Grumpy's Wife
Dollar Tree gal here
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I've stumbled on the character training before. It's so nice being at the right place at the right time.
What did you think of it?Joe and I saw it too, how funny!!!!!
From the little bit I've actually taken the time to read lol I think it'll be shut down quite often..........more often than the boats even. Too windy, too rainy, lightning, even more windy or rainy than when they stop the boats.Also, how many times do you think it's going to get shut down due to weather??? I think it was a bad choice on Disney's part...
He seems to always be there! Classic Mickey and Donald in his sailor suit; Mr. Smee, they're like regulars during training. A couple others I see often are Capt. Hook and the Chipmunks so I rotate who I see but then every once in awhile they throw in some rare onesHow fun to get to see Mickey!! Only in Disney is sweaty dancing with a mouse a fun surprise.
I think it'll only feel claustrophobic if it stops for a long period of time; I'll just be very nervous if I ride it. I can do all roller coasters no problem; TOT, no problem! But put me on the teacups, Astro Orbiter, a carousel or feris wheel and no way! This is up there with those things lol.Even though I hate the way the new gondola station is going to take away the peaceful atmosphere around the International Gateway, I am excited about the project in general. The only way that I am not going to take a ride on this thing is if it turns out to be claustrophobic.
We saw Rapunzel once over by the IG, it was just Steve and I and we both went up and met her Years ago with the boys we saw Merida there before she started meeting in MK and the boys were young enough that they were excited to meet her!We ran into character training with Rapunzel a few years ago. A CM pulled us into a closed off section and took pictures with her. It was fun but not as good as Mickey.
You know it got to us later in the week and by the last day we hit F&W we ate less than we thought we would unfortunately. It was ridiculously hot this particular day, but our appetites overcame our discomfort lolI have no idea how you do it. When there is that much heat and humidity, I just don't feel like eating.
OMG it'll definitely be cooler than Sept., unless some freak front comes in! We've been there for 2 previous Thanksgivings (2015 and 2016) and I had quite a few clients there last year so I monitored the weather. When we were there those years the highs were a mix of mid-70's to low 90's but NO humidity, which makes a huge difference. Then the lows at night and in the morning would be anywhere from high 50's to low 70's, so you really need to pack a little bit of everything which is a pain but overall we think the weather is great! One reason Thanksgiving is my 2nd favorite time to go with May being my 1stI sure hope the weather is cooler at Thanksgiving.
I saw that post about only yours shipping and I meant to message you but as usual my brain farted That's happened to clients and I just call on it no problem; glad your others have shipped!This morning I got an email that the MB's were being shipped.
Um......if you lived closer I'd make fun of you loads and loads. I LOVE all horror movies! I think I saw the original Halloween for the first time when I was 10Confession: I have never seen a Halloween movie. Not one of them
Well I do admire this about you but I'd still make fun of you for the aboveI have no shame in admitting that now I am content to sit down and watch a Disney princess movie on a Friday night. Times change.
We've actually only eaten there once, just Steve and I, on our very first adults only trip. I can't believe we've never been back because it's insanely delicious but for whatever reason it never happened, so I'm extremely excited for it!I would love to try Yachtsman someday.
Yes it is! I fondly refer to it as "sunshine in a (plastic) glassI'm so happy to report - spoiler alert - that I finally had one of these. It was awesome!
I suppose it's to alleviate some for sure transportation issues that will arise when SW Land opens, but it just does NOT fit in. Not theme wise or landscape wise or anythingI've been scratching my head ever since I heard they were adding the gondola system. I don't get it. And it really does ruin the landscape.
That makes sense! Yes I love the original also; I'm a huge horror movie AND Stephen King fan, too. Also very much love the original Nightmare on Elm St. which, as you may know, stars a very young, adorable, and at that time unknown Mr. Johnny DeppSo, when the entertainment guy in Chicago reviewed it, he said when watching this movie, you have to pretend that all the other sequels didn't exist. It's meant to just pick up 40 years later. Now, I LOVE the first Halloween!!
"It's not a cage....it's a trap!"
