The Roberts Girls On tour! - the trip report has begun!!!!

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I'm pleased people agreed with me!!! I would have been peeved big style if I paid nearly $130 for those princesses like!!!!

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Tuesday 30th September
the plan was to get up early and get to universal for opening at 9am - fair to say that didn't happen (we love sleep too much!) we ended up leaving around 9.30 and drove without any issues! we decided to pay for preferred parking because I didn't want people on my back while I was trying to park and everything went so smoothly we were pretty close to the parks and it was much more laid back worth $25 if you ask me! we walked into citywalk and a strange thing happened my body just walked itself to Starbucks?! really should get that checked!!! I couldn't deny myself one so we had 2 sausage muffins, latte and strawberry frappuncino (can you see a pattern here?!) one sandwich had to go back as it was still frozen and the sandwiches weren't as nice as Disney but nice enough still really enjoyed it!

we walked down to the original universal studios as we had 1 priority today - get on new Harry Potter ride! so we got in and headed straight up to it we got there and the wait was posted at 15mins?! surely it would be longer than that 40mins later we had queued, ridden and were back out front! the ride is fantastic everybody should ride once its an amazing ride!
few pictures from the queue



we walked back round to the mummy ride which we LOVE it was showing 30mins but decided to wait - turns out that was wrong because we rode twice in 30mins! I could ride that ride all day long! after this we rode the transformers ride and for people who have never seen anything to do with transformers we still loved the ride! reminded us a lot of spiderman! we walked over to ET and rode that - its a cute little ride but its sooooooo outdated it needs a makeover ASAP we walked around to krustyland and rode twirl n hurl was cute like dumbo but with spaceships instead of elephants!!! (as I've realised I did really bad with pictures this day!) and the Simpson's ride (great ride but if you have tall people in front of you - not so much :sad:we came off and it was starting to rain so we ran to the new food court they have and we were greeted with the biggest queue of the day - for food! we got a chicken platter to share as we needed to save room for our ADR tonight!

by the time we were ready to go back out the thunderstorm that had happened whilst we were eating had magically cleared up yay we headed to men in black which we like a lot then headed back round to Diagon alley to really soak it all up and take some pictures!




we went back round to the gringotts ride and was still only posted as a 20min wait? well lets go! it did stop briefly but we still maybe waited 30mins if that! as we were heading out we decided to wait for the dragon to "blow" we waited, and waited, and waited, and waited and eventually..............

was worth the wait!!!! we realised the time oops later than planned best go find the car!!! we got back to the room showered and we ready to go as quickly as we could we took the car as one of my bucket list things was drive to a Disney car park and we managed it no problems and made it to Liberty Tree Tavern on time! we actually waited about 20mins after our ADR time which was the only time this happened actually but we didn't mind we got seated and the food started coming we had salad, bread rolls to start then beef, turkey and pork with stuffing, gravy, swede, mashed potato, green beans and mac and cheese below is a picture of our table for 2

we also got the johnny appleseed cake which was okay I preferred the proper food better for me this ADR didn't disappoint I really enjoyed at and think I like this "family style" better than a buffet
we were supposed to stay for the fireworks but because "ahem" someone had seconds on her meat we were sooooooooooooooo full that we couldn't have managed to stay so we headed out before the crowds because I was a little nervous about getting out with everybody else we got back and fell straight asleep dreaming of food!!!! haha

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Well Jasmine can climb on my carpet anyday. laugh

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Ooh yeah, with the exception of Jasmine those are some pretty disappointing princesses! But how cool to be in the castle during Wishes! And did I read this right? You got to ride Gringotts TWICE with less then a 20 min wait both times?! You must be the luckiest girl around!

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steady on there watchmaker hahahaha!!! she was a very attractive lady but she opened her mouth and there was nothing "Jasmine" about her!!!

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Ooh yeah, with the exception of Jasmine those are some pretty disappointing princesses! But how cool to be in the castle during Wishes! And did I read this right? You got to ride Gringotts TWICE with less then a 20 min wait both times?! You must be the luckiest girl around!

it was amazing Allie wishes is my fav fireworks show because I know nearly all the words (you can imagine the delight of the people who get in my car when that is on!) yep that's right before we went we said "look we usually have a max time we will wait for a ride but we will just have to suck up whatever the wait time is so we can say we have been on at least once" we were floored when the wait was that little we thought it must be wrong it cant be that low but it was!!! we felt so lucky!!!

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Wednesday 1st October
This was supposed to be our last day with the car but we remembered when we picked the car up as long as we returned it by 9.30 on Thursday 2nd we were okay so we decided we would do that because we were going to be pretty tight on time today anyway so took that stress out of it (plus I got to drive it some more yay )
we left universal bound around 9am used the preferred parking again and headed back to Universal studios for a few quick rides on the mummy before heading to "kings cross" to get the train to hogsmeade!
few pictures from the queue



it was good but we were squished into a booth with a family of four so we didn't have the greatest view out of the window but would like to go again and hopefully have a better view
once we got to hogsmeade we headed to the castle to ride the forbidden journey, when we got to be seated randomly before the restraints came down they made me and mam swap seats (we were in the end and the next one in?!) it was soooooooo weird but nevermind

we were walking down and I decided to try butterbeer for the first time (this was a brave move for me as I am extremely picky with food and drink but trying to get better!) and actually liked it a lot more than I expected but once you pass the foam its quite sickly tasting but I would have it again!

we walked down to suess landing to have lunch at circus mcgurkus as we were pretty hungry by now we each had a chicken platter as they are so yummy - love the food here!

once we were finished we rode the high in the sky trolley ride and the cat in the hat, we were just about to get on and the ride stopped!! we decided to wait it out a little while as we only had this and 1 other ride to go on and we were finished we talked to the staff for a little and what dya know the ride came on! we were the only people waiting so we actually got the whole ride to ourselves which was fun knowing! we walked over to marvel to ride spiderman and we managed to get front row which we have never had before and it was even better in the front wow!!!
we came off and we were done with universal in all honesty we had done/seen everything we wanted to and while at lunch we discussed the possibility of going to the premium outlets on international drive as I hadn't felt like my shopping was done on Monday so we said goodbye to universal and we would be back in 2 years got to the car and set the GPS to the outlets the deal with the car was I found a space, I parked in the space and probably managed to park in about the furthest car parking space away from anything ever - mam was not impressed but I was just happy I parked the car between 2 other cars! laugh we got some more bargains but maybe spent longer than we should looking round as we left time a little tight to try and find a grocery store to get sweets so we decided we were either going to have to suck it up and pay airport prices or if we stumbled upon one on our way home it was a sign!
now for only the 2nd time in the car I missed our turning (in my defence it was on international drive and the turning was in the middle of the roadworks so wasn't convinced it was an actual turning) betsey found us another way and we ended up on a road parallel with the I-4 and what should be coming up but a publix! - see it was a sign! we got our stuff and on we went and actually got back to the resort quicker than we thought! we got changed, dropped the bags off (how was this stuff going to fit in our cases?!) and headed back out in the car to EPCOT!

we walked around towards Japan and we were just in time for the 8pm Air Supply show which I was so happy about we enjoyed them so much last year and I may or may not have downloaded their songs and been learning the words in the car they were so great have a few pictures from the concert

(yep he was THAT close to us!)

Once they finished we had to actually run to Teppan Edo for our 8.30 reservation! thankfully it wasn't far and we made it on time! we got seated pretty quick and we were with a family of 4 and a couple (who I believe could have been Chinese or Japanese I'm not sure) now I should mention my mam has hearing problems and sometimes I have to relay messages to her and unfortunately this was the case as our waitress was very quiet (I even struggled a little to hear) it also wasnt helped that there was a loud group in the same room with us.

we were waiting for our meal to start and another table got started the guy doing it was fantastic he seemed really energetic and got everybody involved so I started getting excited for ours to start unfortunately we seemed to get the other end of the scale with our she was very timid and shy and quiet (again mam couldn't hear a thing) and she just didn't seem as confident as the other guy we seen around the same time as our meal started this group of men cam in who were so loud even I could barely hear they had clearly been drinking and were very inconsiderate to others in the room. now the food (I would like to point out I have never been to any kind of dining experience like this before so please excuse any ignorance on my part over the next bit) the food came out in sections and by the time we finished my noodles which were first out were cold by the time I got everything (I understand I was probably supposed to eat everything as it came out but I really wanted mine all together) and I also felt I was getting smaller portions than everybody else and often she had to add to my plate because she hadn't gave me enough the food itself all tasted nice but nothing amazing to write home about we both had the steak and shrimp

I have to admit that portion looks quite well sized but I don't honestly remember there being that much! and when I wrote my notes on the night I mentioned the small portions there!
for dessert mam had green tea cheesecake and I just had ice cream mam really liked hers mine was just ice cream!

All in all my personal review of this was I think I like getting all my food at once would consider tokyo dining next time as I love this style of food at home! this was the only ADR I came out of and was still hungry could have done with the F&W booths being open but they had closed sad I actually got fries when we got back to the resort!

I should also mention mam enjoyed Teppan Edo and said she would go back! we collected the car and went back to the resort

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I bought a Teppanyaki grill this year and it's great when cooking for several people and yes it's surprising how quickly you get hungry after eating ...Its like Chinese cuisine..3 hours later am starving..But with Indian food..3 hours later I still can't move.. laugh

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Thursday 2nd October
We had to be up pretty early this morning as the car had to be returned by 9.30 so we got up and left around 8.45 got gas, took car to alamo and were on the shuttle bus to EPCOT by 9.15! excellent service will use them in the future for sure!
we arrived at EPCOT and we checked wait times Soarin' was only 20mins?! so we headed over there and sure enough 20mins it was - I had to take a picture for future reference!!!

we didn't have a FP as it was a "test track" day! so this worked perfectly for us and it took exactly 20mins to get through! once we came off we walked allllllllllllllllll the way to the other side for our test track FP we designed our car:

somehow it won!!! how I will never know it wasn't eco friendly but at all!!!! then we walked alllllllllllllllllllllll the way back (who planned these FP's?!) for our character spot FP! (somewhere on one of these trips from one end to the other mam discovered she had a mosquito bite but seen as I didn't write that down I don't honestly know!)
we were standing in line when I realised I didn't have my autograph book (I'm only 25 how am I supposed to remember these things that's what mam is for!) just another excuse to go back next year! I really enjoyed the interaction with the characters and would be happy to go back!


after this we were hungry so we headed to sunshine seasons for a bite we had pork chops again and cheesecake and strawberry shortcake for desserts so yummy!

we then took the loooooooong walk around to Norway via Mexico for a ride with the three caballeros (I really love this ride and the song at the end that I now have on video for my Disney blue days!) and on our way out caught Mariachi Cobre who I love so much! we made it to Norway and we had our penultimate ride on Maelstrom sad why oh why does frozen have to move into Norway!!!!! after this I needed a pick me up so we went to the most anticipated booth of the F&W for me personally - China! I adored china last year loved every single thing from here last year and had really high hopes for this year! we ordered the duck in a steamed bun and a kung fu punch! the punch was as good as last year, the duck was nice but the sauce was a bit too much for me but still really enjoyed trying it


we needed to head back to future world so we walked round to Germany to get the boat back we got a few photopass pictures took and ride Spaceship Earth and left EPCOT albeit a little later than planned!
We showered etc and headed back out to Hollywood Studios and got a FP for Fantasmic (we didn't know if we would need it or not but didn't want to run the risk of not getting in) and then headed for our ADR at 50's Prime time its the 3rd year we have been to 50's so we were looking forward to it! we requested a TV booth and thought we may have to wait a little but we got taken straight through!

we ordered our drinks I got strawberry milkshake and a dads electric lemonade and mam ordered a red velvet milkshake and grandmas punch whoa who was mixing these cocktails they were very strong!!!! not the best combination with very strong milkshakes but we made it work haha! we ordered our main courses I had Pork chop and mam had salmon and both were gorgeous we love this place!



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once we had finished we got picked to be someone's "stand in family" as the mam and sister had gone somewhere and they wanted to sing happy birthday to the other daughter! it was quite funny! we then ordered our cheesecakes to-go as we were so full we couldn't eat them straight away we left with 2 cheesecakes and 4 cups (2 alcohol, 2 milkshakes) and decided to just go down to Fantasmic! and hope they would let us in - they did and I heard my Olaf band sing "In summer for the first time" she even let me scan it again so I could listen properly as I didn't realise first time! we found a seat and pretty much had a picnic in our seats! before long Fantasmic! started - I cannot say enough good things about this show I really love it so much!!!! we were pretty tired (and full) so headed straight out and to bed once we got back!

