A January No Husbands Allowed Trip Report

[lledman]

We survived with 9 kids and only 4 adults and in fact we actually enjoyed it. January was a wonderful time to visit – the weather was perfect and the crowds were pretty low for the most part. I’m working now on getting photos sorted and such – will take a little while since there were 4 of us with cameras. And speaking of photos, I’m happy to report that I found many more photopass photographers than on our trip last May – we really got our monies worth out of pre-ordering the CD – can’t wait to share it with you all.

For anyone who didn’t read my PTR – which the plans changed a million times – I’ll do a little recap. I traveled with 2 of my friends – my husband claims to not be a huge Disney fan but I think he was a little upset I went without him. Jessica and Janet are two of my closest friends and we travel/camp with their families a lot. We all have kids around the same ages so it's great b/c everyone has a friend along where ever we go. Our vacationing styles are somewhat different - Jess and I research, evaluate, plan and re-plan everything while Janet just goes along with whatever she's told she’s going to do for the day. We all went together in April 2008 but didn’t really end up spending that much time together – we camped at Ft. Wilderness, Janet and my sister stayed at Pop while Jess and another friend of ours stayed offsite in a house. Jess’ husband was not impressed with Disney at all and said he had no desire to return (that was until a couple of weeks before we left and the kids started getting all excited – he will be on the next Disney vacation). Janet has since separated. So the husband free trip was conceived.

The cast of characters (I'll update with pictures once we get our photopass cd)
My family – me – Lisa - Disney obsessed mom to Tyler (13 –almost didn’t get to come b/c he wasn’t taking his grades serious but he did pull it off in the end), Devin (6) and Tyra (4 & a handful)

The R Family – Jessica, Danielle (13), Kiersten (6) and Hunter (4) (see a pattern with the ages there)

The S Family – Janet and Cameron (4) along with Ashlin (who is Cameron’s ½ sister and will be turning 10 on the day we leave). Janet also bought along her mom, Elaine, and nephew Alex (7)


When – January 20-28, 2012

[lledman]

Friday, January 20, 2012 & Saturday, January 21, 2012
The plan was to leave sometime around 4:30 and by 4:25 we were on the road. We live on my family’s farm so my kids get to see my parents every day. My mom wanted to see the kids before they left so we made plans for everyone to meet at my mom’s house. Tyra had an awards ceremony at school that afternoon so I picked up Devin so he wouldn’t have to ride the bus home. Jess arrived around 4 and I threw our last minute stuff in her van (we had packed the majority of our stuff the night before). Her husband was right down the street at a friend’s house so he came shortly after and my DH got off work and stopped at my mom’s to tell us good-bye. Janet arrived with her crew at 4:20. We threw one kid in with her and we were off.

The ride down was long and uneventful. We stopped at an Arby’s for dinner just before getting on I-95. The kids didn’t want to go to sleep but finally around 11 they were all settled in. We stopped only when we need gas or bathroom breaks. Sucked that I couldn’t get some rest but oh well.
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Jess drove until about 1 and then I took over. We stopped at a McDonalds at 5 am for breakfast. That did me in, about an hour after we were back on the road I was super tired and could really feel it. Instead of stopping for a little, Jess said she’d drive again. I was asleep before I hit the passenger seat, the kids fell back to sleep as well I think.
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We arrived at our destination around 8 am and of course our rooms at the Comfort Suites Maingate were not ready. We really didn’t have any plans for this day. We drove down the street and stopped at a souvenir shop.
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There was a lady in there at a kiosk that was recruiting people for a timeshare tour. You got $75 cash for taking the tour so Jess decided to sign us up, after all we didn’t really have any plans so what did we have to loose. The lady told us all sorts of things that we’d have to say to the people (income requirements, no husbands, blah, blah, blah). So we were off to just about a minute down the street.
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When we arrived the lady at the desk took a lot of information and then bam the one thing the kiosk lady forgot to tell us – you had to have stayed in an area hotel the night before, we didn’t know so we were not eligible for the tour. Oh well.

[lledman]

It was now around 9:30 so we decided to head to Downtown Disney. What a lovely sight -
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The weather was definitely a lot warmer than it was at home. Most of us decided to change into shorts for the day (yep, right there in the parking lot of DTD).
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We parked near Planet Hollywood because the one mission of this trip was for Tyler to visit the magic shop and get the oreo cookie trick that he wanted last visit and they were sold out. We never did find the magic store – did it close??????

