We Are Here To Change The World.......Maybe Not - Completed

I'm still here!

Cool that you saw the kid from So You Think You Can Dance! I watched that season. AWESOME view from your room! Sounds like your trip was off to a good start. :thumbsup2

I was excited because I really loved that dancer on the show.

What a gorgeous view! Lucky, lucky lady!

I watched the Remy video and am even more excited to see him now!!

:) Sorry for my annoying laugh on the video
 
Love the Contemporary pictures, what a great view! You didn't happen to take any pics inside the room, did you? I love the CR rooms! :banana:
 

We snacked a bit and by around 4pm, we were on our way to the Magic Kingdom.

Our destiny was Pecos Bills Tall Tale In, but we made a quick stop for the Emporium. That is when we realized that boy it was really hot under the sun. After dinner, we walked around and mostly window shopped. I wanted to ride "Pirates" but it was a 30 min wait and we could see the line coming out of the building. It was our first day and I had been awake since 4:30am. I could wait to do it another day.

We went to the Jungle Cruise, and while we were in line it started raining. It stopped soon after that as when we exited the ride, it was not raining anymore.

We walked towards Main Street and it started to Pour. We walked into the stores and headed to the Confectionary. I wanted to buy some cotton candy. AFter that, it was still raining. We waited a bit, but as it wasn'T stopping, we decided to dash to the Emporium.

It stopped raining soon and we walked back to the hotel.

When we arrived, we noticed that our suitcases were there. So it was unpacking time while we watched some tv.

I had seen that "Revenge of the bridesmaid" was going to premiere that night, and planned on watching it as I love Raven.

At 9pm we watched the fireworks. Mom watched outside, while I did inside (dad was trying to sleep) since I wanted to put the tv on the channel that streams the music.

It was amazing! I am in love with the new music.

Mom went to bed while I tried to watch the rest of the movie. But at one point, I couldn't keep my eyes open. I knew the movie would be playing another night, so I decided to go to bed.

At 10pm, everyone was out.
 
I'm still here....

super busy this week since we're leaving on Saturday. Tomorrow (which is actually today) is laundry day and start to pack. I always have to wait and pack close the the last minute so that everything I want to bring is clean. Its going to be harder this time because we're going to be gone a total of almost 2 weeks! I haven't been on vacation for that long since we did our cruise to Alaska in 2008. I hope I can avoid gaining last minute weight so everything I want to wear will fit properly.

Love your view... I've never stayed at Contemporary, but my DH did back when the park first opened. He stayed in January 1972 when it was open for 3 months. :rotfl: It must have seemed so contemporary at the time, but now, when we look at the pictures (on the Vintage photos thread).. it just all looks so 70's!! :lmao:
 
It does look "cold" in a way lol But I love the fact that it's open. You know. You're not stuck in your little hallway.
 
Monday - July 19 - Sunny - Really hot

I work up at 5am. Yeah it's early. I always wake up pretty early on the first day. It seems my body's out of wack from the day before. I decided to try and sleep some more. After a while, I did fall back asleep and woke up around 6h30am.

I got ready and went down to grab breakfast at the Contempo Café.

At 8h30am, my dad and I were on our way to the Magic Kingdom. We saw the opening ceremony, and slowly walked down Main Street.

We made our way to Adventureland and went on Pirates of the Caribbean.

Oh, before I go on, I forgot to post a picture of the towel animal we had in our room when we got in the day before.

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Ok, so we went on Pirates. It was a walk-on. We even got our own boat! That was the greatest thing in the world! I also got a first compliment on my t-shirt. I had a t-shirt on that said "Chillin' like a villain". My friend got it for me 2 years ago. It has Malificient, Cruella, Ursula and the Queen on it. People seemed to really like it.

So the guy on pirates asked me if I knew how to spell villain like a pirate. V-I-L-L-AYE-I-N.

Next, we went to the Haunted Mansion. Not a walk-on, but a very small wait.

After that it was "It's a small world". Also very little wait. But as we got back, we saw groups after groups, after groups coming into the waiting area. We were glad we had gotten there when we did.

We then went to see Phiharmagic and waited around 5min. Great show as usual.

It was soon getting the time to meet up with mom. We decided to go see "Monsters Inc, before we did.

In line I was waiting by this guy with a Disney tattoo. I was shy, but still asked him if I could take a picture of it. Here it is.

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The show was funny as usual. They showed the guy in front of me, and besides me. I was glad I was not chosen lol

At 11am, we met up with me. We shopped a bit, and walked around. When we got hungry, we decided we were going to eat at Pinnochios. My mom and I normally like to sit upstairs, but we let my dad decide where to sit. He chose a window that we could see "it's a small world" through. He had fun waving at people passing us by in boats lol

As we ate, I was feeling so hot and tired. I decided that I wanted to take a hotel break and go back to swim.

As we were walking back down main street, we stopped in stores mostly for the A/C. But we did make 1 purchase. Chocolate covered marshmallows at the confectionnary. Yummy!

We then went back to the hotel.

My dad accompanied me to the small pool. And boy was the water warm! I felt like I was in a bath. It definetly wasn't refreshing.

After 30-45min, we went back to the room, and I napped.
 
When I woke up, it was time to eat dinner. We went to get dinner at the Contempo cafe and came back to eat in the room. I put on "Night at the museum 2" and we watched that.

Around 8h30pm, we made our way back to the Magic Kingdom.

We tried to find a place to watch the Main Street Electrical parade and it seemed impossible to do. We stopped in the hub, and found a small spot. The parade was very cool but I couldn't get any pictures or video as I didn't have a good view. I had to perch up to see it.

After the parade, we waited for the fireworks. It took a while for them to start and they did have a few shots fire and then stop. They seemed to have been having difficulties. At around 10:10pm, it started.

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It was amazing. Especially the pirates part.

After that, we slowly made our way back to the front. The crowds were so big. I stopped at the Emporium to let people leave, but it was packed.

After a bit, we walked back to the hotel. I was in bed by midnight.
 
Sounds like a great day! How was the food at Pinocchio's? We ate there years ago and I want to go again.

SOOOO weird about the fireworks delay!
 
Sounds like a great day! How was the food at Pinocchio's? We ate there years ago and I want to go again.

SOOOO weird about the fireworks delay!

The food was good. Not as bad as others. Pizzas and chicken strip are on the menu.

It really was weird. I watched them almost everynight and it didn't seem to happen again.
 
I'm still here too! I've just been behind on my subscriptions. I just love the CR - and your view...ahhhh! I want to stay there someday! We will do BLT, but I want the TOWER! :laughing:

The fireworks look just amazing. I wish they extended those along with MSEP! :rolleyes:
 
I'm still here too! I've just been behind on my subscriptions. I just love the CR - and your view...ahhhh! I want to stay there someday! We will do BLT, but I want the TOWER! :laughing:

The fireworks look just amazing. I wish they extended those along with MSEP! :rolleyes:

I wish they would sell the music.
 
Hey guys. No update until tomorow I'm afraid. Lady migraine is here for a visit.

I'll see you tomorow! Or maybe later tonight if she gives me a break long enough to write an update.
 
Hey guys. No update until tomorow I'm afraid. Lady migraine is here for a visit.

I'll see you tomorow! Or maybe later tonight if she gives me a break long enough to write an update.

OH that sucks! I hate getting migraines! Luckily, most of the time they don't develop for me until the afternoon so I can just suck it up and go to bed really early...the ones that come in the morning, or that I wake up with are the WORST!!

Hope you feel better soon!
 
I've been behind, too! Great updates. Love the fireworks pics!

Hope you feel better quickly, I hate migraines!
 












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