Reality has absolutely no place in our world...a colorful TR update 2/27/07

[poppinspal]

So next on our journey we venture into the France area of the World. My family has been going to WDW for so long we tend to only hit the countries we know we like and so I had no real clear memory of what they had to offer here. Is it bad that I just didn't find anything to interest me here? The food I'm sure is good but it didn't seem to be what I wanted and there was little else to keep me entertained for long. (Do they have a kidcot station, maybe I should try that next time. ) I'm sure that for some people this is their favorite but I don't think it's for us. So we were quickly on the way to Morocco where the food again had little I was interested in but I did enjoy taking all the different aspects of it in. I've never been able to explore this freely because my brother, god bless him, can't stand how I like to poke around constantly and need to see every little detail. I think he's fine with in certain times but when he's stuck with me for days on end it gets old. Plus there was no holiday crowd to deal with so Brandon and I were able to just see what we wanted. He did take a look at the food and a few things caught his eye. But despite my urging to try food he didn't, I think maybe he was still rebeling against WDW. (You have to remember he's still not converted.)

So we head into the Japenese Pavilion to look around and I explain to Brandon about the pearls. At this point you can't go pick your oyster yet but we're close enough that we decide to wait. So we decide to veture around a little. We look at all the Hello Kitty things and think of my sister who loves Hello Kitty. We look more at things we love but can't afford, things we like but have no need for and things like that. I debate getting a pair of funky chop sticks to use to pull my hair back. In the end we just look around and soak up everything they have to offer. We head back over to the area where the oysters are and something catches my attention. They sell monchichis here! So you might be saying what?

That is a monchichi. Brandon at some point in our relationship took to calling me his little monchichi, neither of us really knows why. They were super popular when we were kids and I remember having one myself. So we laugh and look at all the different ones they have. We decide to go over and try to find which oyster will get us the biggest pearl. I'm glad that this is a bigger display then the one at the Beach Club. My sister did that one and I think it was just a little less exciting. So we look over the took tanks and point one ones we think will be good. We start talking with a woman who is doing the same as us and she explains that she works in Epcot and comes over all the time to do this. She told us her way of picking hers but I politely waited till she'd walked away before I told Brandon the tips another person had given me. So I go pay for each of us to pick a pearl and for a munchichi for Brandon that looks simliar to the one I posted above. He laughs at this surprise because now I'm not the only monchichi in his life.

We wait for a couple of people who got there before us to go. (They snuck in when I was having the great chopstick debate with myself.) Brandon and I each have our eyes set on an oyster. The women who we were talking to earlier picks hers and it's size is 7. I think they hit the gong once for this. She hangs around to watch Brandon and I pick. I go first and I point out my buddy. The women pulls him out and he's the typical color but he's 7.5. He's large she says and rings the gong once. I'm secretly excited that it's so big. Brandon goes next and his oyster gets pulled out. He also get's a traditional colored pearl but his is 8.5!!! We're told by the woman working that it's an extra, extra large one(so many jokes, none very dis-like) and she rings the gong twice for him! The women who we'd been talking to looks like she wants to hit Brandon over the head and steal his pearl. Eventually we have our pearls in little baggies and were both very happy. Brandon offers to have them set in something for me but for some reason I was very happy just to have them in their little bags(where theys till sit today.) We pop outside and we walk around the gardens. Brandon runs to get us Powerades while I sit snapping pictures with the last few pictures left on the roll. It seemed like such a peaceful moment in an extremely busy place so I decided to take some pictures. (I'll load them onto my computer soon.)

Brandon comes to usher me on our way and we head to the American Adventure. We go into the gift shop first, not sure how we managed that one, where we have very little interest in buying things. Maybe it's because we live in a city flooded with these historic souveniers but it just doesn't scream buy things. But we do get a kick out of the fact that you can buy Presidential dolls that when you push a button has them saying a famous quote. We had a good time trying to guess what each one would say. Of course my bladder has an excellent sense of timing so it was about then that it let me know I had to go now! So after a trip to the rest rooms I decided to call my mom at work to tell her about the pearls. (I just can't make myself carry my cell phone while I'm in WDW. My parents knew this and were okay with it. So I used a pay phone, I was happy to find one.) Of course I called her at work and she was away from her desk, another women in her office picked up. Once I told her who I was she tracked her down for me. I told my mom all the things that we'd been doing and all about the pearls. She was glad to hear I was so happy.

