Trip Report **Complete** It's a meet-up-palooza!

We are back and I gotta get this trip report show on the road before my memory fails! Hopefully my notes and pictures will carry me!

When: Sept 14th - 16th and Sept 16th - 24th, 2019
Where: All-Stars Movies & POP Century Resort
Who: me (Susan) and my husband Scott

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If you want to start from the very beginning, a very good place to start, you can access my pre-trip at: https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/we-werent-going-until-2020-yeah-right.953038/
 

DryerLintFan

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Monday cont.

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Here was our views from the boat.... DLF and A let us smoosh onto their side of the boat while the fireworks were going so that we could have a good view too.

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We really enjoyed the cruise part. ... the dessert party was just meh.. so you didn't miss much @Tuvalu, except for old expired purse grapes!

Oh and on the way to the dock, we saw this topic of previous discussion:

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On the way back we stopped to take pictures for DLF and A in the ears.. I don't know why Scott and I didn't have a turn.. I didn't even think of it at the time!

We said our goodbyes, and we were about to leave, when I remembered I'd never been in the contemporary, and I needed to see the Mary Blair wall, and then we perused the gift shop.

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After this we went out front to get a Lyft. It took a few because of traffic, but we did finally get one. We needed to get to bed, Tuesday would be our first park day!

I thought about that when i was going through the pictures for my TR too 😂😂 I was searching for them to send to you but then realized i was very rude and didn't even offer to take them for you 😬😬😬😬😬 I'm so sorry!!
 

Rista1313

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I thought about that when i was going through the pictures for my TR too 😂😂 I was searching for them to send to you but then realized i was very rude and didn't even offer to take them for you 😬😬😬😬😬 I'm so sorry!!

No need to be sorry, we obviously didn't think of it either! Probably because there were other people waiting!
 

Swissmiss

Premium Member
Ok, so I should preface my comment by saying it is 6:30 am on a Saturday and I’ve only just finished my first cup of coffee... I’m reading along and get to the first magic meetup, which I’ve already read about in @dryerlintfan’s TR so I think I know who all was on the cruise and you type that you met up with DLF and A. And I start thinking: but who else was there with them? I remember Dryerlintfan and A, but who is this DLF? :banghead::D😂

I’m usually much more on the ball 😂
 

Tuvalu

Premium Member
Ok, so I should preface my comment by saying it is 6:30 am on a Saturday and I’ve only just finished my first cup of coffee... I’m reading along and get to the first magic meetup, which I’ve already read about in @dryerlintfan’s TR so I think I know who all was on the cruise and you type that you met up with DLF and A. And I start thinking: but who else was there with them? I remember Dryerlintfan and A, but who is this DLF? :banghead::D😂

I’m usually much more on the ball 😂
Across the pond it is just before 7 am.....and I am not a coffee drinker....and I have just spent the past few minutes wondering, who the heck are DLF? And how did they all fit on one bench?

Thanks for the revelation! 🤣
 

Rista1313

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Original Poster
Ok, so I should preface my comment by saying it is 6:30 am on a Saturday and I’ve only just finished my first cup of coffee... I’m reading along and get to the first magic meetup, which I’ve already read about in @dryerlintfan’s TR so I think I know who all was on the cruise and you type that you met up with DLF and A. And I start thinking: but who else was there with them? I remember Dryerlintfan and A, but who is this DLF? :banghead::D😂

I’m usually much more on the ball 😂
Across the pond it is just before 7 am.....and I am not a coffee drinker....and I have just spent the past few minutes wondering, who the heck are DLF? And how did they all fit on one bench?

Thanks for the revelation! 🤣


Lol sorry all for the confusion @drylintfan too long to type out each time! So henceforth in this trip report, she will be abbreviated to DLF!
 

Rista1313

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Tuesday Sept 17th - Day 4

Tuesday morning was MK day. We got up by 630am, Each morning before we left, Scott would get dress and then go down to the smoking area near hourglass lake, smoke his pipe and watch the gondolas go by, even though they weren't open yet. It gets to be quite peaceful just watching them go back and forth... there's a little sound, but it's not horrible.

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I think this morning we were on the bus by 715am
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Now it says there were early magic hours this day, but when we got to the hub, it looked all roped off, so I'm not sure what was up with that. We stopped to watch the opening show for the first time....

As we were approaching I heard a family super panicing because they must have been running late for a BOG breakfast reservation, and had no idea how to get there since everything was roped. I felt bad... the panic in the girls voice was over the top...

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I don't know if Mary Poppins has always been in this show, but it was definitely noted by us.

We had a Crystal Palace reservation at 835am. So we had a little time to kill. We headed towards Pirates, but when we got there it was down, and it was pretty much down all morning. So we checked some times on some other rides, but didn't really have time for a lot. I decided to ride the carpets, because, it was a walk on. Scott abstained.

