My very delayed New Years trip Report!-6/23 Finally UPDATED!

[Beana9802]

Thanks for reading! It's nice to hear from another fan I hope to have up another installment soon!

 

[LaurenMic]

I'm here. I just have to go back and read........

Yay!! Thanks for reading...although my report could never be nearly as exciting as yours!

 

[LaurenMic]

Sorry for the delay folks! I was at my parents’ house visiting family who were here from NY this weekend and away from the computer and the beloved boards since Friday.

Ok, on to the next day of the trip. We got up bright and early because we wanted to do a few parks that day (oh yes, we take full advantage of the hopper option!) so we were there for HS opening. It was kind of funny, because the name changed while we were there, so over night they had changed all the signs over. We noticed this on our walk to the park from our room. It’s those magical Disney redecorator fairies at work again, the same ones who stole all of the Christmas decorations overnight had now renamed an entire park in a matter of hours haha.

Our first item of business was finally getting on RR. The line was already long (how the heck did that happen?), while we poked around the stores and watched street performers it went up to 40 minutes. We decided to wait anyways, because we couldn’t miss it. Mom and dad sat out and got FPs for TT while we waited. It turned out to be more like an hour wait, but DBil was cracking jokes the whole time and we love people watching, so the time went by fast. My brother and I recited the preshow. I’m a huge Aerosmith fan so I love “visiting” Steve Tyler haha. I did not share this with DBF

After that we decided we wanted to do Star Tours again. We had done it the first DHS day and DBF loved it, so we headed that way. While we were over there my brother managed to get lost in the store so we spent a good deal of time yelling at him after for holding us up. He is so oblivious, he just wanders and that is not good in a very crowded park! Luckily he is quite tall and shaves his head bald (we all make interesting choices when we are in college) so he’s easy to spot. We were hungry at that point, so we stopped at the Backlot for some burgers and stuff. I love the seating area with all the movie sets and stuff, that is one of my favorite CS places. Of course I got the hot dog (hmm I lost count on how many that was, I really need to start trying to eat healthier but vacation is not the time or place for that!), and the marble cheesecake which was soooo good. I feel like I gain ten pounds every vacation when we’re on the Dining Plan!

After some food and a rest, it was time for our TT fast passes. This is another favorite of mine, and I wish we had made it on more. One year when we went in early December we rode about 7 times in one day. Poor mom, she’s always such a trooper, waiting for us while we ride. I poked around the gift shop for awhile (another trend…ask the men in my life, I am always shopping). I love the TT one especially because they sell stuff from LOST and I am addicted to that show. Anybody out there watch? I love talking about it and discussing theories although it’s very complicated and sometimes I don’t feel smart enough to watch it. I really wanted this T-shirt that said “I’d get LOST with Jack” (aka Matthew Fox who I would gladly be stranded on a deserted island with) but I refrained for the sake of DBF, although he doesn’t really care (see above comment about Steven Tyler)

After that we were all splitting up for dinner as “couples”. We had a lot of family togetherness this trip, which we aren’t entirely used to since we all are "grown up" and not living home anymore, so we decided while planning this trip that one night to do our own thing with our significant others was a must. And a break from the many buffets we hit on this trip was also a welcome break. (We ate at them a lot, just because with lots of people and big eaters you get more bang for your buck) My sister and DBil headed to Mama Melrose, brother and DSil headed to do some more rides then hop to Epcot for Le Cellier, Mom and Dad were going to the Poly to eat at their favorite, Kona, and DBF and I had chosen to make our ADR at San Angel Inn. We debated where to eat for awhile, but we are big Mexican food fans so even though I’d heard some negatives about this place here on the boards and other sites, I picked it anyway because it seemed romantic and I’m not too picky. I tend to love Disney food no matter what, I’m easy to please. Or maybe I just lack that sophistication haha.

So DBF and I walked to the boat lunch in an attempt to rest our feet on the way back to our villa to get changed. We waited. And waited. And waited more. In between we watched a cute little family of ducks (we are animal lovers). Then we got fed up and said screw it and walked back. At this point it was 515 and our ADR was for 6 so it was kind of a run actually! I take forever to get ready, or so I’m told, but I fixed my hair, put on a sundress, and was out the door in record time if I do say so myself! By 540 we were on our way to Epcot.

Up next: Dinner, MK, and a THIRD camera catastrophe!
(That will explain the lack of pics in this installment, but there are more to come soon, I promise!)

 

[jordanyosh]

Yay!! Thanks for reading...although my report could never be nearly as exciting as yours!