We decided to go inside but didn't do the show. We poked around and looked at the things they had exhibited there. The paintings and all the little details that make it look so wonderful. Don't think that we're unpatriotic, we're absolutely not. I believe people when they say this show is wonderful and stirring. I am proud of the roots of my country but I've seen shows like this numerous times. I've been to Plymouth Rock and Plymouth Plantation, I see the Boston Harbour every day and have seen all the Tea Party things they do there and I've seen the Decleration of Independence. It was just not the day to take a trip down our countries memory lane. We were both more just wanting to keep walking around. But it did provide a nice air conditioned break from the Florida heat. So we skipped it and we were headed to two countries that I was sure we'd spend time poking around.

Stay tuned for Part 16: This is the food and wine festival, right?

 

[momoftriplets]

extra, extra large one(so many jokes, none very dis-like)

Very cute! Loved the post. Glad you're back.
Barb

 

[poppinspal]

Very cute! Loved the post. Glad you're back.
Barb

Glad you liked it, it felt not as funny as the rest but maybe I'm just getting into the swing of things again!

Yay for you being the first to post!

 

[blue_river]

Well....it's great to have you back girl.

I forgot to do the pearl thing. I'm so disappointed in myself. It is definately something I'm going to do next time.

Thanks for posting...I'll have more to say next time.

 

[svalencia1]

Oh yeah! I just love your TR. I'm so glad to see you back. I did the pearl thing 2 trips ago and have a setting for it too...now if I could just find a chain to fit it ould all be good! I even took my pearl down to WDW last time and just never got around to getting the chain. I need to though! Looking forward to more great reporting!

 

[poppinspal]

blue nile-I had skipped doing the pearl with my sister last trip when she did it at the Beach Club. I was almost glad I waited because Japan was so much better to do it at. I guess this is another excuse to go on another trip!

svalencia-It's weird that wouldn't be a problem I would have thought about. I guess live and learn, right?

I should have more up today when I get some work out of the way.

 

[blue_river]

blue nile-I had skipped doing the pearl with my sister last trip when she did it at the Beach Club. I was almost glad I waited because Japan was so much better to do it at. I guess this is another excuse to go on another trip!

svalencia-It's weird that wouldn't be a problem I would have thought about. I guess live and learn, right?

I should have more up today when I get some work out of the way.

Oh Goody...I'll check back later then.

 

[blue_river]

just a little bump

I hope you haven't gone into hiding again

I'm waiting..........

 

[amylevan]

Ahem....I know I'm a little late to the party, but I just started reading your trippie....
and now I want more!

 

[poppinspal]

Sorry for the delay. I keep waiting in hopes of having pictures to add but scanners and I don't mix. So for now we continue pretty much pictureless and with a promise for pictures in the near future.

I love visiting the Italy part of the World because it takes me back to my trip there when I was a senior in High School (and I'm also of Italian decent, I still can speak a little of it). See because as much as I love Disney I also love visiting new places. And I don't mean just exotic places like Italy. Another favorite trip of mine was to visit a college friend in Minnesota. I just like seeing whats out there in this world. So I'm transported back to my hs trip to Italy and how amazing it seemed to me that this really could exsist in the world. I'll tell you the major differences I noticed in the Italian pavillion from the real thing. First Venice has a million pigeons and Disney is definitely pigeon free. Also Rome is filthy, I loved it, but it's a pretty dirty city. So in those respects Disney is totally off but that's a good thing for all of us. So Brandon and I poked around and I lusted over a bunch of things that were just too expensive to buy. We took a look at the food they were offering and again passed up trying anything. I think the only reason Brandon passed it up was to get to Germany. He's of Italian/German decent so this was where he'd been dying to go. I'll be honest I could buy a million beer steins here, I find them so interesting. We might have spent about a half an hour here just walking arounding noticing little things. There's no real big interesting story to tell and nothing exciting happend but it was fun to look. We had talked about eating at Biergarten as my family had done this before so I knew we'd both like the food. But Brandon decided that we shouldn't because he could get that type of food back home.

