My Disney Trip Report 11/21 - 11/26

[snowbell]

Hello!!! Just wanted to say I am new to disboards and really excited to share my disney trip with you guys.... especially since dbf is probably sick to death about me talking about everything Disney...

I guess I should start by giving you a little background info -- I love DISNEY. I have gone about 19 times since I was 10 years old. I just love the magic and every opportunity I get, I love to see the mouse. I know everyone here feels the same way.

For this trip - My mom actually suprised me for my 30th birthday for a trip for me and my boyfriend Joe. This added such joy to my life b/c on april 27th of 2005 my father died from lung cancer (he quit smoking in 1975). So needless to say, the months leading up to his death an even to this day it is hard. I was so happy that I was going to be able to at least forget about the saddness for a little while.

Enough of the sad stuff. I was now the happiest girl in the world. I started planning my Thanksgiving trip in August and got wonderful information from allears.net and touringplans.

Not wanting to take all of my mom's cash , we decided to go with a moderate resort. I have stayed at many of the hotels, including CBR, AKL, YC, AllStar Sports- so I opted for Coronado Springs. ... oh to back track... The day my Dad got diagnosed with cancer, I was going to Disney with cousins and Mom and was going to stay at CSR - but of course the trip was cancelled b/c I wanted to be with my Dad.

So - We were all set for the trip.... I got the disney dining plan and made all of my advanced dining reservations. I knew that it was going to be really crowded on Thanksgiving week, but with everything I knew about Disney, I knew that I would get on every ride and get to see as much as possible.

The time between August and Thanksgiving seemed to go on FOREVER!!! When was I going to be in Disney... I started having dreams every night and just could not wait.

So now it is the Day before my trip and everything is packed.... but I could not go to sleep... I was restless the entire night with excitement and anticipation..

So I wake up the next morning and knew that I could work from home before having to leave at 3:30pm for the airport (I live in NJ).

The worst thing happened -- I started to feel really sick... like I was getting the flu . I went right to the drug store and loaded up on everything... but still - I was not the snowbell that my dbf knew and loves... i was a sick little girl who thought she would be miserable at disney... Enough advil cold and sinus later and the excitement came back

The actualy flight to florida was pretty boring.... and Disney magical express was great -- especially since I arrived at 9pm -- it was practically dead and we got to coronado in less than 45 minutes.

Check in was a breeze -- the cm was so cute b/c he knew that this was a birthday trip (even though on august 10th)... he gave me a pin and i felt bad wearing it, but decided to for just one day (boy oh boy did I feel bad that it really was not my birthday anymore -- but so many people came up to me that i felt special.

Since I was feeling better we decided to get one margherita from the bar before we went to our room (casita 4 -- which is my favorite b/c right in the middle of everything-- next to the first bus stop and a decent walk to the pool and main building)

As soon as we were ready to go to our rooms, we heard that it was snowing the night before.... WHAT!!! It was not even snowing in New Jersey. As soon as we got outside, I felt like I never went home. I brought some warm clothes, but this was CRAZY We got to our room as quickly as possible... my luggage arrived in less than three hours (about 12:15am) an then I was off to bed to start my first real day at the mouse....

I hope you are liking the trip so far... I am not used to writing on a board.

 

[Donna]

Great so far - keep it coming!
I love the fact that this is a straight forward simply titled trip report - no cutesy titles, just a nice and easy to read report!

 

[snowbell]

Thank you thank you!!! I just wrote in my next day but now I cannot find it.. gee wiz

 

[snowbell]

I just cut and paste this from where I did post it... can you stay computer challenged?? hee hee

ok-- so i have a little time on my hands tonight so I can still write my report. my dbf is downstairs watching tv.

FYI - I had every single day mapped out... what rides I was going to go on and at what time. I know...I am a disney drill sargeant -- my next trip I won't be so bad. It is just b/c I took my mother for a long weekend back in February and there were so many things that I had to miss b/c there was just not enough time.

On this trip - I wanted to make sure that I hit a park opening every day and knew that I had to up my caffeine b/c I was going to be in the park for a VERY long time. I have to enjoy this now, b/c one day I will have children and will have to be a good mommy and leave when they kiddies are tired

So -- This was going to be one crazy day -- We headed to Epcot for the opening b/c I had to go on soarin... Back in February the lines were tooo long and the fast passes had run out. We had the best spot at the park. We were at the front of the line when the rope dropped. Chip even came over to my video camera and tried to take it away from me.
As soon as the rope dropped - we were off... we got to soarin in no time and it was great as usual...

