Trip Report My Tower of Terror-ific Birthday Trip

Hi everyone! We have been back from our trip for a week now, and I am definitely ready to relive it by writing this report! Let's get started!

Who: Me (Amy) and my husband Brian


When: Tuesday, Nov. 19 - Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013

Where: Pop Century

Why: To celebrate my 40th birthday and our 15th wedding anniversary
 
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On to the U.K.


Then to France.



After hearing about it in others' reports, I had to try one for myself.

The grey goose lemon slushie! It was good, but not $10 good! I will just stick to the non-alcoholic refreshments from now on!
Onward to Morocco.





 
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Japan:





Then we got to The American Adventure. We got a Coke and sat to eat some caramel popcorn. It was delicious!!

As we were finishing our snack, these guys came out.




When they were finished, we made our way back to Future World. We had to wait on the drawbridge.
 
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It had been sprinkling on and off all afternoon. When we got to Mexico, it started to pour! I pulled out the umbrella and we made our way to Innoventions to get our Disney Visa photo.

Then we decided to take a little break by riding the monorail. Here was the view we had coming back into Epcot.



We re-entered and went to Living with the Land.


I didn't know such a thing existed:

I wanted to ride this again because there was a hidden Minnie in the shrimp tanks that I couldn't get a pic of the first time. Well, I wasn't able to get it this time either and Brian wasn't about to ride again!
 
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We went to see Figment since we weren't sure if he would be there when we return in June!






It was still raining heavily when we exited and it was only about 5 pm, so we made the decision to skip our FP+ for Test Track and Illuminations and return to the resort for dinner. I was bummed about the Illuminations one because I worked so hard getting it!


On the way back, we decided we would head across the bridge to Landscapes of Flavor for dinner since we were already wet! We both got the build your own pasta dish. We both got fettucine noodles with alfredo sauce. Brian got chicken and I got shrimp. Both were good.
There really were shrimp in there!



I just wasn't feeling "it" that night and chose not to take any pics of AoA. Brian could tell something was wrong since I wasn't stopping every few feet!! He offered to go back to Epcot so we could catch Illuminations, but I knew he wanted to watch the Falcons/Saints game, so I declined. I did stop to get the signs at Pop for our birth years.


Brian watched the game and I read my book before going to bed. I needed my beauty sleep to get ready for my big day!
 
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So I think in your picture of the toy soldier after Wishes, we are right behind the toy soldier's head. We had gone up on the railroad platform to avoid the crowds and get some photos. We were either behind the soldier head, or had already left.

We ate at Via Napoli on our trip too and like you walked away less than impressed. We thought the food was ok, not great.

Loving your photos from around world showcase.
 
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Lyear said:
So I think in your picture of the toy soldier after Wishes, we are right behind the toy soldier's head. We had gone up on the railroad platform to avoid the crowds and get some photos. We were either behind the soldier head, or had already left.

We ate at Via Napoli on our trip too and like you walked away less than impressed. We thought the food was ok, not great.

Loving your photos from around world showcase.
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How funny that we were most likely basically in the same place at the same time and had no idea!
I was so disappointed with Via Napoli. I had been talking it up to Brian and telling him how great the pizza was last year, and then it was just a total bust! Oh well, more time to try other places next time!
 
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ginadee said:
I have just got all caught up on your TR. Its like reliving my trip.

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/the-please-convert-my-boyfriend-tr.877444/

From the flight to the resort and first park and nutella waffel. I even got me a watch too. Did you love all your bday wishes? My boyfriend was in full swing with that by the 3rd day. I love your pics and following along. Looking forward to the rest.
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I followed along with your report! I just didn't get around to commenting.:oops: I did love all the birthday wishes! We got lots of anniversary wishes too!
 
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Friday, November 22 My 40th birthday!!

These were waiting for me when I got up:

There was one from each of the kids! I got a little teary!
We were waiting for a bus to DHS bright and early. A few pics while we waited:



I'm going to warn you ahead of time, I took a TON of pictures of ToT, as it is my all time favorite!!
Here is the first sighting after getting off the bus:


The Christmas tree:



Then a few pics while we were waiting to enter the park:



Then we were in! It was so nice knowing we didn't have to walk quickly to TSMM to be sure we got to ride it!

 
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Can anyone guess what ride I chose to do first???
Yup,







There's that look!!




After exiting, I stopped to take this picture and Brian told me to just stop, and that I would have plenty of time to take pics after we rode again! I was amazed because Brian doesn't really enjoy riding ToT, so him offering to go twice in a row was a real treat!

So around we went and got right back on!




Then one last view before moving on.
 
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Then we went across the way to use our first FP+ of the day.



I couldn't resist getting some different views of ToT!




The ride was fun, but not one we feel the need to do more than once a day!
Another magically appearing ride pic!



Then it was breakfast time!

Brian was less than thrilled when I originally told him what I wanted for breakfast. Well, once we got there, he decided he wanted a cream cheese danish, and I had to ask him how he thought that was any better for him than my cupcake. He didn't really have a good answer! Then he saw the Napoleon, and decided he needed that instead of the danish. Now who had the worst breakfast!?!
There were no tables when we first exited, so we found a seat on a bench and were trying to figure out how to use silverware to eat while holding the tray on our laps when a nice gentleman approached us and asked if we would like to have the table he and his wife were leaving. Needless to say, we jumped on that!



Both were delicious, but I enjoyed the peanut butter cupcake I had last year a little better. When I told that to Brian, he said we should have just gotten a butterfinger and a peanut butter cupcake and split them between the two of us! I just looked at him, because that was what I originally suggested to him!:facepalm:
 
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Next up was lunch! We made a quick pit stop in the Muppets shop for Brian, as Animal is his favorite character.

Then we checked in for our Fantasmic! package lunch.



We got our buzzer and went outside to wait.



Lunch was started with bread and olive oil. It was delicious!

Then we got to order appetizers since we did the Fantasmic! package. Brian got a caesar salad and I ordered the minestrone soup.


Brian ordered the chicken parmigiana for his main course.

I got the charred strip steak with 5 cheese macaroni.

Both were delicious! We were then brought a dessert sampler. It was some sort of chocolate cheesecake, chocolate mousse, and a mango mousse. As much as I love chocolate, I have to say that I enjoyed the mango mousse the most! Brian agreed.

It was a great meal and we plan to do it again in June with our entire family!
 
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After lunch, we checked out Muppet Vision 3D. It is one of Brian's favorites.


Then we wandered over to ride ToT again!




Before riding, we found a PP photographer in front of ToT.



After taking these photos, he asked me if Brian was still my Prince Charming. When I said yes, he asked us to backtrack a little for another set of photos.


 
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Next up was The Great Movie Ride. I stopped to take this pic now so I wouldn't forget it later!

Then a quick trip through Villains in Vogue.

Then a few pics of the hat.




The Great Movie Ride:




We got the western scene!
 

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