The car is going to break down, forgot jewelry and can't find g-ma..(TONS OF PHOTOS)

[firechick139]

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

Hi Amanda! A few months ago, I read your entire TR from last year (in one sitting! LOL!) -- it was fabulous! I wasn't able to post a comment there as it was already moved on to the completed section. Please know that I really enjoyed it, and I think your photos are just fantastic! Thank you for sharing this new trip with us, I love, love, love your pictures!!!! And what an awesome photo of the HM ghost! I am looking forward to your next post.
Jen

Aww, thank you so much! I swear, I spent sooo much time typing up that TR. I was feeling too lazy to do it this year but I had so many pics to share so I thought I best at least do a small one. Thanks for following along.

Your pictures are absolutely breathtaking! I can't wait to see more. What type of camera do you have?

Thanks so much. It is a Canon 40d. I love it.

I love the pics. It was great that the manager of riverside let you sleep before checking in. It's the small stuff that makes Disney so magical.

EXACTLY! We swore then we would never try to spend a night off site again.




Thanks so much for all the compliments on the photos guys. I really appreciate it.

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

This is the day we were going to do Hollywood Studios. We were again planning to get up early and be there at opening so we could grab fast passes for Toy Story Mania.. somehow that did not happen though.. We did make it over there around 10am though. We headed right for TSM to grab fast passes and then went in to see Buzz and Woody.. 2 of Ethan's faves! We waited in the line and played around at all the backdrops and such..

on a side note.. I saw the funniest thing this day that goes to show how far people will go to not loose a spot in line... A girl in front of me went to toss her drink cup in the trash can and I turn when I hear a woman behind me ask her if she can have the cup.. The girl looks really confused but gives her the cup and goes back to her spot in line.. This woman then pulls down the pants of her maybe 3-4 year old son and has him pee in the cup..


ok, back to the day now..

It took quite a bit to see buzz and woody so when we were done with that we were able to ride TSM. It was a lot of fun. I thought I was going to have a pretty darn good score...til the end when I see others scores and I ask dh what he got (he and ds were behind me) and his was a good bit over mine. Ah well.. maybe next time.

We watched the Beauty and the Beast show, saw more characters (seems to be the main goal here..lol), had some lunch and snacked a little, checked out some of the shops and took pictures. We left shortly before dinner at Narcoossee's to change clothes and freshen up.

We came back that night after dinner and this was the ONE night on the trip we ended up with a little rain. It lasted for about an hour or so. We still ended up riding the Tower of Terror when we got back..always FUN. Heck, even Ethan loved it. As I was walking in I stopped to snap a photo and the cm working there asked how many were with my party.. I said 2 others and he asked us to come with him. He took us over to one of the couches and sat us down and asked for my camera. He told us a little about it and took our photo on it.. THEN he asked us how it felt to be sitting on a $200,000 couch! He told about where some of the things came from and how they were almost all real antique items, etc.. Very cool moment. I HATE that photo of myself.. the way I was sitting I looked like I was twice the size of my dh.. ACK! Not sure I want to share that one.

Again, another really fun day. We enjoyed it all. We saw lots of characters and thought it was really cool to get to go over to check out the things in the tower of terror.

I don't think I have a whole lot of pics from this day but I will pull what I did upload..

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

Alright, gonna share this one..but don't laugh too much.. I am not THAT huge next to dh usually..lol

 

[hill6]

Love the review and your pictures are tremendous. I can't wait till we go. Only 33 days left till its our turn.

 

[KittyKat08]

Your pictures are just amazing, I mean seriously WOW! You have a great eye for photography. I can't wait to see more.

 

[tinknme]

Your pictures are awesome Look forward to more!

 

[Tikifan67]

OMG, are you serious?? He peed in the cup right there in line??? That's insane! That poor kid!!

Once again, beautiful pictures! Your nighttime shots turned out really nice!

 

[sherry7]

Your pics are awesome...you have such a good eye. Looking forward to seeing more.

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

Thank you all for following along and for the compliments on my photos! I really appreciate it.

OMG, are you serious?? He peed in the cup right there in line??? That's insane! That poor kid!!

Once again, beautiful pictures! Your nighttime shots turned out really nice!

Yeap! He really did have to pee in the cup right in the line. I was in shock as I watched it all happen..you would think she would have at least tried to hide him not just whip the kids pore thing out right there in line for everyone to see..

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

Ok, so I know Disney is hot...really hot sometimes.. but Animal Kingdom is the hottest of all the parks.. I swear, that park is on the face of the sun.

I have always said AK is not my favorite park but I go and try to enjoy it as much as possible anyway. I was looking forward to seeing Lilo and Stitch and riding Everest I must say!

We stayed in the park for about 4-5 hours before we decided to leave and just come back when it cooled off a little bit. What a wonderful idea that was!! When we got back that night we were able to do all we wanted to do so quickly and it was a lot of fun. It was Extra Hours this night so we stayed til just about 8pm when we had to leave to get to Jiko for dinner.

