Zombie Apocalypse and Pixie Dust - A 2 week Disneymoon (PTR link 11/14)

[ronnmel]

Thanks! I'm used to the real cheese too, it didn't register that it wasn't. Maybe the grated cheese on chips is a Canadian thing?

Love your trip report and all of the pictures!

It probably is a Canadian thing. Yay for Canada!

Thanks! I'm gonna work on a new update now, so more pictures for you to look at.

 

[disneygeeks]

I just started reading your TR and love it so far. Just wondering do some of the rooms at POP now come with fridges? I know when we went back in 2009 we didn't have a fridge and if you wanted one it would cost you $10 a day.

 

[ronnmel]

Day 4 part 4 - What Time is Witches?
August 14th, 2011

First, some backtracking. I'm pretty sure that before we left MK earlier that day we took the Railroad to Main Street from Frontierland instead of walking it. For some reason though I did not write it down or take any pictures. I blame the heat.

Anyway, after a relaxing afternoon at POP, we made it back to Magic Kingdom around 7:30pm. MK was having evening EMH that night, so we had around 6 more hours of park time ahead of us!

We had lots of FPs accumulated from that morning (7!!), so of course we had to use them now. But before that, a little confusion. See, I have this picture:

It says I took it at 7:38pm, minutes before all my other pictures of Main Street. It looks like the inside of the Train Station, but we didn't take the train at that time. Why would I go up there just to take this picture? Am I wrong and is it from somewhere other than the Train Station?

Ok, so after the confusing picture, we walked down Main Street. And took pictures, of course!

I think Ron may have already been tired of all my picture taking...

So, were we headed right or left of the Castle. I'll let you judge:

We were heading to Splash Mountain! I remembered the big drop at the end, but not all the little dips before that. Splash is one of my favorite ride because to me it has everything : a good story, lots of details to look at, a catchy song, some thrill with the big drop, a refreshing splash of water on a hot summer day, and most of all, it's long enough to make it worth the wait. Come along on the ride with us!

Did you have fun? We sure did! Up next was Big Thunder Mountain obviously. No pictures this time as it was getting too dark, but don't worry we will be back.

From then on we just went in order. So the next attraction was Peter Pan's Flight. If I had been on it before I had absolutely no recollection. I loved it! The concept of "flying" above the decor is so cool. It's one of Ron's favorite dark ride.

Continuing on in Fantasyland we hit Winnie the Pooh. Isn't the new queue fun?

What's next after Fantaslyand? Tomorrowland and Space Mountain! Love having all those FPs to use. We are really zipping through those rides tonight. We haven't even been in the park 90 minutes!

This time I get the seat in the very back. I find it more bumpier than earlier that day and it makes me feel slightly queasy. So even though we had two sets of FPs for this, I don't want to go on it again right away. Maybe later?

What do you do when you feel queasy? You go relax on the People Mover. Sorry, no pictures this time.

I was still a bit queasy, but Ron was not so he got himself a smoothie, Tropical Fruit. He LOVED it.

We exit Tomorrowland.

We walk through the crowded hub and find a spot to watch Wishes. I swear Ron asked me what time "Witches" was, but he denies it. Hahaha Anyway, Wishes was at 10pm and it was around 9:45pm by then, which means we caught part of the new "Magic, Memories, and You!" show. WONDERFUL! But more on that later.

We get a great spot in the middle of the hub to watch Wishes. I take pictures of the castle while waiting for it to begin.

Wishes is magical, as always. The music is so perfect!


Up Next, The Perfect Spot to watch MMY and How Late Do We Stay?

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[ronnmel]

I just started reading your TR and love it so far. Just wondering do some of the rooms at POP now come with fridges? I know when we went back in 2009 we didn't have a fridge and if you wanted one it would cost you $10 a day.

I honestly have no clue why we got a fridge for free. My best guess, from what I've been told by other members, is that there is always a fridge in handicapped accessible rooms (we had a room with a shower, no tub). I just say it's Pixie Dust.

