jmaul

I like the David Doss print.  And he was at Epcot the same time we were there.

Maybe my mind is getting the best of me, but for some reason I was imagining more characters.  

Was also thinking the original post on FF was titled "Lookie What I Found", or something similar.

I could be wrong....

Thanks for the replies.

A few months ago someone posted they found a camping print with all the main characters.

I think it was found at the Art of Disney store in DTD.

I can't for the life of me find that thread.

I also searched multiple places when we were at WDW, but found nothing and got blank looks when asking Castmembers.

Please help with at least the thread, or better yet, if you know when I can order one.

Thanks

Jeff

I would comment, but supposedly I have a job to get to....

Lovin the food pics.  Spotted the all day bacon on the burger right away.

Gonna try the peanut butter cup s'mores this weekend when we hit the county campground.  Thanks for the tip...would never have thought of it.

Hey, how about some all day bacon on the s'mores?

No more comments on jugs, as per DIT.  Least not in this thread.....

Jason likes what he calls "all day bacon." You should cook enough bacon to munch on all day. 

 

Ha ha ha about the snow. See, I drive my boat more often than I drive in snow. Plus, you Yankees don't understand 2 factors... 1) We usually have more ice than snow. 2) We don't have plows.

"All day bacon".  I like that.  Still not sure if it'd go over well in the Maul household.

I did know about the ice & plows, but it didn't make for a good joke.....

Apparently those jugs are going to save you if you are drowning. You're not confident they'd work? Ha ha

I too wondered about the jugs.  Now I am more confused.

When are you doing a cell animation of the EWP?

Agreed.

 

I guess it was for safety reasons.

 

Or maybe the lady dragon pilot didn't know where the fire button was?

 

 

 

 

I looked through some old photos, and I saw bubbles from the Ariel float, just not as many.  None from the Pinocchio one though.

 

Maybe the breezes that caused the dragon not to breath fire were blowing the bubbles around more than I had seen in the past.

 

TCD

Guess the dragon didn't have 'Ohana the night before.....

Buzz looks just fine now....doing what dogs do best.

Dang.  Forgot about using color filters on the camera.  Nice shot of the Trading Post sign with the roses.

Wow.  Tough looking view.  The closest we have to this is Spruce Run http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/spruce.html#camp .  State park, dry camping but only $20/night.

What's that you got on your hot dog?  Cheese?

 

Yeah, and it looks like provolone.  Yummy.

 

 

BACON!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We beached the boat. Man, it needs a bath!

 

 

 

 

That's a lot of bacon. Mama Deuce wouldn't make that much for me.  Jason and Z are two lucky guys.

Check it.  You can navigate a boat but can't drive in 1.5 inches of snow....LOL

We Broke Mama Deuce

It's Thursday 4/17 in the evening.  We've just finished a nice day at AK.  I am going over the next day's plans with the family.  We're to go to Hollywood Studios.

I mention that there are EMH for the morning.  I think it was 7am.

K Bear then concocts the grand plan for the day.  She will set her alarm for 5:30.  We will get up and prepare ourselves, hoping to arrive just at or after rope drop.

Have I mentioned that 3/4 of the family are not morning people?  She is one of the 3.

5:30 rolls around.  I hear the alarm.  It goes off for 10 solid minutes and stops.  10-20 minutes later it goes off again.  For ten solid minutes with no interaction from K Bear. 

I think it happens again.  I go back to sleep.

I get up later and talk to K Bear.  Plan B.  Let's just get there.  But, there's a problem.

Mama Deuce is not feeling well at all.  We must have broken her.  She decides to stay back and rest.

Weather was not promising, so I figured she wouldn't miss much, except maybe getting stuck in a deludge.

Besides, her big brother and his wife are due in this evening for the weekend.  She want to rest up for that.

Now, I say it again.  We were not expecting good weather this day.  Forecast was for rain to start around noon and continue steady throughout the day.

I decided not to take my camera, so there are few pictures and they are all from cell.

Bus time says just before 10am and we are entering park:

We had FP+ for Tower Of Terror, Lights, Motors, Action, and Toy Story in that order.  First stop TOT.  I liked it.  The kids got a bit wigged out.

