"SUCK IT UP BUTTERCUP! It Builds Character and Strength!" A July 2011 TR-COMPLETE 4/5

[Disneyfreak616]

New updates! Yay!

First of all, watching Wishes from the Poly beach is one of my favorite things to do in WDW. I love it so much. It's just so magical. Siiiiiigh.

OH MY GOSH. A shout-out? I am not worthy. Although I do obsess over that store quite often. Also, I totally bought that Rex ornament in July. He's so cute!

YAYY!

It really is. I love it. I miss it. I WANT TO GO BACKKKK.

Yes you ARE worthy! Aww did you really?? It is SO cute! I want it!​

Wooooo! Go Bucks! I don't blame your bro for buying another shirt. Like half of my wardrobe is Ohio State-related.

World of Disney's castle changes colors? That's AWESOME.

Everything from Ghiradelli looks amazing. I really need to go get some ice cream. Who cares if I haven't eaten dinner yet?

Haha so is his. Actually the majority is Ohio State. He's so funny. The Buckeye fans are HARD.CORE.

It DOES! I was so impressed.

Ice cream is better than dinner anyway. ​

For some reason, super powerful hand dryers always make me laugh hysterically. There's just something so weird about sticking your hands in a dryer.

PS: I'm glad I'm not the only one who hasn't gotten into Pottermore yet. I JUST WANNA BE SORTED ALREADY! I'm WalnutCat186.

There is! I always laugh too, it's so strange. But I like it haha.

I KNOW SO DO I!!!! I keep waiting and waiting and waiting and waitingggggggggg. GRRRRRR. I will add you when I get on though! ​

 

[Jazzabelle508]

PS: I'm glad I'm not the only one who hasn't gotten into Pottermore yet. I JUST WANNA BE SORTED ALREADY! I'm WalnutCat186.

I just got on today. I registered on day 4 and a bunch of other day 4 people got let in today. I know that it is pretty random but i just wanted to let you know that i'm sure you will be let in soon. I'll add you once i go back on the site. The sorting questions are weird questions. They aren't neccessarily the first questions you would expect. I think it is good that they are hard to figure out other wise people could just say certain answers to get a certain house. They were pretty good questions to ask though. I remember one of the questions was about which path you would take and they had 3 different options. The other question that I remember was about what you would hate to be called by someone else. The are pretty insightful questions to ask online. They also ask alot of questions before you get your wand which surprised me alot.

 

[usd2bmd]

I've been reading your trip report, and think it's great to see teenagers that are so excited about Walt Disney World. My family and I live close to the University at Buffalo, so it was cool to see someone mention it. I did not go to Disney until I was an adult (yes, I know, Poor me) but we took our daughter for the first time when she was 6 and she loves it as much as I do now (she's 15). I'm excited to see what adventures you had while you were there.

 

[Disneyfreak616]

I just got on today. I registered on day 4 and a bunch of other day 4 people got let in today. I know that it is pretty random but i just wanted to let you know that i'm sure you will be let in soon. I'll add you once i go back on the site. The sorting questions are weird questions. They aren't neccessarily the first questions you would expect. I think it is good that they are hard to figure out other wise people could just say certain answers to get a certain house. They were pretty good questions to ask though. I remember one of the questions was about which path you would take and they had 3 different options. The other question that I remember was about what you would hate to be called by someone else. The are pretty insightful questions to ask online. They also ask alot of questions before you get your wand which surprised me alot.

LUCKY!!! Pottermore, where in the name of Merlin's saggy left *&!@#*@#$ is my email!?!?​

 

[Disneyfreak616]

Chapter 11- I'm Walkin' Right Down the Middle of Main Street U.S.A...​

July 26th, 2011​

Well, I think you've probably guessed by now what our first park of the trip was! Stitch called and woke us up at 6:15 the next morning, and I was up and ready in 20 minutes! I needed to get to the Magic Kingdom, and I needed to get there NOW.

We walked the 10 feet over to Sassagoula Floatworks to get some breakfast. God bless the angelic cast members that made my building the closest to the food court.

