And all at once, everything was different. Literally. *WDW NYE 2019 TR* Updated 4/11x2*COMPLETE*

Did everyone survive the time change?? I cannot even tell you how much I hate springing forward an hour. I think we might move to Arizona, just b/c they skip it (that is the state that skips it, right?? too lazy to google to check my own facts :rotfl::rotfl:)

Ok, I lied, I wasn't too lazy, I had to google it. Apparently most of AZ does not do daylight savings time, just the Navajo nation. So yeah, Arizona here I come!! (not really, but I mean, come ON! Who likes losing an hour of sleep?? And on a weekend?? I'm going to be thrown off for at least a month)
I actually love Daylight Saving Time! Losing an hour of sleep is so worth the sun not going down at 5pm! LOL

Then I noticed the guy in front of me eating an orange and putting the peel on the ground next to him :rotfl2::rotfl2: I felt like such an idiot, b/c I just kept talking about the orange smell and smelling all the plants and flowers in the area :rotfl::rotfl:
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We saw where the animals came in at night (if they wanted to! They can't force the animals to come inside if they don't want to)
I love thatthey let them do their thing and don't force them.

I was proudly wearing my Bubblegum Wall ears
Bought some of those last weekend! I am ready for F&G in May!

Our driver was great, and once we over there the kids wanted to check out the car
My boys played in this this past weekend!

They tell you not to pick off the henna as it dries...do you know how hard that is :rotfl2: Nothing is so hard to do as something someone tells you NOT to do. It's all I could think about, LOL!
OMG, I would die! It would be so hard!

We finished up, took some time to appreciate the view from the porch area outside

Very pretty!
 
The rhino tour sounds amazing! How incredible that you got to touch and pet a rhino. And I love that the Cast Member stopped to ask how you enjoyed it afterwards. I feel like AK CMs are extra awesome, simply because a lot of them love Disney and have a huge passion for animals. It can lead to a lot of interesting conversations with them given the chance.
 
I'm here so very late, but enjoying your TR.. I'm going to post this before I finish reading, so I don't forget what I wanted to say/ask!

One thing I knew I did not want to change was our dinner reservation for the new character meal at Artist Point! It's no secret that I'm a fan of Snow White, it's like this meal was tailor made for me!

We are "winging it" for ADRs for our next trip, but this is one ADR I told hubby that I was going to make. Glad you enjoyed it!

Did Dopey like your purse?
 
I'm flying down on Friday the 13th...I joked with my husband that I got all the bad luck out of the way this time around!

I'll be there the 16th-24th!

I've never been in Sept before...we thought it would be a calm trip, and now BAM! Star Wars :scared::scared:

I agree, not thrilled about this early opening of SW either. Especially since we were really looking forward to a HS day. Last year we only did a half day, and were unsatisfied with that!
 


LOL, so while we were waiting, I was standing near this flowering bush. I kept noticing a very strong scent of oranges, and it smelled so good! I kept saying, "Where is that orange smell coming from?", and sniffing the bush like a giant weirdo. The bush and flowers did not smell like oranges, and I was so confused!! Then I noticed the guy in front of me eating an orange and putting the peel on the ground next to him :rotfl2::rotfl2: I felt like such an idiot, b/c I just kept talking about the orange smell and smelling all the plants and flowers in the area

OMG :rotfl::rotfl:

The rhino was a female named Helen - and she had a distinguishing feature - furry ears! She had little hair tufts on the tips of her ears, and it was very cute!

Aw, a furry eared Rhino sounds so freakin cute!

pulled pork fries:

YUM

We decided to take a Minnie Van to the Beach Club and walk over to Epcot from there. I was proudly wearing my Bubblegum Wall ears and forced L into a selfie. Cue weird kid face:

I just love those ears!

I made everyone stop for a photopass picture

Cute!

They tell you not to pick off the henna as it dries...do you know how hard that is :rotfl2: Nothing is so hard to do as something someone tells you NOT to do. It's all I could think about, LOL! I was also scared of smearing it while it was wet, so I held my arm at a very weird angle until it dried.

That's a pretty henna! I got a henna once at a Six Flags and while it was drying we went on a ride. The girl next to me was freaking out and wanted off but the ride operator and her BF basically forced her to go on (which is a whole other story) but she grabbed my arm the entire ride and smooshed the crap out of it. I was SO SAD!


We finished up, took some time to appreciate the view from the porch area outside

That's such a pretty picture!! Wow!
 
I need to do the Rhino tour with my mom and kids on our next trip. We will leave DH and my step (who both hate anything zoo related) in the park doing something else.
 
Literally years!! None of us had been on since 2014 :scared1: That's what tiers did to us at Hollywood Studios, we always chose Toy Story Mania over RnR.

I hate tiers!!

I'm a little late to this party but I have enjoyed reading your report!!! Gotta do some catching up!
 


Gorillas are another animal I would probably get mauled to death by, b/c of trying to hug one. Yeah, yeah, I said monkeys are creepy, but gorillas are apes. Totally different. (but chimpanzees are horrifying, and even though they are also apes, they and bonobos (especially bonobos!!) belong in the creepy monkey category, regardless of their ape classification :scared1: ) Gorillas just seem comforting to me, and I love them!
I find your classifications hilarious!

No hugging for me, but lots of pets for Helen! Their skin is kind of hard to describe - almost rough like tree bark. I know all I got to do was reach through some heavy metal posts and rub her side for a minute or two, but it was one of the best moments of my life, to be so close to such an amazing animal.
I loved that experience so much too! I just wish they had a photopass person or something to take photos!

The skin felt like a dirty, hairy basketball!

Anyway, he developed a love for them, and now he does the Sense of Africa tour at AKL (which is my DREAM tour!!), and I said hopefully I'd be seeing him again soon for that one.
I want to do this one too!
 
HI!!! I am all caught up!

So, first I need to tell you, I was looking at the list of activities Morgan can do next year, when she is in middle school. And Odyess of the Minds is on it! I am def going to encourage her to give it a try!

I was surprised by how easily we were able to change things last minute. Not FPs ever, but meals were so simple to switch around throughout the whole trip. It always makes me question the rush for ADRs at 180 days. I don't find it necessary anymore, but the thrill of the chase is always there, so I still do a few then anyway, LOL!
I feel like there are really only a handful of restaurants that you NEED to do early, or if you are a big group.

Did everyone survive the time change??
Ugh NO!!! I am dyeing this week!!

Gorillas are another animal I would probably get mauled to death by, b/c of trying to hug one.
Ha. I think you may want to resist hugging most animals..

Then I noticed the guy in front of me eating an orange and putting the peel on the ground next to him :rotfl2::rotfl2: I felt like such an idiot, b/c I just kept talking about the orange smell and smelling all the plants and flowers in the area :rotfl::rotfl:
Was he really dropping the orange peel on the floor? This is what I took from your story.. ha.


And then...we got to pet Helen!! In groups of three, we all took turns moving up to the enclosure and reaching through to give Helen some love. Guys, it was so hard not to get closer and try to hug her!! I felt like Dr. Grant and the triceratops in Jurassic Park!

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Ha! See, I was thinking of doing the Elephant Tour and I wondered if the petting through a wall would be enough... Or would I feel a little let down..

And def don't hug a dinasour!

He asked someone about them, and they laughed at him b/c he couldn't even pronounce Okapi correctly! He started calling them Zebra Pants, LOL!!
I am going to call them that from now on.


I had the pulled pork mac and cheese:

Yum!!!!

And both boys had the pulled pork fries:

Double Yum!

While we were eating, like any Disney quick service food area, birds were all over

Disney Birds are an animal I DON"T like! They have no fear!

Our driver was great, and once we over there the kids wanted to check out the car




Both of them driving?? *shudder*
This is exactly what I thought too! Kids driving. Eek.




They tell you not to pick off the henna as it dries...do you know how hard that is :rotfl2:
I have been keeping this under wraps from the girls. I think they would totally want to do this and then totally proceed to pick at.


This is also the first time during the trip that we had to wait a long time to be seated. I think we waited close to 30 minutes before being seated. The worst part was, there was a big open section of tables the entire time, and then THAT'S where we ended up being seated!
That is the WORST!!!!

L and DH both ordered the Seafood Yuzu Shio Ramen: Ramen Noodles with Grilled Shrimp and Asari Clam in Yuzu-Seafood Broth

That looks really good.

Leyton even tried a piece of each, which is a pretty big deal. I vow to turn him on to sushi one way or another.
All of your sushi looked good to. Might have to try this one day as well. Becareful! 4 people eating sushi is $$$$. Morgan eats some, if she is in the mood and our Sushi bill is way higher now!




She's so cute, I just love her!!
So cute!
 
Behind again - sorry!! But it's spring break week so my goal is to finish the whole report this week. Let's see if that actually happens!!

News on upcoming trips...

June:
- Got a good deal on DH's ticket through our Sam's Club membership (saved $40ish vs. buying directly through Disney)

- Booked the Backstage Magic tour for June 13. We are both so excited for this. We'll be there after the new changes take effect (taking away the trip through textile services - which I'm more than ok with. I have enough laundry in my life, thanks! - and lunch at Whispering Canyon and subbing in lunch at Tiffins (one of my favorites) and behind the scenes at Rivers of Light.

September:
- ADR day on Wednesday!!

The Sept trip starts at US/IOA with Halloween Horror Nights, and all of the restaurants on that section of the trip are all new for me, since my previous US/IOA experience was one VERY LONG JULY DAY cramming in both parks in 2015 (it was L's 10th birthday)

Restaurants on Sept's list:

Universal
Toothsome
Islands
Vivo
Se7en Bites (offsite)
Cowfish

Disney
La Hacienda
Crystal Palace
Wine Bar George
Toledo
Brown Derby
Shula's
Boma
Woody's Lunchbox
Nomad Lounge

I'll try to catch up on quotes later this afternoon!! Have a great Monday!!
 
Ok, I knew I said I'd do quotes, but if I do them now it's going to put me even further behind on my updates, so I'll try to come back for those later!! If not...well...at least I thought about trying?? :rotfl:

Since my brief comments this morning about June and Sept, it has now been decided that we're going to MNSSHP in September too!! Tickets are purchased, and we're ready for some extra Halloween goodness. I swear, if a hurricane comes and tries to mess with that September trip, I hope it's prepared to deal with me. I will fight the hurricane. I will somehow develop superhero weather defeating powers and fight. the. hurricane. It does not want to mess with me!!

So what's been happening around here? Well, DH and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary (July will be ten years together...before that though, we actually knew each other in high school, and he was my first date - to see Titanic, lol). My big gift from him was awesome, but my little gift was my favorite (shh...don't tell him that :rotfl: )

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I love It's a Small World, and I have almost bought myself this limited edition magic band about ten times. It's probably still in my ShopDisney cart in all honesty, so I was very excited! The coffee mug was just a bonus.

I also ordered some wax melts and air freshener circles from Magic Candle Co.

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If you can't see the labels on the melts, I got Flying Over Africa, African Lodge, Banshee Flight, and Yacht Resort. Flying Over Africa actually smells like the part in Soarin' that I wanted it to. Very fresh cut grass-ish. My favorite of all of them by far. Banshee Flight is the same scent as the island scene in Soarin' in addition to FOP. It's ok. Yacht Club is the green clover and aloe scent used at many of the resorts, and is pleasant. African Lodge doesn't smell anything like AKL to me. It's very sweet and perfumey and gives me a little bit of a headache. A complaint I have is that the wax is very, very soft. Like, it will smush in your hand. That also makes it a royal pain to get out of your warmers once solidified. I like to pop my solid melted wax out rather than use the cotton ball method on melted wax, so what's probably a minor annoyance to some is a big deal to me.

The scent circles are Norway, Haunted, Tiki Terrace and Polynesian. I have Haunted in my jeep, and initially it smelled like musty butterscotch. I know that sounds weird, but it's all I could think of. After the first day it mellowed and it smells ok now, but nothing like I'd imagine a Haunted Mansion smelling like. Maybe Haunted Karamel Kuche is more accurate?? DH has Tiki Terrace in his truck and I like it. Very lightly tropical.
We haven't opened the other two yet, but Norway is supposed to smell like Laila (I hope!) and Polynesian is supposed to be tropical. We shall see I guess!



But anyway, as for THIS trip, we are already to our final park day :sad::sad: It always gets here much faster than you want it to.



Chapter Eight: Last Park Day - MK morning, DHS evening

Again with no good chapter name. I think I've officially given up!

All four of us were up and ready on time to make it to the Magic Kingdom for Extra Magic Hours this morning. X hadn't been to the MK at all, b/c he'd gotten sick on our VIP day, so despite what you'll see in pictures, he was actually happy to be there!!

I checked to see how my henna looked this morning, after being so afraid of destroying it the night before:

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It ended up staying for just under two weeks, surprisingly!

I think we must have taken the monorail over to the park, b/c I have no pictures...and if we were on the ferry I feel like I'd have taken some.

