Marcia takes her family to POP for a week in Aug, pics! updated 11/6, day 7, pg 8
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Great Update ! Soarin' is my favorite too!!
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Your brothers are crazy. Can't believe they rented chairs.And posing for photopass pics in them.
Glad you got your favorite seats on Soarin, multiple times!
yeah, they sure are one of a kind
and yeah, we were really lucky, it was a great day!
thanks, isn't it so fun!
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Day 7, Tues Aug 19, Part 2
Okay, so we left the boys to their beer in Epcot, and my mom and I headed over to Animal Kingdom. Let me just tell you, that was so the way to go! There was NO ONE there!!! We arrived at AK around 3:30, and got some photopass pics, of course, donning our ponchos.
What was our first stop? And our second, and third??? Expedition Everest, of course!!! That's right...we went on Everest...3 times in a row, it was a walkon all 3 times. Could not ask for more! We sat in the back, the middle, and the front. Here are our first 2 red neck pics, haha, I posed and made funny faces.
And here are some pics from the front row!!!
Aaaaand, our final redneck picture.
My mom still hadn't seen the Nemo show, so I figured we should probably do that. There was a show starting at 4:45, and since I've heard you should get there really early to get a decent seat (I've been before myself, but arrived last minute and was lucky to find a seat waaaaay in the back), we arrived at 4:15. And we really could have arrived much later...like I said...no one was at AK! We were in the middle, we had our choice of seats. I really like this show, and my mom ended up enjoying it too, so I was glad.
Lovely!
At some point, we stopped for pics with Everest in the background. Maybe before we went on the ride? Eh, I dunno. Photopass coming up!
Okay, so after Nemo, we went to see It's Tough to be a Bug. Mom had never seen it. I *think* this may have been my first time seeing it too...no, that's a lie! I saw it back in May, so nevermind! Haha, yeah, I have a great memory! Anyway, it's a cute show, and I love the "interaction" that occurs. I won't go into specifics, just in case you haven't been...I want you to be surprised! It's a good time. Might be scary for little ones, but I wouldn't really know. Use your own discretion.
At this point, I was getting a little chilly. Somehow, this was the one day I forgot to bring a long sleeve shirt in my bag. I think I wore the one I packed the night before, and just forgot to replace it. Buggers! So we decided to do a little shopping, and I picked up a really nice AK Mickey shirt. You'll see me wearing it in the pictures to come.
We wanted to hit the Lion King show, since my mom really liked it when she saw it, and even though I've seen it many many times, I can't get enough! So there was a show at 6:30, which would end right when the park closed, at 7. We went over to Camp Minnie Mickey with a little time to spare, and I noticed that none of the characters had any lines!!! Oh my goodness, I couldn't pass it up! A couple of the handlers made me take off my poncho, but a couple didn't. Weird! But the interaction was awesome!
Minnie
Goofy
just me being funny before seeing Mickey
the big cheese himself, Mickey gave me a biiiig hug!
and he blushed a bit when I asked about Minnie
and last but not least, Donald
I was on cloud 9! I felt so lucky, I couldn't believe it!
It was then time to see the Festival of the Lion King, which I absolutely adore. Just a few pics
love those tumble monkeys!
Ah, it was so awesome, as usual!
Once the show let out, it was time to leave, as the park was closed. We headed to the buses, to catch the bus to the Poly, since we were having dinner at Ohana. Yum Yum, great dinner!
After dinner, we took the monorail over to the MK to catch a bus back to Pop. Once we got there, it was after 10, and I still needed to check with the front desk about the fridge. Yeah, it still hadn't arrived. And we were leaving the next day. I was not thrilled.
Anyway, I went back to the room and got all packed up, since we needed to get up in the morning to drop off our stuff before heading to our last day of parks.
next up: checking out, MK morning
Okay, so we left the boys to their beer in Epcot, and my mom and I headed over to Animal Kingdom. Let me just tell you, that was so the way to go! There was NO ONE there!!! We arrived at AK around 3:30, and got some photopass pics, of course, donning our ponchos.
What was our first stop? And our second, and third??? Expedition Everest, of course!!! That's right...we went on Everest...3 times in a row, it was a walkon all 3 times. Could not ask for more! We sat in the back, the middle, and the front. Here are our first 2 red neck pics, haha, I posed and made funny faces.
And here are some pics from the front row!!!
Aaaaand, our final redneck picture.
My mom still hadn't seen the Nemo show, so I figured we should probably do that. There was a show starting at 4:45, and since I've heard you should get there really early to get a decent seat (I've been before myself, but arrived last minute and was lucky to find a seat waaaaay in the back), we arrived at 4:15. And we really could have arrived much later...like I said...no one was at AK! We were in the middle, we had our choice of seats. I really like this show, and my mom ended up enjoying it too, so I was glad.
