I'll post more pics when I get the pretty ones from my friend.
Alright so we got there Saturday around 130-200 pm. No getting lost this time, because our friend Isis had GPS on her phone.
As mentioned previously, no Disney Resort for us. We found a good deal at Buena Vista Suites which is like 3 min. from Downtown Disney. We checked in and our room was ready. Here's some pics:
Living room with fold out couch
TV #1 in the living room (there was another in the bedroom) with dresser and fridge
One of the Beds in the Bedroom...which were soooo comfortable!!
So after checking in and unpacking we headed to DTD because Yani and I were going to upgrade our August tickets we got for Fockerfest to Seasonal Passes!! Our friend Isis already had her AP.
Afterwards it was time to hit MK!
My friend Isis & I @ TTC
Some Decorations @ MK
The Tree
We went in search of food. Tried getting into the Plaza without an ADR and it didn't work (should've listened to Janet). Oh well, next time. So we went to CHH and had ourselves some nuggets. Then ended up riding HM and JC. Then headed back to see the lighting of the castle.
Beautiful as always!
We rode PoC then got a funnel cake and sat down to watch Wishes. We were all exhausted (it had been a long day for us all) and I was barely hanging on. I didn't sleep all of Friday, worked that night and slept a little on the drive up. So we were more than ready to get back to our room and pass out.
The next morning we had FREE breakfast at the hotel. Take that Disney!!! It was pretty good too. They had pancakes, waffles, scrambled eggs, ham, bagels, toast, you could request eggs, fruit, cereal, hashbrowns, coffee and juice. So after our hearty breakfast we were off to AK for the morning
The tree @ AK
Isis' boyfriend drove up for the day, so we hit Dinosaur, EE, ITTBAB and then KS. Check out this sign I saw in line @ KS!
READ THE LAST LINE!!
It immediately made me think of all my Focker Friends, especially Jo!
So after our morning in AK we decided to have lunch @ B&C.
Here's some of the decorations at the Beach Club
Gingerbread Pirate Ship
Gingerbread Castle
Donald!!!
The Gingerbread Carousel
Yani, Me, and Isis in front of the tree
After our yummy lunch Isis' BF wasn't feeling well and decided to call it a day. So we dropped him off at his car in DTD and continued our day at DHS (aka MGM). Yani & Isis hit up the Villains in Vogue store. Yani ended up getting a shirt for 40% off. There were sales in almost all the stores! It was a good time to be shopping in the World. Sometime this day I texted V and she was stuck in traffic after having had a crappy weekend in the World. Sorry V!
We went to One Man's Dream which was cool and then headed off to go see the Osbourne Lights.
Some Decorations as we left
I had originally planned to stay @ DHS for EMH that night, but since we weren't in a Disney resort we couldn't. So we called it an early night and headed back to our hotel.
The next morning after our FREE breakfast (hee hee) we decided to wake up early and go to DHS to get some rides in. Isis had never been on TSM so we went on that first thing, then headed over to RnR. We were going to do ToT, but we'd just eaten and opted against it. So off we went to our original destination... Epcot!
Angela was kind enough to show you the entrance pics, so I won't repeat them.
I wasn't in the mood for rides. We fastpassed Soarin' but never rode it and we ended up doing Figment and then on to the WS we went.
We had a nice little brunch in France (thanks Kat!!! We now love it there!!)
Then we walked around the WS watching all the Holiday stories around the world.
Here are the 3 Kings in Mejico
Julenissen the Gnome in Norvay
Germany with the Nutcracker and Tannenbaums
Father Christmas in UK
We saw a tiny bit of the Candlelight Processional and then just chilled in the UK watching the British Invasion. Then we headed out to watch IROE.
Here's a shot of WS Lagoon and the Christmas tree in Epcot
The next morning we checked out and decided to hit up MK one more time. I wanted to see park opening and.....
I still missed it! D'oh!! Next time though!
Oh well. My other mission was to get a pic w/ Belle in her Yellow dress oh and my last chance to win a dream. But since we were there early we took advantage and hit up quite a few rides.
First stop: HM (which we were the first people on!), then Peter Pan, Philharmagic, Snow White. The off to Toontown. I got my pic with Belle! Finally! The line for the Fairies was at 60 min @ 10 am. Then we decided to ride IASW, the Tiki Room and finished off with PoC. Sadly no dream was won for me. Oh well, it was fun to have gone so many times during the Years of a Million Dreams.
We headed back to the hotel though for lunch. They had given me a $50 voucher to use at their Bistro, so we used it to have lunch the last day before heading home and it was GUD!!! Take that Disney!!! (hee hee)
After lunch we headed home. It was nice to be @ Disney, the crowds weren't too bad, they were worse last year. Next year I'd like to go with my family though. We'll See!
Hope I didn't bore you all!