The MAY freaks! Celebrating 1 year of marriage! PTR STARTED!!

[jagfanjosh3252]

I'm jealous that you live in Jacksonville lol.

I'm jealous you live in Jersey. I miss it up there.

 

[dtr_angel]

Ooh we have ADRs for Coral Reef in August, now I can't wait to eat there. We've never eaten there, what do you recommend - steak or fish? Where exactly is it at in Epcot, I don't remember ever seeing it or passing it!

I had no idea Pooh & friends were in the UK, we'll definitely have to stop and see them there, it looked like a blast!

I know my husband & I are probably crazy, but we can't wait to take our first child to Disney as a baby, those pictures are too precious!

 

[TimmyDuck]

I'm jealous you live in Jersey. I miss it up there.

The only thing I like about up here is our close proximity to Philly and NYC. Other than that there really isn't anything keeping me from moving away, as long the wife and I can get decent jobs we would move there in a heartbeat. I can just see it now, my ample supply of pins...

 

[jagfanjosh3252]

The only thing I like about up here is our close proximity to Philly and NYC. Other than that there really isn't anything keeping me from moving away, as long the wife and I can get decent jobs we would move there in a heartbeat. I can just see it now, my ample supply of pins...

You ever heard of Pittmann? That is where I was born.

But yeah, I need a job myself. I stupidly quit my old job b/c the GM was being two faced and showed way to many favorites. I was the only manager who wasn't in her little circle. Now I'm job hunting like crazy, can't find anything. Really sucks man.

 

[Lynn5700]

Eyore's Pink tail is so stinkin' cute!! Seems like you had a blast in there... i have to agree that little girl was soooooooooo adorable.. that is so sweet.

Aww I know. OMG they had me cracking up. Oh tell me about it. That was seriously too cute!

hahaha, that has to be one of the best series of character pictures I've ever seen. I'm definitely going to keep an eye out for them when we're there

Yes you must go see them

AWW I loved that character interaction I must see them

Yes you have to!

Oh yum! Coral Reef look so good! We love it there too. The wave desert is so good. Now I want chocolate, thanks a lot! LOL

It is so good there. I love that steak. Wish I could eat it all, but I can only do half. It's so big. haha sorry lol

Love the Pooh character pictures! Looks like you had a blast with them. I bet that woman wouldn't have been complaining if the characters & Photopass photographers were spending as much time on her & her family! People forget that EVERYONE can be a kid at Disney!

Look forward to the next post. I'm enjoying all of the pictures!!

I did. Oh I know. It's not like it was my fault, I didn't know they were going to take a million pictures lol. I didn't let it get to me though. Who cares. She can get over it lol.

How freaking cute!! I love me some Winnie the Pooh characters, so I'm going to have to hunt them down. I didn't realize they still did UK. I thought I was going to have to make reservations at Crystal Palace to see them.

Great series of pics!

Oh yeah they are still there!

I LOVE your trip reports! I've almost gotten through all of them now - Wedding, October and now May! I love all of your character pictures - I'm going to convince my husband to find every character when we go in August!

I seriously think that we may have been separated at birth -- I LOVE Disney World (I wanted to get married there as well - but settled for a disneymoon instead...but have convinced my husband that we'll renew our vows there!), I would love to run a half-marathon (hopefully a Disney one in the future - but can't seem to get past the 3-4 mile mark), I also am a teacher (high school), and...even have naturally curly hair!

You've also inspired me to start my own pre-trip report! We'll be going during free dining - but am a little scared of the heat. Unfortunately, being a teacher means I need to follow the school schedule!

I'm looking forward to reading more of your posts!

Aww have you read them too? Thanks for reading, glad you are enjoying them. Yes you should find them. They are fun. I like seeing the rare ones out and about.

HAHA that is too funny! Oh you will get there. Just start slow, and work your way up. I went from running a mile, to 3, to 6, then 8. You just have to build up your stamina and strength. If you love running you can do it.

Aww you teach too? I can't wait to start school. HAHA what color you have? Mine is going to be straight tomorrow. I'm getting it blown out for the wedding on Friday.

