This is the dawning of the rest of our lives... AT DISNEY WORLD!!!! COMPLETED 1/6!!!!

[__disneygirl]

Originally Posted by petals

oh how I love that castle lit up for Christmas

Isn't it just the most beautiful thing you've ever seen? Sigh...

Originally Posted by Nermel9

Did you hear how they are making magic hours only 2 HOURS next year at night instead of THREE??? I'm so not happy about that. The third hour is when you really feel like you have the parks all to yourself. *Sigh*

Anyway, I absolutely love magic hours at the Magic Kingdom. Any park, but especially the MK. It's so nice to be able to run free and have no plans and just do what you want without worrying about lines or anything!

AHHH, I loved your description of being on the Magic Carpets and feeling so happy, I live for those moments in Disney World! I try to cherish every Disney moment, but sometimes in the excitement, you forget, so it's nice when things slow down and you can appreciate the true amazingness of being in Disney!

I absolutely LOVE Disney popcorn! It's funny that one of your chapter titles was about crack, because I always tell my DH that they put crack in the popcorn, which is why I act like some crazed popcorn addict when we're there...I don't know what they do to that popcorn to make it so good, but I love it!

Haha, you and your mom sound hilarious, I'm glad those people next to you got what you were doing with the CM's before the parade! Did the CM's get it or did they think you were just being obnoxious?

I love your MSEP pics! I always avoid that parade because that music makes me crazy, but I think in November I'm just going to sit and watch it because I've been seeing so many amazing pictures of the floats lately, I feel I have to watch it! Just for the Dwarves floats alone, how beautiful are they?

Ok I'll shut up now!

NO WAY! Is that official? Please just be a rumor!! Nope... just looked it up. It's official. That really stinks. That third hour is like heaven. Maybe they'll add it back during busier times or special occasions... I hope so.

Aww thanks. I live for those moments too!

HAHA yes I totally get that. The popcorn is oh so addictive.

Yes... we are just a hoot. The CMs didn't really hear, what with the hustle and bustle of Main Street going on and all. We didn't really WANT them to hear, we were just being total goobs for our own entertainment.

Thank you! I know I'm in the minority but I LOVE the music! It reminds me of my childhood trips. But even if you hate it, it's so worth it! The parade is so great and so gorgeous!

Originally Posted by Disneyfreak508

Being Food Drunk: the strange, unexpected, recurring phenomenon.

NOM ice cream three times in one day. Lia, I knew there was a reason why we were friends.

Okay, I'm going to use LOL right now, but I actually mean it. I AM laughing out loud right now and I have a smile on my face. It's not one of those "I'm typing lol with a blank stare." I really mean it. That is HILARIOUS! When do we get to go to Disney together?!!? I need some (more) of this snack drunkenness in my life.

I LOVE PETER PAN. I always have and always will have a crush on him.

Smee is SO FRUMPY. Hahahahaa he's pretty much the definition of the word.

God, I'm seeing the float of the Seven Dwarves mining... and I just got this pang of sadness. I MISS DISNEY WORLD. I just thought of sitting on Main Street USA watching the parade and GAHH that's where I want to be at this moment.

SUCH a great update. Can't wait for the next one!

hahaha Jess, I knew you would understand.

hahaha I'm glad your so amused by us! AND YES, When DO we get to go to Disney together? Actual seriousness here though. You and I should really get our heads together and try and plan it. With Kristen of course. I need a frump trip in my life. I know arranging all our schedules will be nuts but I believe we can do it!

Aww I have a crush on Peter too. How can you not?

LOL I know, every time I see Smee I just want to point and yell "FRUMP!" The way he's like always falling all over himself and stumbling around. Oh what a frump.

I know what you mean... I had one of those moments today while looking at pictures of Epcot today. I'm sooo sad, I want to go SO BAD!

Thank you Jess!!

Originally Posted by Stringbean&Wingnut

Food drunk is so much fun!! I vote that ice cream three times in one day is perfectly fine!!!

Love your pics of the MSEP! I haven't seen it in years, I need to see it soon again!

It is the most fun thing ever basically!!! And yes I agree!

Thank you! Definitely catch it next time, it was the perfect dose of nostalgia + new and exciting!

Originally Posted by Disneyfreak616

Lia we need to go to Disney together. I am CONSTANTLY food drunk. It's a way of life. And you're a genius for coining the term.

Ice cream three times in one day is perfectly acceptable. Healthy, even.

A giant cupcake covered in lights is probably the greatest thing I have ever seen. I want it on my lawn.

UM YEAH WE REALLY DO. As I was just saying... I NEED A FRUMP TRIP IN MY LIFE!

A genius? Why yes I am. I thank you.

