We Invite You to Relax as the Dining Room Proudly Presents a TR! *The End 12/24 Pg44*

[norybell]

What a lovely relaxing day! Well, except for the dinner. But at least most of the day was nice, right?

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Leslie - what a beautiful relaxing pool day! I agree - bar should have opened earlier!!
So sorry that food gave you trouble again! I just can't imagine how difficult it must be to have to think so much about your eating and then still get sick. I hope you have a better experience in the next few days on this trip and better time on your trip with Jen!

 

[TarzansKat]

Dude, I'm all about drinking lunch. I love me some Pina CoLava. Can I have one right now?

Love the panaromic shots of the pool and Riverside. They came out really nice, looks like the camera walk was fruitful.

This is my kind of a day. I'm sad to say this doesn't really happen on our trips now that we have kids, but I'm going to have to make of an effort next time...if not a pool day, at least a pool morning, or resort morning would be nice to take a break from the parks.

I really love Fulton's, but haven't been there in years. Sorry the meal was less than stellar.

 

[Lady Lallie]

I love pool days!! Especially when frozen drinks make an appearance
Okay what was with your old lady captain and your longest boat ride ever?!! And then she was correcting the others on the docks? Ughhhh Imagine how they all must feel to work with her every day
Sorry your food at Fulton's wasn't that great....the soup did look kind of eh but the fritters looked good...I haven't had those in ages!!
Glad you were able to take a nice nap and bounce back after the not so fun afternoon Cute that your mousekeeper wanted to make your bed so that you would sleep better That is one thing you don't get with DVC is the mousekeeping but I don't miss it....

Tracy

She was really annoying. REALLY annoying. She just thought she was right ineverything that she was doing. I forgot to mention that she was obsessed with the birds too. Oy!

Speaking of long boat rides.....let me tell you a story. We were staying at the Poly and the plan was to go back to the resort and watch Wishes from our room balcony since we had a Theme Park view. Well, wouldn't you know it we got the WORST boat driver of life. He took his sweet time from MK to GF then to Poly. I could've killed him. First we stopped at GF to let off some passengers. Then, because he took so long untying the darn boat, the electrical water pageant was going through and he couldn't move the boat. I literally had 5 minutes before the fireworks started!!! And we had left with 30 minutes to spare!!! Finally after white knuckling the whole ride, we disembarked just as the fireworks were starting. I swear it was like my worst nightmare coming true. I SPRINTED to our room to catch the last few minutes of Wishes. My mom couldn't run so Bubba stayed behind to walk with her. Since it was nighttime, my mom got confused and couldn't find our room. They of course eventually found the room but it was a terrible situation. All because of that stupid boat captain!!!!

That is a boat story and 1/2. Wow!

Loving your panoramic shots! Wish we had a collection of all resorts and rides, how cool would that be?! Now that should be a new goal.

Is that a pina colada and strawberry blend? If so, amazing! My fav is at rainforest, instead of using a pina colada and putting the strawberry puree in the bottom, its a strawberry daquiri but made with malibu coconut rum..so good!!

I'm so sorry about your bad meals! Well...good meals, but bad timing with your band, I so so SO hope they go much better on your trip with jen, now that you've had more practice at what to stay away from!

It's actually a pina colada & raspberry blend, it is soooo good! You need to try it!!

I think January will be better, I am going to make it be better!

A pool day is the perfect way to take a break from the parks!
POR's pool looks so relaxing. Definitely want to stay there one day.

POR was so relaxing, it was a very nice resort to get a break from the parks.

I agree with you, LL... WHY do they wait 'til 11am to open the bar?? It's vacation. Pina coladas at 10am are perfectly reasonable!

So sorry you didn't have a great Fulton's experience.

Your pool pics look lovely - what a nice atmosphere - and so uncrowded!!

I thought 11AM was way too late, I was ready at 9AM! Fulton's was just okay, they didn't have a great selection either. It just seemed a little tired if you know what I mean.

Great relaxing update!! Glad you had such a great morning just enjoying the pool and taking time to just stop and smell the roses!!! YAY!!! Frozen drinks look good!!!

UGHHH to eating problems....I can see how that could easily ruin a day quickly! Glad you were able to get some food later and enjoy it!!!!!

YAY for Haunted Mansion life...the game you will be buying me in January!!

Can't wait for another update!

Uh huh, keep telling yourself I will be buying it for you.