Let me know when you start your PTR please. I would love to read it.

OMG i was dying laughing at those pooh character pictures! especially the ones of Eeyore standing in the corner i just love him! And the baby sitting with them was sooo cutee!

and um...was that a real balloon in your dessert dish at coral reef? Lol! I probably would have tried to bite into it too

HAHA no, it was candy. It was just like a jaw breaker though lol.

Whew!!!

I discovered your thread from another TR recently....but that one linked to page 65. I liked your pics, so today I decided to tackle the whole beast. WOW!! 1551 posts later, here I am.

Love your report...love the details, the humor, and all the great pics.

On my last trip with my wife and sister this past December (only 3 days) my appreciation for Hollywood Studios grew. After seeing your pics from there, though, I feel like that is just a perfect park to spend a day walking around and having fun. Awesome!


ALSO, the playground in Epcot....I don't remember it....where is it located?

Thanks! Look forward to hearing the rest of the report....

Oh WOW. You must have been on here all day lol. Thank you, glad you're enjoying it.

Oh I love DHS. One of my favorites!!

The play ground area in EPCOT was just there for Flower and Garden festival. They don't have it all year round.

That little girl with pooh and friends was adorable! You had wonderful interaction...how adorable! It looks like you had a lot of fun...they are really good back in the UK we visited with them in Jan! Coral Reef is normally busy, but worth it since the food is pretty good! I think you'll like lunch time there...it was very low key and uncrowded!

Yeah they are always great!!

Oh I know. When we ate there last May, we had a 4PM ADR. That was perfect!! It's always quiet when the restaurants first open. Umm I cn't wait to eat lunch there though!! I think we are going to do lunch there when they open, and do Garden Grill that night.

I don't want that... I said a Chevelle.



You can, you just gotta know where to go lol. I told her she can get the deluxe instead of renting a car so that's where the money is going.



I will bet you, a Thomas Kinkade painting of Cinderella's castle, that if you are in control I will beat you by at least 20,000 points. It's not because I'm in control... it's cause I'm better than you lol Oh and if I beat you, you gotta buy me a bunch of pins lol.



They're just jealous...

Whatever Tim lol.

I was a few days behind! Great updates!! Love the pictures of you jumping in front of the castle. Like the one with the balloons done by photopass too. I haven't seen that one before.

It's new! I love it!

Hi Lynn, I am loving the trip report! We just got back from the Tampa/Clearwater area to spend a week at the beach and guess what? I cannot sit still and do nothing on a beach, it drove me CRAZY! So....we get home and on Saturday I tell my hubby how much I am missing Disney and he says "well, why don't you and the kids go over the 4th of July holiday" and that's all it took! So, the kids and I are heading out to Disney on the 3rd of July and coming back home on the 7th! I figure this way, I will only use up 2 vacation days, since I just used up 5 days last week! My hubby travels a lot for his job and he said that he was most likely going to be in Boston over the r4th anyway so I might as well go...Am I crazy or what? Any Hoo, we are going to stay at the Coronado Resort, which we have never stayed at and about the only thing that we have set up is Tony's at the Magic Kingdom for lunch and then on the 7th we are heading to T-Rex for lunch before we fly out. Have you done any of this, and if so, what did you think? We normally stay at the French Quarter, so this is all new to us. We will be doing the Magic Kingdom on the 4th and I know that it will probably be crazy crowded and super hot, but I am up for the challenge.

Stacy

Stacy!! That is great!! You guys are going to have fun! My parents went during 4th of july years ago. They said it was crowded, but the fireworks were amazing!! I would go then too. It's all about the experience. I would just get there early that day.

Coronado looks great. I would stay there. A couple of my friends have stayed there and loved it. I think it's a beautiful resort.

I have not tried LTT or T Rex yet. T Rex is really cute, I peaked inside there. I would go early because it seems to be really nuts at night. It was packed when we went in there to check it out.

You will have an awesome time!

TBQH, I'm jealous. I don't even collect.

