Hakuna Matata, A Baked Potato! -Oct '17 TR *Completed, New PTR Link*

Day 4, October 24, 2017 - Hollywood Studios!

Today we slept in a little (well slept in for my Disney standards ;)) since we didn't plan on getting to Hollywood Studios for rope drop. I believe my parents went to the food court for some breakfast while I got ready.

Here are some daylight pics of our window!





We headed to the bus stop around 9:20 and got to the park before 10! An hour after park opening still isn't bad!

Of course we didn't even make it inside the park before stopping for some PP pics!







When we got in the park, the first thing I wanted us to do was meet Donald Duck! While waiting, we were lucky enough to see the Star Wars parade (that's the technical term, ok? :rotfl:) walk out right in front of us! It was pretty neat :)





I think we waited about 10-15 minutes before meeting the #1 Duck!







He was being very sassy! He didn't like that I was wearing a Mickey shirt so he made sure to give me a Donald Duck sticker to wear for the day!!

We then stopped for, what else, more PP pics! This photographer was really great and also had these Mickey/Minnie magic shots I have been wanting to do for a while!















Up next...Another character meet and our first ride of the day!
 
Your window was so cute! And I've never seen the magic shots with Minnie and Mickey, but I really like them!
 
Awww, love all your Photopass pics! The Mickey and Minnie shots are adorable. Love it when Donald is sassy, surprised he didn't cover up the Mickey on your shirt instead of just a sticker lol
 


Your window and magic shots are adorable! And I didn't even know Donald had a meet and greet in DHS :confused3 Where is he?
 
Looks like a wonderful start to DHS, you sure get the coolest magic shots, how did you know about Mickey and Minnie? I love those! Do you ask about magic shots or do they just do it for you all. Your window was decorated so cute, I always think of doing that and forget.
 
I tried to walk out with these guys but it did not happen.

Gwen owns both of those... Ha

Sorry about the rain. It's the one thing we can't plan for.

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I have never seen the Mickey and Minnie Magic Shots. Super Cute!
 


Love your window, we decorated the last few times we went too, so fun!

OMG I love the PP with Mickey and Minnie!! I've never seen those! SO CUTE!
 
Your window was so cute! And I've never seen the magic shots with Minnie and Mickey, but I really like them!

Thank you! Those magic shots are definitely some of my faves!

Awww, love all your Photopass pics! The Mickey and Minnie shots are adorable. Love it when Donald is sassy, surprised he didn't cover up the Mickey on your shirt instead of just a sticker lol

Thank you! Donald was super sassy and cute! :lovestruc

Your window is so cute!! You and your parents take such great pictures together--I love the Minnie & Mickey magic shots!

Thank you! And aww thanks, my mom has trained us well :rotfl2:

Your window and magic shots are adorable! And I didn't even know Donald had a meet and greet in DHS :confused3 Where is he?

Thank you! He meets right when you walk into the park on the left in front of Sid Cahuengas. Daisy also meets there!

Looks like a wonderful start to DHS, you sure get the coolest magic shots, how did you know about Mickey and Minnie? I love those! Do you ask about magic shots or do they just do it for you all. Your window was decorated so cute, I always think of doing that and forget.

I had seen that Mickey/Minnie shot advertised a long time ago but thought they got rid of it. Now I check the Disney PhotoPass Facebook page! They have albums for each park that show which ones are currently available! Most of the time I just let them do it for us but if there's one I see on the facebook page that I really like I will ask them about it!

Gwen owns both of those... Ha

Sorry about the rain. It's the one thing we can't plan for.


I have never seen the Mickey and Minnie Magic Shots. Super Cute!

Haha maybe I need to come over and play with Gwen then! :rotfl:

You got that right! What can you do but make the best of it and alter your plans!

They are so cute!

:laughing: I totally know what you mean!

Your window is awesome!!!

Awww, I don't think I've seen these magic shots - how cute! :goodvibes

PS - your parents matching Chewy shirts?! Omg. LOVE!

No sleeping in Disney!

Thank you!

They were so cute, I love the variety of magic shots they have now!

They were so excited about those! They wanted to buy me one too but I felt it was a little over the top, even for me :rotfl:

Love your window, we decorated the last few times we went too, so fun!

OMG I love the PP with Mickey and Minnie!! I've never seen those! SO CUTE!

Thank you! This was our first time and I'm glad we did! Perks up the room :)

They are adorable! I love checking the PP Facebook page to see what new ones they come out with!
 
I love when all us DISboarders plan a “sleep in” day and we’re all still up and ready to go shortly after park opening. You can’t keep us away for long! We really can’t waste precious time when at Disney.

Donald giving you a sticker...that’s hilarious. Good thing you guys made a point to hit up his character meet!
 
Ugh, rainy days in the parks can be so frustrating! I have a tough time in the rain too, and hate walking around in ponchos, so I feel your pain. Epcot (in Future World at least) has buildings where you can go in and spend a while in the to escape the rain, but they are also spread out, so it's still quite a bit of walking through the rain.

I love your room decorations!

Cute meet with Donald! I love his rivalry with Mickey. lol
 
Trying to get caught up here!

Goodnight Pandora:

Wow, your night pictures are fabulous and I love the Photopass shots. The magic shot is great with the little dandelion puffs, or whatever they are called in Pandora. I didn't see any PP phototographers while there at night (but then again, it was hard to see anything with the low lighting).

