Our two week land and sea adventure! W/ LOTS OF PICS!!!(UPDATED 6/17 pg.16 post 227)

[Disneyfan71]

Thanks!!! I think I might try that one too.

 

[Girldreamer02]

Okay ladies and gents...I know I promised that I would finish posting tonight, but I'm really tired b/c I didn't sleep well last night and I have a migraine so I am going to work on this some more tomorrow.

 

[Lynn5700]

Hope you feel better!!

Thank you for letting me know about the camera!! I so have to get it.

Right now we just have a sony cybershot but I used to have a cannon and I love Cannon!!!

 

[Girldreamer02]

Hope you feel better!!

Thank you for letting me know about the camera!! I so have to get it.

Right now we just have a sony cybershot but I used to have a cannon and I love Cannon!!!

I love cannon as well! My point and shoot I used before we got our digital slr was a cannon too. I use it sometimes when I don't want to haul around the big camera. They are really nice cameras.

 

[Girldreamer02]

We found a spot around 8:30ish right by rose and crown and it was surprisingly really good for it being a half hour before Illuminations. The only time I have ever seen the show has been in December and it was slightly different, but not by much. Still very enjoyable and I loved it as always!

Once the area emptied out we sat on the bench and waited for everyone to work their way out of the park. After about 15-20 minutes we decided to venture out. To our surprise we found a pretty empty Epcot and it was pretty awesome!

A empty uk

When we got back to AKL we went in the gift shop to pick up our shirts we had made at DTD, but they weren’t there. There had been an issue with the one shirt size/color for me and we called them, but we don’t think they ever got the message so the gift shop took care of the issue for us and we had our shirts by the next day. We did some pin trading in the gift shop and then headed to the mara to get our free mugs that came with the deluxe dinning plan. We also used our snack credits and got some cheese cake, grapes, zebra domes and doritos. We filled our mugs and headed back to the room to pick up a bit and relax. We went to bed around 11:30. I was excited for the following day because we were going to meet a fellow diser and her husband!

Up next: Meeting a fellow diser and do we finally get to see the Beauty and the beast stage show?

 

[Girldreamer02]

 

[kmab00]

Subscribing! I'll start reading when I get home this afternoon!

 

[Girldreamer02]

Subscribing! I'll start reading when I get home this afternoon!

sweet! Welcome, welcome!

 

[heaven2dc]

I just found your TR and love your pics! What a beautiful couple you are

I hope you found the Fairy Godmother before the end of your trip. We have never eaten at Garden Grill and now I wish we had during our trip in December. I never knew the restaurant revolved like that. It seems I learn something new everyday here on the Dis!

 

[Lynn5700]

OOh I can't wait to hear about you meeting up with a fellow Diser... Beautiful pictures as always!!!

 

[Girldreamer02]

I just found your TR and love your pics! What a beautiful couple you are

I hope you found the Fairy Godmother before the end of your trip. We have never eaten at Garden Grill and now I wish we had during our trip in December. I never knew the restaurant revolved like that. It seems I learn something new everyday here on the Dis!

Aww well welcome and thank you very much. I am hoping for cute babies! lol. As the mil says someitmes cute couples don't make cute babies. I still learn new stuff too and I already know quite a bit. Glad I could help enlighten you! Maybe we did find the fairy godmother, but I guess you'll have to read on.

OOh I can't wait to hear about you meeting up with a fellow Diser... Beautiful pictures as always!!!

It was so much fun! I want to meet another one...she and her husband were super sweet! Thank you!

 

[Girldreamer02]

Day Three: DHS(Monday Jan. 26th.)
Adr: 3:55 Brown Derby

Weather: High 77/Low 56 very sunny with very little breeze.

I was super excited to get to the studios on this morning because we wanted to get fast passes for TSM! Unfortantely the excitement didn’t outweigh my need to sleep so I woke up a little later than anticipated, which got us to the studios around 11. The bus took a bit to come, but I was impatient so that probably played a roll in making it seem that way. Our bus was packed! I got a text from disneymom1980 on the way over saying that DHS was packed!

Immediately I wasn’t looking forward to trying to maneuver through all those people. Our past two days in the parks had been so pleasant and I wanted to continue the theme. I thought well what is crowded to them? Because we came at Christmas time so maybe the crowds aren’t bad compared to that. No, they seemed worse actually! For whatever reason DHS was PACKED on this day! We all thought it was because Fantasmic was only being shown twice this week and tonight was one of those times so we thought that might be part of the reason.

We headed for TSM not expecting there to be fast passes and of course there weren’t! So we headed around the corner to wait for Studio Catering Company to open and pin traded while we waited. Found a couple good pins that we needed for some sets we were working on! Once Studio Catering Company opened dh went up to order our food. I had the pulled pork and he had a chili dog. I forget what he had for dessert, but I had the marbled cheesecake…yum yum!

After lunch we went to check and see what the wait time for TSM was because we were totally bumming since we didn’t get a fast pass. The posted wait time was 50 minutes, but they weren’t even lined up outside the entrance…everyone was inside and it looked like they were moving quickly so we hoped in line. I love the queue for this ride! So awesome! Did anyone have the over sized old maid cards when they were younger? I did and I totally recognized the card without even seeing the back. I said to dh that’s a old maid card…he said no its crazy 8’s and I said no its old maid and I looked at the back and I was right! Yay me!

We only waited about 15 minutes. I loved the mr. potato head…he was pretty entertaining! We loved the ride! I yelled out a few choice words the first time it started to whip us around because I wasn’t expecting it. I was like oppsie there is probably a kid behind us knowing my luck. Dh beat me…of course! I was beating him at one point for a very short time, but he came out on top in the end! Are there any girls out there that actually win? Let me know! It wasn’t for a lack of trying because my arm hurt from trying to hit things to fast. Hehe.

Disneymom1980 and I had been texting back and fourth all morning and she said they were going to try to get into the American Idol experience at 1:00. So after we got off TSM I told dh that we should head over there to try and meet up with them. So I text her to let her know we were heading that way and then they found us! It was so exciting to finally have our first dis meeting!! I gave her the pins that I had for her daughter, Anna and we chatted it up a bit.

The American Idol experience was pretty neat. It was really hot in there though from all the stage lights. I was glad that we got to do this while we were there because they were just testing it out…it wasn’t really opened yet. Disneymom1980 and I both voted for the same girl. This girl was really good. Dh voted for the guy that sang la bamba. I looked at him and asked who he voted for and he smiled and I said, you would! I knew immediately he voted for that guy. It was pretty entertaining to say the least. Afterwards we parted ways. We would be seeing them again at dinner. Their adr was like five minutes before ours.

Dh and I headed towards Beauty and the Beast. We have been to Disney twice and both times managed to totally skip it. This time around I told dh that we weren’t going to miss it!!! I love the Beauty and the Beast stage show! Dh told me to use our flip to record the be our guest song…well about half way through the viewing screen goes blank…I was thinking whats wrong with this thing did it just freeze? It comes back on and tells me it has a low battery in the middle of the song…of course! I was aggravated. This happened to us with a camera on our last trip. And of course the batteries we bought so we wouldn’t have to pay a arm and leg for disney batteries were back at the resort! I didn’t let that ruin the show for me though. I actually enjoyed it quite a bit!

Up next: our first drawing lesson, another meet up with disneymom1980 and her hubby and some more pics of course!

 

[tynkendallsmom]

I'm just popping in here to say hi. I've read your report and I soooo want to go back and see all the things we missed when we were there just last week!!
Your photos are FANTASTIC! Soooo crystal clear - puts mine to shame for sure. You definatly have a great eye for those picture perfect moments!

 

[Disneyfan71]

ohhhhh TSM..I SO want to ride that. I remember reading about it before it opened. And I want to try the AIE!!! That sounds like a LOT of fun. And as always, I love your pictures!!!

 

[Girldreamer02]

I'm just popping in here to say hi. I've read your report and I soooo want to go back and see all the things we missed when we were there just last week!!
Your photos are FANTASTIC! Soooo crystal clear - puts mine to shame for sure. You definatly have a great eye for those picture perfect moments!

Hello to you and thank you for joining in my report! Aww I'm jealous that you were there last week...how was the weather? The great thing is if you miss something you can always go back and see it next time! This was our third trip and there was stuff that we still hadn't seen or done. And there still is some stuff that we haven't seen or done so you know we'll be going back! What did ya miss? Thank you very much! Both of us have a major love for photography! I'm sure your pictures are great! What kind of camera do you have? Are you doing a tr? Let me know if you do and I'll stop by to read it.

ohhhhh TSM..I SO want to ride that. I remember reading about it before it opened. And I want to try the AIE!!! That sounds like a LOT of fun. And as always, I love your pictures!!!

You HAVE to ride TSM!!!! AMAZING!!! We love it! American Idol Experience was pretty neat too! Thank you very much...that means a lot! We try to take great pictures...I'm glad to hear we are being successful!

 

[KristinAnne]

I found your TR through a couple others I read. I am definitely jealous of a 2 week trip and cruise!!! I'm going to echo what a couple of others say...your pictures really are great!!

 

[Girldreamer02]

I found your TR through a couple others I read. I am definitely jealous of a 2 week trip and cruise!!! I'm going to echo what a couple of others say...your pictures really are great!!

Welcome to my trippie...I hope you enjoy! And thank you very much!

 

[lmillercrew]

Great Pics!!! Your camera rocks. I love how the crayon in the queue was worn down, like it's been used a lot. How fun to meet another DISer!

 

[Girldreamer02]

Great Pics!!! Your camera rocks. I love how the crayon in the queue was worn down, like it's been used a lot. How fun to meet another DISer!

Thank you...we love our camera! Yes, I loved the crayon being worn down too! Dh didn't even notice it...I am the more observant of the two of us. So I pointed it out and told him he should take a picture lol.

 

[lmillercrew]

Thank you...we love our camera! Yes, I loved the crayon being worn down too! Dh didn't even notice it...I am the more observant of the two of us. So I pointed it out and told him he should take a picture lol.

We are more observant, aren't we??? If anything needs to be found in my house, I'm the one to do it. Same with my mom, sister and BFF.