This is the dawning of the rest of our lives... AT DISNEY WORLD!!!! COMPLETED 1/6!!!!

[shan23877]

THAT IS THE BEST FRIENDS EPISODE. I have referenced it twice in this TR alone LOLOLOL. "The One Where No One's Ready". My favorite thing about that flawless show is the random stuff they say in every episode that has nothing to do with anything, like that Donald reference. It keeps it so fresh, you just never know what they are going to come out with. Especially Chandler and Phoebe. Oh my GOD they need to do a reunion special or something before I die.

Best episode ever. (1st runner up? The who knows each other better episode. "Big Fat Goalie!")

"I'm about to do some lunges."

 

[shan23877]

Great pictures. The color quality is beautiful!

 

[Stringbean&Wingnut]

That Mickey sundae looks so good!! I had no idea those existed!

Okay. I do love the CoP, but I will admit, 4 times seeing one scene does sound like a bit much! You must have been pretty happy to see the next Great Big Beautiful scene!!

 

[MarieTheCat24]

It's rainy and gross here today, but those Main Street pics are cheering me right up. So pretty!

I love Frontierland Donald's outfit because he wore something similar in the Campout at WDW sing-along VHS I was obsessed with as a kid.

Well, I laughed really hard at the Nut House joke and I'm a wannabe Jungle Cruise skipper so...

I am so jealous of everyone who gets stuck on the Carousel of Progress. I mean, I would probably die of hysterical laughter, but it would be a darn good way to go. Just imagining everyone groaning as the scene restarts already puts a smile on my face.

 

[princess_momma]

"I've got to get the laundry off the line before it starts raining cats and dogs!"

"Ah, don't worry Rover. She didn't mean real dogs."

...

"Oh, you and your progress! That paint mixer of yours just sloshed paint rump..er..rumpus room."

...

"Your turn Grandma. Let's switch the image over to the TV, so the resident flying ace can show you how it works."

...

Can you tell I've been on this ride a few times? There's a great big beautiful tomorrow...shining at the end of every day...

Tehehehehe! This is why I love you tinkgurl!

 

[__disneygirl]

YEAH, bring back Davy Jones! He has much more of an eerie quality that fits in with the ride a lot better! I know we talked about this on my TR but whatever hahah.

Amen to everything you just said about Splash Mountain! That ride is just wonderful. I'm pretty obsessed.

People just like to take their anger out on anyone who happens to be there, and those poor CMs are usually the people who get it. I mean, they don't usually make announcements like that unless they need to, so chances are someone was standing in one of the other rooms. Just because the yelling guy couldn't see it, doesn't mean it wasn't happening. Or did he forget that there were other parts to the ride? Oh silly man.

I totally agree! Seeing a new character in there (don't even remember who it was) was off putting.

Yeah, I think some guests underestimate how dumb other guests can be! A lot of people just don't care or don't listen and they end up getting up and getting hurt.

Oh wow, your new camera took some amazing pictures! I love them!

I love that print of Mickey and Minnie. It’s adorable!

Donald in his Frontierland costume <3

I feel so bad for you mom because she had not been on the Jungle Cruise in so long. How sad!

Mickey ice cream come + Cinderella’s castle = best picture ever.

Rude guests are just awful. Why go to the happiest place on earth and ruin other people’s vacation? I can’t stand it.

Thank you!

Isn't it just precious? I got it at Art of Disney. It was pretty cheap too from what I can recall.

I agree! If anything, at Disney I'm extra nice to people just cause I'm in such a great mood, so I really don't understand these people.

Lia, you always update at wonderful times. I've been doing homework for my summer classes LITERALLY since the minute I woke up this morning, so it's about time for a nice Disney break.

Your new camera is seriously awesome!! Did you edit your pictures at all or are they just naturally that gorgeous?!

I MISS DAVY JONES TOO! And omg I never noticed that lock before!!

The Jungle Cruise is perfection. I don't know why, but the jokes get funnier and funnier every time. Seriously.

LOL I was just about to comment "wow, the clouds are absolutely BEAUTIFUL on this day!!" But then I realized I was there on this same exact day. And that's when I took all of those exceptionally beautiful pictures with the AWESOME clouds! Haha they really added to the beauty in both of our pictures!

