"This Isn't Disneyworld. . .It's Rainworld!!" our trip to WDW May 16-23, 2009

[ladybugmom]

We started our day bright and early! We wanted to get to AK before the park opened as this was the only day we had there. Ally had fallen asleep on the way back from MK the night before and ended up sleeping in her clothes!
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We woke up the girls and had a quick Poptart breakfast!
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Here's the invitation for dinner tonight at O'hana!
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I looked outside our window and you guessed it--RAIN--again! Uggh! So on went our ponchos and we headed to the bus stop. We didn't wait long at all before the AK bus arrived! YAY! Once we arrived at AK it was barely raining so we were able to get a few quick pics.
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We had alloted a lot of time to get to AK (we weren't sure how long it would take us by bus). It was only around 8:30 so we waited a little while before they let us in the park. I want to say it was about 10 minutes 'til 9:00 when they let us in to see the opening show. It was raining pretty steadily but I was bound and determined to get a few pics of this show!
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It was cute and eveybody was cracking jokes when Minnie went down her list of what you might need in the park today--especially when she got to sunscreen--yeah right! How about ponchos?! Hee hee!! I couldn't believe how many people had umbrellas. I got hit several times by umbrellas and was wondering why they were even allowed in the park--oh well! We didn't get any pics taken in front of the tree of life because the photopass photographers weren't out while it was raining.

When the ropes dropped we headed straight for Africa to get in line for the safari. We walked right up to the front of the line after parking our stroller. Poor Claire was getting so wet! But she didn't seem to mind! The CM directed us to a truck that was already full except for the front seats!! Dh sat directly behind us and took the pics this go around. We were very excited to have such a great view!!
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The safari was a lot of fun--very bumpy--but fun!!
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see the giraffes?
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nice view--huh?!
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And this was my favorite pic Brent got on the safari
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After the safari was over we headed back to Camp Minnie Mickey to meet some characters! We didn't have to wait very long at all for any of them! Up first was Donald and Goofy!
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[ladybugmom]

Next up was Minnie & Mickey!! Oh the joy and excitement on my girl's faces!!! This was their very first encounter with Minnie & Mickey!! Claire was sooo excited that she started running circles around them!!
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I think my pics turned out better than the photopass ones--there's were a bit bright!
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kisses for Minnie
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And next up was Pocahontas!! Ally was overjoyed!!!
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Claire was not wanting to stand still for a pic so I picked her up and got in the pic, too!
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By that time Claire and Brent had had enough of the characters. I was disappointed because we still had Chip and Dale left to see--oh well! But we did want to leave plenty of time to get in line for the Lion King show! So we headed towards the theater and got in line. There were only a few families in line ahead of us! We passed the time by talking to the family in front of us--they were from Nashville (only 3 hours from where we live) and had a girl Ally's age! They played together until it was time to go inside. We were very excited to get seats in the 2nd row of the warthog section (front row was reserved)!!

waiting for the show to start
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We had all been looking forward to this show! And it was AMAZING--it did not disappoint!! The music, costumes, scenery, etc. I could go on and on!!

this was our warthog section leader--boy did she have a GREAT voice!!
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[shannon47142]

the girls AK dresses are adorable!!:lovestruc

[ladybugmom]

the girls AK dresses are adorable!!:lovestruc

Thank you Shannon!! I had bought them last summer at Baby GAP and saved them for our trip!!

[longing2Batdisney]

GREAT UPDATE!!! I love the dresses; I remember them from the PTR I knew they would be adorable! :)
Ya'll did a great job with the characters!!! As always the pics are GREAT!!!

[mom2mek]

Becky, every time I read an update, I don't think your pictures can get any better, but every update they do! Those safari pictures are fabulous and the Lion King ones are amazing. :worship: Shawn put his good camera away to watch Lion King, so I only had the crummy ones that I took with the small camera. Yours are breathtaking. And don't get me started on the pictures of your girls with the characters!! I love the one of Ally and Minnie! Adorable! Great update....as always.....popcorn::popcorn::

Sara

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Wow! You got some great Lion King pictures. :thumbsup2

[ladybugmom]

This guy was wonderful!! He kept interacting with us throughout the show!! See how he's posing for this pic?!
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Claire couldn't get enough of this show!! See how she's clapping along?!
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The finale!!
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We will definitely be back to see this show!!

As we headed past Camp Minnie Mickey I talked Brent into letting us stop to meet Chip and Dale!! Whoo hoo!! Claire wasn't too interested so Ally got her picture by herself.
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We were getting hungry so we stopped and had lunch at Pizzafari. Brent sat down with Claire while I got the food with Ally. I was very impressed by the CMs here--the lady behind the counter gave Ally a big cupcake and said, "For the princess!!"--Ally was super-excited!! Then she proceeded to come out from behind the counter to help me carry our food to our table! I was very thankful for that! The pizza, salad, and chocolate cake that we enjoyed was very good!! Brent enjoyed a hot Italian sandwich!

After lunch it was still pouring rain but we decided to head over to Dinoland. I wish I could have gotten pics of all the dinosaur stuff (Brent is really into dinosaurs) but it was raining too hard. (next time) Brent asked Ally if she wanted to ride Dinosaur with him and she said she did--so into the line they went! Claire and I headed to the store where the ride lets out. I was really nervous and worried about Ally. I had read about how scary this ride was! And not only that but kids kept coming off of that ride in tears! YIKES!! I noticed the screens in front of me that took the picture on the ride. I started scanning them for Ally & Brent's picture--it finally came up and I snapped a pic!
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Soon after, out came Ally and Brent! They were both smiling (which was a good sign). Ally then proceeded to tell me all about the ride--how she wasn't scared at all, how the ride stopped midway and they just sat there in the dark (oh my!), and how the dinosaur came out to scare them! And she said, "But Mommy, he wasn't real. He was just pretend. He wasn't going to get me." Whew! I was so relieved that she liked the ride!! Brent was a bit bummed that the rain had still not stopped (he wanted to see more of Dinoland) but we made the best of it and decided to go see the Nemo Show!! When we arrived at the theater they were already letting people into the theater and I was afraid we wouldn't get very good seats! But we did!! No one seemed to be filling up the left section near the stage so we headed that way and took our seats!! The girls enjoyed watching the bubbles on either side of the stage--Nemo kept swimming in random bubbles. Claire would spot him, point, and shout "Nemo!" really loud! It was hilarious!! We really enjoyed this show!! It was about 45 minutes long and I couldn't believe it but Claire sat still the entire time!! She LOVED it! We got some great pics of the show! Brent figured out a great setting that didn't require a flash.
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We left the theater and it was still POURING rain (I was thinking "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming"--hee hee)! So we decided to leave and head back to our room and get dry before our dinner at O'hana. This is what we found in our room!
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We dried off and relaxed for awhile and then headed to O'hana to check in! The line to check in was quite long but it moved quickly. We had reservations for 5:05 p.m. and they gave us a buzzer. We waited maybe 5 minutes and then were seated. We were given a table by the window and this was our view!!
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A few minutes later Leanne (leamom2princesses) and her family walked by and were seated just 2 tables away!! We were able to talk a little while during the coconut races! Leanne was so sweet and her girls were just ADORABLE! I wish we could have spent more time getting to know each other!

Ally at the coconut race
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Ally was very meticulous with her coconut and was the last one to finish (wonder where she gets that from!!)
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back at our table Claire is cheesin' for the camera (and enjoying the pork wonton--they were her fav)
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Brent & Ally
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this guy was walking around playing his ukulele and singing (he was so nice to pose for a pic!!)
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a view of O'hana from our table
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[longing2Batdisney]

I love the pic of Ally w/Dale! and the one of Claire w/the dumpling! So, sorry that is rained ya'll out, also. May was a bad month for us all--hoping next year will be better.
Coconut race that is soooo cute! Ashton bday is coming soon that would be cute to do or something along those lines.

[ladybugmom]

We REALLY enjoyed our dinner at O'hana. We ate some yummy pineapple bread, pork wontons, mixed greens with a honey-lime dressing, honey-coriander chicken wings, shrimp skewers, grilled pork loin, oak grilled tenderloin of turkey, sirloin steak, and stir fried vegetables. The meats were served with a mustard, sweet and sour and peanut sauces. They brought us as much as we wanted! Then for dessert they brought us a special cupcake in honor of our anniversary!
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And then for the best part of all--bread pudding served a la mode with bananas foster sauce--YUMMY!! It was so good that we ordered a 2nd one!
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Ally & me (Look! You can see Leanne behind me in the pink shirt!)
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Claire & me
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Ally in front of the O'hana sign!
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We were absolutely STUFFED when we left O'hana so we decided to walk around the Poly for awhile.

a display in one of the shops
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Ally in front of the waterfall in the lobby
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the waterfall
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Ally & Brent
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me & Ally
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Then we headed back to the room to call it a night. We were watching the news and they said that it had rained ELEVEN inches that day!! CRAZY!! We were all a bit disappointed that we didn't get to see much at AK. Oh well--next time!!

Up next: Day 5 at Epcot--breakfast at Akershus!

[ladybugmom]

GREAT UPDATE!!! I love the dresses; I remember them from the PTR I knew they would be adorable! :)
Ya'll did a great job with the characters!!! As always the pics are GREAT!!!

Thank you sooo much!! :goodvibes

Becky, every time I read an update, I don't think your pictures can get any better, but every update they do! Those safari pictures are fabulous and the Lion King ones are amazing. :worship: Shawn put his good camera away to watch Lion King, so I only had the crummy ones that I took with the small camera. Yours are breathtaking. And don't get me started on the pictures of your girls with the characters!! I love the one of Ally and Minnie! Adorable! Great update....as always.....popcorn::popcorn::

Sara

Aww Sara!! Thank you!! I LOVE the pics that my Canon Rebel takes (and I love taking pics--it's so much fun!!). What kind of camera does Shawn have? From what I could tell on the beach at the Poly Saturday night, it looked VERY nice!!

Wow! You got some great Lion King pictures. :thumbsup2

Thank you Lessa!! princess:

I love the pic of Ally w/Dale! and the one of Claire w/the dumpling! So, sorry that is rained ya'll out, also. May was a bad month for us all--hoping next year will be better.
Coconut race that is soooo cute! Ashton bday is coming soon that would be cute to do or something along those lines.

Yes, I am hoping next year will be better. I feel like we hardly got to see any of AK! Oooh--coconut races at a birthday party--that sounds like fun! The kids really enjoyed it!!

[jezaduck24]

I remember the week of your trip, I had just gotten into your PTR and wondered all week how much you all were able to do with all of that rain. I think you and Brent are troopers! I would have had a hard time staying out in that rain, even at my favorite Animal Kingdom! Great update! : )

[ladybugmom]

I remember the week of your trip, I had just gotten into your PTR and wondered all week how much you all were able to do with all of that rain. I think you and Brent are troopers! I would have had a hard time staying out in that rain, even at my favorite Animal Kingdom! Great update! : )

Thanks!! Yeah--well we knew we could either make the best of it or miss out on a lot of fun stuff!! So we made the best of it! There was a lot we didn't get to see but that just makes us want to go back even more! :goodvibes

[Dancegrl624]

Your pictures are amazing! The girls looked like they really enjoyed Ohana. I can't wait to hear what Princesses you had at Akershus. In January we saw Aurora, Jasmine, Snow White and Mary Poppins! That was Madison's first character dining experience and she really enjoyed it.

[mom2mek]

Aww Sara!! Thank you!! I LOVE the pics that my Canon Rebel takes (and I love taking pics--it's so much fun!!). What kind of camera does Shawn have? From what I could tell on the beach at the Poly Saturday night, it looked VERY nice!!




Shawn has a Nikon D80 and he loves it. :goodvibes

Great rest of your day! Ugh...that rain!!! The finale pic at the Lion King is so beautiful! Glad Ally liked Dinosaur. My oldest, Michael, rode it for the first time when he was 4 and he did fine as well! Many kids get really frightened though. Neither of my girls have been on it yet, since we didn't go to the AK on our October trip, so I have no clue how they will handle it, but I think they will be fine. Hope so anyway!

Again, with the pictures...your Nemo pics are fabulous. You should post some over on the photography threads - there's a Picture of the Day thread you should post on!

Love 'Ohana! That dessert is one of THE best in all of WDW!!! Love the pic with the surfboard! :thumbsup2

Sara

[ladybugmom]

Your pictures are amazing! The girls looked like they really enjoyed Ohana. I can't wait to hear what Princesses you had at Akershus. In January we saw Aurora, Jasmine, Snow White and Mary Poppins! That was Madison's first character dining experience and she really enjoyed it.

Thanks Meghan!! They LOVED O'hana as did we!! Hee hee!! All I can say is that we were very happy with our princesses!! ;) You had Mary Poppins--that's neat!! I didn't know she was a possibility for that meal!!

[ladybugmom]

Shawn has a Nikon D80 and he loves it. :goodvibes

Great rest of your day! Ugh...that rain!!! The finale pic at the Lion King is so beautiful! Glad Ally liked Dinosaur. My oldest, Michael, rode it for the first time when he was 4 and he did fine as well! Many kids get really frightened though. Neither of my girls have been on it yet, since we didn't go to the AK on our October trip, so I have no clue how they will handle it, but I think they will be fine. Hope so anyway!

Again, with the pictures...your Nemo pics are fabulous. You should post some over on the photography threads - there's a Picture of the Day thread you should post on!

Love 'Ohana! That dessert is one of THE best in all of WDW!!! Love the pic with the surfboard! :thumbsup2

Sara

Ooooh--nice camera!! Very nice!! :thumbsup2

Yes, the rain was just lovely!! :lmao: But we did have a great day! Oooh--I didn't even know that there were photography threads!! I'll have to check that out! Thanks! Yes, we will definitely be eating at O'hana again!! Sooo yummy!!

[pmama]

Amazing updates.:thumbsup2

What adorable dresses. Love them. I love the Lion King Show too. I'd have to say it is my favorite of all the shows I've seen in WDW and DLR. You did get great seats. So many great pictures. I especially love the picture of you pressing your face against Claires dirty face and she is all smiles. So cute.:cloud9:

[ladybugmom]

Amazing updates.:thumbsup2

What adorable dresses. Love them. I love the Lion King Show too. I'd have to say it is my favorite of all the shows I've seen in WDW and DLR. You did get great seats. So many great pictures. I especially love the picture of you pressing your face against Claires dirty face and she is all smiles. So cute.:cloud9:

Thank you!! Lion King and Beauty and the Beast are my favorite shows--I don't think I could pick between them. :lovestruc

[ThePin Princess]

And then for the best part of all--bread pudding served a la mode with bananas foster sauce--YUMMY!! It was so good that we ordered a 2nd one!
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Oh my goodness that bread pudding looks so delicious! And that picture of you and Claire is priceless, she is so adorable! Great updates and I absolutely love the girl's dresses and those pictures from Camp Minnie Mickey turned out great! Can't wait to hear about Epcot

[ladybugmom]

Oh my goodness that bread pudding looks so delicious! And that picture of you and Claire is priceless, she is so adorable! Great updates and I absolutely love the girl's dresses and those pictures from Camp Minnie Mickey turned out great! Can't wait to hear about Epcot

It WAS sooo delicious!! I'm a bread pudding snob now--nothing is as good as O'hanas! YUM! Thank you--Claire is such a ham!! Her personality has really blossomed the past fews months. :goodvibes

[BippityBoo]

First of all...sorry it rained so much during your trip! You guys totally made the best out of it though! I am so jealous you got to see so many animals out at the safari! I wanted to go first thing in the morning b/c I heard that was the best time to go. I cant wait to post about AK..it is really funny what happens to us! I hate to keep saying it, but our families are so alike! That pic of Ally working hard to do her best at the race and coming in last...the SAME thing happened to Abby and I have the SAME pic to post as well. Too funny:rotfl:Loving your TR!!!

[ladybugmom]

First of all...sorry it rained so much during your trip! You guys totally made the best out of it though! I am so jealous you got to see so many animals out at the safari! I wanted to go first thing in the morning b/c I heard that was the best time to go. I cant wait to post about AK..it is really funny what happens to us! I hate to keep saying it, but our families are so alike! That pic of Ally working hard to do her best at the race and coming in last...the SAME thing happened to Abby and I have the SAME pic to post as well. Too funny:rotfl:Loving your TR!!!

It's ok Katie--we did make the best of it!! Can't wait to hear about your safari--sounds funny!! Hee hee!! :) Are you serious?! You have the SAME pic of Abby coming in last in the coconut race?! That's too weird!! I think it's great, though!! We can totally relate to each other and it makes it that much more fun! So glad we found each other here on the DIS!! :hug:

[Sunset Cliffs]

Hi there! Just wanted you to know that I am subscribing and I'm on board. I'm only on page one right now, but I just had to comment on the sleeping pictures of your girls. How precious! Some of the best pictures are when they are sleeping, right?

BTW - my husband & I are becoming Alabama fans. My husband loves volleyball, but I love gymnastics and I LOVE watching Alabama compete. The meets against Georgia are always so fun and they seem to have such a good sports program there.

[OneTreeHillAddict]

EXCELLENT updates!!! First of all I LOVE the pics with Cinderella! Those are adorable with her in her Cindy outfit! O'Hana...LOVE that place. Cute that we noticed the same Mickey display in the shop. I have quite a few pics of ceilings from these past couple of trips. :laughing: The things you see when looking up...:goodvibes you got some beautiful shots of the Poly too!

[MagicShell]

I love looking at your pictures. They are great. 11 inches is A LOT of rain! At least you got to see 2 great shows. I love both of them. We didn't see either one last trip, so we have to on our next trip for sure. Your girls dresses are very cute as well.

[kaysmommie]

Love the updates. your pictures of the Safari are awesome! Also love the ones from the Poly and 'Ohana. Looks like you had a good day even with all the rain. The girls dresses are adorable!

[kimbo0569]

So after we got settled I decided to see if we could get our Garden Grocer things delivered. So I called the front desk and they got me in touch with Bells Services. The front desk lady said, "Have a magical day!" Well Bells Services was not so magical for us! I called, gave the guy our name, and he checked and said he didn't have our things. I thought that was wierd as they were supposed to be delivered between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m.! Hmm. . . so I checked my voicemail on my phone and had a message from GG saying they HAD delivered our groceries to Bells Services. Uggh!! So I called them back and the guy was really rude--not magical in the least! He said that he had just checked but he'd check again and call me right back. Well, I waited and waited and hear nothing! By that time we were all starving and wanting to go get something to eat. I didn't know what to do! Finally, there was a knock at the door and it was our stuff!! Thank goodness! Everything was accounted for and put away in our fridge. We headed straight over to Captain Cook's for some lunch!



Great TR so far! Your girls are adorable!!!! I'm so envious you got to stay at the Poly - I would love to someday.

I had the same problem with Bell Services at POR when we went in Sept 08. Our room was not ready when we arrived so we wandered. When our room finally was ready, we checked with Bell Services about our GG order and our bags (since we used ME). They told us that our bags would be in the room by the time we got there, but for our GG order, we had to actually BE in the room. So I should call when we were. Fine, we only had to walk to the room so when we got in and started unpacking our stuff, I called Bell Svcs, the person, while not really rude but not very helpful, put me on hold and disconnected me twice. I was gettting a little anxious plus we were all tired and had to get ready for our first ADR. I finally got hold of someone and within minutes, our order was delivered to our room.

[kimbo0569]

June 13th was my daughter's dance recital and she wore red too! Ally is beautiful! I hope she had fun at the recital!

[princess&her4princes]

Hi Becky!
Phew....so sorry I went MIA, I was away all last week, got home yesterday and now I'm catching up on DIS while the kids sleep. You have so many great updates here!! Love all the pics you got!! :lovestruc Ally looks so cute with her hair all done up from BBB and how wonderful that it worked for you for the rest of the week, especially with all of that rain!!! I have to ask, how tough was it to get out after all of that time? ;) Can't wait to hear more....hope you're well!!!:goodvibes

[ladybugmom]

Hi there! Just wanted you to know that I am subscribing and I'm on board. I'm only on page one right now, but I just had to comment on the sleeping pictures of your girls. How precious! Some of the best pictures are when they are sleeping, right?

BTW - my husband & I are becoming Alabama fans. My husband loves volleyball, but I love gymnastics and I LOVE watching Alabama compete. The meets against Georgia are always so fun and they seem to have such a good sports program there.

Hi and welcome to my TR!! Glad you're joining in!! Yes, I would agree--some of the best pics ARE when they are sleeping!! Sooo sweet!! Oooh--nice!! Roll tide!! Yes, Bama has an excellent gymnastics team!! I love watching it as well!! :)

EXCELLENT updates!!! First of all I LOVE the pics with Cinderella! Those are adorable with her in her Cindy outfit! O'Hana...LOVE that place. Cute that we noticed the same Mickey display in the shop. I have quite a few pics of ceilings from these past couple of trips. :laughing: The things you see when looking up...:goodvibes you got some beautiful shots of the Poly too!