We decided to now always do AK on night hours and skip it during the hot as the sun middle of the day!!

Nothing too exiting happened on this day that I can recall so I shall skip right to the pics from the day..

(I just realized I don't have many loaded up from this day..I think I was just too darn hot to take many..lol)

sinc ethey saw it was our anniversary they motioned for us to kiss in the pic...lol

Chris and Ethan after getting soaked on Kali..lol

some dusk shots I tried to get of Everest..

having dinner..

Bus back..gotta go to DTD to get back to Riverside since it was after 11..lol

Ok, I think that is all I have for this day...

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

Oh wait, I was wrong.. I did take a few of the resort that night while walking around..

Ok, now I am really done for the day..




Next up, Epcot...took tons of pics this day so be prepared..lol

 

[jake&samsmom]

I believe that the beauty of a photograph does not always depend on what type of camera took it, but rather it is the person behind that "breathes" life into the photos. I swear, if you lived close to me, I would be asking/begging you to take our annual Christmas picture.

Great updates! I cannot wait to read the rest.

Btw, how was the bus service at POR? Just curious cause when we were at WDW last July/August, the bus lines for POR were generally much more longer than all the other resorts, and I really felt sorry for those folks waiting in the heat.

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

I believe that the beauty of a photograph does not always depend on what type of camera took it, but rather it is the person behind that "breathes" life into the photos. I swear, if you lived close to me, I would be asking/begging you to take our annual Christmas picture.

Great updates! I cannot wait to read the rest.

Btw, how was the bus service at POR? Just curious cause when we were at WDW last July/August, the bus lines for POR were generally much more longer than all the other resorts, and I really felt sorry for those folks waiting in the heat.

Aww, thank you so much! I don't have people saying that as often as just asking what type of camera I used.. not that I mind that b/c I guess in the back of my mind I always wonder the same thing when I see cool photos but over the years I have sure learned otherwise in my goals to try to become a photographer.

I wish you lived closer as well since I am trying to get plenty of Fall/Holiday sessions booked right now for cards..

The bus service was quite the same still, sadly. I love Riverside but the bus service there just sucks sometimes. I have gotten used to it over time but I have to just laugh when I leave a park at night and sure enough the longest line to get back to a resort is Riverside.

 

[the4princesses]

This is the day we were going to do Hollywood Studios. We were again planning to get up early and be there at opening so we could grab fast passes for Toy Story Mania.. somehow that did not happen though.. We did make it over there around 10am though. We headed right for TSM to grab fast passes and then went in to see Buzz and Woody.. 2 of Ethan's faves! We waited in the line and played around at all the backdrops and such..

on a side note.. I saw the funniest thing this day that goes to show how far people will go to not loose a spot in line... A girl in front of me went to toss her drink cup in the trash can and I turn when I hear a woman behind me ask her if she can have the cup.. The girl looks really confused but gives her the cup and goes back to her spot in line.. This woman then pulls down the pants of her maybe 3-4 year old son and has him pee in the cup..


ok, back to the day now..

It took quite a bit to see buzz and woody so when we were done with that we were able to ride TSM. It was a lot of fun. I thought I was going to have a pretty darn good score...til the end when I see others scores and I ask dh what he got (he and ds were behind me) and his was a good bit over mine. Ah well.. maybe next time.

We watched the Beauty and the Beast show, saw more characters (seems to be the main goal here..lol), had some lunch and snacked a little, checked out some of the shops and took pictures. We left shortly before dinner at Narcoossee's to change clothes and freshen up.

We came back that night after dinner and this was the ONE night on the trip we ended up with a little rain. It lasted for about an hour or so. We still ended up riding the Tower of Terror when we got back..always FUN. Heck, even Ethan loved it. As I was walking in I stopped to snap a photo and the cm working there asked how many were with my party.. I said 2 others and he asked us to come with him. He took us over to one of the couches and sat us down and asked for my camera. He told us a little about it and took our photo on it.. THEN he asked us how it felt to be sitting on a $200,000 couch! He told about where some of the things came from and how they were almost all real antique items, etc.. Very cool moment. I HATE that photo of myself.. the way I was sitting I looked like I was twice the size of my dh.. ACK! Not sure I want to share that one.

Again, another really fun day. We enjoyed it all. We saw lots of characters and thought it was really cool to get to go over to check out the things in the tower of terror.

I don't think I have a whole lot of pics from this day but I will pull what I did upload..

Hi did you make the shorts you all have on?
And I have never seen the claw thing your son is is. Where in the park is it?

Did anyone say something to the lady that let her child potty like that? And where did she put that cup!! That is nasty!:
What ride was that on?

You are doing a great job on your report!