I agree... the People Mover's new spiel makes it a little bit less awesome. It's still like.. my favorite ride ever. But still. My heart is completely and eternally broken.

HAHAHAHA oh my God. 4 times?!?! That's hilarious. "Whoa there, you'll blow a fuse! Drat that's the third one this week, I buy fuses by the case." "Jimmy, hurry up with that fuse!" "Shucks! Every time he has company he blows a fuse! And guess who always has to change it?" "I heard that young man, I heard that!"

Oh and the ever famous "Rover, don't interrupt while Sarah's interrupting!"

I am here to serve you with my Disney obsession, my friend!

I edit every single one of my pictures. I prefer things to be more colorful and vibrant, and Disney pictures are the most fun to edit because there is SO MUCH beauty to bring out!

I agree about the jokes. Even though I've memorized a lot of them, they still make me laugh. I think it's mostly the Disney giggles. I'm just so happy to be there that I can't help but laugh.

The clouds really were even more gorgeous than usual! We were lucky to be there. I miss it SO much right now! Like even more than usual!

Hahahaha the word "shucks" is just so funny. I need to start saying that.

Beautiful pictures!!!!

That Mickey cone is adorable, I may have to have one during my July trip for the cuteness factor alone!!

I LOVE the story that Splash Mountain tells! I don't think it is very clear to the casual rider, and they are totally missing out!

Thank you!

You absolutely must try the cone! I promise it is as delicious as it is cute... possibly more.

Same here! I remember riding it over and over as a kid and loving it... but once I got a bit older and understood the message, I had a whole new appreciation for it!

Seriously! Those speakers are deafening! However, we actually had someone get up during the show and open the door to leave, so we got to hear it over and over too.

Oh my God that makes me so nervous! I really don't understand what these people are thinking when they get up during the rides.

I had one of those cones for the first time in April which is funny because I always buy them for my kids, yet never think to get one for myself. What is wrong with me!?

You know what makes that cone even better? And I know your familiar with this because you either did this earlier on this TR or on your last TR--having it at 2 am while in a practically empty MK!

I'm glad you finally tried it for yourself! And you are so right about it being even better during late night EMH.

 

[__disneygirl]

Yes...I'm sure the new Disney store is going to take over my life. I don't even care! I am thrilled. I'll have to hassle Disney until they send us an outlet too!

You are so cute with your cousins...I'm sure they love that you hang out with them. Have they ever been to WDW yet? My son loves it. Sometimes I'll be like "where do you want to go for lunch?" and he'll be like "Disney World!". Or one time, he find some coins and he was like "Mom, I got 2 pennies! Now we can go to Disney World!" I wish that's all we needed!

OMG I LOOOOOVVVVE everything about Splash! The song is so great!! I love going on with new people too who think every drop is the big one....or better yet, pretending i'm new and freaking out at every drop! I'm such a dork! But that ride is seriously the best! It just fills me up with so much joy as I get to visit all my friends from the Briar!

And Jungle Cruise...LOVE!! So funny. I'm always dying. i would love to be the CM on that ride. I say so many corny jokes anyway...it'd only be fitting! And i loved your nuthouse one!! Bahaha I didn't even know you were joking because I've never seen that place and thought you were completely serious and I thought it was so cool!

How was pirate training? When I was there in 2010, Jack Sparrow totally picked me! It was so magical!! He winked at me too, but my friends insist it's because I was the only person over the age of 10. Whatever! I'm an official pirate now and they are just haters. You should totally volunteer for that one even if you don't think they'll let you. Just make sure to make eye contact with Jack Sparrow, the CM tried to stop me until I was like "No!! HE really picked me!"

I love the People Mover too. So relaxing and splendid. I also LOVE the Carousel of Progress. I find it hilariously terrific with all the cheesy lines and everything. It's just like a step back in time to simpler days...sigh...just makes me so happy! LOVE IT! "There's a great, big, beautiful tomorrow! Shining at the end of every day!" I always sing that part every scene change

Can't wait for more!

A couple of them have been to WDW, but not in a long time. Unfortunately their parents don't get the magic of Disney. Even when they went it was only for 1 or 2 days. They are more of beach people. My dream is to take them to Disney. The oldest one is about to turn 12 and I really wanna bring her while she's still young enough to have that kid kind of magic. I mean I know she's not a baby, but still.

haha yes! Did you read my last TR? Cause on our last night during EMH we rode a bunch of times in a row with this crazy guy who had no idea when the drops were coming the first time and he kept SCREAMING and it was hilarious!

OMG you are right it would be so fun to be the skipper on the Jungle Cruise. I mean, I bet it would feel repetitive but still so fun!

We didn't really see much of Pirate Training cause we came by during the middle of it, but I wanna see it from the beginning one of these days! You are soooo lucky Jack picked you!

I always sing the song at CoP too! It's so cheesy... but I like cheesy, so it's fun for me!

Yay! Thanks for reading!

"I've got to get the laundry off the line before it starts raining cats and dogs!"

"Ah, don't worry Rover. She didn't mean real dogs."

...

"Oh, you and your progress! That paint mixer of yours just sloshed paint rump..er..rumpus room."

...

"Your turn Grandma. Let's switch the image over to the TV, so the resident flying ace can show you how it works."

...

Can you tell I've been on this ride a few times? There's a great big beautiful tomorrow...shining at the end of every day...

wow tinkgurlfriend you really know your CoP quotes! I forgot about that rumpus room one. So funny!

Best episode ever. (1st runner up? The who knows each other better episode. "Big Fat Goalie!")

"I'm about to do some lunges."

haha yes! That is the quote that inspired me to do lunges before the Toy Story Mania Mad Dash!

Great pictures. The color quality is beautiful!

Thank you!

That Mickey sundae looks so good!! I had no idea those existed!

Okay. I do love the CoP, but I will admit, 4 times seeing one scene does sound like a bit much! You must have been pretty happy to see the next Great Big Beautiful scene!!

Well, thanks to my fab TR, now you know!

Oh it was certainly enough. I don't think I'll be sprinting toward that attraction on my next trip.

It's rainy and gross here today, but those Main Street pics are cheering me right up. So pretty!

I love Frontierland Donald's outfit because he wore something similar in the Campout at WDW sing-along VHS I was obsessed with as a kid.

Well, I laughed really hard at the Nut House joke and I'm a wannabe Jungle Cruise skipper so...

I am so jealous of everyone who gets stuck on the Carousel of Progress. I mean, I would probably die of hysterical laughter, but it would be a darn good way to go. Just imagining everyone groaning as the scene restarts already puts a smile on my face.

Happy my pics could brighten up your dreary day! and before you know it, YOU'LL BE STANDING IN FRONT OF THAT CASTLE!!!

haha I remember you telling me about that video!

I'm glad my nut house joke is getting laughs... sounds like I am Skipper material! Hey, let's move down to Disney and get an apartment together and be skippers and eat Mickey Rice Crispie Treats all day. Deal?

That is exactly right... the groans just kept on comin' and I just kept on cracking up. See this is why we're friends, you get stuff like this. Other people are just like AGH HOW ANNOYING and I'm like no, no, it was hilarious and awesome cause I am weird.

 

[IheartDDuck]

I miss Davy Jones too. Or should I say, Davy Jones-ah.

Um, how have I never seen that nut house before? Because honestly, I would need to be in it.

Also, Plaza Ice Cream, kids cone, check.

 

[LifeIsDis]

Guess what?

I GOT A MICKEY WAFFLE MAKER.

My mom's friend got it for me for my birthday. I am so excited to use it.

Want to come over for breakfast and have a mickey waffle?

 

[marDgreen88]

Guess what?

I GOT A MICKEY WAFFLE MAKER.

My mom's friend got it for me for my birthday. I am so excited to use it.

Want to come over for breakfast and have a mickey waffle?

I mean... can I come?

 

[LifeIsDis]

I mean... can I come?

Of course! We can have a big dismeet and we can all just sit around and eat Mickey waffles all day. Sounds good to me!

 

[therussells08]

Awww I love that picture of frontierland Donald! My sister met him when I took her for her birthday in 2009. It was the first character she got to meet, and she still has the picture framed in her room!