Thanks Tammy!! I noticed that pic from the Poly in your TR, too!! And yes, I like to take pics of celings and well--pretty much anything! I was bound and determined that I would not forget one thing from this trip!! I think that's why I ended up with 3,000 pictures!! :lmao:

I love looking at your pictures. They are great. 11 inches is A LOT of rain! At least you got to see 2 great shows. I love both of them. We didn't see either one last trip, so we have to on our next trip for sure. Your girls dresses are very cute as well.

Thank you!! Yes, that is A LOT of rain!! Crazy, huh?! I am very thankful we got to see both shows. My family just loves musical theater so that was right up our alley! You definitely need to see both shows! They were phenomenal!!

Love the updates. your pictures of the Safari are awesome! Also love the ones from the Poly and 'Ohana. Looks like you had a good day even with all the rain. The girls dresses are adorable!

Thanks Nichole!! We did have a good day but wished we could have seen more. Brent said this was the only day that he was really disappointed. He's so ready to go back and see it all!!

Great TR so far! Your girls are adorable!!!! I'm so envious you got to stay at the Poly - I would love to someday.

I had the same problem with Bell Services at POR when we went in Sept 08. Our room was not ready when we arrived so we wandered. When our room finally was ready, we checked with Bell Services about our GG order and our bags (since we used ME). They told us that our bags would be in the room by the time we got there, but for our GG order, we had to actually BE in the room. So I should call when we were. Fine, we only had to walk to the room so when we got in and started unpacking our stuff, I called Bell Svcs, the person, while not really rude but not very helpful, put me on hold and disconnected me twice. I was gettting a little anxious plus we were all tired and had to get ready for our first ADR. I finally got hold of someone and within minutes, our order was delivered to our room.

Thank you and welcome!! Really?! The same problem! Sounds like Bell Services has some kinks they need to straighten out, huh?! That's ridiculous!

June 13th was my daughter's dance recital and she wore red too! Ally is beautiful! I hope she had fun at the recital!

How funny!! Recitals on the same day AND the same color costumes! I just LOVE the color red--it's my favorite--especially on blondes!! Ally had a wonderful time at the recital. She is a true performer!! :cutie:

Hi Becky!
Phew....so sorry I went MIA, I was away all last week, got home yesterday and now I'm catching up on DIS while the kids sleep. You have so many great updates here!! Love all the pics you got!! :lovestruc Ally looks so cute with her hair all done up from BBB and how wonderful that it worked for you for the rest of the week, especially with all of that rain!!! I have to ask, how tough was it to get out after all of that time? ;) Can't wait to hear more....hope you're well!!!:goodvibes

Kristen!!! It's so good to hear from you! I have been thinking about you and wondering what you've been up to. I know that summer can get quite hectic, though! Ally's hair was quite challenging to take down! They put a TON of bobby pins in her hair, plus all of the spray and glitter!! Would you believe that I'm STILL finding glitter in both girls hair?! Then I had to brush and brush her hair--then shampoo and scrub--and then some MAJOR conditioner! It was CRAZY!! But I would do it again in a heartbeat b/c it held up so well all week. princess:

[kimbo0569]

I'm all caught up now! Can't wait for the next update!

[mousescrapper]

Becky,


what awonderful new post! As said by many others your pictures are just gorgeous!!!!!!

makes me want to go invest in a new camera before our 010 trip.

The FotLK pictures are the best I have ever seen here on the Dis! and the ones from Nemo....don't get me started....no wonder why you needed 80 pages in your Disney book! :thumbsup2

sorry you got mostly rained out at AK...but there is always the next yrs trip. and the giraffe print dresses just are too cute! Maybe Ally's will fit Clarie on a future trip!

looking forward to more!

[ladybugmom]

I'm all caught up now! Can't wait for the next update!

YAY!! :banana:

Becky,


what awonderful new post! As said by many others your pictures are just gorgeous!!!!!!

makes me want to go invest in a new camera before our 010 trip.

The FotLK pictures are the best I have ever seen here on the Dis! and the ones from Nemo....don't get me started....no wonder why you needed 80 pages in your Disney book! :thumbsup2

sorry you got mostly rained out at AK...but there is always the next yrs trip. and the giraffe print dresses just are too cute! Maybe Ally's will fit Clarie on a future trip!

looking forward to more!

Thank you!! I would HIGHLY recommend a Canon Rebel! I LOVE mine!! WOW! Thanks for the compliment on the FOTLK pics--you are too sweet!! :lovestruc Yes, there is always next year's trip--I'm already making a list of what we missed!! Yes, I always save my favorite outfits of Ally's for Claire!! Then I love to take her pic wearing the outfit and compare it to Ally's--so much fun!!

[ladybugmom]

The 4 of us went last night and finally saw "Up"!! It was such a great movie!! I laughed AND cried! Claire did pretty well--she kept her glasses on longer than I thought she would.

Then this morning I bought us tickets to see Disney On Ice on Friday, Sep. 25th!! I had a special presale code and got 5th row seats for only $12 each!! The show consists of 4 favorite stories: Little Mermaid, Tinkerbell, Lion King, and Cars. Plus there will be a Disney Princess pre-show that's free to ticket holders--meet a princess and a display of gorgeous gowns. I can't wait!! I think I'm going to keep it a surprise!! :cheer2:

[princess&her4princes]

The 4 of us went last night and finally saw "Up"!! It was such a great movie!! I laughed AND cried! Claire did pretty well--she kept her glasses on longer than I thought she would.

Then this morning I bought us tickets to see Disney On Ice on Friday, Sep. 25th!! I had a special presale code and got 5th row seats for only $12 each!! The show consists of 4 favorite stories: Little Mermaid, Tinkerbell, Lion King, and Cars. Plus there will be a Disney Princess pre-show that's free to ticket holders--meet a princess and a display of gorgeous gowns. I can't wait!! I think I'm going to keep it a surprise!! :cheer2:

Sounds like a fun night out, Becky! I can't wait to see Up!!

And yay for the Disney on Ice tickets...I"m giong to have to search for our area and see if they are coming here at all. What a great show it sounds like with all of our favorites!!:cloud9: The boys would love that. And how cool about the Princess pre-show...your girls will love that!!!! I'm all for a surprise, too! We surprised our boys for their 1st trip and it was so much fun...keeping secrets like that is fun for the parents!!! How will you surprise them?

[ladybugmom]

Sounds like a fun night out, Becky! I can't wait to see Up!!

And yay for the Disney on Ice tickets...I"m giong to have to search for our area and see if they are coming here at all. What a great show it sounds like with all of our favorites!!:cloud9: The boys would love that. And how cool about the Princess pre-show...your girls will love that!!!! I'm all for a surprise, too! We surprised our boys for their 1st trip and it was so much fun...keeping secrets like that is fun for the parents!!! How will you surprise them?

I know!! I can't WAIT!! I went to a Disney On Ice show when I was a kid and just LOVED it!! :lovestruc

I haven't thought of anything yet--any ideas?! :confused3

[PopArtGal]

Hey!!

Just joining!

Leaving soon.

And it kinda of just hit me. and I wanna cry hehehe

I loooooooooooooooooveeeee Beauty and the Beast show. Though I think that the prince as a human doesn't look quite right most of the time.

[PopArtGal]

I looooooooooveee the girls' Cinderella hair clips!!

I have never seen anything like them!

I want one! lol

[PopArtGal]

Oh cool!!!

Some of the villains walk during the new parade???

I loveee the villains hehe

[PopArtGal]

FEstival of the Lion King if my ultimate favorite.

Can you tell I like musicals? lol

Aren't these singers amazing?

[julluvsdisney]

so funny I just sign in to read your posts! Your pictures make me wanna go again ASAP! Keep the PTR coming !

[ladybugmom]

Hey!!

Just joining!

Leaving soon.

And it kinda of just hit me. and I wanna cry hehehe

I loooooooooooooooooveeeee Beauty and the Beast show. Though I think that the prince as a human doesn't look quite right most of the time.

Hi and thanks for joining in!! Welcome!! I LOVE the Beauty and the Beast show, too! :lovestruc

I looooooooooveee the girls' Cinderella hair clips!!

I have never seen anything like them!

I want one! lol

Thank you!! I made them!! :cutie:

Oh cool!!!

Some of the villains walk during the new parade???

I loveee the villains hehe

Yes they do!! :)

FEstival of the Lion King if my ultimate favorite.

Can you tell I like musicals? lol

Aren't these singers amazing?

Hee hee!! I LOVE musicals, too!! I was in all of the musicals when I was in high school! Sooo much fun! The singers WERE amazing!!

so funny I just sign in to read your posts! Your pictures make me wanna go again ASAP! Keep the PTR coming !

Awww thanks!! Glad you're enjoying my TR!! princess:

[mommytothreeboys]

Finally! 5 pages later, I'm finally caught up! GREAT updates Becky!

I probably will forget everything I wanted to comment on, but here goes....

I can't believe you turned around and ran right into your friends! I was at WDW for 10 days and didn't even see so much as a fellow DISer! And I was looking believe you me! Such a cool way to enjoy Disney....with friends. :thumbsup2

I am so glad your girls loved IASW! It's a classic!

Your Spectro pics are AMAZING! We sat in the same spot on the other side of the road! LOVE that parade! :love:

Oh....and the picture of Ally on the teacup ride.....so cute! It totally captures her emotion. Those kinds of pictures are the BEST!

Our AK day was the only day it rained on our trip.bet we toughed it out! My boys aren't afraid of Dinosaur either...glad Ally liked it as well!

We saw Nemo for the first time this trip and were very impressed! Your pictures are so good....as you've already heard from everyone else!

Ahh...FOTLK! Our VERY FAVORITE! But we've always had seats up high, so seeing your pics from floor level is way cool! Those costumes are amazing!

Your character meets look awesome! You met a lot of them at Camp Minnie Mickey....the lines were crazy long on our AK day and so we just met Goofy. The picture of Minnie and Mickey bending down to say Hello to Claire is my favorite!

I so wanted to do 'Ohana for dinner, but we opted for the characters at breakfast. I'd love to do the dinner next time...the food sounds FANTASTIC! :thumbsup2

Ok...not sure if there were other things I wanted to say, but I can't remember them now!

Glad you saw UP...we have yet to fit that in our busy schedule!

I'll be away for 10 Days starting Saturday...I'm sure I'll have to catch up all over again! I'm falling so behind on my DIS responsibilities!! :rotfl:

[MagicShell]

My kids and I really enjoyed UP as well. I was worried that I wouldn't like it from the previews, but it was great. The price was pretty high though, I was a little shocked. I obviously don't go to many movies.

We have never seen Disney on Ice. We did see the Wizard of Oz on ice and liked it. I hope your girls love it, I am sure they will.

[tmkinney]

Love the girls dresses. You got some great pics from the Nemo show, what kind of camera do you have? (I think you already posted but I can't remember...) I LOVE the bread pudding at Ohana's, it was definitely my favorite part of the meal too! :goodvibes

[DWGal210]

Another wonderful update! :banana: I love the Lion King show - I would say that's my favorite show. They do such a good job, and the performers are awesome!! :cool1:

I'm so sorry it rained for you, but it looks like you made the best of it!

[ladybugmom]

Finally! 5 pages later, I'm finally caught up! GREAT updates Becky!

I probably will forget everything I wanted to comment on, but here goes....

I can't believe you turned around and ran right into your friends! I was at WDW for 10 days and didn't even see so much as a fellow DISer! And I was looking believe you me! Such a cool way to enjoy Disney....with friends. :thumbsup2

I am so glad your girls loved IASW! It's a classic!

Your Spectro pics are AMAZING! We sat in the same spot on the other side of the road! LOVE that parade! :love:

Oh....and the picture of Ally on the teacup ride.....so cute! It totally captures her emotion. Those kinds of pictures are the BEST!

Our AK day was the only day it rained on our trip.bet we toughed it out! My boys aren't afraid of Dinosaur either...glad Ally liked it as well!

We saw Nemo for the first time this trip and were very impressed! Your pictures are so good....as you've already heard from everyone else!

Ahh...FOTLK! Our VERY FAVORITE! But we've always had seats up high, so seeing your pics from floor level is way cool! Those costumes are amazing!

Your character meets look awesome! You met a lot of them at Camp Minnie Mickey....the lines were crazy long on our AK day and so we just met Goofy. The picture of Minnie and Mickey bending down to say Hello to Claire is my favorite!

I so wanted to do 'Ohana for dinner, but we opted for the characters at breakfast. I'd love to do the dinner next time...the food sounds FANTASTIC! :thumbsup2

Ok...not sure if there were other things I wanted to say, but I can't remember them now!

Glad you saw UP...we have yet to fit that in our busy schedule!

I'll be away for 10 Days starting Saturday...I'm sure I'll have to catch up all over again! I'm falling so behind on my DIS responsibilities!! :rotfl:

Hey girl!! Thanks for all of the sweet comments!! I'm impressed by all that you remembered!! Have fun on your trip--we'll miss you around here!! :goodvibes

My kids and I really enjoyed UP as well. I was worried that I wouldn't like it from the previews, but it was great. The price was pretty high though, I was a little shocked. I obviously don't go to many movies.

We have never seen Disney on Ice. We did see the Wizard of Oz on ice and liked it. I hope your girls love it, I am sure they will.

We haven't been able to go to the movies a lot either. But now that Claire will actually sit nicely, we'll probably be going to a lot more! Wizard of Oz on Ice! That sounds awesome!!

Love the girls dresses. You got some great pics from the Nemo show, what kind of camera do you have? (I think you already posted but I can't remember...) I LOVE the bread pudding at Ohana's, it was definitely my favorite part of the meal too! :goodvibes

Thank you!! I have a Canon Rebel and I LOVE it!! :lovestruc

Another wonderful update! :banana: I love the Lion King show - I would say that's my favorite show. They do such a good job, and the performers are awesome!! :cool1:

I'm so sorry it rained for you, but it looks like you made the best of it!

Thank you Katie! Yes, the Lion King show is AMAZING!!

[ladybugmom]

Hi all!! Sorry I haven't been online for several days--we went to Dallas for a long weekend for my nephew's 1st birthday party! While we were there we went to the American Girl Boutique and Bistro!! Here is a link to the pics (I took close to 400--but I did narrow these down for the album)! Check it out: http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c136/ladybugmom_/American%20Girl%20Dallas%202009/?albumview=slideshow. Now off to catch up!!

[princess&her4princes]

Cute update Becky!!! WOW, that's a lot of dolls!!!! My DH would have freaked if I ever took him there, shhh, he's afraid of dolls, good thing we had boys, huh? LOL!!:lmao: Thanks for sharing! Looks like a fun trip for the girls!!!!

[ladybugmom]

Cute update Becky!!! WOW, that's a lot of dolls!!!! My DH would have freaked if I ever took him there, shhh, he's afraid of dolls, good thing we had boys, huh? LOL!!:lmao: Thanks for sharing! Looks like a fun trip for the girls!!!!

Thanks Kristen!! Yes--dolls everywhere!! Brent was so nice to go with us and spend 4 hours there without complaining!!

[mousescrapper]

Then this morning I bought us tickets to see Disney On Ice on Friday, Sep. 25th!! I had a special presale code and got 5th row seats for only $12 each!! The show consists of 4 favorite stories: Little Mermaid, Tinkerbell, Lion King, and Cars. Plus there will be a Disney Princess pre-show that's free to ticket holders--meet a princess and a display of gorgeous gowns. I can't wait!! I think I'm going to keep it a surprise!! :cheer2:

the ice show and pre thing sounds great!

several yrs ago my Mom and I saw a Disney show on ice w/ my older 2 girls. It was so FUN! What a great post Disney suprise and maybe belated b-day present to your self huh :goodvibes

the older kids have seen Up w/ my Mom...I'm looking forward to seeing it when it's out on DVD after hearing all the good reviews!

I need to come back and view your slide show later of the AG store. We love that store so FUN! My oldest DD has 2 dolls Josefina and Felicity, she even took her mini Josefina to Disney w/ us and DH photographed her all over the parks. My middle DD get's to pick out her 1st doll this fall for her 7th b-day she is looking forward to it!

[JPFamilyMom]

Glad you are back safe and had a great time.

:thumbsup2:thumbsup2for the Disney on Ice tickets, we went last December in NC to a Disney on ice show it had the same characters and princess dresses on display, I wonder if it's the same show?

Hope you'll share pictures of that too.popcorn::

[BippityBoo]

Love the pics!!! Abby and I are dying to go to AG! She loved that you took pics of every doll so we can see what it is like. She got Julie for her 6th bday in May, so she really liked her bathing suit and rollerskate outfit. The food actually looked good, too! You will have to tell me how it was...we will probably evacuate to Dallas this time or Atlanta when a hurricane comes our way so I want to plan!! Cant wait for an update...glad you are home:love:

[ladybugmom]

the ice show and pre thing sounds great!

several yrs ago my Mom and I saw a Disney show on ice w/ my older 2 girls. It was so FUN! What a great post Disney suprise and maybe belated b-day present to your self huh :goodvibes

the older kids have seen Up w/ my Mom...I'm looking forward to seeing it when it's out on DVD after hearing all the good reviews!

I need to come back and view your slide show later of the AG store. We love that store so FUN! My oldest DD has 2 dolls Josefina and Felicity, she even took her mini Josefina to Disney w/ us and DH photographed her all over the parks. My middle DD get's to pick out her 1st doll this fall for her 7th b-day she is looking forward to it!

I haven't been to a Disney on ice show since I was a kid and I remember just LOVING it--so I can't wait to take the girls!! Plus it will give us somewhat of a Disney fix while we wait for our next trip!! :goodvibes You would like Up--just be sure to have tissues ready when you watch it!! How cute!! I never thought of taking one of the mini-dolls to Disney!! Great idea b/c Ally wanted to take one of her big dolls on our trip and I didn't think it was a good idea.

Glad you are back safe and had a great time.

:thumbsup2:thumbsup2for the Disney on Ice tickets, we went last December in NC to a Disney on ice show it had the same characters and princess dresses on display, I wonder if it's the same show?

Hope you'll share pictures of that too.popcorn::

Thanks!! I bet it is if it is the same characters. It's called Worlds of Fantasy. I will definitely share pics of the ice show!!

Love the pics!!! Abby and I are dying to go to AG! She loved that you took pics of every doll so we can see what it is like. She got Julie for her 6th bday in May, so she really liked her bathing suit and rollerskate outfit. The food actually looked good, too! You will have to tell me how it was...we will probably evacuate to Dallas this time or Atlanta when a hurricane comes our way so I want to plan!! Cant wait for an update...glad you are home:love:

Oh good! I'm glad Abby liked the AG pics! I took pics of everything--I didn't want to forget our trip!! ;) Yes, the food was very good! We really enjoyed our time there!!

[PopArtGal]

Why didn't they have these dolls when I was her age?

I really like Marisol :)

[ladybugmom]

Why didn't they have these dolls when I was her age?

I really like Marisol :)

I know!! AG dolls came out when I was a little older. I wanted one so badly but had already been collecting Madame Alexander dolls. Now I just live vicariously through my daughters!!

[IluvXU]

Loved the update. I cannot wait to take my girls to AG someday. I would like to go next spring, for Emily's birthday (she is my true doll lover!) We have Nikki, two bitty babies and the bitty twins, but the girls were both eyeballing the dolls from the last catalog- I think they might be on Christmas Lists.

[Dancegrl624]

Love the AG pics! I have Kirsten, Felicity and an original Girl of Today! My cousins all had dolls too and we would get together and play with them all the time. My Grandfather was a wood worker and he made all of the furniture for us! All he needed was the picture and he could make an almost perfect replica! I still have all of my dolls and furniture and I can't wait to pass them onto Madison. I got my first doll when I was 9 years old, so I want to wait a bit until I let Madison play with them.

[ladybugmom]

Loved the update. I cannot wait to take my girls to AG someday. I would like to go next spring, for Emily's birthday (she is my true doll lover!) We have Nikki, two bitty babies and the bitty twins, but the girls were both eyeballing the dolls from the last catalog- I think they might be on Christmas Lists.

Thanks Laura!! Emily would LOVE visiting AG! Yes, Ally wants Kit for Christmas--she just adores the Kit movie! :lovestruc

Love the AG pics! I have Kirsten, Felicity and an original Girl of Today! My cousins all had dolls too and we would get together and play with them all the time. My Grandfather was a wood worker and he made all of the furniture for us! All he needed was the picture and he could make an almost perfect replica! I still have all of my dolls and furniture and I can't wait to pass them onto Madison. I got my first doll when I was 9 years old, so I want to wait a bit until I let Madison play with them.

