The Nightmare Before our (canceled) Christmas Trip-TR Updated- FINISHED November 30 About This Page:

[chezp]

What an awesome anniversary meal at the Yachtsman - they really did look after you guys there.

[Starla4436]

Originally Posted by bfth

That's all? I need more!

Originally Posted by oldmom

more please!

I am going as fast as my little hands can type...

[Starla4436]

Originally Posted by Colexis Mom

Another great update and pictures!

Originally Posted by Mauimouse

Great start, love all the pictures too. Keep it coming.

Thanks! I did manage to remember to take a ton of pictures.

Originally Posted by debrabrown

Not the heat! ugh.. What a kick in the shorts.

The heat really did slow us down...come on fall weather make a trip to central Florida

Originally Posted by KMB733

Great Start at Epcot!!

We usually always start at EPCOT on our trips especially during f&wf.

Originally Posted by chezp

Great start!

Thanks.

[Starla4436]

Originally Posted by lazanya

Great update! Sorry about the hot beer. Hope you both feel a bit better.

Originally Posted by KandJluvdisney

great update
sorry about the hot beer in the sun
hurry back with more please

Originally Posted by KMB733

All caught up on the great updates. Looks like your enjoying yourselves, except for the warm beer.

Oh warm beer is better than no beer I suppose!

Originally Posted by skateycat

love the tr so far, ria! you really got some great photos! oh, and the capris are SO she-she on you! keep the news rolling....

I am she she kind of a girl! I think I could dress up sweat pants and a white t-shirt.

Originally Posted by chezp

Another great update - it sounds like you guys are having great fun at the Food and Wine Festival.

Originally Posted by chezp

Another great update - it sounds like a wonderful time, except for the heat.

The food and wine festival was fabulous but the heat really slowed us down because you really don't want to eat that much when its sooo hot.

Originally Posted by Colexis Mom

Great update and pictures Maria!

Originally Posted by Colexis Mom

Another great update!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by B.M.

Great update- Glad the room was ready so you can finally cool down; can't wait to hear about the bus ride! And I agree- when your hot and tired; 20 minutes or even 5 can seem like an eternity!

I just wanted to lay down a bench at this point of the trip so the 20 minutes seemed like forever.

[Starla4436]

Originally Posted by B.M.

Oh no! standing in heels on the bus does not sound fun or comfortable...... I hope the meal makes up for it! Glad for Ben, you had your sunglasses; lol.

Originally Posted by lazanya

That stinks to have standing room only on the bus and in heels! Hope your meal was good!

The meal more than made up for it especially with the taxi ride home.

Originally Posted by POOH

I've stayed at CS 4 times, it's my favorite hotel, and always enjoyed it, especially the Pepper Market. It's been 3 years since I've stayed there, so maybe the service has gone down. We never had any issues there. That's a shame. I'm going back in February, and I hope it gets better by then.

I love the CSR! I have visited it 4 times in th last year and every time I go to the Peppers Market it seems to get worse...i feel the customer service is so undisney...i thin it would even be un-McDonalds its so bad.

Originally Posted by debrabrown

I have to agree with you on the market. I would much prefer a food court. ya think someone could have offered you a seat on the bus???!!!

I know I am a pretty modern lady but it would have been nice if a man would have saw my struggles to stay standing up.

Originally Posted by T-I-double F-ER

I know exactly what you mean.... If I am going to stay in a hotel room I refuse to live out of a suitcase.

Great update, sorry about your not so magical experience at the PM.

I make my hotel room it doesn't matter how short my stay is.

Originally Posted by skateycat

love the new pics and update. and i agree with you about the pepper market...it really is as if they don't care what is happening with you....

They really need to scratch the idea of the peppers market and just make it a food court...in my opinion.

Originally Posted by KMB733

Great pictures of your room. Sorry about the experience with transportation.

Originally Posted by Colexis Mom

Great pics of the room! Sorry the Pepper Market wasn't a hit! Can't wait to hear about dinner!

I love the redo of the rooms at the CSR they are very nice and the beds are extremely comfortable.

[Starla4436]

Originally Posted by MattUGA

Great start, Maria! Keep em comin!

As soon as I finish my TR I will get started on you guys!

[Starla4436]

Originally Posted by mpwife153

Great start Maria! Brianna says

Tell her I said hi right back. She is such a cutie I am so glad I could be a part of her first time riding Splash Mountain...even though it might be her last time for awhile

[Starla4436]

Originally Posted by bitterchickey

Loving hearing all about it!!! I am so with you on the buses. Larry banned our family from Disney buses back when Aubrey was 4 or so, and he saw a kid FLY past him and end up in the step well.

They can get quite dangerous when its standing room only.

Originally Posted by SOmommy

Sounds delicious! I look forward to hearing more

(ps - you really rocked those orange capri's! )

Thank you I believe orange is my color now.

Originally Posted by chezp

What an awesome anniversary meal at the Yachtsman - they really did look after you guys there.

It was great service they treated you like family...and they food was excellent. I know you are a vegetarian so I am not sure if you eat fish or not? If you do its worth the trip for the scallops alone.

[Colexis Mom]

What a great dinner you had! Love the pictures!

[Mauimouse]

All caught up again. Love all your pictures of the Food & Wine Festival. Sorry that you got stuck in the sun drinking warm beer, there is no way that I could have done that. Your dinner looks lovely, it was a good decision to take a taxi back to your room in the evening.