35th Anniversary-

Congrats to your parents! I love their anniversary buttons!

I have never dined at Garden Grill- I hear such good things about the food and character interactions, though. Your selfies with the characters are freakin' adorable.

I never really paid attention to the top floor of the farmhouse in the LwtL attraction before- I thought it was interesting to see it from the restaurant level.

Fun morning with lots of characters. Love, love, love the Goofy hug!

Your pictures of the chocolate sculptures in the Festival Center are great- without glare or reflections.

I have never heard of the Hide and Squeak in the WS. Are those actual Remy's in certain spots? Or holograms or illusions or something?

Yay on a Figment magic shot.

The closeup of the 3 of you in Germany is fantastic!

You have some really pretty after-the-rain photos.

Now I need to read about HS.

:goodvibes
 
I love when all us DISboarders plan a “sleep in” day and we’re all still up and ready to go shortly after park opening. You can’t keep us away for long! We really can’t waste precious time when at Disney.

Donald giving you a sticker...that’s hilarious. Good thing you guys made a point to hit up his character meet!

Right?? :rotfl2:It's something we all seem to have in common!

He was such a hoot, it was such a fun meet and I'm glad we did it!

Ugh, rainy days in the parks can be so frustrating! I have a tough time in the rain too, and hate walking around in ponchos, so I feel your pain. Epcot (in Future World at least) has buildings where you can go in and spend a while in the to escape the rain, but they are also spread out, so it's still quite a bit of walking through the rain.

I love your room decorations!

Cute meet with Donald! I love his rivalry with Mickey. lol

Ponchos are the worst! And like you said, I feel like Epcot is just so spread out that you end up getting wet at some point!

Thank you! We kept it simple but we liked it!

Thank you! I feel like Donald can be hit or miss for me as far as interaction goes, so I'm glad we were able to have some fun with him!

Trying to get caught up here!

Goodnight Pandora:

Wow, your night pictures are fabulous and I love the Photopass shots. The magic shot is great with the little dandelion puffs, or whatever they are called in Pandora. I didn't see any PP phototographers while there at night (but then again, it was hard to see anything with the low lighting).

35th Anniversary-

Congrats to your parents! I love their anniversary buttons!

I have never dined at Garden Grill- I hear such good things about the food and character interactions, though. Your selfies with the characters are freakin' adorable.

I never really paid attention to the top floor of the farmhouse in the LwtL attraction before- I thought it was interesting to see it from the restaurant level.

Fun morning with lots of characters. Love, love, love the Goofy hug!

Your pictures of the chocolate sculptures in the Festival Center are great- without glare or reflections.

I have never heard of the Hide and Squeak in the WS. Are those actual Remy's in certain spots? Or holograms or illusions or something?

Yay on a Figment magic shot.

The closeup of the 3 of you in Germany is fantastic!

You have some really pretty after-the-rain photos.

Now I need to read about HS.

:goodvibes

Thanks for catching up! :)

I'm sorry you couldn't find any PP in Pandora at night! We were lucky to find a bunch!

I can't say enough how much I loved Garden Grill! The characters were all so great, I'm glad you liked the selfies!

Goofy was feeling extra lovey with us at Character Spot!

Those are actual Remy statues! They have 1 up in each country and it's your job to find them and mark them on the map! It's a fun little game!

I too liked our Germany photos, they came out very nice!

Mickey ears! (Sort of)

That is hilarious about your meet with Donald. Love the smile on your face in the photo.

I have not seen those Mickey/Minnie magic shots. So cute!!!

Hmmm, given your parents shirts, is there a wookie meet coming up?


:chewy:

You're right! :D

Donald was hilarious, you can definitely see my genuine happiness come out :)

Sounds like those Mickey/Minnie magic shots are pretty elusive!

Hmm I think you may be on to something ;)
 
Day 4, October 24, 2017 - Olaf & Toy Story!

We had some time before our first FP, so we decided to go meet Olaf! My mom loves Olaf and was very excited to meet him!





We then headed towards the Chinese Theater (RIP Great Movie Ride).





We saw a PP photographer out front and I knew they were doing the fish eye lens shots here, so I was excited to stop for these!





We also got to see the Star Wars characters making their way to the stage for one of the shows which was cool!





We then used our FPs for Toy Story Midway Mania! I partnered with Dad and it wasn't really a surprise that I beat him ;)









I loved these posters as you exited the ride!





We were a little hungry, so we decided to stop for a pretzel snack. I was so excited to see the cart had one of my favorite snacks- the cream cheese pretzel! So we got one of those and a plain pretzel with cheese sauce. These hit the spot!





Up next...Star Wars!
 
I'm following! (Not sure if I already said hello?! I lurked on your last report and I wanted to be sure to say hello this time. :cutie:)
 
Those fish eye photos in front of the theater are so fun! I didn’t realize they did photos like that anywhere. I’m sad about the loss of GMR too but I’m looking forward to the new Mickey ride taking its place.
 
I can't get over Olaf being so big! I know it shouldn't matter, I mean Mickey and pals are too big. But Olaf just bothers me for some reason. We didn't meet him on our last trip. the girls said meh when I suggested it. I guess they feel the same way.

Regardless, you all look great in the pic!



I love the Chewie turned to pose for pictures. But not Rey :(


I always forget about the cream cheese option... one day!
 

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