I love Splash Mountain too, even though I've been stuck on it about a billion times! It's so fun seeing so much of MK when you're at the top! I listen to the Splash Mountain Medley on my iPod daily..it never gets old!

HAHA I think Liam would be proud of your pun!

Wow, I didn't know that about the icecream cones! That is a great deal, and it looks like a pretty big serving! I need to try that!

But seriously, I wish they had a TTA that went all over WDW. I would gladly take four hours getting from a park back to my resort if I could just sit backward listening to the not-as-cool spiel the whole time!

I love the Carousel of Progress, and I'm proud of your for remaining positive despite the jerks on the ride with you! Seriously, why get annoyed with the CMs when they're just trying to keep you safe and do their jobs? Ugh. Once again, I never understand why miserable buttheads come to Disney. Can you be a jerk at home for free?

 

[princess_momma]

A couple of them have been to WDW, but not in a long time. Unfortunately their parents don't get the magic of Disney. Even when they went it was only for 1 or 2 days. They are more of beach people. My dream is to take them to Disney. The oldest one is about to turn 12 and I really wanna bring her while she's still young enough to have that kid kind of magic. I mean I know she's not a baby, but still.

haha yes! Did you read my last TR? Cause on our last night during EMH we rode a bunch of times in a row with this crazy guy who had no idea when the drops were coming the first time and he kept SCREAMING and it was hilarious!

OMG you are right it would be so fun to be the skipper on the Jungle Cruise. I mean, I bet it would feel repetitive but still so fun!

We didn't really see much of Pirate Training cause we came by during the middle of it, but I wanna see it from the beginning one of these days! You are soooo lucky Jack picked you!

I always sing the song at CoP too! It's so cheesy... but I like cheesy, so it's fun for me!

Yay! Thanks for reading!

What is with people who don't get Disney? I always try to get my friends to come to Disney with me and most of the time, they are all gung-ho about a FLORIDA trip. Like trying to make me promise we can stop by Universal. Um...they don't even have a killer whale and I love killer whales and I have never even been to THAT theme park in Florida. People just need to let me plan their trips and I promise they will have the best time EVER at WDW. Maybe I'll let them go off property but only if they are staying on-property. Disney Snob, FTW!!!! You should definitely try to coordinate something with your 12 year old cousins parents so you can take her! It'd be way more fun with a magical person who gets it, then as a quick stop on the way to the beach anywho. What is so special about the beach? I mean, okay I love the beach. But Disney World > The Beach. It's not even a close competition!!

No, I haven't read your last tr!! I will have to!! That guy sounds hilarious. One day you will have to do it yourself. On the trip I went on with my best friends, me and my son's godfather were FREAKING out on Dinosaur and this kid couldn't stop laughing at us because he thought we were truly terrified. So fun.

I don't think I would mind repetitiveness on Jungle Cruise as much as lame people who don't laugh at GREAT jokes. I have been on cruises where I am the only one laughing, other people will maybe smile. And I'm like C'MON MAN! If you can't let your hair down at Disney World, where can you let it down? But I would probably cry if nobody laughed at my jokes, even if they were actually Disney's jokes that I was just reciting.

The funny thing about becoming a pirate is moments before, I was meeting Ariel and Eric when they were in Adventureland and they warned me about Pirates up ahead! And then I go and become one. You will have to catch it from the beginning sometime, it's so fun!! And then you get a certificate and you can pull it out at parties and show people how awesome you are.

 

[IadoreWDW]

Lia Lia Lia!
It took me a week but I have just finished your other TR.

And you have got me re-excited for my upcoming trip!
Your pics are amazing.
126 days until I am back at the World.

I agree! I disliked Blackbeard a lot in POTC4, and I love POTC! So I am unsure how I feel sliding through Blackbeard instead of Davy Jones.

Mmm that icecream is gorgeous! I also love Mainstreet popcorn. I can't believe how cheap it is! Our cinema charges £5 for no-where-near-as-good popcorn! Speaking of outrageous prices I found an American candy shop in Edinburgh yesterday and it was £8 for a box of LuckyCharm cereal! I nearly fainted.