Thanks Meghan!! Nice! I always wanted an AG doll growing up but my grandmother bought me the Madame Alexander dolls instead--and you couldn't really play with them. How nice to have a grandfather that could make you doll furniture!! I'm sure you'll cherish those pieces forever!!!

[kaysmommie]

HI Becky,
I love the AG place pics. Looks like you all had fun. I'm sure Ally is thrilled with her new doll. I like the matching outfits on her and her Samantha doll. Did you make them? Also :yay: for Disney in ice tickets. We went to the Disneyland one last year and it was fun. I don't know if the one you are seeing is coming to Knoxville or not yet. It if does then we will go see it for sure. Glad you finally saw Up. We saw like 5 days before you, better late then never right? It was a great movie, we loved it.

[ladybugmom]

HI Becky,
I love the AG place pics. Looks like you all had fun. I'm sure Ally is thrilled with her new doll. I like the matching outfits on her and her Samantha doll. Did you make them? Also :yay: for Disney in ice tickets. We went to the Disneyland one last year and it was fun. I don't know if the one you are seeing is coming to Knoxville or not yet. It if does then we will go see it for sure. Glad you finally saw Up. We saw like 5 days before you, better late then never right? It was a great movie, we loved it.

Thank you Nichole! I did not make the outfits (wish I could sew)! I bought them on Ebay from the seller je*designs (http://stores.shop.ebay.com/annloren__W0QQ_armrsZ1). If you bid on the auctions you can get the outfits really cheap. I don't think I've paid more than $20 for an outfit!! And they also sell the matching doll outfits! Oh--and always size up--the clothes run small!

Yes, better late than never! We were waiting for a time to go when Brent could go with us! GREAT movie!! It was worth the wait!

[kaysmommie]

Thank you Nichole! I did not make the outfits (wish I could sew)! I bought them on Ebay from the seller je*designs (http://stores.shop.ebay.com/annloren__W0QQ_armrsZ1). If you bid on the auctions you can get the outfits really cheap. I don't think I've paid more than $20 for an outfit!! And they also sell the matching doll outfits! Oh--and always size up--the clothes run small!

Yes, better late than never! We were waiting for a time to go when Brent could go with us! GREAT movie!! It was worth the wait!

Thanks so much for the link. Going to check it out now. We had the same issue with Tom working all the time. But your right Up was worth the wait.

[longing2Batdisney]

just realized I didn't share this link with you and your followers... since I don't have my own link at the moment I've been sharing the laughter:laughing:
you have to check this out...found this the other night on the boards
IT IS AWESOME
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2227119

[mom2mek]

just realized I didn't share this link with you and your followers... since I don't have my own link at the moment I've been sharing the laughter:laughing:
you have to check this out...found this the other night on the boards
IT IS AWESOME
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2227119

Someone posted that link on facebook yesterday, and I just watched it all the way through with a huge smile on my face...how fabulous!!! :goodvibes

Sara

[ladybugmom]

Thanks so much for the link. Going to check it out now. We had the same issue with Tom working all the time. But your right Up was worth the wait.

You're very welcome!! :goodvibes

just realized I didn't share this link with you and your followers... since I don't have my own link at the moment I've been sharing the laughter:laughing:
you have to check this out...found this the other night on the boards
IT IS AWESOME
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2227119

Oooh--thanks for sharing!! LOVED it! Just posted it on my Facebook page!! :lovestruc

[Charleston Princess]

What a fun weekend in Dallas! We are big American Girl fans at our house (we have a Boutique and Bistro here in Atlanta, but we haven't been since last summer), and both Chelsea and I just love the new doll, Rebecca. Lunch looks great at the Bistro -- I love how they even have a Bitty menu for Claire's age group! Claire was cracking me up feeding her Bitty Baby. :rotfl:

[ladybugmom]

What a fun weekend in Dallas! We are big American Girl fans at our house (we have a Boutique and Bistro here in Atlanta, but we haven't been since last summer), and both Chelsea and I just love the new doll, Rebecca. Lunch looks great at the Bistro -- I love how they even have a Bitty menu for Claire's age group! Claire was cracking me up feeding her Bitty Baby. :rotfl:

Thanks Jackie! Yes, Rebecca is just GORGEOUS!! Ally loves her clothes! We would LOVE to visit Atlanta sometime and go to the B&B there!! I grew up and hour Northeast of Atlanta but never really went into the city as a kid. I would love to take the girls!! Yes, it was nice to have a menu with smaller portions! I don't remember them having that at the NYC store. Yes, Claire was LOVING that Bitty Baby!! She'll be getting one for her 2nd birthday in October!!

[ladybugmom]

We woke up super-early this morning because we had 8:00 a.m. reservations for breakfast at Akershus in Norway.
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So we got dressed and walked the short walk from the Poly to the TTC. We got to the monorail at 7:15 and asked the CM when he thought the monorail might be there. He said, "Anytime now." He was an older man and was friendly but quite strange. And he wouldn't quit talking! I was antsy to get to Epcot in plenty of time for our ressie. Finally, for what seemed like forever--the CM said ok--they're still running their safety checks so it should be only 8 more minutes! Well the time was ticking and he could tell that I was getting irritated so he called someone and set up another monorail train to come get us. So we waited some more. That one never showed up and he told us they had changed their minds! Ugggh!! It was now 7:45 and no monorail was in sight!! He kept saying, "8 more minutes" and I was really getting peeved! Finally at 8:00 a.m. the monorail shows up!! Well, we were definitely late for our ressie and me being the Type A person that I am--I HATE being late to anything! So I was completely stressed out at this point!

So we finally got to Epcot and we ran to the front gate to check-in. I noticed that this was the only park that actually had a list of those with breakfast ressies that were allowed to enter early. At MK they had just taken our word. Once they checked our bags and tickets we RAN to Norway! But along the way I quickly took some pics as I wasn't sure how long we'd be rain-free. I wanted to get pics while I had the chance. Here are pics while entering the park:

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I was so disappointed that I didn't get Cinderella and Prince Charming with the red carpet--uggh!! Just too rushed!!

I had read here on the DIS that Belle would be the one greeting us at Akershus so I dressed the girls accordingly!
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More pics as we ran!!
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We made it!! FINALLY!
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I checked us in at 8:20 a.m. and the girl said that it wasn't an issue that we were late. She gave us a beeper and we waited.
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We only waited about 5 minutes and then our beeper went off!!
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Into the restaurant we went! On the wall we saw this:
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As we briefly waited to meet Belle, we saw this:
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We decided to just get Ally's pic with her because Claire didn't seem interested. This Belle was wonderful!! She spent a lot of time with Ally!
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Here are the Photopass pics:
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And the one that came with the meal:
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We were then seated in the room on the far right of the restaurant. It was maybe half full where we were sitting. Our waitress, Camilla, introduced herself and got our drink orders. She quickly brought our drinks and family-style food (Fresh Fruit, Bacon, Sausage, Scrambled Eggs, Potato Casserole, Biscuits, and Cinnamon Rolls). Brent went ahead and got all of us some food from the buffet. (I didn't want to miss any of the princesses)

the girls waiting for the princesses
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Ally was praying that we'd meet Ariel (Ariel is her favorite princess and she hadn't met her yet)
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the view of the restaurant from our table
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First up was Aurora!
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And then Cinderella!! (Claire is a little unsure!!)
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Who else will we meet?! Will Ally get to meet Ariel?! Who will be Claire's favorite?

Continued in next post. . .

[IluvXU]

First of all... that would be stressful to be waiting on the monorail. At the Contemporary they said the monorail runs an hour before the park opens, so then what are you supposed to do for a before the park opens ADR?

Secondly what a beautiful picture with Belle... that is so sweet.

That is the prettiest Aurora I think I have ever seen... so great!

At least the rain was not falling as you ran through EPCOT! That was a nice surprise!

[BippityBoo]

Haha! Sounds like our mad dash to the Princess Breakfast! I do not think I was anticipating how long of a monorail ride it was to EPCOT and then how long of a walk it was to Norway!! We were just kind of taking our time and then.. bam! We were kind of late:confused3 The kids look beautiful (as usual!) LOVE the potato dish..wasn't it great? Also, sounds like me..I did not want to get up and miss the princesses, so Chris was sent to get food:lovestruc Can't wait to read the next post:)

[ladybugmom]

I was impressed at how much time these princesses took with the girls--much more so than at CRT! And up next was Snow White!!
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The interaction between Snow White and Claire was hilarious!
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A BIG kiss for Claire!!
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And here is one of my favorite pics! Claire & Snow White ("what's on my forehead?")
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Cheese! (And apparantly Snow White made a HUGE impression on Claire! She loves to see pics of SW and say "White!" She even picked out a SW toothbrush!!)
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And look who was next!! ARIEL!! Ally was FREAKING OUT she was sooo excited!!!!
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Ally thought our waitress, Camilla, was as pretty as a princess and insisted she have her picture taken with her as well.
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We were very pleased with our food, the service, and the princesses!! We'd definitely eat here again!! :thumbsup2 After our meal I took the girls to the bathroom to change out of their princess dresses and into their clothes. Oh my word!! The bathroom at Akershus is TEENY TINY!! It was so small that I had to change Claire first, go give her to Brent, and then go back in and change Ally. After Ally was dressed I took her back out to Brent so I could use the restroom--so 3 trips in and out!! After I was done, I metup with Brent and the girls outside.
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Claire cheesin' again!
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And again, it looked like it could rain at any minute so I snapped some quick pics on our way out of the WS.
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Ally in front of Mexico
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Then I saw a Photopass photographer and had him take our pics!
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I told Brent that we had better get our pics taken at the front of the park as well before it rained. So we headed that way. There was hardly any wait at all!!
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And I took this pic!!
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What ride do we ride first?!
continued in next post . . .

[BippityBoo]

Haha we are both Night Owls..love it:thumbsup2 LOVED the girls outfits for EPCOT. And I agree...the bathrooms were SO SMALL! I want to order some bows from you when I have a chance. We are going to the beach for a week, so maybe I will browse them then and put my order in:lovestruc Staying up for your next post...

[ladybugmom]

First of all... that would be stressful to be waiting on the monorail. At the Contemporary they said the monorail runs an hour before the park opens, so then what are you supposed to do for a before the park opens ADR?

Secondly what a beautiful picture with Belle... that is so sweet.

That is the prettiest Aurora I think I have ever seen... so great!

At least the rain was not falling as you ran through EPCOT! That was a nice surprise!

It was soooo very stressful, Laura!! I know, I know!! We were going by what they had told us at the Poly. The one at the Poly started running at 7:00 a.m. the day we went to the MK. Apparantly this one didn't start running until 7:30 but that obviously wasn't the case on this day! Thank you! This Belle was just fabulous! And yes, Aurora was GORGEOUS! (as were all of the princesses we saw at Akershus) I was very thankful it wasn't raining that morning! We were actually able to get pics!! :banana:

Haha! Sounds like our mad dash to the Princess Breakfast! I do not think I was anticipating how long of a monorail ride it was to EPCOT and then how long of a walk it was to Norway!! We were just kind of taking our time and then.. bam! We were kind of late:confused3 The kids look beautiful (as usual!) LOVE the potato dish..wasn't it great? Also, sounds like me..I did not want to get up and miss the princesses, so Chris was sent to get food:lovestruc Can't wait to read the next post:)

It WAS!! Not what I had envisioned, that's for sure!! Yes, the potato dish was my FAVORITE!! We had Camilla bring us seconds! YUMMY! Exactly--I stayed put with the camera while Brent fetched the food! Hee hee!! Great minds think alike! ;)

[ladybugmom]

Haha we are both Night Owls..love it:thumbsup2 LOVED the girls outfits for EPCOT. And I agree...the bathrooms were SO SMALL! I want to order some bows from you when I have a chance. We are going to the beach for a week, so maybe I will browse them then and put my order in:lovestruc Staying up for your next post...

Hee hee!! Yes we are!! It's my time to get things done--especially with the girls in bed. The house is nice and quiet!! Brent is asleep, too! He just can't stay up this late--he gets up very early for work! Sure! No problem!! Just tell me what you need!! :cutie: About to work on the next post!! Hang in there! :surfweb:

[BippityBoo]

Yay! Alone Mommy time! I know what you mean, Chris is snoring away. I decided to post my O'hana visit while I was waiting on your post so check it out :cheer2:

[ladybugmom]

Ok!! So we left the front of the park and made our way to the ride that was on the top of our list (along the way I took more pics) . . .
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Soarin'!!! I could not WAIT to ride this ride!! We parked the stroller (Claire had fallen asleep) and headed into the building and went down the escalator. The line was about a 40 minute wait so Brent got in line with Ally and I grabbed babyswap passes for me and Ally. Since Claire was asleep in my arms I found a bench off to the side near the FP lines. I sat down and let her sleep while I waited and caught up on Facebook via my phone! (Yes, I am a Facebook junkie!!) And about 40 minutes later out came Brent and Ally. Claire was still asleep so I handed her over to Brent--and of course, she woke up!! But she seemed fine so Ally and I headed back on Soarin'. We walked all the way down to where they were filling the lanes and didn't have to wait long at all. Soon we were on the ride! I was really paranoid about our Crocs falling off of our feet so we took them off and shoved them in the pocket below us. The ride was AMAZING!! And Ally thought she was so cool telling me what was going to happen next--it was soooo cute! The ride was over, we got our Crocs back on, and headed to meet back up with Brent and Claire. We all decided to head over to The Seas with Nemo and Friends.
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We walked right onto the ride and into our clams. We took some pics but they didn't turn out too well. Claire was loving this ride as she had fallen in love with Nemo the day before at the show in AK! After we got off of the ride we went straight to Turtle Talk With Crush. The next show was in about 30 minutes so we hung out in the room and watched the stingrays.

me & Claire
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checking out the stingray
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Claire getting super excited!!
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Ally & Claire taking it all in (LOVE this pic)
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Then a CM came out to feed the stingray (this smelled horrible so thankfully a few minutes later they let us enter the holding area)
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And then soon after that we entered Turtle Talk With Crush. I had heard such great things about this so I was very excited!! Ally sat down in the front with the rest of the kids. Brent, Claire, and I sat on the 2nd row of benches. This is the best pic I could get!
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The show began and Crush was soooo entertaining!! About halfway through the show he chose a boy to ask him a question. The boy asked him how old he was. He said, "150 years old, Dude!" And then he called on Ally!! I was sooo excited!! Ally sat there for a minute (I think she was nervous). Finally she asked, "How old are you?" Uh oh! I wasn't close enough to coach her with another question. But Crush was hilarious! He said, "Still 150, Dude!" Everyone laughed and thankfully Ally didn't seem to mind. Whew! After the show she couldn't quit talking about how Crush had talked to HER!! It really made an impression!! Then we went over to the shark and let Ally get her pic taken!
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After we left Nemo we went to the front of the park and rode Spaceship Earth. Claire rode with me and Ally rode with Brent. We all really enjoyed the ride--especially where they take your pic and put you in your own customized world!! When we walked off of the ride we saw this (Claire was too little for them to get her pic):
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We were getting kind of hungry so we headed to Fountain View Ice Cream for a snack. I would say it was about 1:30 or 2:00 by this time and guess what?! It started raining!!! So we finished up our ice cream and got our ponchos on. Our plan was to head to the WS and visit all of the countries. We stopped by one of the gift shops right before you get to the countries to buy Ally a passport! It was so cute!
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See how it looks like a real passport?! Well, you take it to each country and they stamp it and write something in their language. Then later you can add stickers with pictures of each of the countries. Sooo fun!! I kept it in my purse between stops so it wouldn't get soaking wet. Our first stop was Mexico!! I had never been inside before so we headed in! Ally got her passport stamped and signed and then we saw this! The Mariachi Cobre were performing!!
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After listening to them play, we headed to the Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros! None of us had ridden this boat ride before. It was fun and a great thing to do since it was raining. However, the ride stopped a few times due to technical difficulties. But we slowly made our way to the end of the ride. We hung out a little more and took some more pics and then headed outside.
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We got to the front doors and I could not believe how hard it was raining!! It was POURING--you could barely see, it was coming down so hard. So we decided to wait for a bit before we headed out. After awhile it lightened up some--but not much. We were sick of waiting so we decided to make a run for it! We raced out to our stroller to get Claire under the stroller cover and out of the rain. Then we made our way to Norway. It had already rained sooo much that the water was up to my ankles!! I felt sooo disgusting! Ugggh! The water was just not draining very well in the WS. It was quite scary because not only was it raining but it was thundering and lightening! I HATE STORMS!!! :eek: We ran straight for the Maelstrom ride and got on immediately. Again, we had never ridden this ride before. It was actually a lot of fun!! The boat went fast and looked like it was going to tip out of the building. But then it turned and raced down a hill and we all got wet!! Claire even liked it!! After the ride we made our way into the gift shops. We put on some hats and got our pic taken with this troll!
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And Ally got her passport stamped and signed!
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Up Next: China! Ally's heart is set on meeting Mulan (the only princess she hasn't met). Will she get to meet her? Or will the rain put a damper on things?

[ladybugmom]

Yay! Alone Mommy time! I know what you mean, Chris is snoring away. I decided to post my O'hana visit while I was waiting on your post so check it out :cheer2:

I know!! I LOVE me some alone Mommy time!! Ooooh--off to look! Just posted my last post for the evening!! :goodvibes

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Ugh, that situation with the monorail and the early ADR is exactly why I love driving myself. If I am late well it is my own fault! :laughing:

Great photopass pictures!

I think that Epcot has the worst drainage out of all the parks. Every time we have been there while it has rained the have been puddles ankle deep all over the place. It is Florida, you think they would have designed it better. :confused3

[PopArtGal]

Awe. Isn't that Belle so pretty??!!!

We got stuck in Epcot as it rained really hard too.

We were in.....I guess we were in the Norway pavilion. Or is it Germany?. Oh well. We were stuck.

It got boring pretty quickly. A photopass photographer was so bored he took a pic of me "in action". Then asked me if I had a card lol

We waiting a while. Then got sick of it and ran.

[ladybugmom]

Ugh, that situation with the monorail and the early ADR is exactly why I love driving myself. If I am late well it is my own fault! :laughing:

Great photopass pictures!

I think that Epcot has the worst drainage out of all the parks. Every time we have been there while it has rained the have been puddles ankle deep all over the place. It is Florida, you think they would have designed it better. :confused3

Exactly! It was just a great start to our day--let me tell you! :rolleyes: Yes, the drainage is HORRIBLE in Epcot. I totally don't get it! Who knows?! :confused3

Awe. Isn't that Belle so pretty??!!!

We got stuck in Epcot as it rained really hard too.

We were in.....I guess we were in the Norway pavilion. Or is it Germany?. Oh well. We were stuck.

It got boring pretty quickly. A photopass photographer was so bored he took a pic of me "in action". Then asked me if I had a card lol

We waiting a while. Then got sick of it and ran.

Belle was soooo pretty!! I was very pleased with all of the princesses at that meal! That was nice that the PP photographer took pics of you!! I never could find any when it started to rain!

[PopArtGal]

Exactly! It was just a great start to our day--let me tell you! :rolleyes: Yes, the drainage is HORRIBLE in Epcot. I totally don't get it! Who knows?! :confused3



Belle was soooo pretty!! I was very pleased with all of the princesses at that meal! That was nice that the PP photographer took pics of you!! I never could find any when it started to rain!

The photographer seemed to have been stuck in the store. Same as we were lol I was getting my passport signed when he took the pic. Not the most flattering angle lol


Yep, I'm 26 and bought a passport. WEll I was technically 24 when I bought it. And getting a few signatures every trip.

[ladybugmom]

The photographer seemed to have been stuck in the store. Same as we were lol I was getting my passport signed when he took the pic. Not the most flattering angle lol


Yep, I'm 26 and bought a passport. WEll I was technically 24 when I bought it. And getting a few signatures every trip.

Oh--I see--hee hee!! At least you got some pics out of it, though!!

Don't be ashamed about buying a passport!! They are really neat! :thumbsup2

[Charleston Princess]

Wow! When you update, you update! :laughing: How frustrating about the monorail -- I am such a Type A, I would have been a complete wreck. I can't stand being late for something!

How cool that Ally was able to meet Ariel! I bet that made her day! Claire was cracking me up with her expressions -- she and Snow White are adorable together.

I am so happy you were able to enjoy a rain-free morning, but what a bummer that the skies opened up again! You really did have the worst luck with weather :(.

[mom2mek]

Great updates as always, Becky! That monorail situation would have had me in a fit too! :headache: But glad you made it ok! We really enjoyed the Princess breakfast in Norway too - when we went in 2007! I love Claire's kiss prints! Too cute! That's great that you met Cinderella there as well - she is not one of the "usuals" from what I understand.

