Trip Report Day 1 and 2

WEDINDISNEY · 03-26-2005

My DM and I drove into orlando from NJ. We left NJ at around 430pm on Wed and stopped over night in Wilson NC... Woke up on thursday to sleet and rain YUKKKK What a mess..... By the time we got to SC it had pretty much cleared up but there were a few sprinkles left over... We got into orlando at around 6pm to down pouring rain..... We got to our hotel (Rosen Center on International Drive) checked in and then went out to walk around a little bit and get something to eat... We ate at Johnny Rockets and then decided that we had a long day ahead of us on Friday with the start of the bear show at Epcot so we headed back to the room to get some rest.

Friday we woke up at 630 am had a quick something to eat and then headed over to the Contemp for Day #1 of the bear show. We checked in with the CM and he was so nice... We got all of of packet material name tag paperwork Mickey pillow etc and then went into one of the ballrooms and were able to see all the bears and doll before we had to put the items that we wanted on our wish list. Mom and I walked around looking and taking pictures and talking to some great people. We finally made our decision on what we wanted and submitted our list and now the waiting begins (We dont find out anything till Saturday morning) By now its about 12pm and we are hungary so we hopped on the monorail and headed over to the MK...

Got to the MK about 1230....We walked around on Main Street got a mickey ice creme and did some shopping and then we headed over and saw the Tiki Birds, Country Bear Jamboree, Mickeys Philharmoic, Poohs Honeypot ride all with very little wait which was wonderful... We headed over to Tomorrowland to see how long the line was for Stichs Great Escape and hopped that we could catch it before we had our dinner PS at the CP..... The line was too long so we went with Fast Pass and didnt have to be back until 7pm. So we walked over to the CP and had about a 10 min wait before we were seated for dinner. Dinner was great and we got out pictures taken with Pooh, Eeyore,Tigger and Piglet. After filling our bellies we went over to FP Stich's ride (Awesome) then there was a short line for snow white so we went on that and then over to peter pan, (we waited the longest for this about 20mins out of all the rides today) We started heading back towards main street closer to the exit to get a seat for Wishes... We grabbed a soda and watch wishes and then headed out towards the monorail before the show was over to beat the crowd.... We had to go back to the Contemp and get our car and then check in at our hotel ( Wyndham Palace in DTD) We checked in and the resort was beautiful... We had a balcony room and could see Epcot, Disney Studios, DTD and the lights of the Contemp...
By the time we got settled in it was almost 1am so we went to sleep cause Saturday was going to be a busy day........

MORE TO COME......

**Dopey** · 03-26-2005

Hi WEDINDISNEY, could you elaborate a little on that convention.

WEDINDISNEY · 03-26-2005

Hi there DOPEY... What info would you like to know about? I didnt want to put too much about the convention on my trip report cause I wasnt sure how many people were interested in the bears.... But I will gladly share any info that anyone would like...

**Dopey** · 03-26-2005

Oh, there's never too much detail in any trip report. I don't know what I want to know exactly other than how did your convention go? I mean how come you can't know until days later what's going on with what you wanted? Is it an auction? A silent auction?

Come now, sit down and edit for more detail

the Easter Bunny will wait until the report is done....

WEDINDISNEY · 03-26-2005

The Bear and doll convention goes on all weekend.... Im going to give more Trip reporting later on I didnt want to put it all on one spot. In ref to your ? Dopey what Disney did this year for the 1st time is what they called RSP (Random Selection Process)... What you had to do was list the items that you wanted in the order of what you wanted most down to least... Some bears and dolls were limited to 10 pieces or 100 or 1500... Then you turned in your sheet and the CM put all the information into the computer... Then it was a lottery system (that is the best way to describe it) you had to have your sheet in by 4pm and then they were going to notify everyone on Saturday morning at the breakfast (I will get more into that shortly)

ccorbet · 03-27-2005

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Originally Posted by WEDINDISNEY

The Bear and doll convention goes on all weekend.... Im going to give more Trip reporting later on I didnt want to put it all on one spot. In ref to your ? Dopey what Disney did this year for the 1st time is what they called RSP (Random Selection Process)... What you had to do was list the items that you wanted in the order of what you wanted most down to least... Some bears and dolls were limited to 10 pieces or 100 or 1500... Then you turned in your sheet and the CM put all the information into the computer... Then it was a lottery system (that is the best way to describe it) you had to have your sheet in by 4pm and then they were going to notify everyone on Saturday morning at the breakfast (I will get more into that shortly)

Sounds like you guys had a blast!! What was next?!?!?! We're getting excited and have been watching nothing but Disney movies and the Disney Channel for the last week!!!!!

