The Year of Disney Trips: ***Update!!!! 8/20/08****

[puggymom]

Hey this thing is still alive

Newbie messing up the dining credits, huh?

Did you try the single rider line at RNRC? that always seems to go fast, even when standby is long.

 

[LurrrvtheDuck]

an update and a good one.

it is hard keeping track of those credits.

the pics look great.

glad your back.

Thank you, it's good to be back. Reading TRs has put me back in the mood and so did all your photos in your TR.
It was only James that didn't understand the DDP.

Great. You too?! Listen, I'm walking with anyone other than you and LL come August!

But but then there won't be nice professional pics of us in August!

Funny how much more appealing the shops are when it's like 100 degrees outside, no?

Would you have settled for a certificate? I can get you one cheap.

At this point I'd be happy for a freakin' certificate.

By the way, did anyone see on Ellen the first family that got to stay at DL's dream suite. OMG it is beeeeyooootiful. The tub has a feature where you hit a button and stars illuminate the ceiling. But they won the Dream courtesy of Ellen not the parks. Disney's cheating on their own rules.

it does have a great ambience, doesn't it? But they really need to step up the food quality.

Wooohooo an update BTW is this still August?

Hey! I'll have you know I'm almost done with August.
At least I'll be done before August this year.

I love the sleeping photo, bless him you obviously all wore him out

He deserved it though because earlier that morning we were groggy after partying at P&PP and he was making fun of us for dragging. So we got the last laugh.

I always wonder about the focker signal as here in England putting your 2 fingers up is considered swearing

Really?!!? What does it mean in England?

An update? Get outta town! Love the ToT "screaming" pic!

Ha ha.
Thank you.

Someone was tired of PP??? WOW. LOL.

I had fears about MM and you concreted that I won't be going there!

I know! How can one get tired of PP?! I mean I was treating them like photoshoots and saying "Switch!" after each pose so we wouldn't have 5 of the same pic at different zoom distance.

I think the DT has been told not to give us Fockers any dreams!

I think so too.

An UPDATE!!

Your waitress sounds great, what a sweet person to charge him for the cheapest meal.

She was and yes that was nice of her to charge him for the cheap meals.

don't say that. we might have to wait another month for another one and that one was really good that I want one now.

Nah, I already have the next part typed and ready to go for later today.

Hey this thing is still alive

Newbie messing up the dining credits, huh?

Did you try the single rider line at RNRC? that always seems to go fast, even when standby is long.

Yup, the newbie didn't understand it no matter how many times we tried to explain it to him.

I suggested single rider, but my friend Isis didn't want to risk riding alone or wtih a stranger, so we just did stand by.

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

I wanted to sub in I followed this over from (Ty's) Disneyaddict TR. I will be back to read more!

 

[PrincessAlways]

We've got an update!!! Nice to have you back Z!! The pic of James sleeping on the bus was funny! I could see how that could become a favorite past-time!! I wasn't impressed with MM either. Nice that you had such a accommodating waitress! Now keep the updates coming!!! You have how many trips to write about???? I've lost count!

 

[LurrrvtheDuck]

I wanted to sub in I followed this over from (Ty's) Disneyaddict TR. I will be back to read more!

We've got an update!!! Nice to have you back Z!! The pic of James sleeping on the bus was funny! I could see how that could become a favorite past-time!! I wasn't impressed with MM either. Nice that you had such a accommodating waitress! Now keep the updates coming!!! You have how many trips to write about???? I've lost count!

I know finally!
We still do it to this day whenever we go places with him. A few weeks ago we went to the Renaissance Festival and we got a pic of him sleeping against a tree.

Poor MM, it has the potential to be good, but I guess it's the most overwhelmed of the Fantasmic package restaurants. Or they just need a new chef.

 

[LurrrvtheDuck]

We walk past TGMR and I ask everyone if they want to go on. Nobody really did, but we were bored and checked out the time anyway. 30 min. Uhh no thanks, it’s just not worth it to wait that long and the line didn’t really look like it was moving at all.

So we wandered around TGMR and got distracted by all the cement handprints and stuff.