Lovely!
At some point, we stopped for pics with Everest in the background. Maybe before we went on the ride? Eh, I dunno. Photopass coming up!
Okay, so after Nemo, we went to see It's Tough to be a Bug. Mom had never seen it. I *think* this may have been my first time seeing it too...no, that's a lie! I saw it back in May, so nevermind! Haha, yeah, I have a great memory! Anyway, it's a cute show, and I love the "interaction" that occurs. I won't go into specifics, just in case you haven't been...I want you to be surprised! It's a good time. Might be scary for little ones, but I wouldn't really know. Use your own discretion.
At this point, I was getting a little chilly. Somehow, this was the one day I forgot to bring a long sleeve shirt in my bag. I think I wore the one I packed the night before, and just forgot to replace it. Buggers! So we decided to do a little shopping, and I picked up a really nice AK Mickey shirt. You'll see me wearing it in the pictures to come.
We wanted to hit the Lion King show, since my mom really liked it when she saw it, and even though I've seen it many many times, I can't get enough! So there was a show at 6:30, which would end right when the park closed, at 7. We went over to Camp Minnie Mickey with a little time to spare, and I noticed that none of the characters had any lines!!! Oh my goodness, I couldn't pass it up! A couple of the handlers made me take off my poncho, but a couple didn't. Weird! But the interaction was awesome!
Minnie
Goofy
just me being funny before seeing Mickey
the big cheese himself, Mickey gave me a biiiig hug!
and he blushed a bit when I asked about Minnie
and last but not least, Donald
I was on cloud 9! I felt so lucky, I couldn't believe it!
It was then time to see the Festival of the Lion King, which I absolutely adore. Just a few pics
love those tumble monkeys!
Ah, it was so awesome, as usual!
Once the show let out, it was time to leave, as the park was closed. We headed to the buses, to catch the bus to the Poly, since we were having dinner at Ohana. Yum Yum, great dinner!
After dinner, we took the monorail over to the MK to catch a bus back to Pop. Once we got there, it was after 10, and I still needed to check with the front desk about the fridge. Yeah, it still hadn't arrived. And we were leaving the next day. I was not thrilled.
Anyway, I went back to the room and got all packed up, since we needed to get up in the morning to drop off our stuff before heading to our last day of parks.
next up: checking out, MK morning
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Wow Marsh another update !! I love Lion King too, I skipped it in Feb to see Nemo. This time I plan on seeing both!! I always do Bug and the endinf "interaction" is different let's say!!
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Wow Marsh another update !! I love Lion King too, I skipped it in Feb to see Nemo. This time I plan on seeing both!! I always do Bug and the endinf "interaction" is different let's say!!
thanks, yeah, i def love them both!
thanks! next time, you can get your EE photo! and the front is awesome! def worth it!
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Day 7, Tues Aug 19, Part 3
I forgot that when we got back to the room that night, we had some surprises waiting for us! It was my mom's bday and look what they left!
It was so cute! My mom was surprised, and so was I. I really had no idea they would do that, I guess it's a good idea to list a special occasion on your reservation
We also got this little guy
And here are some pics of the room
Okay, so yeah, I'm sure you've seen the rooms before, but oh well! My next installment is coming up real soon!
I forgot that when we got back to the room that night, we had some surprises waiting for us! It was my mom's bday and look what they left!
It was so cute! My mom was surprised, and so was I. I really had no idea they would do that, I guess it's a good idea to list a special occasion on your reservation
We also got this little guy
And here are some pics of the room
Okay, so yeah, I'm sure you've seen the rooms before, but oh well! My next installment is coming up real soon!
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Day 8, Wed Aug 20
Okay, so this morning, we were a bit sad, because we had to pack up, check our luggage, and leave our carry-ons with luggage services. I also had to put a couple packages on hold for the swapper coming after me (even though the fridge still wasn't there!!). But at least we had one last visit to the Magic Kingdom left. We got a bus at 8:15 and were at MK by 8:30.
Heres a shot of the empty space in front of me
And the crowd to my left
Also at the MK this morning was this little guy!
Here's a shot of the froggie with a water bottle, for size comparison. So little!
Once it was time for rope drop, me and mom headed to Fantasyland, since she hadn't ridden Dumbo yet this trip. We sent the boys to get us FP for Space Mountain while they went to ride it. I took this on our way to Dumbo
And then we had another rope drop at Fantasyland
Before we knew it, we were on our way to Dumbo!
The obligatory self portrait
Once we finished our flight on Dumbo, we took the opportunity to hit up Peter Pan, with no line of course. Then it was time to meet up with the boys, as we were headed to Frontierland. I wasn't thrilled about the idea of getting wet on Splash since it was kinda cloudy and not too warm, so we decided we'd hit up Big Thunder instead. We asked for the back rows, and we were obliged. Mom sat with Stephen.
And Chris and I sat together in front of them
After that, we started making our way toward the front of the park, since we had breakfast ADR's at Crystal Palace at 10am. We had a bit of time to kill (yes, we did *that* much in about half an hour...awesome!!!), so we stopped in a couple shops. I'm the coolest!
It started drizzling while we were walking over, so mom put on her poncho...
BACKWARDS!!! LOL! Oh she's a character...
So right, we made it to Crystal Palace at 9:45 and were seated shortly after that. We had a lovely breakfast with the Pooh characters.
After breakfast, the boys wanted to go check out the monorail resorts. There, they ended up meeting lots of characters! I guess cause it was raining, and Fay was all up in our business, Disney decided to put some characters at the hotels. Pretty sweet deal if you ask me! They got loads of photopass pics. Haha, actually, they took these on their way out...YMCA anyone?
continued in next post, as i'm about to go over images...
Okay, so this morning, we were a bit sad, because we had to pack up, check our luggage, and leave our carry-ons with luggage services. I also had to put a couple packages on hold for the swapper coming after me (even though the fridge still wasn't there!!). But at least we had one last visit to the Magic Kingdom left. We got a bus at 8:15 and were at MK by 8:30.
Heres a shot of the empty space in front of me
And the crowd to my left
Also at the MK this morning was this little guy!
Here's a shot of the froggie with a water bottle, for size comparison. So little!
Once it was time for rope drop, me and mom headed to Fantasyland, since she hadn't ridden Dumbo yet this trip. We sent the boys to get us FP for Space Mountain while they went to ride it. I took this on our way to Dumbo
And then we had another rope drop at Fantasyland
Before we knew it, we were on our way to Dumbo!
The obligatory self portrait
Once we finished our flight on Dumbo, we took the opportunity to hit up Peter Pan, with no line of course. Then it was time to meet up with the boys, as we were headed to Frontierland. I wasn't thrilled about the idea of getting wet on Splash since it was kinda cloudy and not too warm, so we decided we'd hit up Big Thunder instead. We asked for the back rows, and we were obliged. Mom sat with Stephen.
And Chris and I sat together in front of them
After that, we started making our way toward the front of the park, since we had breakfast ADR's at Crystal Palace at 10am. We had a bit of time to kill (yes, we did *that* much in about half an hour...awesome!!!), so we stopped in a couple shops. I'm the coolest!
It started drizzling while we were walking over, so mom put on her poncho...
BACKWARDS!!! LOL! Oh she's a character...
So right, we made it to Crystal Palace at 9:45 and were seated shortly after that. We had a lovely breakfast with the Pooh characters.
After breakfast, the boys wanted to go check out the monorail resorts. There, they ended up meeting lots of characters! I guess cause it was raining, and Fay was all up in our business, Disney decided to put some characters at the hotels. Pretty sweet deal if you ask me! They got loads of photopass pics. Haha, actually, they took these on their way out...YMCA anyone?
continued in next post, as i'm about to go over images...
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So right, the boys found all these characters at the Contemporary! They failed to mention it when we met up with them at Pop later, so I didn't even know about it until we got home and I saw these pictures on our Photopass! Quite a surprise!
King Louie
Friar Tuck
Smee
Baloo
Sheriff of Nottigham (right?)
Robin Hood
Rafiki
more with Louie
from the Country Bear Jamboree
Brer (?)
Suzie or Perla...i dunno!
Darkwing Duck (i think!)
I'm afraid I'm gonna go over again, so okay, next post!
King Louie
Friar Tuck
Smee
Baloo
Sheriff of Nottigham (right?)
Robin Hood
Rafiki
more with Louie
from the Country Bear Jamboree
Brer (?)
Suzie or Perla...i dunno!
Darkwing Duck (i think!)
I'm afraid I'm gonna go over again, so okay, next post!
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While the boys spent their time meeting characters, my mom and I stayed in MK a bit longer. We had some FastPasses to use! First, we grabbed FP for Peter Pan, then we hit Small World, because really, amazingly, we hadn't hit it yet this trip! The boys had, before I met up with them on EMH night, so they were excused! But you know, my rule, must do Small World once a trip! Enjoy!