 

[disneygeeks]

well you gotta like that then..Awesome TR so far only on page 5 but lovin it...take care.

 

[cindianne320]

Decided to come and find your trip report- I am enjoying it so far!

Congratulations on the new baby!!! I am also due in June and am a teacher. Unfortunately, here they don't care as much about early pregnant moms, so no getting off work for me BUT when I was pregnant with my first a child had 5ths disease, and I had the test to show I was immune- thank goodness, and also had to take antibiotics for whooping cough.

I hope you have an uneventful pregnancy, and can't wait for your TR with your new little one!

 

[cindianne320]

Whoops- Double Post

Glad you enjoyed "Witches"

 

[ronnmel]

well you gotta like that then..Awesome TR so far only on page 5 but lovin it...take care.

Thanks! Awww, day 1. One of my favorite day of the trip!

Decided to come and find your trip report- I am enjoying it so far!

Congratulations on the new baby!!! I am also due in June and am a teacher. Unfortunately, here they don't care as much about early pregnant moms, so no getting off work for me BUT when I was pregnant with my first a child had 5ths disease, and I had the test to show I was immune- thank goodness, and also had to take antibiotics for whooping cough.

I hope you have an uneventful pregnancy, and can't wait for your TR with your new little one!

Glad you came over, and thanks! I guess we'll be going through the pregnancy at the same time. Right now I'm full on in the "morning sickness that lasts almost all day" phase. Hope you have an uneventful pregnancy as well. And good thing that you are immuned to 5th.

I can't wait to go with my little one and see Disney through a child's eyes! I see that you already have your next trip planned, awesome! We're hoping to go back around that time as well, 2014 at the latest.

 

[ronnmel]

I would just like to apologize in advance to all the people who's trip report I'm following. I'm reading them all, but with this "morning-sickness-that-lasts-all-day" thing, I'm just not in the mood to comment much. Especially when your updates involve food. I'm reading them though!

 

[disneygeeks]

we just got to go on star tours about 3 weeks ago and thought it was fantastic. we went on about 10 times and we were both rebel spies a couple of times. way better then the original

 

[ronnmel]

we just got to go on star tours about 3 weeks ago and thought it was fantastic. we went on about 10 times and we were both rebel spies a couple of times. way better then the original

Ron LOVES the new Star Tours. It was one of the things he was looking forward to the most, and he was not disappointed. I liked it too, but unfortunately with my motion sickness it made me feel way too yucky. Oh well, at least it gave me a chance to do the drawing class, which I LOVE and Ron not so much.

 

[ronnmel]

Day 4 part 5 - Perfect Spot for MMY and How Late Do We Stay For EMH?
August 14th, 2011

Most people watch the parade, then Wishes, but we had a different plan. I have a friend who worked at Magic Kingdom all summer (college program) and she told me about this great tip she used on several occasions. After Wishes the hub really emptied out, but we stayed put. First we found a bench somewhere in the middle, but we were facing away from the castle. However, it didn't take too long before even more people left and we were able to score a seat on the bench right behind the partner statue. We now had front and center seats for Magic, Memories and You!

View from our seat:

We didn't want to lose our seat, so Ron stayed put while I went to take a photopass picture.

Then it was my time to save our seats while Ron went in search of a snack. We had been smelling the Disney popcorn for days, it was time to give in to temptation and get a taste of it! It actually took him much longer than it should have because he looked everywhere for a cart, not realizing there was one near us. Oops.

After a short wait "Magic, Memories, and You!" started. Though we had caught a glimpse of it earlier, it was our first real time watching it. In one word, AWESOME!!! All the different effects are spectacular, and the rocket just WOW! It is such an emotional show as well. Even my friend who worked at MK said she saw it every single occasion she could, sometimes twice a night. It's a must-see. We even saw parts of the Wolf Family videos (if you haven't seen them yet, do a search on the Dis or Youtube. They're great!). I didn't take any pictures this time because I wanted to truly enjoy it, but I promise we came back to watch it again.

