The Lesser Known Eighth Dwarf, Dumpy, Comes to Disney Aug '11 **NEW 2/20 TR link!!!

[jenbear123]

I'm glad you all decided to take the taxi. I would have been nervous just reading about getting to the Poly with Disney transportation that early.

I get panicked over the smallest things so I knew it was worth the money to take a taxi.

Breakfast at Ohana sounds fun. I've always thought that the food is sort of ordinary, but the characters are a good mix, especially for Stitch-lovers.

It's the best way to see Stitch

I'm glad you were able to return that lady's ticket. It's too bad no one seemed willing to help, but perhaps they were simply not paying attention and didn't realize what was going on.

You make a good point there! I felt like I had made it obvious by yelling "Can someone please give this ticket to that lady?!" but I guess everyone was too involved with getting FPs and getting in line

 

[heathers4um]

I didnt see the new Pooh movie yet but I really really want to!! I will wait til it comes out on one of the movie channels so I can be all silly in my own home while I watch it!

SMH = *shake my head*

We are heading to our next trip 'home' on 10/30...65 days, 11 hours and 34 mins

Not too shabby



Did you see the new Pooh movie? It was so cute. I was surprised to find no more than usual Pooh paraphenalia even though the movie just came out.



Any time is good so long as you got one! When are you going on your trip? Sorry if you told me this already but I have a horrible memory...



SMH? I'm a bit slow when it comes to abbreviations She was lucky! But now I always think when I find something that belongs to people, I remember when Bubba lost her wallet in WDW. The next day she found it had been turned into Lost & Found with nothing stolen from it. She was so grateful. So I know that, even though it was a KTTW card, this woman was going to be grateful I returned it to her.[/QUOTE]

 

[jenbear123]

I didnt see the new Pooh movie yet but I really really want to!! I will wait til it comes out on one of the movie channels so I can be all silly in my own home while I watch it!

I can just see you =

SMH = *shake my head*

Ohhh okay that makes sense

 

[heathers4um]

How fun! I will be looking for you as I do the Hidden Mickeys!

At the very least we can trade TR's!

 

[petals]

joining in. Luvin the trip report so far

 

[marvali]

Hey, what's up with the lack of updates lately???? You trying to take the pressure off of me for my slow moving TR or what?????

Let's get a move on! Stitch has already been on what, three more trips since you got back from Disney? I want updates so I can see how I did with the rest of your contest questions!!!!

 

[jenbear123]

How fun! I will be looking for you as I do the Hidden Mickeys!

At the very least we can trade TR's!

That would be great!

joining in. Luvin the trip report so far

Thanks for joining in

Hey, what's up with the lack of updates lately???? You trying to take the pressure off of me for my slow moving TR or what?????

I know, I know. I've been a busy bee! Plus lately I haven't been feeling the greatest. I don't know if it's a cold, allergies, or what. PLUS uploading pictures takes forever! I've started working on the next update so hopefully it will be up tonight or tomorrow.

Let's get a move on! Stitch has already been on what, three more trips since you got back from Disney? I want updates so I can see how I did with the rest of your contest questions!!!!

Three trips! Yeah, that would be about her speed. And hold on! You should be one to talk about getting a move on!!!

 

[jenneth79]

Sorry you've been feeling under the weather, I hope youre doing much better soon!

 

[jenbear123]

Sorry you've been feeling under the weather, I hope youre doing much better soon!

Thank you darling! I hate feeling not like myself

 

[jenb1023]

Hope you feel sparkier soon!

I hate photobucket! Wish we could upload to the DIS right from our hard drive or cd!

 

[jenbear123]

Hope you feel sparkier soon!

I hate photobucket! Wish we could upload to the DIS right from our hard drive or cd!

Thanks Jen. I actually use a different uploader called tinypic. It only lets me upload 5 pictures at a time. Such a painfully slow process. I haven't used photobucket in years but I'm sure it's much the same. I wish the DIS made it easier to host photos too but then they'd need a huge server or something. And that's just getting too techy for me

 

[jenbear123]

Sorry for the delay in getting my next update done. I was away in Montreal last weekend, which was lovely despite a little visit from Irene. A shout out to Yuki in her great hotel suggestion. Thanks Yuki!!! I think I'm also fighting a cold or something. I've been feeling generally gross and just not myself. Hopefully it will pass. Thankfully there's a long weekend coming up to give me time to recuperate. I've also planned a Gilmore Girls marathon with my mom this weekend. Should be a great way to pass a rainy Saturday as the forecasters are calling for.

