Merry is NOT an Option ~ Live from WDW w/ Pics :)

[Cinderella2004]

Great pictures!! Great report!!!

I know exactly how you feel about CBR. I felt the same way while we were there many trips ago. Not that there is anything "wrong" it's just not "home" to us.

Seeing all your pictures makes me really miss WDW at the Holiday time. DH and I watched the special on the food network yesterday, and he said, call and book it!!! LOL....since we're going in Feb, that's just not in the budget. BUT....next year I do believe we'll be there for some Holiday Cheer.

I can't wait to see/read more!!!

 

[happybratpack]

Great report! I am wondering if you have been into the Country Bear Jamboree? I read on another report where it is not in the Christmas show. Is that correct? We are headed down next week, and I will miss the holiday bears if that is true. Thanks.

It's not. We were bummed too. Before the parade at MVMCP the bears were out running around, playing with people.

Sorry...

 

[aimhi]

Wonderful report...I am in awhh with the fact that you have all that energy to come back to the room and put this all together. Me after all day and night in the park all I want to do is hit the sheets, and dream on a pedicure with a fab. foot massage. I will keep checking this out. Sorry to hear that you are not thrilled with your hotel, that stinks. Have a great day today!

 

[MinnieMommy]

Great report! You're getting me VERY excited about all the Christmas decos!!

 

[Stitch's O'hana]

OK, I suppose this is pathetic but I took this pic last night.

The striped ones are the hats only available at the Christmas Party, the red Mickey & Minnie ones are available everywhere and we've seen the Pluto ones a few places. The Santa type hats are around $17 and Pluto was $28 but he lights up so it's justifed.


We're going back to the party on the 5th, I bet you'll have a blast on the 7th!

Thanks so much for the picture of your Santa hat's, I love them! I know my mom will love the MVMCP one for sure! Have an awesome time on the 5th, that's the day we are coming( we will get at the airport at 2:30). Plan on going to EPCOT after we check in at Pop Century!

 

[MissMichelle]

Still have me extremely entertained! Can't wait to read on...Love Minnie and "L" dancing..what a sight that must have been....Food from Morocco looked YUM. I was there in February and again in September and since finding the DDP have vowed to try it all....too bad I have to wait until NEXT September! WAHHHH..

Keep it coming

 

[happybratpack]

Hi Guys!!

I took some pics of the Dreams merchandise for the YOAMD board...here's a link in case anyone is interested. I didn't want to post both places so here ya go:

http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=15829519&postcount=42

 

[happybratpack]

Helloooooo!

Just got back to the room, phew. We went to Epcot today and here's the scoop: Mid-afternoon Soarin' was 120 minutes, Test Track was 100 minutes, Mission Space "said" 10 mins but we waited 15 and prob still had a good 30 ahead of us when we got out of line. Maelstrom was 30, The Land was pretty much a walk on and I forgot to check Nemo. Crazy busy. No FP's left on the big attractions. We did the Behind the Seeds Tour in The Land, pretty cool and I'll post pics in the TR.

We headed to Downtown Disney tonight - it wasn't any more crowded than usual. It's starting to cool down - folks coming in town soon the highs the next couple days are in the 60's. Woohoo!

In the meantime, here's some holiday cheer from the Boardwalk!

 

[StitchIsOurHero]

Oh those holiday pics are beautiful!! Thanks again for posting them--it puts me in the holiday spirit!!

Thanks for posting the YOAMD stuff, too. I love the shirts with the "Where dead men tell no tales", etc. Those are great!! I can't wait to get one in March!!

Have fun!!

 

[Stitch's O'hana]

I am sooooooooooo excited, I only have to go to sleep tonight in my own bed then in early a.m. we leave for Disney World!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Cinderella2004]

Love the pictures!!! I'm off to check out the merchandise, can't wait for Feb!!!

You guys sure are getting around to lots of resorts, that's GREAT!!!


Hope your DH is feeling better.

 

[piglet50]

thanks for the report and pictures. they're great and make me want to be there. hope you continue to have a great time.

 

[mrp4352]

I didn't think it was possible for me to get more excited about my trip (4 days, I leave in just 4 days!). However, I think you have proven me wrong!

 

[aimhi]

Has anyone ever told you that you rock!!! Your pictures and post are just so great. I hope that you are having the time of your lives. I will be joining you soon just 2 more sleeps in my on bed then Mickey here I come.

 

[serendipity]

Oh no! I'm at the end. I love it so far! I'm sorry to hear that it's so crowded though. I'm suprised, I would figure it would be dead this time of the year . Glad to hear you're making the most of it though! Thanks for the pictures of everything, you have a gift for photography!

 

[happybratpack]

Hello! On to day two!

