And he's controlled by no one. He's an animatronic so he just moves back and forth, I'm guessing under the table there is a big electronic box type thing. It's remarkably impressive because they did SUCH a good job with him! Sooooooooooooooooo I've been lurking for quite a while and decided to stop being a lurker and actually join in!Loving every bit of your trip report!
So glad you are liking my TR! And thank you, I really love my ring. You should totally do it. It's a fun experience and you end up with such pretty jewelry!! Thanks for popping in and saying hello!!Ok last night I got exhausted and completely forgot some things I wanted to comment on because I got so excited by the food. 1- I'm a fellow LOST fanatic, which is why I got started on this TR in the first place. 2- I have now made a list of different foods I HAVE to try now thanks. 3- I don't even remember what else I had to say but 4- OMG REMY!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously the reason I joined the DIS is because after reading some of the TR I realized how much I have been missing being a local and sticking to what I like. THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU for pointing out that Remy experience...
Oh and my dog totally did what you described as I laughed out loud every time. his head may just get stuck tilted to the side!
Of course! I have more of it on my finger later on in the TR, so I'll share those then, too.Thanks for posting the ring photo. Loveit!
Great review of Le Chef. We had lunch there in 2009 I think and I really enjoyed it but DH wasn't overly thrilled. Since this is MY birthday trip he is just going with whateVER I choose and this is my actual birthday day lunch plan. I have recently acquired a taste for French onion soup, weird since I have always despised onions. Hopefully this place will deliver on that for me.
I'm excited this is your birthday day lunch! You are going to have so much fun. Hopefully your husband enjoys it more this time! French onion soup is so tasty! Matt loved it at Chefs!Okay, I ended up being a little bit behind.
Okay, congratulations on completing the Disney Gauntlet! You made the right call taking it easy the next day. Man, that's some craziness right there! You accomplished so much. I bow to you!
Haha thank you! It was intense but worth it. We did accomplish a lot and I'm proud that we did it!
I love Chefs de France and the Blue Steel is awesome! You're right, who doesn't love Zoolander? "It's the Zoolander school for people who can't read good".
HAHAHA I just so hard at your quote. Why is that movie so ridiculously funny? "Cough.. cough.. I think I'm getting the Black Lung, Pop."
I love Remy. The last time we went, I thought I was filming him....fail...nope I wasn't. Der!
Remy is the best! I wish I took video of him. Next time I'll have to because it's just so cute!! That is unfortunate that you didn't film him, I hate when that happens, haha. So many times Matt went to take my photo and instead filmed me on my iPhone.
I fell behind, but I'm all up to speed now. Love, love, love that gauntlet!! You guys must be so proud of yourselves. Well done (imagine a virtual pat on the back right now).
That ring is nice...Ferb wanted to surprise me with this when we were there alone in Oct, but I'm not really a jewelry person. But that ring gives me an idea...hmmmmm
Anyways, glad you got exactly what you wanted!
YAY glad you're caught up! I know I update a lot so it's easy to fall behind, haha. We were proud of ourselves! It was intense but a lot of fun. The ring is beautiful and is one of my favorite pieces of jewelry! Plus the experience is a BLAST.
Loved your lunch at Chef's...Remy looked so cute, but I think I really like the waiter with him the most!
Armand the waiter made the experience that much funnier. He was hilarious!!
So, about this epic fail....I must remind you how much we all really love cliffhangers..
Can't wait to read more!!
Haha well it's not THAT epic but just something dumb on my part because I was not feeling well at all.
I love the pearl ring!!!
Me too! It's so pretty.
Both kids have done pick-a-pearl but I never have... But have no fear, it's now on my list of things to do the next time we go down... Along with doing the parks at night... The more I read your TR, the longer my list gets...
YAY! You should do it and treat yourself! I'm laughing at how the list is growing... but TRs are so good for that!!
And lunch at Le Chef to see Remy might just have to be added to that list too... The food looks amazing... And Remy is just stinking cute!!!
You should seriously add it. I just LOVED that experience as a whole. The food was excellent, our waiter was wonderful, and Remy was just too cute for words!
We were expecting way more stuff, especially with the new movie being released not that long ago.. We did spot a few fun things..
That was one place I wish we would have eaten that and via napoli , we pretty much covered the rest of the places...except Kona and Boma, I guess those are 2 more I wish we would have dined at...Ohwell always next year 
I think I just want more time this trip to sit around and people watch...and maybe I will have to get the numbers to the phone booths to call them as well. That sounded HILARIOUS! 
