hookedonthemagic
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This is my first attempt at a trip report so please be gentle.
The Cast:
Me - Melissa - a certified Disney addict. I definitely have issues. I can't stay away!
DH - sometimes known as Mr. Goody2Shoes (Mr. G2S) Not as big of a fan as I am, but he signed a piece of paper to stay with me so he's in for the long haul.
DS 11 - Loves it as much as his mom! Training him up right.
DS 8 - We've been so many times that he was calling it "BoringWorld" until we got there. Think Stitch in human form - that just about says it all.
DBFF - My best friend from college - even worse than I am!
DBFFH - Also addicted
DBFFS 8 - Still thinks it's all real - so cute!
Okay, so I should say first of all that we had not planned to go to Disney this summer. We were going to save all of our fundage towards our Christmas trip. But when DBFF called and said that they were going, we just couldn't help ourselves. She & I have both been to WDW on a number of occassions but never at the same time. It may sound corny, but to share those rides with her was important to me. Okay, that's as serious as it gets, I promise.
We arrived on Wed, June 14 to stay at ASSp. Now we have never stayed there - we are hardcore ASMu fans but we had to change our travel dates because of a most excellent airfare deal and ASMu couldn't accomodate our change. So, we stayed from Wed to Sun at ASSp, then moved next door to ASMu. But I'm getting ahead of myself.......
We took the Magical Express to the hotel, no problems, no long waits, everything was fine. I had also learned from my previous experiences to take a travel bag with pajamas, swimwear etc. so that in case your luggage was not timely, you had what you needed to get around at the hotel. Well, since our plane was early and MK was open late, we checked in at 6pm, dropped off our stuff at the room and headed straight for MK. I was sooo excited!
Just the sight of that castle brings a tear to my eye!
DH and I had planned to try and knock out as many rides as we could and skip the parade and fireworks. We headed straight for Space Mtn. but all the FP were already gone!
Well, we decided to FP Buzz and we hopped on my favorite ride CofP. I know, I know, it's cheesy, or whatever, but I love it! 
I sang the whole way through! And you never know if it's gonna be open or not, so I have to ride it when it's there. Ya know?
We were also able to get right into Philharmagic. I swear it's just the greatest. I could see that a hundred times and never get tired of it.
After that we hurried back to Buzz and DH kicked all of our butts! I don't know how he hits all of the 100,000 targets! It makes me so mad!
After that we got a quick bite to eat at Cosmic Ray's where we entertained by the highly talented Sonny Eclipse. Wow is that guy good!
The kids just laughed and laughed! We pretty much had the place to ourselves so we could hear all of the cheeseball jokes! ("Yeah, folks, Ray pays me weekly - very weakly!")
After that it was almost time to get outta there, but we wanted to try and catch HM in the dark - extra scary for the kiddos.
It was fun! Then while the fireworks were going off in the distance, we were high-tailing throught the Emporium all the way to the end of Main Street.
Now this is where it gets really good.......
We arrive back at the hotel at approximately 11pm. We get to our room and there's the refrig we ordered but, guess what??? Oh, you've got it.... NO LUGGAGE!!! Well, I'm a pro at this because mine took 5 hours last year to get there, so I get on the phone with the front desk. The gal there tells me that my luggage had just been scanned at the airport at 10:30pm!!!! Well, now I'm mad! We checked in early for our flight, our plane was even early in Orlando, but still my luggage is screwed up! But the front desk girl assured me that it was already en route to the hotel and that she would put a rush on it the moment that it arrived.
I have to say kudos to that cast member - she did exactly what she said she would do - and my luggage arrived at approximately 11:40pm. Still very much later than expected, but it was all there.
I am happy and we go to bed.
End of Day 1.
Tune in tomorrow for another installment of Oh Luggage, Where Art Thou?
The Cast:
Me - Melissa - a certified Disney addict. I definitely have issues. I can't stay away!
DH - sometimes known as Mr. Goody2Shoes (Mr. G2S) Not as big of a fan as I am, but he signed a piece of paper to stay with me so he's in for the long haul.
DS 11 - Loves it as much as his mom! Training him up right.
DS 8 - We've been so many times that he was calling it "BoringWorld" until we got there. Think Stitch in human form - that just about says it all.
