We took the kids to WDW! - All done, Now Bonus features! Festival of Holidays 2/23

[Malia78]

In relation to the last update, did you hear that the Margarita stand in Mexico closed yesterday?

 

[franandaj]

In relation to the last update, did you hear that the Margarita stand in Mexico closed yesterday?

FOREVER?????

 

[Malia78]

That's what it looks like...

ETA: Did a little more reading and hopefully it is just temporary and it will return bigger and better...

 

[juniorbugman]

Hi Alison
My points are not shown here and it doesn't show that I got some this round either.

Overall Scoreboard:

Captain_Oblivious – 89 points
Malia78 – 86 points
Leshaface – 75 points
pkondz, 74
rndmr – 68 points
dhorner233 – 60 points
dizneet – 60 points
Paula Sedley-Burke- 58 points
DnA2010 – 52.5 points
Pinkocto – 50 points
dgbg100106 – 49 points
Steppesister – 46 points
afwdwfan – 41 points
IowaTater – 35 points
irene_dsc – 30 points
EJ4Disney – 20 points

 

[franandaj]

That's what it looks like...

ETA: Did a little more reading and hopefully it is just temporary and it will return bigger and better...

So did Fran. I was just going to post that!

Hi Alison
My points are not shown here and it doesn't show that I got some this round either.

Ugh, you are right! Thanks for pointing that out! You are third in the overall scoreboard! You got 50 points in the second round which tied for a few others as the third highest score.

I have modified the scoreboard on the original post and I missed a couple others in the last minute updates. It now means that @Malia78 won the round instead of @DnA2010 but it was still very close!

Overall Scoreboard:

Captain_Oblivious – 89 points
Malia78 – 86 points
juniorbugman - 78 points
Leshaface – 75 points
pkondz, 74
rndmr – 68 points
dhorner233 – 60 points
dizneet – 60 points
Paula Sedley-Burke- 58 points
DnA2010 – 52.5 points
Pinkocto – 50 points
dgbg100106 – 49 points
Steppesister – 46 points
afwdwfan – 41 points
IowaTater – 35 points
irene_dsc – 30 points
EJ4Disney – 20 points

 

[dhorner233]

Loved your update. You guys looked like you were having a blast! Love it when everyone gets into it like on the Pascal shot. Loved all of the topiaries. Jim looks like he was having a blast conduction in the Imagination playground! And your suite is so cozy and homey. I could live there!!

Next Round

1. What time do I wake up in the morning? (10 points)

6:00 am

2. Breakfast tomorrow is at Whispering Canyon Café. What do you think happened to make the meal memorable? (10 points) Creativity points may be awarded if your story is good enough!

The guys got up and danced with the kids.

3. What leaves the restaurant with us? (10 points)

A frying pan.

4. Dinner takes place at Ft. Wilderness. How do we get there? (10 points)

Horse drawn wagon.

5. Where are we seated in the dining room/theater?

Front row, center.

6. In keeping with today’s themes, what leaves this restaurant with us?

Silverware.

 

[Malia78]

Great update--your pics remind me of why I enjoyed Flower & Garden so much last year. The group photopass shots were really nice--love the facial expressions with Pascal.

Now for the latest round of questions--feeling the pressure after that last round

1. 4:45 am
2. Here's my story: someone dropped a piece of silverware (like a knife) and the server called out for everyone else in the restaurant to bring a replacement to your table. So you swarmed by a bunch of other diners and ended up with a huge stack of eating utensils.
3. Skillet
4. By boat
5. Main floor by the stage
6. Strawberry Shortcake to go

 

[Steppesister]

In relation to the last update, did you hear that the Margarita stand in Mexico closed yesterday?

What the crap?!!!!??

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Jim is a free spirit. He is really not bound by time. For him it is merely a guideline.

That would drive me nuts!

But what I’m getting at is the reason that Fran was ready to bite off someone’s head in the previous update was because Jim kept stopping. Every topiary or other shiny object, and it took us twice as long as we expected to go from the entrance of Future World, to the International Gateway where the food booths started.

Especially if I was the one who put the plan together!

I talked to Jim about this the other day, and the funny thing is, that he knew exactly what I was talking about. You see he often takes neophytes to Disneyland. He has a complete agenda of what they need to see at the park, when they stop in amazement, he finds himself annoyed that they aren’t going to get to everything they need to see! He confessed that there were points on our trip when he realized that he was experiencing the wonder and amazement of his guests at Disneyland. He told me that he needs to cut his guests a little more slack on their first visit!

