Why did we plan out this entire trip?! A 2nd Honeymoon Report...sorta.The End. 5/21

That breakfast looks really good. Curried egg & sausage biscuits....fascinating!

Fun AK day and some great great pics, I agree, it's incredibly photogenic there.

It's really good, and a mild curry flavor but so yummy! I need to figure out how to make it at home.

I love the stuff you found at the Cast Connection/Lost and Found area! I'm glad you threw the budget out the window and ate at Narcoossee's; it's such an awesome meal! Fantastic pics from Animal Kingdom!

I will always love the surf and turf at Narcoossee's!! I am happy to have made one trip to Cast Connection at least!

Hi Kat !! Boma breakfst is a must do every time I go solo!!! I love the juice and the sausages !!Really neat pix of AK !!! We did Rafiki Planet Watch in September ! Kyle was on a mission for those badges from all the stations !!! Judy was muttering up a storm as she was ALL over AK a few times to complete it !!!:rotfl2::rotfl2:

LOL we got one of the pressed pennies but thats as far as we really got over there.

I love ribs in general...hard to mess up ribs....

Esp. with that yummy seasoning. :)



I'm back from Boston and planning my update ASAP!
 
Some highlights of the trip....

We drove straight uptown and had the top front seat of the double decker bus...great views!
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And Pants & KC were out cold before we hit 125th street.
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Lunch was at:
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BEST fried clams EVER.

It was a gorgeous day out. We walked back to the bus station to get a cab to the hotel.
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That night we went to PF Changs for the first time (it was in the convention center). It was yummy!

The next morning was spent waiting on what we refered to as "The Queue Line Ride" for about 5 hours waiting for the keynote speech. This is all that went on...Magic & Coffee from Dunkin.
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Wil Wheaton during his keynote speech. A truly fabulous speech!
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Disney had a booth too!!!
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Lunch that day was at The Summer Shack, we shared a 1 1/2lb lobster- HOLY YUM!!!!
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We also had a slice of Boston Cream Pie there- delish!

KC trying to win prizes by playing games.
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I went sightseeing for a little while Sat while KC & Andy waited on lines to try out new games. This is Newbury Street.
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I walked all the way to the public gardens. It was FRIGID out too.
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I saw Cheers! I didn't go in because I was by myself but I took some pics!
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On the walk back I saw the beautiful Boston Public Library Building.
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This is one of the several hallways that had these awesome bean bag chairs set up for people to use...
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We liked them!
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There were free concerts fri and sat nights. For fri's I ended up in the room for a while, not really my cup of tea, but KC & Andy had front row standing spots and enjoyed it a lot. I saw the last act with them in the front but have no pics cause I left the camera in the room. Night 2 we decided to stay in the balcony and SIT because the first night went from 9-2am, as did the 2nd night. MUCH better to be sitting. Here is the crowd from our seats....
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Packing up Sunday morning.
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I waited an hour on line to meet Wil Wheaton!!
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I told him I loved his speech and that he was my first crush when i was 12. KC said "real classy in front of her husband huh?" and Wil Said to KC "The heart wants what the heart wants". I was cracking up!

We mostly wandered the rest of the day taking in things we didn't do. We saw 2 "Chiptunes" shows, which is Nintendo sounds and stuff made into music. Then we took one more spin on the Queue Line Ride and went to the closing ceremonies/weekend tournament final round.

The tournament final ended up being a 4 classic game relay and they played live and won a trip to Germany! It was fun!

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We headed to the bus after that, got into NYC at about 1am in the pouring rain and got to Brooklyn at about 3am.

We brought home 2 bags extra stuff....KC took some pics....
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I had more fun than I thought I would! I even want to go back next year!

The full album of pics is : HERE!
 
WOW!

Looks like you had a lovely time. Great pics! Nice swag.:thumbsup2

I need to go back to Boston at some point. It's been a few years since I've been.

But first, I need a trip to DC/Williamsburg and to Philly (they have SEGWAYS!).
 
I think I missed why you went to Boston. (or forgot? :confused:) So why was wil Wheaton there? Is it sad that I know who he is, but only from Star Trek. LOL!
Looks like a fun weekend though
 

WOW!

Looks like you had a lovely time. Great pics! Nice swag.:thumbsup2

I need to go back to Boston at some point. It's been a few years since I've been.

But first, I need a trip to DC/Williamsburg and to Philly (they have SEGWAYS!).

I wanna go to dc as well, i was only there once. We will def be going back to Boston next year too, it was a great time!

I think I missed why you went to Boston. (or forgot? :confused:) So why was wil Wheaton there? Is it sad that I know who he is, but only from Star Trek. LOL!
Looks like a fun weekend though

It was a gaming convention, and i went mostly just to go with KC but I actually enjoyed myself!
 
great trip highlights!

