A cruise, a birthday, and a little bit of Disney World...April 20-26th..UPDATED 5/17

[momto2inKC]

Hey everyone, welcome to my pre-trip report!:flower3:
There will be a little bit of Disney World and a cruise, along with celebrating a birthday, and 2 different Disney hotels....lots of stuff to talk about here!

I guess i'll start off with the cast of characters-

Jamie (that's me)- I'm the Disney nut of the family. I'm a stay at home mom, which gives me way too much time to plan trips to Disney :woohoo: I'm always looking for deals on the next trip. We had no intention of taking a Disney cruise or even going back to Disney so soon since we were just there in September. But when I plugged in some dates for the kids free I about fell over at how cheap it was. I tend to drive my husband especially crazy with all this Disney stuff. But, he understands it's my 'thing'.

Kenny (my husband)- He won't be joining us on this trip. He's a union laborer and is not able to take time off from work on the current job he's working on. So he gets to take care of the house and pets, fun stuff! :rolleyes1

Tristan (11...turns 12 next week!)- He's the one celebrating a birthday at Disney, lucky kid! I never got to do anything nearly as cool as going to Magic Kingdom for my birthday. He's my little gamer. I'm wondering if he's going to have seperation anxiety from his xbox and that darn head set he wears to 'chat' with his xbox friends :rotfl:

Madison (10)- My challenging child. She's not into Princess's, not into HSM, not really into anything 'girly'. She, however, like me, LOVES her Disney trips :cloud9: She'll sit with me for hours with her little Birnbaum for kids and plan, it's good to have a partner in crime :thumbsup2 She's a tad jealous that her brother gets to be in Disney during his birthday and has let it be known that she expects the same for her birthday next year.

The plans-
We fly into Orlando Monday, April 20th. We're taking Magical Express to CBR, then we'll rent a car for the week at the CCC. The kids don't know it, but we're staying in a pirate room! pirate: They are going to be shocked when they open that door!!!
Monday we're planning on going to Downtown Disney to do the Characters in Flight hot air balloon ride. We'll probably grab dinner there too.
Tuesday our plans are up in the air at this point. We might go to Sea World or Universal, or we just might hang out at the pool all day.
Wednesday we'll spend at Magic Kingdom. We will also be checking out of CBR and into a studio villa at AKV!!! So excited!
Thursday to Sunday we'll be sailing on the Wonder!
Sunday we'll spend at Downtown Disney, then heading home that night.

[momto2inKC]

Figured I could share some pics of us :goodvibes

Here we are last September

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y271/momto2inkc/image0161-1.jpg

An Easter pic of the kids...it's never easy to get pics of them together, smiling...thank goodness my sister in law uses live animals each year for her Easter photo sessions, works quite well to get the kids smiling, together ;)

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Be forewarned...I take a LOT of pictures :thumbsup2 And i'm one of those who takes pics of food too :thumbsup2:thumbsup2

[wannabeinfl]

Jamie,
I have been so ready for this trip to get here already. I am living through you guys right now. I will be glued to the :surfweb: waiting on each update and pictures! I want to see a pic of the bathroom on board. Is it tiny? Would I fit?
You guys are gonna have the best of times. I am so jealous but so excited at the same time. I want a pirate: room too. LOL
Oh and I want to know the weight limit on the balloon ride. I know it will hold up to 30 people.. but is that 30 skinny people?? In other words if my family went up would they say okay this flight has only room for 3??? :scared1:
If you think of it grab me some disney maps :woohoo: for my crew to look at over the next 10 weeks. We are ready to go and I need to do more planning ..
Angela

[momto2inKC]

Jamie,
I have been so ready for this trip to get here already. I am living through you guys right now. I will be glued to the :surfweb: waiting on each update and pictures! I want to see a pic of the bathroom on board. Is it tiny? Would I fit?
You guys are gonna have the best of times. I am so jealous but so excited at the same time. I want a pirate: room too. LOL
Oh and I want to know the weight limit on the balloon ride. I know it will hold up to 30 people.. but is that 30 skinny people?? In other words if my family went up would they say okay this flight has only room for 3??? :scared1:
If you think of it grab me some disney maps :woohoo: for my crew to look at over the next 10 weeks. We are ready to go and I need to do more planning ..
Angela

I'll get lots of bathroom pics, just for you! lol I don't think the balloon goes by weight, just by passengers. But i'll check anyway ;)
And i'll definitely grab one of each of the park maps at the hotel. Your trip will be here before you know it!!!!!!
Thanks for jumping on board :hippie:

[momto2inKC]

Just some random info I forgot to add....
For the cruise we booked a Cat 12 gty. We received some pixie dust though and were upgraded to a Cat 9, deck 1 :banana: We'll have 2 small port holes (yay, one for each kid!).
We have only booked 1 excursion. My son picked it, the stingray excursion at Castaway Cay. We have fed them for free at the zoo :rolleyes1 but it is part of his birthday gift, so.....
I'm still not certain our plans for Nassau. It's such a hard choice, stay on the boat and take advantage of it's offerings....or get off the boat and experience a different culture. If we get off, we'll just do something around the port. Maybe Ardastra or the Pirate Museum. We might check out the Harley and Del Sol shops. Who knows, we'll decide that day when we get up!

[wilma-bride]

Sounds like you have a great trip planned - and I'm jealous that your DS gets to spend his Birthday at MK too - my DD spent her Birthday at the MK last year and was treated like a star all day :)

Thanks for the pictures, it's nice to put faces to names - you're a cute looking family. I hope you have a fantastic trip and look forward to reading your trip report on your return.

[3SillyKids]

Jamie,
I have been so ready for this trip to get here already. I am living through you guys right now. I will be glued to the :surfweb: waiting on each update and pictures! I want to see a pic of the bathroom on board. Is it tiny? Would I fit?
You guys are gonna have the best of times. I am so jealous but so excited at the same time. I want a pirate: room too. LOL
Oh and I want to know the weight limit on the balloon ride. I know it will hold up to 30 people.. but is that 30 skinny people?? In other words if my family went up would they say okay this flight has only room for 3??? :scared1:
If you think of it grab me some disney maps :woohoo: for my crew to look at over the next 10 weeks. We are ready to go and I need to do more planning ..
Angela


LOL I had the same thought of the balloon, do we get weighed?:rotfl: lets hope not. Love all your plans & cant wait to read your updates & see all the pics:)

[Priorityonecb]

Woo hoo!! Will you be updating while there? I am so excited for you three!! :banana:

[momto2inKC]

Sounds like you have a great trip planned - and I'm jealous that your DS gets to spend his Birthday at MK too - my DD spent her Birthday at the MK last year and was treated like a star all day :)

Thanks for the pictures, it's nice to put faces to names - you're a cute looking family. I hope you have a fantastic trip and look forward to reading your trip report on your return.

I've made sure to have his birthday noted on all of our ADR's, both hotel reservations, and on the cruise info :rotfl: We'll see how much attention he gets, I can't wait LOL
Thanks for the compliments on the family :goodvibes

[momto2inKC]

LOL I had the same thought of the balloon, do we get weighed?:rotfl: lets hope not. Love all your plans & cant wait to read your updates & see all the pics:)

Oh stop it Kim! lol You have nothing to worry about. If they don't ground the balloon because of me, you'll be just fine ;) LOL

[momto2inKC]

Woo hoo!! Will you be updating while there? I am so excited for you three!! :banana:

Hey Tammy, thanks for following along :thumbsup2 I will be able to update up until we get on the boat. But i'm turning my Iphone off then and won't turn it back on until we debark Sunday.

[frdeb1999]

Great start and pics!! Can't wait to read the actual reivews! :)

[momto2inKC]

Great start and pics!! Can't wait to read the actual reivews! :)

Thanks for joining in :goodvibes

[MomlvsGoofy]

WoW..I am so happy I found your TR. This is what I want to do with my kids on April vacation next year. I would like to hear your opinion on the the crowds in the parks and on the cruise. Have Fun!

[RallyMonkey]

I can't wait to see your trip report when you come back!!! I know you will take lots of pictures to share, but don't forget to take pictures while you are up in the air in that balloon ride! I bet the view will be fabulous!
Brandy

[Momof4girls]

Okay, fellow picture maven - will you do me a HUGE favor and take pictures of the current menus while you're on the Wonder? :D

I'm dying to read them for our upcoming trip!

Can't wait to hear all about it!

