October Anniversary Trip: MNSSHP, D23 Sip and Stroll and Food & Wine

[PryncessChrysty]

Hey Andrea!

We got married on 10/12/10 and were at WDW from 10/13 - 10/26 on our honeymoon! We could've been bumping into eachother all over the place on that trip, too and just not have known it at the time. lol

I'm excited to read your trip report! I'll definitely bookmark it to catch up on it. I've been thinking about writing my own TR for our honeymoon, maybe this will help to inspire me

Talk to you soon!

 

[Aburns8]

Hey Andrea!

We got married on 10/12/10 and were at WDW from 10/13 - 10/26 on our honeymoon! We could've been bumping into eachother all over the place on that trip, too and just not have known it at the time. lol

I'm excited to read your trip report! I'll definitely bookmark it to catch up on it. I've been thinking about writing my own TR for our honeymoon, maybe this will help to inspire me

Talk to you soon!

You're kidding me? I am sure we have seen each other during that time. Did you meet up with Carrie? Too bad we didn't know each other last year we could have met up!

 

[Aburns8]

We were ready to get the Halloween party started! After getting our bracelets by Stitch’s Great Escape, we decided to go on it. Now we have not been on it since our honeymoon. After getting off the ride I remembered why we have never visited it on any of our other trips. Personally I just don’t understand it. I guess I don’t find Stitch’s Great Escape that exciting. Next we headed to one of my favorite rides, Carousel of Progress. I had to make sure that we hit the ride before it closed down. From doing previous parties, I know that Carousel doesn’t stay open all night.

I don’t remember when we went on the Tomorrowland Transit Authority, but I have a picture of me on it. Don’t mind the face.

We continued our Tomorrowland experience and did Space Mountain. Now this was our first ride on it since the refurb, and I couldn’t really tell the difference. I guess I was a little disappointed that they didn’t make the ride more like the version out in Disneyland. I love their version so much more! Next we head toward Buzz Lightyear’s Spaceranger Spin. And of course Brian always kicks my butt on this ride. After we decided to try a ride we have never been on before, Astro Orbiter. I should have passed on this ride, but I just couldn’t. First, I don’t like being in a cramped elevator. So I had a little anxiety on the way up. Next because we were two people they wanted us to share a vehicle. That is where I have a problem. Being a little Pooh sized I saw what room was left for me and there wasn’t much. So I decided to step away. As luck had it there was an extra rocket so I was able to go on it. I thought I would like it, just how I liked the magic carpet ride from earlier, but I felt nauseous after it. Needless to say I will be skipping it from now on. Here are some pics from the Astro Orbiter:

Next we were ready to get some trick or treating down in Toontown. But first I had to buy a couple pins for the Halloween party. As I wait to buy them Brian just rolls it eyes and waits for me by the door. After we walk toward Toontown and I notice that they started the construction for the Fantasyland expansion. I got to see some of the progress on my May trip to WDW (maybe there will be a trip report).

First stop was Minnie’s house for some candy:

And a nap:

Then we did the Alice in Wonderland trail.

The first parade of the evening was going to kick off shortly so I decided to try another ride that I have no recollection of ever riding, Dumbo. I say no recollection because my parents say that I have been on this ride when I was a kid, but I don’t recall. Now Brian didn’t want to go on the ride with me, so he sat back and took some pics.

We continued our Fantasyland exposition by riding Winnie the Pooh two times. The first time I noticed the picture of Mr. Toad handing Owl the deed to the building where the ride is. I tried to point it out to Brian, but he missed it. So we got back on the ride and snapped a shot of it!

We next headed over to Snow White’s Scary Adventure and to Peter Pan (since there were no lines).

After we went to The Haunted Mansion, one of our favorite rides!

We even got some Photopass pictures taken:

 

[Aburns8]

The fireworks were going to start shortly so we decided to head toward the castle. I noticed that there was a state show so we watched a little of it.

Then it was time for the fireworks!

After a great show we headed back toward the Liberty Square Riverboat to watch the parade since that seems to be the location we prefer.

First we saw the headless horseman:

Then the parade started with the catchy Boo To You song that I love!

I love how at the end they give you some more candy as well!

We finished the evening by going on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Splash Mountain (which was nice that we didn’t get wet since it was cooler at night). We also found a place to trick-or-treat and they pretty much filled up our bags since it was the end of the night. On our way out we decided to hit Pirates of the Caribbean one more time before shooting some pictures on our way out.

Up next – Hollywood Studios and more Magic Kingdom.

 

[Disneygrl36]

Great updates.
Love your TTA picture.
I just love MNSSHP! I was trying to talk Eric into going again on the night we are coming back to WDW after our cruise but I think since we have been so many times, we are just going to enjoy our time at Bay Lake Towers & watch the fireworks from the lounge there.
Great parade pics!!!! That is my favorite parade.

 

[Aburns8]

Great updates.
Love your TTA picture.
I just love MNSSHP! I was trying to talk Eric into going again on the night we are coming back to WDW after our cruise but I think since we have been so many times, we are just going to enjoy our time at Bay Lake Towers & watch the fireworks from the lounge there.
Great parade pics!!!! That is my favorite parade.

