Trip Report Movin' In? Two Weeks in the World!

Pumpkin Queen · Jul 20, 2016

Hi Brad and Amy!

Thank you for this wonderful trip report! I am having so much fun reading and seeing how much fun you had! I'm going back to Disney World in October and this report has me so excited! I live in Scotland and haven't visited since 2008!

PS - I am completely new to this forum so hopefully this posts correctly!

Kirsty

Figgy1 · Jul 20, 2016

Kirsty Hickson said:
Hi Brad and Amy! Thank you for this wonderful trip report! I am having so much fun reading and seeing how much fun you had! I'm going back to Disney World in October and this report has me so excited! I live in Scotland and haven't visited since 2008!
PS - I am completely new to this forum so hopefully this posts correctly! Kirsty

Welcome aboard. Lots has changed, hope you studied up a bit

sheriffwoody · Jul 20, 2016

All caught up! Can't wait to read more

ajrwdwgirl said:
After drinks we got the cheese empanadas from the stand outside the pavilion.

Those sound so yummy! I'm going to have to try that next time.

ajrwdwgirl said:
The awakenings of the Tree of Life were amazing! This did not disappoint and exceeded our expectations.

A bunch of people have said they enjoyed this part of the new AK offerings, and I'm thinking of going to the park just for that! We have short trip coming up, so we were going to just skip it, but I want to see the awakenings!

ajrwdwgirl said:
e also love to listen to the WDW Radio podcast and the host Lou Mongello was having a meet of the month at the Land so we stopped in to say hello.

I love that show

He is definitely a pixie-duster, but it doesn't bother me. I enjoy his more history-focused episodes. I tend to skip the top 10s and listener questions. The legends episodes are fantastic! I'd love to meet him someday.

Other thoughts so far: I'll eat all the mushrooms for you! I love them :hungry:

. Also, we might have to try Yachtsman! My husband loves steak, so I bet he'd love it. Oh and Hoegaarden is a good beer...glad you tried it. That wit is one of my favs!

ajrwdwgirl · Jul 20, 2016

Pumpkin Queen said:
Hi Brad and Amy! Thank you for this wonderful trip report! I am having so much fun reading and seeing how much fun you had! I'm going back to Disney World in October and this report has me so excited! I live in Scotland and haven't visited since 2008!
PS - I am completely new to this forum so hopefully this posts correctly! Kirsty

Hi and welcome to the forums! I'm glad you are enjoying my report! October in WDW should be great, I've never been at Halloweentime and since you haven't been since 2008 I'm sure you will have a lot of new stuff to explore.

By the way Brad says it is cool that you are from Scotland, he wants to go there to go to St. Andrews (I don't know he said it has something to do with golf...

).

ajrwdwgirl · Jul 20, 2016

sheriffwoody said:
All caught up! Can't wait to read more

Those sound so yummy! I'm going to have to try that next time.

A bunch of people have said they enjoyed this part of the new AK offerings, and I'm thinking of going to the park just for that! We have short trip coming up, so we were going to just skip it, but I want to see the awakenings!

I love that show He is definitely a pixie-duster, but it doesn't bother me. I enjoy his more history-focused episodes. I tend to skip the top 10s and listener questions. The legends episodes are fantastic! I'd love to meet him someday.

Other thoughts so far: I'll eat all the mushrooms for you! I love them . Also, we might have to try Yachtsman! My husband loves steak, so I bet he'd love it. Oh and Hoegaarden is a good beer...glad you tried it. That wit is one of my favs!

Yes cheese empanadas are wonderful, just don't try to get a "deal" and order the children's version. Those are served plain without the salsa verde and that really makes the dish. If you can fit in the Tree of Life Awakening is worth seeing, if you can fit it in and still see all the other stuff you want to see. I too like the history episodes of WDW Radio best as well, but I think the Top Tens are pretty funny with Tim. I really liked when Lou would have Jim Korkis on but he hasn't been on for awhile.

ajrwdwgirl · Jul 20, 2016

Continuing on.....
We got dinner at Old Port Royale at the Caribbean before we headed to another park. I wanted to go to Shutters, but Brad didn't want table service he wanted something quick.

We have been to Jamaica a couple times, and Brad fell in love with the jerk chicken there. So when he saw they had it on the menu he ordered that. It isn't super spicy like he was looking for but he enjoyed it and said the chicken wasn't dried out.

I got a chicken sandwich. I really liked this there was cheese, bacon, a sauce of some sort and a pineapple slaw. I don't like slaw as a rule but when at Disney I seem to dig it. The fries had a nice seasoning to them as well, like a seasoning I like to put on roasted potatoes sometimes using tumeric, paprika, and curry.

Then we headed out to the Studios for the night. Brad wanted to see the Star Wars fireworks again. We also decided to fit in Fantasmic (no pictures). It had rained earlier and the weather was iffy but Fantasmic still went on, our plan was to head out right when the "Steamboat" came out but right after the evil queen transformation happened they stopped the show so we left then. So we got to see most of it, the best part was since we had used a fast pass for it Disney added an any time Fast pass to our account! We had to use it by a certain time, but we were able to use it at the Magic Kingdom the next day. Awesomesauce!

