The Godfather's Live Trip Report, photopass added post #442

[wayneg]

The food at the GF cafe looks lovely....what was the name of the desert with the chocolate Mickey???....I want one

It's the Dessert Sampler, 4 x desserts & Mickey for $9.99 or 2 can share on the DDP. Mickey was solid chocolate.

 

[Pegasus928]

Great pics again.
Did anyone eat the chocolate Mickey - or will it be making it home with you

 

[wayneg]

Great pics again.
Did anyone eat the chocolate Mickey - or will it be making it home with you

Mickey did not last long.

 

[wayneg]

Friday morning we(Myself, Matt & Karen) got to HS for rope drop, can't believe how many still rush around to Toy Story Midway Mania. We were some of the 1st in the park and we had a 10 min line just to get a fast pass. After we got them we walked past to see how long the standby line was, it went all the way on and past the Back Lot tour entrance, no idea how long the time was but glad I wasn't waiting.
This was the end of Toy story line.

After riding Star Tours(none of us get Star Wars, we just don't understand the hype around it) we went to Writers stop to spend some snack credits, I tried a carrot cake cookie for the 1st time

A few more rides then back to use our fastpasses on Toy story at 11am, then back to get Lucy, Paul and Lily who had been finishing packing and having a swim, now they had checked out of their room they were by the pool. We went for lunch at POFQ then back to the room for showers before the trip to the airport.
Easy drop off of the car & check in, although they did not get the prebooked PE seats that had been booked 11 months. Emotional goodbye then down to Thrifty to collect a full size car, just the same as Dollar(same company) really easy & quick, no line, no hard sell. Got to choose from row of Dollar/Thrifty full size cars which was an easy choice, a nice red 3.5L Dodge Charger, its basic spec after the fully loaded town & country but love it.

Back to OKW to get ready for evening meal at 50's Prime time. Almost changed it last minute but glad we didn't, we had another great meal there.

After the meal we went back to OKW to drop off the car, met Nigel, Martin & families at the bus stop and into MK for EMH, came out about 1:30am. all very tired.

 

[wayneg]

Today (Saturday) our last day at OKW, due to late night last night we didn't get up until 9:30am, morning taken up with packing, washing & ironing. WPE for lunch, same as before except Matt who had a meatball & pepper pizza.

Called at Goofy's candy store to use some snack credits, this lot should have been $63.11

Plan was to finish off packing etc then into AK for rides & meal at Yak & Yeti but the rains started again so we went in later just had 1 ride on everest, would have gone on again but they stopped it for some reason.
Yak & Yeti is another place we have put off trying but as with many other places you should try for yourself instead of listening to negative comments. We all had really good meals.

We were the last reservation of the day, 5:45pm, park closed at 6pm so it was great to leave to an empty park.

This evening I bought new Nike trainers at LBV outlet then back to room for a few drinks and a little internet time before we go on the Disney Dream tomorrow for 4 days. Dizzy has been getting ready today.

 

[Pegasus928]

Dream tomorrow for 4 days. Dizzy has been getting ready today.

OMG THAT IS SOOOOO COOL

He will really look the part in that get up

 

[alibeau]

We also thoroughly enjoyed our meal at the yak and yeti last week

Loving all your photos

Ali

 

[jtlover]

Oooooooooooo the cruise the part of your trip I have been looking forward to the most.

Will watch tonight for the Dream leaving the port on the live webcam. Have a great trip.

Looking forward to hearing about this as we want to go next year.

Have a great time

 

[Elise79]

Great updates

So will Lucy, Paul & Lily be coming back? I would love to read their thoughts on their first two weeks in Florida.

Also if you haven't forgotten and don't mind would you mind posting when your Disney tickets expire to see if you can use them on day 22, thanks

 

[jackieleanne]

Love the photos especially Dizzy in his cruise outfits. Also some lovely photos of Lily.

Have fun on the cruise.

 

[jesuslovesyou]

Today (Saturday) our last day at OKW, due to late night last night we didn't get up until 9:30am, morning taken up with packing, washing & ironing. WPE for lunch, same as before except Matt who had a meatball & pepper pizza.

