The "I Didn't Get To That" But Still The Best Trip Ever! **Final Thoughts 1/27/09**

[englishrose47]

Kat I am doing well!! Busy as **** at work as usual ! The house I used to manage just had yet another supervisor quit today after less than 1 month!Guess who has to fill in .....Moi"But I the logical choice!!

 

[KatGarcia]

I did find him!!!!!!!! How cool that you met all those Fockers!

It would have been a party if you were there!

Ok I'm late (as usual) but I'm here!! Great update Kat!


Oh FF!!!!!

love the videoing even though it was in the dark. Did everyone hear Kat's slight NY accent? Hee hee LY Kat!

The little kids all playing Pirates was so entertaining, they were all too cute.

And as scared as I was of finding food to eat in Germany. I am glad to report that I did not go hungry and the food was pretty good. So thank you Fockers for letting me experience Biergarten. I doubt I would've ever eaten there on my own. The Weiner salad scared me though.

That was so great on Soarin' and that guy was just one big dodo head. We told the CM what happened and then that's when she gave us a magical day with an extra ride.

I shoulda had a beer in Biergarten. I was so bummed about not getting margaritas OR a slushie. Apparently the rule is once the fireworks start they don't serve drinks. Sadly the fireworks had already started as we were walking to WS.

But Bob and his alcohol detection skills saved the day!!
And thank you Bob and Mel for the drinks, they were delicious as was the company and our surprise run-in with fellow Fockers.

Can't wait 'til 2010!

I don't ahve an accent! LOL!!!
I'm glad you found food at beirgarten! Told ya!
We shoulda got a mega beer, oh well.
roomies for 2010?

Aw, Kat.

I did get margaritas, no problem, but it was before the actual fireworks began. Huh.

I'm jealous you got to see T, LL, and V some more, but then, I had wonderful fun with Jo, Mo, and Janet, so...

It was great - and I can't wait to see you again!

I'm jealous you all went and rode TT together, so we're even!
I can't wait until we can do it all again!!

what great pictures of everyone!!!

Thanks!!!

Great update, Kat! I just love reading about FF08.

That was great seeing you all mosey into Martha's Vineyard that night! That Pear Martini was a freakin' killer! The first couple were really good, but that last one was lethal! Mad props to you for even attempting to finish that bad boy!

I t was really cool to find you gusy there...i kinda felt we crashed your secret meeting LOL. You were all so deep in conversation.

Kat I am doing well!! Busy as **** at work as usual ! The house I used to manage just had yet another supervisor quit today after less than 1 month!Guess who has to fill in .....Moi"But I the logical choice!!

Don't work too hard Rosie!!

 

[KatGarcia]

We got up late, and by late I mean 8:30am! We had a crazy few days together and I had a looong week. Also the day before was the day my hubby KC was arriving in Orlando with our friends to stay in the time share. He called and said that they were planning on coming to WDW for the day with another friend of ours who lives down there (we’ll call him YIP) who is also a cast member. See with KC & Ricky were 2 other friends from South Carolina visiting only for 3 days, so they wanted to do a little Disney. What better way than free with a CM?!

So Z & Yani headed out to DTD and I got ready nice and slow. KC told me they wouldn’t be on property until after noon, so I was good to go for a relaxing morning.

I took a nice long shower, shaved my legs and relished my alone time. I went out wandering the resort a bit too. It was a sunny and beautiful day so I took some shots of the gorgeous grounds of POR.

Great Hidden Mickey!

I almost walked to FQ but decided against it. Instead I went for some lunch at Riverside Mill.

My Mufaletta & Macaroni salad.

Shortly after my yummy lunch I got a call from KC that they were all headed to AK and to meet them at the gates! So I got on the bus and headed that way. Of course I was on the slowest bus ever because I hadn’t seen my husband in nearly a week!

I was almost sprinting once I got off the bus, at the furthest stop no less, and saw him standing to the right by some benches. We had an embarrassing display of hello apparently, because our friends seemed to veer off and act like they didn’t know us just then. But once they all got hugs it was good to go. They had to get the CM passes and I had to get mine fixed because it wasn’t scanning properly. Then we all headed to Everest.

I know there is a picture somewhere of us all on the ride , but I can’t seem to find it. It was priceless too because Yip knows when the camera part comes and he made a great face! But anyway, we got into the FP line w/o actual FP’s which was cool. I was a little cranky to have to wait on a line, but oh well, im spoiled what can I say.

It was nearing time for my meet at Pop @ the Petals bar, the last meet of the trip. So I stole KC away and we decided to meet up with everyone else later that day, in Epcot. Turns out our friends did a crazy tour…after Everest they went to DHS and rode RNRC & maybe TOT and then ended up going to Epcot and doing a few rides in FW before we even met up with them around 5pm. Let them never say I am commando again- Yip took the title by far!!!