DougiesMommy · 04-05-2005

Great start! I'm anxiously waiting to see how you did with the lottery. I didn't realize they had moved the convention back over to Contemporary either. It was there a few years back before they switch to Epcot.

**cinderbella** · 04-05-2005

wheres...the rest......

Pooh Fan · 04-05-2005

You left me hanging. Where's the rest of your trip report? I need a Disney Fix!!! I hope you know I am joking with you, but I would love to hear more about your trip. It sounds good so far.

**Dana** · 04-05-2005

I can't wait to hear more about this convention...it sounds very cool. Please go into more detial. I would like to hear how it works and how you two made out with the lottery. Can't wait to hear the rest.

WEDINDISNEY · 04-06-2005

HI there Sorry about that... I think my brain went on vacation LOL I thought that I did post the rest of the trip.... Ok Im going to post the rest of it a little later...Im so sorry

WEDINDISNEY · 04-06-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by DougiesMommy

Great start! I'm anxiously waiting to see how you did with the lottery. I didn't realize they had moved the convention back over to Contemporary either. It was there a few years back before they switch to Epcot.

It was only at the Cont for the first day (friday) And then on Sat and Sun it was at Epcot.. The wonders pavillion and World showcase Pavillion

**Dana** · 04-06-2005

Taking your time. It's hard getting back into the swing of things after a magical vacation. I can't wait ot read on.

**llama** · 04-07-2005

I don't think I could go to that convention. I'd want them all. Thanks for the great report, so far. I repeat, SO FAR......

hiner · 04-07-2005

It sounds so far like you have a great time.

How much do you have to pay for this convention or do you pay based on what dolls/bears you win in the lottery? Also, how did you find out about the convention.

03-26-2005	#1 (permalink)
WEDINDISNEY Mouse Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NOW NJ SOMEDAY WDW Posts: 1,470	Trip Report Day 1 and 2 My DM and I drove into orlando from NJ. We left NJ at around 430pm on Wed and stopped over night in Wilson NC... Woke up on thursday to sleet and rain YUKKKK What a mess..... By the time we got to SC it had pretty much cleared up but there were a few sprinkles left over... We got into orlando at around 6pm to down pouring rain..... We got to our hotel (Rosen Center on International Drive) checked in and then went out to walk around a little bit and get something to eat... We ate at Johnny Rockets and then decided that we had a long day ahead of us on Friday with the start of the bear show at Epcot so we headed back to the room to get some rest. Friday we woke up at 630 am had a quick something to eat and then headed over to the Contemp for Day #1 of the bear show. We checked in with the CM and he was so nice... We got all of of packet material name tag paperwork Mickey pillow etc and then went into one of the ballrooms and were able to see all the bears and doll before we had to put the items that we wanted on our wish list. Mom and I walked around looking and taking pictures and talking to some great people. We finally made our decision on what we wanted and submitted our list and now the waiting begins (We dont find out anything till Saturday morning) By now its about 12pm and we are hungary so we hopped on the monorail and headed over to the MK... Got to the MK about 1230....We walked around on Main Street got a mickey ice creme and did some shopping and then we headed over and saw the Tiki Birds, Country Bear Jamboree, Mickeys Philharmoic, Poohs Honeypot ride all with very little wait which was wonderful... We headed over to Tomorrowland to see how long the line was for Stichs Great Escape and hopped that we could catch it before we had our dinner PS at the CP..... The line was too long so we went with Fast Pass and didnt have to be back until 7pm. So we walked over to the CP and had about a 10 min wait before we were seated for dinner. Dinner was great and we got out pictures taken with Pooh, Eeyore,Tigger and Piglet. After filling our bellies we went over to FP Stich's ride (Awesome) then there was a short line for snow white so we went on that and then over to peter pan, (we waited the longest for this about 20mins out of all the rides today) We started heading back towards main street closer to the exit to get a seat for Wishes... We grabbed a soda and watch wishes and then headed out towards the monorail before the show was over to beat the crowd.... We had to go back to the Contemp and get our car and then check in at our hotel ( Wyndham Palace in DTD) We checked in and the resort was beautiful... We had a balcony room and could see Epcot, Disney Studios, DTD and the lights of the Contemp... By the time we got settled in it was almost 1am so we went to sleep cause Saturday was going to be a busy day........ MORE TO COME...... __________________ 2008 OKW 2008 WLV 2007 AKV & SSR 2007 OKW 2006 SARATOGA SPRINGS (X-MAS) 2006 POFQ 2005 WYNDHAM PALACE DTD 2003 AKL 2002 POLY (WEDDING & HONEYMOON) "YOUR DREAMS CAN COME TRUE IF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO PURSURE THEM." WALT DISNEY "WHEN YOU'RE CURIOUS, YOU FIND LOTS OF INTERSTING THINGS TO DO." WALT DISNEY http://www.myspace.com/wedindisney Last edited by WEDINDISNEY; 03-26-2005 at 10:31 PM.

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Dopey Marti suffers from MIBS Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In the middle of the madness Posts: 9,223	Re: Trip Report Day 1 and 2 Hi WEDINDISNEY, could you elaborate a little on that convention. __________________ WDW Theme Parks moderator x´¨) x¸.•´ ¸.•´¨)xxxx¸.•¨) (¸.•´Accordion players are sexy(¸.•` ´¨) Limser was my first MB friend ~ Pepperstink is my cheesy friend Doughnut, HB and Limser are my Michigan Martini Madness cohorts MissDisney is the better cookie baker Llama says she craves a real, juicy discussion. Let's discuss that, shall we!? My Disney Countdown Counting down to:* HiHo-HiHo-off to WDW I go... 105 days 13 hours 12 minutes

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WEDINDISNEY Mouse Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NOW NJ SOMEDAY WDW Posts: 1,470	Re: Trip Report Day 1 and 2 Hi there DOPEY... What info would you like to know about? I didnt want to put too much about the convention on my trip report cause I wasnt sure how many people were interested in the bears.... But I will gladly share any info that anyone would like... __________________ 2008 OKW 2008 WLV 2007 AKV & SSR 2007 OKW 2006 SARATOGA SPRINGS (X-MAS) 2006 POFQ 2005 WYNDHAM PALACE DTD 2003 AKL 2002 POLY (WEDDING & HONEYMOON) "YOUR DREAMS CAN COME TRUE IF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO PURSURE THEM." WALT DISNEY "WHEN YOU'RE CURIOUS, YOU FIND LOTS OF INTERSTING THINGS TO DO." WALT DISNEY http://www.myspace.com/wedindisney

03-26-2005	#4 (permalink)
Dopey Marti suffers from MIBS Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In the middle of the madness Posts: 9,223	Re: Trip Report Day 1 and 2 Oh, there's never too much detail in any trip report. I don't know what I want to know exactly other than how did your convention go? I mean how come you can't know until days later what's going on with what you wanted? Is it an auction? A silent auction? Come now, sit down and edit for more detail the Easter Bunny will wait until the report is done.... __________________ WDW Theme Parks moderator x´¨) x¸.•´ ¸.•´¨)xxxx¸.•¨) (¸.•´Accordion players are sexy(¸.•` ´¨) Limser was my first MB friend ~ Pepperstink is my cheesy friend Doughnut, HB and Limser are my Michigan Martini Madness cohorts MissDisney is the better cookie baker Llama says she craves a real, juicy discussion. Let's discuss that, shall we!? My Disney Countdown Counting down to:* HiHo-HiHo-off to WDW I go... 105 days 13 hours 12 minutes

03-26-2005	#5 (permalink)
WEDINDISNEY Mouse Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NOW NJ SOMEDAY WDW Posts: 1,470	Re: Trip Report Day 1 and 2 The Bear and doll convention goes on all weekend.... Im going to give more Trip reporting later on I didnt want to put it all on one spot. In ref to your ? Dopey what Disney did this year for the 1st time is what they called RSP (Random Selection Process)... What you had to do was list the items that you wanted in the order of what you wanted most down to least... Some bears and dolls were limited to 10 pieces or 100 or 1500... Then you turned in your sheet and the CM put all the information into the computer... Then it was a lottery system (that is the best way to describe it) you had to have your sheet in by 4pm and then they were going to notify everyone on Saturday morning at the breakfast (I will get more into that shortly) __________________ 2008 OKW 2008 WLV 2007 AKV & SSR 2007 OKW 2006 SARATOGA SPRINGS (X-MAS) 2006 POFQ 2005 WYNDHAM PALACE DTD 2003 AKL 2002 POLY (WEDDING & HONEYMOON) "YOUR DREAMS CAN COME TRUE IF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO PURSURE THEM." WALT DISNEY "WHEN YOU'RE CURIOUS, YOU FIND LOTS OF INTERSTING THINGS TO DO." WALT DISNEY http://www.myspace.com/wedindisney Last edited by WEDINDISNEY; 03-26-2005 at 11:19 PM.