Funny that he was recognizing it in himself.

This is beautiful!

I figured that the Figment ride would be a walk on

Really? Taking a big gamble there.

But since no one on this TR guessed Margarita, I guess it’s a beverage and not a snack. Noted for future reference. Since no one got the answer, we could strike it from the contest and no one would be any the worse.

I don't think I've ever gotten a single snack question right in any TR ever, so I don't mind striking them from the contest!

Then again, I got my only points from the Karamel Kuche question. So I guess a blind squirrel found a nut there.

I promise you, Alberto took probably to 50-100 selfies every day.

Without dropping one of those thingys, she turned over onto her stomach

Wow!

It was kind of a mess, there was no CM monitoring the line and it turned into a mob rather than a queue.

There has to be a better way to view Disney night-time shows other than being packed into a small area like sardines.

We come back here for a couple days so keep that in mind!

Sure, NOW you tell us. I don't think I would have guessed what you ultimately did in 20 tries!

At first I was going to say, ‘Sorry Captain_Oblivious, this was not specific enough, “And you got, uh... caramel?” ‘ But last week I found my pictures of what caramel was left on our last day, and there was a piece of plain caramel in the lot, so you do get bonus points! 5

1. What time do I wake up in the morning? (10 points)

7:00 a.m.

2. Breakfast tomorrow is at Whispering Canyon Café. What do you think happened to make the meal memorable? (10 points) Creativity points may be awarded if your story is good enough!

Somebody is on their cell phone (Alberto?), and the server slams down the tray and yells, "QUIET EVERYBODY!!! HE'S ON THE PHONE!!!!"

3. What leaves the restaurant with us? (10 points)

The green/red flip card that tells the server if you have a sense of humor or not.

4. Dinner takes place at Ft. Wilderness. How do we get there? (10 points)

By boat from the MK.

5. Where are we seated in the dining room/theater?

You're on the first floor of the Hoop-de-Doo Revue.

6. In keeping with today’s themes, what leaves this restaurant with us?

A bandanna?

 

[Malia78]

What the crap?!!!!??

No worries...Shouldn't be permanent--will come back in some form, likely bigger and better.

 

[DisneyFirefly]

1. What time do I wake up in the morning? 7am
2. Breakfast tomorrow is at Whispering Canyon Café. What do you think happened to make the meal memorable? (10 points) Fran tried to steal ketchup to avoid the scene and got caught and the guy in the ketchup costume came to the table.

3. What leaves the restaurant with us? (10 points) Ketchup, I think.

4. Dinner takes place at Ft. Wilderness. How do we get there? (10 points) You guys took a very long walk (escorted part of the way by us!)

5. Where are we seated in the dining room/theater? Front row?

6. In keeping with today’s themes, what leaves this restaurant with us? BBQ sauce!

 

[Flossbolna]

This sounds like a lovely day at Epcot. I think with Soarin closed (and for Californians that would have not been a priority anyway), I think you made really good use of FP+ and got to see some things that were special for Epcot. The short films sound really cute and I hope they will be around for a while as I would love to catch them!

How funny that Jim understood your frustration about taking newcomers! I remember when I took Katharina for her first trip, she was very good in not slowing me down when it was important to be quick, but other times she kept telling me that she needed to slow down and look more. I actually enjoyed it because I got to explore again as well. But since she was my sister I could easily tell her no slowing down now because it is rope drop and we need to be at point X now and she would not be offended. I can see how with friends that might be trickier!

 

[IowaTater]

HAHAHAH!!! Out like a light while watching Guy Fieri!!

Next Round

1. What time do I wake up in the morning? (10 points)

2. Breakfast tomorrow is at Whispering Canyon Café. What do you think happened to make the meal memorable? (10 points) Creativity points may be awarded if your story is good enough!

3. What leaves the restaurant with us? (10 points)

4. Dinner takes place at Ft. Wilderness. How do we get there? (10 points)

5. Where are we seated in the dining room/theater?

6. In keeping with today’s themes, what leaves this restaurant with us?

Hey, I didn't do too bad that round.

1. 4:15 am

2. Jim participates in the hobby horse races.

3. The napkin

4. Ferry

5. Lower level, left side of stage.

6. A participation certificate

 

[ACDSNY]

Great first day at Epcot, love the topiaries and selfies.

 

[franandaj]

Loved your update. You guys looked like you were having a blast! Love it when everyone gets into it like on the Pascal shot. Loved all of the topiaries. Jim looks like he was having a blast conduction in the Imagination playground! And your suite is so cozy and homey. I could live there!!

We did have fun that first day, well pretty much we had fun every day. I'm not sure how they made it through on no sleep, but you'll soon hear about how that goes.

Next Round

1. What time do I wake up in the morning? (10 points)

6:00 am

2. Breakfast tomorrow is at Whispering Canyon Café. What do you think happened to make the meal memorable? (10 points) Creativity points may be awarded if your story is good enough!

The guys got up and danced with the kids.

3. What leaves the restaurant with us? (10 points)

A frying pan.

4. Dinner takes place at Ft. Wilderness. How do we get there? (10 points)

Horse drawn wagon.

5. Where are we seated in the dining room/theater?

Front row, center.

6. In keeping with today’s themes, what leaves this restaurant with us?

Silverware.

Recorded.

Great update--your pics remind me of why I enjoyed Flower & Garden so much last year. The group photopass shots were really nice--love the facial expressions with Pascal.

It was great and with the addition of the kiosks, that was a really nice touch.

Now for the latest round of questions--feeling the pressure after that last round

1. 4:45 am
2. Here's my story: someone dropped a piece of silverware (like a knife) and the server called out for everyone else in the restaurant to bring a replacement to your table. So you swarmed by a bunch of other diners and ended up with a huge stack of eating utensils.
3. Skillet
4. By boat
5. Main floor by the stage
6. Strawberry Shortcake to go

Recorded.

What the crap?!!!!??

Turns out it's a temporary refurbishment. It's supposed to open bigger and better.

 

[franandaj]

That would drive me nuts!

It did for me too, until I just decided to give up my agenda and go with the flow.

Especially if I was the one who put the plan together!

The good thing was that he had the app on his phone, so he knew the broad plan without me even having to hammer it into his brain.

Funny that he was recognizing it in himself.

Yeah, I thought it was even funnier when he said, "Maybe I should cut my guests some slack!"

This is beautiful!

They really do an especially lovely job with that area during this time of year.

Really? Taking a big gamble there.

I don't think I've ever gotten a single snack question right in any TR ever, so I don't mind striking them from the contest!

Then again, I got my only points from the Karamel Kuche question. So I guess a blind squirrel found a nut there.

I'm not sure that I have either, well maybe.

There has to be a better way to view Disney night-time shows other than being packed into a small area like sardines.

Yeah, but we keep piling in and doing it, so why would they change?

Sure, NOW you tell us. I don't think I would have guessed what you ultimately did in 20 tries!

Well I did give you all this little nugget in the first post when we met up with J&A....

"Before the trip, Jim had told me that he was really interested in Epcot, so I planned the trip to be very Epcot heavy and that was our destination today."

7:00 a.m.

Somebody is on their cell phone (Alberto?), and the server slams down the tray and yells, "QUIET EVERYBODY!!! HE'S ON THE PHONE!!!!"

The green/red flip card that tells the server if you have a sense of humor or not.

By boat from the MK.

You're on the first floor of the Hoop-de-Doo Revue.

A bandanna?

Recorded.

No worries...Shouldn't be permanent--will come back in some form, likely bigger and better.

Thank Goodness! I hope that it is back by October!

1. What time do I wake up in the morning? 7am
2. Breakfast tomorrow is at Whispering Canyon Café. What do you think happened to make the meal memorable? (10 points) Fran tried to steal ketchup to avoid the scene and got caught and the guy in the ketchup costume came to the table.

3. What leaves the restaurant with us? (10 points) Ketchup, I think.

4. Dinner takes place at Ft. Wilderness. How do we get there? (10 points) You guys took a very long walk (escorted part of the way by us!)

5. Where are we seated in the dining room/theater? Front row?

6. In keeping with today’s themes, what leaves this restaurant with us? BBQ sauce!

Recorded.

 

[franandaj]

This sounds like a lovely day at Epcot. I think with Soarin closed (and for Californians that would have not been a priority anyway), I think you made really good use of FP+ and got to see some things that were special for Epcot. The short films sound really cute and I hope they will be around for a while as I would love to catch them!

Thanks! I'm glad you thought I made good use of Epcot. I bet they'll keep that around for a while, it uses the old, "Honey, I shrunk the Audience" and "Captain EO" stage.

