LURKYLOO's Wedding Trippie: Morocco/Attic/Lower UK: Wedding Album + Gown Preservation
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lurkyloo
The Attic was just perfect!
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So.... was it delicious, or am I not missing anything?
But, Carrie, do you like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain?
Ok, I've been lurking along forever, but I had to jump in to add...
Are you not into yoga and do you have half a brain?
BWAAAAhahahahahaha!
If I say yes, do I have to smooch Jimmy Buffet or something?
And, Carrie, since I'm not lurking anymore, your wedding was absolutely gorgeous and amazing and unique... definitely going to serve as part of my inspiration when I (hopefully) get married in the very distant future! And I LOVED your dress and would use that as inspiration too if I weren't so darn short and incapable of looking tall and elegant. I can just hope for cute...
Awwww.... I'm so glad you liked everything. And hey, cute is good! See... =>
Cute also costs less than elegant.... 
Hey, thanks!everything looks wonderful!! I really enjoyed your TR!!
lurkyloo
The Attic was just perfect!
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- Aug 24, 2006
Day Five:
My journal entry for this day starts: “Another frigging magical day!”
It was Saturday, and we inveterate park tourers decided to sleep in for a change. When we got up, we took the monorail from the Contemporary to the Polynesian for brunch at Kona Café — our first spontaneous, non-ADR meal (gasp!). I made DH order the Tonga Toast because I’d heard so much about it (but don’t eat bananas myself), and I had a delicious (Polynesian) trencherman’s breakfast of eggs, bacon, ham, sausage, macadamia nut pancakes, French toast and home fries. Burp!
Afterward we took the monorail to the Grand Floridian to buy soaps at Basin. DH wanted to use a special one during our trip so we could sniff it later and always be reminded of our honeymoon. Awwwww! Coincidentally, the one that smelled the best had a bride and groom in it! (Imagine my dismay when I eventually had to separate them as the soap wore down and pieces began to fall out, including the groom’s head!)
From there we took the monorail to the Magic Kingdom and spent the morning walking up and down Main Street and soaking in all the theming.
The first time we went to the MK (Day 1, description to be added later) I remarked on how loud the music was compared to on Main Street at Disneyland.
“Hey you kids, turn down that $%&@ music!!”
This time we figured out that they only blast it when a train pulls in, as if to say, “HOORAY! The train is here! Again! Just like it was 10 minutes ago! Let’s all celebrate by going deaf!!”
“I can tell the train’s a-comin’ cuz my ears are a-bleedin’!”
We had time to stop and listen to the Dapper Dans, who sang a lovely song to me and DH and another couple, who were celebrating their 63rd anniversary! You can bet we solicited advice from them…
Then we walked back to the Contemporary and freshened up. On the way we discovered a duck nest against the window just inside the door to the Garden wing:
While we were in our room, I called about a “bounce-back” offer for returning guests in September. We’re such suckers – when we were in Walt Disney World for our planning session last September, they hooked us with a free-dining bounce-back offer for this September. So on our honeymoon we took advantage of another offer to get a screaming deal on one night at the Polynesian when we go back in September. I have to say, though, that having that September trip planned already REALLY helped ease the post-honeymoon blues…
Next we caught the monorail to Epcot, where we got to sit up front with the driver. It turned out he used to live in SoCal and worked at Disneyland, so we all reminisced about it. He said he wanted to move back.
In Epcot we hit the attractions we’d missed on our commando day Thursday: Maelstrom (“Please stay for the 5-minute movie, PLEASE! No – wait, where are you going? Did I say 5 minutes? I meant 5 seconds. Pleeeeeeease!!!”), the China movie, and Ellen’s Universe of Energy (“Did we mention this ride is 37 minutes long? That’s right. Thir-ty… se-ven… MINUTES. There are no potty breaks. 37 minutes. All Ellen, all the time. THIRTY SEVEN MINUTES!!!! While you’re on the ride, we’ll be enjoying the delightful film in Norway... 58 times.”)
Just so you know, I was purposely sticking my belly out in this picture…
We also got to try out Segways for about 30 seconds each in Innoventions.
Then we saw a turtle in the murky water between Future World and the World Showcase.