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We stopped on the bridge for Tyler to take a “magic shot” of Danielle.
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The little kids went just a little further up from us before stopping. Not even at Disney for 20 minutes and Hunter loses his shoe over the side of the bridge.
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Luckily there was a wonderful worker nearby and he offered to go retrieve it.
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All shoes secured, we headed towards the Lego Store. Tyler took the camera to get some shots of the statues
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I think Devin took this photo????
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The kids played for about 15 minutes outside the store with the block tables that were set up
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We moved on to the World of Disney store.
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I don’t think my family made any purchases at this time, I knew we were coming back in a couple of days.

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[lledman]

From here we headed to Once Upon a Toy. Again no purchases from my family but they all had fun playing at the Potato Head tables.

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It was now about 12:30 and that was a long time past our 5 am breakfast that morning. Before we had left we each had purchased certificates from restaurant.com for a pizza place that looked pretty good and was just down the street from the Comfort Suites (in the shopping center that was attached actually). So we decided to head back that way for lunch and then we’d stop back by the hotel to see if our rooms were ready.

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My kids were beat – guess they should have slept more on the ride down instead of keeping me up half the night
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Tyler ordered the spaghetti and the rest of us split a small stuffed pizza – mmmmmmmm!

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Nothing like a photo with food hanging out of your mouth – ok, so lets take 2 more since everyone had to sample a bite

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[lledman]

Thru the parking lot onto the Comfort Suites. Our rooms still weren’t ready but they did let us go ahead and check in and we could use the pool. Jess, Janet and Elaine didn’t want to swim so I joined the kids in the pool.
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The pool was heated but there was a slight breeze when you got out of the water.

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After about 45 minutes in the pool, Jess went to check on our rooms and they were finally ready.
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We grabbed our overnight bags and headed to the room for showers and to change.
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Jess made a comment that she thinks this is the smallest tv she’s ever seen in a hotel room.
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By 4 we were all showered and laid down in bed to watch tv and rest. Hunter fell asleep almost immediately (and didn’t wake up until 6 the next morning). About this time Tyler started to feel sick to his stomach and we all decided that the spaghetti was a horrible idea. Luckily he was the only one to get sick and it didn’t last into the night. Around 5 I was hungry again and wanted something other than the left over pizza so Jess and I left Tyler and Hunter at the hotel (with Janet and Elaine in the room next to us) and took Devin, Kiersten & Tyra through the drive through at the Chick-fil-a just down the road. We bought back dinner for everyone and our room was in bed asleep by 6:30 – yep we slept almost 12 hours that night. I don’t know how but Jess and all her kids slept in one of the beds, Tyler and I took the other (no one else wanted to sleep with “Pukey”) and Tyra and Devin took the fold out couch.

[lledman]

Since we had all showered the night before and everyone was soo well rested getting ready was a snap.

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We loaded up the van and before checking out made our way to breakfast area. Wonderful spread. Jess sat at a table with the boys and I had the girls (no we didn’t separate them that way it’s just how they sat).
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We made one quick pit stop at the souvenir shop we visited the day before so Jess could get a sparkle shirt for Kiersten (she never got around to making her one at home with the iron ons we had gotten through ebay). Janet and family were running just slightly behind us this morning so this also allowed them time to finish breakfast and we all met up to drive to Pop together.
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We had all done online check in and had no problems getting our packets and tickets. Our rooms were not ready but they took cell phone numbers to text us when they were. After a quick potty break we were off. Here’s the boys waiting on the girls to finish.
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[lledman]

I don’t have it in my notes but I don’t think we waited long for a bus and we were off to the Magic Kingdom to start our Disney World Vacation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After we got through the bag check and gates we stopped for fast passes for the characters in the front. I had read a tip here on the DIS that if you go fast passes for the characters that you could still get fast passes un-interrupted for the rides. Well that’s ½ true. If you get fast passes for Mickey you can still get another for a ride but if you get a FP for the princesses you have to wait the 2 hours or printed time on your FP. Live and Learn. This messed up our plan a little of sending Tyler and Danielle ahead for Space Mt. FP but we only had to wait less than an hour for a new set of FP so we decided like on every visit before to start our day off in Tomorrowland. Our first ride of the trip – to infinity and beyond of course (and with a posted 10 minute wait but this was really just a walk on)
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I think we sent Tyler and Danielle over for Space Mt. FP at this time but maybe it was after we went into the Laugh Floor. I texted jokes for all the kids – great tip I read here – save jokes in your draft folder before you go and then when you see the show you can just plug in the number and keyword then send them off – very beneficial if you have 9 kids with you – lol!!! They ended up combining the kids names into 2 jokes but that was cool since they didn’t know which ones I had texted from who, they just liked hearing their names.
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Next we moved on to the People Mover – nice slow ride that everyone could enjoy.
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Thrilling ride – I don’t know how he contained himself
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I have no idea what time it was other than my stomach was saying lunchtime so we decided to eat at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café (my goal for this trip was to eat at new places that I’ve never tried before since we usually have to pay out of pocket for meals – first meal and I fail this goal)

Janet saw Buzz out with a line but wanted to let Cameron and Alex meet him so she hopped in line with most of the kids (I think Cameron, Alex Ashlin, Devin, Kiersten, Hunter and Danielle all stayed with her) while the rest of us went off for lunch.

