Update 2/16: NOW I feel magical! ~ A July 2012 TR

[M303871]

All caught up, and yup that storm was no fun I think I sent like 10hrs in the plowtruck and another 3 shoveling. Congradulations on your upcoming trip we will be back in November for a couple days and we are also heading out on a Disney cruise to, we were supposed to go last October but had to move it out as we purchased a house in August.

 

[Simba22]

All caught up, and yup that storm was no fun I think I sent like 10hrs in the plowtruck and another 3 shoveling. Congradulations on your upcoming trip we will be back in November for a couple days and we are also heading out on a Disney cruise to, we were supposed to go last October but had to move it out as we purchased a house in August.

Good for you! That's so awesome! We keep talking about buying but still haven't decided where we even want to live. We always talk about moving to Florida but can't make up our minds!

 

[Simba22]

We woke up bright and early on Sunday morning and headed over to...

That's right, our last day in Disney and we were spending it at Magic Kingdom! I booked breakfast for all of us at Crystal Palace for around 8:15am (I can't remember the exact time). I wanted to get us into MK before the park opened so we could get pictures like the one above (no people!) and this one:

After taking a gazillion pics of a nearly empty Main Street, we checked in for breakfast and waited.

We were seated for several minutes and since there weren't any characters in our immediate area, we decided to get up and get some food.

Just as we made it back to our table and sat down, Piglet came to visit!

And just as he was about to move on, Tom came back from the buffet line and we we realized we'd just taken the picture with Piglet without him and none of us had realized it. Oops!

Thankfully, we were all present and accounted for as the rest of the gang stopped by.

After breakfast, we headed back out to the hub and hung out at the train station while we wait for some party members to use the restrooms. We found a PP photographer who took a bunch of fun pictures of us in the chair inside the train station, but for some reason, they didn't make it onto our card and when I contacted Disney about it, they gave me the old "unfortunately....blah blah blah."

All together again, we hopped on board the train for a spin around the Magic Kingdom!

Here's Mike and Lumar as we waited for our ride to begin:

And here's Mike as we crossed from Adventureland into Frontierland....

Apparently, this vacation was exhausting...

We rode the train all the way around and got off back on Main Street, then walked through the Castle on our way to Fantasyland.

We walked through Fantasyland and I did the best I could to get some pics of the construction going on behind the giant purple walls!

We stopped at Cosmic Rays for a potty break, and I was ecstatic to see frozen mochas on the drink menu! I've become obsessed with them from Dunkin Donuts and I was going through terrible withdrawal all week! It's so sad to admit, but finding one in MK really made my day!

Here's Mike and Rob as I dragged them all towards IASW:

Which we did ride.

And my sister hated it. Oh well! Can't win 'em all!

I stopped trying to take pictures at this point because my camera lens kept fogging up and my cell phone wasn't much better. But we did rode Peter Pan and went to see PhilharMagic before exiting Fantasyland into Liberty Square.

We took our time exploring the new queue for Haunted Mansion before hopping aboard our Doom Buggies!

Once in Frontierland, we grabbed FPs for Splash before heading to Adventureland for PotC.

And of course, Lumar had to get a Dole Whip:

Then we crossed the hub into Tomorrowland. Of course, I had to make everyone ride the TTA, then we got FPs for Space before getting in line for Buzz.

And for the first time ever, I actually beat Lumar! And by A LOT!

Our FPs for Splash had return time around 2pm, which worked out perfectly because we wanted to go on it just before we left to head back to OKW.

We rode Splash, got totally soaked, then headed out to get showered and changed for our dinner at California Grill!

Continued in next post....

 

[Simba22]

Since we'd skipped lunch, we were starving by the time got to Cali Grill for our 5pm reservation!

I'm not thrilled with how I look in this picture, but the server took three and I look exactly the same in all of them so it will have to do!

The view from the top of The Contemporary:

We ordered the BBQ Spicy Chicken Flatbread for an appetizer:

And most of us ordered sushi for dinner:

Our food was absolutely amazing! We had such a fantastic time and it was definitely the perfect meal to end our trip!

We decided to watch Wishes from the walkway, except for Mike and Tom who opted to take the monorail back to MK and watch from Main Street.

It was so humid that the smoke from the fireworks wouldn't clear! It just hung in the air for the rest of the night!

I'm glad that we stayed to watch Wishes, as it was something new to try...but I really didn't like the view! The perspective just isn't the same!

We headed back to MK and found a PP photographer:

The MK was open until 1am, I think, but Steph and Rob were driving back to SC and Toni and Josh had an early flight so they headed out a short while later and went back to OKW. Lumar, Mike, Tom, and me, stayed a bit longer and did a few more rides, before heading out ourselves:

We were exhausted and had a long day ahead so we headed back to OKW around 11pm to get packed up!

It was a great trip and we loved spending time with everyone! We're already in the process of planning our next vacation together, and although it may not be to Disney World, Mike and Tom had already said they definitely want to go back to WDW next year (assuming we go)!

Sorry it took me so long to get this thing written and thanks to those of that stuck with me through my internet problems!