The Sea Witch Stole My Voice! Our Two Week Land and Sea Adventure! COMPLETE 4/12

[ladybugmom]

Great update! That day in AK was AWFUL in the rain! We ended up leaving early, too! It was just miserable! We LOVED the FOTLK show, too!! We sat on the second row in the warthog section. It was AMAZING!! When we went to Camp Minnnie Mickey we saw 1) Donald & Goofy, 2) Minnie & Mickey, 3) Chip & Dale, and 4) Pocahontas. You got some great pics!! I know what you mean about worrying about having enought camera space! I was so paranoid that I ended up bringing my laptop and took the pictures off of the camera each night.

 

[DisneyJo]

Well Mom survived the ride, not sure how much she enjoyed it though she claims that she did.

Yay, glad she enjoyed it

We decided to go see Finding Nemo:The Musical, good decision too as it started to POUR as we entered the theatre. Now we had seen the show back in 2007 and weren't overly thrilled by it. Well I liked it much more this time around. There was nothing different about it so no idea why I didn't like it then but like it now. I am just fickle I guess.

Maybe I need to see it again, when I saw it in 2007 I liked it but we skipped it in 08!

I love our ride photo, especially the people sitting in the row in front of us, hilarious!

Hilarious

Finally I got my hands on our churro and went to join Mom.

Glad you finally got one but wow what rude people!

CM's instructions Mom and I "filled in all available spaces" and wound up at the front of the crowd right by the entrance doors.

Fantastic

It was pouring again as we left so of course we got drenched, again.

It really did rain that day!!!! Love the character photos and sounds like a good shopping trip!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I'm finally all caught up!

I have had that horrible foot pain from walking too much is unsupportive shoes - it is excrutiating, and blisters too? You poor thing.

I love all your pictures. You and your mom are so cute together.

I cannot believe that mom who was letting her baby dip its binky in beer. That is really shocking.

Can't wait for more!

The pain really was unbelievable, I really don't know how people with chronic pain handle it.

We couldn't believe the mom/baby/beer thing either. We were completely shocked. The grandparents and what looked to be the mom's sister all just laughed along and watched as he continued to do it.

I love the flat bread at Uno's. We have one here in town luckily. I love your FOTLK pics and agree it is a must see show. Cute character pics too! Never been to Florida Mall, is it worth going to? Dry clothes are the best after being in the rain all day. I dreamed of blue skies and warm sun too .

I so wish Uno's would come to Canada!

Florida Mall is definitely worth going to if you have cash to burn but that is coming from the view point of a Canadian as we don't have a lot of the stores that you guys have. Other than the M&M store I didn't see too much that you wouldn't have at any mall in the States. The place is massive though and I don't even think we saw the whole place. You really need a map to find your way around that place as you could easily get lost.

We had originally planned on going to the Millenia Mall which has much more unique/high-end designer stores if you are looking for shopping you don't get everywhere.

Sounds like you made the best of a yucky day. You saw some things, too!

Yep, despite the constant unyielding rain we did our best to not let it bring us down.

I was shocked at the things we saw that day as well.

Great updates. Loved all the updates from Animal Kingdom. Haven't been there in a while and can't wait to go back.

Nice to see Kenai and Koda out. It's been years since I've seen them. Hopefully I get a chance to see them next time I'm there. Hopefully they won't be needing those yellow umbrellas (though they are pretty funny).

I've been to the Florida Mall too and it really does feel like it just goes on and on and on sometimes.

This was the first trip I have been on where Kenai and Koda were out, hopefully they will be out for you next time you are there.

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Great update! That day in AK was AWFUL in the rain! We ended up leaving early, too! It was just miserable! We LOVED the FOTLK show, too!! We sat on the second row in the warthog section. It was AMAZING!! When we went to Camp Minnnie Mickey we saw 1) Donald & Goofy, 2) Minnie & Mickey, 3) Chip & Dale, and 4) Pocahontas. You got some great pics!! I know what you mean about worrying about having enought camera space! I was so paranoid that I ended up bringing my laptop and took the pictures off of the camera each night.

I wish Pocahontas had been there when we were there! She is the only "Princess" that I haven't gotten my picture with.

Last year we had Erich's laptop and that is what we did, emptying the cards onto the computer every night. He wasn't about to hand over his computer to us while we were gone for two weeks and I have a desktop so I just had to be careful with my memory.

Yay, glad she enjoyed it

Maybe I need to see it again, when I saw it in 2007 I liked it but we skipped it in 08!

Hilarious

Glad you finally got one but wow what rude people!

Fantastic

It really did rain that day!!!! Love the character photos and sounds like a good shopping trip!

Yeah, the rain was unbelievable, it really felt like we were back in Aug 08 with Fay just hovering over us day after day.

 

[UGAFan0829]

Hi, Leesa! Just wanted to pop in and say how much I'm loving this TR! I especially can't wait for the cruise portion!!

I'm sorry that you thought the churros were boring!The DH and I had one from the CS place in Mexico on our last trip, and LOVED them! Everyone has different tastes!

I especially loved the AK portion of your report. We totally missed Camp Minnie-Mickey, and Festival of the Lion King, so it was neat to see all the pictures!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Hi, Leesa! Just wanted to pop in and say how much I'm loving this TR! I especially can't wait for the cruise portion!!

I'm sorry that you thought the churros were boring!The DH and I had one from the CS place in Mexico on our last trip, and LOVED them! Everyone has different tastes!

I especially loved the AK portion of your report. We totally missed Camp Minnie-Mickey, and Festival of the Lion King, so it was neat to see all the pictures!

Well I will give churros another try when I visit Virginia Beach again since Car posted that yummy looking photo! The AK churro though was not so good, I would rather spend the money on something else but you are right everybody has their own tastes!

If only it had been sunny I would have had more pictures of Camp Minnie-Mickey for you. It was just raining too hard to have the camera out that day, I have a shockingly small amount of pictures from our AK day, at least for me. Yet another reason why I knew I should have invested in that waterproof camera before the trip. I am definitely getting one before our next Florida vacation! Our family seriously needs one with all the rain we seem to get.

 

[debraW76]

Hi Leesa, I am somehow two updates behind.

I have never tried a Churro either and it is on my list to try. Though Carisanboys photo looks like a much better churro

EE is my favorite Glad your mom rode with you.

I thought Nemo was just ok. But I do love FOTLK.

The baby with the pacy

People cutting in line

THe rain I do hope it quits raining for you soon.

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Hi Leesa, I am somehow two updates behind.

I have never tried a Churro either and it is on my list to try. Though Carisanboys photo looks like a much better churro

It did look good didn't it? Hopefully we will get down to Va Beach for another visit soon.

The baby with the pacy

Crazy isn't it?! I can't believe some people.

 

[PopArtGal]

It really is funny to see the characters with these umbrellas

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

It really is funny to see the characters with these umbrellas

Mickey and Minnie had them too but the pictures came out really blurry so I had to delete them.

 

[Mysteria]

I had wondered how everyone was getting along that was there that week with all the rain. Sorry you guys got rained out of AK. Great character pics though! I still haven't been to the Florida mall. Maybe next trip.

 

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Here's to hoping you got a nce day the next morning!! A shower is not bad and even sometimes refreshing...but pouring rain is miserable!! Too bad! You'll have to make up for it with a return trip!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I had wondered how everyone was getting along that was there that week with all the rain. Sorry you guys got rained out of AK. Great character pics though! I still haven't been to the Florida mall. Maybe next trip.

We dealt with the rain as best we could, not really anything you can do about it so we saw no point moping around.

Here's to hoping you got a nce day the next morning!! A shower is not bad and even sometimes refreshing...but pouring rain is miserable!! Too bad! You'll have to make up for it with a return trip!

Only problem with a return trip, it is sure to rain! It is our curse.

 

[mrsksomeday]

I loved the pics of your Mom on EE. The Dinosaur pic was great! Your installments always make me smile. The character pictures were fantastic!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I loved the pics of your Mom on EE. The Dinosaur pic was great! Your installments always make me smile. The character pictures were fantastic!

Hi Tracy! Wasn't the Dinosaur picture hilarious! I love the reactions of all the other people in the car, too funny!

 

[englishrose47]

Hi Lessa !!! All caught up !! I got my pix with those 2 bears too!!! Also saw Lion King and agree it is a must see!!!

I have been working since 6am yesterday and just got home 45 mins ago!! DISNEY MONEY!!!!!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Hi Lessa !!! All caught up !! I got my pix with those 2 bears too!!! Also saw Lion King and agree it is a must see!!!

I have been working since 6am yesterday and just got home 45 mins ago!! DISNEY MONEY!!!!!

Those are crazy hours Rosie. Hope you get a good nights sleep!

 

[englishrose47]

Morning Lessa!! I got some sleep but not enough !! Tomorrow I have that outpatient surgery so I can sleep in a bit then!!!

 

[troobabiee7]

Oh no, sorry about the blisters and all the rain! What a mess. At least you made the most of your day at AK. And you got to see some more of Orlando, right? I really like International Drive at night, when all the attractions and mini-golf courses are lit up. It's a lot of fun! The traffic's usually abd though so we try to avoid it when we're not going to do something specifically on I-Drive.

I hope the sun finally comes out in your next update and that your feet felt better soon!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Oh no, sorry about the blisters and all the rain! What a mess. At least you made the most of your day at AK. And you got to see some more of Orlando, right? I really like International Drive at night, when all the attractions and mini-golf courses are lit up. It's a lot of fun! The traffic's usually abd though so we try to avoid it when we're not going to do something specifically on I-Drive.

I hope the sun finally comes out in your next update and that your feet felt better soon!

There was actually not much traffic at all on I-Drive, I was really surprised! It was a looooong drive back to WDW though taking I-Drive instead of the highway.