Marcia takes her family to POP for a week in Aug, pics! updated 11/6, day 7, pg 8

[marsh0013]

So I just went to type up the next installment, and Photobucket crapped out on me! Apparently, they're doing site maintenance, so I can't get at my pictures. So I will have to do an update later. Sorry!

 

[marsh0013]

Day 4, Sat Aug 16, Part 1

So we had a very late night last night. Well, the boys and I did anyway. Mom was out like a light by the time I stumbled into the room in the wee hours of the morning. So she had no problem getting up this morning. Chris promised he'd be up and at em as well...so I just had to worry about me. Got some coffee in me, and I was good to go! We told Stephen just to meet us in time for breakfast at 10:30. But the rest of us were ready to head to Animal Kingdom for EMH.

So, we were at the bus stop by 7am, and at AK by 7:35am. Not too bad, and we were like 3rd in our line at the turnstiles. Once they let us through to the Oasis, I grabbed everyone's tickets so I could be the FP volunteer for Everest. I was right up at the rope. Here's the tip board, before they uncovered it.

And then we had the cute opening show. I didn't have a good look at Mickey, so I didn't bother trying to take a pic of him. But here's the rest of the gang!

Alrighty, so it was time to head to Expedition Everest! We went with the crowd, and I was one of the first at the FP machines. Awesome . Then I met up with my mom and Chris and we got in line...which was walk on of course this early. Red neck it up!

Then we decided that we'd wait on the Safari til we could get FP for it, so we went over to Dinoland instead. First up...Dinosaur! Rawr! Ooh, scary! Haha, look how bored Chris looks! Guess the Dino didn't really get him!

Since Chris loves the spinny rides, yeah, remember the teacups last night? Right. So even though I said if I never went on Primeval Hurl (teehee!) again, it would be too soon...he wanted to go on, so I went with him. He thought it should have spun more. I found that it didn't seem to whip me around as much when I sat back and kept my head against the rest...so that's what I did. Of course, my mom sat this one out, as she wanted none of the spinning.

Next up, hey look, another Dumbo clone! Triceratops Spin, here we come! Oh funny, after the spinny one, we couldn't find my mom and we walked past Triceratops Spin, and there was no one riding, so the CM was like "come on over! nobody on line!" We promised him we'd come back, but we had to find my mom. We did eventually find her in a store, and we all went on together. The CM was happy to see us! Since it was so empty, we each got our own dino. The two of them...

and you know how I love to take those self portraits!

Once we were done in Dinoland, it was FP window time! So we were off to grab some FP at the Safari. When we got there, though, the line was nonexistent, so we got our FP and rode as well! That was a welcome surprise! Some lovely Safari pics

I think our FP window was up again, yeah, that happened pretty quick at AK, not so much at the other parks. Anyway, so we went over to Everest, and grabbed 3 more FP (so now we had 6...yes, let's remember that!). They had just opened up the single rider line, so we went on that...twice! Wanna see more of the red neck shots? You got it! But I'll just give you one of each of us...

Since it was nearing our ADR time, we then headed over to Tusker House. On the way over, we saw the crazy loud monkeys that make crazy noises, but they were pretty quiet this day.

Aaaaaaand then, we ran into Devine!!! Love her! Absolutely gorgeous!

Got to TH and checked in a bit early, and just waited for Stephen. He arrived at 10:25, and since our ADR was for 10:30, it was perfect timing. We got seated shortly after that. They took our picture before seating us

Then we had a lovely breakfast with Donald and friends.

gonna continue in next post, as i'm nearing my limit for pictures!

 

[marsh0013]

Day 4, Sat Aug 16, Part 1 (cont'd)

So after a nice breakfast, we wanted to go on the Safari again. But here's the catch...we only had 3 FP's, and now there were 4 of us. What to do? Well, I volunteered to sit it out, as I've done it many more times than the others, but Chris decided he wanted to take a little nap instead. So I went on with my mom and Stephen. Lots more pictures!

Some of those animals got really close, it was so cool!

When we got out, we had to go find Chris. We found a bench, and there he was! Sleeping as he promised he would be...

It started drizzling, and we were gonna head out, but we still had our FP to use for Everest. Since we had 6, we had to decide what to do...we decided that we'd use 4 and give 2 away. Perfect! And on the way over, we ran into the gorgeous lady again!

And here we are on our last trip on Everest of the day. We asked to sit in the front, and were obliged. Sweet!