I just HAD to have one of these babies:

How can you go to Disney and not have at least one Mickey waffle? That's just not right in my opinion. This one was loaded with yummy fresh strawberries, most of which are hiding under Mickey's handsome little face. These waffles are just SO good. They taste like pure magic.

Dave and Mike decided to go the omlette route. Dave's was full of all sorts of veggies, and Mike's was just ham and cheese.

Dave's:

Mike's:

They were so yummy! Not too big, and the potatoes were delish too. Definitely a great breakfast. We picked up a few of these for the road:

There's that nice, cold water again...mmmm...

After we ate our fill, we headed out to the bus stop to see a MK bus pulling away. Aw darn. Luckily, another one came about 10 minutes later. Unfortunately, it wasn't really a Disney bus. It was some kind of charter bus. I was very confused, and may have thrown a tantrum if they hadn't been playing the old Top 7 movie.

I was so engrossed in the classic Stacey moments that I didn't even notice that we were pulling into the TTC. It let us off there too. Uhh...whaat? A CM then checked all our room keys on the way to the monorail to make sure that we were all resort guests, because MK had early EMH that morning. By the time I had concluded that it had been a mistake and we would just have to take the monorail, it was already 8 o' clock. Dang, I missed rope drop. I was very upset. It was stupid too because aren't the Disney resort buses supposed to drop you off practically on top of the castle? Um YES. Ah well. All negative thoughts left my mind when I saw this:

And not long after that...

I really like the clouds in this picture.

That's it. I'm home. "Livin' it up, a hot sauce feelin'! LA LA. Something, something...let the memories begin!" Love the song, Joni!

I was now in my happy place. And any resentment toward that bus incident earlier was far from my mind.

See? Look how happy we are:

We passed under this, on the right side of the Magic Kingdom. I HAVE to enter on the right side and exit on the left. I have no idea why, I just always do. I feel thrown off if it's the other way around.

Ta-Da! Everyone sing Joni's song!!

As soon as I walked in, I heard the Wells Fargo Wagon song playing, from the Music Man! For those of you who don't know, Jess (Disneyfreak508), Allie (princessallie) our friend Nat and I were all in that musical this past spring. We discovered that they play the music from the show in the Magic Kingdom, and it's all just very exciting for us.

As if that weren't good enough, guess who we saw greeting the early birds over by the Confectionary???

...
Just a spoonful of sugar...
....
Oh, it's a jolly holiday with you Bert...
.....
That's right! It was none other than Mary Poppins herself! I LOVE her. Seriously she is one of my all-time faves! I HAD to go say hello!

She liked my flowery shirt very much, and told me that it reminded her of Bert's drawings. I told her that my brother could draw like Bert, and she said that he was very handsome like Bert too. He totally blushed. Awwwwww.

She said that I had nice dark hair like her, and how lovely it was. Why thank you, Mary! Here we are together:

Did I mention that I love her? Cuz I do. She's so precious!

After being wished a Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious day, (is it sad that I can type that faster than my own name? LOL) I turned the corner and saw...

The castle. Oh Cinderella's beautiful castle. I seriously never get sick of looking at it. I get that same warm, fuzzy, excited and super happy feeling every time I round that corner. It's absolutely stunning.

Of course I then proceeded to shove all the other gawking tourists out of the way so that I could walk LITERALLY RIGHT down the middle of Main Street U.S.A. while singing the song loud and proud. A custodian cast member even joined in with me! He smiled and said to have a wonderful day. I'm in the Magic Kingdom, that's a given!

I got this shot from the end of my song-filled journey down the most magical street in the universe, and I thought it was cool because the flagpole is dead center in the middle of the train station. These kinds of things amuse me, what can I say.

I will see YOU later, Sir Emporium.

As I passed the Emporium, I saw the Trolley. I adore that trolley, and so does my mom. So of course I took a pic!

This is for Jess and Kara:

YUM. The smell coming from in there is like nothing on earth. It is so captivating. I could stand there all day and just breathe.

