TR: Thingamabobs, Zebra & Giraffes, Oh My! Completed 3/25/15 About This Page:

[DMA]

Just catching up...
What an awesome first day you had! You really packed a lot in! That is my favorite way to do Disney! Taking advantage of every minute!

[xwewhisper]

You got some great shots with Pooh & Friends at breakfast and mmmm Pooh's puffed french toast! Glad you had some great interactions with Rapunzel and Anna and loved the details around Art of Animation for your afternoon pool time That blue drink looked tasty

[lfredsbo]

Originally Posted by KMB733

Looks like you had a great morning at MK. Great pictures from all the character meet and greets. Looks like a fun afternoon hanging out at the pool!

Thanks! It was!

Originally Posted by iwonathomas

The first two days sound wonderful glad you were able to meet up with your friends that day. I LOVE the picture of Scott holding the balloons.

Thanks! We were having a great time! And Scott is SUCH a child!!

Originally Posted by mpwife153

Great first day & a half! You guys are already making GREAT use of the Memory Maker

I'm loving the pics of AOA. It is one of the resorts on our "wanna try" list.

Thanks! We had to get our money's worth, lol I say you should go for it to stay at AoA - at least once!

Originally Posted by MayraLR

Great morning at MK! I'm definitely adding CP breakfast to my next trip. YUM! About the hitchhiking ghosts, I may be wrong, but I think I read now there's a MM ride photo at that exact same spot.

Great photos around AoA! Love the pool area!

Thanks! OOOHHH! That would so exciting if they did add a photo with the ghosts!

Originally Posted by DMA

Just catching up...
What an awesome first day you had! You really packed a lot in! That is my favorite way to do Disney! Taking advantage of every minute!

Thanks for joining in! Missed you! You know us, hit the ground running!

Originally Posted by xwewhisper

You got some great shots with Pooh & Friends at breakfast and mmmm Pooh's puffed french toast! Glad you had some great interactions with Rapunzel and Anna and loved the details around Art of Animation for your afternoon pool time That blue drink looked tasty

Thanks! It was a great day! And that drink was good - not the best - but good

[lfredsbo]

Tuesday, July 1, 2014 Continued:

After showering and such, we headed to the bus stop – and had a short wait for our MK bus.




Someone decided to take a quick snooze on the bus!




When we arrived at Magic Kingdom, we headed straight back to Fantasyland as we had a dinner ADR at Be Our Guest for 6:40 p.m. We got checked in and took a few photos outside, but otherwise the wait was not long before we were led to our table in the main Ballroom………….one of these days I will request the West Wing!












I love the napkins here.....someday I will have to learn how to do this!




Our server was very attentive – his name was “Scooter” (which Scott and I thought was interesting as that was Scott’s nickname back in the day!).

The bread basket was brought out immediately.




For starters, Emily had the French Onion soup – of course, I had a few bites – YUMMY! For her dinner she had the Sautéed Shrimp and Scallops with seasonal vegetables served in a puff pastry with a creamy lobster sauce. She also had a root beer.




Notice - the hands up! She almost took a bite before I got a photo! The nerve!!!




Scott had the Herb-Crusted Lamb Rack with a stone-ground mustard demi-glace served with buttered celery root and seasonal vegetables with a glass of Michel Redde Sancerre (Sauvignon Blanc).




I had the Thyme-Scented Pork Rack Chop with au gratin Macaroni, seasonal vegetables and red wine jus with a glass of L’ombre de la Bete Chardonnay.










The Beast made his appearance and was heading to the study for photo ops.



The dessert cart ~




For dessert, we ordered the Lemon Meringue cupcake and the Tropical Fruit Cream Puff to share, Scooter even brought us some Grey Stuff .









Dinner was delicious as always – we cleaned our plates! And like I said, Scooter was very attentive – best service we have received here so far (I believe this was our 3rd visit for dinner?).

After filling ourselves, we made our way over to visit with the Beast! He seemed quite impressed with Emily’s dress! I still wish that he would sign, but I guess with those big paws it would be rather difficult.










Outside I had to get a few more photos of my princess ~









We really didn’t have much planned other than to just go with the flow and see where our feet took us! And they led us right onto Under the Sea – Journey of the Little Mermaid! I absolutely LOVE this castle!!! And all the attention to details in and around it! I could photograph this all day long!























We found a Photopass Photographer outside my new found favorite castle!











Then over to Storybook Circus area where we rode Barnstormer!

















Next on the path was flying with Dumbo! I love riding Dumbo in the dark with all the lights, especially the way the water looks all lit up! Notice the moon in the sky! Perfect night!



















We decided to ride the Railroad to the front of the park and head to Downtown Disney ~ which we soon discovered was not as easy as we thought it would be. We took the monorail over the Ticket and Transportation Center and thought we could grab a bus to DTD from there……..well you can’t . So back onto the monorail we went……..getting off at the Grand Floridian and then took the bus to DTD from there. Whew! That was an adventure!

We just wandered around DTD, basically “window shopping” to see what we might want to come back for and we checked out the new Co-op – which of course was packed – so not so enjoyable for us. I could see where one could spend quite a bit in there, but honestly it looked like mostly the same items you could find at World of Disney?

We stopped for some beverages – Scott had a beer, I a diet coke, and Em a root beer, sitting to people watch while we drank them.

Then we headed back to AoA, and we were in bed by 11:30 after a fantastic day!


Total Miles Walked Today: 15.18
Total Spent on Food & Beverages: $285.45
Total TIW Discount savings: $45.67
Total Spent on Souvenirs, Activites, Misc: $57.00
Total Annual Pass Discount savings: $1.68
Total 20% CS Coupon Discount savings: $16.23


Up Next: A Special PP Meet!

[PhilsEagles08]

I'm all caught up!

