The many adventures of duffy & i TR's!!!! D23 EXPO PTR 2011

[where's_my_prince]

Hi there! Stumbled onto your TR cause I saw Duffy in the name! Just got back from Tokyo Disney and got myself a Duffy Bear at Disney Sea! They are just soooooo cute!

Have they been released in the states yet?

Anyways love the TR! I'm heading to Disneyland next July for the first time and I am super excited

Thank you!
I'm so jealous you got to go to DisneySea!!! that's my dream! Yes, duffy was released in the states about two months ago

 

[skiingfast]

I like the bag. The nastalgia of it makes it great. To somone that doesn't know if would look retro styled.

 

[specialks]

Love the bag! Can't wait to hear about your CMParty experience.

 

[kaoden39]

awww Eliie is such a cute name!!! reminds me of the movie"UP"!

I know. I love old fashioned names like that.

 

[where's_my_prince]

Packing for DL tommorow!!!
i just got back from the Jimmy Kimmel show...AMAZING!!!!

the studio was ALOT smaller then i thought it would be...probably no more than 125 people could fit , then they have the regular rows in the studio then they had two front rows right in front of the stage where they interview the stars, and they were just picking random parties to sit in them...and me and my friend got picked!!!!!

anyway when garrett hedlund,
(here's a pic of him from the TRON promo images)

got on stage my mind literally went blank, after interview and they are turning the cameras off to take a commercial break,the audience is kinda calm, he turned is head in the direction i was sitting and i started waving(frantically) and he actually waved back at me!!!!!!!!!!!!DAY. MADE.

after we went to the Disney Soda Fountain!!!andi had th best ice cream sandwich EVER. two fresh warm chocolate cookies with a scoop of vanilla ice cream in the middle!!

well time to go to bed, i have a long day tomorrow!

 

[funatdisney]

Have fun tonight!

Liza

 

[kaoden39]

I hope you all have a wonderful time.

Jimmy Kimmel sounds great. How lucky to get such great seats.

I hope Duffy behaves!!

 

[Belle Ella]

Yay! I'm glad you had an amazing time at the Jimmy Kimmel show! Now you just need to round out the experience with an amazing time at Disneyland and the CM party!

 

[where's_my_prince]

YEAH I'M BACK!!!!

had an AMAZING time i'm so sad that it's over!!!

i'm super duper tired and have work & finals today, so i'll be hopefully starting my trip report tomorrow!!

(duffy says hi)

 

[kaoden39]

YEAH I'M BACK!!!!

had an AMAZING time i'm so sad that it's over!!!

i'm super duper tired and have work & finals today, so i'll be hopefully starting my trip report tomorrow!!

(duffy says hi)

Hi you two!!

I am thrilled you had such an amazing time and I can hardly wait to hear all about it.

Do good on your final!!

 

[where's_my_prince]

Christmas Party Trip Report Part 1


hello everyone, i'm finally going to start my Trip Report, first of all i want to say i had an AMAZING (no surprise) time!!! Since the Christmas party didnt start til 6 we went to DCA for the day, and let me say the crowds were AMAZING, there was like no one there!!! right when we got there the first thing i HAD to do was get my mickey snowman popcorn bucket(so cute!) w/ caramel corn ( my favorite!!)

since the only caramel corn stand is near Soarin' we rode rode that since we usually don't because of the long line then we headed over towards paradise pier and saw dale nears bug's land,NO LINE,literally no one was in line!

he wanted some of my popcorn hahaha

he loved Duffy's UP button he pointed to it and then made a "ADVENTURE IS OUT THERE!" motion... LOVED it!!

we headed over to paradise pier....and no Duffy!!! much to my horror duffy was not out today!!!! that means my Duffy couldn't get a photo in his Christmas outfit with big Duffy
they had a cute new small Duffy for valentines day!

where will you take your duffy?

then we rode my sister's and I's favorite ride Toy Story Mania!!! the line was super short compared to the usual 90 minutes!! i set out my goal to FINALLY break the 100,000's score!!!

the usual crowded line queue...EMPTY!