In the evening we had dinner at Bistro de Paris. The honeymoon note on the ADR worked – we got a table right by the window, where we could see IllumiNations!
DH had duck (tastes like Cheetos!) and I had yet another filet. It was good, but not as good a piece of meat as the one at California Grill or Le Cellier.
For dessert, which was not free, DH had apple crisp and I had peanut butter chocolate cake I’d smuggled in from Sunshine Seasons. It took forever to get our bill, so we got to watch the park clear out from our perch. Walking out of France toward the monorail was a bit like being in Epcot for our wedding because there was hardly anyone around.
But we found everyone eventually – they were all trying to get on the monorail like we were! It took us an hour to get back to the Contemporary, and then we had to pack because the next day we moved to…Animal Kingdom Villas!
My journal entry for this day starts: “Another frigging magical day!”
It was Saturday, and we inveterate park tourers decided to sleep in for a change. When we got up, we took the monorail from the Contemporary to the Polynesian for brunch at Kona Café — our first spontaneous, non-ADR meal (gasp!). I made DH order the Tonga Toast because I’d heard so much about it (but don’t eat bananas myself), and I had a delicious (Polynesian) trencherman’s breakfast of eggs, bacon, ham, sausage, macadamia nut pancakes, French toast and home fries. Burp!
Afterward we took the monorail to the Grand Floridian to buy soaps at Basin. DH wanted to use a special one during our trip so we could sniff it later and always be reminded of our honeymoon. Awwwww! Coincidentally, the one that smelled the best had a bride and groom in it! (Imagine my dismay when I eventually had to separate them as the soap wore down and pieces began to fall out, including the groom’s head!)
From there we took the monorail to the Magic Kingdom and spent the morning walking up and down Main Street and soaking in all the theming.
The first time we went to the MK (Day 1, description to be added later) I remarked on how loud the music was compared to on Main Street at Disneyland.
“Hey you kids, turn down that $%&@ music!!”
This time we figured out that they only blast it when a train pulls in, as if to say, “HOORAY! The train is here! Again! Just like it was 10 minutes ago! Let’s all celebrate by going deaf!!”
“I can tell the train’s a-comin’ cuz my ears are a-bleedin’!”
We had time to stop and listen to the Dapper Dans, who sang a lovely song to me and DH and another couple, who were celebrating their 63rd anniversary! You can bet we solicited advice from them…
Then we walked back to the Contemporary and freshened up. On the way we discovered a duck nest against the window just inside the door to the Garden wing:
While we were in our room, I called about a “bounce-back” offer for returning guests in September. We’re such suckers – when we were in Walt Disney World for our planning session last September, they hooked us with a free-dining bounce-back offer for this September. So on our honeymoon we took advantage of another offer to get a screaming deal on one night at the Polynesian when we go back in September. I have to say, though, that having that September trip planned already REALLY helped ease the post-honeymoon blues…
Next we caught the monorail to Epcot, where we got to sit up front with the driver. It turned out he used to live in SoCal and worked at Disneyland, so we all reminisced about it. He said he wanted to move back.
In Epcot we hit the attractions we’d missed on our commando day Thursday: Maelstrom (“Please stay for the 5-minute movie, PLEASE! No – wait, where are you going? Did I say 5 minutes? I meant 5 seconds. Pleeeeeeease!!!”), the China movie, and Ellen’s Universe of Energy (“Did we mention this ride is 37 minutes long? That’s right. Thir-ty… se-ven… MINUTES. There are no potty breaks. 37 minutes. All Ellen, all the time. THIRTY SEVEN MINUTES!!!! While you’re on the ride, we’ll be enjoying the delightful film in Norway... 58 times.”)
Just so you know, I was purposely sticking my belly out in this picture…
We also got to try out Segways for about 30 seconds each in Innoventions.
Then we saw a turtle in the murky water between Future World and the World Showcase.
In the evening we had dinner at Bistro de Paris. The honeymoon note on the ADR worked – we got a table right by the window, where we could see IllumiNations!
DH had duck (tastes like Cheetos!) and I had yet another filet. It was good, but not as good a piece of meat as the one at California Grill or Le Cellier.
