Caitiesus's & Teachdrama's TR!

Day 2

Origianally we were going to wake up early for EMH in DHS for Toy Story Mania, but we were out until 2 am, so we slept in a little and headed to Epcot since we had two ADRs there.

We went right to Soarin and got Fastpasses because the line was already over an hour. Then we went to one of my favorite attractions, The Seas With Nemo and Friends!

After that we headed to Germany for lunch. It was basic German food, sausages, schnitzel, strudel ect. We both REALLY liked it and would do it for lunch again! We loved sitting with other people. We sat with one family with two kids who were REALLY well behaved and a couple who just celebrated their 29th anniversary. They lived near WDW and were there just for lunch. I wish I could do that!

We also got to see the show which was neat. Jason especially like the bells and the horns.

We didn't even know we would be there for it, so that was a pleasant surprise!

As we walked out of the restaurant, a security guard saw our buttons and came up to us to let us know that he and his wife honeymooned there 39 years ago and he wished us all the happiness that he has had. It was a really nice moment!

I started taking pictures of the train set in Germany and got this one (that took about 15 tries...)

We went over to Italy and saw a Photopass guy who asked to stand in front of the globe and then said "I can't believe I just called it the Globe!" , which we both found amusing.

We saw Snow White come out and got a picture with her on Photopass, that was the only character we got the entire time because of lines . I was REALLY hoping for Mickey and Minnie but the waits were so long.

We also went over to the tea cart in China, but they didn't have the Peach Snapps slushees anymore (which we have been raving about the everyone)! They have a tea, but it isn't as good.

We took the boat from Germany to Mexico and went and rode Spaceship Earth, looked at Innoventions and went to Soarin'. Soarin' was just as great as last time! After we rode we went and got another set of Fastpasses that we gave to a couple an hour later.

We took the boat back over again to Morocco for dinner and had our first major disappointment in Disney dining. The service was HORRIBLE. We sat there for ten minutes and no waiter had even come by. The waiter at the table next to us asked if we had been helped and when we said no, he said he would at least get our drink orders. The special plates were extra, which was fine, but the food was just not as good.

Jason - Night in Casablanca - B- (and he always gets this and loves it
Caitie - Couscous special - B-

We then headed to the Poly for the Beach meetup for Tikifest. At first no one was there (it had been raining so I guess they were just waiting) and we met a nice couple at the bar who was also wondering where everyone was. Once other people got there we hung out for a little, but we didn't win anything in the drawing. It was a little disappointing because a lot of people laready knew each other.

We headed to Downtown Disney to do some shopping, but Jason's feet hurt too much from the awful wedding shoes so we just went back to the hotel.

Tomorrow is the honeymoon gift Jason gave me that was AMAZING. I will have to decide what I want to include, since I don't want to ruin it for anyone else who might want to do this!

We got to the Magic Kingdom at about 9:30 and stopped at the bakery for
a quick breakfast. I got a muffin (B) and Jason got a chocolate
croissant (B+).

Jason then led me to the wishing well by the castle where I found....a rose and this piece of paper.

Beauty and the Beast is the movie we watched on our first date and my favorite Disney movie. which is why he went with that storyline. They have multiple storylines and you can do hunts in other parks...or do one that is in multiple parks and lasts the entire day! They adjust how many clues you have based on the pace you set.

I won't give away all of the locations because they probably reuse some, but I will show some highlights!

We had gotten the first clue that told us to go to the Christmas shop in Liberty Square and were walking there when a cast member at Peter Pan said she needed two newlyweds to ride the ride...but we couldn't! This was the only fastpass perk we got the whole trip and it came when we couldn't use it! It if it been later in the hunt we would have stopped and showed her what we were doing but we were too excited!

Here i am by the first location

Smee tried to trick us by telling us there was a rose near the cannons outside Swiss Family Treehouse, luckily Belle and Beast left us this messge.

With the hunt we had to ride Pirates (the rose would not appear until after we had) and the best one by FAR was this clue!

I won't tell you HOW I got the rose from a ghost but I did!

To keep other people from taking things, they at least five people following us and guarding clues (some gave Jason hints when i wasn't looking if we had issues). The hardest one to find was in Pooh's Playground we had to find Gopher's Home....look at this picture and how the sign is covered! We spent 10 minutes here!

But I did get to my gift in time and the gift was amazing! Jason had gotten friends and family to write me messages and the people at Gifts of a Lifetime put them into Chicken Broth for hte Newly Married Soul. Jason also shared some of our first messages online and commentated.

Here is a picture of all that I got from this!

We grabbed lunch in the Tomorrowland restaurant and went back ot the hotel to take a nap!

We took the bus to Boma - the bus driver switched the bus from AK to AKL so we wouldn't have to get off. We had dinner at Boma (Jason's favorite restaurant). i was kind of irked that you couldn't get smoothies with the dining plan there, but you could at a lot of other places, Disney needs to be more consistent!

Jason gave it an A as always, his favorites were crap soup, corn-spinach pudding (he asked for the recipe) and potatoes with Afritude. I gave it a C because it is just not my thing.

We got a special honeymoon dessert plate that have pistachio macaroons, a chocolate truffle (that was SO good), a spice cake, and an orange jelly. They were better than the regular desserts!

We then headed to DHS so we could actually see Fantasmic.We wanted 90 minutes for Toy Story Mania, which was fun, but not worth the wait. We both got the rabbit prizes, Jason won by 14,000 points!

Fantasmic was fantastic! It is my favorite. i just don't understand why it is twice a day, three times a week. Why don't they just have it once a night days a week? It made planning that much more difficult!

So the one a day thing isn't working out so well. i blame Jason since he won't help me out at all!

Day 4

We woke up early to get over to Animal Kingdom for EMH so we could get
on EE a couple times. One thing that was great with the buses at
Contemporary that I did not see last time at All Star Music is there
was a women standing by the door you come out of to go to the buses
that asked if you were going to the park of the bus that was there. We
were, so she asked the driver to wait for us. It was nice that we
didn't just miss it and have to wait 15-20 minutes for the next bus
because we couldn't get there fast enough!

We went right to Expedition Everest, grabbed a FastPass and rode it
(the line was 15 minutes). That queue is amazing! The only reason the
line was 15 minutes is because people were looking at the details of
the queue. The one thing that annoyed me was all of those bells that
people kept ringing. Was that touch really necessary?

We went over to Dinoland and rode Primeval Whirl (mostly because we
didn't want to walk all the way over to the safari) and it was ok. We
also got ice cream because it was the only food open and we were
hungry.

We went back to EE to ride it again and got another two FastPasses,
which we gave to another couple that was on their honeymoon later!

We then headed to our favorite show in all of Walt Disney World -
Finding Nemo the musical! We are HUGE musical theater fans, so we are
inclined to like it, but it went beyond our expectations the first time
we saw it, and we still loved it this time! It was written by the same
people who wrote Avenue Q and I think the music and the puppets are
fantastic! We were singing "In the Big Blue World" and "Go With the
Flow" for the rest of the trip!

We were hungry and it was finaly lunchtime, so we headed to the counter
service part of Yak & Yeti..but there was only outdoor seating. So
we went over to Flametree BBQ which looks so good...but again..only
outdoor seating and it was over 90 degrees in the shade so we went to
Pizzafari which is just ok. That is another reason to go in the fall or
spring - you can eat at those counter service places!

We then headed to Downtown Disney by taking a bus towards there and
switching because we needed to go shopping! We got a really cute
ornament at the Christmas store that has a bride and groom Minnie nad
Mickey in a diamond ring. We still couldn't decide on the art, so we
thought we would wait until Epcot. I got a really cute red shirt that
has all the parks on it and a cross stitch pattern of Mickey, Minnie,
and Pluto that we loved. It will take me forever to get to it because I
have a huge one to do for my mom, but when it is eventually done, it
will be a nice addition to our home!

We went back for a nap...and then went to dinner.

We went to Ohana. See, Ohana is what I used to say is my favorite
restaurant in the world...not just Disney World. We went last time and
LOVED it. We love the places that bring meat out and combine that with
the amazing salad, appetizers, sides, and dessert and it was the
perfect meal!

Well...not this time at ALL. We got there, ordered our drinks (we got
$30 on our honeymoon registry and wanted alcohol) and were enjoying the
atmosphere and suddenly the salad in on the table. We made a comment
about fast service and then...the appetizers are all there and the
sides...and they come out with the meats about 60 seconds after that.
Three minutes later we finally got our drinks. It was AWFUL! You should
not get all the food at once! I was surprised they didn't put the
dessert down right at that moment too! Since all the food was there at
once, the quality was down too because by the time I got to some of the
dishes (well at least half of them) they were already cold!

My father has worked in food service his whole life and has been
opening manager of restaurants, so I have learned when to talk to a
manager...and this was one of those cases. He came over and we
explained how this was supposed to be a special meal for our honeymoon
and I told him about the problem with the service. He looked appalled
and apologized to us for the issues. Since we told him, he took our
drinks off the bill and we got an extra special dessert (I don't
remember what it was but it was good). Make sure that if you have bad
service...you say something! If people have bad enough service to
complain, Disney may change something!

After that, we went to DHS for EMH and the lines were still terrible.
Over 2 hours for Toy Story Mania, so we didn't get to ride that one
again. We did get to go on Star Tours, Tower of Terror (Jason's
favorite ride), One Man's Dream, Great Movie Ride (which desperately
needs an update), and teh Animation Academy. It was really cool to see
some of the story boards from Princess and the Frog - I can't wait to
see the movie! Jason also finally found a shirt he loved!

On the bus back to the hotel, we met a really nice couple who also got
married on August 1 in Toronto. They were very friendly and we found
out they almost booked the same cruise we did!

Hopefully I will do another one tomorrow!

(And I am sure the crap soup was a Freudian slip since I do not like boma)