What is TBQH?? lol

Wow I haven't been on for a few days and I missed alot. Love all of your updates. I'm really happy with your review of the Coral Reef. We'll be going there for the first time in August and weren't too sure about it. I'll definately be having the mahi mahi and my husband and oldest son will be having the steak.

OOOH YAY!! You guys will love it!!! It's so good there.

The Pooh gang with that baby was just too cute! I love the one pic where Eeyore is looking down at her lovingly, and Tigger is laying on the ground. Those are adorable!

BTW, your foot looked awful. What did you do to it? Did I miss that part??

Aww I know, so cute.

Oh I wore a pair of flip flops that killed my feet. I was stupid enough to wear them again during my trip. I guess when I walk I put more pressure on my right foot because my right foot was messed up lol.

I'm jealous you live in Jersey. I miss it up there.

Ew it's gross here. Ew. Don't miss it.

Ooh we have ADRs for Coral Reef in August, now I can't wait to eat there. We've never eaten there, what do you recommend - steak or fish? Where exactly is it at in Epcot, I don't remember ever seeing it or passing it!

I had no idea Pooh & friends were in the UK, we'll definitely have to stop and see them there, it looked like a blast!

I know my husband & I are probably crazy, but we can't wait to take our first child to Disney as a baby, those pictures are too precious!

OMG get the steak!! It is sooooo flavorful!! So good. Tim loved the Mahi Mahi. It is in The Seas with Nemo and Friends!! when you get there, go all the way on the right side of the building. The entrance is over there.

yeah stop and see them.

Aww I know, me too lol.

The only thing I like about up here is our close proximity to Philly and NYC. Other than that there really isn't anything keeping me from moving away, as long the wife and I can get decent jobs we would move there in a heartbeat. I can just see it now, my ample supply of pins...

Yeah that is the only good thing.

 

[jagfanjosh3252]

TBQH means

Too
Be
Quite
Honest

TBQH.

 

[Buckeye Princess]

I have itty bitty hands too! My wedding and engagement rings are size 4 1/4!! I can never buy the costume jewelry rings at stores because usually the smallest size they have is a 6 (if even that) and that won't even fit on my thumb. My husband just got me a ring for Mother's Day and I went to get it sized today. The lady at the store was teasing me saying that even most kids have bigger fingers. (I didn't mind because we are friendly with her as we get all of our jewelry from her store.)

I sent my DH the pictures of the baby with Pooh. Sooooo cute! Our nursery is decorated in vintage Pooh and my 4 month old DD already prefers her Pooh toys over others. I told him we just have to take her this fall so we can get pictures of her and the gang like that. (I'm constantly on a mission to convince him to go on more trips.)

 

[Lynn5700]

TBQH means

Too
Be
Quite
Honest

TBQH.

HAHA ok. Thanks, I did not know that lol.

I have itty bitty hands too! My wedding and engagement rings are size 4 1/4!! I can never buy the costume jewelry rings at stores because usually the smallest size they have is a 6 (if even that) and that won't even fit on my thumb. My husband just got me a ring for Mother's Day and I went to get it sized today. The lady at the store was teasing me saying that even most kids have bigger fingers. (I didn't mind because we are friendly with her as we get all of our jewelry from her store.)

I sent my DH the pictures of the baby with Pooh. Sooooo cute! Our nursery is decorated in vintage Pooh and my 4 month old DD already prefers her Pooh toys over others. I told him we just have to take her this fall so we can get pictures of her and the gang like that. (I'm constantly on a mission to convince him to go on more trips.)

Oh wow you do!! That is tiny lol.

Aww you have to take her!!!! I hope you guys get to go!

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I haven't uploaded the video yet from SE. It will come later. I did add the pics of River Country to the March report. That you have to go see.

OMG these Pooh pics are the best! That baby is so cute and I love how Tigger got down and posed. Then the way they posed with you. WHat fun. You're right. This is the best place to meet them. Don't go to the Crystal Palace! Pooh is a butthead over there.