You got some great photopass shots before it rained. :thumbsup2

Ahhh....Soarin.....:cloud9: LOVE it!!!!

I can't imagine walking through all that rain with Ally and Claire in the stroller and being so wet! Glad to see you made the best out of it though! :goodvibes

Sara

[BellaSoleil]

I am loving your report! You are all so cute. I was nearly in tears reading about Akershus. We are taking our daughter in January and it's my #1 priority. Did you have to book 90 days out or did you still get to do it at 180? I'm really worried about not getting our ADRs this trip.

The Ally and Crush story is precious! I love it!

Can't wait to hear if you met Mulan. She is my DD's favorite princess.

[DWGal210]

Great updates, Becky! I love the Princesses at Askersus (spelling? ;)) A few years ago, my sister, cousin and I had a girl's meal there, and I think I want to do that again this trip. We're going to be a bit older than last time :) (27, 18 and almost 10) but heck, who doesn't love a princess?!

This is why I love reading TRs...I never knew about the passports at Epcot! I will for sure have to add that to our plans this trip. I think my goddaughter would like that and it could be something we would do together.

Great updates as usual! :thumbsup2

[BippityBoo]

Great update!! I am soo happy Crush talked to Ally:cheer2: Asking the same question is totally something Abby would do:goodvibes Gotta love how he is trained to just roll with it! Sorry---I ended up falling asleep lastnight! :rotfl2:

[lizet313]

Great update I have been reading but not posting much. Sorry I have been MIA for a while but I am here.

Your trip sounds like alot of fun minus the rain.

[pmama]

Yeah for great updates!:cheer2:

I love all the great photos you got at Akershus. Your review is timely as I just discovered Akershus does breakfast last night! I'm already trying to plan our dining for December. It looks like a great place to try breakfast. The picture of Ally with Belle is adorable.:cutie: When we did Akershus there was no photopass photog. That's great that you got a photopass picture as well. :thumbsup2


Claires faces with the princesses are so precious. You got so many great photos. We've never taken the girls pictures individually with characters because I get worried they'll run off. We'll have to do that next time for something different. Great update!

[longing2Batdisney]

Fun update! I agree w/Ally her server was as pretty if not prettier than the princesses ;)
I love the pic of Clare and "White". Dayne always loved the Norway ride and we missed it this year along with everything else--in Epcot/WS. He says he is going back in May for his Sr. trip - LOL! w/o us so he can ride everything!!
I love the girls outfits!!! you needed to have a blouse made for yourself to match :upsidedow

[mousescrapper]

How cute!! I never thought of taking one of the mini-dolls to Disney!! Great idea b/c Ally wanted to take one of her big dolls on our trip and I didn't think it was a good idea.

feel free to take a peek at my current TR to see some of the pictures :goodvibes



just realized I didn't share this link with you and your followers... since I don't have my own link at the moment I've been sharing the laughter:laughing:
you have to check this out...found this the other night on the boards
IT IS AWESOME
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2227119

just had to say how fun and very cute! Lovedit...thanks for sharing, I saved the link so I can show my DH


Oh my word!! The bathroom at Akershus is TEENY TINY!! It was so small that I had to change Claire first, go give her to Brent, and then go back in and change Ally. After Ally was dressed I took her back out to Brent so I could use the restroom--so 3 trips in and out!! After I was done, I metup with Brent and the girls outside.

yes I remember that too...next time just head out to one of the bathrooms back in FW....the outside near Soarin/Seas w/ Nemo is plenty big!


http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c136/ladybugmom_/Disney%20Photopass%20pics/Image0586.jpg


love this picture...so good w/ all of SSE in the shot :thumbsup2



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I sat down and let her sleep while I waited and caught up on Facebook via my phone! (Yes, I am a Facebook junkie!!)

[COLOR="royalblue"]good way to pass your time waiting!


Ally sat there for a minute (I think she was nervous). Finally she asked, "How old are you?" Uh oh! I wasn't close enough to coach her with another question. But Crush was hilarious! He said, "Still 150, Dude!" Everyone laughed and thankfully Ally didn't seem to mind. Whew! After the show she couldn't quit talking about how Crush had talked to HER!! It really made an impression!!

that is so cool! how fun to be asked a question...I love that show and get the biggest kick out of what the kids say in there and how Crush responds...very fun :rotfl:


See how it looks like a real passport?! Well, you take it to each country and they stamp it and write something in their language.

it is fun souviner...my twins still have theris from theri first trip almost 5 yrs ago!


Up Next: China! Ally's heart is set on meeting Mulan (the only princess she hasn't met). Will she get to meet her? Or will the rain put a damper on things?

China is my fav pavilian I really hope she gets to meet Mulan and this rain stops so you can finish your country tour....

I know what it is like to tour Epcot in horrid rain....the trip my DH & I took w/ kids prior to kids was terrible rain each day like yours...but we didn't have any little kids to cart around, so we dealt w/ it.

[arizonacolbys]

I'm a little late getting here, but have caught up on your trip report! Your girls are beautiful! :goodvibes And it looks like they had such a wonderful time!! We leave in less than 3 weeks now for our baby girl's first trip - she'll be almost 11 months & we're staying at the Polynesian for the first few days of our trip. I can't wait!! :) I love your girls dresses!! I've been making some for my daughter & am running out of time to get them all done! LOL

[ladybugmom]

Wow! When you update, you update! :laughing: How frustrating about the monorail -- I am such a Type A, I would have been a complete wreck. I can't stand being late for something!

How cool that Ally was able to meet Ariel! I bet that made her day! Claire was cracking me up with her expressions -- she and Snow White are adorable together.

I am so happy you were able to enjoy a rain-free morning, but what a bummer that the skies opened up again! You really did have the worst luck with weather :(.

Yeah--I had about HAD it with the monorail that day! Sooo frustrating! It was the only issue we had with transportation all week. Yes, Ally was sooo happy to meet Ariel!! It DID make her day!! And Claire just LOVED Snow White! Yes, I loved having no rain that morning--it was sooo nice!

Great updates as always, Becky! That monorail situation would have had me in a fit too! :headache: But glad you made it ok! We really enjoyed the Princess breakfast in Norway too - when we went in 2007! I love Claire's kiss prints! Too cute! That's great that you met Cinderella there as well - she is not one of the "usuals" from what I understand.

You got some great photopass shots before it rained. :thumbsup2

Ahhh....Soarin.....:cloud9: LOVE it!!!!

I can't imagine walking through all that rain with Ally and Claire in the stroller and being so wet! Glad to see you made the best out of it though! :goodvibes

Sara

Thanks Sara!! Yes, I was surprised to see Cinderella there as well. I had also read that it was unusual to see her there--that's why we booked breakfast at CRT, too!! Can't get enough of Cinderella, though!! :lovestruc Yes, I was very thankful to get the PP pics since we had gotten any family pics at AK the day before! I tell you the best thing I bought for our trip was the $25 stroller cover!! It kept the stroller and Claire fairly dry!! :thumbsup2

I am loving your report! You are all so cute. I was nearly in tears reading about Akershus. We are taking our daughter in January and it's my #1 priority. Did you have to book 90 days out or did you still get to do it at 180? I'm really worried about not getting our ADRs this trip.

The Ally and Crush story is precious! I love it!

Can't wait to hear if you met Mulan. She is my DD's favorite princess.

Thanks Soleil! Aww!! I'm glad you liked the Akershus update!! You will LOVE it there! We were able to book this 90 days out without a problem (well, my travel agent booked it). The only 2 we were able to book 180 days out was CRT and Chef Mickey's. I wouldn't think it would be an issue especially in January!

Great updates, Becky! I love the Princesses at Askersus (spelling? ;)) A few years ago, my sister, cousin and I had a girl's meal there, and I think I want to do that again this trip. We're going to be a bit older than last time :) (27, 18 and almost 10) but heck, who doesn't love a princess?!

This is why I love reading TRs...I never knew about the passports at Epcot! I will for sure have to add that to our plans this trip. I think my goddaughter would like that and it could be something we would do together.

Great updates as usual! :thumbsup2

Thanks Katie! Exactly! I loved the princess meal just as much as the girls!! You're never too old for princesses!! ;) Yes, I would highly recommend the passport! Ally LOVED doing this especially since it was too wet to make the mask!

Great update!! I am soo happy Crush talked to Ally:cheer2: Asking the same question is totally something Abby would do:goodvibes Gotta love how he is trained to just roll with it! Sorry---I ended up falling asleep lastnight! :rotfl2:

Sorry Katie!! Yeah, I was up until almost 3:00 a.m.! YIKES! And I still wasn't tired when I got in bed. I was in a zone updating last night (or should I say early this morning--hee hee!!).

Great update I have been reading but not posting much. Sorry I have been MIA for a while but I am here.

Your trip sounds like alot of fun minus the rain.

Hi Lizet!! It's great to see you posting!! princess:

Yeah for great updates!:cheer2:

I love all the great photos you got at Akershus. Your review is timely as I just discovered Akershus does breakfast last night! I'm already trying to plan our dining for December. It looks like a great place to try breakfast. The picture of Ally with Belle is adorable.:cutie: When we did Akershus there was no photopass photog. That's great that you got a photopass picture as well. :thumbsup2


Claires faces with the princesses are so precious. You got so many great photos. We've never taken the girls pictures individually with characters because I get worried they'll run off. We'll have to do that next time for something different. Great update!

Thanks! Akershus is a GREAT place for breakfast!! My travel agent suggested it b/c she said that the food at lunch and dinner is a little strange/different. Yes, there is now a photo package that you get when you eat there!! AND you can add the pics to your PP cd!! Yes, I was afraid the characters would run off, too. So I was just sure to tell them when they got to our table that I wanted pics with each girl. They had no problem with that! I even was sure to get several shots with each to be sure I got a good one. I would just tell them, "Ok, a few more" or "ok, let's get one more." It worked great!! :goodvibes

Fun update! I agree w/Ally her server was as pretty if not prettier than the princesses ;)
I love the pic of Clare and "White". Dayne always loved the Norway ride and we missed it this year along with everything else--in Epcot/WS. He says he is going back in May for his Sr. trip - LOL! w/o us so he can ride everything!!
I love the girls outfits!!! you needed to have a blouse made for yourself to match :upsidedow

Yes, I thought our waitress was beautiful!! She was so sweet to the girls--they just loved her! I never thought of having a blouse made for me!! But I did wear a Minnie Mouse shirt that day to coordinate with the girls!! ;)

[ladybugmom]

just had to say how fun and very cute! Lovedit...thanks for sharing, I saved the link so I can show my DH

China is my fav pavilian I really hope she gets to meet Mulan and this rain stops so you can finish your country tour....

I know what it is like to tour Epcot in horrid rain....the trip my DH & I took w/ kids prior to kids was terrible rain each day like yours...but we didn't have any little kids to cart around, so we dealt w/ it.

Girl--how did I not realize that you had a TR?! I'm so sorry! I'm subscribing and will have to catch up today!! Can't wait to read it!! Wasn't that video ADORABLE?! We've watched it soooo many times! The girls love it!! I showed Brent last night and he was impressed--he thought it was really well done! Yeah, Epcot is NOT fun in the rain! We're hoping next year that we get better weather! :goodvibes

I'm a little late getting here, but have caught up on your trip report! Your girls are beautiful! :goodvibes And it looks like they had such a wonderful time!! We leave in less than 3 weeks now for our baby girl's first trip - she'll be almost 11 months & we're staying at the Polynesian for the first few days of our trip. I can't wait!! :) I love your girls dresses!! I've been making some for my daughter & am running out of time to get them all done! LOL

Hi and welcome Emily!!! Thank you so much! We did have a wonderful time--even with all of the rain!! Your little girl is just PRECIOUS and you will LOVE the Poly!! I can't WAIT to go back! How exciting! Your trip is coming up so quickly! Will you be doing a TR? I would love to hear about your trip! princess:

[Nbarker]

I just wanted to come out of lurking to tell you how much I've enjoyed your trip report. I have to confess, at first I was just being nosy when I saw the Bama girl thing, as we are Auburn fans. I quickly decided to not hold it against you and kept reading! Anyway, I'm glad ya'll had fun, despite the rain. It rained everyday when we were there too...it ruined the clock on my stroller despite keeping it covered. Maybe you'll have better luck next time. BTW, we are about 2 hours from Memphis in North Alabama.

[Dancegrl624]

Great update. I just adore Ally's sunglasses! She looks like a movie star. So glad to hear that you enjoyed Akershus and Ally got to meet Ariel. I know I told you we met Mary Poppins there, but it was so neat because Madison had been talking about her that morning. She had asked me where you could meet her and I said I wasn't really sure. Well, you should have seen the look on her face when she saw that Mary Poppins was there. It was such a wonderful surprise!

[JPFamilyMom]

Gosh I can't believe how much you updated and I missed it all, though I was looking at your photos on facebook last night with baby DS, good to get the story to go along with the pictures:thumbsup2 So I already know what happens from your photos:lmao: but I'll keep quiet.

Your girls are too cute, and I love the minnie dresses

are you going this saturday? Hope we see you there.

[princess&her4princes]

WOW Becky, you were a updating machine last night!! :thumbsup2 You go girl!! But don't go too fast...I don't want you report to end too quickly!!! :sad2:

I'm so with you about the monorail, I would have been upset too, I'm always on time for things and get COMPLETELY stressed out when we're late to anything. So I felt your pain and was feeling a bit stressed just reading about it!!:laughing: Looks like you guys had a GREAT time meeting the princesses and I loved looking at all the pics with the girls, Claire was SO cute with the lipstick pic!!! LOVED it!! And Ally is so photogenic, you must have MILLIONS of pictures all over your house, not knowing which ones to display!!! :cutie:

I'm glad the rain held off for a little bit but sorry that it stormed!!:sad2: Looks like you made the best of things.

Loved the Ally and Crush story, how cute! :cutie: Love little times like that!!

Can't wait to hear more!!!!:goodvibes

[ladybugmom]

I just wanted to come out of lurking to tell you how much I've enjoyed your trip report. I have to confess, at first I was just being nosy when I saw the Bama girl thing, as we are Auburn fans. I quickly decided to not hold it against you and kept reading! Anyway, I'm glad ya'll had fun, despite the rain. It rained everyday when we were there too...it ruined the clock on my stroller despite keeping it covered. Maybe you'll have better luck next time. BTW, we are about 2 hours from Memphis in North Alabama.

Hi and welcome!! :wave2: Well thank you, I'm glad you're not holding it against me!! :rotfl2: When were you there? And it rained everyday for you, too? That stinks! Really? Where in North Alabama? Glad you're joining in!!

Great update. I just adore Ally's sunglasses! She looks like a movie star. So glad to hear that you enjoyed Akershus and Ally got to meet Ariel. I know I told you we met Mary Poppins there, but it was so neat because Madison had been talking about her that morning. She had asked me where you could meet her and I said I wasn't really sure. Well, you should have seen the look on her face when she saw that Mary Poppins was there. It was such a wonderful surprise!

Thanks Meghan! Hee hee!! Ally calls those her Sharpay sunglasses! We got them at Gymboree. Claire has a pair, too but she wouldn't keep them on! WOW! I remember you telling me about Mary Poppins! That is so neat!!

Gosh I can't believe how much you updated and I missed it all, though I was looking at your photos on facebook last night with baby DS, good to get the story to go along with the pictures:thumbsup2 So I already know what happens from your photos:lmao: but I'll keep quiet.

Your girls are too cute, and I love the minnie dresses

are you going this saturday? Hope we see you there.

Sorry--I was up super late and I was on a roll!! Yes! My DIS Facebook friends have an advantage in knowing what happens! :goodvibes Yes--don't say a word! Hee hee! I'm not sure yet if we'll go or not. I haven't had a chance to talk to Brent yet. We might see you there!

[ladybugmom]

WOW Becky, you were a updating machine last night!! :thumbsup2 You go girl!! But don't go too fast...I don't want you report to end too quickly!!! :sad2:

I'm so with you about the monorail, I would have been upset too, I'm always on time for things and get COMPLETELY stressed out when we're late to anything. So I felt your pain and was feeling a bit stressed just reading about it!!:laughing: Looks like you guys had a GREAT time meeting the princesses and I loved looking at all the pics with the girls, Claire was SO cute with the lipstick pic!!! LOVED it!! And Ally is so photogenic, you must have MILLIONS of pictures all over your house, not knowing which ones to display!!! :cutie:

I'm glad the rain held off for a little bit but sorry that it stormed!!:sad2: Looks like you made the best of things.

Loved the Ally and Crush story, how cute! :cutie: Love little times like that!!

Can't wait to hear more!!!!:goodvibes

Hee hee!! Yes, I was in a zone last night Kristen!! So I went with it! I'm so afraid that if I go too slow that I will forget all the little details. You know?! Yes, the monorail experience was soooo very stressful! Thankfully that was the only time the whole trip that we had transportation issues. Yes, there are pics everywhere and it doesn't help that I LOVE to take sooo many pics! Ally learned to pose for pics at a very young age! Claire is now getting the hang of it, too!! :laughing:

[shannn]

I'm subbing if I'm not too late.

I love your girls' outfits for each park. I've been working on planning what my kids will wear in October.

[ladybugmom]

I'm subbing if I'm not too late.

I love your girls' outfits for each park. I've been working on planning what my kids will wear in October.

Welcome Shannon!! It's definitely not too late!! Glad you're joining in on my TR!! Thank you very much!! Isn't it fun to plan outfits for the kiddos?! :cutie:

[kaysmommie]

Great update Becky :goodvibes. Sorry about the monorail issues. I would have been peeved too. Guess it's a type A thing, we get aggravated easier. I love you PSB pics and :yay: for having Ariel in her ballgown. She has never been there on any of our trips, neither is Cinderella usually. Your girls look adorable in their matching Belle/ Minnie outfits. I agree with Ally also your waitress is as pretty as the princesses. Glad Ally got chosen to talk to Crush. Your photopass pics are great too.

[ladybugmom]

Great update Becky :goodvibes. Sorry about the monorail issues. I would have been peeved too. Guess it's a type A thing, we get aggravated easier. I love you PSB pics and :yay: for having Ariel in her ballgown. She has never been there on any of our trips, neither is Cinderella usually. Your girls look adorable in their matching Belle/ Minnie outfits. I agree with Ally also your waitress is as pretty as the princesses. Glad Ally got chosen to talk to Crush. Your photopass pics are great too.

Thanks Nichole!! Yes, Ally was going on and on about how Ariel was in her ballgown and if she went back and forth from her fins to her feet. She really overthinks things!! :laughing:

[DessertGirl]

popcorn:: subscribing...loving your trip report!

[Captdonswife]

Wow! You guys really hit the rainy days, didn't you? We took ponchos when we went in June 2007 and only had to use them once. It sounds as though it is a wonder trip anyway! Your have a beautiful family! Can't wait to read your next post!
Vicky

[MaryAz]

All caught up, I was really behind. Just love all your pics. As I read along I was like "oh no, it's going to rain" or "don't worry, rain will hold off" LOL. Love the girls matching outfits so cute!!
Will have to show Avery ur AG update.

[ladybugmom]

popcorn:: subscribing...loving your trip report!

Hi and welcome to my TR!! :wave2:

Wow! You guys really hit the rainy days, didn't you? We took ponchos when we went in June 2007 and only had to use them once. It sounds as though it is a wonder trip anyway! Your have a beautiful family! Can't wait to read your next post!
Vicky

Hello and welcome Vicky!! Glad you're joining in! Yes we did hit MANY rainy days!! But we made the best of it! :goodvibes

All caught up, I was really behind. Just love all your pics. As I read along I was like "oh no, it's going to rain" or "don't worry, rain will hold off" LOL. Love the girls matching outfits so cute!!
Will have to show Avery ur AG update.

Thanks Mary!! Hee hee!! I feel the same way as I read eveyone's TR's that were there that same week! princess:

[PopArtGal]

Will we get an update today??

I'm leaving the house on sunday morning around 3am. I need to get pumped! hehe

[nickandregan]

just joined. I read ptr and got caught up on tr. I couldn't stop myself. Can't wait to read more. You're girls are beautiful.

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Great Disney update! Those pics turned out so good of the girls in Norway. What a nice surprise to have Ariel there for Breakfast! :thumbsup2 The girls Minnie dresses are so cute. You'll definitely have some people getting ideas from those! :goodvibes They were so cute with their red and white crocs! Awww. Your family pics are really good too. Looks like a fun day! Oh that reminds me...I need to cancel our Norway meal. I keep forgetting. Ugh!

Those AG pics were the best! I told you that already but had to say it again!

[ladybugmom]

just joined. I read ptr and got caught up on tr. I couldn't stop myself. Can't wait to read more. You're girls are beautiful.