Called at Goofy's candy store to use some snack credits, this lot should have been $63.11

Plan was to finish off packing etc then into AK for rides & meal at Yak & Yeti but the rains started again so we went in later just had 1 ride on everest, would have gone on again but they stopped it for some reason.
Yak & Yeti is another place we have put off trying but as with many other places you should try for yourself instead of listening to negative comments. We all had really good meals.

We were the last reservation of the day, 5:45pm, park closed at 6pm so it was great to leave to an empty park.

This evening I bought new Nike trainers at LBV outlet then back to room for a few drinks and a little internet time before we go on the Disney Dream tomorrow for 4 days. Dizzy has been getting ready today.

Great pics
How many credits were all those sweets if you dont mind me asking?

 

[wayneg]

Great updates

So will Lucy, Paul & Lily be coming back? I would love to read their thoughts on their first two weeks in Florida.

Also if you haven't forgotten and don't mind would you mind posting when your Disney tickets expire to see if you can use them on day 22, thanks

Half way thru their trip they were considering leaving it a couple of years and returning, by the end they had changed to considering next year. We will see when\if jet lag kicks in

I forgot to post about the tickets, we activated them on our 1st full day the 6th August, Matt called in guest relations to ask and he was told last day of use was August 27th, I work that out to 22 days use on a 21 day ticket. Was same for Lucy and Paul's 14 day tickets, 15 days use.

Great pics
How many credits were all those sweets if you dont mind me asking?

For the $63.11 we used 15 credits, for the pic I just added the fudge so 16 credits showing, all snacks are 1 credit each.

 

[joolz1910]

Just caught up again. Well done to Matt - you must be very proud of him.

Loving the look of Hoop de doo - I've added it to my list.

 

[dixonsontour]

Some great food pics.

Enjoy the cruise

 

[Dave_uk]

I forgot to post about the tickets, we activated them on our 1st full day the 6th August, Matt called in guest relations to ask and he was told last day of use was August 27th, I work that out to 22 days use on a 21 day ticket. Was same for Lucy and Paul's 14 day tickets, 15 days use.

I know i don't post often but loving the live trip report and Matts blog.

We are going next Aug 14 Nights OKW 16-30
We have 14 day tickets so will they last for 15 days?
So if we use them on the 16th we can use them on the 30th

Thanks and have a wonderful cruse!

 

[paulh]

I know i don't post often but loving the live trip report and Matts blog.

We are going next Aug 14 Nights OKW 16-30
We have 14 day tickets so will they last for 15 days?
So if we use them on the 16th we can use them on the 30th

Thanks and have a wonderful cruse!

think its one of the weird things about Disney even with an annual you get an extra day.then again where else do you celebrate a year over 15 months
Great reports hope you're not affected by the storms brewing in the Atlantic
Paul

 

[jtlover]

Hi Wayne, Karen and Matt

Watching you go on the ship out of the port right now. The ship left early, it hasnt done that for weeks. Bon voyage. Have a great few days

The camera panned in but didnt see you waving

 

[marcus.ka]

Thank you sooo much for your live TR.

May I ask you something? How would you rate the new Star Tours as a non Star Wars Fan? We like Star Wars and 10 years ago I also thought that Star Tours 1 was a great attraction. We are thinking of heading to Star Tours right after rope drop.

 

[catherine]

Congrats to Matt, you must be really proud of him! I'm loving your TR, it's keeping me going while I count down to our trip! Hope that you have a wonderful cruise and I look forward to hearing all about it!

 

[Tony Toon]

Thank you sooo much for your live TR.

May I ask you something? How would you rate the new Star Tours as a non Star Wars Fan? We like Star Wars and 10 years ago I also thought that Star Tours 1 was a great attraction. We are thinking of heading to Star Tours right after rope drop.

Hi, We are just back (3 weeks ago but seems like years) and did the new Star Tours A LOT. The verdict was a big hit. There are apparently 54 different versions of the ride and you stand a chance of being the "spy" aboard the ship and as such being the target for "Vader" and his forces. The resulting 3D getaway through varying "scapes" and situations is great fun. DS said his experience was lessened when sat in the front row at the side although I didn't see much difference. I personally felt more queasy when sat at the back row in the corner though although I am very prone to motion sensitivity it has to be said. We found that if you visit the ride early in the morning you can ride twice without much of a queue (often walk on) but it gets much busier as the day goes on.

I'm sure you'll love it.