[wannabeinfl]

Jamie.. I have another picture request. I want each of you to take a picture of something on the boat or at the motel that you think we may not think of. You cant help the kids decide. They have to take their own. :) Would you hurry and leave and update us with a report. LOL :rotfl:

[GoofyTraci]

Tristan (11...turns 12 next week!)- He's the one celebrating a birthday at Disney, lucky kid! I never got to do anything nearly as cool as going to Magic Kingdom for my birthday. He's my little gamer. I'm wondering if he's going to have seperation anxiety from his xbox and that darn head set he wears to 'chat' with his xbox friends :rotfl:


I so understand what u r talking about. My son is on it right now and dissed me for his xbox friends for a mission they needed him for. I dont know..:confused3 I am excited to read your trip report and hope you guys have a blast.:flower3:

[momto2inKC]

WoW..I am so happy I found your TR. This is what I want to do with my kids on April vacation next year. I would like to hear your opinion on the the crowds in the parks and on the cruise. Have Fun!

Thanks for reading my pre-trippy! I'm a tad bit nervous about the crowds at the park. Hopefully now that Easter is over and most spring breaks should be done, it won't be too bad!


I can't wait to see your trip report when you come back!!! I know you will take lots of pictures to share, but don't forget to take pictures while you are up in the air in that balloon ride! I bet the view will be fabulous!
Brandy

Hiya Brandy!! I'm still dreading the balloon :scared1: But it will definitely be such a cool experience!

Okay, fellow picture maven - will you do me a HUGE favor and take pictures of the current menus while you're on the Wonder? :D

I'm dying to read them for our upcoming trip!

Can't wait to hear all about it!

Menu pictures...got it! :thumbsup2

Jamie.. I have another picture request. I want each of you to take a picture of something on the boat or at the motel that you think we may not think of. You cant help the kids decide. They have to take their own. :) Would you hurry and leave and update us with a report. LOL :rotfl:

ROFL...okay, this could get interesting!:rotfl:

I so understand what u r talking about. My son is on it right now and dissed me for his xbox friends for a mission they needed him for. I dont know..:confused3 I am excited to read your trip report and hope you guys have a blast.:flower3:

LOL...so you definitely understand! ;) Thanks for reading along!

[momto2inKC]

Okay, in 10 short minutes, my countdown will be 2 days!!!! That calls for some dancing bananas!!! :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

So, I get a call this morning. Madi is running a fever at school :scared1: Fudge! So I get her and call the dr's office. Took her in this afternoon and it's basically just a virus that has to run it's course :scared1: We went through this last month. She had a fever that would not go away for an entire week. I'm freaking a bit to say the least! So i'm feeding her Tylenol/Motrin, Mucinex, allergy meds, and doing the nasal spray. Cross your fingers that she's better by Monday!!!

I came to the realization tonight while attempting to finish packing that it's going to be impossible to fit everything in the 3 suitcases I have pulled out for the trip. I hoped to not have to use the HUGE ones, but i'm running out of room :scared: I decided to stop trying for the night. I'll work on it again tomorrow.

[wilma-bride]

Hope Madi is feeling better soon. And good luck with the packing - go on, get thos HUGE suitcases out ;)

[lumpysluck]

HOPE YOUR DAUGHTER IS FEELING BETTER! My DD(11) horse show was a bust this weekend- horse almost threw her off and she got " emotional" so not a good one- so I am glad I kept the trip a surprise! Due to the sleeping in the car in 48 degree weather(we are from SC so that is bone chilling cold to us) I have started a Zpac- no sick for me PLEASE- We look forward to seeing you Thurs- Looks like it is just me and the kids as well- Habe a great time in DW!

[wannabeinfl]

Jamie and kids are in the WORLD! :thumbsup2 She posted on face book.. I am so ready for it to get dark so maybe she can update us with some park or motel details. :rotfl: I rreally am not rushing your trip Jamie, I want this week to be LONG and want you guys to have a great time. :laundy:okay back to my laundry.. ughhh

[3SillyKids]

Waiting on pics:::::: doesnt she know its Monday lol Ok off to read Facebook.

[Priorityonecb]

Ohhhhhhhh Jaime....we are waiting....:surfweb:

[momto2inKC]

I promise i'll start uploading pics to Photobucket soon so I can get started! :thumbsup2

[GoofyTraci]

I promise i'll start uploading pics to Photobucket soon so I can get started! :thumbsup2

We are excited to hear how things went.popcorn::

[Priorityonecb]

Darn Jamie!! Here I am at work with nothing to do at 2am and was hoping you had gotten started on your report! :rolleyes1

[momto2inKC]

Thanks for being so patient everyone :thumbsup2 I have totally slacked off from this trip report and frankly i've slacked off from a lot of stuff since our trip!
The trip was so much fun and full of surprises, good and bad! :scared1: But you'll all find out about that as we go ;) The trip was full of fun times, birthday surprises, a visit to the ER, a sprain, a sting ray 'bite', messy hair, snotty noses :scared1::scared1:, wonderful cast members, great stage shows, yummy food, an old biddy, wonderful table mates, and delayed planes :rotfl:
Okay, that's your little preview, on with the show!!!