We had another bit of a wait, then Main Street Electrical Parade started. Because it was the second parade the hub was still relatively empty and we did not even have to get up from our seat. I attached my camera and gorilla pod to the fence behind me and was able to get some pretty good pictures.

I was a big fan of Spectromagic and was looking forward to seeing this classic, but I was kinda disappointed. It could be because we were sitting far away from the curb and out of reach from the "energy" of the parade and crowd. But mostly, I just think the floats are kinda underwhelming. And the music, so annoying! It's like the same few notes repeated over and over and over again. Spectro had much better music!

After the parade ended evening Extra Magic Hour had already started and it was time for more rides! Will we last until 2am?

First, another castle picture, because you can never have too many, right?

Then Ron had to make a pit stop at the restroom, so I took some pictures. We were in Fantasyland, but very close to Liberty Square.

We couldn't use our two FPs left anymore, as FPs lines were closed during EMH. Now, what attraction had we not done that is fit to be done late at night? The Haunted Mansion, of course!

Well, it seems that everyone else had the same idea because you should have seem the mass of people converging over there. Wait time was about 20 minutes, our longest wait of the day. We got in line, and obviously chose the scenic route to see all those changes they made to the queue. For some weird reason nobody was taking that way anyway!

The line was moving kinda fast and apparently this is the only photo of the queue that I took.

I did take several shots of the mansion itself. They're a bit blurry and dark, but it adds to the spookiness.

Haunted Mansion is such a fun and detailed attractions. So many things to look at, we will need to come back. I really love the new hitchhiking ghosts, and the way they played with our heads. Fun!

Though we couldn't use our FPs for it anymore, I was hoping Jungle Cruise would still be open. Unfortunately, it wasn't. Boo. This will be at the top of my list for our second day there!

Another attraction we hadn't done yet that is a don't miss was Pirates of the Caribbean, so there we go. We walked almost all the way on, hitting a line only at the very end. The CM working there said "Front row for the newlyweds". Sweet!

As we exited our pirate life I noticed that Aladdin's Carpet had no wait at all. Why not?!

I never really figured out what the thing in the back controls. I think it's the tilt, but it's hardly noticeable. Too bad, I would have sat with Ron had I known.

It was getting pretty late and we were starting to feel sleepy. Why not a tour on the wildest ride of the west to wake us up? The wait was 10 minutes max for Big Thunder Mountain, and the wind in our face did help energize us a little. No Splash Mountain for us, didn't want to get wet that late.

I wanted to do more rides, so we walked through Fantasyland. Unfortunately, wait times were still way too high for our taste and we decided to leave. We did something I rarely ever get to do, walk through the castle.

You can see the time here, to prove we were really in the park that late.

Can you believe that there were still photopass people at 1 in the morning? And we don't even look too incredibly tired! Not sure which one is more unbelievable. Haha

I took a few final photos while Ron went in search of something to eat. He didn't find anything as all the CS were closed, the only thing left was ice cream.

We made our way to the bus stop and were about 8th in line. I guess we decided to leave at the right time because soon people started pouring in behind us. It took a while before a bus showed up (15-20 minutes), but then 2 buses showed up at once. Both got full pretty quickly. We were happy to be sitting and we finally pulled out of the MK around 1:30am.

Even though we were both tired, we both had trouble sleeping that night. Thank god it was not an early morning the next day!!!


Characters Today :
Stitch (for the second time)


Up Next, SLEEP!!! and I Try Drinking Beverly

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[shan23877]

Fun updates! So sorry to hear about the morning sickness, I hope it passes quickly for you.

My DH and I were just talking about MSEP last night. We both agreed that it was much cooler when we were 7

Love the picture from under the castle with Main Street ahead of you. Really cool perspective.

