Trip Report COMPLETED DVC Trip to Bay Lake May/June 2017

littleroo · Jun 4, 2017

Sounds great so far! Following along!! You look so happy!!

21stamps · Jun 4, 2017

Yay!! Can't wait to read more! How long was the wait for Merida?

Ryan H. Serowinski · Jun 4, 2017

21stamps said:
Yay!! Can't wait to read more! How long was the wait for Merida?

Possibly for me, it was like 25 minutes, but it can be longer

Ryan H. Serowinski · Jun 5, 2017

Day 1: Magic Kingdom(part 2, Festival of Fantasy parade):
Then I wanted to see the Festival of Fantasy parade, but I had a pretty poor spot, who cares right?, it's better than nothing. The grand marshal pre-parade music was so epic, it gave me tons of goosebumps. After minutes of waiting it finally came down the Partners statue area(where I was), the music came and was even more epic!

Belle and the Beast(Belle blew me a kiss, after I blew her a kiss to her!)

Anna and Elsa!!!!!!!(Elsa noticed me.)

Tangled unit

Ariel on the Little Mermaid unit

Peter Pan unit

Brave unit(CHASE THE WIND, AND TOUCH THE SKY!)

Maleficent

Pinocchio on the Finale unit

Mickey and Minnie to wrap it all up!
What I thought of Festival of Fantasy, it was a great parade, because of the music being very uplifting, great selection of Disney(and Pixar)characters, colorful floats, and was a delight every minute. Part 3 of my first day will be next(with highlights from Princess Fairytale Hall, seeing PhilarMagic again, and dinner at the Beast's castle)

Ryan H. Serowinski · Jun 5, 2017

Day 1: Magic Kingdom(part 3):
Once I got done watching Festival of Fantasy, I had a FastPass+ for Princess Fairytale Hall, first I did the Rapunzel/Tiana side, and When I got inside the room, Punzie was first on her side of the Hall that day, and when I approach her, I gave her some very happy Corona hugs to her, got her signature, and I told her that she was my favorite Disney Princess, and she really liked my comments about that, showed her my journal that I got from the DVD of Tangled Before Ever After(which is a spin-off TV Movie of Tangled, and also the start of Tangled The Series), she was amazed by it, I told her all about her new adventures on the new TV series including her parents(King and Queen), Pascal, Maximus, Eugene, and her new friend, Cassandra(of course, I like her look in the TV series just as much as her look from the 2010 movie), She saw my Tsum Tsum of Rapunzel, and she was very impressed, and then I posed the arms crossed(she does that sometimes too), gave her some hugs, and kissed her hand!

Me and Punzie looking at her journal

Punzie looking at her Tsum Tsum self

Posing with the Punz!

HUG TIME!!!!!!!! ^_^ Best Day Ever!

Favorite Princess(of mine)gets kissed on the hand too!
then, I went to Tiana, and I kissed her hand first, next came the hugs, and also I got her signature, suddenly she looked at my pins including Sofia, Nemo, and she noticed that I didn't have any Tiana pins, I held her arm and I did a weird pose

Tiana's looking at my Disney pins
Then after my meetings with Rapunzel and Tiana, I wanted air conditioning since it was hot outside, so I went to Mickey's PhilarMagic a second time(since there was barely a wait outside, unlike the other attractions), there was a full house the second time and everyone cheered, clapped, & laughed throughout, after that, I rode the Carousel, and named my horse that I rode, LaunchPad, it was pretty fun with the Disney music playing throughout the ride, after that my FP+ was ready for Elena/Cinderella at Princess Fairytale Hall, this time the first princess that I met inside was Elena, I was pumped up to meet her(and Cinderella too), I got up to Elena, and gave her very happy Avalorian hugs, and when she signed my book, I told her about her little sister, Isabel, and she said that Isa's making a new invention, that she suggested an invention from me, but I didn't know which inventions she didn't build yet, I danced with her a bit, because she dances often, and hugged her again, posed like a prince to her, then gave her Avalorian hug bye, and kissed her hand

Me talking about Isabel(Elena's little sister)to Elena, while she signs my book

Giving Elena Avalorian Hugs! ^_^

Giving Elena a kiss on her hand
then I got to Cinderella, she was very friendly, and she actually remembers me from last summer.

posed with her like a handsome prince, hugged her bye, and kissed her hand.
Then my bag went missing for a bit, I accidently left it in the Elena/Cinderella room

then I took a walk to Tomorrowland to have a sno-cone and a Cherry Sprite, then I lost mom's phone, then the worst part came, my mom was being very mean to me

i wanted to cry to myself, and talk to a cast member to comfort me(i know it's not the best option), my feet were tired, my parents were mad at me, I tried Tomorrowland to find it, but had no success, then I went back to Main Street, Move It, Shake It was playing, i tried to cross, a street performer stopped me, and ran away from him, I got bruised by him

NOT A HAPPY START, I skipped Mine Train, because of the tried feet and fear of getting sick, I wanted to cry to myself for a few minutes, my heart was broken because I got yelled by(and it's only the first day), and I missed my 3rd FP+ choice of the day, which was It's a Small World, then I got a little better at Be Our Guest for dinner, which we got to sit in the Ball room area, and a very nice server was in our table during the entire meal(I told her that she was the nicest cast member that I ever met, and my compliment made her week, because I got yelled too much that day), My mom loved the rose napkin setup, I had a Ratatouille, and of course, I had to have the Grey Stuff, shortly after I met the Beast, then when all of this was finished, it was raining and the fireworks were delayed, then I was tired when I got to the room. So that was it after the Weird first day at Walt Disney World, stay tuned for Day 2 at Disney's Hollywood Studios(my favorite WDW theme park and it gets better from there)

DryerLintFan · Jun 5, 2017

That's so great that you got to meet your favorite princess! Hopefully day two ends on a better note!