Oops got carried away. Can't wait for the next update

 

[__disneygirl]

I miss Davy Jones too. Or should I say, Davy Jones-ah.

Um, how have I never seen that nut house before? Because honestly, I would need to be in it.

Also, Plaza Ice Cream, kids cone, check.

I probably belong in the nut house as well if we're being honest!

Guess what?

I GOT A MICKEY WAFFLE MAKER.

My mom's friend got it for me for my birthday. I am so excited to use it.

Want to come over for breakfast and have a mickey waffle?

YAY!!!!!!!! That's awesome! Which one did you decide on?

Of course! We can have a big dismeet and we can all just sit around and eat Mickey waffles all day. Sounds good to me!

Ahhh sounds like heaven to me!

Awww I love that picture of frontierland Donald! My sister met him when I took her for her birthday in 2009. It was the first character she got to meet, and she still has the picture framed in her room!

I love Splash Mountain too, even though I've been stuck on it about a billion times! It's so fun seeing so much of MK when you're at the top! I listen to the Splash Mountain Medley on my iPod daily..it never gets old!

HAHA I think Liam would be proud of your pun!

Wow, I didn't know that about the icecream cones! That is a great deal, and it looks like a pretty big serving! I need to try that!

But seriously, I wish they had a TTA that went all over WDW. I would gladly take four hours getting from a park back to my resort if I could just sit backward listening to the not-as-cool spiel the whole time!

I love the Carousel of Progress, and I'm proud of your for remaining positive despite the jerks on the ride with you! Seriously, why get annoyed with the CMs when they're just trying to keep you safe and do their jobs? Ugh. Once again, I never understand why miserable buttheads come to Disney. Can you be a jerk at home for free?

Aww how fun!

I feel like all my friends have been stuck on Splash but that's never happened to us! I'm probably jinxing myself by even saying that, haha.

Why thank you! I thought it was pretty funny if I do say so myself.

It's the perfect serving in my opinion. And it's SO GOOD. It's honestly one of my favorite things in Disney.

Same here! I like taking the train around the MK but it's not really the same since you can't see much. Taking the monorail from MK to Epcot kind of reminds me of a 2nd TTA. It's so fun to see Epcot that way.

Aww thanks. I honestly don't understand those people either! You're right, you can be a jerk at home so don't cramp my Disney style! LOL

What is with people who don't get Disney? I always try to get my friends to come to Disney with me and most of the time, they are all gung-ho about a FLORIDA trip. Like trying to make me promise we can stop by Universal. Um...they don't even have a killer whale and I love killer whales and I have never even been to THAT theme park in Florida. People just need to let me plan their trips and I promise they will have the best time EVER at WDW. Maybe I'll let them go off property but only if they are staying on-property. Disney Snob, FTW!!!! You should definitely try to coordinate something with your 12 year old cousins parents so you can take her! It'd be way more fun with a magical person who gets it, then as a quick stop on the way to the beach anywho. What is so special about the beach? I mean, okay I love the beach. But Disney World > The Beach. It's not even a close competition!!

No, I haven't read your last tr!! I will have to!! That guy sounds hilarious. One day you will have to do it yourself. On the trip I went on with my best friends, me and my son's godfather were FREAKING out on Dinosaur and this kid couldn't stop laughing at us because he thought we were truly terrified. So fun.

I don't think I would mind repetitiveness on Jungle Cruise as much as lame people who don't laugh at GREAT jokes. I have been on cruises where I am the only one laughing, other people will maybe smile. And I'm like C'MON MAN! If you can't let your hair down at Disney World, where can you let it down? But I would probably cry if nobody laughed at my jokes, even if they were actually Disney's jokes that I was just reciting.

The funny thing about becoming a pirate is moments before, I was meeting Ariel and Eric when they were in Adventureland and they warned me about Pirates up ahead! And then I go and become one. You will have to catch it from the beginning sometime, it's so fun!! And then you get a certificate and you can pull it out at parties and show people how awesome you are.

