Trip Report MAY THE SPORK BE WITH YOU!!! - a Kid-Free F&W Trip Report

Hi all!!! Well, we’re back from our 6 kid-free days at WDW (yes, much sadness), but now I at least get to share our trip with all of you! If you’re new to my trip reports, my name is Sandy. I did a pre-trip report for this one, but it wasn’t exactly my best work…i.e. I neglected it much of the time. Bad Sandy! Oh well, the real report will be significantly better. I swear, this is probably one of my best trips to WDW- EVER!!!

As many of you know…my reports are heavily picture infused things…mainly because I take TONS of pics so you can “walk” along with me. I took close to 4,000 pics this time…some better than others…but all to help paint the full picture of this trip. I will get into all of the pictures and heavy duty Disney stuff, but first a little background on the days leading up to the trip. Sorry- not much in the way of pictures in this portion, but I promise you…there really are TONS of pictures to come.

So, it’s the evening of November 4th and I’m prepping for our departure on November 7th. DH gets home as I’m putting our girls to bed and informed me that his mom was coming by to talk to us. Ok, so I’m now freaking out. His mom was supposed to have the girls stay with her so we could go on vacation, so this didn’t sound good. We’ve also have really bad luck before all of our recent WDW trips. I think we’d all agree that the car accident last year was the worst, but I am starting to think we’re cursed. In any event, my MIL comes by and drops a bit of a bomb on us. It’s really sad and scary stuff…I’m not at liberty to share the details…but from a safety standpoint, we couldn’t have the girls stay with her at her house. Thankfully, she was willing to stay at our house- so the big problem was solved, but now I had to work in time to deep clean the house. I mean, I was planning on a light cleaning…but I had to pack for me as well as for the girls (school day stuff, softball stuff, etc.) + I had to make a birthday cake!

Many of you know me from the Cake Talk thread over in the dining section, but I also make my own custom cakes on the side. My younger one’s bday is Nov 6th, so I had to have a cake the day before we went out of town…and of course she wanted something crazy (gee, I wonder who encourages this kind of madness??? ;) ). She wanted a 'fluffy' killer whale cake…just like her furry Shamu-esque plush named “Shammie.” Thankfully, the cake was fairly easy…well, minus the nearly 7 tubs of black food coloring I needed to achieve black buttercream. So, here’s the finished product as well as a pic with my ‘model.’

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Day 1

So, the house is clean, the cake is done and we’re pretty much packed…and it’s after midnight…so, it’s officially our departure day!!! Our flight from Houston Hobby was supposed to take off at 6:15am, so we had to leave the house around 4am. I got about 3 hours of sleep, packed up the car, said good-bye to the girls (who were still in bed- asleep - MIL was in the guest bedroom), and drove to the airport. The roads were dead, but the airport was surprisingly busy. It took a while to get through security, but we at least had a good laugh when checking our bags. The ladies helping us overheard that it was a kid free trip to Disney and they made sure everyone in the area knew we were heading there without the kids. Most of the people just looked really confused, but we got a good laugh.

After DH forgetting to empty his pockets at security and having some minor issues, we make our way out to the gate and wait. Hey, at least it looks like we’re going to be on time.

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Boarding and take off are pretty uneventful. I’m utterly exhausted and fall asleep shortly after. I mean, I tend to sleep on planes even when I’m well rested, but this was that uncontrollable … sort of passing out … kind of deep sleep. I didn’t sleep for the entire flight. In fact, I woke up to a lovely cloud filled sky…

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Actually, shortly after this pic the clouds started to clear and I could tell we were approaching the Florida coastline…

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Ok, I actually took a series of pics as we approached. I guess this is the air equivalent of people taking pics of the state signs when crossing the state line on a road trip…

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I also realized that we were flying over the Tampa/St Pete area. My parents lived just outside of St Pete for a few years after leaving Gainesville and before heading to the Ft. Lauderdale area. I took this pic because I noticed a large pink building right at the coastline. Anyone who knows this area knows this is the Don Cesar hotel. Unfortunately, even when cropping, blowing up and saturating the colors in the pic below…you can’t really see that there’s a big pink hotel…but it’s there- I swear it is!!!