 

[Lynn5700]

I haven't uploaded the video yet from SE. It will come later. I did add the pics of River Country to the March report. That you have to go see.

OMG these Pooh pics are the best! That baby is so cute and I love how Tigger got down and posed. Then the way they posed with you. WHat fun. You're right. This is the best place to meet them. Don't go to the Crystal Palace! Pooh is a butthead over there.

OOOh I'm so going and looking now lol!!

Aww isn't it!! Oh I know. I think Pooh ditched us the last time we went to Crystal Palace for dinner lol.

 

[Lynn5700]

We have decided to go with Narcoossee instead of Citricos. I was going to go with Citricos, but then I was torn between the two. So I showed Tim both menus, and he decided Narcoossee when he saw the lobster. He wants to get the surf and turf. You know I have to plan this meal with Wishes because you can watch it from the restaurant. Can't wait. Maybe we should have our first dinner there. Not sure yet.

 

[Lynn5700]

CONT...

So after seeing Pooh and the gang, we made our way to Japan. Tim to pick some pearls. We love doing this. We have to do this every trip. I have so many pearls from previous trips. It's insane. Have to figure out what to do with them. If I ever have a daughter, I plan on making her something with them.

Tim had to go look at the Koi fish when we got there. He loves them

I decided to pick two pearls.

Here is the first one.

second one

One was a little more pinkish. I want a pink pearl. I have yet to find a pink. I have every other color except for pink.

This is always a neat experience. The japanese girls are the best. So cute. And they always loves Tim cause he's got the whole bow thing down LOL. He bows when they bow their heads.

We decided to go to DTD next, so we headed towards the Boardwalk to hop on a bus from there.

I love this spot for photopass!

And yay I got to hold the balloons this time!

So we notice a bird eating something. What ever was in it's mouth was big. When I looked closer, it was eating a lizard!! Aww poor guy. Ew it was gross though. The lizard was huge! I did not know that they eat them. We got a picture, but it was too late. You can see part of the lizard in it's bill.

So when we got to the boardwalk we noticed a family having fun on one of the bikes. They were so cute, and having so much fun. I saw a woman running. I was so mad at my foot lol! I wanted to run lol! Hope we get to stay there one day.

We passed one of my favorite spots. We had one of our wedding pictures taken here.

Made it look old fashioned with iPhoto

Here is that wedding pic. I love it.

We did not wait long for a bus at all. YAY! Of course first place we go is the pin store lol.

I saw they had some vinyl mation boxes so I picked one up. I had to find Kermit. I think that was the last one I needed. So I had to pick the box I was feeling. I picked the second one. I opened it up and what do I get....

YES!!! I was so happy lol! I was good at picking boxes that Tim needed too. I helped him finish his star wars set!!

Here is Tim trading. This lady was so funny. She was on the phone asking her daughter what she could trade lol.

We left after that. My foot was killing me. I wish we could have stayed out later, but I was beat.

When we got back to the room Tim was going through all the pins we had traded. These are all the ones we got. Insane!!

There are a couple of traders up there, like 3. The rest were new pins.

I hit the sack after that.

* My next update won't be until Sunday most likely. Tomorrow I'm getting my hair blown out in the morning in this Green Organic salon. I'm so excited. Then I have to get eyebrows waxed, mani and pedi, look for a dress for rehearsal, then go to rehearsal. I have a busy day. Rehearsal dinner is at Chicky and Pete's over in Philly. Can't wait.

Friday is the wedding, and saturday is NYC. I will post pictures of the wedding festivities, and NYC. Going to WOD so there will be a touch of disney for me this weekend. Oh and finally I'm getting so Crumbs cupcakes*

See you all sunday, hopefully I can peek in some time tomorrow.

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

OMG you guys have so many pins! Wow. I worked at Hard Rock Cafe back in the mid 90's and I had hundreds of those pins. I always wondered why Disney didn't do it and now they do! We have a few...they're framed on the staircase in a shadow box type pin frame. The second one is about full. The kids wont wear the lanyards though. They gripe and complain about them being too heavy.

