Two friends go to Disney for dinner.

[scott]

Great update and pics.

we were all there the same time. LOL

Love Flame Tree, first time we ate there and loved it.

I never noticed the license plates, I will look next time.

[Phibbles]

:-)

[tazdev3225]

After EE we traveled on and went on a trek. Nobody was home


I found a Hidden Mickey


What a life


Then we came upon some deer. I loved the antlers on this guy.


I told Kristel that my dad is always telling me that if I see a deer by the side of the road, yeah I know - road kill, and it has antlers he wants them. Of course he has never told me how I am supposed to get them off of the deer. Anyway as I am telling this story the deer stopped and looked at me. He then took off running and the other deer followed. Now I can't be sure but I think he was afraid I wanted his antlers. OK I thought about it but how would I get them home? I don't think they would have fit in my luggage.

I told Kristel to pose


This was the one I actually wanted


I'm not sure who was watching who here


Doesn't it figure AFTER I leave he goes up to the window. Then we saw more birds.




Kristel liked this one


I finally found King Julian, I mean the lemurs. Sorry I really liked King Julian in Madacasgar


Kristel finally got a text that she was waiting for. We headed to the exit. First we returned to the one gift shop to get something we needed. As we left I saw these flowers


We headed to the AKL to meet a fellow Ip Dip. While we waited I took a few pics




The gift shop


We met Kat, Chris and her friend Laura. We chatted a bit and did some shopping. Then it was time to meet the others downstairs at Boma. When we got there we found out that Buzz and Linnie couldn't make it. I was sorry to hear that as I enjoyed meeting them the year before. Then Vinny wasn't coming either. I used the rest room and took more pics






I love those little details. I parked the ECV in an out of the way spot and was happy to see that Vinny joined us after all. It was time for our IP Dip dinner. The reason 2 friends came to Disney. I had so much fun and really enjoyed meeting everyone.
Tracy and Nova


Kristel and Laura


Kat and Chris


Scott and Vinny


The food was OK, the Zebra Domes were disgusting. I don't think I will go out of my way to eat here. The food isn't good enough to justify the cost and my family is a little picky.

After dinner we split up for a bit. As we left Kristel was thinking of her favorite drink


As close as I was getting to MNSSHP this trip


I think they'll be gone for awhile


The best part of our night was coming up. This cruise, while a little chilly was fantastic. The captain got this pic


I spent a lot of time taking pics and playing with my camera but I was happy






I had heard of the show on the lagoon but had never seen it before. It was fantastic








And then the fireworks








Sadly our time together came to an end way too soon. Kristel, Scott and I stayed behind at the Polynesian for a drink. They had drinks, I had a Sprite. I'm not much of a drinker and I was saving myself for later in the trip.
Scott and I


We hopped the monorail back to MK and said our good-byes. Scott went back to the AKL and Kristel and I headed back to ASMo by way of ASMusic.

Kristel hit the shower and I went to sleep to dream of the fabulous time we had that night.

[lesprivate]

The only time I ever carry cash is when I go to Disney, I use my debt card for everything. I have flown by myself before and prefer quiet neighbors so I can read and listen to my music. I had a kindle but I gave it to Emily because I got an Ipad and love reading with my kindle app.

The food from the food and wine fest looks so good, I will make it there this year ;D.

I hate the crowds at AK opening, I like to wait for the crowds to pass. I agee Flame Tree is the best CS in Disney.

[tazdev3225]

Jan 15, 2012 11:03:23 GMT -5 lesprivate said:

The only time I ever carry cash is when I go to Disney, I use my debt card for everything. I have flown by myself before and prefer quiet neighbors so I can read and listen to my music. I had a kindle but I gave it to Emily because I got an Ipad and love reading with my kindle app.

The food from the food and wine fest looks so good, I will make it there this year ;D.

I hate the crowds at AK opening, I like to wait for the crowds to pass. I agee Flame Tree is the best CS in Disney.

I have a Samsung Galaxy tablet that I got mainly for the
Kindle app. I love it because it is so easy to transport and I get internet access with it too. I really was happy when they needed a volunteer to move even though it meant I was in the rear of the plane. That early in the morning I just wanted some caffeine and to be left alone to read and listen to my I-pod.

The F&W food was good. One day I will sample more of it.

I don't think I ever saw the crowds that bad at AK. It was nice to just sit and wait them out.

[stagemomx3]

The onion volcano looks yummy!

[tazdev3225]

Jan 15, 2012 19:19:00 GMT -5 stagemomx3 said:

The onion volcano looks yummy!

They actually chop it up and mix it with the noodles but the pieced were very good.

[scott]

It was a great night. That pic of me is horrific with Vinny. I agree will be a while before I go back there.

[tazdev3225]

Jan 16, 2012 0:25:39 GMT -5 scott said:

It was a great night. That pic of me is horrific with Vinny. I agree will be a while before I go back there.

You got a pretty bad one of me too. We must not have been photogenic that night.

[scott]

Jan 16, 2012 9:24:56 GMT -5 tazdev3225 said:

Jan 16, 2012 0:25:39 GMT -5 scott said:

It was a great night. That pic of me is horrific with Vinny. I agree will be a while before I go back there.

You got a pretty bad one of me too. We must not have been photogenic that night.

I am never photogenic.

[geminiangel]

Reply to day 1:

Kristel might rob you! LOLOLOLOL!!!
You poor old woman.

Great, busy day 1. My only regret that trip was not getting hoppers. But I needed to watch costs. The Polish food looks so good. I would have loved to try so many different things, but the lines were insane!