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Now, I really enjoy being able to pick out familiar sites from the air. I regret not having my DSLR out with the telephoto hooked up for this, but you’re just going to have to take my word for it with the pics below. See, I usually can pick out Epcot from the air with no problem- in fact, it's why I intentionally sat us on this side of the plane. I mean, the “Swalphin” is super obvious and SSE kind of stands out. Still, for whatever reason, I couldn’t find them for the life of me. Then I spotted something…something I’ve never noticed before from the air. I’m sitting there thinking, “man, that white blob over there kind of reminds me of Space Mountain.” Then I realize the buildings I’m looking at to the right are BLT and the Contemporary!!! And while it was more a white blip from the air…I could see…THE CASTLE!!! And as my eyes adjusted and started picturing the WDW map in my head, I realized I could see the Poly, the GF, and yes…I was also able to pick out SSE and the Swalphin too! I could see all of this until shortly before landing. Talk about WELCOME HOME!!! I'll share one of these pics, but it's really tough to spot any of this...

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I tried cropping and zooming, but it’s still really hard to pick them out…but I swear they are there!
So, landing was uneventful and we were soon ready for the first “ride” of our trip.

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Kind of sad...I am now using the DSLR (vs my phone), but I'm so jittery from excitement that I can't take a decent shot!

I also had temporary amnesia…or magical euphoric memory loss (your pick)…and forgot where to find DME. Of course, the jetways now have it labeled on there…but I guess I also had some selective blindness upon arrival. So, I sucked it up, went to Information, and got directions to DME. I was kind of embarrassed, but clearly I needed the help. At least the info was correct…

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As we get down to the ground level and start heading towards the DME area, I start seeing DME and DCL buses…and I’ll admit it, I got kind of misty. Thankfully, DH didn’t notice because I would have been mocked considerably. We had our magic bands on, so getting through everything was a breeze. In fact, the only tough part was convincing DH that our checked baggage would be delivered to our hotel. It’s like he’s never been to WDW before!!! We’re directed to line 2 and make our way all the way to the front.

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We’re the only ones there and it kind of looks like we just missed a bus for our grouping of resorts. Just then the CMs manning that section of lines asked which resort we were headed to for our trip. I said we’re going to the Poly and magically, they opened the ropes and led us out to a bus. Sadly, it was a magical yellow Mears bus, but hey…it would get us where we needed to go.

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Although, I was kind of jealous with all of the DCL buses around us…just something about having the Disney labeling on the bus. OK- feeling quite shallow right about now!

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Still, I really can’t complain…we were on a bus, that bus was nearly full and about ready to go. I think we waited less than 5 minutes to start heading towards the resorts. This was also our first time seeing the new DME video and can I just say…I HATE IT!

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Before ever crossing onto Disney property, we saw a sign that Disney was near!

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Yeah- the Characters in Flight balloon is kind of a give-a-way that Disney is near! Shortly after spotting the balloon, one of the best views on earth came into sight…

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I was obviously not in a good seat to snap any good pics, but I think most of us know that we were getting ready to pass under the Maingate!!! I remember being really frustrated after this as well. I wanted to check in on Facebook, basically confirming that we’re officially “inside the MAGIC BUBBLE,” but it wasn’t until we were farther in that I was able to get ‘Walt Disney World” to come up as a check in option. i.e. I didn’t want any of the parks or resorts. OK- minor annoyance…I know!

More to come on Day 1! Thanks for reading!
 
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HouCuseChickie

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Well, hopefully Flickr will be in a better mood today. Can I also say...Why did I take so many pictures!?!?!?!? I know - I know...it's all part of doing a trip report like this, but OMG!!! I just finished editing everything this morning and I kept having these moments where I was wondering why I took so many pics of the same things. I know...you just never know if only 1 will turn out great so you keep snapping away. Still, I had some moments on day 6 where a lot of very similar pics turned out well and I just started questioning my shutterbug tendencies. I may actually have all of pics on Flickr by later today...so, that means writing narrative and posting on here will be all I have left (ok, still a lot of work). Whew! And somewhere in all of the relatively near future, I have to do some training, get the kids to the dr, do some shopping, maybe see Big Hero 6 if the girls aren't demonic...oh yeah, and do everything for Thanksgiving and transform into my own spectacle of lights (OK, that's kind of exaggerating, but I do put up a lot of lights). No, I'm not busy or anything!

OK, so picking back up from where I left off...

...coming to the end of BTMRR...

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See...here's the guy! Mr. back of the head!

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I'm sorry, this just amuses me so much!

