Trip Report Holy Moly! 8 PEEPS and and alot of "come on!"

mickey2008.1 · Sep 25, 2013

DHS, jump on the bus, and booya, we are there, with FP'S for TSMM, RNR, and TOT. We have some time, so lets hit Star Tours, no wait! Really, awesome, give me my glasses and let's blast off. This would be the whole trip, no waits, and no pics of queues, hurry up and get through, darn it, I have a new camera to try, figures.

mickey2008.1 · Sep 25, 2013

Now the mother in law does not do jerky/bumpy rides, so she sat this one out, but dad was a rock star with his glasses! Me and my oldest have to take motion sickness pills for this, as we get a little queesy, but not this time, what a great 3D attraction, all of us just laughing and heads bobbing around like rag dolls. My father in law was just pumped up to be in WDW with his grandkids and wife, he was always posing and asking for pics, and heck, I don't care, pose away.

mickey2008.1 · Sep 25, 2013

Time for a little adventure, Indiana style. I forgot how good of a show this was, we all really enjoyed. The one liners are great. We skipped this show the past two or three times, so it was time to see it again. Unfortunately it would come at the cost of not seeing Beauty and the Beast, but we have seen that many times. People say this is a half day park, but we found it hard t get everything in, and we didnt. Missed the great movie ride, One mans Dream, and many others, including Backlot Tour.

mickey2008.1 · Sep 25, 2013

Time for a little lunch over at Studios catering, a walk down Streets of America, finaly a cold beer, and off to LMA. It was either do this show now or never see it, and my father in law really wanted to see it. While walking around, I noticed no more Santa Clause by the Christmas shop. Also, like many other parks, the water features on the fountains were turned off, no water at little mermaid statue, and Miss piggy was not spinning, what gives with this park? We still really enjoy it, but it is beginning to look tired and beat.

mickey2008.1 · Sep 25, 2013

Show Time!

mickey2008.1 · Sep 25, 2013

Wow the day is flying by, got FPS for RNR and TOT, so lets make our way over there, watch Little Mermaid, and get me some thrills.

mickey2008.1 · Sep 25, 2013

Time to rock n roll. I love this attraction. It will also be Taylors first time, so she is really excited, and scared at the same time. But she had some practice a month ago going upside down and really fast, so this will be no problem. Everyone took their last bathroom break and are ready. Here are some pics, and like I said, they will get better as the trip goes on. At this point in the day, the skies opened up and the rain came, so the inlaws and my wife did some shopping while I took the kids for the next hour.

mickey2008.1 · Sep 25, 2013

What really stinks right now is that there are no lines, our FPS were walk ons, so there was no time to take pictures of all the details, darn it, a new camera and I cant use it. Time for TOT, now i have used my point n shoot an this many times before, but not a big DSLR, so I kept it put away this first time, but it does come out later in the trip. We got the whole back row, and it was an awesome sequence. Who doesnt like this attraction?

mickey2008.1 · Sep 25, 2013

What a great ride. Boy am I hungry, time for our ADRS at Mama Melrose, been looking forward to the new menu and some decent Italian food on property. Unfortunately it is still pouring down rain, so me and the kids bounce in and out of shops staying dry and looking for the rest of our party, it is at this point that I as how much ponchos are, $8 each, ok, a small price to pay to stay dry and eat a good meal. So we meet up and I ask if they want them, "no, we will be fine" I'm like, really, do you see it out there. So we start out and within seconds, everyone said get the ponchos, were getting soaked, no shi--! $64 later, make the hike and stay dry, now lets eat. Had a few minutes to burn, so we hit the Christmas shop, still cant believe Santa is gone.

mickey2008.1 · Sep 25, 2013

Finally some food at Mama Melrose!!!!!! Appetizers, entrees, desserts, drinks. Look at this feast! All part of the DDP and Fantasmic package. No drooling please.

mickey2008.1 · Sep 25, 2013

mickey2008.1 · Sep 25, 2013

mickey2008.1 · Sep 25, 2013

All in all, pretty good, especially the dessert sampler. There was roasted chicken with penne four cheese sauce, chicken parmesan, steak, seafood pasta with a great red pepper butter sauce, mussels with a spicy tomato broth, anti pasta plate, calamari with three sauces, and there was a pork chop not pictured with an apple topping. We tried everything. Now time for a stroll over to TSMM and work off dinner.

fractal · Sep 25, 2013

Love the report! Nice shots inside RRRC and at LMA!

mickey2008.1 · Sep 25, 2013

fractal said:
Love the report! Nice shots inside RRRC and at LMA!

Thanks! I have better ones of RNR and TOT later on as I figured out the WB and ISO, which you helped me out on. LOL All the pics get better, unfortunately I didnt realize I had the stabilizer turned of until the last day. Should have read the manual, just didnt have time. Oh well, always next year on the Disney Dream and Contemporary.

mickey2008.1 · Sep 30, 2013

A little Muppet magic on the way too! What a great show, looked better. Everyone really liked this, my inlaws were amaxed by the 3D effects

mickey2008.1 · Sep 30, 2013

mickey2008.1 · Sep 30, 2013

Off to RNR one more time and then Fantasmic with spectacular seating. My wife missed the first ride on RNR, and she really needed this to get her back on track, because she has been making sure that her parents are having fun, this gave her that jolt of " hell yeah, I'm here!" We got some beers, popcorn, glow ears, and all the stuff needed for Fantasmic show. After the show, we quite a scare, child missing! But lets see the show first.