From there we decided to check out the new nemo ride. LOVED IT!! I am such a kid at heart.

ok -- so I did what I came for - Those two rides... Now it was off to the MK... I could not wait to see the castle.

We got there in a breeze - but what was that in the distance?? They had a crane obstructing the view... I knew that they were painting part of the castle, but it took away some of the magic....

I love walking down main street. Especially with all of the christmas music. I have about five hours of video from my trip and I love to watch it all.

My first stop at MK was PIRATES!!! I love pirates. I saw the second movie in the theater six times (most of them were by myself b/c nobody would see it with me anymore .

Loved the ride with Jack Sparrow -- and to my suprise and elatement, Jack Sparrow was doing a show outside of the ride. I know I am not a child, but I really wish he picked me to be in the show

After pirates (mind you - we made it back to MK from Epcot by 10am) -- so the lines were not that long yet. WE decided to do the Jungle Cruise... We then hit Fantasy land -- I love pooh, IASM, snowwhite and peter pan. Those rides are so near and dear to my heart.
After that it was over to Pinocchio village haus for our lunch.
Me and my dbf are very health concsious so we opted for the turkey panini... I just had to take off some of the bad stuff.

Since we were refuled it was off to Mickey's philaharmonic which I never did before. I cannot believe it -- It was amazing. Even dbf had great time.

I think at this point it was around 2pm and since I was on such a strict schedule it was back to Epcot... looking back I wish I was not so demanding of our time. I think it would have prevented me from getting sick later on...

Once we got to Epcot -- we immediately raced for spaceship earth.. DBF takes his daily nap on this ride and I am just mesmerized by it.. EPCOT is my favorite of all of the parks, but MK is a very close second...

We then did a single rider for test track and then headed over to the land for the listen to the land ride (is that even the name?)

We had ADR for Le Celier for 7:10 so we still had some extra time to go through world showcase..

I don't know about you guys -- but I love the margheritas in mexico. so -- we had to stop to have one and then headed to china for the greatest acrobat show.... since it was so cold out (I will show you pictures if I can figure out how to download them)... the show was indoors... but still great.

We were a little early for our reservations, but the cm took us immediately. We both had steaks. great as usual. And some pinot noir. It was the best pinor noir I have ever had and for the life of me, I cannot remember the name of it - does anyone have a clue???

LE Celier was great, but it was not my favorite (I am a teppanyaki lover). DBF wanted to try someplace knew and since he was with me and I had to make him happy as well b/c he likes to RELAX on trips -- I let him pick most of the restauarants.

WE left canada and tried to pick a spot for illuminations. We headed back to Mexico -- ok so I had another margherita and found a decent spot for the show.... but before that we had to go to the depot to get some gloves and scarves.... that cold.

Still did not stop the crowds, but that is ok. IROE was great as usual..
i always start heading back to the bus before the show and watch it as i am walking backwards b/c I like to get on the bus before the major crowds... and of course I did beat them.

It was back to the hotel... we were so exhausted from our first offiial day...
oh -- this was the one day that I wore my birthday pin and everyone and their mother came up to me... I wish I was telling the truth -- well it was the half truth b/c it was my birthday present... hee hee.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving -- and oh no -- I started to feel sick again... dang -- should not have had those margheritas (but the are so good.)

 

[snowbell]

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[snowbell]

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[soupy11]

Good stuff so far, thanks for posting and keep it coming.....

 

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This is such a CUTE photo!!! I see you figured out how to upload pics!

 

[snowbell]

Thank you. That was the picture that we used for our Christmas cards.. Hee hee. --

So I woke up on Thanksgiving morning and I felt great!!! Today was the day that we were going to open MGM and then do the rest of the day at AK. We were going to have our Thanksgiving dinner at Concourse Steakhouse. I was a little sad b/c I was not going to be with my family... My mom usually hosts Thanksgiving so she was upset that we would not be there..... but hey -- she paid for my trip... we had a second dinner when I got back home... nothing like homemade stuffing..

We managed to get to MGM for the rope drop and of course proceeded to TOT and Aerosmith. I had to fast pass this ride twice. you see, MGM is not my favorite park, but TOT is my favorite ride. I just loved all of the christmas decorations at this park. I think that they did the best job here.