I love Boston. I hope to spend more time the next time (whenever that is) I am out there......

lobster...:scared1:
 
Sounds like a fun trip to Boston!

That 1/2 lb lobster sounds absolutely delicious!

it was the best lobster i have ever eaten!

great trip highlights!

I love Boston. I hope to spend more time the next time (whenever that is) I am out there......

lobster...:scared1:

You should go in march of next year LOL we are going back to the same convention next year!


Thanks Rosie!

Kat I do keep checking here but the darn photos won't show :headache:

LOL figures! Webshots doesn't like you Jo.

Happy Easter! :goodvibes

Thanks!!!
 
So when we last left you KC & I were splitting up because the crocs he had bought were annoying the in between his toes. I was headed somewhere to try and make my one wish for this trip come true.

What wish you ask? Well…every since we decided to go on this trip I wanted to do one major thing we had never done before…the wishes dessert party, I saw pics and ever sicne wanted to do it. Then when I found out they were bringing it back for the time we’d be there I knew I wanted to do it. I called and called and there was No availability at all, for 3 nights we could have done it. I called several more times, just in case. No go. We even asked several days before when we went to the MK and they told us no availability for the rest of our trip.

But since I had a bit of time to myself in the MK before KC came to meet me, I decided to make one more go of it at city hall.

Back to Ak and getting onto the bus. KC went to the POFQ bus and I just missed a MK one, or rather a bus to the TTA anyway. I was first onto the next one tho, and when I got on there were 3 girls about 15 years old or so getting on as well. 2 of the girls stood and the 3rd gave the others a look and then looked at the seat next to me and then shrugged and sat down. I had no idea why. Then about halfway there I realized why…she was soaking wet, obviously had ridden Kali and decided she didn’t care about soaking my entire pant leg with her wet self. I realized this as I was getting off the bus and lemme just say those girls are really lucky they ran off and I didn’t catch up with them because I was pi$%ed! My entire left pant leg was soaked.

I got onto the monorail and tried to relax. I took some pictures to get over it. And the sight of the MK didn’t hurt either. A few precious moments alone was actually really nice. I strolled slowly around.

Still thanksgiving decorated here.
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I stopped in city hall and again was told no availability for that nights dessert party BUT if I tried walking up they may have a last minute cancellation. They told me what time to walk up and we decided we’d make a go of it later and hope. I kept going on about how we’d be denied and KC told me I was jinxing it, but I wanted to be ready to not get my wish that night.

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But it’s Christmas in the windows. Weird.
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I strolled this way….
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I went on a nice relaxing spin around tomorrowland.
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Space mountain wasn’t running yet and you could see the tracks and stuff and the lights were on, it was really freaky!

KC and I had texted each other and were going to meet by the jungle cruise, so I made my way across the park. I was walking past aloha isle when the scent of pineapple pulled me in…actually I just love me some dole whip so I got one.

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KC showed up soon after I had found a bench, I even saved him some Dole Whip! We rode the Jungle Cruise and then Pirates. We walked on to Haunted Mansion as well. We made our way towards tomorrowland so KC could check out Space Mountain with the lights on.

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How do you feel about this trip KC & Kat??
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So it was go time. We walked over to the noodle station and found a podium for check in and asked if there was any availability.
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We got in! With no issues what-so-ever!!!!! I was so flippin’ excited! We got taken to a register, paid and then were given our wrist bracelets to hold our place. We were there so early and helped by like 4 cast members that they all knew us by name and once the line let us in they were all “Oh it’s The Garcia’s!!”…it was really cute! So we got a table right in the front directly in front of the castle view!

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Then the massive amounts of desserts came out. OMG it was so great. It turned out to be our dinenr because we never ate in hopes we’d make it into the party. So dessert for dinner on vacation in Disney- can’t get much better!

You KNOW we took food porn…. Round 1.
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There was crème brulee in 2 flavors, choc covered strawberries, tiramisu, canoili, fruit tarts. It was all amazing. I had some not really coffee (i.e.nescafe) and KC had some apple juice.

Round 2.
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Truffles, strawberries, rasp tart, peanut butter tarts. It really was all good. Between us we had one of everything there was. I could have eaten a whole tray of those chocolate covered strawberries myself!

KC likes to tell the chocolate covered strawberry story…it goes like this…
“Kat can I get a taste of one of those ?”
“NO!!!!!!!”
“Darn, never in our marriage have you ever said no like that before.”
Then he had one for himself and he understood. I usually share, but not those chocolate covered strawberries.

We did go for a smaller round 3 with just a few last things to munch on. KC got brownies and milk, he was very excited about it.
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They had a PP person set up right near our table too, so when the line died down we took our pic. I later blew this one up and it’s hanging on our wall now.