Nice update LL. Well, all except for the evil crackers. Ughhhhh I can just feel your frustration on the eating thing. Especially the fact that you are spending a lot of money to eat a nice meal and then you can't eat. That has got to be frustrating beyond belief.

You got some really lovely pictures of the pool and I'm so glad you had a nice pool day. That drink looked delish. And here's to a nice afternoon nap. It all sounds great!

I hope your clinicals are going well!

I haven't started clinicals yet, December 9th. Though I really really want to take a break. I'm toying with the idea of a month long break but who knows.

I'm a big fan of afternoon naps.

I'm glad you enjoyed your time at the pool on Ol' Man Island. Sounds like a nice, relaxing time was had. So sorry to hear about your experience at Fulton's.

It was very relaxing. Though I did miss my quiet pool a little bit.

What a lovely relaxing day! Well, except for the dinner. But at least most of the day was nice, right?

Exactly! Overall it was a very good day.

Leslie - what a beautiful relaxing pool day! I agree - bar should have opened earlier!!
So sorry that food gave you trouble again! I just can't imagine how difficult it must be to have to think so much about your eating and then still get sick. I hope you have a better experience in the next few days on this trip and better time on your trip with Jen!

It was the biggest problem on our vacation, the whole eating situation. Just when I thought I figured out what to order, a curve ball was thrown at me.

Dude, I'm all about drinking lunch. I love me some Pina CoLava. Can I have one right now?

Love the panaromic shots of the pool and Riverside. They came out really nice, looks like the camera walk was fruitful.

This is my kind of a day. I'm sad to say this doesn't really happen on our trips now that we have kids, but I'm going to have to make of an effort next time...if not a pool day, at least a pool morning, or resort morning would be nice to take a break from the parks.

I really love Fulton's, but haven't been there in years. Sorry the meal was less than stellar.

I really love my camera and it's panoramic shot ability, it's a neat feature to have especially in Disney.

Fulton's just seemed tired to me, don't laugh but it actually reminded me of a place that my grandfather liked to eat at but no one else in the family did.

 

[TarzansKat]

Fulton's just seemed tired to me, don't laugh but it actually reminded me of a place that my grandfather liked to eat at but no one else in the family did.

Oh no! That's too funny.

You should have been there with Mom and Nana and I when we would eat at the bar. Now those were good times.

 

[moparop]

What a lovely day by the pool! Relaxing and drinking a meal -- sounds fine to me!

It's amazing how different the boat captains are at PO. Sometimes they are amazing, others just plain are ICK! Bummer about the crackers at Fulton's and the place feeling so old. I am glad you were able to enjoy Wolfgang's and fritters later on!

 

[Lady Lallie]

Oh no! That's too funny.

You should have been there with Mom and Nana and I when we would eat at the bar. Now those were good times.

We still refer to it to Grandpa's place. In fact, every year I threaten at the family swap to get a gift card to it and everyone groans.

What a lovely day by the pool! Relaxing and drinking a meal -- sounds fine to me!

It's amazing how different the boat captains are at PO. Sometimes they are amazing, others just plain are ICK! Bummer about the crackers at Fulton's and the place feeling so old. I am glad you were able to enjoy Wolfgang's and fritters later on!

It was so nice to relax, we really needed it at this point.

This captain was awwwwwful and I think we got her on the way home, I didn't write it down but I think we did. I tried to block it out.

There was a beautiful view at Fulton's. It was neat because we had a gorgeous water view and I could see the balcony of the room Jen & I had stayed at in January.

 

[Lady Lallie]

Saturday September 11th.

This day was probably my favorite of our trip. It was an awesome day all around from beginning to end.

We were up very, very early this morning because we had a rope drop to be at. I took a gamble with the park crowds. Magic Kingdom was opening at 8AM because they were closing at 7PM for Night of Joy. Another park was having morning EMH's so I figured that MK would still be easy to manage with those factors.

BOY WAS I RIGHT!!!

We arrived at about 7:30AM if I remember correctly. There was NO ONE there. I mean NO ONE. We sat on a bench and waited for the show.

When we first sat.

When the show started.

Still hardly anyone there! It was awesome.

We watched the show and we were off. Except, we had no idea what we wanted to do. So we stopped for a photopass picture.

Notice my pink hat that I bought at Animal Kingdom.

I adore this picture.

Quite the gentleman, tipping his hat to me!

I decided that I wanted to see Liberty Square since no one rushes to Liberty Square at rope drop.

I want to live in Liberty Square!

We decided to mosey towards Pirates with a detour at Aladdin's Magic Carpet Ride. A first for the both of us.

The ride seemed even shorter than Dumbo. We were also the only two people on the ride and we were told we were the first ride of the day.

Before Pirates, I decided we should go explore the treehouse.

One of my very favorite pictures from the entire trip. It is hanging in picture collage in my work cubicle.

Continued in next post...

 

[Lady Lallie]

Continued from previous post...

Finally, it was time for Pirates!!

My favorite pirate.

We were making awesome time, so we decided to head to Frontierland. Neither of us cared if we rode Big Thunder again so what foolish thing did I offer to ride?

Splash Mountain!!

What was I thinking? I had barely survived Expedition Everest on Thursday!!??

Clearly, I wasn't thinking at all.

We walked right onto the ride, no wait. In fact, when we walked to the logs the CMs all started cheering for us because no one had been on the ride in awhile.

My problem with Splash is that for someone who dreads the big drop...I can't really enjoy the great ride. I kept asking Marc, is the drop now? Is the drop now?

Here is the proof that I rode.

I was shaking again when we got off the ride but I will admit, I much rather ride Splash the Expedition Everest. I told Marc that I would ride Splash and Big Thunder Mountain with him if he promised to never make me ride Expedition Everest ever again. I think it's a good deal!

As my shaking hands slowly relaxed, we made our way to the Haunted Mansion. Nothing like a little ghost humor to put me in a good mood.

Then we decided to see Hall of Presidents again, it seemed fitting as it was 9/11. The CM told me that no one had been in the first showing and there was barely anyone in ours.

I took some pictures and got to really look at all the goodies they have in the beginning.

I'm obsessed with John Adams since watching the HBO John Adams miniseries, go rent it if you haven't seen it. Immediatly! Well...after you read my update.

I think I could really rock a dress like this.

This is just beautiful. I want a flattering portrait of myself like this.

John Adams!

I cried...again. Th 9/11 footage really got me this time. I'm glad we took the time to see this again.

I wish I could see the time stamp on my pictures on photobucket so I could tell you what time it was but I can't. We were flying through the Magic Kingdom this morning.

Coming up...
Would our Magic Kingdom Mojo continue?
And more importantly, would I be able to eat lunch?

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Great update LL!! I'm excited to hear more about your best day!
I like Liberty Square too - haven't been in Hall of Presidents in a while. Think I'll hit that one next trip for sure. I don't think my kids remember it.
I even read all the signs you posted - I learned some things!!

Love Marc's pirate picture - and your caption was very sweet!!

 

[All7OfUs]

Ugh! I got behind two updates! Been super busy with trying to buy a car, waiting on a job that I STILL haven't heard about, homeschooling, etc...

Anyway, LOVE that I made a cameo appearance in your last update. HA! I remember that bird- LeeAnn was feeding it pieces of breakfast burrito. It was a lovely chat we had that morning, and again fun to get to know you better sitting casually in such a lovely setting.

I really, really wanted to be in MK on 9/11 specifically for the Flag Lowering Ceremony, but it just didn't work out in our touring plan for it. I think we ended up at EPCOT that day. I"m just diggin' at how you breezed through the attractions! What luxury to have such empty lines and yet enthusiastic CMs.

Isn't it great to know about the history and story of an attraction before you go?? I love how you were all excited about John Adams and how it really enriched your time in HoP because of your passion. Neat, Leslie!!

 

[manntra]

Awesome, awesome pictures from the Treehouse LL!! They are spectacular!!
I love that you suggested going on Splash...and then as soon as it is out of your mouth...thinking "did I just say that out loud?!!" However you were smiling and laughing in the picture so I will take that as proof that you liked it!
Isn't it wonderful walking around with no agenda...just do whatever you so desire
Oh yes and I love the shot of Mary and Bert Adorable!!

Tracy

 

[mickeysmyboy]

I missed your pool update! It sounds like a very relaxing day!

I'm sorry you had such a bad experience at Fulton's! We ate at Fulton a few years ago and it was a fabulous meal! We had lobster and crab and it was just like eating a great meal at a great restaurant at home!

Woo hoo for an early, empty morning at MK! I love that picture of you and Marc!!

 

[Lady Lallie]

Great update LL!! I'm excited to hear more about your best day!
I like Liberty Square too - haven't been in Hall of Presidents in a while. Think I'll hit that one next trip for sure. I don't think my kids remember it.
I even read all the signs you posted - I learned some things!!

Love Marc's pirate picture - and your caption was very sweet!!