I also wanted to mention, for those of you who followed on my last PTR or TR (whenever it was I can't remember), the coast is now clear in talking about Bubba going back to work at Disney. She finally spilled the beans to my whole family. Takes a huge load off my shoulders trying to keep it a secret.

Now for the next update!

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Our first ride of the morning was

There were lots of ride Stitch had never done in Fantasyland so we had lots of ground to cover.

So far, my new camera was holding up very well to low light pictures even when I couldn't hold the camera still.

Stitch loved the Pooh ride so we moved on to another classic

We made the mistake of saying we were a party of 2 because we wanted to be in seperate Dumbos. So we got to know each other pretty quickly sitting in one. I was amazed at how far the construction had come along for the expansion.

I can't wait for this to start opening next year!!!!

Crowd check at 9:30am

Where is everyone? Isn't this supposed to be summer with crazy crowds? I guess they were all on Space Mountain and Splash....

Happy with the lack of crowds, we got in line for

This became another Stitch favourite. I'm glad we got on it when we did because not 10 minutes later the lane was snaking around with a 20 minute wait.

Next we went on a favourite of mine

It was a nice break from the heat. My favourite part is always at the Lion King. I just want to get up and dance.

Then we went over to Stitch's all time favourite

Okay, it's not her favourite but she does find it cute

To get the song out of our heads, we made our way over to Adventureland to grab some precious FPs

Seriously, where were all the people?!?!

At this point we had done all the rides I wanted to get done that morning. Now anything was a bonus since I had scheduled 2 days to get around MK.

The plan was to grab FPs for Splash and then hop on BTMR but once we got our FPs

We noticed BTMR was down. Darn! I knew we'd have another chance later in the week so no harm done.

While we waited for our FP window to open for Splash, we walked back to HM to check out the new queue.

It was really cool being able to interact with all of it. Some of it didn't seem to be working or maybe I'm deaf and just didn't hear the sounds. It was pretty loud around there. This would be great for long line ups but you can't really enjoy it for long when the line is continuously moving like it was for us. I kept feeling like I was holding every one up. They also had a new ending animation for the hitchhiking ghosts. It was pretty neat but I'm old fashioned so I prefer the old one.

By the time we finished HM, our Splash FPs were burning a hole in our pockets.

I love this ride. Love, love, LOVE this ride. Did I mention I love this ride? Well, I love this ride. I think Splash trumped Space on this trip. This ride just makes me feel happy. The music, the characters, the whole ride experience. All of it just makes me smile.

See Stitch? See how she's hiding? Wimp. Nah, I'm just kidding. She just didn't want to get her face wet.


On our way to POTC, we ran into our first group of Brazilians

There weren't as many as I've seen before other years I've gone but they showed up more often than I would've liked.

cont'd in next post!

 

[jenbear123]

As I'm sure you've heard, they had Blackbeard in the place of Davy Jones

This might have been the first time I was able to get pictures on this ride that actually turned out!

So let's do a ride recap, shall we? Before noon, we had got on Pooh, Peter Pan, Philharmagic, Dumbo, IASW, HM, Splash, and POTC. Not too shabby.

We started to feel a bit hungry by this point so we thought we'd grab something from our favourite snack stop, Aloha Isle. Before doing that, we were going to ride Jungle Cruise but the wait was 20+ minutes so we grabbed a FP instead

Back at Aloha Isle, we got a Pineapple Dole Whip Float to share

This was very cool and refreshing in the Florida heat. By this point I was sweating in places I didn't know I could.

We went straight back to Jungle Cruise very grateful that we had FPs when we saw this

The line went all the way back up the stairs. These people had to stand in the blazing hot sun. No thanks. We handed over our FPs and got on with no wait at all.

Our skipper wasn't the greatest. Just said the usual jokes but nothing really original. I was kinda disappointed since I wanted Stitch to have a funny experience.

