WDW November 2008

[coneygoil]

This was me and my family's last trip to WDW. We went for Super Soap Weekend. Sadly, that was the last one! Hopefully Disney will bring it back in a few years.

Cast of Characters:
Me - 26
Mom - 50
Dad - 50
Aunt Becky - 46
Best Friend, Alicia - 24
Alicia's Mom, Sandy - 40-something

We stayed at Pop Century. We have always stayed in the '80's section. I was born in '82, so I feel all nostalgic when we are there.

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This was the first time I brought a trinket to take pics of. I've seen other people bring like a Transformer toy or stuffed animal. I brought my little Puss in Boots! He had a lot of fun and recieved so much attention.

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This poor bus driver lady was so confused when I handed her Puss. She had no clue why I was doing that :P
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This cute old man was greeting guests as we entered the park.
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I always run to the characters. I caught a bunch of them at rope drop on Main Street. That is always one of the best times to meet up with characters.

Me and Pluto
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My mom and aunt with Daisy. Daisy posed them for the pic :P
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I caught this adorable little boy taking a pic with the Goofy Statue.
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Puss had to get in on the action.
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We got to see the Main Street performers as they wheeled up on the trolley and danced their hearts out.
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Puss and I taking a photo-opt.
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We didn't get a pic with lumberjack!Donald, but he did pose for us as we walked by.
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We traveled to Toontown to get in the incredibly long line for Tinker Bell and friends. It was fun to do once. Never again. Tinker Bell actually had me meowing like a cat. She asked me what my talent was and I said talking to animals and she was like "show me". Yep, meowing for Tinker Bell.

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After we got out of Pixie Hollow, Alicia and her mom called saying they arrived at MK. We met them in Toontown.

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Alicia took a liking to Puss in Boots.
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Look, Mom, no hands!
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We saw this really cool water sketch of Mickey's face on the ground in Frontierland. I guess a CM did it.
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We took pics at the Ye Olde Christmas shop sleigh. These are my most FAVORITE pics we took the whole trip.
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We met up with Peter Pan. He acted as if he was on zolof and talked to us for like 10 minutes. Guess he was bored :D
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My dad went up to nearly every CM we saw.
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More to come!!! That was only the first half of the first day ;)

[faline]

Sounds like you're off to a very fun start!

[Tigerinvestigator]

Glad you are posting this trip report. I have failed to do so in some of our past trips! Love the pics, thank you!:thumbsup:

[Kathy Jetson]

Love the report and the pics you got alot done in half a day!

[Disneymom4ever]

Sounds like a great start to a first day! Love the pics! Can't wait to read more. :mickey:

[coneygoil]

Thanks everyone for reading about my trip so far!

[coneygoil]

I'm gonna back track with a few pics that were taken during the first part of the day.

Scrooge was out. Yay! It's the first time I've ever met him! We got scroogy together.
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Mickey was out, but not for meeting. Phew.
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My dad snaps spontanious shots. This one was so funny.
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This CM looks just LIKE Rosetta from the Tinkerbell movie. She even had the southern accent down pat.
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This is the CM lady that started crying because my dad made her feel special :)
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While Alicia and I were standing in line for Capt. Hook and Mr. Smee, a CM came up to a little boy in line and made him an offical lost boy. Alicia caught the CM and asked if we could be lost girls. He did the whole ceremony thing, sprinkled "pixie dust" on us, and gave us a certificate. Then my dad caught him and our whole crew must have taked to Neil the Disney Dream Maker for like 30 minutes! He was so cool and told us all kind of Disney secrets. Hopefully we'll run into him again this next trip.
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After MK, we headed to Epcot. It was getting dark, and Alicia and her mom were going to have to leave soon :( We rode the Maelstrom since the line was like 5 minutes long. Last trip before this one, we were in a boat with a group of teenage boys and they were so funny! Every time a troll or polar bear passed by, they were like AHHH! At the end of the ride one of the boys said, "I didn't know Norway was so scary".