I totally agree with you! I mean, Florida is nice and all but hello, Disney is the main attraction! I love the beach, but we have beaches so close to where we live, it really doesn't make sense to me to give up precious Disney time to visit a Florida beach! I mean, they seriously spent like 5 days on the beach and 2 at Disney. Sorry, but I will never understand people who can just lay on a beach all day during a vacation. I mean, relaxing for a few hours is one thing, but all day for several days? Just laying there? I guess I'm more of an adventure/explorer cause I want to go and see and do things! I wouldn't be able to sit still on the beach knowing Disney was waiting for me. I really hope I get to take my cousin soon so she can experience the full Disney obsessed fan experience.

hahahaha Dinosaur actually scares me a little! Well, not genuine FEAR, but when the Carnataurus roars in my face I always close my eyes!

Aww that is so cute! I love when the characters say stuff like that. I never thought of that, but it makes sense that Ariel and Eric would be afraid of pirates and warn people about them. Ahh I love Disney.

Lia Lia Lia!
It took me a week but I have just finished your other TR.

And you have got me re-excited for my upcoming trip!
Your pics are amazing.
126 days until I am back at the World.

I agree! I disliked Blackbeard a lot in POTC4, and I love POTC! So I am unsure how I feel sliding through Blackbeard instead of Davy Jones.

Mmm that icecream is gorgeous! I also love Mainstreet popcorn. I can't believe how cheap it is! Our cinema charges £5 for no-where-near-as-good popcorn! Speaking of outrageous prices I found an American candy shop in Edinburgh yesterday and it was £8 for a box of LuckyCharm cereal! I nearly fainted.

Oops got carried away. Can't wait for the next update

Yay! Thank you for reading it! I'm so glad you enjoyed it and got all excited about your new trip. That's awesome. Before you know it, you will be there!

Ahh Main Street Popcorn is one of my favorite things! I agree the prices at the movies are ridiculous. I often bring my own stuff and just hide it in my purse. I know the theatres have to make money but it's just crazy. I can't believe anyone could charge that much for Lucky Charms! I remember I was at a fancy hotel once and to order cereal from room service it was $9.00! and that's before tax and tip.

 

[LifeIsDis]

YAY!!!!!!!! That's awesome! Which one did you decide on?

I got this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Disney-DCM-1-...9UUC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338838290&sr=8-1

It works great, except they cook really fast, and we didn't know that at first so we burnt a few of them. They still tasted good!

 

[MarieTheCat24]

I'm glad my nut house joke is getting laughs... sounds like I am Skipper material! Hey, let's move down to Disney and get an apartment together and be skippers and eat Mickey Rice Crispie Treats all day. Deal?

I'm in. That's pretty much my ideal life. Corny jokes and Mickey-shaped foods. I mean, the only thing that could make it any better is a puppy.

With a little Jungle Cruise skipper outfit.

I think there's a Jungle Cruise outfit for Duffy the bear. We can just cut a tail hole in the thing and BAM! Puppy Skipper. It'll be perfect.

 

[__disneygirl]

I got this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Disney-DCM-1-...9UUC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338838290&sr=8-1

It works great, except they cook really fast, and we didn't know that at first so we burnt a few of them. They still tasted good!

That's so awesome! Ahh, I want to eat one right now!

I'm in. That's pretty much my ideal life. Corny jokes and Mickey-shaped foods. I mean, the only thing that could make it any better is a puppy.

With a little Jungle Cruise skipper outfit.

I think there's a Jungle Cruise outfit for Duffy the bear. We can just cut a tail hole in the thing and BAM! Puppy Skipper. It'll be perfect.

A puppy? As in... only one? Cause I'd require us to have at least six dogs. I just want to be surrounded by dogs and Mickey things for the rest of my life and I'll be happy.

Puppy Skipper is the cutest thing I have heard... ever.

 

[__disneygirl]

DECEMBER 9, 2011
Day 5, Part 3 In Which I Use Witchcraft To Communicate With People

After the carousel debacle (which we later named "The Carousel of Not Much Progress"), it was time for us to blast off on the time tested fun seekers AND thrill seekers classic... Space Mountain, of course!!

This is one of the most fun rides of all time and that will never change. Ca-lass-ic. I figured it would be the only time I'd ride Space that day... but I was wrong.....