We went to the Magic Kingdom, we were supposed to be having breakfast at the Crystal Palace but after the room issues the night before we didn't get up in time. It wasn't too crowded (see pic) and we had a lot of time to just wander around and enjoy being there.

We stopped at ate at Pinocchio Village Haus, of course by now I'm starving so I order double of what we could actually eat. Veggie pizzas and Figaro Fries, complete bloated city but it was good.

The other reason this was such a bad idea was because we were having tea later that day and we always pig out there. We spent some more time at the MK, Fantasyland was packed but walked on POC, HM and Philharmagic. Since we had tea plans and wanted to see some of the resort decorations we hopped the Monorail to the Contemporary where we spent WAY too much time hanging out and admiring the holiday displays. (more pics in a previous post)

On to the Grand Floridian where we spent ages looking at everything and wandering around aimlessly. (Can you see why we haven't gotten much done this week?!)

There was a young couple there with their tour guide from China, they had just gotten married. Don't think we're weirdos, but she was just gorgeous so we snapped a couple quick shots while they were having their pics done by the tree. I thought her flowers were too cool so thought I'd share.

We spent WAY too much time at the Gingerbread House and then buying shingles that I've been eating in the room all week. I posted a few pics of the house in another post somewhere up there. It really is amazing and if you have an opportunity to see it I definitely would.

It's Tea Time! This is one of my absolute favorite things to do at WDW and tend to make it a long drawn out process and eat WAY too much. We had the Grand Tea and it rocked, but I wish we had skipped that giant lunch earlier in the day in order to enjoy it more.

We were feeling a full and lazy after that so decided to go out on one of the balconies at the GF to rest and enjoy the views. They were cleaning up another wedding when we got there earlier and had left all the flowers as centerpieces on the tables SO we screwed around with taking pics for about 30 mins.

The plan was to hit the Poly next to check out the holiday decorations, but we wasted too much time doing nothing at the GF so it was back to the MK for MVMCP! We arrived about 5:30ish, got our bands and headed in. LOTS of people were leaving and the crowds were looking relatively low. We visted all the Photopass people around and just hung out on Main Street for a while. We watched the regular Wishes and then it seemed they cleared out the non-party peeps pretty quick. We picked up our MVMCP hats (they were FLYING off the shelves in Fantasyland) and headed for our hot chocolate and cookies. Again, eating - do you see a theme?

I typically won't wait in more than a couple people line for a character, but I couldn't pass up Beast & Belle in Fantasyland. Beast was a hoot playing with the hat.

We skipped the first parade and caught the second, during the first we were able to ride Splash and Thunder Mountain multiple times. I really enjoyed the parade but Holiday Wishes really made the night for me.

We actually hung out on Main Street till about 1 am, taking pics and just soaking it all in. The night was great...then we got back to the resort. If you'll remember the first night we asked to be moved which they were going to do during the day. We spent quite a bit of time at the front desk, then outside while they figured out what they had done w/ the luggage that was no longer in storage but in the room, then we hung out a while longer waiting for someone to take us to our new room, it's after 2 am now. We're in a great location in Jamaica now, still a hike but much better. No mattress pads for the room when we got there and they still aren't here 4 nights later. This room is in much better shape than the first one in Aruba so that's good.

Tomorrow....MGM! Thanks for reading!

 

[happybratpack]

ETA: We went to the Poly to see the gingerbread/chocolate display but they're not having it this year. Just FYI in case you were making a special trip there to see it.

Today wasn't horribly crowded, but the Cheerleaders are officially here. You could hear them all cheering back and forth at both the MK and MGM today. They're EVERYWHERE.

The cold front came in! It was definitely more festive tonight - chilly but not freezing. Pack accordingly.

Wait times at MGM for TofT and RnR were about 30-40 mins mid day and the same tonight at EMH. Osborne Lights were dead come about 10 pm, definitely the best time to see them!

One of the window displays at MGM I thought was cute - it's all Snowman Mickey antenna toppers.

 

[serendipity]

maryann- thanks so much for continuing to post. Sounds like you had a great day at the MK! That's a great shot of you and the castle! Tea time at GF is so much fun! You have me wishing we had done it during our last trip. The pictures you took of the fireworks are BEAUTIFUL....can't wait to hear more!

 

[Blaynexox]

wow great installment! I loved all the pictures of the fireworks and I am still amazed by all the great holiday pictures! Keep it coming!

 

[aimhi]

Thank you again for the wonderful post...it looks as though you are having a great time...about those cheerleaders??? I am wondering if that is going to make things a bit more crowded this week. I guess I will find out I leave tomorrow. I was sad to hear that they didn't have a gingerbread house in the poly. I was looking forward to seeing that everyday.