I'm exhausted!! You guys accomplished so much in one day! I'm extremely impressed.
I'm so glad your Star Tours stalking paid off. And I'm even gladder(?) to know that you get the same headache that I do after simulators, and you braved it anyway! Everyone's had such good things to say about the new ST, that I might just have to try it next trip... and bring some extra aspirin, just in case.
Stop with the super cute vinylmation photos! I DO NOT need another collection to spend money on! I'm pretty excited about that Prince John one though... Good call on end gaming.
Yeah, I didn’t realize how much we actually accomplished until I went to write about this particular day.
My tip of the day regarding Star Tours 2.0… try to get in the back row if you’re prone to motion sickness. I rode it more recently in the very front row and the simulation definitely was harder to take!
Oh yeah… we didn’t even know Prince John existed, so when the CM pulled him out of the box, we were super excited!
I can say i've eaten at Studio Catering Co. more than once in my time. Sadly whenever my family gets hungry we always end up being closest to that quick service. It's nothing special but you can't complain when your starving.
Great trip report! I can' imagine fitting so much into one day. Seems impossible.
Okay, so that’s two people who’ve eaten there and given it so-so reviews! I think we’ll continue to steer clear. But I’ve got to agree with you, when you’re hungry, you’re hungry!
Having access to a vehicle is what made it possible for us to accomplish so much.
Oh my word, you did a lot that day!! I'm so glad Star Tours didn't disappoint!
Your vinylmation trading was awesome. My kids goal in trading is to get one they don't have, and nothing to "girly" for Ds.
Great pictures as usual!
Great VM trading goals – nothing girly, got it! :lol: Thanks, Tammy!
Just caught up, and WOW...you guys know how to do it right! I can't believe everything you did over those few days.
Two of my boys and myself are heading down for a long weekend in December, I only hope we can squeeze as much in.
My "older metabolism" screams with jealousy at all of the great tasting food you guys eat. Sigh...I must apparently live vicariously through you and others that post all the food pics!
That should be a really fun trip – and I bet you’ll accomplish quite a bit with their ages!
The good thing about eating at Disney World, is having all those parks to walk it off in!
Whew! What a jam-packed day.
I must say I admire your Star Tours 2.0 stalking. I remember doing this for Spaceship Earth back when it had it's refurb. Glad to know you had a good ride even though you're not fond of simulators. (Can't wait to ride this in February!)
Stalking the ride opening actually made the whole thing that much more fun for me. I’m not a huge Star Wars fan, nor am I a simulator fan, so the quest for a soft opening was as much fun for me as the ride itself!
Gypsy and Slim looked so awesome! When I saw the picture of Slim for some reason it wasn't what I expected. I figured he might be as tall as say, Goofy rather than the size of the Tapestry of Nations parade characters. Still -- very, very cool! I think also the fact that Gypsy and Slim are rare to see makes them even cooler.
Oooh...you've been sucked into Vinylmation! You got some really good characters though. Hmm...maybe I should look into -- no, no, no...I'll stick with pins and WDW t-shirts.
Yeah I was amazed by Gypsy’s wingspan! Beautiful. And you’re right, the fact that they’re rare makes them even cooler.
Oh yeah… wait until the next report – the VM trading gets a little more intense! I’m still on the quest for my ultimate “end game” Stitch. I’m sure I’ll find him one day!
Thanks for your comments! I am still a question mark on the cruise. Most likely we'll be right in the middle of moving...or something related to moving. Good things going on in this household though.
I'm so enjoying your TR and sad to see it rounding a curve toward it's end! That is never fun.
Glad that you got to ride Star Tours! I can't wait to experience this ride, and hopefully multiple times! The different sequences gets me because there is no possible way you can fully "check off" the attraction since it keeps chaning! It is maddening and fantastic at the same time! Ha!
I agree… it was so smart of Disney to utilize different sequences with this ride. One of the reasons why I love the Tower so much is because you can never predict whether it’s going to go up or down when you first lock into the elevator shaft!
I LOVE this picture of Test Track! The sky is awesome!!
I loved your Vinylmations story too...how fun! I am betting my kids will want to get into the Pin trading when we go there again...oh yeah, that will be in 230 days! Horray for a trip planned!!
Anyway, can't wait to read your final installment of your trip...then of course what I assume will be subsequent trip reports as well!
