The Empty Nesters Magical Mystery Tour *1/28* Link to New Girl's TR p141

[DisneyKid4Life]

Yeah, I have heard the weekend crowds at Food and Wine can be a little intense in more ways than one.

Oh goodness, healthy or not, when in England you eat fish & chips.

Illuminations. I know there are a lot of people that hate the globe, and I get it since it's so hard to make out. But when you see it up close like that, it really is beautiful.

Are you kidding... I LOVED the photos, especially the up close of the globe opening up. Love that finale.

 

[teekathepony]

Happy Easter, Mary Ellen! Glad to hear the boys were home and you had a nice weekend, even if it was a little busy
Great photos, I love that silhouette shot of the palm trees! (Ahhh palm trees! How I miss those!)
Wow, some pretty rowdy crowds, eh? My parents witnessed a similar incident and now they don't care to go for Food & Wine any more. I am glad to hear security had it settled so quickly.
Great table for dinner and a DISmeet! What a view!! Sounds like such a nice time! And your IllumiNations pictures are great, especially the globe shots!
Love the run pictures the next morning too. Breakfast with DISers? No guesses here unfortunately!

 

[mickeystoontown]

Sounds like a great Dis Meet and what a wonderful view you guys had. I have no clue what that line is in your pictures. Never noticed it before. Speaking of pictures, as always, the pictures are fantastic.

 

[rentayenta]

I'm finally caught up.


I like the film real border. May have to borrow that.

The fish n chips look delicious.

Love the fireworks photos. Most excellent.

Good girl taking a run on vacation.

 

[dizneeat]

What a great evening and DISmeet. Your Illuminations photos are so impressive! Love them, perfect seating for the fireworks.

Can't wait to hear more about the DISmeet the next day.

 

[IheartDDuck]

Okay.....let's see that I'm posting this in the RIGHT place, shall we?

I am still determined to find a doggy potty spot.

What a nice dinner you had and prime Illuminations viewing too.

Beautiful pictures of Illuminations! You really did get some great shots of the globe.

Ooooohhh, on a side note! I made changes to our FP's on May 16th, so they all overlap with yours and Cynthia's. We can meet up at any time.

 

[englishrose47]

Great pix of your foo t R & C , I have my eye on the Fish & Chips there too !! Loved the Illuminations pix !!No guesses or the Dis Meet But I do have agues for your next Dis Meet next month

 

[KatMark]

Too funny that Danielle posted her response to my PTR here on your thread and you had to post her reply on the right thread. Danielle, this is what happens when you have multiple TR's of your own going and trying to keep up (that's why I stopped doing two TR's at a time).

MaryEllen, glad you had a great DIS dinner (I don't know that DISer but I have found that true of most of the DISer's I've met...feel like I've known them forever).

I'm glad you enjoyed your dinner at Rose & Crown and what ideal seats you got for Illuminations and terrific pictures too.

I do love the Boardwalk area except for that hike to the car.

I haven't a clue who you were having breakfast with.

 

[amazingact21]

Did you break a DISmeet record on this trip? Did you even have one? If you did, I think you set a new record. Of course, next month you might break it again, but that's beside the point.
Anyways, glad you enjoyed your dinner at R&C. You sure couldn't beat the seats. I love how you got up close shots of the IllumiNations globe. I normally don't see the globe very well, so that was sort of a nice change of pace.


Hmm, two more DISers. I don't know of any teachers in MD. I know one TA who's on the boards. (jenseib?) but I think she's still active so I don't believe it's her. Guess I'll just have to wait and see.

 

[IheartDDuck]

Too funny that Danielle posted her response to my PTR here on your thread and you had to post her reply on the right thread. Danielle, this is what happens when you have multiple TR's of your own going and trying to keep up (that's why I stopped doing two TR's at a time).

MaryEllen, glad you had a great DIS dinner (I don't know that DISer but I have found that true of most of the DISer's I've met...feel like I've known them forever).

I'm glad you enjoyed your dinner at Rose & Crown and what ideal seats you got for Illuminations and terrific pictures too.

I do love the Boardwalk area except for that hike to the car.

I haven't a clue who you were having breakfast with.

Clearly I have focus issues.

 

[saintstickets]

Meeting a Saint

I always say "If you can't dazzle 'em with your brilliance, you baffle 'em with your bull" and obviously I was doing some tall bafflin' that night if you thought you met a Saint...oh, wait a minute...you were probably talking about DW!

In my last update Denny and I had just finished a mixology seminar where we tasted bourbon from the Breckenridge Distillery. As soon as the seminar was over we needed to hightail it out of there for a DIS meet that I was really looking forward. We were meeting Saintstickets (Bill) and his lovely wife Grace.

For inquiring minds...I detected no lingering after effects of the bourbon tasting!

Fortunately you were able to find Bill quickly (or he found us, I forget). He informed us that we just missed an entertaining brawl outside of the Rose & Crown. Drat! Sorry I missed THAT! Not!

Bill said security emerged out of the crowd in about 2 seconds flat and the altercation was quickly put to rest. I wonder how many times a night that has to happen during F&W?

I was amazed how quickly and out of nowhere security appeared and had everything under control. The funniest part was the mother of one of the college aged participants helping him out in the fisticuffs!

I won’t keep you in suspense waiting for our picture (which actually wasn’t taken until the end of the evening).

Here you go:



It was Bill & Grace’s last night. They were due to start driving home the next day. I was very happy that they agreed to spend their last evening with us. I think we all hit it off great. As it usually goes with DISers, I felt like we had known each other for years and the conversation came easily.

So true...so true about meeting y'all. No awkward lulls in the conversation; plenty of common topics to discuss; a VERY, VERY pleasant and enjoyable time for all.

Bill totally entertained us with his stories of his college days at ‘Ol Miss. ‘Ol Miss - I love the sound of that. Having lived my entire life in the Northeast, Bill is the first person I have ever met that went to school there. I’m not going to share stories of Bill’s college days. You are just going to have to meet him yourself for that!

If you remember those stories, I KNOW you are talking about DW when you say "Meeting a Saint"! It has always amazed me that ANYONE that went to college during that time at Ole Miss, or lived in north Mississippi/south Tennessee and had access to a TV, will have heard of various activities that someone on the DISboards may or may not have participated in. Heck, I guess that "activity" went viral even before there was an internet!

All joking aside, I must say that meeting Denny and you was one of the highlights of our trip. DW is the shy one of us (imagine that with me around?!) and she repeatedly stated how much she enjoyed dinner with y'all. It seems we are going to miss each other during our 2014 trips so we need to do better planning for 2015 and do this again!!

As for your title "Dinner with a Saint"... which one is the saint? Bill or Grace (sorry, Bill)

Uh oh....busted!!

Sounds like a fabulous Dis meet with Bill and Grace!!! I love your Epcot nighttime pictures! I love the parks any time of day but there's just something about nighttime at Disney that feels extra special.

Couldn't have said it better...the meet...great view of Illuminations...at Disney World...who could ask for anything more?

 

[MeMom]

Breakfast was at the Wave. But who would we be dining with today? I’ll leave that for the next update!

I will leave you with a couple hints:

1. Both DISers are no longer very active on the boards.
2. One DISer is a TA and lives in Oklahoma
3. One DISer is an educator and lives in Maryland

Any Guesses?

I know, and I am looking forward to the report of this meet. So many people have 'fallen away' from the DIS slowly as real life takes over with new jobs, second jobs, more kids, etc. A lot of them actually became travel agents after being here a while. I am not on nearly as much as I used to be. Sadly, I know I am missing out on making new friendships, as my family has made many, many friends through this venue in the past. I enjoy checking the few reports I have time to read right now. and maybe when school is out, I can pick up a little more DIS time.

It is nice to meet people in person in WDW and be able to just begin talking without hesitation because you've already carried on many conversations here and/or on FB.

 

[MEK]

You guys are all cracking me up tonight! Can't wait to start digging into my replies, but I am at work so its just going to have to wait until tomorrow!

 

[annmarieda]

What a lovely dinner to share with disfriends!

Your illuminations pics are amazing! Did you request that table or where just given some pixie dust?

You got some great pictures during your morning run.

The bride... she is cute. Looks a bit worried... poor dear.

Can't wait to hear about breakfast. I would not even venture to guess who you will be dinning with.... but I am anxious nonetheless.

 

[PrincessCaitlin]

Nice DISmeet pic!

I am glad to hear your DISmeet was fun! Very cool view of the globe!

I plan on going to the Epcot area on my days off and running around that area It's so pretty in the morning!

Can't wait to hear about your next DISmeet!

 

[jenseib]

I think you got nice Illumination pictures. It's hard to get good ones.
Nice Dis meet too! Glad Denny had a good time. I had a meet with a passporter board person our last trip and Skip was a long and was basically a bump on a log.

 

[afwdwfan]

Both of my kids were home, which was fun.

Fortunately you were able to find Bill quickly (or he found us, I forget). He informed us that we just missed an entertaining brawl outside of the Rose & Crown. Drat! Sorry I missed THAT! Not!

I actually would have liked to have seen that... Not necessarily to see a brawl, but to watch the security response and then laugh and point at the morons as they're being escorted through a back door somewhere.

I don't know what it is, but it is my personal experience that the UK brings out the worst in drunk people at World Showcase.

As it usually goes with DISers, I felt like we had known each other for years and the conversation came easily.

And you should know! I'm glad you had yet another great Dismeet.

The lights on the buildings always add to the ambiance of Illuminations

What is that line????

It is Tink's... er uh... nevermind, wrong fireworks.

Too bad this picture didn’t turn out. I thought it was a fun view of the ToT.

I agree. Interesting angle.

After showering we left the room to head out to the car. And guess what? I got to stalk a bride on the way out!

Always the mark of a good MEK TR...

Any Guesses?

Well... I can safely eliminate myself...

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

As soon as the seminar was over we needed to hightail it out of there for a DIS meet that I was really looking forward. We were meeting Saintstickets (Bill) and his lovely wife Grace.

Aw, when you said it was a Saint, I was hoping it would be Drew Brees.

I think we all hit it off great. As it usually goes with DISers, I felt like we had known each other for years and the conversation came easily.

Amazing how that works! I'm glad you all could meet up and had a good time.

So my firework pictures officially stink. I just couldn’t seem to get the depth correct or the lens correct or something.

They look fine to me.

After showering we left the room to head out to the car. And guess what? I got to stalk a bride on the way out!

It wouldn't be a MEK TR if there wasn't a little bride-stalking going on!

I will leave you with a couple hints:

1. Both DISers are no longer very active on the boards.
2. One DISer is a TA and lives in Oklahoma
3. One DISer is an educator and lives in Maryland

Any Guesses?

 

[khertz]

Lovely dinner with Bill & Grace! Seems like a really wonderful way to spend an evening with a fellow DISer...dinner & IllumiNations viewing!

I would totally be bride stalking too! I think a Disney wedding would be so amazing! Maybe I need to start planning a vow renewal...

 

[Disney9.9.10]

Finally all caught up!! I hope that you and your family had a wonderful Easter :good vibes

What a gorgeous afternoon by the quiet pool! I love quiet pools and it is so nice to take a break from the busy parks.

It is so great that you can take so many trips to the same parks and always end up with different photos of the same things, like you did with EE.

You got a great table at Rose & Crown! And I think that your fireworks shots look great