Hit the Backstage Ride next, then got some lunch:

We got the real streetscape 1.5 hours away from our home:

We had time to kill.  Lights, Motors, Action was for the 2:30 show and Toy Story FP was for the 4pm area. 

We walked into the Movie Ride, 5 minute standby.

We then managed to go thru One Man's Dream and then it was time for Lights...

The rain has held out so far.  We were planning to go to Lights on our second visit to HS later, so I decided not to use the cell. 

Bad move on my part as I'll find out later.  Our seats were fairly nice, with unobstructed views.  Our second day we stuck stuck further up with a pole in the way.

Oh, well.  At least it's not raining.

I think we did Star Tours next. Standby was 30 IIRC. Thumbs up from the whole group.

Then, dark skies and wind started coming in.  We made our way to Pixar Place just in time to seek shelter and wait 20 minutes for our FP time to Toy Story.

We absolutely loved this ride, as I think everyone does.

Got out and it was still raining.  We had relatives coming in.  Figured we'd call it a day and boogie back to the Fort.

Mama Deuce was feeling a bit better, so we decided tonight was the night for the Giddyap and Go.  She and I carted our way to Trails End to place our order.

Waited with a cocktail til it was ready:

Holy Food!  As mentioned by TCD and many others here,  this is THE best bargain on Disney property.  $28 and change got us all this:

Now, TCD congratulated me in his trip report for all white meat, among other things.  Read it here;  http://www.fortfiends.net/forum/topic/12598-day-trippin/?p=359117

I have to confess.  We did not order all white.  They gave it to us.  Ain't complainin'.

Big brother and wife arrived around 8 and we had a wonderful evening together.

I brought the kids down to the Settlement and Clementine's to view the fireworks and water pageant.  No pics, sorry. Cell doesn't take good night or flash pictures.

That's it for now.  Small installment.

Next up, we enjoy the weekend at the Fort.  And, we visit a couple other resorts.

Jeff

I'm a little tardy, but great trip report so far!

Welcome...

I am here, I think.

Not sure if you want to be.....

With all the bickering between Beckers and DIT I'm surprised I made it on page 1.

I like Harry chilling with the frog.

I see you got suckered on the giant cups. My son loves them too. Told my DH it's a sad day when the kid's drink cost more than mine! We like Rain Forrest cafe, we go to the one in AC.

That's our Happy Harry.

Hey.  We're on vacation.  Money is no object.  It's an object now.

The server was real nice also.

You did great in AK for first-timers.

 

K-Bear did a good job handling the photographer duties on the safari.

 

That FP+ fiasco is ridiculous- and I think everyone who has experienced it can share at least one similar story.

 

What a mess.

 

Looks like they saw you coming at the Rainforest Cafe'  I have quite a collection of kid's collectors cups from there myself.

 

TCD

Couldn't take on these parks the way we did if not for the knowledge gained on FF.

FP+ is like DC traffic......

We do not frequent restaurants all that much, so when we do, we go for it.  LOLO.

Looks like you had a great day in AK!

Awesome day at AK !   Nice finish at Rainforest....

Great time at Ak.

Looked like a great time was had by all.

It was a great day.  I think because I went in with low expectations the experience was all the much better.  It really is a nice park.

Going camping over Mother's Day weekend.  Not sure if I'll be able to post another update.  May have to wait til Monday.

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there.

Jeff

You just had to re-post this......

We can trash a room in 30 mins

Yuengling.  My go-to beer.

Good stuff.

The best part is the end...

A tier 1 FP+?

No thanks.

We Broke Fast Pass +    (Part Deux)

Ok, so here's the deal.  We didn't really break FP+.  It was already fubar before we used it.

What did happen was this:

I origianlly had FP+ for Dinosaur and while we were in Asia, I checked the MDE app for wait times.  20 minutes.  Not bad.  Let me try to change my experience to Kali River Rapids. 

Check the app, nothing available.  Check again in 10-15 minutes.  Nothing.  Check again, score.  Kali for the same time as we had for Dino.  IIRC it was for 3:20-4:20.  Awesome. 