Now keep in mind we continue to pass up all these special stands set up for the Food and Wine Festival. I'm normally a go with the flow type of person but at times my boyfriend needs a little nudge in the right direction. We're passing up these stands with food we don't normally get to try back home and it's killing me. I want to scream "You studied culinary arts in school, this is your thing right here!" But I didn't because there's a no screaming rule at WDW, oh wait maybe that's not true but for me that's the case. So we get to China and I think we're booth losing a little steam. Looking back I tend to forget that we'd both been sick pretty much right up till our trip. Brandon had been in bed for almost the entire week before we left and I'd just gotten over a double shot of a cold and stomach bug. I think even at the time I over looked the fact that we weren't extremely energetic. We got to China and we both decided to take a pass on the movie. Go ahead and tell me about my lack of cultural interest but at the time sitting on the benches watching the world go by was the best thing we could have done at that moment. I've searched and searched for picture because I didn't take one and here's the best I could come up with.

Sorry it's so big and all. But along this same path there are some benches where you can sit and take a load off. Brandon went and bought a Powerade(and I longed for it to be a Gatorade instead) and we sat down relaxing. We watched one of the little lizards run in and out of the bushes. I tried to get my camera out to take a picture but I was too slow. We sat for awhile and just talked about random things. This is how we are, we can plop down any place in the world and have these random interesting conversations. I can't tell you what we talked about that day but I can tell you I was as a happy as a clam in that moment. It was this peaceful moment that truely meant the world to me.

But time doesn't stand still even for the special moments so we had to push on. There was still so much to see. We may have poked around a little but moved on to Norway. This is my brother's favorite part of the World Showcase. I've spent so much time there I can literally in my head picture every rack, every display, every troll doll there. We skipped the ride mostly because I'd stupidly mentioned a drop to Brandon and he was still not a fan of the drop rides. We went in and I yet again lusted over the sweaters. Every trip I want one and every trip I remember it's too much money just for a sweater. I point out the knife to Brandon that my brother bought on our last trip. My brother collects knives and has some different ones from around the world. We move on to the room where I think most people cluster and have fun. The room with the giant troll! (And lo and behold I went to upload that picture of China and found I'd already uploaded a few pictures from the trip.)

Brandon and the giant troll. (Or it could also be titled "Which one is the troll?")

I also took a pictures of him with the vikking woman hat on but I'm sure he'd rather that not be posted for the world to see. So we had fun goofing off in Norway and the we did actually take time to get a little cultural knowledge while we were there. We poked around the stave church and the whole time we didn't say a word. I'm not sure why but we were both quiet as can be. I probably would have spent time playing on the vikking ship like I was a little kid but Brandon knew the minute he let me go with camera in hand I'd be gone for awhile. So he convinced me to move on to Mexico while I had the energy.

Now it's at the Mexico pavillion that two decisions are reached that even now bring a smile to my face. The first one is to not explore what's in that temple that taunts me every time I go to WDW. That's right people, the last time I went and explored the Mexico pavillion I was so young I don't remember what it looks like! Oh sure I've put a hat on at the outside store and posed for silly pictures. But thats it! Mexico is still a WDW mystery for me. Then my boyfriend utters the words that make me both want to hit him and laugh at the same time. (He has this way of doing that a lot of the time.) He tells me that he thinks we should go back and walk the World Showcase to see what food they have! I laugh because it's better to laugh and so I agree to hit the Food and Wine festival stands.

