House of Blues

I'm really trying to knock the rest of this trip report out before we head to Orlando in a few weeks! LOL And I'm hoping to blog our anniversary trip on the road (maybe then I won't forget details). Even if I don't you can follow along with me on twitter and Instagram! I know I will be updating them. Ok, back to my trip...

After our world wind walk around Magic Kingdom, we left did some shopping and then later that evening we met Kelli and her family for dinner at the House of Blues. There were not a lot of people but the food was really good and so was some of the music. Here are a few pictures from dinner (FOOD Alert: there are a lot of pics of food..lol)!

Kelli and I met years ago on the Disneyboards and have been friends every since. We get to see each other every few years. When we met in person way back when we bonded right away. But I love that our husbands have bonded just as well. We are an example of cyberfriends becoming life long buddies! 

After dinner we went back to Magic Kingdom to see the parades and fireworks, and I think we got a chance to ride Big Thunder Mountain Railroad for the first time at night! 

Magic Kingdom Part 2

We hit Magic Kingdom that morning with a plan and a specific purpose!

I checked through pics and we were heading through the Magic Kingdom "doors" at around 10:50!

I managed to snap a picture of the new "Memories" display!

We headed to Fantasyland for Fast passes for Winnie and then headed here:

And here (I think):

You never know when a ride will be gone so if you really want to ride it, then you better ride it because it may be the last time! lol

Loved the new additions to the Winnie The Pooh Ride.

This one would never let us go to WDW without going to see Winnie! LOL

And Nicki would never let us go to WDW without riding "Its A Small World"!

You can't go to WDW without checking out the shops! I would get this shirt for Marc in a NY minute if I thought he would actually wear it! LOL

Cute!

When I saw this mug I thought of my son! I hate that he's not traveling with us anymore!

Not sure if we road this, if we did I forgot it (again, one of the many reasons I recommend doing a trip report the moment you get back...or even on the way back home)!!

My family has begged for years to ride the Tomorrowland Speedway! I tried to get them to pass until this trip.

They were eagerly waiting to board (Nicki and I were already in our car at this point)!

The general consensus was that we can skip from now on! LOL

This is a classic that can't be missed on any trip!

I had read about the new additions here and had to see for myself! Loved that you get to interact. But we had hardly any wait time so it was a quick walk through! LOL

Not sure how I feel about this since my hubby's name is Marc! LOL

We didn't know then whether President Obama would get a second term so we wanted to be sure and see him while we could!

The family waiting to go in! Whaaattt??? There is even a picture of me! lol

We waited a long time (or so it seemed)!

And our timing couldn't have been any better because we got to see the parade! My next update will be about our dinner with my friend Kelli and her family at the House of Blues!



Pics from the Pageant

Like I said earlier our goddaughters sister was Miss. Teen Alabama at the time of this trip and it was the whole reason were in Orlando at the time. Unfortunately we had just had some financial setbacks at the time and even though we had been able to still make the trip we knew we couldn't do everything and the passes for the pageant were really steep. Thankfully our friends were able to get a couple of extra passes for one of the nights and since this was the same day that some of our other friends who just happen to be in FL at the same time along with my godchild's parents, so we dropped the girls off so that they could be there to cheer our "niece" on.

 

The girls along with some of our friends who were in town that week as well.

 

 

Our niece!

 

 

My godchild was also a part of the pageant!

 

 

 

My girlfriend and her hubby who have been like second parents to my daughter Nicki. 

And the trip continues!!!

Its been a minute so where was I? LOL

 

I know we took the friendship boat at Epcot over to the Studios (anyone else have a hard time not calling this place MGM?)

 

Our goal was to hit a few of our favorite spots and then make plans to come back and see some of the new shows we hadn't seen.

 

We made it to The Muppet 3D Show with hardly any wait.

 

 

I'm still bummed that we didn't get a chance to see the Car Stunt Show (hoping its still there in 2015).

 

 

 

We did get to see all of the changes to the Backlot tour.

 

 

 

It was too late to see American Idol ! It was not long after we came out of the Backlot tour that we got a call from our friends. They wanted the girls to come and see the pageant because they had some extra passes. I think this is the same day the sky decided to break loose with a torrent of rain that evening. This was day 4. Don't ask me what happened on Day 5 because its all a blur (I believe it was a non park day since we only had a four day pass but I'm not sure). I may have to go back and look at my daughters old photos to be sure.

 

And this is why you shouldn't procrastinate when it comes to trip reports. Just sayin!!!!

 

 

30 Years!!!!

 

I'm heading to Florida again!!! But not to Disney (well not the parks). Marc and I will celebrate 30 yrs of marriage in June and in honor of this big occasion I am giving him the one thing I haven't been able to do for him on so many of our vacations to Orlando. And that is a non Disney park vacation!!! Until now that is. So this June we will head to my favorite place in the whole wide world for rest, relaxation, some shopping, some eating and hopefully a meet up with some of our ministry friends!!! Oh, and did I mention this will be our first ever trip to Orlando without the kids?

 

Now, I''m not completely crazy so I did make one teeny tiny reservation to our favorite Disney resort for the night of our anniversary. Can you say Aloha cousins???? I also did not promise to stay out of the Disney outlets or Downtown Disney. Sista hasn't completely lost her mind! LOL

 

So here goes:

 

Cast of Characters: Marc ( 50 yr old Pastor, Bestfriend to Cyndi, Disney King who finances the families Disney vacations). And Cyndi (AKADisneyqueen, Disney fanatic, event coordinator and social media addict).

 

Pre-planning: Our reservations have already been made at our favorite non-Disney resort and the site of our first ever hotel in Orlando for a Disney trip. Bueni Vista Suites was the first hotel we stayed at all those years ago when we took the family to Disney for the very first time (and where we fell in love with all things Disney and Florida...lol).

 

We have dinner reservations at Ohana's (also one of our first Disney restaurants) on the actual day of our anniversary. I had some issues with our travel agent when we first made the initial enquirer and ended up having to call Disney dining myself to see if I could get the reservation. Which turned out to be an awesome experience by the way.

 

Other then our plans to hit several of the outlet malls, dinner at Ohana's, a meet up with some ministry friends, a trip to Downtown Disney and the Boardwalk........I have no other set plans!!!

 

I still have to update this page with some highlights from our last Disney trip (plus a couple of side trips). And I'm pretty sure I will post a few travel/fashion updates before the big trip (which by the way is only 4 days...which is probably a good thing since otherwise I really would go into withdrawals...lol).

 

The closer we get to the date I may have more of a "schedule" but for the most part I am not planning to "plan" out the entire trip like I usually do.