Montana Minnies
A New Generation of Mouseketeers
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I'm just going to try and combine the last 3 days of our trip, since Sonny and wife leave on the 11th and the rest of us on the 13th.
I can see why people keep journals while traveling, it gets to be my mind gets a little fuzzy as to what I did let alone what the others were doing on a day - day basis.
The highlight for us on the 10th (Tuesday) was getting together to eat a character dinner at the Liberty Tavern and then watching Spectromagic and Wishes. I decided not to attend the dinner, I wanted to do some other things and I needed to run an errand for my sister. The rest told me they had an enjoyable dinner and even my brother got into the spirit of things by having his picture taken a couple of times with Minnie Mouse.
By the time I arrived at the MK it was crowded! I kept in touch with them per cell phone. Yes, this time I remembered my phone. They had got Grandma Mouse a w/c again and were able to get her seated in an area where she could see Spectramagic as it came down Main ST. She said it was a great view.
Then we turned around and there was "Wishes" it was awesome.
This was the first we had seen it, other times it was called Fantasy in the Sky. The castle changing color, the music and the fireworks can not be described in words. Melly loved it as did we all.
She said it was one of her favorites.
The 11th comes and my brother and his wife are leaving in the afternoon to head back to Montana. Still they manage to have some fun before leaving by going once again over to MGM. The day before they had got their boarding passes printed at the Contemporary so they were set to go. I don't know how they did it, but they were on the go until they left around 1:00 that afternoon. I walked over with them to the bus stop and had one last picture taken. All of us had smiles, so I would say that they had a Magical Vacation and even that "maybe" my brother may have turned into a "Mouse Fan"! I left to get on the bus to MGM and to meet up with Dodie who I had promised to go on the Rock N Roll Rollercoaster with. That ride was fast! I did not even realize we had been upside down
Tonight we have a PS for Ohana's and then later the "Wishes Cruise" When the five of us arrive at Ohana's I ask the CM if it is possible for us to have a seat near the window, thinking since it is so busy we probably won't get one.But we did and it was a very pretty view of the castle out in the distance. We sipped on Pineapple drinks and enjoyed our dinner before heading to the marina to get on our cruise.
Our guide was very informative and I had made arrangements for a fellow Dis'er and her 13 year old daughter to join us. He told us about Discovery Island and the story behind the shoes tied in the tree. He also parked the patoon boat in a place where we had a wonderful view of Wishes and where another boat near us had piped in music. This too, was awesome in that this time I even saw Tinkerbelle fly! My sister later informed me that she had not the night before due to weather. I actually enjoyed the cruise in that a person did not have to fight the crowds while leaving the park.
The 12th we need to start getting packed to get ready to go back home since we are leaving from the resort early in the morning-5:30AM and bell service has agreed to pick up our luggage at 5:15AM. We mainly took it easy, and after dinner Dodie, Melly, Grandma Mouse and DisneySis took one last boat ride to Downtown Disney. I thought I better try and get more packing done. Dodie was worried about flying with the storm coming in, and we did our best to reassure her that all would be all right. She goes back to Philadelphia and her flight is a direct one only a couple of hours long, but it's right in the line of rain heading down the East Coast.Luck was on our side that we left early enough we missed Hurricane Charley. But before we left the resort we could tell they were getting prepared for it and we had heard the parks would open early on the 13th and close earlier.
Our bell service was right on time and as he uncloaded our luggage at the front where our towncar service showed up also right on time. The airport was busy, but after making it through security we were set to go. Oh I almost forgot, I had thought I got everything packed the night before and just before leaving our villa my sister said, "Take one more look around, don't forget anything." Well I looked in the closet and here I would have forgot practically most of my wardrobe! I had forgot I had hung up so many clothes. The suitcase was already down in the van so I grabbed a Disney shopping bag and stuffed my clothers into it! I must have really wanted to stay there!
We all made it back to our homes safely and by our pictures we all look like we had a great time.
This is our trip as I remember it, it's impossible to write it all down or to capture all of the magical moments we had. We no longer tend to say this is a trip of a lifetime, but instead we now say, When we go back!" Yes, we will be back hopefully in the near future.