Hang out in Asia, hit Kali Rapids, then off to Dinoland for standby.  Getting up to the time our FP+ where valid, I checked the MDE app again.  It did show Kali, but it showed it for 6pm. 

What the Fort? This will not do.

Off to the FP+ kiosk to try to straighten this all out.  First CM line of defense was no help.  She was only there to schedule FP+, not change or authorize modifications.  Had to wait for the CM with the super-duper ipad. 

Spoke to him and explained my dilemma.  He was very accommodating and offered a time of 3:40, but NO window.  We had to be there at that time and not 5 minutes past.

I had no problem with this and thanked him for his time.  Off we went.  Funny thing is when I checked the MDE app again, it showed Kali for the ENTIRE DAY.  Not just the little window afforded to us.

Whatever....we went at the exact time and were on.  Only me and Harry went on the ride as the girls were afraid of getting wet.  We had our ponchos for pete sake.  Their loss.  Kali was fun.  I got a poncho hoodie full of water just after the first climb.

Hangin wit tea.....

Off to the Tree Of LIfe.

This is my favorite:

Then to Dinoland.  Kids went on Primeval Whirl while Mama Deuce and I hung out at the Dino Diner sipping on frozen adult beverages.  Life is good.

Checked the wait time for Dinosaur and it was now either 30 or 40 minutes standby.  Mama Deuce did not want to go on it, so we decided that if we were to wait, better for EE.

Off we went, back to Asia\, and EE:

Scary.  You cannot see me in the free photo:

It was time for dinner.  Mama Deuce spotted Rainforest Cafe on the way in.  Guess where we were going.....

Harry being Harry:

Nice hat K Bear:

Mama Deuce was in her happy place:

That's it for AK.  We probably were out of there around 9 or so.  A full day.

Next up.......Hollywood Studios.  We lose a customer tho.....

 We Broke Fast Pass +

It's now Thursday April 17.  Time for Animal Kingdom.  None of us have been here before.

Had FP+ for Kilimanjaro Safari, Expedition Everest, & Dinosaur.

Safari was first, and we did not have much time from entering the park to get there for our alotted time.  Yeah, we got to the park later than expected, forget when tho.

Customary Tree Of Life picture:

Made it to the Safari in time and loaded.  Let Harry and K Bear get the outside seats, which meant K Bear was in charge of picture taking.

She did a great job, taking many pics.  I'll only post a few.

Selfie alert:

Pumba:

It was drizzling a bit, so we decided to hop on the train to Rafiki's:

Harry was all excited he found a hidden Mickey:

Rain paused in time for the petting zoo.  They were feeding at the time we were there.  Funny to watch the hierarchy of the goats.

Bacon:

On your knees goat:

Back to Asia and a quick stop at Yak & Yeti quick serve.

The mandarin chicken salad and egg rolls were yummy.

While eating, I couldn't help but notice the scenery:

Off to EE with our next FP+ selection:

 We did EE once more and I have more pics later.

I just love the theming of AK.  I really feel they did an excelent job and it gets under-rated:

Monkeys lurking:

Into the Jungle Trek:

Those is some big a$$ bats:

Caught a couple monkeys on the high wire when we got out:

And a few monkeys on the ground:

Well, I have tried to keep each day down to one post and a max of 30 pictures, but I have failed.  Next up (and quick) will be the remainder of our AK day and the breaking of the FP+ system.......

TTFN

Just happen to see the photo of the bus and thought I'd respond.

Thanks for clarifying a few things.  Glad also that you posted on my TR.

Loving your report! Sucks about all of the rain earlier, but it sounds like y'all made the best of it. I love breakfast at Kouzzina - haven't been in a while and I guess it'll be gone before I head back down. I don't know what they'll do about the names and scanning Magic Bands. Would the guys that have girl names or the girls with guy names have to show ID to prove their name? Kenneth has a great aunt named Kenneth (she was never a he, by the way - lol), so I'm sure she would raise some eyebrows every time she went through.

It was on again, off again rain all the way til the weekend.  No big deal.

