OH MY GOD I had never heard of seeing alligators at Splash Mountain but I just looked it up and OMG. That certainly adds a new level of thrill onto that ride.
A few months back I listened to a Disney podcast where they interviewed Stacey and she couldn't say exactly, but she did hint around that we would be seeing more of her in the future! So i'm guessing there will be new Stacey footage!!! YES!!!
Onto your update... I have a love/hate relationship with the busses, they're great and oh so free but there is a lot of waiting involved sometimes!
Congrats on losing 9 pounds! Stick with it, the longer you keep the routine going, the easier it gets... trust me.
I love Mr. Toad! I always stop to look at him no matter what.
Ahh the new cancellation fees are so annoying. We change our plans a lot too. When I'm planning the trip and our ADRs... it's so hard to decide what you're going to want to do on a day that is months away. The $10 fee is really not fair.
Isn't that alligator at Splash terrifying?

I actually get scared at the end of the ride, like one is going to just jump out of the water and rip my arm off or something...ridiculous!
YAY I cannot wait for new Stacey!

She really needs to do something for the new Fantasyland and Test Track...however, if they get rid of "Test Track Baby!" my life might be over.
I like the buses, especially for MK, but I just could not deal with waiting that morning! Of course, walking to the car, driving to MK, then parking and actually getting to MK probably took much longer than actually waiting for the bus even with the crowd of people, but whatever! I get SO impatient at Disney when I want to get to a park, it's insane!
Thank you! I'm up to 11.5 pounds now!

I actually might make my goal of losing 30 more pounds before I go back to Disney! I wouldn't say it's getting easier yet but I have noticed that exercising IS really becoming a habit and I am making so much better, healthier food choices now! I can't wait til the weather cools a little and I can start doing the Couch to 5K again, I'm really looking forward to it!
Ugh, yeah, I don't like the cancellation fees! I never thought in a million years I'd cancel Le Cellier!

But it happens, sometimes you just want to be in MK when you're supposed to be in Epcot! Someday I'll be brave and do an ADR-less trip...someday!
YAY MK! Definitely a good choice to dedicate a morning to one park. Sorry you had to get stuck in a long line for the bus, but really that is shocking for a morning. I've never heard of a line being that long too early in the morning especially at a resort like yours. Strange... but at least you had a back-up plan and were there in no time.

Can't believe you walked on past the Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom, but you can't help but not be drawn to the trolley show

to getting your Peter Pan FPs! LOL @ the title's story. Oh, crazy CMs! Love your pictures from the HM! The Mr. Toad tombstone is so cool, I really need to get a picture, but hopefully I'll be able to find it again too :/
Whoa! I'm shocked you were able to sum up the courage to actually cancel your Le Cellier ADR. Wowzer! But hey, at least Brandon got a reservation at LTT. I hope it was definitely worth it for you two. Great pictures of Liberty Square, it really is so nicely themed. I miss it so much.
Can't wait to read about the rest of your day at MK!
I love MK in the morning, it's always so perfect and cheerful! I don't have a lot of experience with the buses, but I didn't think the wait would be that long so early...then again, maybe it just looked like a lot of people to us, since we never go on the buses! We don't really like crowds, so maybe seeing more than 5 people waiting freaked us out!
I'm so glad I finally saw Mr. Toad! I can't believe how many years I've looked and missed it! And then Brandon looks one time and spots it! Same with that purple cat at the Osborne Lights!
Haha I can't believe we cancelled Le Cellier either!

But it was worth it to get more MK time, and LTT is always yummy!
Love the update!! I need to look for Mr. Toad when we go on the HM on our next trip!! I always forget and end up missing him. LOL!!
I love crazy cast members. They always make the experience more memorable and fun!
Yay for being able to get a ressie at LTT.... Can't wait to read more!!
Thank you! Haha, I either always forgot to look for Mr. Toad, or I would look and I'd miss him! He is kind of far away so he's easy to miss! I'm glad I finally saw him!
LTT is so good, if I had time for more ADR's in November, I'd definitely eat there again!
I think you probably made a great decision. Just staying and soaking it all in
Thanks, I'm glad we stayed at MK that morning, it was so much fun!
It's always hard to leave the MK on the last day of a trip. I bet Le Cellier would have been good, but it's nice to do whatever you feel like on vacation, too. I kind of miss the good old days, when it was easier to walk into restaurants without an ADR.
Yeah, I sometimes think about our first trip together, when I knew nothing about ADR's and how we just did whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted! I wish it wasn't so hard to eat at the restaurants now! I think maybe someday I might be able to do a trip if I just made ADR's at 'Ohana and Le Cellier and left the rest up to fate, but I'm not sure Brandon would go for it! I try to keep schedule things so we have a basic itinerary but still have the freedom to switch things up, but it's getting harder and harder to do that, especially now with those cancellation fees!
I love just looking at the castle from all angles. It's so pretty, it deserves the attention!
Glad you were able to get a LTT ressie! I can understand not wanting to leave MK when your time is so limited.
I could look at the castle for hours! I wish I had a real camera so I could take really amazing shots of the castle!
I'm glad we got into LTT too, it was nice spending more time at MK! I missed Le Cellier a little but being in MK was much more important, and it turned out being one of the best days of the trip!