Fisheyes and Fantasyland: A December 2012 TR

Hey everyone! I’m currently counting down the days until my next trip to WDW (11!!) and decided it was time that I cranked out another trip report!! You may remember me and my husband, @misterhowe, from our previous trip report, http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/first-trip-as-adults-and-were-hooked-a-dec-2011-tr.834141/ which was our first trip as adults!! After that trip, an addiction was born that seems to be unstoppable. I have to fess up to something though…. I’ve been back to the world three times since that first trip in December of 2011 and I haven’t written any more trip reports… until now!! You may remember that after our first Christmas trip, Austin surprised me with a spring trip, which I plan on going back and writing a trip report for as well. I also traveled to WDW in Sept/Oct with my sister for the Tower of Terror 10-miler and Epcot’s 30th!! But today, I’ll be sharing with you our second annual Christmas trip!!

Since our last trip report, Austin and I have swapped roles—he is now a full time student and I have to slave away at work every day so that we can feed this fabulous addiction. Sadly though, we are currently living 1400 miles apart!! Austin is attending UPenn in Philadelphia and I am still living in Louisiana due to work restraints. But this separation made our trip that much more magical! It is extremely tough living apart, but having Disney trips to look forward to help the time pass by more quickly. Plus, what’s better than being reunited with your favorite person and your favorite place at the same time?! Anyways, on with the trip report!!!

Details: Dec 19-23 at Kidani Village; ADRs at Jiko, Chefs de France, and Kona Café

Austin and I had been counting down the days until we would see each other again since Thanksgiving weekend. The holiday season is definitely the toughest time to be apart for us, because we LOVE everything about Christmas. In fact, while Austin was home for Thanksgiving, we decorated our first Disney themed tree… which I am quite proud of!! We made all of the Disney ornaments!!


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Untitled by misterhowe, on Flickr

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My last day of work before the trip, I even sported a Disney Christmas scrub top!


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So after a few lonely weeks it was time to go soak up as much holiday magic as we could in 5 short days. I flew in from Dallas and Austin from Philadelphia.


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The flights could not go by fast enough, but luckily, I ended up sitting next to two women who were also on their way to Disney! We chatted throughout the flight about our favorite resorts, restaurants, and parks. It was so much fun to talk with other Disney lovers in person! I love the boards, but there is something reassuring about meeting people in person who are as crazy about Disney as I am!


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I arrived at MCO with no problems and made my way to the Magic Express. Austin’s flight had arrived several hours before mine, so he checked us into our room and went to DTD for lunch at Earl of Sandwich. I texted him that I was on my way and he waited for me in the lobby.
 

Howe

Well-Known Member
Original Poster
One month later… here I am with another update! So sorry for the delay… had to take a quick trip to the World!! Hopefully I can crank the rest of this out pretty quickly and start on the next one! This is probably going to turn into less and less words and more pictures… my memory is fading and I took no notes on this trip!

Now where were we… ah yes, the Magic Kingdom! After BTMRR, we hopped on Pirates.


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Next, we were getting hungry for lunch. We decided to head over to Contempo Cafe via monorail. We had never dined here before, but we both really liked it!

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We both had flatbreads, which were very, very good. We also split a delicious cupcake! Can't remember the exact name, but it was chocolate mint.


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Awesome lunch! We decided to take the boat to Wilderness Lodge just to visit, since we had never been there before. It took us a little while to find the boat launch, but I was glad we did! Great little boat ride, beautiful time of day.


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WIlderness Lodge is gorgeous… so glad we stopped to visit! We will definitely try to stay here on a future visit… hopefully during the Holiday season!



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Sandurz

Well-Known Member
These are some of the best Disney pictures I've ever seen on here. Or anywhere for that matter! That red Illuminations shot is incredible.

Also loved the close up of the chicken flatbread from AKL because I would eat one of those every day if I could.
 

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