We did it ALL!! 19 days Apr/May 2012 (updated! check in ROYAL PACIFIC RESORT)

[amazingact21]

I'm still here! I mentioned in my last TR Update why I've been a little MIA from the DISboards, but I promise I'm still following along!


Shopping probably wans't the best route to go for a rest day, but it can be so fun that it's hard to pass up the opportunity.
DTD is a must for me, as well. It's a great area, and from the pictures you posted, it seemed like you all had a blast! Sometimes, messing around with items and taking photos can be a great part of a trip.

That Potato Head was really cool!


Oh man...your pictures of Goofy's Candy Shop made me want a caramel apple! The coconut with the white chocolate sounds amazing. I have an old friend doing her College Program at Goofy's right now, and I think I need to pay her a visit and get one of those the next time I'm down there.

 

[wakica]

Glad you were able to find some new shoes. Those ones with the low heal sounded awful!

Love that Mr. Potato Head with the Stitch surf board! So cute!

And Earl of Sandwich is sooo good.

We had gone into that Goofy Candy store, but totally missed out on those treats that you got. Those look so good. I definitely would have gotten the rice crispy treats coated in stuff. Yum!

Awesome blue sky photos! So pretty. Your husband is very talented.

Ahahaha, I didn't even think of stitch being on the surf board so of course you would notice that and now I know even more why DD loved it soo much!! a camera, disney stuff, surfing, beach and stitch. what more could she want?? LOL

Hope you get some treats next time you go. You can get the premade ones too but it's so fun to choose your own toppings - everyone should do it once I think. lol

I'm still here! I don't always get a chance to check the dis every day, but I promise I'm reading!

thanks for posting I definitely felt better when i came back and saw I hadn't lost everyone. haha

Hi Kim!! I'm here!!!
I've never tried Earl of Sandwich or Goofy's, but I think they are on the list for this time! Love the look of those treats!! I have some time for DTD this time! More than usual, anyway. More nice blue light photos from Wayne, too!!
I've just hit double digits in my countdown today!!! So here's to 99 days!! Getting closer all the time!! Reading your TR is helping the time go!!

CONGRATS on double digits!!!! YAY!!!!! and you should definitely hit Goofy's. If you do - post pics of your treat

I'm still here ! I don't always get my dis updates and I get behind.

Again .. LOVE your pics .. I have 2 little guys sitting beside me enjoying them as well.

We have yet to try EOS .. but it's on my "list". Looks yummy.

We only went to DTD for a short time this past trip and I feel like I missed out ! Next trip we'll spend a bit more time there.

glad your little ones enjoyed the pics too My dd sits and looks with me sometimes too but she thinks the reading is boring and is always hurrying me up to get to the next pic. So - often I tell her to get lost so I can actually READ it and post my reply in peace! haha

I'm reading! It's helping me plan out out December trip!

GREAT!!! I have lots more to come too - just need the time and the space on photobucket bc apparently I'm almost out again for the month Guess I'll have to figure out how to resize bettter before i post again.

19 days in Florida. I would die if I ever get the chance to stay that long. I would live in Florida if I could.

We would TOTALLY live there too if we could but it's just not easy to go from living in Canada to living in the states wah! And you would be surprised how fast even 19 days can go there. We were shocked!!

I'm still here! I mentioned in my last TR Update why I've been a little MIA from the DISboards, but I promise I'm still following along!


Shopping probably wans't the best route to go for a rest day, but it can be so fun that it's hard to pass up the opportunity.
DTD is a must for me, as well. It's a great area, and from the pictures you posted, it seemed like you all had a blast! Sometimes, messing around with items and taking photos can be a great part of a trip.

That Potato Head was really cool!


Oh man...your pictures of Goofy's Candy Shop made me want a caramel apple! The coconut with the white chocolate sounds amazing. I have an old friend doing her College Program at Goofy's right now, and I think I need to pay her a visit and get one of those the next time I'm down there.

The caramel apple with white chocolate nad coconut was DEFINITELY good and yes i did see why you have been a bit absent lately. I'm pretty sure i posted on it. Hope your finding more time to pop on- I have to admit I'm finding the time hard too Thank goodness summer is here.

