Our Christmas Disneymoon 20th December-30th December 2011

FLORIDA_PHIL · Jan 13, 2012

congrats on your wedding enjoying your tr making me smile

only 8 months 13 days to go for myself and my good lady wife for our 20th wedding anniversary trip with NO KIDS yay
:sohappy::sohappy::sohappy::sohappy::sohappy::

sam_disney · Jan 13, 2012

Here we are on the safari...

I love the safari- the views you get on it are breath taking.

Here are a few pictures I got from the safari...

Everything was going like normal... we got over the rickety bridge and then got to the elephants... and we had to stop for ages!! Their was apparently a an animal on the tracks and we had to stop until it was removed...

sam_disney · Jan 13, 2012

heartodisney said:
sorry about double post, not sure how that happened...

lol thats ok...

I just thought the Hm queue would be a little better than it was...! Loved the new ghost ending though... was fabulous! x

sam_disney · Jan 13, 2012

FLORIDA_PHIL said:
congrats on your wedding enjoying your tr making me smile only 8 months 13 days to go for myself and my good lady wife for our 20th wedding anniversary trip with NO KIDS yay
:sohappy::sohappy::sohappy::sohappy::sohappy::

Awww not long- the time whill whizz by! Glad you're enjoying it! I'm really loving sharing it with everyone! x

sam_disney · Jan 13, 2012

Here we are at the elephants...

While we were stopped we were able to take a picture of us, sitting in the savannah in the sunshine, waiting for the animal to be removed.

It was lovely being able to just sit on the safari and take in the elephant section a little longer than normal. Anyway we were sat around for about 20 minutes and we finally got going again...

On our way off the safari we saw this band playing some christmas songs..

It was an odd but lovely start to the day...

sam_disney · Jan 13, 2012

So we then decided to head to the festival of the lion king show..

I adore this show so much! I love the whole set up. we always sit in the elephant section after my dad years ago got called up to make the elephant call...

here is the youtube of it back in 2001- so its 10 years old now.. my gosh!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAIFiMDekEM

Anyway, since Tarzan Rocks finished- the lion king show is my all time favourite show at disney world.

After the show we headed for food at...

We chose the chicken meal... it was soooo yummy!

the onian rings were sooo tasty...

We really enjoyed everything we had at the flame tree and would def recommend you all to go eat there if in animal kingdom!

We enjoyed sitting there for a while.. there was a table in front of ours where birds were in the trees and pooing on a family underneath them. Everyone was squealing and everytime the table was emptied someone else sat there.. and we had to keep telling them to move... or they'll regret it lol

Next we went off to...

sam_disney · Jan 13, 2012

We headed over to..

I love Dinosaur.. its such a great ride! in my opinion its better, funner and more scary than the jurassic park river adventure at universal.

The big dino that pops up as the picture is taken is soo scary...

After that we headed to Finding Nemo- The musical ! I am so amazed by this show! Its truely wonderful- i never could understand how it could be made in to musical- but it really works!!

enchanted_belle · Jan 13, 2012

Finding Nemo is my FAVORITE. I had the soundtrack on my iPod before I even had a chance to see the musical. I keep telling Dan he'll appreciate it when we get there to see it, but now he just rolls his eyes at me everytime a song comes on when we're in the car. :lol:

cindyella · Jan 13, 2012

sounds like such a great trip.. can't wait to hear more

Mrs.Skellington · Jan 13, 2012

Loving your trip report. Can't wait until we can hear more!!!

sam_disney · Jan 13, 2012

enchanted_belle said:
Finding Nemo is my FAVORITE. I had the soundtrack on my iPod before I even had a chance to see the musical. I keep telling Dan he'll appreciate it when we get there to see it, but now he just rolls his eyes at me everytime a song comes on when we're in the car. :lol:

lol... its brilliant!

I couldnt stop singing... 'just keep swimming... just keep swimming' and 'in the big blue world' and i love the one the turtle sings... just go with the flow... x

sam_disney · Jan 13, 2012

cindyella said:
sounds like such a great trip.. can't wait to hear more

thanks for reading

sam_disney · Jan 13, 2012

Mrs.Skellington said:
Loving your trip report. Can't wait until we can hear more!!!

Thank you for reading! glad you're enjoying it.. i'm really loving reliving it all! x

sam_disney · Jan 13, 2012

Ok so after Nemo we decided to have a look around dinoland and we found ourselves sitting on a bench, enjoying the day- people watching.

We then decided to hit some of the shops on search for presents for my mum.
I found this really kool pillow of a giraffe that turned into a teddy- it was brilliant- sent that back to our resort.

Then James has been debating for ages whether to start collecting the disney pins..after much deliberation- he went for it and bought his 40th anniversay lanyard and started his disney pin collection!

here is his buying it.. and then wearing it!

I love that he's started collecting the pins- means more disney trips in the future

yay!

We then decided to head for the exit, because I had booked James a secret surprise...