And now that I've given you your photo tour of Main Street, here are many castle pictures! WOOO!

I think you need about 5 of these per trip, at least.

The beautiful Partners statue:

These are also quite necessary:

We saw some sort of tour going on. Keys to the Kingdom, maybe?

Now here are some castle pics that I am incredibly proud of my little point-and-shoot for, and I hope ya'al enjoy them!

Thanks for putting up with all that.

We then headed to Fantasyland to hit up some classics. We passed by this classic first:

Then this one:

So our classics tour actually ended up including just one. My personal favorite, Peter Pan's Flight! It was about a 10 minute wait, which wasn't bad at all. And after our journey into Neverland, it was time to hit up another land for the most anticipated ride of 2011...at least for me anyway! More on that next time! Only 4 days till the weekend! 'Night!

Continued in Nest Post​

 

[JessicaFaye508]

Oh yayy an update a day earlier than expected So happy.
That Mickey Waffle looks FANTASTIC. Yummm.
LOL I thought that I was the one obsessed with water It's rubbing off on you.
Oooh the clouds look cool in that picture of town square station!
hot sauce I LOVE that. It never gets old. I will be singing it every time I watch stacy from now on.
LOL you enter on the ride side and exit on the left because that is the direction of natural traffic flow in america and the hallways of ia.
Hearing music man music on main street never gets old.
oooooh main street symmetry. thank you, flag pole.
i'm glad you just have a good old time for yourself, even if you're the only one singing in your family
ICE CREAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
you know the smell is artificially pumped right? lol just checking. But it smells GOOOOD. "everything smells good here!" ha-ha...
ooooh i like the castle picture zoomed on the clock. artsy.
can't wait for the weekend. and our olive garden & lion king date and the wiener run. saturday will be a fantastic day.
okay good night i'm going to watch one more episode of full house and then go to bed haha. thanks for updating

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Everybody's breakfast looked really yummy!

Love your pictures, especially the one of the trolley.

I love Mary Poppins too, she always has the nicest things to say.

 

[southern_belle21]

I just found your TR tonight and I've spend the last hour reading it, and I I've decided. Can I just keep you?! I ADORE your TR! I seriously think you are just adorable, and I am loving everything! You really remind me of myself so much it's downright scary! We are leaving for our trip THIS FRIDAY NIGHT!!!! I'm SO EXCITED! (can you tell?!) We're staying at two different DVC resorts this time! BLT with a MK VIEW!!!!cheer2 AND AKV with a Savannah view! We've stayed at POR twice before and I fell in love with it! I swear I think somewhere down the line you and I are related because everything in your TR sounds like something I would say or do, (and I LOVED your Full House references at the GF!) You just made my night, AND got me even MORE EXCITED (as if that was possible) to go down to WDW!!! I was just thinking of starting a pre-trip report and then I came across your TR and couldn't stop reading lol. I can't wait to read more!

 

[LilAnn]

Oh, any update that starts off with photos of a Mickey waffle is a fantastic one. Seriously, we were on a mission to get Mickey waffles this past trip even though we didn't stay on property. Just need a Mickey waffle fix.

My stomach is growling after seeing all of those breakfast photos. Yum.

What's with that wierd charter bus that you got? Strange.

Fanastic castle shots. Always customary to get a few nice photos in front of the castle.

on only a 10 minute wait for Peter Pan!

 

[Disneyfreak616]

I've been reading your trip report, and think it's great to see teenagers that are so excited about Walt Disney World. My family and I live close to the University at Buffalo, so it was cool to see someone mention it. I did not go to Disney until I was an adult (yes, I know, Poor me) but we took our daughter for the first time when she was 6 and she loves it as much as I do now (she's 15). I'm excited to see what adventures you had while you were there.

Aww thanks! Yeah I know lots of people that go there. It's a good school!

That's so great that your daughter loves Disney too. It's the closest thing to perfection I swear. ​

 

[POLY1985]

Nice update Kristen!! I felt like I was walking down Main Street with you.
Question for you: You said you had Wishes and Illuminations on your iPod. Did you purchase it from iTunes or download it from somewhere else? I have been looking for Disney music for my iPod.

 

[PrincessCaitlin]

Ugh I wish school had a class on DISing so I could never get behind

Love the pic of the fireworks!

I love that you called EOS the Disney Panera

Your Ghiradelli treats look wonderful! I really want to try what Dave had! I think next trip will include a stop there!

So I am catching up on the chatting as well and keep laughing about the Pottermore aggrevation I am actually taking a Harry Potter Children's Lit class this semester and that site has come up more than once


Yum Mickey waffles!

Adorable picture with you and Mary!

I love all of the pics of the Castle! Not only is it just gorgeous but it holds a special memory for me now

Thank you for the walk down Main Street this morning! Definitely makes having to do homework later much more tolerable!

 

[Kelliroo3]

Great update! I love how excited you are about everything Disney...yay! And, I don't think that was the Keys to the Kingdom tour. Usually the tour guide wears the guest relations outfits..you know the ones with those hats? It's such a great tour! If you haven't done it, you must! I want to do it again!

 

[Disneyfreak616]

Oh yayy an update a day earlier than expected So happy.
That Mickey Waffle looks FANTASTIC. Yummm.
LOL I thought that I was the one obsessed with water It's rubbing off on you.
Oooh the clouds look cool in that picture of town square station!
hot sauce I LOVE that. It never gets old. I will be singing it every time I watch stacy from now on.
LOL you enter on the ride side and exit on the left because that is the direction of natural traffic flow in america and the hallways of ia.

Hearing music man music on main street never gets old.
oooooh main street symmetry. thank you, flag pole.
i'm glad you just have a good old time for yourself, even if you're the only one singing in your family
ICE CREAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
you know the smell is artificially pumped right? lol just checking. But it smells GOOOOD. "everything smells good here!" ha-ha...
ooooh i like the castle picture zoomed on the clock. artsy.
can't wait for the weekend. and our olive garden & lion king date and the wiener run. saturday will be a fantastic day.
okay good night i'm going to watch one more episode of full house and then go to bed haha. thanks for updating

I'm so glad. I love doing updates!

I LOVE Mickey waffles. They are soo good it's not even logical.

I do love water. You've definitely made me love it more though haha.

Thanks! I thought so too!

Hahaha seriously. Joni is BRILLIANT.

True, but it still has to be that way alwaysss.

It really never does. I love it!

Seriously! It's like perfectly in the middle!

I probably look like an oversized 5-year-old skipping around Main Street and singing to myself. Oh well. That's just me.

YUM.

Yes, I do know that. (killjoy) Oh well, it still smells like nothing that ever existed! I love it.

Thanks!

I knowww! I'm so excited!! It'll be soo fun. We think of the frumpiest things to do. I love it.

YAY Full House. Your welcome deariee. ​

Everybody's breakfast looked really yummy!

Love your pictures, especially the one of the trolley.

I love Mary Poppins too, she always has the nicest things to say.

Thanks! It was all so delicious.

Thank you! I love that trolley. <3

She really does. Always so chipper and polite. ​

I just found your TR tonight and I've spend the last hour reading it, and I I've decided. Can I just keep you?! I ADORE your TR! I seriously think you are just adorable, and I am loving everything! You really remind me of myself so much it's downright scary! We are leaving for our trip THIS FRIDAY NIGHT!!!! I'm SO EXCITED! (can you tell?!) We're staying at two different DVC resorts this time! BLT with a MK VIEW!!!!cheer2 AND AKV with a Savannah view! We've stayed at POR twice before and I fell in love with it! I swear I think somewhere down the line you and I are related because everything in your TR sounds like something I would say or do, (and I LOVED your Full House references at the GF!) You just made my night, AND got me even MORE EXCITED (as if that was possible) to go down to WDW!!! I was just thinking of starting a pre-trip report and then I came across your TR and couldn't stop reading lol. I can't wait to read more!

