DT's 2004 trip - Page 4

**DisneyTeacher** · 07-21-2004

After Nate’s hair cut it’s time to get our Pal Mickey looked at. He hasn’t worked today and I am a little worried. I put new batteries in him a few weeks ago and he should be good to go but he isn’t. We head over to the camera shop to see what can be done for him. The two young CMs in the shop are so wonderful, they put new batteries in him (for FREE!!!) and plug his little nose in to a computer to reprogram him. The computer isn’t working so we decide after a couple of tries to head out and let him reprogram the next time we go through the gates.

Time for a little shopping on Main Street, my favorite! We look through the shops and pick out a few things we will have to come back for. We haven’t checked in to SoG yet so I don’t want to buy anything since it can’t be delivered to our resort yet. Nathan picks out a little flashing laser light key ring, since it’s small we let him get it now instead of waiting. It’s time for a parade now.

We didn’t take the time to see the afternoon parade last summer but we are going to get to see it today. We find a nice front row spot about half way up Main Street that looks good. Mike goes for drinks while Nate and I hold our hot sunny spots. Time goes by quickly and we finally get to see the wonderful parade. The only down side is the family to our right who used umbrellas the entire parade.

After the parade it’s off to Adventureland and Pirates. We stop by the Tiki Room and enjoy a cool, funny show. Nathan enjoyed it and we are refreshed and ready for Pirates. We head over and are informed that the wait time is two minutes. We walk all the way through the queue and find no one until we get to the loading area where we find three people. Another walk on! What a great ride, Nathan is thrilled, he has wanted to go on this ride all year and is not disappointed.

After strolling through Adventureland we decide to head over to the Poly for our 6 pm PS for ‘Ohana. I want to look around the Poly, we eat here every time we are at WDW but never take the time to look around. We slowly make our way out of the MK and to the resort monorail. As we approach I notice that there is one pulling out, great! As we reach the loading area we ask to ride with the driver and get it! Nathan is so excited. Another monorail pulls in and we are in the front and headed to the Poly in no time.

After looking around for a whilewe check in about 5:45 and find a seat. We decide to order a couple of adults drinks, a Pina Colada for me a backscratcher for my husband. Our table is ready before the drinks! We get our drinks and head to our table. We are seated one table from the windows and have a great view of Cinderella Castle. The games begin almost right away and Nathan tries his hand at coconut racing, he doesn’t do so well but he has fun. Dinner is wonderful as always and our server is very nice. After we finished our meal she brings us a huge cupcake with Mickey heads sprinkled all over it. It’s our anniversary and she wants Nathan to have something special. How sweet. We are all so full from the delicious food (just fries for Nathan, thanks) that I ask for a box for the cupcake.

**DisneyTeacher** · 07-21-2004

Here is my little coconut racer.

**DisneyTeacher** · 07-21-2004

After dinner we head back to the MK for my very favorite way to end the day—SpectroMagic! We decide to try something different and grab a place for Spectro on Main Street. We claim a little piece of curb and wait out the hour or so until the parade begins. We are next to the most un-magical family ever—we listen to what I think is the mother yell and gripe at this poor 7 year old girl the entire time we wait for the parade. I felt so bad for the little girl, the mother missed the magic and ruined it for her daughter. SpectroMagic was wonderful as always, I love this parade.

After SpectroMagic we decide we better skip Wishes and try to check in to SoG again. We talked to our friends earlier in the day and they were upset that we couldn’t check in. They called SoG and were told that we could check in any time. The CM I spoke to didn’t look to see that all the paperwork was already in place and we should have been allowed to check in at 8 am. No big deal, we had a busy day planned and it didn’t include rest. We get to SoG about 10 pm (we see wishes as we pull up), find our room (the very farthest room from the lobby), and find our friends (who had just checked in).

Shades of Green is beautiful. Our room is in the new part of the resort and just beautiful. First of all the room is huge, almost 500 sq feet I believe. The décor is not Disney but it is beautiful. The bathroom is huge! I love it and want to take it home. Our luggage arrives and the pleasant bellman (what is the politically correct term for the person who brings your bags up??) shows us everything in the room. There is a refrigerator in the dresser under the TV and the couch flips out to a twin w/o taking up any more floor space than the couch, it’s pretty cool and Nathan decides that is where he is going to sleep this week. I love this room!!