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It was getting close to the time for wishes to start. SO I filled up my coffee ad claimed some wall in front of us. KC was given the camera and told to “go nuts” since I just wanted to enjoy it.

Here is haggard and tired me, but I was at the dessert party and happy about it!
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He took a FEW pics of wishes….more like 400 or so. He discovered the multi shoot option and used it, a lot. Here is a small sampling of his pics. They are almost like a slide show when you look at them fast.

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Continued in next post...
 
Just a few more wishes pics....

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After the party we lingered near the entrance to tomorrowland/noodle station area and all the white tables over there. We sat down to elt everyone get on the busses first. We were very happy campers and were thrilled to sit down and reflect and watch people clear out. It was a great ending to a great night…. And it got better!!! Suddenly a voice came over in the MK and we were witnesses to another thing that we never saw before…the kiss goodnight!!! I was so happy. I was in tears by the end!

So we strolled our way out of main street and peeked into any open shops and wandered around, just enjoying the evening. It was so great. We went into the last shop on the left side and when we came out there was a chess table set up, so KC made me a not so hidden mickey.

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Yea he was wearing cros and socks but his feet hurt so who was I to judge. I only made fun of him a little.

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I LOVE these old posters hanging in the entry ways so I finally stopped to take their pics.

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Then KC found Disney Jail…lol.
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We got right onto a bus headed fro POR sicne we had a date to try and find our friend from NY, Felita.She worked with KC when he worked at The Container Store and she worked with me when I was at WoD NYC and she had recently moved to Florida to work at POR. So a-stalkin we went!

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We asked for her but they said she wasn’t there yet. We waited a while, watched the Yankee game on the TV’s at the bar and relaxed for a while. We also learned something really cool about Vinylmations: in the gift shops there is a single open one at every watch case and it is available for trade with any you have opened. So if you have a double or see one you really want, you can trade it! So KC bought 2 more and ended up getting a double and traded it for another from the case. It was neat and if not for the adorable older lady there we would never have known!

After realizing we were not going to see Felita we decided to walk back to our room. We strolled the pathway and were abck in our room in no time, the walk was really nice along the river. We were ready for bed about 1am and ready for our last full day for this trip.

Next up...DHS, Brown Derby & using up those credits!
 
Hi Kat, enjoying your trip report. And I love the side trips that you post about. You and KC are a cute couple. :)

So glad you got your wish. The desserts look so yummy! I would love to linger around the MK at closing one day, we never seem to make it as everyone's always ready to "go home".
 
Glad that you got into the dessert party! I am still sad though that our favourite Wishes viewing spot is now taken over by the party. :guilty:
 
That was awesome!! So glad you made it into the Dessert Party. I think they are bringing it back for now/summer? I would like to see Wishes that way, but I'm not a big dessert eater. It's regular food that is my downfall! :lmao:

The pictures are great! I really hope I can make it down to FL for Oct. I sohuld know really soon.

Can't wait to hear about Brown Derby!
 
Hi Kat, enjoying your trip report. And I love the side trips that you post about. You and KC are a cute couple. :)

So glad you got your wish. The desserts look so yummy! I would love to linger around the MK at closing one day, we never seem to make it as everyone's always ready to "go home".

Thanks! It was the first time we ever just lingered like that, usually we are in the drones of people making our way out.

Glad that you got into the dessert party! I am still sad though that our favourite Wishes viewing spot is now taken over by the party. :guilty:

It is a GREAT spot to watch from! Personally I like to sit at The Crystal Palace to watch it, a few trees but you get a bench and a relaxing view.

That was awesome!! So glad you made it into the Dessert Party. I think they are bringing it back for now/summer? I would like to see Wishes that way, but I'm not a big dessert eater. It's regular food that is my downfall! :lmao:

The pictures are great! I really hope I can make it down to FL for Oct. I sohuld know really soon.

Can't wait to hear about Brown Derby!

I did hear they were bringing it back! I have no trips in the works, it's kinda sad. We are still holding out hope that if KC gets himself settled enough in his new job (he starts in 2 weeks) then we may make it down in June for a music thing, but it's in Orlando and you KNOW i will do something Disney. PLUS it'll be my birthday week.
 
Yay! Dessert party entrance!:thumbsup2 Those desserts look really good. The viewing area seems good for Wishes. Although I am not a fireworks person, I think the Dessert and Fireworks combo could be a winner.

Relaxing at the end of the night...how nice:)

This is soooooo much better than the beginning of your trip..glad things got better.
 
Yay! Your wish was granted!!

Dessert for Dinner... only on vacation!! :rotfl2:

Tell KC I wear socks with my Crocs, too!

So glad you are back to writing!


Kathy
 












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