What a lovely day you two had, the tour sounds great and if I wasn't going in the middle of the summer when it's going to be hotter than hot it's definitely something I'd like to do. I did do a tour during my training but it was designed especially for us so it'd be great to do another - plus I can't hardly remember a thing
Jo, with your background and experience as part of the mom's panel you could do tours yourself!! I'm sure your special tour was amazing. Considering how a portion of your prep was the Dream Suite I'm sure it was better than anything Disney offers to the general public.
The summer definitely is brutal to take that tour since it is outside a good portion of the time. Even this month it was 90 degrees a few days.
Wow, what a great day! I would love to do both the tour plus the tea. I know neither will make my 2015 trip. Chris thinks the tour would ruin the magic. He wants to wait till we have more visits. He would laugh at me if I suggested the tea.
I always thought you we a nicer person then me. I don't slow down for Chris. I already told him he can sleep as much as he wants. When I am ready to go to the parks I plan on going or staying later. I took it slow my first trip and it drove me nuts. Elizabeth kept up just fine. Hope you have a magical time!
Definitely don't take the tour if you want to preserve the mystery of Disney. However, tell Chris that I've had afternoon tea with a bunch of Disers including one hubby and he didn't get his man card revoked! However, I think he did order a drink from the bar so perhaps that was a statement that I should have clued in to.
Yeah, you are definitely nicer than me.

My hubby calls our long park days a "forced march" with so much walking. I had to slow it down this trip... we didn't even see the children of the world serenading us on IaSW.
The tour and the tea sound amazing! I love inside disney information! I've read so much about the tour but still want to do it myself someday! Guess I'll have to wait another 14 years haha.
Tours are great but the real magic moments of the trip are seeing Gavin enjoying the wonders of Disney with you and Daniel. So glad that we were able to meet up.
Beautiful ride on the ferry, and also what a great view of the water pageant!
My parents did the KTTK tour too, they loved it! It sounds so interesting, but myself, I prefer to keep on pretending it's all running on magic. (Although DH wants to do it so I can see me giving in some day!) I don't mind heRing about it or reading about it, but I just do t want to see the things for myself just yet.
Im so glad you were able to find the correct washroom. After Rob's incident, I was afraid perhaps they were labelled incorrectly or confusingly. I will confirm that the words ladies and gentlemen are two of the few that we still spell the same here.
M. T. Lott, that's cute.
It sounds like a fantastic tour! And your evening afterwards sounds very nice too (but it's too bad you missed dinner at WPE!
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Hold out if you don't want to spoil any of the magic! I believer there are other tours that don't go back-stage so they may be a good compromise.
Ha ha! Thanks for confirming the washrooms are clearly marked for even our Canadian friends. I will say the women's room with the figure of a lady on the wall is another big clue!
Way to back me up there Wendy, lol. You could have at least lied and said the spelling was different.

What? I don't have a problem with her honesty!
Hi Brenda! Playing catch-up as always
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Loved the pic of the electrical outlets in the Tangled rest area.

I was kind of wondering where they had put those!

- I LOVE the pic of the egg!!!!!
Your nighttime pics on Day 11 are just gorgeous - I love the sky! And how cool to see the water pageant from your balcony - I have never seen it.
I just loved hearing about the tour! Thank you SO much for taking the time to share it. It will be quite a few years until Willow is old enough to accompany me on that tour
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And I think you are back in WDW right now! I hope you are having a great trip!
Thanks Roni! Yep, we are just now back. thanks for the well wishes.
Do you believe they now have lockers for charging your phone in Tomorrowland? I wouldn't be surprised if next they started adding them to all the TS tables.
The water pageant is a really cool thing to see if you are anywhere near Seven Seas Lagoon or Bay Lake.
Oh, the photo of the sky turning to crimson is beautiful Brenda!

I absolutely LOVED your description of the Keys to the Kingdom tour. I read every, single bit....even the hidden parts. I would love to do that some day with Morghan. How fun for Disney fans!
Glad you enjoyed the tour intel Kelli!


That would be a great tour for you and your DD. I may have forgotten some of the details of the tour but I definitely didn't forget the great feeling of being a part of that tour and seeing the magic that happens behind the scenes.
Apologies. But you know, sisters before misters and all that.
LOL! I loved it when I was a kid but can't do it now. I have a hard time with sugar in general. The only cereal I do these days is plain cheerios with raisins or granola with raisins on my greek yogurt. I actually miss the plain cheerios, the boys want the honey nut and since they obviously need the extra calories, I do let them have it but it's too sweet for me.
Not really a tour, but they were backstage pre-parade and also for the recording session. He had some interesting words for it.
We bought some dresses there back in 2010, super cute and quite (surprisingly) reasonable.
Well I will be there over labor day for a certain race....
It was pretty noisy, I know my mom and her cousin had a whole separate chat going on and I couldn't really hear that.
It was interesting, touring plans showed the crowds at at 10 and boy on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...they were! I'd hoped it was less spring break than it was, we are usually so much later than most places but I think some schools actually time with Easter, versus a certain week each year.
Since DL has so many locals pouring into the parks it tends to be busier during the weeks that most school districts are on Spring break which mostly coincide with Easter.
I think you overestimate how much I run, and my fitness level!

I am lucky on the genetic side and have gotten better in the willpower area, it's probably more those 2 things than actual exercise though that certainly doesn't hurt.
All I can say is

! To be blessed genetically AND still put the effort into being fit you are in the minority for women in your age group.
Just caught up! Excellent review! Can't wait for more!
Thank you! I'm planning to get another day posted here very soon....