[GoofyTraci]

Thanks for being so patient everyone :thumbsup2 I have totally slacked off from this trip report and frankly i've slacked off from a lot of stuff since our trip!
The trip was so much fun and full of surprises, good and bad! :scared1: But you'll all find out about that as we go ;) The trip was full of fun times, birthday surprises, a visit to the ER, a sprain, a sting ray 'bite', messy hair, snotty noses :scared1::scared1:, wonderful cast members, great stage shows, yummy food, an old biddy, wonderful table mates, and delayed planes :rotfl:
Okay, that's your little preview, on with the show!!!


What a tease!!! Just joking :rolleyes1...Gonna have to wait. Getting out the popcorn::

[momto2inKC]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Day 1...Travel day

I have no idea how I ever fell asleep the night before, but I did. And I even managed to get about 3 hours sleep...woohoo! The alarm went off and we were out the door at 4am. A 2 min drive to pick up MIL at her house (she was taking us to the airport) and we were off! I made it to the airport in record time, 45 min. So we had quite a wait ahead of us! We got our luggage weighed (I had at least 10 lbs more I could've stuffed in those bags! :lmao:) and jumped in the very short security line at MCI (Kansas City).
We found some chairs and got settled in. Our flight didn't leave until 6:45am so we had a bit of time to kill.
The kids kept themselves busy reading and I played on Facebook :goodvibes

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Pretty soon it was time to board! We were flying Southwest for the first time and had A-30 something boarding numbers. We ended up in the 5th row, not bad!

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The flight was quick and un-eventful! We even had a singing steward, good times! :thumbsup2

We headed right down to the Magical Express check in. The line was fairly short and we were on our way to the red carpet in no time. We waited about 10 minutes till it was time to board the bus. The first stop was Pop Century where nearly the entire bus got off at. Next stop....Caribbean Beach Resort! I had previously done online check in, so I walked right up to the online check in desk and it literally took maybe 1 minute and we were off to our room! I love online check in and will use it every trip!
We went outside to wait for the bus to take us to our building. We had a pirate room, so we were in Trinidad South, building 35, first floor. The room was in a great location! Here's some pics of the pirate room-

Table and chairs
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Dresser and tv area
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Beds
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Bathroom
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By now we were completely starving! It was around 12, so we decided to walk to Old Port Royale for some counter service lunch. I want to say here real quick....every trip to Disney we've been on the dining plan. This time however, we were not. I will NEVER do Disney without the dining plan again. I like having it all paid up front. And it is such a money saver!

So we walked and took some pics on the way...
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I know a lot of people complain that the pirate rooms are too far away from everything, but it was literally only a 10 minute walk :confused3
So we grabbed some lunch (sorry no pics). Tristan had pizza, Madi and I had cheeseburgers.
I then called National to schedule a pick up time to get our rental from the Car Care Center. He said they could be there in 15 minutes if we were ready. Okay! Sounds good to me! So we head out to the bus stop...ugh...this is why we rent cars now. The bus took FOREVER to get there. We were late, but luckily so was the National shuttle :rolleyes1

Picked up our car (a Mazda 5, I wasn't too impressed it, but it served it's purpose) and headed back to CBR so the kids could swim a bit before dinner.

[MomToAp1699]

Ok now, you just can't stop there. I am a year away from anything remotely Disney and I need MORE trip report.. lol....

[momto2inKC]

Ok now, you just can't stop there. I am a year away from anything remotely Disney and I need MORE trip report.. lol....

ROFL Val...don't worry, it won't take me long to get it done! :goodvibes

[Erikas4228]

Good trip report can't wait for the rest.popcorn:: I love reading these I get to post one after my cruise in 2 weeks. Yea!

[wannabeinfl]

Great start Jamie.. Wow, I didnt know you have never done disney without the dinning plan. So did you keep up with what you spent? I have done it both ways. I love it with the dinning plan but can deal with it without in order to get to disney if I have too.. :)
Okay now get off facebook :surfweb: and write.. I need more.

[momto2inKC]

Good trip report can't wait for the rest.popcorn:: I love reading these I get to post one after my cruise in 2 weeks. Yea!