They met up with us and we all shared our meals.
Jess had sat her food on her table and come over to get something from ours. The birds attacked and she had to go chase them off. Notice the one on the chair in front of her
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Tyler and I had bacon cheese burgers and the kids each had a nugget kids meal.
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After lunch we went back so those that were tall enough to ride could get on Space Mountain. I think Elaine took Cameron with her while she went to the smoking section while I took Hunter and Tyra on the People Mover again.
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We all met back up and it was 12:45. Elaine hightailed it to the Barber Shop with Alex (since he was added to the reservations a week before we left I was unable to secure him a BBB reservation with the others. We gave the kids their invitations and took off towards the castle.
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Here’s Hunter with his invitation
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And the girls
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[dara00]

signing on, fun trip so far!

[lledman]

signing on, fun trip so far!

welcome aboard. heading over to check out your tr now

[MelMel11]

Count me in!!!

[lledman]

Count me in!!!

:wave2:

[lledman]

I had never been inside the castle so this was new for me and my family. We check in all the kids – the girls had 1:10 appointments and the boys were at 1:20 and 1:30. They took the boys back first and then did the girls after. (sorry if these are out of order but I’m using both mine and Jess’ photo and then the photo pass photographer must have taken 300 photos at this event)
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Birthday Princess Ashlin
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Princess Tyra (or Princess Snooki as Tyler was calling her)
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[lledman]

Devin and Tyra need a potty break so we went in search of a rest room. The others got on the Carousel with no wait.
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We grabbed FP for Winnie the Pooh when we came back later that evening and were given surprise FP for Mickey’s Philar Magic Show, I took this to mean there was no wait so we went in.
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It was now just after 3 pm so we started walking towards the front of the park – duh, parade time – very poor timing on our part. We made it to the train station and decided to use our fast passes from that morning to meet the characters. First up were Mickey and Minnie. Mickey met us at a closed door and then walked us down a hallway into another room where Minnie was waiting.
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With 13 people in our group you can imagine the room was a little full. I took some pictures of the surroundings that caught Tyra’s eye.
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Back to the characters
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With our group being so large I really relied on the photopass photographers a lot more than I have on previous trips. It was nice to get more of the interaction myself and not have to worry soo much about catching every second on film. I apologize in advance for the lack of personal photos but I promise when the cd arrives you will be tired of looking at our crew (it was shipped on the 3rd so any day now).

[lledman]

Since we had no wait at all to see Mickey we cut back into the building and visited with the princesses. We were led straight back into the meeting room with no wait and we were the only family in there at the time.
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Belle loved all the hair-dos
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It was now time to split for our dinner reservation – I think it was 3:45 so we made excellent time with the characters. The plan was to take the monorail over but as we exited the park the boat had just pulled up so why not.
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We arrived at the Grand Floridian around 4 and restaurant didn’t open until 4:30 so we had to wait in the garden. This provided a great opportunity for a photo shoot.
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[lledman]

We posed for the group photo and then waited to be seated. We were seated at 2 tables (Jess’ family took the table for 4 and Janet and I sat at the other). Our waitress took our drink order and we were told we could head to the buffet.

First out was Prince Charming
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Followed by Cinderella (I like how when the characters are announced that the other characters will pause to recognize them) When she got to our table she loved the girls outfits and they all had a conversation about how wonderful the fairy godmother was to make the dresses for them and do their hair and make up – very cute.
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Lady Tremine and the stepsisters were announced but it took a little longer for them to make their way to our tables.

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When she got to our table she was in perfect character. She asked if anyone at our table had a steed? The kids sort of gave her funny looks, so I said we live on a farm that has 2 horses. She accepted that as an answer and then one of the kids chimed in that Tyler has a cow of his own. She loved that and made a huge fuss over Tyler having a cow of his very own and asked him all sorts of questions about it – what type – a steer – does he have a name – Bubba. She asked if we had met her daughters yet and the kids said no just Cinderella and she made a snide face that I don’t think they caught. She made Tyler stand next to her and called to Druzilla from across the room – “Oh Drusilla dear, this young man right here has his own steer I think you should meet him as he is a fine suitor”. Drusilla didn’t seem too impressed so she grabbed Tyler by the arm and took him across the room to where Drusilla was and I’m not sure what the interaction was but it was hilarious to everyone else watching. I do feel a little bad for the family that Drusilla was visiting with b/c Lady T and Tyler barged into their interaction but they were laughing at it too so I don’t think they minded.
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Anastasia
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Drusilla
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The formal dance was then announced and we had the perfect seat right in the middle of the room

