Disneymoon Trip Report Pt II
At the Magic Kingdom, we grabbed a locker for our dress clothes and headed inside to play. Victoria & Albert’s followed by evening Extra Magic Hours in the Magic Kingdom?! A new definition for us for the term “perfect evening.”
We arrived on Main St. right before the Nightastic fireworks were about to begin. I had gotten into a grove with the camera on the beach of the Grand Floridian, and I kept that going for the fireworks, as I had my best night of shooting that night. We found that the best route out of the crowd was via that ‘out of the way’ narrow path from Main St to Tomorrowland (not the Terrace one), so we took that over to Tomorrowland.
Once there, we watched the dance party for a little bit. I know these dance parties have caught a lot of flak from the online community, but I must say that I completely disagree with that sentiment. I think it mostly comes from people armchair quarterbacking things, who make judgments without actually experiencing them. My take on the party was that it brought a palpable energy to Tomorrowland.
One that has been absent for a while at night, and one that is especially necessary in Tomorrowland. Now, I don’t think the music is exactly appropriate for the “future” theme, so I would like to see that retooled (I think it could be done with a “space” or “future” music theme).
My other problem with it is that you can hear it while in the first two scenes of the Carousel of Progress. That said, the parties add needed atmosphere to Tomorrowland. I really wonder if all of the naysayers experienced Tomorrowland last summer as well as this summer. The difference in atmosphere between the two is stark.
The rest of the evening was our typical late night MK fun: several trips on the TTA, Buzz, Space, and a viewing of the MSEP, followed up with some after hours shooting. One thing we saw a lot of throughout the trip, but especially on this night, was Cast Member mop art (don’t know if there is another term for this). We had seen it on past trips, but certainly not to this extent. After we finished with pictures, we boarded a bus for BoardWalk and went right to bed.
Who let the giant dork-bots into the Magic Kingdom?
Thought this was pretty cool–we used a two tripod setup (one for my Flickr-type shots, one for shots of us), both of which could be triggered by the same remote. On accident we triggered the wrong camera a few times.
We got back so late–after 4 a.m–that the next morning’s New York Times had already been delivered to the resort.
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Hello! Just wanted to let you know that all of your Honeymoon Trip Reports don’t have any photos on them anymore 🙁 I know these posts are old but I’d love to see the photos you reference throughout it!
Confit pretty much means cooked in fat. You may have learned this in the 4 years since you ate there. It is actually an old preservation method, after cooking, in this case probably duck leg, that fat is allowed to congeal, and preserves the duck. Skipping out on the kobe beef was probably the right choice, it’s never really worth the price tag over, non-massaged beef. I believe they also bottle feed those cows beer. Also, I have heard that most places in the USA aren’t selling exactly what they are advertising, since it is apparently illegal to import beef from Japan.
When reading this post I noticed that you said you got 100 dollars for California Grille from your wedding registry. I assume that you are doing something similart o honeyfund. That’s what I am doing as well and I was wondering what your wedding guests thought of it. Did you think it was successful? Maybe you should rate disney’s honey moon wishes registry.
Was a bit confused when you mentioned that your rode ‘MILF’ on this post… I quickly figured out what you meant, but perhaps we should use a different acronym?
Love all of your posts. We leave for our Mickeymoon in two days… Gathering as much last minute info as I can absorb!
We always watch Illuminations from the second floor of the Japanese restaurant! Usually we can time our reservation to end about 15 minutes before it starts, and we just hang out on the deck. It’s usually not that crowded (and I’ve been there in peak and off-peak season). Definitely recommend it as the best place to watch Illuminations! 🙂
Just thought I’d throw out that my personal favorite spot to watch Illuminations is from the bridge outside Mexico.
I was so thrilled to read that you are a mushroom hunter up here in Michigan. where exactly do you search for them? We reside in Frankfort 😉
love your wardrobe of camera straps
It has been a few years since we’ve gone, but we used to head up to Frankfort, Mesick, and Boyne City.
Again, I love your Tower of Terror shots! (But it’s a shame that there are people in your boiler room photo).
Victoria and Albert’s looks incredible, but way way waaaaay beyond my budget. Sigh, one day…
..another observation – how come Spectromagic Mickey’s right eye looks so evil? lol
I too had a honeymoon diner at California Grill and was fortunate to be able to see wishes from the obs deck…. something I will remember forever. In addition to that in common ( given that I’m posting here the fanatical Disney obsession goes without saying) I spend a fair amount of time playing photographer in my free time. I have to say that regardless of the fond subject matter, your shots are some of my favorite I have ever viewed. I am a huge fan of vibrant color (working in HDR most recently) and unique perspective, not to say I often achieve it, but love looking at it. Kudos to your success with your work. I know what goes into setting up for shots of that caliber and you seem to pull it off with ease. Almost automagically…… I’m hooked. Be looking out for you in December.
Loved, loved, LOVED Sarah’s bird photos!! Finally someone else that is as bird obsessed as I am! lol!! We had lunch at Le Cellier the last day of our trip this past January and on our way out we say a stray duckling huddled by one of the speakers in the flower garden. I was so worried about it! I made my husband go back into the restaurant to tell them and to see if there was anything we could do! They told us that the parents (they had names for them!! But I can’t remember what they were) often went off in search of food but that they would come back and not to worry. I’m thinking Sarah would have done the same thing!
Another great blog! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed them! She really loves taking pictures of the WDW birds!
“To wash the taste of the Figment suck-fest out of our mouths…” Best line ever.