The First Official Tiki Room Fan Trip Report (with pictures!)

[Tiki Room Fan]

Thanks for reading my TR!! And thanks for all the compliments!

Yes! Jose was the best! We were sad that we didn't have him for our entire week, however, the person who took over...well, that's later on in my TR!! <--that was my attempt at a "tease" to get you to come back and read some more! LOL!

Okay so we get to Epcot and we went on Spaceship Earth first. I had to laugh that we were able to walk right on. I remember a few years back waiting over an hour to get on this ride!

There are a few HMs on this ride but the only one I photographed was the one on the way in. There are mouse ears on this spaceship.

Next was Test Track. One of my favorite Disney rides. There are several HM's on Test Track, but this time I only photographed one. I filmed my ride on Test Track. I haven't watched the tapes yet. I shot like 10 video tapes at WDW! So that really cut back on my picture taking. I love photography and love to take pictures. I ALWAYS have a camera with me wherever I go. I'm usually good for taking 1,000 pictures at WDW but this year I only took around 600. Speaking of pictures, is it just me or did they change the angle on the picture you get taken on Test Track? I know they did on Dinosaur at AK.

Here's the HM I got:

Then we went on Mission Space and opted for the orange "spinning" ride. Bring it on!! Last year I was the navigator a couple times, this time I was the engineer and the DF was the commander. It seems to me like last year when I went on MS the G forces felt stronger. Was that changed? I know the first time I ever went on it, I felt like the skin on my face was blowing back...didn't get that sensation this time. It also seems like in the past it was much harder to move your head. This time I was playing with all the control buttons on the instrument panel. There's a lot of them to play with. I think I was making the rest of our "team" nervous by playing with everything. I still always have to laugh when I see the air sickness bags.

After this it was on to Soarin'! WOO HOO!!!

Am I the only one who points at the TV screen and shouts, "Look! It's David Puddy!!" when the guy on the Soarin' film comes on?? I'm a huge Seinfeld fan and I can't get past this guy being Elaine's garage mechanic boyfriend Puddy. LOL! And doesn't the guy who has those "little beauties" on look like Jon Lovitz?! LOL! Did I mention that I was very easily amused?!!

I was on a mission to film the HM on the golf ball that the golfer hits and it flies at you as you're soaring over the golf course. You can see it for a split second, but it's near impossible to get a picture of. So I smuggled my digital camera on the ride with me and didn't put it in the storage bin below becaue it was smaller than my video recorder. My digital camera shoots video, too, but in short increments. So I managed to film the entire ride, but I haven't watched the videos yet to see if I can slow it down and grab that one picture of the golf ball. That's a project for another day (week? month?)

I love the pine tree smell and the oranges and the smell of the ocean when you're on Soarin'. It's amazing what Disney is capable of.

I was bummed out that Living with the Land was closed for refurbishment. The DF sighed a sigh of relief (he thinks its boring) but I'm really into gardening and I love that ride.

I stilll miss Food Rocks. When they removed that I was incredibly upset and disappointed. That was one of my favorite things at Epcot. I don't understand why they opted to remove it entirely??!!

And they took the baked potatoes away that you used to be able to get in The Land pavilliion!! We went there last year ready to have one, but only to find out they were gone.

We left Epcot and took the monorail to the Polynesian. We got frozen mudslides in the Tambu Lounge (I took this to tease my mother. She loves getting frozen drinks at WDW - I was emailing my parents pictures from WDW every night from the hotel room) I had already drank some of this, so you can't see the cherry that was floating at the top.

I figure that's probably about 3 days' worth of calories right there in that glass.

I went over and photographed the cute HM on the Kona coffee bar. I love this one cuz it's purple.

We went over to the podium for O'Hana's to inquire about how to handle my special meal request. The guy at the podium while very nice, was a little slow on the uptake, so we asked for the chef. Kim came out. A very large, very nice man!! He introduced himself, shook our hands and asked what he could help us with. When I told him I was a vegetarian but that I ate a little fish as well, he made a suggestion of what he'd like to make for me. He recommended spring rolls, grilled veggies and tofu over lo mein noodles in a miso sauce and said I could eat the potatoes, and the salad and the shrimp and fried noodles that were already part of the meal. He said to ask for the chef the night of our ressies and if it wasn't him, and was Alfonso, he said to make sure he knows what we talked about.

