Seattle Goobers' January '12 Trip! UPDATE 1/30: The TR has begun! :)

[danimaroo]

Ohhh my Gosh, it's FRIDAY, AND tomorrow is Christmas Eve! I'm stuck at work until 2 today, but we're slow and aren't really doing a whole heck of a lot around here, so I'm updating!

Anyhoot, last night Matt and I went to see Pacific Northwest Ballet's "The Nutcracker." It was fantastic as always! This version of The Nutracker is special because it was co-created by Maurice Sendak, the author of Where the Wild Things Are. Matt and I are big fans of the book (it was Matt's favorite book when he was a little kid), and we loved the movie, and this version of The Nutcracker is stunning. The set design is absolutely beautiful and unique and the performers are just as wonderful.

Before the show, Matt bought a cupcake (from the infamous Trophy Cupcakes, and also my favorite cupcake place EVER) and it had a little ballerina on it. It made me laugh that once buying it, he immediately gave me the ballerina so he could eat his cupcake with no ballerina on it.

This kind of gives you an idea as to what the Nutcracker looks like according to Maurice Sendak:

And the screen before the show began!

Anyway, it was a great way to get into the Christmas spirit! We also had an amazing dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, Bizzarro. They were actually featured on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives at one point, which was exciting for them to get exposure. Anyway, they have the BEST Italian food and their handmade pasta is to die for.

Onto Day 11! This one I had to get a little creative for with my Paint skills..

Day 11: A picture of the thing you wish you could change about the parks

So, as you can see, we have a map here with the route that I have to take every time I go to Disney World. It's a LONG flight! And long flights, well, as you can see on the map, they equal a sad frownie face.

If you couldn't tell, I wish Disney World was a little closer to Seattle. Now, I KNOW I'm close to Disneyland, but it's not the same! I miss the quick flight when I lived in Boston.. and it saved us some money, too!

 

[okw19]

I love Where the Wild Things are. I think I would love that version of the Nutcracker too! Hope you guys had a great Christmas!

 

[danimaroo]

I'm still here! I've just been enjoying my Christmas presents and spending time with Matt, so I haven't been around the DIS as of late. However, I should have a slower day tomorrow at work soooo I will definitely update then! I feel full-on Disney mode coming on quite soon.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

I haven't been posting much, but I'm reading! Glad you had a nice Christmas, we did as well and my SIL is still here, so I haven't had a lot of time for the DIS either!

 

[danimaroo]

I love Where the Wild Things are. I think I would love that version of the Nutcracker too! Hope you guys had a great Christmas!

It is such a cool version of it and was absolutely wonderful! We had a great Christmas, just dealing with being stuck at work for a couple days before another long weekend. If I weren't taking off a ton of time for our Disney vacation I totally would've taken the week off here.

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas as well! Our vacations are so close.

I haven't been posting much, but I'm reading! Glad you had a nice Christmas, we did as well and my SIL is still here, so I haven't had a lot of time for the DIS either!

I hear ya, it's hard to post when you've got so much going on, PLUS lots of new toys to play with. Glad to hear that you guys had a great Christmas though!

 

[danimaroo]

Aaaaand we're back! Wow, can't believe how many days it's been since I've been able to sit down and write here. I've been doing some skimming of PTRs and TRs, but just didn't have the time to sit down and write in my PTR. Okay well that's sort of a lie, as technically I've had time, but I spent it doing other things. Namely spending time with Matt, some time with his family, on the phone with mine back in Boston, and then enjoying Christmas presents, both giving and receiving.

Speaking of enjoying presents, really quick and funny story. So on Christmas Eve day, before we went over to my in-laws house, Matt suggested that I try playing Kinect Disneyland Adventures. I figured what the heck, I had some extra time and I've been dying to try it out. So after messing around and giving high fives to Goofy and hugs to Donald, I tried out a few mini games, one of which was over at the Matterhorn.

