Who Says a Platypus Doesn't Do Much?

[tyandskyesmom]

And so it ends, as all good things must. We were all very sad to come back to reality. Even with the heat, the bus issues, the heat, the boat issues, the heat, and all...oh, did I mention the heat???...we wanted to stay longer!

17 days just was not enough!!!! I know there are those of you who will say we're crazy. That 17 days is just too long at Disney World. But for us it wasn't. We did not even do everything we wanted to do or do things as much as we wanted to. We left with on "plus option" remaining and one day on our park hoppers too. So let me get on into it.

You can catch the pre-trip here...

Is 304 Days Too Soon To Start Planning? (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2575442)

I will have lots of pictures. I will do a dining review also but it will have the same info as here basically, in fact I may do them simultaneously. I believe we have pictures of almost everything...minus a few snacks. We did manage to use all of our credits for dining and snacking. We did ditch out on two breakfasts we had planned but ended up using the credits elsewhere. It all worked out though.

I got to meet justacrazymom accidentially at Disney Hollywood Studios in part two of our trip. That was nice. I did miss a meet with some people from another board due to the room transfer but that is a story for another day.

Now I will part here so you'll have to wait for my pictures to be uploaded to photobucket to get a good Day #1 update...

I cannot wait to re-live this with you~

[bookmama]

popcorn:: subbing for this and the dining review.

[Sunset Cliffs]

Sounds great! I am in. I know what you mean about not having enough time. We went for about 12 days and we didn't come close to finishing all that we wanted to.

[sstewart]

Can't wait to hear about your trip! I would LOVE to be able to visit WDW for 17 days....Lucky family! :cool1:

[keholman15]

great! Can't wait to hear about your trip! :goodvibes

[tyandskyesmom]

Can anyone tell me why I can buy a 16GB card to take pictures on but there is no place that has a machine that can remove those pictures easily to discs???

I spent over two hours last night at Sam's Club making discs. Their Fuji machines that are cheaper and hold more per disc would not sort the pics into date files so it was one large file that was too large for one disc. So I could not use that machine. I had to use the Kodak machine. Well, they have two of them. They are very slow. Each order could only be five discs and each disc would only hold around 130 -140 pics. SO in an order I could only do about 750ish pics. Well, we took over 4000!!!!

So I ended up with 18 discs and that is not even all of them...but i was tired of sitting there...I was tired of waiting...the guys were on the way home from football practice...the store was closing soon...and I was just plain tired!!! So I am going to remove the pics from the camera that I have and then I think I should be down to a number that the Fuji machine can handle all on one disc!

SO I am almost ready to get started....

[tyandskyesmom]

So after actually getting to bed around 11:00pm the night before, and surprisingly enough getting to sleep pretty quickly, the alarm went off at 3:00am!!! I jumped in the shower first and then Tyler. As Tyler was in the shower I woke Skyler up and she got ready (she had showered the night before. We ran around pacing the last minute things (ie. Glasses, chargers, batteries, etc) and we turned the last page of the countdown calendar…

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Isn't that pretty??? THAT is the first one I did and my favorite!

[tyandskyesmom]

So just as we were ready to go my dad (Pa) shows up to take us to the airport!!! He tells us my mom (Grammy) is very mad that she got called into work that evening (she works overnights in Labor & Delivery and on a Pediatric floor) because she wanted to see us (well, really, the kids not me) before we left. He gave each of the kids $100.00 to spend and we were off. It was about 4:00am. We arrived at Midway Airport shortly after that (we live about 5-10 minutes from there, especially at 4:00 in the morning. We checked in at curbside which was a first for us. Pa tipped the curbside check in guy $10.00. And since they rush you along pretty quickly up there, the kids gave Pa hugs and he was off. We headed to the elevator just inside the door. As we stepped out on the floor right outside of Security and I was counting carry-ons, I realized one of the bags was not there! It was the one that was between the kids in the middle of the car. It was the one with all our swimsuits and clothes for later that evening. Go figure the kids did not notice it sitting there still! So as we are running back downstairs to where we left Pa, I call him.

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What? It wasn't my fault?!?!?

He is about half way home so turned around and came back a few minutes later. Phew!!!! I was really hoping this was not an indicator of things to come!

All in all, we were through Security and at out gate (B1) by 4:45am for our 6:00am flight…not too bad all-in-all!

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Tyler sat with our carry on bags while Skye and I ran to the bathroom and to find a McDonalds. We never did find it. I don’t know why though because there is always a McDonalds I few gates away no matter what gate you are at. So we turned around and went back to Gold Cost Dogs. We got a Fruit Cup, Blueberry Muffin , Apple Juice, and a Sprite Zero ($13.61).

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Our plane getting ready for us.

Skye ate most of the fruit and the apple juice. Ty had the muffin and shared the Sprite Zero with me.

We started boarding the plane around 5:40am and we had pulled boarding passes with the numbers A30, A31, and A32 so we did not have long to wait. We were able to snag the third row on the left when you walk onto the plane.

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ChiChi loves vacation because that is the only time he gets to fly! Chickens in real life don't fly!

We wanted to be in the front because I hate standing in the isle waiting to get off the plane while tons of others mess with their luggage and take forever to move. So row three was good!

[tyandskyesmom]

Shortly after we took off the flight attendants came around for drinks and snacks…Skye and I got Sprites and Ty got a Coke then we each got a bag of Lorna Doones.

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Tyler took some pictures from the air when we got up into the clouds. Whe he was little, he would make himself stay awake, or try at least. Once we hit the clouds, he was out...every time. The last few times we have flown, he was able to hold out until about half way there.

As soon as we got our goodies we hit major turbulence over Indiana and into Kentucky. It was pretty bumpy but the Pilot kept coming on letting us know what was going on. So needless to say, we were to keep our seatbelts fastened most of the way there, which we do anyway bit it sure makes it a bit more relaxed to know you can take them off! However, the woman behind us, in a row all by herself because the flight was not full and in fact have very little children on it which was odd for a flight to Orlando on a Saturday morning (we were later told there was 53 passengers and a couple of lap babies), kept getting up and walking to the front of the plane to stand by the bathroom there. And we all know, that’s a NO-NO!!! I don’t know what she was doing because she never went into the bathroom…and the flight attendants kept telling her she could not stand up there and that the Pilot had the seatbelt light on still. But she kept doing it for most of the flight. Weird!

So Tyler played his PSP most of the way while Skye and I colored a Princess Picture. Then she and ChiChi started watching Diary of Wimpy Kid on my iPhone while I did some word searches (actually she helped me with three of them while watching the movie too).

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At one point the Pilot came on around 6:40am and said we were just west of Louisville, east of Nashville, on top of Atlanta with 665 more miles to go and we were looking at an on time arrival! That was nice to hear. I have never had a Pilot keep us that well informed before but it helped put into perspective for us where we were. I was able to show Skye where we were on the map on the napkins so it helped her know about how much longer.

Tyler spilled most of his cup of Coke all over his tray at one point…UGH! I don’t know what they don’t put the tops on the cups all the time. I know they have them. I would even like one when trying to work with that small tray, two kids, all their stuff, my stuff, and a bumpy plane! So we were able to get the tray cleaned up, by ourselves by-the-way, but Ty’s shorts were a little wet. Luckily I travel with baby wipes so we were able to salvage everything. Shortly after that, Tyler fell asleep.

At 7:45am we were 100 miles out of Orlando and starting our descent. He said it was 79 degrees with east winds at 5 knots…I did not know how that last part affected me but it sounded good???

Tyler woke up as we were coming down and took some pictures.

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At 9:15am we landed. We were off the plane quickly but it never fails, our stroller is always the last one brought up…one of the reasons I did not want to bring one.

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But it was not a bad wait and then we headed off to the mini-monorail!!!

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We’re here…we’re here!!!!
The kids love to get in the front and sit for that three second ride to the other side…it’s just one of those things for them!

[tyandskyesmom]

Once off, Skye led the way to the elevator and the Disney’s Magical Express counter...

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Tyler took those pictures and was still getting used to my camera.

...where we had some “housekeeping” of sorts to do before getting in line. We were directed right into the line where we were checked off and sent to the next podium to let that cast member know about our untagged bags. She had to manually write down all our numbers off of our claim tickets to make sure they were all received. It took her quite a while to write down five numbers! But then we were on our way down that line and were the first in it!

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It did fill pretty quickly behind us though. We waited about five minutes before we were directed to a bus at 9:55am.

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We left the airport at 10:05am. Carmelo Garcia was our driver and he was very talkative and informative.

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[tyandskyesmom]

We stopped at….

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…Coronado Springs first. Then headed to...

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Where we stopped at...

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Are we there yet???

...first and then here...

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...before heading this way...

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...to here...

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YEA WE MADE IT!!!

We had done on-line check-in and I was a bit worried about it. Ty waited by the bus for our stuff to be unloaded and Skye and I went in to get in line. I was pleasantly surprised though to find that the lobby was almost empty.

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We did have one group in front of us in line, a mom and adult daughter, but within five minutes we were at the counter getting our Welcome Package.

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It was not as quick and painless as described by Disney but it was not a long process either.

So the moment of truth was here. Would I like our room location? Would it be in an acceptable building? Would it be on the first floor? Would we be able to see a pool from it?

Yes, yes, no, and yes. So most of our requests were met. But the thing that over-rode the second floor room we did not want was that IT WAS READY!!!!!

[tyandskyesmom]

We were give room #5801.

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Here's some pictures on our first walk to our room...the anticipation was growing with each step!!!

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It was in Fantasia, second floor, corner right by Mickey’s Sorcerer Hat, looking over the pool. Almost perfect…had we been directly below that I would have been ecstatic!!!!

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See it??? Right behind Saturn!

We took some pictures…

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View from the door into the room.

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The new beds.

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New TV and dresser. It was enough for us for six nights but for more than three people or for any longer a trip it might have been squished a little.

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I just loved the new hat hooks!

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New shower curtain.

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View from the bathroom area towards the door.

One thing the kids noticed was missing are the old lights on the wall that look like popcorn boxes...they used to like them. But, overall, we were really happy with our room...I still wished we had the one under us but if that was all I had to complain about, I was doing good...GREAT in fact!

[tyandskyesmom]

We dropped off our carry-ons. We rearranged what we needed with us and headed down to get our mugs and fill them up for the first time!

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Ty got a blue mug, Skye got pink, and I got black. That’s all they had there. I could swear I had seen other colors before we left on-line but maybe not??? Skye and I got Lite Pomegranate Lemonade and Tyler got Coke. Three mugs would have cost us $44.91…WOW!

By 11:50am we were our in the blazing hot, sweat-running-down-your-face-think-you-are-crying sun waiting for a Magic Kingdom bus to arrive.

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We waited about ten minutes…not too bad.

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At 12:35pm we were on a monorail waiting to leave the Magic Kingdom station. Apparently Monorail Lime was having some issues so we had to wait on clearance to leave.

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The Grand Floridan from the monorail.

[ZFamily5]

I'm here!

So glad you realized Pa had the bag before it was too late!!

Thing2 and Thing3 love to sit up front in the fake monorail too!

What a great room location!

Can't wait for more!!

[tyandskyesmom]

Ok, so, I am so mad right now! After all my careful saving amd planning...I don't know where all my receipts are from part one!!!! I am so mad...so, you'll be getting an approximation from our dining. Sorry!


We finally arrived at the Grand Floridian at 12:51pm. First stop was the bathroom. We seemed to do a lot of that this trip…I guess that’s good…means we weren’t dehydrated at all!

As we started walking down the big starcase Skye started singing "Here comes the bride"...guess who needs to start saving now????

At 1:00pm we checked in for lunch at Grand Floridian Café. We were right on time for our 1:00pm reservation and taken in right away. We were led to a great table along the windows looking out onto the Grand Floridian grounds.

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We were very happy with our table placement…although there was almost no one else in there so we should have been given a good seat. The hostess was not friendly though…did not smile and greet us, did not talk to us…not even the kids, did not explain who our wait staff would be, nothing! Once again, I was hoping this was not foreshadowing of our whole trip!

Andrew was our waiter. He was nice but not very personable. This was weird for a Disney restaurant, especially at a Grand Floridian restaurant. We have usually had great service there! He was efficient and did his job but he did not make it very fun for us!

We ordered our drinks…two diet cokes and a coke.

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(That is the only non-alcoholic drink Perry would partake in this trip and he would spend hs trip in the backpack from her on out until Lou gets here.)

The first round of all the drinks are fine but the second go-round tasted funny…all of them…not sure why. The fish of the day was pan seared rainbow trout…don’t worry, I get less detailed as the trip goes on.

For an appetizer Skye ordered the Kid’s Chicken Noodle Soup…

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Which she really liked…well, she liked the noodles that she pulled out and some of the carrots and a little bit of the chicken. Do I have the only kid in the world that eats soup with a fork? She does not actually eat the soup part of the soup…what a weirdo!

Tyler ordered the Sauteed Shrimp with Corn Cakes and Brandy Cream.

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He did not like them. Not his thing but there was not really anything else on the menu he wanted and I could not see wasting an appetizer on a salad he’d pick at dry. Plus, he was on an “I’m-gonna-try-new-things” kick so he tried. I, on the other hand, thought they were wonderful…and wished I had ordered them! The Corn Cakes were super sweet with the taste of a good cornbread but the texture of a pancake. The Shrimp was done perfectly, not to tough. And the Cream was a great compliment to both the Shrimp and the Cakes. I may have eaten more of Tyler’s appetizer than my own!

I ordered the Crab Cakes served Pan-Seared with Mango Relish.

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They were good but nothing special. I ate most of them but I would have been more happy if Tyler’s appetizer were mine…not that it mattered because he did not want it but if he had, it would have been disaster! I should have ordered the Onion Soup to try instead. Oh well, live and learn!

For entrees, Skye got the Kid’s Cheese Pizza…

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…which she liked just fine. They are both pizza fiends so it would have to be really odd pizza or really bad pizza for them to not like it.

Tyler got the New York Strip medium rare and substituted Fries for the Mashed Potatoes (Ty doesn’t do potatoes…except fries!) and also had two Carrots and Fresh String Beans (which Skye and I ate…Ty does not eat cooked carrots and would never eat a bean!) …

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He loved it…But he scraped all the fried onions off the top even though he loves Blooming Onions and Onion rings. It was perfectly cooked to his liking. They had no problems with his substitution of the fries. This began his quest for beef around the World!

For my entrée I ordered the Grand Floridian Burger which is an Angus Chuck Burger, Lobster, Asparagus, and Horseradish-Chive Hollandaise with a Tomato Salad…

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It is a huge burger and it was difficult to pick up to eat so I ended up using a fork and knife. I was disappointed though. I had been craving this burger for ever! The burger was tough. The bun was hard. And I think the sauce was different…I remember a whiter sauce. It wasn’t horrible. I ate at least half of it. And the tomato salad was really good…so that helped a little.

Dessert made up for any entrée disappointments though!

Skye had the Worms-In-Dirt…

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Now last time she ordered it, she refused to eat the “dirty worms”…Tyler had to eat them. She insisted that she was going to eat them this time. Well, she didn’t…and Tyler had too much other things to deal with than Skye’s worms!

Tyler and I shared a Dessert Sampler for Two…

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… that included smaller versions of all the desserts on the menu…Lemon Cheesecake, a Fruit Tart, a Boston Crème Cake, and a Key Lime Tart...and the best part???? The solid chocolate Mickey standing among them all!!!! Tyler liked the Boston Crème Cake the best and I liked the Fruit Tart the best…and Skye, well, she went right for the Mickey! He was really good chocolate so I cannot blame her. But when we got to his head, she shoved it in her mouth and apparently did not realize it would be so difficult to bite into a solid chocolate Mickey head the size of a ping pong ball and dripped chocolate slobber down the front of her dress!!!! This was not in my plans for the day…she was supposed to wear that dress to dinner tonight! Luckily, butt wipes work wonders on stains and most of it came out. UGH!

Our total for lunch was $ 95.00. We charged the tip to the room charge. We had no out of pocket expense here. We used 2 adult and 1 child’s meal credit…and I was disappointed to not see that all spelled out for us like it used to be.

Overall, we had a good meal. It is quiet here and never crowded. Usually we have great service. I don’t know what was wrong today but it was not up to par with what we have come to expect here. In the future, we would return here. I don’t know that I’d go out of my way for a meal here but on a “do-nothing” day or of you were going to the Grand Floridian for some other reason, it is a great little spot. The place reminds me of a local kind of family restaurant but up a notch…like there are fresh roses on all the tables…nice touch!

[tyandskyesmom]

At 2:16pm we were headed to the bus stop...

We took our time though and looked around and of course, took some pictures...

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The wedding march staircase...

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We loved the floors...I think they were done after our last trip we had the Deluxe Dining Plan about 4 or 5 years ago so this was the first time we were seeing them.

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And I got really into lights this time...you are going to see a lot of pictures of Disney light fixtures...I think I was just enjoying how well even the lights enhance the atmosphere of where ever you are!

...to catch a bus to Blizzard Beach. I have a quandary about Deluxe Hotels and maybe someone can help me out. Admittedly, my experience with bus service from a Magic Kingdom or Epcot area deluxe hotel is limited but every single time we have tried, we have had worse waits than at values. Is that normal? Because if I am spending all that money, I don’t want to have to sit at a bus stop for half an hour to get where I am going. Boats too…seem to take a long time. Monorail service is great but we cannot get everywhere by monorail. So, is it just me? Do all people who stay deluxe have cars on property? Call cabs to go anywhere they would have to take a bus to? I just don’t get it!

Anyway, it was 2:37pm before a bus came going our way…and I mean any bus…not one other bus passed us in all that time…luckily, the bus that did come was the one we wanted though.

At 2:50 we got to Blizzard Beach. I obviously don't have many pictures from here though. We got in, go into the first store on the left, purchase a large locker key ($15.00 with $5.00 of that returned when you return the key), got to our locker, and they are kicking everyone out of the water for the weather….REALLY?!?!?!?! It’s not raining yet. No thunder or lightening seen yet where we were. I ask the kids what they want to do. They know the drill because out parks and pool do the five mile radius thing on lightening and then the waiting until 30 minutes have passed before allowing activity again. They wanted to stay and wait it out. I was hot. I just wanted to be cool. So we go into the locker room to change and it is like a sauna in there…why no air in there? Ty is out by the locker with our extra junk waiting for us. When we are done he goes in to change and we realize Skye left our mugs on the counter in the changing room. We run back in there, which is no easy feat because there are tons of people coming out and leaving the park and they are still there…PHEW!!! So we are all ready for if/when the reopen the pools. Skye finds an outside shower thing and plays with that for a while…till she’s soaked. Ty goes to walk around and see what is there…it’s been a while for us. Soon he comes back and we all go exploring. It is getting pretty empty in there so we’re just kind hanging out. It rained a little here and there but nothing hard. We did not see any lightening but there was thunder so I’m sure it was there. About 4:30pm we were allowed into the water! I tried to convince them to leave though instead of going in, knowing it would be more difficult to leave then, but they agreed to no trouble when it was time to go. So Tyler headed off to the slides with explicit instructions to return to our chair in one hour. Skye and I played in the wave pool. Ty returned a little early and we all went for a rice around the Lazy River…then went to change. Again, why no air in there?

By 6:07pm, we were walking out of Blizzard Beach to catch a bus to Animal Kingdom Lodge for dinner. We took a few pics on the way out...

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[mikkiwikki]

I have a quandary about Deluxe Hotels and maybe someone can help me out. Admittedly, my experience with bus service from a Magic Kingdom or Epcot area deluxe hotel is limited but every single time we have tried, we have had worse waits than at values. Is that normal? Because if I am spending all that money, I don’t want to have to sit at a bus stop for half an hour to get where I am going. Boats too…seem to take a long time. Monorail service is great but we cannot get everywhere by monorail. So, is it just me? Do all people who stay deluxe have cars on property? Call cabs to go anywhere they would have to take a bus to? I just don’t get it!


Im with you! I stayed at Pop on my past trip AND POLY! and I have to say the bus service was better at pop! REally! :confused3 I felt the same way.

[tyandskyesmom]

At 6:19pm a bus for Animal Kingdom Lodge pulled up…full. We were standing but a lady offered her seat to Skyler. The bus stopped at Kidani Village first. It was 6:31pm before we arrived at Jambo House. We love it here! This is our favorite hotel anywhere! The were doing a bit of work in the lobby. Not sure what it was because every time we were there is was moved a little. We headed downstairs and checked in at Jiko. We were seated for our 7:15pm reservation at 6:47pm.

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We were seated at a table looking over the water as you walk out the door between Jiko and Boma.

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It was really pretty and we got to watch the sun set while there. The kids were really excited to be here because we have seen it from the outside but never have we eaten here. This was on my original ADR list when we were only ding the deluxe dining plan for part two of the trip. But it was one of the few that got cut in favor of other things. So I was very happy to add it back when I decided to do the deluxe dining plan for part one too!

So it was really light in there when we arrived. As the sun set outside, the lights dimmed and changed. It was a really pretty and calm meal.

Our waitress was a little difficult to understand but friendly and smiling and helpful. Skye and I got diet cokes and Tyler got a Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri.

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Tyler was thrilled that he could order a fun drink and not just a coke all the time. It was included on the dining plan. He let us all taste it. It was pretty good!

She brought the breads and butter out.

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Skye liked the butter, Ty did not. I could take it or leave it. Skye and I liked the cinnamon-y sweeter bread, Tyler liked the other.

For appetizer, Skye ordered the Fruit Salad…

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She loves a good fresh fruit salad and licked the bowl clean! It had watermelon, cantalope, honeydew, and pineapple.

Tyler ordered the Grilled Wild Boar Tenderloin with Mealie Pap, Chakalaka, White Truffle Oil, and Micro Cilantro…

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He took the boar off the top and ate it all…except for one small bite he gave me. It was very good. A different, richer flavor than beef. The “stuff” left in the bowl was delicious too. I tried it with my small portion of boar and without. Tyler would not taste it. I ate a lot of what was in the bowl.

I got the Barbecue Chicken Wood-Fired Flatbread with Apple-Jicama Slaw, African Barbecue Sauce, and Four Cheeses…

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[tyandskyesmom]

Ok, so the flatbread was not what I had intended to order . I thought Tyler would want them to make him a cheese only flatbread and I’d get the boar…shows how little I know! But it was really good. Neither of the kids would try it though. I could do without some of the greens on the top but it was easily reduced to my liking. It was huge too...definitely an appetizer to share!

For her entrée Skye got the Kid’s Macaroni & Cheese …

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Now there are not many mac & cheeses this girl has not met and liked but she said this one was awesome!!! Right up there with California Grill from the past! I tasted it and she was right, it was really good!

