WDWfanatic742
11-04-2007, 11:25 AM
For anyone wondering, it was raining off and on all week. Dino would agree with me as well. I couldn't possibly get very many pictures because we never bothered taking the camera and would never have an opportunity to take any pictures anyway.
Picture Set (http://good-times.webshots.com/album/561316062ooIKOE)
Day 1 - Check in / Magic Kingdom
To go on this trip, my dad had to work on Monday until noon, so we ended up going to school for a little while until I had to go pick up my brother and get ready to leave. Turns out when we get home my mom is not feeling well and after an interesting conversation she decides to come up a day later and have my dad drive up with me and my brother.
We ended up leaving around 1:30pm and got there around 4:00pm. We checked into our concierge room and got room number 5003 at the Wilderness Lodge. It has one of the best views (http://image58.webshots.com/558/1/9/61/2922109610075973817gdcdmS_fs.jpg) I have ever seen of Bay Lake. It was right outside the boat docks. The only downsides to the room was the fact that they were doing to boat horns way into the night, and that it took forever to walk to our room. Literally on the other side of the hotel from the buses.
Went to Magic Kingdom around 6:00pm for EMH until midnight. Got to do all of the main rides except Space Mountain because they both didn't want to go on it. Thunder Mountain seemed alot smoother coming off of it's rehab. Don't know if it was that or us riding at night for a rare time. I got my first ever perfect score on Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin - 999,999 (http://image64.webshots.com/564/1/50/63/2900150630075973817FWuzIZ_fs.jpg). Ate at Peco Bill's for dinner and left around 10:00pm. It didn't rain much that night, but it was a sprinkle pretty much off and on all night.
Day 2 - MGM / Mom gets in / MNSSHP
Ended up doing MGM today in the morning because my mom doesn't really do anything here and since she was gone that morning we just did it to do our couple favorites before the Halloween party that night. No Tower of Terror or Rock n' Rollercoaster because both were over an hour long waits and we only had a couple of hours there before we went to meet up with my mom. Did Star Tours, MuppetVision 3D, Backlot Tour, Light's Motor's Action and Great Movie Ride. Was going to see Indy but by the time we got back from Star Tours it was standing room only. Around 1pm we left to go meet up with her back at the hotel. Didn't get there until 2pm because we waited a half hour for a bus back to the Wilderness Lodge. Met up with mom back at the hotel and she still didn't look well, and driving up didn't help, so she slept the night away and the three of us went to MNSSHP that night.
Got to Magic Kingdom around 6 that night and was going to go to Crystal Palace, however my dad is a Diabetic and he needed to get something to eat after taking his insulin shot so instead of waiting at least a half hour before getting food there we just headed over to Cosmic Ray's. He could have probably be fine with Crystal Palace and waiting, but I didn't feel like taking a chance because I have seen how bad he gets when he starts to get those attacks, especially without my mom with us. I think he had a very minor one if anything though the food helped alot and that seemed to be enough for the night.
Did all the major rides, however BTMRR was not open according to the maps that they were handing out. I got to ride Space Mountain the first time by myself because I think my brother was a little scared of it, but after I came out from a walk on line, he decided to come with me for a second ride.
The Haunted Mansion story that I was talking about was probably a had to be there event. When we went in, all the cast members are extra dressed up for the party. I guess I was staring too much at the one who let us in the stretching room, because throughout the entire spiel she was two inches away from me and looking straight at me. Everyone in the room is laughing at me. Then when the lights went out she turned and started facing my dad until they opened the door to get onto the ride. It was all very funny and the cast members were extra spooky that night.
Before the fireworks, I guess my dad was tired because he left the park and me and my brother stayed for the fireworks which were very good and then did a couple more rides before leaving around 11pm that night. By then the park was completely empty because of the downpour of rain all throughout the party and it just happened to let up for the fireworks and then get worse after then. We had to sprint to our bus that was waiting there or then we would have missed it and would have waited another half hour for it to come back.
All in all, a very good day at the parks and three full bags of candy for us to eat. In fact, we still have probably two bags of candy left from the party. The party was crazy crowded including the trick-or-treat lines were out of control, but the rides were pretty empty and I'd definately go again if I got the chance. Tomorrow we got the Food and Wine Festival and La Nouba that night.
