The Mr. the Mrs. and the Dining Plan–Our June 09 Disneymoon -**Naples 4/3/2010**

[Stefy]

I know not alot of people like Stitch, which I find hard to believe as he is so cute and fluffy

 

[Sleepingbooty]

Yay, an update! You guys sat in the same room we sat in at 50's Primetime in May - except we were at the larger table catty-cornered from you in the window. I loved that place! Our waitress was really in character, too. I wonder if she was the same one? I don't remember her name, but she actually shoved a forkfull of beans in my Dh's mouth!

 

[Cinderella16]

I know not alot of people like Stitch, which I find hard to believe as he is so cute and fluffy

I think people got sick of him taking over the MK...I mean he is kinda stepping on Mickey's toes....

Yay, an update! You guys sat in the same room we sat in at 50's Primetime in May - except we were at the larger table catty-cornered from you in the window. I loved that place! Our waitress was really in character, too. I wonder if she was the same one? I don't remember her name, but she actually shoved a forkfull of beans in my Dh's mouth!

Now that I think about it, I swear she tried feeding a man in our section his green beans too! I wouldn't be surprised if it was her too!! I wish I remembered her name.

 

[Cinderella16]

June 24, 2009: Day Two, Part Three A DHS Evening

We did not have to wait for them to open the doors to American Idol because once we arrived, they opened the doors. They must have just been waiting for us! We all shuffled inside the theater and I was so excited to see that the stage actually liked the one they use on the show!

Once the show began, DH and I sat back and enjoyed it. All the contestants were pretty awesome, but the girl who won was on her honeymoon too and I remember she had a really nice voice.

I loved this show and hope that they keep it for a long time since every time you go, you will get a different experience since there are always new contestants. I recommend this to anyone even if you watch the show or not on TV.

I wonder if they are going to add a judge to play Ellen once the new season begins. That would be funny.

After American Idol we walked over to the Backlot Tour which had a 5 minute wait. There were only a few other families in line, and if wanted to, we could have been in the show, since they were basically begging for volunteers, but we decided against it. Some other, much more outgoing family was picked instead.

Here are some shots of the boat scene.

We then walked through the prop room in order to board our tram.

To me the tram is the best part of the tour, I like when they show you all the special effects with the water.

Waiting for our tram to begin...

I got a couple of sprinkles of water on me, but it was nothing too major. After the tram ride we learned more about villains in the exhibit they had before the gift shop. We saw a cool little video on how they made Davy Jones in the Pirates movie. There was some pretty neat things in the exhibit, so we walked around a little bit.

As always, we have too much fun in the gift shops.

My Best Teacher award

They didn’t have a Best Husband or Best Computer Programmer award, so I think he is holding up a Best Grandma award.

We realized it was time to use our RnR Fastpass now, which I was incredibly excited about! Besides, we were one of the last Backlot Tours of the night and they were beginning to shut down the gift shop.

The wait time for RnR was not bad since we had our FPs. We were loading our Limo and going from 0 to 60 in no time. The launch is seriously the best part of the ride, and the Aerosmith music helps too. This is another one of those rides that makes my legs shake when I get off.

We just had to stop for some pictures with the huge guitar as we were walking out.

I had nearly forgotten we had FP’s for ToT that we could still use tonight, so we decided to ride that one next, the park was nearing closing time and you could tell the crowds were beginning to thin, or they were all just heading Toy Story Mania for EMH!

I had never been on ToT at night, and I must say walking through the line is quite creepy. It was making me excited and frightened to ride!

We boarded our elevator into the second row this time, and the ride began, when the lights clicked off, DH let out a blood curdling scream, just to scare everyone, but it ended up scaring me the most, which was probably his intention anyway. Everyone started laughing and I just said loudly, “Be happy YOU aren’t married to him.” Everyone laughed again.

Before we knew it, we were high above DHS and before we knew it, we were being dropped, many times, just not as many as before. To me, this ride has a different, spookier feel at night, I recommend it!

It was now officially after the park’s closing time, and DHS had EMH until 11:00 PM. Seeing that it was our first EMH ever, we had no idea what to expect. For some reason, I thought that they distributed Fastpasses during EMH, but we quickly learned that it was not the case.