Aww thank you!! You're so sweet! I'm so glad you're enjoying it! It's so nice to hear comments like yours! You just made my day. That's so exciting!! You're going so soon!! Those are two amazing resorts! You're gonna have SO much fun. You should definitely do a TR when you get back! I'll read along. ​

Oh, any update that starts off with photos of a Mickey waffle is a fantastic one. Seriously, we were on a mission to get Mickey waffles this past trip even though we didn't stay on property. Just need a Mickey waffle fix.

My stomach is growling after seeing all of those breakfast photos. Yum.

What's with that wierd charter bus that you got? Strange.

Fanastic castle shots. Always customary to get a few nice photos in front of the castle.

on only a 10 minute wait for Peter Pan!

SO true. Mickey waffles are the best. Such a magical food.

Me too. Yummo.

It was so strange! I was very confused and very thrown off. Oh well.

It really is. No trip is complete without a few. Thanks!

It was such a great start to the trip! ​

Nice update Kristen!! I felt like I was walking down Main Street with you.
Question for you: You said you had Wishes and Illuminations on your iPod. Did you purchase it from iTunes or download it from somewhere else? I have been looking for Disney music for my iPod.

Aww thanks! I'm so glad.

Those two are actually video podcasts that I downloaded from iTunes. But the BEST place to find all the Disney park and film music is on simpledisneythings.tumbler.com. It's beautiful.​

Ugh I wish school had a class on DISing so I could never get behind

Love the pic of the fireworks!

I love that you called EOS the Disney Panera

Your Ghiradelli treats look wonderful! I really want to try what Dave had! I think next trip will include a stop there!

So I am catching up on the chatting as well and keep laughing about the Pottermore aggrevation I am actually taking a Harry Potter Children's Lit class this semester and that site has come up more than once


Yum Mickey waffles!

Adorable picture with you and Mary!

I love all of the pics of the Castle! Not only is it just gorgeous but it holds a special memory for me now

Thank you for the walk down Main Street this morning! Definitely makes having to do homework later much more tolerable!

Ugh. So do I! That would be awesome.

Thanks!

It really is though! I love them both.

It should! Ghiradelli is always a great place to stop. The Mint Bliss is AMAZING. I've had it at least twice.

That sounds like an AWESOME class. I would take it in a heartbeat. But yes I am waiting VERYY patiently for my email. VERY. PATIENTLY.

I love Mickey waffles. They're the best.

Aww thanks! I love her.

Oooh does it now? I cannot WAIT for your next TR!

Aw no problem! Glad I could help.​

Great update! I love how excited you are about everything Disney...yay! And, I don't think that was the Keys to the Kingdom tour. Usually the tour guide wears the guest relations outfits..you know the ones with those hats? It's such a great tour! If you haven't done it, you must! I want to do it again!

Thanks! Disney is the best! I'm not sure which one it was then, but everyone looked like they were having a good time!

My mom and I really want to do that tour, but we want to wait until my sister is a bit older. She's only 10.​

 

[therussells08]

Mmm...oh Mickey waffle, how I adore you!

That stinks about the bus issue causing you to miss rope drop! But it's still pretty neat that you got watch classic Stacey! I liked that reel so much more than the new one.

YAY! You're singing my song! I hope that "a hot sauce feeling" comes to mind forever when you hear it!

Btw, I'm loving the shirt. Lovely!

That is so cute that Mary Poppins made your bro blush! How sweet!

I'm proud of you for singing right down the middle of Mainstreet U.S.A! That's so cool that a CM joined in! I love happy CMs. They really add to the experience!

WOW, your castle pictures are amazing! If you don't mind my asking, what kind of point and shoot do you have? I desperately need a new camera but I can't afford anything other than a point and shoot right now.

 

[SarahDreamsInDisney]

Yay what an awesome first few moments in the Magic Kingdom! I love reading yours, Jess's and Allie's TR so I had to actually say hello this time. I'm guessing your anticipation is building for Splash Mountain?!? Can't wait to read more....