We had one last spot to go to before heading back to CSR for our afternoon break and that was Space Mountain. We still had our FPs from the morning. On our way, we bumped into one of the beautiful streetcar horses in the middle of Main Street.

The poor thing had to wait in the blazing hot sun until the castle show ended. Not only was it in the sun but it was BLACK. I hope those horses are well adapted to the heat.

Finally it was time to ride my now second favourite ride in MK

You know, it really irks me how they plaster those "BUY NOW FOR ONLY 14.95" all over the pictures. I know they don't want us taking pictures, I get it. Disney wants our money but really. Really??? Ugh, things like that just---well you get the idea.

There was last thing we had to try before leaving MK. I had read about how good the Cream Cheese pretzel is all over the DIS. It was top of the list to try.

So what did I think?

Oh blissful deliciousness. It was a fabulous treat. I couldn't finish a whole one by myself. Really Stitch and I should've split one but our eyes were bigger than our stomachs.

Now it was time to take a break at CSR. We took one last gleaming look at the castle in daylight since we wouldn't be seeing it until later....

On our way out, I noticed the archway looked a bit different

Is it just me or did this used to say "See Ya Real Soon" above it?

Back at CSR, we took an afternoon swim and then started getting ready for dinner at CG.

 

[Nermel9]

Wow MK was so empty that morning!

The Dumbo ride is so cute, I really need to go on it sometime, I always say I'm going to, then I feel too stupid! I want to peek over those fences into the new Fantasyland!

I love your pics of POTC! I can never get good pictures on that ride!

I really have to try a Dole Whip float this year...I have had a Dole Whip, but not the float, I'm always too nervous it's going to be too pineapple-y for me!

Is that a new thing they are doing with the ride pics, putting that "buy now for $14.95?" I don't think I've ever seen that. That's kind of lame. Of course, I still think all the ride pics should be included if buy the photopass CD, so what do I know?

Glad you liked the cream cheese pretzel! I thought it was ok, but I was hoping to like it a little more than I did!

Can't wait to read more!

 

[glennbo123]

Well, I'm not doing as well in the game as I'd like, but I'm glad you had such a successful mornin at MK. I can't believe those people would stand in the sun for Jungle Cruise. I say get a fastpass and move on.

I hope you shake that cold soon.

 

[IheartDDuck]

Wow, it was really empty for you guys at the Magic Kingdom! I love when things work out better than you anticipate. When I went over Thanksgiving with my mom, I had planned on it being really busy, but we had a plan and were able to get through everything very quickly.

This is now the 20,000th time that I have to see that pretzel! Methinks I will have to get one in October!

 

[KatMark]

Sorry you haven't been feeling up to snuff and hope you feel a lot better soon.

You did awesome in your morning at the MK. This is what we usually experience when we are there in September.

Splash Mountain is close to the top of my list too. And I just showed Mark your pretzel...he wants one NOW!

 

[englishrose47]

Whew all caught up Jen !!1Now to test the memory !!First on O'Hanas . we are going there for Breakfast in October with 10 of us !!I have been told by Dan that the bread is to die for !! I also know last year Stitch was a very popular character with the group!!! As for Dinner there we tried it last week and ........ It was everone's FAVORITE meal !! I was shockes as Judy is not a fan of the family style meals , but she dug into the bread , Loved the salad and when the wings and dumplings came out she piled her plate with dumplings and a couple of wings , broccoli was a hit as were the noodles and the meat scewers were devoured !! Thought I had made a good choice already and then the dessert came out . I was fully expecting YUKS but.... another huge hit !!! So guess what is a must do from now on !!!!!

 

[teekathepony]

Hope you're feeling better really soon.
Looks like a fantatic morning at MK! Hardly any crowds at all. Glad you got so much done!

 

[redlight]

You know, it really irks me how they plaster those "BUY NOW FOR ONLY 14.95" all over the pictures. I know they don't want us taking pictures, I get it. Disney wants our money but really. Really??? Ugh, things like that just---well you get the idea.

I don't blame you for being irked, not at all.

The pretzel looked really good. Really funny seeing Snitch trying not to get wet.

Hope you feel better soon.