Day 3 - Epcot / La Nouba / Downtown Disney
We woke up and left around 9:30am for Epcot. Mom came with us for the first time so that was good. Once again the bus took forever to come and didn't get into Epcot before 10:30am. BTW, can anyone explain what they are doing around the bus stop at Epcot? Almost looked like they were adding extra parking spots, maybe for CM's or something.
Anyway, went straight over to Soarin to get fastpasses and a half hour line and the fastpasses were for a half hour later. Easiest decision I ever made. Went over to Living Seas / Nemo & Friends / Pavilion with the annoying song at the end of the ride. They still haven't fixed it whee you can see the exit from the entrance station, and vice versa. It's better then nothing I guess.
Went back over to Soarin and got the best row. B1!!!! My mom freaked out when she saw that we were going to be the highest and right in the middle. Classic. We then headed over to Test Track where it was down for some unspecified reason. So we got fastpasses and headed over to Mission Space for a little blast off into deep space. Awesome ride as always, and seemed a little more intense then I remember it before. Maybe because it was the first time that I rode with green team running and they maybe up'ed the orange side a little more?
Off to the fun part of the day. We never really do all of World Showcase, but because of the F&WF, we decided to go around and try everything. The only thing that I can remember was the tortillia chip thing at Mexico which was excellent and we had a couple samples of it. There we a couple other good things and one or two interesting ones. Nearly all of the food that we tried was very very spicy.
After doing El Rio del Caballeros and Mealstrom, and a rare showing of us doing American Adventure, we head back to the entrance around 4pm to get ready for Cirque Du Soleil that night. We had an interesting bus driver coming back that was really fun and entertaining. He said, "If your not having fun at your work, then it becomes a job". Lot's of interesting tidbits that he told us, most of which I already knew :D.
Left for DTD around 5pm, and we got so fed up on waiting for a half hour for a bus that we took our own car there and got there in 15 minutes. The show was excellent, although a couple people did not get their trick right, they did it a second time and got it. The little girls got the biggest applause as always. I still haven't figured out how those toys work.
Went to the House of Blues and was a big surprise food and atmosphere wise. Thought it was going to be a crazy little place but it wasn't that bad. Definately want to eat there again and our server was funny and very laid back but into his job. Left around 10pm and went to our hotel to wonder around a little before going to sleep around midnight. Next up is the free day that turned into a very busy day.
Aparently I talk to much. Go to post #6 for the last half of my trip please...
Picture Set (http://good-times.webshots.com/album/561316062ooIKOE)
Day 1 - Check in / Magic Kingdom
To go on this trip, my dad had to work on Monday until noon, so we ended up going to school for a little while until I had to go pick up my brother and get ready to leave. Turns out when we get home my mom is not feeling well and after an interesting conversation she decides to come up a day later and have my dad drive up with me and my brother.
We ended up leaving around 1:30pm and got there around 4:00pm. We checked into our concierge room and got room number 5003 at the Wilderness Lodge. It has one of the best views (http://image58.webshots.com/558/1/9/61/2922109610075973817gdcdmS_fs.jpg) I have ever seen of Bay Lake. It was right outside the boat docks. The only downsides to the room was the fact that they were doing to boat horns way into the night, and that it took forever to walk to our room. Literally on the other side of the hotel from the buses.
Went to Magic Kingdom around 6:00pm for EMH until midnight. Got to do all of the main rides except Space Mountain because they both didn't want to go on it. Thunder Mountain seemed alot smoother coming off of it's rehab. Don't know if it was that or us riding at night for a rare time. I got my first ever perfect score on Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin - 999,999 (http://image64.webshots.com/564/1/50/63/2900150630075973817FWuzIZ_fs.jpg). Ate at Peco Bill's for dinner and left around 10:00pm. It didn't rain much that night, but it was a sprinkle pretty much off and on all night.
Day 2 - MGM / Mom gets in / MNSSHP
Ended up doing MGM today in the morning because my mom doesn't really do anything here and since she was gone that morning we just did it to do our couple favorites before the Halloween party that night. No Tower of Terror or Rock n' Rollercoaster because both were over an hour long waits and we only had a couple of hours there before we went to meet up with my mom. Did Star Tours, MuppetVision 3D, Backlot Tour, Light's Motor's Action and Great Movie Ride. Was going to see Indy but by the time we got back from Star Tours it was standing room only. Around 1pm we left to go meet up with her back at the hotel. Didn't get there until 2pm because we waited a half hour for a bus back to the Wilderness Lodge. Met up with mom back at the hotel and she still didn't look well, and driving up didn't help, so she slept the night away and the three of us went to MNSSHP that night.