 

[princessallie]

I remember when you told me they dropped you off at the TTC. What the heck, Disney. BUT YAYAYAYAY MONORAIL!

Music Man <3 With the big trombones and the big clarinet and the piccolo the piccolo....summer lovin' happened so fast. Musical swiiiitch.

MICKEY WAFFLE. Yes. I just saw an "up all night" commercial and they were looking at an album "and our cat.....wait. we have a cat...oh mr. waffles!!!" I died. I'm also way overtired. I tried putting a sandwich in the toaster? Yeah...

ANYWAYS. Loove your castle pictures...so artistic!!!! <3

Can't wait for more! Duhh.

 

[Disneyfreak616]

Mmm...oh Mickey waffle, how I adore you!

That stinks about the bus issue causing you to miss rope drop! But it's still pretty neat that you got watch classic Stacey! I liked that reel so much more than the new one.

YAY! You're singing my song! I hope that "a hot sauce feeling" comes to mind forever when you hear it!

Mmm ME TOO.

I like it better too. But I can't complain. I was upset about the bus thing though!

It will! I seriously will always think of that. I go around singing it all the time now.​

Btw, I'm loving the shirt. Lovely!

That is so cute that Mary Poppins made your bro blush! How sweet!

I'm proud of you for singing right down the middle of Mainstreet U.S.A! That's so cool that a CM joined in! I love happy CMs. They really add to the experience!

WOW, your castle pictures are amazing! If you don't mind my asking, what kind of point and shoot do you have? I desperately need a new camera but I can't afford anything other than a point and shoot right now.

Thanks! I like it too hehe.

It was so precious! My bro is a big softie.

They really do! I do it EVERY trip. One day I want to do it with my kids and get them to love it too!

Thanks! It's a Sony Cybershot. It's pretty good but I do use iPhoto to spruce them up a bit. I know what you mean though. Cameras are crazy expensive! :/​

Yay what an awesome first few moments in the Magic Kingdom! I love reading yours, Jess's and Allie's TR so I had to actually say hello this time. I'm guessing your anticipation is building for Splash Mountain?!? Can't wait to read more....

Well Thanks for dropping in! And yes they were!

You'll have to wait and see.....​

I remember when you told me they dropped you off at the TTC. What the heck, Disney. BUT YAYAYAYAY MONORAIL!

Music Man <3 With the big trombones and the big clarinet and the piccolo the piccolo....summer lovin' happened so fast. Musical swiiiitch.

I know really! Ugh. Well yay for an unexpected monorail ride haha.

HAHAHA I'm like...do they play Grease music in Disney...probablyyy not. Oh well.​

MICKEY WAFFLE. Yes. I just saw an "up all night" commercial and they were looking at an album "and our cat.....wait. we have a cat...oh mr. waffles!!!" I died. I'm also way overtired. I tried putting a sandwich in the toaster? Yeah...

ANYWAYS. Loove your castle pictures...so artistic!!!! <3

Can't wait for more! Duhh.

HAHAHAHAHA. That was a big frump moment right there. It's okay, this morning I threw away my fork and put my napkin in the dishwasher. Uhh...wake up sunshine!

Thanks!! I love my iPhoto ya know.

DUH. I'm gonna do another one once all these tests and papers are over lol. Aka NEVERRR. Wahh.​

 

[Disneyfreak616]

Chapter 12- You're Gonna Get WET!!!​

July 26th, 2011​

Hi everyone! I thought I'd do a little update tonight to tide you all over until the weekend. Life is really busy this week! It'll only get busier as we move into daily rehearsals for our musical, "Grease," so I can't guarantee I'll be updating as often until that settles down a bit. For now, though, here we go!

After Peter Pan's Flight, we went to wait in the already long line for the Liberty Square/Frontierland rope drop. In a few minutes it was 9:00 and we were movin'!

We headed right through Liberty Square and into Frontierland.

I am not a big fan of this show. I know it's a classic and lots of people love it, but I think it's sort of tacky.

