The tale of 2 Happy Anniversary Pins "thank you" An Oct '11 TR NEW 2/25 final thought

[Charleston Princess]

Happy New Year, Julie! May 2012 bring much health and happiness to your family!

Great day at DHS even with the late start, and an 11:40 return time wasn't too terrible! I love the picture of the two of you on the speeder bike even if you had to ride side-saddle. LOL!

Hmmm, I wonder if those treasures/antiques have any magical properties? It is Disney after all...

Awww, I love that the two of you shared a berry cobbler together at Brown Derby -- that is sweet.

Hurray for a picture with Bo -- both of you look fabulous!

 

[exwdwcm]

Happy New Year!
So sorry your big anniv dinner was disappointing. I agree, after you see the pics of some of the amazing cakes they've done, I can see how you were let down. So sorry.

I love the band that plays upstairs in GF!! I sat in the lounge up there one day just listening.

DHS day looks fun too. Will loved the muppets movie, so that's a must for next trip at least twice!

 

[btallennc3]

Just Found your trip Report via Charleston Princess posts. Great Pic's!!! Can't wait for the next update

 

[mousescrapper]

Even with the late start, it looks like you had a great day at DHS. I really need to make a point to drag Tim & the boys into OMD. The only time I've ever been in there was on the Spectrum Mom's trip in January.


yes I really think you shopuld take them through there even if you don't sit to watch the movie at the end...my kids enjoy it and especially like to know more about Uncle Walt

I'm glad you enjoyed your meal at the BD. We have yet to try that one. Tim is the adventurous eater but every time I suggest new restaurants, he steers me back to the old favorites.

oh you really should try some new places...I tend to go to the same ones too but generally we don't budget enough for the TS places...this was real nice, not overly busy and even though it's not what you'd consider a kid place, it's a great low key option for DHS...despite the extra dining credit

I'm sorry you didn't like your cake... we thought about ordering one last trip and now I'm kinda glad we didn't.

I think I was thinking too high...if it was a birthday cake, it probably would have been great...

Did you like the Cobb Salad? I will be eating there next trip and I usually like the Cobb salad so I'm debating getting it

yes and no...I didn't finish it, cause man it's a lot...its actually on the menu as a starter you could easily split it...I'm a salad lover but w/ ranch...maybe it needed some ranch

Sounds like an awesome DHS day! I so need to put One Man's Dream on my list of must-do's.

Can't wait for the party!!

definetly next time you make it down, it really is a wonderful exhibit! coming up next for the Party

Looks like you guys had a great day at DHS!!! That berry cobbler looks awesome! I'm VERY determined to get on TSM this trip, we've always been deterred by the long line, but it looks so fun!

DO IT!!!! it truly is a MUST do we love it...you dod have to get there right away to go or or get the FP...you won't be dissappointed at all

Wow major update. Your DHS day looks like a lot of fun. And yummo for your meal at Brown Derby. Can't wait to read about MNSSHP

I'm trying to get huge chucnks done at a time so i can finish before we leave don't want to keep up two TR's at once...we did have a really nice time at the Studios

Happy New Year, Julie! May 2012 bring much health and happiness to your family!


thank you jackie and to you

Great day at DHS even with the late start, and an 11:40 return time wasn't too terrible! I love the picture of the two of you on the speeder bike even if you had to ride side-saddle. LOL!

no it wasn't bad, we were just bummed we didn't arrive earlier we wanted to go on twice...the speedracer pix did turn out cute

Hmmm, I wonder if those treasures/antiques have any magical properties? It is Disney after all...

hmmm

Awww, I love that the two of you shared a berry cobbler together at Brown Derby -- that is sweet.

it was sweet and very good!

Hurray for a picture with Bo -- both of you look fabulous!

thanks...matt was at why I wanted him to take this picture I just said it's a DIS thing

Happy New Year!
So sorry your big anniv dinner was disappointing. I agree, after you see the pics of some of the amazing cakes they've done, I can see how you were let down. So sorry.

thanks..yeah i keep going back to that was one of the only real downers of the whole trip to bad an expensive one

I love the band that plays upstairs in GF!! I sat in the lounge up there one day just listening.