We decided to walk over to TSM to see what the wait time was, but it was listed at 90 minutes, and I didn’t want to wait that! I now know that the wait times they list for EMH, aren’t necessarily up to date or correct. From reading another TR, the wait time was only about half hour, which would have been so worth it!

At this point, we were just so tired after a long day, waiting in lines did not sound all that appealing to us. We started to exit the park, but not before we took some Photopass pictures.

We said goodbye to DHS, and knew we would be back for Fantasmic later on this trip. I was happy we still had so many days ahead of us. It felt great on my legs and feet to be sitting when we got on the parking lot shuttle, and it felt even better to get in the air conditioned car.

We made it back to the GF in no time, but instead of doing valet, we decided to self park the car. I didn’t realize how far the self park lot was from the resort. I guess it wasn’t too bad, but after a long day at the park, your legs feel it!

I think DH decided to go swimming on this night, I joined him, but didn’t go it, I just laid on one chairs, nearly falling asleep. I definitely loved the fact that one of the pools was open 24 hours!

Soon, we were back in our room and ready to tackle our Epcot day tomorrow!

UP NEXT: We take on Epcot & Beverly too!

 

[tinkgurl]

He got the Best Grandma award.

 

[Stefy]

Yay another update

The Backlot Tour looks like alot of fun, we did this one in DLP but it wasn't as interesting, this one looks waaay better. Can't believe they were screaming for volunteers, must have been a nice quiet day for you.

Love the Award for Best Grandma

Your ToT ride sounds awesome and I know what you mean about RnR, it is a mind blowing ride, so fast and with Aerosmith playing in your ears it couldn't get any better

Can't wait to hear about Epcot

 

[Disneychix]

I LOVE TOT at night too!

Great update!

 

[Sleepingbooty]

Oh my gosh, yeah TOT would be really good at night - I've never done that! We just never seem to spend much time at DHS, but with TSMM its definitely growing on me. Looking forward to reading about your day at Epcot

 

[klacey1]

What a fun day at MGM

 

[Cinderella16]

He got the Best Grandma award.

I was really surprised they didnt make husband or wife awards!

Yay another update

The Backlot Tour looks like alot of fun, we did this one in DLP but it wasn't as interesting, this one looks waaay better. Can't believe they were screaming for volunteers, must have been a nice quiet day for you.

Love the Award for Best Grandma

Your ToT ride sounds awesome and I know what you mean about RnR, it is a mind blowing ride, so fast and with Aerosmith playing in your ears it couldn't get any better

Can't wait to hear about Epcot

I think the fact that we were one of the last shows of the day had something to do with the fact that there werent many volunteers.

I just love Aerosmith, we were SUPPOSED to see them in concert last month, but Steven Tyler fell off the stage during one of their shows and had to cancel the tour..We were soooo bummed!!

I LOVE TOT at night too!

Great update!

Thank you!

Oh my gosh, yeah TOT would be really good at night - I've never done that! We just never seem to spend much time at DHS, but with TSMM its definitely growing on me. Looking forward to reading about your day at Epcot

You must try TOT at night!! I think DHS has def. been revamped with the additions of TSM and American Idol, plus they are going to be updated Star Tours...now if they could just make the Muppet Show better, and do SOMETHING with Indian Jones that isnt that stunt show....

What a fun day at MGM

Always a good time at MGM!!

 

[Stefy]

Ouch thats not hot, did you get your tickets refunded for the concert?

 

[Beauty & the Best]

Great update! I just got back from my trip yesterday so I'm catching up w/ everyone & putting my TR together.

Can't wait to hear more...

 

[Cinderella16]

Ouch thats not hot, did you get your tickets refunded for the concert?

Yes, thank goodness!!!

Great update! I just got back from my trip yesterday so I'm catching up w/ everyone & putting my TR together.

Can't wait to hear more...

Welcome back!!!!!! I must check out your TR!

 

[Cinderella16]

June 24, 2009: Day Three, Part One -Conquering Epcot!

