Walt Disney World Trip Reports
Topic: Lesmisfan's WDW Trip!

#	Author	Message
1	lesmisfan Thu 1/10/2008 1:23p	And i don't have pictures just yet but i will put them up as soon as i get off. So its starts early four thirty in the morning on the fourth of this month, last friday, to get to the ontario airport here in socal for my six am flight to texas. The check in and flight to texas went very smooth and had plenty of time to find my connection flight which was on the other side of the airport. Catch that flight to orlando! again a very nice and smooth flight! Then i got to orlando florida and almost cried because oralndo is my second home away from california. So after waiting twenty minutes, i got my luggage and hopped on the magical express to Disneys Coranado springs resort! i got there about four thiry in the afternoon and had a very easy check-in, and the manager was out creating everyone giving them schedules and tips on how to make the best of their trip. Then i got to my room which was on the other side of the resort but that is ok, i did not mind the walk, its a very beautiful area. I stayed on the second floor of my building that was called the rancheros area. Then my friend angela who i used to work with on the college program at disney world met up with me at the hotel and then took the bus to Epcot!!! My favorite theme park at the resort. And i have to say i was Very Very excited to see space ship earth without the wand! it was very nice!!! And since we were staying at a hotel we got to stay for the extra magic hours after park closing and got out bracelts. they were handing them out an hour early so that saved us some time. We met up with her friend daniel at the coke place were you try different sodas from different countries. i liked most of them except for one that tasted like flouride. Then we went to china and ate at their quick service restuarant and all three of us got the orange chicken and rice and it was really good! then we went to norway, and japan to get some snacks and made our way to get a seat for Illuminations! i swear that is the best fireworks/water show next to fantasmic!!! then we went to canada and saw their new film with martin short. i liked it very much. i know they still used much of the same film, just with martin short added in, but it did help refresh that attraction. Then we headed to the seas and rode their nemo attraction. I liked it very much and it was cute. but i have to say that i like the submarines version much better. But i love the light up fish that was chasing marlin around and wish they we had that one instead of a few that stay still and light up. Then we went on the figment ride, cute dragon, but i think he had to much red bull or something, he is so hyper! Then they were doing a soft opening of space ship earth. I loved the changes that they made but missed jeremy irons voice over but judi dench did well. then we went back to the hotel and tried to sleep without success. Then saturday morning came and i was waken up by a phone call by stitch and mickey!!! got up and got breakfeast at the hotel at their little backery, bought one of their souvenier mugs that has donald, ponchito and jose on it. It was a good deal it was about twelve dollars but could refill it endless times before you checked out of the resort. then i got a chocolate muffin which was so yummy! and catched the bus to the magic kingdom to visit some old coworkers!!! I got there and took some pictures of the front and then they had this little welcome show were they sang "good morning", from singing in the rain and then the train came in with a lucky family with mickey and his friends and officailly opened the park. i headed off to adventureland to say hi to my friend angela who was working on the magic carpets. I have to say i love that ride alot more then dumbo, don't know why i just did. Then i went over to the swiss family tree house since we dont have it here at disneyland anymore and loved every minute of the tree house. Then went over to tomorrowland and rode the rocket jets which are still on their peoplemover roof by the way. then went to fantasyland and rode pooh which is much better than disneylands and snow white, i want this version installed on our disneyland! i loved the cute dopey AA that waves goodbye to you at the end. Then i went to my old job location, the liberty tree tavern and saw alot of my old coworkers who were very very happy to see me and tried to get me to work! Then met up with my good friend dexter and ate at the liberty tree tavern, we had the tavern fried cheese and the pen penni pasta, one of my favorite dishes. then we went backstage to property control but couldnt find anything i wanted, property control is the cast member store that they have there. Went back in the park and went on the tomorrowland transit authority and loved every minute of it and made me miss the fact that we are missing this ride at disneyland! then we went and got dolewhips and then churros! and met up with angela once again and rode on the liberty belle steamboat and i got to go up to the captains deck and drive the boat, very nice suprise!!! then we went on the haunted mansion, and i have to say, i know like there version better than ours here at disneyland. I hope they bring the new sound effects of wood streching and breaking to the streching room and also the new effect of how it sounds like the ghost host is following you! very creepy! and then the staircases with the ghost foot prints was awesome!!!! then we were a little tired and went back to the hotel and had a drink at the bar. The next day bright and early we went to animal kingdom were we rode everest which i waited two years almost to the date to ride. it was very thrilling and their yeti and scary as heck! and then we went on a safari and halfway we had some safari traffic due to an ostrich that wouldn't get out of the rode. then after that we went and saw pooh and his friends and got some pics taken of us infront of everest and then saw Finding Nemo the Musical! I have to say i was very impressed and fell in love with the show. it was pulled off way better than our aladdin show at DCA and the puppets were amazing. Then we went over to Mgm studios, last day before they changed the name, and had lunch at the primetime cafe, lots of fun! then we went on Tower of terror and went on the backlot tour tram and watched the indy stunt show were, WE WERE PICKED TO BE IN IT!!!! AND IT WAS THE LAST INDY SHOW BEFORE THEY CHANGNED THE MGM STUDIOS NAME TO HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS! It was so much fun, i just wish someone would have filmed it so my friend and hi could see us in action. then we went to the osbourne xmas lights! i love this show and missed it last year and so glad i caught it before it left! then we went and rested at the hotel and then rode the monorail to the polynesian resort were my friend treated me to dinner at Ohanas!!! i have to say that is the best food i have ever tasted!!! the meat just melts in your mouth, the pineapple bread is yummy! and i hate shrimp, hate hate hate it, but their pinapple shrimp and sweent and spicy shrimp was beyond incredible!!! and we had a nice window view as well. we were so stuffed we could not get up and leave at first. Once we did we took the monorail back to to the resort buses and on the way we got to co-pilot the monorail. very fun!!! and then went back to the hotel for another nights rest or lack there of. Monday the 7th! It was just me mainly. I went to the first day of Disneys Hollywood Studios, they did not do anything specail for it, not pins or buttons or nothing. it was just like the name was always hollywood studios. Then i went on rockin roller coaster. Oh i missed that one. and then went to the backlot tour again and was chosen to get soaked when they take volunteers and show you how they make a scene of an action movie. then i took some pics and went to a couple stores were i bought nadda. then i took the boat over to epcot were we stopped a the swan, boardwalk hotel, and the yacht club to pick up more people. then went to epcot! i went on the finding nemo ride again and my friend dexter called me and said he would meet me there. but my cell phone died before he got there and it was a challenge meeting up with him which i did after an hour and a half. then i went and bought a really nice retro epcot shirt, one of three that they had for epcots anniversary. Then we went and took pics in england, and had lunch in germany. and went shopping in mexico. then i took off on the monorail to the magic kingdom to take some last minute pictures, rode haunted mansion, mickeys philarmagic, i love this attraction!!!!! and saw spectromagic and said my goodbyes to my friends at the liberty tree tavern. Went over ot my friends place for the night. was up early the next day at four and got to the orlando international airport. everything went smoothly utnil we boarded the plane. everyone boarded then we were on the runway about to take off to our connection flight in atlanta and then we made a u-turn and headed back do to maintence problems. it turns out they had problems with an engine and had moved everyone to a few different flights depending on your final destination. Instead of atlanta, they new flight to me to cold cold salt lake city, but it was very beautiful with the snow but way to much turbalence on the way there. then we took off to california which was a way smoother flight and then got home. I didn't even get my baggage until like elevan when i was in bed. i was so jet lagged but couldnt sleep until that evening. But overall fun! fun! fun! was had and i am now seriously considering transferring to the walt disney world resort. probably in another line of business. most likey entertainment but there is still quite a bit of time before i can even decide. maybe in a year or two. maybe sooner depending on when i take my europe trip. but they want me to come back down and now my family is saying i should as well, and my cousin just moved down there since he got a job in entertainment, not quite sure what he is doing but he will tell us as soon as he finds out. and that is my trip report! pics to come sometime next week!
2	stitchcrazy Fri 1/11/2008 7:10a	Great trip report lesmisfan! :) Sounds like you had a wonderful time and managed to get a lot of fun in for a long weekend trip!
3	lesmisfan Fri 1/11/2008 3:39p	oh yeah!

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