So our first stop is Mexico where Brandon has Chilaquiles and a Dos Equis. I don't normally enjoy Mexican type foods but I'm slowly learning to like them because Brandon would eat it every day. (Not the Taco Bell stuff but stuff we get at a sit down restaurant.) So I try a bite of his but pass on the Dos Equis knowing this isn't my type of beer. We both enjoyed the food though. Now the might be a little out of order because I don't have that written any where and my memory can only go back so far. So I'm happy with the fact I can remember what we had. Now we pass some stands that have beers we both like but not a ton of food I'll eat. I don't think I'm an extremely picky eater but fish is the one thing I refuse to eat. So we go along saving room for what we really want. We pass on South Africa because I mention we can try that when we go to Boma to eat. When we get to Australia I try to convince Brandon to try Shrimp on the Barbie just because my brother and I always use the line from Dumb and Dumber when Jim Carey says that but Brandon is having none of it! He won't try it and I don't eat fish so moving on. On to Oktoberfest where Brandon has a Becks and a strudle. I take just a few sips off his. I should mention I have a tiny stomach so I save room for the things I love. Now we've come to Italy and what would be our favorite snack the entire time we were there. Pizza alla Salsiccia (Sicilian Pizza with Sausage) and a lemonade type beverage that for some reason isn't on the menu and I can't remember what they called it. Maybe just lemonade. I would kill for both of those right now. A side note to say that had we picked a beer istead Peroni is such a good Italian beer. I think that was what I drank the most when I was over there.

We skipped the Champagne station and Brandon is not a fan of Sam Adams beer so we passed on the Barely and Hops as well. (I always yell at him for not supporting our local brewing company, it's a Boston based company as Sam Adams was a Bostonian.) But I suggest you try Sam Adams, it's a great beer that comes in so many good flavors. The plain one is good, the light doesn't taste like a watered down beer, the Octpberfest and Winter Lager are also favorites of mine. We skip the American food as well. I don't eat lobster(which is a sin considering my dad used to be a lawyer for some fishermen) and the Pork I can get my dad to cook up at home. Now we're in France after having passed up a few more choices and we're checking out the menu when I see Aurora and Belle out taking pictures. Something clicks in my head and I realize if there are characters out here there might be some in the UK pavillion. I tell Brandon this and he recalls an earlier conversation, he knows there's a chance Pooh will be there. So the food and wine festival is forgotten for a moment while we book it over to the UK.

We get over there and as we walk into the character area the first person I see is Mary Poppins and one of her penguin friends. I stopped dead in my tracks so many thoughts running in my head. First is I'm sorry Pooh isn't here for Brandon. But then I revert back to being 5 when I taught myself how to use a vcr so I could put Mary Poppins on while my mom fed my brother. I remember the frilly white umbrella my mom bought me so I could dance around like Mary. (Both true stories.) Brandon takes the camera knowing I want a pictures. Now this is a way to turn a 24 year old into a kid, confront her with her childhood idol. I was a bumbling idiot. I think I said something to her about her being my favorite person in the world. I can't remember exactly. I wish my parents had been there because I think it was one of those things they would have loved. The only thing that would leave me more in awe is if Julie Andrews was there herself.

Me with my idol. I wish I looked better but it's still Mary!

So I am done and I let some little kids in to take picture. I'm busy telling Brandon what an idiot I was when I notice that there is some action in the room where Pooh usually is. Brandon and I go peak and there is Pooh and Tigger(Brandon's two favorites) taking pictures with people. We stand there as we both excitedly talk at the same time. He's handing me the camera and I'm telling him to go while there's no one around. (The last kids were just leaving.) We're like ten year olds. Brandon goes in and Tigger really does get right into it. He's high fiving Brandon, giving him hugs and the thumbs up. We both would laugh later thinking how Pooh seemed unsure of Brandon. I snapped about four pictures because I wanted to be sure I got a good one plus Tigger kept insisting on different positions. (Brandon and Tigger giving thumbs up, Brandon and Tigger posed back to back.)

I like this one because Brandon just looks so happy.