Here we are trying an arms length with the christmas tree..

and again...

We then used the photopass...

sam_disney · Jan 13, 2012

So for James's christmas- honeymoon surprise I had arranged for us to have a Horse Drawn Sleigh Ride at Fort Wilderness...

So we headed there using the disney transport....

We got to the main reception and was told we needed to get to the settlement. After a little confusion with how to actually get there- we got on a bus and made it there. We went over to where they were and boarded our sleigh ride..

It was utterly fascinating and amazing - our sleigh was jingling and it was amazing to see the effort the campers went to with their christmas decoration.. I only took this one picture because i was filming on the camcorder.. but seriously if you are at the world at xmas- go and do the sleigh ride just to see the decorations down there... truely AMAZING!

This shows what 1 camper had done...

This doesnt do it any justice.. it was fabulous! loved every minute...

After our sleigh ride we headed to...

For our ADR at T-REX...

sam_disney · Jan 13, 2012

Our reservation was at 8pm- and we had finished our sleigh ride earlier than expected so we had a quick browse in world of disney...

james liked this-

We arrived at...

It was soooo busy, but we got in line and were then taken to our seats- which were next to 2 dinosaurs that we named fred and bob...

The inside was amazing- meteor showers every 30 mins or so .. it was huge!

sam_disney · Jan 13, 2012

Anyway, we were very excited about this meal- there was so much choice on the menu and we loved how entertaining the place was.

While waiting for our food, I had a picture ...

The reasoning behind this picture is because I used to be obsessed with a boyband named a1- so James thought it would be hilarious for me to have a picture with the a1 steaksauce..

Anyway.. here's james..

We didn't order a starter... to leave room for pudding! James opted for the Lasagne..

and I opted for the 32 dollar Fillet Steak...

We also had some more onian rings...

The meal was sooooooooooooooo YUMMY! My steak is the best steak i have ever ever had! James said his lasagne was amazing and was definitely in his top3 . We loved the food...

Here's the proof..

For pudding, we went for the chocolate extinction- which was HUGE!

<< BUT OH MY IT WAS AMAZING!!!

Here is a video of it...

We really enjoyed our time at t-rex and wanted to go again... (which we did)...lol

enchanted_belle · Jan 13, 2012

Ahhh T-Rex! I'll make sure to get a picture of Fred and Bob (which one's which??) when I'm down - we're eating there the first night!

I'm jealous of the sleigh ride, I've always wanted to do one... there just isn't enough time in a 4 day trip when your travel partner's never been to WDW!

And the Stitch picture is the CUTEST thing I've ever seen... especially when you're making the faces!

clee687 · Jan 13, 2012

First of all, CONGRATULATIONS! Second, I am loving your report and pics! I am soooo glad you did the Fort Wilderness sleigh ride! I am planning a trip for early December 2012 and that is one of the things I am trying to decide on. I was leaning toward the wagon ride instead of the sleigh. I have a 7 (will turn 8 during the trip) year old son and thought he might enjoy it more with other kids on board. Your pic has me leaning back towards the sleigh. I assumed they just go down some trail in the woods. If they take you past the campers all decorated, I definitely want the private sleigh so I can take pics better. Could you shed some light on exactly where you go/what you see/how long it lasts please? Thanks so much! Can't wait to read the rest!!

sam_disney · Jan 13, 2012

clee687 said:
First of all, CONGRATULATIONS! Second, I am loving your report and pics! I am soooo glad you did the Fort Wilderness sleigh ride! I am planning a trip for early December 2012 and that is one of the things I am trying to decide on. I was leaning toward the wagon ride instead of the sleigh. I have a 7 (will turn 8 during the trip) year old son and thought he might enjoy it more with other kids on board. Your pic has me leaning back towards the sleigh. I assumed they just go down some trail in the woods. If they take you past the campers all decorated, I definitely want the private sleigh so I can take pics better. Could you shed some light on exactly where you go/what you see/how long it lasts please? Thanks so much! Can't wait to read the rest!!

Thank you very much, what a lovely lovely comment

It lasted around 20- 25 minutes. I have camcorder footage that I will try and upload and I can pass on the link to you when I get chance.
We literally went down different lanes and there were campers on either side of us. The lady driver encouraged us to thank the campers if we saw them and shout merry xmas, because if it wasnt for them it would be a very boring, dark ride. The efforts they go to are truely amazing! Most campers went very over the top with their christmas decorations and it was just brilliant- i didnt know where to look, there was sooo much!
Now- the wagon ride, is this the hay ride? Because.. we actually could hear the hay ride as we were driven around. All we could hear was laughing and fun and carolling- finally we met up with them and they all waved at us and continued their laughter. It looked like sooo much fun! I actually think that would be such a great christmas thing to do... !
So its up to you really! I really enjoyed the sleigh ride! Will there be as many decorations up in early dec? Either one you choose I am sure you will enjoy it for different reasons.. :xmas:

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