We had a mission on the morning of our Epcot day, and that was to get to Epcot fairly early and actually get to ride the main attractions.

In 2007, we got to Epcot at about 11:30 and all the Fastpasses were gone, we were left to stand in long lines or not ride at all. We were definitely not going to run into that problem this time around!

I was up by 7:30, showered, and let DH sleep in. I shook him awake and told him I was going down to the lobby to get breakfast. Being the nice wife that I am, I brought him up some cheese danishes, raisin bread, and fruit, along with orange juice.

DH was already in the shower once I arrived, so I decided to eat my breakfast on the balcony, which was so peaceful. DH soon joined me with his breakfast and were out the door at around 8:45.

The plan was to take the monorail over to the Ticket and Transportation center, and then switch the Epcot monorail. I had never taken the Epcot monorail before and was super excited! The resort monorail was surprisingly not that busy, so we had no problem getting a seat. Once we arrived at the TTC and followed the signs to the Epcot monorail, there seemed to one already boarding, so we hopped right on without having to wait.

I really loved the ride to Epcot, it was a pretty long journey compared to the resort loop and it was fun going over all the cars and busses. I was confused when the monorail went through Epcot, but it was so neat seeing Epcot from the monorail perspective.

We hopped off and began walking toward the ticket gates, which were starting to look fairly busy, luckily, we are great at finding the shortest, quickest moving lines and soon we were through the turnstiles.

This must have been the day that every honeymoon couple decided to visit Epcot, because they were everywhere, ears and all! It was fun to wish people congratulations and have them wish it to us as well.

The first order of business was to get a FP for Test Track, since we missed it last time! For some reason, I always get lost in the Future World section of Epcot, I just can’t seem to navigate it like I do the other parks. DH said Test Track was one way, I said it was another, we ended up going my way and not finding it, turns out DH was right, I guess sometimes he knows what he is talking about.

We grabbed our FPs for later in the afternoon, and saw the wait was only 20 minutes, so we decided that it was good enough for us to wait in. About 2 minutes into the line, the ride broke and it didn’t look like it was going to be back on. But we waited a bit longer to see if luck would change.

No pictures yet please.

This is how look when Test Track breaks!

Feeling annoyed, we decided to hop out of line and go make better use of our day. It was sweltering outside so we headed toward the Universe of Energy, which is always a good, long cool down ride! The doors were already open when we arrived and the beginning Jeopardy movie was already playing, not that it mattered since we have both seen it a bunch of times.

Since this ride is pretty long, by the time it was over, it was time to get another FP, so we headed over to the Land and got ourselves our Soarin’ Fastpasses, from here, we walked over to the Seas with Nemo and Friends.

There was absolutely no wait, which is always a plus! This ride is cute, but I would never wait for it. After, we walked around the pavilion for a bit and then saw that there was a group waiting for Turtle Talk with Crush, we loved this show last time and decided to wait for it to start.

There was still about 15 minutes before the next show, so we played with some of the interactive quizzes in the area, and then took a seat on the floor as we waited.

DH looks like a deer in headlights

Laughing after the last picture...

Getting slap happy...thank goodness, the doors finally opened and we were corralled into the little theater room.

I LOVE this show, I don’t care if it is for little kids! It is hilarious! Crush had kids and adults cracking up the entire time. Whether you have kids or not, this is a must see show! It is so cute!!!

Continuing our productive day, we headed over the Imagination pavilion to go watch Figment and get that song stuck in our heads for the rest of the day.

Again there was no wait, and we walked right on!

Figment is actually one of the earliest memories of Disney that I have. I was four years old when I first visited Disney and remember that man with a beard and top hat walking around with Figment...I wish they still had him!!

After the ride, we walked around the pavilion looking for one of those Kodak photo booths where you can change your face into a clown or animal, but they were all taken and people were taking too long for our liking! We decided to try back later.

Our stomachs began to rumble and grumble, so we headed to our favorite lunch spot, Sunshine Seasons in the Land to cool down and fill our bellies.

