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Hello!

First off my thank you's to people will be held at the very end of my report. So if you feel like you should be thanked for something, or shown my appreciation for something...you're going to have to wait a while. Nobody cares about you anyway.

Secondly, I used the up-loader on this site for my pictures and it kind of did a number on them. Once I get everything situated with a photo hosting site this will continue. Thing that sucks is all those sites are blocked through my work computer so I am going to have to actually do this on my on time and not works time.

*Warning*

What you’re about to read are my thoughts and feelings from my most recent trip to Walt Disney World. A lot of sarcasm and pointing out the moronic things other humans do…along with their rudeness and pure oblivious behavior to others around them will be written here.

If you put kids on your shoulders to watch fireworks, leave messy food trays at tables or other places other than a trash can for someone else to clean, take flash pictures on or in “dark attractions”, stop in the middle of rows to sit down, talk during shows, pull that metal latch on the hotel door so it stops your door from closing and you continue to open your hotel door and let it slam shut 20 times in a row at 7am and other dumb inconsiderate things…you MIGHT not want to read this.

If you enjoy sarcasm, “decent” photography, food ography, side stories, pictures of people dressed “special”, and most of all ME!!! Then you are in the right place.

Swear words might be abbreviated. I may think that things YOU do are ignorant and inconsiderate to others around you. Please don’t be offended. LEARN from it. Don’t cry about it. I am not going to argue with you or justify why you should be beat with wet dish rags because you like to hang out and talk with other guests in your party in doorways leading to the entrance/exit of an attraction or the middle of stairs. There is just no hope for you.

This report is made to be funny. It is also made to be serious and informative as well. I don’t have ANY behind the scenes knowledge but I do feel like I have a pretty good grasp on how to have a pretty great time in Disney World and where you should eat delicious food.

I take a TON of photographs and I work rather hard to get good photographs not only for myself but for all of you to hopefully enjoy as well. I pride myself in taking awesome food photographs. I like to feel someone responsible for the big “boom” on this around here.

When I first started planning Disney Trips on my own I always wanted to see what the food looked like before I arrived. There was really NOWHERE to find it. So, I said to myself “Take pictures of EVERYTHING you eat and see and post them to help other people in the same boat as you.” I am a picky eater, which is why this was important to me. I hope along the way I have helped some people out. I hope this report does too. I took 3,444 photographs on just MY camera alone!

This trip is two years, well it WAS two years in the making.

The cast of this trip my fiancée Colleen and me.

Here I am...

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Here is Colleen, she is so hood.

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Also an "Artist"

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...and the much needed couple post...

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We knew we were going to, and when we were going to go but we booked it for real in April. That was the deadline so that we could do our 180+10 dining reservation thing.

We booked All Star Sports Resort arriving on October 9th and departing October 23rd! I missed the big turf field and being able to go out there and throw football after a long day of Typhoon Lagooning, Dining and Park Hopping. But that plan would soon crumble just like most of our plans this trip.

After calling and speaking to Disney World for what feels like 80 times checking for further discounts on the Cast Member plan never ever never once did they mention to me “Oh by the way, the food court at All Star Sports will be closed during your stay.” I had to accidentally find out about it on here.

So now we are faced with our first “White People Problems” of the trip.

Stay at All Star Sports and use Movies and or Music Food Courts?

Or…

Try for Art of Animation or Pop Century which we both hated on a previous trip?

We ended up at Pop because Art of Animation was booked solid. We figured we could walk across The Generation Gap Bridge and eat at AoA because that was really the only thing that appealed to us about staying at AoA in the first place. So here we are now at a hotel we both really did not want to stay at. We are 3 months out and we are already switching things around that we really did not want to switch at all. We almost considered spending more money and staying at Port Orleans or Caribbean Beach. It just did not make sense because we do not spend a lot of time at the resort, or so we thought…

About a month our from our arrival date I got an email asking if I wanted to participate in testing for Magic Bands. Umm, of course I do. You just made me feel really important by sending me this email. So we selected our colors and a day later we got these via UPS!

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A few days later our Magical Express packet came.

Now all that is left is our trip. No more ADR’s, no more waiting for things in the mail…the next big step is near.

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Day 1 10/9/2013

Finally…The day has come. Up at 3am, well alarm is set for 3am. We don’t have to leave until 4am. I think we dragged ourselves…yes we still had to drag ourselves out of bed knowing what was waiting for us a few short hours away. I think we left the house at like 4:15am for the 25-30 min right to Pittsburgh International Airport. Pretty weird that it’s 25 minutes from Pittsburgh though. Oh well.

We got to the airport checked our bags got through security all less than 10 minutes. Our gate for Air Tran was as far away as possible. I never have been that far back in the airport. The funniest thing I noticed at the airport is that it was 5:20am and Quaker Steak and Lube was about to open up. (Skip ahead 15 days) We passed it again when we returned home at 9:50pm and they were closed. That is pretty weird.