So KC & I hopped on a Pop bus to head to the meet. I was excited to bring him because he wasn’t supposed to be there! Z & Yani were coming too and I esp. wanted them to meet him. When we got there Heidi and Lessa were thee and I recognized the back of Tanya’s head, don’t ask why!? We grabbed some chairs and introduced ourselves. Heidi gave me a cute little wand (which is on my dresser right now!). Then Cheryl came, and Mel & NotBob, then Margie. Margie I almost didn’t realize who you were until I read the thing around your neck! Then another DIS friend Allyson came, she was doing her first solo trip and I invited her to stop by. Z and Yani weren’t too far behind. We had a great time chatting! I thought everyone was great, really nice people. I had a good time chit chatting with everyone! I was happy to be able to introduce NotBob and KC since they both love World of Warcraft and computers. They did the man chat while the rest of us chicks chatted.

Pictures were taken , of course.

Allyson & me

KC & NotBob bonding

We stayed for a couple of hours. Enough time for the short sleeve on my shirt to betray me and give me a BAD burn. I had sun block on, but I did not put it high enough to compensate for the shorter sleeve. Made for an interesting tan later. When we were leaving we had a funny moment with Z & Yani..KC saying he was stealing me from them and them saying "NO she's ours for now!". It was just a great testament to what awesome friends I amde on this trip!!! I heart Z & Yani!!!!

KC & I took a bus to DTD to take a bus to Beach Club because we were meeting everyone in the showcase and I hate the green mile it is through FW. I also hate the 20 stops that this bus takes, but in the end it was worth it. I got some nice time to cuddle up with my KC on the bus. \

We went straight for France and one of these babies…

Forgive the “I’ve been in WDW a week with hardly any sleep eyes”.

With drink in hand we sat down on the fountain to wait for our friends who were on Spaceship earth. Sicne people always take fountain pics it seemed they were taking pics of us, we kept making jokes about “no paparazzi!!”…so KC took their picture back..

Soon we were reunited with Yip, Ricky, Vara & Angela and made our way through the showcase. We were discussing what to have for dinner and Yip said he prefers Morocco..I agreed and we made our way to the Tangerine Café (my fav CS in epcot!) and here he is walking right past it….

“Yip, where ya going?” I say. “To Marrakesh” he replies. “Without and ADR??? Can’t hurt to try but I doubt we’ll get in…”

He walks to the podium…and does the unimaginable…gets us seated RIGHT AWAY. I KNOW!!! I bowed to him and told him he was officially my WDW Hero now. I told him I couldn’t wait to report this trip to tell all how he defied the Disney Dining Gods and got us dinner in 30 seconds. Still baffles me. Had I called for an ADR I bet I wouldn’t have gotten squat.

We had a great dinner. KC & I shared 2 different apps(sausage & a sampler). I didn’t take pics because I was with non DISers and frankly we chatted the whole time so I forgot. I took some pics of the menus but they came out kinda dark. Everyone enjoyed their food a lot tho. This is one under rated spot to me. We had eaten here before and it was good then too!

Full of food it was now time for….silly pictures in the pavilion.

More importantly, it was time for a drink. The pavilion the girls wanted to see the most was Japan, so we made our way to…where else? The sake bar!!!

I miss the cute cups, I was gonna collect ‘em and make a set. I don’t wanna buy ‘em now so we only have 2, oh well. Plum Wine hit the spot as always!!!! Since Yip was on his ‘how much Disney can you do in one day’ he decided it was time to head to MK! I convinced KC & Ricky to stay in Epcot with me, until after Illuminations and meet them in MK later, since it was EMH’s anyway.

So we strolled along and made our way to China. To my new favorite spot in Epcot.

For one of these bad boys…A Peach oolong tea slushie.

We headed towards the monorail during IROE so that we wouldn’t be in the mass exit that happens everynight. We missed it by only a few minutes, thank goodness. PLUS our slushies looked like reg drinks so no one stopped us from bringing them on the monorail. Flame me if you wish, but I didn’t want brain freeze OR to waste that yummy drink. We all finished by the time we got to MK.

Here’s Ricky sitting on the monorail.

Wondering what’s in the bag? A bottle of sake to take home.

This was my last night of this trip so I took a few good bye pics and made KC & Ricky stop for some FP.

