Well... I'M BACK! Before I get started on the trip report I just wanted to say "Im sorry". I never was able to post on christmas day because I was too busy with other things... but I want to thank you all for any of the advice/help you have givin me since my last trip... or since I began here... with that said...
Depart- Greensburg, Pennsylvania- December 26 : 3:00 AM
Arrive- Walt Disney World Resort- December 26 : 7:30 PM
December 26: Just the ride down... got stuck in traffic about 46 miles to the Florida border and was deathly afraid I wasnt going to get my free sample of orange juice. Made it just in time. I belive we were the last ppl they let enter the info. center. We made it to Disney at 7:30 (as we had predicted). We checked in, went to our room (All Star Movies:Herbie the Love Bug), unpacked, and went to Downtown Disney. Shopped there for a little bit then went to McDonalds for a quick bite to eat.
December 27: Got up, kinda took our time. We were tired for the long trip. Went to MGM. Stayed there all day. The park attendence was high, but still fairly comfortable. You didnt feel like sardines (as opposed to the Magic Kingdom). For lunch we at the Backlot Express near Star Tours. We rode.... Tower of Terror, Rockin Rollercoaster, WWTBAM Play it!, Star Tours, GMR, and met Sorcerer Mickey. Went and saw the lights. I cant tell you enough... go and SEE those lights. It was spectacular (I feel like my dad using that word... eek!) Fantasmic was after that and as always... it was great. Best show there. That took pretty much all the day up. Afterwards we went to West Side. Ate dinner at Planet Hollywood and then went back to our room.
December 28: Off to Epcot. Once again we took our time to get there. As we entered epcot, we were met by characters in christmas costumes on the Character Bus...?? if thats what its called. We then rode Spaceship Earth, followed by Test Track and Journey into Imagination...Im so happy Figment is back. It wasnt as good as the origional... but it was MUCH better than that hunk of junk they had before. We ate lunch at Lotus Blossum Cafe and saw a couple of movies in World Showcase. Saw Belle and Beast and then we split up. I went and rode the monorail, and everyone else stayed at Epcot. For dinner we just ate at the hotel.
December 29: Character Breakfast time. We made our way to the Polynesian. Got sat down at the Ohana character breakfast and was pleasently suprised. The characters stayed around us for a while and the food was good. 3 Adults=$55.00. Not bad. We left there... got parked at the TTC. And rode the resort monorail to the Magic Kingdom. Didnt do very much that day except get angry. No real reason. My brother and his wife wanted to go fast, I wanted to go slow. We've been there enough that there is no reason to try and get to everything. Especially when the park was as crammed as it was. We waited for the Christmas Parade. And... of course... as soon as the parade started... little kids were everywhere around me. I didnt get to see it
. Kinda upsetting but hey... they need to experiance the magic too.
December 30: Animal Kindom, Magic Kingdom, Epcot. We went to Animal Kingdom bright and early to get on the new roller coaster. Which, even though it is a wild mouse type ride.. was a lot of fun! We then went to dinosaur... (which I hit my head off the little hand bar thing while ducking from a dinosaur
*ouch!!* ) We... then went to Magic Kingdom. Rode COP, HM, SM, BTM, Buzz, Alien Encounter and TTA. We then went back to the hotel for a bit of a rest. Me and my brother then tried to find WalMart (which I have been to before) and got totally lost. We were gone for 2 1/2 hours. We then found a Winn Dixie... which was a experiance in itself. Made me not want to live down there. Well.. after that adventure we went to Epcot to see the candellight processional. It was amazing. Just to hear the voice of the little Mermaid did it for me. When she sang.. it was so overpowering. I just wish she would have sang one littler mermaid song.. but...:lol: oh well. We went to House of Blues for dinner (which I wasnt all that crazy bout).
December 31: Magic Kingdom.. all day. Park was packed until it started to pour. The I'd say about 3/4 of the people left. Only one parade of Spectromagic ran. The second was cancelled. The MK gave out party hats and noise makers to everyone in the park. It was really nice... besides the rain. It wasnt what I hoped it to be.. but you cant do anything abotu the weather. Since everyone left.. no one really started waiting for the fireworks until around 11:30. (Fireworks were at 11:50) So all night we rode COP, TTA, Space Mountain, 2 time on BTM (they let you stay on the train if you wanted!!) and once on Splash (you could've stayed on this too... but we wanted to get a good spot). The whole experiance of being there at New Years was nice.
Now.. the whole experiance of being there during the holiday season... didnt seem all that great to me. When I used to think of Christmas at Disney World... I thought decorations would be everywhere.. but really.. they arent. Im not saying it wasnt nice. I just like going down in May. The good news is, is that we are now booked for May and as an added bonus, When I got back under the tree was a Plush Mickey Framde from the disney store and inside it was a confirmation of another scheduled trip for August! Woo Hoo!
Sorry this is so long. I hope you had fun hearing about my vaca. I always have fun reading everyone else's.