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04-05-2005	#7 (permalink)
DougiesMommy Big Cheese Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 567	Re: Trip Report Day 1 and 2 Great start! I'm anxiously waiting to see how you did with the lottery. I didn't realize they had moved the convention back over to Contemporary either. It was there a few years back before they switch to Epcot. __________________ Cher

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Pooh Fan Sweeter than hunny Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 1,879	Re: Trip Report Day 1 and 2 You left me hanging. Where's the rest of your trip report? I need a Disney Fix!!! I hope you know I am joking with you, but I would love to hear more about your trip. It sounds good so far. __________________ 1976 Disney World Offsite as a kid 1995 Disney Land Offsite 2002 Contemporary Resort 2004 All Star Movies Resort and Royal Pacific Resort at Universal 2005 All Star Movies and Hard Rock Hotel 2006 Beach Club and Hard Rock Hotel 2007 Beach Club and Hard Rock Hotel 2008 AKL Savannah View Concierge and Royal Pacific Resort Kid Suite My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Counting down to our Christmas trip. Disney, Universal, and the beach here we come! 69 days 2 hours 12 minutes

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Dana Super Mod/Packen' Kracken Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Joisey Posts: 22,470	Re: Trip Report Day 1 and 2 I can't wait to hear more about this convention...it sounds very cool. Please go into more detial. I would like to hear how it works and how you two made out with the lottery. Can't wait to hear the rest. __________________ 82 off-site ~ 91 off-site ~ 97 ASMusic ~ 00 ASMovies 02 Wilderness Lodge ~ 04 Animal Kingdom Lodge 05 Animal Kingdom Lodge & Polynesian 05 Port Orleans French Quarter~06 Old Key West 07 Port Orleans French Quarter ~ 08 Old Key West~ 09 Port Orleans French Quarter My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Another trip coming soon 314 days 0 hours 12 minutes

04-06-2005	#11 (permalink)
WEDINDISNEY Mouse Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NOW NJ SOMEDAY WDW Posts: 1,470	Re: Trip Report Day 1 and 2 HI there Sorry about that... I think my brain went on vacation LOL I thought that I did post the rest of the trip.... Ok Im going to post the rest of it a little later...Im so sorry __________________ 2008 OKW 2008 WLV 2007 AKV & SSR 2007 OKW 2006 SARATOGA SPRINGS (X-MAS) 2006 POFQ 2005 WYNDHAM PALACE DTD 2003 AKL 2002 POLY (WEDDING & HONEYMOON) "YOUR DREAMS CAN COME TRUE IF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO PURSURE THEM." WALT DISNEY "WHEN YOU'RE CURIOUS, YOU FIND LOTS OF INTERSTING THINGS TO DO." WALT DISNEY http://www.myspace.com/wedindisney

04-06-2005	#13 (permalink)
Dana Super Mod/Packen' Kracken Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Joisey Posts: 22,470	Re: Trip Report Day 1 and 2 Taking your time. It's hard getting back into the swing of things after a magical vacation. I can't wait ot read on. __________________ 82 off-site ~ 91 off-site ~ 97 ASMusic ~ 00 ASMovies 02 Wilderness Lodge ~ 04 Animal Kingdom Lodge 05 Animal Kingdom Lodge & Polynesian 05 Port Orleans French Quarter~06 Old Key West 07 Port Orleans French Quarter ~ 08 Old Key West~ 09 Port Orleans French Quarter My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Another trip coming soon 314 days 0 hours 12 minutes

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llama Cie la vie Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Slurpee Capital of the World Posts: 6,561	Re: Trip Report Day 1 and 2 I don't think I could go to that convention. I'd want them all. Thanks for the great report, so far. I repeat, SO FAR...... __________________ Moderator - Sa-fari, Sa-goodie ´¨) ¸.•´ ¸.•´¨)¸.•¨) (¸.•´xxxxxx(¸.•`xxxI'm Not Bossy - I Just Have Good Ideas ´¨) A PROUD MEMBER OF THE BAD KITTY CLUB "Meowany Are Called, Mew Are Chosen" Dopey is my Bad Influence - Discuss It's Murdoch with an "H" My Disney Countdown Counting down to:* Two weeks of Florida sun! 111 days 10 hours 12 minutes

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hiner Mouse Meister Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Body: Worcester PA Heart & Soul: WDW Posts: 1,596	Re: Trip Report Day 1 and 2 It sounds so far like you have a great time. How much do you have to pay for this convention or do you pay based on what dolls/bears you win in the lottery? Also, how did you find out about the convention. __________________ I could be ready in a minute for WDW, just tell me when! 11/78 & 11/84- WDW - Ft. Wilderness 09/87 - Disneyland - Off Site WDW - Off Site 10/89, CBR 10/99, CBR 05/04, CBR 05/05, CBR 05/07 STEELERS WILL BE BACK IN 2008! YANKEES WILL BE BACK IN 2008! AND THE BROWN'S WILL BE BACK IN WDW 2009!

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