"Princess" and "Sport's" TR. (formerly the Procrastinators PTR!) (July 20-25th!)

[t_daniels]

Ok! How do I find the number for AKL directly?

 

[ZFamily5]

Ok! How do I find the number for AKL directly?

Either on the Resorts board here, under the AKL thread or allears.com would probably have it

 

[teekathepony]

Oh goodness! It's easy. I got told and was like....really? That's IT?

In the post you want to make a chapter.. click the number in the right hand corner .

That opens it in a new window, all by itself.

Take that link... and go to your post where you are listing the chapters.

Use the URL box... drop it in there.

Cool! I was wondering that too!

 

[t_daniels]

Been at my mom's from Thursday-Monday, DS was at an anime convention, on staff.

Then, Tuesday night, she got invited to dinner with one of the voice actors who was a guest- Spike Spencer, so I stayed the night with Mom again, since this seemed to be a once in a lifetime thing...

Which.. brings me to today. We leave the house tomorrow at 5 am. No packing was done, and we had to clean, since DDIL is doing a few things for us while we're gone..

Copying this from my G+ blog....

So. I went out for yogurt with a friend... Ended up at Ross, for a sunglasses case for her.

So, we make our way around the store ... Looking at all the different random things they.have..and she finds a makeup kit she wants.

So , we keep walking, her carrying the makeup bag along, to 'bond' with it & decide if she really wants it.

Nothing has caught my eye so far, so I figure I'm safe .

Then... We start down the clothes aisle.

Strictly for kicks. I've already pointed out I don't have the money to buy anything . I need coffee (& alcohol ) money for Wednesday. And money for Baja Jacks tomorrow.

Then of course, I see this pretty red dress. Straps. Ruching. Knee length. Crystal embellished on where the straps meet the dress.

12 dollars.

Of course, Lindsay likes it too. Says I should try it on.

I need zero convincing. I honestly think I already knew I was leaving with the dress.

Matt & I are celebrating an extremely belated anniversary while in Disney.... At Fultons Crab House in Downtown Disney. I have been trying to find a pretty, non bank breaking dress, without much luck.

So, I tried it on, am LOVING it... of course , my friend doesn't talk me out of it (& I didn't talk her out of her makeup. Oops.) So, I texted my friends Paul & Heather, and my sister &sister in law. They tend to be more fashionable than me-- but I'm learning .

I bought it.

So now... I have no money for drinks to save my sanity on the plane... And probably no money for coffee in the morning. And we can just barely do Baja tomorrow . But, hopefully I'll look SO amazing in the dress, it'll be ok?

Bahaha. Right.. no ego here. I swear.

Anyway. Moving on to tonight... After lots.. and I mean HOURS of phone tag.. my sister and her friends got invited to dinner with Spike Spencer, a voice actor they met at their anime convention this weekend. I said I'd stay the night with mom so they could go...

Enter immense happiness. Squeals. Attack hugs.


And..... Drumroll please....


My sister , buying my airplane drinks for me!

And.. yet again today, my DS is saving my butt. (Which, is a wonder. We don't always get along)

I get home, eat dinner with DH.... he has to run into town.... we have ALL this stuff to get done, before trying to get some sleep before waking up at 4 am CT... (note. Time now? 12:10.)

I realize -- I don't have my dress. I left it at Mom's!

Thankfully, DS brought it to me.

Finally got all packed. House is.... almost clean.

Carryon.. not going to take a lot. Laptop, DSi (gotta figure out how to disable wifi...) phone (in airplane mode, for some mindless applications. ) a tiny Stitch plush (V-Day, love bug) in my purse for that "freak out" moment... DH is taking a book...

Think that's it.

I'm going to update a little from Disney- if you're on G+ - find and circle me, Tina Daniels or faultyapathy@gmail.com . Not updating FB and Twitter.

Also.. we called AKL, requested a room with only one bed, not two...