I got one of my favorite Disney sandwiches, turkey with cheese and a spicy little sauce. DH ended up getting sweet and sour chicken. But let’s face it, we really eat here for their desserts! I had the to die for chocolate cake and DH had the butterfinger brownie, both of which were delicious! We were lucky enough to find a table easily, which is usually not the case in this place!

We some time to kill before our Soarin FP, so we got in line to ride Living with the Land, which had about a 15 minute wait. I have no pictures from this ride because I think DH and I were getting so very annoyed with the family we shared the boat with. Throughout the entire thing, they wouldn’t stop talking, LOUDLY, and making fun of things. I couldn’t hear any part of the ride, it was horrible, but we both decided to bite our tongues and not say anything. I think the family thought the ride was too educational or something, so they did a great job at dumbing it down to their level.

Despite our bad experience, I still enjoy going through the greenhouse and always think of my dad when I’m on this ride because he just built his own greenhouse and would love to have one like Disney’s!

Low and behold, just like clockwork, it was now time for our Soarin’ FP to be used! We still ended up having to wait about 20 minutes before we were on the ride, but that is nothing new with this attraction. It is worth every minute of the wait!

We ended being in the middle row, so we still had to deal with the feet issue, but I was hoping sometime on this trip we could actually sit front row. As always, when the ride was over, we clapped, as did everyone else, there is just nothing else like this ride!!

I couldn’t believe how much we had already accomplished and it was only about lunchtime, we decided to take it easy and go do our Disney Visa character meet n greet in one of the Innovations pavilions. Afterall, at least it would be air conditioned and out of the sun! There was a bit of a line, but not too bad when we arrived. We noticed there was a Just Engaged couple in line, which I thought was cute, but I wished that they had had those buttons when we got engaged in 2007—they had to use a sharpie marker and cross out Just Married to write Just Engaged when we got engaged.

I was so excited to see who was behind the curtain—we have done this the last 2 times we came to WDW and the first time, we had Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, and Pluto! In 2007, we had Mickey and Pluto and this year, we had...

Our favorite mouse and dog again!

Of course, they were thrilled that we were on our Honeymoon!

We came out from behind the curtain and we were smiling like idiots, as only WDW can do for you.

As we were walking out of Innovations to head to our next destination, we saw a fire truck, and just had to take a picture of it.

Our next stop was Spaceship Earth, and we were excited to see the changes!

To Be Continued...

Up Next: Spaceship Earth, Beverly, and We Continue to Conquer Epcot

 

[Stefy]

Awesome pictures Always a good plan to start early with Epcot

I hate it when someone else ruins a ride for you, shame you couldn't jump ship and start again.

 

[Sleepingbooty]

Yay! An update! Glad to see you're back. Sounds like you were bearing up under the heat pretty well. I always with there was more shade at Epcot, but since so much of it is inside, you can always duck into a pavillion to get out of it.

 

[Cinderella16]

June 24, 2009: Day Three, Part Two -Conquering Epcot!


Before taking on Spaceship Earth, we realized we didn’t have any pictures in front of it, which is a big no, no. We easily fixed that problem.

This was by far one of the hottest parts of the day, we were sweltering, which meant it was definitely time to get inside that ball!

I was excited to see all the new changes and the interactive ending.

As always, the ride was a walk on and was very relaxing. I really liked the changes and we had fun playing at the end and thought that “The Beginning of Your Future” was definitely fitting.

Such a fun idea!!

After Spaceship Earth I wanted to go check out Club Cool and make DH try Beverly. I had never been Club Cool and neither had he, so it was a definite must do for this trip.

I think we stopped for a Mickey Bar along the way and were waiting to go inside since I don’t think they allowed food to be brought in. As we were waiting we were laughing when a little girl, maybe about 7 years old, came out and spit out her drink on the side walk. A guy walking passed asked her, “Italy?” and her father answered with a yes and a laugh. It was so funny, but it made me even more nervous to try it.

When we walked in, it wasn’t too busy, I noticed the floor was mighty sticky, I wondered how many people spit out Beverly right there on the floor instead of the sidewalk like the little girl.

We made sure to try all the drinks, saving Beverly for last... some were very tasty and we refilled. Then came the moment of truth....DH was the first victim and here is the result...