 

[racefanof88]

OK, I have got to pipe in now............ First I have to echo the posts about the beautiful pictures and yes it is the person behind the camera because I know several people who have very expensive cameras and my pictures are as good as theirs.............lol. Second, your son is a cutie. Third, your husband could be Tony Stewarts brother. Now for the rest......... I can definately understand the car situation. In 2002, when we drove our car, it quit on us on the turnpike and we had to wait for a tow. Now it was 11pm so it was GOOD and dark. It is a long story but we were blessed with a taxi driver the next day that was sent straight from heaven. Since then we have only driven our car down twice, we rent. To address your comment about the heat at AK. I saw a travel show once that actually said the temp at AK is about 6 degrees higher than the other parks . It is like a mini rainforest. Anyway, I love your report and I am going to go over and read last years...........

 

[SweetSpellsSweetie]

The patchwork shorts that you are wearing in the picture with your family and buzz are so cute. Wear did you find them?

 

[donaldbuzz&minnie]

I couldn't quite tell from your comments if you are a professional photographer, but if you're not you should be!!!

Wish you'd been in my neck of the woods when my daughter got married - we've got very expensive pictures from the "professional" that I couldn't have taken on my worst day, and believe me, I'm no photographer. Do the world a favor and go into the picture-taking business!!

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

Hi did you make the shorts you all have on?
And I have never seen the claw thing your son is is. Where in the park is it?

Did anyone say something to the lady that let her child potty like that? And where did she put that cup!! That is nasty!:
What ride was that on?

You are doing a great job on your report!

Nope, I did not make the shorts we are wearing..although I wish I were that talented..lol They all were bought..I just love patchwork so I was on the hunt before we left.

The claw thing is inside the area where you wait to meet buzz and woody.

Nobody said a word to the lady..although I saw people watching and making funny faces..lol I am guessing she carried this cup with her til she was done in there b/c she did not want to get out of the line. I turned away and did not watch her long after the whole thing but I know she did not want to get out of that line.

OK, I have got to pipe in now............ First I have to echo the posts about the beautiful pictures and yes it is the person behind the camera because I know several people who have very expensive cameras and my pictures are as good as theirs.............lol. Second, your son is a cutie. Third, your husband could be Tony Stewarts brother. Now for the rest......... I can definately understand the car situation. In 2002, when we drove our car, it quit on us on the turnpike and we had to wait for a tow. Now it was 11pm so it was GOOD and dark. It is a long story but we were blessed with a taxi driver the next day that was sent straight from heaven. Since then we have only driven our car down twice, we rent. To address your comment about the heat at AK. I saw a travel show once that actually said the temp at AK is about 6 degrees higher than the other parks . It is like a mini rainforest. Anyway, I love your report and I am going to go over and read last years...........

Thank you so much for the compliments about my photos and my little man. I will have to tell dh who he looks like too.hehe

Yikes about the car. I just knew that was going to be us this year. Not fun!

I definitely can tell that temp difference in AK. Wow..it was sooo crazy hot.

Haha, have fun with last years report.. it is looong!!!

The patchwork shorts that you are wearing in the picture with your family and buzz are so cute. Wear did you find them?

Thanks so much! Mine came from American Eagle, DH's are Izod and came from Sam's (he has 3 pair of the darn things..loves them) and Ethan's came from Old Navy. Yes, I was shopping all over for them.

I couldn't quite tell from your comments if you are a professional photographer, but if you're not you should be!!!

Wish you'd been in my neck of the woods when my daughter got married - we've got very expensive pictures from the "professional" that I couldn't have taken on my worst day, and believe me, I'm no photographer. Do the world a favor and go into the picture-taking business!!

Thank you so much! It is weird for me to say it still but yes I am a "professional" photographer. I started a very small business doing on location photos for people about a year ago. It is slow but I just love when I have a session. I just spent 2 days updating my website with "fall colors".

 

[TheDisneyBunch]

Today was a fun day at Epcot. It is always SOOO much walking there but I love hanging out in World Showcase. I think I could spend a week just browsing it and taking photos of everything. I love all the details.

Nothing too interesting to report that I can recall.. we rode Soarin first thing (always love that), did the Seas with Nemo, Turtle Talk with Crush, Honey I Shrunk the Audience, Club Cool (where I had Ethan try Beverly.. ,,see pics below), got fast passes for Test Track, did the character spot and the Visa Meet and Greet. After all of that we had some lunch at Sunshine Seasons and headed to World Showcase for the rest of the day. First thing on my list was getting a School Bread from the Kringla bakery. Where is a drooling smiley when I need one? I managed to talk dh into getting me some Laila perfume too. I have been wanting some for 4 years and was so happy to finally get some of it. It smells SOOOO good.

The rest of the day was spent enjoying WS and having dinner at Le Cellier. It was a nice day.

Ok, now, I warned you that I took a lot of pics this day so here we go...

Getting ready to trick Ethan into trying Beverly...

I was snapping away trying to get every reaction he had to it..