Princess Mindy's Mucho Fabuloso trip report! w/pics!!

[Mouse's Shadow]

Love'n the TR. Glad you included the restaurant reviews.But I have one beef with you; the castle is mine. I'm much older and have been wanting to live there longer I've been telling everyone for years that I want to live in the castle and have access to all of Disney. I would never have to leave Disney property and I could live happily ever after.

 

[HERSEY]

Love your TR and your food reports. Yum!!

 

[KimRaye]

Lovin' your TR, Mindy!

And, sooo missin' those Heavenly beds right now, thanks to you!

 

[Princess Mindy]

Love'n the TR. Glad you included the restaurant reviews.But I have one beef with you; the castle is mine. I'm much older and have been wanting to live there longer I've been telling everyone for years that I want to live in the castle and have access to all of Disney. I would never have to leave Disney property and I could live happily ever after.

We could share! Theres plenty of castle for all!

thanks everyone for reading!

 

[Ready to go in Ok]

I love your TR! Can't wait for more!

 

[dolphinrescuegirl]

Great trip report!

 

[Princess Mindy]

Day 3! Rockin around the Tower of Terror, but don't worry theres a little magic around every corner!

Today is Labor Day. A national holiday. and what better way to spend it than moseying around the World! We have a wonderful day planned. I haven't told about the special surprise I have planned for her this afternoon, so this should be fun.
We slept in a littl this morning. It is so hard to separate yourself from those beds. And we didn't get back to the room until around 1 or so, so I was a merciful commando Diser and we slept in until 8am. Now, wasn't that nice? (this is coming from a person who didn't even think about getting out of bed until 9 this morning-thats 10am for you Easterners)

We hop out of bed ready to start the day. After ingesting our morning starter necessity and liquid personality: coffee. The coffee really was awful I must say. Just terrible. I couldn't drink more than a half of the cup. The rest of the time at the Swan we drank tea. Its safer. I'm not sure what that stuff was, but I don't think you can call that coffee.

So after the coffee attempt we headed down to the boats to go to MGM. Much better idea if I do say so myself. No more walking around the Boardwalk like a crazy person for me-no sir-ee! We enjoyed our beautifully scenic, air-conditioned ride to MGM. After waiting about 10 minutes in the blistering sun. Man it was HOT We were very glad to get out of the queue and on to that boat.

a relaxing 8 minutes later we pulled up at MGM studios.
I'll try to post more in a minute, but if I don't get to right away, I assure you it will be soon!

 

[Princess Mindy]

Day 3 continues!

Today is EMH over at MGM, so its a wee bit busier than I would have hoped, but we are not daunted. We bound over to Rockin roller coaster, which has about a 20 minute wait. Its around 10am by now. No biggie. We grab a fastpass and head over to the Tower of Terror, strategically placing this ride before any feats of gluttony begin. We wait about 20 minutes standby for this one. Not too bad. This is the longest we will have waited for something the entire trip. The folks behind us start to get a little nervous after the preshow, and asked me how the ride was. I asked them if they have eaten breakfast recently and I think I may have alarmed them a tad. But I assured them it was not bad, and so did mom, who is not really a thrill ride person. So their fears were quelled and they really enjoyed the ride, or so they said

After we experienced quite a sinking sensation at ToT it was time for a wild limo ride at the Rockin Roller Coaster. This is one of my fav rides at WDW. I love the loops and the Aerosmith music in the background (that I sing along to during the ride-its ok. No one can see or hear me. I'm safe). It is just too very cool.

Well its around 11 now and we stop in some shops nearby for our souvenier fix. We played around with the hats and I got to try my Golden Ears on for size. Aren't I lovely?

Now its time for Beauty and the Beast! Yay! I love this show. we secured some fabulous seats behind a Japanese couple who filmed the whole thing. Makes me wish I had a video camera.

After this exciting conclusion to the morning, it was time for lunch. We headed back to the resort for some R and R.
pics and finish to come!

 

[TheDisneyTraveler06]

Great trip report and pictures!

You resemble your mom!

Keep it coming!

 

[Cory's Gal]

You have a fabulous TR!! I would love to go to WDW with my mom!!! Keep it coming!!

 

[javamom]

Great report, love your pics of Beauty and the Beast!!!

 

[Cass]

Enjoying your report

 

[Ready to go in Ok]

Two thumbs way up Minty! Love the pics!

 

[MousekaMaddi]

keep it coming girl,,,,,,,,,its great!!

 

[Princess Mindy]

It was a rather nice day at MGM and we were a little reluctant to go..but we had a big day planned and I wanted to get some cool-off afternoon break time in . So we headed back to the Swan, changed into our suits (mom got me the cutest coverup dress ever to go with my suit. Its white and has a little eeyore on the pocket. Just adorable. So I donned that and we went over to Pikabu's for a small lunch.
Pikabus is pretty nice. It was completely deserted, which is nice, and had quite a few choices and very helpful staff. We both went with the build your own baked potato-as something light you know. Light! Well after I had requested all the things I wanted on that baby (they pile it on for you and they are generous! I had chili, cheese, bacon, sour cream, ect) it was no longer a small meal-it was a monster! All for 5 bucks. Not too shabby!! It was really good too. No guilt on the side. Afterall I AM on vacation and calories don't exist.

After lunch we walked over to the pool and took in a small swim. Its so nice swimming here in the afternoon. Not too many people around to care whether you stretch out into a floating position as I love to do

After the swim, wanted to ride the Swan boats around the lake for a little while. This kinda made me feel a little apprehensive because we had a secret surprise at 3, but I indulged her and we paddled around the lake for a little bit. Fortunately the lake is not very big, so you don't get too tired paddling around. I wasn't too impressed with the boats, which creaked from serious lack of oiling, but liked it so for that I'm glad. I tried to make this a good day for her.

So we finish up the paddleboats and skip back to the room to change into something decent for the elegant part of the day. I wore a skirt (big shocker here as I hate to wear skirts, but hey momentary insanity sneaks in when you're on vacation) and a new shirt got me. Its tink. Everyone used to call me tink when I was little, so frequently gets me things with Tink on it, which is cool becuase I love her! She has such an attitude its funny.
So now we're all dressed and we waltz into the lobby in style (well sorta-my hair is still wet) as I whisper to the valet services CM, "whisk me away to the Grand Floridian please. Its teatime".

 

[dolphinrescuegirl]

Keep it coming!

 

[SamIAm21]

Hey there fellow Chicagoland DIS'er! Great report!! I hope you are "announcing" your report over on the Chicagoland board so they can all come by to read it! If not, I may have to do it for you! I'm so glad you had a nice trip (well at least as far as I've read so far)!!

I can't wait for the next installment! Tea and the GF! I'm going to take my DD there someday!

 

[DonnaW]

GREAT trip report and great pix!!!! Can't wait to read more!

*from a fellow Chicagoland DIS-er*

 

[kathymc]

enjoying your report - hope you have pics of the tea!

 

[SamIAm21]

Yoohoo Mindy, where'd ya go??

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