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The Hammond Celebration & first trip to the world together trip report
- Thread starter Owishingonastar
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What ever happened to the men letting the girls win?? geesh lol. After we road that once we headed out of the park cause they were closing for the Christmas party. Boy was it hard to leave. There was so many people. We finally made it to the bus stop. Boy was that line long. The first bus came and everyone screamed yay!!! But they only had room for so many. We were not one of them. About 5 minutes later the 2nd bus arrived. Of course we got onto this one. But we had to stand. We finally made it to our resort about 15 min later. And hub's said he will never stand again. haha We were exhausted so we headed up to our room and called it a night. Here's a pic I took before going to sleep.
3rd Day:
We woke up around 8:30-9iah. I got ready then woke hubs up to get ready shortly after. We were out of our room around 10ish and down to the bus stop. We decided to start our day off by going to Epcot first. The bus didn't show up for about 10 minutes. Our line was the shortest waiting while all the others were getting pretty full. I guess we picked the right park to start off at. The bus came and we were dropped off shortly after. When we first walked through the gates this is what we saw.
Hand in hand with a smile on our faces we walked through the park. And couldn't be anymore happier.
Here are some pics I took along the way that day.
After walking around for a bit we decided to try out Test Track. The line only said 20 min wait. So we decided to do it. Of course it seemed a little longer than 20 minutes. But we finally made it on. I like the waiting line's they always make it interesting to look at while waiting. The ride was fun and DH really enjoyed it. On our way out we stopped and looked at the cars inside.
(I don't know what kind of car it was. But I liked it haha)
After leaving there we were both really hungry. We didn't have breakfast this morning so it was time for some lunch. We headed over to the Electric Umbrella.
We both had chicken fingers and french fries with strawberry cheesecake. It was pretty good and we were both full after. We headed over to see if there were any rides with no wait times. Of course there was. We road Finding Nemo. That was a cute ride and DH actually liked it.
When we got off we walked around in the aquarium part of it. It was neat to see the different sea creatures. We sat by the window for a little while and watched this guy swim around.
We left there about 30 minutes later and explored the park some more.
3rd Day:
We woke up around 8:30-9iah. I got ready then woke hubs up to get ready shortly after. We were out of our room around 10ish and down to the bus stop. We decided to start our day off by going to Epcot first. The bus didn't show up for about 10 minutes. Our line was the shortest waiting while all the others were getting pretty full. I guess we picked the right park to start off at. The bus came and we were dropped off shortly after. When we first walked through the gates this is what we saw.
Hand in hand with a smile on our faces we walked through the park. And couldn't be anymore happier.
Here are some pics I took along the way that day.
After walking around for a bit we decided to try out Test Track. The line only said 20 min wait. So we decided to do it. Of course it seemed a little longer than 20 minutes. But we finally made it on. I like the waiting line's they always make it interesting to look at while waiting. The ride was fun and DH really enjoyed it. On our way out we stopped and looked at the cars inside.
(I don't know what kind of car it was. But I liked it haha)
After leaving there we were both really hungry. We didn't have breakfast this morning so it was time for some lunch. We headed over to the Electric Umbrella.
We both had chicken fingers and french fries with strawberry cheesecake. It was pretty good and we were both full after. We headed over to see if there were any rides with no wait times. Of course there was. We road Finding Nemo. That was a cute ride and DH actually liked it.
We left there about 30 minutes later and explored the park some more.
We went into club cool. It was pretty busy in there. But I managed to get DH to try Beverly. And this is the face I got
(He say's to me this **** tastes like battery acid!! haha) I just laughed at him. We then headed over to Space Ship earth. No wait time so we got right on.
That was a nice ride. And good to get off our feet for a little bit.
We went over to Mission Space. Once again it was a walk on. We went onto the ride with an older married couple. The guy said his wife has never liked rides and never been on any for over 10 years. So this was her first time on a ride together and first time to Disney!! She was nervous as was I. It wasn't what I was expecting. I felt like my head was gonna explode in there. haha This was one ride I did not care for. As for my DH he loved it of course. And wanted to go again. I told him go ahead ill be waiting on the other side for you. So he decided not to go. As for the other lady she did just fine but also didn't like the ride.
