How about a couple of EPIC quickies? DRs, that is! update 8/6 - Festival and Territory Lounge

[Steppesister]

Just catching up on your take of all the shenanigans. Such a fun day full of great memory making! Wish I could have joined in a bit more but Mom was just not feelin' it. Next time!

 

[2xcited2sleep]

Fun updates! Hope you are continuing to have fun with the new house - it's a unique mix of fun, stress, creativity and unplanned $$. But so worth it!!

I don't think I made it into the Odyssey Center during F&G - oops! Seems like everyone made the best out of the weather. Such a shame that your cruise was canceled. But that's just a reason for you all to coordinate another trip! Love, love, love that mushroom soup - so glad they kept it on the menu. Not sure what to make of Terry -- I mean who wouldn't want to hang out with you guys??-- but Jenny's face says it all.

 

[thumper*]

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I think R must have wanted this, I don't remember anything about it! Plus it looks healthy! I decided to get my nutrients by helping out another member of our group by eating the celery out of a bloody mary - I'm sure you've seen that photo already in someone else's report so I'll spare posting my glamour shot

Please look at Jenny's face to see how we all felt about Terry.

Oh the famous Terry. This is hilarious.

So glad your enjoying the new house and neighborhood.

 

[Hettie]

Congrats on your new house!

 

[fallonkendra]

R and I had a fastpass we needed to knock out first:

Nice work pal!

R and I opted to split one of the special desserts they were running as a "promotion within a promotion" as part of Minnie’s garden party - this specialty cake. It was $7 and was cheesecake and carrot cake decorated adorably to the theme of the garden party

We enjoyed it though I recall it was very sweet! But it was so cute. I also don't always go for white chocolate options at home but somehow love them at Walt Disney World and loved nibbling on the adorable little white chocolate topper.

Yum! I really e njoyed this!

I think this was around the time I was riding the Gran Fiesta Tour

Great picture of three amazing ladies!

I'll be honest, the drizzly day and over-stimulation was getting to me by this point. Some of our group went into the American Gardens Theater to see Herman's Hermits while R and I and @Jenny Sanders and Joe went off to find shade and seats. We could still hear the music so that was a nice respite!

We were sitting at a picnic table with Billie and Sarah in the America Pavilion - so we were so close to you guys during this time!

After our rest I was feeling much better and was elated to find that after we moseyed a little further that I was finally going to get to hang out with the fabulous and friendly @fallonkendra and her wonderful husband Luke @HeiChewChewChewsYou. Luke and Fallon are about the same ages as R and I and we absolutely adored getting to spend time with them on this afternoon and then (spoiler alert!) later in the trip at MK. It's so funny - I felt like we were on a first date a bit. You feel like you know people after reading so many reports here on the Boards and I personally get super nervous hoping that we hit things off in real life. Luke and Fallon could not have been sweeter. I can't wait until we get to see them again!

How cute is Fallon's outfit? It was May the Fourth, after all...

I'm so excited I finally got to meet you and Ryan! There will definitely be a next time for us to meet up!

Ahead of that, and seeing how many beverages I'd enjoyed, I convinced Billie to get her face painted with me despite the late hour.

Did you know you can ask them to change the colors on any designs if you want something personalized? Billie told me!

I have so many pictures of you two getting your face paint! I'll be sure to share all of them when I finally get to that point of my trip report!

The beverages may or may not have led to the furthering of some beautiful bromances...

R and Steve are so cute.

Aww!

And then, just as the evening was winding down and we were practically closing down the lounge, these, uhhhh... characters showed up in the bar and ended up photobombing our group shot.

Can you spot the creepers? One of them was the now-infamous Terry. Please look at Jenny's face to see how we all felt about Terry. Also please observe Steve just getting the heck out of there in the background...

This picture is funny every single time!

Both of you girls are adorable

Oh my gosh, Luke and Fallon are so great! Dismeets make me nervous and bad at socializing, but they're so easy to hang out with. You and Fallon both looked positively lovely!

Will I get to see you in October?!

 

[missjackiemcg]

I'm so glad I didn't fall a million pages behind here (as I did everywhere else!) during my DIS hiatus this summer!

It's so fun reading about the beginnings of the EPIC trip--what a fun, fabulous day at Epcot! and such a bummer when our cruise was cancelled

I'm actually sort of sad I missed out on the experience of the "Terry-tory" Lounge LOL Jenny's face just makes me wish I was there!!

 

[ArielSRL]

Well you might take forever updating but I tale forever and several weeks to read the update!

Glad to be taken back to that fun day! Great update! Hopefully we can have a repeat in the future!

 

[ArielSRL]

I'm actually sort of sad I missed out on the experience of the "Terry-tory" Lounge LOL Jenny's face just makes me wish I was there!!

You and me, both!

 

[TeresaNJ]

Just caught up on your report, and now I think I should catch up on writing mine! I don't feel so bad anymore that it's been so long since I last updated, since I see I'm in good company! Your house is adorable! I love it so much, and I love that you're painting the door red. I'm a big fan of red doors! Do you take your pics with a phone? They are really great! What an epic Dismeet! Some day I'd love to join in! So far I've only met a two DISfriends in real life at WDW, @Dan Murphy, and @jerusalemgal (DeeDee), and many many moons ago, when the DIS was in it's infancy, we did a DISmeet up in Massachusetts with several DISers, one of whom I think still is a huge part of running this site (Alex, are you still here?) I had a great time meeting DISers, and becoming real life friends with Dan & DeeDee. Oh wait, we did have another meet up, back around the year 2000, in Allentown, and we got to meet Lou Mongello of WDW Radio fame (I have no idea why he ran a DISmeet). Here are a few pics, but I don't remember who the other DISers are. Maybe someone reading this will recognize them!




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[ariane37]

OMG I cannot believe I never commented here! What is wrong with me??

These are the pork nachos from Captain Cook’s ($9.29) and they are amazing.

Amazing is the perfect word for this dish ofconstant perfection

no “chance” we happened to find our comrades @ariane37 and Steve also at the Odyssey!

Ariane and I got some ciders and sent the men folk off ahead of the rain to obtain... what else... Steve’s shrimp!

Yes it was so surprising seeing you there and boy was Steve giddy to be able to share his shrimp with people IN PERSON (who knew they have shrimp emoji's now)

I mean look at this man. Is he not too adorable for words???

This one is titled, "A Man and His Shrimp" , a Banks original.

including the shrimp & grits:

No self respecting southerner......
Oh wait, wrong dining report

I gotta say, this photo of me and the OG of facepainting @Elevationist is like a dismeet dream come true. Some people I was nervous around... Billie wasn't one of them. All the hearts.

Isn't she awesome?? I felt that way the first time I met Billie too!

he beverages may or may not have led to the furthering of some beautiful bromances...

How dare we keep them apart? Something must be done.............

Please look at Jenny's face to see how we all felt about Terry. Also please observe Steve just getting the heck out of there in the background...

This is going to be something we never forget and I can only hope/fear that we meet Terry again in his lounge someday

He looks so happy!

It's strange but cute I guess???? lol

his is my new favourite photo of Steve, 100%.

I might steal it and use as our Xmas card