OMG! I didn’t know you had another trip on the horizon, being that you’re all the way on the west coast these days. The boys would love VM trading… just sayin!
You should have seen it on opening day
I can only imagine!
Oh, man Holly! I am embarrassed to say on my last trip, I had NO CLUE what "THE BOX" was!! :lol: Next trip, my brother (read:me) will love doing this Vinylmation thing.
Love the trip report and photos, as always m'dear!
Amber! Your brother will totally love VM trading. Wink! Wink! :lol:
Another amazing TR! Character Heaven
. When we were there in August my nine year old daughter started collecting vinylmations. She has that Pluto with the sweater one but we didn't know who it was! Can't wait to tell her
. I've bought a few online to put in her christmas stocking, should keep her going until our next trip August 2012
OMG! Vinylmation stocking stuffers… love that idea! Doesn’t that particular Vinylmation get so much cuter when you know that it’s Pluto?!!
Oh man...those Flame Tree onion rings look deeeeeelicious. :slurp:
That's so funny that you got sucked into the Vinylmation craze! Sneaky, sneaky Disney...they sure know how to get us to part with our money.
Mmmm… those Flame Tree onion rings WERE definitely deeeeelicious!
Oh yeah… Disney knows how to suck us in!
OK lets talk Vinylmation.
I think most of them appear a bit creepy. But some are super cute. Bill's mom bought Bill an Oogie Boogie Vinylmation at the Disney store for Xmas last year. While it's cute and yes Bill likes NBC (but no more than any other Disney film but we appreciate his mom trying here) but we thought "what the hell are we gonna do with this?"
We did 2 things w/it. #1 it was a Halloween decoration. But then it morphed into #2 - a game. We would each hide Oogie somewhere the other would find him. In the fridge, in the cereal box, in his laptop case, on the treadmill. Always "doing" something different or hiding somewhere.
But this trading thing sounds intriguing (my wallet is cowering with fear). Can you tell me more? I've never been one to PIN trade (just buy the pin you want and you're done with it.) but I like this idea of buying one and then trading to get an "end game." Hmmmm....
First… I love that you guys played “hide the oogie boogie” with your VM. Who doesn’t want to find a bag of bugs in their cereal box?! :lol: I LOVE this idea.
I’ve never been a pin trader either. Like you, we pick out one we like and we buy it. Then we put it on the corkboard in the kitchen and that’s that. But the VM trading is quite fun and addicting. Here’s the thing… after a while you start to see the exact same VMs in every single box when you trade. Sadly, the box is full of all kinds of rejects, so in the off chance that you find a rare one – it becomes super exciting!!
I say try it! Do it – you know you want to!
I always thought they were a little weird and creepy too! I didn't really see why they were so popular and taking over the stores, but now I am a little intrigued as well. I have never been into the pin craze but this is something that I could see myself doing. Utoh $$$$.... I love your game too! Sounds like something my hubby and I would do
I’m going to say it again… Do it – you know you want to!
We just had dinner at Kouzzina on our trip (but I don't want to spoil the surprise in my Trip Report). I also wanted to go for breakfast but didn't get there...just not enough days!!!
Oooh… I need to go check out your trip report!
I'm not sure how I feel about the Vinylmation thing-a-ma-bobbies.... I was never a pin collector either. I buy towels. I like to buy things that are useful and I feel like Vinylmations would just "sit there"... (I type this as a look at a set of Mickey ears that are just "sitting there" on my bureau but I digress...) The trading aspect does seem a little interesting though... You never know which one you're gonna get!!
I’m totally with you on the fact that they just “sit there” but we found that we got our monies worth out of the actually act of trading. I have one sitting on my desk at work, and others on a bookshelf at home.
While we wait for Holly to come back at yell at me for hijacking her thread to post about Vinylmation
I feel the same way about Vinylmation. But I'm thinking that I'd try it. Pick an "end game" (ONLY ONE...I tell myself) and then the game is trying to find it.
My luck...I'd find the one I wanted 2 trades in and be FORCED to pick another end game and find it.
Hijack away, my friend! I love it when actual conversations develop in my trip reports!
Funny you mentioned that your luck would be that you’d find the one you wanted two trades in and then be forced to buy another, because that definitely happens! $$$