DHS day looks fun too. Will loved the muppets movie, so that's a must for next trip at least twice!

it was a good one...yes I know nathan can't wait to go on MV3D...he is Muppet obsessed

Just Found your trip Report via Charleston Princess posts. Great Pic's!!! Can't wait for the next update

HI and glad you stopped over to say hello, hope you enjoy reading

 

[mousescrapper]

Day 3) Tues 10-18 continued…all dressed and nowhere to go?

We last left off, with us leaving DHS and heading back to BLT for a break and then get ready for MNSSHP later that night…when we arrived back at CR I had realized I never picked up our tickets for the party from concierges, so I stopped there first. I can’t remember the exact explanation anymore, but they were unable to print our tickets there, but assured me there would be no issues in stopping at the Guest Service counter at MK to get them…ok.


After a rest, a snack (pizza from Contempo café) and a quick DISmeet w/ Michelle exwdwcm, whom I’d later meet up w/ again at the party… Matt and I starting getting ready. We were quite worried about the pending rain that loomed in the forcast…100% chance of rain is not something you want to hear…but we moved on getting spooky!

Julie Before:

And After, the dark Widow Bride:

Matt Before:

And After, my nearly dead husband:

We headed down to the lobby to walk over to the party and stopped first for a photo…it was so hard to keep a straight face. I wasn’t quite sure what the CM’s and quests that saw us were thinking…I think some got it and others were strangely spookified by our wonderful full out costumes!

I made the dreary walk up the sidewalk to MK:

Can you just hear some hauntingly creepy version of “Here Comes the Bride” in your head …

And my reluctant groom yes his eyes are closed...maybe I looked to scary for him

And we made it in the turnstiles, as Matt stepped on my train a few times (I hadn’t bustled it yet) and walked over to GS. When to my dismay I am told you bought tickets for the Sun 10-16 party not tonight’s!

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I could feel the sweat beading up along my brow and my hands start to shake and my heart was beating so fast (the real one not my light up one)…it was quite a sight and not just because I looked like that either. It was hard to be so serious when I all I could think of was are you kidding we are all dressed up and we can’t even go in!

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Ok I seriously thought of letting you hang...but then nah...



This was a terrible nightmare as the CM checked the screen, got another CM and then finally a manger as they began to adjust our tickets…I seriously thought there for a mere moment she was going to turn us away.

I know when I bought the tickets over the phone I said 10-18 and that we were checking in on 10-16


But whether they took pity on us (I mean after all we were dead) or they were getting scared by my bloody axe? They issued us new tickets for the price I had originally paid (which almost didn’t look like that was going to happen either) and we were on our way. Whew! Crisis diverted!


We headed over to the front area before entering the park and got a lot of good looks…and stopped to have the first of many PP pictures taken. The PP photographer was awesome…he was in awe of our costumes and look and was laughing cause he loved it so much, which of course made us laugh too and we were trying to be dead here…

I wish you could have seen more of my train out in these..but this are still such nice pictures

thinking "his head will be in my hands soon” Chop...


A CM looking in charge person stopped us as were about to head into the park…at first I was hoping he wanted to treat us to some magic and then got scared he was going to eject part of our costume…he didn’t like my train down (not that I planned on having it down the whole time) and made us bustle it, now he didn’t like the first hook, so we had to go one higher which I didn’t like cause it looked funky from the back but oh well…and on we went…



As soon as we passed under the train a guest ran up to us and exclaimed “OMG I love it can I take your picture!” and of course we said yes and then she got in the picture w/ us…cool we have groupies already!

I gave her one of the MNSSHP DIS'd by Scrappie pins I made (later I saw her again and she still had it on )


The rest of the evening, CM’s guests alike would stop us and say how much they loved our costumes and wanted to take our picture or get in a picture w/ us…I was personally hoping we went viral on the internet but never did find us…some people knew exactly who we were and would make jokes at Matt he better watch his neck (hmmm maybe that was future insight we didn’t know about at the time?) and others I think were highly confused and would say things like “are you really married?” “Congratulations” like we just got married and one guest said to me “um your dress is all wet in the back” like this was my real Wedding dress…


It was a blast and we loved every minute of it! ​

 

[mousescrapper]

First thing first were some pictures in front of the castle…

can you believe we both blinked at the exact same time in this one...

Don’t we look so “happy” LOL

We then went straight over to our home away from home for the night and greeted the help out front:

This picture cracks me up, as another CM took this shot (not the dressed up help)…a bunch of other guests stopped and starting taking our picture too! This by far besides the PP pictures is my favorite of the night!

As we were walking up the queue line, the other guests were just loving us…we kept to the act perfectly as we dragged our dead bodies to the center of the room and as it was dark in there I handed matt my bouquet so I could turn on my heart so it would beat in the dark stretching room…I may have freaked a guest or two!

We took one of many turns on the HM attraction…we had hoped a CM would snap our picture in the Doom Buggy but they were quite unwilling…so we snapped ourselves

AHHHH!

And a guest took our picture outside too:

We snagged a PP person to take our picture, this one didn’t turn out that great but luckily we’d come back later in the night…

We walked over to the Carousel next, since I thought we’d look quite out of place riding this ride. If it was hard getting up side saddle on the SW speedracer, well this was even trickier:

We asked a guest to take our picture together, but she was flustered and it didn’t come out oh well.

SWSA seemed like an appropriate ride for the night, so Matt snagged a pix of us on it (even though you can’t totally tell)

Next we headed over to where the Dwarfs were going to be so we’d be sure to be in line before 7 pm when the party officially started. We got there about 6:30 ish and there were about 10 groups maybe ahead of us. The party in front of us was all dressed up as the 7 Dwarfs, Snow White, and the evil Queen. They looked wonderful and I’m sad I don’t have a picture to share.

About 10 minutes into waiting it began to drizzle and then rain and then pour and then was a complete monsoon for about 30 minutes…we did our best to stay dry under the huge golf umbrella we borrowed from Anne Marie irishdancer (TG). But where better to be when the rain happened…

The line began to move quickly and they had the Dwarfs set up under the awning near the restrooms and helped guests across w/ additional umbrellas, I was originally going to take the picture of those other guests now, but because of the rain it didn’t work out. Here’s our picture:

Matt and I would always pre decide if we were smiling or looking dead. We smiled with these guys!

After a washroom break and trying to recompose myself after getting a bit wet mostly the bottom of my dress…we sat under the train area as we waited for our first DISmeet of the night w/ Sheresa. We had a while to wait since they got caught in the downpour and had a stroller w/ them. But they eventually made it over to us and we had a wonderful time talking, laughing and taking some fun pictures. They were so sweet and fun!

They said they had already gotten ton of compliments on their costumes too and just had dinner over at the CP…now that would have been a riot to see!

I am suppose to be slicing poor Tigger’s neck w/ my axe but it looks like I’m whacking him w/ flowers hahaha

After saying our goodbyes we headed back down toward MS I really wanted to see WTP and gang dressed up, but they already were backstage getting ready for the parade. The first parade was delayed by almost 30 minutes because of the wet pavement and downpour that happened earlier. We decided to go see Mickey and Minnie dressed up instead. There wasn’t a wait at all and we walked right in. If they could have talked I just know they would have told us how much they loved our costumes! They were jumping up and down and giving up big thumbs up! The handlers just loved it.

We went out and back around to see which Villains were out next…they said the wait was very short so we gave it a go. I think they must have just went on a coffee break because our wait was a bit longer, but we ended up talking to another fun couple who were vacationing on their Disneymoon and it was the Bride’s first time ever here. It was so fun chatting w/ them. Finally it was our turn and we were a bit disappointed w/ our villain choice but still had some fun w/ them.

Poor Matt looks like he is getting punched in the head…​

 

[mousescrapper]

At this point I needed a restroom fast and we dodged around the crowds watching the tail end of the 1st parade at the end of MS then we headed up MS via the shops to grab a spot in front of the castle to wait for Hallo-Wishes to begin. I couldn’t wait for this!