Welcome!! Glad you're joining my TR!! Thank you so much!!

Great Disney update! Those pics turned out so good of the girls in Norway. What a nice surprise to have Ariel there for Breakfast! :thumbsup2 The girls Minnie dresses are so cute. You'll definitely have some people getting ideas from those! :goodvibes They were so cute with their red and white crocs! Awww. Your family pics are really good too. Looks like a fun day! Oh that reminds me...I need to cancel our Norway meal. I keep forgetting. Ugh!

Those AG pics were the best! I told you that already but had to say it again!

Thanks Tammy!! Yes, Ally was THRILLED when she saw Ariel walking towards our table!! Thanks! I found the red/white Minnie Janes on crocs.com! Soooo cute! Wish they had them in my size!! Cancel your Norway meal?! Why? :confused3

[ladybugmom]

I just read about the bus crash at WDW in front of the Contemporary! Oh my!! And only 11 days after the monorail crash! How sad! Praying for those that were hurt!http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-disney-bus-crash-07162009,0,3587261.story (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-disney-bus-crash-07162009,0,3587261.story)

[longing2Batdisney]

whoa!! just read to link:sad:
Danny said probably the people standing...sometimes kids are made to stand because grown men won't give up the seat...
Glad to hear it was all minor injuries :)

[Charleston Princess]

Oh, Becky! That bus crash is just horrible! :eek:

[shannon47142]

how sad about the bus crash:sad2:

[ladybugmom]

whoa!! just read to link:sad:
Danny said probably the people standing...sometimes kids are made to stand because grown men won't give up the seat...
Glad to hear it was all minor injuries :)

Oh, Becky! That bus crash is just horrible! :eek:

how sad about the bus crash:sad2:

I know! It IS sad!! Thankfully there were only minor injuries!

[PopArtGal]

The crash is horrible. But I'm keeping mum about it. Not telling my family.

We are on our way to the CR. Don't want to alarm them. Though we as we have seen how some bus drivers handle the bus, we were surprised it didn't happen before.

Will I get the pleasure to see another adorable update before tomorow night?

I'm leaving home at 3am on sunday.

[longing2Batdisney]

The crash is horrible. But I'm keeping mum about it. Not telling my family.

We are on our way to the CR. Don't want to alarm them. Though we as we have seen how some bus drivers handle the bus, we were surprised it didn't happen before.

Will I get the pleasure to see another adorable update before tomorow night?

I'm leaving home at 3am on sunday.
Have a fun and safe trip!! :yay:

[PopArtGal]

Have a fun and safe trip!! :yay:

Thank you so much!

[DVC_friend]

:D fun

[AGPrincess]

Just found your TR the other day and am all caught up! I love it! Your DD's are so adorable and so well-dressed (that Cinderella clip you made was so pretty and unique!). Also loved the AG pics -- can't wait for more!

[ladybugmom]

The crash is horrible. But I'm keeping mum about it. Not telling my family.

We are on our way to the CR. Don't want to alarm them. Though we as we have seen how some bus drivers handle the bus, we were surprised it didn't happen before.

Will I get the pleasure to see another adorable update before tomorow night?

I'm leaving home at 3am on sunday.

I'm so sorry! I'm just now seeing this. We've been super busy the past few days! I hope to update really soon!!

:D fun

Thanks!

Just found your TR the other day and am all caught up! I love it! Your DD's are so adorable and so well-dressed (that Cinderella clip you made was so pretty and unique!). Also loved the AG pics -- can't wait for more!

Hi and welcome!!! How funny--I subscribed to your TR just a few days ago but am still reading! It stuck out to me b/c of the AG dolls and since it was partly a cruise report. Thank you!! Yes--my girls just LOVE the princess clippies I make for them! Those are some of my favorites to make! Glad you're joining in!! princess:

[Scot-n-Michelle]

Hi - just read your TR so far - and it all sounds so wonderful. Your girls are so cute!! Preparing myself for all the rain that I suspect we are going to have to when we go in August. Your pictures came out so good. Glad to see you are already planning on going again. Look forward to reading more. :cheer2:

[ladybugmom]

Hi - just read your TR so far - and it all sounds so wonderful. Your girls are so cute!! Preparing myself for all the rain that I suspect we are going to have to when we go in August. Your pictures came out so good. Glad to see you are already planning on going again. Look forward to reading more. :cheer2:

Hi and :welcome:!! Thank you for your kind words! Glad you're joining in!!

[aggie9293]

Enjoying your report. Your daughters are beautiful. Such fun to have princesses at Disney to enjoy the magic. Keep up the entertaining and fun report!!

[ladybugmom]

Enjoying your report. Your daughters are beautiful. Such fun to have princesses at Disney to enjoy the magic. Keep up the entertaining and fun report!!

Hi and :welcome: Kaaren!! Thank you so much! I'm glad you're enjoying my TR! Thanks for joining in!!

[leamom2princesses]

Finally caught up again....Wow! Great updates Becky! You family is so photogenic.

When are considering going back? Are you having a nice summer? We are settled on May 22-29. Now I'm trying to figure out where we are staying. I hope they come out with some bargains again.

[ladybugmom]

Finally caught up again....Wow! Great updates Becky! You family is so photogenic.

When are considering going back? Are you having a nice summer? We are settled on May 22-29. Now I'm trying to figure out where we are staying. I hope they come out with some bargains again.

Thanks Leanne!! We haven't nailed down a date yet--I actually told Brent this weekend that we needed to do it ASAP so I can start planning again!! :laughing: We might just be there the same time as you. Ally's last day of school is May 21st (unless they have to make up any days due to weather). I'm pretty sure we'll be staying at the Poly again--if not the Poly, the Grand Floridian. I'm hoping for some deals as well. When did the book 4 get 3 free deal come out? Do you remember? Was it October or November?

[ladybugmom]

We left Norway and headed to China. The rain was still coming down HARD! Ally's heart was set on meeting Mulan as she was the only princess Ally had not met yet. I knew she was usually out walking around but with the rain I wasn't sure if she would make an appearance. So we headed into the China Pavilion and had Ally's passport signed and stamped. We looked around the shops and I stopped to ask a CM what time Mulan might be out. She said that she should be coming out again at 4:00 p.m. and she pointed to these red doors across the shop. She said she would be making her way to the temple. Well it was only a little after 3:00-uggh! So we looked around for awhile longer and decided to go ahead and check out the temple. We walked in the temple around 3:37 p.m. and guess who we saw! It was Mulan!! But she was about to head out of the doors for a break! Oh no! I was afraid she wouldn't stop to see Ally--but she DID!!! She was soooo sweet!! She took some time talking to Ally and signing her autograph book.
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And then we got a picture!
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As soon as she said goodbye, she walked out of the doors that you see behind Ally in the picture! Ally was beyond THRILLED to have met Mulan!! :cloud9: And I was thankful that she didn't brush Ally off--now THAT'S some Disney magic!! We continued into the temple and I got some pics of the inside.

the ceiling
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After we saw everything we decided to head back outside. Well, it was still pouring! So we took a seat on the benches outside and ended up striking up a conversation with a family from New York City. I was too afraid to get out my nice camera to get pics of this rain but Lessa (Lifelong Dreamer) said I could borrow some from her TR (she was there the same day as us). Take a look at this rain!

Remember how I said before how it was up to my ankles?
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Here it was coming down for Lessa in Japan:
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We decided to move on to Germany and then to Italy (sorry no pics due to the rain). Ally of course had her passport stamped and signed! Then we headed to the USA Pavilion. Thankfully by then it was only drizzling!
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Claire was asleep in her stroller but I REALLY wanted to see the Voices of Liberty perform. So Brent offered to stay with her outside while I took Ally inside (They have turnstiles you have to go through to enter so we would have to take Claire out of the stroller to enter--I didn't want to wake her up). The Voices of Liberty were already singing as we entered--they were singing "Rockytop"--uggh! Of all the songs, we walked in on that one! You see, we are HUGE Alabama fans but we live in Tennessee. We have to endure that song ALL the time during AL/TN games and it tends to be very annoying. My dad is a big TN fan and sings it to my girls just to rile me up! However, I must admit that this version was beautiful! The Voices of Liberty are AMAZING! They sing accapella in EIGHT part harmony! It reminds me of the madrigal choir I was in during high school but sooo much better! I had left the camera with Brent outside so I didn't get any pics. However, Lessa is letting me borrow some (thanks again!!!). We must have missed each other by an hour or so. So this was the same group of singers that we saw!
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The lady on the far left is the most incredible Soprano I!!
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Check out this video from Lessa! The singing sends chills up my spine! It brought me to tears as we watched! I'm can't wait to show this to Brent--he was pretty bummed he had to miss this! Next time we will definitely ALL see it!!
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As we were inside, Brent took these pics of our stroller cover! Best $25 I spent for our trip!! You can see the bandanas from my PTR on our stoller. These worked great for spotting our stroller in the crowd! We ended up having to throw them away after the trip b/c they were sooo mildewed from all of the rain!
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And Claire alseep inside! And yes, there are air holes--no worries!!
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Once Ally and I got her passport taken care of, we headed over to Japan.
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We went inside the stores and looked around for a bit. Then we were off to Morocco! The rain was coming down pretty good again and we were having the hardest time finding the Kidcot stop. We thought we had found it but as we entered the room it ended up being the meet and greet for Jasmine and Aladdin! What luck! Claire was still sleeping so Brent took her elsewhere as Ally and I stood in line. We were maybe the third in line! Aladdin and Jasmine arrived very soon after with a CM holding HUGE umbrella over their heads. They were glad to be in a dry room!! Soon it was Ally's turn!!
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They spent so much time interacting with her!
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We said our goodbyes and met back up with Brent and Claire. We were able to find the Kidcot stop and we were on our way to France!!
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We stopped at the Boulangerie Patisserie and had some chocolate eclairs for a snack!! YUM!! Sooo good! As we headed out we saw Belle, the Beast, and Aurora inside one of the shops with beautiful stained glass windows. Brent didn't want to stop so I was bummed about that. So we moved on to the United Kingdom.
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We went into one of the shops and Ally saw some Alice in Wonderland dresses that she LOVED! They were sooo cute!! We noticed by the Kidcot stop there was a line forming. I asked a lady who was standing in line with her daughter who they were waiting on--she said Alice! So we jumped in line behind them! We had not run into Alice yet!! The lady explained how they had been in the shop earlier that day looking for Alice and they had told her to come back around 6:15ish for the last time to meet Alice. The girl was even wearing an Alice dress from the shop! She couldn't WAIT to meet her!! Well, in walked a CM and behind him came--well let's just say it was NOT Alice!! The CM said they must have given her some wrong info. The little girl was in tears and the mom quickly left with her, obviously very upset!

We hung around anyways! Next up. . . who was it that we got to meet?

[shannon47142]

what great character finds--def helps make up for all that crazy rain:banana:

[ladybugmom]

what great character finds--def helps make up for all that crazy rain:banana:

Yes, exactly!! It certainly brightened our day!!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Your welcome for the pictures and video. :thumbsup2

So glad you got to see Mulan!

I think we must have just missed each other in Japan and walking through World Showcase as Mom and I didn't leave until the break in the rain came.

[ladybugmom]

Your welcome for the pictures and video. :thumbsup2

So glad you got to see Mulan!

I think we must have just missed each other in Japan and walking through World Showcase as Mom and I didn't leave until the break in the rain came.

Yes, thank you, thank you!! Did you have a video camera or did you take the video on a regular camera? Soooo glad we got to see Mulan, too!! Ally would have been sooo disappointed and this was our only day at Epcot. We MUST have just missed each other! That stinks! It would have be fun to meet up!

[mousescrapper]

Becky another wonderful update....

man that was some horrible rain! YUCK! nothing compared to what we had, it may have poured but not all day. You and your family are troopers to endure all that and still have :) on...good for you!

How lucky to still catch all those great characters inside and I bet the lines were down due to the rain. The twins met Jasmine and Aladdin plus the Genie back during our 05 trip, but Mae has yet to meet them, she was hoping to meet Jasmine especially during our last Epcot day...

that is too bad about the Alice story and the little girl...:sad1: my guess is you either met Mary Poppins or WTP and friends.

The BEAST is awesome, we had fun meeting him on our trip...well you have to leave some hugs for the next trip right! ;)

and I too love the Voices of Liberty, so glad you got to hear them perform! What a treat.

looking forward to the next update popcorn::

J-

[kaysmommie]

Let me guess who you met, was it the Pooh characters or Mary Poppins? that stinks about Alice. Kaylee has that Alice dress and she wears it all the time. Great update and pics as always. We were ankle deep in water most of the trip, wasn't it awful? You saw lots of characters this day :goodvibes. I think GF would be a good choice for your next trip. Did you see those cabana's you can rent by the pool? I would love to do that. GF is not my top choice for theme but Kaylee is dying to stay there. We eat there almost every trip and she loves the lobby. I guess any little princess would love to stay there. You know I'm laughing about your TN comments :lmao: everyone in this town bleeds orange. It's kind of crazy. We are not really college football fans though.

[longing2Batdisney]

Great wet update!! I love the pic of you and Claire (that smile)! I'm soooo glad Ally was able to meet all the princesses. Can't wait to hear who was in the place of Alice.

I want to say (but do not hold me to it--they put out the offer of 4/3-7days in the end of Nov beg Dec--we had planned to the first week of Jan, than the third week--as Gwendolyn was accepted into the college program--but when she found she could not go due to Health Ins reasons--the special came out and we planned for May).

[ladybugmom]

So who came in behind that CM?! Well, it was Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, and Eeyore!! I knew that we'd be seeing them Friday night at Crystal Palace. But I also knew that there wouldn't be a PP photographer at the dinner (they should really do that, you know?!). So we decided to wait and meet them! Again, it was a short wait! Let me just say, this PP photographer was fabulous!! He took soooo many pics and not just posed pics either (as you will see)!

Ally waiting her turn
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BIG hugs for Tigger!
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Eeyore & me
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Ally meeting Eeyore
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BIG hugs for Pooh!
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AND kisses!!
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pics with the whole gang!
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And the PP photographer asked if I wanted to be in a pic! Of course I did! Too bad I forgot to take off my poncho!
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We really enjoyed ourselves even though we weren't able to meet Alice! We found Brent and Claire and walked around the UK some more!

Ally in front of a phone booth
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And then we finally made our way to Canada!
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Canada was absolutely beautiful!!
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Victoria's Butchart Gardens
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Ally's last Kidcot stop--her passport is now full!!
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Then we left the WS and headed back to Test Track. Brent and Ally got in line to ride while Claire and I hung out inside. We watched as people came off of the ride and found their ride picture. I went ahead and got our PP card ready (they can put the TT pic on your PP if you ask them). When Brent and Ally got off of the ride (which they both LOVED, BTW) they couldn't find their picture. So we headed to the picture desk and they were able to find it and put it on our PP card.
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Then we walked over to Mission Space. Brent wanted sooo badly to ride this ride. He's always had a thing for space and his dream as a kid was to go to Space Camp. He never got the chance--so this was right up his alley! He did the orange--the more intense ride.

waiting as Brent rides
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This duck came right up to Ally as we were waiting. He would have sat in her lap if she had let him! Sooo cute!
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Brent finally came out of the ride (it seemed like he had been gone forever!!) and it started raining again. We were exhausted so we decided to call it a night and head back to our room. We were greeted by this!!
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We were able to catch the very end of American Idol!! I can't believe that Kris won! Brent and I both thought that Adam was WAY more talented--oh well! Then Brent took Ally down to the end of our hallway to watch Wishes from the big window. I stayed in the room with Claire and watched the new show "Glee"! Let me tell you--I'll be tuning into every episode this fall! I LOVED this show! It's about this teacher growing a mediocre show choir into a phenomenal show choir (by recruiting the cheerleaders, football team, etc.)! Brent and I both were in show choir in high school--it brought back memories! Check out this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-eD-AQjByQ

And this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akr9fRajrKM

Anywho, Brent didn't miss much of the show as they were back in the room at about 15 minutes later! The girls fell asleep after "Glee" was over and we headed to bed as well!

Next up: breakfast @ Chef Mickey's and 2nd day in Magic Kingdom! Pixie Hollow--which fairies will we meet?

[Dancegrl624]

Great update! I can't wait to see which Fairies you got to meet!

[ladybugmom]

Becky another wonderful update....

man that was some horrible rain! YUCK! nothing compared to what we had, it may have poured but not all day. You and your family are troopers to endure all that and still have :) on...good for you!

How lucky to still catch all those great characters inside and I bet the lines were down due to the rain. The twins met Jasmine and Aladdin plus the Genie back during our 05 trip, but Mae has yet to meet them, she was hoping to meet Jasmine especially during our last Epcot day...

that is too bad about the Alice story and the little girl...:sad1: my guess is you either met Mary Poppins or WTP and friends.

The BEAST is awesome, we had fun meeting him on our trip...well you have to leave some hugs for the next trip right! ;)

and I too love the Voices of Liberty, so glad you got to hear them perform! What a treat.

looking forward to the next update popcorn::

J-

Thanks Julie!! Check out the 2nd update!! Yes, we were very pleased with how many characters we got to see! And the shorter lines certainly were a benefit of the rain! Yes, we're definitely meeting the Beast on the next trip!

Let me guess who you met, was it the Pooh characters or Mary Poppins? that stinks about Alice. Kaylee has that Alice dress and she wears it all the time. Great update and pics as always. We were ankle deep in water most of the trip, wasn't it awful? You saw lots of characters this day :goodvibes. I think GF would be a good choice for your next trip. Did you see those cabana's you can rent by the pool? I would love to do that. GF is not my top choice for theme but Kaylee is dying to stay there. We eat there almost every trip and she loves the lobby. I guess any little princess would love to stay there. You know I'm laughing about your TN comments :lmao: everyone in this town bleeds orange. It's kind of crazy. We are not really college football fans though.

Yep, the Pooh characters!! Check out the update!! Yes, the ankle deep water really grossed me out! Uggh! Thank goodness for my Crocs! I did not see the cabanas--will have to check that out! If we don't stay there, we'll definitely be eating there! We want to do the 1900 Park Fare for sure!! Yes--TN fans can be a litle crazy! They play "Rocktop" nonstop during the games whether their winning OR losing! :confused3

Great wet update!! I love the pic of you and Claire (that smile)! I'm soooo glad Ally was able to meet all the princesses. Can't wait to hear who was in the place of Alice.

I want to say (but do not hold me to it--they put out the offer of 4/3-7days in the end of Nov beg Dec--we had planned to the first week of Jan, than the third week--as Gwendolyn was accepted into the college program--but when she found she could not go due to Health Ins reasons--the special came out and we planned for May).

Thanks! Check out the update to see who she met! I thought the offer had come out sometime around then. My memory isn't as good as it was before I had kids!! :lmao: KWIM?!

[ladybugmom]

Great update! I can't wait to see which Fairies you got to meet!

Thanks Meghan!! princess:

[pmama]

Great update:thumbsup2

Oooo, You just gave me an idea! Green and Red ponchos for our Christmas trip!:lmao: At least then if it rains we'll look festive.:rotfl2:

Ally's hair is still incredible. I can't believe it.

I will have to take the time to see Voices of Liberty they do sound amazing.:goodvibes

[JPFamilyMom]

Wow, the Pooh and friends pictures turned out GREAT!!!

I didn't have much interest in visiting the American pavilion until reading your TR right now. Wow is all I can say. I just sat for 30 minutes watching youtube videos of all the different songs.

Glee does look like a cute show, I'll might tune in too.

can't wait for chef mickey picspopcorn::

[longing2Batdisney]

Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, & oooo boy Eyeore!!!! great pics
don't sweat the poncho--its the memory of this trip not to be mistaken years from now w/the non rainy trips. :upsidedow

we are thinking of waiting to see if they offer the "free dining" next year
that does not come out until Mar/Apr(I think in Oct I'm going to book 2 room only ressie; need to decide where we will stay; we are going mod this year;can't do deluxe until the next go round:--Dayne wants to do WDW the second wk of May --Sr trip!
if no free dining/we will do Christmas!!!

[ladybugmom]

Great update:thumbsup2

Oooo, You just gave me an idea! Green and Red ponchos for our Christmas trip!:lmao: At least then if it rains we'll look festive.:rotfl2:

Ally's hair is still incredible. I can't believe it.

I will have to take the time to see Voices of Liberty they do sound amazing.:goodvibes

Thanks!! Green and red ponchos would be sooo cute at Christmas!! But hopefully you won't have to use them! We all had a different color--I was red, Ally was green, and Brent was blue. I got them at Target!! ;) I know! Ally's hair stayed that way ALL week! It was great--especially with all of the rain! Yes, Voices of Liberty are a MUST see!! :thumbsup2

Wow, the Pooh and friends pictures turned out GREAT!!!

