Cando86
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 3, 2008
January 11, 2015 - When Something Threatens To Ruin Our Night
It was nearing 3pm and since we had seen FoF the first day, we skipped it today. Why? Why would we make such a dumb decision? We will never know. FoF is not to be skipped next trip! Since when is the rule "once you do something once you don't have to do it again" in Disney World?! Answer: NEVER. Well, okay maybe except for Figment (sorry Figment lovers).
Since everything had a pretty long wait, we headed to something that we figured we'd get right onto.
Anna and Elsa.
Yeah right.
The Liberty Square Riverboat! We also caught a bit of FoF from up there since...the boat wasn't moving. And didn't for close to twenty minutes.
Now, I have mentioned how strange the weather is in Florida in January. One day you're like this...
And the next day you're like this...
Well today, it was the latter. And we were on the Riverboat. Not moving. In the HOT HOT sun.
Now, Joe and I are two of the most indecisive people you'll ever meet. You should see us trying to figure out where to go to dinner...
Something like that.
So, needless to say, we spent far too long on that hot, stationary boat trying to figure out what to do - stay or go, stay or go. Well, thankfully, the boat operators made that decision for us when they announced the riverboat was having technical difficulties. So, off we went.
It just happened to be nearing the time we were supposed to meet up with my family friend anyway so we headed towards our meeting spot - Pirates! This is why I love Disney World. Where else can you say "meet ya at Pirates!"?! Besides Somalia.
On the way we took some castle pics since there's no such thing as too many castle pics (my disk space on my computer would disagree).
We met with her and her family at 3:30 and decided since we were right there, obviously we might as well ride!
We caught up while waiting in line which was nice in the A/C! I won't post the photo since you never know who does or doesn't want their picture plastered all over the internet (clearly, I feel strongly about my privacy and not posting photos of myself).
We hung out with them for an hour and then had to head to dinner which was somewhere I had eaten once before and enjoyed.
I was in love with our view
And even MORE in love with my meal! I got the tuna salad sandwich with french fries and it was fantastic. The sandwich was such a nice break from the fried, greasiness of everything we had been eating. But don't worry, I balanced it out with the french fries.
Joe got the Angus Chuck Cheeseburger which I know he liked but apparently I was too enamored with my own meal to take a picture of his. #tripreportfailure
We paid out of pocket for this meal since we had used the extra credit at California Grill. It was $37 before tip which I didn't think was too bad for Disney standards. We spend more at home sometimes going out to eat. The Plaza is definitely a good place to pay out of pocket for.
We decided we wanted an ice cream cookie sandwich, a dole whip, AND Casey's. We decided this right after finishing a full meal. You see, we were watching our caloric intake this trip. So we developed food strategy which is sometimes necessary in WDW. First we'd head to the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor for that sandwich so we could let it settle before our Dole Whip/Caseys. Food strategy. Sometimes you need it.
Before that ice cream sandwich, since we needed to let our dinner settle a LITTLE, we headed to meet Mickey at the Town Square Theater! Not just any Mickey...TALKING Mickey! I was SO excited about this!
About halfway down Main Street though that excitement quickly faded and turned to dread. My debit card that I used to pay with at The Plaza? Gone. Now, I know that in Disney this isn't really something to be concerned about as CMs are probably not going to steal your debit card. But you know that feeling of dread when you realize you left something important somewhere.
Basically me as we headed back toward the Plaza.
I told the hostess out front what had happened, she asked what the card looked like and my name and went in to check. Me? Reference above photo.
And then...like Disney magic...she emerged with my debit card. PHEW. Disaster averted. Disney magic, I tell ya!
So, our talking Mickey plan fell to the wayside as we quickly realized we were back near that ice cream cookie sandwich...
It needed to happen. To calm the nerves, you know!
Up next...Tomorrowland, Mickey SPEAKS, and tour groups...OH MY!
It was nearing 3pm and since we had seen FoF the first day, we skipped it today. Why? Why would we make such a dumb decision? We will never know. FoF is not to be skipped next trip! Since when is the rule "once you do something once you don't have to do it again" in Disney World?! Answer: NEVER. Well, okay maybe except for Figment (sorry Figment lovers).
Since everything had a pretty long wait, we headed to something that we figured we'd get right onto.
Anna and Elsa.
Yeah right.
The Liberty Square Riverboat! We also caught a bit of FoF from up there since...the boat wasn't moving. And didn't for close to twenty minutes.
Now, I have mentioned how strange the weather is in Florida in January. One day you're like this...
And the next day you're like this...
Well today, it was the latter. And we were on the Riverboat. Not moving. In the HOT HOT sun.
Now, Joe and I are two of the most indecisive people you'll ever meet. You should see us trying to figure out where to go to dinner...
Something like that.
So, needless to say, we spent far too long on that hot, stationary boat trying to figure out what to do - stay or go, stay or go. Well, thankfully, the boat operators made that decision for us when they announced the riverboat was having technical difficulties. So, off we went.
It just happened to be nearing the time we were supposed to meet up with my family friend anyway so we headed towards our meeting spot - Pirates! This is why I love Disney World. Where else can you say "meet ya at Pirates!"?! Besides Somalia.
On the way we took some castle pics since there's no such thing as too many castle pics (my disk space on my computer would disagree).
We met with her and her family at 3:30 and decided since we were right there, obviously we might as well ride!
We caught up while waiting in line which was nice in the A/C! I won't post the photo since you never know who does or doesn't want their picture plastered all over the internet (clearly, I feel strongly about my privacy and not posting photos of myself).
We hung out with them for an hour and then had to head to dinner which was somewhere I had eaten once before and enjoyed.
I was in love with our view
And even MORE in love with my meal! I got the tuna salad sandwich with french fries and it was fantastic. The sandwich was such a nice break from the fried, greasiness of everything we had been eating. But don't worry, I balanced it out with the french fries.
Joe got the Angus Chuck Cheeseburger which I know he liked but apparently I was too enamored with my own meal to take a picture of his. #tripreportfailure
We paid out of pocket for this meal since we had used the extra credit at California Grill. It was $37 before tip which I didn't think was too bad for Disney standards. We spend more at home sometimes going out to eat. The Plaza is definitely a good place to pay out of pocket for.
We decided we wanted an ice cream cookie sandwich, a dole whip, AND Casey's. We decided this right after finishing a full meal. You see, we were watching our caloric intake this trip. So we developed food strategy which is sometimes necessary in WDW. First we'd head to the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor for that sandwich so we could let it settle before our Dole Whip/Caseys. Food strategy. Sometimes you need it.
Before that ice cream sandwich, since we needed to let our dinner settle a LITTLE, we headed to meet Mickey at the Town Square Theater! Not just any Mickey...TALKING Mickey! I was SO excited about this!
About halfway down Main Street though that excitement quickly faded and turned to dread. My debit card that I used to pay with at The Plaza? Gone. Now, I know that in Disney this isn't really something to be concerned about as CMs are probably not going to steal your debit card. But you know that feeling of dread when you realize you left something important somewhere.
Basically me as we headed back toward the Plaza.
I told the hostess out front what had happened, she asked what the card looked like and my name and went in to check. Me? Reference above photo.
And then...like Disney magic...she emerged with my debit card. PHEW. Disaster averted. Disney magic, I tell ya!
So, our talking Mickey plan fell to the wayside as we quickly realized we were back near that ice cream cookie sandwich...
It needed to happen. To calm the nerves, you know!
Up next...Tomorrowland, Mickey SPEAKS, and tour groups...OH MY!
Last edited: