Watson's Very Merry 24 nighter TR. Day 13 - HS & Epcot DVC Merry Mixer

[RobynPrincess]

I actually made a bit of a mix up with my trip report notes, I actually haven't made any notes from today whatsoever, I dropped it completely and named the next day's notes Day 13. I only figured this when I went to upload pictures to photobucket and was like hey where did all these pictures come from? I haven't written about these yet but they dont match up to what I've just written about.... I had to scroll through the dates to find out where I'd gone wrong. The upside to this though is that the next instalment is already finished so I'll be uploading it soon!


So in the absence of notes, I know we got up and got breakfast in the lounge. Today was the opening for the Star Wars launch bay so we headed over to HS. Yay. Now I know why I skipped these notes, trying to block it from memory clearly haha. I felt like I was properly dying today so try to ignore my hideous face, I look awful.


Loving the new view when you walk in the park.


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We went straight to the launch bay and waited in the massive queue in the awful heat.













It was about 45 mins wait, I was enthralled.


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Sy was happy though





When we got to the front we were asked if we wanted to see a preview of the new movie or go into the meet and greet, Sy asked if we could do both and she said no so we chose the characters (not realising there would be another hour wait at least for each one). When we got inside there was chaos. Lots of CM's but all were 'earning their ears'. Sy was mighty annoyed that the people from the preview came out in the meet and greet area, so he went to mention the misunderstanding to a manager, the girl who said we couldn't do both must have gotten confused (she was another who was earning her ears so easily done). Manager went out to let her know the mishap and said Sy could go into the preview, I took a rain check and headed outside. I was done lol.


Here are a load of pictures most of which I have no idea what they are hahaha


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I hung outside for about 45 minutes people watching and looking round the little shops at the exit.


Sy came out eventually lol I was pretty bored by that time. We went over to watch the Muppets.





Afterwards we sat for a bit with a drink and a funnel cake





We then made our way over to toy story mania but we stopped on the way as Santa goofy was out meeting and he had no queue! Couldn't miss that opportunity.


Goofy was so cute, I told him I wasn't feeling very well so he gave me lots of hugs and did a bit of a dance with me. Too cute.


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[RobynPrincess]

We said goodbye and then headed off towards TSM.


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Sy won of course though we both won a kitty!





It was nearly time for the DVC merry mixer so we hopped on the boat from HS to Epcot. It was really busy on the boat, hot and sweaty. Not great when I was really feeling rubbish.


By the time we arrived in Epcot the merry mixer had just started so we went straight there where we were met with a queue so long it went from the uk pavilion all the way through Canada and past the pineapple promenade. It was soooo long. People were arriving and changing their mind and leaving. To be fair though, the queue went really quick and we were inside after about 15 minutes. So many people came up to us to ask what we were queue for though.


We papped a quick pic of Alice on our way round.


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We watched some of the new Canadian band while we were waiting.





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We had to show our membership cards as we went in to get our voucher for the DVC Christmas tree ornament. We also were given a little thing to fill in our name for the prize draw. Walking in there were loads of snow machines, very odd in the baking Florida heat haha.





Inside we dropped off our prize draw slip and went to get a treat, there was a choice of cookie or rice crispy treat, I'm not really a fan of either so we got one of each for Sy to try





There was a big dance floor with a DJ, he was playing lots of games with adults as well as kids, I would totally have joined in if I was feeling better. The cast members inside there were so friendly and happy, everyone was really chatty. It was a great atmosphere.


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We grabbed a hot chocolate from the drink station and then got in line to meet Donald and Daisy. The queues were pretty massive. While we were in line we were tweeted by someone else in there so she came over to say hello to us while we were waiting.


Donald and Daisy were amazing, they were dancing to the music and playing around with everyone. Big kudos to those guys!


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It was soon our turn to meet them and they were fab.





Mickey and Minnie and stitch were also meeting here but I couldn't face another big long queue so we decided we would be skipping those meet and greets. We grabbed a spot to watch the DJ and the games and grabbed another hot chocolate.


There was a stall at the back selling DVC merchandise on sale but there was nothing I wanted to buy so we didn't bother buying anything (probably a good thing I wasn't feeling great or I could have spent a fortune on dooney bags!).


The prize draw came but sadly we weren't winners, ah well. We stayed for a little while longer before I had to call it a day, was really flagging and I was out of pain killers.


We made our way back towards the international gateway. I couldn't face another hot and sweaty boat trip so I went back to HS via the path and Sy hopped on the boat.


I snapped a pic of the beautiful scenery, the sun starting to set





Luckily Sy gave me the car keys when we split up, as the boat which I thought he was going to be getting on was full, so they sent him over to the beach club dock but the next 2 boats which arrived there were also full :-/ which meant he was aaaaages getting back. He did however find time to stop for these pictures....





Really Sy?! I didn't even know about this till I checked our pictures a few days later!! I nearly wet myself laughing when I saw them though :-D hehehehe


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[jockey]

Great pics!

 

[Chilly]

Sorry you weren't feeling well. Loved your outfit today.