MISSION COMPLETE!!!!!! i'm the red side, i beat my sister by a land slide, last time she beat me by 100 points!

i HAD to do this photo

grizzly river rapids!!!! i had to stuff Duffy in my jacket!

aviator minnie mouse!!!! so cute

then we went to buy a whole bunch of yummy goodies to go watch my favorite thing in both parks Aladdin, the musical spectacular. It is simply the best!! it's the one thing i have to do EVERYTIME i go!​

 

[where's_my_prince]

this is one of my favorite photos of Duffy

we waited in line for our usual mezzanine seats and took out our treats . my sister got a peanut butter supreme cookie , a mini mickey turtle,and a snowman cookie.i also got a peanut butter supreme cookie ( SIMPLY AMAZING) and a mickey gingerbread man!

the mickey gingerbread was soooooooooooooooooooo good!!!! i only got it because it looked cute and it was christmas-y , i expected it to me crunchy , and i don't like crunchy cookies...but it was so soft and chewy!!!! definitely a new favorite!

we got out favorite seats, that we get every time the ones separated off to the side on the mezzanine, we like them because when Aladdin and jasmine go on a magic carpet they wave right at us!

i've seen this show TONS of times but i think this was my favorite genie!! he was hilarious!

it all of a sudden got very cloudy outside!!!

we saw koda and kenai! usually kenai is really tall, this is the smallest kenai i've ever seen!

kenai and koda we jealous at duffy, the CM was saying "don't be mad because Duffy is more popular then you guys right now"
kenai noticed the UP grape soda button!

up next part 2 paradise pier hotel!!!​

 

[kaoden39]

Yay!! Duffy looks so cute in his Santa outfit. I really love seeing Duffy's adventures.

 

[Dina Monster]

Great report so far! Whee it looks cold!

 

[JH87]

I love that photo of Duffy with the Hyperion behind him!
Great pics as usual! Can't wait to see more

 

[where's_my_prince]

Part 2!!!

next we headed over to check into Paradise Pier Hotel, this is my first time ever staying at a Disney hotel so i was super excited!!!
the room, a cute beach theme!

the cute mickey eared bath products just like sherry said! i loved them!

room key!

the hotel had a small arcade so we played so games!!

Dance Dance Revolution!

the pretty christmas tree in the lobby!!!

me and duffy in Santa's chair!

CONCIERGE LOUNGE

the concierge was seriously amazing, i wish we had more time to stay in there they had everything! and they had disney movies playing in there as well!, i highly recommend it!
the sea shell themed christmas tree

berries and fruit tarts...this was my favorite!!!

mini pumpkin pies, eclairs, fruit tarts,(american) macaroons
soooooo yummy!!!

chips,we took these with us back to the park!

different cheeses(i don't eat cheese though) and a vegetable platter

now i forgot what these were, they were some kinda of mix of a egg roll and potsticker......SO AMAZING!!!!! we stuffed ourselves full of these, we didnt even need to buy dinner!

chocolate covered strawberries!!

after we were completley full, so head back to DCA for just a little while so i could check on elecTRONica
duffy at the giant christmas ornaments at Bug's Land

flynn's arcade...this was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo awesome!!!!

played the actual TRON arcade game...i loved that they played 80's songs in the arcade, one of my favorites "shake it up" by the cars

up next ...the holiday party!!!​

 

[kaoden39]

How great. I would love to stay concierge sometime.

