Our Anniversary Week at the Happiest Place on Earth!! TR DONE 8/30 SOUVENIR POST SOON

[xoktenox]

wow....those flatbreads look REALLY good!! Did the margaherita one have onions on it?? I hate onions but the margaherita one looks like one i would like!

The flatbreads were really good, and luckily so after waiting 25 mins for them LOL I do think the margerhita one had onions on it but you could probably order it without onions. It was good food, I would recommend it!

Disney Quest looks fun!!! Was it busy?? I have this terrible feeling it is going to be crazy busy or something.... I think crowds will feel worse because you are crammed indoors w. ppl instead of outside... Everyone is making me a lil nervous about the virtual reality thingsss

It was so fun and not busy at all. Totally not wall to wall people at all. The only thing there was a line for was the pirates of the caribbean ride and that was only because they could only let like 5 ppl on every 2 or 3 mins so the line moved slow. And even still it was only like a 10-15 min wait. Otherwise no waits and not a lot of ppl at all. As for the virtual reality things, DONT DO THE SWORD THING and if you really wanna do it, do it last. It will ruin your time at DQ! LOL Don't let Scott do it thats for sure.

this sounds just like ray on our first trip! at first he was totally mortified that i was taking pictures of food but after a couple days he was angling the plates where i could get a better shot. it was cute!

sorry you felt sick. feeling icky at disney is the worst! i hope it gets better soon.

Awww what a good hubby Ray is! How cute It was annoying to feel sick there because I wanted to have a good time! Oh well, we'll be back in Nov/Dec I'm sure because Chris will want to go back and I need to make up for this time being mostly wasted!

Okay, after reading your update about Disney Quest, I am in sensory and auditory overload. I don't think I can ever go in there! I can never let Connor know about it either because it is the kind of place he would love to go.

haha sorry to overload you CP! It's not bad just being in there but some of the rides/attractions are a little much. Connor would totally love it!

So DisneyQuest was hit and miss with you then. I'm due for a trip back. It's been two years come this Summer. We love DQ. I think my favorite ride is the POTC one. I always wanted to do the Buzz ride....it looks like fun but the kids weren't tall enough then and I didn't want to ride it with a stranger. Sidney did once. He said it was really cool. The WGPE food looks yummy. I love me a good flat bread!

DQ would have been all hit had I not felt so sick after that stupid sword game. Next time I'm going to hit the POTC ride FIRST. The Buzz thing was really fun even though we were terrible at it. We laughed so much. Hopefully the kids are tall enough for you guys to ride it this time. We'll be going back in Nov/Dec I'm sure so you guys are welcome to join!

WGPE was yummy, even though they were slow!

Aww, I'm so sorry the some of the games made you dizzy. That is not cool. If you go back to DisneyQuest next time you will have to do the pirates game. That was my favorite when I went with my fam!

I'm glad Chris is getting more and more into everything as time goes on!

Yeah, some of the games were just not for me. I realized on this trip that my stomach can't handle what it used to when I was younger...and I'm not even 22 yet! I'm going to hit the POTC thing first next time we go there because CHris said it was really fun too. He was definitely getting more into everything as each day went by, I was so happy

Aww, that is funny about Chris fixing his flatbread for your pictures.

Bummer you didn't feel too great after some of the virtual reality things. I don't know if I could handle them either...we were at Six Flags a while ago and they had this Imax-type movie that was all about aliens taking over an amusement park or something strange like that and a lot of it was like you were riding a roller coaster. It started off fine but then my entire family started feeling sick. We ended up leaving before it was over, it was that bad!

Yeah, it was cute of him to fix the food for me. Wasn't the last time he did that for me either!

The VR things were really getting to me this trip. That stinks about your family at six flags...i hate to give up on rides and stuff but when they make you sick like that it just ruins your whole day! I hope your day there wasn't ruined!

We haven't been to DQ in along time. But when we went we did pirates and jungle cruise they were both fun. We want to go back but we have two DS'S. One is 9 and the other is 3 so again someone would have to stay off with DS3. We really want to ride the Buzzlight year bumper cars Do you know if it goes by age or height? I can't remember. Sorry you didn't feel well.

I really want to try out this POTC ride now! I'm going to do it next time we're there. That stinks about having to stay off with one of the kids...I think that the Buzz ride does go by height Is your 3 yr old tall for his age by any chance? LOL

Oh no - I hate when I get soft serve when I wanted "hard serve" and vice versa! I'm jealous of your bounceback offer! I always see that stupid coupon on the table in my resort but never book it, so I can imagine how exciting it would be to actually take advantage of it!! That stinks that you had to wait all day for busses and for your food And then when you finally got there you got motion sickness!! How sad! I have the most sensitive stomach and head to motion sickness. I get dizzy very easily which immediately turns to nausea, so I feel you pain. I'm glad your BF was still able to enjoy some of the stuff in there, though!

I was a little disappointed with the hard serve situation but that didn't stop me from eating it all up thats for sure LOL I was so excited to get a bounceback offer, I totally didn't think we would! I'm hoping we get one in Nov/Dec for next yr but my BF doesnt know that yet LOL

I never had such problems with motion sickness as I did this trip! I always have gotten car sick and still do but thats it, never on rides! It really stinks but I was happy that I didn't totally ruin it for Chris except that he had to walk around the place by himself and ride POTC with some family that wasn't his haha

It was nice to have old Genie boy greeting you!

They put you in a capsule!
They keep you in a capsule!

I would like to try the jungle cruise someday, if I ever get to DisneyQuest before they do away with it.

Sorry to hear you weren't feeling well and couldn't enjoy it like I know you wanted to.

I know it did feel good to have another trip booked, too!

MeMom, I should have known better than to post that capsule picture! We just had this conversation about snowglobes and if you can't handle them I should have realized you couldn't handle a human capsule Old Genie boy was a wonderful host too.

The jungle cruise thing was pretty cool, if you get a chance to try DQ I would suggest it. You don't have to spend a whole day there and its fun just to try. I think your boys would like it there.

OMG! I'm sorry about your insanely long wait for the bus and feeling so sick at DQ!! I hope day 5 was better!!

Thanks Melissa! Day 5 was great as you'll soon see and day 4 wasn't bad either, except at the very end there.

The Pirates ride was the VERY first thing I did there. I was fine and it didn't bother me a bit. I think if I had done one of the other things first, like the Aladdin ride or that sword thing, I may have had a different experience. Once you feel that nausea almost anything gets to ya!

I have to be really careful about what I ride, because I, just like you, get sick and then I'm not right for the next couple of hours. NO FUN!

I'd say do Pirates first. But you know better than I do what you can handle!

I should have done POTC first! I totally will next time. I'm going to steer clear of the Aladdin ride and the sword thing next time. I didn't do Aladdin this time and good thing. Once I felt nauseous it was so hard to get ride of it Thanks for the advice girl

 

[MeMom]

The jungle cruise thing was pretty cool, if you get a chance to try DQ I would suggest it. You don't have to spend a whole day there and its fun just to try. I think your boys would like it there.

The boys have been. That's one of the things Drew is looking forward to on this trip.

Have you heard any more from tinkgurl?

 

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The boys have been. That's one of the things Drew is looking forward to on this trip.

Have you heard any more from tinkgurl?

Yeah, i figured that the boys would love it there since i saw how much Chris loved it.

I have heard from tinkgurl. I've been doing updates on her PTR from time to time. Today they were trying to ride the characters in flight balloon and then went to AK and tried Rafiki's Planet watch. I just realized that's where you get all your poop and animal surgery pictures from Then they're eating at Chef Mickey's tonight. They're having such a great time!

 

[Goofy22]

Kristen, Can you believe that Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson both died today??? I'm sad! They were both Icons of the
80's well Farrah was kinda 70's-80's! I can't believe it! So sad!!!

 

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Kristen, Can you believe that Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson both died today??? I'm sad! They were both Icons of the
80's well Farrah was kinda 70's-80's! I can't believe it! So sad!!!

OMG I knoww! It's crazy! I mean Farrah Fawcett was expected at some point soon since she's been so sick but MJ?! That's a total shocker! Both are so terrible and depressing, I feel so bad for the families. And then Ed McMahon died the other day too! And a kid that graduated high school the year before I did was killed yesterday in a motorcycle accident! What is going on this week?

 

[Goofy22]

OMG I knoww! It's crazy! I mean Farrah Fawcett was expected at some point soon since she's been so sick but MJ?! That's a total shocker! Both are so terrible and depressing, I feel so bad for the families. And then Ed McMahon died the other day too! And a kid that graduated high school the year before I did was killed yesterday in a motorcycle accident! What is going on this week?

Yes, Farrah was definitely expected. I know alot of PPL that are upset because they feel MJ's death is taking the lime light over Farrah's! I said thats because his was unexpected and we have been following Farrah for how long now we knew she was dying just not when. It's a real shame. I do feel bad for his kids. Yeah Ed McMahon was just the other day well they say they happen in 3's!! That is so sad about the kid you went to H.S. with. I don't know what is going on this week it's crazy!

 

[meanmom121]

Kristen, Can you believe that Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson both died today??? I'm sad! They were both Icons of the
80's well Farrah was kinda 70's-80's! I can't believe it! So sad!!!

It's like the end of an era

 

[PghLybrt]

Those darn buses again!! We are going to rent a car next time too. We already taxi it from place to place sometimes instead of waiting.

I love DQ but have not been there in years!! We are going to do it next trip. I am so glad you warned about the roller coaster capsule!! I think I will rethink that one!

 

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Yes, Farrah was definitely expected. I know alot of PPL that are upset because they feel MJ's death is taking the lime light over Farrah's! I said thats because his was unexpected and we have been following Farrah for how long now we knew she was dying just not when. It's a real shame. I do feel bad for his kids. Yeah Ed McMahon was just the other day well they say they happen in 3's!! That is so sad about the kid you went to H.S. with. I don't know what is going on this week it's crazy!

I agree, I felt kind of bad for Farrah and her family because people were so shocked and upset over MJ's death that it overshadowed hers. I feel bad for all their kids, including Farrah's son (even thought he's in jail, he wasn't with his mom when she passed.) And Ed McMahon was just a TV icon. So crazy. The poor kid from high school was just 23 years old. The road he was killed on is notorious for deaths too, its scary.

It's like the end of an era

You're so right! It's so sad

Those darn buses again!! We are going to rent a car next time too. We already taxi it from place to place sometimes instead of waiting.

I love DQ but have not been there in years!! We are going to do it next trip. I am so glad you warned about the roller coaster capsule!! I think I will rethink that one!

Those buses were killing us this trip. We already decided we probably will never stay at an AllStar resort again, strictly because of the buses. I've been pricing rental cars for when we go back but I haven't found any good deals yet.

We'll probably be back at DQ on our next trip! It's so cool there I hope I can actually get to experience it the right way. You should still try the roller coaster capsule I just would try and make a fairly tame coaster and not one full of flips and jumps like us crazy people did

 

[Goofy22]

It's like the end of an era

It definitely is! MJ"s family wants another Autopsy so their may not be funeral plans to soon!

I agree, I felt kind of bad for Farrah and her family because people were so shocked and upset over MJ's death that it overshadowed hers. I feel bad for all their kids, including Farrah's son (even thought he's in jail, he wasn't with his mom when she passed.) And Ed McMahon was just a TV icon. So crazy. The poor kid from high school was just 23 years old. The road he was killed on is notorious for deaths too, its scary.



You're so right! It's so sad

It's definitely sad! Farrah's funeral is planned for Tuesday by invitation only and her son is getting a 1 day pass from jail to attend the funeral! Hopefully this will be his wake up call and he will straighten his act up! It's so sad because of his addiction he couldnt be with his mom when she passed! I kinda figured Farrah's funeral would be a lil low key since everythingwas out there ahead of time! I think Michaels may be a lil more upbeat and more of a celebration with singers etc... Kinda like Princess Diana's! It's says the family is contemplating private or a celebration open to the public.