The others were in MK somewhere so we planned to meet after Wishes. We watched Wishes from right on the corner of Tomorrow land across from Stitch. Z & Yani were there somewhere too; we kept texting trying to find each other. We got to see Tink fly really well from where we were! I didn’t take pics, just enjoyed being there with KC, knowing a bunch of friends were there tonight, and relishing those last moments of the trip. I shed a tear , as always.
We made our way to Buzz as most of the crowd left.

I scored 58,900, KC scored 68,600. He always wins. But he looked cute in the hat doing it?!

We then found our friends on Main Street, in a shop. Since Yip was tired, he wanted to go, but the girls still wanted to stay. So we did a little…um…finagling…if you will…KC & Ricky had gotten EMH bracelets because I said they were with me (flame if you want to) so they took theirs off and gave them to Vara & Angela so they could stay with me and ride a few more rides before the end of the night. Yip took KC & Ricky back to the time share to get Ricky’s car so they could come back and pick up the girls after EMHs were over. Tricky huh?

We headed to BTMRR, rode and then we met up with Z, Yani, Mel, NotBob & Allyson. We almost went on Splash but most everyone else was tired so they left and Z & Yani went to ride Pirates once more (if I remember correctly) and the 3 of us headed to get a drink in Frontier Land and then to Tomorrow land for Space Moutnian. Iw as wiped out. It had been a whole week I was going and going and I was plain pooped. I told Vara & Angela to do Space and text when they were done. Space Mountain- another of those “didn’t get to that” things. I rode the TTA once around to relax. Then I sat down on those benches by the pretzel stand and relaxed. I did end up getting one of those awesome cream cheese filled pretzels to pass the time. It was 1am by the time the girls got off Space. We met up with Z & Yani and made our way out of the MK. I got the girls to the monorail to the TTC where KC & Ricky were waiting with the car tog et them, and Z , Yani & I went to the POR bus.
I hate the last night in WDW. I always get all mushy mushy and hate leaving. I was so tired tho. We didn’t get back to the room till after 2am, and weren’t asleep until after 3am!! It was a crazy btu great last day in WDW.

BUT I have 4 more days to tell you about…and we do come back to WDW property…It’s ain’t over yet!

Next Installment : HERE!!!

 

[lazydoxy66]

You look so cute with your Grand Marnier!

I'm going to try the Tangarine Cafe on the next trip.
Great meet pictures again. Also, the pics of a sunny POR are so nice. With all this cold weather it makes me want to pack up right now and run away to POR.

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

For the Petals meet, it was a lot of fun and I am so glad that I planned it so that we could all meet up .

 

[DisneyJo]

Some more random pictures…

Do you think the chicken dance song was on?

SO I think I was the only one who videotaped anything during dinner. It’s a bit dark but at least I tried to get over to everyone for a second and get them on tape!

Awww that's great Kat!!!

I don't get why the heck that happens!?

Me either but they're all there today

Great petals meet Kat and how great KC came sounds as though you had fun with your friends, BTW did you get in MK with the bottle of saki????

 

[Charleston Princess]

Hurray for a nice, relaxing, unrushed morning!

The Petals meet looks like a lot of fun!

I know what you mean about looking like you haven't had any sleep after a week at Disney -- we always joke about how we look like battle survivors after our week.

You managed to cram lots of fun into your last day/night at Disney!

 

[PopArtGal]

Oh how I miss POR.

 

[jcc0621]

THis was SUnday right...I can't believe you were all back in the MK for EMH. We were there too! I would have loved to have seen you all one more time

 

[cmp1111]

Come to think of it, I was in the MK that night, too! Not very late, but we saw Wishes and did a couple more things. Huh.

Great pictures, and that is one FULL day. My goodness!

 

[scottny]

great update and pics.

How I long for POR.

 

[2xcited2sleep]

So glad it ain't over yet!

I would do anything for a grand marnier slushie right about now...

 

[LurrrvtheDuck]

I don't ahve an accent! LOL!!!
I'm glad you found food at beirgarten! Told ya!
We shoulda got a mega beer, oh well.
roomies for 2010?

So you say, you can definitely hear it when those "o's" come out. Coffee.
And Yes you did tell me I'd find something to eat at Biergarten. And Next time for the Beer.
If we're both solo again next year, of course roomies!

I t was really cool to find you gusy there...i kinda felt we crashed your secret meeting LOL. You were all so deep in conversation.

I felt the same way!!! Hee hee. But it was cool running into them all.


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Wow Kat you did a lot that morning. I know you had told us you went to AK, but didn't know you took another POR tour. Nice pics!

The Petals meet was so fun and the day was perfect for it. I would've never had known about if you hadn't told me.

So glad you got your slushie!

I get a text from Kat saying "We got into Marakkesh without an ADR!!!!" It was hilarious!

We tried meeting up with you guys at Epcot, but missed you guys.
Yani wanted to see IROE one more time since we didn't know when we'd be back so we had booked it over and ended up seeing it from England next to the Fish & Chips place. Then it was more texting trying to locate you guys for Wishes, but MK was pretty packed and we could hardly move.

It took us awhile to meet up in MK .

Mel, NotBob and Allyson were all together and they were texting us that they were by HM. The 5 of us met up at and waited for you, but you guys were somewhere else and we ended up riding HM. Then you texted saying you guys were on BTMRR and we headed that way and waited and waited and waited for you guys and I never got an answer when I called

We ended up riding BTMRR. That was where we went through the stand-by line and passed all the FP'sers who just looked at us passing them like lost little puppies. It was hilarious though! Finally met up with you and the gang after BTMRR.

Mel, NotBob, Allyson and I all did end up going on SM together whilst you and Yani waited? Maybe it was just Yani. We called it a night and Yani and I walked w/ Mel and NotBob towards Pirates and said our goodbyes. and Yani and I rode Pirates 1 more time before we met up with you guys again in Tomorrowland? That really was a long but fun day.

So want to know what Yani and I did?

 

[Muffinygood]

But Bob and his alcohol detection skills saved the day!!
And thank you Bob and Mel for the drinks, they were delicious as was the company and our surprise run-in with fellow Fockers.

Can't wait 'til 2010!

Sadly, this is what Bob is most famous for! LOL
The man could find Booze in a dry Tennessee county!

You are welcome (thank yous not necessary) and we loved being with you guys. Thanks for making our trip so much fun!!!

AND we get a re-do in 7 days!!!!!!!!!

We headed towards the monorail during IROE so that we wouldn’t be in the mass exit that happens everynight. We missed it by only a few minutes, thank goodness. PLUS our slushies looked like reg drinks so no one stopped us from bringing them on the monorail. Flame me if you wish, but I didn’t want brain freeze OR to waste that yummy drink. We all finished by the time we got to MK.

Kat, Kat, Kat.... have I taught you nothing, young grasshopper?

Hide it under your blouse and just BREAK that Disney Law!!!!

Sheesh!

Great updates!!! Loved meeting you and KC, had a ton of fun with you and Yani and Z and I'm just dying for 2010!!!

MEL

 

[englishrose47]

Great Update Kat hope I can pull off a Petals meet in May!!

 

[PrincessAlways]

We were certainly one busy lady!!!!

 

[KatGarcia]

You look so cute with your Grand Marnier!

I'm going to try the Tangarine Cafe on the next trip.
Great meet pictures again. Also, the pics of a sunny POR are so nice. With all this cold weather it makes me want to pack up right now and run away to POR.

Tangerine Caffe platter is my fav thing there, i think about it when im not there! LOL.

For the Petals meet, it was a lot of fun and I am so glad that I planned it so that we could all meet up .

I'm glad too! I would never had met Heidi or Cheryl or Margie or even Tanya! Thanks Lessa!

Do you think the chicken dance song was on?

Awww that's great Kat!!!

Me either but they're all there today

Great petals meet Kat and how great KC came sounds as though you had fun with your friends, BTW did you get in MK with the bottle of saki????

Oh that darn chicken dance! LOL. Yep Ricky went thru bag check with it and they said nada! It was wrapped up tho, maybe that helped.

Hurray for a nice, relaxing, unrushed morning!

The Petals meet looks like a lot of fun!

I know what you mean about looking like you haven't had any sleep after a week at Disney -- we always joke about how we look like battle survivors after our week.

You managed to cram lots of fun into your last day/night at Disney!

Yea you need a vacation from your vacation, we always say!

Oh how I miss POR.

Me too, it was beautiful.

THis was SUnday right...I can't believe you were all back in the MK for EMH. We were there too! I would have loved to have seen you all one more time

It would have been great to run into you again, we def didn't have enough time together!

Come to think of it, I was in the MK that night, too! Not very late, but we saw Wishes and did a couple more things. Huh.

Great pictures, and that is one FULL day. My goodness!

HRMPH! Figures...we could have all rode something together, that would have been great. Next time for sure!

great update and pics.

How I long for POR.

I hear ya!!!

So glad it ain't over yet!

I would do anything for a grand marnier slushie right about now...

Me too...can't be that hard to make it can it? Maybe I need to experiment.

So you say, you can definitely hear it when those "o's" come out. Coffee.
And Yes you did tell me I'd find something to eat at Biergarten. And Next time for the Beer.
If we're both solo again next year, of course roomies!