We decide it’s time to leave MK. Our next FP+ window doesn’t open up until 9:15pm…and it’s for SDMT. The goal was to try and ride during Wishes. Either way, this is our LONG journey out of MK…

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I actually had us trek through all of the stores in case I found a new DDB I liked, but no such luck!

Ooooooo look! It’s a holiday show…

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…that we’re not going to watch. Oh well.

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And we’re out.
 

HouCuseChickie

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We decide to head up to the express monorail since the plan was to head to Epcot for F&W.

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Monorail is here…

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And just like that, we’re at the TTC…

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We even had a little bit of wildlife at the TTC. Another person had spotted this hawk on the other side of the track and suggested I take a pic. OK- sure! I guess he wants to hit F&W too?

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(sorry, as big as it gets)

I didn’t feel like fishing out the big lens, so I had to settle for what I had out and just cropped the fuzzy pic.

And just like that…we’re at Epcot!

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We were also trying to figure out why all of these people were parked in the grass.

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We weren’t sure if it was some kind of overflow, if it was race prep (since all of the F&W runs were happening this weekend), if it was for vendors, or what. I’ve just never seen this before.

So, I go back to snapping pics as I head towards bag check…

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Things were busy, but it wasn’t too bad getting into the park. DH went in ahead of me and was going to meet me on the left side of SSE, so I had a little bit of time to snap a few pics…

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I felt bad, like maybe he was looking for me, since clearly…I took a number of pics. Oddly enough, I ended up being the one waiting for him. Yup, here’s where I stood and waited.

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I'm going to try and start back up later. I was almost through my next post, but then realized Flickr switched all of my pics to tiny squares like the hawk pic. So annoyed!
 
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HouCuseChickie

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WOW, you indeed having a wonderful time at Magic Kingdom. All of the pictures are really great. I feel the same way about IASW as you do, just can't get enough of that ride. Following along.

I do love MK! :) It's funny b/c I know so many who are either annoyed or freaked out by IASW, but I love it! I'll spare you all of the reason, because I'm sure you get it! :happy: Thanks for reading...will hopefully have time to post more later!
 

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Alright...let's try this again!

So, I really couldn't complain too much about where I did have to stand and wait. I mean, I am in Epcot next to SSE!!!

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So, now that I have DH with me, we head further into Future World with no plans.

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No plans = Sandy goes shopping!!!

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I had this feeling I was going to find a good bag in Mouse Gears. This is where I found my DDB Charms LC, so I was really optimistic. I made a beeline for what I knew to be the DDB section. DH tried to keep up, but I was on a mission. Ultimately, DH looked kind of annoyed and bewildered…so I sent him off to shop. He tried to claim there was nothing fun in this store and I laughed, telling him he clearly hadn’t looked. I mean really, Mouse Gears is BIG FUN!

So, I’m looking at bags and looking at bags and feeling very happy. I quickly decided that I really did not like the F&W DDBs. I also reconfirmed that I do not like the fabric/nylon bags. I picked up one of the Mickey Balloons bags and was giving it serious thought, but my Mother’s Day treat was the comic tassel tote…which is a black base bag. i.e. I didn’t want another black base bag. Then I saw it! I actually saw it at the Poly the day before (in Boutiki), but it just wasn’t calling to me at that point. I know, crazy lady who hears bags! I know most of the ladies can relate!

I’m going to make you wait a bit longer to see what I bought, but the buying process was a riot. The bag I picked didn’t have a price tag. The girl called over to help was all excited because she and another CM were going nuts over that bag the previous day- saying it’s the perfect bag. She also knew the price because she liked it so much, she wanted one for herself. Still, it took 2 managers to get everything with the pricing to go through…which took some time. During this time, DH came by to inform me that I really don’t need another bag. A wonderful woman carrying a green sketch DDB LC informed him that of course I need another bag…that we ALWAYS need another bag! Wise woman!

All in all, the CM helping me was so sweet and funny, and when we were finally all finished…I went in search of DH...and took pics along the way...

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It took me close to 5 minutes to find him. Turns out Mr. “there’s nothing fun in this store” found all kinds of awesome things! Yeah…I thought so.

So we head off and try and figure out what to do…

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We thought about TT and doing single rider. We SHOULD have done this. Single rider was like 20 or 25 min, but he balked at the wait. Mind you, this would be the shortest wait we’d see at TT all trip. But no… we head here…

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I like to photograph it, but I’ve always been afraid to ride it since my body doesn’t care for rides like this. I’m fine on roller coasters and standard simulators, but I was really afraid I’d feel sick all day from Mission Space.