Ryan H. Serowinski · Jun 5, 2017

Day 2: Disney's Hollywood Studios: Spotlight on a Dream!
I decided to get up and go to Hollywood Studios around the first hour of the day(at 9:00am), sadly I missed rope drop by 15 minutes, anyways on the bus to the park, I saw billboards for the recently cancelled/critically panned ABC comedy series, Imaginary Mary(with Jenna Elfman)(guessing I was the only one who actually kinda liked it, as a guilty pressure), the new show that my dad enjoyed, Downward Dog(also on ABC), Cars 3, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, etc. but anyways when I arrived in the park, I decided to get new ears, since my Mickey ones got soaked from a rain storm the night before, I got Oswald the Lucky Rabbit ears(which would end up being the hottest thing with some park guests), I decided to head up to Sofia's meet and greet spot before she arrived, I was like sixth or so in line, the family ahead of me had to leave, so I went ahead, and minutes of waiting, I got to see Sofia again, this time though she was very dancey that morning, as I told her about her step-siblings Amber and James, and she told me that they're having breakfast in the castle(of course, she's in costume, she doesn't talk, but she tells me with movement), also just as very, very huggable as last time, I kissed her hand as well, and lastly I got her signature and posed for the camera(after the Mom's phone accident yesterday, PhotoPass would be taking mostly character pictures from now on for the reminder of this trip), here's some of my pics from my experience with Sofia:

Giving Sofia, Very Happy Enchancia Hugs!

Sofia telling me that Amber and James were having breakfast in the castle(btw, she was dancing too!)

Posing with Sofia
then after I said byes to Sofia, I met Pluto, he was just as playful and dancey as Sofia, but he was a little rough with my autograph book, but it's fine, I did a puppy pose with Pluto!, he's a good doggie!

anyways, it was time for my FastPass+ on Voyage of the Little Mermaid, playing where the finale film(with Michael Einser and Mickey Mouse) in the Backlot Tour used to be(as well as Here Come the Muppets), of course for 1992 standards it was pretty enjoyable, although it's dated, I think it's as enjoyable as I can remember from my first time I've seen it in 2005. Anyways I went inside Walt Disney One Man's Dream, to see Star-Lord and of course, Baby Groot(before these guys took over recently, Moana was in that location), it was like a 30 minute wait, of course Star-Lord got his hug that he needed(the person before me gave him one too), he was talking about Yondu(i won't write any Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 spoilers in here), and did the poses as well, Baby Groot was amazing as well

after that I was also here to check out the sneak peek of Disney and Pixar's latest animated feature film, Cars 3 as well(last time I was inside the building, there was a preview for Disney's reimagined, Pete's Dragon), that was an enjoyable preview with a few scenes from the movie(won't give away any spoilers neither), I'm saying that it was less emotional than that Pete's Dragon preview I saw last August, but anyways for the next 40 minutes or so, I would be seeing Buzz Lightyear and Sheriff Woody inside their meet and greet spot, when I got to them, I talked to them about their appearence in the Stars and Motor Cars Parade and that their car was Andy's Bed, and their character attendant said that they're on Andy's Bed right now(smartful thinking)

After that, I've met up with my mom and dad near Pizzerizzo and ate there for lunch, the pizza's pretty tasty, the salad was good(it just needed more to just that green stuff), and I had to have a thirsty Coca-Cola as well. After that I went inside the always funny(for 1991 standards), Muppet-Vision 3D, just made it to the last half of the always funny pre-show, and after that amazingly 15 minutes were up, I've moved on and saw that construction wall was still up on the former P&F meet, I said to myself that it could had been a Star/Marco meet, instead of being demolished for more area inside the Star Wars area. anyways I walked for a bit, until I went inside Mickey and Minnie's Red Carpet Dreams(which was a cool looking meet and greet spot), It started with Minnie Mouse in her sweet pink outfit and matching bow(.......i kissed her hand, good thing I didn't tell Mickey), then 15 minutes of waiting later, I finally got to Mickey's spot, I was talking to him about Yin Sid, the Stars and Motor Cars parade, and had him present an Oscar for Animated Short in 2003 with Jennifer Garner, I was so impressed to see Mickey in his Sorcerer's outfit in person!

Then I also met Chip and Dale was well just a few miles between them and the air condition meet and greet, but took a quick break, and came back to see me, I talked to them about Rescue Rangers(because it came out the same year as the park opened, well kinda, it premiered on Disney Channel a year prior to its syndicated debut), and Chip did the Baymax fist pump to me and I said Ba La La La!