As an added note. I got an annual pass this time... and I know none of you care.. but I hate that finger thing. It never wanted to let me though. lol.
Bye Bye :wave:
Depart- Greensburg, Pennsylvania- December 26 : 3:00 AM
Arrive- Walt Disney World Resort- December 26 : 7:30 PM
December 26: Just the ride down... got stuck in traffic about 46 miles to the Florida border and was deathly afraid I wasnt going to get my free sample of orange juice. Made it just in time. I belive we were the last ppl they let enter the info. center. We made it to Disney at 7:30 (as we had predicted). We checked in, went to our room (All Star Movies:Herbie the Love Bug), unpacked, and went to Downtown Disney. Shopped there for a little bit then went to McDonalds for a quick bite to eat.
December 27: Got up, kinda took our time. We were tired for the long trip. Went to MGM. Stayed there all day. The park attendence was high, but still fairly comfortable. You didnt feel like sardines (as opposed to the Magic Kingdom). For lunch we at the Backlot Express near Star Tours. We rode.... Tower of Terror, Rockin Rollercoaster, WWTBAM Play it!, Star Tours, GMR, and met Sorcerer Mickey. Went and saw the lights. I cant tell you enough... go and SEE those lights. It was spectacular (I feel like my dad using that word... eek!) Fantasmic was after that and as always... it was great. Best show there. That took pretty much all the day up. Afterwards we went to West Side. Ate dinner at Planet Hollywood and then went back to our room.
December 28: Off to Epcot. Once again we took our time to get there. As we entered epcot, we were met by characters in christmas costumes on the Character Bus...?? if thats what its called. We then rode Spaceship Earth, followed by Test Track and Journey into Imagination...Im so happy Figment is back. It wasnt as good as the origional... but it was MUCH better than that hunk of junk they had before. We ate lunch at Lotus Blossum Cafe and saw a couple of movies in World Showcase. Saw Belle and Beast and then we split up. I went and rode the monorail, and everyone else stayed at Epcot. For dinner we just ate at the hotel.
December 29: Character Breakfast time. We made our way to the Polynesian. Got sat down at the Ohana character breakfast and was pleasently suprised. The characters stayed around us for a while and the food was good. 3 Adults=$55.00. Not bad. We left there... got parked at the TTC. And rode the resort monorail to the Magic Kingdom. Didnt do very much that day except get angry. No real reason. My brother and his wife wanted to go fast, I wanted to go slow. We've been there enough that there is no reason to try and get to everything. Especially when the park was as crammed as it was. We waited for the Christmas Parade. And... of course... as soon as the parade started... little kids were everywhere around me. I didnt get to see it
. Kinda upsetting but hey... they need to experiance the magic too.December 30: Animal Kindom, Magic Kingdom, Epcot. We went to Animal Kingdom bright and early to get on the new roller coaster. Which, even though it is a wild mouse type ride.. was a lot of fun! We then went to dinosaur... (which I hit my head off the little hand bar thing while ducking from a dinosaur
*ouch!!* ) We... then went to Magic Kingdom. Rode COP, HM, SM, BTM, Buzz, Alien Encounter and TTA. We then went back to the hotel for a bit of a rest. Me and my brother then tried to find WalMart (which I have been to before) and got totally lost. We were gone for 2 1/2 hours. We then found a Winn Dixie... which was a experiance in itself. Made me not want to live down there. Well.. after that adventure we went to Epcot to see the candellight processional. It was amazing. Just to hear the voice of the little Mermaid did it for me. When she sang.. it was so overpowering. I just wish she would have sang one littler mermaid song.. but...:lol: oh well. We went to House of Blues for dinner (which I wasnt all that crazy bout).December 31: Magic Kingdom.. all day. Park was packed until it started to pour. The I'd say about 3/4 of the people left. Only one parade of Spectromagic ran. The second was cancelled. The MK gave out party hats and noise makers to everyone in the park. It was really nice... besides the rain. It wasnt what I hoped it to be.. but you cant do anything abotu the weather. Since everyone left.. no one really started waiting for the fireworks until around 11:30. (Fireworks were at 11:50) So all night we rode COP, TTA, Space Mountain, 2 time on BTM (they let you stay on the train if you wanted!!) and once on Splash (you could've stayed on this too... but we wanted to get a good spot). The whole experiance of being there at New Years was nice.
Now.. the whole experiance of being there during the holiday season... didnt seem all that great to me. When I used to think of Christmas at Disney World... I thought decorations would be everywhere.. but really.. they arent. Im not saying it wasnt nice. I just like going down in May. The good news is, is that we are now booked for May and as an added bonus, When I got back under the tree was a Plush Mickey Framde from the disney store and inside it was a confirmation of another scheduled trip for August! Woo Hoo!
Sorry this is so long. I hope you had fun hearing about my vaca. I always have fun reading everyone else's.
As an added note. I got an annual pass this time... and I know none of you care.. but I hate that finger thing. It never wanted to let me though. lol.
Bye Bye :wave:
