two AWESOME WISCONSIN adults go to Disney for the first time. updated!!! 1/15/12 MK

[portobello_rd]

i have like 200 photos to upload to photobucket for day one so ill try to get a post up in a few hours!

 

[portobello_rd]

DAY ONE
MAGIC KINGDOM

I couldn't sleep, woke up at 545 am. My husband wasnt too pleased with that, but we were going to MAGIC KINGDOM and i really wanted to get moving.
so what if it didnt open for like, three hours.
Now i work for a doctor at my job, and she had just gone on a Disney cruise and picked me up a few pins. I also went and bought a few on sale at the disney store online, and i planned on trying out this "pin trading thing"

so we went to POR counter service for breakfast.
i had a MIckey waffle.
its a waffle! its mickey!

Tim had their breakfast platter. a pretty standard breakfast platter. no bells and whistles here.

Took the bus from the front depot at POR. Got to MK at about 820. Never used a turnstile before so we got behind a couple and watched them so we could pretend to know what we were doing.

got through the gate and then ran to the photopass guy where we got our card and our very first PHOTOPASS picture. i prepaid for photopass and got it for $100 and so i told tim that we needed to hit every.single.photopass person to make it worth the money. (ended with like 165 pictures on my photopass) ill do a photopass picture update tomorrow for day one. ive already spent too much time uploading to photobucket.

WHOS EXCITED TO GO TO MAGIC KINGDOM!?

So the rope drop charade started, and it was cute. Watched it in its full entirety.

tiana is my favorite disney princess.

Um, i want to be family for the day. Just me and Tim. haha. that would be a riot.

So we stayed and watched the whole song before going into Magic Kingdom. I saw that they opened the gates before the song ended and people ran in, but since it was my first visit (and we had a few others planned for this park) i didnt rush.

People ask what my favorite part of the trip was.
it was turning the corner at Main street to see the castle. that was awesome.
just finally SEEING IT.
i thought it was pretty special.


p.s. avid followers. please direct your attention to the MICKEY WAFFLE picture to notice my ring finger. (my wedding ring finger!!) FORESHADOWING.

 

[portobello_rd]

DAY ONE PART TWO

So we are walking down Main street, which is the MOST AWESOME THING EVER.
and we had decided previously that we would ride SPACE MOUNTAIN first. of course.
walking picture....

so we ride space mountain- and its the BOMB by the way.
and we come out of space mountain- and i see Chip and Dale-
first charactor pics!
so we are next in line, when Chip and Dale need to go eat some acorns.
so we wait.
and then i notice my ring finger is missing my wedding ring.
and it just kinda goes like
"tim. i think i lost my wedding ring on space mountain"
"thats too bad"
"tim. WEDDING RING. missing"
"yep. its insured"
"TIM. I LOST MY WEDDING RING ON SPACE MOUNTAIN"
"its insured. you can get a new one when we get home"

and well, that was the end of that.
i guess i expected him to freak out more. or care more. but he was right. what else could we do? it was the first day on our vacation and i didnt want to ruin it, so, move on i guess.
took pics with the squirrels. (why do so many people think they are squirrels????!!)

saw Stitch

Then as we are getting fastpasses for Space Mountain Tim was looking at what he calls "the photographic evidence" and notices that my wedding ring was not in pictures that morning -but in Hoop De Doo pics--so it must be in the room.
i try to call Mousekeeping at POR to ask that the person changing the sheets be on the lookout- she didnt speak much English and "promised to call me back shortly"- she never did. meh.


who DOESNT do the robot in Tomorrowland??

Decided to do Buzz's laser ride because it was close by.
Can you see how riveted we are????!!!!

Worst.ride.ever.
i felt like i was at a campy fair ride. THIS RIDE IS TERRIBLE.
so boring.
oh, not to mention it stops. for like five long long long minutes in the circular room where evil Zurg is flying around you.
FIVE long long long minutes with the same thing on repeat and i already think its the worst ride ever.

Decide to go ride the only ride i remember from 1987 and its because i rode it FIVE TIMES IN A ROW!!!

it was super awesome to get back on this ride and i understand why 5 year old me thought it was the bees knees.
Would five year old me have waited 40 minutes in line for this?
NO WAY.
the lines on this ride are ridonkulous. but, its pretty sweet, and luckily we had gotten there with no wait.

Since we had a 11 am lunch ADR at Liberty Tree Tavern i wanted to stick nearby so of course- we ride HAUNTED MANSION.
we took the cemetary line being newbies and all

This new Q is fun. Note: if you hold down all of the instruments it will play "grim grinning ghosts". it was neato.

oh, by the way, it only took me 5 rides to notice some guy is hanging in the stretching room. i catch on fast!!!

we did walk by Splash Mountain quick to get fastpasses- i didnt want to be wet when i ate since everyone blasts the air conditioning. which i fully appreciate.
it was the hottest weather ive ever been in.