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I'm sorry, a red velvet milkshake?! I thought I was for sure going to go with the PB&J milkshake when we are there next December, but I think you've changed my mind.

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I'm sorry, a red velvet milkshake?! I thought I was for sure going to go with the PB&J milkshake when we are there next December, but I think you've changed my mind.

yep that was the one! mam says its was really good she enjoyed it but be warned they were very filling!!!!

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Have really enjoyed reading your trip reports Amy. Some of my favorite trips to WDW have been mother/daughter. I remember one trip we closed Jellyrolls...twice. While we were there we (my daughter) met a couple of young men from "across the pond." They started calling me "Mum," after one of them proposed to my daughter, saying he loved America & wanted to stay. Needless to say they were quite funny and intoxicated!! laugh laugh

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oHIo wrote:
Have really enjoyed reading your trip reports Amy. Some of my favorite trips to WDW have been mother/daughter. I remember one trip we closed Jellyrolls...twice. While we were there we (my daughter) met a couple of young men from "across the pond." They started calling me "Mum," after one of them proposed to my daughter, saying he loved America & wanted to stay. Needless to say they were quite funny and intoxicated!! laugh laugh

Thanks!!! I'm really enjoying writing it!!! I love our mother/daughter trips! Well if you any american men who would like themselves a British wife I'm available haha!!

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Most enjoyable, Amy. I agree that those princesses at CRT were ROUGH! We only ate there once and it was on our honeymoon in 2003. I don't recall any princesses except for Cinderella visiting during our meal at that time, but that day is basically a complete blur!

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Friday 3rd October
We were so tired by this time in the trip we decided to have a little lie in and left room about 10am, once we arrived we headed straight for our Big Thunder Mountain FP which we just LOVE! as we were walking through frontierland we decided to go in country bear jamboree as we have NEVER done this before (not sure why) and we LOVED it I mean I feel like we have missed out on a little gem all these years this is going to become a must every trip I'm still singing those songs now!!!!




After this we were pretty hungry so we headed to Columbia Harbour House we got chicken and fish combos and cobbler each for drinks we ordered an odwalla lemonade slush for me and coffee for mam but somehow got 2 odwalla lemonades aswell as the coffee and weren't charged OOP or snack credit for extra lemonade!


the lemonade was yummy but very tangy! it was now time for our M&G with "the girls" Anna & Elsa they were both lovely but preferred Anna she mentioned about my Pig Tails asking if Olaf got twigs stuck in my hair when he did mine! I was really pleased I did it and this big princess remembered her autograph book yay


Our 7DMT time was ready now so off we went I think I love this ride more and more each time I ride it! we came out and managed to make a FP for under the sea and while we were waiting we popped into Mickey's Philharmagic which we just love so much! we walked up and used our Under the sea FP then walked back down to find a good spot for the parade and managed to find one but it was in direct sunlight I don't mind but mam found a shady spot I have to say I enjoyed the parade so much more this time around and discovered that the parade we saw the first day was not the full parade!



we then walked around to Adventureland for a ride on Pirates of the Caribbean then wandered through the shops on the way out as we were heading for AKL as we were walking out we saw a bus in for AKL so we ran to catch it and I wish we hadn't it was so busy you couldn't move an inch! but we did get there with plenty time to spare! we headed to the Mara to get refillable drinks we drank those then headed to the bar unfortunately we ended up with an unhelpful barman who when I asked questions about cocktails just shrugged his shoulders or said "haven't had it" which made my decision a little difficult as I wanted to try a new cocktail but didn't want to spend money on a cocktail I wouldn't like. we looked down and saw boma was pretty busy so we decided to check in and just wait in the bar - I barely made it back upstairs and the pager went off! we got seated and eventually our server turned up now she alone set the atmosphere wrong to start off with as she had a bit of an attitude for example "what drinks would you like we offer 56 different beverages do you really need me to go through them all?" she just wasn't very polite or helpful and you could never find her to get refils or even clear the plates away and then the food well the pork was delicious I enjoyed the pork, and the pasta (without the meatballs and sauce) the pasta was really good and that was about it the chicken and beef were okay but I was really hoping for an experience of different flavours and I just didn't get that plus I was expecting spicy stuff and this all tasted kinda sweet all in all I was really disappointed with this meal we were full but this has now put me off trying any other African cuisine (I would also like to point out my mam who will eat pretty much anything only found 1 or 2 things that she liked enough to eat too so it wasn't just my fussy palate!)
We headed out to the bus stop and a bud pulled in for DD and so we jumped at the chance because I wanted to go see the new marketplace Co-op
we got there and walked in I could feel the credit card hiding in my bag I just wanted it all! but as my mam brought me down to earth "Amy exactly how do you plan on getting all this stuff home!" so I made a mental note of what I wanted for when we came back and headed back to the resort for an early night!

