~Our March 'Just Engaged',freezing,and full of surprises trip~Updated 6/23 p.76

Your day at DHS was filled with Pixie Dust. I love going to the final showing of American Idol. My DH went to a final showing last Sept, then one day we got food and walked to the picnic tables outside the big screen and watched the show.
 
What a great day at DHS. ToT/AIE/TSM. what a great trifecta! Did you enjoy American Idol?

CS at DHS lacks. They now have bbq at DHS--Fairfax Fare near ToT...not bad. But all the seating is outdoors so anytime other than winter will be perhaps a little umcomfortable.....

Poly and then Wishes...man you got to do a lot of nice "just engaged" type of things...:thumbsup2
 
Your day at DHS was filled with Pixie Dust. I love going to the final showing of American Idol. My DH went to a final showing last Sept, then one day we got food and walked to the picnic tables outside the big screen and watched the show.

It really was filled with pixie dust!

What was it like watching on the big screen?

What a great day at DHS. ToT/AIE/TSM. what a great trifecta! Did you enjoy American Idol?

CS at DHS lacks. They now have bbq at DHS--Fairfax Fare near ToT...not bad. But all the seating is outdoors so anytime other than winter will be perhaps a little umcomfortable.....

Poly and then Wishes...man you got to do a lot of nice "just engaged" type of things...:thumbsup2

I love going to the Finale show more than the other shows during the day.

Haha, yeah that would not be nice in the winter!

We did do lots of fun things that we came up with on the spot!
 
Nice!! In one day, you guys did 2 of the things I"m most excited about... HBD AND sushi and drinks at the Poly! I absolutely CANNOT wait to sit leisurely drinking in the "scent" of the poly (no you're not the only one!) with a cool bevvie in hand noshing on some tasty raw fishies! Mmm!!


Never have seen AI even once- I think I'll pass on it at this Sept. maybe the line for ToT will be shorter during it. :confused3

You had some wonderful treats this day: free pizza, discounts, FiPs! How great!
 

Nice!! In one day, you guys did 2 of the things I"m most excited about... HBD AND sushi and drinks at the Poly! I absolutely CANNOT wait to sit leisurely drinking in the "scent" of the poly (no you're not the only one!) with a cool bevvie in hand noshing on some tasty raw fishies! Mmm!!

Never have seen AI even once- I think I'll pass on it at this Sept. maybe the line for ToT will be shorter during it. :confused3

You had some wonderful treats this day: free pizza, discounts, FiPs! How great!

Yes! Another person who gets that Poly "smell". :woohoo:

I am excited for you!

Yeah, maybe it will be shorter during the Finale show..so go at 7 or a little before to ToT! :thumbsup2
 
Wow. WHat an awesome way to end an evening. POLY for drinks and sushi and then fireworks at MK! And how cool Aaron Kelly got a golden ticket, because I've wondered if any golden tickets made it far.
 
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I feel like I know that CM. He looks like someone who I remember working in Soarin' last year. Hmm...

Great DHS update! I thought the same thing about the food options there but looking at the menus on allears, it seems there is much more of a variety than I though! I have a few CS places in mind for next trip. It's just so hard to get around that park!

I'm excited for the new TOT additions. I'm curious as to what exactly will be changed.

I totally get what you mean about the Poly smell! In fact, just the other night I said to DH, for a split second I remembered exactly what the Poly smelled like. His response, I don't remember it having smell. :confused3


While the bartender was making our drinks, I had to go over to the window and just stare out at the MK and watch the Castle change colors. I didn’t want this moment to end. We were in my favorite place in the world, without all the worries of the real world. :cloud9:


~Up next:

I totally get it! I do the same thing at random times during my trips.


GREAT timing with Wishes too! That looks like an excellent spot to watch from.
 
I didn’t want this moment to end. We were in my favorite place in the world, without all the worries of the real world. :cloud9:

No matter how many times we go or how close the trips might be together, we still have moments like this every time - moments where we just stand there and smile and know that life is good. :)

One regret I have about the Mother's Day trip is that we won't have time for resort hopping. We always find our way to Poly, Wilderness Lodge, and Animal Kingdom Lodge, but this trip is so, so short, we won't be doing that. It's okay, because I'm very grateful for and very excited about the trip, but it will be different not to visit the resorts.
 
I love, love, love the smell in the Poly too!!!! :goodvibes

Chad laughs at me, but I also love the smell from POTC and HM. I can't explain it, it just makes me smile!!! I guess its that chlorinated water smell and the fake flower smell?? lol!!
 
I love, love, love the smell in the Poly too!!!! :goodvibes

Chad laughs at me, but I also love the smell from POTC and HM. I can't explain it, it just makes me smile!!! I guess its that chlorinated water smell and the fake flower smell?? lol!!

Lou Mongello has a segment on his podcast about Top 10 and one time they did "Top 10 smells at Walt Disney World." That water was totally on there! It's so true though! Whenever I walk by a large fountain or something, I immediately think of DisneyWorld! But that Poly smell is like nothing else!
 
I love the Disney smells, too! WL has a certain smell that you just can't recreate and like a PP said, I like the way Pirates smells too! Well, heck, most all of Disney smells good! And I would say ALL but the water stinks, there. THe water from the faucets, I mean. ick.

All in all, it sounds like an AWESOME day. So glad you ended it with Wishes and champagne. how romantic! :love:
 
Wow. WHat an awesome way to end an evening. POLY for drinks and sushi and then fireworks at MK! And how cool Aaron Kelly got a golden ticket, because I've wondered if any golden tickets made it far.