I felt the same way!!! Hee hee. But it was cool running into them all.
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Wow Kat you did a lot that morning. I know you had told us you went to AK, but didn't know you took another POR tour. Nice pics!

The Petals meet was so fun and the day was perfect for it. I would've never had known about if you hadn't told me.

So glad you got your slushie!

I get a text from Kat saying "We got into Marakkesh without an ADR!!!!" It was hilarious!

We tried meeting up with you guys at Epcot, but missed you guys.
Yani wanted to see IROE one more time since we didn't know when we'd be back so we had booked it over and ended up seeing it from England next to the Fish & Chips place. Then it was more texting trying to locate you guys for Wishes, but MK was pretty packed and we could hardly move.

It took us awhile to meet up in MK .

Mel, NotBob and Allyson were all together and they were texting us that they were by HM. The 5 of us met up at and waited for you, but you guys were somewhere else and we ended up riding HM. Then you texted saying you guys were on BTMRR and we headed that way and waited and waited and waited for you guys and I never got an answer when I called

We ended up riding BTMRR. That was where we went through the stand-by line and passed all the FP'sers who just looked at us passing them like lost little puppies. It was hilarious though! Finally met up with you and the gang after BTMRR.

Mel, NotBob, Allyson and I all did end up going on SM together whilst you and Yani waited? Maybe it was just Yani. We called it a night and Yani and I walked w/ Mel and NotBob towards Pirates and said our goodbyes. and Yani and I rode Pirates 1 more time before we met up with you guys again in Tomorrowland? That really was a long but fun day.

So want to know what Yani and I did?

Whhhhew...thanks for filling in the gaps! It was one of the longest days because we had no afternoon rest, which thank god you and Yani were into, because i get dead tired mid day when I'm in WDW! Heck in 2010 we could always go in together on a 2 bedroom somewhere....just thinkin' ahead!

Sadly, this is what Bob is most famous for! LOL
The man could find Booze in a dry Tennessee county!

You are welcome (thank yous not necessary) and we loved being with you guys. Thanks for making our trip so much fun!!!

AND we get a re-do in 7 days!!!!!!!!!

Kat, Kat, Kat.... have I taught you nothing, young grasshopper?

Hide it under your blouse and just BREAK that Disney Law!!!!

Sheesh!

Great updates!!! Loved meeting you and KC, had a ton of fun with you and Yani and Z and I'm just dying for 2010!!!

MEL

We didn't even have to hide it, we just walked right out, no one tried to stop us! I wasn't wastin' no drinks! I'm so jealous you get to see Z and Yani!!! Hug them for me! 2010 can't get here fast enough!

Great Update Kat hope I can pull off a Petals meet in May!!

Thanks! it's the perfect place for a meet!

 

[LurrrvtheDuck]

Heck in 2010 we could always go in together on a 2 bedroom somewhere....just thinkin' ahead!

DUDE!!!! I was thinking the same thing!!!!

 

[Blueyed Girl]

Looks like you had a blast. I love looking at all your pictures. Glad you got to do some meets on your trip. I just love meeting "new" people from the Dis.

I love this picture the most. Look how intense you guys are!! Totally battling it out.

 

[LurrrvtheDuck]

Alright so here's what Yani and I ended up doing on this day.

Kat said she was gonna wait up for KC to arrive and since she didn't know when he'd be in, Yani and I decided to do some shopping and hit the parks.

So after sleeping in a little, we woke up got ready and said later to Kat and headed out to DTD as Yani wanted to buy some crap for her little neice.

So off to DTD and the Wold of Disney:

We checked out Arriba Bros and all the lovely glass blown figurines and smelled almost everything in Basin. We eventually made a stop at Ghiardelli where Yani got some coffee and I got some free Chocolate Peanut Butter chocolate samples.

We were starving and wanted to re-visit the yummy bakery in France that Kat introduced us to. So off we drove to the BC, parked the car and headed into Epcot through the Int'l Gateway to France!

I love this bakery!

After our delicious brunch we wandered the streets of France just taking everything in and enjoying it. I found a hidden Mickey book in one of the shops and turned to the page of where the hidden Mickey's were in France and we set out to look them.

I convinced Yani to watch the film in France, but we had missed the showing and had to wait for the next one. We finally did see it as well as meeting Yani's new boyfriend

The film was really pretty and a nice break from the hot sun that had finally emerged. When we got out these guys were performing :

Totally impressed, because that guy on the chairs is not young.

Before we left France we were a little thirsty so decided for some of these lovelies:

Yummmy!!

With drinks in hand we continued down WS to Yani's favorite country, and it was pretty empty:

After spending waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much time browsing the Japan store and possibly having some Sake we finally left.

But not before.....