The Freeman Disney Christmas - THREAD 1 OF 2 - Days 1-7 Updated 2/23
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**DopeyGirl** · 02-12-2005, 12:09 AM

Great update, Annabel!!! Sorry to hear your migraine hadn't gone away but it sounds like you still had a great night!!!

The parade pictures were great . . . and you know I am a little partial to the little guy in green with the purple hat!!!

Looking forward to hearing all about your day at MGM!!!

Cheriemek · 02-12-2005, 12:33 AM

Great pictures! Thanks for your report!!

mom2my4dwarfs · 02-12-2005, 01:59 AM

Great pictures and a wonderful update. Sorry to hear that your migraine wouldn't go away. I am hoping that you are feeling better in the next installment.

**Colexis Mom** · 02-12-2005, 08:56 AM

Another great update Annabel

Sorry you forgot about the meet

And boy, I hope your headache goes away soon

Great pictures

Hurry back

luvnwdwgal · 02-12-2005, 10:24 AM

I'm so sorry that your headache was still bothering you.

You've got some really nice parade pics!!

Annabel · 02-13-2005, 12:22 AM

<font color="purple">Thanks for the lovely comments Unfortunately the migraine stayed on and off for a few days afterwards but I've put it down to jetlag - I kept feeling like I was moving until about Day 5 so I reckon I was just unlucky. Anyway, on with Day 3

Saturday 18th December

I was wide awake from about 4.30am, my migraine still prominent and I felt utterly miserable. I lay there for awhile before getting up and doing some unpacking – anything to take my mind off of it. By 6am, I was in Classics Hall waiting for Everything Pop to open. I grabbed myself a magazine and some soda in my refillable mug and sat down.

After awhile, I went back into the shop to ask if they had any information on the LE Happy Holidays 2004 Pop Century pin that was due to be released that day. The woman at the till didn’t even get a chance to answer my question – another CM next to her cut in and she really had a go, and spoke to me in a very sarcastic manner. No they didn’t know when it would be released, they didn’t know anything, it wasn’t in the stock room yet and apparently I was the 20th person to ask her that already so give her a break. Firstly lady, I hadn't even seen 5 people so far, let alone 20! Secondly, I only asked as I was there and thirdly, it ain’t my fault you’re grouchy so take a chill pill and go sit down! Ok, so I didn’t say all this but I really wanted to. Grouchy old bear – I guess some people don’t do mornings!

Anyhoo, I was back in our room by just gone 7am and hubby was stirring. We showered, dressed and headed to MGM Studios. We drove rather then wait for the bus and parked up at Television 14. We were able to walk to the front entrance as we were so close. The ticket machines were down so they just stamped our passes.

MGM was empty – where the heck was everyone? (I will post my MGM ghost town photos later - I need to resize them!) Walking up towards the hat, we had our photo taken and were given one of those new photopass cards - they are such a cool idea.

Hubby went off to ride Rock n Roller Coaster and I wandered around, taking photos and I also went to get my MGM Passholder pin. I waited at the top of Hollywood Boulevard for hubby. He’d only managed 1 go on the coaster as it had stopped when he was about 10 people from the front. By the time he got off, there was a queue and he couldn’t be bothered to wait. Hubby was hungry so we went into Starring Rolls bakery, where we indulged in some pastries and bagels. Yum!

As we were coming to the end of our brekkie, we heard the soldiers from Toy Story and saw their vehicle drive past so Andy went to investigate.

I wanted to have a look at the wait times for Little Mermaid and on the way, hubby took some more photos.

The first showing of Voyage of the Little Mermaid was due to start in 20 minutes and I wanted to wait. It was worth it, I love this show and I cried at the end – what’s my age again? We walked towards New York and Muppet Vision. We took photos along the way, including some of the new stunt car show.

It looks pretty much finished.

As we walked round, I couldn’t believe how many lights were up as part of the Osbourne Lights. I couldn’t wait to see them all lit up.