I didn't have much interest in visiting the American pavilion until reading your TR right now. Wow is all I can say. I just sat for 30 minutes watching youtube videos of all the different songs.

Glee does look like a cute show, I'll might tune in too.

can't wait for chef mickey picspopcorn::

Thanks Jessica! And Pooh and friends were soo much fun! Yes, you must visit the USA pavilion!!

Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, & oooo boy Eyeore!!!! great pics
don't sweat the poncho--its the memory of this trip not to be mistaken years from now w/the non rainy trips. :upsidedow

we are thinking of waiting to see if they offer the "free dining" next year
that does not come out until Mar/Apr(I think in Oct I'm going to book 2 room only ressie; need to decide where we will stay; we are going mod this year;can't do deluxe until the next go round:--Dayne wants to do WDW the second wk of May --Sr trip!
if no free dining/we will do Christmas!!!

True--very true!! It was fitting that I was still wearing it!! :laughing: We'll probably go sometime next year--Springish. Then I want to do Christmas, Halloween, and a cruise--not sure when--but it's all on my list!!

[hlrababy]

Hey!! I am here late...now I am off to get started reading!! :)

[princess&her4princes]

GREAT UPDATE Becky!!!:goodvibes You guys got so many great pics, even with all the rain!!! Speaking of which, those pics were incredible with the amount coming down!:eek: And thank goodness Ally's hair was put up and out of her face, it still looks so cute, with all that rain!!

Looking forward to hearing more.....:surfweb:

[ladybugmom]

Hey!! I am here late...now I am off to get started reading!! :)

Hello and :welcome: Heather!! So glad you are joining my TR!! I see that you are from Georgia! What part?! I grew up in Toccoa (Northeast GA)!

GREAT UPDATE Becky!!!:goodvibes You guys got so many great pics, even with all the rain!!! Speaking of which, those pics were incredible with the amount coming down!:eek: And thank goodness Ally's hair was put up and out of her face, it still looks so cute, with all that rain!!

Looking forward to hearing more.....:surfweb:

Thanks Kristen!! Yeah--the amount of rain we experienced that week was INSANE!! Yes, if Ally's hair had been down it would have been CRAZY--she has naturally curly hair! :scared1:

[Trinity524]

Hey there!

I am lurking a figured I would post!

I have the following questions. I apologize if they were asked before.

#1- All that rain and your hair was so straight. Did you straighten it or are you one of the lucky people who doesn't have to?

#2- Love the pink purse. What's the name of that Vera? Did you think it was big enough?

#3- I have what will be a 22 month old and we just decided to upgrade to Poly, how did you know what building you wanted to be in? How did you request it?

#4- Did you guys use the pool? What tips do you have for little ones your daughters age?

Thanks!!!

Annie

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Yes, thank you, thank you!! Did you have a video camera or did you take the video on a regular camera? Soooo glad we got to see Mulan, too!! Ally would have been sooo disappointed and this was our only day at Epcot. We MUST have just missed each other! That stinks! It would have be fun to meet up!

Nope no video camera, just shot it on the point and shoot. Pretty decent quality, I was pleased!



Love that picture of you and Eeyore. :laughing:

I really enjoyed Glee as well, didn't see it till I got home but it is definitely something I'll be tuning into come the Fall.

[ladybugmom]

Hey there!

I am lurking a figured I would post!

I have the following questions. I apologize if they were asked before.

#1- All that rain and your hair was so straight. Did you straighten it or are you one of the lucky people who doesn't have to?

#2- Love the pink purse. What's the name of that Vera? Did you think it was big enough?

#3- I have what will be a 22 month old and we just decided to upgrade to Poly, how did you know what building you wanted to be in? How did you request it?

#4- Did you guys use the pool? What tips do you have for little ones your daughters age?

Thanks!!!

Annie

Hi and :welcome: Annie!! I'm glad you're coming out of lurkdom and joining in!! No problem! I'd be happy to answer your questions!
1) I do straighten my hair with a flat iron every morning. But my hair is just wavy--not naturally curly like Ally's. Plus I kept it in a ponytail most of the time and tried my hardest to keep it under the hood of my poncho so it wouldn't get wet! ;)

2)Thank you!! The name of it is Cupcake Pink! The hipster was the perfect size for what I needed! I highly recommend it! I also love that it kept me hands-free! The only problem I had was that it faded quite a bit. Not sure if it was due to the sun or just all of the rain we had--or it could just be that pattern.

3) I knew which building I wanted to be in from reading the DIS--especially this thread http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2140273 and http://www.tikimanpages.com/tiki/. TONS of great Poly info!! I told my travel agent and she requested it for me. I'm sure you could just contact them or whoever you booked through!

4) Unfortunately we did not get to use the pool due to all of the rain! It was just too cold and wet! Tips on young ones--pack plenty of snacks, go with the flow--there were many times Brent had to take Claire somewhere else while I stood in line with Ally, take a stroller they can nap in, and schedule down time if needed.

Nope no video camera, just shot it on the point and shoot. Pretty decent quality, I was pleased!



Love that picture of you and Eeyore. :laughing:

I really enjoyed Glee as well, didn't see it till I got home but it is definitely something I'll be tuning into come the Fall.

WOW! That is impressive!! VERY decent quality! Thanks! The PP person took it--it was certainly candid!! But I liked that he got everything!! He was great!

[hlrababy]

Hello and :welcome: Heather!! So glad you are joining my TR!! I see that you are from Georgia! What part?! I grew up in Toccoa (Northeast GA)!





Hey Becky!!!! I am from Dallas, I have lived here my whole life!!! So, I am Northwest!!

I am still on the first day of your trip. I love the Polynesian resort!! It is my favorite!! Your little girls are just dolls!!!!! I am also addicted to facebook!! Oh my goodness, I stay on it!!:rotfl2:

[ladybugmom]

Hey Becky!!!! I am from Dallas, I have lived here my whole life!!! So, I am Northwest!!

I am still on the first day of your trip. I love the Polynesian resort!! It is my favorite!! Your little girls are just dolls!!!!! I am also addicted to facebook!! Oh my goodness, I stay on it!!:rotfl2:

Ok--great!! Love me some Gawga!! It was SUCH a pretty place to live--Memphis, not so much!

I LOVE the Poly, too! Can't wait to stay there again!! Yay! Another Facebook addict! I just added you as my friend--I saw that you were friends with Lessa, Jackie, Nichole, and Tammy, too! :) princess:

[hlrababy]

Ok--great!! Love me some Gawga!! It was SUCH a pretty place to live--Memphis, not so much!

I LOVE the Poly, too! Can't wait to stay there again!! Yay! Another Facebook addict! I just added you as my friend--I saw that you were friends with Lessa, Jackie, Nichole, and Tammy, too! :) princess:

:rotfl2: The funny thing is I have FB pulled up in another window as I type!! :rotfl2: See, I can't get away from it!!!

I have never been to Memphis. I have always wanted to visit there and go to Graceland!:rotfl2:

[Charleston Princess]

Another great update, Becky! I can't get over that rain -- Leesa's pictures of how deep it was are crazy! :eek: Great photos and interactions with Mulan and Pooh and the Gang! :goodvibes

[ladybugmom]

:rotfl2: The funny thing is I have FB pulled up in another window as I type!! :rotfl2: See, I can't get away from it!!!

I have never been to Memphis. I have always wanted to visit there and go to Graceland!:rotfl2:

SAME here!! How funny!!! :lmao:

You know, I've lived in Memphis for 20 years now and have never been to Graceland! It's not in the best part of town--major HOOD! But Brent has been and he says it's just hilarious to see!! Especially watching those die hard Elvis fans get so emotional over everything!

[ladybugmom]

Another great update, Becky! I can't get over that rain -- Leesa's pictures of how deep it was are crazy! :eek: Great photos and interactions with Mulan and Pooh and the Gang! :goodvibes

Thanks Jackie!! Yes, CRAZY rain! I can't wait to go on a DRY trip!! I would be in heaven!! :cloud9: Yes--the characters were the highlight of Epcot!!

[MaryAz]

Thanks Leanne!! We haven't nailed down a date yet--I actually told Brent this weekend that we needed to do it ASAP so I can start planning again!! :laughing: We might just be there the same time as you. Ally's last day of school is May 21st (unless they have to make up any days due to weather). I'm pretty sure we'll be staying at the Poly again--if not the Poly, the Grand Floridian. I'm hoping for some deals as well. When did the book 4 get 3 free deal come out? Do you remember? Was it October or November?

Oh my goodness, how exciting would this be if we were all there at the same time again!!!

[ladybugmom]

Oh my goodness, how exciting would this be if we were all there at the same time again!!!

I just saw your post, Mary!! How exciting!! Maybe we could actually meet-up this time around!! :woohoo: So this week is good in terms of crowds? It's just a week after we went this year (but you know that :laughing:)!

[IluvXU]

Great pics despite the rain Becky.... I can't imagine sloshing around in that all day. You need a redo for sure with some dry weather.

[MaryAz]

I think it is a good week. It does run into Memorial Day weekend like last time. It is Avery's last week of school. Great update by the way. Love the character pics. I remember all that rain, I remember wondering why I was wearing shoes at all.

[ladybugmom]

Great pics despite the rain Becky.... I can't imagine sloshing around in that all day. You need a redo for sure with some dry weather.

Thanks Laura!! I was thankful for my Crocs this week! Brent had major issues with his Birkenstock sandels rubbing raw places all over his feet! Poor guy! Yes, I think a redo is in order!! :goodvibes

I think it is a good week. It does run into Memorial Day weekend like last time. It is Avery's last week of school. Great update by the way. Love the character pics. I remember all that rain, I remember wondering why I was wearing shoes at all.

Ok--great Mary!! Thanks! Yes, hopefully next year we won't get ANY rain! At least that's what I'm praying for!!

[portocall]

May is usually decent weatherwise... monsoon season got an early start this year... but it usually waits until mid June

[longing2Batdisney]

I think it is a good week. It does run into Memorial Day weekend like last time. It is Avery's last week of school. Great update by the way. Love the character pics. I remember all that rain, I remember wondering why I was wearing shoes at all.
That is the week we went this year. We had the same weather ya'll had; but, there was a tropical low sitting off the coast for several weeks that was just not moving; very unusal. But, IT WAS VERY CROWDED. alot of school groups and just a lot of people. I hope ya'll have better luck next year that we had this year.

[portocall]

I have been enjoying your trip report! Sorry your Epcot was soggy, but you guys seemed to have a great time anyhow.

[ladybugmom]

May is usually decent weatherwise... monsoon season got an early start this year... but it usually waits until mid June

Yes, yes it did!! Good to know that it's not normal for that time of year! :thumbsup2

That is the week we went this year. We had the same weather ya'll had; but, there was a tropical low sitting off the coast for several weeks that was just not moving; very unusal. But, IT WAS VERY CROWDED. alot of school groups and just a lot of people. I hope ya'll have better luck next year that we had this year.

Oh no!! Really?! It wasn't crowded the week before. Wonder why that week was soooo crowded?! What kind of school groups were there?

I have been enjoying your trip report! Sorry your Epcot was soggy, but you guys seemed to have a great time anyhow.

Thank you!! I'm glad you are enjoying my TR!! Yes, we had to look past the rain the entire week--but we did have a GREAT time regardless!!

[longing2Batdisney]

just alot of teens, and middle school kids, alot of matching shirts
can't answer from where and what type --we went the opposite way when we seen them coming:rotfl2:
school groups like field trip type -- I have a girlfriend in Tampa that is from New Orleans and once when her son was in middle school (that was his first trip to WDW) he went to WDW & one other park for a field trip end of May:confused3


also Memorial Day; that is the week most schools let out of school across the south (I know I have always planned a trip at that time of the year; we always leave the day Dayne gets out of school) and people are trying to beat the heat and the summer time crowds (that what we were hoping for) and :rotfl:the rain

the crowds start really heavy the week after through out the summer; but lines were usually anywhere from 75-120 min. We did a parent swap on Dinosaur and it took Danny & I 30 min.:confused3

But, I'm sure the weather will be much better next year; Leanne says her family goes that time of year all the time; w/hardly any rain.:flower3:

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[OneTreeHillAddict]

Gosh those rain pics of people walking really brings it back. I hope that was a once in a lifetime trip like that for me. That was awful! I have video coming up soon! Those sounds....agh! :headache:

So sweet of Mulan to stop and hang for a bit. She's always so sweet! I'm glad you got to meet her! Did I already tell you how much I love those Minnie dresses? Awwwww. Okay...I can't sew so we won't have one. he he

The WTP pics are great too. I love meeting them in Canada! They're over the top fun. Pooh is always mean to me at the Crystal Palace. So not kidding! I wont eat there anymore. :rotfl:

Fabulous Update!!!! :thumbsup2

[ladybugmom]

just alot of teens, and middle school kids, alot of matching shirts
can't answer from where and what type --we went the opposite way when we seen them coming:rotfl2:
school groups like field trip type -- I have a girlfriend in Tampa that is from New Orleans and once when her son was in middle school (that was his first trip to WDW) he went to WDW & one other park for a field trip end of May:confused3


also Memorial Day; that is the week most schools let out of school across the south (I know I have always planned a trip at that time of the year; we always leave the day Dayne gets out of school) and people are trying to beat the heat and the summer time crowds (that what we were hoping for) and :rotfl:the rain

the crowds start really heavy the week after through out the summer; but lines were usually anywhere from 75-120 min. We did a parent swap on Dinosaur and it took Danny & I 30 min.:confused3

But, I'm sure the weather will be much better next year; Leanne says her family goes that time of year all the time; w/hardly any rain.:flower3:

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Thank you Connie for all of the information! I really appreciate you taking the time to do that (and for the PM)! :flower3: SURELY the weather will be better next year! It just has to be, right?!

Gosh those rain pics of people walking really brings it back. I hope that was a once in a lifetime trip like that for me. That was awful! I have video coming up soon! Those sounds....agh! :headache:

So sweet of Mulan to stop and hang for a bit. She's always so sweet! I'm glad you got to meet her! Did I already tell you how much I love those Minnie dresses? Awwwww. Okay...I can't sew so we won't have one. he he

The WTP pics are great too. I love meeting them in Canada! They're over the top fun. Pooh is always mean to me at the Crystal Palace. So not kidding! I wont eat there anymore. :rotfl:

Fabulous Update!!!! :thumbsup2

I'm hoping that was a once in a lifetime trip, too Tammy! Ugggh! It WAS awful! Never again---PLEASE!! :scared: Yes, sooo glad we were able to meet Mulan! Oh--and I did not make those dresses--wish I could sew, too!! :goodvibes A friend made those! Pooh is mean to you?! How come?! Aww!!

[DWGal210]

Another wonderful update, Becky! Those girls just are DARLING in those outfits - I am SO looking forward to when I can dress up some baby girls and boys! :lovestruc

Oh my gravy, that rain was intense, wasn't it? I don't know about you, but whenever I am there and it rains, I am always surprised by how fast and furious it comes down - it's either clear or a torential downpour, there doesn't seem to be much in between!

I love EPCOT; I would have to say after AK it's my favorite place. I could spend hours wandering around the World Showcase. I'm glad you got to have an eclair - we make it a special point to go to that shop each trip and get something sugary and delicious - yum! :yay:

[BippityBoo]

Awesome update despite the rain:goodvibes It was coming down SO HARD! We saw Jasmine and Alladin too, but the line was extremely long!! Bummer---they looked so nice. Also, loved the outfits (of course) SO impressed that you kept them looking so great in the rain! :worship: Can't wait to read more!

[mom2mek]

Just got all caught up on your soggy day, Becky! That rain is crazy! I can imagine your feet must have been freezing. Great pictures of Mulan, Jasmine, Aladdin, and the WTP gang! I love it when you get good photopass people who aren't afraid to just snap away some candid shots! Those are usually some of the best!!

Voices of Liberty are fabulous, aren't they? Their harmonies are glorious and I agree about that soprano - gorgeous and effortless! :love:

Cute towel animal! You guys had great mousekeepers!! :goodvibes

Sara

[meredy338]

I am loving reading your trip report. We were there MAy 15-22 and endured the monsoons as well. It is so funny to hear what you were doing during each of the rain days and comparing them to where we were that day. We were at DHS during the 11 inch rain day which I have to say was a pretty good park to be at. At least most everything is inside. Just running from attraction to attraction was the worst.

I love the outfits you dress your girls in each day! Where did you get the AK and EPCOT outfits? They are adorable! Can't wait to read up on the rest of your trip.

[PrincessPaczki]

Thank you for sharing your wonderful vacation with us. I am really enjoying your trip report and can't wait for the next installment! We have never tried Norway for breakfast before and I think we will have to give it a try.

[jana616]

Great update! I may have missed someone else asking this, but do you know how long you guys took to do the WS at Epcot? I'm trying to get a plan together and was wondering how much time to allow. And seeing how much Ally loved doing the Passport is making me think I need to get Griffin one too. It looks like a good way to get them involved in the different countries...

[Nichellebelle]

Hi! Your trip report is so fun and entertaining! :thumbsup2 My husband and I were at Disney the week before you and it was so hot and sunny! Funny how weather works huh? We never got to ride Soarin! I have been twice in the past 2 years and no luck. I also thought it was cool that you and your husband sing at church, I am in the choir at church and I have my first solo coming up soon and I am soooooooooo nervous.:scared: Can't wait for more! BTW, Your family is adorable!

[castmemberb4]

Hi Becky
Can't remember if I've posted on your TR before, I read WAY too many !
I just have to comment on your non Disney comments in that last post.
You're SO right about Adam, he totally got robbed, not to take anything away from Kris I liked him, but he was not near the talent that Adam was. Oh well we know from the past you don't have to win to be the most sucessful.

And I loved Glee, I wasn't even in show chorus just Jr High Glee club.

Now thanks to those borrowed pictures I'm going to go find Leesa's TR and start reading it too :rolleyes:
Lynn

[ladybugmom]

Another wonderful update, Becky! Those girls just are DARLING in those outfits - I am SO looking forward to when I can dress up some baby girls and boys! :lovestruc

Oh my gravy, that rain was intense, wasn't it? I don't know about you, but whenever I am there and it rains, I am always surprised by how fast and furious it comes down - it's either clear or a torential downpour, there doesn't seem to be much in between!

I love EPCOT; I would have to say after AK it's my favorite place. I could spend hours wandering around the World Showcase. I'm glad you got to have an eclair - we make it a special point to go to that shop each trip and get something sugary and delicious - yum! :yay:

Thanks Katie!! Yes, the rain was VERY intense!! I LOVE Epcot as well--it's my 2nd favorite after MK! And the WS is my favorite part about it!! Sooo fun!! BTW--did you get the bows? Just wanted to be sure! :cutie:

Awesome update despite the rain:goodvibes It was coming down SO HARD! We saw Jasmine and Alladin too, but the line was extremely long!! Bummer---they looked so nice. Also, loved the outfits (of course) SO impressed that you kept them looking so great in the rain! :worship: Can't wait to read more!

Hi Katie!! How's the beach?! Glad you're able to check-in! Thank you!! I got the outfits at a great price but it wasn't worth all the drama that ensued! Check out my PTR for that story!!

Just got all caught up on your soggy day, Becky! That rain is crazy! I can imagine your feet must have been freezing. Great pictures of Mulan, Jasmine, Aladdin, and the WTP gang! I love it when you get good photopass people who aren't afraid to just snap away some candid shots! Those are usually some of the best!!

Voices of Liberty are fabulous, aren't they? Their harmonies are glorious and I agree about that soprano - gorgeous and effortless! :love:

Cute towel animal! You guys had great mousekeepers!! :goodvibes

Sara

Yes, Sara--that rain was INSANE!! And it was a very cold, wet rain! Not only were my feet cold but my ENTIRE body was freezing!! Wish I had brought a sweatshirt! Yes, he was the best PP person we had all week!! Yes, Voices of Liberty was incredible! A must-do for every trip IMO! Our mousekeeper was GREAT! We had different towel creations every night! We tipped her really well for all the magical moments she created for my girls!

I am loving reading your trip report. We were there MAy 15-22 and endured the monsoons as well. It is so funny to hear what you were doing during each of the rain days and comparing them to where we were that day. We were at DHS during the 11 inch rain day which I have to say was a pretty good park to be at. At least most everything is inside. Just running from attraction to attraction was the worst.

I love the outfits you dress your girls in each day! Where did you get the AK and EPCOT outfits? They are adorable! Can't wait to read up on the rest of your trip.

Hi and welcome to my TR!! So you can totally relate, huh?! Sorry you had to endure the rain! Thank you!! A friend of mine made all of the outfits except the AK ones. The AK outfits were from Baby GAP from last year.