Then, since we had the 4 FP for Space that the boys had gotten us at rope drop (thanks boys!), we got to go on Space twice in a row using those FPs. Also, between our two Space trips, our FP window was up again, so we grabbed yet *another* pair for Space.
We never did end up using the 2 FP for Peter Pan, or the other 2 for Space Mountain, so we gave them away on our way out. Because, hey, well, we decided...we had to go see David at the Tune in Lounge...just one more time! So we took the monorail at noon to the TTC to get a bus to MGM. We arrived at MGM at 12:35. Got lucky and a bus was just pulling up as we got to the TTC. Anyway, at this time, TSM still had the single rider line, so we went to check it out, but they had closed it. So we went to the RnR and rode that single rider line instead. Red neck shots! Oh I made a sad face, since I knew this was my last ride of the trip
Then of course, it was time to hit the bar. David was happy to see us, since he thought we weren't coming back this trip. And we ordered drinks, duh!
We enjoyed our last few minutes with David, and I told him I'd see him again in the new year...because at that time, I didn't know I was going in November! So he'll sure be surprised to see me next week!
Anyway, we said our goodbyes. Then we found a Photopass lady to take some shots of us "holding up the hat".
Then it was a sad sad time...time to leave! We got to the bus stop around 3pm, and were at Pop around 3:20. It gave us plenty of time, as I think our DME bus came around 4 or 4:30. Here's the rest of the fam waiting around the lobby
And I took a few pics of the large year icons as we waited in the rainy day for the bus
Bye bye Pop bus stop!
We had an uneventful trip to the airport, and the rain held up enough that we weren't delayed. Got home. And the rest is boring old life!
Thank you to everyone who spent the time to relive this with me, it was loads of fun! And I can't wait til I leave in a few more days, and can come back and share with you once again!
TTFN! Ta Ta For Now!
Then, since we had the 4 FP for Space that the boys had gotten us at rope drop (thanks boys!), we got to go on Space twice in a row using those FPs. Also, between our two Space trips, our FP window was up again, so we grabbed yet *another* pair for Space.
We never did end up using the 2 FP for Peter Pan, or the other 2 for Space Mountain, so we gave them away on our way out. Because, hey, well, we decided...we had to go see David at the Tune in Lounge...just one more time! So we took the monorail at noon to the TTC to get a bus to MGM. We arrived at MGM at 12:35. Got lucky and a bus was just pulling up as we got to the TTC. Anyway, at this time, TSM still had the single rider line, so we went to check it out, but they had closed it. So we went to the RnR and rode that single rider line instead. Red neck shots! Oh I made a sad face, since I knew this was my last ride of the trip
Then of course, it was time to hit the bar. David was happy to see us, since he thought we weren't coming back this trip. And we ordered drinks, duh!
We enjoyed our last few minutes with David, and I told him I'd see him again in the new year...because at that time, I didn't know I was going in November! So he'll sure be surprised to see me next week!
Anyway, we said our goodbyes. Then we found a Photopass lady to take some shots of us "holding up the hat".
Then it was a sad sad time...time to leave! We got to the bus stop around 3pm, and were at Pop around 3:20. It gave us plenty of time, as I think our DME bus came around 4 or 4:30. Here's the rest of the fam waiting around the lobby
And I took a few pics of the large year icons as we waited in the rainy day for the bus
Bye bye Pop bus stop!
We had an uneventful trip to the airport, and the rain held up enough that we weren't delayed. Got home. And the rest is boring old life!
Thank you to everyone who spent the time to relive this with me, it was loads of fun! And I can't wait til I leave in a few more days, and can come back and share with you once again!
TTFN! Ta Ta For Now!
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I really loved your TR! I was in lurk mode the whole time, I think, but I wanted to let you know I enjoyed it so much
Your family is so fun..your brothers remind me of my 2 sons who are 28&23 Never a dull moment. Looking forward to your next trip, hope you write a TR.
Your family is so fun..your brothers remind me of my 2 sons who are 28&23 Never a dull moment. Looking forward to your next trip, hope you write a TR.
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I didn't know you were doing a solo trip so soon. How long are you there for? I'll keep an eye out for you if I get to go. Going this Friday night, but don't know when I will get to head that way again.
Loved your TR and that is so cool your brothers met all those characters. They would be a great advertisement for the parks that it isn't just for young ones, but for all of those young at heart. Looks like you all had a blast!
Looking forward to your next TR, please let us know when you do it!
Loved your TR and that is so cool your brothers met all those characters. They would be a great advertisement for the parks that it isn't just for young ones, but for all of those young at heart. Looks like you all had a blast!
Looking forward to your next TR, please let us know when you do it!
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