The Last Supper
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
When I went to find the first two cards I could not find them anywhere and I realized that I had inadvertently deleted a card. Talk about an almost meltdown. Fortunately I found the first two cards and not a single picture was deleted. Yeah!
I'll admit it. I am a sucker for this show. I just love it and could see it on every trip. It was as good as ever.
I love these guys and its a marvel they don't tip over. (kidding - I know those antlers are hollow. And, no, Mark - they are NOT animatronic!)
I swear the giraffe interaction is better here than on the safari
After dinner I felt compelled to take more Kidani pictures
My mug
mmmm cherry pie. it was so yummy. I never bake cherry pies because I just love them, and its too tempting. But my father in law put in a request, so how could I say not?I gave him a quarter to take home, but still managed to finish the last piece tonight.
Thanksgiving at your brother's sounds great, I am imagining a lot of the dinner conversation revolved around the next Disney trip -- always a favorite topic at our table!
to almost losing your October photos! Time to get an external Hard drive to store all your photos on. but the MacBook sounds great. We just got a new one for my FIL this past fall, his 2002 iBook finally kicked in a huge way. he loves his new MacBook -- he underuses it but the Mac's are so much easier to learn to use for people who have not used computers before. Enjoy!!
Love the Nemo show too, though we haven't seen it inthe past two visits. Time to see it again.
Does Celebration really count as outside the Disney bubble?![]()
How were the african wines? I don't think I have tried any before, and am curious if they are very dry.
Thanks for the elephant update! I did a Google Search and Lucy survived Sandy http://todaynews.today.com/_news/20...andmark-lucy-the-elephant-survived-sandy?lite
add me to the love Finding Nemo the musical fan club! I am so sad I didn't have time to see it on the last trip. And in February we won't be going to AK...so it will have to wait until next fall.![]()
Kidani and Sanaa were a highlight for us last December (oh my... that was almost a year ago!!!) The food was super yummy and the bread sampler A - Mazing!!! Great.. now I have to rethink my ADRs for February...![]()
What a lovely evening. You made me quite sad I won't be at my beloved AKV this next trip. I've been really excited to see OKW and now you've gone and made me home sick. Boy I'm wishy washy![]()
I'm so glad you didn't delete your photos!
How cute is that that your brother is excited to go backI hope you reminded hime that he gave you such a hard time for so long.
When I saw that chair at the beginning of this post I thought, oh no, not again!![]()
Great AKL pictures! I really need to stay there someday! I love taking pictures of that resort too, it's just so beautiful!![]()
Sanaa looks interesting, a lot of people love it, but I don't think I could ever go there! I'm such a picky eater, I just don't think I'd find anything I would like there! I mean, if Brandon ever really wanted to go, I suppose I'd have to give it a try, but luckily for me, he's not really interested either (or maybe he just doesn't know it exists!) I wish I liked exotic food, but I just don't!
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I started my new TR, stop by when you have a minute!![]()
Had so much fun catching up on your adventures this morning!I can't tell you how excited I am that your brother has been bitten by the Disney bug. What a great gift you gave him & his family!!
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I have never tried Sanaa... that may be going on the "to do" list for the next trip!
I have heard the cottages mentioned but never thought to go look for them. Definitely a hidden treasure. I agree, I would like to be a permanent resident there. Adorable!!!
Those chairs are Creepy! When I stayed there in May my room was just around the corner from the lobby and I had visions of them creeping about! This is posted above one of the chairs (terrible picture but hopefully you can still read most of it):
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Still creepy if you ask me......![]()
Keeping' up!!!
Keeping' up!!!
MEK said:That's cool. I didn't not see that plaque anywhere, but I know those chairs WERE creeping around because they were missing one afternoon and then they came back!That was creepy because by then Cynthia had left and I was all alone. What a big fat chicken I am!
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Still creepy if you ask me......![]()
So I bombed on my promise to get replies done today. But I'm going to try to do a couple before bed time. Be patient. Rough day! But on the bright side I did edit almost all my soccer pictures!
Those photos of Sanaa are mouthwatering! It's my favorite restuarant on property, so I'm always happy to hear that other people enjoy it as well.