Thank you for sharing your wonderful vacation with us. I am really enjoying your trip report and can't wait for the next installment! We have never tried Norway for breakfast before and I think we will have to give it a try.

Hi and welcome!! Glad you're joining in!! You MUST try Norway for breakfast!! it is WONDERFUL!!

Great update! I may have missed someone else asking this, but do you know how long you guys took to do the WS at Epcot? I'm trying to get a plan together and was wondering how much time to allow. And seeing how much Ally loved doing the Passport is making me think I need to get Griffin one too. It looks like a good way to get them involved in the different countries...

Thanks!! Hmmm. . . let's see--I'll check my time stamps on my pics but I'm not sure how accurate it will be for you since we had soooo much rain. Ok--my first pic from Mexico says 2:21 p.m. and my last photo in Canada says 6:34 p.m. So it took us a little over 4 hours do get all the way around the WS. Hope this helps! The passport was sooo much fun for Ally! She wanted to maked the mask, too but couldn't due to the rain.

Hi! Your trip report is so fun and entertaining! :thumbsup2 My husband and I were at Disney the week before you and it was so hot and sunny! Funny how weather works huh? We never got to ride Soarin! I have been twice in the past 2 years and no luck. I also thought it was cool that you and your husband sing at church, I am in the choir at church and I have my first solo coming up soon and I am soooooooooo nervous.:scared: Can't wait for more! BTW, Your family is adorable!

Hi and welcome!! Man how I wished I went a week sooner but you just never know, right?! Girl--you HAVE to ride Soarin' when you go again. It is sooo worth it!! Get FPs if you need to!! Oh wow! Your first solo!! What will you be singing? I've been singing solos since I was little but I STILL get nervous! It keeps you humble!! BTW--you are such a beautiful couple!! Gorgeous siggy pic! And I love your Princess and the Frog pic! My girls can't WAIT until December when it comes out!!

Hi Becky
Can't remember if I've posted on your TR before, I read WAY too many !
I just have to comment on your non Disney comments in that last post.
You're SO right about Adam, he totally got robbed, not to take anything away from Kris I liked him, but he was not near the talent that Adam was. Oh well we know from the past you don't have to win to be the most sucessful.

And I loved Glee, I wasn't even in show chorus just Jr High Glee club.

Now thanks to those borrowed pictures I'm going to go find Leesa's TR and start reading it too :rolleyes:
Lynn

Hi!! Thanks for joining in!! Yes, Kris was good but Adam was OUTSTANDING!! And your exactly right. Most of the runners up have been sooo much more successful than the winners! LOVE Glee!! And you MUST check out Lessa's TR!! It is a land AND sea report!! I can't wait until she gets to the cruise part of her trip! You don't see many cruise TRs on here!!

[Sleepingbooty]

Hey!:wave:
I just found your TR yesterday, and now I'm all caught up. We were there the same week as you, and I think we followed almost the same schedule! We were at MGM the same day, and at MK the next day, and as you were talking about waiting and waiting for the rain to let up under the castle, I think we were doing the same thing by the restrooms by Peter Pan. We also ate lunch at Columbia Harbor House that day! The next day we went back to MK when you were at AK, but we were at Epcot the same day as you and had to wade through World Showcase in ankle deep water, too! Unfortunately, we WEREN'T wearing crocs - all of us had on tennies and socks that day. OMG by the time we got to Mousegears to get out of the rain, we literally had to take off our shoes, dump them out, and wring out our socks! We had dinner ADRs at Garden Grill, so we stayed, but my feet NEVER dried out. Needless to say, we left after dinner. Can't wait to hear about the rest of your trip, I wonder if the remaining days will line up with ours?

[ladybugmom]

Today was a VERY early morning for us! We had breakfast ressies at Chef Mickey's for 7:45 a.m.!!
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We got up and got dressed and were on the monorail to the Contemporary just before 7:30. Just to show you how quickly we made it from the Poly to the Contemporary, this pic was taken at 7:32 . . .
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. . .and this one at 7:36!
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As we were stepping off of the monorail I heard someone calling my name. It was Julie (TwoRoos) and her family! They were staying at the Contemporary and were headed to MK (as we would be later). She quickly told us that she had been looking for us downstairs at CM and was so excited to have run into us! We quickly made plans to meetup at MK. I told her that I would call her when we were headed that way!

We headed over to CM, parked our stroller, and headed in to check-in.
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They gave us a buzzer and had us sit down in the waiting area beside the CM picture line.

Brent & Claire waiting
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Ally waiting
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The girls played with some of the other kids that were there waiting. And a little before 8:00 we had our picture made and were seated. (We did not end up buying the pic--it was NOT good--I was disappointed as I had wanted to purchase this pic.)

the view from our table
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Our waiter came and got our drink orders and we went ahead and got some food from the massive buffet!

Mickey waffles
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The food was very good--there was sooo much to choose from! Soon they started playing music, the characters came out, and everyone started twirling their napkins in the air! How fun!
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Ally got a kick out of this! And we saw Donald passing our table dancing! Then our waiter brought us a cupcake in honor of our anniversary!
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Ally & Brent
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Finally the characters started greeting everyone! First up was Goofy!
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For some reason Goofy's head just doesn't look right in these pics!
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The characters seemed somewhat rushed but I was sure to tell them when they got to our table what pics I was wanting. A pic with Ally, a pic with Claire, and a pic with all of us. Some I was able to get and some I was not.

Donald was next!
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He was really sweet with Ally but ran off before I got a pic with Claire.
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Thankfully Mickey made up for it! (see Claire clapping--she ADORES Mickey)
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Ally had not seen Mickey come up to our table. She was turned around looking over her chair to see who might be coming next. Mickey snuck up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder!
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She was sooo surprised! I was so happy that I was able to get her reaction on camera! It was priceless! I had tears in my eyes at this point!

A pic with all of us
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And then came Pluto!!
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And finally came Minnie!!! (she spent a lot of time with us as well)
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Another one of my favorite pics from this trip! It's my Profile pic on Facebook!
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Ally was showing Minnie her Minnie Mouse Jibbitz on her Crocs! (Check out Claire's arm reaching for Minnie)
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So all in all it was a good breakfast. Minnie and Mickey seemed to be the most attentive but the others not so much.

By this time it was about 9:10 and we decided to check out the stores at the Contemporary.
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We didn't stay too long before we headed back up to the monorail. Julie called and we planned on meeting up in Toontown to meet the fairies. And off to MK we went!

Up Next: How long did we wait to see the fairies? Which fairies will we meet?

[ladybugmom]

Hey!:wave:
I just found your TR yesterday, and now I'm all caught up. We were there the same week as you, and I think we followed almost the same schedule! We were at MGM the same day, and at MK the next day, and as you were talking about waiting and waiting for the rain to let up under the castle, I think we were doing the same thing by the restrooms by Peter Pan. We also ate lunch at Columbia Harbor House that day! The next day we went back to MK when you were at AK, but we were at Epcot the same day as you and had to wade through World Showcase in ankle deep water, too! Unfortunately, we WEREN'T wearing crocs - all of us had on tennies and socks that day. OMG by the time we got to Mousegears to get out of the rain, we literally had to take off our shoes, dump them out, and wring out our socks! We had dinner ADRs at Garden Grill, so we stayed, but my feet NEVER dried out. Needless to say, we left after dinner. Can't wait to hear about the rest of your trip, I wonder if the remaining days will line up with ours?

Hi and welcome to my TR!! Oh--so you can totally relate to all of the rain, huh?! Oh no! I can't imagine how uncomfortable you must have felt in wet shoes and socks! In terms of our days--this day I'm writing on now was spent in MK and so was Friday. Saturday we were at HS for SWW and then flew out later that day. Glad you're joining in!!

[DWGal210]

:goodvibes I really love Chef Mickeys. I thought the food and the atmosphere were both fun. Looks like you guys had a great time!! :wizard:

[shannon47142]

what a great start to the day--you and the girls looked so happy:goodvibes

[shannn]

OH, those pictures give me chills. We didn't go to CM's last time, and I just can't wait to go. Minnie is my absolute favorite. I LOVE her!

Your girls are just precious!!

[JPFamilyMom]

How fun, now I know why the twirling napkins happens. hehe.
So cute all the pictures you got.
And how fun that you met a DISer

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Ally had not seen Mickey come up to our table. She was turned around looking over her chair to see who might be coming next. Mickey snuck up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder!
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I love this! A perfect Disney moment.

[Trinity524]

I love this! A perfect Disney moment.

This picture gave me chill bumps.

did you guys get park hoppers?

[princess&her4princes]

Hi Becky! LOVE all the CM pics, they came out too cute!! I love that Claire looking at the character in each picture, she was in awe...adorable!!! And I think you're right, Pluto's head does look a little weird!! LOL!!:laughing: Love the girls outfits and bows, you are all so coordinated so well!!!:goodvibes

[longing2Batdisney]

GREAT PICS!! Claire is sooo cute and Ally and Mickey my fav...

[ladybugmom]

:goodvibes I really love Chef Mickeys. I thought the food and the atmosphere were both fun. Looks like you guys had a great time!! :wizard:

We did have a great time Katie!! Chef Mickey's was a hit with our family!

what a great start to the day--you and the girls looked so happy:goodvibes

Thanks Shannon! My girls were in heaven!! :cloud9:

OH, those pictures give me chills. We didn't go to CM's last time, and I just can't wait to go. Minnie is my absolute favorite. I LOVE her!

Your girls are just precious!!

Thank you Shannon! Minnie was my favorite at CM! She was sooo much fun!

How fun, now I know why the twirling napkins happens. hehe.
So cute all the pictures you got.
And how fun that you met a DISer

Hee hee!! Thank you! Yes, Julie was the 5th DISer we met on our trip!

I love this! A perfect Disney moment.

Thanks Lessa! I love it, too!! :lovestruc

This picture gave me chill bumps.

did you guys get park hoppers?

Thanks!! We did not get Park Hoppers. Our travel agent suggested that we not since we have small children and it was our first trip in awhile.

Hi Becky! LOVE all the CM pics, they came out too cute!! I love that Claire looking at the character in each picture, she was in awe...adorable!!! And I think you're right, Pluto's head does look a little weird!! LOL!!:laughing: Love the girls outfits and bows, you are all so coordinated so well!!!:goodvibes

Thank you Kristen! Claire is just cracking me up in all those pics--she really was in awe of the characters! :goodvibes

GREAT PICS!! Claire is sooo cute and Ally and Mickey my fav...

Thanks! That pic is one of my favs as well!!

[Charleston Princess]

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This looks like the kind of picture Disney uses in their promotional stuff! It is wonderful!!! :goodvibes

[pmama]

Looking forward to hearing how your meet with the fairies went. Chef Mickey's is so fun isn't it?:cool1:

[ladybugmom]

This looks like the kind of picture Disney uses in their promotional stuff! It is wonderful!!! :goodvibes

Awww!! Thanks Jackie!! :blush:

[ladybugmom]

Looking forward to hearing how your meet with the fairies went. Chef Mickey's is so fun isn't it?:cool1:

Chef Mickey's was sooo much fun!! :cool1:

[IluvXU]

This looks like the kind of picture Disney uses in their promotional stuff! It is wonderful!!! :goodvibes


I totally agree with Jackie... how awesome you caught it!

I just love the fourth floor of the Contemporary--- great shops, great atmosphere. Can't wait to see the Fairy Pics!

[ladybugmom]

I totally agree with Jackie... how awesome you caught it!

I just love the fourth floor of the Contemporary--- great shops, great atmosphere. Can't wait to see the Fairy Pics!

Thanks so much Laura!! I was thrilled that I caught her expression on camera! Yes, the Contemporary was very nice--very modern! :goodvibes

[BippityBoo]

Becky--the pic of Ally and Mickey is so heavenly:cloud9: She looked so happy! Great shot. We want to try Chef Mickey when we go back..do you suggest it? Can't wait to see the next update! Unfortunately, I have had no time to update while here at the beach. I guess I did not realize how hard it would be to keep a 1 1/2 year old out of the ocean and off the balcony:rotfl: We are having a great time though, can't wait to get back and post about it:cheer2:

[Happy Elf]

Great pictures from Chef Mickey's! Ally's expression with Mickey is priceless, that is a wonderful picture!

[leamom2princesses]

Hi Becky! Cute update! I wish our experience at CM was a good as yours. We did dinner though so that may be the big difference. We may have to try breakfast next time. It was so bad though that I don't know if I can talk the crew into going back. :sad2:

[WrightFamily06]

Just joining in here , found your report the other day. Just got caught up with it and decided I'm subing !

Great report so far by the way :thumbsup2 I love all the invitations you had made up for the girls each morning , sooo cute !:cutie: You have a very beautiful family and I just love all the girls outfits ! :love: Can't wait to read more !popcorn::popcorn::

[ladybugmom]

Becky--the pic of Ally and Mickey is so heavenly:cloud9: She looked so happy! Great shot. We want to try Chef Mickey when we go back..do you suggest it? Can't wait to see the next update! Unfortunately, I have had no time to update while here at the beach. I guess I did not realize how hard it would be to keep a 1 1/2 year old out of the ocean and off the balcony:rotfl: We are having a great time though, can't wait to get back and post about it:cheer2:

Thank you Katie!! Yes, I would definitely suggest it for breakfast!! I miss your updates but I'm glad that your enjoying yourself at the beach! You have plenty of time to update when you get home! When will you be returning home? Can't wait to see pics of your trip! TTYS!

Great pictures from Chef Mickey's! Ally's expression with Mickey is priceless, that is a wonderful picture!

Thanks Janell!! It's good to hear from you! :goodvibes

Hi Becky! Cute update! I wish our experience at CM was a good as yours. We did dinner though so that may be the big difference. We may have to try breakfast next time. It was so bad though that I don't know if I can talk the crew into going back. :sad2:

Thanks Leanne!! Oh no! I'm so sorry you had a bad experience. That stinks!

Just joining in here , found your report the other day. Just got caught up with it and decided I'm subing !

Great report so far by the way :thumbsup2 I love all the invitations you had made up for the girls each morning , sooo cute !:cutie: You have a very beautiful family and I just love all the girls outfits ! :love: Can't wait to read more !popcorn::popcorn::

Hi and welcome to my TR!! Thank you! Actually some one on the Creative DIS board created the invitations for me. Glad you're joining in!!

[Dancegrl624]

Love the CM update! That's coming up next on my TR and I can't wait to post about it. That pic of Mickey and Ally is just priceless!

[klacey1]

The picture of Ally and Mickey after he surprised her should be an ad for Disney. Precious isn't the word!
My DBF is trying to watch Hunt for Red October and I keep bothering him with this TR-- "Look at these outfits, babe!" "How adorable are these kids???" Haha

[Sunset Cliffs]

I'm finally caught up. Sorry that it took so long. You take fabulous pictures! I love seeing all of the pictures to go along with the TR.

Just a few comments. The rain....OMGoodness! You were such troopers to keep going through that!

I love the pic of Ally being suprised by Mickey. What a priceless moment that you caught on camera. I was never sold on character meals until we did one on our trip recently. Now I see what the fuss is all about!

[kaysmommie]

Great updates Becky! I love the pics with the pooh characters and the ones from CM too. Ally looks so happy in all the pics, just adorable! Looks like Claire loved Mickey and Minnie too. AT Tusker house breakfast you were lucky to get even one picture without the characters walking :guilty: away. CM is usually quick but sufficient. Seems like you get more character time if you wait in those long lines than at the meals. I can't wait for your next update popcorn::.

[ladybugmom]

Love the CM update! That's coming up next on my TR and I can't wait to post about it. That pic of Mickey and Ally is just priceless!

Thanks Meghan!! Oooh--can't wait to read your experience and perspective on CM!! :surfweb:

The picture of Ally and Mickey after he surprised her should be an ad for Disney. Precious isn't the word!
My DBF is trying to watch Hunt for Red October and I keep bothering him with this TR-- "Look at these outfits, babe!" "How adorable are these kids???" Haha

Awww!! Thank you so much! That means a lot to me! :flower3: Thank you for your kind words!

I'm finally caught up. Sorry that it took so long. You take fabulous pictures! I love seeing all of the pictures to go along with the TR.

Just a few comments. The rain....OMGoodness! You were such troopers to keep going through that!

I love the pic of Ally being suprised by Mickey. What a priceless moment that you caught on camera. I was never sold on character meals until we did one on our trip recently. Now I see what the fuss is all about!

Thank you!! :goodvibes Yes, we did 5 character meals on our trip and they were all AMAZING in different ways!! There's nothing like them!! :lovestruc

Great updates Becky! I love the pics with the pooh characters and the ones from CM too. Ally looks so happy in all the pics, just adorable! Looks like Claire loved Mickey and Minnie too. AT Tusker house breakfast you were lucky to get even one picture without the characters walking :guilty: away. CM is usually quick but sufficient. Seems like you get more character time if you wait in those long lines than at the meals. I can't wait for your next update popcorn::.

Thank you Nichole! That is just sooo disappointing about Tusker House! My SIL and her family are eating there Sunday morning--it's the only character meal they're doing on their trip this next week. I'm praying they aren't disappointed! They are paying OOP as they aren't on the DDP (tried to talk them into it and so did Brent). It's such a shame!

[arizonacolbys]

Love the Chef Mickey's pictures! :thumbsup2 The one of Claire clapping when she saw Mickey is just too cute!! :goodvibes Maddie claps when Mickey comes on tv - during the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse intro - so, I'm hopeful she'll love him in person! :)

[ladybugmom]

Love the Chef Mickey's pictures! :thumbsup2 The one of Claire clapping when she saw Mickey is just too cute!! :goodvibes Maddie claps when Mickey comes on tv - during the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse intro - so, I'm hopeful she'll love him in person! :)

Thank you Emily!! Awww!! Claire does the same thing when Mickey Mouse Clubhouse comes on! She just ADORES Mickey! I hope Maddie likes him in person, too!! You'll be finding out very soon!! :yay:

[kaysmommie]

I hope your SIL and her family are not disappointed in Tusker House. At least the food is really good there. But I guess most character breakfasts are. Tusker House is a bad choice for character interaction. I knew before we went from reading other TR, so it wasn't a huge surprise. I agree SIL should have done the DDP, it's so convenient also it is the one thing Tommy loves in Disney ;).

[bishfam2001]

Your girls are so precious! l love all the outfits and hairbows! I wish I was that creative to think of those things on our last trip. I usually just lurk but was inspired to join in reading your trip report. Thanks for sharing your memories!:wizard:

[MagicShell]

I have been away for a while and I just finished catching up on your report. I love the girl's Minnie dresses, so cute. I am glad that you liked Akershus, we also did. Akershus was one of my favorite parts of the trip and we didn't even get to see the "best" princesses. I am definitely going back again. I have a 13 yr. old daughter and a almost 7 yr. old son, so I am really the one who likes it the most.;)

It sounds like you all had a great Epcot day even with the horrible rains. That was a lot of water!

We have never been to Chef Mickey's. It looks like so much fun. I love the "surprise" picture. Good job catching it.

[ladybugmom]

I hope your SIL and her family are not disappointed in Tusker House. At least the food is really good there. But I guess most character breakfasts are. Tusker House is a bad choice for character interaction. I knew before we went from reading other TR, so it wasn't a huge surprise. I agree SIL should have done the DDP, it's so convenient also it is the one thing Tommy loves in Disney ;).

I hope they're not disappointed either. They've never done a character meal before so thankfully they won't have anything to compare it to! They are staying at my MIL's time share resort (off Disney property) so I think they're trying to save $ by eating there. We LOVED the DDP and will always get it--sooo worth the $!

Your girls are so precious! l love all the outfits and hairbows! I wish I was that creative to think of those things on our last trip. I usually just lurk but was inspired to join in reading your trip report. Thanks for sharing your memories!:wizard:

Thank you so much!! Welcome and I'm so glad you're joining in!

I have been away for a while and I just finished catching up on your report. I love the girl's Minnie dresses, so cute. I am glad that you liked Akershus, we also did. Akershus was one of my favorite parts of the trip and we didn't even get to see the "best" princesses. I am definitely going back again. I have a 13 yr. old daughter and a almost 7 yr. old son, so I am really the one who likes it the most.;)

It sounds like you all had a great Epcot day even with the horrible rains. That was a lot of water!

We have never been to Chef Mickey's. It looks like so much fun. I love the "surprise" picture. Good job catching it.

Welcome back! Thank you soo much! Yes, we loved Akershus! We will definitely do it again! Chef Mickey's was a lot of fun! You should try it!!