Oh -- we did do the Disney Dining plan, but since we did not want to waste our counter service credits for breakfast, we stocked up on Kashi bars when we were home (They are so yummy -- I always buy the caramel chocolate - not many calories, but really fill you up) -- enough of my commercial...

so we finished up at those rides and decided to call our families to wish them a happy holiday... That is when the headache started.... and then the aches and pains...

I did not say anything at first. maybe it was because I went on TOT a couple of times and I just cannot handle those types of rides anymore --- Hey -- that can't be it. I LOVE RIDES!!!!

I tried to brush it off... we had a little time to spare before heading to AK so we decided to do the Great movie ride. NO WAIT --- on Thanksgiving.
I seem to always have the gangster ride... that is ok. Sitting down did help the headache a little bit.

now we were headed to AK -- the bus was right there waiting for us. This trip really made me enjoy AK even more. There are so many hidden things to look for. -- and since I have not been to this park nearly as many times as the others -- it was a new adventure.

As soon as we got to the park, we had lunch. I thought eating would help the aches, but they started to get worse... Still I tried to brush it off.
I had on those mickey ears that were in the picture above and we Fast Passed Dinosaur. I don't know what happened, but my ears disappeared after we left the ride (probably that dino at the end stole them ) now I not only feel sick... I don't have my mickey ears. Boo hoo!!!

So -- what is the only thing to do when you lose your ears??? buy new ones... and then buy more presents. DBF suprised me with new mickey ears and I bought myself the mickey santa hat which I wore for the rest of the trip. I even wore them when I got home and wore them at restaurants --I brought that magic back home ---- BIG TIME. and hey - it was holiday season... people wear santa hats all the time.....so what if mine had ears on them...

ok -- sorry to get off the subject...so we got the ears... I am still not feeling well and I decide to go on primeval whirl... STUPID..
now I am woozy, dizzy, achey -- you get the picture...

I had to find tylenol.. Thank God we were able to buy them in one of the stores. Once they started to kick in I felt at 40%... better then 0.

During that time we decided to do a little exploring... we saw the monkeys ... dbf LOVED the monkeys... I think that was his favorite thing... EVER.... i think that is the reason why he told me we can book our trip for next year... THANK GOD FOR THE MONKEYS!!! In fact... we were looking really closely at one of the monkeys (the blonde one) -- and she had a little baby.. .it was so cute.. I have tons of video of the Monkeys.... oh how I love those monkeys.. hee hee.. nuff said.

Two of the things that I really wanted to do at AK was It's tough to be a bug and lion king.

Bug was so cute -- felt bad for the kids that got scared... and wondered when I will have to deal with a little one of my own (can you tell I have the itch??)

Next was the lion King... that is when the anxiety attack happened. After my Dad passed away I started to get these massive panic attacks -- completely normal my doctor said -- I take something whenever I start to feel them... Thank God I had my prescription on me or I would have gone crazy during the show... lol... All I wanted to do was see this darn show and I was not going to allow my flu like anxiety ridden self get in the way...
I think I enjoyed it... I will definitely have to see it again on my next visit. I have to stop worrying so much... next trip I am just going with the flow.. I say that now -- hee hee.

Disney Drill Sargeant no more (at least for this day)
I was one little sick puppy. dbf tried to console me. I just wanted to feel better.

We decided to head over to the contemporary early to see the sites. I have always wanted to stay here. I was going to book for next november, but since I am doing two trips. I needed to save the additional money.... as you can see -- I am hardely at the hotel anyway...

We had ressies for 6:10 and had about 30 minutes before dinner. We headed over to the hotel bar. dbf had a martini and I had a tea... no drinking for me today. I had to concentrate on getting better.

I love the contemporary -- I was in awe of the monorail going through the hotel... did I mention I am 30, not 3..

Dinner was great... nothing could compare to my Mom's cooking, but it was close. and to my suprise, I really did start to feel better. Yippee!!! All of that tylenol was working... (I think I took 4 in total)

After dinner we shopped a little... bought some trinkets for all of my little cousins and the big ones too...

We then decided to walk to the MK to take the bus back to our hotel... on our walk to the bus, the fireworks started to go off. It was so magical.. There was not a soul in site and we really felt special. I know it is not as great as being in the park, but it is still quite nice.

We had to wait about 20 minutes for the bus but that was ok... The bus magically appeared when the fireworks came to an end. I pretty much fell asleep on the bus and zonked out as soon as my head hit the pillow..

Friday -- the day of all days -- the candlelight processional and 16 hours in the park (the drill sargeant is back)

 

[Alfred J. Sumsky]

We,too, were surprised by the COLD in November. We'd been in Austin, Texas for my son's wedding ( it was wonderful) but thought , in June, that we would be sad to "loose" him. So, my DW & DD made reservations at OKW for a short trip HOME before we returned to N.J.. It was freezing at WEW. I actually had to buy my DW a "Mickey Snowman hat" and Minnie gloves because all the stretch hats and gloves were out. Hope the weather is warmer in 13 days when we head back....for oue 35th trip since 1979.

 

[Donna]

This is a fun report! A very enjoyable read!

Being sick at disney is not fun! I remember one time, we had ADRs for a dinner in the castle, all i wanted was the prime rib. About an hour before that reservation, i was looking around in the stores on main street and just broke out in a cold sweat all of a sudden. I thought i was going to pass out. i searched the room for an open corner of the floor and finally sat down on the floor, against a wall. i just wanted to DIE! even thinking of that prime rib just made me feel worse.
I didn't want to bum everyone out...this was a sisters only trip...so we kept the castle ADR and i ended up with beef barley SOUP! LOL! Not quite what i expected but it tasted good and i perked up after that. I may have gone without food for too long and it was hot that day.

 

[snowbell]

oooo... That really stinks. I hate being sick in general, but being sick in Disney is no fun at all. I am sorry you did not get to have your steak... But soup is yummy too!!!

 

[snowbell]

to Alfred -I hope dbf become dh and we go to disney ALL THE TIME!!! hee hee

 

[snowbell]

Friday was going to be a big day... a HUGE day for us. We were going to open the park at MK and then finish the day at Epcot. We had ressies for Chefs de France and then the candlelight processional....

So -- I woke up on Friday Morning and I felt great. I think all I really needed was a good night sleep. If you remember, I had such a hard time sleeping leading up to the trip that I must have worn myself out.

We seemed to always wake up around 7am. Got showered, dressed, and it was off to MK.... and it was starting to get warm out. no more scarves and gloves for me.. woo hoo!!!

In all my years of going to Disney, I have never been to a park opening.... So we had to do one on every day of this trip. It was super fun.

As soon as we were let into the park (trying to avoid all the people pushers -- don't you just hate them???) -- I made a dash to tomorrowland and saw that rope drop too!!!! I fast passed Space mountain and then went back to Pirates -- You see the first time I went on the ride this trip, I had to video tape the whole thing... At least this time I really got to take in the site.

Captain Jack was doing his thing outside again -- no he did not pick me Then dbf had great idea -- let's go to the haunted mansion and then go shopping for some suprise christmas ornaments... (me and dbf moved in together in May so this was going to be our first christmas).

while we were suprising each other, I went a little crazy and pretty much bought out the store. I have so many subtle disney decorations now.

We made sure that our gifts were sent to the hotel so we could suprise each other at the end of the trip (anything to keep the magic alive)

It was now time for Space Mountain... I really love the ride.. it is even better when you don't have to wait.

After SM we did a fast pass for Buzz... I have never gone on this ride before. Since we had some time to spare, we went on the TTP -- the slow people mover... again -- never did this... but it was so relaxing and fun to look at all of the people.

We had about 15 minutes to spare for Buzz so we decided to get our picture taken as princess Leah and Hans. WE have the picture up on our mantle. I cannot believe how much my dbf looks like harrison ford in the picture. I look like a deer caught in the headlights, but it is still cute.

Buzz was great -- I kicked dbf's butt!!! woo hoo! Girl Power .

I know we saw a parade here and there and went on some other rides, but by 3pm, we left to go to Epcot.... and Epcot has the EMH on this day.

It was getting much warmer and I was feeling great. EPCOT here we come.
As soon as we got there I went back on Spaceship Earth.. DBF had his daily nap and I was mesmerized again.

This day at Epcot we were going to spend most of our time in WSC. This is the day that all of the Countries had their respective Santa and holiday stories. It was really neat.. (had to stop by mexico to get my margherita -- hey I am not sick anymore )

oh -- I know people probably think think this ride is boring, but El Rio De Tiempa is one of our favorite rides...

Picture this --- Drinking your wonderful Margherita -- riding in a boat in Mexico..... over and over again.... WE LOVE IT... and for some reason it is completely overlooked. I will say that it is dated, but it is closed for refurbishment so maybe they will update it..

We leisurely strolled around the countries. DBF stopped to get a beer in Germany. -

It was now time for our ressies at Chef's de France. I really like this place. I think this is my fourth time at this restaurant.

