Our very magical, very first trip to Disney World

[3princesses+aprince]

We just got back from our first trip to Disney World!!! What a wonderful time we had!! It was everything that I hoped it would be and more:lovestruc We are already planning to go back in September, 2010!!!!

If you would like to check out my pre trip report, you can see who we all are and what fun we had preparing and planning for our first trip! If not, you will meet us here through pics anyway.

I am Pam, my dh is Manny, and there is my 12 yr old stepson, Anthony, and mine and Manny's daughters, Emily, 9, Lizzie, 7, and Samantha 5!!!!!

We were in Disney from May 12-19th and we had two preferred rooms at the All Star movies. We requested the Toy Story building and got it, we love Toy Story!!

We were on the Quick Service Dining Plan and loved every minute of it. There was so much food, sometimes we would look at each other like "oh my god, we have to eat again" We had 36 snack credits and 7 meals left the day we checked out, luckily we didn't leave until 5:45pm, so we tried to use up as much as we could of them!!! We still left with 1 meal and 16 snacks left over, we could not bear to even grab any more to go:laughing: It was great, it included 2 meals a day for each person, 2 snack credits a day for each person and a refillable mug for each person. LOVED the mugs!!!!!!!!

So let's start off on May 11th. It was a very busy day making sure everything was in the suitcases and everything was bought. It took me until like 5pm to finally find our misting fans but my Dad ended up finding them.:yay: When everything was finally triple checked and we were all set and ready to go to bed I gave the kids their Autograph books that I made them and the pins and lanyards that I bought! They were surprised and very excited.

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Here we are just getting ready on May 12th, we are all sleepy and ready to go!! Below are the pics of the kids looking out the porch window when the Limo was pulling up. This was a surprise, they did not know about the Limo, they thought Grampy was bringing us to the airport!

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The kids loved the Limo ride, they were so excited the whole time. It was about a 20 minute ride to the airport!!!

I'll continue in a new post, not sure how long they are able to get?

[mommytothreeboys]

YAY!!! I'm first! Can't wait to hear more!

The limo looks FABULOUS! Great way to start an awesome vacation! :thumbsup2

[thechesters420]

Looks fun!

[3princesses+aprince]

We arrived at the airport and went to the Southwest terminal to check our bags and get a boarding pass for Anthony, because when I checked in online his did not print. For anyone that followed my PTR, you know this because I was very upset and in a panic. It all went smooth, he did get a C boarding pass, but they said that was no problem at all, he could just get on with us in A!!! They were very friendly and nice!!!! We arrived about an hour before the terminal was even open, but we wanted to be early and prepared. We were!!!! The kids just had fun waiting!!

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Here we are waiting for the plane, we went to get some drinks and pastries for breakfast.

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"What's that, is that our plane"

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The plane ride went smooth, Emily, Sam, and Anthony's ears hurt, but not too severe. (That would be on the ride home:scared1:)

And we arrive at the Orlando International airport

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Waiting for the Tram

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Yay, we are finaly on the Magical express. We did not even have a wait, we walked right up and got right on the bus.

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WE ARE IN DISNEY WORLD

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Continued in next post!!!!!!

[catherines_mama]

Woohoo - the TR is on! Lets go! :banana:

Love the morning pics.. sleepy faces!

[3princesses+aprince]

Oh, we were in Heaven when we got off the bus and walked down the red carpet and into the lobby. Oh, it was awesome. Manny took the kids and went to sit down and watch TV, the kids thought the TV with the chairs out was great. Lizzie stuck with me to check in. My little buddy.

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We checked in online a few days before. Would that save time? Would that mean our rooms would be ready when we checked in at 10:30 am?

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Oh yes, our rooms were ready and we were in them by 11:00am:banana: I was thrilled, I so wanted to put these bags down and change into some shorts and tank tops, as it was 90 degrees.

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So we checked out the room and changed up and went to the food court for our first Disney Luch.

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After lunch we went to check out our area, we were right by the Buzz and Woody:lovestruc

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[3princesses+aprince]

So we went back up to our rooms and changed into our bathing suits, it was time for our first swim of the week. We left 50 degrees and were dropped into 90, that pool was callling us!!!

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And then we went back into the "big Mickey pool" for a little while longer and that is where I will leave you for now.

I know my dis friends have been waiting for my updates, so I didn't want to make you wait until tomorrow, had to get this in before I go to work:headache: Back to reality!!

On this first night we went to the Magic kingdom, so stay tuned!!!!

[tinkerbell3747]

I made it......Loving it so far.....I got to go back and finish reading I wanted to make it to the first page or close to it at least.....

[catherines_mama]

Looks great a great arrival to WDW. How did the Online Check-IN go. Was it a long line? Did you get your connecting rooms? I'm still nervous about trying it in June.

PS - I think your count-down timer is broken.

[wlwilliams9]

Yay! You started TR and it's great! I can't wait to read more! I'm bummed we missed you at the AK DIS meet! The pool looks so refreshing! I could jump in right now!

[bhwhiz]

Great TR! I'm in! :cool1:

[tinkerbell3747]

I loved the look on your kids faces when they saw the limo.....I am so glade check in with southwest went ok, online checking was good to you AND your rooms were ready....you guys were on a roll....pixie dust was all around you....you just gotta love it.....

I hope all your memories of your trip help you make it through your shift tonight.....just think the planning starts all over again.....and that is always fun and stressful at times but fun O and it's fun and a more fun :rotfl2:

One of the things my family does ( great idea I got from one of fellow Diser MeMom trip report) is to plan small family dinners with a Disney theme.....One night we did a MK theme so we had "mom's" Casy's hotdogs with all the sides and I tried to make my own version of a dole whip, and freshed baked cookie and ice cream sandwhiches.....put on your favorite Disney movie and/or break out the Disney photos and have fun planning for future trips.....brings back a little magic everytime.

The possibilities are endless.....I think I may try Earl of Sandwich next....

[mickeystoontown]

Your family is adorable! I can't wait to hear all about your trip.

[jjk]

Fantastic start to your TR , I love the pictures of all your adorable children waiting for the Limo. Looking forward to reading more:goodvibes

[bertegirl]

Found it...Found it...now lets starting reading :surfweb:

[bertegirl]

Wow...Jenny would have loved that hotel. It looks really child friendly. And Jason would have loved all the CS dining choices. We got 13 candy bars on the way home to use up our snack credits. Too much food! Can't wait to keep reading!

[3princesses+aprince]

Glad you're all enjoying my report, I still gotta get the link in my signature!!!

Online check in was awesome, it only took a few minutes, and we did get our connecting rooms, because we were a mother, father and children they are guaranteed. It's only a maybe if you have more than two adults in your group. It went great.

Back to work last night. I had Disney songs running through my head all night, and all I thought about was being with Manny and the kids:sad1: Everyone was happy to see me and welcomed me back, and I smiled and said, Thank You!

I promise to have another update up soon, I have to upload some more pictures. I'll be putting up our first night in the Magic Kingdom:cloud9: Oh, when we first walked in and saw the castle and smelled all of the food:goodvibes It was great!!

I have been so busy with laundry, food shopping, walmart trips for everything we didn't have in the house. My nephew's birthday is sunday and we have a big parade on monday, that goes right by our house, so we all have a big thing that day, plus my birthday is always celebrated that day. It is on wed May 27th, but i'll be work:headache:

So as soon as I get a chance I will update!!!!!

[catherines_mama]

Online check in was awesome, it only took a few minutes, and we did get our connecting rooms, because we were a mother, father and children they are guaranteed. It's only a maybe if you have more than two adults in your group. It went great.

See, I have heard many contradict this, but it worked for you, so I'll hope to believe it will work for us too. I will make sure I do a room request though 4 days previous.. JUST incase.

Can't wait to hear more.

[momofoneplustwinz]

Great report, your kids looks so happy! I hope mine are that happy next week!:)

[PrincessBrideJo]

I'm in!

We were at the same hotel, in the same area, at the same time!!!! I don't ever remember seeing your kids though. We stayed in Buzz, room 842 from May 10th-17th! I was looking through your pool pictures closely to see if I saw my son, haha! He is easy to pick out as he had shark floaties, but didn't see him!

[mommytothreeboys]

Work sucked last night. I had Disney songs running through my head all night, and all I thought about was being with Manny and the kids:sad1: Everyone was happy to see me and welcomed me back, and I put a fake smile on and said, Thank You!


That "bubble" you are in with the family at WDW is the hardest thing for me to get used to when coming back to the real world. I'm never quite ready to come out of that little cocoon!

Good thing for you is you have another trip in the works! Happy Planning! :goodvibes

[wide receiver]

I just had to follow you TR! Seeing WDW through the eyes of your family is sooooo wonderful! Love to see first timers at WDW! Can't wait to read more!

[Happy Elf]

I'm in! Can't wait to hear about your trip! Sounds like you had a great time!

[3princesses+aprince]

Thanks for all of the replys, glad you're enjoying.
PrincessbrideJo, that is too funny!!! I don't remember seeing anyone with shark floaties, so maybe we just weren't in the same places at the same time:goodvibes That is funny!!! Our rooms were right behind Woody, so we must have been right across from each other!!

[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, i'm gonna finish up our first day in Disney World!!!

Ok, so we left off at the pool!! We then went up to the room to get changed up and to grab our Autograph books

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And then headed down to the bus stop

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And we finally made it to the Magic Kingdom and saw that lovely castle.

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The Haunted Mansion was our first ride!!!!!!!!

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Then we headed over and went to see Mickey's Philharmagic, this show was awesome. The kids loved it. I rate it the best 3D show in Disney. The kids loved how the pie smelled like a pie.

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Next we headed over and checked out Minnie Mouse's House. Too Cute.

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Our first of many pressed pennies. We had a lot of fun with this, next year I am going to get a book and collect them and do much more.

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We then rode It's a small world (5 minute wait, couldn't pass that up) I do love this ride though.

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We were then going to head over the little bridge and eat dinner at Pecos Bills. Well it started pouring, thundering and lightening....

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So instead we decided to run back to the bus stop and get back to the hotel. I believe this was the best thing that could have happened, as we were extremely tired. remember we got up at 3:30am this morning. Sam fell asleep on the bus to the MK, I kept waking her up saying "we're almost there, stay awake"

So we get back to the hotel

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And it was really pouring, we didn't even want to run to the food court, so we ordered Pizza to the rooms, this night was so nice.

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[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, I had 2 pics that would not fit. We are limited to 25 pics per post!

Here's the pizza box, it was just too cute

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And here are Lizzie and Sam shortly after eating. Wow, we were so tired!!!

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I gotta upload some more pics from our first full day in Disney. It's Animal Kingdom day, which was actually my favorite day of the entire week. Stay tuned, I promise to update soon.

But our first day was wonderful, everything went so well, and we were all so Happy!!!

[bouncycat]

Found ya!!! GREAT TR so far, mine's gonna be short, didn't get too many pictures because of the rain...but I got some!!!! Keep em comin!!!

[wlwilliams9]

What a great day!! It looks like the kids needed some sunglasses!!:lmao: I'm glad they got a good night sleep! The first day can be so exhausting when you get up so early! Can't wait to read more!

[dpndka]

Pam, love the pics you posted. Your children are so adorable. their excitement shows in the pics. Look forward to reading the rest of your TR. :thumbsup2

[mommytothreeboys]

Great finish to a great day! Don't you just love Disney sleep! There's nothing like it!

I noticed the girls squinting in the sun too...LOL! We northern folk are just not used to that Florida sunshine! :goodvibes

Can't wait to hear about Animal Kingdom day! Bring it on!:thumbsup2

[CdnDisneyLover]

I'm in.......I love these TR. Your pictures are great and brings back so many memories. Did you stay at All Star Movies? We stayed at All Star Sports in March and thought is was great. Might try Movies next year.

Great TR!!!:goodvibes

[tiggerfan6]

HI! I can't wait to finish your TR. I love reading them! FUN!! Especially 1st timers :yay:
Erica

[racefanof88]

I love the report so far. I thought I saw you Saturday at the MK on Snow White, I called out Pam and the lady didn't turn around, Dale wouldn't let me call out again............lol.

[3princesses+aprince]

Hi everyone and thanks for reading!!! Ha Ha Racefan, that's too funny. It definitely wasn't me, we were in Epcot on Saturday!! Oh, how I wish I could go back to that day.......Ok, back to reality!!!

I'll get my AK day up very soon, I am sick, and I have my nephew's birthday party that starts in an hour and a half and me and the kids are still sitting here in PJs, so I gotta get going! Ya think!

Tonight I'll upload all of the pics from that day and i'll either start it tonight or tomorrow. Tomorrow there's a big parade that goes right by my house and we usually have a cookout to celebrate my bday. It's actually this wed. but I have to work.

Ok, i'll be back tonight!

[leamom2princesses]

Hi Pam! I found ya! Sounds like you had an excellent trip. Can't wait to hear more. Love all the pics. :goodvibes

[3princesses+aprince]

Hi Pam! I found ya! Sounds like you had an excellent trip. Can't wait to hear more. Love all the pics. :goodvibes

Hello, and welcome home....Even though we'd all rather still be in Disney World:cloud9:

[Sunshine1987]

we were in Epcot on Saturday!! Oh, how I wish I could go back to that day.......Ok, back to reality!!!

I am enjoying your TR so far! I subbed to your PTR and enjoyed reading your plans as I too was planning our trip!

We were also at Epcot last Saturday... :flower3: I would LOVE to be back there again! That was our last day at WDW. The last thing I did at about 4PM was use up our last 5 snack crdts on churros from the Cantina in Mexico while my DH took as many last minute pics as possible!

I think we may have been at MK on the same day as well (5/12) but we left the park at about 4PM before the rain for ADR's at Ohana.

Anyway, I am so looking forward to the rest of your TR. Your kids are so adorable! I hope to do a TR, eventually when things slow down and I get caught up.... as if that is ever going to happen.... :lmao:

[MaryAz]

Hi Pam
Looks like a fun first day! Your family is so cute! Feel better and I can't wait to read more!!

[3princesses+aprince]

Sunshine 1987, i'm trying to think about what time I was in Mexico, it was probably about that time, but maybe a little earlier:goodvibes I love Epcot and I love the World Showcase, so didn't all of my kids, they all, even my 5 yr old, thought it was amazing.

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I'm tagging the page....so far the pics are great! Like how you made the big table for eating! Too cute. The kids look so tickled to be there! :goodvibes

[catherines_mama]

Did you guys stay at the Family Suites? I do not recall that large of a table in the regular rooms, if so - that is GREAT!!!

Still enjoying the report... :) Love all the pics.

[3princesses+aprince]

I'm tagging the page....so far the pics are great! Like how you made the big table for eating! Too cute. The kids look so tickled to be there! :goodvibes

Thanks, that was a nice relaxing night!!!

Did you guys stay at the Family Suites? I do not recall that large of a table in the regular rooms, if so - that is GREAT!!!

Still enjoying the report... :) Love all the pics.

Nope we had 2 connecting rooms at the Movies, so we just brought one table into the other room and made a "family size" table that night!!!

[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, i'm uploaded about half of our pics from this day, so i'll start!!


We slept in a little bit this morning because if you remember the morning before we were all up at 3:00am waiting for the Limo!!! We were so tired!! I didn't really sleep too late, I was up by 8 and laying everyone's clothes out, I was so excited for this day. Who am I kidding, I was excited for everyday:goodvibes
So once everyone was up and dressed we went down to the foodcourt and filled up our mugs and every morning we would use snack credits for things like toasted bagels with cream cheese, muffins , danish etc... The kids loved it. And everything was so big, just a snack credit was a big enough breakfast!!

We went out to the bus stop and we were off to Animal Kingdom, I knew the kids were gonna love this park.

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Ok, so we got off the bus and hit the gift shop that was right outside of the park, we didn't even get in the park yet:rotfl: And.....It was all Manny!!! Sam bought a pair of Minnie Mouse ears , Anthony bought these funky sunglassed which he collected in many colors over the course of the week, you will see plenty of them in this trip report, he's too funny. And Emily did her first pin trade, she was so excited. She traded a Mickey Pin for a Dale pin. She thought the pin trading was great:thumbsup2

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Here's the crew, ready to take on AK with Minnie ears and funky sunglasses!

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Oh, as soon as we walked into the park we were amazed at everything! It was all so pretty. And it was Hot this day and I heard that AK always felt hotter, but to us it felt cooler, there was always a breeze and almost everywhere was shaded.

This is the first awesome guy we came across, it's a giant anteater

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Our first sight of the Tree!!!

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And then we had our first character sighting of the trip. Me and the girls were off the wall excited!!!!

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Oh, my god, Lilo and Stitch were so funny!!! I have a video clip of Stitch throwing Emily's book on the ground, then Lilo grabbed the other book from him so he wouldn't throw that one, then he wouldn't give back the pen. The kids got quite a kick out of him. Oh and then he was pointing to Anthony's glasses "asking" what the point of them was!

Next we ran up to the Safari because this was supposed to be our Dismeet. A few were there but they were already hot and pooped. It was our first full day in Disney so we were rearing to go. So we said hello and goodbye and grabbed us some Safari fastpasses.

We then headed back to camp Minnie Mickey, the girls were really waiting for some more character autographs.

On the way there we stopped and let Emily buy Chip and Dale, they are her new favorites.

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Then we got in line to meet chip and dale

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My god, Anthony is getting so big.

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Ok, so while in line there was a man walking around playing the guitar. He stopped at us and asked Emily what her name was. He then asked if we wanted to hear a song. So I put my camera on video cause I just knew something good was coming. And I was right. He sung a song about Emily on her famous Disney World Trip with her Family and how she had Chip and Dale and sunglasses on her head. It was the most memorable experience from our trip. I have tears in my eyes just thinking about it. I constantly have that song that he sung for Emily in my head. It was so wonderful. I'm going to try to upload it, not sure how long it will take. But maybe i'll get it up here tonight, it's definitely GREAT!!!

After Chip and Dale we just went from line to line and saw our other friends.

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Ok, another wonderful story here at Minnie Mouse. The CM you see pictured here with Manny was so awesome. Her name was Judith. She was in the line when we were visiting Goofy and she was asking the girls why Daddy wasn't going near the characters. She said " I think he's scared" So she followed us to Minnie and after the girls took their pic

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and got her autograph she went up and told Minnie about Manny. Soooo Minnie went after him and she kept going back after him and kissing him. Someone in line was saying that he was going to tell Mickey! We were cracking up, it was so much fun.

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And then when Anthony was starting to walk away she shook her finger at him, like "oh no you don't" and went to kiss him.