So it was time to leave. We found a couple of people on the line for Everest to give our FP to, and they were thrilled. We made our way out and were at the bus stop by 12:50, and pulled into Pop at 1:15. Nap/pool time!

next up: afternoon/evening at Epcot

 

[jmskinner]

Loving your TR! The pics are all great. Your family looks like so much fun!

 

[nutz2notz]

Yeah, another update!

What a great time you are having. I have really enjoyed your posts.

Loved reading about your EMH in the MK. When my kids and I were there in December, we went to the EMH on Christmas eve and we closed it down. It was our last day there and what a fantastic time we had, just like you did, when the park cleared out. It was magical.

Sounds like your AK morning was great as well. I can't believe you were up and ready to go back out that early. How lucky that the animals came so close. When we went on last year, all the animals were far away and very lazy.

We never the did the front of EE, we'll have to try that next time.

Looking forward to your next update.

 

[bob6sims]

Great trip report

Looking forward to your next post

 

[KatGarcia]

So jealous you got to go on Everest so many times! Great redneck pics tho!!

 

[teruterubouzu]

Fun update! I think it's so cool that you and your brothers went with your mom.

 

[Nancy for Disney]

Day 4, Sat Aug 16, Part 1

So we had a very late night last night. Well, the boys and I did anyway. Mom was out like a light by the time I stumbled into the room in the wee hours of the morning. So she had no problem getting up this morning. Chris promised he'd be up and at em as well...so I just had to worry about me. Got some coffee in me, and I was good to go! We told Stephen just to meet us in time for breakfast at 10:30. But the rest of us were ready to head to Animal Kingdom for EMH.

So, we were at the bus stop by 7am, and at AK by 7:35am.

Oh, to be young again.

 

[Nancy for Disney]

Day 3, Fri Aug 15, Part 3




At this point, I decided it was time for us to get a Dole Whip Float...and to borrow some of the rum the boys had brought. We asked them not to overfill it with ice cream (we did the vanilla soft serve), just so you know, you normally get much more than this. Oh, and sorry it's so washed out!

This was a nice treat that we shared as we walked over to Tomorrowland to check out the wait for Space Mountain. Well...wouldn't you know it? The FastPass machines were up and running! I was *not* pleased! I would have so been over there earlier grabbing FP if that CM hadn't told my brothers they wouldn't be open! Grrr! Well, I tried to go with the flow, and just picked us up some FP, which had a return time of 1:15-2:00am. Not sure what time it was, but we definitely had time to kill.

Then it was finally 1:15 so we could use our FP for Space! All was going well until...duh duh duh...we had handed in our FP, and were right at the turn, and the lights turned on! Oh no! I was so close to getting out of that line, I felt like we were wasting valuable time! But the boys talked me into staying. It was about a 25 minute delay, yikes! By the time we got out of there, it was nearing 2am, and we wanted to hit Dumbo!

So back over to Fantasyland, and phew, we made it on!
Twas a perfect ending to a wonderful day! We got a bus real quick, and got ourselves to sleep as soon as we could!

Next up: EMH at AK, Tusker House b'fast

I was at EMH the same time you were. I bet we just missed each other on everything. We road Splash rather than BTMRR. We then got a Dole Whip. We went to ride Buzz. We noticed that the line wasn't too long at Space and I remember that FP return time was at 1:05 slightly earlier than when you were there. We ended up riding stand by because the line was only 20 minutes at the time. They were having issues when we were in line so the wait was actually a little longer. This was our last night and we ended up leaving the park after our ride on Space since we had a long day of traveling ahead of us. It was right at 1 am when we left.

My TR link is below but I haven't made it to the 15th yet.

 

[Figment's Friend]

I'm glad I saw your opening AK pics -- that is the only park opening ceremony I've never seen! I've always missed it by just a few minutes! This year we're making it a priority to see it. I'm also fascinated by Devine, she is amazing!

 

[FBandA]

Just found your trip report when I was looking at the bad weather pictures. Just finished this report now I am heading to the Dinning report. Thanks for keeping up to date on your trips. I love reading your reports.

 

[englishrose47]

Great update as usual Marsh!!

 

[marsh0013]

Loving your TR! The pics are all great. Your family looks like so much fun!

thank you! yeah, i think they're pretty fun too!

Yeah, another update!

What a great time you are having. I have really enjoyed your posts.

Loved reading about your EMH in the MK. When my kids and I were there in December, we went to the EMH on Christmas eve and we closed it down. It was our last day there and what a fantastic time we had, just like you did, when the park cleared out. It was magical.