Here's some more pics from Epcot that morning:
After the ride we just walked around and checked everything out. The Wine & Food Festival was still going on so we walked in that direction. There were so many different kinds of foods and it all looked and smelled good. But I couldn't just pick one thing to try, so I didn't get anything.
We noticed there was a boat coming in to dock and pick people up so we headed in that direction. We ended up getting on and going over to the World show case. It was neat to see all the different places. While walked we saw 3 people playing the drums. So we stopped and watched that for a little while. While we were walking around we were tring to find good spot to watch Illuminations. But we didn't find one in that area. We came across a gift shop near the Christmas tree so we went in and checked it out. When we went out the exit door we noticed the perfect spot to watch Illuminations. It was right on the water and no one could get in front of us so we would be able to see the whole show. It was about 7:45 and the show didn't start til 9 but we decided we would sit there any wait it out because our spot probably wouldn't have been there if we left and came back. It's a good thing we stayed. Shortly after us sitting they came and started roping off that area for the handcapped. They everyone stay that was already there. So we were lucky.
While we were waiting we watched the ducks jump in and out of the water. And then an older lady came and asked to sit next to us. And of course we let her. She was nice and telling us about how this was her 42nd trip to the world!! Must be nice thats a lot of times. I always love hearing different stories about Disney.
At about 8:45 the guy came over the speakers to let us know in just 15 minutes Illuminations would be starting. And then they did. Before our trip I heard a lot of great things about the show. So I was hoping they were all true. And they sure were. We loved it and DH wanted to come back everynight we were there to see them. But unfortunately we didn't.
Here are some pictures from that day:
(Our view from where we sat)
(One of the ducks we were watching while waiting.)
We noticed there was a boat coming in to dock and pick people up so we headed in that direction. We ended up getting on and going over to the World show case. It was neat to see all the different places. While walked we saw 3 people playing the drums. So we stopped and watched that for a little while. While we were walking around we were tring to find good spot to watch Illuminations. But we didn't find one in that area. We came across a gift shop near the Christmas tree so we went in and checked it out. When we went out the exit door we noticed the perfect spot to watch Illuminations. It was right on the water and no one could get in front of us so we would be able to see the whole show. It was about 7:45 and the show didn't start til 9 but we decided we would sit there any wait it out because our spot probably wouldn't have been there if we left and came back. It's a good thing we stayed. Shortly after us sitting they came and started roping off that area for the handcapped. They everyone stay that was already there. So we were lucky.
While we were waiting we watched the ducks jump in and out of the water. And then an older lady came and asked to sit next to us. And of course we let her. She was nice and telling us about how this was her 42nd trip to the world!! Must be nice thats a lot of times. I always love hearing different stories about Disney.
At about 8:45 the guy came over the speakers to let us know in just 15 minutes Illuminations would be starting. And then they did. Before our trip I heard a lot of great things about the show. So I was hoping they were all true. And they sure were. We loved it and DH wanted to come back everynight we were there to see them. But unfortunately we didn't.
Here are some pictures from that day:
(Our view from where we sat)
(One of the ducks we were watching while waiting.)
accord99cutie
Premium Member
yay! great report so far! Can't wait for more!
After Illuminations wash over it was time to head out. There were so many people. But thanks to my DH who loves to walk really fast and weave in and out of people got us outta there pretty quickly. We headed straight for the bus stop where we were greeting by the longest line. But we got onto the 2nd bus and had to stand. One of the things DH does not like doing. But we made it back to our resort. We got some food at the cafeteria and headed up to our room for the night.
Day Four:
That morning I woke up around 8:30. I got up and got ready for the day. Then I woke DH up so he could get ready. We were out the door by 10 and down to the bus stop. We decided to start out day off by going to Magic Kingdom. I love MK I could never get sick of it. The bus arrived right after we got into line and we made it to MK in no time.
We arrived and went straight in without any lines at the entrance. We headed over towards Fantasy Land and saw that "It's a Small World" didn't have a big line. So we hopped in line and waited about 5 minutes. That's a cute ride but the song stays with you ALL DAY. haha After getting off that ride we headed over to the Hall of Presidents. There were only a few people in there and the next time til they let people in was another 15 minutes. DH decided we would leave and come back. We headed over to Fantasy Land to ride splash mountain. But the wait time was like 60 minutes so we decided to skip that and go to Tom Sawyer Island. It was neat to walk thro the caves and stuff. But I probably wouldn't go back over that way until I had children or something. After that we went to see the "Country Bear Jamboree". My DH likes to watch shows so I was trying to find all the shows I could for him to see. We walked right in and the show started soon after. It was cute to see.