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[mommytothreeboys]

I just LOVE AK...I agree that it is an absolutely beautiful park!

We saw that guitar guy in Camp Minnie Mickey too! He was really good. How cool that he did a song for Emily!

Love the pics of Minnie with Manny....classic! :rotfl:

[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, next we were off to see Mickey Mouse!!!!!!!! I love how this picture came out, we made it into an 8 by 10 and i'm going to buy a nice frame for it.

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That completed all of the characters at Camp Minnie Mickey, we were very happy campers. and hungry, so it was off to pizzafari

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We loved this restaurant, I thought it was so pretty!!! So we ate pizza of course and relaxed in the nice AC.
It was now time for our Fastpassed to the Safari

We got on and were very excited to go!!

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We were all very pleased and amazed with the Safari, we saw so many animals, i'll put a few pics up.

Hippos

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I don't know whats, but that was a termite mound

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Giraffe

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Elephant

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Ostrich eggs

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Ostrich

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The poacher's site

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The Safari of course got a thumb's up. That is a must do for next time too!!!

After that we hopped on the train to Rafiki's Planet Watch, I was almost going to skip it, but i'm so glad I didn't.

We took a nice relaxing train ride there

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These statues are set up as soon as you get off the train

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Everything up here was so pretty

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Then we saw little monkeys

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We all took a bathroom stop and this is how the walls were decorated, and Lizzie found an otter!! Lizzie LOVES otters. She has a beanie Otter that she's had since she was 2 and she just simply is in love with otters. And she was so excited to take this pic.

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I already printed it out and she's going to pick a frame out for it, and she wants to put it in her room.

So when we went inside to the Conservation Station it was ice cold AC, it felt so good. We could see alot of animals through the glass and there was a lady giving a little speech on tarantulas which she had, it was so gross, but the kids liked it of course. And then we saw all of these characters hanging around, there were no lines. It was awesome.

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Anthony was just hanging out with this tiger while we waited for Pocahontas, she took a little break.

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Then we went back out to the train and rode the relaxing ride back to where the Safari was.....and this is where I will leave you for now, gotta upload more pics.

Next we go to the Tree of Life and Dinoland.......And DO ANY OF MY CRAZY CHILDREN ASK ME TO RIDE EXPEDITION EVEREST WITH THEM!!!

Now, this night was EMH. So the park closed at 5pm and EMH was from 5-8....That was so awesome!!!!

So, i'm not sure if I posted any of the rides we went on at the start of this TR. If not, can anyone guess? Did my kids want to ride this beastly mountain, and if so, who was it? Take a guess. And not you Nicole, you already know:rotfl:

[my2disneyboys]

Hi Pam!!!!
Welcome home. Doesn't it stink being home and going back to work! I didnt know you started your report, but glad I found it today. I am almost done with mine!! We are thinking of going back end of Sept 2010 and hopefully getting free dining!! I love all the pictures. You all look so excited and happy. So glad to hear that your first trip was a magical one!!!!

[Makdyn]

Not fair!!!! That pic of Anthony and Manny came out so good. Anthony looks just like Manny the older he gets

[tinkerbell3747]

I am loving this TR! It is so exciting to see the world through the eyes of the kiddos....Anthony and Manny look just alike....I love your family photo with Mickey very cute indeed. The girls looked super excited in every photo thus far...I bet its all they talk about now....

I am going to take a guess :confused: and say Yes to Everest and it was Anthony and/or Emily who wanted to go?

I can not wait to find out!

[mickeystoontown]

Did you guys go to Festival of The Lion King while at Camp Minnie Mickey? That's a must see on our list!

We also love Pizzafari. It's so fun looking for all the hidden Mickeys on the wall murals. It also helps that the food is quite tasty.

Glad you didn't skip Rafiki's Planet Watch. We always take the train over. Did you take pictures of the murals. If you did, go back and look at them closely. There are tons of hidden Mickeys there.

[MaryAz]

What a fun AK day. Great character pics and everyone seems so happy to be there!

[catherines_mama]

love the new installment! your pics are turning out great!!!

Can't wait to hear about the rest of your day at AK - I LOVE this park!

[wlwilliams9]

Great AK update! I'm so bummed we missed you on this day, but I understand your excitement being your 1st full day! It looks like you got a lot done! I can't wait to see if you rode EE! It's a great roller coaster. I got to ride with Amber (bertegirl) this time!

[bouncycat]

I'm all caught up again!!! Love it!!! WOW your pics turned out REALLY good!!!

[crocko]

Caught up and on board.

You have a very cute family. Also, from what I've seen so far, I like your eating-style. Pizza! I usually hit several of the pizza-serving establishments during a WDW stay.

[Sunshine1987]

I'm loving the TR! The Animal Kingdom experience is great, I am kind of experiencing your trip vicariously through your report. My kids were pretty ride focused so we didn't see all the characters. On our next trip we are going to go the conservation station-- we didn't make it this trip-- it looks like you got to meet some of the hard to find characters!
My middle son is terrified of the characters so it fun to see all your sweet family character pics! Most of our character pics are sans one child!

The song for your daughter was definitely a Magical Moment. We had a few of those MM's but never a song! How wonderful!

Looking forward to more of your TR!

[clomahony]

I was at the All Stars Movie's Toy Story section from May 9 - May 18th as well. I was the crazy mom who went with her two pre-schoolers by myself so I was generally seen pushing a very big and heavy double stroller. And boy was it hot then but it beats the rain that came later.

I'm really enjoying your trip report and looking forward to reading more.:cool2:

[3princesses+aprince]

Hi Pam!!!!
Welcome home. Doesn't it stink being home and going back to work! I didnt know you started your report, but glad I found it today. I am almost done with mine!! We are thinking of going back end of Sept 2010 and hopefully getting free dining!! I love all the pictures. You all look so excited and happy. So glad to hear that your first trip was a magical one!!!!


Glad you found me!!! And Hey we are going back at the end of September 2010 too!!! Make sure you do a trip report, I will be, and hey maybe we'll be in the world at the same time. We're planning on the last week!!!

Not fair!!!! That pic of Anthony and Manny came out so good. Anthony looks just like Manny the older he gets

I know, he is looking more and more like Manny. He's as tall as him too!

I am loving this TR! It is so exciting to see the world through the eyes of the kiddos....Anthony and Manny look just alike....I love your family photo with Mickey very cute indeed. The girls looked super excited in every photo thus far...I bet its all they talk about now....

I am going to take a guess :confused: and say Yes to Everest and it was Anthony and/or Emily who wanted to go?


I can not wait to find out!

Yes, they were super excited the whole time!!! And good guess for Expedition Everest, you will soon find out.

Did you guys go to Festival of The Lion King while at Camp Minnie Mickey? That's a must see on our list!

We also love Pizzafari. It's so fun looking for all the hidden Mickeys on the wall murals. It also helps that the food is quite tasty.

Glad you didn't skip Rafiki's Planet Watch. We always take the train over. Did you take pictures of the murals. If you did, go back and look at them closely. There are tons of hidden Mickeys there.

Yeah, we were amazed with Rafiki's planet watch. Loved it!! Unfortunately we did not see Festival of the Lion King, it's on our to do list for next year. I'm glad we left some good stuff to look forward too:goodvibes

What a fun AK day. Great character pics and everyone seems so happy to be there!

Thanks, oh, we were HAPPY!!!

love the new installment! your pics are turning out great!!!

Can't wait to hear about the rest of your day at AK - I LOVE this park!

The rest of my AK day will be up soon, I just uploaded all of the pics, so i'll put the rest of the day together tonight or tomorrow morning.

Great AK update! I'm so bummed we missed you on this day, but I understand your excitement being your 1st full day! It looks like you got a lot done! I can't wait to see if you rode EE! It's a great roller coaster. I got to ride with Amber (bertegirl) this time!

That's Ok, it was fun "hanging out" while we were all getting ready for our trips together.

I'm all caught up again!!! Love it!!! WOW your pics turned out REALLY good!!!

Thanks

Caught up and on board.

You have a very cute family. Also, from what I've seen so far, I like your eating-style. Pizza! I usually hit several of the pizza-serving establishments during a WDW stay.

Yeah, we did seem to have a lot of Pizza the first couple of days, but that calms down alittle after this day. We did eat other things. But we do love pizza, and the kids hardly ever say no to pizza.

I'm loving the TR! The Animal Kingdom experience is great, I am kind of experiencing your trip vicariously through your report. My kids were pretty ride focused so we didn't see all the characters. On our next trip we are going to go the conservation station-- we didn't make it this trip-- it looks like you got to meet some of the hard to find characters!
My middle son is terrified of the characters so it fun to see all your sweet family character pics! Most of our character pics are sans one child!

The song for your daughter was definitely a Magical Moment. We had a few of those MM's but never a song! How wonderful!

Looking forward to more of your TR!

Thank You, the guy that sung that song for us was definitely amazing, he made quite a magical start to our day.

I was at the All Stars Movie's Toy Story section from May 9 - May 18th as well. I was the crazy mom who went with her two pre-schoolers by myself so I was generally seen pushing a very big and heavy double stroller. And boy was it hot then but it beats the rain that came later.

I'm really enjoying your trip report and looking forward to reading more.:cool2:

Oh my god that is too funny. I was the one with 3 little girls bobbing around in the yellow life jackets!!! Where was your room, we were right behind Woody on the second floor.

[my2disneyboys]

Glad you found me!!! And Hey we are going back at the end of September 2010 too!!! Make sure you do a trip report, I will be, and hey maybe we'll be in the world at the same time. We're planning on the last week!!!
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We are thinking last week too. I am worried that I will miss free dining by one week though!! (so maybe planning on the week before) I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to hit free dining, MNSSHP AND Food and Wine Festival at Epcot. How awesome would that be!!??

[clomahony]

We were on the first floor in bldg 10 which was right next to the main bldg before you went though the doors to "Andy's Room". I had the 5 yr old boy and 3 year old girl and I was generally heard to be yelling for them throughout Disney. I never thought it would actually get harder as my DD got older. :confused3

[crocko]

We were on the first floor in bldg 10 which was right next to the main bldg before you went though the doors to "Andy's Room". I had the 5 yr old boy and 3 year old girl and I was generally heard to be yelling for them throughout Disney. I never thought it would actually get harder as my DD got older. :confused3lol, we're about to go with a 5 yr old boy and 3 year old girl. There will be 5 adults on that trip, though......you're brave to go it alone ;-)

I figure 5-on-2....adults may be able to win.

[3princesses+aprince]

We are thinking last week too. I am worried that I will miss free dining by one week though!! (so maybe planning on the week before) I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to hit free dining, MNSSHP AND Food and Wine Festival at Epcot. How awesome would that be!!??

I thought this yr free dining was going until October 3rd (maybe I heard wrong), then I would move my week back too. For free food, um, yeah!!!

We were on the first floor in bldg 10 which was right next to the main bldg before you went though the doors to "Andy's Room". I had the 5 yr old boy and 3 year old girl and I was generally heard to be yelling for them throughout Disney. I never thought it would actually get harder as my DD got older. :confused3

Oh, that's cool, we were in building 9!!!!!

[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, so I am going to finish off our first full day in Disney World. We left off coming back on the train from Rafiki's planet watch!!

I knew we were all getting tired, but it was just about time for the park to close and be open only to Resort guests, I really wanted to be there for that. So we all moved along. I also wanted to make sure we got the things done that I really wanted to do. So I suggested we head to It's tought to be a bug. I think the walkway leading into the Theatre was awesome. The kids were so amazed by that tree.

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We probably only waited about 8 minutes for this show!!!!

Here are the girls getting ready to go in. Notice how Emily is giving Lizzie bunny ears, and Lizzie is doing it to Sam

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Not sure how good you can see this, but Flik is talking to us up on the ceiling.

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We all loved this show. Lizzie actually got a little scared a few times, but she's old enough to know that it is pretend. 2 people had to get up and leave with crying children. It definitely is a little scary for, i'd probably say 2-3 yr olds, if they tend to get scared easy. Some of the bugs sounded very mean.


After this show we headed over to Dinoland!! YAY!!!

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Ah, so glad we had these misting fans.

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Manny stopped at this point at another little gift cart and bought a pair of Mickey Mouse hands. They are plastic and they can grab things and pick them up. I know, we really needed those. I mean, the kids were not even asking for them. The kids were not even with him. We went to sit on a nearby bench while he was looking...... Can't take him anywhere!!!

Ok, so next Manny took Sam and went to relax on a bench while Me, Anthony, Emily and Lizzie rode Dinosaur. OH WOW, is all I can say, this ride is GREAT!!! I warned Lizzie before we rode that it was a little scary and Dinosaurs would be jumping out to scare us, but she wanted to ride. My little scaredy cat wanted to ride. And i'm so glad she did, she loved it.

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We are in the back row in this picture, this is where the big Dinosaur jumps out at us.

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Anthony swears he was covering his eyes from the light of the camera......I won't say any different.
Lizzie was scared on one part where it looks like a big mac truck is going to run into your car. She jumped, she still talks about that, but she was fine, she said she loved it.

Next we took Lizzie out to join Manny and Sam who were relaxing with ice cream, and Me Anthony, and Emily went to ride Primeval whirl, Lizzie was not tall enough for that one. I was alittle nervous, I thought there would be alot more spinning then there was. It was a very jerky ride though. But we all liked it.

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After Primeval whirl I figured we'd ride the flying Dinos there, because Sam had just sat out on 2 rides. Although it was a long day, and I think they were enjoying sitting down very much.

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Me, Lizzie and Sam sat up front and Emily and Anthony sat in the back. Ya know, Anthony never said he wanted to sit out any of the rides that were for the little ones. At this point Manny was still on the bench so Ant could have said he wanted to stay with him, but he always came and had fun. He's such a good boy!!! And I must say the same for the girls, when they had to sit rides out, they never complained either.

After that we walked around Dinoland a little taking some pics, it is really neat there.
And here is one of my favorites from the trip!!!!

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And this next one with all of the kids is actually Manny's favorite. So for Father's Day I am making him a calendar with this pic on it. He loves cars too, so it's perfect.

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Ok, so after we walked under this big guy, you know what we would see Right???? You're right if you guessed Expedition Everest!!! Anthony, I knew hated rollercoasters, Emily has never even been on a rollercoaster in her life, and Lizzie and Sam are not tall enough. So who made me go on this CRAZY ride and wanted to ride again....In where I had to draw the line, I was not riding again. POSTED BELOW IS THE CULPRIT





























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Darn that little Emily, I just couldn't say no

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There we are right up front!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me and Manny were so surprised that she wanted to go on that and liked it. So we went into the gift shop and bought that picture in an 8 by 10 for $20. And we're gonna frame it of course. Manny bought Lizzie a stuffed Yeti and Emily wanted a stuffed Yeti that was alittle smaller, but it had a keychain attached and she put it on her lanyard, it looked awesome.

After all of this excitement, which we only waited about 15 minutes for during EMH, it was 7:30 and we were tired and ready to head back.
Sam stopped along the way because she spotted this.

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This guy crossed our path, I thought it was so funny to see these guys walking around all over the place, so different than home.

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Waiting for the bus

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When we got back to the hotel we figured we'd get some ice cream and sit out at the table by the pool. It was a gorgeous night, there was music playing and we sat there for about an hour, it was a perfect end to an awesome day

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We stopped to see RC in the dark

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Looking into the second room ( I was just taking room pics)

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And Lizzie ready for bed with her Yeti!!!

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That was our first full day in Disney World, it was probably my favorite day of the whole trip, running up against our day off day, where I had a surprise planned for everyone, even Manny!!!

Up next will be our Hollywood Studios Day!!!!!

[catherines_mama]

Sounds like a wonderful end to your day at AK. Isn't AK a great park? I love it!!! Interesting that your girls (minus Sam) enjoyed Dino. I don't love it, its just not me, but think Steve will. Maybe he can take Jack & Cat on it.

LOL At Manny and his shopping. Did the man know it was only day 1 of the trip? LOL

Can't wait for more!!!

[lisalonglash]

What a fun TR!!! Your family is gorgeous and your pictures are wonderful :goodvibes Looking forward to the next update! popcorn::

[MagicShell]

Your first trip is so exciting. Fortunately ALL your trips to WDW are just as exciting. It seems like you all had a great day. Your kids all look like they are having a blast. I can't wait to hear more.

[3princesses+aprince]

Sounds like a wonderful end to your day at AK. Isn't AK a great park? I love it!!! Interesting that your girls (minus Sam) enjoyed Dino. I don't love it, its just not me, but think Steve will. Maybe he can take Jack & Cat on it.

LOL At Manny and his shopping. Did the man know it was only day 1 of the trip? LOL

Can't wait for more!!!

Oh, yes, he realized it was only the first day, he loves to buy unecessary things. Although, I don't really see anything at Disney unecessary, so I never complained:goodvibes

What a fun TR!!! Your family is gorgeous and your pictures are wonderful :goodvibes Looking forward to the next update! popcorn::

Thanks

Your first trip is so exciting. Fortunately ALL your trips to WDW are just as exciting. It seems like you all had a great day. Your kids all look like they are having a blast. I can't wait to hear more.

Yes, this trip was so amazing, we all had so much fun, can't wait for my next one.





Just have to add too, that while i'm sitting here on the computer, Sam is playing CARS on the playstation, but she is humming It's a small world, over and over again. I havn't said anything to her cause I don't want her to stop, she's completely in her own little world driving Lightening McQueen around:wizard: So cute!!

[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, I had to put my new ticker up for next year!!! I looked at the 2010 calendar and we know we want to go the last week, so I pretty much know the dates, sure they could change by a day or two but I felt so....not right without my ticker telling me that, indeed I will go back:goodvibes

I feel better now!!

I picked the Haunted Mansion background because that was our first ride of our Disney trip and our last ride of our Disney Trip. How's that for special. And of course the little ghost mickey went along perfect, seeing how Mickey's Halloween party will be going on:banana:

[racefanof88]

It looks like ya'll had a great day. I know it was easy to get everyone in bed that night. It gets exhausting walking around AK in the heat. Can't wait for the next installment.

[racefanof88]

Ok, I had to put my new ticker up for next year!!! I looked at the 2010 calendar and we know we want to go the last week, so I pretty much know the dates, sure they could change by a day or two but I felt so....not right without my ticker telling me that, indeed I will go back:goodvibes

I feel better now!!