Sounds like your AK morning was great as well. I can't believe you were up and ready to go back out that early. How lucky that the animals came so close. When we went on last year, all the animals were far away and very lazy.

We never the did the front of EE, we'll have to try that next time.

Looking forward to your next update.

that MK time really sounds awesome! yes, i just love it, as you said magical! and yeah, i really don't know how i did it! getting up so early, it's like, disney adrenaline or something. i'm not gonna complain!

Great trip report

Looking forward to your next post

thank you, it's coming soon!

So jealous you got to go on Everest so many times! Great redneck pics tho!!

hehe, yeah, i love that ride! sooooo much fun!

Fun update! I think it's so cool that you and your brothers went with your mom.

thanks, yeah, i'm so glad we did it! ah family time

Oh, to be young again.

hehe, yeah, really, it's that disney adrenaline!

I was at EMH the same time you were. I bet we just missed each other on everything. We road Splash rather than BTMRR. We then got a Dole Whip. We went to ride Buzz. We noticed that the line wasn't too long at Space and I remember that FP return time was at 1:05 slightly earlier than when you were there. We ended up riding stand by because the line was only 20 minutes at the time. They were having issues when we were in line so the wait was actually a little longer. This was our last night and we ended up leaving the park after our ride on Space since we had a long day of traveling ahead of us. It was right at 1 am when we left.

My TR link is below but I haven't made it to the 15th yet.

how funny, it's really a small world! and i'll definitely check out your TR!

I'm glad I saw your opening AK pics -- that is the only park opening ceremony I've never seen! I've always missed it by just a few minutes! This year we're making it a priority to see it. I'm also fascinated by Devine, she is amazing!

it's actually really cute! i think i actually may like it more than MK's, if only because you can actually see it and still be up at the rope!

Just found your trip report when I was looking at the bad weather pictures. Just finished this report now I am heading to the Dinning report. Thanks for keeping up to date on your trips. I love reading your reports.

thank you! hope you enjoy the rest!

Great update as usual Marsh!!

thanks sweetie

 

[marsh0013]

Day 4, Sat Aug 16, Part 2

So when I last left you, it was nap time for me! And nap I did. Surely needed it after that late night/early morning combo! So I slept from 1:30-3:45, while mom and the boys hung out at the pool. My mom came back, showered, and we got ready to head to the bus stop, where we arrived at 4:40. And our bus luck continued, as an Epcot bus pulled up shortly after, and we were walking in by 5pm. We decided we may as well FastPass Mission: Space, since Chris wanted to do it. And if we wanted to go on Test Track, we'd do singles, and of course FP were gone for Soarin for the day. But not to worry! We have a rope drop coming up one day!

We had an ADR at San Angel Inn at 6:30, but my mom was a little hungry, and she saw what she wanted...

Okay, cool, there's two left, shouldn't be a problem. Except that the people in front of us bought them both. And they had no more anywhere. So we were on a mission. A pretzel mission. But for some reason, we couldn't find one anywhere! So I suggested we head to the Land to go to Seasons to see if we could find her something there. She was about to get on line to buy a bag of crunchy pretzels (not the same thing, but she would make do), when I remembered that you get a free cookie for your birthday! So of course, she went for the cookie.

Satisfied with her treat, we went on our way to Mousegears to do some shopping. We left in time to catch the British Invasion at 6pm, but since we had seen the 6pm show yesterday, it was the same lineup. We didn't feel like listening to the same songs, so we left. We took the long way to Mexico, by way of Morocco. See, I was on a mission to find the Genie for my friend James. Not sure if I mentioned that mission before, but I've been on it since May! And still no luck. Boo Disney! You need Genie stuff! /end rant.

So we made our way over to Mexico, and checked in a bit before 6:30, and the boys showed up shortly after. We had to wait like 20 minutes to be seated, which was our longest wait all week. I figured it had something to do with eating closer to a normal time, as we usually ate later. Anywho, it wasn't a bad wait, since you have the whole Mexican pavilion to entertain you while you wait.

Dinner was good. I was pleasantly surprised, as this place doesn't usually get such hot reviews here on the DIS. Glad we gave it a try. Pretty atmosphere.

And here's a family shot.

Sweet. So full from our dinner, we wanted to head over to the Seas, since I figured it would be a good time to fit in Turtle Talk with Crush. Oh, but I stopped to get myself a Green Apple Margarita first, since they only have them outside. Yum!

As we were walking back to Future World, I wanted to get a nice shot of the big golf ball. Chris had other ideas.

Haha, yeah, he made his way into the bottom corner. Thanks buddy! Now, please move, so I can get a good one!

Much better . Although, I do quite enjoy the one Chris snuck into. It's just a perfect example of my brother. Priceless.

So we went over to the Seas, and I just love the "mine mine mine" birds. Oh like you couldn't imagine. I have the shirt. I took video of them going "mine mine mine" but I haven't uploaded it. It's hysterical. Cracks me up. Then we went on the Nemo ride, since there was no line. Me and my brothers squeezed ourselves into one clam shell. We left my mom on her own, because she was refusing to get off her cell phone. Anyway, we were a bit of a tight fit in there, but we survived. This ride isn't anything wonderful, but hey, no line, and the boys hadn't been on it.

Next up...what I had been waiting for...Turtle Talk! Now, I had talked this up quite a bit. Because normally, it's absolutely hysterical! Note to self...don't go to Turtle Talk at 8:20pm. Most of the kiddies are gone or their parents are waiting with them for Illuminations. There were only a few kids, and there wasn't much interaction. I guess they were tired or something. But usually, Crush is much funnier. So that was a bit of a dud, and we never did make it back for another show. Oh well. You know I'll be back. And I guess the boys will just have to make another trip! Nothing wrong with that!

We decided that we weren't going to stay for Illuminations. Mom and I wanted to get to DTD to hit up the Adventurers Club, as we have never been. I know. Really. Our first trip would be our last. Very sad. And the boys wanted to come just to hit up the shops.

But anyway, I had a bit of a brain fart on how to get to DTD. Smart way would have been to walk out the back, head to the Boardwalk, and get a bus from there. For some reason, I swore that the TTC was still the hub it used to be, and that you could catch a bus from there to anywhere. So we took the monorail over there. Well, obviously, I was wrong. So we got to the TTC, walked over to the buses, and turned right back around. And walked over to the Polynesian to get a bus from there. At least it worked out in the end, but the fam (mostly the boys) were not pleased that their all-knowing sister messed up. I wasn't too thrilled with myself either, I mean, come on, I should know these things!

Well anyway, so we made our way to DTD, and left the boys to their shopping, while we walked over to Pleasure Island. Bought our tix, and we on our way. We went straight to the bar, where I ordered a Kungaloosh, of course, as I knew it was the signature. And my mom got a Samantha's Passion Punch. Oh these were good

We had a really great time! Saw a couple of shows in the side rooms, and became honorary members. Kungaloosh! I'm so sad I will never get to go back to this place, as it really was a lot of fun, and I didn't make my way there until this trip! Enjoy some pictures

You know how I love self portraits

We left around midnight, as we didn't want to stay out too late. Two late nights in a row for me, good thing I have that Disney adrenaline! We got to the bus stop at 12:10am, just as a bus pulled up. Perfect timing. Sweet. And we were sleeping not too long after.

Next up: day with grandpa in St Cloud, and night @MGM

 

[ididitrn]

Thanks for the pics of the Adventurer's Club...so sad that it's being closed down.

 

[KatGarcia]

So was AC packed when you were there? I swear its always crowded so I don't get why the heck they are closing it!

 

[Figment's Friend]

I never made it to the Adventurer's Club myself and always wanted to go! Great pictures from inside though! You know, I never knew the TTC didn't have transportation to DTD until you mentioned it Great update, Marsh!

 

[jessily]

awww, I'll be saying my goodbyes to Adventurer's Club this weekend. Such a fun place. Thanks for the pictures!

 

[marsh0013]

Thanks for the pics of the Adventurer's Club...so sad that it's being closed down.

yeah i know, it's a bummer!

So was AC packed when you were there? I swear its always crowded so I don't get why the heck they are closing it!

yeah it was! we couldn't get into the library! we only got to see a couple side room shows and the show in the main room. bummer! and really, it shouldn't be closing!

I never made it to the Adventurer's Club myself and always wanted to go! Great pictures from inside though! You know, I never knew the TTC didn't have transportation to DTD until you mentioned it Great update, Marsh!

thanks! it's such a shame they are closing it for sure!

awww, I'll be saying my goodbyes to Adventurer's Club this weekend. Such a fun place. Thanks for the pictures!

hope you enjoyed your last visit!



sorry for the long delay everyone! i've been a bit busy w/work. another update is coming soon!