I convince him to be kind to me and ride green…

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…and we’re in…

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I don’t know why, but this pre-show took FOREVER! I think we spent 5 min on system checks. I was about to sit on the floor and take a nap!

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I did think it was a neat ride…and my body was able to handle green without any adverse effects.

Time to leave space? Mars?

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I kind of like these...

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We walk by TT again, but stand by is now up to 40 min. Yeah…we should have gotten in line when we had the chance.

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HouCuseChickie

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Sorry for the abrupt stop. I was 2 pics into this post and realized...I hadn't finished writing for this portion of the day. Ooooops! Hardly a masterpiece, but I've thrown together some more so I can at least post more tonight. Oh, and a big WOOOHOOO!!! I'm done uploading to Flickr!

So, we decide it’s time to hit up F&W (and I promise you, the spork will come back out! well, for a little while). We head by the Odyssey…

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…we just weren’t in beer moods. I guess it’s time to head to the WS (OK...I wasn't in a beer mood).

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Now, this was our first time doing F&W and I wasn’t really sure what to expect. It is Disney, but we were kid free on this trip for a reason. That’s not meaning that I wanted to be a couple of rowdy crazy drunken adults (ok, well most of the time), but I also wanted to enjoy.

What I wasn’t totally prepared for were the crowds. Yes, I knew this was going to be a VERY busy time. I just don’t think I’ve ever been in the WS when it was this crowded.

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I was actually feeling a bit overwhelmed, so I decided to escape the crowds for a moment and wait on line to meet Donald in Mexico. DH ran off to grab himself a beer. What’s funny, the girls in front of me split off and did the same thing. We'd later have a little joke about how she was sent off to follow him, but she got "the other beer." The other beer ended up being an Icelandic beer...which DH would eventually try on a different day. Ok...back to Donald.

So, I’m waiting in line and there isn’t much to photograph…so I take pics of my new DDB for all of you!

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(strap turns it into a crossbody)

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Now people who know about DDBs and such know that placement is a big deal. Some of you may be thinking…she bought a bag where the castle is covered up by the Dooney logo. Yes- yes I did. In fact, had I bought one of the ones at the Poly, I could have gotten the castle nearly perfectly centered above the logo. But I liked this one better. Why? Two reasons…
  1. Do you see Donald’s hat in the upper right corner? Yeah…needed the hat on the front of the bag.
  2. Do you see Tink sitting there on the front looking all ticked off? To me, it’s almost like she’s angry that they put the label on the castle and giving the maker a nasty look. IDK…it struck me as funny.
  3. While it’s on the back, the Cheshire Cat is on the bag. (BONUS REASON!)
Either way...I was happy!

Oh look, there go some mariachi players!

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It’s almost my turn for Donald. I guess you know it’s F&W when they’re constantly announcing to the line that the duck doesn’t like alcoholic drinks in his pic. LOL. I've never had this come up in the line for Donald in Mexico before, but after looking around...I realized...there are NO KIDS in this M&G line! These are ALL adults waiting to meet him. That's kind of awesome!

OK, so here’s my best pic with Donald…

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There was 1 really good Photopass pic. I mean, I am taking a full beak to the face in that pic, but I am not paying for that...nope.

I’m not really sure what was going on…but Donald was very flirty and I was loving it! DH said it was one of the strangest most awkward M&Gs he’s ever seen. All I know is the photopass photographer was on the ground at times laughing hysterically and the CM handler looked almost uncomfortable. All I know is I got a lot of duck kisses and he was blowing kisses as I walked away. PRICELESS!

I forgot to change my manual settings as we headed towards Norway. I seem to do this a lot…and always right here!

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Thankfully, I caught it while we were still in Norway.

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DH was sharing his Carlsberg with me…

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…but I really didn’t want beer. So, we headed to China as I remember seeing some interesting drinks in China…

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HouCuseChickie

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DH got the Kung Fu Punch and I had the Happy Lychee…

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What I liked about China is that they added the alcohol to your drink rather than working with some pre-made mix that was light on the alcohol. Yup…you could taste the alcohol in the drinks from China…and that’s a good thing! And like most things in life…having a strong drink can take the edge off…so to speak. In other words, having a more potent drink suddenly made the crowds more mentally manageable. BONUS!