Ricky lasted awhile but sadly Chris outgrew the cute Disney shirt phase much earlier I can see HP going a little further though since it's not as "cute" if you know what I mean!Jimmy is approaching that age faster than I like to think!!
Ha! They kind of scare me, too, which is weird since I used to ride them just fine and can ride big scary roller coasters. Lack of a/c scares me too However I guess if enough other people ride them, the boats and bus crowds won't increaseUgh the gondolas. I'm not a fan of this project. I don't want to ride one because they scare me.
I agree, maybe it won't be as bad as you and I and a handful of others think; we'll have to wait and seeI'm also afraid of what it's going to do to the International Gateway entrance. I like staying in the Epcot area resorts and I think this is going to take away from that. Maybe I'll change my mind once they are up and running but I doubt it. I think I'm in the minority though and most people are excited about them.
Yes! I stumbled across it like, 5 times in the past and then started looking for it. I've seen a couple neat rare characters!I love that little meet and greet spot next to America. We've stumbled upon it twice and characters are a lot of fun.
Ugh the wet thighs are the worst!OK this makes me feel so much better!! I too wear a poncho and my husband, boys, friends all make fun of me but I HATE having half wet butt syndrome and wet thighs squeaking together for 2 hours after getting off Thanks for making me feel better!!
Believe me I know the feeling. Without rehashing the whole story, back on our Thanksgiving 2015 trip, I woke up T-day morning with a horrendous stomach bug. Not only did I miss the whole day with my family, we cancelled our holiday meal at the Wave ( I did beg them to go without me). Then, I attempted to go to our late night ADR at Beaches and Cream with them; ordered my tomato soup sans my beloved grilled cheese sandwich, took like 3 spoonfuls - and quick walked back to our room at BWV as fast as I could so I didn't throw up in front of anyone Being sick in Disney sucks; having all that delicious food around makes it worse!That cheesecake looks yummy! I'm so disappointed I was too sick to try it
That's how Steve's was last yearWe tried the Filet at the Canada booth and both ended up tossing ours. We both got super fatty cuts which was disappointing.
And that's how I looked our last day! I had bought a new shirt in DS and wanted to wear it so bad (I'll post a pic later) but it was 100% cotton, which is not conducive to sweat so about an hour into our MK day it looked like someone poured a cup of water down my back............I have *SO* many pictures where DH and I look like we're drowning in sweat. In all of them DH's shirt is drenched like he just rode Splash Mountain over and over. It's pretty comical now, but wasn't then!
I'm glad you're here!Following! I just got caught up
Oh don't worry I still have a nice amount of pictures to post- The Roy. WOW. Please please show all the pics you have. I love pics of places I'll never see!
Right? I was touched to be witness to that- Helen and the Dapper Dans - all the tears, all the feels.
you actually make it sound easy! Which means I'll still have trouble lol but will definitely attempt it now!- How to insert gifs: I just search for gifs in the Google search bar (ex. "Mickey gif"), click on the Images tab, find the one I want, click on it to bring it up (I don't even bother going to the website, just enlarging it is enough). Right-click and copy image, then in your body of text that you're typing, click where you want it to go, then right-click and paste. Super easy actually. And doesn't count against the 10 photo limit.
Well regardless of my Roy stay I get jealous reading about your WL CL stay! But yes I absolutely love going over Thanksgiving, am looking forward to it, and cannot wait to be back at my beloved WL even if it's only for 3 nights of our trip- More!!! I need more and am so jealous you're going for Thanksgiving!!
No no, never insane; completely rational There is no such thing as two Disney trips being too close together! Speaking of Xmas time, both this year and last Steve has brought up going for NYE, and then he shuts it down mainly because flights from NY are like, $700 pp but one of these years we'll do it.Oh I'm so jealous of your upcoming trip! DH almost had us booked on a short trip right before Christmas. Which is truly insane since we will be back in January anyway.
Holy crap SO hot! Worse than August, and I will fight anyone who argues that with meI'm with you on the HOT! We were miserable just a few days later!
