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

[ronnmel]

Day 11 part 7 - "I Kissed A Monster"
August 21th, 2011

After visiting with the Princesses we walk back towards the hub, this time visiting all the stores on the other side. First was the always yummy Confectionary. Yummy Mickey Rice Treats!

My favorite store though was the Art Gallery.

*Little side story* I have an online friend (that I met on another message board) who is a huge fan of Disney. She has been more times than I can count, even though she’s only 20. She’s the one who helped me plan my first trip, introduced me to the Dis, and helped feed my addiction. She is now working at WDW for her third college program. Last year she worked in some of the Main Street stores, including the Art Gallery. Unfortunately, her last day was about 2 weeks before my trip, so I missed meeting with her. This year she’s working in Fantasyland and was one of the lucky CM who got to operate and close Snow White for the last time. She even got to load up Ben as the very last rider. You can read about Ben’s touching story here:

BEN’S STORY

Also on Main Street I took photos of this adorable little side street. I learned about it from another TR, and hope to be able to enjoy a quiet snack here one day.

I think at this point we watched Monsters Inc for a second time that day. Not as funny as the first time since some of the jokes are repeats, but still pretty good. We’ll definitely watch it again, just maybe not twice in the same day. Something funny did happen though. In the Monsters, Inc show, while people are entering the room and sitting down, the camera will show one person on the screen and add a funny caption under it, like “will buy everyone Churros after the show”, “feels the urge to get up and dance”, etc. Well, when we went to watch the show a second time, the camera showed me on the big screen with “has kissed a monster”. So Ron decided to lean in towards me so everyone could see who my monster was. LOL It was cute and funny.

After that I was in search for a milkshake, but couldn’t seem to find any. I think I looked in the ice cream place on Main Street, which is why we ended up in the Hub. There I took these pictures of the most wonderful statue ever, the Partner Statue.

Since I was unsuccessful in finding a milkshake, I settled for regular soft-serve ice cream, which I got in Adventureland.

Since we were in the area, Ron got another Dole Whip (or his first, depending on what really happened earlier that day).

After our delicious treats we wanted to ride Big Thunder Mountain. Unfortunately, it was down again, but they were distributing FPs so we got some. We also got several pictures of the empty trains going ‘round the mountain.

The sky was really pretty.

That mountain was down, but the other one was not, so we hopped on it.

Brer Bear and Brer Fox were being unruly again, but we had fun anyway. We must have gotten the first seat because we got pretty wet!

I *think* that by the time we got out Big Thunder was back on, so we went on it.

It was already past 8pm by then, so we were pretty hungry and set out to find a place to eat.


Up Next, A (Almost) Perfect View Of A Perfect Show
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[kmedina]

Crap loves those rice crispy treats. He kept eating and replacing the ones from Xander's basket last trip. I am not cartain they were all replaced, because he ate some of the replacements as well. It is nice that your friend helped you plan your first trip and introduced you to the DIS. Yay to another viewing of Monster's Inc. I tried to view it twice in one day but was vetoed by Xander first then Crap. Glad you got to ride your favorite Splash Mountain again. I hope you get to ride BTMRR once it re-opens.

 

[Starscream275]

Ben wherever you are, you've made my friends happy cuz you are awesome and your family kickass and stuff. I've never tried Dole Whip before but I might try on my next trip but maybe not if it's bad. But we'll see, we'll see.

Is it me or does that little girl in the picture of disney world 1971 look a lot like Isabella from Phineas and Ferb? Man I'm half expecting a caption that says: "Hey Phineas! Whatcha doin'?"

The Watch Seller from Robots: "Hey kid wanna buy some watches?"
Talking watches: "Don't buy us we're fake!"

AH GOD! I really wanted to get a photo of me standing infront of the Partners statue never got the chance! Damn it!

Hey Ron! Why the glum face? Drink your dole whip you'll feel better! Stop moping in the photos and smile for godsakes!

Ahh! The water splashers came and soaked me! God my glasses are ruined! And my mother buy top dollar for these things! Mel's thoughts when going through Splash mountain a second time.

Once again these mock posts were made by me, Joseph! I mock everything, get used to it!

 

[Starscream275]

Oh crap! Almost forgot to answer your question about the Toy Story 2 game that I've got from Amazon. The game from what I've seen is a pretty good game and it's a game I never got to play during my childhood cuz in my childhood it was all about Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Mario, Sonic and Kingdom Hearts basically. And I have not played any PS1 games at all in years so this along with the first Spyro game will be a start for me.