 

[DaveinFallsChurch]

Great update and I am very jealous of the quality of your pictures!

 

[Nermel9]

I'm still here! I'm sorry, I was computerless for a few days so now I'm trying to get caught up on everyone's TR's!

I love hanging out at DTD and looking at all the shops, and taking my time! It seems like on our last few trips, we haven't had a proper DTD day, so this time, I'm definitely going to schedule one!

I love EOS! I want to try WPE so bad, but I seriously cannot pass up EOS if I'm in DTD! Maybe this time I'll eat at WPE when I get there, then when we're leaving, get a sandwich to go?

Those last few pictures of DTD are so beautiful! I wish I had a real camera!

 

[wakica]

Great update and I am very jealous of the quality of your pictures!

thanks they don't all just come out of the camera that way - we do work on some of the really good ones.

I'm still here! I'm sorry, I was computerless for a few days so now I'm trying to get caught up on everyone's TR's!

I love hanging out at DTD and looking at all the shops, and taking my time! It seems like on our last few trips, we haven't had a proper DTD day, so this time, I'm definitely going to schedule one!

I love EOS! I want to try WPE so bad, but I seriously cannot pass up EOS if I'm in DTD! Maybe this time I'll eat at WPE when I get there, then when we're leaving, get a sandwich to go?

Those last few pictures of DTD are so beautiful! I wish I had a real camera!

Great idea to try both. lol.
and the hardest part of the having a great camera is knowing how to use it. There are SOO many settings. I have a "mini me" to DH's camera and for so many years if I took a pic and it didn't look right I'd call him or hand it over to him to do the settings. LOL. It's only recently I've learned to play around with the ISO and that's only 1 of like 50 diffferent settings that can be adjusted on it! And I do have to confess the pictures that look REALLY good - have been photoshopped by me too. LOL. The life of being in a photography business these days is that it comes with post camera edit work too.

 

[sbsmommy]

I'm here too Kim. Looking forward to when you get to the race!
Starr

 

[wakica]

I'm here too Kim. Looking forward to when you get to the race!
Starr

Glad your here I know, it's taking soooo long to get to race day!! haha. i still have 4 days to post before I get to it!!! Today I'm doing one of those days though Now that summer has arrived and I only watch my niece 2 days/week that will free up more time to get work done and get on here. PLUS I changed my photobucket account to pro so I don't have to worry about overusing my bandwidth now!! YAY!! Now I can post a gajillion pics and not worry about them disappearing bc of overuse. haha.

 

[wakica]

DAY 6 - REST DAY 2ND TRY. LOL. TYPHOON LAGOON & SANAA for 19th ANNIVERSARY DINNER.

THANK GOODNESS I had the sense to plan 2 quiet days!!! I actually had a fairly busy day planned bc we were supposed to be at Typhoon Lagoon VERY early for DD's surf lesson but I waited too long to book it and didn't get the day I originally wanted so it turned into a very nice low key day of TL and dinner at Sanaa...


We wanted to be at TL for rope drop so we were up at a good time butand to my dismay we didn't make it for rope drop at 9am bc we were just dragging a bit. Oh well.

We drove in and were thinking, wow, there's next to NO CARS here?! what's with that??? It's already after 9!!

It wasn't long before I realized they didn't open til 10!! BAHAHAHA!!! silly me.

Oh well, that meant we WOULD be there for rope drop after all. YAY!

They let us in before 10am and we were held at a rope that crossed a bridge. While waiting we chatted with a CM standing there and she pointed out her favorite spot on the map so we set our mind to head over that way once the rope dropped. It shouldn't be hard bc we were the first family at the rope.

We saw the family of the day walk in and the one daughter got to sign her name on the sign as the BIG KAHUNA. I didn't know they had a family of the day at TL - I wonder what all they get to do???

Anyway, a little later we got to go in. We high tailed it to our spot of choice which was up a level and over to the right side. We walked past the water that had nobody in it yet...