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After a minute they broke and asked a few of the kids to dance with them. Prince Charming first danced with Tyra
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then Ashlin
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and third he asked Kiersten to dance with him
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As you can imagine with 13 people there wasn’t a lot of lag around time to take photos – the Grand Floridian was beautiful but much too upscale for our brood.
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After dinner we decided to take the mono rail back to the MK. We waited for about 5 minutes for a monorail to come. We boarded and then waited another 5 minutes for it to leave the station and then we stopped in route for another 5 minutes. Never found out what was going on but it was a slow go to get back and I was not fond of being perched on the rails above the water.
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[lledman]

We finally arrived back at the Magic Kingdom and headed to Aladdin’s Magic Carpets.
Ashlin and Danielle sat in front of Tyra and me, looks like Devin was with Elaine, Janet and Cameron – not sure where anyone else rode but we all got on.
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Next was the Jungle Cruise – I love riding with people who have never ridden before (everyone but my family)
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We then headed over to Pirates of the Caribbean with no line (no photos)

Devin made his first purchase in the dump shop here – a new sword set since the other boys had got ones at DTD the day before.

We then headed over to the Haunted Mansion. Again a walk on (sorry no photos again – but Kiersten and Tyra rode with me – not sure about the rest)

When we exited it must have been 9 b/c the fireworks had just started. We watched them from the bathroom area near Peter Pan. Was different to see them from this angle.
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We took a rest on Small World (walk on with empty boats)
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Next up was another practical walk on (may have been a 3 minute wait in line) for Snow White.
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[lledman]

Finally we used up our fast passes for Winnie the Pooh which at this time had about a 25 minute wait.
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Our last ride for the night ended up being the Tomorrowland Speedway. I think the posted wait time was 20 minutes but I don’t think it took that long to make it to our cars.
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Devin rode with me
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Tyler took Tyra and they must have been in front of us so no one really got a good photo of them
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Janet & Cameron
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Elaine & Alex
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The older kids wanted to try Space Mountain one last time if the line wasn’t crazy but the ride was broke down. We got a snack of popcorn and soda and headed back towards the bus. Jessica & family ran ahead so they could stop and shop before we left. Janet and I both stopped for photopass photos but both Tyra and Cameron were passed out. We waited for Jess & family on Main Street.

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While we waited the boys tormented their sleeping sister
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I don’t think we waited long for a bus but it was pretty crowded. When we got back to Pop, we grabbed most of our stuff from the van and found our rooms. The kids made it into the room before me so I don’t have any photos right here but I did take some a day or 2 later when we got back from the park. Jess and I had a connecting room which was nice, the kids could come and go as they pleased without having to run outside. I have in my notes that we were in bed by 10:00.

[15isto2]

Love your report so far, thansk you for all the effort

[lledman]

Love your report so far, thansk you for all the effort

Thanks for reading along

[lledman]

I think everyone but my family slept in. We were up at 7:30, showered and got ready. We were out the door by 8:30 and stopped to have breakfast at Pop food court – we split 2 Bounty Platters
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We didn’t wait long for a bus and everyone was able to grab a seat – good sign. We arrived at the Studios at 9:15. I sent Tyler ahead to get FP – we had a return time for like 1:30 already and the line was like 40 minutes long so we passed.

A Voyage of the Little Mermaid show was about to start and since it’s one of my favorites we stopped in.

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We had our FP secured and the rest of the group still wasn’t to the park so I didn’t want to go and tackle TOT or RNRC until they got there. We saw a bunch of characters near the hat so went and met Stitch since he had no line.
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The handlers were closing all the other lines so we didn’t get to see anyone else. We wandered about the back of the park and stumbled upon the Mike & Sully meeting area. They were taking a 5 minute break but we could be the 1st family in line if we wanted to wait for them to come back. Tyra loves this movie so of course we waited 5 minutes.
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I had wanted to let Devin meet Phineas & Ferb but the line was super long so we doubled back to the Lightning and Mater line that only had about 5 other families in it. For some reason Tyra was insistent on kicking Lightning’s tires
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I think it was around this time that I got a text from the rest saying that they were there and heading to TOT. Tyler was upset b/c he was going to miss the ride but we were clear across the park and had our lunch reservation in about 30 minutes, no way to make it there and back.