And seeing as I'm a gamer and I would be likely to watch E3 this year, my opinion of it is a resounding meh cuz there weren't many games that I want in terms of games this year besides the few that I want so yeah not much to talk about here but whatever.

How's the Disneyland game on your 360 so far? From what I've seen from gameplay footage it's a lot of fun if it weren't for the fact that I hate Kinect so much then I would get it on the spot.

 

[mickeystoontown]

I'm back from our latest trip and I'm all caught up again. I am still in a missing Disney funk so I can't remember everything I wanted to comment on :rolleyes so I guess I'll just comment on the last installment. I guess if you can't find a milkshake, Disney ice cream will do. The Dole Whip looks really delicious and I could certainly go for one right now.

Yay for getting to ride Splash Mountain and Big Thunder too!

 

[Dorothy22]

Whoa, looks like fun! You guys both look great <3

 

[KDilly]

Day 11 part 7 - Going 'Round The Mountain
August 21th, 2011

After visiting with the Princesses we walk back towards the hub, this time visiting all the stores on the other side. First was the always yummy Confectionary. Yummy Mickey Rice Treats!

My favorite store though was the Art Gallery.

*Little side story* I have an online friend (that I met on another message board) who is a huge fan of Disney. She has been more times than I can count, even though she’s only 20. She’s the one who helped me plan my first trip, introduced me to the Dis, and helped feed my addiction. She is now working at WDW for her third college program. Last year she worked in some of the Main Street stores, including the Art Gallery. Unfortunately, her last day was about 2 weeks before my trip, so I missed meeting with her. This year she’s working in Fantasyland and was one of the lucky CM who got to operate and close Snow White for the last time. She even got to load up Ben as the very last rider. You can read about Ben’s touching story here:

BEN’S STORY

Also on Main Street I took photos of this adorable little side street. I learned about it from another TR, and hope to be able to enjoy a quiet snack here one day.

I think at this point we watched Monsters Inc for a second time that day. Not as funny as the first time since some of the jokes are repeats, but still pretty good. We’ll definitely watch it again, just maybe not twice in the same day. After that I was in search for a milkshake, but couldn’t seem to find any. I think I looked in the ice cream place on Main Street, which is why we ended up in the Hub. There I took these pictures of the most wonderful statue ever, the Partner Statue.

Since I was unsuccessful in finding a milkshake, I settled for regular soft-serve ice cream, which I got in Adventureland.

Since we were in the area, Ron got another Dole Whip (or his first, depending on what really happened earlier that day).

After our delicious treats we wanted to ride Big Thunder Mountain. Unfortunately, it was down again, but they were distributing FPs so we got some. We also got several pictures of the empty trains going ‘round the mountain.

The sky was really pretty.

That mountain was down, but the other one was not, so we hopped on it.

Brer Bear and Brer Fox were being unruly again, but we had fun anyway. We must have gotten the first seat because we got pretty wet!

I *think* that by the time we got out Big Thunder was back on, so we went on it.

It was already past 8pm by then, so we were pretty hungry and set out to find a place to eat.


Up Next, A Perfect View Of A Perfect Show
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Feels good on a hot day huh?

-KD

 

[oboedm]

Such a cute picture of you two on the end of Splash! The art gallery is amazing! I really like that one of the magic kingdom, monorail and the family. I need to make some money so I can buy it! Could be a great focal point in a nursery!

 

[PopArtGal]

A lot of lovely pictures.

Seems like a full day. You guys did a lot more than I can lol

 

[ronnmel]

I'm still here! I haven't given birth yet! Though my due date is in less than a week. Yikes! I'm both excited, and totally scared. It's a very weird feeling to kinda be "in waiting", to know that it could happen at any moment now.

Anyway, the reason for my absence this past week is because after over 7 months of procrastinating, I finally decided to go back and work on my Disneymoon photobook. I had gotten the photopass package that included a credit for a photobook, so it would have been silly to let it go to waste. Man was it long and hard though! I really dislike the photopass website when it comes to making a photobook. So expensive as well! Once I included the extra pages and the shipping, I ended up paying more than I did for my wedding photobook total! As much as it's great to have Disney abckgrounds and "stickers", next time I'll just use Shutterfly.

Anyway, to prove that I truly haven't been slacking this past week, here is what my photobook looks like.

Cover:

Intro page:

Rest of the pages, in order:

And the last page:

As difficult as it was to make it, I'm very proud of the end result and can't wait to receive it!