Then a very nice couple came in to take pictures and offered to let me jump in for a few. (There were no photopass CMs with either group of characters.) We returned the favor and headed out. I think we were both glowing. Disney spreads it's Pixie Dust even to us adults. I don't need a year of a million dreams winnings to feel like I've really won big. This moment with a guy I love is more then enough.

We did do the rest of the countries left in the food and wine festival. Despite having a few things I know I'd love I settled for just having the Meade Honey Wine from Ireland. (Which was really good.) Brandon knew Greece was up ahead so he decided to skip the next few countries and he went and got a Greek Salad with flat bread. (Another to die for meal.)

And so with some yummy food sampled and a little pixie dust tossed in, it was time to head back to the hotel for maybe a quick dip and a nap.

Up next: Part 17: In which he'll finally announce his feelings... about WDW.

 

[blue_river]

You've described everything so well poppinspal

My father is German, so I spent a lot of time looking around Germany but didn't buy any of the steins. I have enough at home from my honeymoon to Germany - but that's another story. I did buy one of their Christmas advent calendars because we always had them growing up and I haven't seen them around in a long time.

Oh how I wished you posted the pic of Brandon in the viking hat

You look cute with your idol

Quoting you "This moment with a guy I love is more then enough. "

That's so sweet

Thanks for the installment girl!

and get that scanner working!

 

[poppinspal]

These two pictures go with this trip to EPCOT but didn't realize that they were loaded. So I thought I'd share with you guys just because I had them around.

This is in Canada. Look in the third place for a person to put their face. Notice the misting fan? I LOVE that thing. (I have it packed up for a future trip.)

Unfortunately my pictures aren't as nice when I scan them in but this one was too good not to share even in it's scanned quality.

 

[momoftriplets]

Great installment! Keep 'em coming!

 

[poppinspal]

I didn't realize till after how much I wrote! I hope it's not too much to take at once.

I do have another run in with the beer steins and such but it's a story for another day. Brandon would love to go to Germany but that's probably a trip for the far future.

I think I have other funny pictures of him to share later.

I love Mary. I'll find the picture of me when I was like 8 in my neon bright clothes with her. It's a lot cuter then this one.

It's true though. As much as I tease him both in this trippie and when we're together, there's nothing I enjoy more then spending time with him.

I'm determined to have more pictures tomorrow and more updating coming soon.

 

[poppinspal]

We got back to our hotel and we were exhausted. This was actually the one day I remember going back and not even having the energy to swim. For some reason I have no way of remembering what we ate that day but I'm pretty sure it was pizza and pudding from the food court. (I hate writing about Disney food because it makes me crave certain things!) I set the alarm and we zonked out for awhile. When we finally both woke up we were a little sluggish but watching a little Golden Girls and taking showers helped.

So before we knew it we were on our way to MGM to visit one of my favorite restaurants. It was one of those days where we were both so tired we rode the bus in almost complete silence. It's funny how at the start of a relationship silences like this might cause you to worry but at this point we are both comfortable with it, we know that it means nothing more then we're tired. Also I should mention that Brandon when he gets some sleep but not enough turns into a bear. In fact I called him yesterday while he was napping and I couldn't get him off the phone quick enough, it takes a good ten minutes for his sweetness to come out after a nap. So silence is always a good thing in these situations.

We had realized before we left the hotel that we were so slow moving that we'd probably be late for our dinner reservation. I called to the front desk and explained the situation and they told me to go over it should be no problem. So we got to the park and quickly made it over to the 50s Prime Time Cafe. I completely admit we were late and if they decided not to take us then I would have understood, Brandon would have as well. So when we walked up to the desk I was a little worried we wouldn't be getting in. You see for the past two trips I'd been there for dinner on New Years, I know when it gets busy it puts them out a little to try to still fit you in. (Although they do if you are nice enough with them.) I told the lady when we went to check in that we were late for our reservation and I just wanted to see if we could still be seated and if not I completley understood. She said take a seat and they would fit us in, well not even five minutes later we were being seated.