After that we decided to go get some food. We were both pretty hungry since we hadn't had breakfast. We ate at Cosmic Ray's Starlight cafe.
(Dh had the BBQ Rib plate with green beans and french fries and I had the Rotisserie chicken plate with mashed potatos and green beans)
We were both pretty satisfied with our meals and ate them all. After that we headed over to Buzz Light Years Space Ranger Spin another walk on for us.
(And of course he won again)
We walked around and got some photo pass pics done. After we did that I heard something talking to us. I look and its a talking trash can.
Heres a video of it talking to us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeOztwIF_Vk
I thought it was the cutest thing. Then the Celebrate A Dream Come True Parade was making its way towards the castle so we headed over to watch that. After the parade we sat on the bench our feet were getting tired and there was a show starting soon on the castles stage. I forget the name of the show but it was cute. Then we went over and road the tea cups. My DH tried to get it to spin really fast. He did a pretty good job at it. I was dizzy at the end. I was told by my friend who loves disney to try a Dole Whip float so we headed over to Aloha Isle to get one. The line was pretty long but I had to try it so I waited. When I ordered it I ordered the wrong thing. I had just asked for a Dole Whip thinking it was the float and it was not. Oh well I ate it anyways and boy was it amazing. Dh really enjoyed it as well.
It was getting dark out so we decided to go ride the people mover. While we was on that we saw that Buzz Lightyear was out for people to meet. So as soon as we got off People mover we headed straight for him. The line wasn't really long so we jumped right in. We waited about 10 minutes the most.
We decided to go and sit ontop of the train station to watch the Electrical Parade and fireworks so that we could be one of the first people out of the park. We watched the Electrical parade and decided not to stay for Wishes cause we were too exhausted and our feet were really hurting. So After the parade was done we headed out of the park. And straight for our bus. There were already 2 buses waiting at the bus stop for our resort. So we got right on. When we got back to the resort we decided to go to the cafeteria and order something to eat. We ordered a peporoni pizza. While we waited for it to be ready I found a hidden mickey.
We got our pizza and went back to our room and ate it then called it a night.
Here are some pics from the day:
Day Four:
That morning I woke up around 8:30. I got up and got ready for the day. Then I woke DH up so he could get ready. We were out the door by 10 and down to the bus stop. We decided to start out day off by going to Magic Kingdom. I love MK I could never get sick of it. The bus arrived right after we got into line and we made it to MK in no time.
We arrived and went straight in without any lines at the entrance. We headed over towards Fantasy Land and saw that "It's a Small World" didn't have a big line. So we hopped in line and waited about 5 minutes. That's a cute ride but the song stays with you ALL DAY. haha After getting off that ride we headed over to the Hall of Presidents. There were only a few people in there and the next time til they let people in was another 15 minutes. DH decided we would leave and come back. We headed over to Fantasy Land to ride splash mountain. But the wait time was like 60 minutes so we decided to skip that and go to Tom Sawyer Island. It was neat to walk thro the caves and stuff. But I probably wouldn't go back over that way until I had children or something. After that we went to see the "Country Bear Jamboree". My DH likes to watch shows so I was trying to find all the shows I could for him to see. We walked right in and the show started soon after. It was cute to see.
After that we decided to go get some food. We were both pretty hungry since we hadn't had breakfast. We ate at Cosmic Ray's Starlight cafe.
(Dh had the BBQ Rib plate with green beans and french fries and I had the Rotisserie chicken plate with mashed potatos and green beans)
We were both pretty satisfied with our meals and ate them all. After that we headed over to Buzz Light Years Space Ranger Spin another walk on for us.
(And of course he won again)
We walked around and got some photo pass pics done. After we did that I heard something talking to us. I look and its a talking trash can.