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After flying high, we headed back towards Crystal Palace, but we still had a few minutes and as we approached, and I heard and saw the trolley show. So we went over to catch the tail end. I'm not sure where the trolley was this day though.. apparently it was the firetruck show! I just love the smirk on this gals face!

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After this it was time to check in. We were seated pretty quickly and a mimosa sounded good this morning.

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I liked this buffet (sorry no pictures) it had lots of tasty sweet and savory options... the the french toast bread pudding. I asked the chef to make me a "tiny" omelet. He said he didn't know if he could! It's Disney and everything is BIG! I didn't get his name but he was very chatty and funny, and he did make me the tiny omelet I had requested.

I love croissants and this buffet had chocolate, and regular, and they even had a multigrain croissant, which I had never seen before. I couldn't try it because usually multigrain means sunflower seeds, but it looked good!

We waited for characters, they did the parade with the kids, then we waited some more.... we ended up only seeing Piglet because the rest were at least 20 minutes behind and we didn't want to waste it sitting there. I do have to say I was a little bummed about that. I really had wanted to hug Pooh, but hubby and I both agreed we were not waiting.

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Rista1313

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and a selfie... I do have to say the characters were really good at selfies!

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Back up, REWIND! Apparently we stopped for a photo on the way in that morning... I'm pretty sure I found someone with no line. I had warned Scott I paid for photos this time, and he was a pretty good sport about it. He wouldn't wait in line, but if there was a photographer with no line, he was all for it.

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and last by not least... the stare into eachother's eyes photo

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OK... now that we have that caught up with.... back to after breakfast.

Our first fast pass was for Pirates at 1015am, but that was still down, and turned into an anytime pass

So we headed off to Jungle Cruise our skipper was pretty good..... I thought I would remember all the CM names I encountered, but clearly that was not the case. She was pretty good though......

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We love this ride... and you could tell that there were a lot of people that had been on before so when we go to the backside of water, you heard a chorus of everyone saying the joke.

Our next fast wasn't until 1115am, so went and watched the Tiki room show next.

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Sorry Scott's canopy was in the way. Although he really liked having the shade, he did find that he had to move out of the scooter for some shows, because the shade blocked it.

After the tiki room, we headed toward CBJ, Scott wasn't feeling it, so he went over to the pin store next door, and I went in for the show.

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When I came out... Scott was upset... his magic band wouldn't let him purchase, and he was upset because he thought I had turned off purchasing for him! I told him that wasn't the case, so we went back to the counter, and tried my band, and it wouldn't work either. SEE SCOTT? Not just you! So as I stood there I took out my credit card and said, "well there is more than one way to skin a cat" and paid for it. Now, apparently this CM had never heard that expression, and maybe it's not used anymore. Does anyone else still say that? The look of horror on his face was amusing. Anyhow, we got the item Scott wanted, and left.

Next was our 1115am fast pass for HM. We had to make a pitstop first.

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On our way into HM, DH saw a photopass opportunity that he wanted to stop at on the way out.

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I don't know who those people are... I think I was just taking a picture of the attraction!

I was pretty sure I knew where the photo was on the ride... Scott didn't play along though!

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Rista1313

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We did indeed stop on our way out.. and the photopass photographer took several pictures... but I'm wondering if he was Collin. They were all meh... then before we left Scott asked if we could have the hitchhiker shot... and that's the only one he really did any good!

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After HM, we stopped and got a return time with Scott's DAS pass for Peter Pan and then we went to Philharmagic to cool off a little. It was pretty hot the first few days of our trip.

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We flew off to Neverland, and then it was time to go back to the resort for a break before the Halloween party. It was apparent as we were walking out, that whomever said MK has lower crowds on party days, wasn't talking about this day. It was pretty darn busy.

When we got back to the room, the maid had left us towel art.

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And she made a pillow fort with Porg

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While Scott napped, I decided to wash a load of laundry since our laundry bin was full... when I got over to the laundry room, there was a nice couple from the UK over there.... who was also trying to do their laundry, but it appeared all the washers were full... and DONE. We waited a few minutes, and no one came..... I finally went out to the pool and asked the first people I saw if anyone was doing laundry out there because we were waiting for washers. As luck would have it... I found the first lady I asked, and she was very snippy about it... she was taking up 5 of the 8 washers! What the heck lady. She moved her stuff to the dryers, and I was able to get a load washed and dried before it was time to head back to MK. So please keep an eye on your laundry people! There is even a website that will send you a text when your washer or dryer is done!

Next up: MNSSHP
 

ajrwdwgirl

Premium Member
I've heard the skin a cat comment before.

With photopass we usually get the stare into each other's eyes shot too. It's usually the fall back shot when the photographer says to give a hug or kiss. We hate the hug and kiss poses, we usually look bad in those pictures and in Florida we are too hot and sweaty for the hugs!
 

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