We went out to wait for the monorail. I love the monorails. Ever since the first time I took my DS to WDW he and I laugh about "Por favor mantengase alejado de las puertas" cuz he picked that up right away and was repeating it all day. LOL! My parents laugh when you say that, too. I love it! I have the limited edition pin set that Disney put out a few years ago of the 2 monorail warning signs (English & Spanish) I did mention how easily amused I am, right?

Here's duelling monorails. I was thinking that monorail racing could be interesting.

We took the monorail to the Magic Kingdom and sat in the front car. It was just me and DF and we got our little co-pilot cards and stickers. I took a few pictures and then realized I should have taken some video footage. Oh well. Next time.

I'm not sure how many pictures you are allowed to post at once, so I'm going to submit this and continue Day 3 on a new page.

 

[Tiki Room Fan]

Day 3 continued...

When we arrived at the MK I had to take a picture of this display because it was too cute for words. I LOVE the Mickey bat on the sign.

I reeeeeaaaaalllllyyyyy wanted to do the Halloween party at MK, but the DF has night blindness and he just can't see at all in the parks at night.

We had ADRs for dinner at Crystal Palace at 6:30 and we figured we could have dinner and then catch SpectroMagic. I planned on video taping it. It was about 5:30 when we arrived at MK and we didn't want to roam too far, so we just took the train around the park. I video taped the entire train ride, too.

Crystal Palace was soooo crowded that we got seated late and missed just about all of SM so we had to plan to do SM another night.

As usual, there was very good food at the buffet at CP. It's impossible to remember everything but I had garlic mashed potatoes, cole slaw, pasta salads, potato salad, tossed salad, beets, shrimp, pizza, bread & butter, and I think my favorite thing was the cinnamon rice! YUMMY! The DF had all of that stuff as well as the prime rib and chicken. The dessert buffet was outrageous, too! I wanted everything! The DF didn't want dessert. I took a little sampling of most of the cakes and pies. It was Coconut flan, key lime pie, carrot cake, peanut butter cake, red velvet cheesecake, I know I'm forgetting things. Everything was great! I didn't have any but the ice cream and toppings looked good, the cookies, the brownies, you name it!! The DF wasn't really crazy about CP. He said it was too loud, too busy, and he didn't like that there was a CM walking around with a little computer which he figures was used to track the tables and how close to leaving people were. He thought that was tacky. I guess they need to do it, but it wasn't discreet at all. We had Pooh, Piglet and Tigger visit our table, but not Eyeore. We tried to wait for him, but he wasn't around.

Here's a couple of the DF with characters. He took some of me on his 35mm camera, so I don't have those scanned and downloaded yet.

We took a bus back to POFQ, I got my nightly cup of coffee and went to bed. I wished there was more of a selection to watch on TV. That perky Tracy or Stacy or whatever her name was, she's great but YIKES! That perky loud voice when you turn on the TV first thing in the morning or late at night is just a little too irritating!

I'm going to cover Day 4, Tuesday, tomorrow (well, later today actually it's already 2:15 a.m. I should be sleeping.)

Stay tuned for: *My first quick encounter with a fellow Disboard member. Yes!! Staying at POFQ!!! YAY!! and
*More antics by Mousekeeper Jose!

 

[dixiedizfan]

Your reviews and pics are great ... thanks for taking the time to post!

 

[PolyAddict]

Wow, coffee before bed. I would keep everyone up after that!!!

Loving the report.

I am with you about not approaching others that just happen to be wearing lime green. I am kinda shy and want to know for sure before I go up and start talking "dis" language to an outsider.

 

[Al and Kate's Mom]

GREAT pictures - thanks for sharing them!

 

[Mouse511]

Great review and pictures!

 

[scrap4u]

Hey TRF! I'm so glad I was your first Diser! You were also the first one we spotted. In fact, I didn't see your LGMHs, DH did as we were walking to our car on Sunday morning to go to AK! Just as you and GMax were doing. We did Donald's Breakfastosaurus at 820am and DH was in the front car of the first train going on EE when it opened. We did the Safari after that and walked right on. Had a great driver who would stop for us to take pictures and we saw lots of animals.

We also did Epcot on Saturday 9/9. We did CP for dinner on Sunday night at MK as we were doing the EMH. Of course the pouring rain caused Spectromagic to be shorted but Wishes still went off.

I have to check my notes but I think we were back at Epcot on Monday too. I swear we were following you two and Gmax and her mom around the parks but somehow, we never saw you.

