Trick or Tweet! The Lurkyloos Do F&W, etc: 11/8 Last Day at WDW!
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Swmr359
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Me too! I can't believe how boring my trip has been to write about so far!
Boring? Never! Reading about anything in Disney is much more interesting than what I do all day!
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I completely agree! I'm sure Disney loves having a readymade event space, but there could be RIDES in there! And fun stuff to look at! Maybe even food... You knowthings the guests want!
OK, well, I *think* you'll be OK with the podium cakes, thenI don't find them dry. I think people's main complaints are too sweet and too lard-y...
OK, now I'm dead curiouswhat do you do all day?
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OK, now I'm dead curiouswhat do you do all day?
I'm a bank teller. It's not boring all the time, but I do spend quite a bit of time dreaming of my next Disney trip
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Then you're golden!
I'm a bank teller. It's not boring all the time, but I do spend quite a bit of time dreaming of my next Disney trip
That's cool! I've always wanted to be able to fan through cash the way the bank tellers do when they count it out for you. Maybe you can give me some pointers!
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I woke up knowing today was going to be a very exciting day for two reasons: 1) I was getting a tour of Disney wedding venues at Disney's Hollywood Studios, and 2) Patrick was arriving that evening!
But first I had to get out of bed. And pack up. And lock myself out of the room while loading the car. And walk to Hospitality House to get a new key for the last 5 minutes of my stay at Old Key West.
Then I drove over to Franck's to meet up with a bunch of people from Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings who were also going on my Hollywood Studios site tour because they wanted to learn more about the event venues there too! And so it was at Franck's that I shot my first photo of the day
OK, true, most people planning Disney weddings will probably not care what the handicapped stall in the bathroom at Franck's looks like, but this is the kind of extra-mile reporting that I am becoming infamous, er, known for.
Also, that mirror needed to be documented because it is quite possibly MAGIC it made me look skinnier than any other mirror I've encountered on Disney property. I'm telling you, man, when you pay for a Disney wedding, they think of EVERY detail!
To complete the collection, here is a picture of the sinks.
Before we left for DHS, I took a bazillion more photos of Franck's. In this trip report I have already subjected you to more pictures of Franck's than you'd ever want to see, so for today I will give you this shot and a link to the page on my site where all the rest live. Just in case you can't get enough
Click here for a whole lotta Franck's http://disneytravelbabble.com/disney-weddings/francks/
Off we went to Hollywood Studios in the oh-fish-all Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings Caddy! As we pulled up backstage and tumbled out of the car, I was delighted to see that our host was the same friend of Jensey's we'd met last Christmas at the DIS Boards' Toy Story Mania party.
Our first stop was the Backstage Prop Shop. I was interested in this location because you can use it while the park is still open and it is relatively inexpensive ($300 venue fee, food and beverage minimums start at $520 for lunch). It used to be part of the backstage tour but now is only open for private events. I'll spare you most of the bazillion pictures I tookyou can see them all HERE if you're interested.
While it was exciting to be in a venue not usually open to the public, I was kinda disappointed by how gloomy the place was. It's SO dark in there, and the maroon carpet and black furniture aren't doing it any favors. Figure on plenty of money for lighting and décor in this place! Also, while it's neat to see actual props used in the parks, none of them are particularly memorable (unless you were obsessed by the 1992 parade starring the puppets of the Dinosaurs TV show).
Don't worry, kids, Simba's dad is only sleeping
"Am I to be taunted for eternity by the Oscar I didn't win for my stellar performance in 'The Lion King'?"
Along the way to our next stop, I noticed that they'd already begun stringing the Osbourne lights for Christmas (it was Oct. 12).
Next on the agenda was the Hollywood Hideaway, which is in the back of the American Idol Experience building and behind the former location of the Star Wars speeder bike photo op.
This is another location that can be used while the park is still open and has low minimums ($300 venue fee, food and beverage minimums start at $400 for breakfast). The décor is very early '90sbrushed chrome, blond wood with black accentsbut at least the place gets some natural light. It also has a couple of levels and a patio, so it could be good for a couple different kinds of reception.
More photos can be found here: http://disneytravelbabble.com/disney-weddings/wdw-venue-photos/hollywood-hideaway/
Our next stop was Theater of the Stars, where you can have a reception on the set of "Beauty & the Beast." Unfortunately, the cast was rehearsing so I wasn't allowed to take pictures. However, I got some of the show on my most recent trip, so you can see what the stage set looks like HERE.