We had about ½ hr till the show and got a great spot dead in front [wink] we probably didn’t need to arrive so soon, but we wanted an awesome spot. While we waited, Matt went in search of something to drink but the wait at Casey’s Corner was too long, so we took turns at the nearby drinking fountains. He also snapped a couple pictures of me in front of the castle:

These are a few of the only pictures of my beating heart…it was so very cool! Matt did an awesome job making this part of my costume!

and now "This is Halloween...!"

I shot two videos off my camera too, while we watched, this is the 2nd one so stick w/ it and you'll see the finale:

We were not disappointed the Fireworks were the BEST we have yet to see in the park…we loved every minute of this show! It was so fun…the displays on the castle, the colors and the music and soundtrack were all so good. It’s definitely worth the admission price! Matt got some great pictures of the castle and fireworks, plus I threw in one of the photos from the PP CD too!


After the show we decided to go on a ride before meeting up w/ Michelle for the Boo to You Parade. We headed for POC and stopped for another PP opp:

We saw this cute couple dressed as gnomes and asked to take their picture for Nathan he is obsessed w/ gnomes and has quite the growing collection.

Once again guests stopped us and the CM’s working the ride made some fun jokes at poor Matt’s dead expense…

We stopped in Pecos Bill for some drinks and I grabbed some paper towels to try and dry my feet and shoes, despite the fact it wasn’t raining anymore, the pavement was still wet and the inner lining in my dress just soaked up the water and was making it a bit slick in my shoes.

While inside we spotted some great guests dressed like this Sally:

Now the funny story is I said hello to her as we walked by her table as “Hi Sally” and commented her costume looked great, she passed along the same compliment…I then wanted to get my pix w/ her and when I went up to her she didn’t quite see me and when she turned to me I apparently scared the carp out of her…whoops…well at least she was still a good sport and took the picture.

We made it over to the parade spot w/ just a few minutes to spare, good thing we had seats waiting for us. Michelle was so sweet and laid a plastic tarp down for me to sit on too.

The parade was so fun, I loved seeing so many cool things and the music was fun and pretty catchy too…we had a hard time taking pictures but here are just a few plus some from the PP CD again:

We loved this part of the parade!

We didn’t get to see the Headless Horseman and were quite bummed, the pavement was too wet for the horse…so I guess we’ll just have to go again…

 

[mousescrapper]

After the parade we hit some more rides, I think PPF, and maybe one more? We also stopped finally at some of the trick or treats stops to get some candy.

I also spotted another character from the HM and asked to take my picture w/ her too:

Doesn’t she look AWESOME!

I know we backtracked over to the HM to see if the PP photographers were out and we were able to get the special affect shot:

We didn’t act afraid, cause I mean hey were ghost too [wink]

While we were in line, guests coming off the attractions would point to us. As we headed out of the area, the Spirit of the Mansion was out talking to guests and we went up to her…she and I had a bit of a stare down, she was none too pleased w/ me that I never invited her to any of my weddings. She also warned Matt to watch out for me…

We stopped at Cinderella’s carriage and took a pretty nice “Wedding Photo” there:

The rest of the evening is a bit of a blur at this point, but we headed over to catch the last showing of the Villain’s Show at 11:15 pm to arrive to hear the show was canceled…BOO! So we went over to ride Buzz and snagged this goofy photo:

We stopped along the bridge to get yet another PP picture…we were all dressed up and castle looked awesome so why not huh?

We backtracked over to the HM for one last turn and to take a few more photos, we were hoping to find more of the servants out front but no luck so we took one w/ a maid:

The ride was practically deserted so Matt was able to get this shot of me in the waiting room before you enter the stretching room:

We now headed out of the park but stopped to take some final PP pictures in front of the Castle and along Main Street:

Overall the night was just wonderful, despite missing a few characters due to timing and the weather, we had a blast and couldn’t have asked for anything more special for our first MNSSHP. I loved dressing up and interacting w/ other guests and CM’s…we had so much fun.

