We braved the 4th!!! AND the rain...and the crowds??? 7/1-7/8 BOOKED NEXT TRIP!!!!

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

Oh, it is bittersweet to see the end of your trip. My kids were watching your videos with me just now and they kept asking who you guys were It's hard to explain the DIS boards to them. I'm already a nut for being their mom so these DIS boards make me odder to them My daughter just asked me though when we get to go so it's nice to say 3 weeks! I can't wait to see the video montage!!

Haha, funny about the videos! It really is hard to explain the DISboards to people (or children) to don't get it. It kind of makes you sound crazy when you try to explain!

What a wonderful TR this has been Nikki, soo glad the sun came out for you by the end of the trip too!

I love that you make the most of your last day too - I always get the latest flight back to London that we can get to maximise the time in WDW! I always get soo sad when I leave the park on the last day, and when the ME bus arrives.. and when I exit under the WDW gates!! I don't know anywhere else in the world that makes me feel like that!

Looking forward to the video!

Emma x

ps - in the first video in the Germany pavillion, does someone ask you where you got your 'pin' from?!

Oh yeah, gotta get as much time in as we can on the last day! I think we were in Epcot until around 3:30.

Hmm, I don't remember someone asking about a pin. I'm going to go back and see what that was all about....

The walls all around Epcot are so ugly. Aren't they? I couldn'T believe how many there were.

There really were a lot! But apparently, they were gone just a couple of weeks later. Well...except the one around the old Cantina. I am SOOOO excited for that to open!

Awe so sad it's over.

But it was a great trip report as always Sweetie

p.s: Yans yans?

YES! Yan Yans! So delicious! It's just like, cookie sticks with chocolate dipping sauce! I think they have them in vanilla and strawberry too but we always get the chocolate!

One year for Christmas, Tom found them in a music store and bought me an entire case of them! You don't really see them around here too often though...that music store since closed and I don't think I've seen them since. Although, I had a student last year who used to bring them in for snack and she said her mother gets them at the asian food store!

So sad your trip is over. I really don't think I'd be able to handle going on the Magical Express back to the airport, it sounds really depressing. I'm sad enough as it is, I don't need to drive around Disney property for an hour listening to bad jokes!

Can't wait to see your video montage!

Oh that bus ride is torture! The bad jokes were bad but the combo of the bad jokes AND the slowest highway driving I've seen in years was making me crazy!

 

[DEdisprincess]

I'm so bummed that your trip report is over..but you ended on such a good note. can't wait to read about nikki and toms next adventure

 

[podsnel]

aww poor Tom, hopes his back is feeling better now.

Oh and so your telling my you and Ellen are not like the Real Housewives of New Jersey? so disapointed was hoping to see you all duke it out one day LMAO (jk)

btw I love how YOU take pics.. your poses are adorable almost Vanna White like !

Ok....I am waaaaaaay behind and catching up but I just had to say- we are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO not like the Real Housewives of Nj....or the Jersey Shore kids....or the people at that hair salon (which I passed everyday last week taking Sean to camp)- but I also have to say, I LOVE watchin those Real Housewives, they are hilarious!!

 

[Shannon84]

So sad to come up to the last day of the TR, but it looks like you guys got in a lot of world showcase action for your last day! I am pretty sure I would be having a panic attack on the ME bus running late like that. Then again, maybe you could have stayed a little longer in disney rather than flying home!

 

[PopArtGal]

ok, my next mission is to find those lol I may find them in the china town in mtl. But the last few times I went there, I ran into my ex. It's kinda obvious since he is Chinese and introduced me to it lol So I stay away from it now.

 

[JenSop]

What a great trip report!! Makes me excited for my next trip. (33 days!!!)

 

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

I'm so bummed that your trip report is over..but you ended on such a good note. can't wait to read about nikki and toms next adventure

Thanks! Hopefully it'll be soon but I'm afraid it's not looking that way....

Ok....I am waaaaaaay behind and catching up but I just had to say- we are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO not like the Real Housewives of Nj....or the Jersey Shore kids....or the people at that hair salon (which I passed everyday last week taking Sean to camp)- but I also have to say, I LOVE watchin those Real Housewives, they are hilarious!!

