The AP adventure - THREAD 5 COMPLETE!
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MickeyMAC · 02-14-2005, 08:15 AM

Great pictures of the Great Movie Ride. We were there on the same day and waited and waited for that ride.

Jillybean · 02-14-2005, 10:56 AM

Glad that you got a new version of The Great Movie ride after waiting so long! We had the gangster version last month, but have had the cowboy one before!

Jill

mestitch · 02-14-2005, 11:08 AM

We've never riden the Great Movie Ride, but maybe we'll give it a chance. Another great update!

luvnwdwgal · 02-14-2005, 11:23 AM

Good thing you decided to hang put in the line or you would have missed the cowboy scene! I don't think we've ever seen it either.

Tara O'Hara · 02-14-2005, 03:48 PM

Cheryl, I'm so happy you got to see the cowboy version of the GMR!!

I like that one better too!!

Great update!!

Jennifer2003 · 02-14-2005, 07:11 PM

As Mary Poppins and Bert the Man would say..."It's a Jolly Holiday!"

Great update. Looking forward to more!

Jennifer

clio · 02-14-2005, 07:14 PM

Great pictures, Cheryl. We usually get the cowboy scene and have only had the gangster once or twice.
Clio

luvdduck · 02-14-2005, 08:11 PM

Great updates cheryl!

How cool that you rode Mission Space!!!! I really want to experience it for myself, but I do have a motion sickness problem. Maybe on our 2006 trip (when dh is along to ride with me) I'll be brave enough to try it.

Glad that you got to enjoy some of Wonders of Life- I really love this pavailion (especially Body Wars!!!) and I'm so sorry to hear of what's happening to it.

okay- off to read more!!

luvdduck · 02-14-2005, 08:26 PM

I've heard so many great things about Turtle Talk! I can't wait to see it!! Your pics are great!! And I just love the ones of Maureen and Kevan with Bruce!!

It will be too sad if they don't return the baloons to The Land. I hope that's a false rumor. It is exciting to see the preparations for Soarin' though. I have ridden it many times at DL, and it is amazing!!!!

What a great trip report this is!!!!! Can't wait for more!!

Pockets · 02-14-2005, 09:02 PM

Cheryl,
Just love the trip reports. I have been up late several nights to read the reports. Can't wait for the rest of it.

Pockets

pparm · 02-14-2005, 09:18 PM

Great update. I'm anxious to see your pictures of the Osborne lights!

Paula

Luv2plan · 02-14-2005, 09:24 PM

Great update, and

for the GMR! I've always liked this ride, and it's so nice when something your bummed about (waiting in line) turns into something great (seeing the cowboy version)!!

Annabel · 02-14-2005, 11:25 PM

Well Cheryl, I'm finally all caught up with all of your report

I'm really enjoying it and your photos are wonderful. I'm soooo jealous of your view from the Beach Club - me wanna stay there

Sorry we missed meeting you at the Passporter meet at MVMCP, it looks like you guys had a lot of fun. I can't wait to try again for an Illuminations Cruise - we should've gone on one in September but our holiday was cut short

It sounds like you had an amazing time. Oh, and how fab is that photo of you and Maureen in the matching Stitch hats - Sisters indeed

Looking forward to reading more.

Annabel

simbarel · 02-14-2005, 11:31 PM

I never knew there was a cowboy version!

**chezp** · 02-15-2005, 02:16 AM

Sunday 19 December – part five: lighting up the big city!

When we came out of there, we were all hungry and our priority seating for Boma was still more than two and a half hours away, so we decided to go and get some fries to keep us going. On the way, I grabbed some twilight shots of the park:

After that, I went to shoot some video footage and realised that we only had three minutes of tape left and no spare tape

so a quick dash to the camera shop followed. The price wasn’t that bad, compared to what we pay at home anyway and soon we were rolling again.

Just as well, as our next stop was the Osborne lights and I had plenty to film there…

I couldn’t believe the difference in the Osborne lights from previous years. If you’ve seen then in years gone by, then this year they are in a completely different place and are more crowded together, so much so that now they don’t give out the 3D glasses, as apparently the effects won’t work as well now.

All the same, it’s an impressive sight and better than previous years. The lights are much higher, just in a more compact space. But I will admit to pangs of sadness at the loss of the “house” that Jennings originally had. That was depicted in previous years in red and I always enjoyed seeing that. Now the lights are in the big city, of course there’s no room for the house anymore and I did always enjoy seeing that.

Still, this has always been my favourite Disney Christmas attraction and remains so in its new home.

As you can tell, we took a lot

of photos (and video) of this. Once we finished walking around the lights, I became conscious of how much my back was hurting me. The base of my spine had been giving me problems since the start of the vacation on / off, but tonight it was really bad, so I sat down while the others went to browse in the Star Wars store. It was nice to just sit there on my own for a few minutes and watch the world go by.

By the time they all emerged from the shop, empty handed I hasten to add, my back was feeling better for the rest and we headed back to the parking lot and from there, over to Animal Kingdom Lodge to introduce Maureen and Kevan to the resort. I was really shocked when I discovered they’d never been there before and was determined they should see it, so I was delighted when we decided on a meal at Boma.

I just sat in the lobby and caught up on my trip report (while resting my back!

) while the others explored and went outside to view the savannah through the night binoculars, but apparently you could even see the wildebeest without them, they were that close.

Next: “we’ve been open for four years – what kept you?”