Walking back to the resort, Matt snapped this picture of me..he says I look really scary…

We were quite tired when we got back and were ready for bed…zonk!
Good thing we had that accessible shower cause I needed to hose off the bottom of my dress it was covered in grime from the wet pavement and hung it to dry in the shower then…

MAGICAL MOMENTS of Day 3):
* special lunch at HBD
* fun attention in our costumes
* watching Hallow-wishes and the Boo-to You Parade
* and some wonderful DISmeets too!​

Up NEXT: Day 4), breakfast at the Wave and AK discovery...​

 

[teekathepony]

Wow, what an awesome party experience! I love love love the costumes, you guys looked so good!

 

[exwdwcm]

Love the updates. I can't imagine how much fun it was having all those folks stop and ask you for pics- that must have been a blast! I felt like a star just sitting with you at the parade! lol

Seriously, the costumes were amazing! It was terrible it rained, but we still had a great time too, so much so that Alan considered doing a second party, but we passed on it. We didn't get to see many characters and wish we had. We did hit every trick or treat spot though, which Will loved.

Love the pics with the HM cast members too! What a special night for you guys. Glad you made it to the end of the night too- you got some amazing shots in front of the castle with hardly anyone else there. Simply awesome!!!! It was so nice meeting you!!!!

 

[Stringbean&Wingnut]

You guys looked AWESOME!!! It's a good thing you got into the party, it looks like you had a great time! I love all of the great pictures you got!

 

[MRYPPNS]

All caught up !!!! What a wonderful trip so far.

 

[DisMomAmy]

Awesome Mega-MNSSHP-update! I'm glad you got the ticket thing worked out! That would have stunk!!

some people knew exactly who we were and would make jokes at Matt he better watch his neck (hmmm maybe that was future insight we didn’t know about at the time?)​

That comment cracked me up! (But only now that he's on the mend!)

Your potty breaks reminded me of a funny story... I was watching something on tv with Zach & a commercial came on for some prostate drug... It said something about, "Do you get a sudden urge?" or "Do you visit the bathroom too frequently?" Something like that... and Zach told me I should get some of that medicine!

 

[Tinkermom76]

Great party update, I love the PP pic of you two at the end of the night with the castle and partners statue

 

[JPFamilyMom]

WOW!!! Wow Wow!!! What a GREAT update.

LOVE your costumes, and what an amazing night it sounds like you two had. You got some really great pictures throughout the night, should make for some great lifelong memories. So fun.

I'm so glad you two had so much fun and had a fun time at the party and that you were able to get in.

Can't wait to see whats next.

 

[mommytothreeboys]

Wow! The party sounds AMAZING! And, of course, you two looked incredible! Great job on the costumes.

Love the special effects shot outside HM...so cool.

 

[ditsypixie]

You two look amazing!!! I am still bummed we missed seeing you that night!

Sooooo glad they fixed your tickets and you were able to gt in!

 

[eandesmom]

very late to your party but what a wonderful trip you are having! I love love love the party pics, so many wonderful ones. Thank goodness they adjusted your ticket without any upcharge, talk about a stressful moment. Bummer the cake didn't quite meet your expectations but the custom menu was very sweet.

 

[mousescrapper]

Wow, what an awesome party experience! I love love love the costumes, you guys looked so good!

thank you so much, I am so happy w/ the final "product" we had a BLAST!

Love the updates. I can't imagine how much fun it was having all those folks stop and ask you for pics- that must have been a blast! I felt like a star just sitting with you at the parade! lol

too funny...thanks for the royal treatment

Seriously, the costumes were amazing! It was terrible it rained, but we still had a great time too, so much so that Alan considered doing a second party, but we passed on it. We didn't get to see many characters and wish we had. We did hit every trick or treat spot though, which Will loved.


yes the rain was a bummer but SO GLAD it wasn't a total wash out...can't believe you hit every trick or treat spot you must have had a hoard of candy!

Love the pics with the HM cast members too! What a special night for you guys. Glad you made it to the end of the night too- you got some amazing shots in front of the castle with hardly anyone else there. Simply awesome!!!! It was so nice meeting you!!!!

those are the best ones w/ the CM's wish we could have gotten a better group shot, and yes the end pictures look great w/ no one around us!

You guys looked AWESOME!!! It's a good thing you got into the party, it looks like you had a great time! I love all of the great pictures you got!

I know! it would have been horrible we really did and thanks!

All caught up !!!! What a wonderful trip so far.

thanks H

Awesome Mega-MNSSHP-update! I'm glad you got the ticket thing worked out! That would have stunk!!

no kidding

That comment cracked me up! (But only now that he's on the mend!)


I was trying to be somewhat comical

Your potty breaks reminded me of a funny story... I was watching something on tv with Zach & a commercial came on for some prostate drug... It said something about, "Do you get a sudden urge?" or "Do you visit the bathroom too frequently?" Something like that... and Zach told me I should get some of that medicine!

I need it too

Great party update, I love the PP pic of you two at the end of the night with the castle and partners statue

us too...the colors turned out great

WOW!!! Wow Wow!!! What a GREAT update.

LOVE your costumes, and what an amazing night it sounds like you two had. You got some really great pictures throughout the night, should make for some great lifelong memories. So fun.

I'm so glad you two had so much fun and had a fun time at the party and that you were able to get in.

Can't wait to see whats next.

thanks Jess, we really did it was the best part of the whole trip I think...we may just have to ressurect those costumes another time

Wow! The party sounds AMAZING! And, of course, you two looked incredible! Great job on the costumes.

Love the special effects shot outside HM...so cool.

thank you so much, it was a ton of fun!...yes the picture w/ the ghost is very cool!

You two look amazing!!! I am still bummed we missed seeing you that night!

Sooooo glad they fixed your tickets and you were able to gt in!

me too! yes it would have been to see you too, glad you liked the pictures!

very late to your party but what a wonderful trip you are having! I love love love the party pics, so many wonderful ones. Thank goodness they adjusted your ticket without any upcharge, talk about a stressful moment. Bummer the cake didn't quite meet your expectations but the custom menu was very sweet.

it was crazy stressful! we had the best time, really amazing night!...yes the menu was cute...gonna put it in a scrapbook!

 

[mousescrapper]

Day 4) Wednesday Oct. 19th 2011

Plans for the day:

*Sleep in

*ADR at the Wave

*AK and EP

Another Disney Day…what will we do? [wink]

Our day began quietly as we awoke and got ready for our final full day of Disney fun and we were looking forward to starting out w/ eating at the Wave for the first time. I was looking forward to a nice breakfast buffet and it was actually OK there would be no characters…well besides us.


Our breakfast was scheduled for 9:45 and we promptly arrived at 9:30 and were seated immediately…there were not a lot of people in here at all, which was nice for this relaxing morning. I immediately began to like this place and the décor. When you first entered on the right were like this blue caves, w/ big semi circle cushions surrounding a table…wouldn’t that be fun to hang out in w/ a few pals and have a drink?

But we were seated in the main dining area which was spacious and lovely. Sorry that I didn’t take any pictures…duh? But I have plenty of food porn for your liking…

My plates:

Matt’s plates:

Oh and a picture of moi

We both went up to the buffet two times and had plenty to eat…we both enjoyed the muti-grain waffles and sweet potato pancakes, I especially liked the grits w/ cheese too! Everything was very tasty. We certainly took our time eating and I was hoping it would work out to meet jenjolt and some other fellow DISers who were also dining there that morning…we did end up saying hello, but unfortunately Jen was having some travel issues and we didn’t really have time to chat. It was nice to meet her and we texted a few times later in the morning.

Matt also ordered tea and I couldn’t believe the size of the box they bring out for you to choose from:

After we had our fill, we walked back over to our room (w/ a possible stop in the gift shop again?) and gathered our stuff and then headed out to the TTC to head over to AK for the afternoon.

According to my notes, we arrived around noon and stopped along the path and got some really nice pictures in front of the tree:

As we wondered further in we stopped to see this roaming musician:

And Matt stopped to watch the wood carver:

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