As we were waiting for our seats, there was a very very rude family who was pretendeing to have a ressie... they caused such a fuss and it was so obvious that they were lying. My inner self was so happy when they finally got yelled at -- serves them right.

Our food was great as usual -- i kept it simple - French onion soup and the chicken. We also had the escargot -- yummy!!

Next it was time to explore a litlte before the Christmas Processional. I really love the decorations and learning about the different countries.

It was time to get our bracelets for EMH and line up for the Christmas Pro. David Robinson was the speaker. It was very nice. I think it would have been just as nice watching from afar. (and being the disney drill sargeant that I am -- I noticed that we could have been on more rides)

As soon as we left the CP -- we went onto Imagination. I loved the old ride. It brought back so many memories. It is just not as much fun anymore... and get this... Crazy drill sargeant lady who is on a time schedule gets stuck on the ride for 30 minutes. Everything went black. It was so weird seeing the ride completely off. Changed the entire feeling.. It seemed like hours and we were given no explanation as to what had happened, but I think it is safe to say that that is my last time on that ride...

So now it is around 10:30pm -- We see IROE prior to Imagination and that was great. DBF was so tired, but I needed.... yes needed to go on Test Track. We went on single rider again, but the wait was much longer then on Wednesday -- I think 30 minutes....

By the time we left test track and then strolled around a little, I think it was midnight--- yes ladies and gentleman .... I was at a park from 8am to Midnight....

DBF begged me to go back to the hotel... I guess it was getting late. We got right onto the bus and dbf past out and was snoring in no time.

To back track a little -- I really don't drink Caffeine... but for this trip I really had to b/c of the amount of time we were going to be in the park... The problem is.... I can never sleep at night. I had a cup of coffee with dinner and was still wired... mind you I had the coffee at 6pm.

When we got back to the hotel... dbf went right to sleep and I was restless.. I decided to explore the grounds. I finally did go back to bed around 1:30.

and needed to be up again for 7am. -- Did it happen???

 

[bbangel]

Enjoying your report, and thanks for checking out mine. I can definately relate to that drill sargeant tendancy! I had such plans, but still didn't manage to see it all. I'll just have to go back!
I lost my dad to lung cancer as well. I kept finding things in Disney I wish I could have shared with him. I like to think that he was with me in spirit.

 

[snowbell]

I am sorry to hear that.... For some reason, Disney seems to make everything better. I will post more tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who is reading!

 

[snowbell]

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This was about an hour before I started to get sick.... Boo hoo!!

 

[snowbell]

So did I wake up at 7am??? Of course I did. This was my last official night at Disney -- Today were were planning on going to AK in the morning for the opening and then were going to MGM and DTD.

AK's park opening is very cute. Today we wanted to hit everest and Safari.... and of course to see the monkeys... Did mention that we love the monkeys???

Back in February 06' I rode Everest three times in a row on the soft opening that I knew it would be a breeze... or at least thought it would be..

We rode the safari first with no line while waiting for the fast pass.. Safari was great. There were so many more animals than I am used to seeing on my past trips.

We had some additional time to kill so we went to see the Monkeys and one of the trails. Disney really makes you believe that you are in Africa and Asia.

It was now time to go on Everest -- DBF never rode it before. I just loved it back in February. Even my Mom thought it was great and she is a chicken...
So -- Everything is going great.. .love the drop, love going backwards.... but as soon as we got off the ride.... I felt so sick... I had to run to the bathroom.... it was a false alarm.... but I never get motion sickness... I am really getting worried here.

I bought some trail mix with m&m's and started to feel better. But I was just not myself. We explored some more and had lunch and I was ready to leave the park. Maybe I just wore myself out from the 16 hours at the park the day before.

Drill sargeant decided early on that we would have some down time on this trip so it was back to CSR for some swimming before we went to MGM for the Osbourne lights.

But first -- We had to pick up our gifts at the hotel shop. We raced back to the room. We were so excited to open our presents.

I bought dbf -- a mickey baseball ornament (he loves baseball), three mickey star ornaments, a mickey christmas door bell, and a bunch of other things.

Now it was my turn. He bought me a pirate shirt (love it ), a pirates of the Caribbean gym bag. and a cute ornament that says our christmas together. so cute --
now to back track a little.... me and the dbf have been together for three years and I thought maybe he would be proposing on this trip... I thought that when I turned the ornament around it would say "will you marry me" -- but alas -- it did not. I was bummed b/c it did not happen in Disney, but I know it is going to happen soon.

