The Homer GIF didn't show up for me yesterday, but it's visible now.
Ah, excellent! I'm glad to hear it. After I replied, I started fumbling with the link to the GIF and I'm happy that it works now. Judging by how much food I ate on this trip, I'm guessing that won't be the last time I show that GIF.
I am so ashamed to admit it, but I went back and added a 3rd cupcake to our BOG lunch for two. I will take the strawberry cupcake to go. Yeah, that's it.........
That's awesome! I'm so happy for you. Seriously! Definitely nothing to be ashamed about. And if the strawberry cupcake doesn't survive lunch, that's perfectly acceptable in my book. In fact, I would be quite impressed if you finished all three in one sitting.
I can't believe that is the first time the man, Bill Murray, has entered this trip report. That is a gross oversight on my part and I apologize.
Also, if you like Jim Gaffigan you need to check out his book on tape, "Dad is Fat". I am not exaggerating when I say I laughed until I peed my pants. He did the reading of the book on tape. Ok, public service announcement over.
I do love Jim Gaffigan. When I put comments in parentheses after saying something in the trip report, I usually read it back in Jim Gaffigan's, "he's weird", voice.
When we go to Hot Topic to get some Disney things, I always say "hot topic" in Gaffigan's high-pitched, "hot pockets" voice. Barbie enjoys that of course.
As an aside, Hot Topic is an amazing place to get really cute bows. The bow Aria has on when we met Ariel at the beginning of day one with the dinglehopper is from Hot Topic.
I will definitely check out that book on tape, it'll give me something to listen to on my hour long drive to work. I'm one of the few people who usually listens to nothing.
I have *heard* that The Cheshire Cafe will not have cupcakes anymore. Rumor? I don't know. We'll be at MK quite a bit in less than a month. I shall try to investigate.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! That can't be true, that's not true, no way.
We're going in 6 weeks and there better be cupcakes for me to wolf down or Big Bobby Iger will have to answer to me. Magic of Disney Animation, Maelstrom, potentially One Man's Dream and Voyage of the Little Mermaid. And who knows what else before Pixar Land and Star Wars Land are completed. No, this would be the last straw for me. We will never go to Disney World again.
No, we'll still go, but still.
I honestly can't believe the wait for the monorail! Yikes! Dinner sounded great. I have never eaten there but do love the Grand Floridian Cafe. Well, what's not to like with anything at the Grand Floridian?
I know, right? The Grandy really is amazing and I can't wait to stay there at some point, probably next November.
The monorail trip was definitely a little bit trying and it was so disheartening to keep seeing so many just pass the platform without stopping when so many people were waiting. But we made it fun for Aria and it gave us a chance to talk with other families, so it wasn't all bad. And the dinner at 1900 was definitely worth it. We really didn't have too much of a desire to do dinner there, but when we decided to do a dinner ADR that night and 1900 was open, we couldn't pass it up. And we were so glad that we didn't. The food was definitely one of the better meals at all of the character buffets we have done, with the noted exceptions of Tusker House of course and maybe Cape May.
I definitely need to try the Grand Floridian Cafe at some point. I've read a lot of good things about it. It's on my list. It's a long list though. My goal is basically to eat everything from everywhere. You'll have to stay tuned for the Food and Wine trip report to see if I manage to achieve that feat on a slightly smaller scale.
I just love this report! Glad you were able to make the dinner reservation, but can't believe that the monorail wait was that long! I guess that is the one downside of MK to Grand Floridian - there isn't a bus option as far as I know.
Love all the pictures, and it looks like all of you had a fabulous time
Can't wait to read more!
Thanks! I'm actually surprised that anyone is still reading our incohesive (is that a word? It's my trip report, I deem it a word. Change approved for anyone who watched Cougar Town), all over the place, mess of a trip report. We are actually thrilled that our first trip report is getting such positive feedback. I was actually quite nervous to tackle writing one, as the task seemed rather daunting at first.
But with the support of the DISers and my general desire to have some kind of record of Moose's trips, I am so glad that we decided to just go for it.
And I know! The bus option from MK to GF! Why wouldn't there be one?!?! People need options and it would make the congestion on the monorails a little less BO'y, if you know what I mean. That day was 95 degree, Florida heat, people were waiting for the monorail for an hour, baking in that sun, packed into a monorail like sardines. You do the math. Let's just say when we arrived at GF, I was very happy to get out of there. But yeah, no bus.