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- Nov 14, 2007
Two weeks vacation is too much for us too. We learned that this past August. Next time, back to the tried and true 10 days and that's that.
Everything about Club 33 looks positively drool worthy. I am beyond envious!
Enjoy the yacht tonight...should be a gorgeous evening. It's supposed to be beautiful tomorrow too and I'm trying to convince the family to indulge me in a trip to Martha Clara vineyard. It's halfway to St. Patrick's Day there, and a Celtic band is playing which is described as being for the "Celticly insane". Well, that's me!
Holy mega updates lady! Love the Club 33 pics and experience. Yay for molecular gastronomy, good friends, and meeting Mickey and Pluto.
Sorry your crew hit their wall. I don't have a vacation wall either. I can rest at home.
Ellen!!!! So nice to see you!
I hope you still feel that way!
Could not agree with you more about Goofys Sky School! GAH!!!! Willow thinks its awesome .
Of course she does!! Just wait til she's all old and banged up- we'll see how she feels about it then!
Matterhorn - yep, you got the wrong side for your first ride. The first time back on this after about 3 decades, I feel ya. Having been talked into it about 3,482 times since then, it no longer seems so bad to me. There is definitely a less jerky side, but having single-ridered this thing more times than I can begin to count at this point, I cant even tell you which one it is anymore!
Good to know- but I will prob get the wrong side again tho- just sayin-
Yep - we did Cafe Orleans for Willows birthday trip in January and totally had to just go for Blue Bayou this last trip. I felt the exact same way!
Next time for me too!!
Blerg!!! Mickeys Wheel of Doom??? No thank you!!!! Oh no! You didnt do WoC? I can so relate - we have missed more WDW nighttime shows than I like to admit. For us, DLR being in the same time zone makes the nighttime shows do-able - and we LOVE WoC! :
Again...for next time!!
I was going to say adult time at Trader Sams would make up for it for me until I read the ick update .. Oh, I wish your family hadnt been so worn out for the last day.
Yea, me too- but I had a great time with Drea, and I never get to see her, so it all worked out.
Club 33????? WOW!!!! I love everything about this update. But I have to say, Willow and I are big Food Network fans - we would have lost our minds over the molecular gastronomy showcase you received!
Me too! It was amazing, right???
Oh, the Walt painting. Too much! Gonna have to wait a few years to show that one to Willow after how sad she was at the end of the WiWF tour. So wish he could have experienced everything he dreamed on both coasts.
I know....it is so sad- such a dear man who brought beyond joy to countless billions.
Willow and I started our two-week road trip to DL TR if you have time to check it out (in the sig). I know, you have about as much time as I do!
I am totally JELLY!!!!!!!
Just when I thought you had blown it out of the water with the amazing buffet, lobster, and entree, you go and have ice cream made at your table. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT????? I didn't even know that was possible. So freaking cool! A-MAZING!
Totally jelly!
Yea, not bragging, but you should be. That was like the Club 33 experience of a lifetime. Just wonderful!
Thanks for this wonderful update! I loved all the pictures and all the details. I didn't know that Walt died before Club 33 was built. So sad.
Count me as another who is VERY JELLY!!!!
Wow, wow, wow - I think I would probably pass out if I got to eat lunch in Club 33!
Aww, Linda- I wish you had been there with us!
What an amazing experience - even the empty plates are like the coolest thing ever
I don't think it would be possible to ever top the ice cream table side experience for dessert!
Fab that you all got to spend what looks like an incredible lunch together
Thanks for all the great pictures from DL, I will be heading back there in April next year and can't wait!!
Wow when I make it back to your TR, I find a super duper update! Thanks so much! LOL!
You're welcome- thanks for hangin' in there!
The girl your mentioned in the Minnie like outfit is probably Japanese. I saw a couple dressed like that in WDW, my son was in Tokyo around that time, he told me it was a fad over there. He told me the name for it, but since I don't speak Japanese, I don't recall what he said.
I thought they were, too- there were also girls dressed this way on the Alaskan cruise- oh MAN they really had a ton of outfits- matching the characters in theirs! I was very jelly!
Oh, how I want to go to Club 33, but I see I can't since it has been redecorated. I absolutely love lobstah, could eat my weight in those ugly crustaceans.
Lobstah is a lovely thing- I have to agree!
I could vacation for a long time, I guess we do since we spend 5 weeks in Florida in February & March!
Holy mother of updates! Glad you are back and finishing up. Sorry that your crew hit the wall but looks like you had a great ladies' day in spite of them!
Sure did! And look! This time I REALLY finished up!
I wish I could have experienced the original Club 33. I live vicariously through your pictures.