We visit with our friends for a few minutes and find out the other 2 families just checked in about 20 minutes ago due to a train derailment that closed their So. Illinois interstate for several hours yesterday. We make plans for tomorrow and head to our rooms for a much needed shower and rest.

We had a wonderful day! There were no big lines to speak of, if we didn’t have a FastPass we still walked on or almost walked on every ride we wanted to go on. I can’t believe a Saturday in July could be so pleasant in the MK. No rain and a low crowd—what a great way to spend the day.

Tomorrow Hoop Dee Doo and Magic Kingdom—again!!

**DisneyTeacher** · 07-21-2004

Here are a few pictures of Shades of Green:

The lobby

**DisneyTeacher** · 07-21-2004

Our room

View from the door

**DisneyTeacher** · 07-21-2004

The huge sink area

inluvwithdisney · 07-21-2004

This is the greatest report!!! It helps me with my excitement!!!! Keep it coming!!!!

**DisneyTeacher** · 07-21-2004

The view from room 3163

crystalrp · 07-21-2004

Sounds like a very magical day! Can't wait to read more!!

mickaholic4077 · 07-21-2004

Anxiously awaiting the rest!!!

WDWaddict · 07-21-2004

Great TR! I am loving reading it! The pics of SoG are great too since I have never seen it and we are going there in Nov. The other resort you stayed at is beyond words..it is breathtaking.
I also learned a neat little trick while reading your TR..take a digi picture of your parking area..what a great idea!

MickeyRon · 07-21-2004

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Originally Posted by WDWaddict

Great TR! I am loving reading it! The pics of SoG are great too since I have never seen it and we are going there in Nov. The other resort you stayed at is beyond words..it is breathtaking.
I also learned a neat little trick while reading your TR..take a digi picture of your parking area..what a great idea!

Yeah I caught that tip too!!! What a GREAT idea...

ilvminnie · 07-21-2004

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Originally Posted by DisneyTeacher

We decided on Beaches and Cream for dinner before we left home and are sticking to that plan. I almost changed our plans as we walked by Cape May on our way back from the pool, it looked and smelled so good I was almost at the podium asking how soon we could get a table.

I am not sure I would go out of my way to eat here but if you are already at BC it’s good. My husband has wanted to try the Kitchen Sink for a couple of years but we are so tired, we drove all night and haven’t been to bed to we decide on a smaller one scoop sundae instead. I wanted to take a few pictures with our new camera at night so I pop out to the pool/beach area while the guys wait on the ice cream. They meet me outside with the ice cream (the biggest one scoop sundae I have ever seen)

Cape May is a can't miss for us anymore. We love it there...plus as DVC members we get 10% off. As far as Beaches & Cream, we go for the atmosphere more than the food. I have to get a chili dog & onion rings, Rafikiman & I always have to share a sundae, & DD has to have their chicken noodle soup (believe it or not!!!). We just love it though.

I'm enjoying your TR. Since I have to wait til December it's as close as I'm going to get for awhile. Keep it coming.

**DisneyTeacher** · 07-21-2004

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Originally Posted by WDWaddict

I also learned a neat little trick while reading your TR..take a digi picture of your parking area..what a great idea!

LOL, here it is. The days at WDW can be long and I can see how someone could forget where they parked.

lisalovesmickey · 07-21-2004

This is a wonderful TR. Thank you. I am anxiously waiting for more!

Lisa

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DisneyTeacher Moderator/WL Tour Guide Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: WDW in my dreams Posts: 16,351	Re: DT's 2004 trip After Nate’s hair cut it’s time to get our Pal Mickey looked at. He hasn’t worked today and I am a little worried. I put new batteries in him a few weeks ago and he should be good to go but he isn’t. We head over to the camera shop to see what can be done for him. The two young CMs in the shop are so wonderful, they put new batteries in him (for FREE!!!) and plug his little nose in to a computer to reprogram him. The computer isn’t working so we decide after a couple of tries to head out and let him reprogram the next time we go through the gates. Time for a little shopping on Main Street, my favorite! We look through the shops and pick out a few things we will have to come back for. We haven’t checked in to SoG yet so I don’t want to buy anything since it can’t be delivered to our resort yet. Nathan picks out a little flashing laser light key ring, since it’s small we let him get it now instead of waiting. It’s time for a parade now. We didn’t take the time to see the afternoon parade last summer but we are going to get to see it today. We find a nice front row spot about half way up Main Street that looks good. Mike goes for drinks while Nate and I hold our hot sunny spots. Time goes by quickly and we finally get to see the wonderful parade. The only down side is the family to our right who used umbrellas the entire parade. After the parade it’s off to Adventureland and Pirates. We stop by the Tiki Room and enjoy a cool, funny show. Nathan enjoyed it and we are refreshed and ready for Pirates. We head over and are informed that the wait time is two minutes. We walk all the way through the queue and find no one until we get to the loading area where we find three people. Another walk on! What a great ride, Nathan is thrilled, he has wanted to go on this ride all year and is not disappointed. After strolling through Adventureland we decide to head over to the Poly for our 6 pm PS for ‘Ohana. I want to look around the Poly, we eat here every time we are at WDW but never take the time to look around. We slowly make our way out of the MK and to the resort monorail. As we approach I notice that there is one pulling out, great! As we reach the loading area we ask to ride with the driver and get it! Nathan is so excited. Another monorail pulls in and we are in the front and headed to the Poly in no time. After looking around for a whilewe check in about 5:45 and find a seat. We decide to order a couple of adults drinks, a Pina Colada for me a backscratcher for my husband. Our table is ready before the drinks! We get our drinks and head to our table. We are seated one table from the windows and have a great view of Cinderella Castle. The games begin almost right away and Nathan tries his hand at coconut racing, he doesn’t do so well but he has fun. Dinner is wonderful as always and our server is very nice. After we finished our meal she brings us a huge cupcake with Mickey heads sprinkled all over it. It’s our anniversary and she wants Nathan to have something special. How sweet. We are all so full from the delicious food (just fries for Nathan, thanks) that I ask for a box for the cupcake. __________________ ~Stephanie~ 1993 Caribbean Beach Resort ~ 1996 Caribbean Beach resort ~1997 Caribbean Beach Resort ~2003 Wilderness Lodge ~2004 Beach Club Resort/Shades of Green/Pop Century~ 2005 Wilderness Lodge Resort/Beach Club Villas ~ 2006 Saratoga Springs Resort~2007 Port Orleans French Quarter/Beach Club Villas/Boardwalk Villas ~ 2007 Port Orleans Riverside~ 2008 Wilderness Lodge/Beach Club Villas~2008 Beach Club Villas~2009 Beach Club Villas My Disney Countdown Counting down to: We're going to HHI for the first time 180 days 2 hours 26 minutes

07-21-2004	#47 (permalink)
DisneyTeacher Moderator/WL Tour Guide Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: WDW in my dreams Posts: 16,351	Re: DT's 2004 trip Here is my little coconut racer. Attached Images __________________ ~Stephanie~ 1993 Caribbean Beach Resort ~ 1996 Caribbean Beach resort ~1997 Caribbean Beach Resort ~2003 Wilderness Lodge ~2004 Beach Club Resort/Shades of Green/Pop Century~ 2005 Wilderness Lodge Resort/Beach Club Villas ~ 2006 Saratoga Springs Resort~2007 Port Orleans French Quarter/Beach Club Villas/Boardwalk Villas ~ 2007 Port Orleans Riverside~ 2008 Wilderness Lodge/Beach Club Villas~2008 Beach Club Villas~2009 Beach Club Villas My Disney Countdown Counting down to: We're going to HHI for the first time 180 days 2 hours 26 minutes