I agree... in fact I should probably make the eating ice cream 3 times a day a tradition each trip just to stay healthy!

AHHH I know it is so perfect!

[princessmef14]

I love all the pictures of the MSEP!!! The floats with all the princesses must have been awesome to see...I love that their dresses light up! For me personally, MSEP is the best parade in Disney.

[DivineMissM]

Your trip report is so fun! I love it!! I have been reading it at work and my coworkers probably think I am nuts because of some of the LOL moments in it.

[LifeIsDis]

Lia, you are cracking me up. Just like that couple next to you on Main Street.

I guess this what Disney food does to you. And I love how it’s only at Disney too that you get Food Drunk.

And having ice cream three times in one day is perfectly normal, at least for me it is. I have ice cream 24/7. It’s just so healthy.

[__disneygirl]

Originally Posted by princessmef14

I love all the pictures of the MSEP!!! The floats with all the princesses must have been awesome to see...I love that their dresses light up! For me personally, MSEP is the best parade in Disney.

Thank you! They are really so stunning! I just love how the princess section is so different than all the other ones. It's perfectly regal. I don't know if I could even pick a favorite Disney parade... but this one is up there!

Originally Posted by DivineMissM

Your trip report is so fun! I love it!! I have been reading it at work and my coworkers probably think I am nuts because of some of the LOL moments in it.

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you love it and it makes you laugh. Thanks for joining in!

Originally Posted by LifeIsDis

Lia, you are cracking me up. Just like that couple next to you on Main Street.

I guess this what Disney food does to you. And I love how it’s only at Disney too that you get Food Drunk.

And having ice cream three times in one day is perfectly normal, at least for me it is. I have ice cream 24/7. It’s just so healthy.

hahahaha thank you. I'm glad people are getting it and not just being like Lia what the HECK are you talking about.

It is true, it's only at Disney! Just another part of that Disney Magic

Ice cream 24/7...

[beachmama3]

Catching up on your TR-want to comment on everything, but that might make a while...HAD to comment on how you love Labrynth! That is one of my FAVE movies. I can quote it. Which reminds me, I love how you were quoting Home Alone earlier, my sisters and I do that ALL that time! haha!

Also, would it be wrong for me to put my kids to bed, leave my husband at the hotel with them, and go to MK for EMH at night? haha

Oh, one more comment- about adding days- on our trip in 2009, they let us add days after we had used up all our days, no problem- I guess they have changed their policy? I'm glad I have the maximum amount of days on our tickets right now! I am so glad you were able to add on another day!

Oh wait, one more...loving Tangled. Beauty and the Beast will always be my fave, but I think Tangled is coming in a close second. LOVE Flynn and the love the soundtrack. Watched it last night!

[Curiouser&curiouser!]

I'm not sure how you only had ice cream 3 times that day. The way I count it . . .
1- breakfast
2- lunch
3- snack
4- dinner
. . . you should have had it at least 4 times!

And that's not even counting: Second Breakfast, Elevensies, Tea, or Midnight Snack.

[__disneygirl]

Originally Posted by beachmama3

Catching up on your TR-want to comment on everything, but that might make a while...HAD to comment on how you love Labrynth! That is one of my FAVE movies. I can quote it. Which reminds me, I love how you were quoting Home Alone earlier, my sisters and I do that ALL that time! haha!

Also, would it be wrong for me to put my kids to bed, leave my husband at the hotel with them, and go to MK for EMH at night? haha

Oh, one more comment- about adding days- on our trip in 2009, they let us add days after we had used up all our days, no problem- I guess they have changed their policy? I'm glad I have the maximum amount of days on our tickets right now! I am so glad you were able to add on another day!

Oh wait, one more...loving Tangled. Beauty and the Beast will always be my fave, but I think Tangled is coming in a close second. LOVE Flynn and the love the soundtrack. Watched it last night!

Thanks so much for catching up!

Ahh Labyrinth is one of the best and most unique movies ever! No matter how many times I see it, it never gets old. And David Bowie is one of my favorite people on this planet. Home Alone is another favorite movie. I watch it every Christmas no matter what!

hahaha I don't think that's wrong at all! Some solo time at Disney never hurt anyone! And hey it's not like you're leaving your kids behind doing nothing, they've gotta get their rest!

Yeah they definitely changed their policy very recently cause I did it in 2010 with no problem!

I agree... I love so many older Disney movies (especially those from the early 90's) that it's hard to say Tangled is my favorite but it really does stand up to all the classics in my opinion. I watched it again yesterday, in fact, and it just always makes me laugh and cry and gives me that warm fuzzy Disney feeling.

Originally Posted by Curiouser&curiouser!

