jenseib Posted March 21, 2017 Author #51 Share Posted March 21, 2017 After that was over we walked back over the B & C and tried to check in. Of course there was now a different girl there. I told her that the other gal had told us to come back 30 minutes early and she would see about getting us in. This girl gave us a pager, but said it was unlikely. I understand, the place is small and they are always busy. We walked around a bit and looked around and then found a seat at a table near by. yc5by Jenseib, on Flickr yc2by Jenseib, on Flickr yc3by Jenseib, on Flickr Mom was pretty impatient again about the wait. She kept saying that they needed to get rid of the arcade and expand this place if it is so popular. LOL. Finally we were called in, right about the time of our ADR. We were seated and Mom then realized just how small the place really is. I told Mom that Claire and I had planned to share the No Way Jose (with all vanilla ice-cream) and that portions are big. She decided she would share with us too. We placed our ordered and then sat and chatted and watched as a few kitchen sinks were delivered to surrounding tables. Then our beauty came! captain4by Jenseib, on Flickr And it was DELICIOUS!!!! Mom said she couldn’t imagine anyone eating the whole thing and I told her how my co-worker Patty and I had each gotten one a few years ago and polished off the whole things by ourselves….and of course we were so full and felt sick after! It was the right amount for the 3 of us. I actually finished off the bottom as Mom wimped out pretty early on and Claire was done before the last few bites. When we were done we decided we would just take a taxi back to Coronado. I had mentioned Uber, but Claire didn’t like that option so much, so a taxi was fine. The funny thing is, we came out and asked for one and the porter waved over to have one pull up. Then a second family arrived and asked for a taxi and they waved for a 2nd one. So the first one arrives and this family runs to the taxi. I KNOW they knew we were waiting for one too. Oh well, we weren’t in a hurry, and I said to the porter, well if they need a taxi that bad, let them go. LOL. Ours was right behind and we had a really nice guy and we chatted with him the whole way back. Once we arrived at CSR we headed back to the room. Claire and I got our mugs and went to fill them while Mom went to bed. Claire and I filled our mugs and just chatted and walked around. One of my friends messaged me and asked if I would take pictures of where you do the airline check in and get the Magical Express. We decided to scope it out now in case we didn’t have time tomorrow. csr144by Jenseib, on Flickr csr145by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 21, 2017 Author #52 Share Posted March 21, 2017 csr140by Jenseib, on Flickr csr141by Jenseib, on Flickr csr142by Jenseib, on Flickr csr143by Jenseib, on Flickr Not the best pictures, but it gives you an idea. We then sat down on a bench and just looked over the water. I was messaging my friend too and I think Claire was texting with a friend as well. We took one last selfie before calling it a night. relax9by Jenseib, on Flickr We then went back to our room and got ready for bed. Now to try out the new mattress. It was soooo much better, however it still had a slight slant to it, which makes me think the actual bed itself was having issues. But at least the mattress was solid. I slept much better this night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #53 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Oct. 21, 2017, Friday, Day 3 Today’s the day! Everyone else was going to be arriving today and we would finally make it to a park…for the Halloween party! Once again I was up pretty early. I wanted to do some laundry before the cruise so I gathered up everything and headed that way. csr151by Jenseib, on Flickr csr152by Jenseib, on Flickr csr153by Jenseib, on Flickr csr154by Jenseib, on Flickr I tried to do a live filming but the reception was really bad in that area. I then went and filmed the airline check in area. I sound really dorky. I try to talk quietly so people don’t think I am crazy, but it ends up making me sound even dorkier than normal. Plus I was walking and out of breath….yeah did I mention I am out of shape? After laundry was done and put back in the room, we all got ready and headed for our early lunch reservation at one of my favorite places, T-Rex! This is the look Claire gives me all the time. hallowday1by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #54 Share Posted March 22, 2017 We took the bus over to Disney Springs once again. hallowday11by Jenseib, on Flickr This area just looks too glamorous for Disney to me. hallowday12by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday13by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday14by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday15by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday16by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #55 Share Posted March 22, 2017 hallowday17by Jenseib, on Flickr And here is the Lime garage entrance. hallowday18by Jenseib, on Flickr We were early so we headed over to World of Disney. hallowday19by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday20by Jenseib, on Flickr The store has changed in the last year or so and I am not sure I like it. I guess I like the checkout area, but the rest seems to be missing something. springs15by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday21by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #56 Share Posted March 22, 2017 hallowday2by Jenseib, on Flickr Cute purses. hallowday22by Jenseib, on Flickr I was looking for a 45th anniversary jacket and there were none to be found. They had a few anniversary items but nothing I wanted. I had been looking each day in various stores and never did find much. It then kind of hit me why it felt so off in here. They had a lot LESS merchandise than before. The racks were really spread out, especially clothing and really the selection