Those buses were killing us this trip. We already decided we probably will never stay at an AllStar resort again, strictly because of the buses. I've been pricing rental cars for when we go back but I haven't found any good deals yet.

We'll probably be back at DQ on our next trip! It's so cool there I hope I can actually get to experience it the right way. You should still try the roller coaster capsule I just would try and make a fairly tame coaster and not one full of flips and jumps like us crazy people did

 

[jenseib]

I wonder why they asked for another autopsy? Isn't that strange. Do they want to pay someone to tell the public details that aren't true?

 

[Goofy22]

I wonder why they asked for another autopsy? Isn't that strange. Do they want to pay someone to tell the public details that aren't true?

Jen it sounds like the family believes that something is being hidden between the autopsy and this DR. Guy that they are questioning and the outfit that MJ was under contract with for his new tour that was about to happen! Those ppl he was in contract with have lots and lots of life Insurance policy $$ on him! The whole situation sounds a lil weird w/ the DR. Guy! I would definitely have a 2nd one done if I were them for piece of mind doesn't necessarily mean it will be released to the public. I'm sure it will if something is found that couldve been possibly injected into him by this guy he the DR has many cases against him! Crazy stuff! The lawyer said they are waiting for the toxicologly reports etc... so it should be interesting to see if they bury him or what they do!

Sorry Kristen for hijacking!!

 

[Goofy22]

Kristen, Disney Quest looks so fun from all your pics! We actually never did do Disney Quest! I'm thinking we may try it this time one night! But I'm thinking I won't get DD, DS and DH outta there!!!! They are all video game junkies!

 

[jenseib]

Jen it sounds like the family believes that something is being hidden between the autopsy and this DR. Guy that they are questioning and the outfit that MJ was under contract with for his new tour that was about to happen! Those ppl he was in contract with have lots and lots of life Insurance policy $$ on him! The whole situation sounds a lil weird w/ the DR. Guy! I would definitely have a 2nd one done if I were them for piece of mind doesn't necessarily mean it will be released to the public. I'm sure it will if something is found that couldve been possibly injected into him by this guy he the DR has many cases against him! Crazy stuff! The lawyer said they are waiting for the toxicologly reports etc... so it should be interesting to see if they bury him or what they do!

Sorry Kristen for hijacking!!

Interesting. I think it's weird that the Dr was "there" and he died, and supposed he had just injected something...so the sotry goes at this point.

 

[Goofy22]

Interesting. I think it's weird that the Dr was "there" and he died, and supposed he had just injected something...so the sotry goes at this point.

It's definitely Crazy.

 

[xoktenox]

It definitely is! MJ"s family wants another Autopsy so their may not be funeral plans to soon!

I wonder why they asked for another autopsy? Isn't that strange. Do they want to pay someone to tell the public details that aren't true?

Jen it sounds like the family believes that something is being hidden between the autopsy and this DR. Guy that they are questioning and the outfit that MJ was under contract with for his new tour that was about to happen! Those ppl he was in contract with have lots and lots of life Insurance policy $$ on him! The whole situation sounds a lil weird w/ the DR. Guy! I would definitely have a 2nd one done if I were them for piece of mind doesn't necessarily mean it will be released to the public. I'm sure it will if something is found that couldve been possibly injected into him by this guy he the DR has many cases against him! Crazy stuff! The lawyer said they are waiting for the toxicologly reports etc... so it should be interesting to see if they bury him or what they do!

Sorry Kristen for hijacking!!

Yeah the whole thing with the family wanting another autopsy doesn't surprise me because I think this doctor is really suspicious. I heard that an hr before MJ went into cardiac arrest the doctor had injected in with demerol which apparently is like a strong form of morphine. if he was mixing that with other drugs that alone is enough to kill him. idk, we'll have to wait and see!

and colleen you can hijack all you want, i like convos on my TR

Kristen, Disney Quest looks so fun from all your pics! We actually never did do Disney Quest! I'm thinking we may try it this time one night! But I'm thinking I won't get DD, DS and DH outta there!!!! They are all video game junkies!