Heres a video of it talking to us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeOztwIF_Vk
I thought it was the cutest thing. Then the Celebrate A Dream Come True Parade was making its way towards the castle so we headed over to watch that. After the parade we sat on the bench our feet were getting tired and there was a show starting soon on the castles stage. I forget the name of the show but it was cute. Then we went over and road the tea cups. My DH tried to get it to spin really fast. He did a pretty good job at it. I was dizzy at the end. I was told by my friend who loves disney to try a Dole Whip float so we headed over to Aloha Isle to get one. The line was pretty long but I had to try it so I waited. When I ordered it I ordered the wrong thing. I had just asked for a Dole Whip thinking it was the float and it was not. Oh well I ate it anyways and boy was it amazing. Dh really enjoyed it as well.
It was getting dark out so we decided to go ride the people mover. While we was on that we saw that Buzz Lightyear was out for people to meet. So as soon as we got off People mover we headed straight for him. The line wasn't really long so we jumped right in. We waited about 10 minutes the most.
We decided to go and sit ontop of the train station to watch the Electrical Parade and fireworks so that we could be one of the first people out of the park. We watched the Electrical parade and decided not to stay for Wishes cause we were too exhausted and our feet were really hurting. So After the parade was done we headed out of the park. And straight for our bus. There were already 2 buses waiting at the bus stop for our resort. So we got right on. When we got back to the resort we decided to go to the cafeteria and order something to eat. We ordered a peporoni pizza. While we waited for it to be ready I found a hidden mickey.
We got our pizza and went back to our room and ate it then called it a night.
Here are some pics from the day:
(He was really trying to get it to spin fast haha)
(My yummy Dole Whip)
(My headless husband behind the castle)
(Electrical Parade from the train station)
(Peperoni Pizza)
accord99cutie
Premium Member
Loving all of the pictures! keep the report coming!!:wave:
HouCuseChickie
Well-Known Member
Great TR! Can't wait to see more!
ArielLover
Active Member
Great TR !
From NH here as well, Nashua.
Joe
From NH here as well, Nashua.
Joe
Day Five:
The next morning I woke up first again around 9ish. Got ready and woke dh up. He was really sick this morning. So I was hoping it wouldn't ruin our day. He got ready and we were out the door by 10. We decided to go to Animal Kingdom this morning. The bus line was really long. I couldn't beleive it. We kept debating going to a different park that morning with a shorter bus line. But we stuck it out. I dislike how we have to stop at Blizzard Beach before heading to Animal Kingdom. It takes so much longer to get there. But we made it there eventually. We went straight to Kilimanjaro Safaris. I figured DH would really like this attraction seeing how he hunts and likes seeing different animals. The line was a 15 minute wait but didn't really seem like 15 minutes. Maybe because so many people could fit into one buggy. We finally got on and I got my camera ready to take some pics of the different animals we were gonna be seeing.
Here are some pictures from this ride:
(The sign on the trail)
((there were quite a bit of hippos out)
(I thought this tree was pretty neat looking)
(there were a lot of elephants out)
I was pretty impressed with how many animals we had seen on that ride. After that DH wanted to get a drink so try and make himself feel better. He got some beverage but we don't remember the name of it. He actually really liked it. My dh isn't a big drinker but he liked this one drink. And it seemed to make him feel a little better than he did that morning.
(DH's drink)
We took the Wild Life express train to see where it went and to get off our feet for a few minutes.
(From the train ride)
It dropped us off at the petting zoo area. So we wandered around there for a little bit. And took some pics
We also got to get some pics done with some characters.
The next morning I woke up first again around 9ish. Got ready and woke dh up. He was really sick this morning. So I was hoping it wouldn't ruin our day. He got ready and we were out the door by 10. We decided to go to Animal Kingdom this morning. The bus line was really long. I couldn't beleive it. We kept debating going to a different park that morning with a shorter bus line. But we stuck it out. I dislike how we have to stop at Blizzard Beach before heading to Animal Kingdom. It takes so much longer to get there. But we made it there eventually. We went straight to Kilimanjaro Safaris. I figured DH would really like this attraction seeing how he hunts and likes seeing different animals. The line was a 15 minute wait but didn't really seem like 15 minutes. Maybe because so many people could fit into one buggy. We finally got on and I got my camera ready to take some pics of the different animals we were gonna be seeing.