You had some great luck with the animals! I love AKL and can't wait to stay there again, maybe when the kids are older and we don't need to deal with strollers on the busses!
Now that I am over my intial panic that you deleted your memory card... I can continue. Phew!
WOW!!! What a gorgeous picture! Love it.
(And the others are pretty darn great, too)
Dinner and a Show, not necessarily in that order.
I have only seen the Finding Nemo show once, but it was visually stunning!
Haven't tried Saana, but I keep reading positive reviews. Loved all your pictures and descriptions of your meal.
I agree
OK, I can proudly say that I just sat here and read the remainder of your trip report, a little more than half of it I think! I took notes in notepad app as I went, so this is kind of stream of consciousness and I apologize in advance if I don't make much sense.![]()
What cool pics of Star Tours! We spent a lot of time there in July.
The Congress Park pool does look lovely. When we stayed at SSR, we never made it to any of the other pools, aside from the main one, which was just fine with us.
You went to CSR for dinner! Yippee! I'll be there in a little over a month and I can't wait to be back. It really is so pretty there. We've stayed there twice, in 2010 and 2011. In fact, CSR was my first stay on property. It is a beautiful resort.
Beautiful pics of the U of Maryland..but 37k out of state?? Yikes! When did even public colleges get so out of control expensive??!!
SSR is a beautiful resort. I was really pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it. I love your morning run pictures.
Fun fact: I don't think I've ever been in Innoventions East! Perhaps that will change soon.
I just got the accidental Dismeet part and I have to say that unless you're part of an on-line community like the Dis, you have absolutely no clue. I know that my family sure didn't when I ran right into you and Cynthia. They just could not understand why I was so excited to see two complete strangers or how I could consider people I'd never met in person friends.
I think one of the best things about Spaceship Earth is the amount of detail and how no matter how many times I've ridden it, I seem to see something new each time. And that 60s apartment where the family is watching the moon landing? I want to live there! Think they'd let me?
Yay for the cruise! I can't wait to take one. Seriously. I'm a little dissapointed that they haven't done the NY ones again. I have never taken a cruise before and I thought that the short Disney cruises they were offering out of NYC would have been perfect.
The Soarin' queue is pretty cool. I spent a considerable amount of time there last April, as Lauren and I had decided Soarin' was the greatest ride ever and didn't care if we waited forty-five minutes to ride it.
How can you NOT love Soarin'?? Even my mom and godmother loved it. My mom mentions it a lot.
Love that tuna noodle salad and its a great deal for CS. I love Sunshine Seasons. Who wants to eat crappy fast food meal after meal?
I have to say, for as much as I love EPCOT, it can be really tough in the Florida summer sun. There just seems to be absolutely no shade there. It feels worse than any other park. Not sure why.
Agree that Nemo is pretty lame. We didn't even ride it once in July. Even Max is over it! Lol.
I'll always take some Illuminations pics. Phone pics are better than no pics, right?
Nice Mid-Atlantic states Dismeet. As far as chains go, Cheesecake Factory isn't the worst. And the cheesecake...well...they have a red velvet cheesecake that is honestly one of the greatest desserts I've ever had. Ever.
Oh, how I love the Beach Club, and I must say you got great pictures of it. By the way, did your brother not have park hoppers? And, you're right, I guess my whole perception of going in and out of a park is a little skewed now that I've had an AP.
I swear, every time I saw a woman in way too tight jeans in 90 degree heat...just shaking my head. Do not get it. You certainly don't look any better than you would in a decent fitting pair of shorts. Just saying.
We hit up the CS at Morrocco pretty late one night in July. It was great! Or, at least I really liked it. Not sure how much Mark did. Oh well.
I have never seen the movie in France. Or at least not since I was a kid. I keep meaning to, but there never seems to be enough time.
Maybe Max and I will rectify that in January? He loves Paris and the Eiffel Tower. Kid has a serious interest in architecture and engineering.