The way the attractions work in the game is basically you do mini games that are loosely based on the attraction. Soooo I did one where Goofy is taken hostage by a groups of yetis and you need to save him by knocking them out with snowballs (yes, you read that right, an epic snowball fight with yetis).. You have to throw snowballs and also duck when they throw one at you. Wellllll, the ducking is basically squats in disguise, and I knew after playing the mini game that was never-ending (no seriously, I had to take out a LOT of yetis to save Goofy's *** ) that my legs were not going to be very happy with me. No joke, the next morning I could barely get out of bed or sit down! My legs were SO sore, I could not believe some silly mini game made me feel like I'd aged 50 years overnight! I thought it was pretty hilarious though to tell people I hurt myself having a snowball fight with yetis.

Christmas isn't Christmas without SOME sort of family drama, of course, but overall it was a truly wonderful Christmas. I felt so lucky and overwhelmed by the amount of gifts I received. It was truly wonderful, but I think I enjoy giving present even more...

But the best present Matt and I could give each other, aside from being with each other for Christmas, is going to Disney World!! And now it's our number one focus! We both changed our Facebook photos to pictures from our honeymoon trip, so we are definitely super excited for it.

What's blowing my mind is how quickly it's approaching. We have this weekend with a possible short trip to the family cabin and a small NYE celebration, then the following weekend we celebrate a friend's birthday, then one final weekend to clean up the house and get ready for the trip... Then we are ON A PLANE TO DISNEY WORLD! That is insane to me!

I think we have almost everything we need going into the trip. There really aren't any more clothes for me to buy, I've got my little journal ready to write in... I think what I probably need to do next is start making lists of everything we need to not forget. When you're gone for 10 days, that's a substantial amount of time to be without certain items (I'll say it again, I am packing EXTRA amounts of socks this time!), so I really don't want to forget anything.

Anyway, I know I have days to catch up on for this photo challenge, however I'm just going to do one day. I still have enough days left before our trip to get it done!

Day 12: A picture of your favorite Disney food item

I almost went to hunt down a photo of the bread pudding from Raglan Road, but I don't know... There's something oddly magical about getting a Mickey ice cream bar in the middle of Magic Kingdom. And darn it, they're pretty tasty! I mean, I know it's just an ice cream bar but I love them. It's just the overall experience that really brings you back to being a kid and taking that moment to eat your ice cream while enjoying the fact that you're standing in the middle of the Magic Kingdom!

 

[princess&her4princes]

Aaaaand we're back! Wow, can't believe how many days it's been since I've been able to sit down and write here. I've been doing some skimming of PTRs and TRs, but just didn't have the time to sit down and write in my PTR. Okay well that's sort of a lie, as technically I've had time, but I spent it doing other things. Namely spending time with Matt, some time with his family, on the phone with mine back in Boston, and then enjoying Christmas presents, both giving and receiving.

Speaking of enjoying presents, really quick and funny story. So on Christmas Eve day, before we went over to my in-laws house, Matt suggested that I try playing Kinect Disneyland Adventures. I figured what the heck, I had some extra time and I've been dying to try it out. So after messing around and giving high fives to Goofy and hugs to Donald, I tried out a few mini games, one of which was over at the Matterhorn.

The way the attractions work in the game is basically you do mini games that are loosely based on the attraction. Soooo I did one where Goofy is taken hostage by a groups of yetis and you need to save him by knocking them out with snowballs (yes, you read that right, an epic snowball fight with yetis).. You have to throw snowballs and also duck when they throw one at you. Wellllll, the ducking is basically squats in disguise, and I knew after playing the mini game that was never-ending (no seriously, I had to take out a LOT of yetis to save Goofy's *** ) that my legs were not going to be very happy with me. No joke, the next morning I could barely get out of bed or sit down! My legs were SO sore, I could not believe some silly mini game made me feel like I'd aged 50 years overnight! I thought it was pretty hilarious though to tell people I hurt myself having a snowball fight with yetis.

Christmas isn't Christmas without SOME sort of family drama, of course, but overall it was a truly wonderful Christmas. I felt so lucky and overwhelmed by the amount of gifts I received. It was truly wonderful, but I think I enjoy giving present even more...

But the best present Matt and I could give each other, aside from being with each other for Christmas, is going to Disney World!! And now it's our number one focus! We both changed our Facebook photos to pictures from our honeymoon trip, so we are definitely super excited for it.

What's blowing my mind is how quickly it's approaching. We have this weekend with a possible short trip to the family cabin and a small NYE celebration, then the following weekend we celebrate a friend's birthday, then one final weekend to clean up the house and get ready for the trip... Then we are ON A PLANE TO DISNEY WORLD! That is insane to me!

I think we have almost everything we need going into the trip. There really aren't any more clothes for me to buy, I've got my little journal ready to write in... I think what I probably need to do next is start making lists of everything we need to not forget. When you're gone for 10 days, that's a substantial amount of time to be without certain items (I'll say it again, I am packing EXTRA amounts of socks this time!), so I really don't want to forget anything.

Anyway, I know I have days to catch up on for this photo challenge, however I'm just going to do one day. I still have enough days left before our trip to get it done!

Day 12: A picture of your favorite Disney food item

I almost went to hunt down a photo of the bread pudding from Raglan Road, but I don't know... There's something oddly magical about getting a Mickey ice cream bar in the middle of Magic Kingdom. And darn it, they're pretty tasty! I mean, I know it's just an ice cream bar but I love them. It's just the overall experience that really brings you back to being a kid and taking that moment to eat your ice cream while enjoying the fact that you're standing in the middle of the Magic Kingdom!

Sounds like you had a great Christmas! And too funny about you explaining to everyone why your legs hurt from dodging snowballs from yeti's! Love it, too funny!!

I can't believe how close it's getting now! I really need to start thinking about what we're all wearing! I wanted to make shirts, now I feel like I'm running out of time, and do I make long or short sleeve?! So much to consider! And now I've got to dig out our Summer clothes since it's so much warmer there than here right now! YIKES!!!!!!!

Before you know it we'll be in single digits!!!!!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

That game sounds GREAT! I've been waiting to hear your thoughts on it b/c I really want to get it but everyone in my house thinks I'm nuts (they are super-gamers so don't play "little kid" games)

 

[danimaroo]

Sounds like you had a great Christmas! And too funny about you explaining to everyone why your legs hurt from dodging snowballs from yeti's! Love it, too funny!!

I can't believe how close it's getting now! I really need to start thinking about what we're all wearing! I wanted to make shirts, now I feel like I'm running out of time, and do I make long or short sleeve?! So much to consider! And now I've got to dig out our Summer clothes since it's so much warmer there than here right now! YIKES!!!!!!!

Before you know it we'll be in single digits!!!!!

We did! It was truly wonderful. It sounds like you guys had a great Christmas as well! I need to reply to your PTR because if you haven't figured out the video thing yet I could probably help you out!

And yes, it was pretty funny with the yeti story. My legs were sooooo sore, dang squats!

Ooohh my gosh I know, I can't believe in 3 weeks exactly we will be making our way to the airport right now for our flight! So exciting. it's so hard to figure out what to bring for clothes! I'm keeping an eye on the weather, but maybe if you get some free time you could make some short-sleeved tees and if it's cold you could always put it over a long sleeve! I made my one Wall-E hoodie for the chillier nights.

That game sounds GREAT! I've been waiting to hear your thoughts on it b/c I really want to get it but everyone in my house thinks I'm nuts (they are super-gamers so don't play "little kid" games)

I only played for about a half hour but I really was impressed! While yes, it's kind of got its little kid thing going on, (your character is literally a little boy or girl), it's still an absolute blast for anyone of any age! Plus it is a workout in disguise, I tell you. Any game that makes doing squats that much fun will get praise from me!