Here are some pictures from this ride:
(The sign on the trail)
(I thought this tree was pretty neat looking)
(there were a lot of elephants out)
I was pretty impressed with how many animals we had seen on that ride. After that DH wanted to get a drink so try and make himself feel better. He got some beverage but we don't remember the name of it. He actually really liked it. My dh isn't a big drinker but he liked this one drink. And it seemed to make him feel a little better than he did that morning.
(DH's drink)
We took the Wild Life express train to see where it went and to get off our feet for a few minutes.
(From the train ride)
It dropped us off at the petting zoo area. So we wandered around there for a little bit. And took some pics
We also got to get some pics done with some characters.
Then it was Dh's turn. He didn't want his pic with poca tho.
He still wasn't feeling good. So we decided to head over to "It's Tough to Be a Bug". So he could sit for a little bit.
(Took this pic while waiting in line)
(Here's DH waiting in line.)
The line wasn't too long. We had about a 10 minute wait til we were let in. While we were waiting the people in front of us kept coughing and coughing but they weren't covering there mouths and dh didn't like that cause he was already sick.
Heres some pics while waiting to go in:
(Me with my bug eyes)
(DH with his)
(I told him to put his glasses on so we could get a pic together. So I took the pic thinking he had them on. Little did I know he didn't haha)
We were finally let in to watch the show. DH really enjoyed it so didn't I. I liked how the bugs looked so close and the little effects they had during the show. After that was over we headed to the front of the tree and got some pics.
Dh still wasn't feeling good so we headed out of Animal Kingdom and went to the bus stops. We were debating on which park to go to next. We decided we would go to Epcot. We didn't wait to long for a bus to show up and we were the only ones to get onto the bus. It was a pretty quiet ride seeing how we were the only ones on the bus.
We finally made it to Epcot.
We went and got some ice cream when we got there. It was really hott out. I just got vanilla ice cream in a cone and Dh got some kind of drink.
(The ice cream tasted really good)
He still wasn't feeling good. So we decided to head over to "It's Tough to Be a Bug". So he could sit for a little bit.
(Took this pic while waiting in line)
(Here's DH waiting in line.)
The line wasn't too long. We had about a 10 minute wait til we were let in. While we were waiting the people in front of us kept coughing and coughing but they weren't covering there mouths and dh didn't like that cause he was already sick.
Heres some pics while waiting to go in:
(Me with my bug eyes)
(DH with his)
(I told him to put his glasses on so we could get a pic together. So I took the pic thinking he had them on. Little did I know he didn't haha)
We were finally let in to watch the show. DH really enjoyed it so didn't I. I liked how the bugs looked so close and the little effects they had during the show. After that was over we headed to the front of the tree and got some pics.
Dh still wasn't feeling good so we headed out of Animal Kingdom and went to the bus stops. We were debating on which park to go to next. We decided we would go to Epcot. We didn't wait to long for a bus to show up and we were the only ones to get onto the bus. It was a pretty quiet ride seeing how we were the only ones on the bus.
We finally made it to Epcot.
We went and got some ice cream when we got there. It was really hott out. I just got vanilla ice cream in a cone and Dh got some kind of drink.
(The ice cream tasted really good)
ArielLover
Active Member
Yay someone else from NH!How many times have you been to Disney?
26
8 as an adult
Danielle Shay
Member
Great report! You two are adorable.
Day four continued:
After eating that yummy ice cream. We decided we would go check out Down Town Disney for a little bit. I also wanted to eat at Earl Of Sandwich. I've heard so many good things about that place.
We walked to the bus stop to catch the bus. Seems like the bus was never going to come. Finally it did and once again we were the only ones on the bus to DTD. That's the longest bus ride is to go to DTD. But we made it. It's a pretty area down there. I liked watching the boats on the water. DH wanted to eat at Rain Forest Cafe but we decided we would wait til next trip and do that since I wanted to eat at Earl of Sandwich.
(Little boy jumped in the pic right as I was taking it. haha)
We got our photo pass pics down at the entrance. They had it all dressed up for christmas so we went over and got a few done. Then we went into a few shops and looked around. We decided we would wait til the last day to buy stuff so that we would have money on us incase something came up. While we were walking around I kept my eye open for EOS. Finally I located it and we were starving.
(I had the Earl's Club. It was really tasty and I ate it all.)