Jill in CO
Welcome back Ellen! We missed you! But boy you sure got back to it in a big way! I'll probably forget half of what I want to comment on though
That's ok, Beth! I can hardly remember what I am writing about! LOL!!
Your trip end is looking fantastic! I love the pics of you and the fellas all together on the rides. It looks like a great time. You should have rode Radiator Springs, it's a great ride.
I did! In the morning and then again- I just did not have an FP for at night.
OK, it's not an Ellen and Drea meet without a few drinks and a monkey getting kissed. Gotta be some of that in here somewhere!
Well pretty sure the drinks were there- monkeys don't seem to like Cali-
Your luncheon looks absolutely great! How cool is that about everyone else wanting the "table side ice cream"? You started a trend. Everything looks delicious, i would have started with the dessert though!
Your meet looks fantastic!
O my god! I'm so behind.. New position at work has me out of the loop. Love reliving this day! Well most I of it.. It gets really interesting soon lmao
We need to catch up- like for 3 days.
Hmm did someone say drinks?? And I don't think I saw Ellen kiss any monkeys in Dland not many around these parts lol.
Like I said!
Miss my club 33 peeps! Thanks for memories of a lifetime!
Major updates - Love it!
Looks like more fun was had at Disneyland; glad you and Drea could hang out. I NEED to get out to CA next year; if the trip with my niece doesn't happen next year, I am for SURE doing that.
You do really need to go- it is the same but so different!
Club 33 looks INSANE! In a good way!! What an incredible experience. Looks like everyone had a great time, too.
Holy updates Batman! How the heck am I supposed to remember all that, let alone comment on it! I'll just say that you really left no stone unturned at DL. Looks like an absolute blast was had by all.
O.M.G!!! what a fantastic day. the friends you make on the DIS can take you all sorts of places. everything at club 33 looks divine. I couldn't even imagine them changing it. I know I keep saying it but DL has changed so so much. I need to go back ya know for comparison reasons. lol
Yes- you do! Me too!
the sandals cruise looked awesome on FB. You just don't sit still
I got so behind, but all caught up now. Cub 33 looks amazing. What a bummer that they changed how it is now. I don't know what Disney has been thinking lately....or should I say lack of thinking.
So glad to see you updated! That was the day we left for our recent trip to the World.
How was your trip?
I like the big Ferris Wheels but I don't think I could handle those moving cars, I would have to stick the the boring stationary ones.
I am glad I did it- but I am never doing it again!!!
Love the pics of your lunch at Club 33! What a great experience! Too bad they made all those changes to it now.
Looking forward to hearing more!
So happy to see this going again.
YAY! Hope you are happy again now!
Planning DLR & WDW next year so this is getting me excited.
Cool! When are you going?
The Monte Cristo looked good.
It was- but too much for me to eat more than 1 piece.
Just watched a video of the ferris wheel and I am not sure I can do that.
Just do it. Then swear it off for life as the death trap it is.
Fun night it seemed with the drinks. The hurricane looked good.
Glad you got to the parks on the last day.
Everything looked so good at Club 33. Jealous.
I am caught up again.
What an amazing vacation you had! Thanks for sharing it with us.
I know I have a ton more replies before these 3, but I thought I could do them quickly before going on- then go back for the ones from SEPT!!
May WDW for 2 nights then 5 night Magic cruise with Joan and Evie....a ton of baseball somewhere in the south in the month of July- probably North Carolina and Atlanta....WDW 2 nites then Fantasy Western in August before Tyler heads off to college ....another visit to Fort Walton Beach, Fla....a November 2 nites pre-cruise in Puerto Rico, than a Celebrity cruise to the Southern Caribbean just couples (us, Joan and Peter and another). What are you planning?
Fun! We are at WDW May 1-9 with Ryan's fam. Maybe we could see you before you hop on the Fantasy! We have a quick trip to the beach with Mark's fam here in July, something different for our 35th anniv in Sept, Then we are planning Idaho in the Fall to see my parents, maybe for Thanksgiving.
Too bad your breakfast was disappointing. I have never been in Storyteller's - I was a little confused about what it is - guess I still am??? Too bad your trip had to end. Nice pool to be killing time at. Looking forward to your AK trip - permission to come aboard, Ma'am?
WDW 2 nites then Fantasy Western in August before Tyler heads off to college ....
10 days is the way to go. For us too, I mean. Well, for them in the us, not for me in the us. Club 33 was very drool worthy- it was like an out of body experience. I feel so blessed to have gone. Did you make it to the Vineyard? The Sandals yacht was REALLY nice- and it was a gorgeous night, cruising the Manhattan Skyline!
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