I'm not sure how you only had ice cream 3 times that day. The way I count it . . .
1- breakfast
2- lunch
3- snack
4- dinner
. . . you should have had it at least 4 times!

And that's not even counting: Second Breakfast, Elevensies, Tea, or Midnight Snack.

You know what... you are absolutely right! On my next trip... 4 times a day will be the ice cream minimum! Thank you for pointing this out!!!

[__disneygirl]

I'M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, mice, ducks, and dogs, fans and friends... IT IS REALLY TRUE!!! I honestly didn't think it would happen. This has been such a hard year. It's been a really, really, really, RIDICULOUSLY hard year. And I just didn't think it was possible... BUT IT'S HAPPENING! WE JUST BOOKED IT MINUTES AGO!

You may have a clue of when we are going based on the bouncing Master Graceys above... YES!!! MY ALL TIME FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR TO GO TO DISNEY WORLD!!!!! OCTOBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THIS MEANS?!?!?!?! It means I will FINALLY get back to my BELOVED Epcot International Food and Wine Festival! I have been trying to get back to Disney during Food & Wine every year since the last time I experienced it (2008), even booked it in 2009 and 2011 only to have to postpone. BUT THIS YEAR IT IS HAPPENING, BAYBEEEE!!!! I can't even tell you how this puts Disney on a whole other level for me. You think you love Disney food now? FORGET ABOUT IT. The Food & Wine Festival will bring you into NEW REALMS of Disney Food obsession. AND I FINALLY GET TO EXPERIENCE IT AGAIN!!!! AHHHLDJHALDJKFHASDL

Not only that, I WILL FINALLY GET TO GO TO MICKEY'S NOT SO SCARY HALLOWEEN PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This an event I have dreamed of going to for over 10 years, but for whatever reason it just never works out. I am the Halloween QUEEN, so I absolutely can not wait for this!

But this trip is going to be VERY different for one MAJOR reason.

A reason I am VERY excited about.

My whole life I have dreamed of going on a Disney trip with friends. I have gone all my trips with family. Of course I love my family more than anything and I love going with them to Disney. However, it's just a different and fun experience to do it with your friends.

So, I AM GOING ON THIS TRIP WITH ONE OF MY BFFS, LEE-ANNE!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm SO excited for this and I actually think I am even more excited to see things through HER eyes than my own! You see, Lee-Anne's parents used to take her and her siblings to Disney every year or so when she was very little. And then when she was about 8, they stopped. SHE HASN'T BEEN BACK SINCE! She's 25, so that's WAY too many years without Disney World for a Disney lover like herself! So I'm gonna kind of treat this like it's her first trip and give her a crash course in Walt Disney World! With, of course, enough time to stop and smell the roses. Always gotta make time for those Disney Details.

Lee-Anne is a really big believer in Disney Magic. She loves all things Disney, but Peter Pan is her absolute favorite thing ever. She lives by the "never grow up" and "magic is real" kind of mentality. Even though she only has select Disney World memories, I know she is going to "GET" Disney the way that all of us obsessed Dissers do. I have a very strong feeling that she is going to want to go back all the time the way that I do...so hopefully this will be the first of MANY BFF trips!

I TRULY CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING!!! I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!! LDHJKFALKDJHLDJKFHASDLKJHASDKLJNFSLDJKNF!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! MY EXCITEMENT CAN NOT BE DESCRIBED IN WORDS SO INSTEAD I WILL SING YOU A SONG....

MAKIN DREAMS COME TRUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEE...........

LIVIN IT UP.............LOVE THAT FEELING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LIVIN IT UP....... LET THE MEMORIES BEGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



P.S. So you wanna know more? Where we are staying? Exactly when? For how long? Dining plan? Our Halloween costumes? Other plans? etc? You'll just have to wait and see.... muhahahahaha!

[oopsiDAISY]

I am so happy for and so jealous of you Lia!!!! We are going in October of 2013~this will be our first time doing both the F&WF and MNSSHP. I cannot wait to see these events through your magnificent storytelling!!!

[Disneyfreak616]

Ahhh Lia this is so AWESOME!!!! I'm so so SO excited for you! I want details girl!!!!!!