So how much are the pearls? Just to open one...not to set it and all. I've never done that. I'm not a big pearl fan but DD would love doing this I think. She is crazy over jewelry. (She did not inherit that from me...all I wear is my wedding ring.)

Have fun in NYC and at the wedding. Sunday is a long time to wait for an update but if we have to...

 

[bmb3]

Aww have you read them too? Thanks for reading, glad you are enjoying them. Yes you should find them. They are fun. I like seeing the rare ones out and about.

HAHA that is too funny! Oh you will get there. Just start slow, and work your way up. I went from running a mile, to 3, to 6, then 8. You just have to build up your stamina and strength. If you love running you can do it.

Aww you teach too? I can't wait to start school. HAHA what color you have? Mine is going to be straight tomorrow. I'm getting it blown out for the wedding on Friday.

Let me know when you start your PTR please. I would love to read it.

Thanks! I'm hoping to work my mileage up this summer - hopefully it won't be too humid here in Michigan!

I teach high schoolers - which can be challenging at times, but is rewarding too! Enjoy your time at school - it'll be over before you know it! I'm actually starting my Masters this fall...who knew I'd be back in school so soon!

I have dark blonde/brown hair (it was a brown, but I just had highlights put in). I love when it's straight - but it takes me awhile to do that. And...in the summer straightening it is a disaster. If there's even a little bit of humidity, it turns into a fuzzball!

I have started my pre-trip report! The link is in my sig -- enjoy! Can't wait to read more updates from you -- and have FUN at the wedding this weekend!

Megan

 

[lizet313]

Have a great weekend. I will be checking in tomorrow or monday have a busy weekend too. Great up date I love the pearls and all the pics of course.

 

[twenty3curls]

Have so much fun with all of your wedding festivities the next couple of days! I'm sure you'll have a blast. (And good luck on your speech!!)

Besides cupcakes (mmmm!), what are you going to be doing in NYC? Have fun!

 

[DreaGirl]

Have fun at the wedding! We are going to a wedding this weekend as well, but in IN.

I love pick a pearl. We did it for the first time last trip. I got a golden color one, but the lady next me got a pink one! I wanted it.

That is a lot of pins! We haven't gotten into the pin trading yet. We figure we'll get our fill when DD and DS are older.

 

[dallastxcpa]

Oh my gosh! I am on vacation this week at Disney's Hilton Head Island resort and this is the first time in a week that I have checked the trip report board. I am on page 90...... I am never going to get caught up....

I glanced at some of the posts to figure out how far back I needed to go and it looks like there are some funny updates coming up.

 

[Raecheal]

You can, you just gotta know where to go lol. I told her she can get the deluxe instead of renting a car so that's where the money is going....

Aww I know. OMG they had me cracking up. Oh tell me about it. That was seriously too cute!.

It was too cute...

We have decided to go with Narcoossee instead of Citricos. I was going to go with Citricos, but then I was torn between the two. So I showed Tim both menus, and he decided Narcoossee when he saw the lobster. He wants to get the surf and turf. You know I have to plan this meal with Wishes because you can watch it from the restaurant. Can't wait. Maybe we should have our first dinner there. Not sure yet.

I would be torn between the two as well... but Narcoossee wins.. thats my favourite part.. that you get to watch wishes.

Your update was good.. I love picking a pearl. It's an amazing experience and to this day i still wear mine on my gold chain.

I love the photo of you at the boardwalk, it's beautiful.

Just wanted to wish you a good weekend. I'm sure your going to have a blast getting pampered, at the wedding and at WOD. Enjoy yourself. Can't wait to hear all about it!!!

 

[WDWRocksMySocks]

Those Pooh pictures are so cute! I love the character interaction. I can't wait to see Aaron's reaction when we do breakfast at CM. It's going to be awesome. Oh, and that picture of you guys jumping in front of the castle...so great!! I'd definitely frame that one.

HOLY CRAP!!! That is A LOT of pins. I'm having some serious pin envy right now.

Hope you guys have a great time this weekend. Can't wait to see pictures!