The only part we were allowed to take pictures of was the "lobby" area, but it turns out they use this for special events too!
Then it was on to Tower of Terror. The park was open by then, so it was hard to get good people-free location shots. We started in the Courtyard, which has a hefty $2,000 venue fee and an $850 food and beverage minimum. Don't even ask what it costs to keep the ride open . OK, I'll tell you: $6,500!!!
My absolute favorite spot in DHS is the terrace at Tower of Terror, so I asked Tim if it had ever been used for a private event. He was pretty sure it had, so we got to go up there too. As I shot my bajillion photos, the beginnings of a plan for our anniversary party began to percolate in my mind
Next we got to do what I had attempted unsuccessfully on a previous trip, and that's sneak into the Hollywood Hills Amphitheater while it was closed to take pictures. The only catch was that the stage wasn't show-ready, so I couldn't take any pictures that show what the Fantasmic! view from the party areas looks like.
Large Patio
Small Patio
On the path back out to the gate, we learned that DHS even does events on the path! This is when it dawned on me that Disney will rent out basically any corner of this park.
Your next corporate party HERE!
There is a nice view of Tower of Terror
After the tour it was back to Franck's in the DFTW-mobile, where I was turned loose with absolutely no idea what to do with myself next. But I did have a camera, wheels, and my singular devotion to documenting obscure corners of Walt Disney World, so off I went to Disney's Palm & Magnolia golf courses to snag some pix for PassPorter's Festivals & Celebrations guide.
I wouldn't say I felt out of place at the golf course, but it was definitely the least "Disney" place I'd been on property. The clubhouse building is done in the sort of anonymous style you'd find in any suburb.
Palm & Magnolia Golf Course Club House
The pro shop What, no princess sparkle wigs?!!
But first I had to get out of bed. And pack up. And lock myself out of the room while loading the car. And walk to Hospitality House to get a new key for the last 5 minutes of my stay at Old Key West.
Then I drove over to Franck's to meet up with a bunch of people from Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings who were also going on my Hollywood Studios site tour because they wanted to learn more about the event venues there too! And so it was at Franck's that I shot my first photo of the day
OK, true, most people planning Disney weddings will probably not care what the handicapped stall in the bathroom at Franck's looks like, but this is the kind of extra-mile reporting that I am becoming infamous, er, known for.
Also, that mirror needed to be documented because it is quite possibly MAGIC it made me look skinnier than any other mirror I've encountered on Disney property. I'm telling you, man, when you pay for a Disney wedding, they think of EVERY detail!
To complete the collection, here is a picture of the sinks.
Before we left for DHS, I took a bazillion more photos of Franck's. In this trip report I have already subjected you to more pictures of Franck's than you'd ever want to see, so for today I will give you this shot and a link to the page on my site where all the rest live. Just in case you can't get enough
Click here for a whole lotta Franck's http://disneytravelbabble.com/disney-weddings/francks/
Off we went to Hollywood Studios in the oh-fish-all Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings Caddy! As we pulled up backstage and tumbled out of the car, I was delighted to see that our host was the same friend of Jensey's we'd met last Christmas at the DIS Boards' Toy Story Mania party.
Our first stop was the Backstage Prop Shop. I was interested in this location because you can use it while the park is still open and it is relatively inexpensive ($300 venue fee, food and beverage minimums start at $520 for lunch). It used to be part of the backstage tour but now is only open for private events. I'll spare you most of the bazillion pictures I tookyou can see them all HERE if you're interested.
While it was exciting to be in a venue not usually open to the public, I was kinda disappointed by how gloomy the place was. It's SO dark in there, and the maroon carpet and black furniture aren't doing it any favors. Figure on plenty of money for lighting and décor in this place! Also, while it's neat to see actual props used in the parks, none of them are particularly memorable (unless you were obsessed by the 1992 parade starring the puppets of the Dinosaurs TV show).
Don't worry, kids, Simba's dad is only sleeping
"Am I to be taunted for eternity by the Oscar I didn't win for my stellar performance in 'The Lion King'?"
Along the way to our next stop, I noticed that they'd already begun stringing the Osbourne lights for Christmas (it was Oct. 12).
Next on the agenda was the Hollywood Hideaway, which is in the back of the American Idol Experience building and behind the former location of the Star Wars speeder bike photo op.
This is another location that can be used while the park is still open and has low minimums ($300 venue fee, food and beverage minimums start at $400 for breakfast). The décor is very early '90sbrushed chrome, blond wood with black accentsbut at least the place gets some natural light. It also has a couple of levels and a patio, so it could be good for a couple different kinds of reception.
More photos can be found here: http://disneytravelbabble.com/disney-weddings/wdw-venue-photos/hollywood-hideaway/
Our next stop was Theater of the Stars, where you can have a reception on the set of "Beauty & the Beast." Unfortunately, the cast was rehearsing so I wasn't allowed to take pictures. However, I got some of the show on my most recent trip, so you can see what the stage set looks like HERE.
The only part we were allowed to take pictures of was the "lobby" area, but it turns out they use this for special events too!
Then it was on to Tower of Terror. The park was open by then, so it was hard to get good people-free location shots. We started in the Courtyard, which has a hefty $2,000 venue fee and an $850 food and beverage minimum. Don't even ask what it costs to keep the ride open . OK, I'll tell you: $6,500!!!
My absolute favorite spot in DHS is the terrace at Tower of Terror, so I asked Tim if it had ever been used for a private event. He was pretty sure it had, so we got to go up there too. As I shot my bajillion photos, the beginnings of a plan for our anniversary party began to percolate in my mind
Next we got to do what I had attempted unsuccessfully on a previous trip, and that's sneak into the Hollywood Hills Amphitheater while it was closed to take pictures. The only catch was that the stage wasn't show-ready, so I couldn't take any pictures that show what the Fantasmic! view from the party areas looks like.
Large Patio
Small Patio
On the path back out to the gate, we learned that DHS even does events on the path! This is when it dawned on me that Disney will rent out basically any corner of this park.
Your next corporate party HERE!
There is a nice view of Tower of Terror
After the tour it was back to Franck's in the DFTW-mobile, where I was turned loose with absolutely no idea what to do with myself next. But I did have a camera, wheels, and my singular devotion to documenting obscure corners of Walt Disney World, so off I went to Disney's Palm & Magnolia golf courses to snag some pix for PassPorter's Festivals & Celebrations guide.
I wouldn't say I felt out of place at the golf course, but it was definitely the least "Disney" place I'd been on property. The clubhouse building is done in the sort of anonymous style you'd find in any suburb.
Palm & Magnolia Golf Course Club House
The pro shop What, no princess sparkle wigs?!!
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Golf cart or parade float? You decide!
That only ate up about 20 minutes, so I decided to drive over to the Beach Club and see if I could check in early. As it turned out, I was really glad I'd done this, because it gave me plenty of time to kick up a fuss about the first room they assigned us. In fulfilling our request for a king bed, they'd stuck us in a dark, narrow train car of a room along the back path to Epcot.
Talk about tiny! Oh wait that's just the closet
Call me spoiled, but my main beef was the lack of divided bathroomthe sinks, toilet and tub were all in the same cramped room. When I hopped on the phone and mentioned this to the desk agent, she said she didn't know they even HAD rooms like that
She very kindly put me in touch with an actual room assigner, those mysterious men and women behind the curtain whom they usually won't let you talk to when you call to make your room requests the week before because you don't trust the phone agent who made your original reservation. He got to work looking in the inventory and offered a king room on the ground floor facing the volleyball court. As I headed out to the car to get my luggage, he called me back and breathlessly informed me (several times) that he was able to give me some "pixie dust" in the form of an upgraded water-view room as long as I was OK with having 2 queen beds. I went for it.
The new room was GORGEOUS! OK, it probably doesn't look much different in these pictures, but in addition to having separate bath and vanity areas, it was larger and filled with light from a balcony overlooking the lake. Plus, it was at the very end of the wing next to Epcot, which meant a long haul from the lobby but just a few steps down to International Gateway via a back staircase. You don't get THAT in the Villas wing
I love these! I don't get why they can't put them in the Value resorts too
That only ate up about 20 minutes, so I decided to drive over to the Beach Club and see if I could check in early. As it turned out, I was really glad I'd done this, because it gave me plenty of time to kick up a fuss about the first room they assigned us. In fulfilling our request for a king bed, they'd stuck us in a dark, narrow train car of a room along the back path to Epcot.