Enough pouting - i did love my presents.
We put on our bathing suits and heading to the dig site. The pool was great. We both had a couple of frozen drinks and relaxed at the hot tub. I think we were just chilling for three hours... that is alot for me.

I wanted to make sure that we were at MGM before six b/c I wanted to see the Osbourne lights when it was just starting.

We showered, dressed, and were on our way in no time. MGM is so pretty at night. I really love the way they decorated this park.

We walked over to NYC area to see the lights and could not believe the amount of people... it felt like New Years Eve. Anyway -- we both bought a beer and just looked around at all of the people -- and then the broadcast started .... and then bam -- the lights went on.. I have never seen anything so beautiful in my life. I was in such awe. I don't know why people don't talk about it more on the boards. I think that this was the highlight of my trip.

We checked out the light for a little over an hour. We had to make sure that we made it to DTD for our reservations at Captain Jacks.

ok -- I thought I did all of my homework... How come I did not realize that we could not take a bus directly to downtown disney. Now I was frantic. We were going to have to take a cab.

We started walking and walking and walking... following two security guards directions... BUT WE COULD NOT FIND THE TAXI STAND!!! I was going crazy.. We needed to make our reservation.... and then it happened... this yellow taxi just came up to us and asked us if we need to go somewhere.... Thank you Disney!!! We were not anywhere near the taxi stand and one just magically appeared.

So now we told the taxi driver where to go and of course ended up on the other side of DTD... that was ok.. Even with my craziness, we still managed to be a half our early so we decided to walk. It was such a nice walk.

I love downtown disney. We stopped to get a cocktail and then put our names in at Capt' Jacks. They said it would be about a half hour. Now we were not in any sort of rush since it was our last night at disney. We took a leisurely stoll and saw some shows.. We ended up missing our ressies, but the CM took us anyway.

Dinner was ok. Not great. I expected much better. But it was an experience. After dinner we got some margheritas and just explored the grounds. We then ended up at that Irish Pub (forgot the name) -- By the time we finished our beers, we were so tired.

We walked back to the bus and had to wait about 45 minutes. I did not care. DBF was sleeping on the bench.

We got back to the hotel around 11:30 (did not even get around to hanging at pleasure island).

We packed up as much as we could -- tomorrow was going to be a crazy day -- I had to hit some of my favorite rides before we went home.... Sunday was a drill sargeant day... I will tell you about it later.

 

[snowbell]

I always hate the last day of vacation. I just never wanted this trip to end. and of course I thought I missed some stuff b/c I was under the weather for a small portion of the trip.

I decided early on the we were not going to take the magical express back to the airport. I wanted to get as much time in at the park as possible -- also wanted to enjoy the weather and pool (it was going to be cold back in NJ )

We checked out of the hotel by 730 and had bkfst, left our luggage and headed to the MK for its opening. We got a great spot.

I just had to go on Pirates one more time before I went back home. That was the ONLY reason why I wanted to go to MK. and -- of course I love all of the magic.

I saved my dining credit for lunch at Coral Reef ( I have never been), so it was back to Epcot -- I think we made it there before 10am. I got to go on Test Track, Soarin, Nemo and Spaceship earth before our 12:10 ressies at CF. Lunch was great. We did not sit near the aquarium, but we had a nice quiet spot in the corner.

We headed back to the hotel after lunch to enjoy some swimming and the pool bar... the R&R was really nice. Our flight was not until 8:10pm that night so we did not have to get picked up until 5:30pm.

I so did not want to leave. I started pouting like a little girl. We had out last counter service meal as dinner at pepper market... I thought it was really good, and not confusing at all....

DBF then suggested playing some video games. Now -- I don't know about you , but I am really really good at pinball -- so good that I popped the game twice -- so good that we almost missed our cab (that would not be so bad would it?)

I did not want to leave. Usually I have two trips booked for the year, but I did not have any clue when I was going to see the mouse again. then DBF told me that he had such a great time and wanted to go back again next year.... so we already booked our trip for November 28th - December 3rd 07. I also booked a three day trip with my cousins for July (I just cannot wait a year to go on another disney vacation) -- I think I am going to become a DVC member (cannot wait to look at those boards for advice).

Now that I knew that we were going on a trip again next year, the ride to the airport was not that sad. - We got there in no time.... only to find out that our flight was delayed..... and delayed .... and delayed

We finally made it home by 2am.... and to our house by 2:45....
I am counting the days until I go back to Disney again!!! Yippee!!