Not sure what happened with the P&F line but by the time we were done they were going to take a break and we were again like the 5th family in line for them to come back out. We had about 25 minutes to still make it to our lunch reservation so why not. Devin was selected to participate in the little show thing that the director comes out and does but he was too shy. This worked in our favor b/c when the guys came out they were ready to see the kids but all the families in front of us were participating in the show so we got to go to the front of the line.
The kids liked this sign so they asked me to take a photo of it
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Tyra didn’t want to be in the shots but would do it if I joined in so the group shots are on the photopass.

[lledman]

We hightailed it up to Hollywood & Vine b/c by now we had 10 minutes to make it to our 11:20 dining reservation. The rest of the group had just arrived at the restaurant when we did so we checked in.
Alex & Devin waiting to be seated
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We were called shortly and led to our seats – along the wall where we sat on our first visit here. We had 3 tables which I enjoyed b/c we had plenty of space and each family got their own table.
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Our waitress took our order and not even a minute later June had arrived.
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We fixed our plates (sorry no photos) and right when we sat down to eat they started the little dance thing in the center.
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Back to eating and the characters. Oso was next to stop by our table.
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Then came by Handy Manny – who motioned for Tyler to pose in a photo with him
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Why is it that the 2 oldest boys in this photo aren’t looking at the camera – guess something else caught their attention.
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Let’s try that photo again – and add Tyra into it this time
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Another dance break
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Finally it was Jake’s turn to visit with us. Devin loves Jake and the Neverland Pirates so he was really looking forward to this.
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While we were waiting for our waitress to finish up with our check-out June came back around to visit. She was soo sweet and really spent a lot of time with the kids.
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[lledman]

When we left Hollywood and Vine, much to Tyler’s dismay (remember he was itching to get on TOT & RNRC) we headed over to Star Wars. Cameron was exactly 40 inches tall and depending on the CM he could or couldn’t ride a few rides this trip. Jess & I took the kids that could ride and got in line. Janet was a little behind us and measured Cameron. A CM saw her measuring him and said looks good to me then gave her 2 fast passes so she could by-pass the line. Wasn’t that sweet, Jess and I in a 20 minute line with 8 kids didn’t think so as she waved her fast passes and walked on by. Another CM in line (Emily) noticed that we were all together and asked how many more fast passes we needed – I joked and said A LOT, her eyes got big when Jessica said 10 but she gave us each a fast pass and allowed us to cross lines – love pixie dust – and thank you Emily!!!!!!!

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After we safely returned to planet Earth we went across the street to Muppets. It was now nap time for Tyra and she had a meltdown while we waited to go in.
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The show was corny as usual and the kids really enjoyed it.

The line for Phineas and Ferb was outrageous again so we settled for Lightning and Mater (again).
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We didn’t really have any plan so we sort of wandered back towards the center of the park. None of us have rode the Great Movie Ride before so we decided to give it a try. When we went to get into line, Max was out. The kids didn’t know who he was but wanted a photo – lol!!
Kiersten & Hunter with Max
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Devin & Tyra with Max
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Alex & Max
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Ashlin & Max
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Onto the ride – we choose the right queue and ended up with the cowboy.
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Nice enough ride but not sure we’ll try it again.

We sent Tyler to see if there were fastpasses for TSM left and of course there weren’t. For anyone interested the wait time posted was 70 minutes. We decided to go into the Animation Building we see what characters were in there.

[lledman]

Jess and family stopped to see the Incredibles (Mr. Incredible & Frozone), I don’t think any of us waited in line for Sorcerer Mickey but we all saw Pooh and the kids had fun playing with the little game things.

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Tyra jotted down some trip report notes of her own in front of her autograph book
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Much to Tyler’s delight we headed towards Tower of Terror and Rock N Rollercoaster. The wait time for TOT was posted at 13 minutes and the fast pass return time was for like 30 minutes later so we got some FP just as an insurance measure. Jess and Janet took Tyler, Danielle, Ashlin & Alex to ride RNRC (I want to say they had fast passes from earlier in the morning). Cameron had fallen asleep in his stroller so Elaine hung back with him at the smoking spot while I took the rest of the kids in search of ice cream. I didn’t know that the stand that sold sundaes was included in the dining plan so we went in search of a vendor for Mickey bars. We walked the entire Sunset Blvd with no luck so we went back to where we started and just outside the entrance to Beauty and the Beast was the ice cream cart – doh!!!!!!!!
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Then the sillies kicked in
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The bigger kids were done with their ride and since Cameron was still sleeping (so he couldn’t protest Janet leaving him again, they went on TOT next. Devin remembered the ride from our trip last May and waned to sit off. Kiersten had ridden that morning and didn’t like it so she also wanted to sit off. Tyra had never rode before but wanted to give it a try so she and Hunter went off with the big kids (yes I mean Jess & Janet in that grouping too) while I hung back with Devin & Kiersten.