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The answer to your question Amy is......

Throw away all the clothes you bought with you, then that gives you 23KG for Shopping hahahaha awesome

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Saturday 4th October
We were headed to Hollywood Studios this morning but we had received an e-mail from Alamo saying we had left some glasses in the car and we arranged to be picked up on the 9.45 shuttle to take us to the office to sign for the glasses we were out and waiting for the shuttle by 9.36 (this is important I swear!) we waited until around 10am and the concierge rang Alamo for them to say they had been at 9.45 and picked other people up?! I explained we had been outside waiting the whole time and they did say they could arrange for another driver to come pick us up but we had FP for TSM that we didn't want to miss so I said I would ring them later to rearrange they weren't massively important she wouldn't need them until we were back in the UK so we headed to the bus stop where we waited forever for HS bus and we finally arrived with 15mins to spare before the time slot finished phew! I won (again!) we walked down for the dreaded Tower of Terror and for the first time ever.........................I enjoyed it! see picture below I actually removed an arm from the safety of the bar to my right! (however if anyone can see my facial expression it doesn't exactly look like the face of someone enjoying it haha!)

we decided to walk up to great movie ride as we hadn't rode it yet the lines had been huge I really like the ride but the movies at the beginning and end are my favourite bits! but the middle needs updating a bit!

Mam's gone with the wind dress for running up and down the stairs in the mansion buildings at PORS!
we were pretty hungry so we headed for ABC Commissary for lunch I had fish platter again and mam had the burger with shrimp again which were both gorgeous again!
We decided t walk down to Frozen Sing A Long so we got a good seat and we ended up in the 4th row back there was 2 free seats as we were waiting for show to start this man was speaking to a CM about some seats that were roped off for premium package people we couldn't hear what she said but once the show started the ropes were removed and this whole family moved over in front of these 3 kids who had sat patiently waiting but then this resulted in other people changing seats so we missed the first few minutes of the show and ended up with a very inconsiderate man who held his camera up above his head and to the side getting the best pictures and blocking our view then I'm guessing it was the mother kept coming over and sitting on the floor beside them and everything we actually missed parts of the show which we absolutely love all of this was a massive distraction for us and were a little disappointed that this happened are we overreacting here?!
we came out and headed over to Voyage of the Little Mermaid as we hadn't done that yet either! its a cute show but maybe needs a little bit of an update once we came out we headed out of the park to get ready for Raglan Road!
We got back to the room and rang Alamo and they said if I could meet them at the front of the resort they would send the driver with the glasses and I could sign for them there great! so went down seemed to wait ages but they arrived and finally got the glasses back woop! yay because of the delay with the glasses we were a bit later than we wanted to of leaving for DD but it worked out well we headed straight for world of Disney store (dare I say its too big?!) then we just decided to walk over to raglan road as we didn't even know how to get there! we arrived with plenty of time, checked in and asked if we could be sat in the centre area (incase you didn't read the pre trip report we had been to RR a few years ago and I wasn't impressed we were in a dark corner and couldn't see anything, the food was just so so and was really disappointed because I loved the feel for this place and my mam had loved it when we came before so wanted to give it another go) we got seated straight away, front and centre everything we had perfect seats really, all ready I was enjoying myself more!



we ordered "one for the road" cocktail for me and half pint of magners for mam which were both yummy then the main dishes mam had lambo and she is still talking about this now she says it was out of this world I had the mighty mixed grill which was very yummy but the steak really stood out for me so WHEN we go back I'll be having that it was delicious we ordered another round of drinks, I changed mine up and went for an arran island ice tea then the desserts came we had a bread and butter pudding (thanks to KenJ's recommendation!) and a dundeons delight - WOW I mean the dundeons delight was beautiful but that bread and butter pudding my word it was in a league on its own (can I get one now?!) we did not do the puddings justice at all but the whole meal was just outstanding for me I have definitely been converted and this will be a must in the future if we are doing ADR's we pretty much waddled back to the bus stop and headed back to the resort feeling VERY full!!!




