O.K. we are here from 16 Dec to 25 Jan and will give you a quick summary by day and update this first post in the future.
16 Dec arrived, checked in at noon and got set up and off to get our tickets. Got our vouchers at the SOG ... $440 each for the normal AP and then over to EPCOT where we got our real passports and got the DDE for $65 there. This is a recent change that now at least EPCOT and other Guest Services at the Parks and probably DTD can issue the actual DDE ... you no longer have to go thru DDE by phone and get a temp DDE card it's one stop now and done. Also, we got ours on a Sun so the old only calling DDE M-F is a thing of the past. For Dinner we ate at Trails End and the Butternut Squash and Crab Soub was out of this world, the rest was good but nothing to write home about and the dessert selection was sorely lacking and only having cornbread as a bread selection was somewhat disappointing.
17 Dec off to MK and boy was it cold and windy in the low 40's and the lake at the marina was brutal. We got to MK at 9AM and it was a ghost town, walk ons every where. We only did like 4 rides and then headed off to see the Xmas decorations at the CR and FL. Spent the afternoon decorating the site.
Pics of our site - 1635:
Those mickey posts were so cute we got another 5 to put up
That's almost $100 in those alone 
18 Dec was another MK day and weather was much better and again the rides were empty. Planned on doing 5 or 6, but only got around to 4 since the DW sprained her ankle ... this is an ongoing condition and the doc said the last time she has spaghetti for ligaments. Rest of the day she was laid up with ice packs. Stackster and I think it was TiggerinBama stopped by and chatted for a while.
Big Thunder wait line at the down ramp to the load area:
Pirates wait line at the boats
19 Dec wanted to continue to let the DW ankle heal so hit we 3 Disney outlets, the WW where DW got an ankle brace and me got some trailer stuff at Camping World. Her angle is not that bad except when you look at it since it is colorful. Not much pain and probably because there is nothing left to actually injure ... it's all be stretched and such so many times it's just mush now. Rested in the afternoon since we had 8PM ressies for the "Spirit of Aloha". This is only the second time we have gone the last being 1996 and it seems it's not as good as it was then, but that could just be wishful thinking. The first 1 1/2 hours was sort of corny, but the actual dancer's were great for the last 30 min and the Somoan fire dancer was fantastic.
Tomorrow it's off to MGM mainly to keep the walking down and DW is on "the Hunt" for an Xmas turtle neck blouse she saw at the clothiers in the MK, but didn't have her size.
20 Dec - since it was a late night didn't get to MGM till almost 10 and the crowds were already there so went on RR said wait was 30 min, but was closer to 50, then went on HT and it said wait was 30 min, but was only like 15. It was almost noon by then so we took the boat to Swan/Dolphin and looked at their Xmas decorations. The Swan was sad, but the Dolphin was great. Also, took in the FW from the beach and below is one pic for those asking if they can be seen. I'm still learning to take nite pics and you can just see the tip of the castle to the left of the FW and is just to the right of the last light on the dock at the marina.
BTW it took 40 min from the Dolphin to our site at the 1600 loops and that was a bus from Dolphin to MK, boat to FW and bus to 1600 loop. We waited no more than 2 min for any bus/boat.
21 Dec we hit the MK again since it has less walking and looked again for DW blouse and low and behold they had one the right size so that is now done. Next we did Peter Pan and then Many Adventures of Pooh, both of which were walk-ons. As we were exiting Many Adventures of Pooh a CM tells us it's our lucking day and points to a CM several feet away and when we got to her she handed each of us one of the following.
The Year of a Million Dreams pin lanyard with two Pins
Were hoping for a night in the Castle, but not yet
We then went and saw the Carousel of Progress, Tomorrowland Transit Authority aka People Mover and finished up with new Show Monsters, Inc Laugh Floor.
22 Dec since DW foot was feeling better and we needed to try and finish up getting a couple of CDs of Off Kilter for our sons we went to EPCOT and got them in Canada and since we were already there did Spaceship Earth. Did some food shopping and went to MGM around 2 and saw the parade followed by a late lunch at the SciFi. DW and I split the 7 bean chili and artichoke dip along with the Reuben Sandwich and brought back 1/2 of the Sandwich and some fries for a late nite snack.
23 Dec after getting our son settled in we hit MGM mainly to see the Harlem Gospel Choir 5 PM performance and did the Great Movie Ride and squeezed in a second time for us of Tower of Terror.
So now in 6 days 18 rides/shows, ~13 non Disney Park stores, 5 resorts,4 sore feet, 3 lunches/dinners out, 1 Fireworks, 1 parade, 1 Airport RT, and one sprained ankle Hmmm this sound like it could be a new song
Larry
*****NOTE***** Since I can only get 25 images in one post I'm going to have to split up this report into sections and the next section is in this thread in my post on 26 Dec at 7:18AM
16 Dec arrived, checked in at noon and got set up and off to get our tickets. Got our vouchers at the SOG ... $440 each for the normal AP and then over to EPCOT where we got our real passports and got the DDE for $65 there. This is a recent change that now at least EPCOT and other Guest Services at the Parks and probably DTD can issue the actual DDE ... you no longer have to go thru DDE by phone and get a temp DDE card it's one stop now and done. Also, we got ours on a Sun so the old only calling DDE M-F is a thing of the past. For Dinner we ate at Trails End and the Butternut Squash and Crab Soub was out of this world, the rest was good but nothing to write home about and the dessert selection was sorely lacking and only having cornbread as a bread selection was somewhat disappointing.
