[WishUponAStar]

Awww, I am so glad you liked Fort Wilderness! We used to decorate our RV & the spot too. That was one of my most FAVORITE parts. You know they do a hayride where you sing Christmas songs & drive around all the loops to see the decorated sites. It was always so much fun.

And dang, I am sorry you had to pay $11 for the smores kit. If I would have known I would have told you to stop at one of the camp stores & pick them up in the store, it proably was cheaper. There is a store across from Trail's End near the boat dock and then the 'Meadow Trading Post' is close to where you were for the bonfire.

[mickeysgirlz]

Originally Posted by iluvwdw

Thanks for reporting about the campfire. So can you bring all your own stuff and just buy roasting sticks from them? If I ever go (I plan to every trip and something comes up! ) I'd like to bring all my own supplies. Bringing a pizza over was a GREAT idea!!!

Yes you can. The sticks are .75¢ . . . the kids had a lot of fun! It's so easy, easy, easy to get there. You take the boat from MK, then walk up pass where they have Hoop Dee Doo and then onto an orange line bus . . . 1st stop is the sing a long! I would do it again in a heartbeat. It's like a drive in movie only no cars!

[mickeysgirlz]

Originally Posted by cinderbella

Did the street performer in France change?!?! It's one of our favorite stops but usually there are two guys (the guy you have pictured on the chair) and then another guy "pretending" to be part of the audience. Then guy #1 picks a volunteer from the audience (guy #2) to do the handstands on the chair bit. Thus fooling us all. Maybe one of the guys was sick but I hope they didn't change their gimmick. I loved scoping out for guy #2 in the audience. He was ALWAYS wearing a WDW t-shirt.

There were two, one was dressed as a chef and one was a waiter (hand stand guy). They did pick a member from the crowd to hand chairs and props up to the guy doing the handstand. I don't think he was part of the show? He seemed to be blushing too much!

[mickeysgirlz]

Originally Posted by lovemysons

First, I have to say, your girls are just yummy! I love to see their bright shiny happy faces. They make me smile!!

Secondly, glad to hear you enjoyed your breakfast at Cape May, we are trying it in March for the first time, can't wait.

Also, I can't wait to hear about your meal at Tusker House. :)

Cape May was GREAT! We really enjoyed the food. And even though we were the last seating 10:45am everything was fresh and hot! Make sure you walk all the way around, because each side is different. The characters were fun too!

Tusker house rocked . . . yummy . . . we had lunch there on Xmas day! No characters but really good food and something for everyone.

[mickeysgirlz]

Originally Posted by WishUponAStar

Awww, I am so glad you liked Fort Wilderness! We used to decorate our RV & the spot too. That was one of my most FAVORITE parts. You know they do a hayride where you sing Christmas songs & drive around all the loops to see the decorated sites. It was always so much fun.

And dang, I am sorry you had to pay $11 for the smores kit. If I would have known I would have told you to stop at one of the camp stores & pick them up in the store, it proably was cheaper. There is a store across from Trail's End near the boat dock and then the 'Meadow Trading Post' is close to where you were for the bonfire.

The lights were great and NO I didn't know about the hayride . . . next year for sure!! I know when she told me the price I was like what? Cuz I know online when I checked it said they were $5 per kit. Oh well, live and learn . . . we missed Chip and Dale too . . . but again . . . we'll catch them next time!

[mickeyspal]

Originally Posted by mickeysgirlz

It was time to walk through World Showcase to go to the gateway. We had resessies at the Beach Club, Cape May Cafe. The food was AWESOME!

The characters were a lot of fun too. We did the 10:45am seating. We were hungry having been up since 7am so we ate like Queens.

When we were finished we walked around the lobby of the Beach Club and checked out the Carousel made from gingerbread and chocolate. I think my girls would have stood there until they found all 80 of the hidden Mickey Heads if I'd let them!

We then headed to the gift shop. I love the beach club gift shop. I picked up and adorable Mickey T for DD4 at 40% off and then we bought a couple Christmas Ornaments at 50% off. I love a good deal!

Yes, we love Beach Club too. Cape May Cafe is the best!

[mickeyspal]

Originally Posted by mickeysgirlz

Let me tell you about the lights!!

Each site was decorated in the most AMAZING lights! Hundreds of them! It was worth going just to see that. My DDs were impressed!

We met my friend at her cabin . . . it was ADORABLE! But way smaller then the pictures online make it out to be.

We helped her decorate her site with lights and her pop up tree she brought! It was a lot of FUN!

We then headed back to the bus and then the boat back to MK.

We were going to go into MK to hit some rides, but DD9 had left her jacket at the cabin and it was SO COLD . . . the next day was only going to be a high of 60 degrees . . . and when you go from 85 to 60 YOU FEEL IT! Brrrrrrr.

TOMORROW: FULL DAY at MK with our Friends!

We saw the campsites a few years ago and I was amazed at all the decorating the campers do! It was great. We had friends who were there during the holidays. They took there RV and packed up their decorations too.

[WishUponAStar]

Originally Posted by mickeysgirlz

The lights were great and NO I didn't know about the hayride . . . next year for sure!! I know when she told me the price I was like what? Cuz I know online when I checked it said they were $5 per kit. Oh well, live and learn . . . we missed Chip and Dale too . . . but again . . . we'll catch them next time!

I would ABSOLUTELY love to do this with you if we are in Disney at the same time!!! Ya wanna stop by in June?

Oh my god, how much fun would it be if we had a little Mousebuzz group at the campfire!!! I bet I could get Erin & the kidlets to come! We would have a BLAST all making smores together!

(and we'll bring our own supplies!)

PS: Dude, I would have TOTALLY pulled a small branch off of a tree & used that. Marshmellows taste better with bark & small crispy bugs in them.
[I know, there's really something wrong with me.]

[mickeysgirlz]

Originally Posted by WishUponAStar

I would ABSOLUTELY love to do this with you if we are in Disney at the same time!!! Ya wanna stop by in June?

Oh my god, how much fun would it be if we had a little Mousebuzz group at the campfire!!! I bet I could get Erin & the kidlets to come! We would have a BLAST all making smores together!

(and we'll bring our own supplies!)

PS: Dude, I would have TOTALLY pulled a small branch off of a tree & used that. Marshmellows taste better with bark & small crispy bugs in them.
[I know, there's really something wrong with me.]

Let's do it! That would be so much FUN! We have annual passes, since I had to upgrade for Xmas . . .so coming in June is NO prob now! YAY!!

PS. I agree with the sticks, but I think it's cuz they are extra long, so you are not too close to the fire. I was surprised there was this open pit of fire and NO CMS anywhere watching. Seemed like a BIG liability to me.

[Scottish.Mickey]

This has been a great read! It's getting me all excited. The Mashmallows over a fire sounds scrummy!

[WishUponAStar]

Originally Posted by mickeysgirlz

Let's do it! That would be so much FUN! We have annual passes, since I had to upgrade for Xmas . . .so coming in June is NO prob now! YAY!!

PS. I agree with the sticks, but I think it's cuz they are extra long, so you are not too close to the fire. I was surprised there was this open pit of fire and NO CMS anywhere watching. Seemed like a BIG liability to me.

OoooOo yeah, I may not be able to be trusted around a big, open, unsupervised flame. When stuff around us starts dissapearing you know it's time to put me back on the boat to MK.

[mickeysgirlz]

Monday, December 22, 2008

We slept in a little today. All the excitement, the getting up early the last few days, staying out late, tired us out!

It was also chilly this am ONLY 40 degrees getting ONLY to a high of 60 for the day!

We took our time getting ready, and then got a text from our friends they were walking down Main Street!

We got ready faster, as we wanted to meet them for the Holiday Parade. I told them to stake out the place across the street from LTT by the wall, so no one could push in front of us!

MK was busier then on Saturday . . . but we had a plan for the day, so we were good! I have to say, even though the crowd levels were high it didn't get in our way at all!

We hustled up Main Street and met our friends. We were HUNGRY since it was almost 2pm and we hadn't eaten!!!! We ran over to the hot dog stands (near harbor house) and got drink, chips and hot dog . . . it counted as a table service.

We then headed back to our friends to hang out, eat and wait out the start time for the parade.

I couldn't WAIT . . . I the Holiday Parade!

[mickeysgirlz]

I was working two cameras . . . my regular one and my blackberry . . . texting all the MBuzzers that wanted pictures . . . I was CLICKING away! (Glad you all didn't think it was too many!)

This was the line of cars going into MK! WOW!

HERE COMES THE PARADE!!

[mickeysgirlz]

[mickeysgirlz]