Got to Magic Kingdom around 6 that night and was going to go to Crystal Palace, however my dad is a Diabetic and he needed to get something to eat after taking his insulin shot so instead of waiting at least a half hour before getting food there we just headed over to Cosmic Ray's. He could have probably be fine with Crystal Palace and waiting, but I didn't feel like taking a chance because I have seen how bad he gets when he starts to get those attacks, especially without my mom with us. I think he had a very minor one if anything though the food helped alot and that seemed to be enough for the night.
Did all the major rides, however BTMRR was not open according to the maps that they were handing out. I got to ride Space Mountain the first time by myself because I think my brother was a little scared of it, but after I came out from a walk on line, he decided to come with me for a second ride.
The Haunted Mansion story that I was talking about was probably a had to be there event. When we went in, all the cast members are extra dressed up for the party. I guess I was staring too much at the one who let us in the stretching room, because throughout the entire spiel she was two inches away from me and looking straight at me. Everyone in the room is laughing at me. Then when the lights went out she turned and started facing my dad until they opened the door to get onto the ride. It was all very funny and the cast members were extra spooky that night.
Before the fireworks, I guess my dad was tired because he left the park and me and my brother stayed for the fireworks which were very good and then did a couple more rides before leaving around 11pm that night. By then the park was completely empty because of the downpour of rain all throughout the party and it just happened to let up for the fireworks and then get worse after then. We had to sprint to our bus that was waiting there or then we would have missed it and would have waited another half hour for it to come back.
All in all, a very good day at the parks and three full bags of candy for us to eat. In fact, we still have probably two bags of candy left from the party. The party was crazy crowded including the trick-or-treat lines were out of control, but the rides were pretty empty and I'd definately go again if I got the chance. Tomorrow we got the Food and Wine Festival and La Nouba that night.
Day 3 - Epcot / La Nouba / Downtown Disney
We woke up and left around 9:30am for Epcot. Mom came with us for the first time so that was good. Once again the bus took forever to come and didn't get into Epcot before 10:30am. BTW, can anyone explain what they are doing around the bus stop at Epcot? Almost looked like they were adding extra parking spots, maybe for CM's or something.
Anyway, went straight over to Soarin to get fastpasses and a half hour line and the fastpasses were for a half hour later. Easiest decision I ever made. Went over to Living Seas / Nemo & Friends / Pavilion with the annoying song at the end of the ride. They still haven't fixed it whee you can see the exit from the entrance station, and vice versa. It's better then nothing I guess.
Went back over to Soarin and got the best row. B1!!!! My mom freaked out when she saw that we were going to be the highest and right in the middle. Classic. We then headed over to Test Track where it was down for some unspecified reason. So we got fastpasses and headed over to Mission Space for a little blast off into deep space. Awesome ride as always, and seemed a little more intense then I remember it before. Maybe because it was the first time that I rode with green team running and they maybe up'ed the orange side a little more?
Off to the fun part of the day. We never really do all of World Showcase, but because of the F&WF, we decided to go around and try everything. The only thing that I can remember was the tortillia chip thing at Mexico which was excellent and we had a couple samples of it. There we a couple other good things and one or two interesting ones. Nearly all of the food that we tried was very very spicy.
After doing El Rio del Caballeros and Mealstrom, and a rare showing of us doing American Adventure, we head back to the entrance around 4pm to get ready for Cirque Du Soleil that night. We had an interesting bus driver coming back that was really fun and entertaining. He said, "If your not having fun at your work, then it becomes a job". Lot's of interesting tidbits that he told us, most of which I already knew :D.
Left for DTD around 5pm, and we got so fed up on waiting for a half hour for a bus that we took our own car there and got there in 15 minutes. The show was excellent, although a couple people did not get their trick right, they did it a second time and got it. The little girls got the biggest applause as always. I still haven't figured out how those toys work.
Went to the House of Blues and was a big surprise food and atmosphere wise. Thought it was going to be a crazy little place but it wasn't that bad. Definately want to eat there again and our server was funny and very laid back but into his job. Left around 10pm and went to our hotel to wonder around a little before going to sleep around midnight. Next up is the free day that turned into a very busy day.
Aparently I talk to much. Go to post #6 for the last half of my trip please...