07-21-2004	#48 (permalink)
DisneyTeacher Moderator/WL Tour Guide Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: WDW in my dreams Posts: 16,351	Re: DT's 2004 trip After dinner we head back to the MK for my very favorite way to end the day—SpectroMagic! We decide to try something different and grab a place for Spectro on Main Street. We claim a little piece of curb and wait out the hour or so until the parade begins. We are next to the most un-magical family ever—we listen to what I think is the mother yell and gripe at this poor 7 year old girl the entire time we wait for the parade. I felt so bad for the little girl, the mother missed the magic and ruined it for her daughter. SpectroMagic was wonderful as always, I love this parade. After SpectroMagic we decide we better skip Wishes and try to check in to SoG again. We talked to our friends earlier in the day and they were upset that we couldn’t check in. They called SoG and were told that we could check in any time. The CM I spoke to didn’t look to see that all the paperwork was already in place and we should have been allowed to check in at 8 am. No big deal, we had a busy day planned and it didn’t include rest. We get to SoG about 10 pm (we see wishes as we pull up), find our room (the very farthest room from the lobby), and find our friends (who had just checked in). Shades of Green is beautiful. Our room is in the new part of the resort and just beautiful. First of all the room is huge, almost 500 sq feet I believe. The décor is not Disney but it is beautiful. The bathroom is huge! I love it and want to take it home. Our luggage arrives and the pleasant bellman (what is the politically correct term for the person who brings your bags up??) shows us everything in the room. There is a refrigerator in the dresser under the TV and the couch flips out to a twin w/o taking up any more floor space than the couch, it’s pretty cool and Nathan decides that is where he is going to sleep this week. I love this room!! We visit with our friends for a few minutes and find out the other 2 families just checked in about 20 minutes ago due to a train derailment that closed their So. Illinois interstate for several hours yesterday. We make plans for tomorrow and head to our rooms for a much needed shower and rest. We had a wonderful day! There were no big lines to speak of, if we didn’t have a FastPass we still walked on or almost walked on every ride we wanted to go on. I can’t believe a Saturday in July could be so pleasant in the MK. No rain and a low crowd—what a great way to spend the day. Tomorrow Hoop Dee Doo and Magic Kingdom—again!! __________________ ~Stephanie~ 1993 Caribbean Beach Resort ~ 1996 Caribbean Beach resort ~1997 Caribbean Beach Resort ~2003 Wilderness Lodge ~2004 Beach Club Resort/Shades of Green/Pop Century~ 2005 Wilderness Lodge Resort/Beach Club Villas ~ 2006 Saratoga Springs Resort~2007 Port Orleans French Quarter/Beach Club Villas/Boardwalk Villas ~ 2007 Port Orleans Riverside~ 2008 Wilderness Lodge/Beach Club Villas~2008 Beach Club Villas~2009 Beach Club Villas My Disney Countdown Counting down to: We're going to HHI for the first time 180 days 2 hours 26 minutes

07-21-2004	#49 (permalink)
DisneyTeacher Moderator/WL Tour Guide Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: WDW in my dreams Posts: 16,351	Re: DT's 2004 trip Here are a few pictures of Shades of Green: The lobby Attached Images __________________ ~Stephanie~ 1993 Caribbean Beach Resort ~ 1996 Caribbean Beach resort ~1997 Caribbean Beach Resort ~2003 Wilderness Lodge ~2004 Beach Club Resort/Shades of Green/Pop Century~ 2005 Wilderness Lodge Resort/Beach Club Villas ~ 2006 Saratoga Springs Resort~2007 Port Orleans French Quarter/Beach Club Villas/Boardwalk Villas ~ 2007 Port Orleans Riverside~ 2008 Wilderness Lodge/Beach Club Villas~2008 Beach Club Villas~2009 Beach Club Villas My Disney Countdown Counting down to: We're going to HHI for the first time 180 days 2 hours 26 minutes

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DisneyTeacher Moderator/WL Tour Guide Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: WDW in my dreams Posts: 16,351	Re: DT's 2004 trip Our room View from the door Attached Images __________________ ~Stephanie~ 1993 Caribbean Beach Resort ~ 1996 Caribbean Beach resort ~1997 Caribbean Beach Resort ~2003 Wilderness Lodge ~2004 Beach Club Resort/Shades of Green/Pop Century~ 2005 Wilderness Lodge Resort/Beach Club Villas ~ 2006 Saratoga Springs Resort~2007 Port Orleans French Quarter/Beach Club Villas/Boardwalk Villas ~ 2007 Port Orleans Riverside~ 2008 Wilderness Lodge/Beach Club Villas~2008 Beach Club Villas~2009 Beach Club Villas My Disney Countdown Counting down to: We're going to HHI for the first time 180 days 2 hours 26 minutes