17 Dec off to MK and boy was it cold and windy in the low 40's and the lake at the marina was brutal. We got to MK at 9AM and it was a ghost town, walk ons every where. We only did like 4 rides and then headed off to see the Xmas decorations at the CR and FL. Spent the afternoon decorating the site.
Pics of our site - 1635:
Those mickey posts were so cute we got another 5 to put up
That's almost $100 in those alone
18 Dec was another MK day and weather was much better and again the rides were empty. Planned on doing 5 or 6, but only got around to 4 since the DW sprained her ankle ... this is an ongoing condition and the doc said the last time she has spaghetti for ligaments. Rest of the day she was laid up with ice packs. Stackster and I think it was TiggerinBama stopped by and chatted for a while.
Big Thunder wait line at the down ramp to the load area:
Pirates wait line at the boats
19 Dec wanted to continue to let the DW ankle heal so hit we 3 Disney outlets, the WW where DW got an ankle brace and me got some trailer stuff at Camping World. Her angle is not that bad except when you look at it since it is colorful. Not much pain and probably because there is nothing left to actually injure ... it's all be stretched and such so many times it's just mush now. Rested in the afternoon since we had 8PM ressies for the "Spirit of Aloha". This is only the second time we have gone the last being 1996 and it seems it's not as good as it was then, but that could just be wishful thinking. The first 1 1/2 hours was sort of corny, but the actual dancer's were great for the last 30 min and the Somoan fire dancer was fantastic.
Tomorrow it's off to MGM mainly to keep the walking down and DW is on "the Hunt" for an Xmas turtle neck blouse she saw at the clothiers in the MK, but didn't have her size.
20 Dec - since it was a late night didn't get to MGM till almost 10 and the crowds were already there so went on RR said wait was 30 min, but was closer to 50
, then went on HT and it said wait was 30 min, but was only like 15. It was almost noon by then so we took the boat to Swan/Dolphin and looked at their Xmas decorations. The Swan was sad, but the Dolphin was great. Also, took in the FW from the beach and below is one pic for those asking if they can be seen. I'm still learning to take nite pics and you can just see the tip of the castle to the left of the FW and is just to the right of the last light on the dock at the marina.
BTW it took 40 min from the Dolphin to our site at the 1600 loops and that was a bus from Dolphin to MK, boat to FW and bus to 1600 loop. We waited no more than 2 min for any bus/boat.
21 Dec we hit the MK again since it has less walking and looked again for DW blouse and low and behold they had one the right size so that is now done. Next we did Peter Pan and then Many Adventures of Pooh, both of which were walk-ons. As we were exiting Many Adventures of Pooh a CM tells us it's our lucking day and points to a CM several feet away and when we got to her she handed each of us one of the following.
The Year of a Million Dreams pin lanyard with two Pins
Were hoping for a night in the Castle, but not yet
We then went and saw the Carousel of Progress, Tomorrowland Transit Authority aka People Mover and finished up with new Show Monsters, Inc Laugh Floor.
22 Dec since DW foot was feeling better and we needed to try and finish up getting a couple of CDs of Off Kilter for our sons we went to EPCOT and got them in Canada and since we were already there did Spaceship Earth. Did some food shopping and went to MGM around 2 and saw the parade followed by a late lunch at the SciFi. DW and I split the 7 bean chili and artichoke dip along with the Reuben Sandwich and brought back 1/2 of the Sandwich and some fries for a late nite snack.
23 Dec after getting our son settled in we hit MGM mainly to see the Harlem Gospel Choir 5 PM performance and did the Great Movie Ride and squeezed in a second time for us of Tower of Terror.
So now in 6 days 18 rides/shows, ~13 non Disney Park stores, 5 resorts,4 sore feet, 3 lunches/dinners out, 1 Fireworks, 1 parade, 1 Airport RT, and one sprained ankle
Hmmm this sound like it could be a new song Larry
*****NOTE***** Since I can only get 25 images in one post I'm going to have to split up this report into sections and the next section is in this thread in my post on 26 Dec at 7:18AM
I wonder if the have that soup all the time. Did you have reservations for Trails End? 
) arrives at 7AM on the 23rd and it will be busy getting him and his AP voucher fm SOG. 
So it was off to Goodings for a quick restock run which also included OJ/Pound Cake/Grn and Red Peppers for a future polish kabob dinner latter in the week. Following blueberry/pecan waffles (another favorite of Son #2 and now I realize why I was so heavy getting here with carrying such light weight items as waffle irons, crockpots, etc. with us). 