Sorry the pictures aren't great it was quite dark and forgot to put the flash on!

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Love the Rapunzel float picture! Perfection! laugh

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Sunday 5th October

We got up pretty early this morning and started packing some cases (noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I don't want to go I'm not ready!) mainly because we had so much stuff we had nowhere to put it! then headed for the boat to Downtown Disney around 10am

I love taking the boat at least once during the day its just beautiful there was another boat in going to the west side so we took that to save our legs! we went in search of our check in for Virgin Atlantic as we would be suing it in a few days time Sad( Sad( we spotted it straight away so then set off looking for Starbucks! we ordered a sausage and egg muffin, ham and cheese croissant, large strawberry frappuccino and large latte and the lovely gentleman said "and what would you like for snacks?" quite frankly I could have kissed the man!! but whoa we qualify for snacks on a breakfast QS credit?! that was a great discovery! so we got a blueberry muffin and marble cheesecake so had a little picnic in Starbucks!

we just wandered around enjoying the relaxed pace and spent waaaaaaaaaaay too long doing so and far too much money! (where was it going to go?!) we headed back to the bus stop dropped the stuff in the room and were back out for the bus within minutes - it must have been some record! haha we missed out soarin' FP but we had been lucky to ride it with very little wait so we weren't too devastated and we decided to take it easy and try and use some snack credits (by this point we had used maybe one or 2 at the most! so rundown of food begins:
we had scallop from Scotland - we both LOVED it and we would have gone back if we had time

Aulani Sunset from Hawaii - really liked it but enjoyed the sunrise better (didn't stop me going back for another in a few days!)

Lamb from Australia - we had this last year and certainly did not disappoint this year in fact I think it was better!

after the lamb we had a meet and greet with Donald on our way for our last.ever.ride on maelstrom Sad( Sad( Sad( Sad( Sad( gaah gaah why frozen why!!!!! but whoa was Norway busy!!!! the line for Kringla was out the door (and nearly out of the pavillion!) stand - by was nearly out of the pavillion too and was snaked around so many times the FP line had been moved round by the shop and waterfall


as we were standing we noticed this in the window - everybody started cheering

if I had twitter I would have joined! we eventually got to the front of the line and we were lucky to get front row again! i may have shed a little tear as we left for the final time (feel like shedding a tear writing this sad ) but I feel so grateful for having rode the ride on its final day
to drown my sorrows we got back onto the food stopped at farm fresh for griddled yard bird - Oh wow this was my fav dish so far and by the time I finished it was deffo in my top 3! I was gutted I didn't get back for another

we headed to china next got Mongolian beef in a steamed bun and salt & pepper shrimp - both were amazing and would have gone back for more but still didn't beat yard bird!


we headed to poland but the line was HUGE so we decided to skip I didn't want anything that much! so we moved on to Italy another highly anticipated booth for me we got the chicken dish, cannelloni and margarita (it was supposed to be a slushy but it was broke so was just like a normal drink) margarita was nice, cannelloni was nice but I was expecting the outside to be soft not hard (clearly someone didn't understand that's what it was meant to be like!) but the chicken - Oh my! it was a strong contender for best snack of the day! I think they tied to be honest (which is surprising as chicken is not my fav meat!)

we headed to the American Pavillion for some MMMM Hops pale ale (any guesses who brewed that?!)

