The "I gotta do something to pass the time"pre-trip report

DAY 7....SATURDAY...DECEMBER 13th

Slept in till 8:00am got up and got ready to go down to desk and re-check in since we were going to stay at ASMo resort instead of being moved to POP.
Filled up our mugs and went back to room and enjoyed our crumb cakes we got the night before from the food court.
Here it is the last day of our DDP (we only took it out for our first part of our trip) and we are staying 3 more days and still have 1 counter service credits and all of our snack credits (12) left that have to be used up today.
You know what this means don't you:rolleyes1 We will have to go to Goofy's in DTD and get us some goodies. :cool1:
But till then we decide to make our way over to MK it is 11:00am and there is no wait at the buses.
We got to see Mickey's Story Time which is one of ther shows we missed at MVMCP so I was very happy about this. It is here while waiting for the show to start that I noticed my DH giving out Disney info to others around us that were asking questions.
I knew my DH was quite impressed with my knowledge of Disney and after all I had been preaching to him for over 6 months about every thing Disney related from the parks to the resorts. Using terms such as CM's, ressies and using abbreviations like MK,AK etc. Everything I was learning from the DIS he was learning. So know he thinks he qualifies to tell others how to do Disney the right way. And was even advertising the DIS telling people to check it out. I even had him checking to see if he could see any DIS'ers with their GMH's. BTW we did see one it was yesterday while we were in line at Narnia we ran across JEN DISNEYshe noticed us first. But other then seeing a few heads posted on doors and windows we didn't see anyone else.

After seeing the parade I had a craving for a cheese pretzel but when I went to go get one they told me they were out of them:mad: So farther down the way we saw a street vendor cart selling the pretzels with the cheese dip on the side. Oh well it will have to do so I get one give them my card only to be told that it wouldn't go through:confused3 hey I have 12 credits left. No problem they told me it was my lucky day and it was free.:banana:

We then decide to ride Winnie the Pooh longest line that we have had to wait in so far it was 45 minutes.
Walked around then decide to go to DTD to use up my snack credits....
It was a sight to see when we got there ...the Christmas store had a line waiting for people to get in...they would only allow so many in at a time due to them having marked their Christmas stuff/t-shirts/mugs 50% down. Hey I just purchased my the night before and paid full price....So what do I do I jokingly asked the Store CM if I could bring them back for a price adjustment...she said I could bring them back and they would just return them and re-ring them for me...have to think about this, I spent alot of money on ornaments. And after all if I do return them and get back money that means I could buy more with the money :cheer2:

We walk around going into the stores that we didn't go in the other day.
Started towards the store with the BIG Mr. Potato infront of it. As we are getting closer my DH starts to panic thinking oh no here goes another 2 hours of waiting outside. I promised him I was just going to ask if how much it would be to buy just a few more parts such as 2 more pairs of arms and a few extra eyes and a mouth. Well the dear CM said she remembered me from the night before and told me to go pick out what I needed...I did and was waiting for her to give me a price when she puts them in a bag and tells me to a "MAGICAL" day. Hey a free pretzel and free MPH parts, small wishes but non the less I love it.

Now on to Goofy's ...I am in Heaven
We got :
1 order of pretzel rods dipped in everything
1 order of marshmellow dipped in choc. and sprinkles and drizzled with carmel
2 rice crispy treats dipped in white choc.drizzled with carmel and sprinkles and rolled in crushed butterfinger.
1 order of giant cookie dipped in choc. rolled in butterfinger
the above we got to watch them make and DH was having a blast picking out the ingriendents.
Then I order from the other goodies in the case:
2 carmel apples that when I asked if the were included with the extra's on them she said not really but she'd do it for us. (another freebie) we had them dizzle white choc. and nuts on them.
2 carrot cake cookies (these were huge)
1 coconut haystack (also huge)
2 brownies (need I said Huge)

They put these in individual boxes so we could carry some of them home with us and wrapped them with cellaphane to keep them fresh. We did take most of them home. But we managed to use up our snack credits.

After Goofy's we decide to call it a night and go back to resort and use our last counter service credit we had 1 left and was going to add that towards a pizza for our dinner.
We make it to the food court order the pizza went to go pay for it and she reminds us that we get sides with that so we pick out 2 bags of chips to go with the pizza. Then she tells us we still have 1 more counter and 5 more sides to go. I tell her no we only had 1 counter left and was going to pay for the rest of the pizza ...she checked again and said no we had 3 counter..2 used for hte pizza and 1 left.. I knew she was wrong .. so she calls over the manager to have it corrected, the manger says the computor says we have the credits so again just to enjoy well I really did want a salad instead of the pizza but let my DH get what he wanted.. I went over and ordered a make your own salad man it was so good. Went to check out again when the little sweet CM says you get 2 sides with each order so you have 5 more things to pick .. by now I am just wanting to get out of there so we grabbed what was near which happened to be 2 bags of carmel popcorn,2 bags of cheeto's and 1 more bag of chips.
Hey I just got wished on again:thumbsup2

Head to our room with enough snacks to start our own store.
We ate ,watched t.v. and called it a night. Had pizza and salad left over put in the fridg. for tomorrow.


Wishes:
1 free pretzel w/ cheese
Free MPH parts
extra toppings on our carmel apples
and 2 extra counter credits which led to 4 more extra snacks
 
I'm reading every word and loving it, Vickey. How did we miss Goofy's?? :confused3 Have you had a chance to see my pix or read my blog yet? Our full colour coffee table book of all our pix and holiday reports showed up in the mail today - so exciting! It looks FANTASTIC! If only you lived closer so I could show you ... :idea: xxx
 
I'm reading every word and loving it, Vickey. How did we miss Goofy's?? :confused3 Have you had a chance to see my pix or read my blog yet? Our full colour coffee table book of all our pix and holiday reports showed up in the mail today - so exciting! It looks FANTASTIC! If only you lived closer so I could show you ... :idea: xxx

Phadrah.....Please send me your blog info again, I tried but it don't want to go through, and I really want to see them.

I loved Goofy's and we were able to bring so many treats home to give as gifts. Especially since they wrapped them so good.
I'm glad you got your book today I can only image how great it looks.
I too wish you lived closer.
How did you like Las Vegas, did you win any money?

Have you eaten any vegemite lately??Did I tell you I found some at the International market near us it looked horrible>

I'm in the process of planning a cruise for next year but we have a Las Vegas trip planned for March. And maybe in between I can get Disney in again.
 

Hello - will send you 2 invitations again - one for my photos on Flickr and one for my blog. Hope you like them. HATED Vegas :-( Didn't gamble, but just didn't enjoy it. Details on blog. Have a great day/night/whatever :goodvibes
 
oh


my


goddess.


i am SO hitting goofy's..... perhaps sans Jess.


Whoa. Yum.


You have to see the place to believe it. They have every sweet imaginable in there.
You have to take Jess she would get a kick out of ordering how she wants her goody decorated.
My fav wasa toss up between the carmel apple and the rice crispy treat.
DH's fav was the brownies and he loved the oreo cookie.

Like I said they are HUGE. What we didn't give out as gifts we ate off of for days.

Your time is ticking down.:yay: :yay: :yay: Are you ready?
 
Hello - will send you 2 invitations again - one for my photos on Flickr and one for my blog. Hope you like them. HATED Vegas :-( Didn't gamble, but just didn't enjoy it. Details on blog. Have a great day/night/whatever :goodvibes


THANKS... going to check it now.
Sorry you hated Vegas.
 
Hello - will send you 2 invitations again - one for my photos on Flickr and one for my blog. Hope you like them. HATED Vegas :-( Didn't gamble, but just didn't enjoy it. Details on blog. Have a great day/night/whatever :goodvibes

I recieved 2 invites but they are for the same the blog which I read and wished I'd been able to get on it while you were on vacation so I could've been traveling right along with you. I enjoyed reading it it sounds as if you had a really great time and many adventures.
I did see the pics running across your blog and showed my DH the pizza one.
Is the photos on Flickr different than the ones running across your blog.?
 