Talk about tiny! Oh wait that's just the closet
Call me spoiled, but my main beef was the lack of divided bathroomthe sinks, toilet and tub were all in the same cramped room. When I hopped on the phone and mentioned this to the desk agent, she said she didn't know they even HAD rooms like that
She very kindly put me in touch with an actual room assigner, those mysterious men and women behind the curtain whom they usually won't let you talk to when you call to make your room requests the week before because you don't trust the phone agent who made your original reservation. He got to work looking in the inventory and offered a king room on the ground floor facing the volleyball court. As I headed out to the car to get my luggage, he called me back and breathlessly informed me (several times) that he was able to give me some "pixie dust" in the form of an upgraded water-view room as long as I was OK with having 2 queen beds. I went for it.
The new room was GORGEOUS! OK, it probably doesn't look much different in these pictures, but in addition to having separate bath and vanity areas, it was larger and filled with light from a balcony overlooking the lake. Plus, it was at the very end of the wing next to Epcot, which meant a long haul from the lobby but just a few steps down to International Gateway via a back staircase. You don't get THAT in the Villas wing
I love these! I don't get why they can't put them in the Value resorts too
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As I unpacked and prepared to head to Epcot to make lunch from the Food & Wine fest booths, I realized that this, indeed, was The Life. If Patrick had been there, it would have been perfect!
Never noticed that before prolly cuz that dang balloon is always closed every time we're in town!
In France I started lunch with the Parmentier de Boeuf Briased au Cabernet.
Braised Short Ribs in Cabernet with Mashed Potaotes
It was heavy but tasty. A nice lady let me sit with her on a bench across from the entrance to Bistro de Paris, and we chatted about how we love "fake" Paris even though we've both been to real Paris. After "Lunch, Part 1" I made my usual circuit of the Givenchy and Guerlain shops. I don't know why I do this, since I refuse to pay full price for makeup and get most everything from eBay. It's almost self-torture
My next stop was Japan, where the not-very-descriptive menu at the food kiosk was probably driving away more diners than it enticed.
Tuna Sensation turned out to be ahi tuna on avocado in soy sauce, while Wafu Ribettes were a sort of yakitori pork.
Wafu Ribettes & Tuna Sensation
The ribettes were tough, but I liked the Tuna Sensation cuz I could eat around the avocado. Plus, it was one of the only hot-weather-appropriate dishes on any of the Food & Wine Festival menus. I mean, it was pushing 90 degrees for most of our trip, but almost all the booths were serving hot, heavy, stick-to-your-ribs food kind of a missed opportunity if you ask me!
Case in point: Italy, where the main dish was a gooey, melty, greasy mess of pasta, meat and cheese
Baked Cheese Ravioli, Creamy Bolognese Sauce, Melted Mozarella
I probably would have loved this if it were 55 degrees out, but in that weather? It hit my tummy like a brick!
I'd been looking forward to trying out Werther's new Karamell Kuchefinally someplace interesting to go in Germany! The fact that they were handing out free samples at the door made me love the place before I even got inside it .
SorryI may have been floating on air as I took this
Yes, but do you have any Werther's products?
I'm not, like, a huge fan of caramel, but everything looked (and smelled) sooooo good!
These almost ALMOST made me wish I liked apples
Never noticed that before prolly cuz that dang balloon is always closed every time we're in town!
In France I started lunch with the Parmentier de Boeuf Briased au Cabernet.
Braised Short Ribs in Cabernet with Mashed Potaotes
It was heavy but tasty. A nice lady let me sit with her on a bench across from the entrance to Bistro de Paris, and we chatted about how we love "fake" Paris even though we've both been to real Paris. After "Lunch, Part 1" I made my usual circuit of the Givenchy and Guerlain shops. I don't know why I do this, since I refuse to pay full price for makeup and get most everything from eBay. It's almost self-torture
My next stop was Japan, where the not-very-descriptive menu at the food kiosk was probably driving away more diners than it enticed.
Tuna Sensation turned out to be ahi tuna on avocado in soy sauce, while Wafu Ribettes were a sort of yakitori pork.
Wafu Ribettes & Tuna Sensation
The ribettes were tough, but I liked the Tuna Sensation cuz I could eat around the avocado. Plus, it was one of the only hot-weather-appropriate dishes on any of the Food & Wine Festival menus. I mean, it was pushing 90 degrees for most of our trip, but almost all the booths were serving hot, heavy, stick-to-your-ribs food kind of a missed opportunity if you ask me!