I picked the Haunted Mansion background because that was our first ride of our Disney trip and our last ride of our Disney Trip. How's that for special. And of course the little ghost mickey went along perfect, seeing how Mickey's Halloween party will be going on:banana:

If tradition holds true you will be there for free dining :thumbsup2. It does make it seem real when you have that ticker going on the bottom of your posts.
You have officially been bitten by the Mouse bug, and there is no known cure for the venom :love:.

[wlwilliams9]

What a great day! I'm so glad you guys had so much fun on this trip! I can't wait to see more!

I added a ticker for next year too! I'm sure the dates will change at some point! I'm hoping free dining goes into October next year too because my bday is Oct. 9th so I would like to be there for that and free dining and F&W Festival and MNSSHP!:rotfl: It will be fun to plan for that time with you and Nickie again!

[mass02703]

Happy Birthday Pam!!!!!! :bday: Great Pictures. I agree with Manny, love the one in the car! party:

[Happy Elf]

Sounds like you had a wonderful first day! Glad Emily had a good time on EE!

[PrincessBrideJo]

Love your first day. It is full of pictures, characters and rides, my picture perfect day! I don't think we ever had one like that, haha. I am so bad at picture, DS didn't want to do all the characters but we did ride LOTS of rides!

[catherines_mama]

Going back next Oct sounds perfect. MNSSHP is amazing and Oct is a great time to come to FL. Weather is great. Warm, but not as humid.

:) Day 2!!! Waiting patiently.

[3princesses+aprince]

It looks like ya'll had a great day. I know it was easy to get everyone in bed that night. It gets exhausting walking around AK in the heat. Can't wait for the next installment.

Oh, yes, they all asked me if they could go to sleep now, I wasn't prepared for that. It was great though.

If tradition holds true you will be there for free dining :thumbsup2. It does make it seem real when you have that ticker going on the bottom of your posts.
You have officially been bitten by the Mouse bug, and there is no known cure for the venom :love:.

I know, I'm really hoping they offer free dining again next year, that will be the icing on the cake for our next trip. Especially seeing how Emily will be an "adult" next year as well.

And I have been bitten by the Mouse bug, I thought I was bad before the trip.....

What a great day! I'm so glad you guys had so much fun on this trip! I can't wait to see more!

I added a ticker for next year too! I'm sure the dates will change at some point! I'm hoping free dining goes into October next year too because my bday is Oct. 9th so I would like to be there for that and free dining and F&W Festival and MNSSHP!:rotfl: It will be fun to plan for that time with you and Nickie again!

Oh, I'm so excited, I can't wait until it's that time again for pre trip reports. I hope your dates don't change too much, it sure would be awesome to plan with you guys again. We are shooting for the last week of September, so my dates shouldn't change:goodvibes
We'll be ready to start a pre trip report again before you know it!!!!!

Happy Birthday Pam!!!!!! :bday: Great Pictures. I agree with Manny, love the one in the car! party:


Thank You very much!!!!


Sounds like you had a wonderful first day! Glad Emily had a good time on EE!

Oh, it was wonderful, and Emily is still talking about Everest.


Love your first day. It is full of pictures, characters and rides, my picture perfect day! I don't think we ever had one like that, haha. I am so bad at picture, DS didn't want to do all the characters but we did ride LOTS of rides!

I know, I did get a lot of good pics. I actually got alot of good pics the entire trip. I was just so excited:goodvibes


Going back next Oct sounds perfect. MNSSHP is amazing and Oct is a great time to come to FL. Weather is great. Warm, but not as humid.

:) Day 2!!! Waiting patiently.

I know I'm very excited about visiting at a different time of year. We did go to Orlando in 2005, in March, so September will be a totally different experience i'm sure. And i'm already excited for Mickey's not so scary Halloween Party.


I will try my hardest to get the next installment up before I leave for work tonight. This is the first day i'm feeling better, i've been so sick, and I have a lot to do. I have to go renew my license, Me and My Mom are going shopping for my bday, and I have to run to the market.

Now that I type it out, that kind of is alot, and I have to be to work at 4pm:confused3

[kaysmommie]

Well your first day was great! So many great pictures of the kids. i love the one with Lizzie all tucked in with the yeti :goodvibes.

[jomps4913]

Here's to hoping for many more!!!!!

[tinkerbell3747]

What a great first full day!

I love the pictures of the kids they are all great but I especially agree with Manny the picture with the car is so cool...you can see in their faces they are having so much fun together....


Can we go to sleep now...I am not surprised you guys had an action packed day....good planning.

Congrats to Emily I love Everest....and Congrats to YOU too...

[OneTreeHillAddict]

OMG what a fun day! I love EE and my DD can't get enough of it. Her obsession started at age 5! That Summer she made me ride it 4 times in a row and the following year I was just sick of it. I went back on again in March though and remembered why I love it so much!

That last pic of your DD w/ her Yeti is so adorable! Your kids are all so cute and they look so happy in every picture! What's the secret? :rotfl: Mine fight all the time.

[MaryAz]

Happy Birthday! Great update. Avery also went on Dinosaur but was not a fan! Love the new ticker. I think we may be shooting for the last week in Sep 2010 as well.

[3princesses+aprince]

Well your first day was great! So many great pictures of the kids. i love the one with Lizzie all tucked in with the yeti :goodvibes.

Yea, I love the one with Lizzie and the Yeti too!!!!!


What a great first full day!

I love the pictures of the kids they are all great but I especially agree with Manny the picture with the car is so cool...you can see in their faces they are having so much fun together....


Can we go to sleep now...I am not surprised you guys had an action packed day....good planning.

Congrats to Emily I love Everest....and Congrats to YOU too...

I do love the one with the car, that one will be put on a calendar for Father's Day!
And thanks for the congrats on Everest, I was so scared!!!!

OMG what a fun day! I love EE and my DD can't get enough of it. Her obsession started at age 5! That Summer she made me ride it 4 times in a row and the following year I was just sick of it. I went back on again in March though and remembered why I love it so much!

That last pic of your DD w/ her Yeti is so adorable! Your kids are all so cute and they look so happy in every picture! What's the secret? :rotfl: Mine fight all the time.

Well, mine do fight too, especially Emily and Lizzie. They got along very well on this trip though because we were all so HAPPY!!! But my kids are just happy little creatures, not sure what the trick is!:goodvibes

Happy Birthday! Great update. Avery also went on Dinosaur but was not a fan! Love the new ticker. I think we may be shooting for the last week in Sep 2010 as well.

Ooo, I just loved Dinosaur. I love my new ticker too, it feels much better to have it up there. And yay for you guys thinking about the end of September too. How FUN!!!!!




ONLY 15 MORE MONTHS UNTIL WE GO BACK TO DISNEY WORLD:lmao: Just Kidding, I will not start counting down in this trip report, i'll try to refrain!!! I'll try to hold out until I start my new Pre Trip Report, Oh, I can't wait for that.

[3princesses+aprince]

So we woke up nice and early this morning, and decided we were all in the mood for a nice big breakfast, so we got dressed and headed down to the foodcourt for a very BIG breakfast.

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So with full bellies, and I mean full we headed out to the bus stop. We wanted to get there early for a good few hours before it got too hot. I don't remember what the temp got up to this day, but it was very hot. We got onto a very crowded bus and I started to think I made my first mistake by going to HS on this day. Fantasmic was only showing 2 times this week and i was warned it would be busy, but..... I wanted to see Fantasmic, so we went. And as soon as we got off the bus, oh my word, the crowds were bad.

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[3princesses+aprince]

So we had a mission and that was to head right to Toy Story Mania, woo hoo

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The Pixar Studios area was so awesome, it was great. So we were going to grab fast passes but the time was for 2pm and we knew we'd be back at the hotel for a swim at that time, the posted wait said 30 minutes, so we got in line. Well once we were in line for about 5 min that 30 min wait changed to 40 and by the time we got out it was 60, that's probably what we waited for it.

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So we all enjoyed this ride and the waiting area was great to look at while waiting. Was it all that I was expecting. Well, I think with all of the talk about this ride, i was expecting more. I actually enjoyed Buzz Lightyears space ranger spin more, so, was it worth an hour wait, not really next time. For the first time though, i'm glad we waited and checked it out.

After we walked out of there we saw Buzz and Woody across the street , inside this building, so we got in line, very excited!!!!!

I'll start this in another post....

[3princesses+aprince]

The waiting area to see Buzz and Woody was really cute too with all little things set up for pictures.

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Ok after we got our Toy Story fix we were very happy and ready to go check Lights, Motor, Action stunt show. We got there and waited about 20 min for the next show to start, which was perfect timing, we had great seats and were able to get right out after the show, because that show holds alot of people. I highly recommend seeing this, it was AMAZING!!!!

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And then Herbie came out , we were all so excited, we love Herbie!!

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After this show we headed to Toy Story Pizza Planet to get some lunch, I will continue this tonight. We are going to go meet my Mom up at the Mall, Emily and Lizzie are getting their ear's pierced today!! I'll post a pic of them later too!!!
And my brother just moved into a gorgeous house with a big yard and an inground pool (i'm excited) and we're going to visit him later.

[mickeystoontown]

Lovin' all the pictures. It looks like you guys had a lot of fun. Go have fun with your family!

[wide receiver]

Great Pictures! Thanks for posting. I think I agree with you on the Toy Story ride....too long of a wait! Although I am spoiled by EMH.

[mommytothreeboys]

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This picture is AMAZING! Gotta love those Disney smiles! :):)

Good for Emily for getting Mom to ride Everest! It's a great ride isn't it?

One of the best things for me about Disney is that Dan (14) still enjoys all the magic! I'm glad Anthony did as well. There's just something about that place that brings out the little kid in everyone! :wizard:

Great AK day! Looking forward to more! popcorn::

[leamom2princesses]

Great pics Pam! Looks like another fabulous day! My crew liked TSM but we never waited more than 20 min to ride. The rain slowed things down a bit I think. We rode twice at rope drop and then later in the day with FP. FP was the longest wait. There is a lot of hype about it though. It's not something I would wait an hour to ride.

Hope the ear piercing went well. :goodvibes

[mommytothreeboys]

DHS Day! Woo-Hoo! :woohoo::woohoo:

There's not too much I'd wait in line for an hour to ride....we tried to FP everything, but we did wait in the standby line for our first TSM ride. It was only a 30 minute wait though. I'm spoiled by the great advice and trip planning tips I get on the DIS!

LMA is a GREAT show...a must do for our family. I'm glad you enjoyed it! Great pictures! :thumbsup2

We didn't do the Pixar meet and greet, but the pics are adorable! It's easy to tell your kids were having a blast! (HA...literally with the strapped to the rocket pics! :rotfl:)

Have a great day with your family. Looking forward to more!

Oh.....LOVE the new ticker!! ;)

[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, so i'm going to finish off our Hollywood Studios Day!!!! Go me, 2 updates in the same day!

So we were on our way to Toy Story Pizza Planet and stopped at Muppet Vision 3D which was right outside of the restaurant, then we staggered into Pizza Planet, Hot, tired and really had to go to the bathroom.

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We loved this restaurant. Probably because we love Toy Story. Manny went to find a table upstairs while me and the kids went to get our food. We ate and relaxed for a little bit, it felt so good to rest.

After we left the restaurant we were on our way back to Animation Courtyard for Playhouse Disney and Little Mermaid, well, it was so crowded (more than our other days anyway) and super hot, this was the hottest day we had that whole week. We couldn't trudge along, the kids just wanted to go back to the hotel and go swimming! So off we went, we said we'd come back later??????

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So back at the hotel we ate our Mickey head rice crispy treats and enjoyed them!!!

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Anthony wanted me to take a before and after pic of his Mickey!! He's so funny!! The things that amuse us!!!

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We were just so comfortable in the nice AC, the kids jumped around on the beds for a little bit.

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Then we got ready to go down to the pool, where we spent a good few relaxing hours

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We actually only left the pool because of Very loud thunder and lightening, so we came back up to the room and the kids entertained themselves. Anthony put on this very funny puppet show, we even had other kids that were walking by stopping to watch it, it was soooo cute!!!

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It rained for the rest of the night, but it was thundering and lightening as well, and we were so tired from this hot crowded day that we really just wanted to relax.

We went down to the foodcourt for supper, and then hung out in the arcade for a while. It was a nice relaxing night!!!

This is Lizzie's otter, Anthony put his sunglasses on him.

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Up next is our Downtown Disney Day with my surprise to the kids and Manny, and Mini golf. This was an AWESOME DAY!!!!

Gotta upload the pics though!! Oh and Emily and Lizzie got there ear's pierced and all went well, they look so pretty, i'll post a pic tomorrow!!

[mommytothreeboys]

Sounds like a relaxing way to end the day. :cloud9:

I love the puppet show...too cute!

And those rice krispy treats look so good....I could really go for one of those right about now! :goodvibes

[Sunshine1987]

o no fair! I can't wait to hear how you surprised the family! Great trip report so far. Thanks for sharing. Reading your TR was the highlight of my day today!:)

[MaryAz]

Great update. We never did TSM-did not want to wait...Kids still look like they are having a fantstic time!

[PrincessBrideJo]

You guys looked liked you had so much fun! And your kids crack me up! Your DS with his glasses, puppet show and his rice crispy. And your youngest's expressions in the cue for Buzz and Woody! So funny!

[wlwilliams9]

Our DHS day was very similar, except for the rain and crowds part! It was HOT!! The kids look like they were having a blast even haging around the hotel room! It's nice to have an evening or 2 where you do absolutly nothing! I'm glad that as first timers you weren't hitting the parks commando and wearing yourselfs out! Miss some attractions just gives you a better reason to plan your next trip! :woohoo:

[epcotrules]

Glad you had a good time!

[Makdyn]

I made a ticker!!! It took me awhile to remember how to do it. and look we are going to be there at the same time!!!!

[racefanof88]

Good update :thumbsup2. I really liked TSM. We rode it twice and the wait time was 55 minutes each time.

[MagicShell]

Your kids look so happy. Don't you just love that? That is the best thing about Disney World!

[lisalonglash]

Wow, I come back after a hectic weekend and you've done TWO updates! Woohooo for you! :yay: Your DHS day sounds like a lot of fun and the pictures show how much your children are enjoying themselves :goodvibes I think it's fantastic that Anthony put on a puppet show for the girls - how sweet is he?! pirate: I'm glad you were all able to have a nice relaxing evening :banana:

What is that dinosaur thingy beside the lake? I don't recall seeing that last time :confused3

[3princesses+aprince]

Sounds like a relaxing way to end the day. :cloud9:

I love the puppet show...too cute!

And those rice krispy treats look so good....I could really go for one of those right about now! :goodvibes

Yea, I could go for a rice crispy treat right now too. I could also go for taking the bus over to Epcot and riding Test Track:cloud9: Oh, i'm still thinking about Disney all day!!

o no fair! I can't wait to hear how you surprised the family! Great trip report so far. Thanks for sharing. Reading your TR was the highlight of my day today!:)

Aww, glad I could make your day, every time I do an update and put pics up it makes my day too.

Great update. We never did TSM-did not want to wait...Kids still look like they are having a fantstic time!

You didn't miss too much, don't worry!!! I will ride it next year too, but definitely with FP

You guys looked liked you had so much fun! And your kids crack me up! Your DS with his glasses, puppet show and his rice crispy. And your youngest's expressions in the cue for Buzz and Woody! So funny!

Oh yeah, Anthony is a comedian, he is always making us all laugh!!!

Our DHS day was very similar, except for the rain and crowds part! It was HOT!! The kids look like they were having a blast even haging around the hotel room! It's nice to have an evening or 2 where you do absolutly nothing! I'm glad that as first timers you weren't hitting the parks commando and wearing yourselfs out! Miss some attractions just gives you a better reason to plan your next trip! :woohoo:

Oh, yeah, we already said the days that we were more relaxed were the best days, that's why next year the relaxing time will be planned in!!!

Glad you had a good time!

Thanks

I made a ticker!!! It took me awhile to remember how to do it. and look we are going to be there at the same time!!!!

Ah, there's my friend. I love your ticker, it's very pink and pretty!!! Would you ever have thought that we would have twin tickers. Fun huh? Wait until we're counting down the days, the girls are going to drive us crazy. For anyone that didn't follow my pre trip report, Makdyn is my best friend and she has 2 daughters, so between us we have 5 girls all around the same ages and we're going to Disney together next year!!!!!

Good update :thumbsup2. I really liked TSM. We rode it twice and the wait time was 55 minutes each time.

Yeah, I heard that alot of people LOVED it!!

Your kids look so happy. Don't you just love that? That is the best thing about Disney World!

Oh, I do, I love working on my scrap book, because I get to keep looking at my pictures!!!

Wow, I come back after a hectic weekend and you've done TWO updates! Woohooo for you! :yay: Your DHS day sounds like a lot of fun and the pictures show how much your children are enjoying themselves :goodvibes I think it's fantastic that Anthony put on a puppet show for the girls - how sweet is he?! pirate: I'm glad you were all able to have a nice relaxing evening :banana:

What is that dinosaur thingy beside the lake? I don't recall seeing that last time :confused3


I know, 2 updates, I was so proud myself. And as for Anthony, he is such a wonderful big brother and a wonderful child. He is always thinking of others, especially his family and always loves to help me out with the girls when we're out.

And that is Dinosaur Gertie's Ice cream in that dino by the lake there!!!!

[mickeystoontown]

Isn't Disney wonderful! I can tell that you guys are having a blast because everybody is always smiling. It's that way for us when we go to WDW. We are all smiles all day long. Even when the other people in the parks have started getting grumpy, we're still smiling along.

[3princesses+aprince]

Isn't Disney wonderful! I can tell that you guys are having a blast because everybody is always smiling. It's that way for us when we go to WDW. We are all smiles all day long. Even when the other people in the parks have started getting grumpy, we're still smiling along.

I noticed that too, when the end of the day was approaching and others seemed to be getting grumpy, we were just not. We were so happy to be in Disney World that even if we were standing in a line or just hanging out we were happy. I'm happy just thinking about it !!!!!!! :love:

[mickeystoontown]

I noticed that too, when the end of the day was approaching and others seemed to be getting grumpy, we were just not. We were so happy to be in Disney World that even if we were standing in a line or just hanging out we were happy. I'm happy just thinking about it !!!!!!! :love:

When I planned our first WDW vacation, I thought it would be a one time trip and the next year, we'd go somewhere else. Little did I know that we'd be totally sucked in by WDW. We have now been 13 times and our 14th trip is in August. Love Love Love Disney World!

[3princesses+aprince]

Yup, that's exactly what we said, but.........We're going back to Disney next year. Ya Hooo:banana::banana::banana: I mean, even Manny can't wait to go back.