For dessert, which was not free, DH had apple crisp and I had peanut butter chocolate cake I’d smuggled in from Sunshine Seasons. It took forever to get our bill, so we got to watch the park clear out from our perch. Walking out of France toward the monorail was a bit like being in Epcot for our wedding because there was hardly anyone around.
But we found everyone eventually – they were all trying to get on the monorail like we were! It took us an hour to get back to the Contemporary, and then we had to pack because the next day we moved to…Animal Kingdom Villas!
romymichelle21
Why should I sail with any of you? Four of you hav
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I love the pictures where you guys stick your hats on statues
And you don't eat bananas either?? Are you allergic too?? People think I'm NUTS when I tell 'em that.
I like nanas though
It's just that they might kill me.
Yay for honeymoon TR!
And you don't eat bananas either?? Are you allergic too?? People think I'm NUTS when I tell 'em that.
I like nanas though
It's just that they might kill me.Yay for honeymoon TR!
orangetiggs
Married my sweetheart in DISNEY!!!!!
- Joined
- Oct 18, 2006
I get married in spet! when are your down for your trip??
lov2b@disney
DIS Veteran
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- Nov 7, 2007
Fun,fun!!! I love the relaxed days, wandering, eating (loving the food porn), packing and changing resorts- its like a whole new trip!
Keep up the good work!
Keep up the good work!
tamijoy514
Weeeeeeeeee
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- Nov 6, 2007
Just so you know, I was purposely sticking my belly out in this picture
I took the same picture of my FI last year! hehe, except he had his beer from China in his hand and he was feeling a bit buzzed
PrincessBride010103
We got married in Disney World and are living happ
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- Apr 27, 2007
so how mad do you guys think my husband would be if I got in my car right now and took the 3 hour drive to orlando so I could eat that brunch that carrie posted from kona cafe???????
he's lucky that by the time I got there they wouldnt be serving brunch anymore boooooooooooo
he's lucky that by the time I got there they wouldnt be serving brunch anymore boooooooooooo
ampooh
DIS Veteran
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- Mar 4, 2005
so how mad do you guys think my husband would be if I got in my car right now and took the 3 hour drive to orlando so I could eat that brunch that carrie posted from kona cafe???????
he's lucky that by the time I got there they wouldnt be serving brunch anymore boooooooooooo
hijacking the thread to say I love seeing Amanda say "my husband"
Now back to the regular scheduled programming.
Loving the TR so much. I don't like bananas either but I may have to let that go to try the tonga toast.
MariaLovesJon<3
Earning My Ears
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- Aug 28, 2007
so how mad do you guys think my husband would be if I got in my car right now and took the 3 hour drive to orlando so I could eat that brunch that carrie posted from kona cafe???????
he's lucky that by the time I got there they wouldnt be serving brunch anymore boooooooooooo
You could always take the 20 minute plane ride to Orlando
!
figmentfan814
DIS Veteran
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- Mar 12, 2007
Just trying to catch up a little since I got back on Sunday. Your ears were so cute. We wore our buttons and I wore the bride ears everywhere and we got a lot of nice surprises too. Kris looked at me on our last day and said, "You're going to miss wearing those on our next trip, aren't you?" He is right those were the best things ever for getting freebies! 
lurkyloo
The Attic was just perfect!
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- Aug 24, 2006
TOTALLY! The first day back at work was the longest day of my life. I had all this newfound perpective, like "Why am I sitting in front of a computer for 8 hours when I could be outside enjoying the weather?" and "What do you mean I can't wear jeans?"
My DF's allergic to bananas too-- no
Allergic, eh? SURE, I'll be allergic to bananas instead of just a picky eater!
Sept.20-27! Maybe this time we can meet up? (I've been meaning to ask whether they turned you away at my DP or whether you weren't even there that night. I told them they had to let you in!
)Thanks! I wish the Roots could have shot our honeymoon too...
Say, you're right! I think that's why when we got back it felt like we'd been away for a whole month!
Classy!
Oh, Carrie! This is so much fun! You are an awesome writer and you and DH are just absolutely adorable! LOVE the hats, especially on the statues!
Yeah, even the statues kept asking us where we got them and how we made them!
That troll looks all friendly and benign, but you just know he'd kill you as soon as look at you!!Omg Carrie the pictures of you and DH are frickin' hilarious!
You're only 3 hours from WDW? Do it! Do it! DO it!!