[geminiangel]

Reply to Day 2:

All I seem to remember from that update is the photo of me and Nova at Boma, and my fat rolls along with poor posture. ;D

Thats so funny how none of us took photos of our quick Flame Tree meet.

Great shots off of EE. The Hummingbird nest photo is probably my fav.

Meeting all of you was awesome! Now we have to get a DLR meet over here on the west coast!

[tazdev3225]

Jan 17, 2012 11:32:18 GMT -5 geminiangel said:

Reply to day 1:

Kristel might rob you! LOLOLOLOL!!!
You poor old woman.

Great, busy day 1. My only regret that trip was not getting hoppers. But I needed to watch costs. The Polish food looks so good. I would have loved to try so many different things, but the lines were insane!

I really don't know if my kids were serious about Kristel or not. My son was really concerned about me having a lot of cash and being alone. I am happy that they care enough about me to worry. I guess I did something right.

We didn't try much either because the lines were insane. The Polish food though, that was good. Not as god as my Grams, but good.

Jan 17, 2012 12:03:55 GMT -5 geminiangel said:

Reply to Day 2:

All I seem to remember from that update is the photo of me and Nova at Boma, and my fat rolls along with poor posture.

Thats so funny how none of us took photos of our quick Flame Tree meet.

Great shots off of EE. The Hummingbird nest photo is probably my fav.

Meeting all of you was awesome! Now we have to get a DLR meet over here on the west coast!

I didn't notice fat rolls or bad posture. If I did NO ONE would get a pic of me. LOL I take pictures of lizards and bugs i flowers and forgot to take one of us. I think it was the excitement of meeting you and Nova and hunger.

Thanks about the photo that really was one of my favorites of the trip. Kristel was very accomodating when it came to my picture taking and that allowed me the time to get some good ones.

I would love to do a DLR meet some day. I really want to get to the west coast one day and see where this all started.

[tazdev3225]

DAY 3 - MK

After breakfast we hopped on the monorail and headed to our park for the day - MK.

I have always managed to miss this so was happy to get a pic


I didn't get a pic but there was a man by Town Square really trying to get picked as the family of the day for the parade. All I noticed was that it was his daughters birthday wish. She was 2? Not sure who was wishing for it. We went towards the left as we entered and saw these really cute window displays




There was one of Cinderella also but all I managed to get was her butt. Not very princess like. We got to the end of Main Street and nature called. I took pics while I waited.
The obligatory castle shot


Halloween decorations




Kristel rejoined me and we headed towards Adventureland. I saw a couple of characters hanging about but we didn't get pics with any of them this trip. We headed down to


Yep - the Jungle Cruise. There was no line so I wanted to go through the queue. I never get to see it.
There are skulls down there


My view. I was right up front next to the pilot.


As we exited


After some discussioon we passed on Dole Whips for now, still too stuffed from breakfast. We headed over to check out the new, old, Tiki bird show. I told Kristel how we saw this on a trip when the kids were little and Jim sat by himself. (The trip with the babysitter and it was our last day so he was moody.) She copied his pose


I then played with the camera and got the shot I wanted - silky water


A woman standing behind us offered to take our pic


The pre show


I had to get this bird. His name is Michael


Two fairly decent pics of the show




We then felt the need for some pirattitude. Arghh! The left side


I played around on the ride with the camera again






Then we went down the right side


I really liked that shot because I got it with no flash. More ride pics

[tazdev3225]

After POC we wandered on to






Took a ride on BTMRR


Kristel wanted to do the Hall of Presidents. I like that too so in we went
My daughter shares a birthday with him


Roll Call


I love that show. We then felt a ghostly tug.


I have been on this I don't know how many times and never noticed this


Kristel hadn't been here since the line became interactive so we headed that way in line



She was having some fun


I love this organ


more fun




no ride pics for once. I'm not even sure if I took any. We headed on to Fantasyland.
IASW


BYE


I know we did Peter Pan but I don't attempt pics here often. We also did Philharmagic. That was interesting. We were the first ones heading in so I didn't really take any pics. As I was winding my way through the queue 2 girls behind us climbed under the chains to get in front of us. Kristel and I had quite a few conversations about the joys of being in an ECV. She experienced some of it the year before with Doug but really saw what it is like with me. In fact we had a talk about it at breakfast because of the way the CM totally ignored me. I have learned to bite my tongue and ignore the rudeness. Kristel had enough. She told the girls to move behind us.

The girls went crying to mommy and daddy that the big mean white lady yelled at them. There was a bit of a loud discussion at this point. The parents going on and on about how their daughters weren't trying to get in front of us. UM yeah they were because they weren't moving out of my way. Then it turned racial. "You only saying that because we be black." A direct quote I am not trying to offend anyone. I loved Kristels response though. It was basically "I don't care if you're ______________
(insert any color). Your kids are rude!"

Seriously we were in the holding area. They weren't going anywhere faster than we were and I had to go to a different area to be seated. They line jumped and were rude! When we got a little further inside there were 2 little ones that just made the whole day magical again. They were having so much fun and kept coming over to talk to me.

After this we stopped for a quick snack at Pinocchios. Kristel had breadsticks and I just got some FF's. I liked the cups


Then it was on to Snow White. I will miss this ride


Fantasyland's expansion is progressing


We saw Tigger and Pooh




Went on to Tomorrowland where we did quite a bit. Went on COP, the People Mover, Buzz Ranger, saw some Monsters and skipped the Alien.

We also ate dinner here. No pics but we went to Cosmic Rays if I remember right. I know I got a burger so I could get the fixings bar. I love the fixings more than the food.