Well, here we are once again back at Disney World! This was definitely the biggest last-minute trip I've ever experienced, but it was a blast!! It all started with my mom and me doing tons of research of fun trips we could do while Andrea was home from Asia. I ended up coming back to CA without us deciding anything. After many phone calls and various scenario discussions, Thursday morning my parents decide to go for it. They had enough United mileage to get the 5 of us tickets, but the only availability was out of SF on Friday morning, so we could take the cruise leaving Sunday! So, the 4 of them DROVE out here Thurs. night, met me Fri. morning and we took off for the airport, layover in D.C. & arriving in Orlando that night around 11pm. Went to Disney Saturday (see above pic), then off to the cruise Sunday - Thursday....
As I've said before, the
Disney Cruise Line is the BEST! This is us in Triton's our first night on the Wonder. For some summer cruises, they're having Disney Channel "stars" on the ship. We had a few people I'd never heard of from
Sonny With a Chance and
Camp Rock and Corbin Bleu (from
High School Musical). It was so funny to watch all the girls be in awe over him, and to have these random people roaming around with their families. I'm sure if I was about 15 yrs younger, I would've been one of those teens, too :)
Pirate Night! An exciting party with Mickey flying through the air and fireworks!! Oh, how could I forget, the late night buffet with a million desserts and turkey legs!
We stopped in Nassau for a day, then
Castaway Cay another day (Andrea and my parents have all those photos), then the final full day was at sea. There were a lot of events going on, one of which was a galley tour. This man is one of the head chefs; they had fresh warm cookies waiting for us, too. Of course, the food was phenomenal and I think I ate enough bread puddings, cakes, Diet Cokes and soft-serve to last me until 2018....
Back on dry land, we spent 2 more days at the parks. In Hollywood Studios, there is a whole new area dedicated to Pixar, I was in love :) It looks just like our backyard, ha! We couldn't get enough of Toy Story on this trip. The cruise has a new musical that was excellent (Sid stole the show), and now the Toy Story Mania ride back at Disney World. The waits were insane, 140 minutes. We finally got fastpasses and checked it out...GO NOW! It is so so fun, and cute, to boot!
The pic above is at one of our family favorites, Beaches and Cream, over at the
Beach Club Resort. We were starving for dinner, so the kitchen sink shown here is from our neighbors. It is ridiculously huge with every topping in the shop. If you eat it alone in 1 hour, it's free.
I had to include a photo of these folks, they were everywhere...the Brazilian tour groups...gotta love 'em!
On SF Street in Hollywood Studios. I want to go back, I miss it there terribly. We missed seeing the Fosters, and bring along Alex, Laura, Brian and Bobby :( Gotta start saving for the
Vacation Club, right? Or maybe just figure out how to move there in 4 years...heehee.
Well, here we are once again back at Disney World! This was definitely the biggest last-minute trip I've ever experienced, but it was a blast!! It all started with my mom and me doing tons of research of fun trips we could do while Andrea was home from Asia. I ended up coming back to CA without us deciding anything. After many phone calls and various scenario discussions, Thursday morning my parents decide to go for it. They had enough United mileage to get the 5 of us tickets, but the only availability was out of SF on Friday morning, so we could take the cruise leaving Sunday! So, the 4 of them DROVE out here Thurs. night, met me Fri. morning and we took off for the airport, layover in D.C. & arriving in Orlando that night around 11pm. Went to Disney Saturday (see above pic), then off to the cruise Sunday - Thursday....
As I've said before, the Disney Cruise Line is the BEST! This is us in Triton's our first night on the Wonder. For some summer cruises, they're having Disney Channel "stars" on the ship. We had a few people I'd never heard of from Sonny With a Chance and Camp Rock and Corbin Bleu (from High School Musical). It was so funny to watch all the girls be in awe over him, and to have these random people roaming around with their families. I'm sure if I was about 15 yrs younger, I would've been one of those teens, too :)
Pirate Night! An exciting party with Mickey flying through the air and fireworks!! Oh, how could I forget, the late night buffet with a million desserts and turkey legs!
We stopped in Nassau for a day, then Castaway Cay another day (Andrea and my parents have all those photos), then the final full day was at sea. There were a lot of events going on, one of which was a galley tour. This man is one of the head chefs; they had fresh warm cookies waiting for us, too. Of course, the food was phenomenal and I think I ate enough bread puddings, cakes, Diet Cokes and soft-serve to last me until 2018....
Back on dry land, we spent 2 more days at the parks. In Hollywood Studios, there is a whole new area dedicated to Pixar, I was in love :) It looks just like our backyard, ha! We couldn't get enough of Toy Story on this trip. The cruise has a new musical that was excellent (Sid stole the show), and now the Toy Story Mania ride back at Disney World. The waits were insane, 140 minutes. We finally got fastpasses and checked it out...GO NOW! It is so so fun, and cute, to boot!
The pic above is at one of our family favorites, Beaches and Cream, over at the Beach Club Resort. We were starving for dinner, so the kitchen sink shown here is from our neighbors. It is ridiculously huge with every topping in the shop. If you eat it alone in 1 hour, it's free.
I had to include a photo of these folks, they were everywhere...the Brazilian tour groups...gotta love 'em!
On SF Street in Hollywood Studios. I want to go back, I miss it there terribly. We missed seeing the Fosters, and bring along Alex, Laura, Brian and Bobby :( Gotta start saving for the Vacation Club, right? Or maybe just figure out how to move there in 4 years...heehee.
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