We might be doing MNSSHP the day after our cruise as well, as long as we are still going on this cruise. Brian might have a work conflict and we might have to move the cruise to November.

 

[Disneygrl36]

We might be doing MNSSHP the day after our cruise as well, as long as we are still going on this cruise. Brian might have a work conflict and we might have to move the cruise to November.

No,no,no..........move it to Oct 23 or 27.

 

[Aburns8]

No,no,no..........move it to Oct 23 or 27.

I could move it to the 27th. I will see what Brian's boss says since they don't know when this "shut down" (even though they work through it) is occuring.

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

enjoyed the updates and i like seeing the little changes of the characters outfits for the halloween party.

can you believe that i have never been on the magic carpets and it has been about 15 years since i have been on the astro orbiter, which im sure will change next trip, because i want to ride them again.

 

[Aburns8]

enjoyed the updates and i like seeing the little changes of the characters outfits for the halloween party.

can you believe that i have never been on the magic carpets and it has been about 15 years since i have been on the astro orbiter, which im sure will change next trip, because i want to ride them again.

Hey Dan! So glad you made it over here so quickly after your trip. I guess I just never put thought into riding those rides. I bet your son will love to go on them on the next trip!

 

[Aburns8]

Working on updates now. I am hoping to finish this bad boy!

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

Working on updates now. I am hoping to finish this bad boy!

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

gonna bump

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

you around

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

to the next page, so i dont have to scroll down so far to read the next update.

 

[Aburns8]

to the next page, so i dont have to scroll down so far to read the next update.

You are too funny!

 

[209Disney]

Loving your trip report...cant wait to read more!!

 

[Aburns8]

Loving your trip report...cant wait to read more!!

Thank you so much! The update is coming up.

 

[Aburns8]

Day 5 – No time to slow down and a mini rant

Even though we got back late from MNSSHP, we still got up early to start our day. I made reservations for lunch at 50’s Prime Time Café so we headed out to DHS. Our first order of business for the day was to get a FP for Toy Story Mania. We have never been on this ride at DHS, but we did get to ride it a couple of time while on our ABD Backstage Magic trip. Unlike California Adventure, DHS has FP and we took advantage of it since I didn’t want to wait an hour to go on a ride. Since we didn’t have to be back until 2:00-3:00 we decided to see the Little Mermaid show since they were seating for it while we were walking by. We really enjoy this show for two reasons:

1: You can take a nap if you need it
2: It is nice and cool and a great place to rest.

We then ventured over to The Great Movie Ride. I know people feel like this rides needs to be updated with more current films, but I like the classic movies. In fact I feel like it matches the theme of DHS, old school Hollywood.

We then took some pictures of ourselves:

While walking around we noticed that the Obsorne lights are going up.

Not knowing what to do next we headed over to see the Muppets 3D. I have read some information on hidden gems at WDW. In fact I knew that Muppets 3D had one.

I think Brian, and the people walking in behind us, were wondering what I was doing. But I wanted to see the key under the mat. Of course we had time to spare while we waited to be seated. By the time we got out it was getting close to our lunch reservation. So we headed over to Primetime Café to eat. Now this has been one of our favorite places to eat since we ate here on our honeymoon.

I got the fried chicken (like I always get):

Brian got the meatloaf:

And we shared a sundae:

I just love the old décor:

One of us usually gets the pot roast, but since we had it for lunch the day before Brian decided to try something different on the menu. I am not a big meatloaf fan, but I had a bite and it was fantastic! In fact I even asked for the recipe (still haven’t made it though).

 

[Aburns8]

As we were walking out of Primetime, we noticed that the next showing of the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular was about to begin. We haven’t seen this show in a while so we decided to check it out. Here are some pics:

After, we still had some time to kill before our FP for TSM, so we just decided to walk around. We came upon Lightening McQueen and Mater from Cars. There was really no line so we decided to have our pictures taken.

It was time for to use our FP, so we headed over to TSM. We still had to wait about 20 minutes to get on the ride from the FP line, but we really enjoyed the ride. I score much better on this ride that I do on the Buzz Lightyear ride at MK. I beat Brian’s score this time around, and I didn’t even practice at home before we left for the trip! After I decided we needed to get our pictures taken across the way with Woody.

Next we decided to go on the Backstage Tour. After waiting in line forever to see the action sequence, I decided that we didn’t need to see it and we just kept on walking to get on the ride portion. Here are some of our pictures.

Even though we ate a big lunch we were getting hungry and had no dinner plans. We happened to be walking past the Sci-Fi Drive In and I decided that we could check out the wait. We were in luck! We had to only wait 15 minutes before we got a car, granted we had to share it with other people. But we didn’t care, we just wanted to get a snack and enjoy the atmosphere. We decided to get an appetizer of their chili and spinach artichoke dips and try the peanut butter cake. The dips were good, but the cake was a little on the dry side.

Here are some more pictures of what we saw while walking around.
My favorite tv show at the time (now it is gone). I loved it because that is where we are from and we miss home.