Great TR so far! Can't wait to read the rest.

 

[Tiki Room Fan]

Thanks! I'm glad anyone is reading this...and actually enjoying it?!! LOL!

S4U - that's too funny that we were basically in the same places at the same time but didn't know it.

And its amazing how many people wear various articles of lime green clothing when you are aware of and looking for it. I was also surprised at the number of men wearing crocs - men, little boys - I even saw a guy at MCO wearing hot pink ones. I was wearing my comfortable, podiatrist recommended New Balance sneakers all week and still managed to get a huge blister under one of my toes. I was ready to call my podiatrist on the phone and ask what to do but instead I went to the store in the lobby and picked up alcohol swabs, a sewing kit (for the pins) and mole foam stuff. After having to limp on my foot for a day, it started to feel better. I've had surgery on both of my feet in the past as well as fracturing my foot about a year and a half ago and none of that bothered me, but I still managed to get a blister. I've never gotten a blister at WDW before. I was impressed by the little "foot care" section at the store at POFQ.

I'm starting to get sick today...usually a few days after arriving home from WDW I get sick - I thought I escaped it this time, but I guess not.

Okay Day 4 is next. I really need to chop chop and get this TR finished cuz I want to have time to read everyone elses! I've fallen behind in reading Gmax's TR!!

Day 4 Tuesday. I got up early, showered, got dressed, and went for coffee and Diet Coke. When the DF was ready we went down to the food court for breakfast. The routine was that I would find a table and get the utensils and condiments, and microwave my bagel on the days I had that, and he'd get in line for the food. Well, I found us "our" table - it was a table by the doors closest to the direction of our room so after we ate we could get out quick. I was at our table ready to sit down and I hear from behind me something like, "Hey you have a Mickey head" (Sorry if I got your quote wrong!!) and I turned around and said something like, "Yes I do!!" It was ReneeLMT sitting at the next table with a few other people. We talked for a few minutes and I managed to remain calm and not have an episode or cause a scene in the food court. LOL! But, when DF came to the table, I told him about it and he was like, "Oh geez, you must have been in your glory because another person from the Dis Board recognized you" LOL! ReneeLMT was the ONLY person there all week to acknowledge my LGMHPC hanging on my purse! I'm not sure, but I think I might have been wearing my lime green Disney tshirt. I could be wrong, I'd have to look at pics taken Tuesday to be sure. I didn't even think to take a picture of ReneeLMT, but she was at a table of people anyway and having my first encounter with a Disser I was kinda in shock almost. LOL! Huh. Imagine, ME almost speechless. The DF would roll his eyes at that one.

Well breakfast once again for me was a Panera Bread bagel with a side of grits and DF had Biscuits and Gravy.

We went back to the room and got ready to leave. The DF booked us an appointment to check out the Disney Vacation Club. His sister is a member and she loves it. So we decided to see what they had to offer.

But before we left the room, I had to leave Jose's tip envelope and this on the bed for him:

A DVC van picked us up in front of POFQ at 9:00. Our appointment was at Saratoga Springs (that's what they're selling for the DVC right now) at 9:15. It was about 90 minutes long and SS was very impressive. The rooms are huge and luxurious. We got a packet of info, a free book and we could have had free ice cream in the lobby (but we weren't in the mood for ice cream in the morning!) They would have dropped us off anywhere on the property that we wanted to go, but we asked to be brought back to our hotel so we could drop off the book and packet.

We took a bus to MGM.

The first thing we did there was Tower of Terror. We LOVE this ride!! This ride sequence was the mildest I've ever had. It was a series of short drops. We had the front row towards the center. The best place to be for this ride and also the seat I had the first time I ever rode it when it first opened!

Next we went to Star Tours, The Great Movie Ride (I filmed this entire ride-we really love this ride), Walt Disney One Man's Dream, and we didn't go in to see Muppets 3D this time (because a group had just gone in and we didn't want to wait - it was kind of sprinkling outside at the time, too) but I did go in while DF waited outside for me and I photographed the key under the mat - the CM said, "Wait, before you take the picture, let me hold the mat up so it's authentic"

We had ADR's for Mama Melroses that night and planned on having dinner then catching Fantasmic. It was about 2:00 and we passed by MM's (I love the spaghetti hanging in the windows)