Then after that I met up with my mom near Star Tours: The Adventures Continue and of course it had to be awesome, we took two stops one was in a Wookie forest from Return of the Jedi and the world where Jar Jar lives from The Phantom Menace(which no one would wanna talk about), anyways I took two quick stops before meeting with dad at Toy Story Midway Mania(i noticed that he was already inside the Frozen Sing Along show, which i sadly missed out on see it this trip), but I had to get a lemonade, because it was just as hot as Tuesday, but anyways got to go inside an air contained Celebrity Spotlight, where Olaf(YES! he's still there)is, where people had their books out, and a nice character attendant said that Olaf doesn't know how to write, so they were given out autograph cards(YES!, i got one too, they're better than nothing honestly), of course I had to meet him, I gave him a few warm hugs, talked about my Oswald the Lucky Rabbit ears, my pins including Sofia(which Olaf helped her in that one episode), Gummi Bears, Kim Possible, etc. and did that same fist pump again from last August

then I went inside the former ABC Sound Studio to check out Star Wars: Pith of the Jedi(a little clip show featuring scenes from Episodes 1-7, i didn't see any Rogue One scenes though), then I waited outside Toy Story Midway Mania to see if dad's coming back out from the Frozen show, but what the heck, I'm going inside anyways for my FastPass+, and I got the third track again, of course as the many times I've rode this attraction, it's pretty fun, then dad came out and rode his ride, and I wanted to do CharacterPalooza, so me and dad walked to the area with some people having their autograph books ready in hand and cameras as well, sadly it was going to storm really bad, so they called off Palooza due to weather, I was pretty disappointed(not to see Stitch, Dopey, Pinocchio, Bert(w/Mary), Aladdin, and possibly characters that were never at Palooza like Moana or Cruella De Vil, they never came out), but on the bright side I would be going on the Great Movie Ride anyways just to cheer myself up a bit, there was that lady named Kaitlyn and she was very bubbly and also pretty funny, but was held in the Public Ememy scene, and then returned in the Raiders of the Lost Ark scene, and it was possibly the best time on the Great Movie Ride, I ever had in my entire life! TWO THUMBS WAY UP FOR KAITLYN!
Part 2 will be coming up for Star Wars Launch Bay

PacNWTigger · Jun 5, 2017

It sounds like you're having a great time! I'm loving all of your pictures. Baby Groot is super cute too!!

Ryan H. Serowinski · Jun 5, 2017

Day 2: Disney's Hollywood Studios(part 2): Star Wars Launch Bay:
It started to rain very poorly, so I decided to have room for one more Hollywood Studios experience, Star Wars Launch Bay(well just the character encounters, I saw the filmmakers program last time)so I started my Launch Bay encounter with Kylo Ren from The Force Awakens, he had a pretty short 10 minute wait, and of course just to make the experience more exciting and have the guests wait in line less, none of these guys actually sign.

Kylo Ben Ren talking about his mission

Posing with Mr. Ren
next came the newest meet and greet inside the Launch Bay(well the Hollywood Studios version), the little droid which became a fan favorite, and also from The Force Awakens, BB-8!, his wait was also 10 minutes, I had to hug him, because he's one of my faves and I had the BB-8 ear hat from last summer, also I talked about how Rey is doing, and his attendant said that Rey's on a mission

Hugging BB-8 *thumbs up*

Telling BB-8 how Rey was.

I should had done the BB-8 thumbs up pose
then after I finished meeting BB-8, I decided to trade with a Jawa, but i didn't have anything to trade with, I tried pins, but they don't trade pins, I know they don't trade money, I don't think they would trade MagicBandits neither, but had a pic with it anyways, then the last character of the day would be Chewbacca from the original trilogy and the sequel trilogy, of course he hugs pretty good, and I told Rey that she would say hi to me, and his attendant said Happy Life Day, because my dad had a birthday pin(who cares about the infamous Holiday special anyways, none of us)

Hugging Chewie

Posing with Chewbacca

Telling Chewie that he would tell she would say Hi, My dad told him that he's sorry about Han Solo in Episode 7(I don't want to spoil it)
but we're officially done with Disney's Hollywood Studios for this trip

That's a Wrap, the second day ended on a high note thanks to The Great Movie Ride, Tour Guide Kaitlyn, and Launch Bay, but the only two sad notes were that CharacterPalooza for that day was canned(I told the lady who was also involved in the Palooza cancellation sorry that didn't happen, there was no Stitch, Aladdin(w/Jasmine), Evil Queen, Dopey, Pinocchio, Brer Fox, Max, Bolt, or possibly a never been seen character like Cruella or Moana), because of that rain storm, and that I missed the Frozen sing along show as well.

