years. Yeah that sounds like a plan. I would love to do the parks for like 3 or 4 days & then relax on a cruise. I have 3 1/2 years to plan so I better get started!!

And I know what you mean about the bank account. Wouldn't we all be going more often if the bank account let us???

 

[englishrose47]

I like # 5 !!It is soo rlaxed and natural looking !!See Doreen I came right over from Nikki's thread !!We ate at TE in August and again this month and will be trying others next time !!Not that it isn't great I just have to branch out to newe places !! Carol and I have made the initial restaurant picks for next year and when I find out if we will be going in May or September I will be asking for lots of in put on those choices !! Also Doreen I am gonna need some info on Universal as we are going there next year too!!!

 

[disneyfan61]

I never knew that little secret about RFC. Thanks.

I did EE with Mark in September; I told him that was the LAST time I was doing it. He's on his own from now on (just like I'm on my own with TOT).

I missed that big tortoise when we were there last month.

Enjoy the game. I hope they win; it will be a bittersweet evening for all of you.

I heard about the RFC secret from another TR.

We did evening EMH at AK one year & rode EE over & over & over again. We did it like 8 times in a row. I know my sister & brother in law said once was enough. Going backwards really got to them.

They lost their last game 2-0. The season is now over. We will have the banquet next month. Cody is hoping that one of the parents gets an indoor team together for winter but not sure on that yet.

You are on a roll, Doreen! I have never been in the rainforest cafe. It looks neat in there. I made an April ressie per Jeremy's request but it is at DTD.

Oh Erika you have to go in if it is just to look around. There are huge fish tanks & all kinds of neat things. We have eaten at the DTD one many times. I really like it there. I think you will enjoy it.

I like # 5 !!It is soo rlaxed and natural looking !!See Doreen I came right over from Nikki's thread !!We ate at TE in August and again this month and will be trying others next time !!Not that it isn't great I just have to branch out to newe places !! Carol and I have made the initial restaurant picks for next year and when I find out if we will be going in May or September I will be asking for lots of in put on those choices !! Also Doreen I am gonna need some info on Universal as we are going there next year too!!!

Hi Rosie!! I am anxious to hear all about your adventures that you just had.
I don't blame you about trying other places. I am such a creature of habit. When I find a place we really like we keep going back. For our April trip because it is Cody's graduation trip I let him pick all the places so we are going to repeats because he knows he likes them. But I think when we go again another time we will be trying new places.

We will have to exchange phone #'s. It will be easier to "talk" about it. I know you will love Universal also. Keep in mind we just did Islands of Adventure. I have been getting a lot of You Tube videos on email from Universal lately. You can You Tube a lot of different things to give you an idea also.

 

[disneyfan61]

OK I am trying to get through this TR as DH & I leave on Wed. for F&W Tript.

We left off where we were in line for the safari
Here we go

Of course the elephants always seem to make sure you get the "behind" shot

Sleepy Lion

After the safari we went through the Pangani Forest Trail

I could watch these guys all day

And here is baby Lily!!!

I guess I did not get any pictures of anything else on the trail.
I think Cody & Ryan were meeting us at the end of the trail so we sort of rushed through it. Then we headed over to Kali & used our fastpasses. I had a poncho with me & yes I put it on!!! Someone on the raft called me a cheater. Well I am glad I had it on!! I would have been soaked if I didn't have it. I do not like walking around soaking wet. When I was walking out of the line after I asked someone in line if they wanted my poncho & one woman gladly took me up on my offer.

Continued in next post:

 

[disneyfan61]

Then it was time for our ADR at Yak & Yeti. Jeff & I had eaten here on a prior trip & really enjoyed it so we booked it again so the boys could try it. For some reason I had no appetite that day (which by the way is very unusual). At work I am known to snack so much that one woman that used to work there called me Munchy. Anyway here are some pics from Yak & Yeti

Ryan's meal

Cody's meal

Jeff's meal

And mine-mahi mahi

I think both Ryan & Cody ordered one of these

Everything was very good even though I was not that hungry. I think the heat was getting to me that day & when I am overheated I cannot eat.

When in AK we always see Festival of the Lion King. I LOVE everything about this show. The love the music.

And the shopper that I am I took lots of shopping pics. There is great things to be had in the AK shops

Con't in next post

 

[disneyfan61]

Shopping pics & more shopping pics

Time to go back to the resort for my afternoon break by the pool. On the way out of AK

Coming Up

Where to after our break by the pool????