We parked ourselves in a GREAT spot that overlooked the deep water which was perfect bc that's EXACLY where DD would spend all her water time trying to catch as many waves as is humanly possible. lol. (I did have a pic to show off our GREAT spot with all the empty chairs around us but I decided it showed a little too much leg. HAHA - ya I know - swimsuits are the clothing of choice and it's expected but the angle dh took it from just makes my thigh and backside too central to the photo. HAHA.

We did get rained on a few times here and there so I jogged over the shelter that was in our sitting area. i was SOO glad to have that bc one of the rains was pretty big. Not long but a good downpour.

Here are some fun in the water shots

Look MA - First one in the pool!!

DD loves this one of her swimming in the waves bc she thinks it sort of looks like she's swimming in the clouds...

Of course I had to get in the water with her for a bit too...

but mostly I just enjoy lounging around, reading, and BLISSFULLY sinking my feet into the soft hot sand!!!

You just cannot IMAGINE how heavenly it feels to put your feet in soft warm sand after a CRAZY long winter of 6 months and a brutally cold and windy spring that was dragging out forever!! i'm serious - total HEAVEN!!!

DD and DH enjoyed the slides - I'm not much of a slider

We all enjoyed the lazy river.

We grabbed some french fries and then called it a day around 2pm. We had a dinner ressie at 5 to get to and I had gotten enough heat for one day anyway. Sooo glad it was a bit rainy or I would have been ready to go by noon!! lol. Got to ease yourself into beach days when coming out of a cold winter.

Snapped a pic of DD on our way out bc how on earth could she resist the sign??? lol

We headed back to the condo to shower up and rest and get ready for Dinner at Sanaa restaraunt to celebrate mine and DH's 19th Anniversary

We got there in time to check in for 5pm. Which I guess must be there first ressie time bc we got to hear the opening song as we sat with our buzzer waiting.

Here we are waiting in the hallway..

and DD...

and i figured I'd better hold on to the buzzer this time considering how it freaked dd out the last time. LOL

The inside of the restaraunt! SOO beautiful

and the happily married, more in love with each other than ever couple celebrating 19 years married (that would be me and DH lol)

1st up was BREAD SERVICE. MMMmmmmmm!! If you go - do not pass this up. It was sooo yummmy!!! and the waitress was so helpful in talking us through what types of bread to choose and what type of dips...

bc DD and i don't have big appetites and knew we'd be full from all the bread I only ordered the salad sampler with 3 selections of salad. They were ALL delish!! Even my fussy eater was brave enough to try a bite of each and really liked one

The basmatti rice at the top of my salad sampler is what DD (my fussy eater) ordered along with a fruit smoothie which she loved!!

and dh ordered this...

some sort of chicken meal that he loved!

We didn't have room for dessert but I did decide we should get a nice pot of tea after dinner so dh and I enjoyed that. I'm actually the tea drinker but it comes with like 3 servings so DH had to have some too. lol

and I love this snap he cought of me enjoying my tea and looking out our window enjoying a view of the animals...

It was actually dark looking and drab but I loved the calm feel to it so had to do some photo shop rescue work on it. It's now my facebook profile pic.

It was a very nice meal and I'd reccomend trying Sanaa for sure if you were ever hesitating. DD loved watching the animals on the savanah and we enjoyed walking around the hotel a bit once we were done.

We got a cast member to snap this pic of us outside...

On our way home dd and dh felt it was a bit too much of a relaxed day so we swung through Celebration on our way home. DH said we would have to come back so he could take some time and get some good pics and spend some time but unfortunately it was the last time we saw Celebration on our trip. You'd think with 19 days it would be easy to fit it in but nope!! Too much to do.

Next up we head back to Disney with a visit to Hollywood Studios. Would we be rested enough to hit it before rope drop?? Would they open the gates early??? Would we be able to cram in TSM, RnR, ToT and ST before the line ups got insane??

tune in and find out LOL

 

[sbsmommy]

We haven't done a waterpark yet-sounds like fun!
We are on our way to NYC right now. I saw that EOS is there too so if it works out we may hit it one day for lunch.

 

[amazingact21]

Your day sounds great! And it's nice to hear that you were able to get that relaxing day that you planned for.

I could only imagine how wonderful it must have been to finally be surrounded by sand and sun after a cold winter. Made training for the 5K totally worth it, right?