Everyone has their own unique style...That's what make reading different TRs fun. You get a different perspective with each TR...

It would be pretty boring if everyone had the same experience as I did....

 

[LaurenMic]

Everyone has their own unique style...That's what make reading different TRs fun. You get a different perspective with each TR...

It would be pretty boring if everyone had the same experience as I did....

So true...I hope very much that you find mine to be fun!

 

[jordanyosh]

So true...I hope very much that you find mine to be fun!

I just need a hour straight to get through. I promise to read it tonight.....

 

[wdwgirl03]

Just found your trip report today...looks like you had a fun time! I was there with my family in January too...unfortunately we didn't get any warm weather except for our first day.

I'm a teacher too...well, sort of. Right now I'm just subbing but hopefully I'll have a full-time job for next year.

 

[LaurenMic]

Just found your trip report today...looks like you had a fun time! I was there with my family in January too...unfortunately we didn't get any warm weather except for our first day.

I'm a teacher too...well, sort of. Right now I'm just subbing but hopefully I'll have a full-time job for next year.

Welcome and thanks for reading! I think I read part of your TR from your January trip, but back then I was just a lurker and not brave enough to comment yet! It's nice to hear from another teacher, my fingers are crossed that you find a job!

I'm so jealous, you go back in 2 days!!! Have an amazing time, I'm heading to your PTR now!

 

[irky416]

Nice update. It sounds like you had a smart plan to split up and go your own way one night.

I just started watching Lost. We just finished season 1 yesterday and are waiting for Netflix to ship season 2. I'm really into it so far after thinking I would hate it. I'm trying to stay away from theories, etc. for now, but it's hard because they are everywhere! I can't wait to finish getting caught up, though, to start reading up on all these theories.

Now that you mention that shirt I may have to get it! My DBF probably wouldn't enjoy it much, either though!

 

[LaurenMic]

Nice update. It sounds like you had a smart plan to split up and go your own way one night.

I just started watching Lost. We just finished season 1 yesterday and are waiting for Netflix to ship season 2. I'm really into it so far after thinking I would hate it. I'm trying to stay away from theories, etc. for now, but it's hard because they are everywhere! I can't wait to finish getting caught up, though, to start reading up on all these theories.

Now that you mention that shirt I may have to get it! My DBF probably wouldn't enjoy it much, either though!

Yay I'm so excited that you are becoming a Lost fan! It is so addicting...I used to think the same thing, that I would hate it, but then my mom made me watch a few episodes and I'm hooked! I have the first three seasons on DVD...it definitely gets more complicated as you go along. I kinda miss the first two seasons when it was a bit simpler (and I mean a bit, because the show is crazy!) but it is still exciting to watch!

 

[irky416]

I hope everything's ok.

I've missed your updates!

 

[iggbees]

hey a fellow young new englander! my boyfriend's parents are from the town next to you! small world. we're just north of you in the pioneer valley area.

love the pics, we were there around the same time this past year and had such a great time.

 

[LaurenMic]

I hope everything's ok.

I've missed your updates!

i'm baaaack! i'm so sorry that i haven't updated, but the end of the school year was CRAZY, i'm sure you can relate! plus i moved and got a new job in a new school district, so i've had no time to even log on let alone post! but i have a week off before summer school starts so i promise there will be a new installment up by tomorrow!

hey a fellow young new englander! my boyfriend's parents are from the town next to you! small world. we're just north of you in the pioneer valley area.

love the pics, we were there around the same time this past year and had such a great time.

thanks for reading! i love hearing from fellow new englanders

 

[LaurenMic]

Here is the long awaited update! I’m so sorry I’ve been MIA, I felt horrible about it but just couldn’t find the time.

When we left off, DBF and I were making a mad dash to Epcot for our 6pm San Angel Inn dinner ADRs. Well, we thought it would be a mad dash but we had more time then we thought so we had time to stop and check out the UK and Canada some more on our way over, and we still showed up 5 minutes early to the Mexico pavilion. We checked in and were sat almost immediately. We originally were going to wait for a table by the river, but changed our minds at the last minute because it was EMH at MK that night and we wanted to get no as many rides as possible, and wanted to leave ourselves plenty of time. So we got a cute little table for two off to the side under a little overhang. I chose the place for our “Date night” because it has a very romantic feel IMO, and we were not disappointed.