Case in point: Italy, where the main dish was a gooey, melty, greasy mess of pasta, meat and cheese
Baked Cheese Ravioli, Creamy Bolognese Sauce, Melted Mozarella
I probably would have loved this if it were 55 degrees out, but in that weather? It hit my tummy like a brick!
I'd been looking forward to trying out Werther's new Karamell Kuchefinally someplace interesting to go in Germany! The fact that they were handing out free samples at the door made me love the place before I even got inside it .
SorryI may have been floating on air as I took this
Yes, but do you have any Werther's products?
I'm not, like, a huge fan of caramel, but everything looked (and smelled) sooooo good!
These almost ALMOST made me wish I liked apples
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(This is not me)
I couldn't resist the siren song of the mile-high cupcake.
Actually eating the cupcake was another matter altogether. Its natural defenses were being completely top-heavy and covered in sticky strings of carameldefinitely not something you can just take a big ol' bite out of (unless you don't mind looking like you just got a pie in the face).
I ended up getting a plate from the counter-service restaurant and slicing the dang thing in half. As I was wrestling it into submission, another guest approached me to ask where I'd gotten it and whether it came with a forklift.
A more picturesque shot
So, remember that one time I found a Disney cupcake that was too sweet even for me? Well this thing was its sumo-wrestling cousin I can't believe I'm saying this, but the cake-to-frosting ratio was all wrongway too much frosting for even that dry cake, and it tasted like solid sugar-lard. And this is coming from the person who will happily eat supermarket cakethat mutha was just TOO sugary!
But did I learn my lesson? No. As you will see in photos, over the course of the next week I kept going back to the Karamell Kuche, hoping to find something that lived up to its appearance. I got ANOTHER cupcake (this time chocolate), a peanut butter-chocolate chip cookie, and even the caramel corn, but none of it was very good. You'd think I would have learned by this point that Disney desserts are never as good as they look, but something about the charm of the Karamell Kuche and its cheery cast members continued to lure me in SUCKER!!!
Off to Mexico!
OK, I tried to get a picture of this trio of adorable tots in oversized sombreros, but I didn't want to freak their mother out by stalking them for the perfect shot. I'm sure she's MUCH happier that instead of posting her children on the Internets, I am posting her posterior!
I had no more success taking a vertical panoramic shot of the pyramid.
My losing streak continued inside as I stood in line (yes, a LINE!) for the Gran Fiesta Tour
I did get some pretty-not-terrible shots from the boat though!
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I think I took all the same shots on my Disney Weddings/Social Media Moms trip a few weeks ago, though, so let's hope you forget them between now and that trip report!
I was in a documentary sort of mood that day, so I took a bunch of bland shots of the new counter-service spot in Mexico.
Still can't tell what the IllumiNations view is like from out here
Looks like the fireworks view is pretty good from the main seating area. But I'll bet people all rush over to the railing
At the entrance to World Showplace, I paused for a refreshing lemon slushy. I wish these were still electric blue!
I decided I'd better document the gift shop here before it was completely overrun by Duffy.
Greece always has the most themed booth of any country!
Eventually I couldn't take the heat any longer, so I staggered back to the Beach Club.
Look how close we are to the exit to International Gateway!
Best Room Ever!
I can't stop shooting the view!
I had a nice long nap on the couch but woke up FREEZING as the AC continued blasting. It was actually a relief to open the sliding glass doors and let some hot, humid air in! Just then, Patrick called to say he'd landed and was sitting on a Magical Express bus. Hooray! I showered and put on the amount of makeup that celebrities always tell magazines is all they wear: concealer, mascara and blush. Yeah, right!
I wasn't sure how long it would take Patrick to get to the Beach Club on Magical Express, so I decided to wait for him in my favoritest part of the resortthe Solarium. I'd figured out that the shortest route to the lobby was actually to go outside along the lake, so I got to shoot more pictures of the resort.
As usual, the TV was blaring to an empty room and there was no remote in sight. I don't get why they feel the need to mar the peace of that lovely room with a huge loud TV that no one watches When the Magical Express bus finally pulled up, Patrick was the only one on it. I guess he'd had to stop at something like four other resorts along the way, poor guy. I went running out to meet him shrieking, "Patriiiiiiick!" like a crazy lady. It was very exciting. I was very happy to see him!
We made a quick stop at the room to drop his stuff, and I was compelled to take even MORE pictures of the view.
