Cindybelle's DoD Trip Report, May 2009 WDW--Updated 6/19 - COMPLETE! - Page 19 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Now, my favorite park, DHS. A great place to goof around with a camera -- and we definitely went Hollywood all the way.
At 2:00pm that Monday (May 4), I had invited everyone to a ToT meet. Here's most of that group.
Now, ToT is known to scare many tourists, but not brave PPs -- but maybe so!
SuperDave and I were the only PPs to catch one particular ToT meet that evening (we missed a couple of folks due to a mixup -- sorry about that, everybody), so we took the opp to get our closeups. And we really, really showed our acting chops here. (Hey Dave, how much should we get in royalties if Disney uses these postcards? )
Here's the one that will make Dave and me millionaires!
Sorry -- got to go. Mr. Spielberg is on the phone.
Wow love your pictures from EPCOT Cindy. Didn't know they still did the hang glider "magic" in any of the pictures. Where were you when that picture was taken? Might want to try for it on a future trip!
Love this TR, you have made us feel like we were there with you all!
Glad you're enjoying it. Correct me if I'm wrong (Sheri, Laurie, Liz), but I'm pretty sure we had the same photographer get the pics of us in front of the Beauty & the Beast topiaries, and then we turned around so the Imagination building is behind us for the "hang gliding Mickey & pals" shot. (Or was that taken closer to the Land? That would make more sense, since Soarin' is in there.) Sorry, I'm just not sure. Maybe you could ask the photographer to please scan in the "hang gliding Mickey" no matter where you happen to be at Epcot? Anybody out there know the answer to this one?
Glad you're enjoying my TR. It sure makes me feel good to read that!
As I mentioned before, I skipped PP's final quest (no offense, Jennifer & Dave!) to spend time with some of my new Texas pals -- hey, anytime someone's ready to do EE over and over and over, I am THERE.
I'm not sure Minnie is showing her inner "cat" the way the rest of us are!
Clari had her hand on daughter Vanessa's shoulder. Then there's Lauren, Jeanene (the scamp wearing my pirate Goofy hat), Robbie standing behind daughter Tiffany, and yours truly in my new long-billed Goofy hat. (That thing was a godsend -- you know how they say AK is the hottest park? It was definitely true that day -- and that cap kept my pale face in the shade very nicely.)
Monday night, I had one final ToT meet scheduled for 8:00 p.m. Nobody showed up (too much else going on, including a drink meet at POR, but I didn't want someone to show and me not be there). I was really, really tired by this time, so just did a little solo wandering around the park and decided to call it a day. (TSMM still had a long line, even after Fantasmic started, so I gave up.) Got my pic taken in front of my favorite DHS attraction before the sun was completely down.
After the DoD ended Tuesday night, I was left with the happy question of how to spend my final morning at WDW. Robbie said, "You like the Hollywood Studios, right? Well, how about going back there with a few of the girls?" Twist my arm, why don't you? Here we are, showing our rock-on attitudes. I think we did RnR three or four times that morning, didn't we? (Boy, do I look beat in this photo!)
A little later, Robbie, Jeanene, Lauren and I decided to enjoy frozen treats - the temperature was creeping up, and after a "hard week" of parkhopping, we needed a little sugar boost. (Plus, I'd only had one Mickey bar all week, and it would have been criminal to escape the parks before purchasing one more. )
What great times I enjoyed in May this year! I am one lucky girl to have been part of PassPorter's Decade of Dreams celebration, to have made so many good friends, and to have made so many interesting acquaintances that may turn into friendships in the future. And all at the happiest place on earth! Thank you, Jennifer and Dave Marx. Thank you, MEI Travel. And thank you, Uncle Walt, for encouraging unlimited dreams, nurturing unlimited innovations, and creating a place where people of all ages can act like kids and have a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious time!
Cindy,to think this all happened just over a month ago,This page I actually cried.
the pics of you ,Liz Sheri and me where all in the same area infront of the topiaries at epcot just faceing 2 differant ways.
Laurie
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