 

[mickeystoontown]

Oh my! Your pregnancy sure has flown by.....well, at least for me as a reader it has.

I love love love the Photobook that you put together. The borders and stickers are so cute.

 

[ronnmel]

Crap loves those rice crispy treats. He kept eating and replacing the ones from Xander's basket last trip. I am not cartain they were all replaced, because he ate some of the replacements as well. It is nice that your friend helped you plan your first trip and introduced you to the DIS. Yay to another viewing of Monster's Inc. I tried to view it twice in one day but was vetoed by Xander first then Crap. Glad you got to ride your favorite Splash Mountain again. I hope you get to ride BTMRR once it re-opens.

That's funny that Crap kept stealing Xander's rice crispy treats. Mean dad. In my family I'm the only one who is a big sweet lover, so I wouldn't have to worry about anyone stealing mine. Though I might steal some of Peanut's later on...

Yeah, don't watch Monsters, Inc twice in one day. Twice in one trip is fine, but the jokes don't change enough to watch it with just a few hours in between.

We did get to ride BTMRR, though I didn't have any pictures to prove it. And we got to ride it once more later that night. I'll try to post the final update of the night soon.

Ben wherever you are, you've made my friends happy cuz you are awesome and your family kickass and stuff. I've never tried Dole Whip before but I might try on my next trip but maybe not if it's bad. But we'll see, we'll see.

Is it me or does that little girl in the picture of disney world 1971 look a lot like Isabella from Phineas and Ferb? Man I'm half expecting a caption that says: "Hey Phineas! Whatcha doin'?"

The Watch Seller from Robots: "Hey kid wanna buy some watches?"
Talking watches: "Don't buy us we're fake!"

AH GOD! I really wanted to get a photo of me standing infront of the Partners statue never got the chance! Damn it!

Hey Ron! Why the glum face? Drink your dole whip you'll feel better! Stop moping in the photos and smile for godsakes!

Ahh! The water splashers came and soaked me! God my glasses are ruined! And my mother buy top dollar for these things! Mel's thoughts when going through Splash mountain a second time.

Once again these mock posts were made by me, Joseph! I mock everything, get used to it!

I don't know if you got a chance to go back, but the dad finished blogging about the final night of Ben on Snow White. It got even more incredible and sweet at the end!

Dole Whip is suppose to be awesome, if you love pineapple. I don't, so I stick to regular ice cream.

I don't watch Phineas and Ferb, so I don't know if the girl looks like who you say she looks like. Sorry.

Ron is not a big smiler on pictures. Too bad. His daughter started doing the same thing now that she's a teenager. Hope she grows out of that phase. Smiles make for such better photos!

I really should have taken my glasses off on Splash. I usually do on water rides, or if it's raining hard outside. Though I'm the one who paid top dollars for it, not my mom.

Oh crap! Almost forgot to answer your question about the Toy Story 2 game that I've got from Amazon. The game from what I've seen is a pretty good game and it's a game I never got to play during my childhood cuz in my childhood it was all about Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Mario, Sonic and Kingdom Hearts basically. And I have not played any PS1 games at all in years so this along with the first Spyro game will be a start for me.

And seeing as I'm a gamer and I would be likely to watch E3 this year, my opinion of it is a resounding meh cuz there weren't many games that I want in terms of games this year besides the few that I want so yeah not much to talk about here but whatever.

How's the Disneyland game on your 360 so far? From what I've seen from gameplay footage it's a lot of fun if it weren't for the fact that I hate Kinect so much then I would get it on the spot.

I've always been a Nintendo girl, so for me it's been Mario all the way since my childhood. I really like the Disneyland game, but haven't played much so far. I got it as a gift after getting pregnant. Since it's on Kinect, it involves a lot of standing around in one place, and moving a little. For some reason standing in one place is a lot harder for me than walking while pregnant, so I haven't played much. I'm looking forward to trying it again, and mostly to try it with Peanut once she's old enough!

As for E3, the one game I'm looking forward to is the newest Resident Evil. Ron obviously has his sight on many more games, though which ones I forgot.

I'm back from our latest trip and I'm all caught up again. I am still in a missing Disney funk so I can't remember everything I wanted to comment on :rolleyes so I guess I'll just comment on the last installment. I guess if you can't find a milkshake, Disney ice cream will do. The Dole Whip looks really delicious and I could certainly go for one right now.

Yay for getting to ride Splash Mountain and Big Thunder too!