Girl, you need to catch up! I'm sad we never made it to lunch this summer. You are a busy lady! Are the kids ready for school?! You're going to have your hands full with PTA!

So sad to come up to the last day of the TR, but it looks like you guys got in a lot of world showcase action for your last day! I am pretty sure I would be having a panic attack on the ME bus running late like that. Then again, maybe you could have stayed a little longer in disney rather than flying home!

Very sad. Leaving is torture. Going under the arches and suddenly the road signs are green and everything looks gray and dull and just...normal. Not magical anymore. Totally SUCKS!

ok, my next mission is to find those lol I may find them in the china town in mtl. But the last few times I went there, I ran into my ex. It's kinda obvious since he is Chinese and introduced me to it lol So I stay away from it now.

Haha! Yes, stay away from that jerk! I'm not sure you'll be able to find them. I googled them and found this candy review of them.

http://www.candyblog.net/blog/item/yan_yan/

What a great trip report!! Makes me excited for my next trip. (33 days!!!)

JEALOUS!

 

[onelilspark]

That guacamole from the Tequilla Bar looks delicious! Might need to try that on our trip!

 

[PopArtGal]

Thanks for the pic of the yan yans. I'm visual. So now I know what to look for.

 

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

That guacamole from the Tequilla Bar looks delicious! Might need to try that on our trip!

It really was delicious!

Thanks for the pic of the yan yans. I'm visual. So now I know what to look for.

Me too! Just the other day we were at the bank opening a new account and it was all getting a little confusing and the guy was like, want me to draw a diagram? I was like, YES!

 

[brookelizabeth]

Ooooh, so sad it's over. Tom does have a really good frown face!

How WEIRD about your ME! I would have been soooo annoyed with that. So you didn't even get to eat? I bet you two were starved!

YES! Yan Yans! So delicious! It's just like, cookie sticks with chocolate dipping sauce! I think they have them in vanilla and strawberry too but we always get the chocolate!

Drool! These sound amazing!

 

[UncleOrville]

Excellent TR!! Sad to see it over, but glad your last couple of days were so awesome! 3 margaritas in one afternoon? I am impressed!

 

[ronnmel]

So sad your trip is over.

I agree with a PP, I would have freaked out if ME was that late and slow going to the airport, especially since I have to take an international flight!

You have so many great photopass pictures, you have definately convinced me to get it for my next trip.

ok, my next mission is to find those lol I may find them in the china town in mtl. But the last few times I went there, I ran into my ex. It's kinda obvious since he is Chinese and introduced me to it lol So I stay away from it now.

There are Asian markets outside of chinatown. I know of one in Brossard (on Taschereau, just west of the 10) and somewhere in Ville St-Laurent. Let us know if you find them!

 

[tksbaskets]

WOW you did a ton on your last day. I love your EPCOT pics! All of them Are Yan Yans kind of like a Twix bar?

For musical sound tracks don't forget to check out some of my favorites from my iPod: Guys and Dolls, Wicked - GREAT soundtrack from Broadway, Camelot - with Julie Andrews (I found it on iTunes), Beauty and the Beast Broadway Original Cast , The Little Mermaid Broadway Original Cast.

When is the next trip? It was super to follow along on your trip. I have several new places to check out for December. Thank you for sharing

TK

 

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

Ooooh, so sad it's over. Tom does have a really good frown face!

How WEIRD about your ME! I would have been soooo annoyed with that. So you didn't even get to eat? I bet you two were starved!

Drool! These sound amazing!

We did. We stopped for a quick slice from Sbarro.

Excellent TR!! Sad to see it over, but glad your last couple of days were so awesome! 3 margaritas in one afternoon? I am impressed!

3 margaritas is nothing when your walking around WS!

So sad your trip is over.

I agree with a PP, I would have freaked out if ME was that late and slow going to the airport, especially since I have to take an international flight!

You have so many great photopass pictures, you have definately convinced me to get it for my next trip.