DBFF - My best friend from college - even worse than I am!
DBFFH - Also addicted
DBFFS 8 - Still thinks it's all real - so cute!
Okay, so I should say first of all that we had not planned to go to Disney this summer. We were going to save all of our fundage towards our Christmas trip. But when DBFF called and said that they were going, we just couldn't help ourselves. She & I have both been to WDW on a number of occassions but never at the same time. It may sound corny, but to share those rides with her was important to me. Okay, that's as serious as it gets, I promise.
We arrived on Wed, June 14 to stay at ASSp. Now we have never stayed there - we are hardcore ASMu fans but we had to change our travel dates because of a most excellent airfare deal and ASMu couldn't accomodate our change. So, we stayed from Wed to Sun at ASSp, then moved next door to ASMu. But I'm getting ahead of myself.......
We took the Magical Express to the hotel, no problems, no long waits, everything was fine. I had also learned from my previous experiences to take a travel bag with pajamas, swimwear etc. so that in case your luggage was not timely, you had what you needed to get around at the hotel. Well, since our plane was early and MK was open late, we checked in at 6pm, dropped off our stuff at the room and headed straight for MK. I was sooo excited!
Just the sight of that castle brings a tear to my eye!
DH and I had planned to try and knock out as many rides as we could and skip the parade and fireworks. We headed straight for Space Mtn. but all the FP were already gone!
Well, we decided to FP Buzz and we hopped on my favorite ride CofP. I know, I know, it's cheesy, or whatever, but I love it! I sang the whole way through! And you never know if it's gonna be open or not, so I have to ride it when it's there. Ya know?We were also able to get right into Philharmagic. I swear it's just the greatest. I could see that a hundred times and never get tired of it.
After that we hurried back to Buzz and DH kicked all of our butts! I don't know how he hits all of the 100,000 targets! It makes me so mad! After that we got a quick bite to eat at Cosmic Ray's where we entertained by the highly talented Sonny Eclipse. Wow is that guy good!
The kids just laughed and laughed! We pretty much had the place to ourselves so we could hear all of the cheeseball jokes! ("Yeah, folks, Ray pays me weekly - very weakly!")
After that it was almost time to get outta there, but we wanted to try and catch HM in the dark - extra scary for the kiddos.
It was fun! Then while the fireworks were going off in the distance, we were high-tailing throught the Emporium all the way to the end of Main Street. Now this is where it gets really good.......
We arrive back at the hotel at approximately 11pm. We get to our room and there's the refrig we ordered but, guess what??? Oh, you've got it.... NO LUGGAGE!!! Well, I'm a pro at this because mine took 5 hours last year to get there, so I get on the phone with the front desk. The gal there tells me that my luggage had just been scanned at the airport at 10:30pm!!!! Well, now I'm mad! We checked in early for our flight, our plane was even early in Orlando, but still my luggage is screwed up!
But the front desk girl assured me that it was already en route to the hotel and that she would put a rush on it the moment that it arrived. I have to say kudos to that cast member - she did exactly what she said she would do - and my luggage arrived at approximately 11:40pm. Still very much later than expected, but it was all there.
I am happy and we go to bed.
End of Day 1.
Tune in tomorrow for another installment of Oh Luggage, Where Art Thou?
but we decided to skip Mission Space. I know, I know.....but we just weren't that crazy about it and we were totally into trying to get to Soarin' as fast as we could. So we ran (okay, a brisk mall walk) over to Soarin' and got FastPasses. We didn't get to catch Crush the last time that we were there (last May) so we ran over to the Living Seas. LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION! But the best part, is that you don't have to pretend that you're going "underground" in those darn elevators anymore!!!! 
at exactly how the whole thing works! His expressions were unreal! I have to tell you about this one funny part - he takes questions from kids in the audience and he picks this one little girl - I'd say maybe 4 yrs old. She says "Where do baby turtles come from?" and the whole place loses it! 
Yes - just like the guy there - 
and there is once again no wait for this ride! I don't get it! It's cute, it's funny, it's air-conditioned! And there's never anyone there! Go figure! 
And did I mention that it was free?????
After that a couple of episodes of Zach & Cody 
and we hit the sack! 