(DH had the Hawaiian BBQ sandwich. And he really liked it as well.)
We both decided we would have to eat here again on our next trip. We went into some more shops and browsed around.
Then we just walked around and checked things out on the outside.
Here are some pics:
(I Liked how there was water coming down the back side so I had to take a picture)
(The lego family)
DH was still not feeling very well so we took a few rest stops along our way.
We talked about going on "Characters in Flight". When we came up to it we decided not too this time because DH wasn't really feeling it. He's not to big on heights. And it happened to be closed anyways due to high winds that day.
But I did get a picture of it.
We came up the the Ride Makerz place. So I thought DH would like this place so we walked in. And of course he did. They had his favorite car in there.
After eating that yummy ice cream. We decided we would go check out Down Town Disney for a little bit. I also wanted to eat at Earl Of Sandwich. I've heard so many good things about that place.
We walked to the bus stop to catch the bus. Seems like the bus was never going to come. Finally it did and once again we were the only ones on the bus to DTD. That's the longest bus ride is to go to DTD. But we made it. It's a pretty area down there. I liked watching the boats on the water. DH wanted to eat at Rain Forest Cafe but we decided we would wait til next trip and do that since I wanted to eat at Earl of Sandwich.
(Little boy jumped in the pic right as I was taking it. haha)
We got our photo pass pics down at the entrance. They had it all dressed up for christmas so we went over and got a few done. Then we went into a few shops and looked around. We decided we would wait til the last day to buy stuff so that we would have money on us incase something came up. While we were walking around I kept my eye open for EOS. Finally I located it and we were starving.
(I had the Earl's Club. It was really tasty and I ate it all.)
(DH had the Hawaiian BBQ sandwich. And he really liked it as well.)
We both decided we would have to eat here again on our next trip. We went into some more shops and browsed around.
Then we just walked around and checked things out on the outside.
Here are some pics:
(I Liked how there was water coming down the back side so I had to take a picture)
(The lego family)
DH was still not feeling very well so we took a few rest stops along our way.
We talked about going on "Characters in Flight". When we came up to it we decided not too this time because DH wasn't really feeling it. He's not to big on heights. And it happened to be closed anyways due to high winds that day.
But I did get a picture of it.
We came up the the Ride Makerz place. So I thought DH would like this place so we walked in. And of course he did. They had his favorite car in there.
After walking around and checking some more shops out we decided to head back to the bus stop. We decided we would go back to the resort to change since it was getting a little colder out.
It seemed like the bus ride didn't take as long as it did getting there. We made it back to the resort and went up to change. We headed back down to the bus stop to go to Holly Wood studios. I got a picture of DH first
Then we continued on our way to the bus stop. I loved how close the bus stop was to our room. The bus came shortly after we got there. And then we made it to Holly wood in no time. I wanted to go here tonight to see "Osborne Family of Dancing Lights.[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]" [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I watched videos of this before we went on the trip. And I was excited to see it. I bought my video camera this night to record it. We walked through the entrance and the park was pretty quiet.
We made our way over to the streets where the light show was. There was quite a bit of people standing around there. But we found a good spot to take photos n DH took the video.
Here are some pics:
Here's the video if you'd like to watch it:
http://www.youtube.com/user/krazybonez679#p/a/u/1/R1NEZIQ95MI
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I really liked the show as did he and I loved the music. When ever I hear any of the music on tv or at work I think of Disney and this show[/FONT][/FONT]. After we saw that we decided to head out and head over to Epcot for Illuminations one more time.
When we got to Epcot we decided to get a bite to eat since we were both pretty hungry. We ate at the Electric Umbrella. We split the chicken nugget meal. Dh ate the french fries and I ate the nuggets. Sorry no picture of this meal we ate it all before I remembered to get a picture. haha
We decided to go and find the same seat we sat in the first time we watched Illuminations. We saw this guy on our walk in that direction.