was poor. It made me sad as this used to be the go to store where we always found something! I think I did pick something up for my granddaughter Gracie and then we headed out. hallowday23by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday24by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday25by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday26by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #57 Share Posted March 22, 2017 We headed in here and browsed around for a bit. hallowday27by Jenseib, on Flickr I browsed the Dooney’s but nothing was shouting out to me and I decided against getting one. I also looked at the suitcases, which I do not need, but I almost talked myself into buying this one just because it was so darn cute. suitcaseby Jenseib, on Flickr Thankfully I restrained myself and didn’t buy it. I really did not need it and it was very pricey. After looking around, we started to work our way towards T-Rex. hallowday28by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday29by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday30by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday31by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #58 Share Posted March 22, 2017 hallowday32by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday33by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday34by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday35by Jenseib, on Flickr Fulton’s is being redone and made into a new restaurant.It looks like it had been gutted and not really near completion yet we saw a banner that said Paddlefish (the new name) and that it would be opening fall 2016. Well they had a heck of a lot of work to do to get that done in a month or 2. hallowday36by Jenseib, on Flickr I guess they are running behind? Surprise surprise! (they have now since opened ....several months late) We made our way over to T-Rex. hallowday37by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #59 Share Posted March 22, 2017 It’s always so confusing where to check in with a reservation verses a walk in, but I checked in and they said they would call us once they started seating people and gave me a piece of paper. Others were getting different info, like they had to go and put their name in with a 2nd person after they opened. My mom was having a fit that I was doing it all wrong. hallowday3by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday38by Jenseib, on Flickr We stood around and waited since we were early and I took pictures and some live video as well. hallowday39by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday40by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday4by Jenseib, on Flickr My Mom was sure we were being missed and I went up to ask if I needed to check in with a 2nd person and was told no. About 2 seconds later another person asked and they were told yes????? OK???? Then our name was called so all was good, but my Mom is really impatient and she was driving me a little nuts at the moment. hallowday41by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #60 Share Posted March 22, 2017 We were seated in the ice room. hallowday74by Jenseib, on Flickr After we were seated and we made our order I took a quick walk around for pictures. hallowday75by Jenseib, on Flickr The last time I was here was just a few weeks after the fish tank had broken and they had a fake fish banner inside. hallowday76by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday77by Jenseib, on Flickr I just love how colorful this place is. hallowday78by Jenseib, Soon our food came. Claire got a steak…she LOVES steak. hallowday42by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #61 Share Posted March 22, 2017 hallowday44by Jenseib, on Flickr I got a combo with seafood and steak. hallowday79by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday43by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday45by Jenseib, on Flickr I don’t remember what Mom got and I didn’t take a picture. The food was fabulous as always. This is one of our favorites at Disney. We also had to order dessert! This heath thingy (yeah that’s not the real name) is soooo good and I normally don’t like heath. We shared it. hallowday80by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday46by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #62 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Claire wasn’t sure she would like it but she did and devoured it. hallowday47by Jenseib, on Flickr We finished off what we could and paid the bill. I do surveys and different little things to earn gift cards. I had earned $100 for T-rex and I used that to pay for it. Our bill was over $100 for the 3 of us(it’s not cheap there at all), so mom left the small remainder and the tip. You can’t beat that Claire and I got a free meal. I am starting to save points up for a future trip now. Every little bit helps. And I had also paid for my CSR reservation from doing surveys as well. While we were eating, the rest of the family was all getting ready to fly in. There were 3 different flights coming in, with Katie’s family arriving first. She texted me and let me know that they had stopped and eaten at the airport and had just got on Magical Express and they were going swimming then. Gail’s family and Mary and Geoff were in the air and Amanda, Laura and Jan would be just heading to the airport. We moved on and I stopped off to do something…probably texting or something and Mom and Claire went ahead to World of Disney. hallowday48by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday49by Jenseib, on Flickr I then went in and couldn’t find them. They were already done and went back to where I was. I kept texting that I was at the entrance and they kept saying they were too. Now I know there are several entrances and I kept looking at all of them but they were not really in front of one. I did finally find them. We moved on. hallowday50by Jenseib, on Flickr I wanted to check out the new Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique location. hallowday51by Jenseib, on Flickr I went in and asked if I could just take a peek around the corner and a picture or two but was denied. hallowday52by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #63 Share Posted March 22, 2017 It’s only for princesses! Dang it! hallowday53by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday54by Jenseib, on Flickr We decided to start working our way over towards the bus stop and shopped along the way. hallowday55by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday5by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday56by Jenseib, on Flickr Let’s look in the Christmas store. hallowday57by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #64 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Claire had me take a picture of this Dalmatian because I would be one for the Halloween party. hallowday58by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday59by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday60by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday61by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday6by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday7by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #65 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I was trying to get artsy with ornament pictures but my point and shoot just can’t do it like the big camera can. hallowday8by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday9by Jenseib, on Flickr I don’t think we made any purchases. Off we went and I got a few pictures of the outside. hallowday10by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday62by Jenseib, on Flickr springs2by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday63by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #66 Share Posted March 22, 2017 hallowday64by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday65by Jenseib, on Flickr The family would be arriving soon and we wanted to get ready for the Halloween party as well so off to the bus stop we went. We saw a photopass photographer so I made us stop. I had been planning on buying the 1 day memory maker for tonight anyways,so why not get a few extra pictures. WDWRESORTSANDMORE_CHALET3_20161021_392487711115by Jenseib, on Flickr WDWRESORTSANDMORE_CHALET3_20161021_392487741514by Jenseib, on Flickr WDWRESORTSANDMORE_CHALET3_20161021_7836870805by Jenseib, on Flickr WDWRESORTSANDMORE_CHALET3_20161021_392487888862by Jenseib, on Flickr We headed out to the bus stop and I took some pictures of the area today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #67 Share Posted March 22, 2017 This is where we were always dropped off. hallowday66by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday67by Jenseib, on Flickr And then you enter into the shopping district, which is pretty, but I have no use for that kind of shopping at Disney. The bus directory……..we have to walk all the way down to the other end and around to reach the different bus stop peninsulas…..Unless you are lucky enough to be staying at one of the resorts along that line. hallowday68by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday69by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday70by Jenseib, on Flickr I hadn’t realized Planet Hollywood was being refurbished.I am not sure if it is getting a makeover or what? I have never gone, nor have had the desire to and I haven’t heard very many good food reviews so I just never even tried to make it there. hallowday71by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #68 Share Posted March 22, 2017 We made it to the other end and now we are headed to our row. hallowday72by Jenseib, on Flickr And then CSR is almost all the way back down again. hallowday73by Jenseib, on Flickr I understand why it has to be set up this way, but it is a pain to walk it, especially when you are tired. A Dr. Strange bus came by so I clicked a picture. hallowday81by Jenseib, on Flickr I still have not seen that movie and really it’s not on my list so it will probably one of those I see when I happen to find it on TV. Back to CSR we went. My sister Gail and her family and Aunt Mary and Geoff had landed and were getting ready to make their way over via Magical Express. Amanda, Laura and Jan were just getting ready to takeoff, but we would not see them today as they were all staying at the Hyatt at the airport. When we got back to Coronado we headed to our room and got ready for the Halloween party. Several months before we had started talking about what we wanted to dress up as. I threw out ideas and Claire didn’t like them.Finally she agreed to be Cruella DeVil and I would be a Dalmatian. Mom was going to be one too. Basically I was wearing all white and putting spots on with tape. I tried this out at home and the spots seemed to stay on forever. Mom was going to be in all black and where white spots (as she has a lot of black clothes). Sounds easy right? When the wig came Claire started to have doubts as she wasn’t sure she wanted to wear a wig and I told her she had to or no one would know who she was. She agreed to finally and we got her costume together in pieces and I thought it looked great. We got dressed and mom pinned Claire’s hair up and we put her wig on and she was thoroughly embarrassed but I told her she would be fine as others were going to wear much more than that. Mom and I put on our spots and they immediately started falling off! UGH! Really? Why did they stick so well at home, but here they fall off with every move I make? Gail and the rest of the gang had arrived. They were starving and getting something to eat so we ran up to the Pepper Market to say hi. Everyone was excited. The vacation had truly started for all of us now. Gail snapped a picture of Claire and I. hallowday83by Jenseib, on Flickr As you can see, Claire is embarrassed. We said goodbye to them and headed back to the room to gather up our stuff to head over to the party so that we could enter as close to 4 as possible. Gail was running late but they said they