JanJ and KenJ's September 2014 Trip Report

Thanks MrHub! Happy birthday to your Dad!

They do have walls up, but you can see the construction from the bridge into Tomorrowland. The view from the Plaza restaurant is completely blocked now with a wall, so although you can still sit there, you won't have much of a view.

This is the best picture from Tomorrowland - you can see the Plaza restaurant in the background.

Thanks again for all the anniversary wishes! We had a great week and a great dinner last night as Ken already mentioned.

The Magical Express notice was already waiting for us under the door when we got up this morning - nothing like putting a damper on your last day! We get picked up just after 10am, so not too early and not too late. We'll be back home by dinner time and although we have had a fantastic holiday, we are both looking forward to getting home and seeing our fur babies.

Ken suggested Kona Cafe for breakfast again this morning - he was craving some pancakes and has enjoyed them from there before. So off we went through Epcot towards the monorail. We noticed that there were a few people going into Epcot with suitcases, which we found kind of odd and there was security with a dog at the International Gateway sniffing all their luggage. I thought it was a convention of some sorts and it was. Ken asked one of the hundreds, upon hundreds of people lined up and it was a pin trading convention. They were lined up from the big doors that open to the big blue building between Canada and the UK, all the way around to the entrance to Future World, and it was only 9:15am. And we saw a lot more people as we made our way to the front of the park.

Since we were heading to the Poly, it was only natural that we would end up at MK, so I quickly booked 3 FP's, one right after the other - Little Mermaid, Peter Pan's Flight and Big Thunder. We had missed Big Thunder on Friday due to a storm moving through. Love the new FP+ system!!

So we made it to the Poly in good time and were seated right away for breakfast. As mentioned, Ken had the pancakes, and I had the 2-egg breakfast, same as I did the other day (hence, no picture).

After breakfast, we hopped on the monorail for the short trip to MK. As we were coming in, the Shake It parade started, so Ken took a photo as it moved past.

We then made our way into Fantasyland to catch the clamshell to "Under the Sea" and Ken snapped a few pictures. Love the colours on this ride.

I had already previously contacted Mandy from the forum, so knew she was working today at MK, so I texted her to see if she was able to meet for a quick hello. In the mean time, our next FP was up, so off we went to Neverland. Once off the ride, Mandy had texted back and she was just finishing up her break and then would be working at the FP kiosk at the Jungle Cruise. So off we went and look who we found. It was great meeting you Mandy!!

Then it was time for our last FP - Big Thunder Railroad so off we went.

After getting off the ride, Ken suggested one more ride on HM before we left. We went to the FP kiosk by the Diamond Horseshoe Tavern and picked our 4th FP for HM, which was for 5 min later. Fantastic!! As you may know, you can get in at 5 min before your FP time, so it was immediate.

We walked right on and then made the slow walk out to Main Street and out of the park. Ken took one last picture that will have to hold us until our next trip in January.

Waiting for the resort monorail to take us to the TTC:

Then, it was on to Epcot. I had yet to have a cronut this trip, so that is where I wanted to stop first, but since Spaceship Earth had no line up, we rode that one more time.

Then, it was off to get my cronut. We stopped in Canada and checked out the Off Kilter CD's, which Ken bought and talked to some of the CM's there. It was almost 3pm and we were starting to get hungry, so off to Italy we went in search of some pasta. We decided on Tutto Italia and enjoyed the food immensely.

Ken had the Gnocchetti Sardi (cavatelli pasta with sweet sausage ragu) and I had the Caprese panini with a house salad. The panini came with deep fried fettucine noodles with a little parmesan dusted on them - OMG, they were so good. We would definitely recommend this restaurant and we prefer it over Via Napoli, but that is just our opinion.

Ken's pasta:

My panini and house salad:

I also had a Rossini to drink, which is Prosecco with strawberry puree - delicious!!

We are now back at the hotel and it has been raining for the past couple of hours, but it looks like it's just beginning to lift. We plan on staying just around here tonight and enjoying the Boardwalk entertainment. It's been a great trip and we have enjoyed sharing it with you all.

Firsts for this trip:
MNSSHP - so impressed with this and we would definitely attend again
Treats - school bread from Norway, Butterfinger and Red Velvet cupcakes from DHS (Red Velvet is by far the best) and the Nutella and fruit waffle from Sleepy Hollow in MK
Attractions - 7DMT , The Lion King and Finding Nemo at AK
New restaurants - Tony's Town Square Restaurant, Tutto Gusto and Tutto Italia
We also became annual passholders and saved $$ with the TIW card

Bring on January!!