I love how they make the refurb tarps look exactly like the building fronts. Disney even makes construction look classy.

So, where were we headed exactly? C'mon people, read the title! Are you all Stacey fans or aren't you!

SPLASH MOUNTAIN!!!! This is my FAVORITE ride in all of Walt Disney World. Always has been. It's just so fun and a great way to cool off!

Dave isn't a fan of getting wet, so Mike and I got two Fastpasses for later and got in the stand-by line. It was a walk-on!

Now, I think this is my brother's luck, because whenever I am with him we ALWAYS get the front on Splash! It's AWESOME. So, sure enough, they put us in row 1 and we got SOAKED. It was fantastic. My day was complete. <3

Here are a couple pics of this ride of all rides:

After that we waited about 10 minutes, tops, for Big Thunder!

Remember, no dancing on the wildest ride in the wilderness!

After that we hit up Adventureland!

Do you notice the sign is different?? It's like the original. Like the one in Disneyland. Love it!

We walked onto one of Mike's all-time faves!

After we had sailed with Captain Jack Sparrow, we decided to ride another of my all-time FAVORITES, the Jungle Cruise!!!

On the way there, two Cast Members at Pirates noticed Mike's shirt. One of them said, "Am not!" and the other one said "NAME CALLER!! Make him walk the plank!" It was too cute. He enjoyed the attention and told me that he was so glad he wore that shirt today.

Our skipper on my beloved Jungle Cruise was Elyse, and she was great! She performed tacky yet HILARIOUS magic tricks and asked if everyone was having an awesome time. Only some of us answered and she said "Yeah, all those losers who didn't say anything probably just wanna go to Harry Potter Ville or whatever. Pssh. Do they get to wear two different colors of khaki at the same time? I think NOT." It was SO FUNNY. And as much as I love WWoHP and Harry Potter in general, Disney is the best. And I cracked up at this. I want her job! I would love to wear two different colors of khaki every day. Seriously. I would LOVE it.

After our hilarious expedition into the jungle, we decided to head to Liberty Square, because Dave LOVES it. He's extremely patriotic. On our way back, though, we saw some royalty hanging out in Agrabah that I just HAD to say hello to....

ALADDIN AND JASMINE!!! They are the cutest couple ever. I love them both. Jasmine is one of those super chill princesses who can slouch a little and get away with it. And she gets to wear those awesome baggy pants. I would love to be her! Unfortunately, I am not middle eastern-looking and I am not NEARLY tan enough. So fail. Ah well. And of course Aladdin is sooo cute! He is animation perfection. And lucky me, today's real-deal Aladdin was veryyy attractive.

Here we all are, chatting away:

Jasmine was saying that she liked the jewelry in my teeth, and Aladdin said that Iago would never think to check there. He said I was very smart to hide it there. Why thanks! -faints- I put that he was "rather gorgeous" in my trip journal. I am so illegitimately British.

Here we are again, still chatting. I look very awkward.

Smile!

Wait a minute...

That's more like it!

After my lovely meet and greet with two of the best Disney characters, we made our way to Liberty Square.

We looked around the Heritage House, and Dave was so excited about all of the patriotic merchandise. He bought some Ronald Raegan book, and a mug. I don't have pics of them, but I think the mug had the U.S. seal on it or something.

Then we went to Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe. Dave also LOVES Christmas, so this store is like a dream come true. He bought something, but he wouldn't tell Mike or me what it was, so my guess is it's a Christmas present for one, or both of us! Yay.

After that I decided to complete Dave's life by taking him to the Hall of Presidents. It started a couple minutes after we went in, and Mike fell asleep almost immediately. Dave enjoyed it very much and oddly enough, so did I. I didn't even sleep at all. The end actually gave me goosebumps. It really is an inspiring show. Except now I just laugh when I think about it because of Kara's video link. "Unknown" gets me every time as they introduce the presidents.

Last on our list was another of the most classic and favorite attractions of mine!

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[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I agree with you about Country Bears. Not only is it tacky but the songs are really inappropriate for children!