Welcome back! I probably won't be able to read your new TR for a couple of months while I get adjusted to motherhood, but be sure I will subscribe to it and read it as soon as I have enough time. I hope you guys had a great time, though I did read that the cruise was maybe not for your family.

I'm not a fan of pineapple, so I'll leave the Dole Whip to you guys. But I've been craving ice cream so much lately! Oh how I wish I could get Disney ice cream right about now...

Whoa, looks like fun! You guys both look great <3

Thanks! We really did have lots of fun!

Feels good on a hot day huh?

-KD

Oh yeah, feels very good! I love going outside in the pouring rain on a hot day. Getting wet on a Disney attraction is even better though!

Such a cute picture of you two on the end of Splash! The art gallery is amazing! I really like that one of the magic kingdom, monorail and the family. I need to make some money so I can buy it! Could be a great focal point in a nursery!

Thanks! I'm not sure Ron would agree it's a cute picture though, he hates getting wet.

I think that artwork was worth several thousand dollars and was huge, so you might want to search for a reproduction instead of the real thing... It would look great in a kid's room or nursery though, I agree!

 

[ronnmel]

Oh my! Your pregnancy sure has flown by.....well, at least for me as a reader it has.

I love love love the Photobook that you put together. The borders and stickers are so cute.

It has flown by for me too! I can't believe I'm already at the end! But I'm sure the next few months will fly by even more, once she's here.

Thanks! I think all my hard work paid off. Thank god Ron helped me a little bit though, otherwise I'd still be working on it. Or staring at it not knowing what to do next...

 

[PhoenixStrength]

Yay for your little girl almost being here!

The Photobook is gorgeous! I've never made one on the Photopass site, but I've made several with Shutterfly and love their website. But it turned out great, and will be wonderful for remembering your Disneymoon

 

[disneybarbie]

Hi Mel!

Love the photobook ... I can't believe your due date is so soon, it feels like the time has flown! Hope you are well - must be such an exciting time


Emma x

 

[ronnmel]

Yay for your little girl almost being here!

The Photobook is gorgeous! I've never made one on the Photopass site, but I've made several with Shutterfly and love their website. But it turned out great, and will be wonderful for remembering your Disneymoon

It's so weird how just a week ago I was nowhere near ready for her to be here and freaking out she might come early, yet this week I'm totally fine if she comes out early, and hoping she at least doesn't arrive late!

I love the Shutterfly website. I used it for the wedding photobook and it was so easy to use! I made that book in a day and a half, yet it took me a week (not including the first try I made last fall) to make the Disneymoon album. Plus the whole time I was complaining about stuff not working well, or pages taking forever to load. It's just too bad Shutterfly doesn't have Disney themes, but I can always go to the dollar store, buy Disney stickers, and add them at the end.

Hi Mel!

Love the photobook ... I can't believe your due date is so soon, it feels like the time has flown! Hope you are well - must be such an exciting time


Emma x

Thanks! And I can't believe my due date is so soon as well! Where has the time gone?

 

[kmedina]

You did a great job with the photo book. I agree that they are too expensive. We have ordered two so far and both (even with the package) cost more than larger ones we've ordered from Shutterfly.

Claudia will be here before you know it. I am glad you were not induced early.

 

[Starscream275]

It has flown by for me too! I can't believe I'm already at the end! But I'm sure the next few months will fly by even more, once she's here.

Thanks! I think all my hard work paid off. Thank god Ron helped me a little bit though, otherwise I'd still be working on it. Or staring at it not knowing what to do next...

Has it really been that long? Well screw that right with me and the complaining and the bitterness oh that's something we both won't be forgetting for a long time. But it really has paid off though ya gonna be a momma and I'm...well...I'm gonna be playing Toy Story 2!

Speaking of Toy Story 2 I should rewatch it because it is such an awesome sequel to the first movie. And can you please post me the link regarding Ben? And have you been on my TR? There's a piccy on there!

 

[ronnmel]

Day 11 part 8 - A (Almost) Perfect View Of A Perfect Show
August 21th, 2011

Last time I wrote I believe we were about to go eat. We were right next to Pecos Bill, so that is where we headed.

I had the taco salad, which tasted great. I loved being able to customize it and add LOTS of cheese.

I wrote in my journal that Ron had a “fixings” salad, so I guess he didn’t buy anything and just created his own mini meal. Since it was already 8pm, we didn’t have too much difficulty finding a seat inside. After we were fed we went back to Big Thunder Mountain to ride it in the dark.