Anyway, not long after leaving the Polynesian we arrived at the Magic Kingdom

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The train was already out of commission and on display at the station

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I made everyone stop for the photopass photographer

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One thing I need to mention, because it's what this first post covering this day is going to be about - it was EMH day, but they were scanning everyone's bands at the tapstiles. There was no designated lanes open for EMH/breakfast, none of the CMs were asking, "are you here for a tour/breakfast/EMH" like they usually do, and there was a lot of confusion, and management CMs on walkies making their way toward the scanners, and just a buzz of something "oops" in the air, do you know what I mean? Like, you could just tell some kind of something was going on. My initial thought was that they just didn't have a land cleared or something, and we needed to be prepared for delay.


The park was just a few minutes from opening and we were here waiting with all these people

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There was no delay, and everyone was let inside. We avoided the crowds and just sort of took our time wandering.

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In the past I've really enjoyed EMH mornings at the Magic Kingdom during a pre or post holiday week. It's always been nice and manageable. We knew we were heading toward Tomorrowland, but didn't plan on rushing or anything. So instead of going on up and into Tomorrowland, I said, Hey, let's hang out and appreciate the hub for awhile. More pictures, yay!!

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But I started noticing something that was a little concerning...no one was entering Fantasyland or Tomorrowland like normal. Just a few small groups at a time. And big, huge, lines were forming. What the heck was going on??

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The CMs were rescanning ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE'S MAGIC BANDS before letting them into the park. We got almost up to the CMs when one a manager came over and said, "Just let them in, it doesn't matter if they're not resort guests, EMH will be over before we get them all scanned at this point", and it was like an insane free for all flood of humanity. It was also about 15 minutes into EMH at this point.

We got to Buzz Lightyear and the line looked like this:

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During Extra Magic Hours :faint: Normally this ride is walk on at this point during regular hours, let alone EMH.

At least I beat X once we finally got on the ride!!


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I knew we were going to have to regroup a little after we got back out into Tomorrowland

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I thought that maybe they had rebounded after the initial confusion this morning, and maybe wait times would be more leveled out. We tried Space Mountain but it was about a 50 minute wait. Boo.

So let's just keep going toward Fantasyland then!

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The only thing not shocking this morning was a 95 minute wait time at 7DMT :rotfl::rotfl: How sad is that?

I wanted to check the wait time for Peter Pan out of sheer curiosity at this point, and then I wanted to ride It's a Small World, b/c we'd skipped it on our VIP day.

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Peter Pan was obviously crazy, but Small World???

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It was a 40 minute posted wait with people spilling out all over the place. I had to document on Instagram of course, LOL!!

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We were feeling defeated, and annoyed. Our FPs were planned for Hollywood Studios that night, so cutting time short in MK was not what we wanted to do. X and I decided we needed a restroom break, so we worked our way through the crowd and visited the Kingdom of Corona. With about a million of our closest friends.

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Once reunited, we made a plan. Forget the rest of EMH. There was about 20 minutes left before the rest of the park opened, so we would just hang out in Corona for awhile, then go straight for the Haunted Mansion.

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I was glad the security frying pan was close by in case I needed to break up a fight in the crowd :rotfl::rotfl: We weren't the only ones waiting to go into Liberty Square

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L chose this time to decide that now HE needed a restroom break and bravely fought his way over to it. On his way back there was a rude family that didn't want to let him through to get back to us (we were all packed in like sardines), and I thought back to the frying pan...

Oh Rapunzel, deliver me from this madness!!

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Would we survive the last part of EMH?? Would we make it to the Haunted Mansion as guests or as ghosts, crushed by the crowd??

Find out next time!!

 
I also ordered some wax melts and air freshener circles from Magic Candle Co.

Ok, I now am looking at buying some of those scent circles! My sister used to get me the Dole Whip ones at Disneyland but they stopped making them, so now my car has been boring! I currently have 8 in my cart!

The CMs were rescanning ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE'S MAGIC BANDS before letting them into the park. We got almost up to the CMs when one a manager came over and said, "Just let them in, it doesn't matter if they're not resort guests, EMH will be over before we get them all scanned at this point", and it was like an insane free for all flood of humanity. It was also about 15 minutes into EMH at this point.
Ugh, what a disaster! And even worse in the Liberty Square area! I will have to keep that in mind for this upcoming NYE trip!
 
Ok, I now am looking at buying some of those scent circles! My sister used to get me the Dole Whip ones at Disneyland but they stopped making them, so now my car has been boring! I currently have 8 in my cart!


Ugh, what a disaster! And even worse in the Liberty Square area! I will have to keep that in mind for this upcoming NYE trip!

Don't forget to use the Dis code for 15% off!! I'm not sure I'll buy any more of the wax melts (maybe the soarin over africa one, i do love it), but I'll probably get more of the scent circles!

