Well, got back last night, and I thought I'd share a bit about this past trip
Got there on Friday night and unpacked our stuff at the All Star Sports football section, unfortunately our toilet seat was dirty :dazzle: and two of our pillows were stained.. *argh* oh well, we called up maintenance and everything was fixed up within an hour or so... got there pretty late, so we just went to sleep..
Anywho, get up Saturday nice and early and head to the Keys to the Kingdom tour .. it was great.. our tour guide's name was Regina, and she was real nice and seemed pretty knowledgable about stuff, real careful not to "ruin the magic" as she constantly reminded us After getting water/coffee we took off through Main Street and got a bunch of neat tidbits after hearing about the 4 keys... then off to Adventureland and talked about theming and other cool things, and we jumped on to the Jungle Cruise for a "special" version of it, narrarated by our Tour Guide. Then it was off to the backstage area to check out the parage storage areas, part of the Avac system, and "go away green" buildings. After that we headed to lunch and chit chatted with a nice couple we were seated with that were celebrating their 25th anniversary of marriage :sohappy:.. next it was off to check out the Haunted Mansion.. heard the 'story' of the haunted mansion, and off we went to ride it, Regina rode w/ us and gave us some more cool facts and such about the ride... after that it was off to the Main Street offices, and then down to the Utilidors for a short tour of that... all in all, a great tour, and definitely worth the money.
We went back to the hotel and hung out for the afternoon, and headed back to MK since it was open till 11pm on Saturday. All was well, noticed that Buzz Lightyear's ride is a bit beat up, but I already started a topic about that... just gotta love being at the MK
Sunday was slack day, lay out by the pool all freakin' day and get TAN hehe... went downtown at night and ate at Planet Hollywood and hung out at Marketplace..
Packed up on Monday, but still went to both MGM and Epcot, and had a great time at both parks Of course had to pick up a couple pins, as we usually do on every trip. Epcot is setting up for the Flower & Garden festival, so part of Spaceship Earth is blocked off. I got some blurry pictures of the new TV screens in Spaceship Earth, not too bad, not the greatest, but they didn't really detract much from the experience..
all in all, a great, fun, relaxing trip .. we'll probably be back next month or in June who knows, gotta use up those annual passes to their value! :king:
If you have any specific questions about the tour, or anything else you were wondering, lemme know. Also, sent new pics of Pop Century (yes they're working on it) and Space (also being worked on) to Steve, hopefully he'll put them on the site
Got there on Friday night and unpacked our stuff at the All Star Sports football section, unfortunately our toilet seat was dirty :dazzle: and two of our pillows were stained.. *argh* oh well, we called up maintenance and everything was fixed up within an hour or so... got there pretty late, so we just went to sleep..
Anywho, get up Saturday nice and early and head to the Keys to the Kingdom tour .. it was great.. our tour guide's name was Regina, and she was real nice and seemed pretty knowledgable about stuff, real careful not to "ruin the magic" as she constantly reminded us After getting water/coffee we took off through Main Street and got a bunch of neat tidbits after hearing about the 4 keys... then off to Adventureland and talked about theming and other cool things, and we jumped on to the Jungle Cruise for a "special" version of it, narrarated by our Tour Guide. Then it was off to the backstage area to check out the parage storage areas, part of the Avac system, and "go away green" buildings. After that we headed to lunch and chit chatted with a nice couple we were seated with that were celebrating their 25th anniversary of marriage :sohappy:.. next it was off to check out the Haunted Mansion.. heard the 'story' of the haunted mansion, and off we went to ride it, Regina rode w/ us and gave us some more cool facts and such about the ride... after that it was off to the Main Street offices, and then down to the Utilidors for a short tour of that... all in all, a great tour, and definitely worth the money.
We went back to the hotel and hung out for the afternoon, and headed back to MK since it was open till 11pm on Saturday. All was well, noticed that Buzz Lightyear's ride is a bit beat up, but I already started a topic about that... just gotta love being at the MK
Sunday was slack day, lay out by the pool all freakin' day and get TAN hehe... went downtown at night and ate at Planet Hollywood and hung out at Marketplace..
Packed up on Monday, but still went to both MGM and Epcot, and had a great time at both parks Of course had to pick up a couple pins, as we usually do on every trip. Epcot is setting up for the Flower & Garden festival, so part of Spaceship Earth is blocked off. I got some blurry pictures of the new TV screens in Spaceship Earth, not too bad, not the greatest, but they didn't really detract much from the experience..
all in all, a great, fun, relaxing trip .. we'll probably be back next month or in June who knows, gotta use up those annual passes to their value! :king:
If you have any specific questions about the tour, or anything else you were wondering, lemme know. Also, sent new pics of Pop Century (yes they're working on it) and Space (also being worked on) to Steve, hopefully he'll put them on the site