I found this guys:

Hmmmm I wonder if my feet are as big as his with the Crocs on

almost.

And then I find my Main Dude!

The bottom that got cut off says “The One and Only”
Awww my little Donald, he’s such a cutie.

We finish playing around TGMR and start walking towards

I hadn’t been there in forever and had completely forgotten about it until I read about it in someone’s TR (I think it was MizDiz’s) and that there were characters in there. So we walked on over and I see this:

Now little did I know that those banners meant that Remy and friends were available to meet and greet; nope, I came to find out about this after I got home and read about it in Lessa’s TR and I was so bummed that we missed them.

We go in, but they had just started the show and the next show didn’t begin until another 20 min. So we wandered over to the gift shop right next door and ended up staying and browsing in there, they have some beutiful things in there, but not in our price range. Check out this statue:

Time got away from us and it was soon time to head over to grab our seats for Fantasmic!

Luckily the night was much cooler than it had been all day and we entered the stadium and grabbed some great seats and also grabbed some delicious frozen lemonade to further cool us down.

A big family decided to sit right behind us and they weren’t there more than 3 min. when the baby they were traveling with started wailing it’s little head off. It was very annoying. You could tell the baby was tired, hot and cranky, but did the family seem to care? No, they would just shush the baby and talk to it and rock it hoping it would stop crying, but the baby never did.

Then right before Fantasmic! was about to start the mom of the baby decided to take the baby away. Thank the Lord! Sheesh, took them long enough to do something.

Ok Side Rant

: I mean really people. It’s hot and you’ve probably been out all day and you’re with a baby and you expect the baby to be able to put up with all you as an adult put up with, you’re sadly mistaken. I felt so bad for the baby and mad at the parents for not having taken the baby away sooner. That baby literally cried and fussed for more than half an hour. That is uncalled for and they should’ve noticed that it was past the baby’s bedtime and being in the loud Fantasmic! stadium was not the place to be. End Rant. Sorry.

And now for some of my Fantasmic! pics: (cue Fantasmic Music)

See Aladdin? He was still avoiding me....

With that we called it a night and headed back to the room to pack up and rest before heading out to that other park and our last day of vacation.

 

[Enchanted]

Ooooh, am I first again?

I don't blame you for not riding TGMR with that kind of wait. It's a fun ride, but I just don't want to stand in line for it for very long.

I love that gift shop by Magic of Animation. There's so much cool stuff in there! I just wish I could afford it!

Total WORD on the parents expecting their babies to keep up with the rest of their family. Poor things....

I love Fantasmic. The ending gives me chills everytime.

I can't believe Aladdin was still ignoring you! Maybe he's just not the guy we thought he was.....



So sad that you're Disney portion of the trip has ended. But I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of fun you guys have at that other park.

I'll be waiting (im)patiently for the next update!

 

[scottny]

great. 2 in a matter of 24 hours.

I think TGMR is not worth more than 5 minutes to wait.

Fantastic looked fantastic.

 

[LurrrvtheDuck]

Ooooh, am I first again?

I love that gift shop by Magic of Animation. There's so much cool stuff in there! I just wish I could afford it!

I love Fantasmic. The ending gives me chills everytime.

I like when Mickey says, "That's some imagination!"

I can't believe Aladdin was still ignoring you! Maybe he's just not the guy we thought he was.....

I think Jasmine is just jealous of me and keeping him away
Will I ever get to meet my Al?
Stay tuned for further TRs on that answer.

So sad that you're Disney portion of the trip has ended. But I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of fun you guys have at that other park.

The other park is fun too, but I just realized I didn't take many pics in Universal. Guess I don't like it as much as IoA.

great. 2 in a matter of 24 hours.

I think TGMR is not worth more than 5 minutes to wait.

Fantastic looked fantastic.

Thank you! Thank you!! :::taking a bow:::

I felt I needed to make up for my hiatus.

I agree on TGMR.
I love the end music to Fantasmic! It's just so fun and gets stuck in my head.

 

[BrittBritt]

Obviously I'm very late to this, but your title caught my attention. It's great to see someone else planning multiple trips at once.
I am now questioning my MM ADRs...
Oh well, off to read this from the start!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

What a bummer about missing a photo op with Remy. I hope you get your picture with him eventually.

 

[KatGarcia]

Ok we have to do fantasmic in august- i missed it this time and i LOVE it. I listen to the soundtrack all the time! And I love the animation studio too- much fun! And I agree with you on the baby thing. Bring your kids to Disney but be smart about it!

 

[jcc0621]

I haven't seen Fantasmic since the first year it opened. I really want to take Jimmy and Andrew to see it this year. Will have to see how Jimmy is holding up at that point though..I won't do that to him or the people around us (yeah, I can take a hint Z )

I can't believe that this trip is alomost at an end. By other park I assume you mean US/IOA? Can't wait to hear all about it!

Was this your last 2007 trip or isn't there one more in there...so we still have some more report coming, right

 

[LurrrvtheDuck]

Obviously I'm very late to this, but your title caught my attention. It's great to see someone else planning multiple trips at once.
I am now questioning my MM ADRs...
Oh well, off to read this from the start!

What a bummer about missing a photo op with Remy. I hope you get your picture with him eventually.

I know
You'll just have to keep reading to see if I get to meet him.

Ok we have to do fantasmic in august- i missed it this time and i LOVE it. I listen to the soundtrack all the time! And I love the animation studio too- much fun!

I haven't seen Fantasmic since the first year it opened. I really want to take Jimmy and Andrew to see it this year. Will have to see how Jimmy is holding up at that point though..I won't do that to him or the people around us (yeah, I can take a hint Z )

I didn't mean it that way Janet.
This was literally a baby, like not even 1 yr old baby. Putting a baby through that is worse IMO than trying to stretch out a kid's day on it. Jimmy I'm sure will verbalize that he's tired, but the poor little baby couldn't do anything but cry.

But you must do Fantasmic!, but make sure to bring Jimmy's ear plugs.

I can't believe that this trip is alomost at an end. By other park I assume you mean US/IOA? Can't wait to hear all about it!

Was this your last 2007 trip or isn't there one more in there...so we still have some more report coming, right

I still have Halloween and Christmas trips.
The jury is still out on doing the January trip though, if it's not August by the time I get to it I'll do it.
Technically I'm counting my Year of Disney Trips as until my AP expires.

 

[puggymom]

I have only done Fantasmic once too, just not worth the wait. I am going with Kelly in August on with dining package at H&V.

I totally agree with you on the baby!

Kat - what night in August are thinking of for Fantasmic?

Scott - I want to ride GMR with you so I can hear say Praise the Lord when the doors open

 

[DisneyJo]

Really?!!? What does it mean in England?

Ummmmm it means something off, a not so nice way of saying go away if YKWIM oh and begins with f

So we wandered around TGMR and got distracted by all the cement handprints and stuff.

You know I've never seen those

Now little did I know that those banners meant that Remy and friends were available to meet and greet; nope, I came to find out about this after I got home and read about it in Lessa’s TR and I was so bummed that we missed them.

Oh no and also you must do the drawing class thing, it's fun

I agree about the baby thing, it's hot and tiring for us let alone a little baby!

 

[Lauralee131]

Great. You too?! Listen, I'm walking with anyone other than you and LL come August!

Fine, be that way!!

You can walk with me V, I can never even seem to find the PP Photographers

What makes you think you'll be able to find V????

But but then there won't be nice professional pics of us in August!

ITA!!

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

What makes you think you'll be able to find V????

Oh SNAP!!!

You owe me a new monitor!

 

[jcc0621]

Fine, be that way!!



What makes you think you'll be able to find V????





ITA!!

Are you aying V wil be hiding from me or are you saying my stalking skilz are that bad

Oh SNAP!!!

You owe me a new monitor!

Hey

 

[PrincessAlways]

Totally agree with not waiting for TGMR. It's always amusing to look at the footprints! I never knew that those banners meant you could meet those characters!! Now I know! Fantasmic! Poor baby for being soooooo unhappy & miserable. Poor you for having to listen to the crying for so long. But again....Fantasmic!