We went into Muppet Vision 3D and just caught the last few minutes of the pre-show (rat-schmatt, besides they’re tourists – what do they know!) If you haven’t seen this then you won’t have a clue what I’m on about but that line always makes me laugh. It took a few minutes for the show to start as apparently the computer hadn’t reset itself. Soon it began and as usual, we loved it and laughed throughout. I love the 2 old guys, they’re so funny.

As we left the show, we noticed that Buzz, Woody and Jessie had just come out so we had our photo taken with them.

Next I went into the Muppet Store and the Christmas Shop while hubby had a cigarette. We then walked towards Star Tours, which hubby decided not to ride, then we walked up past the ABC Commissary. There were a few people queuing by the Monsters Inc stage so we joined the queue. Sure enough, after a minute’s wait the doors opened and Mike appeared. No Sulley though! I’ve no idea where he was – the CM did have a witty excuse but for the life of me I cannot remember what it was. Mike was so cute – he was dancing about and a little girl was copying his movements, it was really sweet. Hubby and I got our photo taken and I got a huge hug which put a daft grin on my face.

We carried on walking round and taking photos. By now it was 11am and due to my pounding head and lack of sleep, I wanted to head back to the room for a break and come back later. We got the tram back to the car (because I wanted to) and eventually managed to find our car – this happened most days, we’d always forget where we parked the Jeep. We never had this problem with cars in the past.

On the way back, we took a detour to Downtown Disney for some light shopping and lunch at the Earl of Sandwich, one of our favourite eateries. It was absolutely heaving! It took us a fair bit of driving round to find a parking space.

We visited the Wonderful World of Memories - where I bought a scrapbook album, some papers and stickers – Disney’s Days of Christmas, the Pin Traders where I stocked up on pins, Disney Tails to show Andy and then the Everything $10 and Under shop. We bought a Christmas Stitch antenna topper (which we used to top our Christmas tree) and a $6.99 grab bag, which was real value for money.

We were getting hungry so we had to go to the Earl of Sandwich. Andy had the Hawaiian BBQ and I had the Frenchy – oh wow – and as we were feeling piggish (oink) we shared the Cannonballs. Oh my, how good is the Cannonballs sandwich?

the Cannonballs!

the Frenchy!

the Hawaiian BBQ

We shared a Hawaiian strawberry and banana smoothie. I still maintain that this is the best smoothie in the whole world!

Marketplace was so busy, it was a struggle to get past people so we gave up and went back to Pop for a well earned rest. We didn’t wake up until gone 6pm. We dragged our butts to Chilis and waited a mere 10 minutes for a table – not bad for a Saturday, even though we were originally told it would be 30 minutes! We shared boneless shanghai wings and fried mozzarella sticks. I had the chipotle bleu cheese and bacon burger and hubby had the fajita pita.

After Chilis we had a swift drink in the bar (read that as hubby had his Coors Light fix) and then it was back to the room so I could nurse my head and get some sleep. I was in bed by 9pm.

coming up: Day 4 - a very English meet at Epcot!

Annabel </font>

**DopeyGirl** · 02-13-2005, 01:14 AM

[ QUOTE ]
We shared boneless shanghai wings

[/ QUOTE ]

No, REALLY!?

You know I'm just kidding!!!

How great were those $6.99 grab bags?! I got one last month and there were 5 items in it . . . each had the original price tag on it with the price crossed out . . . and each item's original price was AT LEAST $5.00!!! One item was originally $8.50!!! WOW!!!

Great update and GREAT photos!!! Looking forward to seeing the MGM Ghost Town pictures!!!

**DopeyGirl** · 02-13-2005, 01:14 AM

[ QUOTE ]
We shared boneless shanghai wings

[/ QUOTE ]

No, REALLY!?

You know I'm just kidding!!!

How great were those $6.99 grab bags?! I got one last month and there were 5 items in it . . . each had the original price tag on it with the price crossed out . . . and each item's original price was AT LEAST $5.00!!! One item was originally $8.50!!! WOW!!!

Great update and GREAT photos!!! Looking forward to seeing the MGM Ghost Town pictures!!!

**LizardCop** · 02-13-2005, 07:09 AM

Great Update Annabel.