Thanks! And I look forward to reading your trip report!

Great start Jamie.. Wow, I didnt know you have never done disney without the dinning plan. So did you keep up with what you spent? I have done it both ways. I love it with the dinning plan but can deal with it without in order to get to disney if I have too.. :)
Okay now get off facebook :surfweb: and write.. I need more.

Yep, we've used it everytime. I didn't really keep track of what I spent, but I know it was sticker shock LOL

[Priorityonecb]

Can't wait for more! :goodvibes

[JDBlair]

I'm in!!! :goodvibes

[momto2inKC]

So we just picked up the rental car and headed to thre pool. It was nearly impossible to find a seat with a view of the pool so I could keep an eye on the kids. But I eventually found one with a partial view.

I sent them on their way and headed to the pool bar! I was so ready for a nice fruity, slushy drink ;)
Here's part of me and my yummy drink
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Being the only adult, it's nearly impossible to get pics with yourself in them. But at least I got the alcohol in the pic!!! :thumbsup2
The kids just loved this pool. They really loved the fact that it had a slide. Here they are having some fun-
Madi on the slide
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And Tristans turn
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And a shot of the pool
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Here's when I was attempting to get them out of the pool. My drink was gone and my belly was ready for some dinner!
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They weren't hungry and definitely weren't ready to get out! So I gave them 1 more hour to swim. It did start raining right after that. I was lucky enough to then snag a table with an umbrella. A really nice lady joined me. She had brought her grandsons to Disney and we chatted for a bit while staying out of the rain. I finally got the kids out and we headed to the room for showers and to get ready for dinner.
We decided to head to Downtown Disney and see if we could get in at the T-Rex restaurant. DD was PACKED! We parked and made our way to T-Rex. There was no way we would be getting in anytime soon. The line was so long we just decided on McD's, kids choice. I wanted to eat at Earls but was out numbered :confused3 So we had McD's, which honestly it wasn't that bad, then walked around a bit.
We checked out the Lego Store, but didn't stay and play.
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We headed to the toy store and browsed, then to the Christmas store. I was hoping to find a Babys 1st Christmas ornament for my soon to be niece, but no luck. Next stop....Goofys Candy Co.!! We just love this place! Madi and I decided to make a treat, both of us chose the pretzels. Tristan got a tube of flavored sugar.
Here's the CM making some treats...
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We decided to head back to CBR. We were all pretty tired at this point. So back to the hotel, showers for all and off to bed! We had quite a discussion about what we'd be doing the next day. Choices were...Universal Studios, a Disney water park, Gator Land, or just hanging out at CBR.

[3SillyKids]

LOVING your trip report. Take any other pics of the Lego store? looks like I may need to get a loan just for a visit there lol

I bet the treats were delicious :-)

[momto2inKC]

LOVING your trip report. Take any other pics of the Lego store? looks like I may need to get a loan just for a visit there lol

I bet the treats were delicious :-)

Those are the only 2 pics I got at the Lego Store. My camera was burning through batteries, so I just had my iPhone with me that night. I'm so glad I finally figured out (only after spending almost $50 on batteries :scared1:) that my camera requires the lithium batteries. UGH At least I found that out before the cruise portion!

[jedijill]

Great report so far! Nice to see some of my "South of KC" neighbors! Wish they would finish up the contruction on 71 and 150. :)

Can't wait to hear more from your trip!

Jill in CO (formerly of Raymore, MO!)

[momto2inKC]

Great report so far! Nice to see some of my "South of KC" neighbors! Wish they would finish up the contruction on 71 and 150. :)

Can't wait to hear more from your trip!

Jill in CO (formerly of Raymore, MO!)

Thanks Jill :goodvibes I'm in Pleasant Hill, so right next to Raymore! lol I swear the road construction around KC is never ending!

[3SillyKids]

Those are the only 2 pics I got at the Lego Store. My camera was burning through batteries, so I just had my iPhone with me that night. I'm so glad I finally figured out (only after spending almost $50 on batteries :scared1:) that my camera requires the lithium batteries. UGH At least I found that out before the cruise portion!

The rechargeable ones work even better!

[wannabeinfl]

waiting on more report Jamie.. Whats the deal.. do you have another life outside this box that is more important? :rotfl2:

[momto2inKC]

waiting on more report Jamie.. Whats the deal.. do you have another life outside this box that is more important? :rotfl2:

ROFL..too funny Angela ;) I'll get an update on here at some point today :thumbsup2

[jedijill]

Thanks Jill :goodvibes I'm in Pleasant Hill, so right next to Raymore! lol I swear the road construction around KC is never ending!