we found a seat and decided to go to Hops & barley for Lobster Alfredo unfortunately just as I got to the front the were out and was going to take 20-25mins for the next batch - no thanks we hung around as we were hoping to see starship, clearly we left it too late as when we went over it was packed full with about 20 mins before the show! so we decided to get the boat over to Future World to do a few things we hadn't managed to do yet but before that - more food! we stopped at Canada for filet mignon the portions were so much bigger this year but wasn't keen on the mushrooms

we rode nemo (cute ride) and spaceship earth and we still had an hour and a half before our ADR so we went to mousegears for a look but then just decided to walk round and wait so we picked up la passion Martini and kir and checked in and we got seated pretty much straight away, in the conservatory only 1 table in front of the window so we had a stunning view, we had beef short ribs for me and beef tenderloin for mam which were both lovely the only thing that put a dampner on our food was the woman sat on the table next to us there was no pleasing her! she spoke to the waiter terribly (he was also our waiter and he was lovely) and looked on him like dirt but other than that we loved it! we also had profiteroles for dessert which were lovely, the whole experience was great and I did love it but I don't think I would go back in a hurry there was something that didn't click but I'm not sure what ( I know I'm weird!) we headed to the front of the park got straight on a bus and were back at the resort in no time!

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Yum.Yum...But that scallop looked wayyyyy over done...Scallops ( chefs refer them as the Rolls Royce of the sea ) can be tricky to get exactly right..Under cooked they taste like rubber..Over cooked they are chewy..Its pan seared with lemon juice 60 seconds each side..But if you enjoyed them that's all that matters.. awesome

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The Watchmaker wrote:
Yum.Yum...But that scallop looked wayyyyy over done...Scallops ( chefs refer them as the Rolls Royce of the sea ) can be tricky to get exactly right..Under cooked they taste like rubber..Over cooked they are chewy..Its pan seared with lemon juice 60 seconds each side..But if you enjoyed them that's all that matters.. awesome

I have to say I know NOTHING about cooking but it did taste really nice so I'll take it as a positive! haha in fact I would like one right now............ haha

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Mmmmmm.... Everything sounds so tasty! I would love to try that Mongolian beef in the steamed bun, it looks delish!

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So wait a minute, did your coffees count as the drink on your QS meal? If so, that is an AWESOME deal!

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Allie wrote:
So wait a minute, did your coffees count as the drink on your QS meal? If so, that is an AWESOME deal!

Yeah Allie we got the largest drinks, 2 sandwiches and 2 snacks all on 2 QS credits think the total was close to $30 for the meal we were so happy! also surprised because everywhere we read it said the DD starbucks weren't doing DP and that the ones in the park would be drink (any size) and a sandwich or snack item not both!

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okay so as I was sorting through my books in my bags working out what I still needed to do for 2015 vacation I found my TR book from 2014 so started reading through it and thought "this isn't finished......." and it suddenly dawned on me that I never finished my TR judging by my last post date it was the start of a pretty crappy few months for us and I think once I started getting back to normal I just assumed I had finished it!!!

so if nobody minds I would like to finish it off then start on my pre trip for 2015!

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Monday 6th October

We had a little lie in but we were still out by 10 which was our mission this trip! we were heading to AK today and we managed without any hiccups we headed straight for kilimanjaro safaris but on our way we spotted these little guys
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we went on the safari but there wasn't many animals out sad we came out and i just had to have a zebra cupcake from Kusafiri this needed to last me a year!!! it was delicious as always!!! we decided that we would rush round and try and catch the 11am showing of finding nemo the musical we made it and got really good seats (top section front row)

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I LOVE this show!!! its a real coin toss between FOTLK and this one I just cant pick!!! my holiday is not complete without seeing both! we headed over to expedition Everest next for FP which is just amazing as usual then we headed for lunch at restaurantosaurus where I had my first burger in the USA eek eek eek what is going on?! i remember a time where I would only eat burgers!!! haha

we headed to the front of the park and stopped by its tough to be a bug in all honesty I could skip this but mam loves it and I love her so off we went!! we had done everything we wanted to do by now so we headed out so we could have a nap and shower before tonight!!!

as we leave AK I have to add this photo in because everytime I see this I burst into laughter - like to the point of my mam walks away and pretends she isn't with me its just tickles me!!!

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Ah..So this is what time lapse is all about..lol clapping ....I've just recently downloaded photos from my other camera I forgot about from our 2014 trip...

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Of course we don't mind! Yay for more trip report! yay

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It's NEVER too late for trip reports!!!

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yay thanks ladies ill get back on it!!!!

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I laugh at that shirt everytime too!