(Back to present time)

It is now time to board our flight. Our flight was pretty full. Normally our plane is half full but there were not too many seats open on our plane. AWESOME flight though. No bumps or dips at all. We arrived at MCO in about 1 hour and 50 minutes. 25 minutes earlier than posted. Sorry no airplane pictures. It was dark the whole time and then nothing but clouds. We came out of the clouds and landed 5 minutes after.

I know where I am going once we get off the “monorail” at MCO but it always strikes me as odd that they have pretty much zero signs saying where to go to check in for The Magical Express. Oh well…good thing I am not new at this. This is really all the help you get, but it is down on the bottom floor when you should pretty much already know where you are going!

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Then at the 2 mile point we saw this...

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ShookieJones

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Phew....Finally got caught up!

As with all your TR's:
  • food pics - outstanding
  • commentary - entertaining

Another good one...but you knew that already!


I can't believe the crowds you were seeing! I think we missed each other by a mere 3 days and we had super low crowds the whole week we were there.
That blows, but from what I've read so far you guys made the best of it.

Can't wait to read and see more!
 

blackthidot

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Phew....Finally got caught up!

As with all your TR's:
  • food pics - outstanding
  • commentary - entertaining

Another good one...but you knew that already!


I can't believe the crowds you were seeing! I think we missed each other by a mere 3 days and we had super low crowds the whole week we were there.
That blows, but from what I've read so far you guys made the best of it.

Can't wait to read and see more!

Yeah I think the biggest thing is we were really not prepared for it. We just did not expect it at all. We knew Epcot would be a little busy because of Food and Wine. Had I known what we were going into I - 1. Would not have gone during that time. 2. Planned a little bit better for it.

But all that said it IS Disney World so we still enjoyed The Christ out of ourselves.

Glad you are enjoying it man...thanks for following along.
 

ISTCPilot1989

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Finally all caught up!! The pics are great! and ToT is slowly becoming one of my favorites if not my favorite at Disney World. Was the food really not all that great at Coral Reef? I've never been.
 

blackthidot

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Finally all caught up!! The pics are great! and ToT is slowly becoming one of my favorites if not my favorite at Disney World. Was the food really not all that great at Coral Reef? I've never been.

Coral Reef has ALWAYS been great for me/us. They just changed things a bit and it was better before. I would definitely not let what I said or what happened to me stop you from eating there. Hell if you have never ate there and they served you hot garbage...the atmosphere makes it worth it...just once though. Trip number two you will need a good meal and Coral Reef normally does a good job at that.
 

blackthidot

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Day 10 10/18/2013

Today we are going to the dreaded Animal Kingdom. Animal Kingdom is co----- man I almost said cool. Okay, Animal Kingdom is alright. It’s just always so hot. That’s why I did not want to use “cool” to describe it. I like AK but if I did not go there I really would not be too upset about it. I mean, Expedition Everest is really good. So is it’s Tough to Be a Bug. Kilimanjaro Safari can be great if you go at the right time as well. Lion King and Finding Nemo are definitely worth seeing as well.

I don’t know if I am alone here but I just don’t get the “magical vibe” in this park. I feel like it’s just always way hotter here and I feel like they are searching for an identity. I still enjoy myself here, I guess just not as much as I probably should.

We left a little early (for us) and I am really glad we did. I took what probably is my favorite picture of someone that I have ever taken. Nobody is dressed funny, nobody forgot to clip their toe nails for about 5 months. It just says SOOOOOO much about the situation. So here it is…

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To me, this is just hilarious on so many levels because the gentleman in the picture would rather be ANYWHERE on earth than where he is at this moment with these women. If Devil himself would have walked to the edge of that water and asked dude “Would you like a personal tour of hell?” Dude would have not hesitated to go. I am sure once they got back to the room his wife yelled at him for a solid 20 minutes.

Annnnnd here we are…

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See if anyone can spot why this is “funny”…

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Is it weird to think that this thing is adorable?

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Awwww and so is his mate…

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Here’s a fat iguana of some kind. No idea how he has not exploded yet…

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Some ducks just about to touch beaks…

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The Ant Eater!!!

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blackthidot

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Day 10 10/18/2013 Continued…


Emerging from the wild forest we were just in to be greeted by…

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We are both really hungry and we both want to eat at different places. I want Ribs. So I decided to head to Flame Tree BBQ and she headed to Donald’s Pizzafari. Along the way I was just taking random pictures while walking…

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Ahhh here we are…

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This kind of speaks for itself right?

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Key Lime Pie in a cup…whoa the madness!!!

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blackthidot

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Day 10 10/18/2013 Continued…

After I had my lunch with all the ducks and other birds surrounding me, I went to meet Colleen and she was just getting seated with her meal…

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Here are some pictures from inside. Pretty trippy…

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Outside…

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ISTCPilot1989

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Coral Reef has ALWAYS been great for me/us. They just changed things a bit and it was better before. I would definitely not let what I said or what happened to me stop you from eating there. Hell if you have never ate there and they served you hot garbage...the atmosphere makes it worth it...just once though. Trip number two you will need a good meal and Coral Reef normally does a good job at that.


Idk if I'd want hot garbage, but I will take your word on the atmosphere. It looks amazing to eat there. Would you pick Le Cellier over Coral Reef though?
 

blackthidot

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Day 10 10/18/2013 Continued…

Yep…

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Such an awesome ride with SO much to see. Especially when you get to the broken tracks. Aside from going on that crazy balloon at DTD and getting blown all over the place by the wind…I really wish Disney had a spot you could go to like that and just see and take in everything. If there is…tell me about it because I am not aware of it.

Now it is time to check out The Safari. Yes I took a billion pictures but I really only wanted to see The Lions. Naturally they were not out. Why would they be?

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Man, this guy on the land does not even look real…or maybe the fake ones just look really real?

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I think this is his good side…

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Some giraffes…

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blackthidot

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Day 10 10/18/2013 Continued…

The elephants were really active when we drove through…

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The warthogs…

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This ostrich looks like it’s about to die…

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This one is just ed at us…

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Our driver was explaining why these things lift their leg up but being it was like 4 months ago I don’t remember…

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“Don’t look at me when I am ugly.”

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blackthidot

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Day 10 10/18/2013 Continued…

We headed in to The Tree of Life to see Flick and all his pals and after that was over we caught the middle of the parade…

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Up next is Dinosaur!

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After Dinosaur we rode Primeval Whirl. First time we ever did that and probably the last. Talk about doing everything you can to entice a migraine to come on…

After PW decided to go back to the hotel. We had an ADR for California Grill with my friend Quise and his girlfriend. So we swam, laid around and watched TV for a while, showered and then got the bus to MK so we could walk over to The Contemporary.

I know that I took the picture for a reason and I can’t remember. I was not making fun of anyone because nobody is really doing anything weird. That is what I get for taking my sweet time with this.

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People say that there is no more magic left in Disney. People complain about how awful the transportation is as well. We all know my gripe with the ECV’s but that’s neither here nor there. We were the ONLY people on our bus. There was a driver in training and someone training him, obviously. The trainer asked us if we were heading to MK and I said well yes, but we have dinner at The Contemporary so we are going to walk over there when you drop us off.

“Well if you don’t mind we can drop you off AT The Contemporary.”

Amazing how something so LITTLE like that can make such a difference. I mean he saved us MAYBE an 8 minute walk…but I will never forget that. I am sure it benefitted them two for what they were doing work wise but at the end of the day getting unexpected things like that go a long, long way.

I made our ADR to mix in with Hallowishes. I wanted to shoot them from the deck.

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blackthidot

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Day 10 10/18/2013 Continued…

Hallowishes continued…

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The last few weren’t too bad. I guess Hallowishes is not a show that geared towards long exposure shots. I don’t know.

After it was over we headed inside to hang out and wait for our table to be ready. I took pictures of random junk…

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blackthidot

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Day 10 10/18/2013 Continued…

We were sat and got a window seat away from the castle this time towards the back of the restaurant. Still facing the castle and such an awesome table.

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Quise’s girlfriend ordered The Triple Cheese Flatbread…

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She then got a ton of Sushi, I THINK it’s a Dragon Roll…

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Colleen ordered her new favorite, The Heirloom Squash Ravioli…

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Quise and I both got The AMAZING Oak Fired Filet of Beef…

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For dessert Amanda ordered The Seasonal Tasting - Heirloom Apple - Apple Cupcake with Cream Cheese and Streusel, Warm-spiced Cider, Peanut Butter Caramel Apple, and Apple Cheddar Turnover with Compote and Caradom Glaze…

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I got The Chocolate Pudding Cake again…

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Man…so good.

After we ate we were going around in circles trying to meet up with Quise’s brother Idries. We finally got them to agree to meet us at Planet Hollywood. I had gift vouchers and I wanted to get some Crunch Chicken!

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blackthidot

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Day 10 10/18/2013 Continued…

It took about 15 minutes to get to Planet Hollywood. I ordered my chicken…

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I only ate one piece and saved the rest for later. I was still full from Cali Grill.

They did a GREAT job representing Pittsburgh at the bar…

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Even Griffey getting some love. He is from Donora PA which is about 30 minutes from Pittsburgh.

We eventually all said our goodbyes and stuff and headed our separate ways. It was a good way to end a long busy day. We were able to do everything we wanted today. That was a first on this trip and it felt awesome.

To be continued…
 
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