More photopass

Here are the rest of my fav photopass photos from our last Disney trip in November:

favorite photopass

I realized I did not post any of my photopass photos from our November trip. I pre-order the photopass cd which cost me $99. To me it is SO worth it because it means I have pictures of all of us and character photos so I don't have to be so worried about taking pictures and can just enjoy the moment. This trip we had 182 photopass pics and 263 after I edited them (added borders, zoomed in, etc).

In 2010 I took almost 1700 pictures and this last trip I only took about 700. I was much better about watching the parade, watching my kids interact with the characters, etc. instead of being so concerned about getting enough photos of it all. Of course another reason why I didn't get as many pictures is John waits for no one. He and the kids would take off and leave me behind if I stopped to take pictures (which John thinks is stupid). This trip was also slightly shorter than the last.

Anyway back to some of favorite photopass photos:

more to come...

Video from Whispering Canyon

The waiter we had at Whispering Canyon was really funny. He brought Kaitlyn a cupcake and had her stand up so the whole restaurant could sing to her. Then before the song was over he and another waitress started eating her cupcake. It was HILARIOUS!

Christmas decor at EP and hotels

Here is some trees at Epcot:
This one is in America

And this is just the big park tree (that we have a pretty good photopass picture in front of)

And this one is from the Grand Floridian lobby

This is the gingerbread house in the GF lobby, so cute!

Christmas decor at AK and HS

While Magic Kingdom is definitely the most decked out park the other parks have their share of Christmas decor. Here is the trees at Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios.

Christmas decor at Magic Kingdom

I really really enjoyed seeing all the Christmas decorations out everywhere in Disneyworld. The hotels, the parks, everywhere! When I originally planned this trip we were going during fall break (fall break is an excellent time to go as far as weather and crowds are concerned). Then John had to do some mandatory training that week so I had to switch it.

I got really excited thinking about going when all the Christmas decorations were out and thought maybe we would go Dec. 17-23. But John said he wasn't sure he could get off work those days since there was so many people above him that might want off. So I picked the week we went. They start having the Christmas party at Magic Kingdom around November 8 so the decorations go up in time for that. Here are some of the decorations we saw at Magic Kingdom.

Mickey shaped wreath 

the lights on the castle were spectacular!

Kaitlyn's cupcakes

Kaitlyn got to wear a birthday pin while we were on our trip to Disney. So everywhere we went people told her Happy Birthday. It was really fun for her and she counted how many birthday wishes she got the entire trip. It was close to 100. She also got a cupcake at every restaurant we ate at.

There is also a hilarious video of the server singing happy birthday to her at Whispering Canyon that I will upload later.

shirts/bags

I made several shirts for us to wear this time. They turned out a lot better than I anticipated.
Here are a few of mine and one of Kaitlyn's. I will definitely make more shirts like this next time.I even made one for John but forgot to take a picture of it. His had Mater on it and said 'she just wants me for body'. Which I thought was hilarious until Kyle walked around Epcot all day saying that.

I got my friend Paula to make me these bags for them to get signatures on. We had just gotten signatures on paper last year (even though I have yet to make their autograph books with them) so I wanted something different for them since I knew we would see a lot of the same characters. We got so many signatures we had to use the back too.

We also like to collect the pressed pennies when we go. There are hundreds of them and it is a relatively cheap souvenir. We don't typically buy souvenirs when we go places so this is a good alternative. This year I bought us a book to put the pennies in.

Disney Food

I read this Disney message board called Disboards A LOT! There are a lot of complainers on there but especially when it comes to the food. I always enjoy the food at Disney. I feel like I get my money's worth (especially since the last two years we have had free dining when we go). But even if I paid for the dining plan I would still feel like I got my money's worth.

Mickey Waffles are always a hit

The next few pictures are the food from Whispering Canyon Cafe. Kaitlyn and I both had the skillet (which was huge and really good). I don't know why John did not get that too but he had some pork chop thing. 

Kyle had the kid skillet and also ate most of the ribs from mine and Kaitlyn's

The nice thing about the dining plan is every meal includes dessert (even though you are so stuffed from the meal part). This is John's cheesecake, Kaitlyn had the smores, and I had some sort of bread pudding. We also had bottomless milkshakes for our drinks. 

This was the meal John, Kaitlyn and I had at Studio Catering co. in Hollywood. A buffalo chicken sandwich meal.

This was my breakfast at 1900 Park Fare. This meal was a buffet. That breakfast pizza was really good.

This was our meal at Sunshine Seasons in Epcot. Kaitlyn got the chicken, John and I had the pork chop. This was probably the best quick service meal I have had in the last two trips at Disney.

And this is the bread pudding at Ohana that makes the entire trip worth it! Though I will say I was not as impressed with Ohana this time as I was last year.