 

[kokotg]

Oh no! about your wedding ring, I mean.

I love Chip and Dale in their space outfits. I have no idea why, but I just find it incredibly endearing. Space Chip and Dale are pretty much the only characters we waited in line to see.

I used to like Buzz Lightyear, back before Toy Story Mania opened. Now I just find it frustrating; I can never figure out which little laser light is mine.

 

[portobello_rd]

MAGIC KINGDOM, PART THREE!

so we go to check in at Liberty Tree tavern.
Its air conditioned so we already love it. we go to the left all the way in a back room and have a cute table by a window. and away from everyone. maybe they were embarresed by us? it happens.

i decided to try my best presidental pose, since the walls are lined with pics of them.

then we got out the map after ordering and decided on what to do next.

DELUXE DINING PLAN- insane amount of food.
QUICK thing
i decided in january of this year to join weight watchers.
Before that is when i had booked this trip, WITH DELUXE DINING PLAN.
so so so much food.
At weigh in before i went on my trip i had lost SEVENTY FIVE POUNDS. woooooo
i wasnt going to diet in disneyworld.
i lost the weight just so i could put it back on through DELUXE DINING.
no, really though. i was going to eat what i wanted to eat but not be stupid about it.

so with deluxe, wait- DELUXE DINING
you get the appetizer, the main course and the dessert.
so for an appetizer tim ordered the clam chowder.
and i had the fried cheese.
one thing from a WISCONSIN PERSON.
these are cheese curds.

tim ordered:
Freedom Pasta - Fusilli Pasta and tender Chicken sautéed with fresh Tomatoes, Mushrooms, and a touch of fresh Basil all tossed in a Cream Sauce $16.99

he said it was awesome.
i guess so, if you want to carb load on a hundred degree day.

i had a lamb stew with rice.

um. it was ok. not bad. not the greatest. i would compare the multi grain rice to eating like....dirt. but healthy dirt.

Dessert though. wow. a fat girls dream after being on weight watchers for 8 months.
Ooey Gooey Toffee Cake - vanilla cake with a gooey toffee filling, vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce $6.49

i only ate barely half of it. but it was wonderful.

Later on: more rides. more of us. california grill!

 

[portobello_rd]

Oh no! about your wedding ring, I mean.

I love Chip and Dale in their space outfits. I have no idea why, but I just find it incredibly endearing. Space Chip and Dale are pretty much the only characters we waited in line to see.

I used to like Buzz Lightyear, back before Toy Story Mania opened. Now I just find it frustrating; I can never figure out which little laser light is mine.

i think that was our problem on that ride.
what am i shooting at? where is my laser?
i just thought it was cheesy. and not good cheesy.
i waited for a ton of characters this trip but chip and dale were by far in the top of my list for awesome.

 

[IheartDDuck]

Oh no on the foreshadowing about the ring. I hope that it's able to be found.

Congratulations on losing 75 pounds before your trip! That's just awesome. I love that the toffee cake was a "fat girls dream". Well, I'm a fat girl and it's my dream too!

 

[portobello_rd]

Oh no on the foreshadowing about the ring. I hope that it's able to be found.

Congratulations on losing 75 pounds before your trip! That's just awesome. I love that the toffee cake was a "fat girls dream". Well, I'm a fat girl and it's my dream too!

pretty much all of the food i ate was appreciated after months of protein shakes and fiber and whole grains.

 

[Nairnyn]

So, I was driving home from work yesterday and passed a gas station, and at the gas station was a woman filling up her bright red HHR.

And I thought of you.

And then I laughed.

 

[portobello_rd]

So, I was driving home from work yesterday and passed a gas station, and at the gas station was a woman filling up her bright red HHR.

And I thought of you.

And then I laughed.

thanks buddy.
i like when people think about me for any reason.

 

[Caretames1]

Glad I'm back home so I can laugh at your adventures again!

I do hope you found your ring, the sentimental value is priceless!

The MK opening show is so worth watching, we did our very first trip and it made us sooo happy!

I think your DH doing to robot wouldn have be awesome to see!

I don't care for Buzz either, but Toy Story Mania is my ride

Your food look ok to me, but your desert has me wishing for things I shouldn't eat! I lost 70 pounds, in the last 2 years, but also have put some back on. I could kick my own hinder.

 

[portobello_rd]

Glad I'm back home so I can laugh at your adventures again!

I do hope you found your ring, the sentimental value is priceless!

The MK opening show is so worth watching, we did our very first trip and it made us sooo happy!

I think your DH doing to robot wouldn have be awesome to see!