 

[ash-n-brensmom]

Glad you guys had a good christmas at home and together! I'm thinking that game might make a good workout to get ready for all that Disney walking!! LOL!
Oh and..it's not Disney until you are eating a Mickey Premium!

 

[danimaroo]

Glad you guys had a good christmas at home and together! I'm thinking that game might make a good workout to get ready for all that Disney walking!! LOL!
Oh and..it's not Disney until you are eating a Mickey Premium!

Thank you! It really was wonderful. And yes, it probably is a good workout for all the walking! I actually have switched my workouts from elliptical training to doing walks on inclines on the treadmill to prepare for our trip! Call me crazy, but I'm sure I'll feel a lot better once I'm strolling around Disney World and have built my legs up for all that walking. Well, honestly, anything will be better than last trip and my lack of proper sneakers for doing lots of walking. I'm doing my best to avoid any meltdowns in the middle of Epcot from terrible blisters happening... Not that that happened to me at ALL during our honeymoon or anything.

And nope, it sure isn't! Love that photo.

 

[JessesGirl1043]

Hi! I'm new to the boards & just wanted to let you know that I started reading your PTR & I'm loving it so far! I've just read the 1st page right now.

Sounds like you've gotten a great start so far! Would love to take a 1st class flight...so jealous! Luckily we fly out of Chicago so it's only a couple hour flight. We are also going in January (well, Jan. 31-Feb. 3) & glad to hear how great the weather & the crowds were for you last year! Gives me lots of hope for our trip!

Can't wait to keep reading! Great job!

P.S. I'm going to figure out how to do the siggies & all that...everyone has such cute ones!!

 

[danimaroo]

While on our drive into work this morning at around 7:45, Matt start exclaiming, "OH MY GOD! THAT'S SO CRAZY! OH MY GOD!" to which I started looking around for like, a naked person running around on I-5 or something, but then Matt continued his thought... "Literally 3 weeks from now.. 3 WEEKS from now... We are going to be walking around Epcot or something!" We realized it was 10:45am in Disney World and both got awfully excited about it! Where has time GONE?! Good Lord it's coming up quick. And it's also been a LOT of fun seeing others' PTRs get closer and closer to the trips that I've been following... or even better yet, some people's trips are over and they're starting their TRs! It's so crazy but so exciting!

Onto Day 13!


Day 13: A picture of your favorite “home” resort

Okay so I KNOW it's not the outside of the resort, but I wanted to show off my reason for why I love this resort. My vote here went for Old Key West. Of course, you must realize that I've only spent time at CBR and ASMu as a kid, and then OKW and Grand Floridian on my honeymoon. While I LOVED GF during our first weekend on our honeymoon, OKW truly felt like "home". I loved how huge our one-bedroom was (and that's why I chose that specific photo I took), I loved the feel of the resort that while it was separated off on its own, it still felt like we were very much in Disney World, and it was wonderful to come back to that room every night.

Now, this could VERY easily change with our stay at Beach Club Villas during this trip, but for now, I'm putting OKW as my favorite. I'll miss it but I'm also looking forward to seeing what BCV is like!

 

[okw19]

Glad you two had a good Christmas! That is too funny about the Disneyland game!
I have hardly been on the DIS lately, so busy spending time with family and friends that are here from out of town. Riley loves the pins you sent, thanks again! She wanted to put them up on the bulletin board in her room. She looks at them every day and we go over what each of them are.

I love premium ice cream bars! My favorite too.
OKW is definitely my favorite resort too, but I know I'm biased. It's just so comfortable and relaxing....and freaking huge!! A 2BR is so big, and I just love it.

 

[danimaroo]

Hi! I'm new to the boards & just wanted to let you know that I started reading your PTR & I'm loving it so far! I've just read the 1st page right now.

Sounds like you've gotten a great start so far! Would love to take a 1st class flight...so jealous! Luckily we fly out of Chicago so it's only a couple hour flight. We are also going in January (well, Jan. 31-Feb. 3) & glad to hear how great the weather & the crowds were for you last year! Gives me lots of hope for our trip!