Day 3 will be coming up next with Epcot and the character breakfast at Akershus

Kiwiduck · Jun 5, 2017

Ryan H. Serowinski said:
Day 2: Disney's Hollywood Studios(part 2): Star Wars Launch Bay:
It started to rain very poorly, so I decided to have room for one more Hollywood Studios experience, Star Wars Launch Bay(well just the character encounters, I saw the filmmakers program last time)so I started my Launch Bay encounter with Kylo Ren from The Force Awakens, he had a pretty short 10 minute wait, and of course just to make the experience more exciting and have the guests wait in line less, none of these guys actually sign.
View attachment 208414 Kylo Ben Ren talking about his mission
View attachment 208415 Posing with Mr. Ren
next came the newest meet and greet inside the Launch Bay(well the Hollywood Studios version), the little droid which became a fan favorite, and also from The Force Awakens, BB-8!, his wait was also 10 minutes, I had to hug him, because he's one of my faves and I had the BB-8 ear hat from last summer, also I talked about how Rey is doing, and his attendant said that Rey's on a mission
View attachment 208416 Hugging BB-8 *thumbs up*
View attachment 208417 Telling BB-8 how Rey was.
View attachment 208418 I should had done the BB-8 thumbs up pose
then after I finished meeting BB-8, I decided to trade with a Jawa, but i didn't have anything to trade with, I tried pins, but they don't trade pins, I know they don't trade money, I don't think they would trade MagicBandits neither, but had a pic with it anyways, then the last character of the day would be Chewbacca from the original trilogy and the sequel trilogy, of course he hugs pretty good, and I told Rey that she would say hi to me, and his attendant said Happy Life Day, because my dad had a birthday pin(who cares about the infamous Holiday special anyways, none of us)
View attachment 208419 Hugging Chewie
View attachment 208420 Posing with Chewbacca
View attachment 208421 Telling Chewie that he would tell she would say Hi, My dad told him that he's sorry about Han Solo in Episode 7(I don't want to spoil it)
but we're officially done with Disney's Hollywood Studios for this trip That's a Wrap, the second day ended on a high note thanks to The Great Movie Ride, Tour Guide Kaitlyn, and Launch Bay, but the only two sad notes were that CharacterPalooza for that day was canned(I told the lady who was also involved in the Palooza cancellation sorry that didn't happen, there was no Stitch, Aladdin(w/Jasmine), Evil Queen, Dopey, Pinocchio, Brer Fox, Max, Bolt, or possibly a never been seen character like Cruella or Moana), because of that rain storm, and that I missed the Frozen sing along show as well.
Day 3 will be coming up next with Epcot and the character breakfast at Akershus

I'm glad day 2 worked out better than day 1 for you!

Ryan H. Serowinski · Jun 6, 2017

Day 3: Epcot: Akershus breakfast
I started the Epcot day with a monorail trip, and YES! my feet were still in a lot of pain from the past two days, but was still okay to go. Then when we finally arrived at Epcot, it was a packed park, so my mom and I took a long walk from Future World to Norway(where Akershus is), but fortunately my dad just got the table for breakfast in the last minute, that was very good. When we went inside, My mom was being a little rude, as she annoying and also she pushed me out of the way a little bit(she called me an offensive word during my walking), but anyways the fun part starts now, with a greeting from Belle in her beautiful yellow ball gown, who was very, very nice and also very huggable, of course she remembers me, from last August as I was a suit of armor in Enchanted Tales with Belle, and that I blew her a kiss during the Festival of Fantasy parade, and she blew one back to me

we were both really chatty today, and I had Belle on my shirt. Yes, I got her signature too, and posed for pictures. Also kissed her hand, like a handsome prince.

Posing with Belle

Hugging Belle byes

Kissing Belle's hand
then we got seated and it has very nice AC, and the drink I had was orange juice, so I had a good selection of foods available in the buffet, I had strawberry yogurt, a cinnamon roll, strawberries, and that caramel thing from Norway, also we got tons of eggs, sausage, bacon, and Mickey Waffles!. Anyways the first princess who came to our table would be Snow White(of course usual, hug, autograph, picture, hug, kiss on hand)and she was pretty happy that morning

next came a familiar face, Cinderella(and no, we didn't do the dinner at 1900 Park Fare, my mom cancelled it the last minute, because of my tired feet with blisters and pain), she was possibly one of the nicest princesses that you can ever meet at Disney, like Belle she's very chattable and I'm actually the one who likes her updated look in the parks

Next came Ariel from The Little Mermaid, she was kinda in a rush to go on break, but was still good. and after that picture(as seen below)was taken, she hugged me back, so nice and memorable

and last princess to come over was Sleeping Beauty's Aurora, she's so overhated, so she needed a lot of love, hugs, and a kiss on her hand, I also like her updated look in the parks as well, just because of the last trip and my experience with her and Cinderella.

anyways after the breakfast was completed, I've moved on to the China pavilion nearby, for rope drop so I can be one of the first guests to see Mulan that day. Because the rest of World Showcase doesn't open until 11:00am, but anyways we were told to walk very slowly so we don't have any fights when the rope was dropped, as my parents were going to discover World Showcase(alot today), anyways when Mulan came she didn't have a PhotoPass photographer with her(because I didn't have a phone to take pics with), I was next up to see her, I gave her a hug and her signature. I was talking about Sofia and Amber with their encounter with Mulan, and she sing the best song she ever sing, and lastly I asked her if she remembers the former Stars and Motor Cars parade, and of course she did, because she was in it. But anyways I told her that I would come back later today and have our pictures taken, I gave her a hug good bye(for now) and kissed her hand. Moving on to Japan and that awesome gift shop that sells Japanese merchandise from Pokemon, Doraemon, Power Rangers, Hello Kitty, Transformers, Mario, Sailor Moon, One Piece, Dragon Ball, and the Studio Ghibi movies, But I didn't see any Yo-Kai Watch merchandise inside(guessing the Yo-Kai Madness in America has quietly slowed down), but I got an Oshawott book/DVD/earbuds, a Togepi plush, and a Wobbuffet plush(all Pokemon merchandise). Then I went to Morocco and decided to see Princess Jasmine inside, then she came from outside and was ready to meet her fans/guests in the nice fan contained room, then Jasmine was ready to see me, and she knew my Kim Possible Vinylmation pin and also my Sofia pin, because she learn Sofia and Amber to fly a magic carpet. Then I posed with the arms crossed, hugged her again, and kissed her hand.