Brad really wanted to trade with the Jawa's, especially since I had success on my solo trip. But they kept running away from him. Eventually one of them gave him a lens wipe, and even tried to clean his glasses for him!

We didn't do the dessert party tonight, but I hadn't been able to get a decent picture of the area the night we did go so this is where it was. I guess it is located inside Launch Bay now.

The line was too long for Tower, not enough time to ride it and do Fantasmic, but it does look awesome!

Ready for fireworks again. I guess since it rained and Fantasmic cleared out early people must have thought there wouldn't be fireworks so we walked up to an awesome spot, and even had room around us, I mean I could have stuck out my arm fully and not touch anyone. That was pretty sweet!

ajrwdwgirl · Jul 20, 2016

Day 11: July 1
Magic Kingdom this morning! I wish I could wake up to the Mickey floral everyday. Well, with my track record with plants, perhaps not.

A little Peter Pan, I don't mind going through the queue (first thing in the morning) and being able to see the cool queue.

After a little touring we stopped in at Gaston's for breakfast. We shared the cinnamon roll (good, I like the maple flavoring, but needs a little butter), and the ham and cheese stuffed pretzel (yum) and some free ice waters.

Oh why did Tangled have to just be bathrooms.....side note....I think instead of the Princess meet and greet that replaced Snow Whites Scary Adventures, I think they should have rethemed that as a Tangled ride. But alas, they didn't ask me.....

I always like the shadowy look of the train in the lift hill at Big Thunder, so I tried to capture it. I wasn't that successful, so I guess I will have to go back and try again!

ajrwdwgirl · Jul 20, 2016

We decided to head off to Adventureland and it is rare sight to not see the tiki statues plagued by people so I was pleased to get a nice picture before we went on a long sailing adventure of the Jungle Cruise!

Then we journeyed through the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse, I have a soft spot for this film. It is the first movie we watched as a family on the night my parents bought our first VCR. And that was back in the days when VCR's were new, so they were super expensive and my mom and dad had a big "discussion" about it in the car, but my dad won and got the VCR. And besides us kids guess who ended up using it...yep my Mom. She found out she could record her soaps, and other shows like Regis and Kathie Lee and loved that thing....
Back to the Treehouse, Brad is not a fan so we didn't spend a ton of time. He likes Tarzan's better in Disneyland, probably because there are less stairs, and I don't think he has ever watched the Swiss Family.

Then Pirates was basically a walk on, we just had to walk through the line.

And then we rode the Liberty Belle, we were lucky to get the shady bench on the 2nd deck.

ajrwdwgirl · Jul 20, 2016

So we did a little Philharmagic, & Dwarfs, and caught a little of the Trolley show before heading to the Contemporary to head to Disney Springs.

We decided to eat at Delux Burger and get some ribs at Morimoto's Street Food (walk up window).
Inside Delux

We shared the BBQ bacon burger and a small fry and got all the dipping sauces to try. Most all the dipping sauces were really good, there was a blue cheese (I think it was blue cheese) that I liked and I don't normally like blue cheese. There was a mustardy one too that was pretty good too. I liked the fries, they had the skins on and reminded me of fries from a fair.

The ribs at the STreet Food walk up window were good, but not as good as the ones in the table service part of the restaurant.

ajrwdwgirl · Jul 20, 2016

I think the new Springs Area is really pretty, I love the blues in the water.

Not a lot of Zootopia in the parks, so this was cute at DS.

We headed back to the resort for a swim and a nap but it started raining when we got back and it was still raining when we woke up.

Bus stop area at the springs.

You might be able to see a little rain in the picture.

Eventually we headed out to Hollywood Studios and did a couple attractions, and after Star Tours at about 6 ish we decided to see if there was anything available at the Sci Fi. It was still pouring but we made it over there and a few other people had the same idea as us, but we were able to get a seat with about a 20 minute wait.

Neither of us had ever eaten at Sci-Fi before and it was very enjoyable. Right now if someone asked me 50's or Sci-fi, it would be a tough call. It was fun to watch the old movie stuff at the Sci-fi and I really enjoyed my meal.

We shared the onion rings, and it had a yummy sauce. I guess the sauce had horseradish but it wasn't a strong flavor.

Brad made his own burger with BBQ and Bacon, he enjoyed it.

I had the ruben, but it wasn't really a ruben because I do not care for sauerkraut so I asked for it without it. And it was a GOOD corned beef sandwich.

ajrwdwgirl · Jul 20, 2016

After dinner we used our fast pass for Toy Story and headed over to Animal Kingdom. We got to see the Star Wars fireworks from the bus, and had a great view of the end as we pulled into Animal Kingdom. We only went to watch the Tree of Life Awakening. We spent about 40 minutes there, it is so cool!

MinnieM123 · Jul 21, 2016

I really like the picture of you copying the "pose" of Gaston! That was a great shot with a nice background.

Figgy1 · Jul 21, 2016

I'm mad they didn't ask me either. I would have voted for a Tangled ride also!

ajrwdwgirl · Jul 21, 2016

Day 12: July 2
We started the day at Animal Kingdom, we went for magic hours in the morning. I like AK in the morning as it isn't too hot yet and it is the least crowded.

We always start with Expedition Everest.

Then we headed to the safari. We had a good driver (unlike our night one) and saw lots of animals.

We didn't have much for breakfast, so this sign in Harambe was tempting.

On Safari...

This lion reminded me of my dog at home, because she likes to sleep with her legs out like this too. And after a little over 12 days away from her, I've been missing her so it made me a little sad.

But the music jazzed me up a little as we headed to Dinoland.

ajrwdwgirl · Jul 21, 2016

Brad and I played around in Dinoland for awhile. I rode Primeval Whirl, I forgot how bumpy that ride is. But the little Triceratops Spin was fun. Dinosaur is fun too, again bumpy, and every time I ride it I wish it was Indiana Jones.

By the end of Dinoland we headed back to Everest and did a twirl through single rider and after that we were hungry. It was about quarter after 10 so I didn't think Yak and Yeti would be open yet, but it was and we shared a side of chicken fried rice. It is such a good deal, for about $4 it is a lot of food.

Next we took a walk on the Maharajah Jungle Trek and I was glad we did because the tiger were really active. There was a girl tiger that was playing with a toy type thing, it was fun to watch her pounce around. And then this guy was just chilling.

Then we headed over to the Flame Tree to complete our quest of trying all of AK's ribs. Brad got the full rack, and I got the 3 meat sampler. It was all really good and we had a great view of Everest.

And this little fella was on the prowl. He did sneak some bones off of Brad's plate and a cup of BBQ sauce when we weren't looking. But a lady a couple of tables over had her whole pork sandwich taken. So beware if you see this guy or his friends hanging out at your table.

ajrwdwgirl · Jul 21, 2016

So after Animal Kingdom we had some relaxation time back at the Caribbean. We also did some laundry while we splashed in the pool, and relaxed in the hammocks.

When we woke up from our nap it was raining, and we waited awhile before heading out we even changed our fast pass for the Speedway for later that night. So the rain didn't appear to be diminishing so we headed out. By the time we got to the MK the rain had slowed to a drizzle.

And we headed for Space Mountain and used a fast pass.

Then we did the best attraction in Tomorrowland...that's right....the Peoplemover!

Tomorrowland was a little busy.

Then we headed over for a great meal at the Skipper Canteen. We really enjoyed the food, service, and atmosphere of the Canteen.

We thought the little trove of Christmas decorations was a nice nod to the Jingle Cruise.

ajrwdwgirl · Jul 21, 2016

I thought the goal was to share food at this meal, so I got the steak and Brad got the Char sui pork. But once he tried his he only shared a taste. But both were good. We did share the Skipper's mac and cheese which was good, it reminded me of a Greek dish called pastitsio.

Steak with Yucca puffs

Pork

mac and cheese

We got the Kungaloosh dessert and the cake looked dry but it wasn't. It was a delightful chocolate and banana dessert.

And just a few shots of the restaurant, even the bath was nicely decorated.

If you go, take some time to look at the titles of the books in the library there are some fun gag titles.

And I thought this was fun....

ajrwdwgirl · Jul 21, 2016

After dinner we took a Grand Circle Tour on the Railroad and eventually ended up in Fantasyland. We watched Wishes for back by Gaston's which wasn't a bad view, but there were a few bugs back there. I got 6 mosquito bites.

We also did Enchanted Tales with Belle. There weren't many people, so Hubby got picked to be a Knight.

Then we used our fast pass for the Speedway and meandered around before heading out. Before we headed out we grabbed some cookies for tomorrow's breakfast (healthy I know

).

MinnieM123 · Jul 22, 2016

Excellent pictures of the tiger!! :happy:

I like your new t-shirt for Animal Kingdom. It seems like the past few years the only things I enjoy buying are from Animal Kingdom (or the Mitsukoshi Dept. Store in the Japan pavilion at EPCOT).

Love the inside pictures of Skipper Canteen--very nicely themed in there--even the bathrooms! :joyfull:

ajrwdwgirl · Jul 22, 2016

MinnieM123 said:
Excellent pictures of the tiger!! I like your new t-shirt for Animal Kingdom. It seems like the past few years the only things I enjoy buying are from Animal Kingdom (or the Mitsukoshi Dept. Store in the Japan pavilion at EPCOT).

Love the inside pictures of Skipper Canteen--very nicely themed in there--even the bathrooms!

I got the shirt in March and when I wore it I got a few compliments. A couple cast members at AK said they liked it and hadn't seen it before. One of them was working in the store I bought it in! So I looked and didn't see it anywhere. It is fun looking at the shops at AK, there are some unique things there.

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