I got the Margarita San Angel, which was a little disappointing. I love me some margaritas, and I have to say our hotel bar at BW made them better. Oh well, it was still pretty tasty! DBF was excited that they had Dos Equis on the drink list because he loves it and we can’t get it around where we live. We got the Sope Tradicional for an appetizer (Yay for still getting away with the 2007 dining plan rules, where apps were included!) , I can’t really tell you what it was haha but I remember it being tasty. This was one of those meals where we realized how much Disney tries to rush you at TS meals; as soon as we put in an order for anything, the waiter seemed to immediately come back out with it. It was fine for us since we had a lot we wanted to get done that night, but I could see where otherwise that would be annoying.

For dinner, DBF had Filete Motuleno, which he raved about. Said it was the best steak he’d had in awhile. And he is a food snob so that is saying a lot. I had the Plato Mexicano, which I had decided on months in advance thanks to the wonderful menus on All Ears, and the enchilada was especially good. We tried bread pudding for dessert, which neither of us had ever had before. All in all it was really good food and I think we’d definitely go back there again.

After another round of drinks, we headed off to the front of the park. We tried to do TT, which we still hadn’t gotten on yet this trip, but the line was still 90 minutes so we said forget it. We passed SE and saw that they were doing another soft opening, so we jumped on and enjoyed the renovation one more time. We bumped into my sister and Dbil at the exit of the ride. They had just hopped over to do some rides after their date at Mama Melrose’s. After a quick chat with them, we headed to the monorail. DBF had never sat up front, so I decided it was something cute we could do on our date. We only had to wait for the next one, because it wasn’t very crowded. We were seated with a teenage girl, maybe 14 and her mom. The girl immediately said to us “Congratulations on your wedding!”. This was quite hilarious for us. Her mother yelled at her when we explained that we weren’t married yet, and the girl apologized and said that she just assumed because all the “young couples” down at Disney seemed to be newlyweds. I kept thinking, I hope that is me in a couple of years! If all goes as planned, the summer after next I’ll be there in my bridal ears

After that funny encountered, we hopped off at the Poly. I really wanted him to see it because that is where I am hoping to stay on the aforementioned honeymoon! Hee hee, I felt very sneaky doing this as I didn’t tell DBF of my intentions until after, but nonetheless my plan worked because he said he loved the hotel and would love to honeymoon there. Woo hoo! We tried to take the boat over to MK, which is my favorite mode of transportation on property because its very private and romantic, but it had closed for the night so we just hopped over on the monorail again.

There was a very short line at the turnstile, which was encouraging. We didn’t wait long for EMH wristbands either, so we stayed and chatted with the CM who was giving them out for a few because he was there doing the college program from CCSU, the same college my sister attends (she also is trying for CP next year). Us New Englanders love us some Disney! Everywhere we went this trip we bumped into CT people, what a small world! (no pun intended!)

We started off hanging by the castle because DBF wanted to get some shots of the icicle lights. Some turned into like 100, but I was patient and told myself he doesn’t get to do this every year like I do, so I let him take his time before I dragged him off to take advantage of short wait times on rides. We did the Magic Carpets of Aladdin first. I must warn you all about the handicapped carpet: we were sat there and the handle that makes you go up and down was broken and the sharp metal tore my leg up really badly as I was getting into the carpet! At first I tried to suck it up and enjoy the ride, but I was wincing in pain as we walked out so I went into the lady’s room to take a look under my leggings. I had a huge gash, but being the commando, I didn’t want to miss rides to go to first aid. I probably should have seeing as the cut left a big scar on my left. At least I have a fun story to go along with it!

After cleaning up the leg, we took some pictures of the now dry Splash Mountain. So weird looking! If you are wondering why we kept stopping to take pics and there are none in this installment…well as he was taking the SM pics, DBF realized that his camera was acting funny. Turns out that all of his pictures from the day had been accidentally erased! The memory card freaked out on him and every time he turned the camera on, about 50 shots were erased. It was very weird and we were both upset because we’d taken the time to get such great pictures. Ugh, camera drama number three! Seriously, what was the deal?! But we knew that my dad had lots of great shots of the same thing so it was no use letting it ruin our night. So off we went to Fantasyland to cheer ourselves up! (not after a quick stop to ride HM again, because we love the renovations so much).

We did Snow White because DBF never had. We had fun goofing off because the ride kept breaking and DBF pretended to be really scared by it which made me crack up. I think the non-English speaking Asian family riding along with us thought we were the weirdest people ever. Then we went to Tomorrowland so I could attempt to beat his score on Buzz Lightyear. No dice though, oh well when we go back in January I can try again!