Jan and I saw you two in the line ordering at Earl of Sandwich, we were headed out the door. I though we'd be meeting you later and decided not to fight the crowd to say hi. Now I'm sorry I didn't as we didn't see you two for the rest of our trip, and we were at Pop also....

Tara O'Hara · 02-13-2005, 08:06 AM

What a nice update, Anabel!!

Those sandwiches look yummy!!

Glad you enjoyed your morning at MGM!!

**Jillybean** · 02-13-2005, 09:01 AM

Great morning at MGM! Sorry that you're still feeling poorly though.

Jill

Cheriemek · 02-13-2005, 10:28 AM

Thanks for all of the great pictures!!!

**Colexis Mom** · 02-13-2005, 12:13 PM

Another great update Annabel

More please

luvnwdwgal · 02-13-2005, 03:32 PM

Great update Annabel!! So what did you get in your grab bag?

Annabel · 02-13-2005, 03:53 PM

We had some stickers, lego-type keychains, collectable cards and a holder and I can't remember what else, I think there were 5 items and the cheapest price on them was $5 which was good going. I'll definitely buy some more.

Annabel

02-12-2005, 12:33 AM	#32 (permalink)
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02-13-2005, 12:22 AM	#36 (permalink)
Annabel Community Rank: Scout Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: South East London Posts: 4,868	The Freeman Disney Christmas - Day 3! <font color="purple">Thanks for the lovely comments Unfortunately the migraine stayed on and off for a few days afterwards but I've put it down to jetlag - I kept feeling like I was moving until about Day 5 so I reckon I was just unlucky. Anyway, on with Day 3 Saturday 18th December I was wide awake from about 4.30am, my migraine still prominent and I felt utterly miserable. I lay there for awhile before getting up and doing some unpacking – anything to take my mind off of it. By 6am, I was in Classics Hall waiting for Everything Pop to open. I grabbed myself a magazine and some soda in my refillable mug and sat down. After awhile, I went back into the shop to ask if they had any information on the LE Happy Holidays 2004 Pop Century pin that was due to be released that day. The woman at the till didn’t even get a chance to answer my question – another CM next to her cut in and she really had a go, and spoke to me in a very sarcastic manner. No they didn’t know when it would be released, they didn’t know anything, it wasn’t in the stock room yet and apparently I was the 20th person to ask her that already so give her a break. Firstly lady, I hadn't even seen 5 people so far, let alone 20! Secondly, I only asked as I was there and thirdly, it ain’t my fault you’re grouchy so take a chill pill and go sit down! Ok, so I didn’t say all this but I really wanted to. Grouchy old bear – I guess some people don’t do mornings! Anyhoo, I was back in our room by just gone 7am and hubby was stirring. We showered, dressed and headed to MGM Studios. We drove rather then wait for the bus and parked up at Television 14. We were able to walk to the front entrance as we were so close. The ticket machines were down so they just stamped our passes. MGM was empty – where the heck was everyone? (I will post my MGM ghost town photos later - I need to resize them!) Walking up towards the hat, we had our photo taken and were given one of those new photopass cards - they are such a cool idea. Hubby went off to ride Rock n Roller Coaster and I wandered around, taking photos and I also went to get my MGM Passholder pin. I waited at the top of Hollywood Boulevard for hubby. He’d only managed 1 go on the coaster as it had stopped when he was about 10 people from the front. By the time he got off, there was a queue and he couldn’t be bothered to wait. Hubby was hungry so we went into Starring Rolls bakery, where we indulged in some pastries and bagels. Yum! As we were coming to the end of our brekkie, we heard the soldiers from Toy Story and saw their vehicle drive past so Andy went to investigate. I wanted to have a look at the wait times for Little Mermaid and on the way, hubby took some more photos. The first showing of Voyage of the Little Mermaid was due to start in 20 minutes and I wanted to wait. It was worth it, I love this show and I cried at the end – what’s my age again? We walked towards New York and Muppet Vision. We took photos along the way, including some of the new stunt car show. It looks pretty much finished. As we walked round, I couldn’t believe how many lights were up as part of the Osbourne Lights. I couldn’t wait to see them all lit up. We went into Muppet Vision 3D and just caught the last few minutes of the pre-show (rat-schmatt, besides they’re tourists – what do they know!) If you haven’t seen this then you won’t have a clue what I’m on about but that line always makes me laugh. It took a few minutes for the show to start as apparently the computer hadn’t reset itself. Soon it began and as usual, we loved it and laughed throughout. I love the 2 old guys, they’re so funny. As we left the show, we noticed that Buzz, Woody and Jessie had just come out so we had our photo taken with them. Next I went into the Muppet Store and the Christmas Shop while hubby had a cigarette. We then walked towards Star Tours, which hubby decided not to ride, then we walked up past the ABC Commissary. There were a few people queuing by the Monsters Inc stage so we joined the queue. Sure enough, after a minute’s wait the doors opened and Mike appeared. No Sulley though! I’ve no idea where he was – the CM did have a witty excuse but for the life of me I cannot remember what it was. Mike was so cute – he was dancing about and a little girl was copying his movements, it was really sweet. Hubby and I got our photo taken and I got a huge hug which put a daft grin on my face. We carried on walking round and taking photos. By now it was 11am and due to my pounding head and lack of sleep, I wanted to head back to the room for a break and come back later. We got the tram back to the car (because I wanted to) and eventually managed to find our car – this happened most days, we’d always forget where we parked the Jeep. We never had this problem with cars in the past. On the way back, we took a detour to Downtown Disney for some light shopping and lunch at the Earl of Sandwich, one of our favourite eateries. It was absolutely heaving! It took us a fair bit of driving round to find a parking space. We visited the Wonderful World of Memories - where I bought a scrapbook album, some papers and stickers – Disney’s Days of Christmas, the Pin Traders where I stocked up on pins, Disney Tails to show Andy and then the Everything $10 and Under shop. We bought a Christmas Stitch antenna topper (which we used to top our Christmas tree) and a $6.99 grab bag, which was real value for money. We were getting hungry so we had to go to the Earl of Sandwich. Andy had the Hawaiian BBQ and I had the Frenchy – oh wow – and as we were feeling piggish (oink) we shared the Cannonballs. Oh my, how good is the Cannonballs sandwich? the Cannonballs! the Frenchy! the Hawaiian BBQ We shared a Hawaiian strawberry and banana smoothie. I still maintain that this is the best smoothie in the whole world! Marketplace was so busy, it was a struggle to get past people so we gave up and went back to Pop for a well earned rest. We didn’t wake up until gone 6pm. We dragged our butts to Chilis and waited a mere 10 minutes for a table – not bad for a Saturday, even though we were originally told it would be 30 minutes! We shared boneless shanghai wings and fried mozzarella sticks. I had the chipotle bleu cheese and bacon burger and hubby had the fajita pita. After Chilis we had a swift drink in the bar (read that as hubby had his Coors Light fix) and then it was back to the room so I could nurse my head and get some sleep. I was in bed by 9pm. coming up: Day 4 - a very English meet at Epcot! Annabel </font>

02-13-2005, 08:06 AM	#40 (permalink)
Tara O'Hara Community Rank: Legend Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Newtown Square, PA Posts: 17,661	Re: The Freeman Disney Christmas - Day 3! What a nice update, Anabel!! Those sandwiches look yummy!! Glad you enjoyed your morning at MGM!!

02-13-2005, 10:28 AM	#42 (permalink)
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02-13-2005, 03:32 PM	#44 (permalink)
luvnwdwgal Community Rank: Legend Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: North Central Ohio Posts: 17,702	Re: The Freeman Disney Christmas - Day 3! Great update Annabel!! So what did you get in your grab bag?

02-13-2005, 03:53 PM	#45 (permalink)
Annabel Community Rank: Scout Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: South East London Posts: 4,868	Re: The Freeman Disney Christmas - Day 3! We had some stickers, lego-type keychains, collectable cards and a holder and I can't remember what else, I think there were 5 items and the cheapest price on them was $5 which was good going. I'll definitely buy some more. Annabel

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