Welcome back and thanks for joining in! Looks like you and your boyfriend had a great trip, just hope your husband isn't pissedI'm back and just trying to catch up on some trip reports!
The whole trip was incredible!This is just amazing
One never travels with ones entire wardrobe so I wouldn't know.Are you sure all your gowns and purses could even fit in there?
Now I want to change my DIS name to Lounge GoddessWhen I read this last night and again this morning, I thought it said, "Lounge Goddess," which is actually a more fitting title
I do the same thing! I try to make it look like, "meh, I don't really need this for my hair or anything. See, no hood!" And then I sneak it on as we go up the huge hill lol and try my best to have it in place before the drop! I have plenty of pictures with me adjusting it!I try to kind of leave my hood off until after the picture though, but I usually end up in a crazy weird pose with my hands up trying to get my hood on
I know, you can see them from so many places around propertyI can't believe how many of these things there are, they even go over some very busy roads, which was very surprising to me.
I only own one other pair and I bought them way back in 2014, so you know these really caught my eye So happy they ended up being comfy!Love those ears
Yeah it took me a few times to figure out there's a "set" yet secret time they come out lol, and it was really luck this time that I happened to think of it and check the time and we just managed to be there at that time. But you know at any given moment they could change that.You have good luck with that! I looked at those doors one day when we were in EPCOT, but I didn't know they came out at a certain time and we decided to just keep walking.
It is! Sometimes I completely forget about it, then at night realize we walked by right around that time. It's usually our last Epcot day too so I'm glad we caught it. Have to try again next monthI've stumbled on the character training before. It's so nice being at the right place at the right time.
Thank you! I'm definitely better at hitting it in Epcot! Years ago we managed to find it in HS, twice in one trip, I believe in 2014 but that was after waiting and waiting for it in 2103 for like, 45 minutes lol. Steve was NOT happy! The last few years I either forget when we're there, or we wait on days they don't do it, or we wait and then someone gets impatient (someone who isn't me............) and it stinks because I feel like the characters are better there!I love your visit with Mickey! You have been lucky with character palooza’s, we have hit one in Epcot so far!
Have you considered adding club level access when you are at the WL next month? For $99 per night it would be well worth it for your family of four.Well regardless of my Roy stay I get jealous reading about your WL CL stay! But yes I absolutely love going over Thanksgiving, am looking forward to it, and cannot wait to be back at my beloved WL even if it's only for 3 nights of our trip
No some of us are happy when there are no plansAren't we all happy whenever we change our plans? It's what we DIS'ers do best. Instead of 50's Prime Time on arrival night we're trying Ale & Compass dinner, and I switched Chef's de France for Yachtsman finally. At some point I'll post our plans, in between all my cool Sept. updates and still do come room pics and MORE
You do know your "heaven" sauce has mushrooms in it rightI mentioned this earlier in my report but the "tiny egg noodles" in the stroganoff are spaetzle which is awesome. They were cooked perfectly, the sauce is heaven, the meat is tender.
And there it is again. Big ole nasty mushrooms. you were my mushroom hating sister and now I'm all alone on no-mushroom island
Can you see it? I swear, as usual, I resized it!! Now, I had the filet AT Le Cellier years ago and loved it, however last year neither of us enjoyed the festival filet.
Clearly "red blend" and "Chateau" are just code for lager and MilwaukeeI wasn't with him when he got this; he told me he thought it was a beer and wasn't happy when he saw it was wine since he doesn't drink red wine Yes I know you don't drink red wine, but what in the description made you think it was beer??? OK then.
I'll still never forget Steve laughing at me trying to eat that hot African dish knowing what I was experiencing. Something tells me the 6th time gentleman may have been enjoying the same thing1. He confirmed more than once that this was full of HEAT, and this was then confirmed by the nice older gentleman who was having it for the 6th time in 2 days.
What happened to the bangs? You protected them so carefully!
What can I say, sour matches my sparkling personalityIt was good! Bubbly and refreshing, not overly sweet but most likely too sweet for my good pal @kastoney who likes things sour
You have the best luck though odd it was Mickey back there. We saw characters here finally but it was Rafiki - who Casey has met a million and 1 times - and some lion character we didn't recognize. Afterwards I kicked myself for not stopping only because I had no idea who in the heck that was
Yup, I caught character training again!!! Again! And first up I sweated all over the main man himself.
I think you've found our contribution to the "epic" report - unheard of character photos for me and description cards for youBesides seeing you meet the characters at Artist Point I now want to do a dining report with pictures of only food description cards
OOoh, I love Stephen King, too!!! I've been going back and reading some some of his older stuff lately--SO good! I need to read Pet Semetary because I still never have, and I really want to see the movie remake!Yes I love the original also; I'm a huge horror movie AND Stephen King fan, too.
I can definitely see HP sticking around for awhile, but I agree, it is definitely not cute!! I remember being devastated when he was a growing from baby to toddler clothes and everything stopped having cute little animals on the feet and butts!!!Ricky lasted awhile but sadly Chris outgrew the cute Disney shirt phase much earlier I can see HP going a little further though since it's not as "cute" if you know what I mean!
What did you think of it?
And I am so sorry I didn't call back, I ended up having to make work calls all afternoon yesterday and time got away from me yesterday We will talk soon!
From the little bit I've actually taken the time to read lol I think it'll be shut down quite often..........more often than the boats even. Too windy, too rainy, lightning, even more windy or rainy than when they stop the boats.
We tried this and I loved it. I have never had it before so I didn't have any expectations. No fat on mine. And I didn't even mind the mushrooms. I don't love them but don't hate them.Le Cellier Wild Mushroom Beef Filet Mignon with Truffle-Butter Sauce
Can you see it? I swear, as usual, I resized it!! Now, I had the filet AT Le Cellier years ago and loved it, however last year neither of us enjoyed the festival filet. Steve wanted to give it another go and he said this year it was much better. Last year it was like a lump of fat but this year it was cooked perfectly.
This cracks me up. Really, Red Blend said beer to him...Château Des Charmes Equuleus Red Blend, St. David’s Bench
I wasn't with him when he got this; he told me he thought it was a beer and wasn't happy when he saw it was wine since he doesn't drink red wine Yes I know you don't drink red wine, but what in the description made you think it was beer??? OK then.
Seriously, it was soooooo hot!!! Is it always still that hot. And Grey Goose Slush YUM!!!!
Well, drink and sweat, which as I alluded to above I am deathly afraid of doing now but I do it for Disney. Do you see the sweat beading up and shining off Steve's forehead You can actually see it on my face too but it's funnier on his. I swear to heaven it was HOTTER THAN AUGUST!!! The alcohol we were holding helped until it didn't Steve had our traditional Grey Goose Slush from France while I opted to try the
I had originally wanted to try the bread but I saw a couple meh reviews and I was filling up way too fast. So, I skipped it.The bread was for me and unfortunately I was disappointed. I had high hopes because cheese + bread, but it was basically a puffy airy bread thing with a very faint taste of cheese. Like, if you were eating a bad meal and needed to fill up in bread it would be ok, but that's it.
Seriously.... I need you to text me on my EPCOT day and remind me of this! You have the best luck with this!For those of you who've read a few of my TR's, you may remember that I have pretty good luck with a certain something that sometimes happens on the side of the American pavilion sometimes. This normally happens right around 2:20'ish, and today I felt like trying my luck! We'd had great luck so far this trip so, why not? Steve thought I was silly but he humored me and we sat outside Liberty Inn, and about 5 minutes la
I have considered it; I have mentioned it to Steve; and I am 99.9% certain we'll be adding itHave you considered adding club level access when you are at the WL next month? For $99 per night it would be well worth it for your family of four.
I do admit one of the things I love about going sans kids is that we plan so much less. However with the attitude of one, and the other one not liking to be bored, combined with going at a busy time, I feel I must plan what I can But just like our kidless trips you know even when I make plans we end up changing them!No some of us are happy when there are no plans
Second time at Yachtsman for Steve and I, first time for kids. I do believe Chris will be in filet heaven...........Can't wait to see what you think of Ale and Compass. We almost ate there but Jason usually veto'd it for something else. And so excited for Yacthsman. Will this be your first time there?
