Jenny Sanders
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- Jun 8, 2007
I just did that same pic by the Mickey!!!!
What a fabulous deal and you are staying at one of my very favourite resorts!!! lucky you!so I went on the Disney website and found a wonderful rate for AKL with the Visa promotion and booked this myself. The rate was only $200.00 more than a moderate resort and $2000.00 dollars less than the play, stay, dine promo at a standard CSR room. I canceled the CSR reservation and booked the AKL and bought my sister’s 8 day PH from undercover tourist this morning and booked our flights this morning! The flights from our town were a great price, waaaay less than March! The airfare alone in March was a killer. So those are my plans and I swear I am sticking to these, well maybe, haha!!
haha!Andi knew the answer to all of the questions, she was to shy to say out loud so I would shout the answers out and get high praise from the CMHe thought I was so Disney smart.
I am definitely doing this in December.AK had an opening for 9:00 and we were there a little before this. We headed straight to NRJ and walked right on,
Oooh! Sounds great!Next up was Starbucks, we both had the vanilla sweet cream cold press coffee.
They are adorable!!Stay tuned for more fun in AK and a chance meet with the cutest Dino-Chipmunks EVER!!
Yeah, that makes a lot of sense! And I adore AKL, so great choice!There was no availability at BC/YC resorts for our trip and I got this vibe from the TA, that I was bothering her to much, like I am a pain in her side so I went on the Disney website and found a wonderful rate for AKL with the Visa promotion and booked this myself. The rate was only $200.00 more than a moderate resort and $2000.00 dollars less than the play, stay, dine promo at a standard CSR room. I canceled the CSR reservation and booked the AKL and bought my sister’s 8 day PH from undercover tourist this morning and booked our flights this morning! The flights from our town were a great price, waaaay less than March! The airfare alone in March was a killer. So those are my plans and I swear I am sticking to these, well maybe, haha!!
Yeah, it seems they are overselling those events lately so you don't get the no-wait experienceI am going to skip the TSL EMM after reading reviews on it. We will just try to get there early and try for a FP+ for SDD at least once.
LOLAndi knew the answer to all of the questions, she was to shy to say out loud so I would shout the answers out and get high praise from the CM
YAY!!! I'm excited to hear more about your plans! Glad that worked out... and - bonus - the flights!!!First of all, I did get vacation time in January and flights are about 1/2 the price of March, so I think we will be going 1/23 to 1/30
This CRACKS me up!!!!!! I suppose "encounter" is a pretty decent description thoughHe kept saying “what are we doing here, is this a ride or an encounter?”
I love me a good CoP encounter, too!Our next stop was CoP, such a fun “encounter”
Andi knew the answer to all of the questions, she was to shy to say out loud so I would shout the answers out and get high praise from the CMHe thought I was so Disney smart.
We headed straight to NRJ and walked right on, I really enjoy this ride but only with very little wait. I would not wait more than 15 minutes for this ride.
Still fun to check out the trails. We love doing this.
So true! I saw an elderly couple waiting in the 100 minute line one time and I so wanted to tell them, go sit down don’t wait that long!This. Exactly. I would only do NRJ with a FP or very short wait.
I have always wanted to do the trails. But, like I mentioned in my TR, I can never get anyone else to agree to do it. Makes me sad.
Do you know the story behind this Mickey? Probably you do, but if you don't, "fichwa" means "hidden" in Swahili, so it's literally a hidden Mickey. Fun!
We love this spot, stop almost every trip! Did you see @Terra Nova guy explanation about what the word means, very cool!I just did that same pic by the Mickey!!!!
Yes we will have to see if a chance or planned meeting happens. I am excited now that I have my plans made!Woo hoo for making it official for January! Really hope we can say hi one of the days Great ADRs picked out!
Sounds like such a lovely morning! I love all the pics!
I am really happy with the choice now that it is made, my sister will love it, she loves this type of setting!What a fabulous deal and you are staying at one of my very favourite resorts!!! lucky you!
It works great to jump on NRJ first thing, very few people doing that and it is a visually appealing ride!I am definitely doing this in December.
Stay tuned for the best meet of the trip and it was not planned!They are adorable!!
Yes, I am happy with this and since I do get to stay at an Epcot resort in May, thanks to your great planning! I know my sister will love it at AKYeah, that makes a lot of sense! And I adore AKL, so great choice!
I read a few reviews that really turned me off of this, definitely think it is being over sold!Yeah, it seems they are overselling those events lately so you don't get the no-wait experience
I didn’t mind taking all the credit
I was really stressing about my plans and I feel so much better now that I decided on the January trip!YAY!!! I'm excited to hear more about your plans! Glad that worked out... and - bonus - the flights!!!
Tracy, if you could have heard his voice and how he said it, it did crack me up! It is an encounter I guess but so funny!This CRACKS me up!!!!!! I suppose "encounter" is a pretty decent description though
Ahh me to, such a favorite! We tried to go at least once each tripI love me a good CoP encounter, too!