I finally had some time to read your TR. It was fabulous. I am going to go call and start making my dinner reservations. Your pics are great and I love the engagement book.
Congrats!
Ooh - let us know what places you pick - and take lots of food porn pix!
Where is the "jealous" smiley? We need a jealous smiley!
Kris looked at me on our last day and said, "You're going to miss wearing those on our next trip, aren't you?" He is right those were the best things ever for getting freebies!
You too? DH joked that I would be found 20 years from now wandering around the parks wearing my tattered and stained mouse ears and telling everyone "I just got married! Look at me! Pay attention to me!"
lurkyloo
The Attic was just perfect!
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Day 6
Today was an “on” day of park touring but felt like an “off” day because Animal Kingdom is easy to see in one day. Everyone tells you this but I didn’t believe it because we like to explore every nook and cranny of every park. But they are right! We had to get up heck-of early to check out of the Contemporary, check into Animal Kingdom Villas and make it to AK in time for rope drop. Not only did we make it, but we were first in line at the turnstiles!
When we checked out of the Contemporary we discovered some people had added more money to our Disney Honeymoon Registry in the last few days – very cool! Checking into AKV was pretty painless, but I was white knuckling it for a bit because non-members can’t talk to Member Services to confirm their room reservations on rented points. So at the back of my mind I had these “what if the reservation didn’t go through and we don’t have anywhere to stay for 5 nights?” thoughts until we actually got our room keys. Of course, the fact that we had a printed confirmation directly from the Disney Vacation Club should have reassured me...
We left our bags with Bell Services and left the O Mobile in the lot, grabbing a bus to AK. When they opened the turnstiles, we hustled past the row of animal wranglers they station just beyond the gates to distract you as you hotfoot it for Everest—or at least the rope to the area closest to Everest. We did the patented Disney “I’m not running” walk-run just so we could all go wait at another rope for the interminable park-opening ceremony with a truckload of characters. FINALLY we got to walk-run behind the cast members to Everest. We grabbed FPs, zipped through the line, and then waited a minute or two to ride upfront.
Sweet merciful crap, is that ride fun! I know most of the other roller coasters inside and out, so it was fun not to know what was going to happen next. The theming is, of course, amazing, and the ride itself is scary but smooth and it doesn’t feel too short. Anyway – you guys all know this already, but now I’ve caught up! After Everest we hoofed it over to Africa to ride the safari – probably the longest line we waited in on our entire trip at about half an hour. There were a decent number of animals out, but I don’t know how anyone gets good pictures from those jouncy safari vehicles. I liked how long the ride was, and DH liked all the details, like fake tire tracks in the fake mud.
When we got off the ride we grabbed FPs for later. I can’t remember when we rode Dinosaur – I think it was next. I was all ready for a fun excursion to see dinosaurs with Claire Huxtable but then some jerky employee of hers sent us to right before the meteor wiped out the dinos so we could bring back a dinosaur for him to profit from. (Why an entire dinosaur? Why not just an egg? Wouldn’t that have been a little easier to carry?).
As we were walking back through DinoLand U.S.A. we ran into a couple with anniversary pins on who congratulated us on being newlyweds, and the husband said “This is what you get to look forward to in 14 years!” I thought that was sweet – and encouraging!
[Can someone tell me why they don’t have boats going around the river at Animal Kingdom anymore? We couldn’t get over what a wasted opportunity it was...]
We got to Yak & Yeti a little before they opened. I guess they were still working the kinks out b/c it took them a while to open the doors and a lot of the people ahead of us in line seemed disgruntled about it. We, however, were perfectly gruntled! While we were waiting to be seated we met Pretty In Tink in line, which was really neat, and I think Yearbook50 was there, but I hadn’t met her yet so I didn’t know. It’s a small world after all...
We got to sit upstairs by a window overlooking the front of the restaurant.
The theming is really neat. The food is... well it isn’t typical Landry’s—it’s better than Rain Forest food—but it’s way overpriced and not particularly authentic. Plus they don’t have a DDE discount and their AP discount is a measly 10% off up to 4 entrees. Boo!
Overpriced Potstickers
Overpriced Fishsticks in Sweet Ketchup
At least they had another “stick the mouse ears on a [fill in the blank]” photo op! And we’ll totally eat there again just cuz it’s air conditioned.