Yep - just one blog :-) I did invite you before I left, so I'm not quite sure what happened there - so glad you managed to get onto it this time :goodvibes The photos on the blog are just the first couple of days in NYC. The Flickr invite is for all our Disney pix. I can also invite you to the full set of NY pix and NASA/VEGAS if you like, but I thought you'd like the Disney ones best :rotfl:
 
Ok - so I've just sent all 3 Flickr invites (again - really not sure why they haven't come through to you on previous tries :confused3 ) - the sets are NASA/Vegas, NYC and Disneyworld & Disneyland. Maybe there's a delay between me sending the invites and you receiving them :confused3 Anyway, thanks for checking out my blog and I just can't wait to read the rest of yous :goodvibes
 
Yes, i know she will love it, too, but i do have my moments of selfishness :goodvibes

i had to take my BF to the airport last night :( He made it home safely but found his house was quite cold inside (he'd turned the heating way down before he left). He flew overnight so he's sleeping now; his schedule is going to get all turned around!! :confused3 i miss him so much already but it's good to be home; as soon as i finish unpacking i'll be digging all the Disney stuff out of their hiding places and figuring out what last minute things we need to get. i also have to find somewhere to iron on our patches, and make my LGMH tags, and fill in some of my Passporter, make my decision whether or not to preorder the PhotoPass CD, replace the battery in my pedometer (Jess wore it to school, dropped it and lost the battery), and a thousand other things. :eek: Maybe i should update my PTR with my to-do list! :scared1:
 
Ok - so I've just sent all 3 Flickr invites (again - really not sure why they haven't come through to you on previous tries :confused3 ) - the sets are NASA/Vegas, NYC and Disneyworld & Disneyland. Maybe there's a delay between me sending the invites and you receiving them :confused3 Anyway, thanks for checking out my blog and I just can't wait to read the rest of yous :goodvibes


Phadrah....I don't know what the problem is but I have not recieved your invite to Flickr pics just your blog.:confused3 I want to see all of them I love looking at pictures.

Yes, i know she will love it, too, but i do have my moments of selfishness :goodvibes

i had to take my BF to the airport last night :( He made it home safely but found his house was quite cold inside (he'd turned the heating way down before he left). He flew overnight so he's sleeping now; his schedule is going to get all turned around!! :confused3 i miss him so much already but it's good to be home; as soon as i finish unpacking i'll be digging all the Disney stuff out of their hiding places and figuring out what last minute things we need to get. i also have to find somewhere to iron on our patches, and make my LGMH tags, and fill in some of my Passporter, make my decision whether or not to preorder the PhotoPass CD, replace the battery in my pedometer (Jess wore it to school, dropped it and lost the battery), and a thousand other things. :eek: Maybe i should update my PTR with my to-do list! :scared1:


You don't sound selfess at all>
Sorry to hear BF had to go home...I know yo will miss him.
Sounds as if you'll be busy the next couple of days but take time to rest so you are not frazzled like I was when we left. After all you want to be rested to enjoy yourself in Disney,
 
WOW!!! That's a whole lot of snacks!!! I hope you got to eat some of them!
 
WOW!!! That's a whole lot of snacks!!! I hope you got to eat some of them!

I did...like for the next two weeks I nibbled away on the rice crispy treat and carmel apples. And also ate 1 dipped pretzel. Can you say YUMMY.
But the ones we gave to friends and family they are still talking about them.
And the don't need to know they were purchased with left over snack credits:confused3

How is the un-packing and getting back to reality going.
 
DAY 8...SUNDAY..DECEMBER 14th

Our last day before we leave:sad1:
We get up, go down to get our resort mugs filled mine with hot cocoa and DH gets his mrning coffee. We sit by the pool and eat our carrot cake cookies from Goofy's they are so Delious and so HUGE.
After eating we decide to go to DTD and return my Crhistmas ornaments that I had payed full price for and get my 50% off. DTD was packed and we thought the line for the Christmas Store was long the other day well it took us 20 minutes to get in before it was our turn to shop.. I had no problem getting my 50% off and with what I saved I bought more ornaments. I am one happy lady. Now my tree will remind me every year of our time here. Plus we bought some to give as gifts.:)
Walked around a little then decided to take our purchases back to the resort.
Back at our resort we decide to eat our left over pizza and salad from the night before..thank goodness we have a fridge in the room.
Checked out the resort shop also 50% off Christmas and 40% off t-shirts and bought more ..... DH got 2 t-shirts,I found and bought more ornaments(got those cute little Mickey beanies that are felt),2 magnets, and a over-sized Goofy coffee mug which I dearly love and could kick myself for not buying 2 , DH and I fight over every morning I use it for my cereal and he usues for his coffee. I also use it for my soup.And At 50 % off again I could kick myself.:sad2:

With all my shopping done we then decide to go to Epcot it's 4:15 pm..We get there and what do we see but a very long line with very impatient people trying to get past security only to have to wait to get into the park. ....WHY...????:scared:
Well it seems there was a power outage and we waited 45 minutes before they wouild let us in. Once in people were lined up for rides. We just wanted to walk around and check to see if maybe we'd see the candy lady. We didn't.
We did get to observe the pearl selecting and it was so sweet to see the little girls and their mothers/grandmothers doing this together.. We also witnessed several little boys helping their mothers pick them out. There seemed to be alot of twin pearls found that day.
I of course didn't participate as I have 3 pearls collected from over the years from other trips that my boys selected for me... 2 while they were little and we were on vaction in Florida and 1 from las Vegas that my DH picked out for me. One day I hope to have them set.
Again the power went out when we were getting ready to ride test track so we waited in line for 30 + minutes and then we took our turn. Mind you this is definetly a ride that I never thought my DH would ride but he shocked me by suggesting it himself. We loved it and was pleased to be able to come home and prove to his sons that he did ride it.

By now we are getting hungry for some dinner so we decide to use our Planet Hollywood voucher from AAA and eat. So back on the bus and back to DTD we go ....it didn't take us long at all to get in. Within 15 minutes we are in and seated. It is crowded and loud in there but we enjoy PH on most of our vacations. Our food was good. Service was great.
After eating we wanted to walk around and found a nice spot to sit and enjoy our last night. Talking about how lucky we were to have had the chance to celebrate 5 more years from the time we were here last. That is when my DH again said we'll come back every year if that is what I wanted.::yes:: ::yes::
I sat there and cried like a big baby because one I have the most special DH in the world that I love with all my heart and second because it is our last night.

After my crying spell:sad: we decide to go back to our resort.
I get our suitcases packed and have our plans made for tomorrow since we have a late flight we get to spend some time in the morning doing the park of our choice or whatever we want.

I am going to miss snuggling ;) and spooning in this very small bed .:sad: I will have many magical memories to remember about that small bed :blush: :blush:
 
Well, other than the Epcot power outages, it sounds like your last day was full of the kind of magic you have with you all the time :)

i'm sorry your trip is coming to an end!!! It seemed like you were gone SO long, but when you read it, it seems short.
 
Well, other than the Epcot power outages, it sounds like your last day was full of the kind of magic you have with you all the time :)

i'm sorry your trip is coming to an end!!! It seemed like you were gone SO long, but when you read it, it seems short.


The times flies by so quickly when you are in Disney.:confused3
It took 5 years of wishing the time would get here and 6 months of planning for 9 days to wiz by.
Thanks it's true, my MAGIC is with me everyday and that is my DH and Sons.

But I will continue to enjoy the magic of Disney through others by reading all about their trips so I will patiently wait to read all about yours.



On another note it is freezing here in Ohio with temps in the high 3o's and low 20's. BBBRRRRR.
I think I'll stay in all week end and plant my bottom in front of the fireplace.
 
Sounds like you guys had a full day! I glad you were able to return and re-purchase the ornaments!! What a good deal!! They had a lot of sales on our trip. Tees and hats were on sale the beginning of the week, I think 40% off. so I snatched up 2 tees for souvies for my parent and a neat WDW pirate hat for my nephew! Later in the week 10' stuffed animals were on sale! The kiddos like that! I found lots of stuff with clearance stickers on it too! I had to tell myself not to buy something just because it was on sale!

I hate the stupid cold weather! It was 15 degrees when I went out earlier!! It was 80 last week in WDW! Talk about a reality check!!!
 
Sounds like you guys had a full day! I glad you were able to return and re-purchase the ornaments!! What a good deal!! They had a lot of sales on our trip. Tees and hats were on sale the beginning of the week, I think 40% off. so I snatched up 2 tees for souvies for my parent and a neat WDW pirate hat for my nephew! Later in the week 10' stuffed animals were on sale! The kiddos like that! I found lots of stuff with clearance stickers on it too! I had to tell myself not to buy something just because it was on sale!

I hate the stupid cold weather! It was 15 degrees when I went out earlier!! It was 80 last week in WDW! Talk about a reality check!!!


Sounds as if you had a great shopping time also. Wish I were there now shopping:sad1:
I hate ....hate ....HATE this weather.

It's been in the -30s here - i think my reality check bounced.

My reality check bounced higher than TIGGER.

It is snowing and freezing outside today...Again I hate this weather.
 








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