Can't wait to keep reading! Great job!

P.S. I'm going to figure out how to do the siggies & all that...everyone has such cute ones!!

Welcome to my PTR!! I am so glad you decided to say something because I LOVE hearing from readers. It makes me feel better about typing these up, because sometimes I worry I only have like.. 3 people reading it.

Chicago isn't too bad of a flight! Wish ours was a bit shorter. Consider me jealous. We decided to go with the first-class just to splurge since we're pretty sure we won't get to do it again! Plus it makes the flight one less thing to have to worry about, as the Alaska Airlines flights from Seattle to Orlando tend to get super booked since it's the only airline to do a direct flight!

We'll be just missing you! But you really are going at such a good time that you will not be disappointed! The crowds are so low, it's a great time to visit, and although there are closures, it's really not that bad. I'm hoping the weather is as great as it was last trip!

Thanks again for commenting!

Glad you two had a good Christmas! That is too funny about the Disneyland game!
I have hardly been on the DIS lately, so busy spending time with family and friends that are here from out of town. Riley loves the pins you sent, thanks again! She wanted to put them up on the bulletin board in her room. She looks at them every day and we go over what each of them are.

I love premium ice cream bars! My favorite too.
OKW is definitely my favorite resort too, but I know I'm biased. It's just so comfortable and relaxing....and freaking huge!! A 2BR is so big, and I just love it.

No I hear you! I've been around but haven't really been paying much attention. I've played catch-up yesterday and today because I'm stuck working and it's been SLOOOOOW around here. I still have more catching up to do though!

Too cute about Riley; I'm really glad she loves them! And yes, the bars are seriously bombdotcom.

OKW is just soooo relaxing. A part of me will miss it this trip, I know that much, but I'm just really excited to see Beach Club and stay there! But I will miss the roominess of OKW, for sure!! They have the biggest one and two bedrooms!

 

[JessesGirl1043]

Alrighty, I am finally caught up! Took forever but I'm here!

You & your hubby seem so cute! Love all the pics & all...even if I feel a little stalker-ish, lol. I totally get the dork thing! My husband & I love playing games & Harry Potter & a bunch of other geeky stuff but who cares b/c it's fun!

This will be our 1st trip to Disney World & your helping me get a bunch of ideas! I've thought about making a PTR or something for input but 1) don't know how interesting it would be & 2) I'm new to the boards & don't have a lot to go on yet for ideas & such & how exactly to do it. Therefore I'll probably just lurk around, haha. I'm going to try & put more comments on though.

Congrats on the 1 year anniversary & the weight loss! I know that dieting, etc. is really hard to stick to & really applaud you both for your hard work!

Love your spreadsheet! I am such an organization freak (although you couldn't tell by my house the vast majority of the time ) I have so many lists typed up & I just keep adding to them...I'm sure they won't be "final" until I finally pack them up for the trip. So thanks for the idea! I'm going to be stealing it & adding it to my pile of lists

Oh! I had many WDW sites saved in my favorites but had never seen easywdw.com....I LOVE IT! It has so much useful information! I'm still browsing through that one with my notebook handy! Thanks!!!

You're dogs are adorable!!! I totally understand the furbaby thing! My husband & I's 1st baby was our boxer Rogue (named from a video game...that's how big of nerds we are ). We spoiled her rotten as well. Love the Santa Paws thing!!! So cute! Wish we thought of doing something like that! She of course got gifts & a stocking but never anything as cute as that!

Glad to hear you had such a great Christmas! Now it's full-on Disney-mode!!! You're getting so close!!! I'm sure there was a ton of stuff I wanted to comment on since I had so much to catch up on but I think I've rambled enough for now.

 

[danimaroo]

Alrighty, I am finally caught up! Took forever but I'm here!

You & your hubby seem so cute! Love all the pics & all...even if I feel a little stalker-ish, lol. I totally get the dork thing! My husband & I love playing games & Harry Potter & a bunch of other geeky stuff but who cares b/c it's fun!