Arms crossed pose with Jasmine

Jasmine Hugs! ^_^

Kissing Jasmine's hand
Part 2 will be coming up for more on World Showcase and arriving in Future World

Ryan H. Serowinski · Jun 6, 2017

Day 3: Epcot(part 2)
Then after I've met Jasmine, I decided to meet Belle again, this time in her blue and white village dress in France, the line wasn't that bad. She was just as sweet as she was at Akershus two hours prior, Yes! I gave Belle two more hugs, another kiss on the hand, and another signature(it's completely okay to get two of the same signatures, sometimes they're different)

Me posing with the always sweet Belle

Hugging Villager Belle like it's 2010 all over again.
then I walked a little more and stopped in the United Kingdom pavilion, and got a new mystery pin(Chershire Cat)with a bottle of water. Speaking of Alice in Wonderland(NOT the Tim Burton film nor its sequel, the original 1951 animated movie, the one that always stick in my books), Alice herself was coming from the rabbit hole to the little house to greet her fans, she was pretty sweet to me, she noticed my Chershire Cat pin I got recently, even though she isn't really a Disney princess, for that she's one of the best Disney females who isn't a part of the Disney princess lineup

then I went back to Future World to use my FP+ on Figment, personally since like the version from 1998 that we don't want to speak about, the 2002 of the attraction is actually a guilty pressure of mine. Figment's very funny(i won't want to give any spoilers since most people hate the attraction or that they never went on it at all), but I love the queue because it has references to (kinda) forgotten live action Disney films from the 1990s like Flubber(including Weebo on display) and Honey I Shrunk the Kids(of course Honey I Shrunk the Audience used to be there next door), anyways I went to the Magic Eye Theater to catch the Disney/Pixar Short Film Festival(YES! it's still here and it has the three same shorts still)and caught Get a Horse(came in theaters before Frozen), Pixar's La Luna(came in theaters before Brave), and the Academy Award winning Pixar short, For the Birds(came in theaters(of course)before Monsters Inc), they're pretty entertaining, and often have a laugh or two(especially for the first and final shorts, less for the 2nd listed), also all three have a big audience applause in the end, after that I had time to see Baymax from Disney's 54th animated feature film from its Animation Studio, his wait was only like 5-10 minutes, of course because in case he gets deflated(low battery), we're not allowed to have our pins and lanyards on our necks when we experience him. When it was my turn, I gave him hugs, told him about Hiro and the Big Hero 6 crew, and of course did the fan favorite fist pump to him too.

then after I visited San Fransokyo to say Hi to Baymax, I visited Riley's mind to meet Joy and Sadness from Disney/Pixar's Academy Award winning animated motion picture, Inside Out, my gosh their wait was just as long as it was when me and my sisters(they went on a separate vacation elsewhere for the week)met them last summer, but the only difference is that their Control Panel console was gone for some reason. But they had a lot of interaction, they were both huggable, but anyways they still both autograph and I decided to hold both of their hands for the picture.

then after a visit to Riley's mind, I went inside The Land to ride the always cool looking attraction named Soarin' Around the World, the music still gave me goosebumps for some reason(just because composer Bruce Broughton to re-composed the ride's score from the late Jerry Goldsmith, and wrote new notes to the original music), also the scents were just as magical, and just to let you know, Mr. Patrick Warburton is still in the ride's pre-ride video and announcer in the end, of course like I said earlier, it's better than the original California version, because the music was more uplifting in the last half, added scented smells, and Epcot was the ride's finale. After our tour Around the World, we went into the Seas with Nemo and Friends(because of a FP+ as well), of course for being a decade old attraction, it's still pretty impressive, because the movie, Finding Nemo is a modern day classic, with the song Big Blue World near the end of the ride.

Before ending this part, my parents had their own World Showcase adventure, they went though almost every country, Dad took pictures of some topiaries they saw the French movie inside the France pavilion, they almost met Mary Poppins, but sadly mom had her personal problems, and the always nice cast members had to send her to the first aid room, but they were friendly to her, gave her some meds and stuff. But we're going to end part 2 right away, Part 3 will be coming up with another visit from Mulan(for one reason, you'll know why in the next part)in China(along with visiting the Shanghai Disney preview center), as well as visits from Donald Duck, Anna, and Elsa, and going to their respective attractions in Mexico and Norway.