OT but I have a very nice house for sale in Raymore if anyone you know is looking. :)

Jill in CO

[Eeyore18]

We're doing CBR for one night before our Magic cruise in July. Waiting to hear more!

[momto2inKC]

OT but I have a very nice house for sale in Raymore if anyone you know is looking. :)

Jill in CO

I'll send them your way if anyone mentions looking :goodvibes

We're doing CBR for one night before our Magic cruise in July. Waiting to hear more!

Thanks for reading!:thumbsup2

[momto2inKC]

Hey everyone, sorry for not updating the trip report in such a long time :rolleyes1

As you can see from my siggy, we have a new vacation to start planning! We have decided to take part in the Dis Unplugged podcast cruise next year. I'm such a big fan of the Dis podcast and am sooooo excited that I get to go :dance3: And I guess i'll let the husband and kids tag along too LOL

Okay, so i'm off, right now, to upload the next days pics so I can get another installment up!!

[momto2inKC]

Tuesday April 21st
So we left off Monday night, the kids and I were discussing what to do the next day. I'm so not used to a Disney trip where the night before we have no idea what we'll be doing the next day! So after much discussion, begging, pleading by the kids, we wound up deciding on....

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This was our 5th trip to Disney and we had never spent a day at the water parks. So I gave in. I don't particularly like being in the water. It's just not my thing.
So we got up and headed to the Hess station, where we picked up a very nutritious breakfast of chips and cokes for the kids and a banana nut muffin for me. We headed over to Blizzard Beach. We didn't have tickets yet and I quickly spotted the kiosk to buy them. I'm not sure why no one uses these kiosk. The lines to buy tickets from a CM were quite long. Glad I used the kiosk!
So once the park opened we went straight to the store to rent a locker. Got all of our valuables in the locker, then went to the rope to wait for the official opening. We decided to head to the wave pool area to find some chairs. Found some chairs and the kids headed right in.

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Didn't take long before Tristan was done with this and ready to move on to other things.

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So once we were able to coax Madi out of the water, we headed up ALL those stairs to ride Teamboat Springs. Okay, i'll admit, this was FUN! It's a big raft that holds about 6 people. We were put with another group of 3 and off we went! Once we finished, we went right back up and rode again. Next we decided to take a spin around Blizzard Beach on the lazy river (Cross County Creek). Quite a nice relaxing ride! It's mostly in the shade, which is great once it gets really hot!
Next we decided to go grab our things and move over to Ski Patrol Training camp. I think the kids would've been happy to have just stayed in this spot the entire day. THey had so much fun!
Here's Madi crossing the icebergs
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And Tristan giving it a go
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Then they decided to try out the zip line. We saw so many kids nearly get hurt because they did not know to let go at the end of the line. The t bar would hit the end and their feet would fly up nearly to their head :scared1: Thank goodness mine knew to let go!
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The kids wanted to do the lazy river again, so I sent them on thier way while I grabbed my iPhone and got on Facebook ;) Had to keep everyone updated when I could! Once they got back, Madi decided she wanted to go again. I shouldn't have let her. Tristan and I had been sunning for some time and I kept thinking she should be back around by now (our chairs were actually right on the lazy river, so I had been watching for her). Anyway, finally I see her exit and come across the bridge. But she never makes it back to us. After about 10 min I check the bathroom, not there. Check the ski patrol play area, not there. Start to panic. Go back to our chairs, Tristan said he still hadn't seen her..crap! So I tell him to stay put and watch for her. I go walking and come across the food place. The people tell me the only way to report a lost child is to go all the way to the front. I walk a bit more and decided to head back to where Tristan was. He still hadn't seen her. So I go to the life guard right there and he said he would report her missing, but just then she just comes walking by like nothing was wrong UGH She still to this day SWEARS she wasn't lost.
So anyway, we were all starving by now. I went over and got hot dogs and chips for us all. The food was okay, just basic Disney fare.
After lunch we grabbed up all of our stuff and decided to head to another part of the park to see what we could find to do. We ended up throwing our stuff down somewhere and jumping in the lazy river for another go around.
After that we found Snow Stormers and the kids just had to ride a few times. I happily sat in the viewing area and relaxed :goodvibes
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It was around 2pm now and we were getting pretty worn out. We headed towards the front and Tristan decided he just HAD to do the lazy river one more time. Madi was wanting ice cream, so we sent him on the lazy river and she enjoyed her itzakadoozi while waiting. Once he was done we headed to our locker to empty it out and return our key. Now it was time to head back to CBR for a much needed nap!

