Trip Report What time is it? MICKEY TIME. August 2014

Is it entirely possible to have two extremely amazing Disney trips in a row? One would think the first trip’s fun and happiness could not be duplicated again…


Unfortunately, I am home. Real home. Not my Disney World bubble. Getting over this harsh reality is like a kick straight to the stomach, after eating a really gigantic meal. What is this life I live? Why am I not waking up on property? Oh the harsh truths we must face when exiting that bubble! Writing a trip report will help cure my Disney depression, it’s a statement I keep uttering to myself while I slowly grip the fact that my trip is OVER. WHAT?! Months of planning and excitement and poof! DONE. GONE. Is it time to go back yet? PLEASE?! Peeling the magicband off my wrist was painful.. PAINFUL I TELL YOU!!



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My name’s Nicole and I am a Disney freak. (I’m the girl on the left.) If there ever is a rehab program for people who are overly obsessed with Disney, you can bet some of my friends, my boyfriend, and my family would check me right in. I love the little mermaid, and change my favorite park depending on the day. I don’t know what my favorite ride is, some days it’s Soarin’, some days it’s Splash, sometimes it’s even Tower of Terror. Whatever is the last ride I’ve been on, that’s the one I will probably tell you. Ugh, I’m indecisive!


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For those who didn’t follow along on my pre-trip report, here’s a quick recap. I flew to Disney World August 17th, and stayed at the Wilderness Lodge until August 21st. The lovely people of WDWmagic convinced us to upgrade from Art of Animation since we had a pin code. From there it was off to Port Canaveral, for my first ever Disney cruise, let alone cruise. Had three nights on the Disney Dream, and then back to Orlando for a day at Downtown Disney. I came home late August 24th, which gave me 8 full days immersed in Disney. This trip was the second trip with my best friend; we went last July for 10 days and had a wonderful, unforgettable time. We knew Disney missed us. :)



Originally, we were supposed to go in June and stay at Art of Animation, then go on the Dream, but due to massive amounts of snowstorms in lovely New Jersey this past winter, we had to postpone to August. Now everyone was warning me about the heat, and let me just tell you all, YOU WERE RIGHT. It may have been the hottest, sweatiest (sorry!) trip of my life, but it was one that I will never forget.


Shall I begin?


It all started not too long ago, at the wee hours in the morning.


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I slept at my friend’s house so her parents could take us to the airport for our flight at 5:59 in the morning. We would be in Disney at 8:30 A.M. Who needs sleep?


Made it though security fairly quickly, and decided it was perfectly acceptable to eat our first meal of the day at 4:30 A.M.


First food picture of the trip! LOL.. and it’s in bags.. Big fail, Nicole.


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Probably not a good idea to drink iced coffee when you are aiming to sleep on the flight down, but with all that excitement I guess it didn’t matter! Do you guys remember the commercial with the little boy who says, “I’m too excited to sleep!” Yep, that’s me in a nutshell on Disney eve.


We took so long eating, we didn’t realize our plane had already boarded and as we were walking to the gate, we heard them announce the final boarding call. We booked it! Could you imagine if we missed our flight? Oh the horror! I don’t know why we didn’t realize that you’d need to be on the plane prior to 5:59 in order for it to take off. Hey, it was early. I’m using that excuse :)


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We made it on and were off! My friend slept for maybe 20 minutes, I didn’t sleep at all. Too much excitement! We read and chatted about what was yet to come.


We landed early (YESS!!!), and navigated our way like champs to the B side of the airport. Last year we got lost…this year we were pros. Haha.


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We scanned our matching pink magic bands at the magical express counter, saw that first mickey head light up green, and we’re off! It was time for our first Disney ride of the trip…a bus ride!


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Wilderness Lodge, get ready for us!!
 

ShookieJones

We need time for things to happen.
Drink collage made me jealous.
Hat collage made me laugh.
Bourbon comment made me feel old.
Giant picture of school bread made me drool.

So let's review: Your most recent updates have turned me into a jealous old, drooling fool.
You proud of yourself!!???

Who am I trying to kid? I was all of those things before I started reading this.

Carry on!!!
 

DisneyMorgan

Well-Known Member
Still loving this!

I would've been passed out after one drink! Hahaha I'm so lame :D

Our upcoming trip I want to "snack" around the world since we will be there during F&W. I want to try the school bread!!! And the cronut!!!!
 

LisaBelle

Well-Known Member
Love that you are including daily videos. They are fabulous. I am a total lightweight, don't think drinking around the world is in my future. However, I think you did it right with lots of time, food and water along the way.
 

englanddg

One Little Spark...
We killed that thing! I felt like a caveman, er.. woman! It was the messiest stickiest hunk of goodness to enter my mouth! A frozen lemonade washed it all down. Ah… my mouth is watering right now.


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This pic. This is fantastic.

That is how I feel each time.

AWESOME!

(wait, there seems to still be some meat left....VULTURE TWIN POWERS ACTIVATE!)
 

englanddg

One Little Spark...
I eventually want to eat at every restaurant on property! Hopefully, one day this feat will be accomplished!

We had a woods view room on the 6th floor.. woods view, castle view.. makes sense! LOL

The cruise was AWESOME :)
Good luck with that. They'll close and open restaurants faster than you can visit unless you are an APH.
 

englanddg

One Little Spark...
In the words of Stacey, “You’re gonna get wet!!!!” And well, we did! We walked right on to Splash Mountain! :)
Hold on to your crowns!
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Of course, we got the front row! What a great way to begin the day, sitting front row as you hurdle over a hill in a log! Splash is one of the greatest. It’s super long, it’s set to catchy music, and you get soaked at the end. What else could you want? It allows me to have a zip-a-dee-do-dah day! We danced around with the riverboat scene at the end, singing and laughing with the chickens.


And then, round two! Rides are usually walk-ons first thing in the morning! One thing I’ve learned with fastpass plus, you don’t need a fastpass for 9 AM. Don’t waste it!If you head to a ride first thing, your wait time won't be bad! Since the line was short, we were ready for another trip to the laughin’ place!


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Even became skilled at on ride photos. Look at how pro we are becoming :)


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Not the big one! My stomach hates me at the drop! :)

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And again, we got drenched. It was so refreshing! I think it may have been 90 degrees at 9 AM, so a nice water ride was just what we needed. Who needs a cup of coffee when you can ride Splash Mountain first thing in the morning?

Here's my best friend after her morning shower lol

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We made a pitstop at the restrooms, it was time for my hair to go up. Yep, it didn’t last that long. The Florida heat may have given me a bad hair day, but there’s never a bad day in Disney!

Next up was the wildest ride in the wilderness!!
Really really wet!

Now I hate to post another vid, but this reminded me of our 2011 trip.

Skip to 1:30 (and I promise, it's the last trip vid I'll post, but your comments made me remember it, in a very very good way!)



SEE!!!

<smiles>
 

englanddg

One Little Spark...
This ride was like an instant blow dryer. You get a lot of wind whipping around those bends! We were hysterically laughing, having the best time. I seem to always forget how wild Big Thunder Mountain truly is. I always tend to think of it as a mild roller coaster, and then I hop on board and am proven totally wrong.


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Look at those gorgeous blue skies! The skies were sooo pretty the whole time we were there that day. I look at my pictures now and try to close my eyes and put myself back. Do you ever do the same? I wish they made a Yankee candle scented "Magic Kingdom". I want to be there :( They say scent is the best way to recollect memories, I wish I could bottle Disney World and wear it as perfume. Okay, back on topic...


There also was a message in the sky which we found pretty interesting…


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I don’t know where they would be doing that? Any ideas? It looked like it was directly over big thunder, but I am probably totally wrong in guessing airplane words projection measurements.

We then headed off to


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Our first ride was Pirates of the Caribbean. Such a classic. My friend ended up losing her ray-bans on this ride. They fell right off her head and into the water. Oops! At least it was not her finger! It was funny because on our last trip I left my ray-bans on the couch at Port Orleans while we were waiting for the Magical Express. Disney-2 Us-O Disney is just a ray bans thief!

She ended up buying some new cheap shades in the pirate store, but man was she mad! Haha.. things happen I suppose! Don't wear expensive sunnies to Disney, lesson still not learned LOL :)

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It was then time to hop on our magic carpet and take in some sights. Thanks Aladdin! I can show you the world, shining, shimmering, splendor!


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Ah, the heights!

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After all that sitting on rides, we were working up an appetite. That makes complete and total sense. Yes, I do think so. :)
The Jesus smoke sky writers have been around for years. Decades, actually.
 

G00fyDad

Well-Known Member
The Jesus smoke sky writers have been around for years. Decades, actually.

Didn't really bother us. They've been out there during every one of our trips for a very long time. The only time I was bothered was when I overheard one person cussing about them. As if it was ruining his vacation. :rolleyes: Maybe the skywriting of "Jesus" was burning his eyes... I smell an episode of Supernatural here. :D
 

englanddg

One Little Spark...
Didn't really bother us. They've been out there during every one of our trips for a very long time. The only time I was bothered was when I overheard one person cussing about them. As if it was ruining his vacation. :rolleyes: Maybe the skywriting of "Jesus" was burning his eyes... I smell an episode of Supernatural here. :D
They've been there as long as I can remember (and that's a long time)...never bothered me either.
 

englanddg

One Little Spark...
Usually "more of the same" is a negative reference, however when used to describe your trip reports it just means more awesomeness. And awesomeness is awesome.

There are a few photographers around here who do trip reports, that have a great "eye" for capturing all the beautiful vistas around wdw with their pictures, however you have something a little more rare: An uncanny knack for capturing "fun" with a camera lens.

Im once again having an absolute blast reading along.

Loved naptime in morroco and smiled at the U2 reference.

Keep bringing the fun!
I wholly agree!
 

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