Lost Hats, Lost Gloves, but did we lose our minds? Trip Report - Dec 18-23, 2010 - COMPLETED - Page 10 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Great finish to your Epcot day! We loved Biergarten when we ate here last June! Glad you found a hat for Ddad!
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Another great day! Sorry about the pool heater....we've had that happen at AKL as well!
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Great day. So glad you had a wonderful trip.
We usually go in the fall for Halloween fun. I hope to get the chance to go for Christmas Holiday fun one year.
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Brrr an unheated pool at that time of year . . . no way I'd be getting in! It sounds like you made great use of your day at Epcot!
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Sounded like a great day in Epcot.
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More great updates & pictures!!!
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Great update..love the pics!
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Wonderful pictures! Can't wait to read more!
Thank you all for reading along. We have been slow to update as things have been busy. We hope to finish today. Thanks!
Sorry it has taken us so long to update. We have been really busy. We hope to finish up today.
We woke up early. Here are a few pictures to show ya….
We again get ready and have breakfast in the room. We actually caught a bus and made it for the opening of Hollywood Studios. Yeah we are finally going to get to show Ddad this park. DH was again the chosen one for FPs. After entering the park he heads to get our TSMM FPs. As he heads past the times board, it already had posted a 60 minute wait 5 minutes after park opening!!! DH described the fast pass line as organized but it took about 15 minutes for him to get FPs. At opening, the FPs were already after 12:30. The rest of us head towards Sunset Blvd. DW takes one for the team and rides TT with DD, while DS and Ddad look around. We know lots of people this ride. The first time we rode this ride was in 2009, it was DH, DW, DD and DS. DS was actually scared speechless. This might have impacted DW impression on this ride. DD again loved her drops in the dark, where DW thought it was better than the first time. She is still not in love with this ride. She however does love her DD.
Here are some pics from what happened next….
Voyage of the Little Mermaid (a first for DDad, DH and DD)
We helped Playhouse Disney celebrate Minnie’s birthday!
At this point we were a bit hungry so we headed back down to Sunset Boulevard to eat at Fairfax Fare. DH & DD walk over to RnRC to get FPs. They take all 5 park tickets to allow DD to ride twice as DDad & DS will not ride. We then get some pretty good food (sorry going off memory so we don’t remember what we got).
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We meet with some favorite characters, which was another first.
We made it to the first show of LMA Stunt show. It was a first for us all, but Ddad was absolutely amazed by this experience.
Of course the photos don’t do this show justice. You should really see it for yourself, if you have not seen it.
Sorry at this point we are again unsure of the exact order. We should have taken notes or better pictures to help us remember. We know we did Honey I Shrunk the Kids Play Area, The Great Movie Ride, Muppets and of course we had to use those FPs.
DH and DD used the 2nd set of FP, while the rest of us did some shopping. DS got him another fluffy. DD was able to get her some charms for her bracelet and she added a necklace to her collection.
We had 6:35 ressies for 50’s Primetime. Sorry we forgot to take pics of our food. It was really good. DH had the chicken-which he said was some of the best he has ever put in his mouth, DDad had the pot roast, DW just had the chicken noodle soup and shared some of DH and DD meal. DD had the kids meat loaf (she did not like it-it was very different to what her mama makes???) and DS had the chicken nuggets. To end the meal we think we had the brownie sundaes and ice cream. Overall, a fantastic meal!
We then strolled over to see the Osborne Family Spectacle of Lights. This was the third time we have seen this but it is just amazing. DDad was just in awe…he couldn’t take enough pics!
This is not the lights yet…but I love the photo of the fountain outside of Muppets 3D
Here’s a couple of photos of the lights! Awesome!!! Photos do not do them justice!!
And one last pic with a hidden mickey….sorry we got carried away J
Overall a great day at HS. We slowly walked out of the park and picked up a few snacks from The Writers Workshop.
Memories of Day 5
The weather today was….warmer in the lower 70s
The best thing today was….50s Prime Time…mouth watering chicken!!
The worst thing today was….crowds
The funniest thing today was....getting squirted by the large coke bottle
Today we tried….Lights Motors Action
And the result was….a fantastic show
The most magical moment today was…DDad experiencing Osborne Lights
Wonderful pictures. I cannot wait to see the light show this year.
Thanks! You will love the lights. We will look for your pics after your trip as we will miss them on our next family trip. This will be the first time we will not be going in December.
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You all did get up early! Great pictures of the sunrise! Sounds like you all had a great time at DHS!
We packed up as much as we could the night before and were ready to get up and have our last hoorah with an early morning ADR at Tusker House in AK. We dropped off the big suitcases with bell services that had to go on top of the van in the carrier. We have had a tradition (we have only gone twice before) to end our trip with a magical breakfast with characters. So after dropping the luggage off, we were off to AK to enjoy a breakfast and to soak up a little bit more magic before we left for home .
The tree was beautiful going in…
We got to AK for opening ceremonies. I prefer when they had mickey in the lift in front of the tree. Now they rope you off before the oasis and Mickey and friends come riding up in a safari vehicle.
We then made our way with the crowds going to visit the yeti or go on a safari….we were heading to Tusker House for breakfast!
We got checked in and got to meet the host himself…crazy Donald…
After getting our bellies full on jungle juice and breakfast goodies , we took one last stroll to soak up some magic. We have never gone to Camp Mickey/Minne so we decided to stroll that way and take a look on the way out. We are very glad we did. We got to meet some special friends with no lines….
The Christmas trees in this area were awesome…we took lots of pics….
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it has taken us so long to update. We have been really busy. We hope to finish up today.
DH described the fast pass line as organized but it took about 15 minutes for him to get FPs. At opening, the FPs were already after 12:30. The rest of us head towards Sunset Blvd. DW takes one for the team and rides TT with DD, while DS and Ddad look around. We know lots of people 
this ride. The first time we rode this ride was in 2009, it was DH, DW, DD and DS. DS was actually scared speechless. This might have impacted DW impression on this ride. DD again loved her drops in the dark, where DW thought it was better than the first time. She is still not in love with this ride. She however does love her DD. 
We dropped off the big suitcases with bell services that had to go on top of the van in the carrier. We have had a tradition (we have only gone twice before) to end our trip with a magical breakfast with characters. So after dropping the luggage off, we were off to AK to enjoy a breakfast and to soak up a little bit more magic before we left for home 
, we took one last stroll to soak up some magic. We have never gone to Camp Mickey/Minne so we decided to stroll that way and take a look on the way out. We are very glad we did. We got to meet some special friends with no lines….
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