Yeahhh definitely give DQ a try! I think its a good thing to try out especially if (God forbid) one night it rains or something.

Interesting. I think it's weird that the Dr was "there" and he died, and supposed he had just injected something...so the sotry goes at this point.

It's definitely Crazy.

DEFINITELY crazy and suspicious.


Hope everyone's enjoying their weekend! We're finally getting some sun around here! (and i'm inside doing nothing, go figure. although i did go for my usual run a bit earlier.) Nothing new is really going on around here. Chris and I are going with my parents to Atlantic City, NJ to do a little gambling and relaxing on July 8th and staying for the night in a free room that my dad got! And I also got called for jury duty. I have to start calling July 13th! I really have actually always wanted to sit on a jury but not if i'm not going to get paid as much as i make at my job. i need to check out the specifics on that. tomorrow after we go to court for chris's stupid speeding ticket we're going to go look at new cars for me! i have a lease and it's up in november but i want to try and get ride of it now since the car companies are trying so hard to get cars off of the lot. i want to finance this time, not lease so wish me luck!! anyway, on with the TR )
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When I last left off it was around 9:30 and we had just left DQ. Getting outside into some fresh air made me feel a little better and Chris didn't seem tired at all so I felt bad making us head right back to the room. We decided to walk around the West Side of DTD a bit and go into some of the shops on that side since we didn't really go in any the other night we were there. We spotted the one shop called the Candy Cauldron and of course it was calling our name. I wasn't really feeling up for candy but Chris was in search of his beloved sugar free goofy gummys that he got the night we resort hopped at the Grand Floridian gift shop. We walked in and it was actually really packed which I found surprising as Goofy's Candy Co. isn't too far away. Chris found his gummies and I picked up a bag of Chip n Dale trail mix. Then we got up to the register area and Chris spotted chocolate covered marshmallows covered in coconut (kind of like the ones at Goofy's) so he had to have those too. We then went and found a bench kind of over by the water to sit and eat our snacks. Here's the marshmallows

After we ate I was starting to get sleepy and new we had to be up early the next morning for DHS EMH so we headed over to the bus stop. We luckily didn't wait tooo long for this bus but we didn't get seats so we had to stand. No biggie. As we pull away the bus driver played one of those recorded sayings that they play on the buses now. This one was like something about a birthday boy on the bus. It was weird because he played it and no family made noise or cheered for the birthday boy or anything. We drive some more and then another recording comes over the speakers saying something about a princess being on the bus. Weird considering no one had walked up to the bus driver and asked him to play it or anything. Long story short the whole way back to the resort the bus driver just kept playing random recordings. By the time we got back to ASMo everyone on the bus was CRACKING UP laughing so hard! When the bus driver saw he was getting a reaction he just kept playing the recordings back to back and everyone on the bus was stringing them together making a story line out of it. By the end I think we had a birthday boy, anniversary celebrating, princess, pirate who needed to be told to stop swinging from the handrails (yes theres a recording for that)...thats all the ones I can remember but the whole bus was hysterical. Even after we got off, Chris and I couldn't stop laughing! It made up a little bit for some of the other bus rides we'd had so far!

We walked back to the room and I briefly wrote in my trip journal and then set our wake up call. Within minutes we were both zonked out after another wonderful, tiring day in the World.


Day 5 beginning in the next post...

 

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Day 5: Disney's Hollywood Studios!!

I just realized that I lied in the last post, there weren't AM EMH at DHS this day LOL Forgive me. Anyway, we were still up bright and early. I'm figuring the alarm was probably set for 7ish. I rolled out of bed and took my shower while Chris kept sleeping and then I woke him up when I was out of the shower. As usual, I was taking forever to get ready so Chris decided to head down and get us our food and a table and I would meet him down there. By 8:25 I was done and went to meet Chris. It was pretty crowded down there, as usual, but once again he said he had no problem finding seats and didn't wait long to get the food and check out. I got a Mickey waffle and bacon and Chris got a western omlet with home fries. We filled our mug with lemonade again since there was no juice.