[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, I was waiting for this day all week!! This and AK day were my favorite out of the whole week. Even though of course all days were magical!

So we woke up and got ready, we went to the foodcourt and got our usual, muffins, bagels etc...

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Then we went over to the front desk, we had to figure out how to get to Fantasia Gardens! They are all so nice there in the lobby!

Lizzie waiting with me!
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Out to the bus stop. We had to take the bus over to Hollywood Studios, then from there get on the Water Taxi to the Swan Hotel. It was awesome.



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After a nice bus ride over to HS we walked over to the water taxi, the kids were so darned excited!!!

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It was at this point that Lizzie looked at me and said in her cute little voice "This is the best vacation ever" Oh, I keep thinking of those little words!

When we got off the water taxi it was so beautiful, the Swan is amazing!!

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We had to walk right through the grounds of the Swan to get to Fantasia Gardens, we stopped at the beach area!!

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Oh the kids had so much fun on the hammocks, then there was also a playground right there on the sand, so they hung out there for a few minutes. It was so nice!!!

After that we walked right over to Fantasia Gardens!

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It was pretty hot this day, but again, our misting fans saved the day. We had so much fun playing mini golf. We are a family that LOVES mini golf!!!! So much Fun!!!!

Well i'm actually going to go take a nice hot bath right now, the kids are in bed and I will put up another update when I get out of the bath.

[wide receiver]

Pictures of mini golf are great! I don't know if we will go to mini golf but it was fun to see the pictures, and to see how nice it is.

[leamom2princesses]

Great update Pam! I have to say that everyone in your family looks so happy in all the pics. What a nice vacation! :goodvibes

[wlwilliams9]

The mini-golf looks like so much fun! We had it planned, but never made it! Mike was a party pooper and was too hot! Next time, for sure!!!:thumbsup2

[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, so go me, i'm going to finish this lovely day up!!!

So after we mini golfed, and oh boy, we are so good:lmao: We walked right over to the boardwalk!

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It was really hot, so we didn't really stay too long, we checked out what was over there and really wanted to rent a surrey bike, but we were too hot at that point and said we wanted to come back another time and rent one, they looked like so much fun.

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So we caught the water taxi that picked up right at the boardwalk and took it back to HS, to bus it back to The All Star Movies for some much needed pool time. We were HOT.

We got to sit on the outside of the water taxi this time. It was nice

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So we went back to our hotel and stopped right at the food court when we got off the bus for some nice lunch. We went back up to the room and changed into our bathing suits and swam for a while. Then the kids were really excited to know what the surprise would be, so we went back up to the room and got changed to go over to Downtown Disney!!!!!

So we got off the bus and I told everyone we could stop and look at everything later but we had to go straight to where we needed to go!!!!

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DTD was so much prettier than I even imagined it would be. I really loved it down there.
Soooooo, we went straight to Captain Jack's Marina (and it was really funny but earlier this day we saw a family on a boat and Manny said, see, that's what we should do, we should go on a boat.) So that's what we were doing, we were renting a boat!!! Manny has always wanted to do this, and the kids have never been on a boat, so I knew they would love it too!!

I paid for the boat rental while Manny and the kids were checking the boats outs, then they had us all put on life jackets and told us to go right over to the man at the boat and he would tell us what to do.

We walked down the dock, the kids were ecstatic and so was Manny. well, silly Manny at this point didn't realize HE was driving the boat.

When we got down there, he found out and he was shocked. He said"are you going to tell me how to drive it" The guy told him, yeah, you put it up to go forward and down to go in reveres and put it into neutral if you want to stop. He said, it's just like driving a cadillac. They gave us a map and told us what canals to go down, and we were on our way. Manny was in all his glory!!!

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We had so much fun on this boat, I highly recommend this, it was amazing, the views while on the ride were so pretty!!! This was the most memorable thing we did while there. Lizzie's smiling face on her favorite ride dumbo and Sam's big eyes when she spotted Ariel were all memorable Disney moments too, but this was a nice family thing!!!! The kids are still talking about it!!

I'll finish off the rest of our night in the next post......

[PrincessBrideJo]

So was the minigolf place there at the swan? I kinda wanted to go minigolfing when we went but didn't know how to get there by bus (yes we drove, but I was scared to drive!).

[3princesses+aprince]

So after our wonderful boat ride we walked around, there was so much going on, there was a big hoola hoop contest going on, we watched that for a little while, then went in and out of some shops, Lizzie finally picked out her Dumbo!!! And Sam picked out an Ariel.

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The kids loved the lego area!! It was neat.

Then we went to Goofy's Candy Company and the kids all wanted the slushies, they didn't even want to make the big hunk of snacks. We just had so much food and snacks this week, the poor kids didn't even want any more. So we all enjoyed our slushies and then played in the jumping fountains. There was music playing everywhere it was just so nice.

We wanted to eat dinner down there, but the kids were not hungry at all. So we went back to our hotel, went for an awesome night swim and ate a late dinner at the foodcourt. It was another awesome day!!!!! Oh, how I want to be there so badly right now.

[MaryAz]

What a great update! Such a fun idea to rent the boat. Ur hubby looked so proud to be driving! Such a fun family thing-my girls would love it! I am having major withdrawls too!

[Lynn5700]

Hi Pam!!! I love reading TRs when it is somebodys first trip to the world!! OMG you all had such a blast!!! Loving your TR!!!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Oh those pics on the beach are so good! You have a beautiful family. (You knew that laready though...didn't ya?) ;) Renting the pontoon....isn't that the most fun? We did that once at Bay Lake. DTD looks like a blast too. Where all could you go? Were you allowed to go as far as Port Orleans? I want to rent the pontoon again next time I bring my parents. I think they'd like that.

[Sunshine1987]

The boat rental surprise was amazing! Seeing how happy you made your husband and kids brought tears to my eyes! The way you incorporated activities into your trip that made everyone feel special just blew me away. We had an awesome trip too but I was so focused on getting the most bang for our buck that I had my kids literally running from place to place without even asking them what they wanted to do. Your kids look so happy and relaxed. I am learning alot from your trip report that I will hopefully take with us on our next WDW vacation (Dec 2010-we hope).

Great job. Can't wait until the next installment!

[Nix]

This TR is waaaaaay to cute for me to handle. Your kids are adorable and really look like they're having the best time ever. If I'm lucky enough to have kids I can't wait to take them to the world for the first time <3 Great report and I can't wait to read more!

[PrincessBrideJo]

This TR is waaaaaay to cute for me to handle. Your kids are adorable and really look like they're having the best time ever. If I'm lucky enough to have kids I can't wait to take them to the world for the first time <3 Great report and I can't wait to read more!

I totally agree!!!!!!

[3princesses+aprince]

So was the minigolf place there at the swan? I kinda wanted to go minigolfing when we went but didn't know how to get there by bus (yes we drove, but I was scared to drive!).

Yes, it was right there at the swan, you just take the water taxi to the swan from Hollywood Studios, and the water taxi is a very nice ride too, with alot to see.

What a great update! Such a fun idea to rent the boat. Ur hubby looked so proud to be driving! Such a fun family thing-my girls would love it! I am having major withdrawls too!

Oh yeah, he was so happy that night, He is still talking about the boat to anyone who will still listen:lmao: I love him!!!!!

Hi Pam!!! I love reading TRs when it is somebodys first trip to the world!! OMG you all had such a blast!!! Loving your TR!!!

Thanks, oh, we did have such a blast

Oh those pics on the beach are so good! You have a beautiful family. (You knew that laready though...didn't ya?) ;) Renting the pontoon....isn't that the most fun? We did that once at Bay Lake. DTD looks like a blast too. Where all could you go? Were you allowed to go as far as Port Orleans? I want to rent the pontoon again next time I bring my parents. I think they'd like that.

Yes, we could go as far as Port Orleans, it was a very nice ride, it's already a must on our to do list for next year!!

The boat rental surprise was amazing! Seeing how happy you made your husband and kids brought tears to my eyes! The way you incorporated activities into your trip that made everyone feel special just blew me away. We had an awesome trip too but I was so focused on getting the most bang for our buck that I had my kids literally running from place to place without even asking them what they wanted to do. Your kids look so happy and relaxed. I am learning alot from your trip report that I will hopefully take with us on our next WDW vacation (Dec 2010-we hope).

Great job. Can't wait until the next installment!

Aww, thanks, I did do A LOT of planning for this trip, and because of such a big gap in my kid's ages, I wanted to make sure they were all having the best trip, and I think I did a pretty good job at that.

This TR is waaaaaay to cute for me to handle. Your kids are adorable and really look like they're having the best time ever. If I'm lucky enough to have kids I can't wait to take them to the world for the first time <3 Great report and I can't wait to read more!

Thanks, It was something taking them there!

[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, so Manny and I never technically got married. We've been together for 11 years (next month) and had Emily within the first year, so we just never planned a wedding. I of course refer to and consider him my husband, but it's not official.


Well guess what we are getting married next year. We are going to get married on the 4th of July!!!!!!:love: And consider our next year's big Disney Trip our Honeymoon!!!!

HOW'S THAT FOR FUN!!!!

We really just decided this last night, and we are both really excited. He already told the guys at work, he beat me!!! I have not really talked to anyone yet.

So Joy (my SIL) if you're on the disboards today you may hear it here first!!! and Nicole(Makdyn) you may hear it first as well if you're on before I talk to you again today!!!

So I now have a wedding and a Disney Trip to plan for next year!!!! Oh, boy, I'm excited today!!!!

And I never thought that i'd be saying I have a wedding to plan:cloud9:
I'm going to tell the girls tonight, i'll let you know what they think of this. And we'll call Anthony tonight and tell him too, he has always wanted us to get married!!!! When he was younger he would have us act out little "play weddings" too cute, I know he's gonna be excited!!!

My pre trip report for next year's trip is gonna be alot of fun, I hope you're all around for it:dance3:

[leamom2princesses]

Congratulations Pam! You must be :cloud9: Can't wait for your next PTR. :goodvibes

[mickeystoontown]

Ok, so Manny and I never technically got married. We've been together for 11 years (next month) and had Emily within the first year, so we just never planned a wedding. I of course refer to and consider him my husband, but it's not official.


Well guess what we are getting married next year. We are going to get married on the 4th of July!!!!!!:love: And consider our next year's big Disney Trip our Honeymoon!!!!

HOW'S THAT FOR FUN!!!!

We really just decided this last night, and we are both really excited. He already told the guys at work, he beat me!!! I have not really talked to anyone yet.

So Joy (my SIL) if you're on the disboards today you may hear it here first!!! and Nicole(Makdyn) you may hear it first as well if you're on before I talk to you again today!!!

So I now have a wedding and a Disney Trip to plan for next year!!!! Oh, boy, I'm excited today!!!!

And I never thought that i'd be saying I have a wedding to plan:cloud9:
I'm going to tell the girls tonight, i'll let you know what they think of this. And we'll call Anthony tonight and tell him too, he has always wanted us to get married!!!! When he was younger he would have us act out little "play weddings" too cute, I know he's gonna be excited!!!

My pre trip report for next year's trip is gonna be alot of fun, I hope you're all around for it:dance3:

Hip hip hooray for you guys! Gotta love planning a wedding and a Disney vacation all at once. Let us know how the kids react.

[Makdyn]

Your getting married!!!! Omg that is so great calling you now!

[Sunshine1987]

How fun! My husband and I talked about that when we were at Disney-- I told him I wished we weren't married so we could plan a Disney wedding and/or honeymoon-- he laughed but said he thought the same thing!

We actually went to Disneyland California two days after we got married in 93! But we lived in California at the time so it wasn't quite the same!

Have fun with your planning! :bride::cool2:

[mommytothreeboys]

Planning a wedding is almost as much fun as planning a Disney trip! LOL!!
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Your "down day" looks incredible! Your pictures really capture how much fun you are all having. I'm glad Manny enjoyed driving the boat! I am not at all a boat girl so I don't see my family doing that any time soon, but it looks like you all had a blast!

I love the Dumbo that Lizzie bought. VERY cute! :dumbo:

Keep the great updates coming! :yay:

[wide receiver]

I am so happy for you congrats on your good news!:cool1:

[lisalonglash]

First and foremost, a huge :jumping1: on planning your special wedding! You'll be a beautiful :bride:

Second, WOW, fantastic updates!!! :cool1: I agree wholeheartedly with everyone else - you and your family ALWAYS look like they're having sooooo much fun! It's wonderful :goodvibes

Third, I am SO in for whatever reports you're writing! :thumbsup2

[MaryAz]

How exciting-congratulations! So many fun things to plan!

[momjkm]

Congratulations!!!! I am laughing at the original poster who wishes SHE WASN"T married to plan a disney wedding... MY dd hates disney so i have no hope there... and dh wants to go to Italy for our 25th-- and do a vow renewal there--- but don't tell him--- I'd rather do it at Disney...
Jill

[wlwilliams9]

Congratulations Pam:bride:!! Your girls are going to be so excited:dance3:! I can't wait to hear of their reactions! They'll be your little bridesmaids! Awww! are you going to wear white?:lmao::rotfl2::rotfl: Just kidding!!!!

I can't wait to hear all of the planning details! I loved planning my wedding! I think I should have been a wedding planner!

Your next vacation is going to be even more special now! You will have to plan a romantic night for you and Manny! :love::love:

[Happy Elf]

Congratulations! That is exciting news! :bride:


Loved the boat pictures. The kids looked like they were having a great time and Manny looked thrilled to be driving! :thumbsup2

[3princesses+aprince]

Congratulations Pam! You must be :cloud9: Can't wait for your next PTR. :goodvibes

Oh, I am so excited, I can't wait to start my next PTR too, it's gonna be a blast!!!

Hip hip hooray for you guys! Gotta love planning a wedding and a Disney vacation all at once. Let us know how the kids react.

I know, I can't believe I have a wedding and a Disney Trip to plan, I am so HAPPY :cloud9:

Your getting married!!!! Omg that is so great calling you now!

LOL :rotfl:

How fun! My husband and I talked about that when we were at Disney-- I told him I wished we weren't married so we could plan a Disney wedding and/or honeymoon-- he laughed but said he thought the same thing!


We actually went to Disneyland California two days after we got married in 93! But we lived in California at the time so it wasn't quite the same!

Have fun with your planning! :bride::cool2:

Oh, my god that is too funny!!!

Planning a wedding is almost as much fun as planning a Disney trip! LOL!!
:lmao:

Your "down day" looks incredible! Your pictures really capture how much fun you are all having. I'm glad Manny enjoyed driving the boat! I am not at all a boat girl so I don't see my family doing that any time soon, but it looks like you all had a blast!

I love the Dumbo that Lizzie bought. VERY cute! :dumbo:

Keep the great updates coming! :yay:

I know, I don't know which one will be more fun. I think it will be equally fun to be planning both, at least i'll have something to take my mind of off Disney every once in a while, because I AM OBSESSED!!!

I am so happy for you congrats on your good news!:cool1:

Thanks

First and foremost, a huge :jumping1: on planning your special wedding! You'll be a beautiful :bride:

Second, WOW, fantastic updates!!! :cool1: I agree wholeheartedly with everyone else - you and your family ALWAYS look like they're having sooooo much fun! It's wonderful :goodvibes

Third, I am SO in for whatever reports you're writing! :thumbsup2

Awww, thanks, and i'm glad you're enjoying my trip report!!!

How exciting-congratulations! So many fun things to plan!

I know, it's thrilling!!!!

Congratulations!!!! I am laughing at the original poster who wishes SHE WASN"T married to plan a disney wedding... MY dd hates disney so i have no hope there... and dh wants to go to Italy for our 25th-- and do a vow renewal there--- but don't tell him--- I'd rather do it at Disney...
Jill

I know that was funny about wishing she wasn't married!!!! :scared1: Your DD hates Disney:scared1:

Congratulations Pam:bride:!! Your girls are going to be so excited:dance3:! I can't wait to hear of their reactions! They'll be your little bridesmaids! Awww! are you going to wear white?:lmao::rotfl2::rotfl: Just kidding!!!!

I can't wait to hear all of the planning details! I loved planning my wedding! I think I should have been a wedding planner!

Your next vacation is going to be even more special now! You will have to plan a romantic night for you and Manny! :love::love:

Thanks, and yes, my trip next year is going to be great. I'm going to have so much fun planning.

[catherines_mama]

OMG!! CONGRATS!! That is so wonderful! :cool1:

A Family-Moon... always a great reason for fun plans.

Loved the updates - the boat looked great!

[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, so I told my best friends, Brianne(she can't wait to go dress shopping) and Nicole and they were of course thrilled!!!
My Mom was ecstatic!! My brother said "Oh my god, you are, that is so awesome" Manny even wants him to be his best man, so my brother was of course happy about that!
I called my cousin and Oh boy, she has all of these ideas for me.

When i'm ready to go looking for a dress I want Brianne, Nicole, and my cousin Missy to come along and we'll have a fun day of dress shopping and then all go for lunch, it will be fun!!!

As for my girls, they were so happy. Emily said, oh you'll finally have the same last name as us!! Lizzie let out a loud screech and can't wait to wear a pretty dress and be in a wedding, and Sam's not really sure what a wedding is, so she's just happy because she knows we're happy:goodvibes
I wanted Manny to call Anthony and tell him, but he wants to wait until he comes over this weekend!!!!! So, i'll let you know what he says!!! I'm sure he will be thrilled!!!

Ok, well, i've uploaded some of my pictures from the next day, which we went to Epcot!!!!! I'll get the rest of the pictures up tonight and hopefully get the next update up tomorrow, sorry the whole wedding thing threw me off track :love:

[my2disneyboys]

Congratulations Pam!! I am so happy for you. How sweet and romantic, after all the years you have been together. I love happy endings!:bride:

[racefanof88]

That is great news Pam. Weddings are so much fun to plan. I should know I had two of 'em :lmao:. Of course I got it right the second time. You will be a beautiful bride :bride:. You can have a couple of romantic dinners at Disney next year because Anthony will be old enough to watch the girls for a couple of hours.

I am excited :cheer2:.

[3princesses+aprince]

Congratulations Pam!! I am so happy for you. How sweet and romantic, after all the years you have been together. I love happy endings!:bride:

Thank you!!

That is great news Pam. Weddings are so much fun to plan. I should know I had two of 'em :lmao:. Of course I got it right the second time. You will be a beautiful bride :bride:. You can have a couple of romantic dinners at Disney next year because Anthony will be old enough to watch the girls for a couple of hours.

I am excited :cheer2:.

Thanks, I've been thinking about it today and last night and it does seem like it's going to be a lot of fun to plan!!!!