Sanaa looks like a great restaurant. I bet the bread and salad sampler was more than enough food, probably would've ordered the same thing. And that photo of you drinking your tea is great! I think it captures the essence of a vacation perfectly. Relaxed, happy, soaking in the moment...

 

[wakica]

We haven't done a waterpark yet-sounds like fun!
We are on our way to NYC right now. I saw that EOS is there too so if it works out we may hit it one day for lunch.

I hope you get to try out EOS!! Let me know how you like it if you do!!

Your day sounds great! And it's nice to hear that you were able to get that relaxing day that you planned for.

I could only imagine how wonderful it must have been to finally be surrounded by sand and sun after a cold winter. Made training for the 5K totally worth it, right?


Sanaa looks like a great restaurant. I bet the bread and salad sampler was more than enough food, probably would've ordered the same thing. And that photo of you drinking your tea is great! I think it captures the essence of a vacation perfectly. Relaxed, happy, soaking in the moment...

Yes, it was definitely relaxing. It was one of the very few days my feet did not hurt! lol

Training for the 5K was definitely more worth it bc of where we were going!! As a matter of fact I have only run ONCE since the race Bad I know but I am just one of those people that need something huge for motivation. I keep watching the scale and if the 6 pounds that i lost while running start creeping back up I will have to figure out a way to remotivate myself. hahaha!

 

[hjd0411]

Well, doesn't Cali look right at home in the surf! And after your comments I feel like I take our beaches here so for granted!! 2 weeks ago I was able to take a beach walk at 7am for about an hour - very refreshing and lovely - and it's the middle of winter..!!!!!
And you will have to spend some more time in Celebration next time!! I love it.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Tyhpoon Lagoon looks like so much fun! Next time we will definitely be making time for one of the water parks! And it would also be fun to have an empty pool to ourselves.

And your dinner at Sanaa looked so good. Another place we need to check out.

 

[LGH1946]

I have not been able to read all of your trip report so far but I have looked at all the pics. This is the very, very best trip report I have EVER seen. These pics are AWESOME. And I am going to read every word. I feel for you because of your feet hurting. I have problem feet so I fully understand. You should rent an ECV. That would help your feet soooooo much.!! I have bad knees too so I have to have some relief, especially at AK & Epcot. Im going to read your pre-trip report right now. Thanks!

 

[wakica]

Well, doesn't Cali look right at home in the surf! And after your comments I feel like I take our beaches here so for granted!! 2 weeks ago I was able to take a beach walk at 7am for about an hour - very refreshing and lovely - and it's the middle of winter..!!!!!
And you will have to spend some more time in Celebration next time!! I love it.

She definitely enjoys the surf!! You should see the pics we got of her at her surfing lesson There's no turning back now. We are planning a trip to Tofino BC in 2 years for her to do a week long surf camp so she can see you can surf in Canada too. That way she won't feel she HAS to move to a different country to surf when she's older. I can handle BC as long as she's int he same country.

Yes, the next time you walk by a beach and realize your ignoring it - just think of us with snow and cold for 6 months of the year.

Tyhpoon Lagoon looks like so much fun! Next time we will definitely be making time for one of the water parks! And it would also be fun to have an empty pool to ourselves.

And your dinner at Sanaa looked so good. Another place we need to check out.

It didn't stay empty too long. lol but it was cool while it lasted.
and we are so glad we tried Sanaa!!! We were a bit leary bc dd is such a fussy eater but she surprised us by trying some of the salads and she liked them - I really should try to make some of them one day.

I have not been able to read all of your trip report so far but I have looked at all the pics. This is the very, very best trip report I have EVER seen. These pics are AWESOME. And I am going to read every word. I feel for you because of your feet hurting. I have problem feet so I fully understand. You should rent an ECV. That would help your feet soooooo much.!! I have bad knees too so I have to have some relief, especially at AK & Epcot. Im going to read your pre-trip report right now. Thanks!

AWE!! Thanks so much for your comment I hope you enjoy getting caught up on PTR and TR. It's going to be a looooong one. LOL

 

[jecskc]

Joining in !!! Loving your TR so far. Love all your photos, too. I especially like your DH's blue light photos. I agree that you do need a rest day .. or two. My feet get to killing me as well. I've tried all kinds of things. Soaking, putting them in ice, switching shoes .... but none of it works. My feet are always killing me.