Yay! At least you weren’t to shy to answer the questions! I didn’t mind taking all the credit, haha! I do know a fair amount of Disney trivia but these questions were really out of my league. Andi got many extra points at school for answering trivia questions and many she learned at Disney. Her teachers were impressed when she would tell them she knew the answer because of Disney trips!Totally OK since she was too shy to say the answers herself! Back when they had the drawing classes they used to do trivia sometimes in the waiting area. Once I was sitting next to a young girl and between the two of us, we answered every question. We were sitting back in a corner and the CM couldn't see us. He accused us of using our phones to come up with the answers but nope, we were just both Disney nerds.
I wish Andi would believe me about the inflated times I think we should try more rides because of this! Wow that was really inflated for NRJTotally agree with this one. I did get in line for it in August with a 45 minute wait time posted because there was just nothing else I wanted to do. I waited a total of 9 minutes before getting on the ride. Talk about an inflated wait time!!
Have fun checking out the trails, I know you leave soon for your trip, yay!Me too! I always have to check on the progress of the baby gorillas. I've been following Lily since 2011 and Cory and Flint since 2014.
Yes, we were in a row with 2 very large men, not comfortable!Thats the one thing I don't like about NRJ! The rows are definitely not large enough for four adults, especially strangers on a hot and sunny day! I get trying to keep the lines down but thats not ideal!
And yes we did have a great trip!! No pixie dust this trip haha so I guess I'm back to my normal, not-so-lucky self!
I wouldn't be surprised if you go in March too haha I mean you already have a room booked and reservations.... haha sorry to be an enabler! I'm really hoping I can make a weekend trip happen with my Mom too in March. My sister says she probably won't go but who knows that will probably change!
Yay to a trip in January and a Disney Cruise, sounds fun. It would be fun to have a Dis meet. Hopefully we can run into each other, we will stay in touch!I'm gonna be there 1/27-1/31 (before we go on our first ever Disney Cruise on 2/1!! YAY!!!). It would be awesome to run into you guys there. I've never met anybody on the DISboards before because I'm not a trip reporter and more of a stalker of trip reports. LOL
I can just hear the voiceover guy now, "ENCOUNTER your favorite princesses at fairytale hall. Enjoy extra magic from whiny guests!"We got in the “encounter” pretty quick. This was a nice meet with Rapunzel and Tiana. The whiny dad even enjoyed it
We were literally on top of each other, not fun! It was so stuffy in there, like a mob scene. This was the scariest part of the ride
Me too. I also love looking at all the details in the attic scene, SO much to look at here!!!Finally, we started to move and eventually got on our doom buggy and had a fun ride. I do look for hidden Mickey’s and new items each ride. I see something new almost every trip, especially in the ballroom!
Every trip I mean to get something from Basin but I never do. Good to know about AP discount though!I stopped at Basin to wash my hands with a lovely lemon scrub! I bought a few soaps and a perfume balm. You do get an AP discount here so that is a plus.
They really are addicting. I could go for those just about now!It was time for the delicious Pulled Pork Nachos found at Captain Cooks. These nachos are so yummy, I love them. Andi likes them but not as much as I do. She wasn’t to hungry so we shared these. I ate most! They are addicting.
I went on the Disney website and found a wonderful rate for AKL
Good method!Andi knew the answer to all of the questions, she was to shy to say out loud so I would shout the answers out and get high praise from the CM
A STICKER?! well I guess it was better than nothing!The CM gave me a prize for all the correct answers, was it a FP, a free food item, a certificate for greatness, no none of these, it was a bleep, bleep sticker!
I have a much better experience on Navi River Journey when we aren't journeying in a row of the boat with a bunch of other people squished in! I always hate when they send us (party of 2) into a row with 2 already in it and I feel like I have to explain "I'm sorry, they made us come into this row!" They definitely don't seem big enough rows for four adults across.We did one other visit and it was first thing in the morning and very few people around
Ahhh, that would have made it even more hilarious!I can just hear the voiceover guy now, "ENCOUNTER your favorite princesses at fairytale hall. Enjoy extra magic from whiny guests!"
I love the attic scene and try to find different things each ride, this ride is so Disney!Me too. I also love looking at all the details in the attic scene, SO much to look at here!!
We always browse in Basin, such a fun store to wash your hands with the delicious smelling scrubs! Andi bought me a scrub for Mother’s Day last year, I love it!Every trip I mean to get something from Basin but I never do. Good to know about AP discount though!
I really love these nachos, wish I could have these more often!They really are addicting. I could go for those just about now!
I am excited now about our plans, I was really fluctuating between several different resorts and I didn’t really like the price or type of any, then I found the Visa promotion on AKL and it was so awesome, couldn’t pass it up!One of my very favorites! Okay maybe they're all my favorite... but I do so love Animal Kingdom Lodge.
I agree! To small to share with people you are not wanting to feel like you are almost in their lapThey definitely don't seem big enough rows for four adults across.