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DisneyTeacher Moderator/WL Tour Guide Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: WDW in my dreams Posts: 16,351	Re: DT's 2004 trip The huge sink area Attached Images __________________ ~Stephanie~ 1993 Caribbean Beach Resort ~ 1996 Caribbean Beach resort ~1997 Caribbean Beach Resort ~2003 Wilderness Lodge ~2004 Beach Club Resort/Shades of Green/Pop Century~ 2005 Wilderness Lodge Resort/Beach Club Villas ~ 2006 Saratoga Springs Resort~2007 Port Orleans French Quarter/Beach Club Villas/Boardwalk Villas ~ 2007 Port Orleans Riverside~ 2008 Wilderness Lodge/Beach Club Villas~2008 Beach Club Villas~2009 Beach Club Villas My Disney Countdown Counting down to: We're going to HHI for the first time 180 days 2 hours 26 minutes

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inluvwithdisney Missin' the MOUSE!! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Disney ~~ In my mind!! Posts: 2,640	Re: DT's 2004 trip This is the greatest report!!! It helps me with my excitement!!!! Keep it coming!!!! __________________ AVATAR: My kitties: DISNEY & EPCOT Always at Disney in my mind!!!!!!!!!!!! Disneyland ~~ Offsite~~ August 1991 Disneyland/Calif. Adv. ~~ DLH ~~June 2001 Disneyland/Calif. Adv. ~~ DLH ~~ Sept. 2002 WDW ~~ POR ~~Sept. 2003 WDW ~~ POLY~~ Sept. 2004 WDW/Disney Cruise ~~ POR/Disney Wonder ~~ December 2005 WDW/Disney Cruise ~~ POR/Disney Wonder ~~ August 2007 Proud member of Disney Overplanner AnonyMOUSE My Disney Countdown Counting down to: 2 FULL weeks with the MOUSE!! 8 days WDW/7 days Eastern Carribean Cruise!!! 178 days 8 hours 26 minutes

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DisneyTeacher Moderator/WL Tour Guide Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: WDW in my dreams Posts: 16,351	Re: DT's 2004 trip The view from room 3163 Attached Images __________________ ~Stephanie~ 1993 Caribbean Beach Resort ~ 1996 Caribbean Beach resort ~1997 Caribbean Beach Resort ~2003 Wilderness Lodge ~2004 Beach Club Resort/Shades of Green/Pop Century~ 2005 Wilderness Lodge Resort/Beach Club Villas ~ 2006 Saratoga Springs Resort~2007 Port Orleans French Quarter/Beach Club Villas/Boardwalk Villas ~ 2007 Port Orleans Riverside~ 2008 Wilderness Lodge/Beach Club Villas~2008 Beach Club Villas~2009 Beach Club Villas My Disney Countdown Counting down to: We're going to HHI for the first time 180 days 2 hours 26 minutes

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crystalrp Mouse Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: skowhegan, maine Posts: 1,235	Re: DT's 2004 trip Sounds like a very magical day! Can't wait to read more!! __________________ 1972~off site 1982~Contemporary 1998~Port Orleans 1999~Caribbean Beach/Disney Magic 2001~Dixie Landings/Disney Wonder 2003~Wilderness Lodge/Disney Wonder 2004~POFQ and AKL

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mickaholic4077 Currently in Timeout! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: 90 miles from The Mick!!!!! Posts: 6,193	Re: DT's 2004 trip Anxiously awaiting the rest!!!

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WDWaddict Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hawaii Posts: 499	Re: DT's 2004 trip Great TR! I am loving reading it! The pics of SoG are great too since I have never seen it and we are going there in Nov. The other resort you stayed at is beyond words..it is breathtaking. I also learned a neat little trick while reading your TR..take a digi picture of your parking area..what a great idea! __________________ June 1992~WDW 1996/1998/2001~Disneyland Nov 2002~WDW Nov 2003(twice)~WDW December 2004~POFQ February 2005~Pop Century June 2005~Disneyland June 2008~Disneyland(Disneyland Hotel!) June 2009~Polynesian My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Moving to Fort Belvoir, VA 13 days 3 hours 26 minutes

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lisalovesmickey Chef Disney Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,675	Re: DT's 2004 trip This is a wonderful TR. Thank you. I am anxiously waiting for more! Lisa __________________ I have a little Mickey in me! :) 1996 - All Star Music Resort 1999 - Port Orleans French Quarter 2008 - Wilderness Lodge Possible May 2010 POFQ!!!!!!!!!! Theres a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day.....just a dream away. My Disney Countdown Counting down to: We will be makin' new magical memories in 534 days 11 hours 26 minutes

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