Looking forward to reading more !!!

 

[wakica]

Joining in !!! Loving your TR so far. Love all your photos, too. I especially like your DH's blue light photos. I agree that you do need a rest day .. or two. My feet get to killing me as well. I've tried all kinds of things. Soaking, putting them in ice, switching shoes .... but none of it works. My feet are always killing me.

Looking forward to reading more !!!

Glad your joining in I know - I don't know how to get over the sore feet thing. As I mentioned before - I did try to prepare myself - I was helping DD with flyers 3 days/week, jogging for 40 min aprox. 3 days/week and trying to get walks in when I could but I'm just not used to being on them. I'm at a computer all day or watching my niece so I guess my feet are just wimpy.LOL

 

[wakica]

MAY 2nd - DAY 7 - HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS

We wanted to be sure to show up at HS EARLY bc of the fact that they will often open the park a bit early to avoid the running of the bulls towards Toy Story Mania.

It seemed like it wasn't going to go our way bc DH missed the 1st turnoff to head in to the studios and we ended up driving ALL THE WAY AROUND to the other entrance!!! Ok, It FELT like it was forever bc I was ticked we missed the turn and felt time was ticking so fast but in reality I'm sure it wasn't too bad.
FINALLY we were heading up to the entrance area where you stop to pay and they WEREN'T READY SERIOUSLY??? That's 2 strikes against us now for being at the front of the line.
They were just settting up the cash drawers so we just tried to wait SOO patiently but the one guy bugged the pokey one saying Can't you see these people want to get in there??? Finally the pokey guy moved out and the one who made the comment was in his spot and said to us "Just go on in and have a magical day". HUH??? DH took his foot off the break a tiny bit but just wasn't sure he'd heard right so he stopped again and said "just go???" LOL and the guy said you bet We thanked him very much and drove in.

It made my day better to start it with a little bit of Disney magic Now I would relax at last.

We made it in and got to the FRONT of a turnstyle that nobody was paying attention to. so in the end it was PERFECT!!!
and here we are at the front...

I just love front of the line shots.

We were let in at about 8:47 so 13 minutes early. YAY!!! 2nd little bit of Disney magic in our day.

We walked QUICKLY but did NOT run to none other than...

We grabbed Fast passes with a return time of 9:40 - 10:40 and then headed into the ride. We were THRILLED to be told we were the 1st riders of the day! YAY again!!! You just couldn't get a better start to a day!

Once off TSMM we booted it to RnR and as we walked into the line I was thinking Hhmmm, this seems like a bit of a long ride and sure enough after 5 min they announced the ride was down. We stuck it out for another 15 and they announced they were not running so we headed out.
BOO - our magic ended. LOL

Here we are waiting in the line with the ToT calling to us in the background.

Well, we figured our next stop of course was as planned - ToT but I was a bit worried that it would be super busy bc EVERYONE heading out of the RnR line would of course make a beeline for ToT

We headed over not sure what to expect. Sure enough it was posted as a 20 minute wait. Oh well RnR is down so what else is there to do but stand in line for a bit.

walking through ToT cue...

On a good note (and to get back to our magical day) the wait was only 10 minutes between the preshow area AND the elevator area so we were pretty thrilled about that.

check out freaky glowing eye guy. LOL

After ToT we headed back over to see how things were going on RnR. It looked like people were heading in so we asked a CM (instead of assuming) and she said yes it was JUST back up running.
Before heading in we grabbed FPs and were able to WALK ON to RnR since it had just nicely reopened. YAY!!! Back on track now

Next up was time to use up our TSM fast passes, here's the sign we saw when we arrived there...

YEP!! You read that right!!! 70 min wait ALREADY at what like 10:40 am??!! Oh well, we got to walk right on to our 2nd ride of TSM of the day so the signs didn't bother us in the least bit except that we now wished we had NOT gotten another set for RnR bc we ALL found it alot more jerky than in past years. Again... are we getting old??? I don't know bc DD found it way too jerky too.

We headed towards Star Tours bc it was the LAST ride i wanted to hit before the line ups started to build. It said 20 min so we hopped in line hoping it was shorter like the last 20 min sign said.

Here's DH headed past Tatoine Traders on the way to ST...

and YAY!! It only took us 10 min before we were sitting on the ride!!

We headed back to use up FP's for RnR even though DD was insistent it was too rough and she did NOT want to do it. I thought that was odd for her bc she doesn't usually care about roughness - she LOVES Hulk which i find too jerky so I said let's just give it another chance. So we did and she still hated it and I agreed - we were DONE with RnR. It's sad - maybe it needs some fixing up or something bc we don't recall it being so jerky in previous years.


OH - they didn't even LOOK at our FP's for RnR - must have been bc it was down earlier that day.

We found some shade near RnR and had some snacks , rested my feet that were starting to feel sore AGAIN, and took some pics...

It was around non and While we snacked we thought we'd attempt to send DH to get some FP's for TSM but when he came back he had gotten some but they were for a really late time (between 5:10 and 6:10). We were all sad bc we had planned to leave no later than 4 or just after but we thought oh well - we'll pass them on to someone else.

We were now ready to hit "slow down" mode for the day which I will finish up in another post.

 

[wakica]

So, the morning madness was over with and we were ready for a more laid back afternoon...

We decided to check out some head gear of course I mean, how could we NOT??? lol

We contemplated purchasing these next ones...

but then I remembered my niece loved PINK not BLUE so I got the exact same one in pink for her and DD FINALLY after trying on several hats and ears in EVERY park selected her ears!!! They weren't the ones in that last pic tho - You'll see them in almost every picture for the rest of the day tho. lol

DH found something to try on...

Next up was the backlot tour.
The posted time was 20 min but when we went in they started letting the crowds in like 2 minutes later. We thought WOW - good timing!!

But no such luck, we got about 3 families from the front and they shut it down saying the rest would have to wait for the next show. Oh well. LOL. I gladly took the opportunity to sit and rest my sore feet again. haha

and here are DD and I passing the time away while in line...
sorry they are fuzzy - it was the point and shoot.
OH and you'll see the ears DD chose.

Here are some pics from The Backlot Tour...

OOOOHHH! Those volunteers are getting VERY wet!! HAHAHA!

Oh wait, NOW THEY ARE GETTING WET!! LOL

Here's DD getting a bit of splash from the shower or shall I say torrential downpour the set off on this set.

After the tour we enjoyed some of the props in the exit area..

DD by Darth Maul...

DH thought the props from THE SHINING were quite cool to see...

and the organ from Pirates of the Carribean - not sure which one tho...

and in the store on the way out DH and I took the honours of giving ourselves an OSCAR for BEST PARENTS!! LOL

When we came out it was H.O.T. out!! We just sauntered around enjoying the streets!

Streets of New York...

That is New York right?? lol

and we can't forget San Fransico!!

We originally were supposed to be doing DisneyLand and other theme parks on the West Coast for this trip and it would have included a trip to San Fransico too but dd and dh were appalled at the thought and fought for it to be WDW again. In the end when DD became surf obsessed she regretted making a fuss and would have actually loved to surf in California but oh well, we made up for the lack of surfing on another day coming up.

anyway!!!! back to the streets of San Fransico. LOL

It was time to cool down so we browsed through One Man's Dream

Then headed over to Animation Station...

where I proceeded promptly to do
THIS...

For a Llooooonnggg time!!! bc DD and DH ended up doing 2 back to back sessions of drawing. Trust me - it was a much welcomed rest for my feet!!! and I think it went a long way in helping me get through the rest of the day. Besides it's sooo much fun to people watch in WDW!!!! I had plenty of entertainment.

If you can beleive DD and DH wanted to go a 3rd time and actually got in line but the line had grown by now and they didn't make the cut.

We decided to head for our late lunch/early dinner a bit early and see if they could squeeze us in but that will have to wait for the next post.

 

[wakica]

So, we decided to head to our 2:50 ressie about 35 minutes early in hopes they'd be able to get us in.