Tyler ordered the Seared Barbarie Duck Breast with Potato and Spinach Masala, Royal Trumpet Mushrooms, and a Port Emulsion…

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He did not like it. I think he was expecting the duck breast to be like a chicken breast…not sliced and marinated. But I was prepared for that. I allowed him to order it knowing I’d be ok eating it. So we switched. I did like mine better but whatcha gonna do??? It is sort of Asian tasting…at least it was to me. It was definitely good…no doubt about it. It wasn’t something I’d order again but not because it wasn’t good, just not my thing. Tyler did try it and said it was ok but he wasn’t gonna eat it, I could tell so I gave up my Oak-Grilled Filet Mignon.

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I did get to keep my Hominy “Risotto” and California Asparagus with Red Wine Reduction though…he was not interested in that! I also did get to take the first taste of it while he was trying his. It was awesome…Tyler agreed! Sure wish I could have eaten more of it! What a mother will sacrifice for her first born!!! He scarffed down the whole thing and loved it. I had some of the “risotto” and the asparagus and it was all good. The “risotto” was pretty plain though so really needed the reduction to give it flavor. SO entrée wise we were all very happy (next time though we will both be getting that filet!).

For dessert Skye got the Jiko “Fun-do”…

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It had a bowl of dipping chocolate, a brownie, a cookie,
She liked it…what’s better than playing with your food and having it still taste good? And she brought the brownie and the cookie home for later.

Tyler has the One Last Cup (not on the current menus on Disney’s website or allears)…

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He really liked the presentation. The spoon was a cookie kinda thing holding a white and a brown sugar cube…there were one more of each on the plate also. He dipped the spook into the chocolate sauce and poured it over the cake. He was very happy with his dessert.

I ordered the Coconut Bread Pudding (also not on the current menus for Disney’s website and allears)…

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It was really good. I don’t know why I ordered it over other things on the menu because I am not usually a bread pudding kinda gal but it was really good and I was glad I ordered it. Neither of the kids would try it though.

Our total for dinner was $150.00. We charged the tip to the room charge. We had no out of pocket expense here. We used 4 adult and 2 child’s meal credit. We will definitely be back to Jiko in the future. We liked everything about it…the atmosphere was nice and relaxing, it was pretty with great views, and the food was great!

[rachel09985]

I am realllly enjoying your trip and dining reports! I can't wait to read more.

I feel the same way about deluxe resorts!!!!! The waits are horrible at deluxe resorts. Definitely the longest I have ever had to wait were at a deluxe resort. Pop century is sooo much quicker!!! I wonder if it is because I go to deluxe resorts at off times? Maybe they are better in the morning?

[mousetravel]

I'm here from your PTR! :cool1:
I LOVE all of your pictures and I'm really glad you included pics of All Star Movies. We are considering staying there on a possible upcoming WDW trip.

Can't wait to hear more!

[lmbcdb]

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ChiChi loves vacation because that is the only time he gets to fly! Chickens in real life don't fly!


Subbing!! Where did you get the mini-ears for ChiChi? We have a BaaBaa and a Big Baby that need one for our October trip!

[tyandskyesmom]

popcorn:: subbing for this and the dining review.

Welcome!

Sounds great! I am in. I know what you mean about not having enough time. We went for about 12 days and we didn't come close to finishing all that we wanted to.

It was great! Thanx for joining!

Can't wait to hear about your trip! I would LOVE to be able to visit WDW for 17 days....Lucky family! :cool1:

Can't wait to tell you all about it!

great! Can't wait to hear about your trip! :goodvibes

Thanx! Telling about it is the next best thing to living it, right?

I'm here!

So glad you realized Pa had the bag before it was too late!!

Thing2 and Thing3 love to sit up front in the fake monorail too!

What a great room location!

Can't wait for more!!

I was wondering where you were... ;)

[tyandskyesmom]

Im with you! I stayed at Pop on my past trip AND POLY! and I have to say the bus service was better at pop! REally! :confused3 I felt the same way.

Ok, good...I was hoping it wasn't just us...but that really does give me something to think about before I stay somewhere like that for an extended amount of time!

[tyandskyesmom]

I am realllly enjoying your trip and dining reports! I can't wait to read more.

I feel the same way about deluxe resorts!!!!! The waits are horrible at deluxe resorts. Definitely the longest I have ever had to wait were at a deluxe resort. Pop century is sooo much quicker!!! I wonder if it is because I go to deluxe resorts at off times? Maybe they are better in the morning?

Thanx! I don't know about morinings either though becasue we have been over tot hem for early breakfasts and it's not much better...

[tyandskyesmom]

I'm here from your PTR! :cool1:
I LOVE all of your pictures and I'm really glad you included pics of All Star Movies. We are considering staying there on a possible upcoming WDW trip.

Can't wait to hear more!

Yea! All-Star Movies and Pop are probably our favorites of the values and we have probably stayed in them more than any others. The new room was nice and a little more upscale than they used to be so it was nice.

[tyandskyesmom]

Subbing!! Where did you get the mini-ears for ChiChi? We have a BaaBaa and a Big Baby that need one for our October trip!

We got the hat a few years ago at Mouse Gears but sadly, they did nto have any this time. He also has a t-shirt with Mickey on it and he wanted more but we could not find them this time around. ANd it really stinks becasue he lost an ear on this trip and we were never able to find it.

[tyandskyesmom]

On out way out we stopped at the bathroom and toured the gift shop. We love that shop! Tyler bought a Vinylmation and got the knight that was in his series so he was happy.

At 8:52am we were on the bus to Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

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It was open the latest of the parts, minus Magic Kingdom cause it is too far away for transfer. We found they now had a different set up for busses at the Studios. We were dropped off in the parking lot on the opposite side of the water from the boat dock. It worked out well though because the All-Star movies stop was right there pretty much.

By 9:20pm we were on a bus to All-Star Movies…with seats. Crowd was not bad at all and a bus came by pretty quickly. Maybe our luck is turning around!

We arrived back at All-Star Movies and checked out the gift shop. Tyler stopped to use a snack credit on a Cinnamon Roll. I forgot a picture but I know I have one fromthe next day so when I get those pictures uploaded I'll edit this post.

I don’t know where he puts it but I guess when all you are really eating is meat, no potato or side dishes, you still have room. We also filled up our mugs. Toy Story 3 was playing on a giant screen by the pool right outside our room but we were too tired to stay and watch.

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We walked into our room and well, our bags had arrived…all of them…and they looked like they had two people deliver them – one to hold the door open and the other to fling the suit case as close to the entrance of the room as possible while still being able to close the door. WOW…not the service I am used to from Disney! So we had to climb over our luggage to move it out of the doorway just so we could all get into the room. We unpacked one bag (I had packed so that all our clothes for part one on our trip were in one bag so we would not have to go digging on all the bags) and the toiletries, Ty ate his cinnamon roll, Skye ate some of her left over dessert from dnner, and I packed the bag for the morning.

At 10:48 we went to bed!

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[tyandskyesmom]

So the next day dawned nice and early but since it was our first full day in The World it was not that hard to get everyone up. My alarm went off at 6:00am. I showered and then got the kids up...Skye first and then Ty. He's hard to get into the shower but then never wants to get out...drives me crazy!

We left the room around 7:00am. When we got out of the elevator, we went to round the corner and there was a pink Mickey balloon waiting there for someone to take. We have done that before when we were leaving and did not or could not take the balloon with us. Those are my favorite ones and we were planning on buying one anyway so Ty grabbed it and took it up to our room. Yea!!!!

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Every morning when we walked out of our room that we kept at 62 degrees, I had to wait for my camera to de-fog but it did make for some neat pictures sometimes...other times it was a pain.

We stopped in the food court to fill our mugs with Coke, DIet Coke, and Sprite.

Shortly after we got to the bus stop...

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...a Magic Kingdom bus pulled up...score! It was a full bus and we had to stand but Skye was able to worm herself a seat.

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Tyler went through bag check while Skye, the stroller and I went through where you had no bags to check. We stood just about long enough to take this...

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...and then we entered a pretty empty Main Street.

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Some more early morning pictures...

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We checked in at Crystal Palace at 8:00am.

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As usual there was a huge line but once they opened we were one of the first called in. We were led in and given a great table in the corner by the windows.

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Our waiter was great...talkative, filled our cups as we needed, cleared plates, etc...

We ate our fill.

Skye's first plate...

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Puffed French Toast, Mickey waffle, and Strawberries

Ty's first plate...

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Scrambled Eggs, Mickey Waffle, and Cinnamon Rolls

My first plate...

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Breakfast Pizza, Strawberries and Fresh Whipped Cream, Bacon, Breakfast Potatoes, and Puffed French Toast

Ty's next plate...

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Three Cinnamon Rolls

My next plate...

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Oatmeal (I love Disney Oatmeal!), more Strawberries and Cream, Chocolate Corssaint, and Crumb Cake

[tyandskyesmom]

So continuing on with Crystal Palace...

We saw Piglet...

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...Tigger...

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...and Pooh...

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We decided to leave before seeing Eeyore becasue he was really far away still, in face Piglet had passed him up! We knew we'd be back later in the trip and we were eager to get out into the park.

Our bill was $72.81 but we used 2 adult and 1 child's meal credit.

The food was all fesh and good. It has plenty to eat for everyone. We are big breakfast eaters so a breakfast buffet always works for us. I loved the puffed french toast and the strawberries with the fresh whipped cream. Tyler obviously loves the cinnamon rolls and Skye loves the Mickey Waffles...but she woudl not even try the chocolate ones...she's a purist. Our waiter even offered to go get her syrup but she does not tarnish a good Mickey Waffle with syrup.

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So we checked out and headed up through the Castle...

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...where they were still holding for rope drop.

We waited for about a minute before they dropped the rope and we headed for Dumbo. We were on the first ride of the day! We have never done that before!

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And I took a lot of pictures of the "new" Fantastland in progress and some of the existing one...

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[tyandskyesmom]

We were able to identify where Belle's land will be and where we believe Ariel's land will be. Looks like a ton going on. I just cannot even imagine it when it is done. Sounds like it should be great!

After the ride, we had to take pictures in the Dumbo...

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And headed over to Pooh! The kids were excited to see what was changed. There was no one there yet so we got to take our time and play in there...

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We had a lot of fun playing in there. We did not know htere were pictures under the honey until we were in the fast pass line later in the trip but we had fun just playing with it. I don't know how great it is when it is crowded in there. Seems like it could cause a lot of problems with people taking the playing route vs people waiting in line. But when we were there, there was no one else around so there was no problem.

[tyandskyesmom]

So we ride Pooh...

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Then we hopped on Peter Pan becasue there was still no line. Ty ran to drop off the stroller and we got in line (normally we would not do this but no one else was there).

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It was a great ride as usual.

Afterwards we stopped at the bathroom, picked up the stroller, and headed on...

[tyandskyesmom]

So where did we go next?

Guess....

Yep, next in line...The Haunted Mansion! And the new queue for that too!

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We liked the new additions to the line. Once again, there was no one there so we got to take our time and play a little. It was fun. This line seems to work better as far as the line and when it woudl be crowded...less conflict. You have the option of going through the new part or not. And then it feeds back into the line at the door area. We got right in but when we got to about three doom buggies from loading the ride, it stopped. And it stayed stopped for quite a while. One thing I dislike is that no one came around to tell us what was going on to give people the option of staying or going. We stood there got probably twenty minutes....and no one came to let us know if it was going to be a while. There were people walking through with dress clothes on and people who looked like they were mechanics. At one point the ride started moving but they still did not let anyone on for about tem nore minutes. We never found out what was going on but we would have liked to be able to decide if it were worth waiting for or not. We also enjoyed the new hitch hiking ghosts at the end. You could see them much better and they were more interactive than the old ones. All in all, we loved the ride!

When we got off the ride, Tyler ran for fast passes to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. On the way...

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...we found Frontier Donald...

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So after seeing Donald, we went through to...

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Great ride, as usual!

We saw this neat set up...

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And then found out why it was there...

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We headed back to Frontierland but Splash was dry...

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...as it woudl be every time we were by there. Don't know why???

And then we used our fast passes for Big Thunder.

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[tyandskyesmom]

Big Thunder continued....

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We headed back up through Adventureland and grabbed a bucket of popcorn...

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Walked past the Tikis...

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[tyandskyesmom]

We got up to where Ariel and Eric were greeting people but their line was closed. We were soooo hot and just wanted shade and air. We had drug out our little fans but only one of them was working. So we were taking turns with that. then someone said Tink and friends were right inside and that Ariel and Eric would be back around when we were done with Tink. SO we went inside...much better! It looked like a long line but it wasn't that bad. They had a Tink movie playing and that kept all the kids occupied while they waited. No one would tell which other fairy was there. All they would say was that Tink's friends flew in and out all the time so there was no telling who would be there.

It was our turn next and we were taken into the hallway to wait and told not to cross the blue tiles or we would turn into blueberries.

When we got in Tyler decided he was not taking pictures. I think becasue he saw who was in there and she was not all that nice...

Vidia

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She spent a lot of time talking to SKye about the picture in the book and telling her that whatever happened in the picture was all becasue of Stinkerbelle! She told her how she kinda looked like Stinkerbelle. She was pretty funny and Skye liked meeting her.

Then Tink was up. She was fun too and was happy she had her own page.

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She was not as talkative as Vidia or as the Tink we woudl see later in the trip but she was still very fun!

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So when we were done seeing the Fairys we got in line for Ariel and Eric.

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They were excited about the book and Prince Eric was surprised to see he actually had his own page!!! Ariel asked the kids one of the questions in the book...What did Eric get for his birthday. Tyler answered and then Prince Eric asked him what the pose was that the statue of himself was in. So he and Tyler had to pose. Skye told Ariel that she is her favorite.

Those were two really great meet and greets!

We decided to head up to lunch. We were a bit early but I figured we would see if they could seat up early and if not, at least we could sit inside and wait a little. it was really HOT!!!

On the way though...

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...we ran into...

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Peter Pan called Tyler a girl...of all people!

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So we headed up to the hub and stopped for pictures...

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...and then moved onto Main Street...

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...and as we got to the corner before Tony's, the Move It, Shake It Parade started...

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[mickeymouseclubhouse]

Really enjoying your trip report so far! Love all the great details and pictures!:thumbsup2

We live about 10 minutes away from Midway airport too :) You got great seats on your SW flight. This is out first time flying SW, have always flown Airtran, and I'm a little nervous about no assigned seats. We plan on checking in at the 24 hr mark on the way down though so keeping fingers crossed :wizard:

I like your daughter's paint splatter hat. Did you buy it on this trip? My DD has a headband with that design that she loves and a hat would be great too!

Looking forward to reading more! :goodvibes

[tyandskyesmom]

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After that we headed around the corner to Tony's Town Square...

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...to check in for our 1:00pm lunch reservation. We were told if would be about 20 minutes but we were called in about five minutes. Skye had time to start coloring...

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We were taken into the restaurant and lead all the way through to the sun room. It was really pretty in there and we had great seats again!

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Now most of what I had heard about Tony's was not good. I needed to fill a spot and did not want to leave the park for it. So I filled in with this. Let me tell you I am really glad we did...we all are!

For appetizer Skye got Carrot and Celery with Ranch Dip...

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They looked really dry and old when they were brought out but Skye said they were great! She did not eat much on the celery but all the carrots were gone.

Tyler ordered Calamari with Topped with Olive Relish and served with Marinara Sauce. Again, this is something out of the ordinary for us. We have had it before but usually because it comes as part of a platter or something like that. And never have we actually said we liked it.

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This time, we loved 'em!!!! They were all rings not suckers. The breading was light and the insides were soft and sweet. They almost tasted like a mushy onion ring. They were really good! Ty and I both ate quite a bit of them!

I ordered the Zucchini Fries (breaded seasoned zucchini with creamy sun-dries tomato dressing for dipping)...

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They were awesome. Fresh and light, not too greasy.

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So on with lunch...

So far we are really loving Tony's. Don't know if we are just earier and like a lesser food or if we cought them on a good day or what but so far, for us, all the bad reviews I have read are wrong!

So on to entrees...

Skye had Mickey Head Cheese Ravioli with Marinara Sauce and Pepperoni on the side...

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She loved it...she ate every single Mickey Head!!!!

Tyler ordered the Chicken Parmigiana (lightly breaded chicken breast with marinara sauce topped with mozzarella cheese over spaghetti)...

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He liked the plate!!!! He thought it was great!!!!

I ordered the Shrimp Scampi (linguini with sun-dried tomatoes and asparagus tossed in a garlic sauce)...

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MMMMMM, is all I can say! And I did not even get heart burn so it was garlicy but not to garlicy...just garlicy enough! The pasta was cooked perfectly, the shrimps were plenty, everything about it was right.

For dessert Skye got an Ice Cream Sundae...

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Tyler got the Ice Cream Bomb...

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It was an sundae...what's not to like???

Inside is vanilla and chocolate ice cream on top of a yellow cake covered in a hard chocolate shell. It was good and fun...something different...and that is hard to find these days!

I had Lemon Walnut Layer Cake...

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It was really good...and actually a bit on the lite side comparatively. White cake with lemon filling. Really a good dessert!

All in all, we loved Tony's and will be back. Our total was $82.45 and we used 2 adult and 1 kid's credit. We had great service, a great seat, great food...what's not to love???

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So after our great lunch we headed up Main Street.

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It was really hot out. I finally convinced the kids to head back to the hotel for a swim. So we turned around and headed back down Main Street and out. We stopped in at the COnfectionary on the way.

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We don't usually do this. In fact, I don't know that we have ever really done it on purpose before. We stopped at the bathroom and then found Snow White almost all by herself!

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And then we exited the park. It felt weird to be leaving.

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At 2:30pm we were on a bus back to All-Star Movies. It was waiting when we walked up and was basically empty. We walked in thru the gift shop and bought a yellow water noodle ($4.95) and headed to the room to change.

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And these guys were waiting for us...

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ChiChi was contolling their TV viewing.

In no time we were at the pool. Of course there are no pictures because I was in the water...DUH! Tyler played games on the deck. He was usually the oldest one but he was having fun so whatever. He ended up winning a pair of purple 80's shades playing musical spots. He has been wanting to buy a pair of them and we whouldn't let him so he was pleased. His favorite though was a version of a dunk game. They had a contraption where they put a big water balloon in a cage with a meedle pointing into it and when someone threw the ball and hit the target it pushed the pin into the balloon onto the person's head sitting in the chair under it. Tyler was the first thrower and if you hit the target you had to sit in the chair. He was in the chair three times before they were done. He had a good time. We had fun watcing from the nice pool!

Unfortunately, our fun was a little dampened by the one-ish year old boy walkining around with a huge mardi gras bead mecklace arounf his neack and absolutely nothing else on. And the beads kinda perfectly frames the boy parts. And to top it off, someone, looked like possibly a grandma, was following him around filming it!!!!! I'm sorry, me and especially my little girl do not need to be seeing that! I don't do public nudity for my children...at all! I did not ever change my children in fromt of other people...even in a bathroom changing table I would do it descreetly. I just don't get it???

But we had a lot of fun at the pool and were glad we left the park to cool off and enjoy our pool. Around 5:00pm we headed back to the room to get ready for dinner.

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About 6:00pm we were headed to the bus. There was one waiting for us. We got to the Magic Kingdom and walked to the monorail.

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There was one waiting for us. What luck we were having!

[tyandskyesmom]

We took the monorail around to the Polynesian. We checked in at 6:40pm for our 6:55 reservation at Kona Cafe.

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We have eaten there a couple of times and had a great meal and service and everything so we were excited. In fact, this was one of the meals I worked to get in there.

We were seated right about 6:55pm. We were walked all the way over to the left side where we could watch the monorail come and go. Once again a really great table.

Our waitress did not show up for at least ten minutes. We ordered our drinks.

Tyler got a Megaberry Smoothie and a water...

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Skye and I ordered Diet Cokes and her's came like this...

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She loves those little umbrellas!

Then our bread was brought...I could eat just that for the whole meal!!!!

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I did not want the wings but Tyler did. And out oh so efficient (yes, I'm being sarcastic!) would not allow it for one. So we got 'em.

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There were very sticky...which I suppose is good since they are called Sticky Wings For Two (Glazed Chicken Wings with Tangy Mistard Drizzle and Toasted Sesame Seeds). We had then not put any of the Mistard Sauce or seeds on the wings but on the side. But, they were very dry! I mean VERY dry! We did not even finish them. I was sad I caved on that one.

Skye opted for fries with her meal so she did not get an appetizer. And just on a side note, everyother place we went, if she wanted fries they would still give her an appetizer. So by now, we are not real happy with our service. It has been really slow. We have hardly seen our waitress. We were not offered more bread. I had an empty pop glass and no one was filling it. Finally our foor is brought out.

Skye ordered the Mickey Cheese Raviolis again but with fries this time...

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She liked them as much as earlier in the day!

Tyler ordered the Teriyaki-style New York Strip Steak (Sirloin Strip grilled with Pineapple Teriyaki Glaze served with Sticky Rice and Stir-fried Brocolini). He ordered it with everything on the side and with fries instead of rice. Well, as you will see, he got it with mashed potatoes instead...which for him is worse than rice...he actually likes rice but just wanted fries.

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The waitress knew nothing about it becasue she did not come back for a very long time. He did really like his steak though...better than mine. He did not eat the potatoes or the brocolini.

I had the Ginger-crusted Rib Eye with Tamarind Jus, Mashed Yukon Gold Potatoes, and Stir-fried Broccolini...as is!

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The steak was good...not great. A little chewy. The potatoes were ok. The brocolini tasted like plastic. Really it did...so bad I actually spit it into a cocktail napkin...YUCK!

At this point I was really disappointed. And to make it worse, we were just sitting there for a long time doing nothing and no one seemed to notice. Finally our waitress comes back and asks if I need a refill. She actually comes back quickly and says the diet coke machine is down and asks if I want something else. I said a Sprite woudl be fine. She comes back a few minutes later with a new glass with ice and a can of Diet Coke. Alrighty then!

So we move on to dessert. Skye got a fruit salad.

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It was a fruit salad and she like it...all of it!

Tyler had the Kina Kone...

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Now that is a lot of fun. We have gotten one everytime we have been there. They have changed the presentation but it is still a good cone...but how do you mess up ice cream and candy?

I had the Pineapple Upside Down Cake with Lemongrass and Caramel Sauces.

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It was a good cake. And it was a different dessert than a lot of the offerings at places. I was very happy with it.

Our total there was $82.45 and we left a $13.00 tip. We probably should not have left that much but I guess I was in a generous mood. Our meal was not that long when you look at the clock (we left around 8:30pm) but normally a meal at a place like that for us would be about 45 minutes not an hour and a half. Plus, we actually felt it. I mean, we did a lot of sitting and waiting...to order, between courses, for refills, for the bill, you name it we probably waited for it! And she really was not all that nice and smiley either!

So overall, we had an ok meal and bad service. Will we go back? Maybe. I am hoping it was a bad waitress or a bad night. Our other visits were all great. I don't know that I will go out of my way to make it fit again though. So, I guess we'll see what the next trip brings!

[tyandskyesmom]

So after dinner we grab a monorail around to the Magic Kingdom.

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We headed back down Main Street. There is just something that much more magical about it at night with all the lights on!