While we were in Maelstrom, it started raining outside! There was no clouds, so where did it come from? We all crowded under the overhang by Kringa Bakery. Alicia and I went in. I got a chocolate mousse cake. That was the BEST peice of cake I've ever eaten! I got one more slice before the trip was up. My folks and Aunt Becky headed to American Adventure to eat (they have good counter service food there) while me, Alicia, and her mom went to the UK to get fish and chips. It was still raining, and I was eating my cake while following behind Alicia. That was a crazy experience.

We walked to AA to meet up with the other part of the gang. I called my husband while everyone else was eating. I can remember almost every place where I have called my husband while we are at WDW. I always miss him so much :( I can't wait until we have kids so I can MAKE him come with us!

Family photos by a photopass photogragher!
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This one is one of my favorites! Oh, look, a big silver ball!
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And a big gingerbread house.
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We all went back to POP and said bye to Alicia and her mom. They live in Wildwood, FL. Alicia use to stay the whole trip with us, but her mom comes now and they only spend like a day with us. I'm hoping this next trip Alicia will stay longer!

Day 2 coming soon...

[nicster]

The cake sounds good, yum:thumbsup:

[Kathy Jetson]

Sounds like a great trip! I can't wait for mine to start in 35 days.

[MississippiDisneyFreak]

Sounds like a lot of fun

[badkitty]

Very cool! :thumbsup: Thanks for posting.

[coneygoil]

The second day was kind of hectic. We went to Super Soap Weekend. My mom has been watching "All My Children" since the late '70's. I've been watching it since '92 and watching "One Life to Live" since '93. This was our 3rd Soap Weekend. Sadly, they discontinued it. But we're hoping Disney will bring it back in a few years!

Anyways, I won't bore anyone with pics from that, unless there's some AMC and OLTL fans on here? We mostly spend that day running around like chickens with our heads cut off trying to get pictures and autographs for the soap stars. Didn't get to actually meet any this year, but that's okay.

When evening rolled around we headed to AK for a little while. We rode Countdown to Exstinction, which ALWAYS scares the heck out of me but in a good way :D Then me and my aunt rode Everest. I got to ride it like 2 weeks after it opened, and was very disappointed. Everest wasn't thrilling at all. But a couple years later I rode it again and found it more rough. It probably need to be uses for a while before the coaster could get rough.

The next day we went back to MGM to catch the soap stars we missed the day before. After we were done with that by early afternoon, me, mom, and Aunt Becky went to ToT. Mom hasn't ridden ToT since it opened in '94, but my aunt was willing to go on it. We sat in the very back, and when we saw our picture you couldn't really see us because it was dark in the back. So, we weren't sure whether to buy it or not.

Then we rode RRC. We didn't really like that pic either, so we headed back to ToT to buy that pic. We told the CM lady at the counter we weren't really satisfied with the pic. She was like, "Follow me!" She walked us to the VIP elevator to get us on ToT again with no wait! How awesome is that?!

While we were standing there waiting to be brought back to the ride, one of the bellhope CM started a staring contest with me. It went on for like a few minutes. That dude was so funny. We kept making faces at each other to get one of us to break. It turned out to be a tie since an elevator came. But he posed for a pic with Puss!

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We got to ride in the front. Aunt Becky was nervous now! The pic came out way better. We played around a little more outside.

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Then we met Prince Caspian! He actually looked better than the dude who played him in the movie. Though this guy was kind of cheesy.

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"Farewell, my queens..."
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We met back up with Dad, who had been glomping every CM he saw the whole time we were playing around at MGM. We headed to Epcot and had some food. I adore the Moroccan food, but Mom and Aunt Becky for Chinese.

I met Mulan (the same CM) again and Mushu for the first time. Mushu tried to eat Puss! Mulan was like, "Let him go" and smacked Mushu.
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Watch the Chinese acrobats for a few minutes.
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We hurried to get front row seats for OFF KILTER! Randy the lead guitarist recognized us!

Jamie goofing off.
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Group shots
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Randy is drool-worthy.
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Afterwards, we gave them a homemade calendar and Randy was like, "We were wondering what calendar to get this year. Now we have one!" Then he took some shots with Puss. It was so cute...
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I honestly can't remember what else happened that! Last day to come...

[Kathy Jetson]

Sounds like a fun day lovin the pics.I wouldn't mind seeing your pics of the soap stars.