How funny that Jim understood your frustration about taking newcomers! I remember when I took Katharina for her first trip, she was very good in not slowing me down when it was important to be quick, but other times she kept telling me that she needed to slow down and look more. I actually enjoyed it because I got to explore again as well. But since she was my sister I could easily tell her no slowing down now because it is rope drop and we need to be at point X now and she would not be offended. I can see how with friends that might be trickier!

You'll see later how we work out and discuss certain items, and some of my plans get changed by popular vote!

HAHAHAH!!! Out like a light while watching Guy Fieri!!

I didn't even notice that. Maybe at the time I did, but I forgot!

Hey, I didn't do too bad that round.

1. 4:15 am

2. Jim participates in the hobby horse races.

3. The napkin

4. Ferry

5. Lower level, left side of stage.

6. A participation certificate

Recorded.

Great first day at Epcot, love the topiaries and selfies.

Thanks! It was a fun day, but there's more to come!

 

[Pinkocto]

1. What time do I wake up in the morning? (10 points)

5:38am

2. Breakfast tomorrow is at Whispering Canyon Café. What do you think happened to make the meal memorable? (10 points) Creativity points may be awarded if your story is good enough!

Alberto was made to deliver the next table a tray of ketchup.

3. What leaves the restaurant with us? (10 points)

Leftovers?

4. Dinner takes place at Ft. Wilderness. How do we get there? (10 points)

By boat

5. Where are we seated in the dining room/theater?

On the main floor in the back

6. In keeping with today’s themes, what leaves this restaurant with us?

A napkin

 

[pkondz]

Wow! Canada is one BIG country!

2nd biggest in the world, toots! (after Russia)

I have a little bit of an aside here.

A what?!?!?


Oh... aside. Nevermind.

Fran is very easy going for the most part, and she is usually OK with going along with my plan. If she has her own idea, she will certainly let me know, we discuss it, and form a new plan.

Sounds like a good system.

But what I’m getting at is the reason that Fran was ready to bite off someone’s head in the previous update was because Jim kept stopping.

I can see how that can get to someone... oh, I do see.

Every topiary or other shiny object

Squirrel!

If they wanted to stop and look at something, I would point out that we had this or that with a time factor and if you want to see/do this or that you need to hustle. If you don’t, well then don’t and we’ll skip it.

Did the same with Kay.
"Okay, we're going to do this, this, this, this and then that."
"Can we stop and do this instead?"
"Sure."

I talked to Jim about this the other day, and the funny thing is, that he knew exactly what I was talking about. You see he often takes neophytes to Disneyland. He has a complete agenda of what they need to see at the park, when they stop in amazement, he finds himself annoyed that they aren’t going to get to everything they need to see! He confessed that there were points on our trip when he realized that he was experiencing the wonder and amazement of his guests at Disneyland. He told me that he needs to cut his guests a little more slack on their first visit!

So it was educational for him.

Alberto seemed to take everything much harder than Jim!

Oh, Beverly. What would we do without you?

I was right. Not only did they both conduct at several of the different music making sessions, they each built a Figment.

Good call.

Love that pic!

But since no one on this TR guessed Margarita, I guess it’s a beverage and not a snack. Noted for future reference.

It's a bevy.

Drinkin’ and Drivin’ in Epcot!

The only reason we were originally going to leave Epcot for dinner, was because the rumor of Fulton’s closing had started. We wanted one last chance to dine there and this was the only night we could fit it in. After we were notified of the closing, why leave this park if we didn’t need to?

Seems reasonable.

Alberto took probably to 50-100 selfies every day

What does he do with all those?!?

I found it a real compliment to the restaurant that Alberto liked the food so much as he is from Costa Rica.

You're right. That's a pretty good yardstick right there.

We were drawn in by this strange looking guy.

I was wondering if he was coming or going.... now I know.

Without dropping one of those thingys, she turned over onto her stomach

Impressive! And doesn't seem possible.

The guy with the masks came out and did a dance, but we were not impressed.

Couldn't live up to the pre-show-stroll hype.

It was kind of a mess, there was no CM monitoring the line and it turned into a mob rather than a queue.

Sucks.

Jim had neglected to put the DME tags on his luggage so instead of the bags being magically sent to the room, they had retrieved them from baggage claim at MCO and stowed them under the DME bus.

Whoops! No magic for you!

Fran was out like a light.