 

[where's_my_prince]

PART 3

finally time for the holiday party!!!

when we enter the gates they immediately give us a wristband and a candy cane, i hoping it was one of those famous DL candy canes but it wasn't hahaha oh well!
the line of security was crazy like three rows of cast members asking to see our wristband we then go get our picture taken in front of the castle\

it was so crazy seeing disneyland so empty when we were there, like we shouldn't be there
usually there's always people crowded around the sword in the stone statue but i finally got my shot!

when we entered we got a list of characters that would be around and there locations, on our list was minnie mouse so we headed over to toontown to see her! had to pass by it's small world! so beyond pretty!

in line for minniewe saw SANTA mickey!!! i've only ever seen him in ads and commercials, i couldn't believe it!!!

minnie in her winter outfit, my favorite outfit!

since a lot of the CM brand their kids toontown was kind of busier then the rest of the park, so we decided to come back later when most of the families with the smaller kids would have gone home (good choice)

now for the CM, alll the food is 35% off including the restaurants! here our some photo's of the food prices, cotton candy and ice cream was also two dollars!! and popcorn a dollar!

i got my first mickey shaped pretzel!!! yummmmmmm i highly recommend them!
here is apicture to show how empty is was in fantasyland

we then rode big thunder mountain, (walk on)may i say that ride is always so awesome at night, and hint to everybody ride the back part of the train if you can...it goes soooooooo much faster then the front we then rode splash mountain which was completely empty! after that we rode indiana jones, which probably was the longest line we waited in...about 15 minutes
they also had the christmas fantasy parade just for the CM party!!!!!!!!!!! this made me SOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY!!!!! it started at 9, we got there exactly at 9:05 and still got a PERFECT front row seat. omg omg omg, i completley forgot how AMAZING that parade was!!!! i want to be a performer in that so bad!
duffy is on the float!

these chubby guys are my favorite! beyond adorable!

after that we went back to toontown and saw DAISY...how many times do you see Daisy in the parks!!!??? we are literally one family away and she switches out with donald that was a serious bummer! but i do like christmas donald!

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[where's_my_prince]

we then saw Santa mickey!!! i love his beard!

it's santa mickey with santa duffy!!!

why is disneyland so empty?

we waited in line for princess fantasy faire, only one princess, but it was really worth it! ariel was great!!!
"what's your name"
"jasmine"
"i have a friend named jasmine, she goes everywhere by taking a flying carpet!"
"does she happen to be married to aladdin?
"that's the one!!!"

we then rode IASWH

they had a cute photopass stop by IASW with toy solider statues

another picture of empty fantasyland it was almost eerie how quiet it was!

this trip defintley made me remember how fun fantasyland really is!!! i haven't been on many of these rides in a long time!
rode the Tea Cups for the first time in like 2 years....no line ...look at the empty queue

monstro the whale.... oh and duffy

ok this is defintiley my favorite part of the whole trip and the most magical to me....i haven't rode dumbo in ATLEAST 12 years , i don't even remember the last time riding it....and i finally got to ride it again...and the only people on the ride were me and my sister! it was SOOOOOOOO AMAZING!!!!
my sister in front of me

a horrible picture but it's an empty fantasyland through dumbo's point of view...i see why this is one of the most popular rides....it gives you an amazing view of fantasyland!!!! i seriously can't express the joy i felt riding that ride

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[where's_my_prince]

ok we literally had 15 minutes left of the party (where did the time go?)
so we ran over to frontierland to try to get a picture with woody ( MY HERO/IDOL/FAVORITE hehe)we get up there and he switches with jesse...NOT AGAIN AHHH...but i do LOVE jesse

after we take a picture i see woody still walking away i run over like a maniac and im like "quick woody look over in that direction!!" MISSION COMPLETE

i couldn't believe it was time to go home!!! whattttttt? i don't think i've ever been this sad to leave disneyland...it was just so sad knowing i'll never see it that empty til next year

we are leaving main street and i see chip and dale in their christmas outfits!!!! they are soooooooooooooooooooooooooo adorable!!!
the batteries died in my camera, and chip tried to "revive them" by taking them out of my camera and rubbing them together ,.....it didnt work..but i did get photopass!

me my sister and duffy walked back to PPH exhausted, we got to out hotel and lo and behold we had a little treat waiting for us

the mickey rice krispy's were sooo good! i must say staying at a disney hotel is so much more convenient then driving back home!!! i want to do this forever! well it was time to go to bed, so we put on our pj's and went to sleep

goodnight duffy!

THE END​

coming soon...... Febuary PTR aka My 19th Birthday Trip!!!