Alex had chickened out that morning when they rode but not this time. Elaine loved the photo soo much that she bought it. (insert photo from photopass here – lol!!!!!)

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I want to say the wait was basically a walk on and that most of them enjoyed it so Tyler, Danielle, Ashlin & Alex rode it again.

[lledman]

I’m not sure why but we split up with Janet and family here. I asked if it was rude for me to use my fast passes for TSM and Jess said of course not. They were going to give the standby line a try as the posted time was down to 40 minutes. We got in our separate lines and while we were waiting her family walked in one family after us. She said someone was walking by and asked if they would like fast passes – HELLO!!!!!!!!!! Sweet – more pixie dust for the day for them.We let the family between us go in front so we could ride together.

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I wasn’t able to get a good shot of Jess’ family
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But she got some great ones of us
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Tyler had high score for our group – and I had 2nd.
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It was now about 5:15 – the park closed at 7 but it was EMH evening – we wandered back to the Backlot tour (my family has never done this) – CLOSED – the last tram left at 5 – WTH – oh well. We backtracked through Pixar Place and the wait time for TSM was back up to 80 minutes – yikes!

One of the green army men was out. My kids have seen them before and were familiar with them. Hunter had not and thought the guy was a statue so went up and posed by it or touched him. I said something to the effect of you know that’s a real army man right and about that time the statue moved and Hunter freaked – it was hilarious for everyone but Hunter.
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Hunter would only go back up if Jess held him (he’s smiling so he wasn’t traumatized to badly but still the poor guy)
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We took a little break near the restrooms outside the Animation Building. Most of the crew was hungry for dinner. Kiersten wanted to see the Voyage of the Little Mermaid. Since this is one of my favorites I offered to stay back with her for the next show. Surprisingly Tyra chose to go with Jess & the rest in search of dinner. They wandered around – looked in ABC Commissary but weren’t impressed and ended up at the pizza place over by TOT. Kiersten and I had about 10-15 minutes to wait for the show. In the mean time I guess Janet met back up with Jess or maybe Elaine called me – anyway they ended up sending Ashlin in to see the show with us and they went for pizza with Jessica & the rest. Each family was able to split 2 pizzas each which was cool to save counter service meals.
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I must have been really hungry when I met back up with them b/c I have no food pictures.

[dara00]

I love the matching toy story shirts!

[lledman]

I love the matching toy story shirts!

Thanks we tried to coordinate for a couple of our days

[lledman]

Chris said again tonight that he wasn’t totally opposed to going back to Disney before the January 2014 trip Jess and I are planning – too bad I don’t see how we could afford it:headache:.

I think he knows he really missed out on this trip we just took

[lledman]

By now it was just about 7 and the park was closing. We only had one goal for the evening EMH and that was the dance party so we headed over there. I think it was more crowded this time than on our last visit but the kids still had a wonderful time.

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Oh the balloon art we collected this night. I put my foot down and told them they could each only bring 2 back with us to the room and that they had to hold what ever they bought back on the bus – I was not (we ended up trashing them all before we left for home anyway).
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No this isn’t an attitude – she was dancing – lol
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My first DIS Meet – Marshay – it was nice chatting – sorry couldn’t talk longer without having to chase down some kids
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Tyler trying to catch bubbles in his mouth?
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Princess Kiersten
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Court Jester Danielle – lol
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Danielle & Hunter comparing balloon hats
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I love how even the big kids can still have fun at Disney
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Janet and one of the few shots of Cameron I was able to snap
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Jessica all decked out
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I guess Tyler had grown bored with the dance party and was sitting on a bench along the side wall. Mickey was having no parts of that and went over to chat with him.
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The characters are magnets for crowds so Tyler’s quiet little corner soon became anything but
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[lledman]

Some of Jessica’s photos from the dance party that I’m borrowing for my report
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We danced for over an hour and then decided it was time to head back. We had to wait a while for a bus as a full one was about to leave as we got to the stop. The 2nd bus was very crowded. We made it back to the hotel by 9 so not that bad. We showered to wash out the BBB and everyone was in bed by 10.

Here are a few shots of our room too
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Tyra made a “Hidden Mickey” with her glow sticks and wanted a photo with it
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[lledman]

Park Day 3 – Animal Kingdom
I was up pretty early and so was Jess’ family so I woke my kids up at 8:20 and we were at the bus stop by 8:40. I think they ate pop tarts along the way but I don’t remember.

