Trip Report The Ferrets Southern Adventure

Howdy Y'all and welcome along to my trip report.
First up a quick introduction to the cast;
Firstly there is me ( Mr Ferret) and Mrs Ferret . Both young at heart disneyholics and this is our umpteenth trip to the world.We live on a small island in the English channel called Guernsey (google is your friend).
So without further ado ,
@figmentfan423 @epcotisbest @betty rose @seahawk7 @MinnieM123 @MOXOMUMD and anyone else i have forgtten , welcome onboard and please keep all hands arms and legs inside the thread until it has come to a complete standstill.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

Looks awesome. I've only had a chance to skim through it; will have to give it a thorough read-through later.

I think your wife and I would get along as the two movies she picked were two of the ones I picked when I went out to Hawaii in June-July.

My two favorite Mousekeeping signs are the Dumbo and the Olaf, though they are all adorable.

And this probably goes without saying, but the Star Wars stuff is awesome. So jealous that you've gotten to do Star Wars Weekends.

This was our third(or maybe fourth) SWW. It has gotten crazier year on year.

 

[catmom46]

Great trip report and excellent photos! I'm sorry you had to endure Episode 3, though. At least it was the only thing that went really wrong your whole trip, and I totally empathize with Mrs. Ferret's distress, since it was your birthday present. But there's always the chance for a "do-over" the next trip!

I also love the Mouse Keeping envelopes! Your tattoo artist is truly very talented.

Thanks for sharing! I really need to work on my trip report soon.

 

[Figgy1]

OH YES

Did the US authorities ever catch up with you for the car "borrow"?

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

Did the US authorities ever catch up with you for the car "borrow"?

You can't prove anything. I want DNA, fingerprints, call my mouthpiece!

 

[MinnieM123]

This was our third(or maybe fourth) SWW. It has gotten crazier year on year.

Wonderful trip report! It was really enjoyable reading here, first thing in the morning.

I went for a few days back in May, and I arrived on a Sunday, so I caught some of SWW that afternoon. Unfortunately it rained, so they had to cancel the midday parade at DHS (I have seen that in the past, and it's great). The park was still mobbed, though.

You and your wife are adorable together!! Both of you also have fun tattoos. Thanks to the both of you for inviting us along (even after it was over--worth the wait!) on your vacation!

 

[FlaggNL]

Great report! Thanks for sharing it with us! Seems you had a (almost) great time!!

 

[Longers]

Thanks for sharing. Can't see any pictures at the moment so will check back later!
What tour did you do - or did I miss the title?
Sounds like you had a great time and I am impressed you got everything down and shared quickly - pretty much the whole report in a few days!
They are the best trip reports to read as at least you can keep up and not loose track.
Thanks again for sharing

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

Thanks for sharing. Can't see any pictures at the moment so will check back later!
What tour did you do - or did I miss the title?
Sounds like you had a great time and I am impressed you got everything down and shared quickly - pretty much the whole report in a few days!
They are the best trip reports to read as at least you can keep up and not loose track.
Thanks again for sharing

We did the Marceline to Magic Kingdom tour

 

[Longers]

We did the Marceline to Magic Kingdom tour

Thank you. It sounded good so I might look that one up for this year or next years trip.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

Thank you. It sounded good so I might look that one up for this year or next years trip.

It didn't have as much backstage stuff as some of the other longer tours we have done but it was very interesting.

 

[Longers]

It didn't have as much backstage stuff as some of the other longer tours we have done but it was very interesting.

We have done the full backstage magic tour (around pretty much all parks) and we've done keys to the Kingdom - I am sure that some will cross over or duplicate but t always great for a refresh.
Thanks

 

[sheriffwoody]

Enjoyed the report!

 

[Figgy1]

Thanks for sharing. Can't see any pictures at the moment so will check back later!
What tour did you do - or did I miss the title?
Sounds like you had a great time and I am impressed you got everything down and shared quickly - pretty much the whole report in a few days!
They are the best trip reports to read as at least you can keep up and not loose track.
Thanks again for sharing

It's the very least he could do seeing he went in may LOL xoxo @MR FERRET

 

[Zipadeelady]

Here you are ;

Wow! The detail is awesome. Whoever the artist was they did a great job!