ANYWAY, it was lunch time so we headed to one of my former favorite CS places: Columbia Harbour House.

I say former because I don't really like the changes on the menu... next time we will most likely go to Pecos Bills, Tortuga Tavern (burritos haaaay), or Casey's.

I wasn't that hungry, so I ordered the kid's chicken. I totally forgot that the kid's chicken isn't just a smaller size of the adult chicken, it's totally different and pretty crappy. Sorry for the lack of food pictures, but you really aren't missing much here.

My mom waited for the food while I went to the upstairs dining room to find a table (Tip: any time you can eat upstairs anywhere at Disney, you should!). On the top floor of CHH I found very few people and some great views. It was very plain up there, but simple and relaxing.

After a few minutes, I noticed a CM walking table to table talking to guests. I overheard him telling guests near me that they were going to close the upstairs area to anyone new. It was fine for people already eating to stay, but they would be putting a rope up at the bottom of the stairs.

Obviously, he had recognized that it was I, The Queen of the Polynesian Resort, and decided to sanction off the upstairs for VIPs only. I require this because I don't like riff-raff around me while I am trying to dine.

He came over to me next. "Good afternoon," he said. "I'm sure you overheard me talking to our other guests." I was happy he didn't address me as the Queen, because I didn't want to draw attention to myself. I was in no mood for photos and autographs. I deserve a personal life too, you know?

I said that yes, I had heard what he told the lucky few guests who got to the top floor just under the wire. He told me it was fine for me to stay upstairs, and then gestured to my BlackBerry, which was in my hand.

"I hope you can get ahold of the person you are dining with. I assume they will be in contact with you on this technological, boardering on witchcraft, electronic device."

I laughed so hard. OMG. I LOVE DISNEY SO MUCH. You gotta love a CM committed to the theme. It's Liberty Square. We're in the year 1776! They don't know what the hale a BlackBerry is!

I'm lucky I didn't get burned at the stake for possessing such a device! I assured him I would let my mom know where I was and thanked him for informing me.

However, I wasn't able to reach her on my witchcraft device because my cell service in CHH was really bad. So I walked over to the stairs and waited for her. There was a velvet rope affixed across the bottom of the stairs, which I found pretty funny. I looked down on the commoners sanctioned to dine on the ground floor. Peasants!

My mom appeared in a minute, looking confused. "Is this closed? What happened?" she said, explaining that she had just been over here and was looking for another way upstairs. I unhooked the velvet rope (Royalty has the authority to do so) and let her through. The poor thing was wandering around downstairs like a non-VIP! The horror.

I escorted my mom to our more-exclusive-than-Club-33 dining area and told her the story, which she found quite funny.

While we were eating, my phone rang and I saw that it was Jess, aka Disneyfreak508, aka Princess of the Frumps calling. I tried to answer it, but I couldn't hear anything. I walked around the room a little bit trying to call her back, because I figured it was urgent if she was calling me and not just texting me, since she had never done that before.

It turned out she HAD texted me a few times and I didn't get the messages until HOURS later! They all came at once that night around 8:00 PM, which was so weird. I couldn't get through when I tried to call her, and she tried to call again, but I still couldn't hear her! It was SO frustrating! I was like, if she's calling and calling, something really must be up! So I tried texting her, and that worked, and then I got a text back! SUCCESS!

It took awhile for this all to get established (stupid technology...Stupid energy...Stupid Judy!!!!!!!) but basically the point of it was that Jess was about to leave for the airport within, like, MINUTES, but she had two fastpasses for Space Mountain and her mom didn't want to go on, so she wanted to know if I wanted to come and ride it with her really quick! OF COURSE I DID!!!

It was such a great surprise. I mean, who doesn't want to get a call from a friend at the Magic Kingdom asking you to take a rocket through space with them?

I explained it to my mom and hoped she wouldn't mind if I bailed on her for a little while, since I didn't want to make her run across the park with me. She didn't mind at all and was like "Go! Go have fun!"

So I basically power walked/half ran from Liberty Square to Tomorrowland b/c Jess said they really were supposed to be leaving. I cut through Fantasyland and got there pretty quickly if I do say so myself.