I don't care for Buzz either, but Toy Story Mania is my ride

Your food look ok to me, but your desert has me wishing for things I shouldn't eat! I lost 70 pounds, in the last 2 years, but also have put some back on. I could kick my own hinder.

my DH dancing anything is awesome to see. haha. we were at a wedding last night and my husband gets a circle going around him cheering him on doing some pretty wacky moves. what can i say. i married such a smooth guy. haha
ive had a hard time getting back into the diet groove of things since ive been back. i ate EVERYTHING on this trip and didnt gain ANY WEIGHT (thank you walking) so i was spoiled. now i come home and i want to throw my protein shakes at the wall.

 

[fromscratchmom]

Thats fantastic that you ate what you wanted and didn't gain! I've been wondering about if I need to worry about it there, given the huge activity level of a Disney vacation.

You can do it! I'm sure I understand about not wanting to diet. LOL. Maybe give yourself a break by switching up your diet plan or something. A month on a totally different diet or... I don't know. there is a board here for people to talk about that stuff too. W.I.S.H down under "just for fun" heading. I'm on the "walk to disney challenge" thread. Brings me a little disney magic that keeps me motivated at home. I have to keep trying so that I have something to post.

 

[enginEARmom]

Looks like you guys had a great time! I'm usually a lurker, but when I saw you were from Appleton too, I just had to say hi! your report is Making me excited for our next trip!

 

[portobello_rd]

Thats fantastic that you ate what you wanted and didn't gain! I've been wondering about if I need to worry about it there, given the huge activity level of a Disney vacation.

You can do it! I'm sure I understand about not wanting to diet. LOL. Maybe give yourself a break by switching up your diet plan or something. A month on a totally different diet or... I don't know. there is a board here for people to talk about that stuff too. W.I.S.H down under "just for fun" heading. I'm on the "walk to disney challenge" thread. Brings me a little disney magic that keeps me motivated at home. I have to keep trying so that I have something to post.

i only have 50 more pounds to go before i hit my goal weight- so not too much after losing 75. and i know what works for me. its jut DOING it. just passing on the catered in breadsticks from Olive Garden at work and eating my yogurt. and getting up and jogging with the dogs. im just being lazy now.

Looks like you guys had a great time! I'm usually a lurker, but when I saw you were from Appleton too, I just had to say hi! your report is Making me excited for our next trip!

i was a lurker foreeeever- not having anything to say because i hadnt been to WDW in 25 years! the only time i ever really posted was on TR too.
and isnt the weather here AMAZING!!!!

 

[portobello_rd]

MAGIC KINGDOM, DAY ONE, PART FOUR:


so we finished up carb loading at Liberty Tree Tavern and ran over and used our fastpasses for Splash Mountain and also hoped on Big Thunder Mountain that had a 20 minute wait. Wasnt too bad, i think people were doing lunch at about that time.
Afterwards hit Pirates- thats such a great ride. Lucked out our first ride and managed that NO ONE TOOK ANY FLASH PICTURES. was very happy. I realize that is kind of a rare thing these days.
I really like the Jack that they added in a few parts. The one in the barrel is very lifelike!

After that we hit Jungle Cruise, which we ACTUALLY took pictures at. I think it was about a 25 minute wait but because the Q was fanned/shaded and it was HOT we didnt mind it.

Now the last time i rode this, 25 years ago, they DID NOT do the humorous dialog. I like it better with it. It would be rather boring without it.
But like, no one laughed, or smiled much. I felt bad for the guy. Tim and i were busting out laughing. we are easily amused!

the back side of water....genius. haha

After that it was hot. i was cranky. I ate a Dole Whip which i lost the picture of. it was great.
We decided that since at that time (about 2) it was about time to duck into some stores. get out of the heat. away from the crowds that had suddenly appeared. so we went to the Chapeau and got EARS MADE. yay! first ears!
the lady took our first ear picture!

When we left the store we had stumbled out on Main street ready for a parade! That was awesome timing. And we dont mind standing in the back- so it was perfect.

Attempts at Parade pictures!

 

[MelMel11]

Count me in!! Cant wait to hear more!!

 

[Caretames1]

Love the Mickey Ears I wish we would have gotten some, but nobody wanted them

The heat, it was a force all it own! The weather here this week is alomost to warm for me!

It's too bad that more people weren't into the Jungle Cruise. We love corny jokes and the jungle cruise fits us just right! I love the inspriation falls remark!

 

[fromscratchmom]

i only have 50 more pounds to go before i hit my goal weight- so not too much after losing 75. and i know what works for me. its jut DOING it.

oh my -- that is just awesome. You go girl!

 

[IheartDDuck]

Yup, I'm easily amused too, so I find the Jungle Cruise to be pretty hilarious...it's no fun when you get on the ride and no one else finds it funny.

Love the Mickey ears! Icing on the cake for the trip.