Yep, he spit it out in the garbage can. I couldn’t stop laughing, he quickly refilled his cup with a more pleasant option and downed that to just get the awful taste out of his mouth.

Once he was better composed, it was my moment of truth. I took a gulp, and...

Once again, Beverly ended up in the garbage can.

My gosh, it is just awful! What are they thinking in Italy?!? My family comes from Italy and I never remember drinking anything like that when we visited..

I followed DH’s lead and refilled with something better as we shopped around. We bought some nice, heavy Coca Cola mugs for our bar and we were excited to have them shipped to the room! One of the many perks of staying on Disney property! In the past, we would have had to carry those suckers all throughout the park.

Continued in next post...

 

[Cinderella16]

Since weren’t too far from Honey I Shrunk the Audience, we decided to pay it a visit since I don’t think we saw it last time. Like always, I closed my eyes and lifted my feet at the mouse part, I just can’t handle it!

Once we were back to normal size we decided to venture over to the World Showcase for a bit. We started walking towards Mexico where we saw this guy with barely any line!!

His sombrero is so cute!

We said our goodbyes to Donald and walked inside of the Mexico pavilion to ride the boat ride that is inside. I always call it El Rio Del Tiempo, but I think it has a new name now that they added Donald.

Such a pretty ride, I love when it goes in front of the restaurant there! After our romantic ride through Mexico, we realized it was time for our Test Track Fastpass.

DH took this picture as we were walking back...I love the ears!

We made it to Test Track and within a few minutes we were waiting for our doors to open to send us into the briefing room. This took FOR-EVER!!!!!! It seemed they kept opening doors 2 and 3, but kept forgetting ours. It was taking so long that I took a seat against the wall as we waited. Finally they opened the doors and I got excited again!

I absolutely, positively, LOVE this ride!! The whole thing makes me giddy and I laugh the entire time!

I also love that you can get your ride photo right on your photopass card!! ALL the rides that take pictures need to institute this technology!!

Once we were off of Test Track we realized we still had 2 hours until dinner and we had seen everything we wanted to. I asked DH if he wanted to ride Mission Space, but he didn’t. We needed something to do for 2 hours, and that is when we decided to do a Kim Possible mission!

I heard about these missions on the DIS and remembered reading that they are really fun, even though they are intended for kids. We went to machines where they give you a time to go pick up your phone, a really nice CM helped us out and explained how it all worked.

We had to go all the way to Italy to pick up our phone in about 15 minutes, but instead of walking that dreaded distance, we took the boat shuttle across the World Showcase, another first time for us!

We really need to utilize this thing more on future trips!
Waiting for our boat...

Here it comes!

Beautiful views!

While on the boat, the captain announced to all that we were celebrating our Honeymoon and was cracking jokes the entire time, he was a riot!

Once docked, we marched over to Italy to begin our mission.
We received our Kimunicator (the phone) and then it told us to go to Japan for our Mission. I was confused because I thought our mission was in Italy, but apparently not! I was just happy we didn’t have to report to the way other side of the World Showcase!

I must say, the Kim Possible mission was so much fun! I think DH was wary of the whole thing, but in the end he was having a good time figuring out the clues and seeing all the little things that happen around you as you figure out the mission! I don’t want to give anything away, but it was definitely a fun experience for anyone, and you don’t need to have kids to participate!

Posing with the Kimunicator!

We had some time still before it was time for our ADR at Le Cellier so we noticed that there was a concert going on, it was part of the Disney’s Summer Concert series, which was a cover band for the Eagles. They were really good and the show was a nice way to relax and enjoy some music in most magical place in the world.

It took every bit of energy to get back on our feet and walk all the way back to Canada for our ADR, but somehow, we were back on our tired feet and trekking it back.

On the way, in France, we saw my second favorite princess.

The line was ridiculous, so we took her picture in passing, and hoped we would be able to meet some other characters on our World Showcase day.

Finally, we made it to our ADR, and boy was I hungry!

We checked in and were told that they would call us when our table was ready. We waited outside and couldn’t believe how beautiful the grounds in Canada are!!

