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- Oct 19, 2013
Sounds like a nice lunch at Skipper Canteen! Love all your pics around the hub and at the resort! You definitely needed an early night!
It was a nice quiet lunch. It wasn't busy in there at all (it was at 330) so it was great.
I was grateful for blackout curtains and ear plugs!! The only negative was I woke up wide awake around 3am and had to make myself go back to sleep for a little longer
Joining in! What a disastrous travel day- I definitely wouldn't have been calm at all. Thank goodness you finally made it to Disney!
Something magical happens when I get on property, the craziness of travel day eventually faded from my mind. But wow, at the time, I was not happy at all!!
They're talking about doing away with the Country Bear Jamboree?! That's just wrong!
Love the cachapas at Skipper's Canteen, but the new presentation doesn't look as appetizing.
I'm enjoying your trip report, thanks for sharing!
I think (hope) it's an unfounded rumor. WDWNT has been throwing out some wacky ideas lately that have been completely false, so my hope is that this is another one of those.
The new presentation is pretty sad, I agree. It's very scaled back, but still tasty. If I was super starving, it wouldn't be enough by itself anymore.
Thank you, I'm glad you're following along!!
Don't I know it! I have very similar photos from all my trips.
Did you have to tap your band for it or did it flow to your MDE? I had no idea this was a new thing and either I missed where you tap for it or something went wrong and we didn't get our ride photo. Oh well.
obnoxious. It is lucky they didn't stop the ride or make an announcement telling her to stop.
Sure way to eliminate getting any sort of tip at all.
I agree! Those ducks know what they are about!
LOL, I always take a picture first thing in the morning just to prove my hair looked halfway decent at one point during the day
No tapping, it just automatically showed up in my photos. I am missing one from my solo ride on SDMT...usually I'll use the contact form to get any pictures I'm missing, but the SDMT ones aren't always flattering so I didn't bother to even try, LOL!!
I know! I know the water is treated and everything, since you get splashed at the end it can't be teeming with bacteria or anything, but it still grosses me out, and it's just dangerous. Plus, when she would snap the towel droplets would fly off onto me which is GROSS b/c the ride water might be treated but whatever else was on the towel was surely NOT
lol, I usually tip extra well in that scenario and am very sickly sweet to them when they come over with the check. They're usually slightly taken aback, and while petty, it makes me feel better, LOL!! But externally it doesn't make me look like a bad guy, hahaha!!
Super smart duckies. I just wish people would stop feeding them!
Clueless people in the FP line, ugh!
What a nice afternoon in MK
YC looks beautiful, I really like it there!
i feel bad for getting so annoyed by it, but come one! FPs aren't complicated, and when people don't know how to tap in it really holds up a line for a few minutes until they get themselves sorted out.
It was nice! Just the right amount of time, and the perfect rides to make me feel "home" and to forget about the awful time getting there.
It's super pretty. I have some mixed feelings on the resort/area, which I'll really get into at the end of the report, but you sure can't deny how beautiful it is!!
Keeping that drink in mind for lunch there on the 10th!
So different! And much, much smaller!
I ordered the pineapple dessert there in March and it was comically small.
Love those!
Right???
Same! It's just the best!
It was really good sangria! I kind of figured the sangria across property would all be similar, but this was different from what I remember at Victoria Falls Lounge at AKL. I'd recommend it for sure.
Definitely smaller!
Tiny desserts Don't they know we really need my sugar rush?? LOL. Sometimes the size of things baffles me - either super large or ridiculously small
I still don't believe it!
I love how you're looking in the opposite direction
They must get SO much food. That's the sweet duck life.
I don't want to believe it either. I think it's one of their crazy ones they just threw out there to freak people out. I don't trust anyone who's ok with it going away
I know, what is going on? It's the one ride I remember where the flash is, lol!
Oh wow, that is really incredibly bland. But not sure what they could do to make it more impressive...
This drives me bonkers! It isn't a difficult concept. Nothing about FP is a difficult concept!
That's GROSS. Also reminds me when I was at Disneyland I rode solo, got through the drops without getting wet and then the teenagers, who were with their dad, started splashing each other - which of course splashed me. I was SOAKED! I actually yelled at them to stop because 1. you're not supposed to put your hands outside the boat, and 2. it's rude!!! The dad just apologetically smiled instead of getting his brats in line. I was so angry!
Yes! Excellent taste!
That's bizarre! Makes no sense.
This is soooo good!
I agree! It's a really solid choice. Feels like a hidden gem.
The single rider row. Out of sight, out of mind haha!
I adore this shot!
For a luxurious night of sleep in your very own king sized bed!
They were like, Ok, we spent the whole budget on the back...no one really sees the front, so let's just paint it white and call it a day, LOL. The Boardwalk at least has a pretty sign on the front.
I agree. I do NOT understand the confusion of FP!!
Ugh, yes. I said above that i know the ride water is treated, but not whatever else she was splashing around on the towel I don't want to get droplets of sweat towel splash on me - EW!
I would have said something about those kids on your ride, too. And if I was the dad I'd have FOR SURE shut that down asap. Annoying and rude!!
I have the song as my ringtone, lol. Sometimes I mix it up with Small World. Even though my phone is on silent most of the time, at least *I* know it's there
My solo dining experiences have been hit or miss with service. Sometimes I think they're annoyed b/c they're not getting a big tip b/c the overall ticket is small, or maybe they feel awkward with just one person?? At Tiffins a couple years ago I had a guy in training, and he was SUUUUPER awkward until I assured him I would be an easy table and not to worry. He visibly relaxed and it was much better. The Skipper's guy on this day seemed like a veteran server, but I felt very low on his list of priorities. I could maybe understand that if it was busy in there, but he only had a couple of other tables, which were right next to mine, so I could hear him being more peppy and friendly with them.
LOL, oh I have a ride later in the trip where I reallllly felt alone. It's the solo rider shunning, ha!
Thank you, it's one of my favorites too!
Yes! My big giant bed (that i slept in one small piece of )
Good gracious, that's a ridiculously long Fastpass line! I swear the lines at Haunted Mansion have become insane since they instituted Fastpass+.
I think your Haunted Mansion picture is very good! It looks like you knew where the camera was (unlike pretty much every other report I've seen).
What good luck making it onto Splash Mountain! You picked my favorite spot in the log - the back! (I don't mind getting a little wet, but I prefer my hair and lap to remain mostly dry! )
You found great attractions to enjoy in order to avoid the rainy weather! Would you believe I haven't seen the Country Bears in years?! Carousel of Progress is my personal favorite classic Disney attraction - I experience it multiple times each trip and would be DEVASTATED if it closed. I do need to revisit the Country Bears, though!
Your lunch at Skipper's Canteen looks excellent! I've not been to Skipper's Canteen, although it looks like I'd really enjoy it! It's a bummer about your server, though. I always hate having a server that seems like he's uninterested in helping me.
I also love watching the ducks near Cinderella Castle. The mini statues are always fun to look at (and photograph!), too!
I'm glad you got to go to bed early! That should make the next day much better!
I have only run into issues with the HM line a few times, and it's always the backed up FP line with people not knowing how to manage it, or how to use both sides to tap...and I always feel rude if an entire family is using one side (even with the CM repeatedly telling them to use both) and I scoot up to use the side that's empty. I get some mean looks, but I'd happily let them all ahead of me, and usually do...i don't think they understand they're the reason the line is backed up
Haha, I was watching ahead to see when the flash was. I knew it was by the portraits that change with the lightning, but I don't know why I'm tipping my head up like that??
I don't mind getting wet unless it's my face! My hair is always a disaster from the humidity so I gave up being worried about that, LOL
I never spend a ton of time in Tomorrowland, but I LOVE Carousel of Progress!! It was in the plans for this trip but I never managed to make it on
Skipper's is really one of my top restaurants, I hope you get to try it soon. I'm hoping the server issue was more that he wasn't sure HOW to deal with a solo diner vs. thinking it was b/c he wasn't going to make much on my small ticket. But I was super conscious of that, which is partly why I ordered a drink, app, AND dessert...I figure my check was better than someone just ordering an entree, so I was trying to be thoughtful and make it my primary meal of the day. Who knows??
The early night definitely helped carry me through the next day!!
Don't feel guilty.
So, when we were there in Feb, mine looked like your bottom picture. The new "presentation" isn't as grand.
YEAH!!!! MK is always good for the soul!
It just makes me feel like Walt is watching me and shaking his head in disappointment
Ugh, so as recently as Feb it was the "normal" presentation? I wonder when it changed, boo! It was still good, but not as good as before.
Definitely good for the soul!! It was just what I needed!