The HILARIOUS thing was that as I was speeding through Fantasyland, I saw Tigger JOGGING. Alone. Like, he had no handler or anything (or maybe he did at one time, but had run away from them). Some kid yelled "Tigger! Tigger!" and he just waved and kept on joggin'. It was like he was just out for some afternoon exercise in the neighborhood and didn't feel like doing autographs right then. So funny. I WISH I had a picture of this but I was in such a rush.

I spotted Jess sitting outside of Space Mountain waiting for me. It was so great to see her again, and off we went into space together.

While we were walking through the queue I updated her on our Girls of the DIS trip plans, specifically regarding ROTCOMS which, if you're cool, you know stands for Rolling on the Concrete on Main Street. We plan to do that while singing showtunes, and then we're going to make a Girls of the DIS calendar. We're also going to sing the song "Cest La Vie" by B*Witched in front of Club Cool at Epcot. It's going to be amazing if we can all manage to make our schedules align. Hopefully it will happen in the next few years. Jess was totally on board for all of this, btw. Don't you love when you meet someone who doesn't think your Disney obsession is weird? Ah, the DIS.

Anyway, we had a BLAST... no pun intended. It was so much fun! Don't you just love spontaneous moments like that? It was seriously SO sweet for her to think of me and we had a great time on her very last ride of the trip.

Sadly, once we got off Space Mountain, it was time for her to go! We went to meet up with her mom in Fantasyland and chatted for a bit but they were about to be late for their plane so they had to bolt out of the park. It cracked me up cause I am the same way. I always stay at the parks until the last possible minute. I never want to leave!

Goodbyes are the worst, aren't they? We hugged, took a pic in front of Sir Mickey's, and off they went.

After saying goodbye to Jess and her mom, I texted my mom to see where she was. She said she was in front of the castle. Before heading over there, I snapped a pic of the Beast's castle:

Close..

Closer...

EXTREME CLOSE UP!!! WWWAAAHHHH!!!

Awesome, Awesome, AWESOME. I can't wait. I CANNOT WAIT!

I looped around the castle and got these shots, which are some of my favorites from the whole trip...

It's just the most beautiful thing ever.

We decided to head out of the park and back to Pop for a little break.

Ah... would you look at that blue sky?

UP NEXT: Judy Garland + Disney + Christmas = me in tears.

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[JessicaFaye508]

YAY. 3 AM LIA UPDATE READING.

Obviously, he had recognized that it was I, The Queen of the Polynesian Resort, and decided to sanction off the upstairs for VIPs only. I require this because I don't like riff-raff around me while I am trying to dine."

"I'm sure you overheard me talking to our other guests." I was happy he didn't address me as the Queen, because I didn't want to draw attention to myself. I was in no mood for photos and autographs. I deserve a personal life too, you know?

The poor thing was wandering around downstairs like a non-VIP! The horror.

The HILARIOUS thing was that as I was speeding through Fantasyland, I saw Tigger JOGGING. Alone. Like, he had no handler or anything (or maybe he did at one time, but had run away from them). Some kid yelled "Tigger! Tigger!" and he just waved and kept on joggin'.

You don't even understand the amount of laughter that is occurring right now. I thought I would point out the specific lines that made me LITERALLY roll on the floor laughing. Like this --> (kind of) But seriously. CRACKING ME UP. You, my friend, queen of the Polynesian, are hilarious.

OH MY GOD I LOVE C'EST LA VIE. My friend Vickie did a dance to that in her senior year 90's lip sync and I have been obsessed with the song ever since! I didn't even know that was part of the plan and now I love life even more.

And OH yeah, I'm COMPLETELY on board with this. You have no idea. It needs to happen!!

That really was too much fun, Lia! I'm SO SO glad that it worked out even though it was extremely last minute. It was great to see you one last time and it's so fun to read about it in your trip report. We're adorable. YAY FOR SPACE MOUNTAIN! And "having a blast" puns!

Oh my gosh, those are some of the best pictures of the beast's castle that I have ever seen. IT'S SO FREAKING COOL OH MY GOD.

Wow, and Cinderella's castle was just looking dashing that day.

This is one of your best updates ever, by the way.