Our name was called within a few minutes and the hostess brought us to a table for two in the middle of the restaurant. Our server came quickly and took our drink orders, I of course, got the lemonade and I think DH got the same. I was dying for a drink!

Everything on the menu looked so delicious! Our server recommended the Mushroom Filet Mignon, and that is what I ordered. DH got the Le Cellier Experience which included the Cheddar Cheese soup, prime rib, and dessert. The only reason he got this was because it included the soup and we both desperately wanted to try it! Our server brought out the soup with two spoons, which I thought was a nice gesture, and oh my gosh was this soup wonderful! I was raving about it for at least 20 minutes! We ate it up in no time.

As we were waiting for our main course, another honeymoon couple was seated right next to us so we spoke with them for a bit. I think they were from North Carolina and were married on the 20th, just one day after us. It was nice having another couple to talk to for a bit.

Our food arrived and everything was wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!!!!!! The filet mignon was to die for as was the risotto that came with it. DH had no complaints with his meal as well. We were so very impressed with Le Cellier already and dessert wasn’t even served yet!

For dessert DH got the Canadian Chocolate Mousse and I had the Creme Brulee. Both sealed the deal that Le Cellier was now our favorite Disney restaurant!

DH’s dessert..so cute and delicious!

Mine, with extra Pixie Dust!

Obligatory dinner picture taken by our awesome server!

After dinner, we literally rolled ourselves out of the restaurant. I remembered that I wanted to get FPs for Maelstrom, but it wasn’t running earlier in the day when we passed it. DH was feeling the effects of his dinner, so he asked me to run and get the Fastpasses, knowing he would do the same for me, I gladly went to get them while DH waited behind.

Apparently, while I was running to Norway, he found some friends.

All the FPs were out when I arrived, but the wait time was only 20 minutes. I was glad that the ride was up and running, but now I had to walk all the way back to DH and then back to Norway. Oh well, at least I was burning off the calories of that wonderful dinner!

Once I told DH the news, he said he was feeling better and we began walking back to Norway. The line was moving pretty quickly. As we were waiting we overhead a teenage girl behind us on her cell phone asking if Michael Jackson had really died. We were so completely confused because we had heard nothing of it all day. We asked her if it was true and her mom said she didn’t think so....We didn’t think anything of it and put it in the back of our minds.

I think it is crazy how when you are at Disney, it feels like you are completely cut off from the world, and sometimes, that is the best part about Disney.

Soon we were on our boat ride through Norway, laughing all the way!

We skipped the movie, as always and took pictures with our favorite troll.

We decided it would be a good idea to try and get on Test Track one more time before the park closed. The line wasn’t too bad, but after about 10 minutes, they stopped loading people because of lightning. We decided to wait it out and waited about another 15 minutes before we looked outside and saw it was absolutely down pouring! I mean it was like sheets of rain coming down. We then decided it was time to call it a night.

On our way out, we stopped at the Photo processing store to pick out our free 5x7 print from the Disney Visa meet n greet. It was a zoo inside and people were taking so long to make decisions. This one family was printing all their pictures and they had a lot! Someone must not have told them about the glorious photopass cd! We made friends with this nice woman with a kid in line who was also from Illinois, we were sharing each other’s pain as we waited and waited.

Continued in next post...

 

[Cinderella16]

In between the time we got our free photo, the rain had completely stopped and the Photopass photogs were back out.

Even though it was EMH at Epcot, we didn’t need them, we had accomplished so much and definitely succeeded at Epcot this year! We walked up the endless ramps to the monorail station, it was actually pretty empty. As we waited a CM approached us and asked us about our Honeymoon. As our monorail pulled up the station the CM asked if we would like to ride up in the front, of course we obliged! We were in the front with a father and his young daughter, who was just beaming, it was so cute!
We took each other’s pictures and enjoyed the ride.

After another monorail we were soon back at the GF, absolutely exhausted. We had a big day ahead of us...7:00 AM ADRs at Chef Mickey’s and then Rope Drop at MK! Needless to say, we needed the sleep!


UP NEXT: Good Morning, Mickey, and our very first Rope Drop ever!

 

[klacey1]

What a nicely filled day at Epcot