[MagicShell]

Reading your updates always makes me smile. You all look so happy. Your daughter saying that this is the best vacation ever reminds me of what six year old son said. On our trip in Dec. we were in the MK on the first day and he said, "This is the best day of my life." That is why I love DW so much.

Congratulations on your big news. Sounds like you will have a busy year. Maybe it will go fast.

[3princesses+aprince]

Reading your updates always makes me smile. You all look so happy. Your daughter saying that this is the best vacation ever reminds me of what six year old son said. On our trip in Dec. we were in the MK on the first day and he said, "This is the best day of my life." That is why I love DW so much.

Congratulations on your big news. Sounds like you will have a busy year. Maybe it will go fast.


Thanks, and i'm sure the year will fly by as they always seem to do!! Not that I ever want to wish a whole year away, my kids are growing up so fast as it is. I'm just going to enjoy having wonderful things to plan for all year. I'm sure it will go by fast enough though!!!!

[clomahony]

That year will really go by fast given you have quite a lot to plan for a wedding and a Disney trip - wow you're brave. :goodvibes

[3princesses+aprince]

Sorry it took me a few days, but i'm ready to start our first Epcot Day!!!

The plan for this day was to do the World Showcase and save the rest for our second day planned for Epcot. But , we did not follow that plan, which is fine of course!! We walked in and were just amazed with this park and could not pass everything by.

When walked around for a few minutes and checked out the guide map and then wondered into innoventions!! Our first stop in there was the new piggy bank game , they told us it was not officially open, but they were testing it, so we played, it was cute!! The kids loved the darn pig.

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The kids liked it. We checked a few more things out in there, then went over to The Seas.......LOVED IT over here, it was soooo pretty!!

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The ride in the clam mobiles were very cute!!!

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After we go off of the clams, we were amazed at all of the tanks in there, and the fish and turtles we saw. We spent a good 45 minutes looking at everything.

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A Manatee
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The Sea Turtle, my favorite!!!
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Sting Ray
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Checking out Dori
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This set up was so cute, the kids loved it over here
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I'll continue more in the next post.........

[3princesses+aprince]

So after checking out the Ocean life for a while we went over to Turtle Talk with Crush, oh my god, this show was so funny. Manny loved it, me and him were cracking up. It was great. Highly recommend!!!!!!!

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After we exited The Seas, we had to stop and say hello to these guys...again

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We then decided we needed itzakadoozies and mickey ice cream bars

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So we hung out and relaxed for a little bit while we cooled off and then went over to Test Track to get Fast Passes!! Woo Hoo... Again, Sam wasn't tall enough and Manny said he would sit out with her. Lizzie was sure she wanted to go on. I was so surprised with her, she has always been the biggest ride chicken (well besides Anthony) The cars were going so fast around that medal track and they were making so much noise, she seemed alittle nervous, but said she would ride. So did she ride? We'll find out later.
We went to cool off again
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And then went over and got a pass to start our Kimpossible adventure, it gave us a time for 5:30pm. Emily was so excited. She really wanted to do this.

So we started our World Showcase adventure, Our kimpossible adventure was to occur in Norway!!!!

So first stop was Mexico. This was my absolute favorite country!! I loved it here so much.
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We went in to ride the boat ride, it was so awesome and relaxing. You could see the people eating in the restaurant, it was nice and cool in there. It's a must do on my list for next year too.

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We then went to start our Kimpossible adventure!!!

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It was nice, the lady explained what we had to do, and then told us that we could look around in other countries before starting our adventure, it was not on any certain time frame, you just had to press the OK button when you were where you had to be next.

Anthony stopped to play
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Then suprise....Manny stopped again to buy something. He bought a light up Epcot keychain. Very cute. We waited.
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We stopped at the drums
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I'll continue in the next post..... Lizzie finally gets to do what she's been waiting for!!!!!!

[3princesses+aprince]

Lizzie was waiting very patiently to get her face painted this week. We did it!!! She was in all her glory. She was so happy. The things that make her happy are so funny.
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Ok, onto saving the world!!!!!
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We were led here for a clue
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And here
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I had some more pics from this, but don't want to spoil too much, but it was really cute, we were led to a few different clues and then told what to go find next.

After we explored a few more countries nearby it was time for our TesT Track FPs to be used... I think we stopped in Norway, we just got the first few countries on that side down tonight.
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So Sam and Manny were pretty happy to plop on a bench, it was hot and we were there for hours, we were getting pretty tired. So with them on the bench, we went along.
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So yes, Lizzie still said she wanted to go, so let's see if she liked it!!!
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She loved it..... There was one part that scared her, but I don't want to spoil the surprise for anyone who hasn't been on it. Here we are. Me, Emily and Lizzie are in the back row and Anthony is right in front of us in the green shirt.(of course)
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After our ride, which we all loved. Totally a must do again for next year. We checked out the cars that the exit led you to. Anthony was in all of his glory. He LOVES cars, and was so excited here.
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I love this pic
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After that we saw bunnies in the grass , so we sat on the bench with the rest of our crew and watched them. They were so cute.

We then decided to head out, we were beat , and HOT. This was also when Manny started not feeling well!!!!!
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I took these on the way out, it was so pretty
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We went back to the hotel and hit the pool, Manny sat in one of the pool chairs and chilled out. We ate dinner at the hotel food court, and then, Emily said she had a headache and didn't feel good. OH NO!!!!!! I thought this was the end of our wonderful vacation!!!!

But I won't keep you hanging, the next day Emily felt better, But of course Manny did not.

Next up is our Magic Kingdom Day!!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!

[Happy Elf]

We then decided we needed itzakadoozies and mickey ice cream bars

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We love itzakadoozies! We discovered them at WDW on our honeymoon. For awhile we could find them around here and relive the magic, but sadly, we can't find them anymore! I'm sure we will have one soon!

[racefanof88]

Great update Pam. I think I might do the face painting for me in September. I saw a woman with it and it looked cool. I hate that you had sick ones on your trip, I did too :sad2:. Can't wait for the next update.

[Happy Elf]

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This is a great picture. Anthony is such a handsome boy and I'm sure he will have the girls chasing him in a few years!

[my2disneyboys]

Pam,
You are doing a great job capturing the details w/o giving too much away! Also great pictures - the one of Anthony in the car is too cute and you all look so happy!! :goodvibes

[3princesses+aprince]

Thanks, we really enjoyed our Epcot day, and Anthony does look like a cutie in the fancy car, and he already does have girls chasing him. We have them calling here looking for him wondering if he's here or at his Mom's. He's a stud!!!

And i'll have another update up soon. I've been busy looking into things for the wedding. Yes, it's early but my friend (who declared herself my wedding planner) said that because it's a holiday weekend, we should book it soon. So last night I made a guest list and we were looking over a few places at work last night. (I know, we were working really hard)

[MagicShell]

I enjoyed your update. It is great to hear how you all were so excited about things on your first trip. I am sorry to hear that a sickness is coming.

[MeMom]

I noticed that too, when the end of the day was approaching and others seemed to be getting grumpy, we were just not. We were so happy to be in Disney World that even if we were standing in a line or just hanging out we were happy. I'm happy just thinking about it !!!!!!! :love:

I appreciate you saying this. This is just how we feel when we are in Disney World - so blessed, grateful, and excited that we can't possibly be grouchy or stress over little inconveniences.

I am enjoying reading about your good times and seeing your many pictures.

[lisalonglash]

Great Epcot day! :goodvibes I keep going back and forth about the KimPossible thingy - it sure looks like your crew had a great time doing it! I'm sorry Emily and Manny weren't feeling well that evening, but I'm glad Emily felt better the next day! :thumbsup2

I LOVE Test Track, I :love: it and I :cloud9: it LOL Great picture of you enjoying it! I can't wait to see Turtle Talk w/Crush - it sounds like soooo much fun!

As usual, you all look like you're having a blast :goodvibes The picture of Anthony in the car should be setting off alarm bells for you - get a BIG stick to keep all those girls away :rotfl:

Lizzie's facepainting looks beautiful - so flowy and soft kwim? I wish my boys liked facepainting, but it's been deemed "ick" here, sadly. Hey, *I* could get my face painted and tell them that it's only allowed for moms! :banana: :laughing:

[MaryAz]

Great update. We also loved the Seas. Feel like we did not get to see as much of the World Showcase as we would have liked-next time! I did the single rider for Test Track and walked on. The girls loved playing in the cars! Nice pics as always.

[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, so here goes with our 2nd day at the Magic Kingdom, I couldn't wait to get back here all week.

So we left off on Saturday night when Manny was not feeling well. Well, this morning when he woke up he was VERY sick, and Emily had a bad headache the night before. I woke her up and asked her if she wanted to sleep and relax, and just come to the MK after our pool break, and she said yes. I thought she was getting sick too, but luckily when she woke up a few hours later, she was fine.

So Me, Anthony, Lizzie and Sam were off to the Magic Kingdom after we grabbed breakfast and brought it up to Manny and Emily and had our breakfast in the foodcourt. We probably got on the bus at 9am.

It was so nice to be in the park this early, there were no crowds!!!

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So this morning our plan was to head straight to Dumbo and then Ariel's Grotto. Lizzie was in heaven when we saw Dumbo

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Anthony and Sam took the Dumbo in front of us

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This one was taken from Dumbo

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Lizzie was very pleased we finally got to ride Dumbo!!! And as you can see she still had some of her face paint on from the day before. We were in the pool and everything the night before but the top part stayed strong. She was happy about that.

So next we hopped right over to Ariel's Grotto, we had about a 30 minute wait, but the girls had fun while waiting.

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Ok, I love these next two pictures. They just spotted Ariel, so they were peaking at her. We were about 4 people away from seeing her.

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And here Lizzie is telling me she sees her

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Oh, Sam was so excited to finally meet Ariel. After that I figured we'd head over to Adventureland cause Anthony was a good sport and rode Dumbo and sat through a 30 minute Ariel wait.
On the way by the castle though the Fairy Godmother was out, she was too cute. The girls were very excited, and Emily was jealous when she found out. That was the first thing Sam told her when we got back to the room.

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I'll continue in the next post!!!

[mickeystoontown]

Oh I hope Manny and Emily get to feeling better. There's nothing worse that being sick while on vacation.

I, too, love the picture of the girls waiting to see Ariel. It makes me wish my daughter was still little.

Anthony is such a trooper. Never fussing even if he does have to do "little kid stuff".

Lisa

[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, so we got to adventureland and I was so excited to see it!! It's awesome over here.

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The girls stopped to get wet by these squirting Tiki things

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We decided to head into Pirates of the Carribean (5 min wait) I of course took about 8 or 9 pics and thought they came out good, but ended up being either blurry or too dark. But I got a few.

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After the ride we were dumped into a giftshop and Lizzie really wanted this 5 times too big for her head Jack Sparrow Hat, she's crazy!!!

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So then we were hungry and saw El Pirata y El Perico right across from Pirates. We were very excited, we love Tacos, especially Anthony. He was thrilled. It was so delicious. I told Manny that we have to eat there next year, he really missed out.

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This was our view of outside from our table, and even though there were no closed walls here (there was a back side with closed wall and AC) it was nice and cool in here.

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Right when we were finishing up, Lizzie spotted Capt. Hook and Mr Smee right outside the restaurant. For some reason she was so excited, it was so cute. So we went out to see them.

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Right when we were finishing up with these cool guys, this cool guy came walking out.

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We ran right over and watched his pirate tutorial. Very cute.

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A shot of the restaurant from the outside

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So we decided to head back into Fantasyland , Lizzie had also been wanting to ride the teacups. MISTAKE!!!!

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Why a mistake you ask? The kids look so happy? Yeah, um the ride hadn't started yet. I guess you shouldn't ride spinning tea cups right after you eat. Me and Anthony had to hold the wheel still so we didn't spin that much, Lizzie was green, we though she was going to throw up all over us. We did make it off the ride without incident.

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I think it was about 1pm at this time and because we were half sick now, and it was very HOT, we figured it was a good time to go back and get Emily, I called and she was better and waiting for us, so I felt bad. But we really needed to get in the pool anyway.

I loved this view when walking back to the bus stop

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We were sitting down waiting for the bus when we got a few visitors. They were walking right up to us. Anthony was freaked out by this and is starting to run away, and Lizzie is like " Ok, come on little duckies, I want to pet you"

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Here is Lizzie, we're waiting to board the bus, they were getting someone in a wheelchair loaded up first.

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Ahhhh, nice cold AC

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So we got back to the hotel and went swimming!!!!! Oh how we loved that pool. We go back to the MK this night!!!!!!

[Flanelle]

Love your TR and pictures. :thumbsup2

[tinkerbell3747]

I am enjoying your TR so much and I love the picture of the girls as they spotted Ariel...and Anthony int he convertable....

I hope Emily is feeling better....and soo sorry Manny was ill..

Can't wait to read more...

[tinkerbell3747]

By the way my son's birthday is July 3rd......just got a special kick out of seeing that you guys will be getting married that day...

[wlwilliams9]

It's such a bummer that Manny got sick on your vacation. I'm glad Emily's headache came and went.

I'm so happy you and your family had such a wonderful first of MANY Disney vacations!:rotfl:

[mommytothreeboys]

Awesome updates! Epcot is our favorite park...I'm so glad you all enjoyed it as well! I see Emily got a marionette....my kids LOVE those too! We saw them in 2007 and didn't buy one, but all they talked about for the next two years was buying a marionette in China! They did! We came home with 2!

Cool Dumbo photos! That's a great perspective of the castle.

You saw a LOT of characters! I LOVE THAT! I felt like we saw more on our 2007 trip than on this one. We've never met the Fairy Godmother....but of course I don't think I could get my boys to wait in line for her!

Nice face painting! It's very pretty....love the colors. :thumbsup2

Sorry to hear there was some sickness affecting your family. That's a hard one, but I'm glad the rest of you could still enjoy your time. I hope they feel better soon and can get back to the business of vacation!

Looking forward to more! popcorn::

[3princesses+aprince]

Love your TR and pictures.
:thumbsup2

Thanks

I am enjoying your TR so much and I love the picture of the girls as they spotted Ariel...and Anthony int he convertable....

I hope Emily is feeling better....and soo sorry Manny was ill..

Can't wait to read more...

Yes, those are some of my favorite pics as well.

By the way my son's birthday is July 3rd......just got a special kick out of seeing that you guys will be getting married that day...

Oh, that's cool!!!

It's such a bummer that Manny got sick on your vacation. I'm glad Emily's headache came and went.

I'm so happy you and your family had such a wonderful first of MANY Disney vacations!:rotfl:

Yea, I was so glad Emily just had a headache and it wasn't the start of her getting sick.

Awesome updates! Epcot is our favorite park...I'm so glad you all enjoyed it as well! I see Emily got a marionette....my kids LOVE those too! We saw them in 2007 and didn't buy one, but all they talked about for the next two years was buying a marionette in China! They did! We came home with 2!

Cool Dumbo photos! That's a great perspective of the castle.

You saw a LOT of characters! I LOVE THAT! I felt like we saw more on our 2007 trip than on this one. We've never met the Fairy Godmother....but of course I don't think I could get my boys to wait in line for her!

Nice face painting! It's very pretty....love the colors. :thumbsup2

Sorry to hear there was some sickness affecting your family. That's a hard one, but I'm glad the rest of you could still enjoy your time. I hope they feel better soon and can get back to the business of vacation!

Looking forward to more! popcorn::

Thanks!! I was pretty pleased with the amount of characters we saw.

Fortunately Emily was fine for the rest of the trip, but Manny... This was only the beginning of him not feeling good. It only got worse for him.


So i'm doing a lot of wedding planning this week. Making phone calls and we're in between a few different places. We actually went to look at a place yesterday. Which I really want, but it is outside, which that is what I wanted, but if it rains........ Oh, i don't know?

There is another place which i'm going to call shortly that is outside, but has an inside option in case it rains!! That sounds good. We're going to check that one out.

[my2disneyboys]

Great update!! I love the pics... I am so sorry Manny got so sick... At least he will get another chance to see some stuff he may have missed on your Halloween Honeymoon!!

[thechesters420]

I love your trip report. Your kids look so completely happy to be there!! I love the shirts your girls were wearing in the last update, how did you do that?

[MagicShell]

Too bad you all couldn't make it to the MK together. I am glad Emily felt better soon. Your girls' shirts are so cute. And, they seemed to be really excited to see Ariel. I don't do Teacups. I can't take it.

[racefanof88]

Great update. You have such pretty girls. You have to let us know what was going on with Manny and Emily. I wonder if it was the same thing Amanda, Matt and Tyler had? hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

When you start finding wedding dresses I totally expect to see pics of them.
You have such an exciting year coming up.

[lisalonglash]

Anther wonderful update! :cool1: As usual, all look like they're having the best time ever - I so enjoy your pictures! I don't do the teacups - nuh uh LOL

I'm so glad Emily felt better, but poor Manny :sad2: I hope he was able to enjoy some more Disney time!

As someone else said, those shirts are fabulous - love them! :goodvibes

[3princesses+aprince]

Great update!! I love the pics... I am so sorry Manny got so sick... At least he will get another chance to see some stuff he may have missed on your Halloween Honeymoon!!

Yea, I can tell he is looking forward to our next trip. He was pretty bummed he had to miss out on the last couple of days of our trip. I feel bad! I told him when we get there next year we'll do what he wants to do first to make up for this trip.

I love your trip report. Your kids look so completely happy to be there!! I love the shirts your girls were wearing in the last update, how did you do that?

I went to the "creative disigns" which is a forum here on the disboards. There are disers on there that have programs to make these designs, and I put in a request (many of them doing these designs take requests) and they posted it on the thread with the kids names on them, and from there I saved the design to my computer and then printed it out on transfer paper (gotta make sure you switch your printer to mirror image though) and then just ironed it onto a shirt.

Too bad you all couldn't make it to the MK together. I am glad Emily felt better soon. Your girls' shirts are so cute. And, they seemed to be really excited to see Ariel. I don't do Teacups. I can't take it.

Thanks, I was really impressed with the way the shirts came out too. And, after that ride, I don't do the teacups either LOL.

Great update. You have such pretty girls. You have to let us know what was going on with Manny and Emily. I wonder if it was the same thing Amanda, Matt and Tyler had? hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

When you start finding wedding dresses I totally expect to see pics of them.
You have such an exciting year coming up.

Oh, I will definitely send you pics of the dresses that i'm looking at. I'm so excited about dress shopping. I'm not sure what Manny had, it was flu like symptoms, I got it when we got home, but luckily the kids never got sick. Emily's headache was just a headache that night, thankfully.