[PlutosRHM55]

Oh my gosh, I swear I've been "Snack Drunk", "Food Drunk" or whatever you seem to call it before. I think it may have been off Root Beer, after a swim meet and I was walking around a tiny restaurant in front of my coach acting like I was legitimately drunk. Pretty hilarious, I wish someone had taken pictures. PLUS, after it was over, everything was funny and I was more klutzier than before. Then, I crashed. But I don't think it's ever happened in Disney, I think it would be MUCH worse in Disney like with you guys. I might have to test out that theory now along with Disney's addicting popcorn lol

Love your pictures of the MSEP! It sure is such a pretty parade to see it in real person. Good thing there were no injuries thank to you and your mom though. That would've been CLOSE! But I agree about Goofy driving the train, but my boy Pluto is totally up for the job. I believe his schedule has been open for nights. Lemme consult him later... anyways, I think I'm getting slowly drawn to the pictures of the Caterpillar from Alice In Wonderland aka Absolum. I swear, he has become the coolest thing ever since Alan Rickman (aka Professor Severus Snape of the Harry Potter movies) if you are familiar. Such a chill guy! And I'm loving your castle pictures, looks so pretty with the dreamlights at night. How I wish to be in Disney during the holidays one year

Can't wait to read more!

[PlutosRHM55]

Oh wow, of course I would type over an update. I'm such a klutz, erm, frump, erm... yeah a lot of things. I'm alotofthings! lol Anyways...

That's AWESOME LIA!!! So excited for you! I swear I had a similar breakthrough except this trip won't happen until next summer and I haven't set any dates down and it's in DLR, but based on how eager my mother itself was and how she wanted more days then I drew out... it will happen! But anyways back to you... that's so cool you get to go with your best friend! I had the chance to go with my two on my second trip and it was tons of fun, lots of laughs! Hopefully my third trip to the World will involve them again *crosses fingers* You will definitely have a great time ESPECIALLY if she's a fellow Disney fanatic along with having been there before, really relieves the stress of having to somehow please them (kinda became a problem on my trip, but the magic never ceases!). And the fact, you're going during MNSHHP, TOTALLY AWESOME! You guys will be dressing up right? Oh, tell us the deets ASAP! I'm already excited to read another one of your reports because this one has been awesome along with excitement over seeing the return of Hula Timon.

Hope that comment wasn't too long or confusing for you. I tend to write comments like that. Maybe I'm food drunk right now... well, whatever! I've been a bit hyper since I've been sick for the past week and FINALLy feeling better. But again, post some more of the details soon. Don't leave us hanging, Lia!

[__disneygirl]

Originally Posted by oopsiDAISY

I am so happy for and so jealous of you Lia!!!! We are going in October of 2013~this will be our first time doing both the F&WF and MNSSHP. I cannot wait to see these events through your magnificent storytelling!!!

Thank you so much! OH I'm so excited you get to do it next year! It's truly an AMAZING time to go to Disney World... it adds a whole other level of magic! It will be worth the wait!

Thank you for saying I have magnificent storytelling!!! I will try my best!

Originally Posted by Disneyfreak616

Ahhh Lia this is so AWESOME!!!! I'm so so SO excited for you! I want details girl!!!!!!

AHHH I know, Thank you Kristen!!! You will get details, don't worry!!!!

Originally Posted by PlutosRHM55

Oh my gosh, I swear I've been "Snack Drunk", "Food Drunk" or whatever you seem to call it before. I think it may have been off Root Beer, after a swim meet and I was walking around a tiny restaurant in front of my coach acting like I was legitimately drunk. Pretty hilarious, I wish someone had taken pictures. PLUS, after it was over, everything was funny and I was more klutzier than before. Then, I crashed. But I don't think it's ever happened in Disney, I think it would be MUCH worse in Disney like with you guys. I might have to test out that theory now along with Disney's addicting popcorn lol

Love your pictures of the MSEP! It sure is such a pretty parade to see it in real person. Good thing there were no injuries thank to you and your mom though. That would've been CLOSE! But I agree about Goofy driving the train, but my boy Pluto is totally up for the job. I believe his schedule has been open for nights. Lemme consult him later... anyways, I think I'm getting slowly drawn to the pictures of the Caterpillar from Alice In Wonderland aka Absolum. I swear, he has become the coolest thing ever since Alan Rickman (aka Professor Severus Snape of the Harry Potter movies) if you are familiar. Such a chill guy! And I'm loving your castle pictures, looks so pretty with the dreamlights at night. How I wish to be in Disney during the holidays one year

Can't wait to read more!

hahahahaha you sure sound like a drunk person in that story! Who knows! Like I said... these random bouts of drunkeness without alcohol can hit at any time!

Thank you! It's so gorgeous!

hahaha yes we definitely made sure there were no injuries!

AM I FAMILIAR WITH ALAN RICKMAN? Oh lord. He's only one of my favorite actors ever! I met him last November after seeing him in the play Seminar and I could barely speak for like 10 minutes. And I never get starstruck - but he's just unbelievable!

Thank you! I hope you get to go for the holidays one year!

[LifeIsDis]

OHMYGOODNESS!! I'm so happy for you!! I CANNOT wait for the TR! I can't want to drool all over the food and see MNSSHP! This is so exciting!