Haha thank you! So glad you're caught up and don't feel like a stalker at all!.. Though I totally know what you mean about it because you suddenly, after reading through someone's updates, feel like you KNOW these people because you've seen so many photos and are suddenly involved in their lives! It's kind of a weird feeling, but I love getting to know the people in their PTR, as I think it makes the TR even better because you feel like you were right along the whole time with these people that you "know"... if that makes any sense.

We are total dorks and love it. We play lots of video games, board games, love Harry Potter (did I mention I found a VERY hard-to-find replica of Neville Longbottom's wand that is no longer sold in the Ollivanders box for Matt for Christmas? He said that was his favorite gift this year! )

This will be our 1st trip to Disney World & your helping me get a bunch of ideas! I've thought about making a PTR or something for input but 1) don't know how interesting it would be & 2) I'm new to the boards & don't have a lot to go on yet for ideas & such & how exactly to do it. Therefore I'll probably just lurk around, haha. I'm going to try & put more comments on though.

Ohhh my gosh I am EXCITED for your first trip for you! You are going to totally fall in love with it, I swear. Even though I'd gone twice growing up, that was so long ago that when we went for our honeymoon last January, it was a completely different and new experience from what I had growing up and it made me truly fall in love with it, even moreso than when I was a kid!

PTRs are definitely hard to do. Sometimes I sit here and feel like I am totally boring people with my random "life" updates, but at the same time, it's hard because I don't always have much to say about our trip, because well, it's been planned out for so long! Next time we take a trip I'm not sure I'll do a PTR, but who knows... I will definitely do a TR though because that's the fun part.

Keep commenting! Get involved in different threads and lurk! That's what I did to start and I've been addicted ever since. The DIS boards are the best resource for SO much information. It's literally going to change our trip into something even more magical than before, knowing what I know.

Congrats on the 1 year anniversary & the weight loss! I know that dieting, etc. is really hard to stick to & really applaud you both for your hard work!

Thank you! It really can be hard (and honestly the past few weeks have not been very diet-friendly, but we're okay with that), but we just live our lives in a healthier way, and allow ourselves to indulge.. but not over-indulge. That is the key!

Love your spreadsheet! I am such an organization freak (although you couldn't tell by my house the vast majority of the time ) I have so many lists typed up & I just keep adding to them...I'm sure they won't be "final" until I finally pack them up for the trip. So thanks for the idea! I'm going to be stealing it & adding it to my pile of lists

I have totally become a spreadsheet nerd because of this trip! I already am somewhat of a spreadsheet nerd at work, but this just pushed me even further. Matt is actually the Excel guru out of the two of us, but he complimented my spreadsheet and loves looking at it at work, since we share it through Google docs. It's going to be handy to have for our trip, that's for sure!

Oh! I had many WDW sites saved in my favorites but had never seen easywdw.com....I LOVE IT! It has so much useful information! I'm still browsing through that one with my notebook handy! Thanks!!!

easywdw.com is byfar my favorite of all the touring sites that I've come across. I have used touringplans.com, but easywdw I find to be better because of the explanations offered for all the days and why certain parks are better than others to visit on certain days!

You're dogs are adorable!!! I totally understand the furbaby thing! My husband & I's 1st baby was our boxer Rogue (named from a video game...that's how big of nerds we are ). We spoiled her rotten as well. Love the Santa Paws thing!!! So cute! Wish we thought of doing something like that! She of course got gifts & a stocking but never anything as cute as that!

Aw thank you! They really are our children. Love the name Rogue!! Don't worry, I think Matt got our dog Anya's name from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and I probably would've named Milo something dorky if that hadn't been his name when we got him. Puppy Christmas was a total success! I took video of it and might have to post it at some point, though it's a little long. We love our puppers, even though they can sometimes be total butts!