We stopped in to see if they had any tables available now for lunch. They did with no waiting, so we cancelled our ADR's and had lunch there, instead. I was kind of disappointed with the food. My DS loves the place and she raves about it all the time. This was my first time eating here. Maybe my expectations were too high. We told the server I was a vegetarian and there really wasn't much on the menu for me to have. He basically repeated what was already on the menu as options so I asked if I could talk to the chef. The chef came over and just wasn't as receptive as the other chef's I'd dealt with were. I mean, he was polite and nice. I ended up having the spaghetti fra diavlo with shrimp instead whatever it was it normally came with (chicken maybe? I forget now.) The DF got the Chicken parm. They brought out bread which was a hard roll with sesame seeds and some of dipping sauce for it. The bread tasted hard and stale and the dipping sauce wasn't very good. It was some type of pesto dip with marinara sauce and it did nothing for the bread. We asked for butter, but it didn't make the bread taste any less stale. When our meals came out, the first thing we noticed was that the pasta was barely covered with sauce. We like a lot of sauce on our pasta - enough to dip bread in. With us, you just can't have too much sauce. So, the pasta was DRY. They brought out more bread and it was stale and hard as well. Unless they really change the menu, we won't be coming back to MM's. Maybe the dinner menu was better?

When we left, I noticed two old ladies helping themselves to the planters of herbs outside MM's. They were both picking off pieces of basil, thyme, etc. Hello! Do they really think that stuff is planted so you can help yourself?! I remember last year watching 2 people picking a ton of flowers that were planted at Epcot. By the time they were done, there was this huge bare spot. Are people really this dense?

We caught a street show of public worker employees that was very funny. And we also caught Mulch Sweat and Shears which was very entertaining.

While I was taking pictures, I noticed DF across the street in front of my favorite store name at MGM:

We didn't really do anything else at MGM. We shopped for a little while before leaving and I took a few various pictures. I have taken so many pictures here in the past, there was a lot I didn't need to take more of.

I love the barrel of monkeys!!!

I photographed the HM's on the Sunset Club Couture

We took the bus back to our hotel because it was several hours before Fantasmic, so we figured we'd leave and come back later. When we got back to our room, once again, all of the lights were off except for the one over the bed. This time the light was left on over the other bed and we found this...

Sorry. it's 2:14 a.m. I have to be up at 6:00 a.m. for work tomorrow...soooo...I will post tomorrow the rest of Day 4.

Thank you very much for reading my TR!!!! Have a wonderful Monday.

 

[Redbudlover]

Subbing. Love your trip report!

 

[meloneyb21]

Subscribing

 

[Viki]

Super photos! Keep it coming!

 

[Glendamax]

I'd fallen behind on your report - which actually turned out to be a good thing, because I gotto read alot at once!

Sorry to hear you're sick too, but again, it makes me less lonely in my "cold" misery!

I'm lovin' your report! Love the pictures at MGM. I was a bit bummed out that the Muppets fountain was boarded up. I was looking forward to getting my picture taken by this for some reason.

Seeing the picture you took at one of the stands at MGM reminded me of something. MGM was the last park we visited, While there, I think I visited the very stand you photographed for 1 bottle of water. The CM there wanted to see my driver's license in order for me to use my room key to buy the water as a snack credit. I was a bit confused and she explained that she got yelled at for not asking for ID when people used their cards. Mind you, this is the last full day of my vacation. I had not seen my license since I left for Orlando in the airport. I had to dig through my ENTIRE bag for it before she would give me the water. Good thing I had it. I started to just walk off, but I was thirsty.

Looking forward to more! Great Pics!

 

[Tiki Room Fan]

Well I booked off sick from work today. I do feel pretty crappy and I just wanted to say that the Trans-siberian Orchestra ticket sale today had nothing to do with it. I mean, it's not MY fault we can't have internet access at work...

GMax - as I recall, I was also sick at the same time as you last year after returning home from WDW. I remember reading your TR from last year and thinking ok so it's not just me!

That's unbelieveable the hassle over your license for a bottle of water. Geesh. And that DP must be wildly popular cuz everywhere DF and I went to get food of any kind, they always asked if we had the DP and I noticed signs hanging everywhere stating was was part of the DP, etc.

Okay I'm determined to get more of my TR done.

I left off on what Jose had left on our bed for us.