I will say this disaster of an EMH was not our experience the year before over NYE, or any other early mornings of this trip. I really think someone messed up and just let too many people in without scanning bands properly out front. But with the added craziness of Galaxy's Edge, I say you need to be even more prepared for anything on NYE this year!! You know, after the first NYE trip I said never again (then did it anyway, LOL), but now after this most recent trip, it's totally manageable. You're going to have a great time!
 
Gorillas are another animal I would probably get mauled to death by, b/c of trying to hug one. Yeah, yeah, I said monkeys are creepy, but gorillas are apes. Totally different. (but chimpanzees are horrifying, and even though they are also apes, they and bonobos (especially bonobos!!) belong in the creepy monkey category, regardless of their ape classification :scared1: ) Gorillas just seem comforting to me, and I love them!
Totally agree...there just is something too human with monkeys!

Anyway, the picture above of the check in area? The guy on the right heard me talking about how excited I was to see the rhinos, and I was actually kind of bouncing up and down and smiling like a crazy person (thank goodness he didn't hear the orange drama and think I actually WAS a crazy person), and he came over to talk to us for awhile. When it was time for the tour to begin, he told everyone how things would work - we'd be boarding a van and driving backstage to the rhinoceros barn, and once over there we'd meet different keepers who would tell us about the work they do at Animal Kingdom.
This sounds like such an amazing experience!

The first keeper walked us over to an outside barn area where another keeper was feeding a beautiful White Rhinoceros some hay. While he was feeding her, he was also signaling her with his whistle, and she would react in certain ways (opening her mouth, moving in certain ways, etc). When she obeyed the whistle correctly, she got some hay and some pets!
The rhino was a female named Helen - and she had a distinguishing feature - furry ears! She had little hair tufts on the tips of her ears, and it was very cute!
What a cool experience to have!

No hugging for me, but lots of pets for Helen! Their skin is kind of hard to describe - almost rough like tree bark. I know all I got to do was reach through some heavy metal posts and rub her side for a minute or two, but it was one of the best moments of my life, to be so close to such an amazing animal.
As many of you know, I have four dogs that I am just obsessed with. I often just stare at them, and am overwhelmed by how close I get to be to a WHOLE OTHER CREATURE. A living, breathing, feeling little furball, so completely different from myself. If I get that emotional over something as common as a dog, you can probably imagine what this was like for me.

Somehow I managed not to break down sobbing!!
Super special, I love it!

Both were fine, but we preferred the Firecracker Roll. Leyton even tried a piece of each, which is a pretty big deal. I vow to turn him on to sushi one way or another.

Overall, everyone enjoyed this. I'd go back for sushi, but I'd order different things (I want to try the Volcano Roll and the Dragon Monster Roll). The Bento Box also sounds pretty good. I feel like the next time all four of us are back at WDW, this is going to be on the top of the kids' lists.

We finished up, took some time to appreciate the view from the porch area outside
The food sounds great! DH really want to try and fit in lunch here in July. Even in a 10 day trip, there is not enough time for everything we want to do!

Booked the Backstage Magic tour for June 13. We are both so excited for this. We'll be there after the new changes take effect (taking away the trip through textile services - which I'm more than ok with. I have enough laundry in my life, thanks! - and lunch at Whispering Canyon and subbing in lunch at Tiffins (one of my favorites) and behind the scenes at Rivers of Light.
I would love behind the scenes at RoL!

I love It's a Small World, and I have almost bought myself this limited edition magic band about ten times. It's probably still in my ShopDisney cart in all honesty, so I was very excited! The coffee mug was just a bonus.
Love this!!

I checked to see how my henna looked this morning, after being so afraid of destroying it the night before:
It is gorgeous!

Once reunited, we made a plan. Forget the rest of EMH. There was about 20 minutes left before the rest of the park opened, so we would just hang out in Corona for awhile, then go straight for the Haunted Mansion.
So crowded! Sounds just like last Wednesday at MK where I literally could not move!
 
We noticed the CM’s doing the second scan and it really delays the whole emh, what is the point, so irritating!

It use to be quick at the front of the park, they would scan with the IPad.

It sure did look like a mob scene for you all, ugh! I would hide out in Rapunzel’s area for awhile as well!
 
Happy anniversary! Love the gifts! I've always been curious about those candles. I love the way FOP smells.

What a mess at MK. I think I would have given up and moved on to another park, but I wouldn't have wanted to. Seems like the CMs just we're not fully prepared for the crowd that morning.
 