Speaking of dark, it was now time to use our FPs and try Jungle Cruise in the dark. It was a little creepy riding it at night, which was cool. No pictures though, as I doubt they would have turned out good. After stepping off the boat we quickly made our way to Fantasyland before the MSEP blocked our way. Not too quickly though, as I did have time to take another picture of the gorgeous castle. Really, you can never have too many pictures of this beauty.

Our reason to go to Fantasyland was to use our FPs acquired earlier and ride Peter Pan. We’re really gonna have to change our way of touring now with the new “no using late FPs” rule.

We got Winnie the Pooh FPs for later. The Main Street Electrical Parade was almost over, so we slowly walked towards the hub. Guess what I did during our slow walk? Take more castle photos, obviously!

Also got this great shot of Tomorrowland all lit up.

Once at the hub we were able to make our way to the partner statue and got an amazing spot front and center. We, along with lots of people in front of us, sat on the ground while waiting for the shows to begin. See how great our spot was:

Then something incredible happened. When “Magic, Memories and You” started, NOBODY got up! We had an (almost) perfect view while staying off our sore feet!!!

I said almost perfect view because there was a boy standing just to my right who couldn’t stay still and kept partially blocking my view. I wish he had just sat down, but oh well. It wasn’t so bad during the castle show, but it came more into play during Wishes. Despite the partially blocked view, Wishes was great as always. Since I was sitting down I was able to position my camera on my mini-tripod and take pictures of the fireworks. Enjoy!

It was over all too soon. We got up and bravely walked in the opposite direction of everyone exiting, going back to Fantasyland. The wait time for Winnie the Pooh was minimal, so we kept our FPs as souvenir and instead played with the honey wall.

Our final attraction of the day, and possibly our final goodbye to Magic Kingdom (we had not yet decided if we would come back on our last day, or go back to Hollywood Studios instead), was Mickey’s Phillharmagic. I think it was fitting, as it features songs from so many great movies, all wrapped up into one.

It was Extra Magic Hours that evening, but we were tired and had a full day planned for tomorrow, so we exited at the same time as all the day guests. We didn’t wait too long for a bus, but had to wait long to board it as it was filled with 3 ECVS! We had to stand, but we didn’t mind too much. Soon we were back at POP and going to sleep.


CHARACTERS TODAY:

Tinkerbell
Vidia
Cinderella
Belle
Ariel


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[ronnmel]

If you haven't seen it, yesterday I posted photos of the photobook I just finished making for this Disneymoon. It's on the previous page.

Also, I forgot to include something in a previous update. I’ll go add it, but I’ll also write it here for those who have already read the update. In the Monsters, Inc show, while people are entering the room and sitting down, the camera will show one person on the screen and add a funny caption under it, like “will buy everyone Churros after the show”, “feels the urge to get up and dance”, etc. Well, when we went to watch the show a second time, the camera showed me on the big screen with “has kissed a monster”. So Ron decided to lean in towards me so everyone could see who my monster was. LOL It was cute and funny.

You did a great job with the photo book. I agree that they are too expensive. We have ordered two so far and both (even with the package) cost more than larger ones we've ordered from Shutterfly.

Claudia will be here before you know it. I am glad you were not induced early.

Thanks. Exactly, my whole wedding photobook made with Shutterfly was cheaper than my Disney photobook, even when factoring the credit I had. Crazy! I'm glad I made it, but it'll be the one and only time I use Disney's website for that.

I'm so glad I was not induced early, as I was totally not ready. I'm ready now though, especially after the evening she just had last night, kicking me in the ribs for 4 hours straight!! Ron even got to feel her feet (or elbow, or arm, not sure as it was not in the exact same place as usual) stick out and punch him hard.

Has it really been that long? Well screw that right with me and the complaining and the bitterness oh that's something we both won't be forgetting for a long time. But it really has paid off though ya gonna be a momma and I'm...well...I'm gonna be playing Toy Story 2!

Speaking of Toy Story 2 I should rewatch it because it is such an awesome sequel to the first movie. And can you please post me the link regarding Ben? And have you been on my TR? There's a piccy on there!

Yep, it's been 9 months! Crazy, huh? And nope, I won't be forgetting what happened all those months ago, but it's all in the past now.

I saw your TR, and even replied. For some weird reason I can't see the pic. Did you put your album private? It might be the reason.

Here's the link to Ben's story again:
http://www.shmoolok.com/Blog.aspx