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First stop, Splash Mountain! Christina was a wuss and wore her stinky poncho, Renee and I were fine and only got a bit wet. After our splashdown we headed back to BTMRR and rode it twice in a row, once in the front and once in the back. The back was much better. More funny BTMRR pics:
After BTMRR we did Haunted Mansion (because you have to!) and then found a spot in front of LTT for the Boo to You! Parade, which as always was excellent. As others have said, the Headless Horseman no longer gallops through at breakneck speed, he kind of canters along.
We must have had one of the last reservations at LTT because there was no one else in there. My only complaint was that the service was a little slow and it made us miss the beginning of Hallowishes. The beef was our favorite, the turkey our least fav as it was a little dry. I liked the green beans and the mac & cheese the best of the sides. The cobbler at the end was also good. This dinner is like a carb-a-holics dreams. Total cost: $147.
We did catch some of Hallowishes and then we went to watch the Villains Mix and Mingle show.
While C&R went in search of a restroom I got in line for Lady Tremaine and the Stepsisters who were so hilarious that I didn’t even mind the long wait to get up to them for my picture. They definitely made me want to catch them at 1900 PF next time.
After my pictures we headed to Fantasyland to ride Peter Pans Flight and then we got our pic taken in front of Cinderella’s coach. At this point I knew I was cranky because the wait for this picture just really took all my Disney magic away because it literally look us almost 40 minutes to get to the front of the line. Not only was the photopass photog SLOOOW, but there was a large group (maybe 12 people) in the line who took about 20 different photos in different combinations. I was like, seriously, not your private photo shoot, please get some courtesy *sigh*. Picture finally taken we headed to guest relations to upgrade my PH to an AP and then back to Pop to finish packing and go to bed.
The weather today was sunny but cold.
The best thing today was BTMRR two times in a row!
The worst thing today was waiting forever to take our Cinderella coach picture.
The funniest thing today was Lady Tramaine and her daughters.
Today we tried Expedition Everest and the result was that we had a lot of fun.
The most magical moment today was seeing all the animals at AK.
Glad feeling sick was short lived....
Sounds like a great day at AK! FOTLK is my fave live show also! That yak and yetti looks Soooooo good right now!
I need to go back and see what dates you were there. This is the first TR I've seen mention of cold weather, everyone else has been melting in the heat! Our trip is soon, so hopefully it's finally cooling down......
An early 6am wake up call to get ready and get our luggage to the drop off point. My bag was just under the line at 49.6 pounds. I was totally sweating being over the weight limit because I had ZERO room in my carryon to move stuff around. We grabbed breakfast (using our remaining snack credits since our last 3 meal credits disappeared when I upgraded to my AP) at Everything Pop and then took the DME bus to the airport. The DME video made me cry and then I passed out for a solid 3 hours on the plane ride home, the perfect ending to a pretty perfect vacation.
For those interested, we got the QSDP for free and upgraded to the DxDDP at a cost of $40 a day. We spent about $1264 on meals, and paid $600 so our total savings was $664, or about $221 a person. Not a bad deal. That’s actually not including the snacks we bought because I didn’t write down how much we spent on those, so our savings were probably closer to about $250 with snacks and the mugs.
I was going to pre-buy the photopass cd but I am glad now that I didn’t because I only ordered about $100 in pictures and I was able to use the 40% off code from my party photopass card so I saved some money there. I am still waiting for those prints so, none of them are in here.
If I had some things to do over I wouldn’t have scheduled our breakfasts so early, I would have made our meals at like 9am, 2pm, and 8pm each day because I felt like we didn’t get to do a lot because we were always on our way to eat or eating. I would also maybe go with the Basic Plan instead of the Deluxe plan next time because it was A LOT of food. Though on the other hand on the really hot days we had it was nice to have somewhere air conditioned to go for a bit and just sit down and relax (and in my case rest my poor feet).
In the end Christina and Renee both said they had a wonderful time and bought me a Halloween pin to thank me for planning everything which again, almost made me cry. And I thanked them for letting me be a little bit crazy in my need for planning and for letting me share my favorite place with them. And now to start planning my April trip to Animal Kingdom Villas!
So, that's it!! A whirlwind trip to WDW with some of my best friends that involved good times and good food!
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Glad feeling sick was short lived....
Sounds like a great day at AK! FOTLK is my fave live show also! That yak and yetti looks Soooooo good right now!
I need to go back and see what dates you were there. This is the first TR I've seen mention of cold weather, everyone else has been melting in the heat! Our trip is soon, so hopefully it's finally cooling down......
I was glad feeling sick only lasted a short time too...nothing worse than feeling pukey but not actually being able to and make yourself feel better. I really think looking back that it was the herky-jerky bus ride that did it.
We were there the 14-19th, and the weather cooled off (literally overnight) on Saturday the 17th. That morning was quite breezy and I needed the sweatshirt, but by afternoon is was more than comfortable in my shirts and t-shirt again. But Sunday I was glad to have jeans and my sweatshirt on during the day, even in AK which is the warmest of the parks.
I know a co-worker of mine was going this week and they were expecting beautiful weather, so I hope your is nice as well!
Great trip report and great pictures. The food looks so good! I love your bag too, which is probably a weird thing to notice, but I love cross-body bags like that for the parks and yours is really cute.
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Great trip report and great pictures. The food looks so good! I love your bag too, which is probably a weird thing to notice, but I love cross-body bags like that for the parks and yours is really cute.
Thanks! It's actually from Target. I like cross-body bags for the parks too and it's a bit larger than I would normally carry but I needed something to fit my autograph book in.
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