Am I forgetting anything?

So far... I'm doing better than last year. I ended up at my Mom's with DH... in tears, because I did NOT want to go on the plane..


So! Maybe there is hope!!!

OH! I got a couple LGMH's!!! No clue what I'll do with them. My swimsuit (that, im not bringing.. haha) is lime green. That could work......

SO excited to dress up for Fultons. Anyone been? Did you like it?

I'm rambly. Sorry!!

Now... the actual TR I do? Do I start a new thread? Continue here? Hmmm.........


ps. Wonder if my Peeping Tom will be there this year?

 

[teekathepony]

I hope everything is going great for you!! I can't wait to read your TR when you get back! If you do it in a seperate thread, post a link here so I can find you
Have a magical trip!!

 

[ZFamily5]

Have a magical trip! Can't wait to hear all about it when you get back! And just post the link here so I make sure I can follow along!

 

[t_daniels]

Waiting on ME!!!

 

[ZFamily5]

Waiting on ME!!!

Ahhhh! Lucky you! You're practically there!!

 

[teekathepony]

Waiting on ME!!!

Jealoussss! hahaha

 

[t_daniels]

Home now, ac is out!

TR soon. Took lots of pictures. And ended up getting some on photopass. Hoping they aren't too pricey...

 

[ZFamily5]

Can't wait to hear ALL about your trip!!

 

[teekathepony]

Me too, I can't wait to read it all!

 

[t_daniels]

Ok! Let's try this!

TR!

First and foremost.... It's like a slap in the face. We left the pixie dust of Disney..... to come home to no AC, and DDIL.... who was taking care of the cats, didn't think it all that weird... and didn't get the mail.

Anywho. Maybe we didn't specify. We were rushed and scatterbrained the few days before the trip. And I need to be careful, or I'll slip into witchy-in-law mode. I try to avoid that... really. I don't have a problem with mine, or DH's family. I'm fairly lucky in that department.

Day 1a. Or, in other words, the "give-me-my-liquor-i-DONT-WANT-TO-FLY" day.

So. We are running on zero sleep.

Well... almost but not quite. We were up till almost 2 packing/cleaning the house. DDIL was feeding the cats, and doing a few other things for DH.. Then, we barely slept at all, before getting up at 4:30. This was wonderful, considering DH barely slept at all the night before, as well.

Rushed around, did our idiot checks, showered, put clothes on (thankfully, in that order) and we were somehow ready when DDIL showed up to pick us up around 5:15.

We loaded the truck, walked him through the to-dos.... and left.

Then, I realized I forgot my phone.


We went back, got the phone, and headed for the coffee shop by our house. Thank the Lord for espresso. (And, for DDIL being okay with going by.... )

Made it to the airport, DDIL left... I was proud I hadn't had a breakdown yet.


Then, in mid terminal... I promptly burst into tears.

Sigh. I remember thinking that if this was any indication of how the trip would be......

I did get a laugh out of this though.... (the screens that show weather, flights, etc.)

Get on the plane.... more tears. Poor DH. (can I just call him Matt here? I may go back and forth. Forgive me if I do... )

So I order my drink.. and the flight attendant had an extra drink coupon! So I drank for free. Yay.

Fight lasted forever and a day... but we finally made it to Houston Hobby.

Where... Matt had to take a certain picture.... Which, can anyone spot the reference? 10 points if so..

The flight from Houston to Orlando surprisingly, wasn't too bad!! I did great, (did however, have another drink. )

Thanks to us almost getting lost last year... we found the DME station in no time at all!! We had to print our vouchers, but that didn't take long at all.

And I've seen it already, but I LOVED watching the video on the Express. Stitch as a Yeti... how could you NOT love that??

We made it to AKL, and I almost cried then and there.