 

[seahawk7]

May 19th

We touched down early am in the UK and got our bags. We had booked a room at the Yotel for a few hours and went there to relax and refresh a bit before our afternoon flight back to Guernsey. It is a nice "pod" style hotel and great for a short relax but a little small in size for an overnight stay in our opinion. We checked out of the hotel and checked in for our flight then headed straight through customs.
A few last minute presents were collected from duty free before we headed to Frankie and Benny's for a last holiday meal. After being promptly seated we sat there for an age with no server even saying hello. So we got up and walked out. Another couple also did the same as they had been sitting before we were shown in. YAY back to good old British service.
We grabbed a coffee and a sandwich from Costa instead and before we knew it we were boarding our flight back across the little pond to our waiting chauffeur (my dad) and the real world.

BOOO

Hope you enjoyed our little adventure,Y'all come back now real soon.

It's so sad when our trips end. You guys looked like you had a great one.

 

[seahawk7]

Wonderful trip report! It was really enjoyable reading here, first thing in the morning.

I went for a few days back in May, and I arrived on a Sunday, so I caught some of SWW that afternoon. Unfortunately it rained, so they had to cancel the midday parade at DHS (I have seen that in the past, and it's great). The park was still mobbed, though.

You and your wife are adorable together!! Both of you also have fun tattoos. Thanks to the both of you for inviting us along (even after it was over--worth the wait!) on your vacation!

Minnie I was there in May on a rainy Sunday watching the parade. To think we might have seen one another!

 

[MinnieM123]

Minnie I was there in May on a rainy Sunday watching the parade. To think we might have seen one another!

Jeepers--did it rain most Sundays in May, so that the parade either didn't go on, or if it was lighter rain, it just meant that everyone got soaked watching it? (I also wonder if they had a later afternoon or early evening parade as well. The one that got completely rained out was a midday one.)

 

[seahawk7]

Jeepers--did it rain most Sundays in May, so that the parade either didn't go on, or if it was lighter rain, it just meant that everyone got soaked watching it? (I also wonder if they had a later afternoon or early evening parade as well. The one that got completely rained out was a midday one.)

That's the one I'm talking about. Now it might not have been the same day, although I know our trips overlapped, but I prefer to think we were there the same day.

 

[betty rose]

May 17th

After last nights shenanigans we had a late start today. We fired up the motor and rolled out up to Universal.
First up (for me)was a trip on Rip Ride Rock It whilst Donna waited below in the sunshine. As we had started late it was already lunchtime so we popped into Springfield and into the Krusty burger. Now conventional wisdom would be to get the signature dish here but since when have we been normal.
I went for the chicken waffle sandwich ( waffle top and bottom,fried chicken in the middle with lettuce and mayo .. and maple syrup) with tater tots on the side. Donna went for the interestingly named Chicken Thumbs (with tater tots).Both of us had the Buzz Cola (sugar free cherry cola).
Suitably refreshed we headed over to diagon alley and spent some more time sightseeing before joining the queue for Gringotts. The posted time was 1 hour but,knowing what the queue length is we got out of the queue after 20 minutes or so as there was no way we were getting to the inside section in an hour let alone on the ride.
To make up for this we went to Mr Fortesques ice cream shop once more and both had the peanut butter and strawberry flavour in a cone. This was just as nice as the other ones we had the other day.
We spent some more time browsing the park before exiting, picking up a bottle of pumpkin juice and bottle of Gilly water to try later, as the crowds had grown and the wait times were all insane. One Valencia orange Starbucks each and we were good for the trip back to finish packing.
Once that was done we boated over to Downtown and caught Pitch Perfect 2 over at the AMC.
Dinner was at EOS on the way back to the boat and we both went with the holiday turkey ( would be rude not to ).

May 17th Mousekeeping

Rollercoaster

Ice-cream

I can never pass up the holiday sandwich. I would like to try a couple other's but I just can't do it. I'm loving your TR, and how much fun you are having!

 

[Tiggertoo56]

Loved your TR and the brilliant photos. Shame you had to endure some poor service - but hopefully the rest of the trip made you forget about this. Haven't done the trip you did but next time I may???