Anther wonderful update! :cool1: As usual, all look like they're having the best time ever - I so enjoy your pictures! I don't do the teacups - nuh uh LOL

I'm so glad Emily felt better, but poor Manny :sad2: I hope he was able to enjoy some more Disney time!

As someone else said, those shirts are fabulous - love them! :goodvibes

Thanks for the shirt compliments, and like I said, after that ride, I don't do the tea cups any more either. Although, all they have to do is ask next year, and i'm sure i'd go back on. Same with EE!!!!:scared1:

[3princesses+aprince]

Figured i'd through a wedding update in!!!!! Seeing how this is what I was working on today.

Ok, so I think we found a place for the ceremony and reception. It's a really nice place where we will get married outside by a lake and the reception is inside (of course) overlooking the lake. We're going to look at it this weekend. It was very reasonably priced, so that was super exciting. I've been thinking about centerpieces and DJs today also. I just found out that my Mom knows someone who DJs, so we'll be checking on that this week :goodvibes I'm very happy with where we are right now with the planning.

We're going with the color of Tiffany blue, which is like an aqua blue!!! I'm so set on that color and very excited about it, every time I see it I get excited:cloud9:

I'm going back and forth from thinking about the wedding and our Disney Trip. This is wonderful:cloud9:

Oh, I want to change my ticker too. I wanted the Halloween one , cause we're all excited to be going around Halloween, but it's kind of eerie along with "we're getting Married" So it's gonna change.

I'll try to get the rest of our 2nd MK day up tomorrow.

[catherines_mama]

I haven't had time to update but YAY!!! Congrats on the wedding announcement! That is SO exciting. you HAVE to keep us posted on details! I have tons of updates for you too on mine.. but that's not what this is about.

Your EPCOT day and MK days look amazing! Gosh I love MK. Isn't Adventure land wonderful? Can't wait til ya'll make it to Frontierland - its so much fun!

Waiting .... :)

[MaryAz]

Great update, poor Manny-no fun being sick. Yay for finding a place for thw wedding!

[AmyBWV99]

Congrats on your wedding and honeymoon how much fun!

Our anniversary is July 4th too cool to have fireworks every year! It'll be our 11th, we've spent 4 of the last 5 anniversaries in WDW (was too preggo for 2007) it's a great way to spend it!

[floydfamily4]

I just read your report up to this point in one sitting!! I couldn't help it I was so enthralled. Your family is beautiful and I am so glad you all were having a magical trip. Congrats on the engagement - have fun - its also a very magical time in life!! Love the shirts and the details:thumbsup2 Thanks so much for sharing with us!!

[mickeystoontown]

Looks like your wedding plans are moving along smoothly. Wait, did I miss something? How did Anthony react when you guys told him the news?

[mommytothreeboys]

Looks like things are coming right along!

The place you found sounds nice..overlooking a lake, beautiful! :goodvibes

[3princesses+aprince]

I haven't had time to update but YAY!!! Congrats on the wedding announcement! That is SO exciting. you HAVE to keep us posted on details! I have tons of updates for you too on mine.. but that's not what this is about.

Thank you and i'll get over to your PTR, I promise, i've been so busy with everything since we got back, i've been trying so hard to keep up here, i don't want to keep everyone waiting.

Your EPCOT day and MK days look amazing! Gosh I love MK. Isn't Adventure land wonderful? Can't wait til ya'll make it to Frontierland - its so much fun!

Waiting .... :)

Yes, I loved Adventureland!!!

Great update, poor Manny-no fun being sick. Yay for finding a place for thw wedding!

I know, he is still bummed that he was sick and missed so much. And YAY is right for finding a wedding place, there were so many options, i was starting to get overwhelmed with that.

Congrats on your wedding and honeymoon how much fun!

Our anniversary is July 4th too cool to have fireworks every year! It'll be our 11th, we've spent 4 of the last 5 anniversaries in WDW (was too preggo for 2007) it's a great way to spend it!

THank you and thats cool that that's your anniversary also.

I just read your report up to this point in one sitting!! I couldn't help it I was so enthralled. Your family is beautiful and I am so glad you all were having a magical trip. Congrats on the engagement - have fun - its also a very magical time in life!! Love the shirts and the details:thumbsup2 Thanks so much for sharing with us!!

Aww, thanks and welcome to my TR

Looks like your wedding plans are moving along smoothly. Wait, did I miss something? How did Anthony react when you guys told him the news?

Yes, plans are moving right along, so glad!! And i'm sorry I forgot to post about Anthony's reaction. He was very excited, he "it's about time" Huh, 12 year old boys:goodvibes

Looks like things are coming right along!

The place you found sounds nice..overlooking a lake, beautiful! :goodvibes

I'm so excited about this place, we're going to see it this weekend, i'll post pics.


I'm working on getting more pics up again. I'll hurry I promise. Today we went to reserve sites at this big state park near our house for Emily and Lizzie's bday party. The sites we booked last year were already reserved. I waited too long this year. So, we got a list of available sites and a map and went driving through to check them all out:eek: and for being good sports we went to McDonalds after we chose our sites. It's on Sunday, June 28th. So i'll be working on that for the next few weeks. We're actually gonna run to the store right now for some fancy paper and tonight we're all gonna sit down and make up our invitations!! I wish I could invite all of my disfriends;)

[lisalonglash]

Ok, so I think we found a place for the ceremony and reception. It's a really nice place where we will get married outside by a lake and the reception is inside (of course) overlooking the lake. We're going to look at it this weekend. It was very reasonably priced, so that was super exciting. I've been thinking about centerpieces and DJs today also. I just found out that my Mom knows someone who DJs, so we'll be checking on that this week :goodvibes I'm very happy with where we are right now with the planning.

It sounds like a wonderful plan - outdoor weddings are so lovely :goodvibes

We're going with the color of Tiffany blue, which is like an aqua blue!!! I'm so set on that color and very excited about it, every time I see it I get excited:cloud9:

Perfect choice! :thumbsup2

I'm going back and forth from thinking about the wedding and our Disney Trip. This is wonderful:cloud9:

It IS wonderful! Enjoy your planning! :banana:

I'll try to get the rest of our 2nd MK day up tomorrow.

Looking forward to it popcorn::

[MagicShell]

Too bad you are not going to be getting paid for all the planning you have been doing lately. Sounds like a fun time. Enjoy it.

[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, lets finish up our 2nd day at the MK.

We left off with us coming back from the MK and taking a pool break. Emily was ready to go and feeling fine.

After we got out of the pool we changed and got ready to go back. We probably got to the bus stop at about 4pm.

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Ahhhh, we got back to the Magic Kingdom and it was so nice to see the castle again.
I love this pic, Emily ran over and sat on Walt's lap. Everyone else followed, and Sam ended up banging her ear on Minnie's ear. Ouch

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We went right into tomorrowland, this was the first time we saw this area. LOVED IT. Anthony really wanted to ride Tomorrowland Indy Speedway.

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We stopped at Buzz Lightyear's space ranger spin because there was a 5 min wait. I loved this ride, I thought it was much better than Toy Story Mania. Anthony got some crazy high score. I forget what it was though.

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The Pic with Zurg!!!

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Soooooo when we came off of Buzz, we were met by rain!!! This is when the rain starts.
I'm not complaining , we had a great week with great weather. It started raining tonight and continued for the rest of this entire week. We left tuesday night.

So it was raining really hard, so we decided to RUN over to Cosmic Rays for dinner. It was really crowded, we ended up getting an outside table. It was covered, so we were fine.

Unfortunately Anthony did not get to ride the speedway, it was closed of course. So we decided to RUN to Toontown to go visit the Princesses. We only waited in line for about 15 minutes.

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So after our visit with Royalty we shopped around, Emily bought a Silvermist fairy, and I bought...............PONCHOS. It did not look like the rain was letting up, so $40 later, we were ready to head out.

continued in next post.....

[thechesters420]

That is a lot of money to spend on ponchos! That sucks!

[mommytothreeboys]

We are big fans of Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin as well. I'm terrible at it but it's so much fun!

Too bad it started to rain...UGH! Those are some expensive ponchos. :scared1:

The princess pictures are great. You saw Snow White...my fave! :thumbsup2

Where to next?? popcorn::

[wide receiver]

Sorry you had so much rain! The children look like they are having a good time anyway, and that is what is important!

[3princesses+aprince]

I wanted to get back to Mickey's house, because on the first day, we saw Minnie's but for some reason Sam wanted to go in Mickey's so bad. I told her we'd come back. So this was the perfect time to tour his house.

We got to his house and this nice CM was blowing bubbles, even Anthony was popping them, it was too cute.

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After we went in his backyard, it took us to another tent, where Mickey was waiting inside.

Anthony, watching an old fashioned Mickey Mouse cartoon. I thought this was so cute, he watched this cartoon for about 8 minutes while we waited to go in.

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So when we got in we got a surprise, Minnie was there too!!! She motioned for us to take our ponchos off, Ugh, that's alot of work when they're all wet.

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After leaving there, we went to the little play area across from his house. The kids had fun over there for about 15 minutes. I was discouraged about the rain, but it looks like the kids thought it was great. When do we get to play in the rain at home? So it was then I started to enjoy myself as well. If they were happy , I was happy.

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After this we headed back over to Fantasyland, I figured, that offered the most inside rides. So first we hit Winnie the Pooh, which the kids really wanted to go on. We got fastpasses for it the first day, but never got to it.

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I thought this ride was too cute, I loved the music that was playing. After Pooh, we jumped on the Cinderella's Golden Carousel. Sam loves carousels.

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It was getting late now, it was about 9:30 and they kept announcing that wishing was postponed , of course. It was thundering too!!!!! We really wanted to watch it, but what are you gonna do!!!

Short of that, they wanted to go on Haunted Mansion again, so we did that, and then started to walk back towards the castle, the rain and thunder were not letting up, so we decided to call it a night. Emily and Anthony could have stayed all night in the rain. But Lizzie and Sam looked like little wet rats and they were getting chilly, and I knew we had a cold ride home on the bus.


So pretty it was, just standing there changing colors

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When we got back, it took all of 10 minutes for this to happen

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Next up is our 2nd Epcot day. This day was not a total washout either, we got in a few good hours before the rain returned.

[Happy Elf]

Looks like you were able to make the best of it even with the rain! Love the picture with Mickey and Minnie!

[wlwilliams9]

I'm glad you didn't let the rain bring down your vacation!! Emily loved playing in the rain too, she could care less that she was getting wet although it never really rained hard while we were there, just a few springles!

[mickeystoontown]

Every year, when we go to WDW, it rains on us. We bring our Disney ponchos back from year to year. We have found that they usually last about three trips. So, if you haven't gotten rid of them yet, don't. Bring them back with you.

I see that you didn't let the dumb ole' rain stop your park touring. We don't either. In fact, while others are huddled inside a shop, we are seeing attractions.

Looking forward to reading more of your adventures.

[MagicShell]

I am glad your kids had fun even though it was raining. I would not have enjoyed having to spend that much on ponchos but they did look cute in your pictures. I guess its worth the money to be able to stay at MK longer.

[3princesses+aprince]

Oh, yes the money for the ponchos was well worth it, I didn't cringe over the price even once. Ok, well maybe when I was handing over the money, but after that I was fine. I knew if we didn't have them we wouldn't have been able to do half of what we did those last 2 rainy days. Our next day coming up is Epcot and we had them on all day. Then our last day, which was back at MK, we had them all day too, but this day was heavy rains. It gets to the point for me though that not even ponchos can make you happy if the rain is that bad. I'm glad it was our last day that those rains came in. My kids looked like little pathetic wet animals on our last day.;) I felt bad! I laugh now looking at the pics but while we were in it, it wasn't too funny.

[wlwilliams9]

Oh, I forgot to add that I love your Tiffany blue/aqua color scheme for the wedding! That is my favorite color. I even painted Emily's room that color!! can't wait to hear more wedding details!:bride:

[3princesses+aprince]

I thought we had gone into the park for a few hours before the rain started but looking at the pics now, I realize that that did not happen, it started raining on the bus ride over.

I think we slept in a little bit this day, and went down to the foodcourt for some breakfast and hopped on the bus around 11:00am.

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I love this pic of Lizzie looking out the bus window

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As soon as the bus was pulling up to Epcot the rain started ,but it was light drizzly on and off rain, it was very tolerable, we still had a good day. So we got off the bus and got our ponchos out and were ready to go.

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We figured we'd head into the innoventions pavilion to keep dry for a little while. It was pretty neat.

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We tested our strength

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And then walked by the StormStuck line and said "that looks interesting" the kids were interested so it was a go.

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We were in a room with walls that looked like you were right in someone's backyard

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This was so neat, it recreated a storm and how hurricanes rip roofs off of houses and just blow swingsets away. There were big gusts of wind coming out at us and sprinkles of rain (like we needed more of that LOL)
By the time we were done checking out a few more things inside we came out and the rain has stopped for the time being so we headed over to the World Showcase, Emily was ready to go to France!!!

I'll continue in the next post

[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, i'm sorry I just posted a crapload of pics and stories and my laptop told me i'm not connected to the internet. UGH:headache: I'm not going to attempt it again, i'll repost it again in the morning.

But we head to WS, visit France, Morocco, and Japan. We have a Princess meet, lunch in Japan, and we Pick a Pearl!!!

Although it rained this day, this was hands down one of our favorite days!!!

And wait until you hear what happens this night. (don't worry nothing bad, just a little craziness)

[bouncycat]

Hey Pam!! I think I'm all caught up now, been off and on for a while, mostly off...lots of stuff going on, DH advancing, my Aunt Judi having a heart attack, end of school, WORK, DH going camping, and now we're getting ready to get DSD from Jacksonville for a week!! I gott finish up my TR, don't ya just LOVE rain? NOT!! We had our ponchos on the WHOLE TIME! It got old. I hope it don't rain in Sept!! But, I absolutely LOVE your TR, Keep it coming!!!

[leamom2princesses]

Hi Pam! Looks like the you guys made the most of the rain. We had to do that too. I think your kids look cute in their ponchos. I like the shirts they had on when you went to see Mickey's house. Those are really cute.

I did a huge update the other day and the site or computer froze up and I lost everything. That stinks. :headache: Can't wait to see your next update! :thumbsup2

[lisalonglash]

What a fantastic day!!! Seriously, your children are so adorable - always smiling, always having a great time :goodvibes Innoventions look cool - we didn't really get in there last time. I'm sorry it rained on you, but it sure looks like you made the most of it! :banana:

Fantastic picture of all four kids with Mickey and Minnie - that's a framer! :thumbsup2

[mommytothreeboys]

Hi Pam!

I don't think I ever responded to your MK post. Oops! Your girls are fabulous...they don't seem to be bothered a bit by the rain....good for them!

That pic of the 4 kids with Mickey and Minne is awesome! SO glad you took the time to take off the ponchos!

Epcot is our favorite park..we'd never done Innoventions before this trip. My kids really enjoyed it. We didn't do the storm one, but we did do a fire safety activity that was pretty fun!

[Scott MC]

I wanted to say that I've been having a great time reading your trip report. You seem to have had a lovely time and you have a beautiful family! I'm getting a kick out of watching Anthony as the week progresses. If you look at the pictures with characters early in your TR, he seems a bit aloof, as if to say "I'm waaaay too cool for this," but he's getting more and more into it as your TR progresses. Ah the magic of Disney! :wizard:

[Madisonsmom45]

Hi,
Your family looks so adorable....The excitement must have been awesome.
Glad you had a terrific trip..

Bonnie
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[racefanof88]

Love the update :thumbsup2. It is really annoying to go through all the trouble of uploading and updating and it just goes poof grrrrrrrrrrrrr. I did the same thing last night. Keep your udates and great pictures coming.

[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, i'm hoping that I don't have any more problems with this silly laptop!!! I'm sitting up at 2 am, I can't sleep, so i figured i'd give this another try.

So we left off leaving Innoventions, we were on our way to the World Showcase. Emily could not wait to get to France.

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Anthony spotted this when we first walked in to France. I love this pic.

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So we went in to the gift shop and Emily was in heaven, she bought herself and Eiffel tower keychain and she posed to take French pictures, she's too funny.

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They all got a pressed penny from France, they all really enjoyed doing this, I think I'm going to make it more of a collection next year, with whole bunch of quarters and pennies for each child. We probably have about 8 or 9 total, but we want more next year.

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We then went and got a mask, they sat for a little while and decorated them. Again this is something we're going to do more of next year. We didn't start the masks on our first day, so we only got to add to them in a few different countries, which is Ok, it was really neat to speak with the CMs from different countries at all of the kidcot areas.

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Emily's picture she couldn't wait to get with the Eiffel tower in the background.

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Then into Morocco. This country was just so real looking, walking through there felt like we were really in another country, too neat!!!!

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We headed into the back and walked into the area where Jasmine usually was, it was empty so we checked it out and just as we were leaving, who was coming in....

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We went into the kidcot area and decorated some more of our masks, and the CM in there was the best, he was just so good with the kids. They enjoyed talking to him.

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Next we were headed to Japan!!!! And we were also ready for lunch, so we figured we'd try Yakitori House.

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We got an outside table and the view was very nice. The kids really enjoyed trying to eat with chopsticks. Emily and Sam were the first to give up, but Lizzie and Anthony kept at it for quite a while.

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I can't say the food wasn't good, because i'm sure it was, we just didn't really like that kind of food. Lizzie is so funny though , really she likes anything, I didn't hear one complaint from her, she ate her whole dish. Me and the other 3 picked at it enough to be full, even picky Emily and then piled in the Ginger cake. If you eat at this restaurant you HAVE to have the ginger cake. It was so good, I would do anything for some right now!!!!!


Well, I have to upload some more pics from the rest of our day. There are some more interesting things to come. Like the things our kids will make us do??????? And i'll leave you with that for tonight. I'm going to press this button right now and I better be connected to the internet with this damn laptop!!

[MeMom]

Woldn't it be fun to be a Kidcot CM? Just sit around and talk with sweet kids all day about their vacations and the fun they were having? :thumbsup2

I don't think I would have stuck it out very long with the chopsticks.
I've heard about the ginger cake, but never tried it.

Love the picture by the easel. One of my all-time favorite pictures of my youngest son is of him in a blue smock and beret painting in France at a Kidcot station. (He was about 5, and he had the biggest grin on his face. He's now 20!)

Only I'm not sure it was called Kidcot that long ago. There was a special 'celebration of children' thing going on - the predecessor to Kidcot, I suppose.