We got seated at a table kind of in a corner and it was a good place to watch the action. Our server wasn't totally into it as some are, like with the yelling and things. She was more elbows off the table and finish your veggies type. It actually worked perfectly because Brandon likes to joke but doesn't like to be the center of attention. She let me order the chicken noodle soup for my appetizers and Brandon ordered the fried herb cheese. Both were really yummy and the chicken noodle soup is definite comfort food, even though I didn't need comfort food in disney. I want to say Brandon got the meatloaf, all I remember is him ordering something I DIDN'T want to try. I ordered the Fried Chicken and basked in the yuminess of it all. I don't need extremely fancy food to make me happy, this is prefect for me. For desert I got a brownie sundae, my favorite thing in this whole wide world. (Last trip I think I had four of them. Oh so good.) Brandon had the S'mores which he also really enjoyed, both of us agreed that it was a ton of food. I know lots of people would call us wasteful but we didn't eat it all and couldn't agree on anything to share so we ordered our own.

We did chat with our waitress a little before we left, she was just so sweet. She told us that Brandon reminded her a lot of her son and was chatting with us about this and that. She thanked us and told Brandon one last time to keep his elbows off the table. We felt she was so wonderful and weren't paying for any of our meals so we left her a huge tip. You see she also had another table right next to us that we just felt so bad for her about. I'm sure you see them just like we do, those families that are miserable when they're together and they prefer the world to be miserable along with them. They kept making these crazy special requests and essentially making our waitress stand on her head. She deserved a good tip for dealing with them but even more so because she remained friendly with us. I swear that it helps when you are cheerful and bright because it makes other people smile a little more.

Side note, at work here I constantly get compliments when I answer the phone about how chipper I am even at 8:30 in the morning. I've never had one complaint given to those above me but I've had plenty of compliments. You really do catch more flies with honey.

But back to the trip... So we left the restaurant feeling much more in the spirit then we had entered it. It was an extra hours night so we got in line like cattle for them to brand us as WDW resort guests. After that we roamed around the park like... well two things that roam a lot. We hit the Star Wars and Muppet rides because we love both so much. Then we some how ended up at the Toy Story Pizza Planet Arcade. We weren't there to eat or anything like that. We saw video games and decided to take a peak inside. We ended up playing for awhile and had fun. You do have to pay to play the games but I had tons of quarters for penny presses so we used some of those. I liked the Mario Kart game and kept telling Brandon how much I loved the old school Nintendo games and this reminded me more of those. (He ended up getting me one of those portable Nintendo DS for my birthday so I can play the remade old Nintendo games. I love it and it will come along on my next vacation.) We then some how ended up on the Streets of America(I told you we were just walking around.) We took some time to sit on one of the benches and share a drink, it was amazing but we had the whole street to ourself. We talked about how special it was to be away just the two of us and how great this trip was. It was in this moment that he finally, finally said the words I would have killed to hear. "I think we should come back next year."

That's right, right when I was starting to think he liked it but didn't love it, he totally proved me wrong. I don't know if it was that we were starting to feel better and over our illness, or that we'd just finally hit enough things that interested him but he was completely on board. And he wanted to plan for next year. He makes more decisions about this as the trip goes on but this was the start of HIS Disney obsession.

This picture is of just after we decided to start to walk again. We fooled around looking at different things and doing funny poses. The rest of the night was farely uneventful. I hit Tower of Terror and Rock n' Rollercoaster... alone. We poked around a lot in the stores and just walked around looking at different things. I still regret that I didn't take more pictures at MGM, there was just so much I wish I had on film.

So I will end this with a little sharing of some good news. Today I did get one of those much talked about pins and did in fact book the next year trip. And because I really can't hold in my excitement even though I know I could work this into my TR I'm going to share that we're splurging BIG TIME to stay 10 DAYS at AKL!!!!!! Brandon has leaked a little secret so I already know this trip will be a special one... but I have to keep at least one secret for now.

Oh and in all my excitement I forgot I upload a ton of pictures for the rest of my posts!