Kicking off a trip with Halloween Horror Nights is how you do fall trips RIGHT. Hopefully I'll get over there for that around the same time so I'm not last minute trying to make the event like two years ago. It deserves as many visits as possible for sure.

Happy Anniversary! How cute your first date was seeing Titanic. Honestly goals.

I'm sorry that your morning at Magic Kingdom went a bit awry. I wonder if MyMagic+ had broke down so they were having to constantly re-check people's MagicBands at the turnstiles. I hope Haunted Mansion was at least one nice respite for y'all. *fingers crossed*
 
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Happy Anniversary!!

Your henna ended up looking great!!

Love all the early morning photos! But ugh sounds like a chaotic start to the morning. That really stinks that you weren't able to get much of anything accomplished. I hope it got better!!
 
Totally agree...there just is something too human with monkeys!

This sounds like such an amazing experience!

What a cool experience to have!

Super special, I love it!

The food sounds great! DH really want to try and fit in lunch here in July. Even in a 10 day trip, there is not enough time for everything we want to do!

I would love behind the scenes at RoL!

Love this!!

It is gorgeous!

So crowded! Sounds just like last Wednesday at MK where I literally could not move!

Definitely too human like, and it creeps me out!!

The rhino tour was great! They are special animals, and it was amazing to get an up close look

Ugh, there really is never enough time! I was glad we ended up trying it.

I'm so excited about the tour, and seeing the RoL floats will be awesome. I hope we get to be up close and personal with them!

Oh no, spring break crowds? There's just something about Fantasyland, LOL. It's the worst place to get stuck on a crowded day!!


We noticed the CM’s doing the second scan and it really delays the whole emh, what is the point, so irritating!

It use to be quick at the front of the park, they would scan with the IPad.

It sure did look like a mob scene for you all, ugh! I would hide out in Rapunzel’s area for awhile as well!

oh yuck, i'm sorry they were scanning on your day too. There had to be something wrong on those days, b/c you're right, it's a total waste of emh!!

Happy anniversary! Love the gifts! I've always been curious about those candles. I love the way FOP smells.

What a mess at MK. I think I would have given up and moved on to another park, but I wouldn't have wanted to. Seems like the CMs just we're not fully prepared for the crowd that morning.

Thank you!

I had a bad experience with one brand of Disney candles, and was scared to try these, but eventually I was convinced. They're not bad! They're more expensive than Scentsy, so I won't buy from them often, but I would buy the Soarin' scent again for sure, and the circles.

I was frustrated at MK, but I was hanging in there b/c I knew part of it was b/c it was emh and the crowds weren't able to spread out. It got better!!

Kicking off a trip with Halloween Horror Nights is how you do fall trips RIGHT. Hopefully I'll get over there for that around the same time so I'm not last minute trying to make the event like two years ago. It deserves as many visits as possible for sure.

Happy Anniversary! How cute your first date was seeing Titanic. Honestly goals.

I'm sorry that your morning at Magic Kingdom went a bit awry. I wonder if MyMagic+ had broke down so they were having to constantly re-check people's MagicBands at the turnstiles. I hope Haunted Mansion was at least one nice respite for y'all. *fingers crossed*

It's my first ever HHN and I am SO EXCITED!!! I've never even been to a local haunted house, so now I'll just be ruined forever and nothing will ever live up to HHN :rotfl:
I think we're doing three nights of it? We get in on Sept 13 (friday the 13th...cue spooky noises, lol), and I think we're doing fri/sat/sun?

haha, yes! Titanic! And our mommies dropped us off at the theater, too :rotfl::rotfl: We both remember where we were sitting in the theater. I think I was a sophomore in high school and he was a freshman, we'd known each other but spent more time together during the spring musical at school (which was Annie). Then he moved to Michigan a year or so later, and ten years ago we reconnected on Facebook. Very Hallmark movie :rotfl2:

That's what I was thinking - there HAD to be something messed up that caused the problems, b/c I have never seen anything so crazy at an EMH.
We did survive, and the day gets much better!!
 
Happy Anniversary!!

Your henna ended up looking great!!

Love all the early morning photos! But ugh sounds like a chaotic start to the morning. That really stinks that you weren't able to get much of anything accomplished. I hope it got better!!

Thank you!

I was really happy with it, and I was surprised by how long it ended up lasting.

LOL, yeah, we definitely didn't plan for Buzz Lightyear to be our only EMH ride :rotfl: Luckily the day got better, but wow, it was a rough start for sure!
 

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