Keep the pictures coming! I am enjoying seeing those happy little kids having fun in Disney World.

[mommytothreeboys]

Woo-Hoo! World Showcase! :woohoo::woohoo:

Morocco is my absolute FAVORITE!! Cool that you saw Jasmine.

Love the pics of Emily in France..too cute. :goodvibes

My boys really enjoy the pressed pennies. We have the Disney collection books and after 2 trips, they are almost full. We start saving quarters and pennies when we know we're going back!

[3princesses+aprince]

Woldn't it be fun to be a Kidcot CM? Just sit around and talk with sweet kids all day about their vacations and the fun they were having? :thumbsup2

I don't think I would have stuck it out very long with the chopsticks.
I've heard about the ginger cake, but never tried it.

Love the picture by the easel. One of my all-time favorite pictures of my youngest son is of him in a blue smock and beret painting in France at a Kidcot station. (He was about 5, and he had the biggest grin on his face. He's now 20!)

Only I'm not sure it was called Kidcot that long ago. There was a special 'celebration of children' thing going on - the predecessor to Kidcot, I suppose.

Keep the pictures coming! I am enjoying seeing those happy little kids having fun in Disney World.


I'm glad you're enjoying my report MeMom, I know I enjoyed quite a few of yours:thumbsup2


Woo-Hoo! World Showcase! :woohoo::woohoo:

Morocco is my absolute FAVORITE!! Cool that you saw Jasmine.

Love the pics of Emily in France..too cute. :goodvibes

My boys really enjoy the pressed pennies. We have the Disney collection books and after 2 trips, they are almost full. We start saving quarters and pennies when we know we're going back!

Oh, I forgot that I heard about the books to store them in. Do you buy those anywhere in Disney? Are these something that you can find online too? I'd love to buy one before we go. Or while there if we can't find one!!!

[mommytothreeboys]

Oh, I forgot that I heard about the books to store them in. Do you buy those anywhere in Disney? Are these something that you can find online too? I'd love to buy one before we go. Or while there if we can't find one!!!

We bought ours in WDW. I think you can get them at any gift shop..they are usually right up by the cash register. The design we got was a Year of a Million Dreams, so I think the designs change frequently. I also did a search online for "Disney Pressed Penny Book" and you can get them at a lot of different places. I think we only paid like $6 or $7 for it at WDW in 2007.

[catherines_mama]

I absolutely love WS. Its so much fun.

I'm glad you guys esp the kids enjoyed it! :)

[MagicShell]

When my daughter was about Emily's age she was really excited to see France as well. Isn't that funny? She really wanted to see that Eiffel Tower. I love the picture of your girls on the bus, very cute. I can't wait to hear what happens next.

[lisalonglash]

Ok, i'm hoping that I don't have any more problems with this silly laptop!!! I'm sitting up at 2 am, I can't sleep, so i figured i'd give this another try.

2am?! :eek: I hope you get to have a rest later!

So we left off leaving Innoventions, we were on our way to the World Showcase. Emily could not wait to get to France.

My kind of girl! "Hello, my name is Lisa and I'm a France-aholic :cloud9:" lol

They all got a pressed penny from France, they all really enjoyed doing this, I think I'm going to make it more of a collection next year, with whole bunch of quarters and pennies for each child. We probably have about 8 or 9 total, but we want more next year.

I've got to remember to keep my eye out for those pressed penny machines - the pennies look so neat when they're pressed!

We then went and got a mask, they sat for a little while and decorated them. Again this is something we're going to do more of next year. We didn't start the masks on our first day, so we only got to add to them in a few different countries, which is Ok, it was really neat to speak with the CMs from different countries at all of the kidcot areas.

The masks are neat, aren't they? Love the picture of your sweeties with their masks! :thumbsup2

Emily's picture she couldn't wait to get with the Eiffel tower in the background.

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Great picture! Go, Emily! :goodvibes

We got an outside table and the view was very nice. The kids really enjoyed trying to eat with chopsticks. Emily and Sam were the first to give up, but Lizzie and Anthony kept at it for quite a while.

Good for everyone for trying to use the chopsticks :thumbsup2

Well, I have to upload some more pics from the rest of our day. There are some more interesting things to come. Like the things our kids will make us do??????? And i'll leave you with that for tonight. I'm going to press this button right now and I better be connected to the internet with this damn laptop!!

Yay, it worked! :yay: Can't wait for the next update popcorn::

[tinkerbell3747]

Great update,

Reading how much your kids enjoyed the kidcot stops reminded me so much of my last trip, my kids were not looking foward to the WS (4 and 7 at the time) that is until they found the first kidcot station we HAD to do the entire WS then even through the on and off rain.....

So glad this was one of your favorite days the WS is always one of my favorites too...

[shasess]

I'm loving your TR! Great update!

[klacey1]

This is one of the most...joyful TR's I have read in a long time! It's just so...happy! I feel so many trips get hung up on the weather, kids having tantrums. You and your family just seem so appreciative to be together and to be on vacation. Lovely! I can't wait to read the rest! (Although though I'm sad it's ending soon!)
Also, congrats on your upcoming wedding! I've loved reading those little wedding details, too.

[mickeystoontown]

As always, a fantastic update with lots of cute pictures. I usually set aside a coin purse of quarters and pennies for my son to press. I have heard that the quarters fit perfectly in the mini M&M tubes. I'm gonna give it a try this year.

[3princesses+aprince]

So we left off finishing up our lunch at Yakitori House. We were ready to head over to Japan, because Emily REALLY wanted to pick a pearl. I highly recommend this to anyone remotely interested, it was such a neat experience. Once the pearl is picked the CM bangs on these drums, then asks you if she can show off your pearl to everyone watching, it's really nice.

So here they are!!!

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Here's Emily taking her pick

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Her pearl was 7 and a quarter inches, the CM said that was big.

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After this the lady that does the candy right outside was set to perform, so a whole group waited around for about 10-15 minutes when we were told it was cancelled due to the rain, because she had to use a hairdryer. Well, does someone want to put a sign up or something. I mean yeah it's common sense you don't want to use a hairdryer in the rain, but I didn't really know much about the show, I didn't know one needed to be used!! Anyway, we were bummed we didn't get to see this.
We decided to head back towards Future World

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Continued......

[3princesses+aprince]

So we got back into FW and music was playing, it was so nice. Well we were walking by and I noticed Club Cool, I almost forgot about this, so in we went!!!
This place was so neat inside.

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So I explained to everyone that these were different sodas from around the world and that I wanted them to taste a special one for me first. AND.....so I poured 4 cups of Beverly and got my camera ready.

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And with 4 kids, I knew I was only going to get one really great picture, so this is the victim I had my camera on

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She LOVED IT!!!

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We tried all of the sodas, Lizzie's favorite was from China, she is still talking about it and wishes we could buy some here. It was good, very sweet, but very good.
Well, after the set up, I told them that I knew about Beverly and I had tricked them, Anthony couldn't believe it, cause that's now usually like me, it's Manny that's always teasing them.

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We really wanted to ride Spaceship Earth, so we headed that way.

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I just remember the music playing at this time and it was so lovely to be walking around with the music playing.

So we finally got there, the kids were waiting to get inside this ball.

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I let Sam sit right behind us with Anthony and she felt like a big girl sitting with her big brother and not Mom.

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So this was basically a ride through time. We loved this, all 4 of the kids absolutely loved it. I really enjoyed seeing the animatronic figures set up.

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Ah, the TV was invented, I love this one, it looks so real

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And of course they got a kick out of seeing their faces on little people on the screens.

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It was a long , wet day, we figured we'd head back to the Hotel

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We got back and relaxed in the room for a little while

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Then went down to the foodcourt for dinner. We sat in the corner and the kids watched cartoons while we ate.

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We went back up to the room after dinner, i'm guessing it was about 7pm. I have to get my pics up, but the next update is a good one. Who makes me feel guilty and over what? Find out next time on ..... Just kidding. LOL

I'll try to get the next update up today.

[crocko]

Good update.....nice job on the Beverly trick. Ugh -- no way I want to drink that thing.....

I'll be interested to see if my kids enjoy Spaceship Earth like your kids did. Probably just being in "the ball" is part of the thrill.

[mommytothreeboys]

Great update! Club Cool is so fun...I'm glad you didn't forget about it!

Sorry you missed the candy lady. She is really incredible! Put it on the list for next trip!

Pick a Pearl sounds cool. :thumbsup2 Did you get it set or just take it home as a pearl? That's something we've never done.

Sounds like a great day at Epcot. Where to next??

[mickeystoontown]

What a fantastic update! I love the picture of the three girls heading out of the park. Arms outstretched as if to say....What a great day! So adorable.

And, you left us with a teaser. Love those!

[3princesses+aprince]

Good update.....nice job on the Beverly trick. Ugh -- no way I want to drink that thing.....

I'll be interested to see if my kids enjoy Spaceship Earth like your kids did. Probably just being in "the ball" is part of the thrill.

I forgot to post too, that I also tried it after them. I was REALLY curious. It is so BAD. It tastes gross at first, but it's the after taste that is HORRENDOUS!!:lmao: We all had to drink a few more cups from China to be able to move on with our day.

And I was so glad that my kids enjoyed spaceship earth, because I did. They actually wanted to jump on it again before we left. We're really into History and I think that's why they enjoyed it even more so.:goodvibes

Great update! Club Cool is so fun...I'm glad you didn't forget about it!

Sorry you missed the candy lady. She is really incredible! Put it on the list for next trip!

Pick a Pearl sounds cool. :thumbsup2 Did you get it set or just take it home as a pearl? That's something we've never done.

Sounds like a great day at Epcot. Where to next??

Yes, The Candy Lady will definitely be on our list for next year. And for the Pearl we just took it home. But now we're debating on whether we want to get it set somewhere here, or take it back with us next year to get it set. Because Lizzie and Sam really want one too now, so we'll be getting one for them next year too. I absolutely loved this.

What a fantastic update! I love the picture of the three girls heading out of the park. Arms outstretched as if to say....What a great day! So adorable.

And, you left us with a teaser. Love those!

I love this picture too, it's a favorite. And yes, a teaser...... I think about it still and say, "oh boy, I know I love my kids" cause the things I do for them are a little nuts!!!

[Makdyn]

I dont think you told me about this one! Cant wait to go back readin your trip report and seeing the pics today and your scrapbook.

I asked makenzie if she wanted to play tennis and was like oh ummm oh i dont know what do i have to do? is it going to be hot? Then i said you will be going it with emily. YES I WANT TO DO IT. WHEN DOES IT START? CAN WE GO NOW? Just wondering if yo got the same reaction out of emily!

[leamom2princesses]

Great EPCOT updates! Looks like you found a lot of neat things to do while it rained. We still haven't done the pick-a-pearl. Definitely need to add that one to the list. :thumbsup2

[catherines_mama]

to leave us hanging....... geesh!
LOL

Epcot is one of my all time favorites! Its so cool! Glad you guys had a wonderful day! OMG.. reading your report is making me so ANSY!!! Is it Sunday yet? I want to go to EPCOT!

[MagicShell]

I love your poncho pictures. Your kids look like they are having the best time. You all certainly did not let rain stop you.

[lisalonglash]

Club Cool is great! I made Grumpy, Tigger and Mickey try Beverly too - it was hilarious! :rotfl2: We love Epcot, it's our favourite park - so many interesting things to do and see! You all did so many cool things :thumbsup2

[3princesses+aprince]

I dont think you told me about this one! Cant wait to go back readin your trip report and seeing the pics today and your scrapbook.

I asked makenzie if she wanted to play tennis and was like oh ummm oh i dont know what do i have to do? is it going to be hot? Then i said you will be going it with emily. YES I WANT TO DO IT. WHEN DOES IT START? CAN WE GO NOW? Just wondering if yo got the same reaction out of emily!

Hello, yeah Emily would be very happy to play tennis with Makenzie too. She was excited. Believe it or not, she actually said she wanted to play before I told her Makenzie might be playing with her. I think she wanted to because she knows I played tennis. I'm actually going to call on those lessons right now:goodvibes

Great EPCOT updates! Looks like you found a lot of neat things to do while it rained. We still haven't done the pick-a-pearl. Definitely need to add that one to the list. :thumbsup2

Yeah, the pick a pearl was so Great!!!

to leave us hanging....... geesh!
LOL

Epcot is one of my all time favorites! Its so cool! Glad you guys had a wonderful day! OMG.. reading your report is making me so ANSY!!! Is it Sunday yet? I want to go to EPCOT!

I know, you guys are getting ready to leave. Lucky you!!!!! I really did love Epcot too. We're definitely putting another 2 full days towards this park next year too.

I love your poncho pictures. Your kids look like they are having the best time. You all certainly did not let rain stop you.

We did not let the rain stop us, we were totally fine with it the whole time. I could have done without it, but we made the best of it. We would have had a bummer of our last 2 days if we didn't ,cause it rained constantly the last 2 days.


And, I know I left you with something funny that happens this night and I have not updated yet, I know i'm feeling guilty, but I promise, i'll get it up soon.
I've had a lot to do. There was a supervisor at work out sick, so I had to work extra this week. Last night we took Emily and Lizzie to get party supplies for their bday party next weekent. Emily went with icarly theme, and Lizzie went with .........MINNIE MOUSE. She freaked out when she saw the Minnie stuff. I was so excited, it's so cute!!!!

We're also changing the place we were going to have the wedding at. We have 2 that we're deciding between right now, they're just much prettier. I'm happy with either choice, so whatever our decision is from here, i'll be happy. We're going on Saturday to see one of them!!! Wedding planning is sometimes fun and sometimes too stressful:headache: I'm doing OK right now though!!!

[DisneyPoohBear]

Great trip report. :thumbsup2 Can't wait to read more about the trip and wedding.

[tinkerbell3747]

:cool1:

Great update!

On our last trip I tricked everyone into going into club cool and trying out the sodas....and yes I made them all try the Beverly first...funny none seemed to notice I was the only one without a cup :confused3:confused3....well my dad tasted it first and he was laughing but kinda of wanted to kill me after that :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: sooo funny I am surprised Sam liked it....

Well can't wait for the next installment

[momjkm]

I am so enjoying your reviews, esp of epcot--- did you do the Kim Possible thing? if so, I think I missed it. I liked seeing specifics at innoventions--- ds and I plan on spending more time there on our trip =NEXT WEEK! :cool1::cool1: ok.. all done with that.... My ds loves spaceship earth--- we usually had to do it at least x2 as he wants to explain about what he learned in school about the scenes we see--- his teacher would be proud, and his mom (me)
Jill

[racefanof88]

:surfweb: Wait I thought there was gonna be an update? :lmao: Your report is going so good I can't wait for an update.

How are the wedding plans coming? :bride:

[my2disneyboys]

HI Pam!! I am all caught up. Your pictures make me want to go back so bad. The kids all look so happy. (even in the rain!!) I love that you tricked them with the Beverly soda- :rotfl2: I am going to have to try that next time!!

[bouncycat]

HEY!!! We want the update!! Can't just drop a bomb on us and leave us hanging!! HAHA Just kidding.....awaiting patiently!! LOL Awesome TR so far, your kids look sooo good, and always sooo happy!!

[3princesses+aprince]

I am so enjoying your reviews, esp of epcot--- did you do the Kim Possible thing? if so, I think I missed it. I liked seeing specifics at innoventions--- ds and I plan on spending more time there on our trip =NEXT WEEK! :cool1::cool1: ok.. all done with that.... My ds loves spaceship earth--- we usually had to do it at least x2 as he wants to explain about what he learned in school about the scenes we see--- his teacher would be proud, and his mom (me)
Jill

Yup we did the Kimpossible thing!! I have some pics of it a few pages back. It was neat, it took you to a certain country and had you going all over looking for different things. My kids really enjoyed it!!

:surfweb: Wait I thought there was gonna be an update? :lmao: Your report is going so good I can't wait for an update.

How are the wedding plans coming? :bride:

Ha Ha!!!!! I'm bringing in the update now!!! The wedding plans are coming, we're going to put our deposit down on our place in a few weeks and we're going to get started on Centerpieces and invitations. you can never start too soon when there's also a Disney Trip to plan:goodvibes

HI Pam!! I am all caught up. Your pictures make me want to go back so bad. The kids all look so happy. (even in the rain!!) I love that you tricked them with the Beverly soda- :rotfl2: I am going to have to try that next time!!

I know, looking at my pictures, which is usually every day, makes me wanna go back badly too. Next year, we're going back!!!!!

HEY!!! We want the update!! Can't just drop a bomb on us and leave us hanging!! HAHA Just kidding.....awaiting patiently!! LOL Awesome TR so far, your kids look sooo good, and always sooo happy!!


I know, I know, sorry, been so busy. But here we finally go!!!

[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, so we left off (quite a few days ago, I'm sorry) eating dinner at the All Star Movies foodcourt!! After we ate we went into the Giftshop, cause the girls still had some spending money left. They did very good with it. I thought it was gonna be gone on the second day.

We went back up to the room and it was about 7pm , I think! And the kids were playing with their toys accumulated over the week!

Well, then the crap started! Emily had wanted this umbrella from France at Epcot with the Eiffel tower on it. Well she didn't want it this bad when we were there, but now she absolutely HAD TO HAVE IT. She was now in tears, but not in a bratty way. In a sad pathetic spoiled brat way though!! And because I said I would deny my kids nothing on this special trip I got out our wet ponchos and said "Who's trudging back to Epcot with us?" Samantha and Anthony said they had enough and wanted to stay back with Manny! Ok then, it would be easier to just run up there with the 2 girls. Soooooo Off we went or I would not have lived with the guilt.( Side track here. My kids are not spoiled, at all. We have an average amount of money and things like this do not happen at home. If they pull this in a store.... well, that doesn't even happen. ) We saved and waited patiently for this trip and giving my kids everything they ask for just isn't an everyday thing. I wanted this trip to be as special as ever, and did not want to come home with any regrets!!!!

Ok, we're off in the rain..

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As you can imagine, we were the only ones on our way to Epcot at this time. So we got in and hiked it back up to France. Well, guess what. We get there and the umbrella stand is NOT THERE ANYMORE. We asked and they said there were not other umbrellas in France, they were only sold at that stand. Sooooooo, into the gift shop we went! And Emily picked out a purse. Oh, my god, it is so awesome, it's silver and says Paris all over it. Well, she was happy, so outside we went. And snapped some more pics.

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Sorry, I don't have pics of the purse for this update, it was in the bag, Emily of course, didn't want it to get wet. I know I have pics of it though. I'll get it up.

so back to Future world and the Musical fountains were playing all lit up, oh , Wow, we watched this for a while, it was so gorgeous.