That was funny Yes he probably was, along with his wife who had also had the shrimp before. They were probably early 80's and were talking to Steve like he was a little kidI'll still never forget Steve laughing at me trying to eat that hot African dish knowing what I was experiencing. Something tells me the 6th time gentleman may have been enjoying the same thing
Listen, this was not a "man, it's hot today" trip; this was a "Holy Mother what is happening why is the world melting away" trip. I did my best to keep those babies lookin' good, but even a plastic poncho in 110% humidity couldn't help. I finally gave up and thew it all into a ponytail, big shiny forehead be damned! And that was my look for the rest of the trip, which really didn't bother me after a few drinks each dayWhat happened to the bangs? You protected them so carefully!
I think you've found our contribution to the "epic" report - unheard of character photos for me and description cards for you
Oh you must read it! That's actually the book that got me hooked after my 7th grade English teacher suggested we read him. After you read it, and before the remake comes out, watch the original movie. I'm going to see the remake also but just from the previews I can tell it's going to be different and since I don't like change I know I won't like it as much as the original. Which btw Stephen King is in I also met him years ago when he was giving the commencement speech at Vassar College!OOoh, I love Stephen King, too!!! I've been going back and reading some some of his older stuff lately--SO good! I need to read Pet Semetary because I still never have, and I really want to see the movie remake!
Oh man, you're bringing back memories Remember those cute, one piece summer rompers for the boys? I LOVED them! I was so upset when my boys grew out of them!I remember being devastated when he was a growing from baby to toddler clothes and everything stopped having cute little animals on the feet and butts!!!
She looks great!But I do love JLC!!! She looks good!
OK I'm calling you Monday Tomorrow the family is coming over for Chris's bday so as soon as everyone is gone Mon. morning ( and I wait until a reasonable time because I believe you're an hour behind me lol) I'll call ya!Yes, we will talk soon!!!! I have a question about luggage and changing resorts...
Yeah it seems to be better this year. I don't actually like mushrooms themselves despite what @kastoney thinks, but I do like the flavor more than I used to!We tried this and I loved it. I have never had it before so I didn't have any expectations. No fat on mine. And I didn't even mind the mushrooms. I don't love them but don't hate them.
You missed nothing I only took 2 bites because stomach room during F&W is too precious to waste on no-good food!I had originally wanted to try the bread but I saw a couple meh reviews and I was filling up way too fast. So, I skipped it.
Seriously.... I need you to text me on my EPCOT day and remind me of this! You have the best luck with this!
As for the cheesecake, holy crap this was delicious!
but as you can imagine it still didn't top his Flower and Garden shrimp.
That sounds pretty amazing; still may try it next year even with the mediocre review.Moqueca: Brazilian Seafood Stew featuring Scallops, Shrimp and White Fish with Coconut-lime Sauce and Steamed Rice
OK I'm calling you Monday Tomorrow the family is coming over for Chris's bday so as soon as everyone is gone Mon. morning ( and I wait until a reasonable time because I believe you're an hour behind me lol) I'll call ya!
It sounded like it might be awesome and it SO lived up to my expectations!That cheesecake was one of my hands-down faves this year!!! So GOOD!
I would; some of the offerings that stay the same vary from year to year, so it could very well be really good next yearThat sounds pretty amazing; still may try it next year even with the mediocre review.
Good to talk to you today and work out some plansWell, I will wait to hear from you!!!
Jello shots are the BOMB!!!!
Here come my awesome reviews:
Meatballs of some sort that were really good, and a bruschetta bread with some stuff on it that Steve liked lol
I would; some of the offerings that stay the same vary from year to year, so it could very well be really good next year
Can't say I'm not looking forward to having to be a taxi a little less!
All done by resort pastry chefs.
We had also invited Cathy and Brandon to come see our suite so they were going to do a little bit more and then come over.
They weren't there when we checked in; such a nice little touch!