I LOVE how everyone tells you "Welcome Home!" and acts as if the resort is your home. <3 I didn't pay it much mind last year, I was still in awe of everything. The parks, the hotel, the buses- SO MUCH to take in. It's kinda like when you watch a movie the second time... and you catch all these little references that it's almost ilke they were put in for the people watching the second go round....

Anyway. After this we went to Epcot , since we had dinner reservations at Via Napoli. I'll update more on that later, I'm sick, and it's getting pretty close to my bedtime... Plus, DH is antsy to read what I'm writing here. So, everyone wave hello to him!!

 

[OhMari]

 

[t_daniels]

Changed up the title- it'll make more sense later in the TR, promise.

Also, won't post all my pictures here, but will try and post most! I have them all on my FB, if you want to add me.

 

[t_daniels]

This is DH or as I like to call it Darth Husband waving back haha

 

[teekathepony]

I can't wait to read the whole report! Good start so far, glad you made it through your flights.

 

[t_daniels]

I can't wait to read the whole report! Good start so far, glad you made it through your flights.

Thanks! Me too. I even relaxed enough to enjoy the flights home.

 

[t_daniels]

So. First... we checked in at AKL.

Even though we called and made a room request - we still received a room with two beds. Which, not a big deal. The second bed ended up holding our suitcases and souvenirs.

So we got checked in... took everything to our room (once we finally found it. The CM at the desk directed us down the right trail... only there was no elevator down it. Ostrich trail... 4134, I believe. Another CM pointed us in the right direction. )


Then, we had a few hours to kill before dinner at Via Napoli, so we took off for Epcot.

Thanks for tips on these boards.. we knew to watch out for a times guide.

Thanks to that, we learned we missed seeing Stitch by a whopping thirty minutes. (And, missed the DiSmeet.. )

We wandered Epcot for a few minutes, and ended up in the Innoventions buildings.

In which, I found an attraction I completey forgot about --- The Segways!

Now, DH had no interest in riding them... so I went up to the line and signed up. Thankfully, there was only one person in front of me.

I wanted to try this last year, but the line was ridiculously long, so we passed. I was also a little leery, because I have terrible balance. Made worse by the brain condition I have, and the fact that I have virtually no 3D vision/depth perception.

Of course, DH had his camera at the ready....

I didn't expect them to be quite so tricky!! Thankfully, I didn't fall. But I came close to running over the poor CM who was helping me.

After that, we went over to World Showcase. Walked around the pavilions, and ended up at DHs favorite- the UK.

This, is where I started to go into Disney mode... The times guide stated that Mary Poppins, Pooh, and someone else was in the area.

We start looking... no dice.

Instead, we end up going through gift shops, and aha-- out pops Mary Poppins!

I drag DH out, and we follow her and her handler, and I get my first picture! I was nervous about approaching the characters as an adult in a line full of kids.... would they interact as much with me??

Shouldn't have worried! She was adorable. She took one look at my tattoo, and asked me if Bert had drawn all over my arm. Apparently she keeps telling him to only draw on the sidewalks. We chatted some more, and she stated that she very well couldn't jump into my arm... so we had better keep the drawings to the sidewalks... edit. Just realized you see my tattoo in NONE of these pictures. Hmm. I think it shows in some of our other ones though!

Then, I'm on a mini-high from Mary Poppins-- so now, I want to find the kids from Winnie the Pooh! Off we go....

And off we fail! They aren't anywhere we can see. But!! Aurora is in France.... soooo, that's where we head next.

Not as interactive, but she was very sweet. And very pretty. But I do NOT like her dress. I think it's the crushed velvet... Not sure. But man. Doesn't sit well with me...

Ok! Accomplished.... and, the photographer gave us a Photopass card. We figure we won't ever use it. And we aren't planning on buying any... but what's the harm? This... would cause me grief later.

Continuing around the Showcase.. and end up back in the UK gift shops.

Look! There! In Mary Poppin's library!! Tigger!! <3

There's a small line, and I told DH I didn't really want to take a picture with Tigger.