 

[DisneyKira]

Looks like you had an awesome MK day!

That poor squirrel. Maybe he got bit by another squirrel and got an abscess?

Love the angel stuffed animal. So cute

I preferred spectro magic, too. I think the music is waaaay better. But MSEP is pretty cool, too.

Can't wait for the next update! Maybe I will catch it on time this time

 

[ronnmel]

Fun updates! So sorry to hear about the morning sickness, I hope it passes quickly for you.

My DH and I were just talking about MSEP last night. We both agreed that it was much cooler when we were 7

Love the picture from under the castle with Main Street ahead of you. Really cool perspective.

Yes, I would imagine MSEP looked much cooler several years ago, when we were all children.

I love that picture of the castle and MS, I just wish it was clearer. We *may* want to invest in a good camera. Not sure yet...

Looks like you had an awesome MK day!

That poor squirrel. Maybe he got bit by another squirrel and got an abscess?

Love the angel stuffed animal. So cute

I preferred spectro magic, too. I think the music is waaaay better. But MSEP is pretty cool, too.

Can't wait for the next update! Maybe I will catch it on time this time

Yeah, that poor squirrel. If you want I can send you the photo in a private message, since I know you care about animals so much. Though maybe BECAUSE you care so much you prefer not seeing a hurt animal.

Meh, we could care less if we never see MSEP again. Spectro, though, I really hope it comes back!

You read the update within 2 hours of me posting it, I'd say you did a fantastic job on timing today.

 

[Starscream275]

Glad to hear that you had a great day over in the Magic Kingdom. Sorry that you had morning sickness things are really awful when you feel sick especially when it's first thing in the morning.

Ah the poor squirrel! It didn't need to be bitten like that! Damn you mother nature! Damn you to hell!

And I know I'm gonna get some flak for saying this but I actually prefer the new version of the Main Street Electrical parade theme and seeing as I went to Disney world this August and it was my first time watching the parade I would understand how the tune could get repetitive and it's your opinon I respect that. And obviously I've never seen Spectromagic before so I can't judge the two parades on my experince anyway

 

[ronnmel]

Glad to hear that you had a great day over in the Magic Kingdom. Sorry that you had morning sickness things are really awful when you feel sick especially when it's first thing in the morning.

Ah the poor squirrel! It didn't need to be bitten like that! Damn you mother nature! Damn you to hell!

And I know I'm gonna get some flak for saying this but I actually prefer the new version of the Main Street Electrical parade theme and seeing as I went to Disney world this August and it was my first time watching the parade I would understand how the tune could get repetitive and it's your opinon I respect that. And obviously I've never seen Spectromagic before so I can't judge the two parades on my experince anyway

We did have a great and FILLED day at Magic Kingdom.

Actually, it's more like "any-time-of-the-day" sickness than just morning. Yuck. I'm feeling fine now, who know how many hours it will last though...

I felt so sad for the squirrel.

Everyone's opinion is different and you are totally allowed to like MSEP. You say you enjoy the new version of the theme, did they have a different one years ago? I've only seen Spectro and the new MSEP. I just prefer Spectro. I think I may have been expecting too much out of MSEP, since I LOVED Spectro.

 

[Stan Solo]

I'm in the MSEP corner as well but I also have never seen Spetro other then on YouTube. I even love the music. However, I would like to see Spetro live one day.

About the squirrel I've heard that when people start to feed them they will bite and scratch each other to get that single piece of popcorn that just landed in-between them.

Reading your TR is really making me miss MK I can't wait to go back.

 

[disneygeeks]

I'm sure you goy lots off people picking covers for you but if my opinion counts I like option 1. Love all the awesome TL pixa nd the wave pool is so much fun.

 

[disneygeeks]

we just love pecos bill.Myself and DW always go to MK on our first day and always eat at pecos bills on the first day...kinda tradition for us