When we made it to our location we noticed there was probably no way we were going to get our spot. They already had it roped off for the handicapped and there was a lot of people standing around that area. And then the section next to it was roped off for a baseball team party coming after dinner. So we sat on the railing behind the area we sat in before right next to a cm that was there to make sure no one would go under the rope and that only handicapped did. We just sat there and waited and watched so many people try and get into that location but the cm told them they couldn't. At about 8:45 15 minutes before Illuminations was about to start and lady came up to the cm that was right next to me and begged him to let her into the handicapped location. Me and DH just looked at each other saying they better not let her go in there and not us haha. Well she goes to the cm "I'll bake you cupcakes if you let me and my friends in." And so he let them in. DH said to the cm "If your going to play that way you better let this beauty" referring to me, haha. And the cm thought about it for a minute and said "well since you both heard everything i'll let you in!!, but shhh" So we got to sit in the same location as last time but this time we had people standing in front of us. The view was still good but not as good as before.
We talked to a couple before the fireworks started that said they used to live where we do and how they moved to Florida to get away from the cold winters that we have. Sounded like a good idea. But I don't think I can convince DH haha.
Then Illuminations finally started.
Here are some pictures:
After that was over we headed out of there. It's always hard to leave because theres so many people. But we finally made it to our bus stop and there was already a crowd there waiting. We skipped out on the first bus so we didn't have to stand and then the next bus that came was much nicer. It had the cushioned seats and tvs on it. So i'm glad we passed on the standing bus.
It seemed like the bus ride didn't take as long as it did getting there. We made it back to the resort and went up to change. We headed back down to the bus stop to go to Holly Wood studios. I got a picture of DH first
Then we continued on our way to the bus stop. I loved how close the bus stop was to our room. The bus came shortly after we got there. And then we made it to Holly wood in no time. I wanted to go here tonight to see "Osborne Family of Dancing Lights.[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]" [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I watched videos of this before we went on the trip. And I was excited to see it. I bought my video camera this night to record it. We walked through the entrance and the park was pretty quiet.
We made our way over to the streets where the light show was. There was quite a bit of people standing around there. But we found a good spot to take photos n DH took the video.
Here are some pics:
Here's the video if you'd like to watch it:
http://www.youtube.com/user/krazybonez679#p/a/u/1/R1NEZIQ95MI
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I really liked the show as did he and I loved the music. When ever I hear any of the music on tv or at work I think of Disney and this show[/FONT][/FONT]. After we saw that we decided to head out and head over to Epcot for Illuminations one more time.
When we got to Epcot we decided to get a bite to eat since we were both pretty hungry. We ate at the Electric Umbrella. We split the chicken nugget meal. Dh ate the french fries and I ate the nuggets. Sorry no picture of this meal we ate it all before I remembered to get a picture. haha
We decided to go and find the same seat we sat in the first time we watched Illuminations. We saw this guy on our walk in that direction.
When we made it to our location we noticed there was probably no way we were going to get our spot. They already had it roped off for the handicapped and there was a lot of people standing around that area. And then the section next to it was roped off for a baseball team party coming after dinner. So we sat on the railing behind the area we sat in before right next to a cm that was there to make sure no one would go under the rope and that only handicapped did. We just sat there and waited and watched so many people try and get into that location but the cm told them they couldn't. At about 8:45 15 minutes before Illuminations was about to start and lady came up to the cm that was right next to me and begged him to let her into the handicapped location. Me and DH just looked at each other saying they better not let her go in there and not us haha. Well she goes to the cm "I'll bake you cupcakes if you let me and my friends in." And so he let them in. DH said to the cm "If your going to play that way you better let this beauty" referring to me,
haha. And the cm thought about it for a minute and said "well since you both heard everything i'll let you in!!, but shhh" So we got to sit in the same location as last time but this time we had people standing in front of us. The view was still good but not as good as before. We talked to a couple before the fireworks started that said they used to live where we do and how they moved to Florida to get away from the cold winters that we have. Sounded like a good idea. But I don't think I can convince DH haha.
Then Illuminations finally started.
Here are some pictures:
After that was over we headed out of there. It's always hard to leave because theres so many people. But we finally made it to our bus stop and there was already a crowd there waiting. We skipped out on the first bus so we didn't have to stand and then the next bus that came was much nicer. It had the cushioned seats and tvs on it. So i'm glad we passed on the standing bus.
Saoirse1916
Member
Great report! It's so cool to see someone else's perspective during roughly the same time my family and I were there.
accord99cutie
Premium Member
Can't wait for the rest! Keep it coming!!!
When were u and your family there?