I thought this was hysterical! Okay so he left off the "s" but maybe he ran out of towels?! I never met him, but I love this Jose H! He also left the "JOSE" on the bed that I had made with towels. We had A LOT of towels at this point. Because every day he left a stack of wash cloths and tons of extra towels folded everywhere, not to mention the racks were full. Which reminds me, one thing I don't get at POFQ is...it's really cool how they have two sinks and the curtain you can draw to close the sink area off from the rest of the room, but how come both sinks don't have towel racks? If you use the sink closest to the "closet" area (the bar with hangers) you have to walk with dripping wet hands past the other sink to the towel rack.

The DF went to the pool (I can't swim, so I didn't) but I did walk around the pool. Here's the DF now...

We took a bus back to MGM and headed for Fantasmic. It was about 20 minutes before show time and there really was no line. There were a ton of people walking the loooooooooooooooong walk to get to the seating area, but we never had to actually "stand" in line. We found seats in the 3rd row (the place was really crowded so we had to take what we could find) Talk about a lot of people in one place. We had originally book a MM Fantasmic package, but first of all, it was way too much food for us, and 2nd, the ressies were so early. Like 4:30 or something silly like that. So we called and cancelled prior to our vacation. The CM had told me when I was booking the package that she had seen Fantasmic 5 times and each time just walked in and found a seat. She said booking a Fantasmic package really isn't necessary, especially when it's off peak.

We only got a bit wet in the 3rd row but that's only because it was very windy outside. I filmed the entire show, so I didn't get any pictures (unless I can pull some from my video recorder at a later time) The show was great! I'd recommend everyone see it at least once. I've been wanting to see it for a long time and finally did, but I don't think I'd need to see it again. It's amazing how they can use water screens. The effects were great and I love Fantasia and the music. I couldn't believe what a mess everyone left behind after the show (I meant to take a picture but forgot.) A tip I'd like to mention is, when it's time to leave and everyone is making a mass exodus, it's faster if you walk all the way to your right (if you're facing the show) and go up the last row of stairs. The people who were in our row that chose to up the stairs closest to where we were sitting, were still standing on the stairs waiting as we were already at the top and on our way.

We left MGM and took the bus to POR to see what their food court had for dinner. I got Vegetarian chili (which was EXCELLENT!!! I will get this every time I go back it was that good!!!) and a Corona and the DF got a bacon double cheeseburger with fries and a Bud.

After we ate, I got a picture of the HM on the Indian that is standing by the bakery:

We walked back to FQ and to our room and went and got my nightly coffee and a Diet Coke for the DF. I signed online and sent some Disney pics to friends and family and eventually went to bed.

Day 5. Wednesday. It seems as though the week is picking up speed. I'm wishing it was Saturday again.

I kind of overslept on Wednesday and got up around 7:20 a.m. YIKES! I hit the ground running!! I kept forgetting to call for a wake up call and never did. Last year when I arranged for one, the DF got the phone. So, to this day, I have never heard a Disney wake up call. Maybe next time.

I showered and got dressed and ran to the laundry room to do a load of laundry and get coffee and Diet Coke.

Once the DF was ready, we went to breakfast in the food court. I had a Panera Cinnamon Crunch bagel and grits and the DF had King Creole again.

Before we left the room, we noticed that we probably had more towels in our room than the mousekeepers had on their carts. Everyone else was probably experiencing a towel shortage while we were running out of places to put them. Check this out:

There were some under in this little area over by the TV and some on the dresser next to the TV:

There were some over on one side where the clothes were hanging:

and some on the other side of where the clothes were hanging:

There was some on the bench next to where the clothes were hanging:

More could be found on both towel racks in the bathroom (I didn't photograph the towel rack that's inside the shower):

Some on the back of the toilet:

More on the towel rack by the sinks:

Don't forget these that we used that day:

We were determined to have Jose take all of the towels away, so we used as many as we could to just make this strange looking towel tower type thing ("Towel of Terror") on the bed and then stuck our tip envelope on it.

We took a bus to Magic Kingdom around 11:00ish. We arrived to MK at noon and did Stitch's Great Escape. When we came out, there was Stitch and no one else around! We had Stitch all to ourselves! Anytime during the week we saw characters, they had a huge line. I got more pictures of the backs of characters walking away than I did anything else!

We thought it was pretty cool how we were all wearing blue:

We did Space Mountain (even though they've made it very unscary and with less drops than I recall it having several years ago) I still really enjoy this ride! I love when I can get the first seat!!! I remember a few years ago sitting in one of the cars and the padded bar you hold onto, had the foan rubber stuff torn out of it in the shape of fingers.

