Okay, okay so I slacked off. I did, I did. So here’s the Reader’s Digest Condensed Version…
Wednesday, is a bit of a blur honestly…oh, now I remember, spent day at Disney Hollywood Studios and:
- Got my hair wrapped, cause it’s actually long enough to do it for real;
- Got denied at the Sci-Fi Drive In Restaurant, because they were all booked up;
- Love the Muppets 3-D Movie (huge Muppet fan);
- Got to meet up with Drew, Honor and Tim (?) outside of Tower of Terror;
- Rode the Aerosmith Rockin’ Roller Coaster and still love that take-off, it’s the best thing ever;
- Got right onto (thanks to Tim?), the newest ride in the Disney universe, Toy Story Mania! It’s wonderful, part ride and part live video game. Chris beat out Jim, but I wasn’t far behind. Highly recommended ride!
We then headed over to Epcot again, where Jim and I took in the new Nemo and Friends at the former Living Seas and LOVED IT!!!! I’m serious! It’s great (and I’m the one afraid of fish remember?!). I also highly recommend taking the kids to see Turtle Talk with Crush. It’s amazing.
- After a walk around the World Showcase, following a SUPERB glass of Icewine from Canada, we discovered that in order to eat somewhere in the World Showcase - you really need a reservation.
- We ended up eating at the quick serve meal in Morocco where we had a great vantage point for Illuminations (the fireworks).
On Thursday, The Dotsons & Please Feed the Monkeys probably did the smart thing and took the day off to the coast. We, went back to Epcot.
- Did all the things we didn’t do (Universe of Energy, Food & Wine Pavilion, etc.), and re-did all the things I love so much.
- We ate lunch in Germany and it was exquisite! YUM! There was an oompah-band and everything…only if the Jim polka’ed I’d have been in heaven.
- It started rain later on and we had reservations for dinner in France but skipped them.
- My only noteworthy item of warning is that no one should attempt to get to the parks from Downtown Disney via the buses. It took us 90 minutes to get to Epcot, and 120 to get back from Epcot. I was not a happy camper.
Friday, our legs were about dead and I had messed up severely on my medications which made me a bundle of nothing good at all; and on top of this, it was raining pretty good. Note to self: if you’re supposed to take your meds in the morning, take them then and don’t skip a day. It leads to badness.
- Ended up at the Magic Kingdom and after a rough morning had a great day with the Jim.
- Enjoyed Space Mountain which claimed my sunglasses from my cleavage.
- Learned that Winnie the Pooh has a severe honey addiction issue. I mean it’s bad. I mean, he needs help.
- On Winnie the Pooh ride, also discovered that it’s a huge tale of addiction issues…Pooh (previously mentioned), Tigger who appears to be on speed or cocaine and Eyore who is always crashing off of some high that never manifests (or is habitually on downers).
- Re-rode our favorites (Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean).
- Met up with Please Feed the Monkeys and the Dotsons to head…I can’t remember where.
- All I know is that we ended the night at Downtown Disney for a yummy dinner at Fulton’s Crab House. Delicious!!!!
On Saturday, The Dotsons and Please Feed the Monkeys enjoyed a half day since they took Thursday off at the park (Epcot), while the Jim and I did Downtown Disney. I highly recommend the Cornflakes French Toast at Wolfgang Puck Express. WOW.
We rode home in fine form and I am so thankful to Pete of Please Feed the Monkeys for the great conversation on my long driving shift. He’s got some pretty great musical taste and always enlightening (since I’ve never heard of half the bands he plays on his iPod). Still, his conversation made the hours fly even with us getting home around 1 AM.
Sunday was spent sleeping, sleeping and sleeping. IN the middle of that sleeping, we hopped out to Lowe’s for a replacement lock for our backdoor (since unfortunately our dearest housesitter had to deal with a broken key in a lock situation - we love her and thank her, Amy and Mark for remedying the situation so well).
All in all it was AN AMAZING TRIP and I’m so blessed to have such great friends and a great husband in the Jim. I highly recommend that time of year for a Disney Trip too because we barely waited at all for most rides and the crowds were totally manageable. Add to that the Food & Wine Festival at Epcot and it’s almost perfection. Hope the friends will do this again with us sometime…in the meantime, check out the photos at everyone’s respective sites - we have some amazing photojournalists in the making!