After lunch we hit the day’s most popular, most crowded showing of the “Flights of Wonder” bird show. They had a neat pre-show Q & A with a handler and this owl.
We got seats down toward the front of the stadium on the left. Whenever they asked for volunteers, we were shameless in our grandstanding (“Looky! Lookit us! We just got married!”) and DH got to be in the show!
Here’s what it looks like when you’re sitting on stage and a gianormous bird comes swooping down at you from the back row of the audience and nearly whacks you in the face with its talons:
Stoopid slow camera....
I guess some of the birds didn’t do what they were supposed to at this show, but we didn’t care – it was cute! Afterward we got to meet some of the birds. They are too-cool-for-school and won’t sign autographs.
After the show we walked all the trails in Africa and rode the train to Rafiki’s Planet Watch. I thought it was going to have lots of places to meet and pet animals. I like to pet animals! But all they had was a typical kiddie petting zoo with nothing but goats and donkeys. Boooooooo-ring!
So back to Asia we went to use our Everest FPs and collect some more. Even on our second go-round we couldn’t figure out if we’d actually gone upside down or not, so we had to embarrass ourselves by asking a CM. Hee hee!
By then our Safari FPs had opened up, so we went trekking back to Africa (we wore a path between Asia and Africa that day) only to find that the ride was shut down due to “animal difficulties.” When we got back from our honeymoon we learned that one of the safari vehicles caught fire! Luckily no one was seriously injured.
We got some frosty chocolate milkshakes and watched some acrobats outside Tusker House. We poked around Tusker House cuz we’ll never eat there now that it’s a buffet, and then we went to check out the animal trails in Asia. They were GREAT! We loved the theming of the tiger area especially.
After our third ride on Everest we poked around the trails at the base of the Tree of Life looking at all the animals carved in it and trying to find the otter exhibit. This turned out to be one of my favorite parts of the day because there were lots of secluded spots for necking!
The last thing we did was go over to Camp Minnie Mickey so DH could look for dragons. He is a fan of the idea that Animal Kingdom should have a land devoted to fantasy animals, and he heard about how they originally used dragons in some of the signage for the park, so he wanted to look for more dragon clues in what became Camp Minnie Mickey instead of Beastly Kingdom, or whatever it would have been called. I sat on a bench.
As we walked to catch our bus to AKV, we tried to call and have Bell Services send our luggage up to whatever room we’d been assigned, but they won’t do it unless you’re in the room. Duly noted.
I was disappointed to see that we faced the construction of the new DVC wing—it wasn’t much to look at, and I thought the noise had scared all the animals away from our savannah because we hardly ever saw any (finally, on our last day in the room, we came back in the middle of the day and discovered that’s when all the animals are out).
Also, the rooms in the main building are converted hotel rooms, so the studios are not as big as other DVC studios. And, as people have mentioned, there is not a whole lotta storage. Our closet was filled with a portable crib. We just lived out of our suitcases for 5 days.
BUT... you can’t beat having real live giraffes and zebras and ostriches walking around under you balcony!
We had the luggage brought up and started getting ready for our dinner at Jiko. I had the not-so-brilliant idea of starting some laundry before dinner so it would be done when we finished. When we called to ask where the free DVC laundry room was, no one seemed to know. We were on hold for 10 minutes before we got directions to a laundry room, but when we got there we found all the machines were coin-operated. So we called from there to ask how DVCers got free laundry and were told just to turn on the machines without putting coins in. That didn’t work, of course, so we called again and were told they’d send a maintenance guy. Ten minutes later he hadn’t arrived, and finally I had to go keep our reservation at Jiko while DH stayed behind to wait. He ended up being 20 minutes late to dinner because it turned out we’d been given directions to the wrong laundry room—there’s a DVC laundry room on the fifth floor.... And we went through all this because I feel compelled to do laundry when it’s free!
Today was an “on” day of park touring but felt like an “off” day because Animal Kingdom is easy to see in one day. Everyone tells you this but I didn’t believe it because we like to explore every nook and cranny of every park. But they are right! We had to get up heck-of early to check out of the Contemporary, check into Animal Kingdom Villas and make it to AK in time for rope drop. Not only did we make it, but we were first in line at the turnstiles!