After hitting up all of these rides in about 2 ours, we decided to spend the last hour shopping. I was finding souvenirs for various people back home in the Emporium when all of the sudden I heard the Kiss Goodnight starting! I’d read about this on the boards and had always wanted to see it, so I dashed out of the store and into the street. Poor DBF had no idea where I was going or what was happening, so he ran out after me thinking I was crazy. I kept shushing him when he asked what was going on so I could hear it. And it was every bit as magical as I’d hoped…the next day was our last full day so I got all teary eyed and DBF put his arms around me as we watched. It was basically one of those “If I could only live here moments” that I replay over and over in my head. Well, until I looked down and saw that DBF was still holding merchandise from the store that we had yet to pay for. Oops! In the chaos we were accidental shoplifters so we sprinted back into the store to finish up and pay, romantic moment all over! I still tease him about the day he stole stuff in Disney World.

That about summed up the night. We limped back to the bus stop because our feet were quite sore, and luckily didn’t have to wait long for one to come. It was back to the hotel and right to bed for us, because we’d be up early for another day at the MK in the morning! Stay tuned for more, and I promise I won’t go long without an update this time!

Also, I will add photos to this asap!

 

[irky416]

Here is the long awaited update! I’m so sorry I’ve been MIA, I felt horrible about it but just couldn’t find the time.

Yay! I'm glad you're back! I know the end of the year can get crazy. Congratulations on getting a new job! (I'm assuming you're happy about it! )

I chose the place for our “Date night” because it has a very romantic feel IMO, and we were not disappointed.

Good choice. I haven't eaten there, but it is very romantic feeling.

I must warn you all about the handicapped carpet: we were sat there and the handle that makes you go up and down was broken and the sharp metal tore my leg up really badly as I was getting into the carpet! At first I tried to suck it up and enjoy the ride, but I was wincing in pain as we walked out so I went into the lady’s room to take a look under my leggings. I had a huge gash, but being the commando, I didn’t want to miss rides to go to first aid. I probably should have seeing as the cut left a big scar on my left. At least I have a fun story to go along with it!

Oh no! At least when you see it, you'll always be reminded of Disney!

DBF realized that his camera was acting funny. Turns out that all of his pictures from the day had been accidentally erased! The memory card freaked out on him and every time he turned the camera on, about 50 shots were erased.

That's really weird. I would be so upset.

Well, until I looked down and saw that DBF was still holding merchandise from the store that we had yet to pay for. Oops! In the chaos we were accidental shoplifters so we sprinted back into the store to finish up and pay, romantic moment all over! I still tease him about the day he stole stuff in Disney World.

Hahaha. That's really funny!

I can't wait to see your pictures!

 

[tyandskyesmom]

Me and my kids arrived in the World on January 1st too...but we were at Pop for 13 days. Those first few days were killers! We had on our Chicago coats for a couple of them...a four year old in a fake fur coat in Disney World is a picture I never thought I'd see!

We also like the movie in France (and Canada)...even the kids.

Tyler turned 9 on December 29th but he got his birthday button at check in at the hotel and wore it all week and got many birthday desserts, songs, and well wishes! So next time, grab your button and enjoy!

Looking forward to the rest of your report!

 

[RachelNinja]

Hi there! What a stinky thing to here that your memory card flipped out on you! Looking forward to the next installment! And the thread in the future with the bridal ears if everything works out

 

[LaurenMic]

Yay! I'm glad you're back! I know the end of the year can get crazy. Congratulations on getting a new job! (I'm assuming you're happy about it! )

Thanks, I'm very happy about the new job! It's a district closer to where I live and the school seems great so I'm very excited. Thanks for sticking with my while i finish this report finally!

Me and my kids arrived in the World on January 1st too...but we were at Pop for 13 days. Those first few days were killers! We had on our Chicago coats for a couple of them...a four year old in a fake fur coat in Disney World is a picture I never thought I'd see!

We also like the movie in France (and Canada)...even the kids.

Tyler turned 9 on December 29th but he got his birthday button at check in at the hotel and wore it all week and got many birthday desserts, songs, and well wishes! So next time, grab your button and enjoy!

Looking forward to the rest of your report!

I so wish I'd gotten a birthday button! If only I had known, I am a big fan of free dessert! It sounds like your son had a great time...I can't believe how cold the weather was that week! The whole time all I could think was "We left Connecticut weather for this?" haha. But of course the trip was still sooo fun!

Hi there! What a stinky thing to here that your memory card flipped out on you! Looking forward to the next installment! And the thread in the future with the bridal ears if everything works out

Yeah, the memory card thing was such a bummer! And the bridal ears thread might be coming sooner rather than later...DBF just told me that he knows where and when he's popping the question! Ahhh I'm so excited it's killing me!

Thanks for reading!!