I'm trying to be on a roll. I know the next few weeks are just going to be busier so I am hoping to finish this TR up soon!

He is my favorite pirate, and he was the one who wanted to reenact his Pirate photo from '08.

Ugh! I got behind two updates! Been super busy with trying to buy a car, waiting on a job that I STILL haven't heard about, homeschooling, etc...

Anyway, LOVE that I made a cameo appearance in your last update. HA! I remember that bird- LeeAnn was feeding it pieces of breakfast burrito. It was a lovely chat we had that morning, and again fun to get to know you better sitting casually in such a lovely setting.

I really, really wanted to be in MK on 9/11 specifically for the Flag Lowering Ceremony, but it just didn't work out in our touring plan for it. I think we ended up at EPCOT that day. I"m just diggin' at how you breezed through the attractions! What luxury to have such empty lines and yet enthusiastic CMs.

Isn't it great to know about the history and story of an attraction before you go?? I love how you were all excited about John Adams and how it really enriched your time in HoP because of your passion. Neat, Leslie!!

I'm behind, I don't even KNOW how many updates on your TR.

Our morning chat was really lovely, a good highlight!

I didn't even think of attending the flag lowering ceremony, that would have been nice to do.

I'm such a history geek, especially american history, I really enjoy it. We want to go to John Adams' farm next summer outside of Boston. I hope we get there!

Awesome, awesome pictures from the Treehouse LL!! They are spectacular!!
I love that you suggested going on Splash...and then as soon as it is out of your mouth...thinking "did I just say that out loud?!!" However you were smiling and laughing in the picture so I will take that as proof that you liked it!
Isn't it wonderful walking around with no agenda...just do whatever you so desire
Oh yes and I love the shot of Mary and Bert Adorable!!

Tracy

Thanks! I had lots of fun taking pictures from the treehouse, the group behind me didn't enjoy it as much though.

That is totally what happened with Splash. I was trying to be good wife no matter how scared I was.

I missed your pool update! It sounds like a very relaxing day!

I'm sorry you had such a bad experience at Fulton's! We ate at Fulton a few years ago and it was a fabulous meal! We had lobster and crab and it was just like eating a great meal at a great restaurant at home!

Woo hoo for an early, empty morning at MK! I love that picture of you and Marc!!

I was worried to eat lobster, I can eat at it home but if I rush I can get sick. Bah. I think it was my mood more so than Fultons that was bad.

 

[jenjolt]

OOOH...MK all to yourselves, doesn't get much better than that!!!

I love that picture of you and Marc too! You guys look so good and so happy!!!!!!

Oh you got some great photos from the treehouse!! LOVE IT!! You had a great eye!!!

Liberty Square, also one of my faves, of course it is home to the bestest ride in the whole world LOL!!!!!!!

 

[SOUTHERNtinkerBELLE]

Yay for no crowds! What a perfect MK morning. I love your Liberty Square pictures!

 

[2xcited2sleep]

Wow! I am in awe of your Liberty Square/no one else around photos. It *almost*makes a girl want to set the alarm for rope drop!

Off to check out John Adams in my netflix queue...

 

[Lady Lallie]

OOOH...MK all to yourselves, doesn't get much better than that!!!

I love that picture of you and Marc too! You guys look so good and so happy!!!!!!

Oh you got some great photos from the treehouse!! LOVE IT!! You had a great eye!!!

Liberty Square, also one of my faves, of course it is home to the bestest ride in the whole world LOL!!!!!!!

It was such an awesome morning. With all our ride mojo, the heat wasn't bothering us at all!

Yay for no crowds! What a perfect MK morning. I love your Liberty Square pictures!

Thank you! I had a good time taking the pictures.

Wow! I am in awe of your Liberty Square/no one else around photos. It *almost*makes a girl want to set the alarm for rope drop!

Off to check out John Adams in my netflix queue...

You should do rope drop at least one time!!

I hope you like John Adams, I really loved it. So much, I want to watch it again.

 

[Tracy161]

Excellent start to your MK morning, I can't believe the crowds (or, I should say lack thereof)!!! I also LOVE the picture you took from the treehouse, looking out onto MK, it's amazing!

 

[Lady Lallie]

Excellent start to your MK morning, I can't believe the crowds (or, I should say lack thereof)!!! I also LOVE the picture you took from the treehouse, looking out onto MK, it's amazing!

Thanks! We had a great time whipping through the attractions, I love when the crowds are so low!