[Priorityonecb]

What a fun day!! Brady has that shark towel too! :thumbsup2

[wannabeinfl]

Ohhh makes me wish we were there right now.. I love both water parks but this one is most special to me.. I would have died waiting on Madi... would have totally freaked out....

[momto2inKC]

What a fun day!! Brady has that shark towel too! :thumbsup2

Oh she does, how cool! :cool1: Tristan loves that towel LOL

Ohhh makes me wish we were there right now.. I love both water parks but this one is most special to me.. I would have died waiting on Madi... would have totally freaked out....

I *knew she was fine, but just lost :eek::headache: But still, a very unsettling feeling. Next time I think we'll try out Typhoon Lagoon, just so we can compare the 2. The kids just loved it, though. I would be happy to sun/nap all day :cool2:

[RallyMonkey]

Sounds like such a FUN day (except for Madi getting lost) and looks like an awesome waterpark!!!

[Evan&Kimberly]

Great Trip Report!

[3SillyKids]

Looks like sooooooo much fun, minus the Madi part!!

[momto2inKC]

Great Trip Report!

Looks like sooooooo much fun, minus the Madi part!!

Sounds like such a FUN day (except for Madi getting lost) and looks like an awesome waterpark!!!

Thanks all! Uploading pics now for the next installment, sorry i'm so slow at this LOL:rolleyes1

[momto2inKC]

After spending the day at Blizzard Beach, we headed back to CBR for some MUCH needed rest! We all showered and napped just a bit. I had a gift card for the Outback Steakhouse, so we headed there for dinner. It was quite yummy! We completely stuffed ourselves :goodvibes
We stopped next door for bottled water for the cruise and MORE batteries! I could not belive I was burning through batteries so quick! Thank goodness the next day I figured out I needed one of those special batteries.
After we left I just didn't want to go back to the hotel, I NEEDED more Disney LOL So we drove over to the Boardwalk. It was so nice out, we spent a good hour walking the Boardwalk. We started at one end and made our way all the way over to the International Gateway to Epcot. Oh I wanted to go in SOOOOO badly! Epcot is really I think my favorite park. I can't wait to go back! Here's some pics from our stroll.
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We took the boat from Epcot back to the Boardwalk. We got off just in time to catch this funny guy-

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We made our way back to the car and drove 'home'. Madi wanted to swim, Tristan wanted to watch tv. So I took Madi to the pool right outside our room and Tristan stayed in the room. It was quite cool this night, I had about 3 or 4 pool towels using them as blankets LOL I only let Madi swim for about 45 min then we headed back to the room. I had to pack up our stuff since we were moving over to Animal Kingdom Villas for one night in the morning :banana:

[RallyMonkey]

It looks so neat there!

[momto2inKC]

It looks so neat there!

You need to venture out that way sometime! I can't wait to come over to your neck of the woods and see Disney Land :)

[3SillyKids]

Wow an update, guess I have to give you a cupcake now lol

Looked like a gorgeous day too Jamie. Dang I cant wait to go, now im
drolling lol

[momto2inKC]

Wow an update, guess I have to give you a cupcake now lol

Looked like a gorgeous day too Jamie. Dang I cant wait to go, now im
drolling lol

ROFL...hand over the cupcake :hug: :woohoo:

It was quite a nice day! I'm so excited for you to go on your trip, you guys are going to have so much fun!

[SnowWhiteIsDreaming]

Hey momto2inKC,

Either we were following you or you were following us....

We were at DTD on the night of April 20th. We had dinner at the T-Rex restaurant to celebrate my son's 10th bday ...the line to get in was big, but we had a reservation so we didn't have to wait in the line.

Then on April 21st, we went to BB - my son did that 'hang on the rope until it hits the stopper-thingy really hard' ride too. We got some nice photopass pics of him doing that. I love BB...it was a really nice day there. Then we went back to our resort, the YC, and went across the lake to hang out at the boardwalk.

[momto2inKC]

Hey momto2inKC,

Either we were following you or you were following us....

We were at DTD on the night of April 20th. We had dinner at the T-Rex restaurant to celebrate my son's 10th bday ...the line to get in was big, but we had a reservation so we didn't have to wait in the line.

Then on April 21st, we went to BB - my son did that 'hang on the rope until it hits the stopper-thingy really hard' ride too. We got some nice photopass pics of him doing that. I love BB...it was a really nice day there. Then we went back to our resort, the YC, and went across the lake to hang out at the boardwalk.

Hey, what a coincidence! Okay, so we spent the next day at Magic Kingdom....did you all too? :rotfl: Thanks for reading!!

[smeecanada]

What is all over at the Boardwalk? I know Beaches and Cream is there. Been wanting to go there, but haven't made it on our two trips. We're heading down for a cruise in July and have a free night. Might go to the Boardwalk instead of DTD, if there is stuff that interests us.

Anyone know if you can park at the resort, even though you are not staying on property? Does Beaches and Cream take ressies?

[momto2inKC]

What is all over at the Boardwalk? I know Beaches and Cream is there. Been wanting to go there, but haven't made it on our two trips. We're heading down for a cruise in July and have a free night. Might go to the Boardwalk instead of DTD, if there is stuff that interests us.

Anyone know if you can park at the resort, even though you are not staying on property? Does Beaches and Cream take ressies?

I'm not even sure what all is there, we mostly just walked around. I do remember seeing an arcade, and then there are several restaurants/sports bars. From what I hear the entertainment varies, just depends on who's out there when you go. They do have those big bikes that hold the whole family you can rent and ride around.
The last I heard, no ADR's are taken for Beaches and Cream.
As far as parking, we just parked in self parking. I told the attendant at the gate that we were there to look around, he told us come on in :goodvibes

[MMitchell29]

O.K Momto2inKC i'm over here having trip report withdrawl. i'm so happy that you are able to go to disneyworld as well as cruise. We only live 9 hours from Disney and it takes an act of congress to get my DH to drives us more than once a year. And get this he's a truck driver (owner operator) so it's not like he don't drive 7-8 hours straight anyway. o.k rant over LOL LOL

Seriously i'm glad you all had a great time. and happy you made it home safe. Now if I can only get up the nerve to go buy a gps, gas up the mini van and take the kids myself for a quick get-a-way

Meredith
SAHM of 3

[momto2inKC]

O.K Momto2inKC i'm over here having trip report withdrawl. i'm so happy that you are able to go to disneyworld as well as cruise. We only live 9 hours from Disney and it takes an act of congress to get my DH to drives us more than once a year. And get this he's a truck driver (owner operator) so it's not like he don't drive 7-8 hours straight anyway. o.k rant over LOL LOL

Seriously i'm glad you all had a great time. and happy you made it home safe. Now if I can only get up the nerve to go buy a gps, gas up the mini van and take the kids myself for a quick get-a-way

Meredith
SAHM of 3


It's not to bad at all without him. It's more stressful when there's 2 adults for some reason LOL I went a couple of years ago to Disney World with the kids for 11 days, it was so nice!!!
I say go for it! :cool1:

[MMitchell29]

I soooooooo enjoy my trips without my husband LOL He isn't into Disney like me, so it's more stessful when he goes. I went a couple of years ago to Disney World with the kids for 11 days, it was so nice!!!
I say go for it! :cool1:

Thanks for giving me hope. I think I will go for it. i'll start looking for the perfect GPS and if that fails i'll look into a nice cheap flight that way I won't have to worry about tranportation.

[momto2inKC]

hey everyone.. just wanted to post a note that it'll be awhile before I can add anymore to the trip report. My laptop is broken and all my trip pics are on it.

[SnowWhiteIsDreaming]

Nope, we went to Epcot on Wed, the 22nd and AK on the Thursday.

I really want to do a cruise on our next vacation so I'm looking forward to hearing the rest of your trip report. Hope your laptop gets better quickly!

Hey, what a coincidence! Okay, so we spent the next day at Magic Kingdom....did you all too? :rotfl: Thanks for reading!!

[wannabeinfl]

Jamie will you be able to get the pictures out of the broken lap top.. :eek:

love the report.. need more.. need lots more.... popcorn::

[momto2inKC]

Nope, we went to Epcot on Wed, the 22nd and AK on the Thursday.

I really want to do a cruise on our next vacation so I'm looking forward to hearing the rest of your trip report. Hope your laptop gets better quickly!

Thanks! Hopefully it won't be too long before it's fixed!

Jamie will you be able to get the pictures out of the broken lap top.. :eek:

love the report.. need more.. need lots more.... popcorn::

Yes, pics will be fine!