Your 1st flight on the small plane was scary! There is no way I would have been able to relax knowing everything was calculated manually. Not that computers could do a better job but the whole human error thing scares me. I'm glad you arrived safely in Newark and were able to barely make your connecting flight!

I love all your pics! I wish I could take such nice shots but my little camera does a decent enough job for $150. lol

The AoA room looks a lot better than I thought it had looked. Wasn't the color of the rooms originally like a teal color? Why did I think they were a tacky color like that???

And what kind of tracker where you guys using? I'm interested in purchasing one myself but don't know what works well in tracking steps and miles.

Can't wait to read more!!!

[lfredsbo]

Originally Posted by PhilsEagles08

I'm all caught up!

Your 1st flight on the small plane was scary! There is no way I would have been able to relax knowing everything was calculated manually. Not that computers could do a better job but the whole human error thing scares me. I'm glad you arrived safely in Newark and were able to barely make your connecting flight!

I love all your pics! I wish I could take such nice shots but my little camera does a decent enough job for $150. lol

The AoA room looks a lot better than I thought it had looked. Wasn't the color of the rooms originally like a teal color? Why did I think they were a tacky color like that???

And what kind of tracker where you guys using? I'm interested in purchasing one myself but don't know what works well in tracking steps and miles.

Can't wait to read more!!!

Thank you for joining in! Yes, the flight was a bit nervewracking.
Scott has a fitbit - he really likes it.

[lauriep]

A very nice dinner! I love Prince Eric's castle, too. Beautifully designed. It's a pain getting to DTD from the parks. They don't offer bus service from the parks because people would park free at DTD for their day in the parks. They can still do it, but it's a lot of work and time! Thanks for including the detailed cost breakdown. It's very helpful and eye-opening. It doesn't take long for a TiW to pay for itself!

[OhToodles!]

I see some shopping happens at Hot Topic before the trip! Love Em's dress! What a great day!

[islandgirl]

Getting caught up your TR.....


-love all of the PP pictures!
-love your resort!!
-hope to try Seven Dwarfs in a few weeks!
-I've never done a meet & greet with TINK -looks fun! (I did get a FP, so hopefully, I'll get some to do this).
-CP breakfast looks yummy! (we've only done dinner there).

can't wait to read more!!

[xwewhisper]

I just love Ems outfit! Too freaking adorable! Dinner looked yummy and love your pics at dusk of magic kingdom. It is a pain getting to DTD sometimes and a bummer just to be met with crowds

[cubfancolleen]

Dinner looked delicious. We've only done lunch there and I wasn't that impressed - mostly because it was so LOUD!

[chezp]

So glad you enjoyed your dinner at Be Our Guest, especially as I've heard so many negative reviews of it recently. We loved our first dinner there in November 2013 and I'm hoping it will be just as good when we go back in a few week's time.

[Colexis Mom]

Great pictures from dinner and the MK! Love Emily's dress!

[lfredsbo]

Originally Posted by lauriep

A very nice dinner! I love Prince Eric's castle, too. Beautifully designed. It's a pain getting to DTD from the parks. They don't offer bus service from the parks because people would park free at DTD for their day in the parks. They can still do it, but it's a lot of work and time! Thanks for including the detailed cost breakdown. It's very helpful and eye-opening. It doesn't take long for a TiW to pay for itself!

Thanks! I guess I understand about the parking at DTD, but man is it a pain - although it would not have been so much so if we had known to just hop over to a resort and take the bus from there. Lesson learned. I am glad that the $$ info is helpful - I teetered whether to share or not but I figured it would be helpful to others who are planning, and yes, the TIW card pays for itself rather quickly with us!!

Originally Posted by OhToodles!

I see some shopping happens at Hot Topic before the trip! Love Em's dress! What a great day!

Thanks! And yes, Emily practically buys out Hot Topic before a trip - they always have the cutest tops and dresses

Originally Posted by islandgirl

Getting caught up your TR.....


-love all of the PP pictures!
-love your resort!!
-hope to try Seven Dwarfs in a few weeks!
-I've never done a meet & greet with TINK -looks fun! (I did get a FP, so hopefully, I'll get some to do this).
-CP breakfast looks yummy! (we've only done dinner there).

can't wait to read more!!

Thank you! I hope you enjoy meeting Tink! And all the other exciting attrations! I hope that you get to do CIF so that you can let me know how it is

Originally Posted by xwewhisper

I just love Ems outfit! Too freaking adorable! Dinner looked yummy and love your pics at dusk of magic kingdom. It is a pain getting to DTD sometimes and a bummer just to be met with crowds

Thanks! She got that dress (and many other tops you will see) at Hot Topic!

Originally Posted by cubfancolleen

Dinner looked delicious. We've only done lunch there and I wasn't that impressed - mostly because it was so LOUD!

Thanks. We have done lunch and dinner there, and honestly I can't remember how loud it is at dinner, I am thinking that it might be, but then again, I feel that most of the dining places are loud, as they are always so crowded.

Originally Posted by chezp

So glad you enjoyed your dinner at Be Our Guest, especially as I've heard so many negative reviews of it recently. We loved our first dinner there in November 2013 and I'm hoping it will be just as good when we go back in a few week's time.

Thanks, yes, dinner was very good - it does makes a huge difference with a great server. We have had some not so great ones there - as well as other places, but if the service is good, it can make or break the experience.

Originally Posted by Colexis Mom

Great pictures from dinner and the MK! Love Emily's dress!

Thanks! Hot Topic for the dress

[DMA]

Yum! Dinner at Be Our Guest looked delicious!
You are having such good luck with PP photographers! Sometimes they are few and far between when you get off Main Street.
We love Dumbo at night too! The spinning lights are very mesmerizing.