We did Carousel of Progress and I attempted video recording this, but it probably didn't come out anyway - I think I heard them say no video taping, so I really didn't put much effort into it. I should have just stuck to taking pictures. Here's a couple:

I don't know if my image limit is up for this post or not, so I'm going to submit this and continue on the next page.

 

[mommykds]

Great pictures!!!!!!!!

 

[Tiki Room Fan]

After COP we went on the Wedway People Mover (I know, but I still call it that!) I love how it goes through Space Mountain. I video taped the entire ride.

Here's the loooong walk out (don'tcha just love that there's no other people around??!! Gotta love September at WDW!! )

We did Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin (I always beat the DF and he always says he doesn't know how I did it. I just never take my finger off the trigger!)

We walked through Toon Town Fair and stopped for ice cream. I had a Mickey Bar and the DF had a Nestle's Crunch.

We did Peter Pan and I was looking for the HM (blocks) by Nana the dog, and I shot a picture of Nana, but all I got was a tail. (?)

Then we did The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. I remember having to get a FP for this in the past!!!

I photographed this HM on the way in:

And attempted to get the "radish" on in rabbit's garden and I got the "Letus" sign and the radishes, but I think the HM got cut out of my picture by just like THAT much!

I did manage to get the HM of Mr. Toad handing the deed to the house over to Owl. You have to be quick to get this one:

Next was It's a Small World. We got right on with no lines, no waiting. I remember several years ago waiting 2 hours to ride that! I video taped this entire ride. Don't know that I'd ever watch the entire thing, but at least I have it! My mother loves this ride. So I took out my cell phone as soon as we sat down and called her. I saw that she answered and I just left the phone in my lap. Throughout the entire ride, I kept checking to see if she was still there and she was. She stayed on the phone for the ENTIRE song/ride! I never said a word until we got off the ride and I then said hello.

We headed to the Haunted Mansion.

One of my favorite rides. I love haunted stuff and ghosts and all that (I am a huge fan of the TV show Ghost Hunters!! And being from CT, I've always followed Ed & Lorraine Warren's career....RIP Ed Warren)

I filmed the entire ride (not sure how it will come out due to the darkness) and also managed to shoot a ton of pictures. It's amazing how detailed everything is when you can actually "see" it.

These are on the way in. I took pictures of all of them, but here's a few.

I'm going to post the pictures inside HM on the next page.

 

[Tiki Room Fan]

Then I photographed the engagement ring on the way out

Here's a great website for info. on the HM.

http://www.hiddenmickeys.org/WDW/MagicKingdom/Secrets/LS/Mansion.html

I love all this kinda stuff! I had ordered a Disney trivia book to take with us, but it's not going to be shipped out until the end of October. I guess I'll use it next time (next year??!!)

The stone wall just outside of the exit of HM are too funny. They are all names that spell something out. I took pictures of all of them, but here's a few:

I'm going to continue on the next page due to all these photos.

 

[iggbees]

love the trip report! the towel animals (or mickey's) are a riot! looks like you had a great time.

 

[tammyandtommy]

more more! I need more trip report! LOL Glad you both had a good time!

 

[Cass]

The towel Mickey Mouse body on the bed is hysterical! funny stuff.

Hey, did you say HoopDeeDoo had cornbread now? last time I went it was white breadrolls with a honey butter.

Great report I am enjoying every minute.

 

[Tiki Room Fan]

LOL! Thanks! We had a great time, but for some reason, it seemed like last year we did more and we even spent a day at Universal. Plus last year it was special cuz it was our first time going there together and DF's first time going since he was like 14!! And he really didn't even want to go, but was just going along for my benefit. He was dragging his feet until he got there. We weren't in Orlando for an hour and he exclaimed, "We HAVE to come back!" LOL! And ever since last year's WDW vac he's been saying we have to go back.

Okay after HM we headed to the Hall of President's. We missed this last year and this year it was closed for refurbishment.

We caught the end of a parade, though. So we stopped to see it and I took a few pictures. They are a parade from a short persons perspective. LOL!

Next was Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Another of my favorite MK rides.

We did Pirates of the Caribbean next which is always fun. Glad they didn't make it "corny" adding Jack Sparrow. I think they did a good job with it.

I have to stop for now but will try and continue with more of my TR later tonight. Thanks for reading and all of your comments!!