Thanks, Mickey! You Did It!! LAST DAY - 6/2/07 w/pictures!

[sunlver]

Im hooked, cant wait to read more

 

[SnoopyDancer]

I can't wait to read more. I will be at BNA tomorrow and making a pit stop at the newstand too.

 

[serendipity]

Nice to have you back! Somehow I lost your pre-trip report along the way with all the craziness of last month's wedding but I'm happy to be back on board!

Ahhh yes, necessary reading material is always the gossip pages on travel days I was laughing out loud at the luggage incident. My husband and I flew out to Vegas a few years ago and watched several pieces of luggage fall of the conveyor belt going into the plane and nothing was done about it that we saw. It's an eye opener and nerve wracking!

The pictures of CBR look really pretty! I've never been over there before so we'll have to check it out next time.

 

[ReneeDisney]

Great report! I love your pictures and great detail!
Can't wait to read more--

 

[momtoccc]

I'm signing up for more... I love reading Trip Reports

 

[fizz13]

Welcome back Sounds like its going to be a great trip, can't wait to see how it all turns out. Boy that first night was late, but i did the exact same thing last August and then suffered for it the rest of the week
Looking forward to more,

 

[Mickey'sMainMami]

Loving the trip report. Keep up the great work!!

 

[pattiken]

enjoying your report. Very nice with all the added pictures

 

[CastleCreations]

Hello...Hello...anyone home?

 

[soxnation]

can not wait to hear more!

 

[luvfigment]

Loving the TR!!! Can't wait to read the update!

 

[DisneyDadFaNaTic]

Sorry about the delay! Once a year we do a service project called A.W.O.L. (A Work of Love) where we choose a home or a couple of homes and work on them with the kids for an entire week. It was a fantastic week! Tiring but fulfilling! But now I am ready to hit the fast track with…….

DAY TWO – DISNEY/MGM STUDIOS (Sunday, May 27th)
We left our room at 7:55 in the morning for a non-early entry day at MGM Studios. We arrived at the bus stop at nearly the exact minute that the bus did so we had no wait that morning for a bus (which will not always be the case this trip – I’ll explain in detail later). We arrived at MGM by 8:17. We were the first bus stop in the loop, but had to stop at six other places at CBR before heading to our destination, but not really a bad deal. When we arrived at MGM there were only about 150 people waiting to get in, very good sign! By 8:45 the line had still not cleared the courtyard. They let us in at 8:45 and we waited on Sunset street to watch the park opening ceremony.

Nicolas trying on the hat!
The park opened right at 9:00 and we walked right on to TOT.

Tower of Terror!

True terror! Nicolas waiting for the big drop!
Nicolas is afraid of the ride but wants to ride it because he knows we will buy him something in the gift shop at the end of the ride! I took off for RNR while DW and DS headed to Al’s Toy Barn to catch up with Woody. Nicolas decided this year that he wanted to get autographs from the characters, as a matter of fact he had made a special picture for one of the characters and it was an adventure in itself trying to get that done. Of course that is another story for another day! (but it is a good one!)

Nicolas and Woody!
I rode RNR (awesome, of course) and snagged 3 fastpasses so DW could get her ride in (big mistake getting those FPs). We met up in front of the Great Movie Ride and waited for about 5 minutes before getting in. They thought they had a spot for us in the back of one of the cars, but they didn’t so they allowed us to wait in line number one for the next car to pull up. While we were waiting I asked the CM where the hidden Minnie was that we always hear about. Right above and slightly to the left of the picture of the cabana right across from the entrance doors to the loading area we saw this….

Hidden Minnie!
Totally cool! We got out of TGMR and got in line in front of the Sorcerer’s Hat for Mickey’s autograph.

Nicky and Mickey!
It was there that I spotted my first travesty of the vacation. I couldn’t help it I had to take a picture!

Ouch! As sore as my legs were in tennis shoes I just couldn’t imagine!
We got autographs from Donald and Daisy, and Minnie and Goofy!

I was supposed to get FPs for Little Mermaid before riding TGMR but since I had gotten FPs for RNR I couldn’t do that, so I was in a little bit of trouble with DW for that. I was able to get FPs for LM while they were waiting for their pictures and autographs. On the way back I spotted another interesting outfit that garnered some attention.

My feet hurt just looking at those heels. I don’t know how you women do it for the space of a dinner, much less at a park like MGM!
At 11:23 on the button DW leaned over and kissed my cheek. I promptly asked what that was for and where was my wife! (she was just happy!)
We saw Little Mermaid and then headed to Star Tours for FPs. We went to Pizza Planet to eat (pizza all around!) and played a few games and then headed back to Star Tours to ride. As we were coming off of the ride this happened……..

Nicolas looks about 16 there! Ha
We ran across the park to ride the Backlot Tour (I LOVE that ride) and made the mistake of letting Nicolas get sight of the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids play area and he decided that he would rather play than watch the Stunt Car Show. I like the car show but was okay with watching him play for a while. We made sure to tell him not to spend the WHOLE time underneath the water gun and off he ran to play while we sat around and watched people for a while! (Yea!) We let him play for a bit and then ran over to watch Muppet 3D (with no wait!)

Nicolas checking out the key for Muppet 3D!
We went over and watched One Man’s Dream and followed that up with the Animator Tour. We got Mr. Incredible’s autograph and then let Nicolas do the Animation Academy training.

Nicolas drawing Donald Duck.
He got autographs from Wilber and Lewis Robinson and Frozone. We played in the coloring and sound areas and killed a little time in the gift shop. We then went to Sci-Fi for our 6:10 ADRs. Angie had a hamburger and fries, Nicolas had a hot dog and fries with a chocolate shake and I had Chicken Ceasar salad with a cup of chili (not on the salad). We had to ask for a hamburger as it was not on the menu. I thought that a little odd for a drive in place!

We headed out of the park at 7:15. We had our longest wait of the day waiting on the bus to return to CBR (about 20 minutes). We went back to the hotel to swim and rest up for the next day. One funny thing that happened as we were leaving MGM, we saw two Nuns walking in. We cracked ourselves up for a while with variations of, “Two nuns walk into MGM……..”.
Coming up soon (I promise) Day Three – Epcot on Memorial Day. Not the best idea!

 

[DisneyDadFaNaTic]

Grrrrrreat so far!!! (ya know...like Tony the Tiger!!)

loves the pictures too. what kind of camera do you use?

It is a Kodak EasyShare Z612. It doesn't have as long of a delay as the smaller Kodak EasyShares, but it still has a bit of delay for action shots. It has a great feature where it will shoot multiple pictures in sequence quickly. We got some great shots of the fireworks that way!

Thanks for reading!

 

[DisneyDadFaNaTic]

Happy you found your way home. I can't believe how much you did on your arrival day! You must have been exhausted!

Nope, to excited just being at Disney. (I passed out while DW and DS went to the pool on our second day).

We did really good about getting to bed pretty early each night. So it wasn't to bad.

Thanks for reading.

 

[DisneyDadFaNaTic]

Nice to have you back! Somehow I lost your pre-trip report along the way with all the craziness of last month's wedding but I'm happy to be back on board!

Ahhh yes, necessary reading material is always the gossip pages on travel days I was laughing out loud at the luggage incident. My husband and I flew out to Vegas a few years ago and watched several pieces of luggage fall of the conveyor belt going into the plane and nothing was done about it that we saw. It's an eye opener and nerve wracking!

The pictures of CBR look really pretty! I've never been over there before so we'll have to check it out next time.

I have not had a chance to check out the rest of your honeymoon report! I'm sorry! I hope you had a fantastic time! How does it feel to be off the market? I thought it was the most wonderful feeling of all!

Thanks for reading!

 

[SnoopyDancer]

Wow, that sounds like a cool service project!

It was there that I spotted my first travesty of the vacation. I couldn’t help it I had to take a picture!

Ouch! As sore as my legs were in tennis shoes I just couldn’t imagine!

That's me! Just kidding, everytime I see pictures like this, I'm always relieved when it's not me. I don't know how she survived WDW in those shoes!

Nicolas checking out the key for Muppet 3D!

What is the key and where is it?

 

[DisneyDadFaNaTic]

What is the key and where is it?

When you are going through the entrance to the Muppet 3D attraction on your right is a ticket booth. There is a carpet in front of it and a key is under the mat. There is a sign that says something to the effect of "Be Back Later, Key is Under the Mat".

It is great fun for the kids (and adults)!

Thanks for reading!

 

[DisneyJo]

Great day love the funny photos what are some people thinking Nicolas's Donald is good and I love the Star Wars photo

 

[DisneyJunkieLC]

Wanted to subscribe! I am enjoying reading about your trip so far!!!

 

[ChrisLei]

Great report! Can't wait to read more I can never fathom wearing heels to a park where I will be walking all day!!! I mean it isn't like we get an unlimited fastpass for looking cute from head to toe, LOL. Love your pics!