Ryan H. Serowinski · Jun 7, 2017

Day 3: Epcot(part 3): World Showcase(redux)
After a ride inside Nemo's underwater world at The Seas and a long walk, I decided that I deserve to have my picture taken with Mulan, since I've met her earlier in the day(there was no PP photographer with her during the 11:00am meets and that I didn't have a camera/phone to take pics with), so me and my dad went to China for a bit to get my picture taken with her. Luckly she remembered me from like 5 hours earlier, so I went up to her right away, because her line was full. I still had my battle helmet(Oswald Rabbit ears) and metals(Disney pins)for her to show, then hugged, talked a bit, posed for the camera, hugged once more, and kissed her hand(everyone were going bonkers and were also impressed with me, when I kissed her hand)

next me and dad were thirsty so he got a water, while I got a Coke. Then I had a few hours to myself with over 4.000 others, so I took a quick tour inside the Shanghai Disneyland preview area, it looked pretty cool. Then I had to rest for a few minutes, and finally I wanted to meet Anna and Elsa in their beautiful year old Sommerhus, their wait wasn't too bad(25 minutes to be exact, but made it though the waits), this time around I got to meet Queen Elsa first, then Anna. But let's talk about Queen Elsa of Arendelle first, since she is my favorite of the two Frozen sisters. I gave her the warmest hug as possible, I talked to her about my experience with her in the Festival of Fantasy parade, and told her that she was the best(good thing I didn't tell Anna, so she wouldn't be jealous, I love her too), she was such a nice big sister, then posed yet again, warm hugged her again, and kissed her hand

then after seeing my favorite, now I would also see her younger sister, Princess Anna of Arendelle, honestly she was super bubbly that day, she also accepts warm hugs, and I told her when she was signing my book that she was really cute(honestly, she's that cute), she thanked me for saying such kind words to her. But also we did out reindeer antlers pose, because of my Oswald ears, and gave one last warm hug and kiss on the hand.

I'm glad that I met both again

after meeting Anna and Elsa, I wanted to meet Donald Duck(good thing he was there until 7:15pm), but he went on a break for 2-3 minutes, but glad I got to see him, I talked to him about Jose Carioca, then also he was jealous because I didn't have a Donald pin, but his attendant said that he's on my lanyard, and lastly his nephews, Scrooge, Launchpad, and Webby, because of the new DuckTales show coming to Disney XD.

I think I would take a break from character meets until the next day, and move on. I would go on the Gran Fiesta Tour, which I also went on it last August, it's pretty good although it's a decade old, but who cares? Next I stopped in Norway for quite a while, I traded a pin with a cast member(I traded a Chuckles pin from Vinylmation Pixar Series #1 for a Jasmine pin), and then I wanted to go on Frozen Ever After without the need for a FastPass+, but it was closed for quite a while due to the usual problems, few minutes later the ride would reopen and everybody went inside including my self, and to sing along to the ride(well mostly hear the memorable songs on the ride), how did you know second straight time that I went on the ride, it didn't break down at all. But my favorite part was the Let It Go scene, and the finale with the sisters in their Frozen Fever outfits(I honestly wish they would have these outfits at the meet and greets, but I'm glad to meet them in their original movie outfits as well), here's me with a couple of guests during the final drop

As a fan of the movie, Frozen(since it first came out, nearly 4 yrs ago)I was pumped for the not so big drop at the end!
after that sweet ride ended, I wanted to head back to the resort and rest for a bit, my blisters on my feet felt worse than the first two days combined, but I would still be up for Animal Kingdom the next day, but it may shock you, I didn't really felt like getting up to experience the new Pandora area at 8:00am with dad, my feet felt tired, so that's why I didn't do the new World of James Cameron's Avatar area(no boat ride nor Flight of Passage), but he went and snapped a few pictures(and will be posted on a separate post before my Day 4 post). But stay tuned for my own Animal Kingdom adventure in Day 4.

Ryan H. Serowinski · Jun 7, 2017

Day 4: Disney's Animal Kingdom(part 0.5)
Friday came and it was going to be a very, very short day in the theme parks, but before I set my own Animal Kingdom adventure, my dad took his own and was set for Pandora: The World of Avatar(a 2009 movie from Screenwriter/Director James Cameron)and took a few pictures from the area and the Na'vi Boat ride, which he loved(i didn't go, because it was too much pressure to handle these opening week crowds)

well, I'll be setting out for adventure inside Animal Kingdom for a grand six or so hours(shortest time in the parks in total of 5 days), stay tuned!

