AC in A2......Aaron

Okay so we are done with 4 pages of pics from PB now.....that leaves only like 96-97 to go. Not too many more...... The next morning (January 25th) we ate breakfast in the Fiver and headed to the outpost to catch an Epcot Center bus. While we were waiting DD needed to see some thoroughbreds: We got to Epcot in short order and went to Guest Services to trade in our AP vouchers. While at the window on January 25th, I saw this on the glass next to me: Seemed timely. Here we are in familiar territory headed toward the tombstones: We split off because DS hates thr

That's three strikes. Listen to the ladies.....don't do it!!!

Here's a quick update before I take off for baseball practice....... We left off finishing up at Pioneer Hall and now we are walking around the Settlement area: I took this next picture to show the new coffee cart down by the marina, which I never saw open on this trip: Waiting for fireworks: We watched Wishes from the Marina and then went back to get much needed sleep, but not before the kids watched Duffy's storytime. :banghead: I know that was quick, but I have to depart for now......We had Epcot plans for the morning. Normally our first park would be MK; without

Yes, Musket Mickey. You have to go one time Marty. It's a lot of fun. It doesn't matter what we're doing really, if they are having fun, I am having fun. It honestly looked like maybe she just woke up mad that day or maybe her boss did something to anger her? Thanks Gwen! Good points. I hadn't thought of that. True dat. I have no clue what her deal was except she was having a bad day. We have been to the HDDR several times in the past with no issues. It was still a good time despite her. Funny you ask. She did get it and hated it. The server was probably even m

Without further a-Doo, we will head inside Pioneer Hall: We were seated right up front, which is always great. Our server asked us what we wanted to drink and I ordered a beer, while DW ordered a water because she did not think she wanted a soft drink or alcohol. Then she noticed the server bring out a Sangria for a lady nearby. She then wished she had tried one of those. When the waitress came back, DW told her she had changed her mind and would like to try a Sangria whenever she could get to it, but no rush. The waitress glared at her and let out a heavy sigh and said something to the

Getting it at both ends SMB. Better late than never Mo. The porch is where it's at. I will take your word for that one. Excellent list! Even with the lost things such as the RC wagon, Settlement wagon, LM tree, tree stump trashcans, railroad, swimming at the beach, beach hammocks, River Country, sailboats (whoops, made another list) the Fort is still an awesome place. Imagine if all of that was still around. Sitting on the Crocketts porch watching the kids play, while sitting with my DW and enjoying an ice cold beer is probably my favorite spot......but for the purposes of this t

We must start with a GAG at minimum.......but the GAG Magic+ is even better! Hard to argue those....all great spots. Another excellent list......we may see some of that in this report. I will have to remember the 360 show idea. Do they do 360 fireworks during the MVMCP? If so, this may be an idea for November. Granted. That is also a good spot. I am usually carting with my coffee if I can help it though. That porch and Josie are both awesome. Your #2 is the same as mine. Great minds. Hmmm. I know Josie but not sure about Paulette. I didn't even think about the

Nice tease with the celebrity comment. I am eager to see what that is all about.

Is Gwen doing the sprinkler? Those are some fun pics.

AKL always loks great in the pics. We are going to try to make it there on our next trip.

Also, those spaceship thingys were used by aliens in "Men in Black"

By the way, the tire in the above dinosaur pic, is now standing along I-94 near Detroit Metro Airport. I have heard tell from some police in the area that it is riddled with bullet holes. The tire was originally part of a ferris wheel at the 1964 World's Fair. A little useless knowledge for you all.

Pure Awesomeness......Thanks!

We left off at TCD's favorite spot which has quickly become one of my favorite spots. That gets me thinking. Let's make a list of my Top Ten favorite Fort spots.... 10. Meadows Porch 9. Main Pool 8. Marina.....especially as the sun just starts to rise 7. RC Area 6. TCD Ranch 5. Campfire Sing-along/Movie Area 4. TCD's Favorite Spot 3. Path of Awesomeness 2. Crockett's Porch 1.?????? In the comments, maybe you all could list your top 3 or so before you comment on this update? Maybe we will find a consensus. Maybe somebody else will have the same #1 as me? We'll se

Not too late. Glad to have you along Marty! That could be. I remember you saying that when we met up with you. I wonder if they try to fill buses with certain clusters of resorts but if they fill up a MK resort bus, then the Fort gets tossed in with one of the others? Not sure. As we normally drive, I will probably never figure it out either. I remember reading somewhere how cool DME was and that it was in fact "magical." That was not my experience. It was fine for what we needed but slow as molasses. You may be on to something. It would be hard to disagree with any of t

Enjoy your trip..... Current AP and 10-day hopper situation: 752 - Undercover Tourist 10 day hoppers x 2 trips 529 Current DVC AP price 654 Public AP Price I believe we paid 482 for our APs though and they are actually premium APs. They have been doing specials the last couple years where they normal DVC price is discounted and that is when we pounce. Normally we would buy ten-day hoppers for our trips but with the APs there is a nice savings over the course of two trips. Last years deal was on premium APs but the year or so before it was regular APs and the discount was much deeper, i think

He may be running out of time.

Where's Dave? I hope he gets a Page One spot.

Did you notice if that circular thingy on the Doom Buggy was some type of speaker? It looks like it could be. Maybe they play they HM music when they are looping around?

Page One? I have been working on my TR and didn't see this one started. I SMB.

I think the manager probably knew that these readers were in the beginning stages of installation and made an assumption based on only that knowledge. In this case his assumption did "make an a*s out of "u" and "me". Although my apparent rise in blood pressure occurred only after I felt like he was trying to use the jedi mind trick on me. This is nothing compared to an incident that occurred much later in our trip. There was one other slight disappointment in between, but the later incident was absolutely FUBAR and had me and DW seeing brick red. There were a couple doses of pixie dus

BTW, I am noticing my countdown banner. It is awesome, that I am re-living this trip right now and it's under 7 months until a 10 night Fort only trip. If I can figure out a way to make flying work, our trip could be even longer I think. That may be a long-shot but you never know. Honestly, these DVC APs are flipping awesome. They are much cheaper than a normal AP. We are taking two trips now and before these cheaper DVC APs, we would only take a trip every two years or so.

That's cool. I have never surf fished. I need to see that. We like to bass fish and pan fish in the inland lakes but also Walleye fish in the big lakes and rivers when we can. My FIL and BIL steelhead fish up north. I would like to try that. We own some hunting property up north. The kids like to go for trail walks and four-wheeler rides there too.

I agree. I am not even a fan of the saying, "The customer is always right," because some customers are just ridiculously demanding. But I am a fan of recognizing the customer is right, when that in fact is true. I learned from the delivery driver that our luggage had been there for awhile. It wasn't something that I was going to let ruin my trip or anything, but we were going to go to MK for a couple hours and use our 3 FPs. That would just have to wait.