Coming to a thread near you: Part 18: Now this is an arcade!

 

[jess98ac]

Brandon has leaked a little secret so I already know this trip will be a special one... but I have to keep at least one secret for now.

Oh and in all my excitement I forgot I upload a ton of pictures for the rest of my posts!

Coming to a thread near you: Part 18: Now this is an arcade!

I've been reading this every time you post and love it! Can't wait for the next part...do we learn the secret??

 

[blue_river]

Also I should mention that Brandon when he gets some sleep but not enough turns into a bear.

Sounds like me......hahaha

I told the lady when we went to check in that we were late for our reservation and I just wanted to see if we could still be seated and if not I completley understood. She said take a seat and they would fit us in, well not even five minutes later we were being seated.

You got lucky...sounds like pixiedust to me

She deserved a good tip for dealing with them but even more so because she remained friendly with us. I swear that it helps when you are cheerful and bright because it makes other people smile a little more.

I know what you mean. That is one job I wouldn't want because I'm the type of person who makes a lot of facial expressions and the customers would know when I was angry just by the look on my face - I'm sure I'd be fired!

We talked about how special it was to be away just the two of us and how great this trip was. It was in this moment that he finally, finally said the words I would have killed to hear. "I think we should come back next year."

WOOHOO!!!!!!! That's a very special moment

So I will end this with a little sharing of some good news. Today I did get one of those much talked about pins and did in fact book the next year trip. And because I really can't hold in my excitement even though I know I could work this into my TR I'm going to share that we're splurging BIG TIME to stay 10 DAYS at AKL!!!!!! Brandon has leaked a little secret so I already know this trip will be a special one... but I have to keep at least one secret for now.

OMG.........That is where I would love to stay this year but I don't think we can afford a deluxe.

That's wonderful news for you.

 

[poppinspal]

I've been reading this every time you post and love it! Can't wait for the next part...do we learn the secret??

ha ha I hope I don't let you all down with my little secrets. There is just so much on this trip that still excites me and future plans that also make me happy. I'm sure I'll write more tomorrow or the next day.

 

[poppinspal]

You got lucky...sounds like pixiedust to me

I think our entire trip got sprinkled with pixie dust. We really had so many special moments.

I know what you mean. That is one job I wouldn't want because I'm the type of person who makes a lot of facial expressions and the customers would know when I was angry just by the look on my face - I'm sure I'd be fired!

I pride myself on being pretty good at keeping calm about things but the stuff the poor restaurant staff deals with, I'm not sure I could handle it. I'd probably end up tossing a plate at someone!

OMG.........That is where I would love to stay this year but I don't think we can afford a deluxe.

That's wonderful news for you.

Honestly we'd planned on going back since the night he announced he loved it. We'd decided to spend a little more money for a moderate but Brandon wanted AKL so bad. Well we decided to spend ten days this trip(which I'll probably explain later in this trip or in my eventual pre-trippie for the next trip.) So I really thought AKL was out of the running. But the powers that be tossed some pixie dust my way and I got the 40% off pin sent to me. So I booked it, figured out what I'd have to put aside a month to pay it off and said... what the hell. At times I still think we're crazy for trying but then I go look at pictures of the resort and remind myself it'll be worth it.

 

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I think our entire trip got sprinkled with pixie dust. We really had so many special moments.

Honestly we'd planned on going back since the night he announced he loved it. We'd decided to spend a little more money for a moderate but Brandon wanted AKL so bad. Well we decided to spend ten days this trip(which I'll probably explain later in this trip or in my eventual pre-trippie for the next trip.) So I really thought AKL was out of the running. But the powers that be tossed some pixie dust my way and I got the 40% off pin sent to me. So I booked it, figured out what I'd have to put aside a month to pay it off and said... what the hell. At times I still think we're crazy for trying but then I go look at pictures of the resort and remind myself it'll be worth it.

Our entire trip was one big special moment so I know what you mean.

Wow - a 40% discount is awesome. I'm still just hoping for the free dining.

Still waiting for your next installment