Awwww... Been a long day.

Next Round

1. What time do I wake up in the morning? (10 points)

2. Breakfast tomorrow is at Whispering Canyon Café. What do you think happened to make the meal memorable? (10 points) Creativity points may be awarded if your story is good enough!

3. What leaves the restaurant with us? (10 points)

4. Dinner takes place at Ft. Wilderness. How do we get there? (10 points)

5. Where are we seated in the dining room/theater?

6. In keeping with today’s themes, what leaves this restaurant with us?

1. I think you slept in. 6:30
2. Alberto got up to run with the kids, Jim thought he was leaving and jumped up after him. While Alberto was just having fun, Jim was chasing him all over the restaurant, totally confused.
3. Menu
4. Boat
5. Right up against the stage.
6. Napkin

 

[dolphingirl47]

I am all caught up.

As a result, Fran had picked out most all her clothes by two days before we had to leave, and handed me the last of things by 1PM on our penultimate day. As a result, I had three of our suitcases in the car by 3PM before we left for band (the night before leaving) and the last suitcase was in the car before I went to bed (shortly after midnight).

That is what I call a result.

We ended up ordering Dim Sum style, all appetizers. We got Beef Satay, Potstickers, Vegetable Spring Rolls, and Crab Rangoon. Even though each order was only three pieces each, we ate the cucumber and daikon garnish for our veggies and were pleasantly full by the end of our meal.

This looks really nice.

It's that fun one that you don't get to eat real food for two days beforehand and get to drink a bunch of stuff you wouldn't ever consume on a regular basis. But if you don't do it right you get to do it all over again! I get to do it a couple weeks after she does! Yay! I love being over 50!

I hope that both of you got through this without too much trouble.

3:38 AM

Not good.

I kept trying to sleep to no avail.

What a pain.

I was in line in the outside queue for less than 10 minutes before I got a very bad feeling in my stomach. I got out of line and ran straight for the first trash can I could find.

I am sorry that you felt unwell.

After a few minutes rest, I decided again to give it a shot. The wait time was still 30 minutes (which is where it was when I first got in line), by this point it was only 8:20, so we had plenty of time to do what we wanted still even after I rode the ride.

I am glad that you still got to ride.

It was a neat ride, but it was really uncomfortable. They tried to push the bar down hard on my legs and it hurt while I was riding. The fact that most of the ride relied on projections on a video screen also took away from the Wow factor.

What a shame that the right was so uncomfortable and that it was lacking the wow factor.

I did have to use the facilities and was glad I did, I had forgotten that @afwdwfan has reported from back in January that Moaning Myrtle was in there!

That is really neat.

It was as big as my head!

I think that is the biggest donut I have ever seen.

and they even had my Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock T-shirt!

I could not have resisted as I am a massive Big Bang Theory fan.

That looks like a very civilized way to spend the afternoon. I loved all the photos from the hotel.

Imagine Soarin with fewer riders and the movement is on steroids. It can go backwards and forwards, lay you on your back, flip you forward. The Harry Potter Ride Forbidden Journey uses this technology with a four-rider vehicle. I nearly got sick when "riding brooms" through the forest and into the Womping Willow.

I feel queasy just reading this and looking at the photo.

Fran ordered this Bacon au Poivre which was absolutely INSANE! it was a tad bit spicy, but it was so good! It had a Bourbon Molasses Glaze that was just out of this world!

That looks delicious.

It was Disney telling me that my room was not ready.

They were early.

Eight minutes after we got to the bus stop, a bus arrived and we were on our way!

That was quick.

It was the Pixar short film festival. Even though they were all movies that we had all seen before, it was fun to see them in 4D (the theater did fun things that fit with the films).

That sounds really neat.

1. What time do I wake up in the morning? (10 points)

05:30

2. Breakfast tomorrow is at Whispering Canyon Café. What do you think happened to make the meal memorable? (10 points) Creativity points may be awarded if your story is good enough!

Somebody ordered soda and ended up with a bucket of it.

3. What leaves the restaurant with us? (10 points)

Biscuits.

4. Dinner takes place at Ft. Wilderness. How do we get there? (10 points)

Walk.

5. Where are we seated in the dining room/theater?

Right in front of the stage.

6. In keeping with today’s themes, what leaves this restaurant with us?

Napkin

Catch up at your leisure, this TR is moving very slowly.

At the moment that is a good job, too.

Corinna