Thanks for the QS DP analysis. You put it quite well...I didn't regret any of my choices. True enough. After our July trip, during which we ate at Cali Grill and Yachtsmen, even with TiW, I wondered if we wouldn't have been better off with the DxDDP. I'll have to do a serious analysis of the situation the next time we go, because we probably won't have APs, so no TiW card regardless. And I have to say that going to the signatures has quickly become one of our favorite things to do at Disney, but its certainly pricey!
Well...going back with your bro? You are a saint! And I will definitely be looking forward to your opinions on staying off-site, and on driving down, for that matter. That's something I'd actually enjoy doing one of these days. I'd love to see some more of Florida, too. And really, Delaware isn't all that far down 95 from CT, so I'm looking forward to hearing about how that goes.
Great pics of AoA. They really did do an amazing job, but in the end, I just thought it was so superficial. The bed linens were horrible, the pools are cool-looking, but are just huge pools in the end, no slides, no hot tubs. I have been spoiled, obviously. Although I will say that walking down that walkway in the Cars section really does feel like the movie has come to life.
How cool that your friends sailed, literally, around the world! And the pictures all make me want to move to Florida. AsAP. Lol.
It really would be fantastic to finish off a Disney trip with some beach time. I'm going to add that to my list of fantasy trips.
Beautiful sunset WS pictures. And if I also had a limitless income, I might join you in your drunken WS quest.
Lucky you had a car so you could easily go somewhere else to eat. The one thing that really is lousy about the BW area resorts is the nearly complete lack of CS options and if you want dinner later on at night...yeah, forget that.
That is a fantastic pic of Mary Poppins and the littel girls.
Just loving your EPCOT/Boardwalk at night pictures. They are so beautiful and really capture the beauty of that entire area.
You got great EE shots. I'm too scared to try and take picutres.
Beautiful AKL pictures. I love that place and despite all of my efforts to stay there, I seem to keep getting sidetracked! Lol. One of these days we'll do it, I'm sure. I'm at least going to check out the tree there in Decemeber.
Your BWI pictures are making me want to stay there, but I think it would just about kill me to be that close Storm Along Bay and not be able to go there. Lol.
OK, I just re-read that and it does cover pretty much everything!As for me, I had always wanted to sneak in one more trip with our APs and I stumbled on an awesome deal for flights the first week of January. Max and I are flying down the morning of the 31st and will be heading back on the 3rd. Mark, unfortunately, has school that week, while I don't, so its just a mother/son trip which will be really special.
AKL was always the last place I wanted to stay. I stayed there this past Sept & fell in love with the resort. The animals, the landscaping it all was wonderful!
There were two things I did not like, how dark it was iside & how cold the hallways & lobby was. I needed a coat in there!![]()
Sanaa looked interesting, but I don't think I would like it. I'm a pretty picky eater, no spices, especially curry!
OMG Those cottage suites are amazing. Are they open to move in permanently?? Haha those are amazing. I wonder how much those cost per night...![]()
Whoa, are we getting holidays confused here? Or are the Mayans right and we won't get any more turkey feasts?![]()
Whew! There aren't many worse feelings than that.
Still have not seen this one. Someday...
Oh, I believe you. I just don't think Disney has real lions.
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Unless they never wander over to your side of the resort.![]()
Beautiful shots. What an amazing resort.
Julie got this one and it's her favorite!
Lovely pictures of AKL! I really need to get there one day for at least a visit.
Dinner sounds fantastic!
LOL! I'd protect you from the chairs. I promise.
Ahhhh! I think I remember hearing about that (or seeing a pic?)! So they were on a children's carrousel. Poor kids.![]()
Beautiful AKV pictures MEK!!!! It makes me a bit homesick and sad that we might not be getting our February trip there!![]()
And some of us wrote short essays for you to reply to...Hope your day wasn't too difficult.
Slowly catching back up to the Dis!!! I'm so glad you had a great meal at Sanaa - we LOVE it there!!!![]()
Just read your TR straight through! Very entertaining.love the SSR pictures especially.
You are a girl after my own heart...stopping for drinks when times get tough. Ha. Can't wait to see how your trip ends!
Finally caught up with your Last Supper chapter.
I could look at pictures of my home resort all day long -- Thanks, they're beautiful!