When we checked out of the Contemporary we discovered some people had added more money to our Disney Honeymoon Registry in the last few days – very cool! Checking into AKV was pretty painless, but I was white knuckling it for a bit because non-members can’t talk to Member Services to confirm their room reservations on rented points. So at the back of my mind I had these “what if the reservation didn’t go through and we don’t have anywhere to stay for 5 nights?” thoughts until we actually got our room keys. Of course, the fact that we had a printed confirmation directly from the Disney Vacation Club should have reassured me...
We left our bags with Bell Services and left the O Mobile in the lot, grabbing a bus to AK. When they opened the turnstiles, we hustled past the row of animal wranglers they station just beyond the gates to distract you as you hotfoot it for Everest—or at least the rope to the area closest to Everest. We did the patented Disney “I’m not running” walk-run just so we could all go wait at another rope for the interminable park-opening ceremony with a truckload of characters. FINALLY we got to walk-run behind the cast members to Everest. We grabbed FPs, zipped through the line, and then waited a minute or two to ride upfront.
Sweet merciful crap, is that ride fun! I know most of the other roller coasters inside and out, so it was fun not to know what was going to happen next. The theming is, of course, amazing, and the ride itself is scary but smooth and it doesn’t feel too short. Anyway – you guys all know this already, but now I’ve caught up! After Everest we hoofed it over to Africa to ride the safari – probably the longest line we waited in on our entire trip at about half an hour. There were a decent number of animals out, but I don’t know how anyone gets good pictures from those jouncy safari vehicles. I liked how long the ride was, and DH liked all the details, like fake tire tracks in the fake mud.
When we got off the ride we grabbed FPs for later. I can’t remember when we rode Dinosaur – I think it was next. I was all ready for a fun excursion to see dinosaurs with Claire Huxtable but then some jerky employee of hers sent us to right before the meteor wiped out the dinos so we could bring back a dinosaur for him to profit from. (Why an entire dinosaur? Why not just an egg? Wouldn’t that have been a little easier to carry?).
As we were walking back through DinoLand U.S.A. we ran into a couple with anniversary pins on who congratulated us on being newlyweds, and the husband said “This is what you get to look forward to in 14 years!” I thought that was sweet – and encouraging!
[Can someone tell me why they don’t have boats going around the river at Animal Kingdom anymore? We couldn’t get over what a wasted opportunity it was...]
We got to Yak & Yeti a little before they opened. I guess they were still working the kinks out b/c it took them a while to open the doors and a lot of the people ahead of us in line seemed disgruntled about it. We, however, were perfectly gruntled! While we were waiting to be seated we met Pretty In Tink in line, which was really neat, and I think Yearbook50 was there, but I hadn’t met her yet so I didn’t know. It’s a small world after all...
We got to sit upstairs by a window overlooking the front of the restaurant.
The theming is really neat. The food is... well it isn’t typical Landry’s—it’s better than Rain Forest food—but it’s way overpriced and not particularly authentic. Plus they don’t have a DDE discount and their AP discount is a measly 10% off up to 4 entrees. Boo!
Overpriced Potstickers
Overpriced Fishsticks in Sweet Ketchup
At least they had another “stick the mouse ears on a [fill in the blank]” photo op! And we’ll totally eat there again just cuz it’s air conditioned.
After lunch we hit the day’s most popular, most crowded showing of the “Flights of Wonder” bird show. They had a neat pre-show Q & A with a handler and this owl.
We got seats down toward the front of the stadium on the left. Whenever they asked for volunteers, we were shameless in our grandstanding (“Looky! Lookit us! We just got married!”) and DH got to be in the show!
Here’s what it looks like when you’re sitting on stage and a gianormous bird comes swooping down at you from the back row of the audience and nearly whacks you in the face with its talons:
Stoopid slow camera....
I guess some of the birds didn’t do what they were supposed to at this show, but we didn’t care – it was cute! Afterward we got to meet some of the birds. They are too-cool-for-school and won’t sign autographs.
After the show we walked all the trails in Africa and rode the train to Rafiki’s Planet Watch. I thought it was going to have lots of places to meet and pet animals. I like to pet animals! But all they had was a typical kiddie petting zoo with nothing but goats and donkeys. Boooooooo-ring!