would get dressed and be over as soon as possible. Mom took another picture of Claire and I before we headed out. hallowday82by Jenseib, on Flickr We then headed to the bus stop and had to wait a bi tbefore the bus came. Literally every other park had 2 buses go by before the Magic Kingdom bus came. csr155by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #69 Share Posted March 22, 2017 There was a bus monitor there but it never changed time.We realized it didn’t work. Well that is useless! Finally a bus did come and we jumped on and patiently waited as we made our way over to the Magic Kingdom. party12by Jenseib, on Flickr Woohooo!!! We’re here! party13by Jenseib, on Flickr party14by Jenseib, on Flickr party15by Jenseib, on Flickr We walked through the bag check area and then I am randomly selected to get the extra measures and I have to take off my bag again and anything else and go through the metal detector. I was super annoyed as I had just put my glasses back on and arranged my bag over me, and adjusted my backpack on my back. I told Claire to go with mom but when I got done I realized my mom followed me through even though she didn’t need to. Oh well. I understand the reasons for this, but I wish he could have selected me before I had put everything back on me. And he made it sound like I had just won some magical experience. LOL. We went in through the party line and soon were in the park. Yippee!!!! hallow13by Jenseib, on Flickr party16by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #70 Share Posted March 22, 2017 hallow14by Jenseib, on Flickr They routed all of us who were party goers through a backstage area to pick up our bags. party17by Jenseib, on Flickr These cute guys were back there too. hallowday84by Jenseib, on Flickr hallowday85by Jenseib, on Flickr party18by Jenseib, on Flickr We are now all excited and ready to go! party51by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #71 Share Posted March 22, 2017 party52by Jenseib, on Flickr We had a fastpass to get to though. When you have a party ticket you can make up to 3 fastpasses to use between 4 and 7. It is hard to get all 3 to work right, but I was able to. Gail could only get 2 for them. Actually I did it for them if I remember right because she was never getting on to do it, so I did them and told her to make any changes later if she wanted to. party19by Jenseib, on Flickr Claire was pretty excited about this fastpass as it was going to be her first time on this ride. party20by Jenseib, on Flickr We circled around making our way to it. party21by Jenseib, on Flickr party22by Jenseib, on Flickr Here we are!!!! party53by Jenseib, on Flickr The fastpass line was out the gate, but that typically is because people can’t handle the process of scanning to get through or they try to go in early and argue about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #72 Share Posted March 22, 2017 We made it in and there was a line, but it moved pretty steadily. party23by Jenseib, on Flickr While waiting in line there was a mom with 2 young girls and she could only ride with on child obviously and the one girl was pretty nervous about riding on her own. I started talking to her and told her she could ride with me. She seemed to like that idea. …..and she screamed almost the whole ride…..with glee! Mom and Claire rode in front of me. hallow1by Jenseib, on Flickr party24by Jenseib, on Flickr Our Fastpass picture….I crack up at my Mom. She doesn’t do a lot of rides anymore and this one must have been tickling her. MK_MINETRAIN_20161021_392303777597- Copy by Jenseib, onFlickr MK_MINETRAIN_20161021_7837089301- Copy by Jenseib, onFlickr And that little video they take. (I think if you click on it, it will take you to the site I have it posted to watch). MK_MINETRAIN_20161021_7837217324by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #73 Share Posted March 22, 2017 All too soon the ride is over. party25by Jenseib, on Flickr I love this ride, but I refuse to wait a long time for it. Claire was so happy to have finally ridden it. She gave it a thumbs up too. As we exited the Mine Train I said goodbye to my new little friend and we texted Gail to see if they had arrive yet. They hadn’t but I think they were at the bus stop now. They were ready for the party too! ifamily1by Jenseib, on Flickr ifamily2by Jenseib, on Flickr magic12by Jenseib, on Flickr We had some time before the next fastpass and Mom was doing Pooh with Gail and Abby and Claire and I were going to ride Space Mountain with Alexis and Rob. We decided while we waited on them we would head over to Pirates. We made a potty stop first. party26by Jenseib, on Flickr These have to be the nicest looking bathrooms on property. party27by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #74 Share Posted March 22, 2017 party28by Jenseib, on Flickr It was a bit crowded, but we made our way through over to our destination. party29by Jenseib, on Flickr party30by Jenseib, on Flickr party31by Jenseib, on Flickr And we got on my favorite ride! party32by Jenseib, on Flickr We wants the RED HEAD! hallow15by Jenseib, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 22, 2017 Author #75 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Later in the evening I saw a person dressed up as the red head with a guy dressed as a pirate with a rope around her. She looked JUST like the one in the ride. It was amazing. My Mom didn’t understand it and said it was terrible that she had a rope around her. Hahaha….I had to explain she was a figure from the ride. party33by Jenseib, on Flickr party34by Jenseib, on Flickr party35by Jenseib, on Flickr party36by Jenseib, on Flickr When we exited we found a photopass photographer and got some pictures. MK_PIRATES_20161021_392365458860by Jenseib, on Flickr MK_PIRATES_20161021_7837209184by Jenseib, on Flickr Mom then realized that she had left her treat bag on the Mine Train and was mad that she lost it already. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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