Bye and thanks to all who helped make this a vacation to remember
Have a Magical Day!
I can see why people keep journals while traveling, it gets to be my mind gets a little fuzzy as to what I did let alone what the others were doing on a day - day basis.
The highlight for us on the 10th (Tuesday) was getting together to eat a character dinner at the Liberty Tavern and then watching Spectromagic and Wishes. I decided not to attend the dinner, I wanted to do some other things and I needed to run an errand for my sister. The rest told me they had an enjoyable dinner and even my brother got into the spirit of things by having his picture taken a couple of times with Minnie Mouse.
By the time I arrived at the MK it was crowded! I kept in touch with them per cell phone. Yes, this time I remembered my phone. They had got Grandma Mouse a w/c again and were able to get her seated in an area where she could see Spectramagic as it came down Main ST. She said it was a great view. Then we turned around and there was "Wishes" it was awesome. This was the first we had seen it, other times it was called Fantasy in the Sky. The castle changing color, the music and the fireworks can not be described in words. Melly loved it as did we all. She said it was one of her favorites. The 11th comes and my brother and his wife are leaving in the afternoon to head back to Montana. Still they manage to have some fun before leaving by going once again over to MGM. The day before they had got their boarding passes printed at the Contemporary so they were set to go. I don't know how they did it, but they were on the go until they left around 1:00 that afternoon. I walked over with them to the bus stop and had one last picture taken. All of us had smiles, so I would say that they had a Magical Vacation and even that "maybe" my brother may have turned into a "Mouse Fan"! I left to get on the bus to MGM and to meet up with Dodie who I had promised to go on the Rock N Roll Rollercoaster with. That ride was fast! I did not even realize we had been upside down
Tonight we have a PS for Ohana's and then later the "Wishes Cruise" When the five of us arrive at Ohana's I ask the CM if it is possible for us to have a seat near the window, thinking since it is so busy we probably won't get one.But we did and it was a very pretty view of the castle out in the distance. We sipped on Pineapple drinks and enjoyed our dinner before heading to the marina to get on our cruise.
Our guide was very informative and I had made arrangements for a fellow Dis'er and her 13 year old daughter to join us. He told us about Discovery Island and the story behind the shoes tied in the tree. He also parked the patoon boat in a place where we had a wonderful view of Wishes and where another boat near us had piped in music. This too, was awesome in that this time I even saw Tinkerbelle fly! My sister later informed me that she had not the night before due to weather. I actually enjoyed the cruise in that a person did not have to fight the crowds while leaving the park.
The 12th we need to start getting packed to get ready to go back home since we are leaving from the resort early in the morning-5:30AM and bell service has agreed to pick up our luggage at 5:15AM. We mainly took it easy, and after dinner Dodie, Melly, Grandma Mouse and DisneySis took one last boat ride to Downtown Disney. I thought I better try and get more packing done. Dodie was worried about flying with the storm coming in, and we did our best to reassure her that all would be all right. She goes back to Philadelphia and her flight is a direct one only a couple of hours long, but it's right in the line of rain heading down the East Coast.Luck was on our side that we left early enough we missed Hurricane Charley. But before we left the resort we could tell they were getting prepared for it and we had heard the parks would open early on the 13th and close earlier.
Our bell service was right on time and as he uncloaded our luggage at the front where our towncar service showed up also right on time. The airport was busy, but after making it through security we were set to go. Oh I almost forgot, I had thought I got everything packed the night before and just before leaving our villa my sister said, "Take one more look around, don't forget anything." Well I looked in the closet and here I would have forgot practically most of my wardrobe! I had forgot I had hung up so many clothes. The suitcase was already down in the van so I grabbed a Disney shopping bag and stuffed my clothers into it! I must have really wanted to stay there!
We all made it back to our homes safely and by our pictures we all look like we had a great time.
This is our trip as I remember it, it's impossible to write it all down or to capture all of the magical moments we had. We no longer tend to say this is a trip of a lifetime, but instead we now say, When we go back!" Yes, we will be back hopefully in the near future.
Bye and thanks to all who helped make this a vacation to remember Have a Magical Day!