The boys waiting for the bus (can you guess what today’s shirt theme was?)
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I have in my notes that we arrived at Animal Kingdom at 9:15. The kids were in awe of the animals as we walked through the entrance.
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We posed for the obligatory photo pass photos in front of the tree of life then sent Tyler and Danielle off to get fast passes for Everest and to meet us near the safari. The line for the safari was showing about 20 minutes. Jess’ family had a 10:10 reservation for Tusker House (We all had this reservation but when I called to add on Alex a week before we left we had to move to an early lunch time – Jessica enjoys breakfast so decided to keep the original time for her family). I think it was about 9:30 and with the ride itself and the line she didn’t want to chance missing her reservation so they went to check-in early and the rest of us hopped in the Safari line. I think this may have been the best safari ride I’ve been on – I mean usually the animals are there but just laying around – this time quite a few of them were really active.
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We had to stop for a couple of minutes for a family of giraffes to move on their way. Not these giraffes – they had already crossed the road and were in perfect view for us.
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First time I saw a worker on the savannah feeding
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Another giraffe up close and personal (no zoom used)
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And back to the elephants again
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Tyler wanted to bring a couple of these home so he could enter them into the local fair.
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“Dirty” white rhinos
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Another animal near the road – have to slow down again (but no one is complaining)
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Our 3 week safari got cut a little short and we still had a few minutes left before we could check in for our 11:00 lunch reservation at the Tusker House so we just killed some time in the area. We stopped in the little shop there and I got 2 new autograph books for Tyra and Devin (they had filled their others already – they only had 15 pages) Then the kids went over to the drum area – this is always a favorite with them
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A cast member approached me and said that there were some characters just ahead if we wanted to visit. Sure why not.

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Posed pictures are on the photo pass

[lledman]

We checked in and still had to wait just a few minutes before we were called to have our photo taken with Donald.
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I don’t remember this from the last time we ate here but apparently Donald doesn’t sign autographs but everyone inside does. We took our photo with Donald but didn’t buy it. We then waited to be seated – apparently they had to do some things to switch out breakfast to lunch (but when we went to the buffet it was still ½ breakfast foods – yum – everyone but Janet loves breakfast foods so it was a plus for the rest of us). Jess and family were just finishing up when we walked in so we told them we’d catch up with them later (they were going on the safai)

We were seated at the same table we were the last time we were there. Our waitress took our drink order and we then went to the buffet.

First character to come to our table was Mickey.
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(Tyler wasn’t into posing with the characters at our meals but would if asked)

Daisy
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Goofy had stopped by our table when I took Tyra and Devin to the rest room. Since we were technically 2 families sitting at 1 table he still visited and Tyler had him sign our books. When we got back I asked the handler who was in our room if we could get a photo with Goof before he moved onto the next room b/c he visited our table while we were in the rest room, explained we had the autograph but just needed a photos. Her response was very un-Disney like – very snotty tone – that’s not our policy but I will ask him. HELLO, I’m paying (not really thanks to the dining plan) for this meal strictly to see the characters. We did get our visit with Goofy so all was well but that’s the only little gripe I have from Disney restaurants this trip so I guess it's all good.
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When we were done eating our waitress (who was super attentive the entire time) bought out a cupcake for Ashlin. Daisy was cycling back around again and stopped at our table and led everyone in singing Happy Birthday to Ashlin. It was very cute.

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Daisy was a hoot, and requested posed pictures with everyone on her second visit.
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I texted Jess and they were over at Rafiki’s planet watch or whatever it’s called now, we decided we’d just catch up some time later in the day. Janet wanted to use our Everest fast passes. When we got to the ride Devin decided he didn’t want to ride and Tyra wasn’t tall enough so I left Tyler with Janet, Ashlin & Alex. Elaine took Cameron to the smoking section and I took my little ones up ahead to dinoland.
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I think they rode once and then Elaine stayed back with the kids for another mountain adventure while Janet bought Cameron up to dinoland - they were getting in the line for triceratops spin when we got off.

[lledman]