And are you wondering WHERE we ate?? If you followed my PTR you probably already know but it was...

We were very excited to check out this restaraunt bc of all the wonderful things we had heard. I was a little leary bc we don't like to put on a show - we are more "shy" people but we decided it would be lots of fun and hoped we would get a good waiter.

We asked if it was possibly to get in early and she said sure have a seat.
so WE sat...

and DH did, well, he did what DH does best!!

and SHOCKINGLY before we realized it they were already calling us!! I was shocked and I should actually say they didn't call us but BELLOWED...
Iverson kids, get to the table, Dinner's ready!!!
LOL

Once seated our waiter came by and intorduced himself as cousin so and so (sorry, I'm AWEFUL with names). Then he asked our DD to be a darling and set the table! BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! she was not impressed but did think it was funny...

I didn't feel too bad for her bc as I was snickering at her I got the spiel of..
ABLE MABLE, GET YOUR ELBOWS OFF MY ...... FORMICA! lol. ya, I have a bad habit of putting my elbows on the table. OOPS!

Then he proceeded to INSIST he use DH's camera (dh's EXPENSIVE and NEEDED for an Upcoming wedding while we are out of the country camera) I might add. lol but DH obeyed and handed it over....

I actually love this pic bc it just shows how it doesn't just take a good camera to take a good photo. You actually have to know how to change the settings to make it work bc ya, this aint a really great pic - especially of me!! Figures right??

We got our drinks and DD drank her shake and watched the tv...

until our waiter came back and started extending this loooong stick that he hides on doorframes or whevever so that he could do this...

Oh my GOSH!!! He was SUCH A HOOT!! LOL and he was SOOO good at hiding when they turned around that this particular lady thought it was us LOL.

Well, it wasn't too long before our food arrived.

DD got onion rings to go with her milkshake...

I got the fried chicken that had SOO much chicken on it I quickly passed a piece of chicken on to DH's plate...

and DH tried the meatloaf (plus a pce of chicken of course which you can see on his plate)...

Our waiter tried poking another person in the head but he must have had a REALLY hard skull bc no matter how much he tried he just could NOT get the guy to feel it!! LOL He did have a ball cap on but still - I was sure after the 10th poke he would have felt something???? haha.

We finished up and got the "NO TOWER FOR AN HOUR" from our waiter. haha you know kind of like no swimming for an hour?? haha

We left 50's Prime Time with full bellies and completely entertained

WELL!!! I apologize!!! I should have followed my notes better bc it turns out DD and DH tried to get in line to do Animation class before lunch but didn't make it so we went for our lunch early and THEN did the 2 back to back animation classes.
SORRY! lol. See how quickly we forget the details of our trips??? that's so sad.

We were stuck by the restaraunt by a dance party going by and then I grabbed FP's for ToT and DD and DH went to do that double animation class I messed up on

At least I have another pic to show that I forgot in the last post. LOL
Here's DD sitting at her drawing table...

so, that took quite awhile and after that it was time to use our FP's for ToT but it was only posted as 10 minutes and knowing full well it was probably less we kept the FP's as souvies and it only took us 5 minutes to get into the Library. YAY, good choice.

We looked in some shops...

at one point I was waiting outside for DD and DH to come out of a store and it was taking them FOREVER!!!! I got fed up and peeked in to find them doing this...

yep, they are in a theme park and they choose to stand there like zombies staring at a T.V.!! Hahaha, the little twerps. I promptly scolded them and tore them away from the screens.

We took some pics...

sorry, i only showed one but this is getting a bit long. lol

and we stalled bc we decided we had taken so much more time on the animation class that we would just wait for that FP we had gotten earlier in the day for TSM! So, it all ended up working out VERY well bc we ended off the day with one last go on TSM...

We only waited about 4 minutes with the FP and all the FP's were of course gone for the day.

Hit a few shops and took our time heading out to the car.

We had a very enjoyable day at HS. My feet DID hurt of course but with the ressie at 50's Prime Time and the sitting for 2 back to back drawing sessions helped to keep me going without too much pain.

I can't remember what we did that night. Possibly just relaxed bc we knew we'd be heading to Rope Drop at Sea World the next morning.