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So, we did what we came for and because this was our last full day in Disney World I didn't want to just leave!!! So guess what we rode......


SOARIN!!!!!!!!!!!

Walking through to get there

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Waiting in line

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This ride is totally amazing, I can't say enough about it. We were amazed.

But, my brother just called me and wants us to go over in his pool, so i'm off. Today is Lizzie's bday and we got a surprise for her tonight, which i'll tell you about later..


Have a nice day!!!!!!!

[SRUAlmn]

Oh, Emily, you and me girl! I am the SAME way! I see things all during the trip and say I don't want them THAT bad (because I'm secretly wondering if I'll find something I like better ;) ) Then the last day comes around and I have to run around back to all the places that had my favorite things :rotfl:


I can't believe you're going to leave us hanging about the birthday suprise! We'll be waiting to hear popcorn::

[wide receiver]

What a great mom! I don't believe in spoiling my children either and I don't! But I would have done the same thing for my dd! She will remember that trip back to Epcot forever! Yeah Mom!:yay:

[3princesses+aprince]

Oh, Emily, you and me girl! I am the SAME way! I see things all during the trip and say I don't want them THAT bad (because I'm secretly wondering if I'll find something I like better ;) ) Then the last day comes around and I have to run around back to all the places that had my favorite things :rotfl:


I can't believe you're going to leave us hanging about the birthday suprise! We'll be waiting to hear popcorn::

Yeah, I couldn't bear leaving Disney with her wanting to go back to Epcot for something else...... Oh, the guilt would have been unbearable :lmao:

And you must have my trip report confused with another, there was no bday surprise, it was nobody's bday silly ;) I know, we read so many that they start to jumble after a while

What a great mom! I don't believe in spoiling my children either and I don't! But I would have done the same thing for my dd! She will remember that trip back to Epcot forever! Yeah Mom!:yay:

Yes, I know she will, and that's why I was happy with that night. The fact that it was just Me, Emily and Lizzie that night and we secretly rode Soarin, they still talk about that, and will for a while.

[SRUAlmn]

But, my brother just called me and wants us to go over in his pool, so i'm off. Today is Lizzie's bday and we got a surprise for her tonight, which i'll tell you about later..

Have a nice day!!!!!!!




And you must have my trip report confused with another, there was no bday surprise, it was nobody's bday silly ;) I know, we read so many that they start to jumble after a while



:confused3:confused3 Am I losing it? :rotfl:

[3princesses+aprince]

So I left you off with our Epcot night rather quickly. I was almost finished when my brother called. Yesterday was Lizzie's 8th bday and we went over to his house for a cookout and to swim in the pool!!! And last night we all went to the drive-in. We saw UP, which Lizzie was waiting to see and the second movie playing was The Proposal, which was awesome. UP on the other hand, I do not recommend. It was sad and disturbing to me. That's just me, but it was too sad!!!!!

But Lizzie had a nice bday day yesterday. Emily's bday is the 29th. So we're having their bday party next sunday the 28th. They can't wait!!!

Anyways like I said, we had an awesome night at Epcot with just the 3 of us. They thought it was so special, and it was. Soarin was amazing, and that was our little secret because Anthony really wanted to ride that, but hey.... that was our last chance, so we did it. It was so great, it's the first ride i'm going to get a FP for the next time we enter Epcot!!!!

So when we got back to the hotel the kids just hung out for a bit and went to sleep for our last sleep in Disney World.... until next year that is!!:goodvibes

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Oh and these were left in our rooms today... Not a pretty sight!!!

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We knew it was time to go when we got these!!

Tomorrow i'll put up our last day at Disney World. My trip report is almost finished, kind of sad. But I'm so glad the next trip is already in the works!!! I know i'll be ready to start up my next PTR by January 1, once it hits 2010:goodvibes

[Happy Elf]

I loved Soarin' too! I hated to see those envelopes hanging on the door! I'm glad you have another trip to look forward to!

[jasmom]

Your trip report is wonderful. We are going in sept. My kids are DS9, DS7 and DD5, so it is great to read about a trip with their ages. I have been a little concerned about my cool 9 year boy and his sister wanting to do princess things. It is great to see your son doing the things with your daughters so happily.

[mommytothreeboys]

I know what you mean about wanting a trip where you don't have to say no to the kids. We did that on our 2007 trip. It was our first "real" family vacation, other than camping and visiting family, and I wanted it to be special. We do not spoil our kids with lots of "things". We wanted to be able to just have a vacation where they could have something if they wanted it because that does not happen in our real life! We gave them a set amount of money, but it was a fairly large amount of money to spend and they did great! They were fairly responsible in their purchases, but if they wanted something, they were able to buy it. It was fun...but not something we can afford to do on every trip. We were definitely more budget conscious on this past trip.

Soarin' really is an amazing ride...it just makes me feel good! SO glad you got to ride it with the girls.

The last night at Disney is always sad...:sad1:

Can't wait to hear how your vacation ends! popcorn::

[3princesses+aprince]

So we had a wonderful last night in Disney World and were as ready as we were going to be to start our last day there. Our plane didn't leave Orlando until 8:45pm so we had a time of 5:45 to be outside waiting for the Magical Express bus to take us back to the airport.

We woke up rather early to make sure we had everything and nothing got left behind, like a shoe or a cell phone charger. Those things seem to happen on our trips. Like last years trip (not to Disney of course) Manny left a pair of sneakers behind. Like how the heck does that happen? Well we do it. But we did good this trip, we came home with everything. My camera charger was MIA for like 2 weeks ,but we did end up finding it!!!!

Ok, so we went down to get the luggage cart and here are the girls while we waited.

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We went down and had them store our luggage for us.

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On our first day Anthony had been sitting on the letter A while waiting for the bus and the girls now wanted a pic of them on their letters.

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As soon as we got in line to head back over to the MAGIC KINGDOM , yay, it started to ............. you guessed it, rain!!!

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So as soon as we entered the MK, we ran over to a cart selling ponchos, because Manny wasn't with us these past couple of days in the rain, so he needed one and Lizzie needed a new one because her hood had ripped half off when she stepped on the bottom of the poncho getting on the bus.

So, this morning, we went into the Main street Bakery for breakfast. OH MY WORD, this little place was amazing.

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We ate so much in here. OH , it was delicious. As soon as we were done with breakfast we headed into Tomorrowland, we were heading to Monster's Inc Laugh Floor.

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This show was so great. IT's a thumb's up from all of us. It rates up there with Turtle Talk with crush. VERY FUNNY!!!!!!

Continued......

[3princesses+aprince]

So unfortunately after we got out of Monster's Inc it was pouring badly, we were all huddled under where you come out there and we had to wait there for about a half hour. We were pretty sick of the rain by this point and were not sure what we wanted to do. We had planned to be in the MK until the last minute before we were due to leave. But it wasn't HOT today and we were wet rats by this point and now cold. So we didn't feel too great. Oh and I didn't mention Manny was feeling alittle better, but he wasn't feeling too great walking around in the rain.

So we headed over for one last ride......... You guessed it , Haunted Mansion

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This is our absolute favorite of all time!!!!!!!

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We just love the HM so much, because there is so much to look at, every time you ride you find something new... PLus we are big Halloween people, so we LOVE THIS!!!! We can't wait to ride it next year during Mickey's not so scary Halloween party!!

So Lizzie was really wanting popcorn, she wanted it this week and I, again, wasn't leaving Disney without a huge bucket of popcorn.


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So we got back to the hotel and were happy to be inside. Especially poor Manny.

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Yes, thats a string of Marshmallow on his head!!

We set ourselves up at a big table and relaxed, there were alot of other people doing this as well, waiting for ME. So we weren't ready for lunch yet, so we went with ice cream

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Anthony went in the arcade and spent about an hour in there. By the time he came out , we were all ready to go hang out outside for a little bit. It was still pouring of course.

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We hung out out front for quite a while. Me and Manny were just relaxing and the kids were running around like animals.
We went back into the food court to have dinner before we left.

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When we finally got our luggage and went back out to wait we started talking with another couple and their 2 kids, who were now all running around like animals with our kids. They lived about an hour from us, and we were heading to the same flight. Come to find out they were on the same flight as us coming to Disney as well. What are the odds?

So a Disney Cruise Line bus pulled up and we were excited to check it out.

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When we got to the airport, I went to get us some drinks and there was a candy shop right near our terminal, so we pigged out on sour patch kids..

And Emily's purse from France is in this pic

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Oh and Southwest can't do online check in from the hotel, so we were in boarding group C...... AHHHHHHHH Luckily they told us to get right in the family boarding line. Thank Goodness. So our friends joined us again in line and the kids were talking. The little boy who was about 3 or 4 was so cute. He was doing little tricks and I was telling him how cute he was. When we were boarding he kept calling back to us. Come on , come on, are you coming. He was too adorable.

The flight home was not as nice as the flight there. It was very bumpy and we couldn't take our seatbelts off the whole time. It started off ok, Me, Sam and Lizzie played Go Fish and then Sam played with her Princess set that she bought.

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Emily and Anthony's ears hurt bad. And Manny, I thought he was going to cry, because he was sick, his ears and head hurt so bad on the plane. My ears hurt and Sam's did as well. Lizzie was fine, she slept the whole time, I had to wake here up to get off the plane, she didn't even wake up during the bumpy landing. She's too funny. Sam on the other hand fell asleep for a little bit, but woke up as soon as it started to land because of her ears. Wellllllllll, she also had to pee, very bad!!!!!! Oh, my word, I had to take her to the bathroom while we were landing. That wasn't fun!!!!

Well, we landed and everyone was happy to be on the ground. Our Limo driver was so nice, he was waiting right there at the baggage claim and helped us get our luggage. The little boy was crying and I went over to him and told him by and I was happy to meet him. Well he instantly stopped crying and was saying by to me and the girls. I'm glad I could make him stop crying for his poor tired parents!

We got home and it was so weird to be in a house, we went straight to bed and I don't really remember, but I think I was secretly happy to be home, nice and dry!!! Especially knowing it was going to rain all week there.

I'll finish up with posting my favorite things from the week and give any tips I can give!!!!

[SRUAlmn]

Oh no, it can't be over! LOVE :love: the Paris purse!! Good pick! :)

[wlwilliams9]

Great updates! I've been MIA for a few days so I had some catching up to do! I'm so sad the TR is over, but I'm looking forward to more wedding and Disney plans in your next PTR!! :bride:

As much as I love Disney, it's always great to crawl back into your own comfy bed!:cloud9:

[mommytothreeboys]

Aww...I can't believe it's over!

So sorry about all the rain, but it looks like you all were really good sports about it! :thumbsup2

The Main Street Bakery is so good! We ate there on this past trip as well..SO tasty! :goodvibes

Sounds like a tough flight home. That's not the greatest, but the flight home is never as good as the flight there! LOL!

Can't wait to hear your tips and favorites! popcorn::

[MagicShell]

I am glad that you got to ride Soarin'. We love that ride. I am also glad that the Paris purse was able to make up for the umbrella not being there. Thanks for sharing your trip. I hope you next trip is filled with perfect weather.

[bouncycat]

Yep, all good things have to come to an end. I guess that's why I didn't see ya in the MK, ya'll weren't there long, neither were we....besides the fact I forgot my cell phone with your number in it in the cabin!! DOH!!! Ah well, there's always next year!! Have FUN planning your wedding, PLEASE don't become a bridezilla like on TV!!! Those girls just suck! Do keep us posted on the wedding plans too....I love weddings!!! Chris and I are coming up on 12 years in August....it's been wonderful!! Anyways, I look forward to your tips, from a first timer, it's a different aspect...I can't even remember my first time there....it's been so long ago, and my grandma had a love for that place that I caught on to....Anyways, stop rambling, I know!!

[mickeystoontown]

NOOOOOOOO!!!!! I don't want your trip report to be over yet. You have got to start a pre-trip report or something so we can keep up with your vacation and wedding plans.

[3princesses+aprince]

Oh no, it can't be over! LOVE :love: the Paris purse!! Good pick! :)

Thanks, I do love the purse too. And, I wish it wasn't over either.

Great updates! I've been MIA for a few days so I had some catching up to do! I'm so sad the TR is over, but I'm looking forward to more wedding and Disney plans in your next PTR!! :bride:

As much as I love Disney, it's always great to crawl back into your own comfy bed!:cloud9:

I'm sad my TR is over as well. I really enjoyed talking with all of you!

Aww...I can't believe it's over!

So sorry about all the rain, but it looks like you all were really good sports about it! :thumbsup2

The Main Street Bakery is so good! We ate there on this past trip as well..SO tasty! :goodvibes

Sounds like a tough flight home. That's not the greatest, but the flight home is never as good as the flight there! LOL!

Can't wait to hear your tips and favorites! popcorn::

Don't be sorry about the rain, we only got it our last 2 and a half days, the rest of the week was perfect. We were just so glad we weren't getting there the week we left, they got rain all week after that.
And on the flight, yeah, I think we're going to drive next year.

I am glad that you got to ride Soarin'. We love that ride. I am also glad that the Paris purse was able to make up for the umbrella not being there. Thanks for sharing your trip. I hope you next trip is filled with perfect weather.

Oh, I am so glad we got to ride Soarin, and of course I wish Anthony could have rode too. That was a special night with Emily and Lizzie, that we'll never forget. Because we're such a big family when it's just 2 or a few of us, it ends up being very special time spent.

Yep, all good things have to come to an end. I guess that's why I didn't see ya in the MK, ya'll weren't there long, neither were we....besides the fact I forgot my cell phone with your number in it in the cabin!! DOH!!! Ah well, there's always next year!! Have FUN planning your wedding, PLEASE don't become a bridezilla like on TV!!! Those girls just suck! Do keep us posted on the wedding plans too....I love weddings!!! Chris and I are coming up on 12 years in August....it's been wonderful!! Anyways, I look forward to your tips, from a first timer, it's a different aspect...I can't even remember my first time there....it's been so long ago, and my grandma had a love for that place that I caught on to....Anyways, stop rambling, I know!!

Yes, maybe we can meet up next year if you're around Disney then!! Congrats on your upcoming anniversary of 12 years. That's great.

NOOOOOOOO!!!!! I don't want your trip report to be over yet. You have got to start a pre-trip report or something so we can keep up with your vacation and wedding plans.

Oh, I don't want it to be over either. I promise as soon as I see a Sept. 2010 pre trippie up, i'll go to town with mine!!!

[wide receiver]

Thanks for sharing your trip with us! It was fun to live Disney through your family and the first trip to Disney. Can't wait to read your pre trip and wedding plans. Keep us in the loop...K?

[3princesses+aprince]

Well, looking back on everything now, I think I did a wonderful job planning our first trip. We did so much that we will never forget!!!! Disney World isn't just about the parks. My advice to everyone is to take the time to do all of the other little things that Disney has to offer. There is so much!!! We didn't get to rent the Surrey bikes this time, because it was too hot when we discovered them and that was 2 days before we left, so it never got done. But that is on our must do list for next year. My kids still talk about the boat that Dad got to drive in DTD, that wasn't just fun, it was special. I think of how much fun we had on the rides and the attractions and meeting the characters, and although they of course talk about their favorite rides and characters I think the memories of the little, special things we did are even stronger. Like the night just Me, Emily and Lizzie ran back to Epcot in the rain to buy her one last souvenier from France:goodvibes The first night when it rained from 6pm on and we ran back to the bus stop from MK and came back to our rooms and ordered pizzas up to the rooms. We put the table in one room into the other and made a big table where Me, Manny Sam and Lizzie sat, and Emily and Anthony were sprawled out on their beds eating pizza. Wonderful Night!!! And that was our first night so we were so tired from the flight, that was such a comfy and enjoyable night:cloud9: The night we came back from Epcot and it was warm. We got ice cream inside our food court and sat outside at a table by the pool and ate our ice cream while we listened to music play:lovestruc Our Hollywood Studios day which was cut short because it was SUPER HOT was spent for the most part in the pool. Well Emily was teaching Lizzie how to swim. Emily, who for the most part at home torments her sister on a daily basis.

OUR MAGIC KINGDOM FAVORITES:
Haunted Mansion is #1 El Pirata y El Perico Rest.
Dumbo Main street Bakery
Ariel's Grotto
Pooh's adventure
Pirates of the Carribean
Monster's Inc Laugh Floor
Buzz Lightyear's spaceranger spin

Hollywood Studios
Lights, motor , action
Toy Story Mania We loved eating at Pizza Planet

Animal Kingdom
Expedition Everest (says Emily)
The Safari
Primeval whirl (I know this gets mixed reviews, I LOVED IT)
Dinosaur: One of my absolute favorites
Camp Minnie Mickey

Epcot: Not sure what we didn't love out of this park, I think it's my favorite.

All of the World Showcase (Pick a Pearl in Japan was amazing)
Test Track
Soarin #1
Spaceship Earth (We all loved this one)

We loved Downtown Disney, that area is so pretty, and when you rent a boat, like we did, or even just a searaycer the area that you drive them is just so beautiful.

Mini golf was a blast!!!! Just getting over there was nice too. We did Fantasia Gardens and that was by the Gorgeous Swan Hotel!!!!


Our Must Dos for next year's trip: That didn't get done this trip

Magic Kingdom:
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Goofy's Barnstormer
Tomorrowland Indy Speedway
Tom Sawyers Island
Hall of Presidents (which was closed for refurb this trip)

Hollywood Studios:
Tower of Terror
Rock n Rollercoaster


Animal Kingdom:
This was the park that the most time was spent in, we did everything we wanted to do.
EE again
The Safari again
The Parade
Dinosaur
Kali (we did not get to)

Epcot:
TT again
Soarin again
Stop at more countries to do masks and passports

Rent a boat in DTD again for sure
Mini golf again for sure
Renting Surrey bikes
Mickey's not so scary Halloween party!!!!

And are you ready for next year's surprise to the family from me: I'm planning a Wishes or Illuminations Cruise to surprise them with. What do you think?

My kids really really really want to stay at Pop Century!!!!

I think we'll be driving this time, which is what we wanted to do this past time anyway, so we'll be happy with that. The kids are excited to drive.

Ok, well, I had so much fun with this, and my pre trippie will start up at the first sight of a September 2010 pre trip on the boards, i'll be looking out!!!! My next one will be a blast with a Disney Trip and a Wedding to plan. So much FUN!!!

Thank you all for joining us!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMILY AND LIZZIE!!!!!!! BIG PARTY THIS WEEKEND

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GOODBYE FROM ALL OF US!!!!!!!

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