He laughed, and said he didn't believe me.. So, we got in line.

I get up to the room they have roped off... and as soon as they let me in, Tigger grabs my arms, and starts dancing around with me in a circle why oh WHY did we not pre order a photopass cd???)

Then, we posted for a picture, his arms still around me. He leaned over a little to one side... so... I leaned more. This repeated until I was SURE we were going to fall.

That, is one of DH's favorite pictures. I'm undecided. Think I look a little odd- but I definitely look like I'm having fun!


Next - we give up any pretense of shopping. Dinner is soon, it's hot, and I'm a little dehydrated from the drinks I had on the plane.... but I want to find Aladdin and Jasmine.

Off to Morocco!

DH and I about died during our wait in line. We heard Aladdin introduce himself and Jasmine to a child, and he sounded EXACTLY like Aladdin from the cartoon. To. A. T.

If I didn't know better, I'd believe it was him, straight out of the TV. Wow.

DH was surprised at how much they stay in character. (Duh... if he read DiSboards... he'd know that. Kidding. He's probably reading this now. He's more excited about this TR than I am, I believe.

So we get up to them, Aladdin introduces them, and they ask where we're from, ask if I'm with my prince, the usual banter, and then Aladdin asks if I had one wish, what would I wish for?

I can't think of an answer to save my life, so he suggests a magic carpet. So DH and I could race them! I laugh, agree, and we take the picture.

As we walk off... DH says that if he was me, he knows what he would have wished for.

A cure for hydrocephalus. (the incurable brain condition I have.


How I missed that, I don't know. I think I was all Disney starstruck- and it never entered my mind!!

So, we make plans to visit them in Morocco again, and fix my wish.

Off to dinner!


We were a little early, just to check in, but they got us right in! I was surprised.

It did take a while for our waiter, Guiseppe, to get to us. But he was extremely apologetic, and explained that it had been a somewhat chaotic day. So, all was forgiven. Let's be honest. The Italian accent didn't exactly hurt, either...

First... food pictures.

Lemon Drop

Calamari

My Candele

DH's Pizza. Eggplant, artichokes, mushrooms and ham.

The food was great. Loved the sauce for the calamari (though I prefer aioli) my pasta was great, and DH's pizza was awesome. Light crust and sauce. LOVED IT.

Guiseppe was amazing.

He recommended my food... He recommended a pizza for our "neighbors" at the table next to us as well. The pizza with melon, fontina, arugula, etc on it.. only minus the melon, with a white sauce, and olive oil on it. Mmmmm..

Speaking of, when I asked the lady and her daughter what they were eating, next thing I know-- they were giving me a slice!!

We chatted with them and Guiseppe the entire rest of the time we were there!

We gave them one of the desserts on our dining plan, and through a weird mix up we ended up with wrong dessert, and a free wine (or, the wine, and a free dessert.., it got confusing. And DH wasn't too forthcoming with the bill details..) And, we bought the lady a cappuccino!

All in all, our desserts were the Rosa De Regale wine, tiramisu, gelato, and 2 cappuccinos! Yum...

We left VN very happy.

Went after that to DTD, to try and see Harry Potter... but they were all sold out.

We got off at the Marketplace bus stop. Not realizing that the bus stopped at both Pleasure Island and Westside....

And I was wearing the WRONG shoes for walking around. Ballet flats.

Hello blisters.....

Finally, we went back to the hotel to crash-- we had the bus all to ourselves for a while. We had a mini sing along to the Cable Cars song.

End of day 1!

Next day, was breakfast with Lilo and Stitch! ... And... Mickey and Pluto!

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Now, off to make DH an account, so he won't steal mine anymore to comment.

 

[t_daniels]

I should add. I reserve "creative license" if I remember the order of events on any given day a little out of order.

Anyway. Now that I set "DH" up with an account (He thought DH meant Darth Husband. So he's sticking with that) ... I'm sure he'll correct any mistakes.