That was the closest the ME bus ever got us! I was really surprised but it worked out well in the end because I hate waiting around!

WOW you did a ton on your last day. I love your EPCOT pics! All of them Are Yan Yans kind of like a Twix bar?

For musical sound tracks don't forget to check out some of my favorites from my iPod: Guys and Dolls, Wicked - GREAT soundtrack from Broadway, Camelot - with Julie Andrews (I found it on iTunes), Beauty and the Beast Broadway Original Cast , The Little Mermaid Broadway Original Cast.

When is the next trip? It was super to follow along on your trip. I have several new places to check out for December. Thank you for sharing

TK

No, Yan Yans aren't really like twix at all. They come in a tube-like package and there's cookie sticks. Then there's a section inside on one-half of the tube that has the chocolate dip in it. Kind of like Dunkaroos!

Oh yes! LOVE Guys and Dolls! That's Tom's all-time favorite musical. We saw it when it came back to Broadway a year or so ago with Oliver Platt and the mom from Gilmore Girls..don't remember her name! And Nicely Nicely Johnson was played by the guy who played Sebastion in the Little Mermaid original cast. I also have the Beauty and the Beast Broadway soundtrack. I don't know anything about Camelot OR Wicked! Thanks for the suggestions!

 

[WLfamily]

Just got caught back up, school is really getting in the way of my disboards! Great tr of course, I expect no less of you!
You have the best luck when it comes to finding characters. Never seen Beast before either.
Great last day and so glad the sun stayed out for you guys. My kids love dunkaroos so I'll have to try those Yin things (can't remember without looking back what they're called.)
As far as musicals go....I know this isn't an old one and you may laugh but, I'm addicted to Mamma Mia. I can't quit watching that movie! It's so bad that the kids will hear the music and walk into the room and say "Mamma Mia again?".

 

[kate_wdw]

I'm so sad to see your TR come to an end - it captured the fun of WDW so well! Plus, you and Tom take the best pictures!

I'll keep my fingers crossed that Tom finds a new job quickly (not only for your sakes, but also selfishly so I'll have another one of your TRs to read ). I hope you're enjoying your final days (or moments) of summer!

 

[PopArtGal]

So sad your trip is over.

I agree with a PP, I would have freaked out if ME was that late and slow going to the airport, especially since I have to take an international flight!

You have so many great photopass pictures, you have definately convinced me to get it for my next trip.



There are Asian markets outside of chinatown. I know of one in Brossard (on Taschereau, just west of the 10) and somewhere in Ville St-Laurent. Let us know if you find them!

Thanks for suggesting other places. I will let you knoe if I do find them.

 

[PopArtGal]

Just got caught back up, school is really getting in the way of my disboards! Great tr of course, I expect no less of you!
You have the best luck when it comes to finding characters. Never seen Beast before either.
Great last day and so glad the sun stayed out for you guys. My kids love dunkaroos so I'll have to try those Yin things (can't remember without looking back what they're called.)
As far as musicals go....I know this isn't an old one and you may laugh but, I'm addicted to Mamma Mia. I can't quit watching that movie! It's so bad that the kids will hear the music and walk into the room and say "Mamma Mia again?".

Mamma Mia really is good!

 

[podsnel]

Hey Nikki!!!! Sorry I've been missing for a while- the PTA stuff did start, and when I haven't been on vacation, or doing laundry, or learning how to do the PTA stuff, I went to the pool with the kids. Summer is too, too short. I need another month off!!!! Anyway.....I loved reading about your trip, you always crack me up, the vids were excellent- I feel like I've been on vacation with you 3 times now!!! I'm so happy the sun came out for the end of the trip, too!

I know it's late to ask, but....how about lunch this Friday? Oh- and maybe I'll see you on Thursday at the High School. I'll be at the convocation that day.

Ellen

ps- Sooo glad you got that kernal out!!! YUCK!!!

pps- I love My Fair Lady- even if Audrey Hepburn is lipsyncing, she is still amazing. And Gigi- with Leslie Carron. That one I have adored since I was a little girl. Ohhhh...and South Pacific....and the King and I....and of course, The Sound of Music.....