[KMB733]

Looks like a delicious anniversary dinner

[PrincessSharon]

I somehow missed the start of this, Maria! Sounds like your first day was good (except for the heat and the bus ride). You both looked so nice for your meal, and YS sounded good when you told me about it, but after seeing the pictures , I want to eat there Yummy!

[Luvsun]

Maria! Happy Anniversary trip to you and Ben!
So sorry that Pepper Market has taken a downhill turn!
Your room looks wonderful!!
Your meal at Yachtsman sounds and looks oh so yummy!
I can't wait for more!!!

[Starla4436]

Day 2
Saturday October 24

This is Maria’s “DH” and I have hijacked this trip report.

On the second day of our trip, Maria woke up at 6. Or 5:30. Or some other god awful hour. She tells me that she ate a brownie for breakfast, but I don’t remember that. All I remember is feeling like that oversized t-shirt with Minnie Mouse on it. You know the one I’m talking about. The one where she’s holding coffee. I think the shirt may be scratch n sniff or something. But that’s neither here nor there.

After we are all dressed and ready to go to AK, we have our first fight of the day. I want to take the bus and she wants to drive. For somebody who always believed in the Disney Transportation System, she’s really completely changed her mind about it. So, as a loving DH (and with the evil look from the bus ride to the Yacht Club the night before still in my mind), I make the decision to drive. I kept my eye on the time because I have this hatred, rather an immense fear, of the opening sprint that follows the opening of a park.

We drive to AK which is really close to CSR. We end up parking and walking to the entrance. Maria reminds me that it is my turn to take the bag through bag check, but I came up with an elaborate excuse as to how I shouldn’t be the one to do it. I told her that she was the Disney expert, not me, and she knows how much I freak out in lines. She fell for it and I took my leisurely stroll through the no bag entrance.

We make it inside the park, and before I can open my mouth to say where I think we should walk to, Maria tells me that she has to use the bathroom. Now, I understand that sometimes people have to use the bathroom, but come on, lady! It must be all those waterfalls on the other side of the turnstiles. That’s what I have to tell myself, anyway. So I make my way over to some bird exhibit which is near the restroom. I stare at some sort of hornbill for a couple of minutes. Then I see a few of the birds sleeping. Sleeping birds are funny and cute. I hear Maria call my name, but I ask for her to come over to the exhibit. I point out the sleeping birds, but she shoots me this weird look that says “I don’t care about those birds, we have to walk to Asia.”

We take a pleasant stroll toward Everest. Maria points out the bathroom near the soft serve ice cream stand and says “That’s one of my favorite bathrooms, but I had to use the one at the entrance.” “Cool”, I thought, and we kept walking. The wait for Everest was 10 minutes. We both looked at each other and agreed that we were only going to ride this once. While waiting in line, Maria snapped some pictures. She took a picture of a multiple armed woman with a lion stabbing a guy with a spear.


What did you do this time? Forget to pick up your dirty clothes off the floor...i feel for ya man

She told me that was how she felt after I made her take the bus to the Yacht Club the night before. We kept walking as I wiped the sweat from my brow.





We get on the ride, and as the ride begins to move Maria keeps taking pictures. I’m starting to get this fear, one that I admit is irrational, that she will drop the camera on the ride. I keep telling her to put the camera away, but she just looks at me as if I told her that Disney should tear down the Carousel of Progress and put in a Roller Coaster. She continues to snap pictures, even at the moment before the big drop. I know that she was doing this for this trip report, but I knew she was just doing this to spite me.


Maria that's a good picture, but you should put the camera away


Wow Maria the passporters are really going to like that one! But you should put the camera away.


Maria really I think its time to put the camera away...



OK Maria! The ride is about to start going backwards...put the camera away.


MARIA! IT'S ABOUT TO GET REALLY SCARY........PUT...THE...CAMERA...AWAAAAAYYYYYYY



You like an angel...You talk like an angel...



To make matters worse, after we exit the ride she makes me hold up a t-shirt with the Yeti on it that says, “Hairy Guys Rule.”



For some reason I get really offended and sort of storm off like a diva who didn’t get all green m&ms in her dressing room. This leads to the second fight of the day. This was probably due to the fact that I had not yet had my caffeine for the day. We start walking toward the tea stand that is across the path from the gorilla exhibit. On the way, we notice a cast member taking pictures of a family in front of the Everest sign. To me she looks like she was in a hurry, but Maria insists that she take our picture. I started to panic because in my mind I believed that she was responsible for something important on Everest and our keeping her from her job so she could take our picture would lead to some disastrous consequence. As I’m telling Maria this, she shoots me another one of those looks so I comply and take the picture.


Seriously Maria...What is she controls the emergency brakes?

At the tea stand, I order a hot oolong tea (after I made the tea server sign a contract that the tea was caffeinated or else I would sue for restitution) and order a frozen mango green tea for Maria. I walk back to the bench where Maria is sitting and I notice that she is on the phone. Not thinking too much about this, I hand her the mango drink and I sip my tea.

To Be Continued:

Coming Soon: The mystery person on the other end of the phone, and the divorce that follows…..oh, and some llamas!!

[mpwife153]

The Anniversary dinner at YS looked !!!

Glad to hear that you wised up Ben & decided to drive to AK....men!

Surprisingly, Bri talked about riding Splash again during the trip I know~ I was shocked too! She told my Mom on the phone today that she rode it & "Mommy & one of her nice friends rode it" with her!