Later in our trip at HS I noticed a young couple going thru the second FP scanner.  He came up as her and she came up as him (I suppose). 

I think the CMs don't care as long as the MIckey turns green.  You very well could show up with a plethera of MBs on your arm(s), and as long as one works, you're in.

Thank you for the Gator and Squirrel photos.

 

Well done.

 

Did you walk or take the boat to Boardwalk?  That's a big detour.

 

Sorry about your bad bus luck.  On the bright side, your criticism of the Disney Transportation System riled up our resident bus pilot enough that he emerged from lurking and posted.  That's always a good thing.

 

You got some excellent photos of the Flower and Garden Festival, even a real live butterfly in the butterfly garden.  That's almost as rare as the bus pilot posting on a trip report.

 

TCD

You are most certainly welcome for the pics.

It was a walk to the Boardwalk.  Yes, it took the wind out of the kids. 

On the bright side, it was perfect timing, as when I was lounging on the veranda off the lobby, my boss called with a small crisis.  I was able to handle it in a relaxing atmosphere.

Tell me you are joking about the butterflies.  They were everywhere.

I noticed your son was giving the block M sign on the teacups. I am going to choose to believe that was not by accident and he is a huge Michigan fan.

Teacups rule.....i dont know what is wrong with all of you?

Just a fluke on the sign.  You are right... Tea Cups rule.

Oh, I do miss the Jersey Shore.  My husband never went much growing up, so I don't think he understands how much I miss it.  But I do.

 

Or maybe I just miss the way I remember it.  maybe I miss being 8yo and only having to be sure i could find my way back to our umbrella every once and while for a pb and jelly sandwich and some pink lemonade.  Then, after laying in the sand for an hour, I could back to body surfing the wonderful Jersey waves.

 

:waycool:

Never lived more than 10 miles from the shore.  Sometimes I take it for granted, but for the most part, love it.

When I was young I would make my way down to the beach (only 3.5 blocks) and stay there from 9-10 in the morn til 6pm at night.  Every day.  All summer long.

Andrew, don't be ridiculous.  It cost over a Billion dollars.  It simply must work better than you say.  Right?   

Crap.  I'm sorry.  When I was there April 17th, we broke FP+.  It's all my fault.

I'll have the details in my next TR installment.

And do this:

 

 

 

Mine was the top one, Mrs. CK the bottom.

 

It was cool we got Donald, because we already had a Daisy.  

 

If you haven’t ever done the animation class...

 

do it.  

 

Relaxing, air conditioning, dim lights, and you get a free souvenir.  

 

Can’t beat it.

 Dang it!  I forgot all about this.

And that’s all the food and wine.

This TR is making me want to go back this year for the F&W.

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Where was this?  Did they bring the wagon out of hiding?

Good report CKCK.  

 

Anyone who mocks minivans either doesn't have multiple small children, or prefers their life to be more difficult than it has to be.  I think we've had 4 of them.

And, they even come with central vacs now. How cool is that....

Of course the baby steals the show in this TR,

Yeah, that's a given.

One of my friends laughed because on the interior, the model name (Cougar) is carved into the wood trim above the bed.  As it happens I am just a little bit older than my husband.

LOL, now not only is it engrained in the camper trim, but also in your minds everytime you use the camper.

It's too much of a pita to quote just the one part, but Mama is okay with teacups but not other stuff?!? Teacups are on my no way in hell list. Teacups are thrill rides in my opinion

Same here.  I'll ride RNR coaster, ToT and EE all day long, but no way am I getting on those vomit cups. 

Ditto X1,000,000. Nothing that spins for me.

F&G is so beautiful. Great pictures.

 

I've never explored the Boardwalk area. 

 

I ride the teacups.... I just don't let anyone spin.

Clarification needed.  Mama Deuce will NOT go on Tea Cups with me or anyone that spins.  I rode with Harry, and when he let me spin, I gave him the ride of his life.  Got some G-forces out of those puppies...

I'm a little late to the game but...great trip report!  Looking forward to reading what comes next!   :)

 

Your daughter, by the way, is a beautiful girl and your son cracks me up! :)

Thanks.  Welcome to the TR.