And I warn you right now, I had a bazillion pictures of the castle...

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We stopped at the bathroom in the old Noodle Terrace and while waiting for Tyler we played with the camera...

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We went on Stitch's ride...Skye loves it!

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We then grabbed Fastpasses for Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin and headed to the People Mover!

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[tyandskyesmom]

I don't know why my castle pics look so blurry...they didn't before!

So anyway...

We headed towards the hub for the 10:00pm Wishes show. I wanted to see it tonight because I did not know if we'd be in the park to see it again. When we got to the flower garden the Magic, Memories, and You show began. When I first heard about this show I thought it was not big deal. I was like...why would I care to see total strangers on the castle? Plus I though...how are you actually going to be able to see anything. I should have known it is DIsney. They do nothing half way...if it does not look good, it does not happen. Well, I am here to tell you all that I was wrong. It is an awesome little show! Make sure you see it at least once when you are there!

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The castle has colorful balls falling into it, turns into a rocket blasting off, gets consumed by fire, grows vines, and lots of other effects. We thought it was a really cool show!

[tyandskyesmom]

And then shortly after that Wishes started.

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After Wishes we went back to Tomorrowland and rode Buzz...

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[Sunset Cliffs]

You are moving so fast through your TR! I love being able to just keep reading. You are eating at a few places that we have never been before. It is nice to read reviews of them, because we might just have to try to fit them in next time.

That is disappointing about your Kona Cafe dinner. That is one of our favorite places to eat, but we usually have a good server. That can make all the difference!

I have never heard of the show before Wishes, but it looks like a lot of fun!

[bookmama]

Dessert looks yumster! It's a shame about the rest of the meal though.

[I_heart_Tinkerbell]

loving your trip report. Great descriptions and really good photos.

I agree with you about Kona. We have eaten there 4 times for dinner and 3 times for breakfast and 5 times were excellent and 2 times wait staff was not very nice and we waited forever!!!!

Can't wait to see how the rest of your trip goes

[PirateKate]

The deluxe dining plan looks like a lot of fun. I'd love to try that some day. Your kids seem to be very good eaters, too.

I can't wait to check out the Magic, Memories and You show. It does look pretty cool and it looks like there's a lot more to it than random people's pictures.

[TiszBear]

popcorn:: enjoying your review. cant wait to read more.

[tyandskyesmom]

I am planning a lot of updating on Saturday....but we've had a lot of activity in our house...some good, some not so good...

First of all there is football...which Tyler's coach has caused him to not want to play anymore. He's been playing for seven years under the same coach. And I think Tyler's just tired of getting the raw end of the deal. We're trying to ge tthrough it. It's a tough lesson for a 12 year old to have to learn...adults should never make a kid feel like that.

On the good side though, he has decided to work on the stage crew for the fall play...some sort of spoof on Shakespeare plays. And he is thinking for running for Student Council. He is looking forward to going out for the basketball team at school. He has never played basketball on a team though so we'll see how that goes. Maybe his height will be helpful. And he is really enjoying junior high...seventh grade so far is a good thing!

And on the even better side, Skye got some wonderful news! She just finished up summer session for gymnastics and has a week off from that before winter starts up. On the 7th, she had auditions for competition team for dance. She was on level one last year...it was her first year dancing and she was by far the youngest and smallest on the team. So we did not expect much change. We got the e-mail of the results on Tuesday and she made level two!!! She was so excited...although it does not make a ton of difference because level 1 and 2 dance together. So she went to her regular classes on Tuesday for jazz, tap, and ballet as a level two (which is completely different and independent from your competition level) and was bored. She was noticably more advanced than even the 11 year olds in that class. So I spoke to the coach who runs the program and is the competition team coach to see if she could sit in on the level three classes on Friday (she has hip hop on Fridays right before them anyway). And she said she should definately be level three forher regular classes!!!! She was so excited again! And she went on to say that Skye auditioned right on the cusp of 2 and 3...so she wants her to stay after her comp class today (level 1 & 2) for hte level three comp class!!!!! WOW...she was over the moon excited! She did not expect that.

And I am super happy for her too. The world has become such a place of entitlement that I am glad that there really are some sports or organizations where you get what you earned. Almost everything Tyler has even done, if you showed up, you played. If your mom paid the money, you get a trophy. Finally, a place where a kid can learn the value of good hard work and reep the rewards of it! I think if more things were like that, kids would fare beftter in the real world when they get there.

So, all this running is why I have not been back here to post more but I do plan on doing more on Saturday...that square on my calendar has nothing on it...sssssshhhhhhh, don't tell anyone or they might try to fill it and I like it white!

[tyandskyesmom]

Sorry, I lied to you guys...I never got around to adding this past weekend. I am trying I swear...I will get more up soon!

[tyandskyesmom]

So where di I leave off so long ago...

After we left Buzz, we walked back out of Tomorrowland, across the hub, and onto the side of the castle.

We were still really hot. And tired...did I mention that by the time we got to the hub Skye was asleep in her storller?

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Tyler was not done...in fact, he would get mad at us many more times during the trip for cutting the evening too early for his tastes. If Magic Kingdom was open till 3am...he wanted to be there!

We ended up grabing a seat right in front of The Hall Of Presidents for the Main Street Electrical Parade. We could feel the air conditioning from inside wafting out the door...oh, it was heavenly! Till the last show was over and the doors colsed for good.

Ty and I put down our blanket and started to shuffle the cards when Sleeping Beauty woke up and wanted to play too.

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Soon enough the parade was starting...

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I know they might be out of order...they came from my camera and my phone...I'll try to fix them later...continued in next post...

[tyandskyesmom]

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[tyandskyesmom]

After the parade we headed back up to Main Street USA while Tyler bugged me to stay longer!

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Where the princess fell asleep again...

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And Tyler took a breather in a quiet alley listening to vocal and dance lessons going on above him!

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We headed up towards the exit...

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And decided to stop in the Confectionary to use up some snack credits and took the goodies with us to eat later. Then, against Tyler's opinion, we headed to the bus.

We did not wait long tonight. It was on the late side...at least for nornal people...it was around midnight (when I get home if I have more accurate info I will edit...oh, and I found the receipts so I will be updating those too!) but the park was open until 2am. We were done though...it was a really long day and we did alot!

When we got back to the room, we all got ready for bed and took these pictures...

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Tyler's chocolare marshmallows (these were on the dining plan but none of th eones with other toppings were).

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Skye's white cake MIckey head...the circle of the face was white cake, the ears were marshmallow, it was covered in white frosting with hot pink sugar...it was really good even days later!

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My English Toffee Bar!!!! HUGE and go-oo-oo-oo-ddddd!

After Ty ate his and I ate a chunk of mine (did I mention it was huge???) we all crashed...well, Skye was already there but Tyler and I did.

We had a really great day...good food, good rides, good castle show, good fireworks, good parade...it was just all-around exactly what we wanted from our vacation...well, except the darned heat!

[tyandskyesmom]

Well, I figured out whi I though I had better Wishes pictures...becasue the ones I already posted were from my phone...good enough for Facebook but not good enough for my Disboard friends...so here's some better pics...

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[tyandskyesmom]

So the day dawned bright and early the next day. The alarm was set for 5:00am...and we were all up! By 6:35am we were on the bus after stopping to fill our mugs with the usual drinks. We were planning to get to the Magic Kingdom and then walk or monorail to the Contemporary. But the bus driver took us right to the Contemporary....so we were a tad early...the place we were heading didn't even open until 7:30am , which is when our reservation was for!

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So we sat in front of the tv in the lobby playing War for a while before we went to check in at The Wave for breakfast...

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We sat in The Wave lobby for a few minutes waiting to be called...

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We were the first ones called in and sat near the entry.

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Now, I almost cancelled this one. I had us in for dinner...and I changed it to lunch...and ended up with breakfast. And then seeing how we were out so late, I almost cancelled...but the kids did not want to. It was a basic family style restaurant for the most part for breakfast. But it was pretty cool walking into the wave. We had excellent service. And the food was good. I was afraid the kids would see "whole grain" and words like that on the menu and not even give it a chance. I needn't have worried. We loved it.

Before we ordered the waiter told us to go check out the new buffet the were trying out. It had most of the menu items and a few other things. We knew we would be eating a lot of breakfast buffets so we oped out.

Skye had the kid's one egg, bacon, biscuit, and potatoes.

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She liked it. It had a little of a lot of things.

Ty and I shared two things. We had the Mulitgrain French Toast with fruit compote and bacon...

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...and...

...the American breakfast which was two eggs, potatoes, buscuit, and bacon...

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The french toast came with four slices and we split them...I had the bacon and potatoes, Tyler had the eggs.

It was all hot and fresh. We left full and happy!

It cost us about $35.00 plus tip...but we used two adult and one kid's credit.

[tyandskyesmom]

So after breakfast we headed up to the monorail platform...

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Our destination...Epcot!

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By 9:20am we were in line at Soarin' with fast passes for later.

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[lbuzz52]

joining in! i love it so far! I love Skye's hair and top in the last installment. did you cross the hair before clipping again? and the shirt reminds me of ones from my childhood. looking forward to reading more.

[tyandskyesmom]

joining in! i love it so far! I love Skye's hair and top in the last installment. did you cross the hair before clipping again? and the shirt reminds me of ones from my childhood. looking forward to reading more.

Thanks!!!

Yes, I start fromthe front and work my way back...it looks.really pretty when it's down and you can do 4 or 5 rows down but it was way too hot for hair down!

[tyandskyesmom]

Sorry guys...we've had a lot of things going on here and some has been good and some bad but none-the-less we have been too busy to keep up here...

I was feeling a little down for a while too but now I think I am ready to remember again so we'll get on with it...

But before I do, a little abount life...

Tyler is now in 7th grade and is on the stage crew for the fall play (Shakespeare Shake-up) and was pulled for a one line part becasue they were short boys. He is also on Student Council too. His football made it to the first round of the play-offs. He did nto play much because the coach does not ;ike me but that's a story for another time.

Skye is still in two gymnastics classes a week and five dance classes. We just found out tonight what level she is dancing at for the year. Last year she danced level 1 competition, ballet, tap, and jazz. This year she is in level 3 competition, intermediate hip hop, a mixed level 3/4/5 tap class (becasue there was not enough girls in any one of them so they combines them) and level 5 ballet and jazz!!!!! I am so proud of her...and she is so excited. She knows she is going to have to work hard to keep up and to prove she belongs there but she's up for it. Their theme this year is F.A.M.E. which translated to songs of Frank Sinatra, Adele, Michael Jackson, and Elvis. She has Jail House Rock (Elvis) for competition, Hip hip is Billie Jean (Micheal Jackson), Tap is All Shook Up (Elvis), ballet is Hometown Glory (Adele) and Jazz is Rumor Has It (Adele). She is really enjoying herself this year! In the summer they are going to Disneyland and Vegas for a ten day tour so we will have a whole different trip to plan...looking forward to that but so far we don't have any details and I am not very west coast orientated so we'll see what we get.

We have some big changes coming up in our lives in the near future some of which are good and some bad and all a bit on the scary side. All of which I am not ready to talk about yet...but when I am, I'll fill you in!

So I am planning on getting back to our regularly scheduled trip report in the very near future!

[tyandskyesmom]

Got my PhotoPass CD yesterday!!!

Did I tell you guys about that mess??? No, I probably did not get there in the story yet.

Well, Skye was the keeper of the cards. And throughout the trip she lost two of them!!!! I was so mad! And of course those were the two I had not taken pictures of so we lost a ton of pictures.

Then, I entered what I had (the passes and the numbers fro the receipts from our princess meals) and played with them and then time completely got away from me. I did not ever get a reminder like they used to send when it got closer to your expiration date....nothing! So when I realized it was too late, I e-mailed them and got a 15 day extension and they also said if I could tell them what pictures I was missing, park, dates, characters in them, who was in the pictures and what they were wearing they might be able to recover them. That is a really great feature!

Well, there were a few I was able to know I was missing but not all of them and with my crazy hectic schedule, I was too busy to sit down and get organized enough to e-mail them back with what details I remembered...

So, I settled for the ones I had because I was looking at expiration again so I just settled for what I had. I am so mad but I think I took pictures at most of the pics that were on there. At least the ones we are not all in, and I don't think there were many of those.

So Skye has been fired from being the photopass card holder for all future trips.

And good news...I really want to get going on this again and am thinking I might have time very soon!!!! I hope I did not lose all my readers...

[tyandskyesmom]

So continuing on....

We stopped at the bathroom on the way out after our great ride and then headed over to check out Test Track. Skye decided last time that that was her favorite at Epcot.

We crossed the park...

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We arrived at Test Track but the stand-by line was already at 45 minutes and we could not get another fast pass yet. This is the worst line for waiting, even when you have a fast pass, becasue it seems to break down a lot.

So we headed over to check out Mouse Gears. The kids bought hats.

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She swore tome whe'd wear this all the time while we were here. I told her she wouldn't. She did not beieve me and insisted. It wasn't that it wasn't cute but I just knew she would not wear it.

We spent some time in there. Skye was looking for the old doll clothes they had last time we were there becasue Chichi needed new clothes but she could not find any.

When we were done therre we were able to get the Test Track fast passes and we headed to Mission : Space.

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Skye wasn't sure about riding because this is the first time she wss big enough to even ride the easy side...and heck, I did not want to ride the crazy side either! So we rode the easy side.

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Skye decided she wanted to ride the pther side, and Tyler agreed. SO I told them they had to wait for Lou. I just am not sure if it's worth the chance of not feeling well for the rest of the day???

So we headed to Universe of Energy to visit Ellen...

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We love that ride. And today it was very welcome becasue it was so hot out, it felt great to get insude the air conditioning for a little while.

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So we headed back to Test Track for fast passes and stopped at Cool Wash for two frozen drinks. I don't think I have a picture though.We got a frozen coke an a frozen raspberry lemonade. They were $4.00 each and were sooo worth it and by the time we arrived at our lunch destination, they were gone!

We had a 1pm ADr at Chefs de France.

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We did arrive early and we were sat right away. We had a great seat in the front atrium. We were not right on the window but we were close enough. The room was still pretty empty. Again, contrary to what I hear all the time, we did not feel like we were on top of our neighbors.

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Our server was Flavie and she was great! She was a little hard to understand but she was patient. We were really hot so she brought us all water and then took our drink order. We had the usual. Flavie was very friendly with the kids, especially Skyler. Skye really liked her!

We ordered our appetizers and were brought our bread...

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It;s not our favorite kind of bread but the kids love bread services so it was not wasted! It was a firm, crusty bread that was warm and soft on the inside. The one thing I don't get it why they serve froxen butter pats with it???

While we were waiting for our appetizers, Flavie came back and asked the kids questions about France. And then she told them about what France is known for and things like that. She told them how to say a few things in French. She really spent a long time at our table talking to them and teaching them about France.

When our appetizers were ready, she brought Skye's Salade Verte (Mixed green salad). It was supposed ot have no dressing but it was dressed, and well, that just wasn't going to happen so Flavie took it back and came back with a whole new one right away.

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She picked out the things she liked of it and left the rest. She even ate some of the "weird" lettuce.

I had the Soupe a l'oignon gratinee (The classic onion soup topped with gruyere cheese)...it's my favorite! Lou makes a pretty great onion soup but it is never the same as in France...

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Ooooohhhhh, it was so good...I wish I had some now!

And Tyler...well, Tyler did not see much he really wanted for an appetizer so he decided to get Cassolette d'escargots de Bourgogne au beurre persille (Casserole of burgundian escargots baked in parsley and garlic butter). Now, we've never had snails before...and we really did not know what to expect. We knoew what they looked like from dining here in the past and seeing them delivered...so we knew they woudl not look like a snail.

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Well, they look weird. You really cannt see the snail. So i had to be the brave one and try it first...or he wasn't gonna. So I did. And you know what? They kinda taste like mooshy shrimp. But the broth they were in was awesome...garlicy, pesto-y, mmmm...and maybe that is what I liked best about them. Tyler tried one and that was enough for him. BUT, he said it was ok. And I think his issues was less with that it was a snail and more with that he's not a sause kinds guy. I mean this kid does not "dip". He doesn't eat casseroles or soup or gravy. So I think without the broth, he may have liked them better...but that is still to be decided. I think we ate about four of them.

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So after we were done with our appetizers, our entrees arrived...

Skye had Blanc de Poulet Aux Nouilles (Breaded chicken strip served with pasta)...

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...two of her favorite things! She loved it and ate a lot of it!

I had Croque monsieur et sa salade verte (the classic French toasted ham and cheese sandwich served with a green salad).

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I had been watching reviews of this for a long time. I love me a good sandwich. But for every good review, there was a bad one. So I was worried. I shouldn't have worried though...it was sooooo good! But I could only eat about half of it! I was very disappointed. I did take it with me but with all the food we had, I never ate it. But it was really good. The cheese was nicely gooey, there was the right amount of ham. The whole sandwich is french toasted (so it was put together, dipped in teh egg wash and then cooked) and nicely browned! It was a perfect sandwich! And the salad was really nice and refreshing...went perfectly with the sandwich...fried would have been too much.

Tyler had Demi poulet fermier roit, Pommes puree au basilic et tomate braisee
(Half of an all-natural rotisserie chicken, basil-flavored mashed potatoes and braised tomato).

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I have had this before but thought it was too dry. He thought the chicken was great. The potatoes were awesome...they were chunked and the outside was crispy (like crunch when you bite them crispy) and the middle was soft. They were like rea;;y good french fries.

While we were eating, we had a visitor...

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He was really cute. The kids loved figuring out how he worked. Remy asked us if we had any pets. And when we said a dog, he was ok with that but when we said we had a cat, well, he was not happy. Them Marie ran by outside the window and stopped and watched remy through the window. She did that a few times while we were there. It was pretty funny.

For dessert, Skye had Choix de Glace ou Sorbet (Choice of Ice Cream or Sorbet - vanilla, chocolate or sorbet of the day)...

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She opted for plain old boring vanilla. But she liked it so that's all that mattered!

I had the Crepe a la pomme et cannelle, glace vanille, caramel jus de pommes (Crepes filled with cinnamon, apple, vanilla ice cream and apple caramel sauce)...

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It was not what I planned on getting...I don't know what I got it...but I am glad I did. It was very good. And while I don't want to say it was a lite dessert, it was not as heavy as a lot of the desserts we had on the trip and it was different than my usual choices so it was refreshing.

Tyler got a chocolate cake with vanilla gelato and strawberry sauce. I don't see it on the allears menu and it is listed on the receipt as "chocolate cake".

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It was very rich and good! He loved it...and I believe, ate it all!

All in all, we love Chefs de france. We love the service, the food, the choices, the venue, all of it.


We spent 2 adult and 1 kid's credit but would have paid $94.70 out of pocket. We left a $17.00 tip.

We left at 1:26pm so we must have been seated really early because we were by no means rushed out of there and we took our time enjoying our meal.

We will definatley be back here...

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After lunch we grabbed a boat across the lagoon to Mexico.

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And we walked around back towards Test Track.

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So we used our fast passes for Test Track...

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It was a great ride!

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After our ride we walked through and looked at the cars. Tyler found his future car...

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We walked back across towards Soarin'...

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And stopped in for a ride on Spaceship Earth.

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Another of our favorites!

At the end, we entered...

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We sent some of our future home...

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The kids played...

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We rode Soarin' with our fast passes, rode Journey into Imagination, watched Captain EO (which I don't remem ber ever seeing before), played with the water fountains, and made our way over to dinner.

[tyandskyesmom]

Hey, WAIT!!!

I foind some additional info so I need to add to and maybe re-arrange a little from the last post...

Here we go!

So the kids played at the end of Spaceship Earth...

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We headed out...

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We stopped by the big fountain...

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We found this little guy to watch for a while...

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We then headed over to Innoventions...I want to say it was West becasue that would have been the way we were heading but I don't remember...I could probably find out but I'm too lazy...if anyone knows, please fill us all in...

We did the...

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...game. The kids love that game. We did not win. Tyler blamed Skyler.

We also played...

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...to be continued...

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...Continued...

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The kids though that was fun!

Then we looked around a little more...

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...and headed out towards the other side.

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And we headed to see Figment...Skye loves him!

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And we headed into the Image Works...which is now very sad!

[tyandskyesmom]

So after our visit with Figment, we stopped in the labs at the end where almost nothing is the same anymore. All the computer areas are the same now, there is no live anything in there, the music makers are still there and the floor is still there but they took all the cool sounds out.

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So needless to say, it did not take us long in there...now getting out of the shop at the end is another story!

We headed to see...

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I don't remember ever seeing it before. it was fun...but hey, we like silly sci-fi musicals so we were all good!

Then we played with water...

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We also saw this guy trying to cool off...

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Then we headed to The Land again.

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And had another great flight!!!! We cannot get enough of that ride...apparently, we're not the only ones!

So we started towards The Seas...

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...for our 7:35pm dinner ADR!

[tyandskyesmom]

So we arrived about 15 munites early for our 7:35pm ADR at The Coral Reef.

And we waited about 30 minutes to be seated. This is my one routine complaint about this place...we always wait to be seated!

I became fascinated with Disney lights on this trip (I think I told you that already) so here you go...

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We were taken to our seatson the first ledge in the first round booth. Of course, Tyler was not happy. I had to remind him that we have been lucky enough to sit next to the tank many times. And our seat wasn't that bad...although I am not in the crowd that thinks that all seats in there are good seats...especially for little kids.

So we were given our menus and brought our bread and drinks...

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For appetizers Tyler decided on Crispy-fried Shrimp (with Jicama slaw and spiced remoulade)...plain...just fried shrimp...

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They were really good and fresh. I don't know what they tasted like dressed though.

I decided on the Fish Tostadas (with Napa Cabbage, avocado-cilantro cream and fresh lime)...

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They were good...I am not sure what kind of fish they were though. I don't think I would order them again but I might...depending on what I had a taste for that day and what else was on the menu.

Skye had fries and fries for her appetizer and they came with her pizza

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Skye loves the kid's pizzas at Diney and with the rest of the food they are just the right size.

[tyandskyesmom]

For entrees Tyler got Grilled New York Strip Steak (served with horseradish smashed potatoes, and marketfresh vegetables). He ordered it plain with fries instead of the horsefadish smashed potatoes.

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He also had no veggies. He was thrilled with his perfectly medium rare steak. Not really what I go to The Coral Reef for but to each his own!

I had the Lobster Ravioli (with Rock Shrimp, fresh Tarragon, and Lobster Cream).

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It was good but tasted like ones I have had from Sam's Club. Not a huge lobster taste. I do not think I would order this again...it just didn't stand out for me as great.

For dessert Skye had a make-your-own sundae...

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She loves making them as much as eating them!

Ty had The Chocolate Wave (served with raspberries)...

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It was really good especially with the respberry ice cream!

I ordered the Cheesecake Napoleon (with berry compote (no sugar added))...

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And it was really good! We all liked it a lot!

All in all, we had a good meal...not great for all of us but definately good...and great for some. A turtle sat down by the window next to the people at the table next to the glass in front of us so we got to watch him watch them eat. it was kinda funny!

We spent $116.95 on dinner and left a $21.00 tip. We were out of there around 8:57pm...so it was kind of a long meal for us...but we were tired and it was nice to sit and enjoy our meal.

I am sure we will be back but I will order differently next time.

[tyandskyesmom]

So after dinner, we headed up to the gate...of course stopping to play on the light up sidewalk.

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We hopped a bus back to All Star Movies. We did not have to wait very long and we were arriving back at the hotel shortly. We stopped for a refill in our mugs and went off to our room.

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When we walked in, these guys were waiting for us...

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Chichi was controlling the TV while Elle, Lotso, and the Jimbos were watching!

We all changed and got ready for bed and were sound asleep as soon as our heads hit the pillows!

[tyandskyesmom]

Sorry, don't knw how that happened!

[tyandskyesmom]

The alarm went off at 5am...and we got up. I showered first them got Tyler up and then Skye. We stopped and filled up our mugs in the food court.

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We were on a bus by 6:30am. The driver took us straight to the Poly.

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We headed inside and it was early due to our ride straight here again. We had a 7:30am ADR for Kona Cafe so we had a while to wait so we took some pictures around the Poly.

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We played some WAR...

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We watched as they set up for Ohana's greeting. While we were there, one of the men gave us all leis.

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At 7:30am exactly, we were the first ones seated. We were in the first row on the right side of the walk way as you come in.

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Our waitress came quickly and too our drink order.

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Ty had the Mega Berry Smoothies (raspberry puree and nonfact yogurt blended with Odwalia berries Go Mega), Skye had pineapple juice, and I had Lilikoi Juice (passion fruit, orange and guava blend) .

When she came back we ordered our food and Jackie (our waitress) brought out butter, katchup, and syrup...

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Skye had Minnie's French Toast (rolled in cinnamon sugar)...

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It was good, fresh, hot french toast.

Tyler ordered the Big Kahuna (French toast, Pancakes topped with Pineapple sauce and Macadamia Nut Butter, eggs, home fried potatoes, ham, bacon, and sausage)...

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...but he ordered it with everything on the side. Skye snagged the ham, I ate the sausage, we all shared the bacon, Skye and I had some of the potatoes, Tyler ate all the eggs, the french toast and some of the pancakes. It was all very good and lots of food. It is definately enough to share.

I had the Tonga Toast (banana stuffed sourdough bread, rolled in cinnamon sugar and served with Strawberry Compote and your choice of ham, bacon, or sausage) with ham....

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I couldn't resist! And it was really good...with and without the strawberry compote. Very sweet though! As much as they coudl see the sugar on the tiast, I could not get the kids to taste it though...they would have liked it I think!

Our total was $30.96 but we paid 2 adult and 1 kid's credit.

We went into this meal worried...after our last visit here we were sure hoping we were not in for a long ordeal but we were taken very well this time and we were our of them by 8:12am.

Breakfast is definately something we would return for!

[tyandskyesmom]

So we were on a bus to Disney's Hollywood Studios by 8:30am.

We got to the gates...

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...and were let in up to the rope.

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It was crazy packed as usual! Skye and I snuck up towards the front or the line through the stores on the right hand side. Actually, we were looking around and enjoying the air conditioning becasue it was already horribly hot! And Tyler had our passes and squeezed his way up to the front of the crowd to wait for the rope drop.

After the show, they releaased the crowd and we all took off. Tyler was in the front of the crowd and we were just going to meet him over there.

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When we got to near the Brown Derby things were starting to not look so good. Things were slowing down. When we rounded the corner, we couldn't believe our eyes! The line for fast passes was all the way back to the enterance for Voyage of the Little Mermaid and it doubled back on itself at least halfway back and it was still growing! So we kept walking trying to find Tyler. As we got closer, he called to see where we were. He was the second one at a machine and was just heading back our way. So we kept walking. We left the stroller over there and were hoping to make the stand-by line but you know what??? It was all the way back to the Backlot Tour and it doubled back about half way on itself too!!! Crazy!

So we just kept walking! At least we knew we'd ride once today!

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And we foound ourselves here...

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...for our first of many...we really loved it!

[tyandskyesmom]

We rode Star Tours three times before we tore ourselves away. We went to Hoth and the Death Star, Kasyyki and the underwater world, and Kasyyki and the Death Star...or that is at least what I was told...I honestly couldn't tell you where we were. But it was a lot of fun!

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So we headed back towards our stroller after getting fast passes for Star Tours for later...

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We used out fast passes for Toy Story Mania...

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[tyandskyesmom]

I meant to get a lot done updated this weekend by my heart is just not in it....

This morning we had to put our first baby to sleep. She just turned 14 last month...we have had her since she was 10 weeks old and she was the perfect dog! She was our child, our protector, our guard, or confidant, our playmate, our sister, our best friend.

Both the kids have had her since they were born. She and I sat here while I was pregnant and Lou was working all night or after when Lou was still working overnights but I was nurses a sleepless baby.

She was always to play catch with Tyler where no one else could. Or to go with him into the dark when he was scared. She was always with us as we barbecued or to go for a walk or a ride.

The house seems so empty already even though she really couldn't do much lately. She enjoyed her last day out in the yard yesterday. She loved the snow and were supposed to get some tomorrow...

I've been crying all day and Tyler cried himself out after about three hours straight this morning.

I hope we made her as happy as she has made us and that she was met by Beaker and Homer (our two cats we had when she came to lube with us) and they are all happy and healthy and not in anymore pain.

And we have to bury her soon...

We love you Dakota and miss you already!
I just don't know how we are going to fill that hole she has left.

[tyandskyesmom]

Ok...so I think I can continue now...

So after our great ride through Toy Story Mania, Skye and I headed towards our lunch ADR while Tyler went to see if he could get more fast passes for Star Tours.

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He always seems to catch Skyler!

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A view towards Gertie.

Skye wishes she lived here...

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We took our time and had a nice walk over. It was not crowded anywhere but by Toy Story Mania. We pretty much had the place to ourselves.

It was extremely hot though. We were sweating! And we don't like ot sweat!

Tyler ended up getting his additional fast passes for Star Tours. He was hoping to ride to all destinations. I think we ended up going to the same places but in different combinations. But it was fun hooping and trying to guess where were were going.

[tyandskyesmom]

So we checked in at for our 11am lunch at...

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We hung our in the living room for about 15 minutes becaue they were not seating yet...

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Now we have been here before but Skye was not born yet and Tyler was really young so he did not remember it. And the teasing thing is not really my thing and sometimes the kids get oddly shy, which is why we have hesitated over the years. Will we like it this time?

We were one of the first seated for the day and we got the kitchen that we have seen in commercials! It was right as you walk into the dining area on the corner.

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We were brought our menus and we ordered our drinks. And made our one mistake of the meal...WE FORGOT ABOUT MILK SHAKES!!!! I so wanted to try the PB&J shake!

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Tyler had decided he was not that hungry so we decided to share one adult meal...and it was a good decision. Skye, however, was willing to eat whatever was put in front of her!

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We were brought silverwae and napkins and Cousin Cooper said "you know what to do" and walked away...and the kids looked dumbfounded...we don't do that at home! She really, they didn't. So I told them they better figure it out before he came back or who knows what will happen. So they did their version of setting the table and when Cousin Cooper returned, he told them they did ok but some things were wrong...and he made them correct it.

For appetizers, Tyler was not interested in anything except onion rings but those are only for a party of two so we could not get them since he was not using a credit. So I opted for Aunt Annie's Seafood Salad (Lump Blue Crab, Bay Scallops, and Shrimp tossed in Citrus Vinaigrette served on seasonal Greens)...

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And I was glad I did! It was fresh and cold. It was a ton of seafood and I ate almost all of it. The kids took a little of the seafood but not much.

Skye ordered Chicken Noodle Soup...

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She said it was just as good as the other soups she had had. Our cousin (laughed at her for wanting a fork to eat her soup with.

She also ordered the Macaroni & Cheese with fries...

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It was her favorite kind of mac & cheese because it was very soupy so she could dip her fries in the cheese. Our cousin said, I suppose you want a spoon for your mac & cheese to right?" and she smile and said "Yes" in all seriousness! He cracked up. Then he teased her throughout the whole meal about eating so slowly. He complained that he was going to need a union break before she finished!

Tyler finished his coke somewhere in here and asked for another. Cousin Cooper brought him our two and said "Here...this is #2 and # 3 and if you get to #3 it will turn into #1!" The kids thought he was hilarious!

Tyler and I shared the Sampling of Mom's Favorite Recipes (Crispy-fried Chicken, Fork Tender Pot Roast, and Traditional Meatloaf with all the fixings)...

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Tyler, of course, took the fried chicken...and I had the rest! It was all really good! I cannot pick my favorite...in fact, I hope they keep the sample platter on the menu becasue it was a great way to not have to decide! I think I licked hte plate...which made Tyler happy because he was afraid I woudl not finish my greens or something and he'd end up being punished for it becasue he was sharing with me. Another reason we were not in a hurry to return was becasue the food was just ok for us...well, not this time...it was wonderful...and we are super glad i decided to do this one. it will probably make the list from now on! Food was great and the kids thought it was great fun!

So for dessert, Tyler and I shared the Dad's Brownie Sundae (Brownie with Vanilla Ice Cream, Hot Fudge, and Caramel topping)...

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WOW! What more could you ask for! It was fun to look at and to eat!

Skye had the Ice-Cream Sundae (it was make-your-own just like she likes it but it did not say that on the menu!)...

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During dessert, our cousin was waiting on another table of older teens/young adults in the room next door and was giving them a real hard time. The kids thought it was so funny! Then he sat down in a booth where he could see us still but was about 15 feet away and was watching them and us. He'd yell to us to ask if we needed anything else. And by this time, Tyler was working on him...so he said he needed another coke...so our cousin yells to another cousin to get us some refills (because he's on a union break) or he's telling mom...so they fought back and forth for a while...while the kids laughed.

Our total for the meal was $53.19 and we left a $10.00 tip. We out of there at 11:43 so while we had a great time, the meal was not a super long one yet felt just right in timing. Cousin Cooper was great and I'd recommend you request him if you like doing that kind of thing. He was just into it enough to make us happy. Don't know if that is his thing or if he just read us well enough to know that that was the level of entertainment we would enjoy but whatever it was, he was great. We never felt neglected nor did we feel overly uncomfortable.


We will definately return to 50s Prime Time...we really loved it...food and service!

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So after our filling lunch at 50s Prime Time we made our way over to The Great Movie Ride.

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We love The Great Movie Ride! And it was a nice way to spend our after meal time. When we got out of there we headed over to see who was meeting in the Animation building.

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And I remembered about Animation Academy! We have never done that and the kids knew nothing about it. As soon as I told them about it, of course they wanted to do it. A group just got taken in and they were taking people for the next class. So we jumped in. They only take a certain amount of people so they can all fit in the room and have drawing desks. We waited about 25 minutes. The kids were getting antsy and I was dosing on and off. And it got crowded in that little space they corral you into. But they wanted to wait.

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When it was finally our turn, we went in.

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We were given a choice of three or four characters to draw and Pooh wha the winner. Tyler got discouraged early on becasue he did not pay attention...so he stopped drawing and moped a little. Skye and I finished...

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And it was so much fun the wanted to do it again! And luckily, they were still corralling people for the show after the one that just went in after us...so we waited!

And we all paid attention this time and we all drew and we all came away with pictures...of...TIGGER...

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And thus began Tyler's need for his souvinear...a book to show you how to draw Disney Characters...I managed to get him to agree to not get it until llater in the trip but he did eventually get it...and it has been used many times since!

And then we headed back to Star Tours!

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We used our two fast passes for some more great rides. Skye loves when (and I am going to sound real not Star Wars savy here!) we pulled into a stop and the pointy thing goes through the window and the little guy yells at C3P0 and he snaps back...I'll have to ask her what he says becasue hse was reciting it all evening...it was pretty funny!

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Love all your updates & pictures!
I had to go back a few pages, though and get caught up. I got behind on my favorite TR's here lately (even gotten behind on my own...). Everything's been crazy busy!

I hope we get a chance to see the new Pooh ride que on our upcoming trip. It looks really neat!

Can't wait to hear more!

[tyandskyesmom]

Love all your updates & pictures!
I had to go back a few pages, though and get caught up. I got behind on my favorite TR's here lately (even gotten behind on my own...). Everything's been crazy busy!

I hope we get a chance to see the new Pooh ride que on our upcoming trip. It looks really neat!

Can't wait to hear more!

Glad to have you back! I know wat you mean... I am having a hard enough time getting my own TR done let alone keeping up with the ones I was following...

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So after our two trips to Hoth and the Death Star (or so I am told) it was time to head out.

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And the sky was starting to look a little scary! You can see it in the last picture.

We walked over to the boat dock and there was one waiting for us...in fact the captain yelled over that if we hurried we'd make this trip...so we hurried!

First we stopped at the Swan and Dolphin.

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Then over to the Yacht and Beach Clubs...

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See that sky again???

Skye had fallen asleep on the way over...

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Before heading over to...

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Before reaching...

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And our destination for the evening...

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But it was not time for dinner yet...so what are we to do???

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So we arrived at the Boardwalk a tad early so we walked around and checked out the Boardwalk grounds and just as we got to the pool area (which Tyler was excited to check out because of his love of anything elephant!) the sky opened up and the lightening started. Everyone was kicked out of the pool area. Really it surprised me how little people were there to start with. I mean, that is the main thing that keeps up going back to mostly values...if I am spending thayt much money for a hotel, I want to be there to enjoy it. Well, to each their own I guess!

So we walked over to the Boardwalk Bakery to check out what they had. No one else was there. Usually that place is crowded! SO the kids checked it out and of course wanted everything. When I finally convinced them that we shoudl just share something because dinner was coming up soon, we decided on An Oreo Cupcake and a Smart Water.

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The cupcake was really cold but that was perfect for us...it was still so humid out! I did not record the cost but I believe it was about $8.50. And it was a good 2 snack credits spent...mmmmm....is all I need to say!

We walked back towards the pool area and found a rocker under the porch cover. We tried to sit there and eat the cupcake but we gave up since it was so incredible humid outside. So we headed inside te lobby to find somewhere to sit and cool off before our dinner and eat our snack. We ended up in an upstairs hallway where there was a small couch by doors going outside and the elevators. It was a little awkward but what else could we do. We split out snack and then Skye and I went to the bathroom to freshen up for dinner. When we were done, Tyler went. Not the most ideal situation but we did what we needed to. In the whole time we were there we only saw two other people...and it poured the whole time too.

At about 5:15pm we headed downstairs and out to Flying Fish for our 5:30pm dinner reservation.

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We sat in the entrance waiting for them to start seating.

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The bathrooms here are shared with the store next door. That's kind of odd to me but I guess it's better than not having access to one at all right?

At exactly 5:30pm we were seated at a table just far enough into the restaurant to be comfortable.

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And we were given our menus...

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We loved the flying fish...

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Our waiter was Bob and he was wonderful. He encouraged the kids to tell him what they wanted and he'd have it made for them. He explained what things were very well. And he delivered what was ordered! Another great waiter!

Bob brought our bread and butter...

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...and took our orders.

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So after we were all decided and Bob took our orders, we started on our appetizers.

Skye ordered the Seasonal Fruit Skewer and Honey Yogurt...

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It was perfect. It looked and tasted like fresh picked, cut fruit. Not like it had been sitting around waiting for someone to order it. She ate it all!

Tyler ordered the Crispy Rice-Crusted Maine Lobster (Fragrantly spiced Florida Rock Shrimp and Asian Vegetables with a sheelfish, coconut, giner and lemongrass broth)...

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He does like Lobster but it has only been plain steamed lobster tails not breaded in anything or on top of anything else. But, he wanted to try it and who am I to stop progress?

He did eat a little of it but I think I ended up with most of it. It was really good and something I wold not normally order at home. However, I think I might in the future at Flying Fish! And it was a really pretty dish in it's presentation with all the colors.

I went with the Our Signature Flying Fish Cafe "Crispy Maine Coast Jonah Crab Cake" (Savory Vegetable Slaw, Roasted Red Pepper Coulis, and Ancho Chile Rémoulade)...

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...and while pretty, if I had not had Tyler's appetizer to occupy me, I would have been disappointed. I love a crab cake. Usually, I don't even mind one stuffed with filler...which this one wasn't but it wastoo over done for me. Like dry overdone, not crispy over done. I don't know if that is the way it was supposed to be or not but it was not my favorite crab cake of the trip. In fact, I left some on my place...GASP!!!!

For her entree, Skye ordered Bowl of Mickey Pasta (with tomato sauce and parmesan cheese)

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...with everything on the side. My kids eat noodles like other people eat popcorn so pasta it was! And it was apparently very good!

Tyler ordered Our Signature Flying Fish Café "Char-crusted Certified Black Angus New York Strip Steak" (Roasted Fingerling Potatoes, Pole Beans, young carrots, and bermuda onions with an applewood-smoked bacon mustard seed vinaigrette and Classic Sauce Foyot)

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...medium rare and plain. And with fries. A lot of awesomly good fries. And even though they are not in the picture, he did get the carrots and Skye snagged them both...she loved them. Generally neither one of them eats cooked carrots but these were just soft on the outside and still had a bite to them and they looked like fresh baby carrots with the green top and everything...so she loved them and declared them the best carrots ever! Tyler loved his steak...it was perfectly medium rare, exactly as he likes 'em. And he loved the presentation on his plate witht he steak seperate from the fries and the ton of fries in a deep frying basket. He ate all the steak and most of the fries.

I had Our Signature Flying Fish Café "Potato-wrapped Red Snapper" (Leek Fondue with a Veal Glace, Red Wine, and Cassis Butter)...

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Loved the fishy bowl!

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I had been kicking myself for not ordering it the last time we were here. And I was very happy with my entree. I don't know how they get that potato to do that but it was really a great "breading" for the snapper. The fish was kept moist and yummy...and the sause...oh, the sauce...it just made the whole dish. Without it, it was good but with it, it was really, really good! I am afraid that this is one of those places I will never get to try anything else off of the menu...although a lot intrigues me about it! The kids both tried a piece of the fish, not the potato or the sauce, and liked it but both were so happy with their choices, no one bugged me for mine! Definately a better choice than last time (I had some The Land grown talapia with pumpkin seeds and stuff).

For dessert, Skye had the Mickey's Chocolate Puzzle (white chocolate puzzle, sugar paints, creamy-topped chocolate cupcake)...

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Which she loved. but I don't know how much eating she did as she was busy painting the puzzle until she discovered she could paint herself...

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Pretty isn't she???

Tyler had the Dessert Trio...

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...which is no longer on the menu so I will try to remember what it was. It was a play on carnival food we were told. So starting form the right is a hamburger with fries and ketchup. It was like a peanut butter and chocolate whoopie pie with donut like fries and a raspberry sauce ketchup. Next is a respberry bitters popcicle...it was very sour, and Bob had warned us about that before hand! It was fun and had good flavor once you got past the sour but even the kids (who would eat Sour Patch Kids all day) thought it was too sour! and the last item, on the left, was a popcorn ice cream with caramel and caralem corn on the top. It was really good and the clear favorite! I really likes the PB&C hamburger too but not as much as that popcorn ice cream...and I generally don't even like popcorn that much. It was definatelty a fun and creative dessert!

I had a Strawberry cheesecake thing...

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This was really pretty...we loved seeing it. It was almost hard to eat it! But we did. I think the kids grapped the sugar decoration...it was like a flat sucker. It was really a great dessert. Everything went together perfectly. there was none of it left...except maybe wheat thingy!

We had another awesome meal here. Next time we will have to bring Lou back. the only thing I wish was different is that it were a little easier to get to...but then I guess, it'd be crowded all the time like a lot of the other venues.

When all was said and done, we spent $166.75 on dinner and left a $30.00tip. And it was well worth our 4 adult and 2 kid's meal credits!

We will definatley be back...and next time it will make the "must do" list not the "if we can squeeze it in" list!

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So Skye took her goodie bag that had some of her pasta and her dessert in it (and I don't think she ever ate it)...

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...but she loved the bag! Go figure!?!?!

So we headed to towards the boat dock and waited for a boat back to Disney's Hollywood Studios.

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While we were there and Tyler is trying to act all cool becasue the cute teenage looking "hot" girl was standing in front of us acting indifferent to the whole Disney experience (and she was alone even though she looked to be maybe 15 at most!) a bee decides to love Tyler's shorts...

And nothing he could do...and still look cool...would get it to leave. So I am crying I am laughing so hard and he is trying to get it to go away without stinging him while still looking cool and not like a girly man and Skye is trying to help but that does not make you look very manly to have your baby sisten swating at your crotch area...and what do I do...well, I gotta get a picture!!!!

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So now, I am crying I am laughing so hard while pointing my camera at my son's crotch trying to capture the hilarity of the moment. I don't know if you guys are getting it or not but boy did I have a good laugh. Any of those things on their own (the bee, the girl, being cool) would no thave been funny or that unusual but all put together at the end of a long hot day...well, it was hilarious!

And the girl did not even show she noticed any of it so he could have just avoided the whole thing and done something embarrassing to get the bee to leave. Just re-living it, has made me giggle...no tears but there was a giggle!

While we waited it was getting darker and by the time we arrived at Disney's Hollywood Studios, it was pretty dark.

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Love that pic of Tower of Terror...just makes it look spookier!

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See he made it though the bee thing!

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This is from our vantage point in the line for All-Star Movies out in the parking lot.


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The line was not long tonight becasue the part was just getting close to closing so people were not yet leaving in droves so we waitied just a little and were soon on a bus "home".

When we got there we filled our mugs and walked to our room.

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Since it was so early and we had a long, hot day we all decided we wanted to go to the pool. So we changed and headed down. There were a lot of other people there and Lilo & Stitch was on the movie screen by the pool. If you were in the right part of the pool you could watch the movie while in the water. Tyler found some of the kids he played with last time and the hung out and Skye and I hung out. It did not take long for us to tire out, maybe an hour or so becasue we did not even get to the end of the movie.

We headed back upstairs and changed for bed...it did not take long for all of us to be out for the night!

[dismagiclover]

Love the evening at the Boardwalk! That is our home DVC resort so it always makes me happy to see pictures of it! The story of the hot teenage girl and the bee is pretty funny! Wonder if she noticed.

[tyandskyesmom]

Love the evening at the Boardwalk! That is our home DVC resort so it always makes me happy to see pictures of it! The story of the hot teenage girl and the bee is pretty funny! Wonder if she noticed.

We love the Boardwalk area...in fact we have had reservations there a couple of times and then end up cancelling because I just cannot see spending that kind of money and not being there...maybe someday!

[tyandskyesmom]

Ok...how fo I post a reply the regular way? Did I miss something or am I just a moron???

[tyandskyesmom]

So the morning of August 17 arrived bright and early...at 6:00am. We did our usual morning routine and we were all headed out to the bus by 7:15am, our morning drinks in hand!

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It was very hot out today and we were heading to the "hottest park". We were dripping already just from our short walk to the bus stop.

We did not wait too long before a bus pulled up and off we went to...




CAN YOU GUESS????




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I just love the entrance into Animal Kingdom. In fact, we love Animal Kingdom! We just don't understand why other people don't. But I guess that's good becasue with how busy it gets now, just think how crazy it could be if everyone loved it like we do!

We arrived in time for Extra Magic hours at 8am! It is so nice just walking through there without a ton of people around. Tyler took our passes when we got through th gates and went for Expedition Everest fast passes. He was still saying he did not want to go and Skye was teasing him that she was going! She was finally big enough!!!!

Skye and I headed the opposite way to our meeting spot. Along the way we checked things out...

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I say "lazy" she said "conserving her energy"!

[tyandskyesmom]

So on our way in Skye took these...

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Don't know who that was but she apparently liked his red shirt!

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We ended up at Kilamanjaro Safari to wait for Tyler...who actually should have been there waiting for me. At this point, Tyler was starting to try my patience with just his everyday little things so when we arrived here quite a while after we parted and he was not there and did not come walking up soon after we got there, I was getting a little upset! After standing in probably one of the biggest crowds at Animal Kingdom at 8:15am for quite a while waiting we start to see him moseying on over...taking his own sweet time...looking around...ya. All of that would have been fine if he had gotten there and been looking for us and looking around while waiting but he was not doing that. My Tyler just does not think like that. And to make it worse, he is not answering his phone or calling me...time means nothing for the boy!

So he comes around the corner all smiling and I let him know that was not the correct way to handle that situation and we headed off for one of our favorite rides!

[tyandskyesmom]

The line for the Safari was not long but it was much longer now than it had been when we should have boarded...I was really planning on two rides.

Now I have a ton of Safari pictures. Probably, they have all been seen before. But I can never get enough of a good thing so I am going to post them. I won't be offended if you skip over them (in fact, I won't even know unless you tell me!) but I love looking at them so here we go...

We always have to have a picture of the "menu board" as we call it...

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Okapi...that is probably the best picture of an Okapi I have ever been able to get!

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Saddle Billed Stork (I think that is what they were and how you spell it???)

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Rhino butt and Vultures

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Vultures Drying their wings and probably cooling off...it was HOT!

No, no I believe these are the Saddle Billed Storks so I don't know what the other picture was...
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Pelicans in their nests and Vultures...the greyish fuzzier birds are the baby pelicans...so cute!

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The Hippos hanging out and of course, Vultures.

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A Bayobob (ya, I probably buchered that!) Tree with Vultures in it of course!

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[tyandskyesmom]

More Safari...

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Ankole Cattle are my favorite hooved creature!

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A view across the Savanna.

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More of my cattle!

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This is the most active I've ever seen them...

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The new pavillions for the tour and some Giraffe.

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Wildebeast and Giraffe.

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Wildebeast

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Giraffe...I wonder what they think about the tour coming through there???

[tyandskyesmom]

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more Giraffe...

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And the ultimate favorite on the Safari...an Elephant!

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Giraffe again...

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The Cheetahs are in there somewhere! I know we could see them.

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Rhino...

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Pride Rock.

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Wart Hogs! The kids love seeing Pumba up and about!

[tyandskyesmom]

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Warthogs...

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Rhino...

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he's getting closer to the vehicle!

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Naw, nevermind!

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We never knew there were so many rhinos here...or that they really ever moved! We saw a ton of them today!

And then we saved Little Red...
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...and everyone was happy!

We were really happy...this was one of the best safaris we have even been on. The animals were out all over the place! And close to the road and moving around! I don't know if it was just a good day or if the theory that morning time is the best time but it worked for us!

[tyandskyesmom]

So we found our stroller, it's always a game there, and headed over for breakfast.

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This morning we were using snack credits at Kusifiri Coffee Shop and Bakery! I had been reading so much about cupcakes and such that I knew we needed to get some...and we all never agree on one so we were going to try a few!

We ordered an Elephant Cupcake (of course!)...

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...a Zebra Cupcake...

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...and a Cottontop Cupcake (which was a special for the month)...

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We also had a large bottle of water!

All the cupcakes were good but Skye and I liked the Zebra one the best (we are yellow cake lovers!) and Tyler, oddly enough, liked the Elephant one...it's not odd that he liked the elephant but that he liked the frosting on the cup cake...it was sort of like what you'd get on german chocolate cake...and he usually turns that down. Now that is not to say we did not demolish all three of them...but we did all have our favorites! And we probably would have been fine with two of them, and we're not big sharers with things like this, so that should tell you how filling they were! And the kids lived the chocolate elephant and cottontop on the tops too!

Our cost was $17.75 but we used four snack credits. We were eating around 8:58am. We did not have a line to wait in either. I was tihnking due to the way the place is set up that we'd have a huge line but we didn't. And we were able to get seats over by the Dawa Bar to eat in the shade.

I'd definately come back there again for snacks!

[tyandskyesmom]

After our extremely nutritious breakfast we mosied over towards Asia...taking in the sights along the way!

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This is outside Yak & Yeti. We kept asking Skyler why she broke the statue every time we went by.

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So then we got there...

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Does he looked scared? He tried to talk us out of it in every way he could. And it did not work. Skye was tellin ghim he'd be ok. And we entered the lregular line becasue it wasn't really that long and we wanted to see the museum and we wanted to save our fast passes for later when it got more crowded...at least Skye and I did!

The line and museum is so cool..even Tyler had a hard time being worried.

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[tyandskyesmom]

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That was totally posed...really! At least for Skyler! No, really, Tyler has been on much worse than what the Yeti had in store for him. It's just the not knowing that is killing him! See, this is his first ride on it too because he was always too scared to ride before even though he was tall enough a long time ago!

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This is Skyler acting scared...she couldn't wait!

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There's my pretty little girl!

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See, he's smiling...ok, ok, he really was a little scared but he was walking forward on his own...and I knew he'd be ok once he got on it!

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WOW, I might have as many pictures of the wait to see the Yeti as I do for the Safari!

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All those pictures make it look like it took us a long time to get through that line but it really did not...and it was much too fast for Tyler!

So we get up there and Skye and I ride together and Tyler is on his own. Well, I had to make a choice...the little one or the chicken one...and I knew he'd be ok...actually, I knew she'd be ok too but she is just so little!

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This is about where she looks at me and says "This is all it is? This is a baby ride!"....YES, THOSE WEWRE HER EXACT WORDS!!!!

And the verdict was...
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Even Chicken Boy loved it and it is now his favorite ride at Animal Kingdom! See, Moms do know best!!! Although he was not thrilled with going backwards in the dark and I had to convince him that he did not go upside down...he said it felt like it in the dark. What proved it to him was that he did not have a harness over his sholder and Skye was able to ride.

So as we walked away...

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...we headed to...

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...where Tyler was very upset that one of his favorites was not going to be functional for our whole trip. He loves Primeval Whirl and will ride it over and over! Oh well! So we rode some Triceratops and then went to scare Tyler some more!

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Actually this one scares me!!! And Tyler knows he is scared on this one but will ride becasue he can safely hide.

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Ok so this is a kid that by the age of two could correctly identify and pronounce any dino you threw at him. He owned and loved the Jurrasic Park Triolgy since around then too. But he has night mares about Velociraptors chasing him through the house...he still does every now and then...so this was really funny!

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We have actually never been in this part of the queue because we have never actually ever had a line before to get on!

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That guys was cool!

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And this is my attempt at taking a pic of the ride pic so you can see how Tyler rides Disnoaur! Well, he made Skye, his little sister by 5 years, ride on the end and he was in the middle. Then he closes his eyes and holds his ears (he has done that since he was little when he is scared...I guess the sound is worse than the sight!) and tries to bury himself under my arm! He is such a MO!

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But in this case he did not plan very well becasue he put me on the side with the big, scary T-Rex so he had to lean towards his baby sister to protect him! I admit, that guy is scary!!! I think Skye is the only one of the three of us who actually was not phased! She's a weird one...

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So when we got done scaring Tyler, it was almost time for lunch so we headed that way...

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It was not very crowded but it sure was H-O-T!!!!

We had an 11:30 lunch ADR...and we were almost there!

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We had an 11:30am ADR for lunch at...

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We were a little early and they make you wait untilk all the breakfast people have seen the characters before letting the lunch crowd in. In fact, they would not even let us check in when we got there. So we sat in the shade with everyone else and waited.

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Till we were allowed to check in and then shortly after, brought in to be seated...

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All the sounds from "upstairs" were going on...we love the little things like that!

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We were brought into the larger dining room...

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And we were sat pretty much right in the middle of that room...good spot!

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Oh, and I meant to tell you that they moved check in around the back of the hotel...which made for a lot of congestion back there. I don't really understand it but I wasn't asked so whatever!

Now, we have been here for both breakfast and lunch before. And we really like it. There is always a lot that we know and like and there is also a lot that we can try if/when feeling adventurous! We have always had hot food and if things have even been close to empty, the trays have been refilled. And normally, the flow of the buffet line goes very smoothly so you're not waiting very long at any one pod. They also seem seperated enough so we don't get many dirty looks when cutting in to get to the pod we want...that's what you're suppoosed to do people!...like you dometimes do at other buffets. And I have to say that other than Boma, this is the only buffet we like for lunch or dinner...normally, we only do breakfast buffets as we have not normally liked the food at other meals. and while this place has tracings of Boma, it has a whole different vibe going on we think! The one place we have consistantly had our only issues here is with the wait staff. Only once have we had a good waiter, I mean, how hard can it bue to wait at a buffet...the least you could do is act interested!


So on with the pictures...

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Here's our regular drinks...I do like that they brought Skye a paper cup with a top...just makes it easier. Oh, and I hate the paper straws...but I understand the reason behind it and prefer them to the alternative of no straws!

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My first plate.

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Skye's first plate.

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Tyler's first plate...I believe the carving board had roast beef and pork loin that day.

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My second plate...I must have liked the tomato salad!

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Skye and my shared dessert plate.

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Skye's dessert plate.

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Ty's dessert plate.

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More corn dog nuggets from the kid's buffet. They were really good! We shared them around the table.

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Skye's apple sauce.

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Looks like my plate with Skye's fruit and more corn dog nuggets.

All in all we loved it here...again! We had plenty variety to pick from and left full. We left at 12:21pm so our meal lasted almost an hour...and this was a rare day for us as there was always a line at the carving station. That really puts a damper on things. But all was good in the end. The cost was $59.61 or three meal credits. Well worth it to us...and we will definately be back!

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And we walked out into...

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HOLY DOWNPOUR BATMAN!!!! Remarkably, you could not even hear the rain from inside so we were somewhat surprised!

Up until this point we had had very little rain...well we were making up for it now! And do you know where the ponchos were??? Come on...guess!!! If you guessed "in the the stroller on the other side of the Dawa Bar", give yourself a treat! We had thought to cover the stroller...in fact, we kept the rain cover on it all the time and any time we left it somewhere, we covered it all up. But we did not think about what owuld happen if it rained while we were inside and we then had to get outside to the stroller to get the ponchos! DUH!!! So I did what any responsible, mature parent would...I sent Tyler to get the stroller! LOL...

The good news??? He found out how well his new, never been worn before, bright, yellow, athletic shirt handles water!

Actually, he had no problem going out in the rain...he's a 12 year old boy, what's the problem???

So what's to do at the Animal Kingdom, in the rain...well, we headed back to the Safari!!!!

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We walked right on and had first row (which is always a thrill fo rthe kids but I think it is not the best seat in the car) and we had a really good driver this time!

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Tommies...Skye's favorite hooved animal!

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And we learned something on this trip through...those are not baby giraffes or kids or teens..there are actually two different kinds of giraffes on the safari. The littler ones are a different kind than the big ones...they even have slightly different parreting and colorings.

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There's those sneaky Cheetahs!!!

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A sleeping warthog...

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OSTRICH!!!

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It was getting steamy again as we were coming to the chase!

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And of course, we saved Little Red.

After our second safari (can you tell we love the safari?!?!?!?) we walked the trail and it was steamy hot back there!!!

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We continure down the trail sweating our butts off!

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...and I sat down and watched for a while...

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Skye loved that little guy!

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The we got to Lou's favorite...but he was not here...so we enjoyed them for him!

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Oh no, that's Skye not a gorilla...:rotfl:

Did I mention how hot it was? We had done a lot of things today and I was willing to retire to our room or pool for a while but they would have none of it...and it's really not like me to want to stop while we're in The World...which is why I find it difficult to pay for Deluxe hotels!

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So after our steamy hike through Africa we headed towards Asia again.

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Which brought us back past that beautiful tree! We decided to stop at what is listed on my receipt at the Animal Kingdom Upcountry Beverage Cart for something cool.

We grabbed a Berry Yeti Blast and a Shangri La Cooler.

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We all liked the Shangri La Cooler best...the yellowish one. It was lemony but not like lemon freezes though. We used two snack credits but it would have been $7.86 out of pocket. They were flavorful and cold....and that's just what we needed!

It was 2:34pm at this point and we sat under the shade on the dock that juts out looking onto the Tree of Life. There were a lot of tables and chairs set out along the walk way back here, which was a new thing to see for us.

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Isn't that cool! It is part of the awning!

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He was apparently the clean up crew but he was the only one.

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We sat there for a little while just watching everything and trying to cool off.

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Once we were feeling sufficiently cool...or at least as cool as we were going to get...we moved on.

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No monkeys climbing today!

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She's such a good work horse!

We wanted to go on Kali River Rapids but the line was all the way back to where we could see it from the corner!!!! And that's a long line too!!! SO we passed. Believe it or not, we never rode it on this horribly hot trip.

So we kept on moving.

You know where we were headed right?

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We used our fast passes and moved pretty quickly through the small fast pass line.

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And we got up to be the next ones in line...all really excited this time...and lightening struck...literally! And they closed the ride down. They said we could wait it out if we wanted to or take our fast passes for later if it cleared up but we knew we were heading out and it would be at least 30 minutes after the last lightening strike before they'd re-open the ride. So we just headed up around the tree to towards the front of the park.

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We stopped to cool off inside a store and look around...love this...

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And then is was nearing time for Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade to begin so we sat on a ledge to wait. Tyler ran and got us some Popcorn and a Coke Slushie and a Lemonade Slushie from Safari Coffee.

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Skye and I liked the lomon one again but Tyler loves a froven coke...so he was happy withthat one. Oh, and paper straws are worse in slushies!

Tyler met up with one of his little "friends" from the pool the other day so they hung out while we waited. The othe rboy actually caught a lizard...but it had no tail. I don't know if he did that or if that was how he found him but I hate when they try to catch them!

The time on my receipt form the slushies says 3:45pm so we did not have much waiting time!

[tyandskyesmom]

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! I am getting ready to update more...

[mousetravel]

Can't wait to hear more! (even though I had to get caught up again, since we returned from our trip)

I had to laugh at your Dinosaur pic because I had the same scared look as your son did! I'll have to post that pic to show you and put it in my TR when I get to that point in my TR!

We also went to Tusker House during our recent trip, and we loved it!!!

[SwiperFox]

Just started reading tonight (and caught up)! Can't wait to read more.

I was so excited looking at your pictures from the Move It, Shake It parade... the stilt walker you took a picture of is one of my best friends! I've never gotten to see her in it yet... so yay for a picture!

[tyandskyesmom]

Just started reading tonight (and caught up)! Can't wait to read more.

I was so excited looking at your pictures from the Move It, Shake It parade... the stilt walker you took a picture of is one of my best friends! I've never gotten to see her in it yet... so yay for a picture!

THAT IS VERY COOL! I always wonder if I am going to see someone I know or even us in someone else's pictures!

[mousetravel]

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I decided to go ahead and upload the pic I was telling you about, where I had the same scared look as Tyler on the Dinosaur, (2nd row) :rotfl:

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[tyandskyesmom]

That;s funny...I guess Tyler dons a popular pose for Dinosaur! :)

[tyandskyesmom]

Thanx everyone! I am working on getting more up but we've just been soooo busy! I think Christmas is finally over (had my mom's side of the family's party this past weekend) and we are getting back into routine with gymnastics twice a week, dance three times a week and all Tyler's activities (student council, the spring musical, schlastic bowl, mathletes, baseball and arena football) so I should be able to get some up soon!!!!

And just to show you all that Disney is educational, Skye had to do a diorama of an animal habitat. Well since Chickens were not allowed, she picked elephants. And do you know where we went for our inspiration??? Animal Kingdom pictures!!! AND...Tyler was at Scholastic Bowl last week and they were doing questions on art and he was the only one to know a bunch of Michelangelo and DiVinci questions...and some from an episode of Wizard of Waverly Place! :rotfl2:

[tyandskyesmom]

So where were we??? A yes, the Jammin' Jungle Parade!

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...to be continued...

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Oops...I think I posted those parade pics backwards except for the first and last...sorry!

We love this parade...the parade itself is great, the music is fun, and there are plenty of characters!

We were a bit further back than the kids usually like to be but for walking up pretty much as it was starting and getting a ledge seat not a seat on the ground, it was not all that bad for a change!

And Tyler ran into a kid from the pool there and they "hunted" lizards for a while.

After the parade, we headed up to the exit with everyone else.

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We took our time and looked around at some of the Oasis animals that were still out since we did not do that in the morning.

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As we headed out you could really tell it wanted to rain, and rain hard!

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We checked out the Outpost Shop and the kids were looking for pin trading.

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And we finally headed for a bus and Skye found a dollar on the walkway...

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Where we waited quite a while for a bus to come.

[tyandskyesmom]

Ok, so, I started freaking out becasue I could not find any other pictures from this day and I knew I had taken some...then I remmbered I did not bring my camera with me becasue we did not want to have it in the way later that nght....so the rest of the pics are from my phone. Phew, crisis averted...continue...


So we waited a while for the bus...hot, tired, hot, and tired...it was quite a long wait.

When we finally arrived back at All-Star Movies we stopped for refills in our mugs and headed to the room. It was probably around 5:30pm by now. When we got back to the room this was waiting for us...

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We were so hot and pooped out from the day that we decided to take a NAP!!! Did you hear me??? We, collectively, decided to nap in Disney World!!! That is unprecidented!!! So we did. In our fereezing, as cold as the air woudl go, room. And it was needed. And it was nce.

Around 7:00pm we got up nicely refreshed. That nap was just what we needed!

We got ready to go pretty quickly and headed out. We had decided earlier to cancel our ADR at Sanaa for that evening becasue we were hot, tired, stuffed, and really just needed the rest. So we headed to World Premiere Food Court for dinner.

Skye had a Kid's Cheese Pizza, a breadstick, grapes and a small bottle of water.

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Tyler had an adult's cheese pizza, a mickey rice krisp treat with chocolate ears and a coke.

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And I had Chicken Penne Alfredo, a Blueberry Muffin, and a Chocolate Milk and I believe the salad that came with Tyler's pizza.

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It was all very good. Tyler snagged half my chicken and Skye had a bunch of my pasta. We got bottled drinks becasue we were heading right out and did not want to carry around our cups where we were going or a bag to put them in and we did not want to go back to the room either.

Our cost here was $34.71 and it was all very tasty. We woudl eat in the food court again if time presented itself.

After dinner we headed to the buses and found the one for Downtown Disney. I absolutely hate going to Downtown Disney by bus...transportation there has always been so bad! So we got in line and waited for a bus.

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One would think at 8:00pm they would come more frequently...but no. We probably waited about 20 minutes for a bus. We took it over to The Westside...

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...and headed towards our destination for the night.

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DISNEY QUEST!!!

[tyandskyesmom]

We have not been to Disney Quest in quite a bit of years and it is nt a regular for us so every time we go it is new.

We get our tickets using a plus option on our passes and head in. We decided to go all the way up and work our way down. Tyler did not want to hang with us so he went off on his own to play. So I don't know what all he did. Skye and I walked around and did what ever we wanted to. It really wasn't that crowded so we pretty much had the place to ourselves.

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We did not play that...Skye is too little still...but it was fun to watch from above!

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And that is where I decided she is not getting a driver's license...EVER!

We played quite a bit of different games and had lots of fun. Skye seemed to like the kiddie ones better because she coudl see better and the driving ones. I don't think she ever won (you race against other people playing) but she likes doing it. And then they were kicking us out. I am surprized Disney Quest closes so early. You'd think they'd get a rush after park hours. Tyler ended up being in a car near us at the time racing like we were so we picked up and headed out. For me, it was a perfect amount of time. I am not a gamer. And since it was closing I did not have to pull kids out kicking and screaming...so it worked for us!

We decided to walk over to The Marketplace bus stop...STUPID, STUPID, STUPID!!!

But we had fun along the way!

[tyandskyesmom]

So we headed over towards The Marketplace stopping whenever we wanted.

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The Vinylmation store was pretty neat!

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Isn't that cute!?!?!?!?

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Loved the cute flowers!

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We decided to stop at Cookes of Dublin for a snack.

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I had been hearing about the Doh Bars and thought they sounded lovely! So we ordered one to share. We also got a bottle of water to share. I was always under the impressin somehow that Cookes was more restaurant style...nope, it isn't. You order at the counter, they make your food and you sit to the side in the small seating area with a few high top tables. I mean, it was fine, I was just under a very different impression before actually going there.

The total was $5.01 or two snack credits.

Here is another place where I am kicking myself for not taking a cross section picture of it once it was bt into to show the inside. It was really good and worth the fifteen minute wait. We ordered at 10:40pm and did not leave till almost 11pm. I think Skye scarffed most of it down but we all dug in quite a bit. Definately something to share!

[tyandskyesmom]

So we ate while we walked because I knew things were going to be closing up soon.

We approached T-Rex and found all the people!

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We have eaten here once before and it was on the list for this time but unfortunately Downtown Disney is not someplace we frequent. We're lucky if we get there once a trip, even on long trips like this. So, it lost out this time. We loved it though and it is really appealing to look at. And fun!

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We just went into the little shop...and I do mean little...and it was soooo crowded in there we couldn't really look around!

So we quickly regrouped and kept on our journey!

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We next encountered the newly refurbished Lego Store! All I can say is WOW! I mean we loved the old lego statues and decor but just WOW! I don't know how you would even begin to put together one of those things! Well, let me shut up and just show you...

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We were just in awe! I wish I had had my good camera (who right about now we had started calling "Butthead" because it hung at the exact right height to knock Skye in the head every chance it got!) so I could have gotten better pictures of them. I don't know which would be my favorite, do you?

[tyandskyesmom]

So we next hit the World of Disney store.

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Gosh, we could get lost in there forever! The kids (read : Tyler) were given strict instructions to stay together. It worked for the most part.

Even if you are not buying, looking around in this huge, wonderfully Disney decorated, over the top store if just always so much fun!

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Just look at that room, how could it not be fun?!?!?!

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This counts as a light fixture, right?

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And it's even fun outside of it!

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After trapsing through Once Upon a Toy we headed around the back for a short cut because we knew there really wasn't anything else we needed to see.

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Around the back we found these cute windows...

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And then these guys outside of the Christmas Store...

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And this cute shirt near the Scrapbooking Store...

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And then we saw THIS....

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Yes, that is our line for our bus back to All-Star Movies!!!! And it stayed that way for a L-O-N-G time! And there were no buses coming through for All-Stars at all! And the one man working there was very rude! The woman behind me finally asked why they did not have more buses going. Well, it was around midnight. All other parks had closed a while ago excpet for Magic Kingdom which closed at 11pm. His response was that they have hundreds of buses running and many more people than that that need to go somewhere. He said they were experiencing more people on property than anticipated. To which the woman behind me said that Disney knows exactly how many people are on property at any given time and where they statistically are at on property at any given time and that she was not a newby and had been here many times and knows how it works. Well, he did not like that and stormed away. I'll bet Disney knows more about me than I do at this point so I think his excuse was exactly that...just an excuse for poor management of buses.

While we were waiting...and waiting...and waiting I took these to entertain myself...

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It was close to 1:30 by the time we finally got to All-Star Movies...yep, you heard me...1:30AM!!!! We were at the bus stop at approximately midnight...that's an hour and a half to get home. It was absolutely THE WORST transportation we have ever had at Disney! And we have a few others in this trip but I'll wait on that till we get there. I think they have really cut back on transportation to save on costs but I don't think that is the place to do it. Not only did it make everyne mad, it caused my family to be more tired in the morning and if we had had dining planned, we may have missed out...making us upset again and thus losing Disney money. I did e-mail Disney about this and did receive a return call about it. In fact, she had to call three times before she got a hold of me but she kept calling. So hopefully if enough people complain, they will do something about it!

But we did finally get back to our room around 1:30am and it did not take us long to fall asleep...good thing we took that nap!

[tyandskyesmom]

So today was our sleep in day. Well, as much as we can sleep in at Mickey's House! And after last night., we needed it!

My alarm woke us up at 8am. I figured I'd give us time to take it slower this morning. So I hopped into the shower, then woke Skye and Ty. If I had not planned in a slow day, we would have needed it but ecause I did plan it in, we were ready and walking towards the bus stop by about 8:40am.

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We got to our stop for Magic Kingdom and it was relatively empty out there.

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Skye's foot shot for the day!

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A bus came quickly and we were off...

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Anf then we headed out on our walk to breakfast. We have never walked to The Contemporary. it is a nice little walk.

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Continuing on with our walk...

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See the Parasailor?

Someone else was arriving for breakfast also...

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I know some of you don;t like that but my kids love it and I've grown upo with parrots so it does not bother me...it's cute!

And our destination...

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but we were a little early, well, quite a lot early, so we looked around n the stores on that level of the Contemporary. I think they have some of the best in all the resorts.

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We checked in for our 10:50am ADR at about 10:30am and got our pictures taken and waited about ten more minutes to be called to be seated at Chef Mickey's for breakfast!!!

[tyandskyesmom]

So we are seated right on the other sie of the rail from the buffet...which was a really great spot...close but not too close, i could let Skye go up by herself and still see her mostly. We could see when the characters were coming. And we were not stuffed right on top of someone else's greedy kids. Sorry!

It was actually pretty empty when we were seated.

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So there was food and characters and napkin waving...all fun, fun, fun!

Let's get on with it...

We ordered our drinks and headed p to the buffet...

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My first trip...oatmeal, my iced tea, breakfast pizza, Mickey Waffle, cheesy potatoesl, sausage, bacon, potatoes with onion and peppers, corned beef hash, and cheesy eggs.

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Skye's first trip...french toast, Mickey Waffle, plain eggs, two hashbrowns, a bowl of fruit, and her apple juice box.

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Tyler's first trip...a big bowl of syrup, a hard boiled egg, two cinnamon rolls, a Mickey Waffle, a pancake under the waffle, bacon, a crossiant, and plain eggs.

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Probably Tyler's next plate...glazed donut holes and brownies.

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My next trip...a banana, Mickey, Waffle, Breakfast Pizz, a donut hole, and peaches.

And then napkin waving began.

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And more donut holes.

Goofy was the first around...

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[mousetravel]

Love the pics & updates! I agree about the bus system. I always have a car while we're there (either mine or a rental), but this past trip, we decided to try taking the bus to Downtown and it was terrible. We knew we would not be trying that again!

We've been to Chef Mickey's at dinner before and didn't care for the food that much, but loved the character interaction! The breakfast food looks pretty good, though. I'll have to try their breakfast next time.

[tyandskyesmom]

Love the pics & updates! I agree about the bus system. I always have a car while we're there (either mine or a rental), but this past trip, we decided to try taking the bus to Downtown and it was terrible. We knew we would not be trying that again!

We've been to Chef Mickey's at dinner before and didn't care for the food that much, but loved the character interaction! The breakfast food looks pretty good, though. I'll have to try their breakfast next time.

Even th few times we've had a car (which were a long time ago), we have used the buses and generally, we love it! I dont want to drive and find my way around and all that while on vacation but this trip it was the worst over all that we've ever had. I mean Downtown Disney is notoriously the worst but this was beyond that!

We generally do not like lunch and dinner buffets as much and tend to avoid them except for Tuskerhouse and Boma (and a new one yet to come in this very trip report!) but love all of them for breakfast. They are all pretty standard with maybe an item or two unique but that works for us...breakfast is one meal I know my kids will fill up on! Now some of them we like better than others but Chef Mickey's for breakfast has always been a good one for us.

[tyandskyesmom]

So let's continue on with breakfast, shall we?

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So somewhere in there we had another bowl of donut holes and rice krispy treats...

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And then Mickey came around!!!

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And Minnie!!!

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She was very nice!

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And then came THE DON!!!!

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And then finally, Pluto!!!

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We finished up all stuffed and happy. The receipt says we were out of there at 11:47am. I believe we waited around a little and normally would have been out of there sooner but we were still grazing and enjoying our relaxing morning so it was fine with us. Our total was $78.78 or three meal credits.

The food was all still hot and fresh. Everything was still being filled even as we were leaving close to noon. We really love Chef Mickey's for breakfast. And what could be better than waking up to breakfast with the Fab Five?!?!?

[tyandskyesmom]

So we finished up breakfast and headed out to the concourse.

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And head downstairs to the buses...yep, deluxe bus service again! Nothing was coming from either way...

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We waited about ten minutes before one came, which i guess isn't that bad but NOTHING was coming through...no bus for anywhere! Why was it that twice now, when nothing was coming through, is it that the one bus that does come finally happens to be the one we need??? But then we had to stop at the Poly too...

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We had a nice ride past some pretty cool signts! Like the new kennels...

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The new balloon flying above the sight of last night's frustration...

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It was really neat to see and I would have liked to take a ride but it just did not work out for us this time around.

The reason for all of last night's frustration...

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And finally we made it to our destination...

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Typhoon Lagoon!

[tyandskyesmom]

So just because I love this picture I'm going to post it again...

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We were in and bought our locker key at 12:50pm and we were off. It was much more crowded here than it was at Blizzard Beach when we got there on our arroval day. We found one little chair in the sun which was ok because we did not plan on being there much...only needed it to hold our towels and sun block and to return and re-slather every once in a while...which one of us forgot to do as you will see in some pictures from later tonight!

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Once again, Tyler wanted to go off and ride bigger and better things. Skye is still too little and I am not fond of water slides anymore so he went to do his own thing with strict instructions to come back about every hour or so to put mor sun screen on his face and sholders mostly and to check in if we were around. You see the missing link here now, right?

Skye and I went to play in the wave pool and it is very different than the one at Blizzard Beach and we forgot. So we went out deepish, I was still standing, and when we knew the waves were starting we headed back in. Like we always do. But these waves are surfing waves and much bigger and stronger than the other ones at Blizzard Beach and they attacked us from behind!!!! Scared the @$*% out of me...Skye, well, she thought it was hilarious!!! I swear she's part fish!!! So we go under and I am making sure I am holding on to Skye at least a little and closing my eyes as tight as I can to not lose my contacts (cause that's all I'd need right?) and she is swimming!!! It was pretty funny afterwards but I was scared for a minute. Part of it was prabably not knowing what she would do but she is a really good swimmer so I shouldn't have worried. Well, after that we were more careful...even Skye. It was funny that it happened once, I guess< but she did not want to repete it. We grabbed an innertube and floated around for a while in the waves too. Then we spent a lot of time in the lazy river...gotta love a lazy river. She was planning on swimming with the sharks but the line was really long when we went over there and she did not want to wait. I don't think Tyler did it this time either (although he has done it before).

Around 4:00pm we got the munchies so we headed back to our chair to re-sunblock and see if Tyler was around. Of course, he wasn't so we kept an eye open for him and headed to Leaning Palms for a snack. I have no pictures from Leaning Palms though because my camera and phone were in the locker...sorry! We ordered an adult order of chicken nuggets, fried, chocolate cake and a bottle of water. It was all very good for what we wanted at the time. The cost was $14.73. We kept looking for Tyler to see if he came by but he never did. So we ate it all. Some birds were waiting on the ground on the side of the deck we were sitting at and we watched them as we ate.

We toured some more on the lazy river looking around for a sight of the missing brother and relaxing. Tyler likes to be the furthest one out in the wave pool on an innertube so we headed back there and were soaking around in the shallows again when he came up behind us. We all took another spin on the lazy river, got out near our chair (which was by the wave pool) and started to pack up. This is where I discovered that he had not returned to the chair to re-sunblock and his face mostly was a little red...not too bad because he did have some on but red none the less.

Here's the photopass pictures from the day and then some from Blizzard Beach from Day #1 since I did not have themm when I started...

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So about 5:00pm we headed out to catch a bus back to All-Star movies to dry off and re-group for the rest of the evening.

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[tyandskyesmom]

So we headed back to our room at All-Star Movies to dry up and re-group for the evening.

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By 6:00pm we were back on a bus heading towards Disney Hollywood Studios...

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...and began our walk towards dinner...

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[tyandskyesmom]

It was a nice walk and we were not in that muuch of a hurry so we took our time.

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See that sky? That was our only pressing issue...we needed to get to the Yacht Club before it drenched us...

Ya, well...we will see if that works out for us...

Gotta load some more pictures to photobucket so be back in a while...

[tyandskyesmom]

So continuing on with our walk...

As we got closer it got darker...

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But look...it was actually bright and blue over there!

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But that was on the opposite side of the Boardwalk from where we were heading. Go figure!

And just as it was starting to drizzle, we made it here...

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For dinner here...

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And we relatively dry! A little bit of sweat and a little bit of rain, but we dried quickly. I was impressed that when we walked in the back door of the Yacht Club they had a basket of towels for peopel coming in out of the future rain to dry off with a little. Very nice touch...and nice that it was thought of before it actually started to rain.

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We had 7:00pm ADRs for Captain's Grille.

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We have eaten here every trip since falling in love with the Deluxe Dining Plan except for our last trip when we came with Grammy and only had the Quick Service Dining Plan. We have only ever had lunch here before though. So dinner was a new thing for us.

We were seated as soon as we walked up...which is normal for this place. But, it was a lot more crowded tonight than it usually is for lunch. I don't know if that is normal for Captain's Grille or if it was due to the storm that was brewing but just so you get an idea, usually there is maybe five tables full at lunch time and we are seated right in the middle at a table for more than four people. This time we were in the corner at a four top, and just a four top, pretty close to the table behind us...we were against a wall and nothing was directly next to us but the table behind us was close enough that we could hear what they were ordering and why. So a huge difference between lunch and dinner today!

We were given our menus...

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And then our waiter, Tareque, brought our bread and took our drink orders...

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As usual the bread was a big hit with the kids. Tyler has another megga-berry smoothie and a glass of water and Skye and I had our usual soft drinks and moved on to appetizers.

Tyler had the Buttermilk Fried Rock Shrimp with Chipotle Rémoulade, Citrus Cream, and Chilled Cucumber Salad ... plain.

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The sauces were on the side anyway so he still got those but all the other stuff he had left off. They were very good shrimp and between us we ate them all.

I had the Lump Crab Cake with House-made Tartar Sauce ... as is!

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I have gotten this from day one. It has changed a little over the years but still a really good crab cake!

Skye got the Kid's Garden Salad. She said no dressing but he brought her some on the side anyway, just in case. I guess he just couldn't believe anyone would order it dry! It was exacly like she likes her salads (her favorite being at the Brown Derby because it is all chopped little for the Cobb Salads and they just use the same stuff for the kid's salad) and she ate all the goodies on the top and most of the lettuce.

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For entrees, Tyler ordered the Snow Crab Cakes New Potatoes and Corn on the Cob...but with fries instead of the potatoes.

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Which I ended up cracking most of and peeling out the meat. Skye ate some of it with him and I had a few bites I could scavenge!

It was all really good and fresh and hot...that is usually the worst part is that they get cold too fast but these were sufficiently hot when delivered so they stayed warm a while. The corn was good and crisp and not too mushy like you get at alot of restaurants from sitting in water waiting for the order to come through. And the fries were good old Disney fries!

I ordered the Grilled Rib-Eye Cheddar-Bacon Mashed Potatoes, seasonal Vegetables, and Herb Butter.

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The idea was for Tyler and me to share but I did not get much of the crab even though he took a chunk of ribeye! The potatoes were great! The broccoli was tender and really good in the herb butter! And the ribeye was really good...not the best we had all vacation but not the worst either! Needless to say, the plate was clean when it was picked up!

Skye ordered the kid's Hot Dog with fries...

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...and did not like it too much. She does not do grilled...it's the lines that bug her...weirdo! But she ate some of it and all her fries and some crab so she was good.

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For dessert, Tyler had the Turtle Cheesecake with Nougat Candy and House-made Caramel...

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Mmmmmmmm, is all that needs to be said...it was creamy and caramelly, and chocolately...it was just a really good dessert!

I had the Hazelnut Gianduja Chocolate Cake with Toffee Sauce and Chocolate Caviar...

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Mmmmmmmmm, again...another great dessert! The kids loved that they could eat the gold on the top...

And Skye had the kabob...

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it had a strawberry, a yellow cupcake, a marshmallow, a piece of pineapple, a brownie, and a cup of dipping chocolate with a red Mickey Strew...and everyone knows it's always better with a Mickey straw!

We were there quite a while, at least by our standards but it was our relax day so it worked. And I think a lot of people were coming in for dinner without ADRs because of the storm. Oh, ya, the storm. Well, it had arrived durring our dinner full on! It was really crazy out there...lots of rain, lightening and thunder. We were glad we got in with just a little drizzle! We were there for about two hours. Not because service was slow though, just enjoying our food and company, and being dry!

The total for our bill was $111.36 or 3 meal credits for us. It was all really good and Captain's Grill will remain on our list of places to get to if at all possible. Now our only problem will be, should we go for lunch or dinner? Dinner is obviously a better money value on the dining plan but food and service wise, I don't know which I would prefer! but I guess that leaves us in a good position becuase whereever it fits inthe touring schedule if fine with us!

[tyandskyesmom]

And so well into our last night (around 9pm) at All-Star Movies and with our happy little three some and the anticipation that tomorrow brings, we headed out of Captain's Grill in a quandry. What to do, what to do??? You see, it was still pouring outside. And guess where the ponchos were...yep, in the room! DUH!!!

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So we went into the gift shop and looked around for a little bit...

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(Skye liked that Mickey names his boat after Ariel!)

...hoping it would die sown when I overheard someone saying the boat to Disney Hollywood Studios was not running becasue of the lightening. I had not thought of that! Darn it!!! So now what to we do? After last night's mess, we certainly did not want to head back to Downtown Disney. And we did not want to walk to Epcot plus it closed at 9:00pm so I was not sure if we would be let in through the International Gateway or not. And Magic Kingdom would not have been a good option because it was closing at 10pm and would probably have been a mad house about when we were arriving. So we asked hte lady at the counter and she said they were running extra busses for the route that the boat would have made. I guess I did not realize that mean one bus for all five resorts! So we got a clear plastic bag for Butthead (the camera) and headed out to the bus stop. Which to get to you have to walk uncovered for a span.

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So we were wet. Then we waited at the bus stop for quite a while for a bus that was already pretty full and wet and slippery for standing room only guests, which we were at that point. We stopped at Beach Club next and we were able to grab some seats from people getting off. Then we had to stop at The Boardwalk. We were packed in there! Next stop was Disney Hollywood Studios and as close as they are to eachother, it amazes me how long it takes to get there! And the bus driver had the air conditioning on full blast so we were all freezing!

Well, we're let off in the parking lot at the new All-Star Movies stop and the line is all the way back to the bus we just got off of!!! Yes, you heard me!!! And it is only covered for a very small portion of it near the actual bus stop!!!! Well, whatcha gonna do?

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Drenched! We were soaking wet by the time we got on another cold bus. We arrived back at All-Star Movies after this whole ordeal around 11:00pm. Cold, wet, and tired! Not such a nice way to spend our last night as a threesome but we were in Disney and we were moving in the morning and Lou was arriving early...so we got in, dried off and hit the sack!

[mom2val]

I have made it through 11 pages and now am ready for more! Great trip report!

[tyandskyesmom]

Well, moving day had arrived...August 19, 2011. Lou was arriving late this morning and we were planning on meeting him at Caribbean Beach when he did. But before that, we had some stuff to take care of.

We had asked the night before, while soaking wet, at the front desk when we got home finally about having our luggage transferred. We were told to just pack it all up and put everything we needed transferred under the window and it would be picked up. They said no need to be present. So we did just that. It really wasn't that difficult because we had packed so that we were only working out of one bag for the past six days. All the other bags were ready to go.

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I told him to open his eyes and look awake and this is what I got...

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So we said our goodbyes and headed out into the morning.

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That is what Butthead gave me this morning. So you can see that even at dark o'clock it was still quite humid out!

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I don't know why we took the stroller with us because we were not going to need it really???

We took our last few pictures around...

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"S" for Skyler!

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"T" for Tyler!

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And we hopped in line for an Animal Kingdom bus...as we were told to by the front desk. Had I known the trouble we were in for, I would have just taken a cab! We stood in line for the Animal Kingdom bus for about ten minutes when one came and picked us up. Then when we arrived at Animal Kingdom, we walked over to the Animal Kingdom Lodge bus stop. After waiting about 10 minutes a cast member came over and asked where we were heading. I told him Animal Kingdom Lodge (which is the stop we were standing under) and he said that no buses go from the park to the resort this early becasue generally no one is going back that early. As we were talking to him another family walked up to the stop. They were told the same thing we were. So he called and got a bus to take us to Animal Kingdom Lodge. I am still confised about that. I mean, it made sense to me that we go to Animal Kingdom to transfer to an Animal Kingdom Lodge bus. I mean, if there are people being taken to the park, isn't there always a possibility they will want or need ot leave the park at any time? And if there are busses dropping off, don't they have to go back and pick up again...thus meaning they are going back to the resort???

Anyway, we finally are on a bus heading in the right direction. Good thing we left early! We arrived at Animal Kingdom Lodge around 7:30am and headed down to Boma for our 8am ADR.

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We love, love, love Animal Kingdom Lodge. It is the only Deluxe we have stayed at but we have been there a few times for varying lengths of time. Everything about it, we love! I wish we could stay there everytime we go but so far, that is not in the cards. However, we do visit a lot!

[tyandskyesmom]

We arrived at Boma about half an hour before our ADR time and we were taken right in.

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We got a nice table by the window towards the center of the room.

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We ordered our drinks as usual and went for food!

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My first trip...oatmeal, watermelon and strawberries with yogurt on top, potatoes, Boma's eggs (I believe with some type of cheese), a cornbreadd hash thingy (technical ain't I???), asparagus, sausage, and ham.

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Skye's first trip...watermelon, strawberries, and pineapple, bacon, waffle, french toast with raisins, and eggs.

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Tyler's first trip...scrambled eggs, hard boiled egg, bacon, french toast with raisins, waffle, and a bowl of syrup.

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Tyler's next trip up...toast, two cinnamon rolls, a crossaint, chocolate chip muffin, and a blueberry muffin (I think thsat is what it was but there was not a ton of blueberries in it).

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My next trip...banana muffin, cranberry scone, and I don't know what kind of bread the other is???

Everything was really great, as usual. Fresh and plentiful. It was pretty empty in there so we could just go up and get what we needed and come back and eat...no lines.

Our total for breakfast at Boma was $52.16 or three meal credits. We think it was well worth it. I don't know if we'd make a trip over for breakfast in the future (we have only had breakfast when we were staying there before) or maybe we'd just be sure to take a cab!

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We were out of there by 8:19am so getting in early, even after the morning's confusion, put us ahead of schedule for the day...will we stay that way?!?!?!

[tyandskyesmom]

So we headed out of our favorite place...

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We took a bus back to Animal Kingdom and then walked over tot eh Caribbean Beach bus stop. No problems this time. It was close to 9am by now so buses were running both ways. We got off at the Barbados Bus Stop which is just across the street from the Customs House and went in to register. We knew there was a stop at the Customs House but we did not have much to carry and we just wanted to be able to look around a bit ou the way.

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The Custom House from the Barbados Bus Stop.

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Skye loved this sign!

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Walking up to the Customs House. This is where the Magical Express would drop you off at or pick you up from.

There was a bit of a line.

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I did not do online check in here becasue I wanted to make sure that I got a room I wanted and not be way out in nowhereville! I went and stood in line and the kids went to watch cartoons...

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And it's a good thing they had something to do for kids because it did take a while for me to get through the line. When I finally did get there, I had a wonderful cast member taking care of me. He checked me in and said our room wasn't ready yet. He showed me where it was. It was in Jamiaca. Just where I had requested. I did not reserve preferred here but I did want somewhere where it was easy to get to the food court and the main pool...I don't pay the extra money to swim in a rectangle pool! So as he is looking at our info, he noticed that we were transferring from another hotel and that we had marked that Lou and I were celebrating our 15th Wedding Anniversary (it was in June but we were counting this as our celebration). So he gave me our pins and asked where Lou was. I told him he was not here yet but was arriving this morning. Then he said to hold on. He disappeared into the back room. He was gone quite a long time. And I was getting rather perturbed. When he did finally come back he said he tried to find us a room that was ready but there were none available. But he said he was able to upgrade us to a preferred room that should be ready soon. Cool!!! We would be in Martinique. That is the same area we were in when we stayed here when Ty was 4 and Skye was in my belly. But we did not know what room yet. He did say it would be on the ground floor which is something I also requested. He said it was a great room. I had to take his word for it! So my frustration wore off and I thinked him and went to gather the kids.

We decided to walk again rather than catch an internal bus. So we started out towards Martinique.

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It was beautiful there and warm and sunny...just like you'd imagine the Caribean to be!

[tyandskyesmom]

We finally came upon Olde Port Royale and entered to look around.

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They must have one of the best themed food courts.

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We stopped and grabbed our mugs and filled up! We grabbed all four of them...$59.60 on our new Deluxe Dining plan...but we still were not done with our old Deluxe Dining Plan! the reseipt says it was now 10:16am.

We then headed to the pool.

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We looked around, found a chair and then went to change into our swim suits!

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Lou's plane was supposed to have landed at 9:40am so he was in Orlando, on his way here! He finally came sneaking up on us about 10:30am. Skye was so happy to see her daddy! But her daddy does not do water so he relaxed a little on deck waiting for us to be done swimming and refilled pops.

[tyandskyesmom]

Around 11:30 we got out we called to see if our room (that was supposed to be ready soon) was ready. Nope. Not yet. Call back later. So we went to change back into dry clothes in the locker room. We looked around inside Olde Port Royale again with Lou this time.

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And checked out the food court. The grab and go had some very good looking items!

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And we grabbed an M&M sugar cookie and a Macadamia Nut White Chocolate cookie to snack on.

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We used our old dining plan for two snack credits worth $4.24. They were good and fresh and we probably could have polished a few more but we knew we had a big lunch coming up!

[tyandskyesmom]

So we headed out after our snack to look around some more...

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We called again just to make sure we did not have a room yet...and we did not. So we decided we needed to head to luncch as is. Not the best situation...and we never had such a problem changing resorts before...but either was, we just had to deal with it. So far this day has been great but not without it's problems!

So we walked around towards the Custom House again to store or bags.

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We dropped off our bags and got our claim checks and headed out to the Customs House bus stop. A bus came by pretty quickly and we were on our way to The Magic kingdom!

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[tyandskyesmom]

So we arrive at the Magic Kingdom and decide to take a boat to the Wilderness Lodge.

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Skye pooped out!

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The kids did not believe earlier in the week when I told them that the bridge we went under going to and from the Magic kingdom went ubder water...well, now I got to show them...they thought that was so neat! And it was before Skye took her power nap!

[tyandskyesmom]

When we get to the dock at the Wilderness Lodge, we woke Skye and walked towards the building.

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It is so pretty here. I would like to stay here one day but I am not sure that we would find it up there with Animal Kingdom Lodge and thus not worth the extra money spent...but sometimes things are different when you experience them than in your head so I'd still like to try it!

We entered the huge lobby and just wow...it is very impressive!

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We have been through here before a few times so it wasn't a new sight for us but it is always an awesome one!

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We headed over to Whispering Canyon Cafe to check in for our 2pm lunch. We have never been here before and I have heard so many different things about it, good and bad, that I had absolutely no idea of what to expect.

We checked in around 1:30pm and they said it would be a few minutes but as soon as the kids got here...

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...we were called. And there was not many people there. We found out later that we were one of the last tables seated becasue they were getting ready for their change over to dinner.

We were given a nice big table and our server was Wandering Wendy.

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She came over and took our drink orders...Tyler has a coke becasue he wanted to earn his huge mason jar coke. Skye had a diet because she was not allowed a milk shake on the plan. Lou had a root beer because he said it was too hot out for a shake. And I had the Strawberry Milk Shake...

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There were not any zaney antics going on. Our waitress was a little surly and the table next to us was a bunch of cast members on an off day so the staff way playing with them a lot but not much for us. I had heard that lunch was less so than dinner so it was ok though.

For appetizers Tyler ordered the Homemade Western Chips with a bowl of Queso Salsa Dip...

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Huge...is all I can say! This was awesome. The kids were a little weirded out becasue there was stuff on the chips but it was able ot be flaked off so they ended up ok.

Lou ordered the Venison Chili with Cilantro Sour Cream and Lime...

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...which he said was very good! He was not happy that he forgot to tell her not to put the "stuff" on it (you see now why the kids are like that right?) but it did make for a prettier picture.

I had the Slow-smoked Pulled Pork Spring Rolls with Barbecue-Mayonnaise and
Sweet Chili Dipping Sauce...

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They were really good. Appetizers were a ton of food! We shared the rolls and the chips. lou pretty much got his chili to himself because the kids won't eat it and I had other things in mind! It was all really good but go hungry!!!

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For entrees, Lou and I ordered the Canyon Skillet...Smoked Pork Ribs, Oven-roasted Chicken, and Pork Sausage served with Cowboy Beans, Corn on the Cob, Creamy Coleslaw, Mashed Potatoes, and Fresh-baked Cornbread

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We did not need to ask for refills of anything, there was plenty along with our appetizers. I could see maybe needing refills of something if you were not getting appetizers though.

Skye had the kid's fruit cup and the Canyon Skillet Choice of Chicken or Ribs with Mashed Potatoes and Corn on the Cob...she chose chicken and got two big chocolate chip cookies for dessert...

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Tyler had the Chicken Sandwich which is listed as Fried Chicken Breast topped with Pineapple Slaw with Vegetable Pasta Salad or French Fries...and of course he chose fries and asked for everything on the side...

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This sandwich was huge...we laughed when it was brought out! Check it out...

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That's Lou's hand for comparison sake...it was huge and he loved it!

Everything was really good! We all ate a ton and were pretty full when we were done with our entrees. But there was still dessert to be had!

Lou had the Apple-Caramel Pie - Fresh Granny Smith Apples, Sugar Cookie Crust, Streusel Topping, and Caramel Drizzle...which he said was great but would have been better with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!

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I got the Kahlúa-flavored Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Mousse Filling and Fudge Icing...

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YUM!!!! Oooohhhh, it was so good and so rich...I wished I had not eaten so much of the other things so I'd have more room!

And Tyler got the S'mores Cheesecake (which I no longer see on the menu)...

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It was really good too! And he was not sharing much of it...

Tyler drank about 8 cups of coke hoping the waitress woudl bring him that big one but she never did and he left kinda upset about that! It kicked in later that night and he was even more mad...:rotfl:

When all was said and done, this meal would have cost us $133.31 but we used 3 adult and 1 child's credit. We left a $23.00 tip. It was a nice relatively quite lunch with very good food. I don't know what people are ordering who are saying it isn't good but we liked what we had...and Lou was just starting to realize what he was in for!

We had a ton of good food and we would not hesitate to return. The problem is that it is a little bit out of the way...but I am sure we'll be back!

[tyandskyesmom]

Well, we headed out of Whispering Canyon and checked out some more of the lobby and a pin stand in it...oh, yes, Lou was here!

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And headed out to the boat dock again...

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Then we took a bus from the Magic kingdom to Caribbean Beach. We did not have much of a wait and the bus was empty so we had a nice ride back!

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And everyone crashed out on me! Unfortunately, I don't think anyone ate the leftovers you can see on Tyler's lap but it was a nice thought. It also would have been nice if they had given us a bag to carry them in!

On the way back I called the number we were given and our room was ready. We decided to get off at the Martinique stop and have our checked things brought to us.

[tyandskyesmom]

So we got to our stop and got off and followed the signs to our room. We had room 2412. After all the waiting for our room to be ready, I was really worrying about where it was going to be. Well, I should not have worried, that check-in cast member took care of us! We scored a first floor corner room in building 24 right across from building 25, opening out inthe the courtyard. We were hoping for a corner room, we had one on our other visit here and it just made the room seem so much bigger with the two windows.

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A view from the door towards the beds.

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From the door towards the wall opposite the beds.

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The bathroom area.

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A view from the bathroom area.

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The boarder.

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Skye displaying the bed.

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Skye chose to sleep here all week...I thought she'd change her mind after trying it out but she didn't...I told you, she's a weirdo!

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Our Mouse friend.

Here are all the views from our windows...

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We were really pleaased with our room and the location. Worth waiting for??? I think in the end it was, although while really wanting to have somewhere to regroup, I probably would not have said that. I don't really understand why it took so long for the room to be ready. It did not really seem that busy here...not a tthe pool, or at the food court, or on the bus. There were not a tom of people waling around or checking in or out. So, I guess we will never know!

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Here's some more room pics...

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Our beautiful window!

Since we did not have anything with us, we called for our things to be brought to the room and we were told they'd be here shortly. And we asked about out transferred luggage. They did not have it yet. They asked if we have our claim tickets. We told them that we were told to leave the bags under the window and we did not need to be there. they said that was incorrect. We have done this before and that is always how we have been told to do it though so I think it is just Caribbean Beach that wants that. So they said it was not there yet and as soon as it was, they woudl bring it. We also called housekeeping for extra sheets and blankets for Skye's "bed" and extra pillows because I like a lot of pillows. They said they'd be right down.

The kids waited outside for housekeeping and she took a long time coming. I was almost about to call again when she came down the stairs with just sheets. She said they were out of blankets and pillows becuase there were so many people checked in. Really??? Like I said, nothing seemed that busy. I mean not too busy for Disney to handle. What's up? So we had to make due with what we had.

Finally, after about 45 minutes, our carry-on's showed up. Lou asked about our transferred luggage but that guy did not know anything about it. It was about 4:30pm now and I had been planning to go to Magic Kingdom for a little while before dinner...although, I did not plan on being back at Caribbean Beach between lunch and dinner so I guess my plans were already blown. So Lou called down to bell services again to see where our luggage was. Remember, we had left our room and called for transfer VERY early this morning. There was no excuse for it not being here by now! He was told it was received and out on a truck but it was a big resort so there is no telling where it is at right now. Not that it mattered but, REALLY??? You're telling me the drivers have no communication with the home? I don't think so...but whatever! So, again, we're getting upset with Caribbean Beach. And I am starting to think we should have just stayed at All-Star Movies...or gone to Port Orleans French Quarter. Ugh!!!

So we all tried to relax and wait....it's all we could do.

Lou had worked till early morning and then hopped on a plane so he was tired...relaxing was not his problem!

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Tyler was wide awake waiting for the luggage man.

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Every time he heard something that sounded like a truck, he'd jump up and look out the window. He had a few false alarms! Finally about 6:00pm, Tyler yells, "It's here, I see our bags!"

DID YOU HEAR ME???? It was 6pm before our transferred luggage, that was ready for transfer at darkoclock this morning, did not arrive until 6pm!!!!

I was not happy at that point. I had to get us unpacked enough to find our dinner clothes and get us all ready for our 7:50pm ADR! How was that going to happen and then have us able to navigate all the transportation needed to get to dinner on time???

Oh, and here is our anniversary button...

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[tyandskyesmom]

I was planning on being nearer the Contemporary when we had to leave for dinner but that all changed this morning and then this afternoon and then later this afternoon. So my last plan was that we needed to be out of here by 6:00pm in order to make our ADR. Well, as you just read, it was around 6:00pm before our things got back to us! And I really wanted to take Lou to this dinner. And the kids were looking forward to it. And it wasn't our fault we were running so far behind. And I was upset.

I decided to get us all as ready as we could and go. And hope for the best. And that is just what we did.

I found all our clothes...well, except for Skye because she was perfectly dressed for anything we threw at her! We freshened up quickly and headed out to the Martinique bus stop. We sat there for about ten minutes before a Magic Kingdom came along...it felt like forever! Then add to that our bus waiting at the Olde Port Royale bus stop for the bus in front of us to go and then the additional ten minutes to go around to Trinidad North and Trinidad South before finally getting on the way! There is no way we are going to make it!

So we get to the Magic Kingdom and head up to the Monorail platform. After walking it a few days earlier and seeing that there really was not anyone at the monrail, i figured we'd be better off riding.

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Well, it was now about 7:45pm...we cutting it really close to our ADR. I was hoping we'd still be able to be seated. And then the monorail was holding just before we got in. And we stood there for ten more minutes making us officially late!

Finally we were let on and got orr at the first stop. But not before we had to sit and wait for clearence to pull into the Contemporary station.

Once off, we hurried it up downstairs to the California Grill check-in counter. We were now 20 minutes late!!! Would the seat us???

[tyandskyesmom]

So we arrive at the check-in dask for California Grill twenty minutes late!!!

The girl takes our info and I explained that we were late because we just transferred to Caribbean Beach and they did not bring our luggage so we would have our clothes for this evening until around 6:00pm and we ran to get here as soon as we could. She said she did not think she could seat us. I almost started to cry! I was so angry and frustrated with Caribbean Beach and how they handled things and now we were going to miss out on a wonderful dinner becasue of them...

Well, the girl goes to talk to the manager and comes back to say she was told to call up there and see if they could seat us. So she did. And then can. But it might be a while. That's fine. We understand. It wasn't California Grill's fault we were late. they ask if we want to wait down here or go up and hang out until we are called. I asked the kids (because Lou had no clue what he was in for) and they wanted to go up. So we pile in the elevator and are taken up. We're told of the observation decks and let go. Skye and I went to the bathroom and when we come out Lou and Tyler are there saying our table is ready!!!! WOW, really???

And so it was. And our evening got better from here.

We were not at a window this time but who could complain! We were towards the back of the room next to the rail that was between us and the isle before the kitchen. So we could watch the cooks while they cooked.

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And our table was even decorated for our celebration!

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We were left with our menus...

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And our wonderful waiter, Ron, showed up. He was great. He was very talkative, yet very busy. Very knowledgeable and very helpful! Our waiter last time was efficient but not all that overly concerned with us. He explained the menu and the kids and I ordered our coke and diet cokes and Lou had a Blue Moon.

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Ron brought out bread, butter, and fish crackers...

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Skye did not want the kid's salad that is on the menu...it is really skimpy and while she likes salad, she wasn't in the mood...so Ron had her brought out a fruit salad. It was awesome and her eyes lit up when she saw it!

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Lou ordered the Rotisserie BBQ Chicken brick oven-fired flatbread with Chipotle-Corn Salsa, Roasted Peppers, Smoked Cheddar...

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It was really good and huge. We all could have shared it!

I had the...I don't know...It is listed on the receipt as "market app 1" and I don't see anything that looks simular on the current menu. Maybe it was a special that night??? Anyone know??? I believe it was seafood something or other...I know it was good because if it wasn't I would remember bad food at California Grill...but I don't!

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And Tyler did not get an appetizer because we were paying out of pocket for him tonight.

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After appetizers it was time for Wishes to start so we went out to the deck to watch. For some reason my pictures are not that great but you can tell what a great, yet different, view we had!

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[tyandskyesmom]

It was an awesome show from an awesome view. It was difficult for Skye to see so Lou had ot hold her up.

Afterwards we went in and our entrees were delivered.

I had the Oak-fired Filet of Beef with smashed Potatoes, green beans, fried onion slivers, Pumpkin Seed Oil, Teriyaki Barbecue

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I shared with Tyler...the meat anyway...and it was awesome. The sauce was great with the potatoes too!

Lou had Hawaiian Monchong with House-made Shrimp Dumpling, Stir-fry Vegetables, Long Beans, Shiso Broth which I could swear was halibut when he had it so maybe it was, maybe it wasn't...everything else was the same though...

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He really enjoyed this. He let me taste it and it was really good! Definately something I woudl order in the future if I did not want beef!

Skye had the House-made Macaroni & Cheese...she loves it here...says it is THE BEST mac & cheese anywhere...and she is a mac & cheese expert!

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And Ron had the kitchen make Tyler a cheese flatbread...just cheese...it was huge and gooey and perfect for him!

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While we were waiting for our dessert Skye got silly...

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Eating her Mickey Head Confetti Soup.

And of course, she had to save all the Mickey HEads so Ron made her an envelope out of a kid's menu for her to take them in...and brought her extra too!

For dessert I had The Strawberry Cheesecake...and it was delicious. It is no longer on the menu so I assume it is one of those seasonal things that changes.

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Lou had the Valrhona Chocolate Cake...and it was yummy!

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After delivering our desserts Ron noticed they forgot something so he told us not to eat yet and he'd be right back. In two seconds he was back with these...

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As delicious as they looked beofre, the chocolate wishes just made the plate all that much more pretty!

Tyler shared with both of us...and Skye snuck her spoon in too!

Skyler's dessert was Crisped Rice Sushi Plate...

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She loves this. It is so cute too! She took most of the sushi home with us.

All in all, we had a wonderful meal and it was a great way to calm down after the heck of a day we had had. Ron was great with the food, the service, and with the kids. The food was all great and Wishes from the deck was awesome!

Lou loved it and I think he sai dhe thinks that was one of our best meals. I don't know if it was the newness of the whole thing or not but I'll take it! Maybe now he'll start to realize what all th emonths and months of going over menus was for!

Our total for the evening on the dining plan was $167.61 or four adult credits and two kid's credits. We paid $16.78 out of pocket for Lou's beer and Tyler's flatbread. We left a $32.00 tip.

The receipt says it was 10:44pm when we were checked out. Figure, we got seated around 8:30pm. So this was a long meal for us. But in the past it hasn't been. I think we were just so worn out from the day and Wishes took up some time (we had never actually caught the show from there before) and we were just happy to be happy again after such a bummer of a day that we just relaxed and took our time. We enjoyed the atmosphere and the food and the staff and eachother. It was just all around a great meal!

Everything was perfect and we'd return again in an instant!

[tyandskyesmom]

Now, my plan had us staying at the Magic Kingdom after dinner as it was open until 2:00am. And much to Tyler's dismay, no one was up for it! He tried to convince Lou to stay with him and let Skye and I go home but Lou wasn't having it. So he was mad!!!

But we still had a bunch of snack credits to use up from our first dining plan. So we entered the Magic Kingdom...

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...to use them up at The Confectionary. This was just a huge tease for Tyler but really, after the day we had had we just wanted to cut our losses and start fresh in the morning. So with plenty of time to spare we entered The Confectionary to pick out our goodies. We stood in line and figured out what we wanted from the case. When it was out turn we ordered, it was bagged up and rung up. And what??? "Sorry ma'am but you have no credits left."...Um, yes, I do...I have approximately 13 left. So off they are to figure out if/how/why...three cast members and a manager later they figured out that they had to ring just one snack up and the receipt would tell them if there was anything left. They did that and the bottom of the receipt read "13 SNACK Cp Rm". So, Steven, the manager rang us out the rest of the way.

We left with 14 snacks for the rest of the week. And we ended up bringing some home too! $55.00 later using 14 snack credits we had...

1 nut cluster
2 vanilla cake pops
1 marshmallow roll dipped in chocolate
1 english toffee slab
1 vanilla/chocolate fudge
1 4 ounce peanut butter cup
2 chocolate dipped pretzel rods
1 bag of circus peanuts
1 blue cotton candy
1 bag of Mickey gummies
2 unicorn pops

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[MyKidsMom1820]

Hey Sherry! I just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed your trip report. Thank you for all the awesome food reviews! Love it! love it! Love it!

[tyandskyesmom]

Oh no...I was going to update today but the disc I need with the next set of pictures is not in my stuff...so I am hoping I forgot it in my drive at work...so I guess there is no update today! :sad2:

[Rosiekins]

Subbed and loving your report! You have an adorable family!!

[tyandskyesmom]

Well, after we used up all of those old dining plan snacks it was about midnight and Tyler was itching to stayt at the Magic Kingdom for another two hours but he could not convince anyone else to stay with him so reluctantly he headed back to Caribbean Beach with us. Skye was barely awake at this point so there was no way she could have stayed. And I was really tired too. He was hoping since Lou had just gotten there that he could convince him to stay with him but that did not work either. It had been a long day.

We got a bus pretty quickly and were back in our beds by 1am...

Phew! Skye went through with her plans to sleep on the cushy bench so I had the bed all to myself. And it was a good night's sleep!

[tyandskyesmom]

Well, we were heading to Disney's Hollywood Studios today. And what's the sense on going there is you cannot ride Toy Story Mania??? So of course, we were up and out bright and early...

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...and after stopping at Old Port Royale for refills...

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...we arrived at the gates just as they were starting to let people in up to the rope for the morning greeting.

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[tyandskyesmom]

I was going to just put this in my dining report but I thought you guys might be interested too...

Part One Deluxe Dining Analysis

$585.00 to upgrade from FREE QSDP to DDDP
+$190.00 spent out of pocket on tips
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$775.00 TOTAL SPENT to eat for six nights

$1541.21 total food purchased if paying out of pocket for all
- $ 775.00 cost out of pocket actuall paid
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$776.21 SAVED by using the Disney Deluxe Dining Plan

Now, could we have eaten cheaper? Maybe. But we would not have liked to. So even if we have gone out of pocket and not done any table service meals but we actually ate what we wanted and when we wanted at counter service venues and snacks, I think we would have spend at least, probably more, that the $585.00 I spent on the plan...so for us, this was a win-win plan!

[tyandskyesmom]

So we headed back in the same sort of way we did it the other day. Lou couldn't believe that Tyler was running for passes for Toy Story Mania and we would meet him.

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So we slowly headed up towards the crowd. Soon, the morning show was rolling and the main guy was asking people to call out where they were from as the walked past. We cut through the same store Skye and I went through before on the right side...partly to look, partly to cool off, and partly to get around the crowd. As we approched the doorway to leave the store we hear "CHICAGO!" and knew Tyler had just past the MC...he was calling out the places as people called them to him. We just laughed!

We kept on towards Toy Story Mania. It was still crowded but no where near what it was on our last visit. But it was still too long to wait for stand-by so we met up with Ty.er near Toy Story Mania.

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And headed over to Star Tours where we had to actually wait in line a little!!!!

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We rode a few times again. We went to the same places as last time but Lou had not been there so all was good.

We took our time strolling around and ended up here...

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Then headed over here...

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[tyandskyesmom]

So we were heading into The Great Movie Ride.

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Until we got half way through the final room where the movie clips and realized it was almost time for our breakfast ADR. So we ducked under the rope and left...talk about bummer!

[tyandskyesmom]

So we headed over to check in for our 10:00am breakfast at....

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We had a seat on the porch for a few minutes.

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We were a little early but there hadn't been enough time to actually ride through The Great Movie Ride so I am guessing it was about 9:45am when we were seated.

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We were seated just on the other side of the half wall from the buffet. Great place to be so the kids would go up by themselves. It was pretty uncrowded, as usual.

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Shortly after we were seated, June showed up...

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Tyler had decided not to get pictures with the characters here...but don't let him fool you, he still will watch if they are on!

So here's Skye's fist trip...

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Bacon, Eggs, Ham, Watermelon, Mickey Waffles, and Tater Tots.

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Oatmeal, Crossiant with Whipped Butter, Cheese Danish, Eggs, Corned Beef Hash, Hashbrown Casserole, Banana, Ham and Bacon.

Tyler's plate...

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Toast, Bacon, Eggs, Mickey Waffle...

Lou's plate...

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Coffee, Crossaint, Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, Breakfast Potatoes...

More of mine...

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Breakfast Burritos and Frosted Flakes.

Skye's Breakfast Ice Cream...

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[tyandskyesmom]

So continuing on with breakfast...

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Then Manny came around...

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That is something I love about Skye...as mature as she is for her age, she is still in love with kiddie things. Sometimes, she is such a mature kid. I mean, she spends a lot of her time with the older girls at dance (She dances in classes and on a team where the next youngest is ten and they go up through high school) and she is in gymnastics where she is consistantly the youngest by a lot. She just has gotten to be much more mature than a lot of her friends that are her own age in a lot of ways...yet, she still loves meeting Manny and the Playhouse Disney gang!

So next was Leo...

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And a dessert plate...

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(peach cobbler and bread pudding with vanilla sauce)

Then Oso came around...and let me tell you, she will tell you everyday that Oso is for babies and she does not like him...but you be the judge...

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I think she loves him just as much as any of the others! She's such a weirdo!

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And on the way out we snapped this...

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Tyler would not get in for th epicture. I think he was afraid I'd post it to Facebook or something!

So in all, we still love Hollywood & Vine for breakfast. Anywhere that can put tortillas on the buffet gets my vote. No...but really, we come here on every trip. Sometimes early and sometimes later in the morning. Any time we have been there it has not been too busy. The food has always been hot and fresh. There is never any empty dishes waiting to be filled. The characters are friendly, we usually get to see them more than once, and the entertainment is fun...even if my kids do think they are too old to partake in that. They still like to sit and the table and sing!

We left around 10:38am after using 4 meal credits to pay for our $94.75 bill.
So we were probably there for about 45 minutes but that was by our choosing. We could have been done a while before that but did I nmention hot HOT is was out there???

[tyandskyesmom]

So after breakfast...

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We headed back around towards Star Tours and rode again and grabbed fast passes for later. Skye was holding my camera at the time...

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And stopped here...

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We love the Muppets and really missed them on our last trip when they were closed! We ran to see the new Muppet Movie when it came out and we do own a season on DVD from the Muppet Show and a few of the movies too. Even the kids "get" most of it. So it was a fun show, as usual!

[tyandskyesmom]

So after the Muppet Show...

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...guess who still had the camera!

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Perry went playing...

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Lou went to the Stunt Show Food Cart for a Coke Icee and came back with a corn dog too. He paid out of pocket fo rthe corn dog...but used a snack credit for the Icee.

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Skye was mad at him for only getting one corn dog. It was a very good corn dog. And the Icee was cold and ice-y!!! And of course, he did not bring me the totals and the receipt is all zeroed out...so cost is a mystery.

We kinda just walked around taking it all in after that. In fact, we basically walked in a big circle.

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[tyandskyesmom]

We headed back towards our apparent favorite part of this park and caught a little of the Jedi Training Academy.

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I don't know that I could spend the day waiting for that...it was crazy over there! And when we finally decided to get in the line to ride, believe them when they tell you to keep moving because we stopped for three seconds over to the side to grab that picture, not worrying about if people were passing us up or not, and the CMs...and I do mean Cast Members because three of them...came over to move us along! Geeze!

So we rode a couple more times and played in the dump shop at the end a bit.

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The kids as Bobba Fett...hehe!

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After our last trip around we headed towards...

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No, not Tower of Terror...we are collectively NOT FANS! We were heading here...

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And we got there just as they were closing that show. They said it was standing room only. We missed the pre-show and the show was actually started when we got in. They ended up opening some handicapped seating for us to sit, that was nice...because it was H-O-T!

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Indiana Jones Show continued in the next post...

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Tyler was a bit bummed that we were sitting in the last row. He likes being up front. But these are the trade offs of going at different times of the year!

When the show was over, great as usual, we slowly started the cattle crawl out of that place. It's crazy! Goos thing there wasn't an emergency, we'd never all make it safely out!

[mousetravel]

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That's a great picture of those two!!



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Love all the "little Diva" pics!!

My DD always loved taking photos, too, regularly "striking a pose"!

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ETA: Don't know why I didn't get those "quotations" right....??
My brain has been in overload lately!

[ADisneyQueen]

I really like your trip report and I am only on page 3. What is great about it is that you put the times that you are arriving and eating and how long you're waiting for buses. We are going in June and I am really nervous about the heat so your trip report is helping me to plan how long we should be in the parks. We've never gone in the summer and are from PA and not good in the heat and sun!

[tyandskyesmom]

I really like your trip report and I am only on page 3. What is great about it is that you put the times that you are arriving and eating and how long you're waiting for buses. We are going in June and I am really nervous about the heat so your trip report is helping me to plan how long we should be in the parks. We've never gone in the summer and are from PA and not good in the heat and sun!

Thanx!

This was our first summer trip too...and i was worried about heat and rain becuase we are used to winter months mostly with a little sprimg and fall in there but summer was something we had alwaysa avoided.

Crowd wise, for the most part, I was pleasantly surprized...mostly. But it was hot, hot, hot! And we definately had more that a sprinkle this trip.

It was a very different kind of trip for us but I think knowing that it would be going into it helped us a lot.

I think we expected the worst and ended up mostly pleasantly surprised.

[tyandskyesmom]

Oh no...I'm on page four...I am falling behind...Gotta catch up!!!

But really, we have just been so so so so so busy...pretty much more of the usual except that football has started as after two games Tyler's team is undefeated scoring an average of 55 points per game vs. 0 in one game and 6 in the other, Scholastic Bowl meets have started, both of which Tyler's teams lost. In their defense though, in our district honors classes or being advanced or promoting the above average kids is not a priority but they are going up against schools who have had gifted programs since grade 3 and have actual language classes in lower grades and things like that so pretty much, academically, they are behind...just an indication of what college will be like for these poor kids...but that is a topic for another discussion.

In addition to that, we have started de-wallpapering and painting at my parents house so that is taking up a lot of what ever free time I have.

So, that being said...I am hoping to get some updates done soon!

Oh, and another thing on our horizon is Skye's dance trip to Disneyland, Hollywood, and Las Vegas. All I know so far (and it is driving me crazy!!!!) is that we are going June 23 through July 2 and we are spending three nights in Disneyland, two nights in Hollywood, and four nights in Vegas. They are getting a workshop in Disneyland and competing in Vegas. Don't know anything else...I don't think the person organizing this realizes what no knowing does to a Disney planner...especially since we have never been to the Land before (well I was born in the Valley so I have been there but I was like 3 so that does not count!). We have not really been able to get excited about it yet and it's only 109 days away! So I have been spending time that normally I would be posting here trying to find useful info about Disneyland...you know, there really is not much out there compared to the info on the World...but I certainly feel like a complete newbee when looking at what is there... and it does not help that I keep thinking we are going to be disappointed. Now logic tells me "Hey, it's a vacation. It's new places (three of them) and new experiences. It's an awesome experience for Skye. And just because it is not Disneyworld does not mean it won't be fun." But I cannot help thinking even though approximately $4000.00 is probably cheap fo what we are getting, I know what I'd be getting for that much money in the World...so hopefully once she puts out details and i can get down to some planning, I will get more excited...I am having a hard time with the fact that I am not excited yet.

So hopefully, I will get some more posted here very soon!

[justakrazymom]

Somehow I missed this report..so now I'm on board!

[tyandskyesmom]

Somehow I missed this report..so now I'm on board!

Me too...I don't know how I missed yours either...I've gotten through a little of yours...working on the rest!

Tyler thought your son's hair was awesome by the way!

[tyandskyesmom]

So after Indiana Jones we headed towards the hat...

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And crossed over and around (I know, not the most efficient way of doing that but we were in no hurry!) to Toy Story Mania!!!

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"L" is for Louie!

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I'm think we used our fast passes this time around. And then since it was not that crowded, comparatively, we decided to jump back in stand-by!

[tyandskyesmom]

So back on through Toy Story Mania Perry got crazy!

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[tyandskyesmom]

Tyler flirted with a girl in line behind us for a little while so that helped his wait go by quicker and we played with Perry.

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[tyandskyesmom]

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And we finaly got on...

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That was two great rides in a row! Granted, we usually don't wait in a line that long but we were good with it. It was o hot and humid out and it was getting ready to rain so it was nice to get a rest.

When we exited, we headed towards the Backlot Tour.

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Skye tried to cool off in a bunch of pop...

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...but it was not spraying so we headed out. We decided not to ride the Backlot Tour. Been there-dne that kind of a thing. Once in a while we still like to ride but everyone was in agreement at this point that we did not want to do it.

It was getting close to dinner time so we headed that way hoping to be seated a little early.

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[tyandskyesmom]

We had 5:00pm ADRs at Mama Melrose for a Fantasmic! Package. We went to check in at about 4:45pm. It was a mad house in there! We were allowed to check in but told they were running about an hour or more behind. We were asked if we still wanted to keep the ADR. We said yes. She we were told we shoudl go on and do whatever we wanted and come back in about an hour. Before we left Skye snapped this...

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Perry loved that hidden Mickey!

We headed back out in search of something to do...

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And what did we find??? A line up to see Perry's family!!!! nd it was just begining to re-form!!! That set up is very cool for a Phineas & Ferb fan! And this was one of our things on our list to do today...thus the guys wearing their Perry shirts! So we hopped n line and soon the "show" started. so, the guise is that they are filming a movie. They pull out kids and some adults from the line and give them props to use and tell them what to do. There is a photopass photographer there also. So we watched for a while.

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The cameraman.

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Perry liked it!

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Skye got picked for one of the scenes.

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Right about this time someone in front of us called my name. I had completely forgotten that I knew someone who was going to be here today! It was justakrazymom!!! She had recognized Skyler from my pre-trip report!!!
It was nice to meet her in person...pictures are one thing but it is a whole different thing to meet someone you've only met online. After that I had a lot of explaining how I knew who she was. And Tyler wanted to know if her son, who he knew was a boy right away, gets called a princess all the time...because Tyler does, and it drives him crazy!!!

[tyandskyesmom]

So when Skye was done dancing, we waited for our turn.

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When we got up near the front of the line Lou asked the cast member if he could put Perry in some displays. She said that was find but to make sure that "the boys" dont' see him because they don't know he is a secret agent. We all got a kick out of that and hid Perry appropriately.

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Gosh, that's a horrible picture of me but I guess it is what it is. See Lou hiding Perry from "the boys".

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Duckie Mau Mau...he's one of our favorites! Skye considers ducks pretty similar to chickens so they're all good!

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They even had that floating baby head that appears in all the shows back there somewhere. We really liked the set up they made for these guys...even just waiting was fun. We were looking at all the props and trying to remember what episodes they came from. Waiting does not seem so long when you're entertained!

[tyandskyesmom]

So remember this...

We had 5:00pm ADRs at Mama Melrose for a Fantasmic! Package. We went to check in at about 4:45pm. It was a mad house in there! We were allowed to check in but told they were running about an hour or more behind. We were asked if we still wanted to keep the ADR. We said yes. She we were told we shoudl go on and do whatever we wanted and come back in about an hour. Before we left Skye snapped this...

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Perry loved that hidden Mickey!

Well, after seeing "the boys" we went back to wait for our turn. We sat in that lobby for close to 30 more minutes and just about at an hour past our ADR time, we were called. We were seated in the far room, as usual.

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Lou had not been here since our first time when Tyler was two and due to circumstances of that trip (not good ones mind you so we shall not discuss them here!) we were not impressed. The kids and I, on the other hand, had been back on each of our last three trips and love it here. We were on the Fantasmic! Package but that did not change anythign for us becuase we were on the deluxe dining plan but if you are on the regular one, this is a great option because you will get your appetizer included.

We quickly ordered our drinks and asked for a few more minutes to look over the menu.

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Lou ordered a Magical Star Cocktail (Light up your celebration with X-Fusion Organic Mango and Passion Fruit Liqueur, Parrot Bay Coconut Rum, Pineapple Juice, and a souvenir Multicolored Glow Cube )...

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Lou and Perry kept a running thread on Facebook about their drinking in The World. it was fun and a lot of our friends enjoyed it!

Our bread and olive oil were delivered...

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And while they still had bread, the kids were disappointed that there was no butter.

Skye ordered the kid's salad with the dressing on the side (and it went untouched)...

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She ate all the tomatoes, cucumbers, and carrots.

I had the Fresh Mozzarella and Vine-Ripened Tomatoes (with marinated sweet onions, balsamic drizzle, extra virgin olive oil and fresh sweet basil)...which is one of my favorite appetizers!

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Tyler ordered the Clams Oreganatta (oak-fried clams cooked in oregano butter with Italian sausage over toasted focaccia) becasue there really was not anything else on the menu he wanted and he was being adventurous...

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He tried it, so did I, but we coul dnot convince anyone else to try it. It was all right but try as I might, I cannot bring myself to like Clams. Maybe I have not found the right cooking method yet but I am looking!

[tyandskyesmom]

Lou had the Vegetarian Minestrone with ditalini pasta...

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He said it was very good. Lou does not do a lot of soups...no creamy at all...but he liked this one!

For my entree I had the pork chop with four cheese macaroni and brocollini. It is not on the current menu on allears so I don't know if it is still there or not but it was very good. And it was nice to have something different for a change.

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Skye snagged some of the pasta but otherwise I had it all to myself...which was fine with me!

Tyler had the Oven-baked Chicken alla Parmigiana over Spaghetti...

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Which he loved. He said it was not as good as the one at Tony's though! He was not sharing and cleaned the plate!!!

Skye had the Kids Penne Pasta topped with tomato sauce with everything on the side...

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What's not to like. My kids are pasta freaks and will sit and eat it like popcorn so we're all good at Italian joints!

Lou ordered the Carne D'Italia Flatbread with Pepperoni, Italian Sausage, Pancetta, and Spicy Marinara Sauce...

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He thought it was very good! Except for the darker crust...I assume that is part of the charm of a fire grilled pizza but it is not something we enjoy...but it was just the edge so he was ok. I did not have any but it looked good...

About this time a manager stopped by our table appologizing for the wait and asking what he could do to make it up to us. He did put some restrictions on what he could do. But while it was not what we planned, it did not really hurt our day any. We really were not that put out by it and had not even thought about complaining let alone compensation. So we were dumbfounded. He put out a suggestion of two free fast passes for each of us to be used any day we wanted for whatever rides we wanted. So we said ok. He said that all we had to do was go to guest services when we get to the park that morning and give them our name and we would have the fast passes printed. He said he could not do it the Toy Story Mania though...anything but that. So we were thrilled! He did not have to do anything but just the faxt that they were taking the time to appologize personally and individually to the people who had ot wait would have been enough but two free unattached fast passes each was awesome. That just moved Mama Melrose up our ladder of success!

So moving on to dessert.

Skye had the kids' fruit salad...and it was her most disappointing fruit salad of the trip!

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Is had a little cantalope and some grapes...and it did not even come colse to filling the bowl. Luckily both things were on her favorites list and they were perfectly sweet so she was happy but the presentation was odd...if not more fruit, maybe a smaller bowl so it does not look half eaten?

I had the Chocolate Cannoli Cake with cannoli and nutella filling...

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MMMMMMM....it was really good. I think Skye snagged a lot of it...but she's good for that!

Lou had the No Sugar Added Mascarpone Pound Cake - with linoncello-macerated berries and fresh whipped cream...

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And it was good...not as good as mine but Lou is a lot more for the plain things than I am. We all tasted it but I don't think anyone was after it like they were the other ones.

Tyler ordered the Chocolate Amarettini Cheesecake...

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...and it was pretty good. But mine was the winner. Not that that stopped someone who shall remain nameless from attacking it too!

And one last pic of Perry...

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All in all, we love Mama Melrose. We will not hesitate to make it our dining destination in this park. The service was great. While we were waiting to be seated they had a waiter walking around offering everyone ice water. The manager's appology was unexpected, unnecessary and awesome.

I do not agree though, that you don't pay for your seats for Fantasmic. We always seem to come out a little under the Fantasmic! Package cost if we had ordered all of that food out of pocket...especially with a flatbread. But, you cannot beat knowing you have a seat and not having to line up hours before hand.

Our total cost on the dining plan was $138.94...or 4 credits. We then had a $11.19 charge out of pocket for Lou and Perry's drink...wow, that's a lot of money! But they said it was good and you get a glow cube for your kids to fight over later so all's good!

Our receipt says we were out of there at 6:45pm. So our meal was not that long once we were seated. And we were not rushed, it just moved along nicely, which was great because that was exactly what we wanted!

[justakrazymom]

Right about this time someone in front of us called my name. I had completely forgotten that I knew someone who was going to be here today! It was justakrazymom!!! She had recognized Skyler from my pre-trip report!!!
It was nice to meet her in person...pictures are one thing but it is a whole different thing to meet someone you've only met online. After that I had a lot of explaining how I knew who she was. And Tyler wanted to know if her son, who he knew was a boy right away, gets called a princess all the time...because Tyler does, and it drives him crazy!!!



Thats was MEEEEE.. it was awesome to turn around and see you guys!! I was like.. i KNOW them.LMAO. And yes.. my Declan was called a princess for 11 days!! Even once he started wearing a ball cap.. but as the waitress at Tony's said "tis better to be a pretty princess than an ugly prince"..LMAO

That said..Declan no longer has long hair :(.. he cut it all off a few weeks ago!

[tyandskyesmom]

Thats was MEEEEE.. it was awesome to turn around and see you guys!! I was like.. i KNOW them.LMAO. And yes.. my Declan was called a princess for 11 days!! Even once he started wearing a ball cap.. but as the waitress at Tony's said "tis better to be a pretty princess than an ugly prince"..LMAO

That said..Declan no longer has long hair :(.. he cut it all off a few weeks ago!

Ty is called a girl all the time. He cut his hair also but not super short but it is a lot shorter than it was...I think if he knew he could get a cut like your older son's and not have to do a lot of work to get it to look cool, he'd go for it but he's afraid to not like it.

[justakrazymom]

Ty is called a girl all the time. He cut his hair also but not super short but it is a lot shorter than it was...I think if he knew he could get a cut like your older son's and not have to do a lot of work to get it to look cool, he'd go for it but he's afraid to not like it.

My oldest has gorgeous hair..thick, wavy, perfect.. he's had LONG and short, mohawk and more.. nothing looks bad on him. Poor Declan has very fine very straight hair.. he actually needs it cut a little more cus the short but shaggy look doesn't fly with his thin hair..lol

[tyandskyesmom]

So after our great meal, we headed out. Perry needed his picture taken here...

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...and here...

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...and I guess we need one of all the guys...

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...yep...Star Tours...AGAIN!!!

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Perry is anxious to get in his ship!

And after our great ride ... AGAIN ...Perry did a little playing in Tatooine Traders...

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The guy taking these pictures was more than game to play arond with Perry and he and Lou had a great time putting him is shots. But when I snapped this picture, the guy behind the counter yelled at me. I get that they are trying to sell pictures but really??? You really tought I'd pay for a picture of a toy??? Whatever!

So we moved on and Perry found something else to play with...

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He kinda looks like Indiana Jones and the Jedi here doesn't he?

Then all the kids played on this...

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I said "this" becasue I am sure it has a name and I dont' know what it is and I don't want to look too stupid after being in StarWars land thirty million times this trip so far!

We had actually ridden Star Tours twice...and now it was getting close to time to head up towards our night time entertainment.

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So we meandered towards our destination.

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And stopped near the hat becasue Tyler was looking for something he wanted to buy.

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I loved this little set up but it was really hard to get a good picture of it all...

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And we headed around the corner here...

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...and that is where Tyler found a cart selling what he was looking for. We stopped in at Villans in Vogue! This is one of our favorite stores. But close to Fantasmic! time it is always so crowded at the counter.

We did some shopping and Vinylmation trading and Perry had a close call with a snake...

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...before we headed on our way towards...

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No, we were not going there! Remember??? None of us are a fan! Love to look at it from the outside but otherwise, no thank you! But we had to head that way to get into the theatre for Fantasmic! So we did!

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So we walked right into the theatre and grabbed a seat. It was not as crowded as I thought it would be.

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That's what Tyler had been searching for.

We sat and waited for the show to begin.

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We love, love, love Fantasmic! A trip is not complete without it at least once. I don't understand people who say they don't like it...what's not to like???

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And our favorite Mickey saved the day and we headed out into the cattle call. We tried to wait it out as long as we could but they frown on that. So we headed out towards the end of the cattle call and the crowd was not too bad by that time. We walked up towards the exit and stopped at the bathroom by the photo place. Then we sat on a bench for a little while and just watched people leaving. We figured it wasn't going to get any more difficult to get on a bus than it would be right now so we just waited. Oh, and Lou ran to get the photopass pictures from Skye's Phineas and Ferb experience put on our photopass card becasue at the time we did not know they were doing it. We caught it after the fact and the photographer had gone already. So the cast member working the line told us as long as we knew the time of day and what the pictures were of, they would be able to find them and put them on our card. And so it was! The most difficult part was waiting in line...that store is always crazy!

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While we were waiting for Lou, Skyler finally convinced Tyler to let her try on his hair...

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But just for a second. She had not found anything flashy to buy so she was a little down.

We headed out to the bus stop and it actually was not a bad wait for a Caribbean Beach bus to come. And since Caribbean Beach is literally right next to Disney's Hollywood Studios, the ride is short.

We headed back to our room and we were all pretty quick to crash!

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So I was going to add more but I believe I am missing pictures from the next morning...the next batch i have starts around noon the next day and I cannot homestly believe we did not take ANY pictures from wake up till noon...just does not sound like me...so I need to do some camera maintenance and delete the pics I know I have already which will hopefully lead me to the missing time frame. I did have some issues when trying to put pics on discs and ended up with one or two that had nothing on them...so maybe, hopefully, that is my answer!!!

I plan to get some work done over the weekend!!!

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I'm still working on it, I've just had a ton going on around here!

Bad news is Skye's dance trip to Disneyland was cancelled for lack of participation...

Good news is that that means I can plan a Disneyworld trip sooner than expected!!!!

So while I am very disappointed for her that she is missing out on such an awesome opportunity (believe me they don't come easily around here!) I am much more excited about a World trip on the horizon than I was about a Land trip...I'm thinking Christmastime for as long as I can swing it...checking into December 22 thru January 6 as I believe that is the time the kids are out of school for winter break...and as long as we are talking going at the most crowded time and the most expensive time, I may as well put us in a position to relax and not let the crowds bother us too much so the longer the trip the most we can let a half day as a park roll off our backs and venture out to other things or just to the hotel to relax or whatever. Of course since we would be going at that time, we will most likely be doing it without a dining plan becasue they most likely will not offer any free dining so it will be interesting blending our new found love (well new in the last 4 or 5 years) of Disney Dining with our old way of touring that did not consist of much more than counter service dining to get an affordable trip. So whatcha think? Any Christmastime suggestions? Any help to offer?

But I have been trying to get back to our regularly scheduled program so hopefully in the next few days i will...hang in there with me please!!!

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I know, I know...I promised...and I left you hanging...

I have been so crazy at home but it is dying down...I swear! Tyler will be down to just baseball after this week, Skye will be down to just gymnastics after the 20th for a little while...our main move is just about done and we just will have a lot of cleaning up at the old house to do, and school is out in 38 days!!!

And I now have a new reason to finish this trip/dining report...I am planning a big, long, relaxing Christmas Vacation Trip to se THE MOUSE!!!! Look below...I have a new ticker! I have not started much planning on that trip and the dates may shorten on the front or back or both but I am hoping to keep it as it is and will, of course, start a pre-trip report as things get rolling...so now I have more motivation...so I should be getting back on track soon!

Don't leave me!!!!

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Really, really working on it...I have just been so crazy! I promise I will be back soon!