It was so nice to be able to just walk down the path to a fabulous dinner at Yachtsman Steakhousea great first-night-at-WDW kind of activity.
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I have no shots of the food or the room or the view or anything cuz I was just enjoying our reunion. We prolly split the porterhouse steak and stuffed down two or more baskets full of onion popovers as usual. And of course the only way to follow up a gut-busting meal at Yachtsman is with a gut-busting dessert at Beaches & Cream!
No Way Jose Sundae for the lady
Some kind of Oreo sundae (?) for the gentleman
We even got to see them making a Kitchen Sink sundae!
Bleaarrrrrrrgh!
Up Next: Firstever visit to Islands of Adventure & The Wizarding World of Harry Potter!
No Way Jose Sundae for the lady
Some kind of Oreo sundae (?) for the gentleman
We even got to see them making a Kitchen Sink sundae!
Bleaarrrrrrrgh!
Up Next: Firstever visit to Islands of Adventure & The Wizarding World of Harry Potter!
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So thats where the idea came for the dinner on the patio, I was wondering.
You keep talking about this solarium at the BC, we must have missed this when we stayed there. Though can't understand why since I am always going going going... wait that is why. ::sigh:: Hell we never even made it into Beaches and cream to eat anything it was always sooo busy.
I cannot wait to hear about your time at IoA....
I am eagerly awaiting your thoughts.
AND YEAH!!! I am truly first this time, I did not get beat out due to my slow typing skills
You keep talking about this solarium at the BC, we must have missed this when we stayed there. Though can't understand why since I am always going going going... wait that is why. ::sigh:: Hell we never even made it into Beaches and cream to eat anything it was always sooo busy.
I cannot wait to hear about your time at IoA....
I am eagerly awaiting your thoughts.
AND YEAH!!! I am truly first this time, I did not get beat out due to my slow typing skills
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As always, your TR is amazing (and hilarious!). I have no new complements to say (as I am running out of them) so that is all .
BTW, I completely agree about WDW desserts
. Hardly any of them are ever as good as they appear, especially the cupcakes (I do have to say the brownie creme sandwich at Earl of Sandwich is quite possibly the best dessert that has matched its appearance, IMHO).
That room view (and the room itself) is breathtaking!
I just love going to WDW and getting a little extra pixie dust added to the trip. We're going to Universal/IoA for the first time this December. I'm looking forward to your perspective on it!
.BTW, I completely agree about WDW desserts
. Hardly any of them are ever as good as they appear, especially the cupcakes (I do have to say the brownie creme sandwich at Earl of Sandwich is quite possibly the best dessert that has matched its appearance, IMHO). That room view (and the room itself) is breathtaking!
I just love going to WDW and getting a little extra pixie dust added to the trip. We're going to Universal/IoA for the first time this December. I'm looking forward to your perspective on it!
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/I think that I want the Mickey lamp in your room and the golf cart! I am so checking out the Werther's place in about 2 weeks! Loved your room. One day I am hoping to stay there. I also am going to have to check out Beaches & Cream! What day are you coming in for your upcoming trip?
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I cannot get over how close you stayed to the International Gateway!!!! That's awesome! Was it a pain to get to the bus stops from there, or was it more, who really cares, Epcot is RIGHT THERE!
Or maybe I would just think like that, who knows?
Wonderful pictures as always! How fun that you were able to go to the Food and Wine festival (especially with that room location!). We had originally planned our trip to go during then, but had to postpone until December.
But one day, I will Food and Wine around World Showcase...I'm determined to!
Or maybe I would just think like that, who knows?
Wonderful pictures as always! How fun that you were able to go to the Food and Wine festival (especially with that room location!). We had originally planned our trip to go during then, but had to postpone until December.
But one day, I will Food and Wine around World Showcase...I'm determined to!
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Ok I soooooo want this just to tool around in! Cutest golf cart ever!
Glad Patrick arrived & that you had a fabulous dinner at Yachtsman followed by yummy ice cream! We ate at Yachtsmas once & Eric was kind of underwhelmed, but he had consumed the filet with mac & cheese at Jiko just a couple of nights before...........
Can't believe it's getting so close to Destination D!
Glad Patrick arrived & that you had a fabulous dinner at Yachtsman followed by yummy ice cream! We ate at Yachtsmas once & Eric was kind of underwhelmed, but he had consumed the filet with mac & cheese at Jiko just a couple of nights before...........
Can't believe it's getting so close to Destination D!
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