The Lovenerds' EPIC DISNEYMOON! BWV, Disney DREAM, and WLV...August 2012

We woke up the next morning to the voice of good old Captain Gus, reminding us of the debarkation procedure. We were back in Port Canaveral....blech. Oh wait, we're going back to Disney World!!!!! ZOOOOOOOOOM!
We got ready and said goodbye to our beautiful stateroom and verandah.

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Good morning, Florida!

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We had been told that if we wanted breakfast, it was served at 6:45 AM....ummmm no thanks. We slept in a little more and we figured we'd eat once we were back at WDW. Besides, we had packed snacks just in case.

We got together all our carry-on luggage, packed up our PJ's, and waved goodbye to our stateroom. We went downstairs through the Atrium and said goodbye to all the CM's, went through the tunnel, and into the terminal. We were then directed downstairs to claim our luggage. The night before, we were given two green tags with a picture of Tinkerbell on them and were told to put them on our large bags that were left out in the hallway....this was to find the general area where our bags would be when we got off the ship. We found baggage claim, found the Tinkerbell section, and a CM was there to help us find our bags after we told him our stateroom number. Then we wheeled our stuff out past a border protection guy who looked over our passports and declaration forms, and we were free! Once outside, there were tons of Magical Express buses taking people back to WDW. A CM asked us where we were going, and we said Wilderness Lodge. The CM directed us to a big white van, not a ME bus. Hmmm. Maybe they were full? Maybe we were the only people going to WL? Anyway, another group of people joined us and we were off. The ride was nice, and we were back to the World in what seemed like a flash. The van stopped first at Yacht Club to drop off the other group in the van, then continued on towards the Magic Kingdom resort area...
We're back!!

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We pulled up to Wilderness Lodge and we hopped out and dragged all our luggage inside.

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This place was GORGEOUS.
We went up to check in, got our KTTW cards, and the nice CM gave us another set of Happily Ever After buttons. However our room wasn't ready yet, so we decided to leave our bags with the front desk and go eat breakfast, since we were starving. Chris turned around and somehow his suitcase had left a big black streak on the floor. It was then that we discovered that one of the wheels on his bag was broken. UGH. The CM's told us not to worry about the streak, and that it would come up easily. We decided to eat breakfast at Whispering Canyon. Chris was really anxious to show me this restaurant, and we didn't have an ADR for it until Thursday morning, the morning we were going to leave. He was happy that they had plenty of room for us to eat there earlier than planned.

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I was still really sleepy since I had nodded off a bit on the van ride, but our waitress's personality woke me up pretty quick. She was too funny! I immediately saw someone at another table ask for ketchup. KEEEEEEEEETTTTTCHHUUUUUUUUUUPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chris and I both ordered waffles and coffee....YUM. We also took our time and stayed there until around 10:30 because we figured it would be awhile until our room would be ready. Apparently, the last time Chris had stayed at WLV with his family, they were placed in a room that was at the VEEERRRRRYYYY ENNNNNDDDDDD of the villas and it took them forever and a day to get to a bus. So this time he made sure that he requested a room closer to transportation.
After our lovely meal, we walked around and took in the surroundings.

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We went into the Mercantile store, and I bought the best pajamas ever!!! I will show you that picture a bit later.

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We sat in the lobby for awhile, then we went outside and sat down at the tables near Roaring Fork and I took some pictures.

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I had just checked into Wilderness Lodge on Foursquare when I got a text from a friend who said that another friend of ours, whose study abroad group I assisted with while I was living in France, was working there in the College program. No sooner did I get this text, than my friend came out the door looking for us...she was working at Roaring Fork! IIIIIT'S A SMALLLL WORLD AAAAFTER AALLLLL... ok enough of that.
We sat and chatted with her for a little while, but then she had to get back to work, so we ventured over past the pool and to the villas to explore a little bit.

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We went into the small lobby and tossed our stuff down on one of the comfy sofas, and we took some pictures. This lobby is also a great place to find Hidden Mickeys. We found a bunch of them, since Chris had gotten the Hidden Mickey clue sheet at the front desk.

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Can you find the Hidden Mickeys by the elevator?

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Still taking pictures of the VIllas lobby...

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Here's Chris snoozing in one of the rocking chairs.

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This lobby is pretty amazing if you've ever had the chance to see it.

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Finally, around 1:30 we got the text that our room was ready, but it said we had to come to the front desk to find out which room. I stayed with our backpacks and Chris went to the front desk to get our room number and to ask bell services to bring our luggage on a cart because of his broken suitcase wheel. We were in 1514, just around the corner! Literally, past the elevators and it was right there, on the ground floor.

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The bell services guy showed up within a few minutes and we started to unpack and look around.

There were even some towel animals!

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I liked this bathroom alot more than the one at the Boardwalk, considering I could actually see my legs when I wanted to shave them! Plus it had a cute picture from Little Hiawatha.

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While our view this time was not Epcot and Crescent lake, nor the Caribbean, we had a nice little patio where you could see the covered walkway that took you to bus transportation.

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Remember how I said I bought the best PJ's ever?

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I LOVE Humphrey the Bear!!! My favorite cartoon of his was the one where the park ranger tries to get Humphrey and his bear friends to clean up the park for food, and they do the butt bump dance.
 
It had started raining, so we decided that this was a perfect opportunity to do some laundry. Our room was literally just a few steps from the FREE laundry room, so we did a few loads and napped in between. Then we took a real nap, and put dearest Stacey on low volume to "Must-Do" us to sleep.
We woke up a little bit later feeling refreshed and packed up our backpacks, and headed to the boat docks to go to the Magic Kingdom!

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We're going to the Magic Kingdom!!

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Hello little black rainclouds....

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We were hungry again, so we headed to Fantasyland to Pinocchio's Village Haus (or HAAAAS for us, since we are from Pittsburgh...i.e. Git inna haaas, you jag!) because we had heard that they had new flatbreads.
I got a seat next to the Small World overlook while Chris went to rustle up some grub. I had fun waving to the people in the boats!

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I have to admit, those flatbreads were pretty tasty!
Then we headed over to Tomorrowland, since it finally stopped raining.
We checked out the New Fantasyland progress on our way over.

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Here's the video from that point on...I didn't turn on the camera until we got to the TTA! We did TTA, Carousel of Progress, Buzz Lightyear, and Space Mountain.

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Chris looks like he is riding the bus instead of Space Mountain. He should have his earbuds in. "Oh, you know, just another morning of my inter-galactic commute. Traffic is AWFUL in this galaxy!"

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After riding, we decided to go find a spot to watch "The Magic, the Memories, and YOU." I waited and watched some ducks while Chris went to get himself a sundae. I wasn't hungry for one yet, but he must have waited in line forever!
I took pictures while he was gone.

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Here we go!!! Day 1...or really day 0.5 I suppose.
Sunday, August 12 2012
We woke up and had a lovely, nutritious breakfast of COOKIES! If you live in the Pittsburgh area or have ever been to a wedding in the vicinity, you know the greatness that is the Cookie Table. (If not, google it-seriously! It is actually a well-documented tradition in this area!) We had friends and family baking weeks before the wedding and ended up with literally THOUSANDS of cookies, complete with little boxes for people to take cookies home in. This was actually our first taste of our wedding cookies because we were so busy at our reception, we forgot to eat any! We got all of our stuff together, and I decided to play with the luggage cart.

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We went back to the reception hall to help get the rest of the food from our reception to take to my parents house. Chris had to hold his Groom’s cake in his lap the entire journey. We are huge Doctor Who fans, and our gingerbread Tardis was NOT being left behind!(The guy sticking his tongue out in the other car is my nutty brother.)

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We finally joined our families at my parents’ house and opened presents and pigged out again. We also spent quite some time untying dollar bills from the bridal dance (another local tradition).

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One special present we got from one of Chris’s coworkers was a Happy Meal toy that is the Yeti from Monsters Inc (Welcome to the Himalayas!!! SNOWCONE???). It is an inside joke between Chris and his coworkers that they systematically hide the Yeti in random places around their office, and the person who finds him has to hide him again, and so forth. Chris was delighted to find him inside a present, and we decided that he would be accompanying us on our trip. He became an interesting conversation piece and made for some pretty fun photos.
Our flight to Orlando was the following morning, August 13 at 7:30 AM. We decided it would be easier to just stay in a hotel the night before, so we made reservations to stay at the Hyatt at Pittsburgh International Airport to make it easier on ourselves. We stopped for gas and the Yeti had his first Photo op.

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We got stuck in some traffic, but made it there around 10PM. We left our car in extended parking, near the hotel. We are here!

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It was a nice experience, the hotel was really nice inside. We had more fun with the Yeti, and found our room.

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We had a snack, (cookies of course), and Chris had a drink with an umbrella in it. (We brought the umbrellas with us-we are dorks.) We went to bed but I honestly didn’t sleep, I was too excited and still too worked up from all the wedding excitement.:cool1:
Next up: we roll out of bed and onto a Mickey-bound plane! :yay:


I love the cookie sheets traditions. I’ll have to keep that in mind. We just got engaged last August (in front of Cindy’s castle).
 

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