Ryan H. Serowinski · Jun 7, 2017

Day 4: Disney's Animal Kingdom(in my respective): A Character Safari(Wilderness Explorer, Ant, Native Girl, Ape Man, Baboon, Bear, and Monkey!), A 3D Show, and A Train Ride!
My day at Disney's latest(and must likely final)theme park in Florida started with sprinkles of rain and partly cloudy skies(unlike the previous few days, where when we arrived at a park, it's mostly sunny). But anyways I went though the Oasis(saw a bird or two) and though Discovery Island, and got a decent spot in line to meet Russell from Disney/Pixar's Oscar winning/Best Picture nominated movie, Up, they also have these cool talking dog tags that Dug wore in the film. But he went on a 2-3 minute break, and of course I have to remember Russell, I've met him with Carl and Dug at Hollywood Studios back when the film was still recent inside the former Animation attraction, I kinda failed at doing Russell's bird call from the movie.

next I went to see a character that I've met only once prior to this trip, back in 2005, but didn't get a picture with(just an autograph), who was Filk from another Disney/Pixar film, A Bug's Life(the movie came out the same year as the opening of Animal Kingdom), which wasn't as successful as like Toy Story nor Inside Out, but made enough. But he went on another break, but came back in like 3-4 mins. Anyways I told him all about how his movie, A Bug's Life opened in theaters around the same time as the opening of Disney's Animal Kingdom back in 1998. After the pictures, i said to him(a line from the movie) "You're Weird, but I like you", his character attendant was very sweet(as all of them do)

The next character that I've met is a character from a movie that was a part of the Disney Renaissance. I think it's been the longest wait that I have seen for Pocahontas in my life, because she was in the old Winnie the Pooh meet and greet spot in the boat drop area. Anyways it took me 10-20 minutes to meet her. Of course as Disney princesses go, I started her meet with a friendly hug, autograph book signing, as well as talking about how she needs to be on an episode of Sofia the First(which she agrees), then held her arm for the picture, one last hug, and lastly I kissed her hand again(which everyone in the line were all impressived with me, just like Mulan at Epcot from the day before, and they all awwww!!!!! me)

anyways, after all of these character meets, I got a lemonade without a lid and the unusual paper straw, then I went inside the Tree of Life to check out the very funny, but very weird 4D show, It's Tough to Be a Bug(featuring Filk and Hopper from A Bug's Life), of course, I've seen this almost every time I went to Animal Kingdom, but my fears of this got better and better, but still a bit terrified as a 19 yr old(but still survived, because it's just a 3D movie with in theater effects). Next I was looking for Tarzan, i realized that he was in the Tree of Life discovery area, but he has no line and no PhotoPass photographer, so I met him, got his signature, and did his famous scream. I talked to him about his friend, Terk and how I've met her(Terk) when I was younger, and would also tell Tarzan that Jane would say hi to me too(but no picture). Next I got a bottle of water, and took a train to Rafiki's Planet Watch, mostly to meet Rafiki from Disney's most popular 2D animated movie(also the most popular animated movie of the 1990s), I saw some signs for Disney Junior's the Lion Guard on the train featuring the show's main characters, Kion, Bunga, Ono(voiced by Brick from The Middle, Edgar from FrankenWeenie(2012), and Peedee from Steven Universe), Beshte, and Fuli, but anyways his line was still up until 12:30pm, but I had perfect timing for him. It was my first time that I've met him since that cold February day in 2010, When I met him, he liked my pin collection, including the Simba I got thanks to a pin trade with that boy a few days before, and Sofia, he had a dance party with me, because of the Lion Guard show is on Disney Junior as well, also some hugs and a fist pump(kinda did the Baymax fist pump too), such a great Disney character from a great Disney animated movie.

after that took another train on the way back, then I walked to Asia and to meet Baloo and King Louie from The Jungle Book(1967) and TaleSpin. Their line was a bit long, but I still got to meet them anyways, but took a break, anyways they were tons of fun and lot of interaction, Baloo was very, very huggable(the only one of the two, who actually autograph books), and I told him about Kit(i was going to being Don, Rebecca, and maybe some Jungle Book elements), while I danced with Louie.

anyways, this meet might have been my last meet of the day, but I almost did the Goofy/Pluto meet in Dinoland, but I said to myself, I officially give up, I'm going to leave soon, but first I had lunch at Pizzafari, but the menu was changed from just pizzas to flatbreads, but I ordered a Flatbread Cheeseburger with a salad that doesn't look like salad, tomato soup, and a thirsty Coca-Cola. I liked the Cheeseburger Flatbread, which a creative and tasty idea. My day at Animal Kingdom is over for this trip. But my parents went to Disney Springs(YES!, they still call it Downtown Disney for nostalgia reasons), while I had a flatbread and a salad, and later the Happily Ever After fireworks were playing too(THEY'RE AMAZING!)

But sadly there would be only one more day left in this trip.

stay tuned for Day 5, as I meet Two Fairies, A nanny, some stuffed Animals, and a Dog(along with a duck), ride though Neverland, Hundred Acre Woods, and Under the Sea, plus one bonus attraction to end this trip on a very, very high note!

Ryan H. Serowinski · Jun 8, 2017

Day 5: The Final Chapter at the Magic Kingdom
My final day at Disney for this year, started out good, but had to walk to the park, because the monorail system was down for a bit, but anyways I went straight to Main Street Theater to meet Tinker Bell, and her wait at 8:30 was only 15 minutes, she was a pretty sweet and kawaii fairy, she was bubbly and full of energy. She was impressed with my shirt that had her and Peter Pan on it, and I talked to her about Fawn and her neverbeast Gruff, and how they were doing, she said that Gruff's sleeping, and Fawn's doing good. Then I posed with her, and gave her one last hug goodbyes, and kissed her hand.

