RachelNinja
Sometimes I'd rather live in VMK than in real life
- Joined
- Jul 16, 2007
Welcome to my DISNEYMOON trip report! It's really insane that throughout my TRs, I have gone from using DBF, DFi, and now DH when referring to my guy!
A few things you should know about us:
1. I'm Rachel, a 27-year old English Language Arts and math middle school teacher. He's Howard, a 26-year old multimedia/audiovisual technician at his former college. We don't like being the center of attention, and neither of us dance very well even though I like spontaneously breaking out into dance (just not in front of a huge group of people!).
Haha, I look like I'm doing the robot! Howard is not sure what to do!
2. We live to eat as opposed to eating to live. Seriously, food is just plain ol' GOOD! Now that we're married, our plan is to eat out only once a month because we want to save money. On top of that, having our own kitchen and going to buy our own groceries means that we have so many options at our fingertips for so much less! For example, I made chicken and cheese quesadillas served with homemade guacamole and salsa yesterday. There's absolutely NO need to ever get quesadillas from restaurants ever again!
This was during cocktail hour. We were separate from everyone else since we spent time to take photos with the bridal party. We got a plate of some of the hor d'ouvres in the bridal suite.
3. We enjoy being wacky and goofy with each other. We are very entertained by our silly antics, and we can crack up about almost anything. Case in point, we are watching episodes of 24 right now because Jack Bauer is just awesome (I only recently got hooked!), but we make the show even more awesome by adding in our own lines for the characters in the midst of watching it! There were clearly a million things that were great about this trip, and I can't wait to share just a fraction of them with you (cuz well, I decided to forego the whole trip journal thing and relax instead!).
Having the best man sign our marriage license as one of our witnesses.
Before I end this brief introduction, I just wanted to explain the trip report title. Howard and I were so excited to be back to Disney so quickly since our last trip (we went in April with my parents and younger brother). We had plans to get to the parks for rope drop and then return to the resort for a nap before heading back out at night. We purposely bought annual passes since the cost of our April trip tickets plus 7-day park hoppers for our honeymoon was actually MORE than annual passes (and you gotta love all the discounts with APs!). Well, the stress from planning the wedding and the wedding itself apparently took a toll on us because we were EXHAUSTED and ended up sleeping a ton! We couldn't push ourselves like we usually do during our trips because there was no way we'd last for the rest of the week. We started saying that we were "weak sauce" (I have students who use that phrase). As for the "go the distance" part of it, we actually heard the song from Hercules being played during our trip a few times! It's THE song that Howard had to sing in our church's 2008 coffeehouse before we got back together. I loved watching him, and I really knew I wanted to get back together with him. Later on, I'll even have a video of when we heard it while walking in Downtown Disney!
I know I didn't give much in terms of details, but at this point, all you need to know is that Howard's my best friend, and I was very ready to start our first adventure, just the two of us!
One of my favorite photos from our photographers because it just captures the happiness that we're finally married and the relief that the ceremony is done!
Table of Contents
Background
Our Mushy-Gushy Story
The Lure of a Disney Escape Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Weak Sauce: Getting Ready
Mr. and Mrs. Weak Sauce: The Ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Weak Sauce: Photo Session
Mr. and Mrs. Weak Sauce: Reception
3 Games for Weak Sauce Points
Monday, May 21 - Travel Day
Pack, Nap, Pack (technically 5/20-5/21!)
Solo Pilot Blues (continued)
To Keep or Not to Keep: SkyMall Magazine
Dipping My Way to Happiness (continued)
Give Me a Title for Magical Express
A Room All to Ourselves (continued)
Baby Jambo House
Sanaa = Delicious Indeed!
Hanging Out with the Animals (continued)
Tuesday, May 22 - Animal Kingdom
Bread Service and Bus Stops
The First Attraction of Our Disneymoon
I Need O-Rings!
Ornithophobics, Beware!
Trekking through the Jungle (continued)
RAWR!
Puppetry Mastery
Return to the Dinosaurs
Dining with Yaks and Yetis
Leaving AK
Wednesday, May 23 - Epcot + Downtown Disney
Going to Epcot
A Beety, Tuna-y Attraction
Salad Bar Dreams (continued)
A Visit with Figment (continued)
Let It Blow Your MIND!
Vision House
This is NOT YO CHEESE!
Thank You, Phoenicians! (continued)
It's Not Tom, It's Not Lou ... It's Just Us!
A Peek in World of Disney
Raglan Road (continued)
End of Our Second Full Disney Day
Thursday, May 24 - Magic Kingdom
Attempting MK EMH
We're Coming For You, Zurg!
You Can Fly!
"it's a small world" (continued)
The Right Side of the Doom Buggy
Exploring Liberty Square
Time to Be Scared, One Last Time
Lighter Fare at Columbia Harbour House
Main Street Philharmonic
Hanging Out with Jack Sparrow
My Last Dole Whip Float EVER!
Love is ...
It's Not Deja Vu; It's Sanaa! (continued)
From Kidani to Jambo
Friday, May 25 - Epcot + Disney's Hollywood Studios
It's 1pm ... in the Morning
Exploration with One Eye Closed
A Smokey World Showcase
Park Hopping to SWW Like Cool Kids
Watching the Ballet
Step Into the Movies (continued)
Grumpy and Hungry
Hanging Out with Snig and Oopla
Tired at the Mara
Saturday, May 26 - Disney's Hollywood Studios
Who Are They?!?
Howard in Streetmosphere!
Props at Planet Hollywood
Shopping at Darth's Maul
Reminiscent of VMK: Sci-Fi Dine-In
Drawing Donald Duck
It's Not SWW Without Star Tours!
Being a Rebel Spy
Thankful for One Man's Dream
Looking BACK at the Great Movie Ride
A Glimpse into Mickey's Imagination
Leaving DHS
Sunday, May 27 - Magic Kingdom
Chocolate Croissant Morning
You Can Never Have Enough Pics of KONA BREAD (continued)
Starting off MK EMH
SURPRISE, it's OPEN!
Splash ... Pirates?
Cruising in the Dark
MMY and Wishes
Tomorrowland Rides
The Ol' Main Street Bakery
Exploring Main Street
Final Rides of the EMH Night
Monday, May 28 - Animal Kingdom Lodge and Boma
Hail to the Apple Turnover
Our Final Disney Meal
Tuesday, May 29 - Travel Day
Goodbye, Animal Kingdom Lodge! Goodbye, Disneymoon!
Souvenirs
A few things you should know about us:
1. I'm Rachel, a 27-year old English Language Arts and math middle school teacher. He's Howard, a 26-year old multimedia/audiovisual technician at his former college. We don't like being the center of attention, and neither of us dance very well even though I like spontaneously breaking out into dance (just not in front of a huge group of people!).
Haha, I look like I'm doing the robot! Howard is not sure what to do!
2. We live to eat as opposed to eating to live. Seriously, food is just plain ol' GOOD! Now that we're married, our plan is to eat out only once a month because we want to save money. On top of that, having our own kitchen and going to buy our own groceries means that we have so many options at our fingertips for so much less! For example, I made chicken and cheese quesadillas served with homemade guacamole and salsa yesterday. There's absolutely NO need to ever get quesadillas from restaurants ever again!
This was during cocktail hour. We were separate from everyone else since we spent time to take photos with the bridal party. We got a plate of some of the hor d'ouvres in the bridal suite.
3. We enjoy being wacky and goofy with each other. We are very entertained by our silly antics, and we can crack up about almost anything. Case in point, we are watching episodes of 24 right now because Jack Bauer is just awesome (I only recently got hooked!), but we make the show even more awesome by adding in our own lines for the characters in the midst of watching it! There were clearly a million things that were great about this trip, and I can't wait to share just a fraction of them with you (cuz well, I decided to forego the whole trip journal thing and relax instead!).
Having the best man sign our marriage license as one of our witnesses.
Before I end this brief introduction, I just wanted to explain the trip report title. Howard and I were so excited to be back to Disney so quickly since our last trip (we went in April with my parents and younger brother). We had plans to get to the parks for rope drop and then return to the resort for a nap before heading back out at night. We purposely bought annual passes since the cost of our April trip tickets plus 7-day park hoppers for our honeymoon was actually MORE than annual passes (and you gotta love all the discounts with APs!). Well, the stress from planning the wedding and the wedding itself apparently took a toll on us because we were EXHAUSTED and ended up sleeping a ton! We couldn't push ourselves like we usually do during our trips because there was no way we'd last for the rest of the week. We started saying that we were "weak sauce" (I have students who use that phrase). As for the "go the distance" part of it, we actually heard the song from Hercules being played during our trip a few times! It's THE song that Howard had to sing in our church's 2008 coffeehouse before we got back together. I loved watching him, and I really knew I wanted to get back together with him. Later on, I'll even have a video of when we heard it while walking in Downtown Disney!
I know I didn't give much in terms of details, but at this point, all you need to know is that Howard's my best friend, and I was very ready to start our first adventure, just the two of us!
One of my favorite photos from our photographers because it just captures the happiness that we're finally married and the relief that the ceremony is done!
Table of Contents
Background
Our Mushy-Gushy Story
The Lure of a Disney Escape Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Weak Sauce: Getting Ready
Mr. and Mrs. Weak Sauce: The Ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Weak Sauce: Photo Session
Mr. and Mrs. Weak Sauce: Reception
3 Games for Weak Sauce Points
Monday, May 21 - Travel Day
Pack, Nap, Pack (technically 5/20-5/21!)
Solo Pilot Blues (continued)
To Keep or Not to Keep: SkyMall Magazine
Dipping My Way to Happiness (continued)
Give Me a Title for Magical Express
A Room All to Ourselves (continued)
Baby Jambo House
Sanaa = Delicious Indeed!
Hanging Out with the Animals (continued)
Tuesday, May 22 - Animal Kingdom
Bread Service and Bus Stops
The First Attraction of Our Disneymoon
I Need O-Rings!
Ornithophobics, Beware!
Trekking through the Jungle (continued)
RAWR!
Puppetry Mastery
Return to the Dinosaurs
Dining with Yaks and Yetis
Leaving AK
Wednesday, May 23 - Epcot + Downtown Disney
Going to Epcot
A Beety, Tuna-y Attraction
Salad Bar Dreams (continued)
A Visit with Figment (continued)
Let It Blow Your MIND!
Vision House
This is NOT YO CHEESE!
Thank You, Phoenicians! (continued)
It's Not Tom, It's Not Lou ... It's Just Us!
A Peek in World of Disney
Raglan Road (continued)
End of Our Second Full Disney Day
Thursday, May 24 - Magic Kingdom
Attempting MK EMH
We're Coming For You, Zurg!
You Can Fly!
"it's a small world" (continued)
The Right Side of the Doom Buggy
Exploring Liberty Square
Time to Be Scared, One Last Time
Lighter Fare at Columbia Harbour House
Main Street Philharmonic
Hanging Out with Jack Sparrow
My Last Dole Whip Float EVER!
Love is ...
It's Not Deja Vu; It's Sanaa! (continued)
From Kidani to Jambo
Friday, May 25 - Epcot + Disney's Hollywood Studios
It's 1pm ... in the Morning
Exploration with One Eye Closed
A Smokey World Showcase
Park Hopping to SWW Like Cool Kids
Watching the Ballet
Step Into the Movies (continued)
Grumpy and Hungry
Hanging Out with Snig and Oopla
Tired at the Mara
Saturday, May 26 - Disney's Hollywood Studios
Who Are They?!?
Howard in Streetmosphere!
Props at Planet Hollywood
Shopping at Darth's Maul
Reminiscent of VMK: Sci-Fi Dine-In
Drawing Donald Duck
It's Not SWW Without Star Tours!
Being a Rebel Spy
Thankful for One Man's Dream
Looking BACK at the Great Movie Ride
A Glimpse into Mickey's Imagination
Leaving DHS
Sunday, May 27 - Magic Kingdom
Chocolate Croissant Morning
You Can Never Have Enough Pics of KONA BREAD (continued)
Starting off MK EMH
SURPRISE, it's OPEN!
Splash ... Pirates?
Cruising in the Dark
MMY and Wishes
Tomorrowland Rides
The Ol' Main Street Bakery
Exploring Main Street
Final Rides of the EMH Night
Monday, May 28 - Animal Kingdom Lodge and Boma
Hail to the Apple Turnover
Our Final Disney Meal
Tuesday, May 29 - Travel Day
Goodbye, Animal Kingdom Lodge! Goodbye, Disneymoon!
Souvenirs