Glad to hear you had such a great Christmas! Now it's full-on Disney-mode!!! You're getting so close!!! I'm sure there was a ton of stuff I wanted to comment on since I had so much to catch up on but I think I've rambled enough for now.

I know! I was sad for a couple of days but now I've pepped back up and am super excited for Disney World! There's a lot I feel like I need to get done, and lists to be made, but with it just being Matt and I going, it really isn't bad at all.

So glad you commented because it's always fun hearing from other people who are like me (dorky and just kind of "get it"!)... Feel free to comment or ask ANY questions at all from me and I'll answer it to my best ability, seriously!

 

[danimaroo]

Hi guys! So happy it's Friday. I'm at work but it's super slow, so I can't complain too much... Plus, I get Monday off, and found out I ended up getting a little bonus at work (not a ton but it'll be great spending money while we're in Disney!), AAAAND I got to enjoy mimosas this morning while at work. Not too shabby of a way to start of my weekend, though I am a little jealous that Matt gets a 4-day weekend... He's working on taking down all of our decorations though, even though I told him I'd like to help. But when he gets on a roll with cleaning or doing work around the house, there is no stopping that man!

Anyway, last night Matt and I were sitting in our hot tub, talking about random stuff, including our Disney trip. This PTR came up and I told him how I've been doing this photo challenge, and in turn had a huge revelation... I NEED TO TAKE MORE PHOTOS! Dear lord, here I am thinking I thought I took tooooons of photos on our honeymoon, and while yes, I have just over 200 posted on my Facebook, they're not even that interesting/great! Like what the heck?

I think it'll be really helpful this time that I will have my DSLR (again), but also that we're doing a PP share AND I have a much nicer iPhone to take photos with. Put that all together and there is no reason for me to not take a TON of photos... Plus, I've got a TR waiting for LOTS of photos to accompany it, so I told Matt that I would be taking way more photos this time (even though he always gets sick of me asking him to pose ).. He told me he thought that was a good idea, so I'm glad he's on board with it because darn it, this time I am determined to get way more photos of our experience! I know it's kind of hard since you also want to just enjoy your time, as well, but if I can find the right balance (which I should be able to this time), then I think we'll be in good shape!

Anyway, onto my sad, sad, "photo challenge", in which majority of the photos aren't even my own - though this one DOES have one that I took aaand one that isn't! But whatever, it still counts, and it's still a fun idea!

Day 14: A picture of your favorite night time activity (existing or past) on Disney property

(Note this is NOT my photo at all, definitely not claiming it is, though I wish it was because it's really pretty!)

My favorite night time activity is a really a tie. As you can see from the first photo, one of my favorite night time activities is NIGHT SWIMMING! I love it. There is something about going during the night that just makes me really happy and makes me feel like a kid again. We went last trip in the Grand Floridian pool a few times at night, even though it had to be only in the 50s. We had a blast though! We also went a few times during the second part of our stay at OKW, in one of the quiet pools. I'm really looking forward to doing the same at the BCV quiet pool, too... as long as it's 50 degrees or above out.

My other favorite activity (which has a photo that IS mine!) is the Electrical Light Pageant! This is so old school and Disney and the music is totally dorky but that's why I love it! It's always fun to sit on the beach and watch it. We're not staying in the area that you can view it from but I have a feeling that one evening we'll make our way over to the Grand Floridian and watch it there. During our honeymoon we actually could see it from our room, but it was backwards because it was the showing for the Polynesian. Still fun to watch it though, backwards or not!

 

[okw19]

Oh goodness, no night swimming for me. I might freeze during the walk back to the room. I cannot wait to *hopefully* see the Electric Light Pageant for the first time this trip!! I am thinking we will go to the Poly one night and try to catch it and Wishes from the beach. It's never too late to start a new family tradition, right? :

Sounds like you're having a pretty good work day. I can't believe tomorrow is NYE!!! Then we will be in January and only have a few weeks left!

 

[poisonapple_PRINCESS]

Sooooo far behind!

Off to try and catch up.....