I'm not really such a big fan of bacon so I'm pretty sure I let Chris eat mine. We realized that we eat really fast compared to everyone else while we were in WDW. We were done with breakfast in only 15 mins but didn't want to carry our mug around all day so I ran it back up to the room while BF headed to the bus stop. I really was running (ok, a little power walking too) and as I ran back through the lobby to the bus stop there was a bus there waiting with a nervous Chris waiting next to it for me! Woo hoo, no long bus wait this morning! I believe it was like 8:40 at this time. DHS is pretty close to ASMo so we got there at 8:50 which was perfect timing. We breezed through the turnstiles and I remember checking my phone and it was 8:58 and they had already dropped the rope so we walked right in. I was BEAMING with joy to be here! Chris on the other hand was tired and a little cranky this morning. He claimed his stomach was hurting a bit too. Here's some shots I got as we walked into the park

Chris was like "who the heck are they?" when we saw these guys. I had to explain to him they were streetmosphere actors.

Of course we were in the huge crowd of people heading straight for TSM! Thanks to the DIS I know this is the way to head if you want to get on TSM without a ridiculous wait or a FP.

Almost there, passing Voyage of the Little Mermaid

Finally arriving in Pixar Place!

My original plan was to head straight to the FP machines and grab one and then jump on line but I really think the FP line was longer than the standby line at this point. It was insane and Chis was like "we are not waiting on that line, lets just ride it now." So thats what we did! We got in line and already I think there was a posted wait time of like 15 mins and the park and literally just opened! Jeez! Here we are in line. As you can see, Chris was being a cranky pants this morning. I was mad because I actually look nice in this shot and if he would have smiled it would have been the best picture of the trip! Ugh!

Of course I took scenery pictures

running out of picture room, continued in next post...

 

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continued from previous post...

Obviously the posted wait time for TSM increased even more as we waited in line. Up to 30 mins at 9:06!! More waiting pictures...

Cranky Chris

Superrrrrrrr excited me

Now some queue pictures

I LOVED candylane as a kid!!

Can I just say how absolutely amazed I was at this queue. I had seen plenty of pictures of it before we left on the boards but they don't compare to the real thing. This queue is worth waiting in for a little bit just so you can really take in all the detail and amazing work that was put into it. So cool! Even Chris was pepping up a little bit at this point. We had someone take a picture of us in front of Mr. Potato Head. This poor photograph isn't because of the person though, it's because my camera stinks!

Super cool 3d goggs!

Finally it was our turn! Chris kept saying the whole time "are you ready to get your butt kicked? are you ready for me to beat you so bad?" And my answer was "yes babe we all know you're going to beat me on this." Well after one of the most fun rides I've ever been on in my life this was the outcome. I'm on the left, he's on the right

I WON! I WON! I was even shocked myself and I totally rubbed it in pretty bad! He tried to blame it on the DIS that I found some hidden way to win but I didn't! I won fair and square! TSM is now on my top 5 favorite rides in WDW! We loved it!!!

After we were done on TSM we checked out the FP line and it was much better so we grabbed some with a return from 12:20-1:20...at 9:25 am! I now understand the true meaning of the fact that you must get to TSM early or you will wait LIGHT YEARS to ride it.



Up next:: Terror-ific fun and lunch with some monster movies!

 

[PopArtGal]

hahaha

Happy for you that you beat Chris hehe

 

[Charleston Princess]

Hurray for updates!!! I don't think I have ever been in the Candy Cauldron -- at least not since we entered the new millenium. Those marshmallow treats look yummy -- Chelsea has tried some of the other ones, but we haven't tried any coconut ones -- mmmmm....

I also wouldn't mind a Mickey waffle right now! Must be time to start dinner because my stomach is growling at this point!

Toy Story Mania is so much fun -- even standing in line because you get to look at all those awesome toys.