mpaul32001's Trip Report Oct 29, 2006 (pics)

Epcot was Packed in the morning! We got there around 10:30 AM

We stayed long enough for The New Nemo & Friends Ride which was only a 10 Minute wait. Oh and by the way the maps now have Nemo and Friends on them.

After that we left Epcot and headed over to the Magic Kingdom in our Van.

When we got there we saw the new entrance sign above every turnstile (UGLY!)

A View of the Castle on our way down Main Street

Another VIew of the castle on the way to Frontierland

We decided the head on over to Tom Sawyer's Island since my grandmother hasn't seen it for YEARS. We took a hike through the cave and got lost for five minutes! lol. There was a big room section and it was like a maze! This was a cool piece of scenery! It looks like a face!

After we found our way out we went to grab our parade seats and on our way we passed Splash Mountain without the water running down the falls. To our surprise the logs were still running!

More to Come! Including the Disney Dreams Come True Parade, Jack Sparrow's Pirate Tutorial and More!

 

[mpaul32001]

Forgot these Pics. While we were on Tom Sawyer Island I took these!

TO THE PARADE!

The WDW Band playing the Mickey Mouse March. (OMG, there's a girl in the Band!)

Missed the Pinnochio Float & the Aladdin Float! But they were there!

More to Come!

 

[mpaul32001]

DONALD!

Captain Jack Sparrow's Pirate Tutorial

This is the only pic I could get! We were so far back!

There were twins in the show and they were hilarious! They were two boys at the age of about 5 and they took over! Mack even stated "Welcome to ____ & ____'s Pirate Tutorial!" It was crazy!

More to come!

 

[Captain Chaos]

Thanks for the pictures. Is it me or was that a really bad looking Ariel?

 

[mpaul32001]

After that we headed on Over to Fantasyland to Philharmagic but believe it or not it had about a 20 minute wait although it said 10. So we caught the end of Lets have a Ball, the show behind the castle, and got a bad picture of Aurora and her prince with their eyes closed. She is the only princess in the show.

We then caught Dream Along with Mickey, which was great. Here are some Pics.

I'm sure that show's great at night!

More on the way!

 

[metscool]

Thanks for the pictures. Is it me or was that a really bad looking Ariel?

Nope she looks really bad. Like someone dropped a load of bricks on her before they left.

 

[mpaul32001]

We headed into tomorrowland to ride the TTA. At this point my camera was dying and I was being careful of which pics I took. Look at the bird!

We then headed back down Main Street for our departure.

Halloween in the Windows. Wish we had as many decorations as Disneyland.

Ugly Sign Again.

Pics of Transportation on the way out.

More coming!

 

[mpaul32001]

Ferry coming from Bay Lake under the Monorail Tracks

Grand Floridian in the distance

Minnie & Mickey Topiaries at the TTC

Heading towards our exit.

That's It! They're rookie pictures, but there they are! I hope to have another report like this (and more batteries) after my next trip in November.

 

[duckburg85]

I like the new signs at the MK, they look cleaner and little more elegant.

 

[DznyGrlSD]

Thanks for the pictures. Is it me or was that a really bad looking Ariel?

Dito, ugh! I have a photo from 2003's Stars & Motorcars parade and Ariel was Asian ??? :veryconfu:veryconfu

 

[One Lil Spark]

Thank you so much for the pics and updates! You successfully gave me my Disney Fix for the day.

 

[Chape19714]

Thanks much!

 

[CAPTAIN HOOK]

Thanks for sharing

 

[Raven66]

Great pictures! Thank you so much for sharing.:wave:

 

[CBOMB]

Great pictures, thanks.

 

[CTXRover]

Thanks for the great pics. The dark blue turrets on the castle are very nice looking. From the looks of things, I imagine that when the entire castle has its new light pink/tan color it won't look that different than it did now. Just a slightly different shade. Its only when you look at the new and old paint that you see how different it is.

I've got to wonder though if the bottom turret where simba and pumbaa were during the HCOE overlay (the one to the left of the center clock) is fully repaired. Even though it looks to have new 'shingles' and has been painted, the patchwork job is very noticeable, even in these pics. Hopefully there is more to be done.

 

[iheartdisney91]

thankyou!!! yes the ariel is really fugly! shes my favorite disney charecter and i looked at her in the parade and lauphed about her uglyness! and one time on the motor cars she was pregnant?!!!!:veryconfu :lol:

 

[~Tinkerbell~]

Thanks for the pictures and report!

 

[utrythinkinof1]

Donald's hands look weird in the close-up pic. Thanks.

 

[Jessie&Buzz]

Thanks for sharing. It's making me even more excited seeing everyone's pics. Dec 2 can't come fast enough!