Monday, January 2, 2012

Checking 20 Items Off My Disney Bucket List (Updated)

16th October, 2010 ~ I have a few day before my Disney trip that I have modified a little bit. I'm looking forward to seeing some friends and also doing some things I haven't done before. I'm also looking forward to some alone time. Some are things that I just never got around to do before, others range from restaurants to tours. I will update as I do things and then post it all together. I am hoping to get at least 10 of my 20 items done on this trip alone. On my Disney Blog, I will have posted them as I did them.

26th October, 2010 ~ I was able to do 7 items on my list of 11 that I had hoped to do this past trip to WDW. I stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge on the concierge level(1) and that was very nice. Liked watching the animals outside my room and brought back some memories of someone special to me. Later I went to Via Napoli (2) to eat dinner. I got the Prosciutto with melon pizza and it was very refreshing. The next morning I was suppose to do a tour, but that got rescheduled for the following day. I was in Epcot with my niece and friends, where we went to Captain EO (3) and watched that. That too made me think of T. I finally did my Wildlife Discovery Excursion tour (4) and it was really nice. The animals were close at times and some were sparse. I did another tour, the Mickey's Magical Milestone tour (5), which will be leaving soon because Toon Town Fair is leaving. This part of the park is an important part of the tour. The night before I left I had dinner at the Hoop Dee Doo Review (6) and it wasn't too bad. What I liked most was seeing a couple characters that were occasionally in the Adventurer's Club. Finally, to end my trip, I rode Dumbo (7). I had never ridden it before. Not that it was a big deal... I just wanted to ride it before it was relocated again and enlarged to what they have planned when the Fantasyland renovations are completed.

18th December 2010 ~ During a holiday tradition, my mom, sister and I were able to have lunch at San Angel Inn at Mexico (8). It was a very nice place and not something I would normally pick. The menu has changed up though slightly from what I saw on a couple web sites.

2/13/2011 - Quick trip to WDW to meet a friend and send some magic off to a young man dealing with cancer. Thankful to the CM who broke a bit of a rule to get the magic sent. While there at DHS, I went over to the Sounds Dangerous set (9). It was open and being it is closed so much of the time. Needs an update I think.

4/8/2011 - Did a photopass photo shoot (10) with my mom, sister and niece. Was wonderful! Had a really fun photographer too. We plan to do it again, and even bring my other sister and niece. May even splurge and do the larger one since the group will be larger and would like more locations. But even if we don't go larger, it will be wonderful to do. It was a surprise to my mom which is what matters most.

4/9/2011 - Had breakfast at Chef Mickey's (11) with my sister, mom and niece. We all really enjoyed it. Had a great variety of foods that we all enjoyed. Lots of fresh fruit and protien! And yes, carbs for the carb lovers.

6//2011 - Was at WDW with R. and his family. What a weekend that I will treasure forever. I could die happy right now. We had dinner at Shutter's at Caribbean Beach Resort (12). Wasn't one on my list, but since I hadn't eaten there before I added it. I guess the Pirate rooms (13) at CBR is another check off. That is where they were staying and I did end up there for a couple nights despite having paid for another room (for 1 night and 2 unplanned stays).

9/3/2011 - Was at WDW this Labor Day Weekend with R. For dinner on this evening we went to Jiko (14). Was very good and I would like to go back. We also rode 2 of the 4 updated versions of Star Tours. I like the changes. Looking forward to trying to get the other 2 done to complete this as a checked off item. One R and K had ridden already from their trip back in June. (added: Sunday we did the updated back to original Enchanted Tiki Room).

10/16/2011 Stayed at Coronado Springs resort (15). Didn't get to look around much as I was on the go with getting ready for the RFTC across Orlando at UCF and there was also Food and Wine to enjoy. Heading back to the WDW resort this coming weekend and have something else to check off!

10/22/2011 R. and I were at Food and Wine, but he needed to actually eat because of a medical reason. We ate at Nine Dragons (16) in China. It was actually very nice. R had us moved to a table by the window and we could people watch. The food was good. I don't remember what R. had, but we did some pot stickers and then I had house special fried rice with shrimp. It was huge! I didn't finish. We returned to the room after lunch which was club level/concierge at the Beach Club (17).

1/1/2012 My mom, niece, R and I had dinner on New Year's Day at the Brown Derby at DHS (18). Was very nice and food porn was taken. We almost did Mission Space the other day but I was glad to not ride it. I will only with R I think. Did enjoy ToT with R. Unfortunately, the picture was blurry. Spent NYE in a Disney Park which was incredible. Wasn't on my list though, but I would consider it a bonus to this list.

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