So back to Asia we went to use our Everest FPs and collect some more. Even on our second go-round we couldn’t figure out if we’d actually gone upside down or not, so we had to embarrass ourselves by asking a CM. Hee hee!
By then our Safari FPs had opened up, so we went trekking back to Africa (we wore a path between Asia and Africa that day) only to find that the ride was shut down due to “animal difficulties.” When we got back from our honeymoon we learned that one of the safari vehicles caught fire! Luckily no one was seriously injured.
We got some frosty chocolate milkshakes and watched some acrobats outside Tusker House. We poked around Tusker House cuz we’ll never eat there now that it’s a buffet, and then we went to check out the animal trails in Asia. They were GREAT! We loved the theming of the tiger area especially.
After our third ride on Everest we poked around the trails at the base of the Tree of Life looking at all the animals carved in it and trying to find the otter exhibit. This turned out to be one of my favorite parts of the day because there were lots of secluded spots for necking!
The last thing we did was go over to Camp Minnie Mickey so DH could look for dragons. He is a fan of the idea that Animal Kingdom should have a land devoted to fantasy animals, and he heard about how they originally used dragons in some of the signage for the park, so he wanted to look for more dragon clues in what became Camp Minnie Mickey instead of Beastly Kingdom, or whatever it would have been called. I sat on a bench.
As we walked to catch our bus to AKV, we tried to call and have Bell Services send our luggage up to whatever room we’d been assigned, but they won’t do it unless you’re in the room. Duly noted.
I was disappointed to see that we faced the construction of the new DVC wing—it wasn’t much to look at, and I thought the noise had scared all the animals away from our savannah because we hardly ever saw any (finally, on our last day in the room, we came back in the middle of the day and discovered that’s when all the animals are out).
Also, the rooms in the main building are converted hotel rooms, so the studios are not as big as other DVC studios. And, as people have mentioned, there is not a whole lotta storage. Our closet was filled with a portable crib. We just lived out of our suitcases for 5 days.
BUT... you can’t beat having real live giraffes and zebras and ostriches walking around under you balcony!
We had the luggage brought up and started getting ready for our dinner at Jiko. I had the not-so-brilliant idea of starting some laundry before dinner so it would be done when we finished. When we called to ask where the free DVC laundry room was, no one seemed to know. We were on hold for 10 minutes before we got directions to a laundry room, but when we got there we found all the machines were coin-operated. So we called from there to ask how DVCers got free laundry and were told just to turn on the machines without putting coins in. That didn’t work, of course, so we called again and were told they’d send a maintenance guy. Ten minutes later he hadn’t arrived, and finally I had to go keep our reservation at Jiko while DH stayed behind to wait. He ended up being 20 minutes late to dinner because it turned out we’d been given directions to the wrong laundry room—there’s a DVC laundry room on the fifth floor.... And we went through all this because I feel compelled to do laundry when it’s free!
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The Attic was just perfect!
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- Aug 24, 2006
Our dinner at Jiko, when we finally got to eat it, was amazing. I’d been waiting years to try the filet with macaroni and cheese, and it was fantastic—but DH’s sturgeon was even better!
Also, they gave us a really sweet card signed by all the servers to congratulate us on our wedding. And we got free pistachio creme brulee. I’m not a big fan of pistachio flavoring so I skipped it and cut into our cake topper for dessert instead. Here’s how it went (note the addition of ice cream!).
I’m not sure what happened here – I guess I popped the top off and then put it back on? I dunno... I just needed cake and it wasn’t happening fast enough!
Up next, my first-ever trip to MGM/Hollywood Studios, and I meet Yearbook50 (Melissa)!
Also, they gave us a really sweet card signed by all the servers to congratulate us on our wedding. And we got free pistachio creme brulee. I’m not a big fan of pistachio flavoring so I skipped it and cut into our cake topper for dessert instead. Here’s how it went (note the addition of ice cream!).
I’m not sure what happened here – I guess I popped the top off and then put it back on? I dunno... I just needed cake and it wasn’t happening fast enough!
Up next, my first-ever trip to MGM/Hollywood Studios, and I meet Yearbook50 (Melissa)!
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