It was a great night!!

Yeah, I'm surprised they haven't mentioned anything about it on the actual AI show. The only reason I know that he did was because of the AI thread in the Community board! :laughing:

loving your TR!

Thanks!!

I feel like I know that CM. He looks like someone who I remember working in Soarin' last year. Hmm...

Great DHS update! I thought the same thing about the food options there but looking at the menus on allears, it seems there is much more of a variety than I though! I have a few CS places in mind for next trip. It's just so hard to get around that park!

I'm excited for the new TOT additions. I'm curious as to what exactly will be changed.

I totally get what you mean about the Poly smell! In fact, just the other night I said to DH, for a split second I remembered exactly what the Poly smelled like. His response, I don't remember it having smell. :confused3

I totally get it! I do the same thing at random times during my trips.

GREAT timing with Wishes too! That looks like an excellent spot to watch from.

Haha, don't you just hate it when you feel like you know someone from somewhere, but you just can't place your finger on where?!

I'm curious about what they're exactly doing at ToT too!

It was a great spot!

No matter how many times we go or how close the trips might be together, we still have moments like this every time - moments where we just stand there and smile and know that life is good. :)

One regret I have about the Mother's Day trip is that we won't have time for resort hopping. We always find our way to Poly, Wilderness Lodge, and Animal Kingdom Lodge, but this trip is so, so short, we won't be doing that. It's okay, because I'm very grateful for and very excited about the trip, but it will be different not to visit the resorts.

Those are good moments. :)

I understand what you mean. I do have to admit, it was SO weird not going to OKW the whole trip!

I love, love, love the smell in the Poly too!!!! :goodvibes

Chad laughs at me, but I also love the smell from POTC and HM. I can't explain it, it just makes me smile!!! I guess its that chlorinated water smell and the fake flower smell?? lol!!

Fiance laughs at me too! :laughing:

Lou Mongello has a segment on his podcast about Top 10 and one time they did "Top 10 smells at Walt Disney World." That water was totally on there! It's so true though! Whenever I walk by a large fountain or something, I immediately think of DisneyWorld! But that Poly smell is like nothing else!

That sounds like a neat podcast! Do you remember what was on the list? I'm interested to know!
 
I love the Disney smells, too! WL has a certain smell that you just can't recreate and like a PP said, I like the way Pirates smells too! Well, heck, most all of Disney smells good! And I would say ALL but the water stinks, there. THe water from the faucets, I mean. ick.

All in all, it sounds like an AWESOME day. So glad you ended it with Wishes and champagne. how romantic! :love:

I've always wondered what makes those "Disney smells"!
 
That sounds like a neat podcast! Do you remember what was on the list? I'm interested to know!

Hmm, definitely Main. St. popcorn, I think Rome burning on SE, the water, hmmm not exactly sure the rest. I'm sure you can find it in the archives. It's WDWRADIO.com. That specific podcast was from a year or two ago!
 
I love going to the Finale show more than the other shows during the day.

Haha, yeah that would not be nice in the winter!

We did do lots of fun things that we came up with on the spot!

I may or may not have gone to the finale show in Feb...;)

regarding smells. your sense of smell is the strongest memory trigger. so disney is smart in making things fragrant...I know at Disneyland that the Candy Shop would blow out a vanilla smell...
 
Hmm, definitely Main. St. popcorn, I think Rome burning on SE, the water, hmmm not exactly sure the rest. I'm sure you can find it in the archives. It's WDWRADIO.com. That specific podcast was from a year or two ago!

Oh yeah, those are good ones on the list!

I may or may not have gone to the finale show in Feb...;)

regarding smells. your sense of smell is the strongest memory trigger. so disney is smart in making things fragrant...I know at Disneyland that the Candy Shop would blow out a vanilla smell...

I remember learning that in a psychology class! You're right, Disney is smart for doing that!

I haven't been to Disneyland yet! But I want to!
 
I remember learning that in a psychology class! You're right, Disney is smart for doing that!

I haven't been to Disneyland yet! But I want to!

Disneyland Resort doesn't even compare to WDW, BUT it IS the original. There are several attractions here that the MK doesn't have and Pirates is waaay better in CA than in FL. Of course there's no AK, DHS or Epcot...or cool resorts (with the exception of the Grand Californian)
 


Walking by the hat:

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We stopped in the Western scene and Fiancé informed me that this was his first time seeing it! Wow! Of all 5 times that he’s been to WDW with me, we were usually in the Gangster scene! Crazy!

I like this picture a lot. Something about the sky and the trees...:cloud9:

I've never been in the Western scene either, Ramon (DH) and Miren (DD6) saw it once - we go on that ride A LOT! It's one of Miren's favorites! :cutie:

Funny about Full House: Miren has just discovered it within the last month or so on ABC Family and she is hooked! :laughing: She DVR's it and a few weeks ago they showed the Disney episodes! She watched them everyday...unfortunately they got erased b/c we went away for spring break and we had so much recording and not enough space. :eek:

I'm loving all the surprises you guys are getting! :goodvibes

Can't wait to hear more!
 
I may or may not have gone to the finale show in Feb...;)

regarding smells. your sense of smell is the strongest memory trigger. so disney is smart in making things fragrant...I know at Disneyland that the Candy Shop would blow out a vanilla smell...

There's a certain deoderant that I wear from time to time that triggers a memory for me every time I wear it. I know, I know! No one wants to talk about deoderant, but I can totally relate!

And you are right - Disney is very smart to use smells as a trigger to make you think of it again and again and want to go back!
 











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