Australian Karen's Trip report: be gentle with me

[australiankaren]

I am in Disney and Food Porn heaven.....

glad your enjoying it...we all really need to get out more

 

[Caroline NZ]

So did you bring the lollies home?................
Am loving your storytelling.

PS - your costumes are awesome

 

[australiankaren]

WDW- Cinderella's castle lunch - Epcot- 21 September 2011

Now I have been waiting for 8 years to score a meal at Cindy's castle of broken dreams...oops jumping ahead I am....

So we start the day with me toddling down to contempo to get breakfast of the deep fried pre heated yummy Bounty meal...

please note there was more but hungry people need to eat....the in room coffee was ok, didn't drink that much as I was pacing myself to 10-20 diet cokes .. another story..
anyway...
Pool time

followed by "try out my new snorkle" time

and then try out underwater function on camera time

yes there is a pattern here...new camera = dodgy photos.

have to bail now...gym time..will finish this one about today...tomorrow....stay tuned

 

[PrincessInOz]

glad your enjoying it...we all really need to get out more

Why?

 

[australiankaren]

So did you bring the lollies home?................
Am loving your storytelling.

PS - your costumes are awesome

Thank you, I do try

and no, the lollies didnt make it home.. I really dont want to talk about it, at least until I finish the counselling

 

[PrincessInOz]

Thank you, I do try

and no, the lollies didnt make it home.. I really dont want to talk about it, at least until I finish the counselling

The opportunity cost of 6kg worth of lollies in the allocated 20 kg or so luggage is enormous.
I hope counselling helps you sort it out.

 

[kylieh]

So I'm looking at the clown car, a Chev? Bit like a Holden Barina or could it be worse?

 

[lovintheland]

Loving the trip report

 

[aussietravellers]

Go to school pick up, come home and find three new TR entries, woo hoo.

The halloween party looks as busy as when we did it. Shopping looked good! Love shopping! Could shop all day every day if I had the money to support my habit

I think the clown car is cute, sure looks tiny, how did you fit all of your luggage in there?

 

[Anne_Aus]

Am loving the report... Have to agree that the lollies would have taken up valuable packing kgs for the return trip..... best to eat then in advance.

Also enjoying the food pics.. sitting here going hmmm maybe I should try there

 

[Saskiwi]

Great trip report - Loving the food porn too - why IS fried food so delicious? - and yet so bad...mmmmm waffle fries.... (insert Homer Smilie)

 

[admel00]

TR heaven!!! Looks pretty good so far Karen!

 

[areweindisneyyet]

Yeah

Waffle Fries, two words destined to be together.

Loving the report, keep it coming.

 

[Sugarglider]

Oh so excitement!
Lovely to see all the photos

but the 6kgs of lollies. Don't make call an intervention. confess, confess now - what happened to the 6kgs of lollies???

And the outlet malls - what was your fav purchase?

 

[Franrose]

...we even did carousel of progress, something the DH hasn't done before..which he really enjoyed. [no accounting for taste]..

Oh! There's a great big beautiful tomorrow,
Shining at the end of every day!!

 

[WAMUMOF4]

your TR
But i have to say if we all got out more none of us would be able to afford our highly expensive addiction to Disney

 

[australiankaren]

Oh so excitement!
Lovely to see all the photos

but the 6kgs of lollies. Don't make call an intervention. confess, confess now - what happened to the 6kgs of lollies???

And the outlet malls - what was your fav purchase?

We dont really know how all the lollies disapeared...must have been mousekeeping........

Outlet mall: best buys were Coach [got an awesome back pack], rockport [buy one shoes get one free] & tommy H.....30% off already discounted prices...Bass shoes, buy one pair get 2 free.....so I got 5 pairs of shoes, 5 tommy shirts and a coach bag..SCORE!!
Disney store was crap..on average only discounted $2-$3 off normal prices.Better deals online or at some of the shops in disney.

 

[australiankaren]

WDW- Cinderella's castle lunch - Epcot- 21 September 2011
Part 2....
Ok, so where was I up too......oh thats right, lounging by the pool..
So after tanning up to meet the princesses, we toddle back to our castle, shower and pretty up to meet them.

Leaving our clown car at home [ i just have to include the photo].....

we venture by foot to MK, walking along the path leading from Contempoary to MK........
Now remember its hot hot hot, the MK is nuts around lunch time anyway, and when you get within a mile of the castle you better be watching your feet, as small maurauding princesses are rampaging.
Not a relaxing way to start the experience, and then we had the nerve..I say the nerve of turning up 15 minutes early.
Side note: The DH wasnt too chuffed about going in the first place, I had dragged him from pool heaven, made him put on shoes and now he has to wait to even get in the place, oh and did I mention the small kids and heat.
Anyway, we seek shelter in the princess shop....I know, what the hell was I thinking, as if it wasnt traumatic enough on the poor boy already.
Finally, we go back and check in ....to then be corraled in another waiting room with 2 chairs and 100 people in a four by four space....can you see where this may be going.

After getting pic taken with Cindy


we are ushered into another parking spot, told to sit and then we wait again.....

Finally.........we are taken up the stairs [ after being told ladies loo isnt working up the top , so if nature calls I'd have to toddle back down to use the one on ground level]....can you hear him tutting about now...

To be seated in the castle....[insert trumpet blast here].


our view from our window seat




So we sit, we are excited...then this rude family of 8 rock up to sit next to me, the fat spanish dude nearly wipes me out with his backpack and then his fat butt...the mood rapidly disapears from then....they are loud, annoying and speaking spanish. Ok, I did get him back when he encroached in my space by stabbing him "accidently" in the butt with my wand...seriously, I could have clobbered him with it.And my DH, being ever so vigilant to the mood and feeling of his DW......so was getting agravated and annoyed as well.....
Oh well....we still had a nice meal...with a wand and a sword to take home

So back to the food.....

DH's meal

Mine

Dessert


So all in all, we had a fair time at cindy's.....food was great, server was fine ...just so crowded and loud.


Me meeting Snowy....

The princesses were awesome, they chatted to everyone, and made you feel special. They are so in character.They even made Dh blush..so really it was money well spent.

So now that I made the boy go thru this ordeal, i ask...what do you want to do now.....ok you guessed it..back to the pool.

The afternoon was spent de-stressing by the pool, having a nanna nap then getting ready for our meal at Epcot...Le Chefs de france..
Now I have RAVED about how great this place is to DH [ you can see whats going to happen cant you]....


My seafood meal

DH's duck which he said was fantastic

DH's dessert

Mine....

After waiting 25 minutes to be seated for a 8pm meal, he's hungry, tired, sunburnt and annoyed....but after the air con, the bread and a few glasses of water he was a happy man again.....

The service was typically french..they ignore you the first 15 minutes, insult you the next 30, then suck up the final 10.........although their short black was awesome and worth the bother.

So waiting til the fireworks finished, we meandered out, taking our time watching all the drunks try to walk straight, smelling the roses. Monorail back to Contemporary, quick snack @ contempo then a swim and bed.

Interesting day to say the least......travel, a great way to get to know your partner

 

[Tara2004]

We dont really know how all the lollies disapeared...must have been mousekeeping........

Outlet mall: best buys were Coach [got an awesome back pack], rockport [buy one shoes get one free] & tommy H.....30% off already discounted prices...Bass shoes, buy one pair get 2 free.....so I got 5 pairs of shoes, 5 tommy shirts and a coach bag..SCORE!!
Disney store was crap..on average only discounted $2-$3 off normal prices.Better deals online or at some of the shops in disney.

Welcome back karen.

I was wondering about if I should buy disney stuff online and get stuff sent to our room. Thanks for the info.

What did you think about Halloween? I decided to wait a bit longer so the kids saw christmas stuff. I was not sure if to do halloween or christmas.

I was looking at one of your meals and saw one of you where lactose free. I am going to go mad. I have just been diagnosed with celiacs and Im so sad I can't eat the waffles. Im gluten free, and Im going to hate it.

 

[australiankaren]

Welcome back karen.

I was wondering about if I should buy disney stuff online and get stuff sent to our room. Thanks for the info.

What did you think about Halloween? I decided to wait a bit longer so the kids saw christmas stuff. I was not sure if to do halloween or christmas.

I was looking at one of your meals and saw one of you where lactose free. I am going to go mad. I have just been diagnosed with celiacs and Im so sad I can't eat the waffles. Im gluten free, and Im going to hate it.

Hey

Re special diet.....DONT MENTION IT!!!!! otherwise you'll live on sorbet and grilled chicken......just be careful with what you select. As soon as they know you have an allergy your choices are severly limited...When on the cruise all i could have was damn grilled chicken or naked salmon..ruined my dining experiences.I also discovered Lacteze tablets, so i have one before a meal with dairy...do you have an option like that????

Shopping: do it on line, save time, $$$ and angst.Disney resorts are set up to recieve parcels.

I enjoy MVMCP better than MNSSHP, but we travel in sept so I dont have a choice. I love the snow falling on main street, the decorations, the hot choc and cookies...real sense of a white xmas disney style.
Glad your enjoying the TR & finding it informative.