[Sleepingbooty]

Chef Mickey's is so fun, isn't it! We went there for breakfast a few years ago, and dinner this spring. I think I liked the dinner even better. Our picture wasn't any good either - what is it with those photographers? I read on someone's TR recently that the Chef Mickey photographer flat out refused to take an additional photo with their camera as well - geesh! I have to say - I am ADORING your daughters' custom disney outfits! I wonder if my girls are getting too old for that at 5 and 8? I'd love to dress them up themed to whatever park or restaurant we're going to that day - I don't know why I never thought of it!

[ladybugmom]

Chef Mickey's is so fun, isn't it! We went there for breakfast a few years ago, and dinner this spring. I think I liked the dinner even better. Our picture wasn't any good either - what is it with those photographers? I read on someone's TR recently that the Chef Mickey photographer flat out refused to take an additional photo with their camera as well - geesh! I have to say - I am ADORING your daughters' custom disney outfits! I wonder if my girls are getting too old for that at 5 and 8? I'd love to dress them up themed to whatever park or restaurant we're going to that day - I don't know why I never thought of it!

Yes!! We had so much fun at CM!! Uggh--I don't know but the photographer we had took maybe 2 pics. Thank you! I think you could definitely dress a 5 and 8 year old in cute customs!! Ally is about to turn 5 and she just loves them!!

[mousescrapper]

Nice update at Chef Mickey's....


gotta love that monorail :thumbsup2

sorry you were half and half on CM...that seems to be the case sometimes here on the boards...good and bad and then ok.

But I'm glad you got at least most of your pic's! and the one of Ally's smile seeing Mickey is just too cute! How fun, that will be a great story to share as she get's older!

looking forward to your day at MK, hope you meet the fairies

and I thought of you yesterday when I was at Great America, it rained lightly but for about 2 hours all the rides were shut down...and kept thinking man if we were at Disney even if it were cats and odgs at least we could do something....

[ladybugmom]

Nice update at Chef Mickey's....


gotta love that monorail :thumbsup2

sorry you were half and half on CM...that seems to be the case sometimes here on the boards...good and bad and then ok.

But I'm glad you got at least most of your pic's! and the one of Ally's smile seeing Mickey is just too cute! How fun, that will be a great story to share as she get's older!

looking forward to your day at MK, hope you meet the fairies

and I thought of you yesterday when I was at Great America, it rained lightly but for about 2 hours all the rides were shut down...and kept thinking man if we were at Disney even if it were cats and odgs at least we could do something....

Thanks!! That's ok--the girls didn't seem to care regardless. They never complained! How funny that you thought of me yesterday due to the rain!! :lmao:

[Sleepingbooty]

Becky, I read through your PTR because I wanted to find out more about your customs, but when I was reading I noticed you said you write a blog and have it turned into a photobook - what site do you use for this? Is it the blog site that does it, or a photo site? You are the second person I've heard of having a blog turned into a book, and I am totally intrigued by this idea. I'd love to try it. Did the book end up being really really long? Or did you sort of pic and choose which entries to put in? Sorry this is a bit off topic!

[ladybugmom]

Becky, I read through your PTR because I wanted to find out more about your customs, but when I was reading I noticed you said you write a blog and have it turned into a photobook - what site do you use for this? Is it the blog site that does it, or a photo site? You are the second person I've heard of having a blog turned into a book, and I am totally intrigued by this idea. I'd love to try it. Did the book end up being really really long? Or did you sort of pic and choose which entries to put in? Sorry this is a bit off topic!

Yes, I do write a blog--I'll PM you the link! I have not gotten my blog turned into a book yet but there is a link on my blog to that site. My good friend used this site to turn her blog into a book--she gave it as gifts at Christmas. She ended up doing it for the year. Her book was really thick! She even printed the everyone's comments of each post--it was AWESOME!!

[ladybugmom]

I have some exciting news!! (Those of you who are my Facebook friends have already heard) We bought a new vehicle today!! We had a 2004 Honda CRV that we traded in.
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Brent was wanting to get another CRV but I was wanting an Odyssey (never thought I'd want a van but I sooo wanted more room)! He was pretty adamant that we would be getting another CRV. We ended up getting . . .
























. . . the Odyssey in Dark Cherry Pearl!! Apparantly I'm pretty persuasive!! :lmao:
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I honestly never thought we'd come home with an Odyssey. But I'm sooo happy we did!! I'm LOVING it already!! Here's a pic with Ally and the new van!
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Just had to share my excitement with my DIS friends!! :woohoo:

[Sunset Cliffs]

Ooooooooh, a new car! So pretty. Congrats!!

[ladybugmom]

Ooooooooh, a new car! So pretty. Congrats!!

Thank you!! We LOVE it!! :lovestruc

[shannon47142]

so cool--new cars are such fun! Enjoy:cool1:

[WrightFamily06]

Congrats on the new car ! It's beautiful , we have a van and I it love ! We really have no other choice though but to have a van with three car seats or a large SUV which are a good bit more money :)

[Charleston Princess]

Oh, I love the new car, Becky!!! That color is just gorgeous!!! We bought a van last year after having a CR-V, and let me just tell you -- you are going to be totally spoiled by all the room in it!

[shannn]

I have some exciting news!! (Those of you who are my Facebook friends have already heard) We bought a new vehicle today!!

I honestly never thought we'd come home with an Odyssey. But I'm sooo happy we did!! I'm LOVING it already!! Here's a pic with Ally and the new van!

Just had to share my excitement with my DIS friends!! :woohoo:

Oooooo, pretty!! I love my van so much. I can't imagine having another car with kids. You will love the room. :)

[jana616]

I have an Odyssey too, and I love it! I never thought my dream car would be a mini-van, but I was desparate to get it when we were looking. You will be so happy with your choice!

[ladybugmom]

so cool--new cars are such fun! Enjoy:cool1:

Thank you Shannon!!

Congrats on the new car ! It's beautiful , we have a van and I it love ! We really have no other choice though but to have a van with three car seats or a large SUV which are a good bit more money :)

Thanks!! I LOVE all the room a van provides!! And sooo much storage!

Oh, I love the new car, Becky!!! That color is just gorgeous!!! We bought a van last year after having a CR-V, and let me just tell you -- you are going to be totally spoiled by all the room in it!

Thank you Jackie!! We had to have the red color b/c we are HUGE BAMA fans!! The last 3 cars we've had have been some sort of red color!

Oooooo, pretty!! I love my van so much. I can't imagine having another car with kids. You will love the room. :)

Thank you Shannon!! We are already enjoying the room it provides!! :lovestruc

I have an Odyssey too, and I love it! I never thought my dream car would be a mini-van, but I was desparate to get it when we were looking. You will be so happy with your choice!

I know what you mean! I never thought I'd waant a van either. But with my 2 girls and everything that comes along with them, we REALLY needed more space!!

[disney<333]

I love your trip report Finally all finished and waiting for more.
Your girlies are adorable they look a lot like my dds when they were your dds' ages.

[beyondblessed]

I just got completely caught up on your trip report...took awhile because I had to go back and read your pre-trip report first! :) I enjoyed every minute of it and can't wait for more. Your girls are precious and I have a thing for hairbows. You do a great job!!!

[ladybugmom]

I love your trip report Finally all finished and waiting for more.
Your girlies are adorable they look a lot like my dds when they were your dds' ages.

Thank you!! I'm so glad that you're enjoying my TR!! Welcome!!

I just got completely caught up on your trip report...took awhile because I had to go back and read your pre-trip report first! :) I enjoyed every minute of it and can't wait for more. Your girls are precious and I have a thing for hairbows. You do a great job!!!

Welcome to my TR Nikky!! Oh wow!! You read the PTR, too! I'm impressed! Thank you! I'm so glad that you've enjoyed it so far! Thank you!! I really enjoy making hairbows!! :cutie:

[lizet313]

Good job pretty van and I love the color. Congrats

[DWGal210]

Fun, new car! :thumbsup2 Awesome!

[MagicShell]

I like your new van. I have a Dodge van right now and I had a Chevy van before that. I can't imagine not having a van now.

[Happy Elf]

Love the new van! So pretty! I figure next time we get a new vehicle, it will have to be a van. I love my Trailblazer, but with 2 car seats, no one else can ride with us! It would be nice to have the extra space!

[BippityBoo]

I am so happy for you and your new car:woohoo: Having more space is so wonderful, isn't it? I hope you are enjoying it:goodvibes Also wanted to say that I am anxious to read another update...hope to see one soonpopcorn:: No rush though--haha:lovestruc

[ladybugmom]

Good job pretty van and I love the color. Congrats

Thank you Lizet!!

Fun, new car! :thumbsup2 Awesome!

Thanks Katie!!

I like your new van. I have a Dodge van right now and I had a Chevy van before that. I can't imagine not having a van now.

Thank you! I am really enjoying all of the room it provides!!

Love the new van! So pretty! I figure next time we get a new vehicle, it will have to be a van. I love my Trailblazer, but with 2 car seats, no one else can ride with us! It would be nice to have the extra space!

Thanks so much!! Yes, Ally was sooo excited b/c now all of her friends can ride with us!

I am so happy for you and your new car:woohoo: Having more space is so wonderful, isn't it? I hope you are enjoying it:goodvibes Also wanted to say that I am anxious to read another update...hope to see one soonpopcorn:: No rush though--haha:lovestruc

Thank you Katie!! It IS wonderful!! We are definitely enjoying it!! I've been busy making hairbows all day. I hope to take a break and write an update later tonight!

[beyondblessed]

I LOVED your PTR-probably my favorite that I've read so far. I really enjoy the planning and all the ideas people have. It helps pass the time! I love the countdown you did - would you mind if I copied you? :) What day did you start it? I wanted to do a 100 day countdown but I might end up with rings all the way through my house! haha

[ladybugmom]

I LOVED your PTR-probably my favorite that I've read so far. I really enjoy the planning and all the ideas people have. It helps pass the time! I love the countdown you did - would you mind if I copied you? :) What day did you start it? I wanted to do a 100 day countdown but I might end up with rings all the way through my house! haha

Thank you Nikky!! I appreciate the kind words! Of course you can steal my countdown idea!! We starting counting down 30 days out.

[ladybugmom]

Ok--so we left the Contemporary after a wonderful breakfast at CM and took the monorail to MK! We arrived at MK around 9:40 a.m., had our bags checked, and made our way to the PP photographer standing out front. Here are the pics that were taken:
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And one I took of Ally
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Our goal for today was to meet the fairies in Toontown! So we headed in that direction as soon as we entered the park. But quickly stopped to take this adorable pic (Ally loves to pose--can you tell?!)
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We made it to Toontown at exactly 10:00 a.m.!!
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Brent was pushing the stroller and I was taking as many pics as I could along the way b/c it wasn't raining yet! I wasn't sure what I was going to be able to get later in the day. Anywho, I was walking sooo fast and with a purpose to get in that fairy line!! I thought I heard someone calling my name so I finally looked around and there was Julie (TwoRoos) and her family! Apparantly she had been calling my name several times but I hadn't heard her since I was in a fairy zone!! :lmao: She had the same goal to see the fairies so we quickly parked our strollers and got into the fairy line--wait time 70 minutes! Ugggh!

Julie and me in line
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Ally and Macy hit it off immediately! (checking out what they wanted to see today)
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I was so thankful that we were in line with them--they made the time pass quickly. Claire was entertained by everyone and happy for the most part. I enjoyed talking to Julie and Brent enjoyed talking to Julie's dh, Dustin.

Ally, Macy, & Bailey
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Brent & Dustin
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Claire hanging out with the guys
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the fairy sign
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We waited some more and it was finally our turn to be shrunken down to fairy size!! (what a cute touch!!)
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Alll in all we ended up waiting about 55 minutes to see the fairies (the longest thing we stood in line for on our trip except the night we stood in the rain for Fantasmic!) But it was well worth the wait! We were greeted by Silvermist (Ally was sooo excited b/c Silvermist is her next favorite fairy after Tinkerbell).
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Again, I was very impressed with how much time they took interacting with my girls.

Ally chatting it up with Silvermist
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my pic
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Claire waiting her turn
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Then the girls met Tinkerbell!!
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my pic
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[shannn]

I'm so dreading that wait, but meeting Tinkerbell is all that Lily can talk about so I guess we'll do it.

Love your girls' outfits, of course. Was Ally's hair stiff from BBB? That's my only concern about doing BBB - Lily has a lot of hair, and I just don't know how I feel about trying to get all that product out of it.

[longing2Batdisney]

What a fun time; while waiting...that was so lucky!
Great pictures...Dayne (DS17) sitting here on the side of me and asked what is the matter w/Tink's hair--Silvermist is much prettier!
anyhow, great shots I love how Ally is sooooo photogenic and Claire is getting good, too.

[ladybugmom]

Then it was Claire's turn to meet Tink!!
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And the final fairy the girls got to meet was Fawn!!!
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Ally & Fawn
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my pic
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Hugs for Fawn!
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We said our goodbyes and exited through the store. Ally and Macy stopped to check out the Tinkerbell merchandise!
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Then Ally & Macy and their daddies took them to ride Goofy's Barnstormer
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Julie and I sat with Claire and Bailey as they enjoyed some pretzels and frozen lemonade!
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After they got off of the Barnstormer we decided to go our seperate ways.

Ally & Macy before
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Ally & Macy after we told them we'd be saying goodbye
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sad goodbyes
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We told the girls that we'd be seeing each other again. Julie is originally from Memphis and her parents still live here. So we promised the girls we would get together when they came down for a visit. They were NOT happy with us! It was so sweet how connected Ally & Macy had become--and so quickly! They were instant friends!

I tried to cheer Ally up by suggesting we go to the Judge's Tent to meet Mickey & Minnie. (I realize that we had just met them at breakfast but I wanted the PP pics) So we quickly walked through Mickey's house and took some pics in his garden. (Brent decided he would walk around with Claire)
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And into the tent we went!
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The line was wrapped all the way around the inside of the building and ended right at the door. I was worried that the wait was going to be crazy so I decided to ask the CM how long the wait was. She said it would only be 30 minutes so we decided to stay. I could not believe how fast that lined moved!! I was shocked and impressed! We didn't stand still for long and finally it was our turn! We only ended up waiting 25 minutes.

big hugs for Mickey!!
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I just LOVE the pics the PP photographer took! He was GREAT!! He took sooo many pics!
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[ladybugmom]

my pic
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Then I told the PP photographer that I would like to be in some pics and he was happy to oblige!
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We had such a great time hanging out with Minnie and Mickey. Right before we left Mickey told Ally, "I love you" while making the motions with his hands. It was adorable and Ally was thrilled! We met back up with Brent and Claire and decided to take a ride around the park on the train.

waiting on the train
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me and my girls
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We really enjoyed the ride around the park. It was neat getting to see everything from a different perspective. Plus it was very relaxing! Once we made the loop around the park, we were back at Toontown. We got off of the train and walked the back way towards the Tomorrowland Speedway. Claire and I found a spot in the shade next to the track while Ally & Brent got in line. We watched and watched as cars rode by. I was ready and waiting with my camera! Ally & Brent came by so quickly that I was only able to get this shot:
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We decided that we had better see Storytime With Belle before it started raining again. The next show was at 2:30 p.m. so we went ahead and grabbed front row seats around 2:10 p.m. I gave the girls some Goldfish for a snack and to pass the time.

Ally was really excited about this show
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Soon after 2:30 the show began and out came Belle!!
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This Belle was a great storyteller and really drew everyone into what was going on! My girls were on the edge of their seats!! Then they started choosing children from the audience to become part of the story. I was really hoping that Ally would be chosen--this kind of stuff is right up her alley! But unfortunately she was not chosen. The kids that were chosen were adorable and did a great job!
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Claire sat very still throughout the entire show
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Then Belle started talking about The Beast as her helpers searched out someone to play this role.
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This Daddy was chosen!! He got really into his part! It was great!
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So once the Beast turned back into a prince, everyone took their bows and the show was over. I am sooo glad that we got to see this show! It was so much fun! It's definitely something we'll do again!

I took a quick pic of Ally looking at the castle
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And then we walked around Cinderella's Rose Garden. It was beautiful!
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We decided to stop again and get some PP pics since the weather was cooperating. These ended up being some of my favs of our trip!!
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Then we ran into another PP photographer as we were walking towards Tomorrowland!
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We ended up walking through Tomorrowland. . .
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. . . back to Fantasyland!
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We decided it was time for a snack! I had my very first frozen banana which was INCREDIBLE!!! Brent had a frozen lemonade and Ally had a Mickey ice cream sandwich.
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Up Next: Will Ally ride her very 1st roller coaster? Will the rain hold off? How/where will we end our day?

[ladybugmom]

I'm so dreading that wait, but meeting Tinkerbell is all that Lily can talk about so I guess we'll do it.

Love your girls' outfits, of course. Was Ally's hair stiff from BBB? That's my only concern about doing BBB - Lily has a lot of hair, and I just don't know how I feel about trying to get all that product out of it.

Well thankfully the wait is soooo worth it!! I promise!! Thank you Shannon! Yes, Ally's hair was very stiff from the BBB but I'm glad it was b/c it lasted all week! Ally has a lot of hair, too and it wasn't horrible getting out the product.

What a fun time; while waiting...that was so lucky!
Great pictures...Dayne (DS17) sitting here on the side of me and asked what is the matter w/Tink's hair--Silvermist is much prettier!
anyhow, great shots I love how Ally is sooooo photogenic and Claire is getting good, too.

Yes, we had a wonderful time hanging out with Julie and her family! It was great to meet yet another DISer!! Our Silvermist WAS beautiful and so was Fawn! Brent kept commenting on how beautiful Fawn was. Thank you--yes, Claire is getting much more photogenic (thankfully). Wait until you see my pics from CP!!

[pmama]

Don't you love how Mickey and Minnie are now together. Makes for a great photo op! We had great interaction there too. It looks like Mickey has Tink in his hand in the one picture. Very cool!

Crazy wait on the fairies. We'd love to do the fairy meet in WDW but may have to wait until the lines calm down a little.

Love your new van. Great color choice.:thumbsup2 I'm a mini-van mom too and love it! We've had several times when all seats were filled to capacity with other children either on play dates or carpools. I love being able to push a button and have the doors slide easily open and shut. It's great for dropping the kids off at school in the morning. You'll love your new van! Great choice.

[BippityBoo]

Wow! LOVE the update! Cant wait to go see the faries...they were not there when we were! All of your photos are sooo good! I think best ones of the trip...especially mickey and minnie w/ally in the tent---worth the wait:goodvibes Can't wait to read more and see how Ally liked the rollercoaster:yay:

[DWGal210]

Oh I loved your update!

How cute is Ally in her diva sunglasses?! She is just the cutest!

And I teared up a little myself at seeing how sad the 2 girls were to part ways - that was so sweet that they wanted to spend more time together! :hug:

[Charleston Princess]

Another wonderful update, Becky! I am so excited you all got to meet the fairies!!! The pictures with Tink are just too cute! So are the pictures with Mickey and Minnie! How wonderful that the girls got along so well, but how sad they are when you had to split up! I am so glad the rain held off for you, and you were able to enjoy the Magic Kingdom for awhile! :thumbsup2

[ladybugmom]

Don't you love how Mickey and Minnie are now together. Makes for a great photo op! We had great interaction there too. It looks like Mickey has Tink in his hand in the one picture. Very cool!

Crazy wait on the fairies. We'd love to do the fairy meet in WDW but may have to wait until the lines calm down a little.

Love your new van. Great color choice.:thumbsup2 I'm a mini-van mom too and love it! We've had several times when all seats were filled to capacity with other children either on play dates or carpools. I love being able to push a button and have the doors slide easily open and shut. It's great for dropping the kids off at school in the morning. You'll love your new van! Great choice.

Did it used to be just Mickey? I did love that they were together!! It certainly makes the wait worth it!! Yeah--the fairy wait IS crazy! But I do think it's worth it! I've heard if you get there right when the rope drops to Toontown then the wait is not as long. Thank you! I'm sooo happy with the van! It will be great when I have to drop Ally off at school. She figured out how to work the doors before I did!! sooo funny!

Wow! LOVE the update! Cant wait to go see the fairies...they were not there when we were! All of your photos are sooo good! I think best ones of the trip...especially mickey and minnie w/ally in the tent---worth the wait:goodvibes Can't wait to read more and see how Ally liked the rollercoaster:yay:

Thanks Katie! The fairies are wonderful!! You will not be disappointed!! YEs, I just loved the Minnie/Mickey pics, too!! That photographer was fabulous!!

Oh I loved your update!

How cute is Ally in her diva sunglasses?! She is just the cutest!

And I teared up a little myself at seeing how sad the 2 girls were to part ways - that was so sweet that they wanted to spend more time together! :hug:

Thanks you Katie! Hee hee!! She loves her Sharpay sunglasses (as she calls them). Yes, I didn't quite expect that reaction from the girls. It was very sweet!!