PrincessCaitlin
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 1, 2009
So when we last left off we were headed to the International Gateway to get our tickets!
This is the only picture I took because I thought the spider
web looked awesome!
With the military discount you have to buy your tickets at the parks so that was a must do for us so we could get our fastpass times figured out! When we got to the window we got our tickets easily but when it came to buying the party tickets the girl said the party was sold out! With the military tickets my mom read online that they save a set number for military since they can't buy their tickets ahead of time like everyone else. She relayed this message to the girl but the girl said we were out of luck. She sent us to another window to check but once we made it up there we were denied as well.
I was almost in tears! I had really been looking forward to the party and this vacation was supposed to make up for my really hard year!
We decided to head back to the hotel so we could check out our room, I could get our fast passes figured out and mom could talk to the concierge CMs to see if there was anything that could be done. Not only had we been planning on this but we had tickets to the dessert party that night as well!
First meet our room!
After taking pictures I headed out on the deck to do our fast passes while mom headed to the concierge desk. I really hate having to plan out our fast passes and I am pretty sure we ended up changing the times 4 or 5 times before we used them
While I was finishing up mom came back with this
and the news that we could get our tickets!!! We just had to get them at the Magic Kingdom! With that good news we tried to figure out what to do next. Our bags hadn't arrived so I couldn't head to the gym like I had planned so the idea came up to rent a surrey bike. They are those bikes you can see around the Boardwalk or the Port Orleans resorts. I thought why not since I needed my work out anyway.
Let me tell you those things are a lot harder to peddle than they look! We got our bike and began our tour around the Epcot area. We never realized how hilly it was! The area around Epcot and the Swan and Dolphin bridge are ridiculous! We had people laughing at us because we had the hardest time getting up these! I was doing most of the peddling starting off and the first go around wasn't bad but the second time mom and I both needed to peddle up those hills! At some points we would start rolling backwards! Mom actually hopped off the bike our final time up the Swolphin bridge and even then I couldn't get it up by myself!
Needless to say we were beat after and I went upstairs and fell asleep!
Once I woke up we decided to head to Downtown Disney. On our way out of the hotel we walked past Taylor Hanson!!!!!!! Mom turned to me after we walked past him and was like he looked important and I was like yeah he's in Hanson!!!! It was pretty cool seeing a celebrity at our resort!
Once we got to DTD the shopping began!
We mainly just roamed around
Checked out the new volcano
Said hello to some dinosaurs
And checked out the set up for the Festival of the Masters
We were headed to Crush but the old location was shut down!
So we just headed back to the bust stop
Seeing fall and Christmas was a bit odd!
When we got back to the resort we went to relax a bit before dinner
The dinner selection was very good
For some reason my gluten allergy didn't show up on the reservation but luckily another family had a gluten allergy so they did have gluten free beer!
After dinner we headed back to the room and mom took a nap until we got ready to go party! We had some dessert and I tried out Crowne Royale for the first time and then it was time to head to our favorite bar!
This is the only picture I took because I thought the spider
web looked awesome!
With the military discount you have to buy your tickets at the parks so that was a must do for us so we could get our fastpass times figured out! When we got to the window we got our tickets easily but when it came to buying the party tickets the girl said the party was sold out! With the military tickets my mom read online that they save a set number for military since they can't buy their tickets ahead of time like everyone else. She relayed this message to the girl but the girl said we were out of luck. She sent us to another window to check but once we made it up there we were denied as well.
I was almost in tears! I had really been looking forward to the party and this vacation was supposed to make up for my really hard year!We decided to head back to the hotel so we could check out our room, I could get our fast passes figured out and mom could talk to the concierge CMs to see if there was anything that could be done. Not only had we been planning on this but we had tickets to the dessert party that night as well!
First meet our room!
After taking pictures I headed out on the deck to do our fast passes while mom headed to the concierge desk. I really hate having to plan out our fast passes and I am pretty sure we ended up changing the times 4 or 5 times before we used them
While I was finishing up mom came back with this
and the news that we could get our tickets!!! We just had to get them at the Magic Kingdom! With that good news we tried to figure out what to do next. Our bags hadn't arrived so I couldn't head to the gym like I had planned so the idea came up to rent a surrey bike. They are those bikes you can see around the Boardwalk or the Port Orleans resorts. I thought why not since I needed my work out anyway.
Let me tell you those things are a lot harder to peddle than they look! We got our bike and began our tour around the Epcot area. We never realized how hilly it was! The area around Epcot and the Swan and Dolphin bridge are ridiculous! We had people laughing at us because we had the hardest time getting up these! I was doing most of the peddling starting off and the first go around wasn't bad but the second time mom and I both needed to peddle up those hills! At some points we would start rolling backwards! Mom actually hopped off the bike our final time up the Swolphin bridge and even then I couldn't get it up by myself!
Needless to say we were beat after and I went upstairs and fell asleep!
Once I woke up we decided to head to Downtown Disney. On our way out of the hotel we walked past Taylor Hanson!!!!!!! Mom turned to me after we walked past him and was like he looked important and I was like yeah he's in Hanson!!!! It was pretty cool seeing a celebrity at our resort!
Once we got to DTD the shopping began!
We mainly just roamed around
Checked out the new volcano
Said hello to some dinosaurs
And checked out the set up for the Festival of the Masters
We were headed to Crush but the old location was shut down!
So we just headed back to the bust stop
Seeing fall and Christmas was a bit odd!
When we got back to the resort we went to relax a bit before dinner
The dinner selection was very good
For some reason my gluten allergy didn't show up on the reservation but luckily another family had a gluten allergy so they did have gluten free beer!
After dinner we headed back to the room and mom took a nap until we got ready to go party! We had some dessert and I tried out Crowne Royale for the first time and then it was time to head to our favorite bar!
When we walked in they asked if anyone had been before and we raised our hands. They asked where we were from and I said Michigan and we were celebrating my birthday! This led to the most fun I have ever had at a bar! For those who don't know Jellyrolls is a dueling piano bar and they play whatever the audience requests! They asked me what I wanted them to play for me and I said surprise me! Well my boyfriend played Call Me Maybe and changed it to Call Me Caitlin! It was so much fun! When the next two pianists came out they also acknowledged my birthday and called up two other guys who were celebrating their birthdays. I didn't have a birthday button so they made me and the one pianist asked the other how to spell my name
Hi room! Nice to meet'cha.