Tinker's signing my book, as I talk about Fawn and Gruff

Hugging Tinker Bell byes
then I walked to Mickey's PhilarMagic for the third time, there was a 5 minute wait that early in the morning, then I had picture taken with the Sword in the Stone, before my mom would arrive for our FP+ on Peter Pan's Flight

then I would ride Peter Pan's Flight for a fly though Neverland, then shortly after I would meet the Fairy Godmother from Cinderella(which would be the 11th and last new character I've met on this trip, which would be a total of 92 characters I've met in total), she was really magical, she used a sharpie marker instead of my usual autograph pin to write my signature, and she does hug as well.

then I had a quick meet and greet with Mary Poppins as well, good thing mom took my picture with her, as her location in the old Tiana meet had no PhotoPass photographer, but unlike the Mary at 1900 Park Fare last summer, she wasn't in the mood for a hug, just because she wanted to be very nice for a handshake, but kissed her hand at least. but next came the fun part, as we were going to have breakfast with Winnie the Pooh and his Hundred Acre Wood friends at Crystal Palace, as you know I had to eat less than usual that week, and my parents had to be worried for that reason, but I still ate a pretty decent amount. The first to come to my table was Tigger, he started with a big ol' hug, next came Piglet and I asked him about his house, well I had some "Oh My Swirls!" Chocolate and Vanilla Ice Cream with rainbow and chocolate sprinkles, next came Pooh Bear himself, and told him about his friend, Darby(from a CGI TV series that almost no one would remember.......just kidding it's My Friends Tigger & Pooh, which Tigger got top billing just that once, aside from the 2000 movie), and the last of the four Acre Wood friends who came was Eeyore, the servers were pretty sweet and nice to us, just as sweet as the ones at Be Our Guest and Akershus. I give Crystal Palace breakfast, compared to Lunch a perfect A+(because they have ice cream for Breakfast, as well as Coke selections, and very perfect Breakfast foods)

Next were back-to-back FastPass+ experiences of Winnie the Pooh and Little Mermaid, Pooh was first and of course it was a pretty fun attraction and Little Mermaid was the final FP+ choice for me(for this trip), it's a great ride even though it's like Nemo with the clamshell vehicles, but with different theming. But anyways I wanted to go inside Pete's Silly Sideshow, but sadly I had to choose one side, because we had to be at the resort by 1:30pm so we don't miss the Magical Express bus back home. So I choose Goofy and Donald, i just gave up on Daisy Duck for this trip. Anyways Goofy was pretty funny in his stunt devil outfit, I often wanted to tell if his son, Max did his stunts yet, and though character movement, he did. Then did our ear poses, and lastly the final character and character signature that I got for this trip for a record breaking 42 autographs(it could had been more if it wasn't for the DHS Palooza weather cancellation and the 1900 Park Fare dinner cancellation)(counting three characters with more than one autograph)is Donald Duck with his snakes, of course I told him if his nephews saw these snakes yet?, though character movement again, they did.

My first visit at Pete's Silly Sideshow was my last character experience for May/June 2017, which I also officially gave up on finding Stitch in his Tomorrowland location

but it wasn't over, as I had room for one more attraction with the shortest wait and barely a line, Walt's personal favorite of all time, Carousel of Progress featuring A Christmas Story's Jean Shepherd as John(which is the 1993 version), there's also the voices of Mel Blanc(Looney Tunes), Debi Derryberry(Jimmy Neutron), and a few more in this classic. The attraction's song was catchy and had to clap along when the stage is moving, it learns everybody about the Turn of the Century, the 1920s, the 1940s, and the present. It was such a classic and to end the trip on a really high note, I gave this classic an A+ as my parents saw this earlier in the week, I did make it by 1:30pm and went though a few stores before saying good bye to Magic Kingdom for this trip

I really did burst into tears, not only that mom yelled at me, but I was crying because I was going to miss all of my friends from the Magical Kingdom of Disney World in Orlando, FL, all of the characters, all of the cast members(room service, servers, character attendants, etc.), and more :cry:

(i've never been this sad to leave Disney behind, but don't worry I'll be returning in a year or so), after a couple plane rides and dinner from McDonalds' we came home at 10:10pm on Saturday June 3rd, and another Disney journey came to an end, after 9 1/2 months of planning and 5 days filled with fun moments, emotional moments, character hugs, princess kisses, excitement, dancing with characters, cool rides, and powerful shows, now it's good to be awhile before we start thinking about the next Disney trip(it might be Disneyland next, or another trip to the World with just me and my older sister, i had a hard time with mom and dad, she'll learn how to use a Disney Visa credit card)
Thanks for reading, hope to see you real soon.

Update: My parents are currently thinking about a September 2018 trip(so it'll be a family trip this time), and it might be a 10 day trip

gdisneyfans · Jun 8, 2017

Wow you got to meet so many great characters! And I loved your pictures - each one had me smiling because I could feel you were having so much fun

Thank you for sharing your trip with us and hope you get to go back soon!

DryerLintFan · Jun 9, 2017

I read somewhere that Cinderella is NEVER at Akershus for breakfast! You got really lucky!!

Looks like you had a fantastic trip! Even though you had a hard time with your parents, it's great that you made some really good memories with them with this trip!

PacNWTigger · Jun 9, 2017

Thank you so much for sharing your adventure with us!

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