This is going to be a little long, so forgive me. We crammed a lot in, in only one day!
My first time to stay in an All Star Resort (Movie - Herbie) was OK. Nothing fancy - but wasn't looking for that. A shower and bed was all we really wanted (that and the early morning entry to AK!)
We got to AK about 10min till 8AM - and the gates were already open. As we walked up to where you split off from the ToL - there was Minnie, Goofy and Pluto on a huge bus. Must have been one of the first days of the "Holiday" rope drop (seemes like all three of them had been out late the night before - haha). Was nice though to see Minnie, Goofy and Pluto doing a little "show" for the resort guests pre-rope drop. To end it - Mickey showed up as our "Guide" from way up the trunk on the ToL. Was very neat to see him way up there (couldn't really get a good picture from where I was standing-sorry).
We headed straight for EE - and walked right on. I would say we were about the 4th train with guest's on it. Got off, and walked right back on. WAS VERY COOL TO DO THAT. We grabbed a FP for a return of 8:45-9:45A and headed over to PrimevalWhirl. Got to ride that twice w/out even getting off. Hopped over to Dino - and again walked right on:sohappy: . Went back to PW and walked back on that (my nephew is 10 - so I went with it! :lol
By this time we were coming up on our FP for EE and for our third trip in an hour - headed for the Yeti again! I have to say - being a very chilly morning, made the ride that much more fun!
Asked if they were going to show nemo - and the CM replied she wasn't sure of the times for the day yet - but alas it was 12:45, 3 and 4:45. Got in on the 12:45 show after the Safari, ITtBaB and a quick bite to eat for lunch. Have to say - Nemo is all that and a bag of chips! You sit there with your mouth open for most of the show - I won't go into any "previews" as it's been said already, but this is going to be a HIT when it finally does "open".
Oh, on show length of time - from show start 12:46P to show end 1:23P - right at 40ish minutes. I never once felt it was dragging, nor did I feel it was missing anything. Classic Disney entertainment at it's finest!
Left AK and headed to Epcot - Walked right one SSE, then over to the other Nemo - haha (and again walked right on). It is short, but it is very well done. It does make you do want to ride it more than once to make sure you didn't miss anything! If this is only a small portion of Disneylands - i can't WAIT till that one opens!!!:sohappy:
After Nemo - headed to the Land - and grabbed a FP for Soarin - walked on LwtL while waiting. Did Soarin and headed to TT. Broke down (yet again) while in line but was up and running in about 10 min. Always a fun attraction!
Left Epcot after TT and headed to the Studios - and straight to ToT. I love this time of year as we only waited roughly oh - wait, we didn't - walk on! Woohooo!!!
From ToT went over to RRC and here we did have to wait for like 10 min...which seemed like forever after having been on so many with no wait. Seemed a bit rough this time - don't know what that was about. It's always been so smooth, but i banged my head a couple times. Still a fun coaster!
It was getting to be a little after 6 so decided to hit the Osborne Lights. I hadn't seen them in a few years so was looking forward to it. Christmas music blasting - all the lights, snow falling - you can't help but feel like a kid again waiting for Santa (a bit early mind you, but still). The snow stopped and an announcement came on about the Dancing Lights (it sounded like Debbie Reynolds but couldn't be sure on that-didn't hear the start of it). Then off they went, the street went black - and BAM - everything on the street starts, well, dancing. I like that they only do it every so often and not the WHOLE time. So it's a special treat when they do dance.
From there it was time for MVMCP (started at 7) - so we head back to the car and drive over to the TTC - hop a monorail and arrive at the MK right at 7PM.
(sorry everyone - dinner calls - will finish this a bit later tonight w/MVMCP report and hopefully some pictures):wave:
My first time to stay in an All Star Resort (Movie - Herbie) was OK. Nothing fancy - but wasn't looking for that. A shower and bed was all we really wanted (that and the early morning entry to AK!)
We got to AK about 10min till 8AM - and the gates were already open. As we walked up to where you split off from the ToL - there was Minnie, Goofy and Pluto on a huge bus. Must have been one of the first days of the "Holiday" rope drop (seemes like all three of them had been out late the night before - haha). Was nice though to see Minnie, Goofy and Pluto doing a little "show" for the resort guests pre-rope drop. To end it - Mickey showed up as our "Guide" from way up the trunk on the ToL. Was very neat to see him way up there (couldn't really get a good picture from where I was standing-sorry).
We headed straight for EE - and walked right on. I would say we were about the 4th train with guest's on it. Got off, and walked right back on. WAS VERY COOL TO DO THAT. We grabbed a FP for a return of 8:45-9:45A and headed over to PrimevalWhirl. Got to ride that twice w/out even getting off. Hopped over to Dino - and again walked right on:sohappy: . Went back to PW and walked back on that (my nephew is 10 - so I went with it! :lol
By this time we were coming up on our FP for EE and for our third trip in an hour - headed for the Yeti again! I have to say - being a very chilly morning, made the ride that much more fun!
Asked if they were going to show nemo - and the CM replied she wasn't sure of the times for the day yet - but alas it was 12:45, 3 and 4:45. Got in on the 12:45 show after the Safari, ITtBaB and a quick bite to eat for lunch. Have to say - Nemo is all that and a bag of chips! You sit there with your mouth open for most of the show - I won't go into any "previews" as it's been said already, but this is going to be a HIT when it finally does "open".
Oh, on show length of time - from show start 12:46P to show end 1:23P - right at 40ish minutes. I never once felt it was dragging, nor did I feel it was missing anything. Classic Disney entertainment at it's finest!
Left AK and headed to Epcot - Walked right one SSE, then over to the other Nemo - haha (and again walked right on). It is short, but it is very well done. It does make you do want to ride it more than once to make sure you didn't miss anything! If this is only a small portion of Disneylands - i can't WAIT till that one opens!!!:sohappy:
After Nemo - headed to the Land - and grabbed a FP for Soarin - walked on LwtL while waiting. Did Soarin and headed to TT. Broke down (yet again) while in line but was up and running in about 10 min. Always a fun attraction!
Left Epcot after TT and headed to the Studios - and straight to ToT. I love this time of year as we only waited roughly oh - wait, we didn't - walk on! Woohooo!!!
From ToT went over to RRC and here we did have to wait for like 10 min...which seemed like forever after having been on so many with no wait. Seemed a bit rough this time - don't know what that was about. It's always been so smooth, but i banged my head a couple times. Still a fun coaster!
It was getting to be a little after 6 so decided to hit the Osborne Lights. I hadn't seen them in a few years so was looking forward to it. Christmas music blasting - all the lights, snow falling - you can't help but feel like a kid again waiting for Santa (a bit early mind you, but still). The snow stopped and an announcement came on about the Dancing Lights (it sounded like Debbie Reynolds but couldn't be sure on that-didn't hear the start of it). Then off they went, the street went black - and BAM - everything on the street starts, well, dancing. I like that they only do it every so often and not the WHOLE time. So it's a special treat when they do dance.
From there it was time for MVMCP (started at 7) - so we head back to the car and drive over to the TTC - hop a monorail and arrive at the MK right at 7PM.
(sorry everyone - dinner calls - will finish this a bit later tonight w/MVMCP report and hopefully some pictures):wave: