The Sea Witch Stole My Voice! Our Two Week Land and Sea Adventure! Updated 3/9 - Page 3

lifelong_dreamer · 06-12-2009

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Originally Posted by ddstratton

Very nice update!!! Where is this? This does not look familiar to me at all...

That's in town square at Tony's right after you walk out from under the train station.

lifelong_dreamer · 06-12-2009

After the parade we sort of scratched our heads wondering what the heck it was and then moved on up the street. We stopped for our first photopass picture of the year, of course I can't post it as I don't have the cd yet.

Insert photopass picture here

Mom was really thirsty and needed a drink so we headed into Casey's and ordered a large coke. We asked for very little ice in the drink, what did we get? We got a coke with the normal amount of ice and another cup half-full with just ice in it. Ummm, okay..... We just went with it and split the drink between the two cups and headed on our way.

We decided to head on over to Buzz to get our ride on. Tomorrowland looked like a zoo despite the fact that the main attraction in that area, Space Mountain was down for refurbishment. Despite the crazy amounts of people the Buzz line moved quickly and we were on the ride in about five minutes.

I of course beat Mom by a couple hundred thousand points. She would later get her revenge....

Next we decided to ride the Carousel of Progress. I know what you all are thinking but it is a WDW classic and we had never been on it. Got to do everything at least once! Definitely a one-time experience.

It was approaching 7pm and the Dole Whip meet was at 8pm. We decided to head over to Adventureland and go on some of the rides over there. First we had to stop for a bathroom break. While I waited I snapped some photos.

Mom rejoined me and our trek to Adventureland continued

I decided that I wanted to do a quick trip up into the Swiss Family Treehouse to see what kind of view I could get for pictures, to my surprise Mom came with me. For those of you who don't know Mom suffers from MS and humidity plus climbing can be really painful for her. She seemed to do okay this night though.

After the treehouse we decided to go ride Pirates. We went into the queue on the right and there was no line! Walked right on, the queue on the other side had quite a few people waiting. :laughing: Suckers!

Once done with Pirates we had a little bit of time to kill so we just decided to stroll around and soak everything in. We are past the phase where we have to rush everywhere and cram all the rides in. We have already done everything and know that we will be back for future trips so no need to stress.

With 8pm quickly approaching we made our way over to Aloha Isle for the Dole Whip meet. It was not quite yet 8pm and we were looking around and I did not see anybody I recognized. On a second sweep of the area I did spot somebody, it was Rosie! I waved hello and headed over and she greeted me with a smile and a big hug. She also presented us with lime green Focker Watch lanyards, thanks Rosie!

Soon the others started to arrive, I'm sorry but I don't remember all the screen names, you know who you are! I know for sure that at the meet were Colinsdad, Kristi (bound2travel), JohnEric, Nicole and her brother, Rosie, Angela. Sorry if I am forgetting you! The meet is sort of a blur in my mind.

It was great fun getting to meet everybody while we partook in a delicious Dole Whip. At one point we got a group picture. People seem to be missing from my picture though as I know there were others there that are not in this shot.

I think it must have been around 8:20/8:30 so we decided that we should try and find our Spectro viewing spot. Somehow I ended up leading the group to our spot. No idea how that happened. :confused3

We ended up in Frontierland across from the passageway that leads into Adventureland near the Country Bears. There was a nice open spot so our group grabbed it and plopped ourselves down to wait for the parade.

We got another group shot of those who continued on to see Spectro after the Dole Whip meet. I am borrowing this picture from diser Colinsdad as I did not get a group shot on my camera, hope you don't mind!

You can see me peeking out from behind Rosie

We all sat around chatting away while waiting. It was lots of fun getting to know everybody.

Now this part is going to shock and amaze most of you but I do not have a single picture from Spectro. I didn't feel like fiddling around with the settings on the camera to find one that would allow a decent shot so I just didn't take pictures. Instead I sat back and relaxed and took in the show, something I rarely do.

Spectro is one of my favourite things at WDW, it is just so beautiful and I love the music, it is simply magical! Mom says that there were some changes to the parade but I didn't notice anything so it must not have been anything big.

After the parade there was a debate on what to do next. We ultimately decided to head over to the castle for Wishes and then after that to ride the Haunted Mansion.

Again I am going to shock you all, I did not take a single picture of Wishes. Don't worry I would be my regular snaphappy self the rest of the trip. ;)

Wishes was great as usual and once it was over we headed towards Haunted Mansion. The group broke up at this point. The smokers took a smoke break in Liberty Square while the others went ahead and said that they would meet us at the Haunted Mansion. Mom and I are not smokers but we did not want to separate from the group so we hung around in Liberty Square and then went over to Haunted Mansion together. When we got there we found out that a couple of the people who went ahead of us had decided to head over to Casey's to get something to eat instead.

With the group back together again we headed into the Haunted Mansion. I like this ride, it is fun and cheesy and I find the hitchhiking ghost bit hilarious. Once everybody was off the ride we stood outside chatting for a bit. After a while I think people were starting to get tired so our group headed on out of the park.

We were leaving at the same time that Spectro was starting up for a second time. I was afraid that we were going to be trapped on Main St until it passed us by but they actually had CM's who would wave people across the street to the train station whenever there was a small break in the parade.

Kristi, Rosie, Mom and I were all staying at Pop so we rode the bus back together. This was a much more pleasant bus ride for me than the one to the park that day. In fact with the lights on the bus turned off I sort of nodded off for a bit in my seat.

Once back at Pop we said goodnight and headed off to bed. I took a few minutes to write my notes in my trip journal and then it was sweet sleep for me. I think we didn't get to sleep that night until almost midnight, that was one looooong day!

scott-loves-disney · 06-13-2009

sounds just wonderful. I love meeting people while I am there.

Nice pics.

Glad the bus back was more pleasant. I love POR's bus with the crickets and music. So relaxing.

lifelong_dreamer · 06-13-2009

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Originally Posted by scott-loves-disney

sounds just wonderful. I love meeting people while I am there.

Nice pics.

Glad the bus back was more pleasant. I love POR's bus with the crickets and music. So relaxing.

Yep, it was a lot of fun getting to meet all those Disers. That was a nice small meet compared to the one we were going to the next day though. Talk about a sea of lime green, it was blinding!

The ride back was definitely better but I am definitely not a public transportation type of girl, give me the rental car any day over that.

ddstratton · 06-14-2009

Very nice update! Sounds like you had a good time at the meet.

scott-loves-disney · 06-14-2009

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Originally Posted by lifelong_dreamer

Yep, it was a lot of fun getting to meet all those Disers. That was a nice small meet compared to the one we were going to the next day though. Talk about a sea of lime green, it was blinding!

The ride back was definitely better but I am definitely not a public transportation type of girl, give me the rental car any day over that.

I have seen a sea of lime green before, it is almost as bad as the brazilian tour groups.

run and get out of the way.

lifelong_dreamer · 06-15-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by ddstratton

Very nice update! Sounds like you had a good time at the meet.

Thanks, I did have a lot of fun that night. The only Diser there who I "knew" was Rosie but I got along so well with the others and made some new friends! That was good progress for me as I am usually so shy and awkward around people I don't know. I guess something about the Dis/Disney boards brings me out of my shell.

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Originally Posted by scott-loves-disney

I have seen a sea of lime green before, it is almost as bad as the brazilian tour groups.

run and get out of the way.

I actually have a very similar statement in my report.

lifelong_dreamer · 06-15-2009

I had a pretty good sleep that night, only woke up a few times to the melodic sound of Mom's snoring. :lmao:

I had set the wake-up call for 7am, we were headed to Epcot that day. The big event of the day was the Mammoth May Meet in France at 3pm.

All dressed and bag packed for the day we headed down to the food court to purchase a mug and fill it up. Last trip I started every morning with a cup of apple juice, sadly they had gotten rid of the apple juice and the frozen coke machine :sad1: so I had to settle for lemonade. On the way to the car we ran into Rosie who was on her way to the bus stop. She was also headed to Epcot so we offered her a ride.

We got to Epcot pretty quickly and we got a really good parking spot. We were pretty much as close to the entrance as you could get without being in handicapped parking.

We even were lucky enough to get a spot in line up close to the turnstyle. We chatted with the family that was in line ahead of us. Turned out they were from Canada too, Winnipeg to be exact. I gave them some touring advise as they were not sure where they were going but they knew that they wanted to go to Soarin. I advised them that they should go there first and gave them directions which was not hard to do, I just told them to follow the mob. They laughed and said that they should just follow me around the park all day as it seemed like I knew what I was doing. They also complimented me on my Tink necklace, the first of many compliments, I seemed to get a lot of attention over that necklace.

The turnstyles opened and we made our way into the park. We were pretty close to the rope, only a few people back. Mom and Rosie chatted while I snapped pictures.

As soon as the rope dropped the three of us headed over to Soarin with the rest of the crowd. We got on the ride pretty quickly. In fact we got to skip ahead of the line a bit as they were calling out for a party of three.

The ride was fun as always, and it was fun getting to ride it with Rosie, a fellow Diser and Focker.

After Soarin we parted ways with Rosie, we were planning on heading over to Test Track. As we passed the Character Spot we changed our minds though. We decided that we would save Test Track for our next Epcot day and stick with exploring one side of Future World for that day. The line for the characters was rather short so we said "Why not!"

I prefer the photopass pictures that got taken here but since the cd has not arrived yet I will have to settle for posting the pictures from our camera.

For some reason Mom doesn't like this picture, I think it is cute so I am posting it anyways!

I had to laugh at this picture when I looked at it on the camera screen as it looked like Pluto was licking my cleavage. :rotfl:

Dancing with Goofy was a riot, he even gave me a little twirl. What a charmer!

The character interaction that morning was a lot of fun and I am glad that we stopped to get those pictures.

lifelong_dreamer · 06-15-2009

The photopass cd came today! Looks like all my whining was for nothing as it arrived the day after it shipped and I ordered it on Monday night. :rotfl: So without further ado here are the photopass pictures that were missing from the TR so far.

May 16th

May 17th

scott-loves-disney · 06-15-2009

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Originally Posted by lifelong_dreamer

I actually have a very similar statement in my report.

Great updates and pics.

Great you got to see Rosie and then ride Soarin' with her.

Nice photopass pics. Those cd's usually come so quick, I love it.

Nice dance with Goofy. And shame on Pluto trying to do that to your cleavage.

06-12-2009	#22 (permalink)
lifelong_dreamer Pluto Info Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ontario Posts: 1,185 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 7	After the parade we sort of scratched our heads wondering what the heck it was and then moved on up the street. We stopped for our first photopass picture of the year, of course I can't post it as I don't have the cd yet. Insert photopass picture here Mom was really thirsty and needed a drink so we headed into Casey's and ordered a large coke. We asked for very little ice in the drink, what did we get? We got a coke with the normal amount of ice and another cup half-full with just ice in it. Ummm, okay..... We just went with it and split the drink between the two cups and headed on our way. We decided to head on over to Buzz to get our ride on. Tomorrowland looked like a zoo despite the fact that the main attraction in that area, Space Mountain was down for refurbishment. Despite the crazy amounts of people the Buzz line moved quickly and we were on the ride in about five minutes. I of course beat Mom by a couple hundred thousand points. She would later get her revenge.... Next we decided to ride the Carousel of Progress. I know what you all are thinking but it is a WDW classic and we had never been on it. Got to do everything at least once! Definitely a one-time experience. It was approaching 7pm and the Dole Whip meet was at 8pm. We decided to head over to Adventureland and go on some of the rides over there. First we had to stop for a bathroom break. While I waited I snapped some photos. Mom rejoined me and our trek to Adventureland continued I decided that I wanted to do a quick trip up into the Swiss Family Treehouse to see what kind of view I could get for pictures, to my surprise Mom came with me. For those of you who don't know Mom suffers from MS and humidity plus climbing can be really painful for her. She seemed to do okay this night though. After the treehouse we decided to go ride Pirates. We went into the queue on the right and there was no line! Walked right on, the queue on the other side had quite a few people waiting. :laughing: Suckers! Once done with Pirates we had a little bit of time to kill so we just decided to stroll around and soak everything in. We are past the phase where we have to rush everywhere and cram all the rides in. We have already done everything and know that we will be back for future trips so no need to stress. With 8pm quickly approaching we made our way over to Aloha Isle for the Dole Whip meet. It was not quite yet 8pm and we were looking around and I did not see anybody I recognized. On a second sweep of the area I did spot somebody, it was Rosie! I waved hello and headed over and she greeted me with a smile and a big hug. She also presented us with lime green Focker Watch lanyards, thanks Rosie! Soon the others started to arrive, I'm sorry but I don't remember all the screen names, you know who you are! I know for sure that at the meet were Colinsdad, Kristi (bound2travel), JohnEric, Nicole and her brother, Rosie, Angela. Sorry if I am forgetting you! The meet is sort of a blur in my mind. It was great fun getting to meet everybody while we partook in a delicious Dole Whip. At one point we got a group picture. People seem to be missing from my picture though as I know there were others there that are not in this shot. I think it must have been around 8:20/8:30 so we decided that we should try and find our Spectro viewing spot. Somehow I ended up leading the group to our spot. No idea how that happened. :confused3 We ended up in Frontierland across from the passageway that leads into Adventureland near the Country Bears. There was a nice open spot so our group grabbed it and plopped ourselves down to wait for the parade. We got another group shot of those who continued on to see Spectro after the Dole Whip meet. I am borrowing this picture from diser Colinsdad as I did not get a group shot on my camera, hope you don't mind! You can see me peeking out from behind Rosie We all sat around chatting away while waiting. It was lots of fun getting to know everybody. Now this part is going to shock and amaze most of you but I do not have a single picture from Spectro. I didn't feel like fiddling around with the settings on the camera to find one that would allow a decent shot so I just didn't take pictures. Instead I sat back and relaxed and took in the show, something I rarely do. Spectro is one of my favourite things at WDW, it is just so beautiful and I love the music, it is simply magical! Mom says that there were some changes to the parade but I didn't notice anything so it must not have been anything big. After the parade there was a debate on what to do next. We ultimately decided to head over to the castle for Wishes and then after that to ride the Haunted Mansion. Again I am going to shock you all, I did not take a single picture of Wishes. Don't worry I would be my regular snaphappy self the rest of the trip. ;) Wishes was great as usual and once it was over we headed towards Haunted Mansion. The group broke up at this point. The smokers took a smoke break in Liberty Square while the others went ahead and said that they would meet us at the Haunted Mansion. Mom and I are not smokers but we did not want to separate from the group so we hung around in Liberty Square and then went over to Haunted Mansion together. When we got there we found out that a couple of the people who went ahead of us had decided to head over to Casey's to get something to eat instead. With the group back together again we headed into the Haunted Mansion. I like this ride, it is fun and cheesy and I find the hitchhiking ghost bit hilarious. Once everybody was off the ride we stood outside chatting for a bit. After a while I think people were starting to get tired so our group headed on out of the park. We were leaving at the same time that Spectro was starting up for a second time. I was afraid that we were going to be trapped on Main St until it passed us by but they actually had CM's who would wave people across the street to the train station whenever there was a small break in the parade. Kristi, Rosie, Mom and I were all staying at Pop so we rode the bus back together. This was a much more pleasant bus ride for me than the one to the park that day. In fact with the lights on the bus turned off I sort of nodded off for a bit in my seat. Once back at Pop we said goodnight and headed off to bed. I took a few minutes to write my notes in my trip journal and then it was sweet sleep for me. I think we didn't get to sleep that night until almost midnight, that was one looooong day! __________________ Lessa Come read my May 2009 Land and Sea Report! ♥ Four Trips to WDW ♥ ♥ One Trip to Disneyland ♥ ♥ One Trip on Disney Cruise Line ♥

06-13-2009	#23 (permalink)
scott-loves-disney If I say big girl panties I will be looking for a new place to live Administrator Info Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New York City Posts: 7,205 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 9	sounds just wonderful. I love meeting people while I am there. Nice pics. Glad the bus back was more pleasant. I love POR's bus with the crickets and music. So relaxing. __________________ Scott,

06-14-2009	#25 (permalink)
ddstratton I've been playing again. Big surprise, huh? Moderator Info Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Bath, NY Posts: 924	Very nice update! Sounds like you had a good time at the meet. __________________ Darla Mom's Going Back - May '10 Pre-trip First Timers Took on the World - October '08

06-15-2009	#28 (permalink)
lifelong_dreamer Pluto Info Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ontario Posts: 1,185 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 7	I had a pretty good sleep that night, only woke up a few times to the melodic sound of Mom's snoring. :lmao: I had set the wake-up call for 7am, we were headed to Epcot that day. The big event of the day was the Mammoth May Meet in France at 3pm. All dressed and bag packed for the day we headed down to the food court to purchase a mug and fill it up. Last trip I started every morning with a cup of apple juice, sadly they had gotten rid of the apple juice and the frozen coke machine :sad1: so I had to settle for lemonade. On the way to the car we ran into Rosie who was on her way to the bus stop. She was also headed to Epcot so we offered her a ride. We got to Epcot pretty quickly and we got a really good parking spot. We were pretty much as close to the entrance as you could get without being in handicapped parking. We even were lucky enough to get a spot in line up close to the turnstyle. We chatted with the family that was in line ahead of us. Turned out they were from Canada too, Winnipeg to be exact. I gave them some touring advise as they were not sure where they were going but they knew that they wanted to go to Soarin. I advised them that they should go there first and gave them directions which was not hard to do, I just told them to follow the mob. They laughed and said that they should just follow me around the park all day as it seemed like I knew what I was doing. They also complimented me on my Tink necklace, the first of many compliments, I seemed to get a lot of attention over that necklace. The turnstyles opened and we made our way into the park. We were pretty close to the rope, only a few people back. Mom and Rosie chatted while I snapped pictures. As soon as the rope dropped the three of us headed over to Soarin with the rest of the crowd. We got on the ride pretty quickly. In fact we got to skip ahead of the line a bit as they were calling out for a party of three. The ride was fun as always, and it was fun getting to ride it with Rosie, a fellow Diser and Focker. After Soarin we parted ways with Rosie, we were planning on heading over to Test Track. As we passed the Character Spot we changed our minds though. We decided that we would save Test Track for our next Epcot day and stick with exploring one side of Future World for that day. The line for the characters was rather short so we said "Why not!" I prefer the photopass pictures that got taken here but since the cd has not arrived yet I will have to settle for posting the pictures from our camera. For some reason Mom doesn't like this picture, I think it is cute so I am posting it anyways! I had to laugh at this picture when I looked at it on the camera screen as it looked like Pluto was licking my cleavage. :rotfl: Dancing with Goofy was a riot, he even gave me a little twirl. What a charmer! The character interaction that morning was a lot of fun and I am glad that we stopped to get those pictures. __________________ Lessa Come read my May 2009 Land and Sea Report! ♥ Four Trips to WDW ♥ ♥ One Trip to Disneyland ♥ ♥ One Trip on Disney Cruise Line ♥

06-15-2009	#29 (permalink)
lifelong_dreamer Pluto Info Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ontario Posts: 1,185 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 7	The photopass cd came today! Looks like all my whining was for nothing as it arrived the day after it shipped and I ordered it on Monday night. :rotfl: So without further ado here are the photopass pictures that were missing from the TR so far. May 16th May 17th __________________ Lessa Come read my May 2009 Land and Sea Report! ♥ Four Trips to WDW ♥ ♥ One Trip to Disneyland ♥ ♥ One Trip on Disney Cruise Line ♥

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