Hiii!!! Well I love your ring to start with, its very pretty, my pearl is still sitting upstairs in my drawer in the bag that it came in, my plan is to do it everytime I go to disney, and then figure out something to do with the pearls later on in life...god willing, thats what I will do!!!.... Your mac and Cheese looks delish.. I smiled through that entire post because it seemed like you guys had some much fun, I am excited to see what you buy from each country!!!
HI!
The mac 'n cheese was SO good. I love mac 'n cheese! We really had a blast with the whole thing and there's just no way you can't smile tons when Remy is talking away!
I'm terrible and didn't take any photos of the things we bought our friends. I was not feeling well and just.. forgot.
Boo to not getting pictures of all the fun stuff you bought your friends, I am editing my previous post now ,because I was typing it while you were updating and hit enter too soon...I can relate to the melting,I remember our long non stop in the park Disney day by 4 P.M I was ready to just lay down and die, right there...the heat at the end of May was no joke... I am glad you got on the boat and I sure hope it was breezy, because that breeze always feels amazing...I love the mickey mouse Kitchen stuff, and I really want that apron!! How fun, i hope you bought it later it did really look nice on him
Hahaha, my response above was BEFORE you made your edits! How funny. Ugh yes, it was just so hot that one day for some reason and yeah. I could NOT handle the summer or May or September. Nope. I WOULD probably melt. The boat was wonderful! I know, that apron is so cute. Matt looks funny because he had shorts on! You'll get to see whether or not we bought it.
Sorry you were not feeling well but glad you still managed to make the best of it. Too funny about the sticker on your back!
Yeah we still had fun! I pepped up after we got done with WS and had some time to sit on the boat. Matt is such a butt sometimes, I can't believe he let me walk around with a sticker on my back!
Loved the photos of the World Showcase area. I really hope to spend a lot more time there myself for this trip!
I wish I'd gotten more! If I'd felt better there would be a lot more of us having fun at each pavilion. I really love spending time at WS, and staying at BC encouraged us to spend more time there. And yes! Let me know if you want the numbers! It was HILARIOUS calling people.
Ok, first of all--I don't think of you and Matt as goobers at all!! I think you are totally fun, and I seriously would love to hang out with y'all!! I'd prolly pee my pants from laughter!
Haha we are SUCH goobers! I see goobers as meaning total goofballs.. which we are! We just love laughing and having fun together.
Just thinking about you calling up the people on the phones in England has me hysterical! And then you adding the accent just tops it off...too funny!!
OMG it was SO funny. "'ALLO! What's your name"... "Well, my name is PIPPEN!" I just had way too much fun with it.
Oh yeah...I meant to ask--what app do you use for wait times, and did you find that it was pretty accurate? We're going in May and I think having one would be very convenient!
Okay so! I used Lines, which is through touringplans.com. It's really great because it also gives you show times and it was literally what made us realize there was a MSEP on a night that there wasn't going to be one originally (our first night). However that costs money, so my next suggestion is the free one called WDW Waits. That was pretty good and we also used it on our honeymoon. I found that sometimes more accurate than Lines! Hope that helps.
Come on Disney, show some Muppets love!!Again, sorry you didn't feel well. Disney and sickness do not mix well.
No, they really doooo not. But it's okay, I was just happy to be there in general and once we got on the boat to HS I felt a lot better.
I won't lie, that viking is frightening me a bit. But it looked like such a beautiful day! Thankfully, I'm used to the super hot humid ick-ness living in Virginia, so it doesn't bother me very much.
Hahahaha he WAS intimidating. It was a beautiful day, but I just think being sick and having no escape from the hot sun (I think that was the hottest day we experienced while there), it felt terrible. And yes, I am NOT used to humidity! When I lived in Boston we dealt with it a lot in the summer, but I haven't lived there in almost 7 years, and Seattle is pretty dry, aside from when it rains. Humidity is NOT my friend.
That chalk drawing is amazing! Oh my goodness. I can't believe someone drew that in chalk, like really. PROPS, random chalk drawer!
There were always amazing chalk drawings in that area! I was so impressed!
Hahahah I love that you called the phone booths... and you call yourself Pippen hahaha! I need to do that (well, not the Pippen part)! I have the phone numbers but never use them. NEW HOBBY ALERT!
OMG it's so so funny. Like hiding over near the Rose and Crown and watching people's reactions. I don't even know why I said Pippen.. It just sounded RIGHT at that moment! Hahahaha.. You should totally do it because it's so funny. Matt thought I was crazy at first but then started encouraging me to call it when we walked through England.
Whatever, I love that lady's outfit. Classy in all the right ways...
Hahaha, she was looking HOT!
Hahahah you're right! It does look like the scooter lady feels bad for spilling the paint. That's too perfect.
That photo still makes me laugh so hard for some reason. It just looks perfect that she totally spilled paint every where while driving her scooter!
This is one of the better ideas I've had on how to get back to WDW soon.
We are awesome, aren't we?
Me too!
Lobster bisque looks really good. I love lobster and crab soups. You picked the same entree I would have! Armand sounds hilarious! I love the Blue Steel pics of him and Matt, Zoolander is a favorite for me too. OMG REMY IS SO FREAKING ADORABLE! I want to steal him and take him home as my own little chef. What an awesome experience! I'm regretting not having lunch there now. I had an ADR booked for my mom and me, but we cancelled it because we weren't positive it'd work out for us to break away from the group for that long. What cute gifts for Bruce and Amy! (I'm 98% sure those are the correct names..)
I love that random lady pic, it does look like she's shocked at the mess she made, haha. I was so disappointed at the Muppet store too. They used to have more Muppet merch in there back when the Muppets were regarded as kind of outdated and not popular. I have the cutest Kermit that I got there around 2003. I love the end scene in MuppetVision too! It's hilarious.
This is one of the better ideas I've had on how to get back to WDW soon.
Haha we are awesome. And you are an awesome friend! Thanks for letting me vent last night while I was annoyed, haha. I think everything will work out, I'm just frustrated with how we're treated and the amount of time and research we put into something like that. Especially when they approached us about the situation in the first place.
Your ring is really pretty, I love it! You two are so sweet getting gifts for your BFFs.
Thanks! And yeah, they ended up loving the idea as a whole!
I am so excited to read about this meal! I remember talking about it the night before.
No seriously I wanted to put Remy into my pocket and run out. He was so stinkin' cute with his little squeaks and looking at both of us as he chatted away.
That stinks that you weren't feeling good in the WS.
Yup, especially in the sun, hahaha.
I am guilty of lizard pics too. They were just so darn cute!
We just like the little lizards there! What's not to like?
That seagull so wants to be a hobo duck. Psshh, he wishes we loved him like we love hobo ducks.
Maybe if the seagulls weren't such jerks and didn't swoop in and attack, then maybe they cold be part of the hobo gang! Until they learn to be nice they're not allowed.
Yay for happy Canada CM! I am loving your phone booth picture! You look thrilled to be there. I love that you called people while they were in it! I have called from here before and asked how Epcot was that day.
Haha she was so excited and it was funny. I was very excited to be hangin' out in a phone booth! And I had WAY too much fun calling people and freaking them out. I was laughing so hard. You are right on with the names! They really loved them!
Oh my gosh, I am SOOOO jealous that you got watercraft stickers! I saw a few stuck random places and I wanted one so badly! I think they are so cute.
Hahaha it was random and funny. We got more later in HS, but I think they ran through the laundry at one point. Sad face.
YAY MUPPET TIME!
Haha yeah it just kills me with that lady! EPIC FAIL on Muppet merch. I wish there was more! There is so much they could do and instead, nope. It stinks. And yes, that end scene just cracks me up with like the man-tube socks.
I really hope you ended up getting that apron! Woohoo for OKW time!! I wish I could've seen you guys there. We definitely had the Mickey head stickers on everything because Riley is a sticker magnet and the CMs would give her like 10 or 15 at a time, haha. I may have done the same thing to Anna.
I know, that apron is so adorable! Yay for OKW! That would've been awesome if we ran into you! I love that Riley got so many stickers. And hahaha you did NOT sticker Anna! You and Matt are mean!
I LOVE when I stumble upon a new TR and there are the links at the bottom so I can just cruise through it. It turns it into like, a little book, so I definitely made sure to do the same for others! Thank you for all the nice compliments!LOVE the idea you had for getting something for your friends in each country! I may have to steal that...thanks for all letting me steal all your ideas!
It was a really fun way to do World Showcase! You can totally steal that idea, I don't mind! Hahaha.
How funny about the phone booth! I told Rey and the kids that people on the DIS call them, but then I had forgotten to bring along the number! DUH!
OMG it's so funny. I just programmed them into my phone and got a kick out of calling!
We didn't go in the muppets store, I guess I'm glad now b/c I would have been disappointed as well! We love the muppets, Rey is a big Animal fan!
Ugh it was really disappointing. So don't even worry about it. Matt loves Animal, too!
We were especially excited about this because it meant we'd be in the park before it opened... 