On a side note, not that any of the countries were rude or anything like that, but the people working the F&W booth for China were so unbelievably pleasant.

We decided to head into China while we were consuming our drinks.

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I cannot remember the last time I was in here, but kind of like Morocco, I was sort of wowed while rediscovering all of this detail!

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Soldiers…

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More details…

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Lots of fun things in the stores…

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(including lights...Of course!)

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(used to have one of these when I was a kid)

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Our drinks are gone and it’s time to head back out and find our next beverages. We had such a big breakfast, that we just decided to make this a drinking day! That’s a VERY GOOD thing!

***OK, I think I'm done for the day, but will try and post more tomorrow. Thanks for reading!
 

HouCuseChickie

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Still following along. Thanks for all the great pics. My wife likes the sketch Dooneys as well.

Thanks! It's a pretty classic pattern :) I wish they'd bring back that color versions. I really want to get something with the 40th Anniversary pattern too :) I must be stopped! LOL

I saw this tee and thought of you!!

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A little late joining your report but loving it!!

OMG....LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT! Is that at the Disney Store?

Oh, and never too late to read along :)

Phew. I'm caught up. I'm loving this so far!! I took light pictures too!! Between you and Nicole for some reason I kep noticing them.

I don't know what it is about the lights of WDW...I just can't stop! I even shocked myself a bit when uploading with the number of light pics I took this time. So jealous that you came back with an AP from your trip. That's better than any of my souvenirs! Thanks for reading and can't wait to read your TR as well :)
 

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So, I left off with us leaving China...

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....and we're walking...

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We decide to hit Singapore for our next drinks and get some Singapore Slings…

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(saw sooooooooooooooo many group shirts like this for F&W...like nothing I've ever seen before at WDW)

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And now we’ve got a pre-mixed drink where I can’t taste the alcohol. It tasted good, but just wasn’t potent at all.

And we’re walking again…

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Next up is Poland! We decided to try the frozen that tastes kind of like apple pie. Again…can’t really taste much alcohol.

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Sad! (or maybe I have a problem?)

Around this time, DH ran off to the restrooms in Germany, so I decided to check out the trains…

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What was really funny…there was this little girl in there dressed as Minnie Mouse. She was maybe 2 or 3 and I complimented her on how cute she looked. She was so excited! She kind of reminded me of Sammie and when DH came back, I pointed it out. He then complimented her and she got this horrified terrified look on her face and hid with her mom. I started cracking up and had to explain to him that while I’m probably OK, without the girls, he’s just a scary man. The mom seemed to get a good laugh from this point as well.

So, we head out of Germany and go towards Italy. (yes, I know I had an Italy photo before...but we actually doubled back to the bathrooms in Germany- sneaky, I know!)

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DH saw this Prada sign and started dragging me away. It was just one big NO- no Prada…no free Prada… no nothing. Boo him!

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Fine! I’ll just take more pics in Italy!

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HouCuseChickie

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And yes, still taking pics in Italy...

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This pic prompted a funny flashback. We had traveled to Venice a while back and in one of our tours, the guide was pointing out the Bridge of Sighs. I took all kinds of pics (gee, imagine that!), but it turns out I was photographing the wrong bridge. Now, in my defense...there are quite few bridges in Venice, but DH started joking that maybe I was again taking pics of the wrong bridge. Oh, and the bridge in my photos from Venice...still a very pretty bridge!

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And then we start walking again…

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Planning on seeing Big Bad Voodoo Daddy tomorrow!

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And more walking…

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We get to Japan…

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DH decides he wants to try the frozen Kirin. OK…I warned him about the reviews, but OK. So we wait and I of course take pics!

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I also snapped a pic of these Run Disney New Balance joggers. With the Wine & Dine half being held that night, there were all kinds of premium joggers all over the park…and TONS of the Disney NBs.

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We finally get up to the front of the line…

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He tried to tempt me with sushi, but I was like…Just get your beer and let’s move on!

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And this is his! Looks decent...

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The beer was absolutely DISGUSTING!!! Still, he drank most of it.

I had a few sips, but decided to possibly grab a drink in Morocco if anything looked decent.

And we're walking...

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Good-bye Japan! (for now)

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HouCuseChickie

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Approaching Morocco...

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And we have arrived...

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They no longer had the coconut drink I’d wanted, but I decided on a tangerine cocktail. I also was eying the pastries.

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LIGHT!
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They also add the alcohol while mixing it, so it was nice and strong. I wasn’t 100% on the flavor, but I drank it…all of it. I was much happier after having it too!

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We also decided to hang out for a bit and take in the quiet inside Morocco. Sporky also comes out for a bit to play.

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(very happy at this little table...hard to believe there's a crowded park out there)

Yup...the spork is happy too!

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More details...

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I started feeling “too comfortable,” so we opted to get up and start moving again…

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We’re heading into France…

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…and the entertainment is causing a huge jam.

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***OK, that's it for now. I should probably feed the kids dinner and do other things that responsible people do.
 

Zipadeelady

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Thanks! It's a pretty classic pattern :) I wish they'd bring back that color versions. I really want to get something with the 40th Anniversary pattern too :) I must be stopped! LOL



OMG....LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT! Is that at the Disney Store?

Oh, and never too late to read along :)



I don't know what it is about the lights of WDW...I just can't stop! I even shocked myself a bit when uploading with the number of light pics I took this time. So jealous that you came back with an AP from your trip. That's better than any of my souvenirs! Thanks for reading and can't wait to read your TR as well :)

That shirt is at The Emporium in MK. I actually laughed when I saw the pic of the shirt.

I like to read a blog written by Josh on easywdw com. On Nov 6th he posted a lot of pics of newer merchandise at MK and that is where I saw the shirt! Not sure if i'm supposed to share that info. :oops:
 

HouCuseChickie

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That shirt is at The Emporium in MK. I actually laughed when I saw the pic of the shirt.

I like to read a blog written by Josh on ******* com. On Nov 6th he posted a lot of pics of newer merchandise at MK and that is where I saw the shirt! Not sure if i'm supposed to share that info. :oops:

Oh man! Had I seen that shirt in my trip through the Emporium...it would have been mine!

Yeah, this site won't let you post the web address to that site, but I know exactly what you're talking about. I used to follow his posts all the time, but just haven't been on there for a while. Lack of time. :(
 

epcotisbest

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Enjoying the pics. You have a good eye for capturing details.
We no longer go to F&W.
The Dooney bag my wife really wants is the limited edition Tinkerbell bag from the Disneyland Half Marathon. I have found a few on ebay, but way too expensive. I thought it would be a good Christmas surprise. Maybe not.
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HouCuseChickie

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Alright...I'm putting off making dough for pie crust...so, I bring you more posts in my trip report! Yes, you benefit from my procrastination!

So, we're stuck in an entertainment induced traffic jam in France...

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(I recall DH being bummed that he didn't stand on his head)

So, I go on to snap a few pics in France...

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Look…more Disney running shoes!

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(Minnie and Goofy in one shot!)

We also decide to get in line to get a couple of La Passion Martini Slushes.

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I could taste some of the alcohol in this, but it still wasn’t strong enough IMO.

Moving on…

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And we wind up in the UK!

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Yeah...I seem to be pretty into taking pics of landscaping and flowers this time around...

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...to the point where I wonder how bad I'd be if I ever went during Flower & Garden.

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HouCuseChickie

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Enjoying the pics. You have a good eye for capturing details.
We no longer go to F&W.
The Dooney bag my wife really wants is the limited edition Tinkerbell bag from the Disneyland Half Marathon. I have found a few on ebay, but way too expensive. I thought it would be a good Christmas surprise. Maybe not.
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Oh man, I wish I knew about this last month. They were selling them on the Disney Store online at regular price. The trick...they weren't listing them with the rest of the Dooney bags. You had to type in Tinkerbell and it brought up all Tink merch, including 4 or 5 of the Tink Dooney bags. Everyone thought it was a fluke, and maybe it was, but people were able to buy them. I know this stuff is normally reserved for people registered for that specific RunDisney event, but somehow these slipped onto the website.

I don't know if you're on Facebook, but there is a Dooney group on there that you might want to request to join. They sell bags on there, sometimes better deals than ebay, but they also are on top of these flukes like the Tink DDBs showing up on the Disney Store site. It can't hurt.

My dream bag is currently for sale on ebay, but I won't allow myself to spend that kind of $ unless Donald is well placed on the front of the bag. Sadly, he is not on this one...but my bank account thanks me!

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