When we got off Tyra wanted to ride Primeval Whirl but wasn’t tall enough – she had to measure herself b/c she didn’t believe me. Devin wanted to see the “bug movie” so we headed towards the tree of life. There was no line and we only waited in the waiting area for like 3 minutes.
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When we came out there were a couple of cast members along the walkway with all sorts of bugs for the kids to learn about. Devin was amazed by a tarantula (eeeeeee) and we walked down to the area where they have the kidcot stop so he could learn more.
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After what seemed like an hour (probably just 5 minutes) I told him it was time to move on. When we got back to the hub area we saw Janet and crew getting ready to see the show – Tyler wanted to stay with them so that was cool. Flick was out and Devin wanted to visit.
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I looked at the times guide and there was about 15-20 minutes until the next showing of the Festival of the Lion King. I thought the kids would enjoy it so we headed in that direction. Devin of course had to stop at the kid cot stop along the way.
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We got to the FOTLK area and only waited about 5 minutes to enter the theater but boy was it hot in that waiting area. There were a couple of tour groups here – this is really the only place I saw them in line – we saw them plenty throughout the parks but never in a line so I guess we got lucky). We were seated in the Lion section
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I don’t know if it’s because we were at the Animal Kingdom or if it really was that much warmer today but it felt like a scorcher. I talked Tyra and Devin into going back to the hotel for a swim and a rest. I texted Janet who said it was ok for Tyler to hang back with them and sometime in the afternoon they met up with Jessica’s family and did some stuff together. There was only one other family at the bus stop and it took about 10-15 minutes for a bus to come. I was dying of thirst so I got a bottle of water from the soda machine – smart move to put those there by the bus stop. The kids helped me finish it in about 2 gulps. It was nice to finally sit on a bust when leaving a park. When we got back to Pop we walked through the parking lot towards the 90’s section. The kids loved the playground area.
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[mousescrapper]

finally caught up :rotfl: you kept posting each time i thought i made it to the end ;)


wow alot going on here but looks like you are having a blast...I think it would be fun to go w/ friends and kids :thumbsup2 good for you all taking this trip on...seems like it is going so smooth!

love the matching shirts as well, especially the Toy Story ones, too cute and what a fun time it looks like you all had at the dance party at DHS :cool1:


looking forward to more

J~

[lledman]

finally caught up :rotfl: you kept posting each time i thought i made it to the end ;)


wow alot going on here but looks like you are having a blast...I think it would be fun to go w/ friends and kids :thumbsup2 good for you all taking this trip on...seems like it is going so smooth!

love the matching shirts as well, especially the Toy Story ones, too cute and what a fun time it looks like you all had at the dance party at DHS :cool1:


looking forward to more

J~

Glad you got caught up. Photopass came in tonight - tomorrow is going to be photo overload :woohoo:

[lledman]

Today my cousin emailed Jess and myself asking for some information for a trip to Disney she wants to do this year at Thanksgiving. After running all the numbers and stuff for her both Jess and I are envious that she’s going for Thanksgiving so we got to talking and I think we are going to try to plan to go next year for Thanksgiving. We’ll leave Wednesday when the kids get out of school and arrive in FL on Thanksgiving day. Her husband has family near Tampa and I’d like to spend a few days at the beach so we won’t go to Disney until say Sunday maybe – hopefully when all the billions of people are leaving to go back home. We’ll spend a week and leave the following Saturday to come back home. We both really enjoyed having free dining but I have 3 hopper days left on passes from the first trip with my in-laws that we took and if I used those I could justify 2 day tickets to Universal (Tyra and Devin have seen a lot of commercials since we got back and have asked to go there several times) and also to do a night at the Mickey Very Merry Christmas Party. That being said I’m thinking we are probably going to stay offsite again but nothing is definite – all just a thought.

[lledman]

Photopass update time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our first day at the MK
http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/46806/2907183260101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2907183260101276400pPyrav)

http://inlinethumb03.webshots.com/48578/2121596120101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2121596120101276400ZFVKPC)

http://inlinethumb04.webshots.com/49859/2394458620101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2394458620101276400XQQols)

http://inlinethumb32.webshots.com/47327/2267065740101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2267065740101276400PpGeky)
Not sure if I’ve mentioned it yet or not but Cameron had a slight “aversion” to anyone other than Janet taking his photo – just wait they get better as the days go on – lol!!!!!!


Character meetings that Janet took the kids while the rest of us went off to get lunch.
http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/50035/2796024880101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2796024880101276400tzicxL)

http://inlinethumb63.webshots.com/20350/2868524800101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2868524800101276400pWnVXh)

http://inlinethumb16.webshots.com/49999/2456384870101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2456384870101276400hZMdLc)

http://inlinethumb53.webshots.com/47220/2440749250101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2440749250101276400NvuPTl)

http://inlinethumb28.webshots.com/47259/2269486160101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2269486160101276400qtoPsC)

http://inlinethumb57.webshots.com/47096/2307403350101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2307403350101276400MXSBGD)

http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/47859/2837376740101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2837376740101276400HPWIFz)

http://inlinethumb26.webshots.com/20057/2947199240101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2947199240101276400OjqHTo)

http://inlinethumb09.webshots.com/47624/2913425820101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2913425820101276400WfXEcd)

http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/31603/2101475360101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2101475360101276400NgKDwx)

http://inlinethumb09.webshots.com/5704/2630684970101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2630684970101276400PYzbVs)

http://inlinethumb26.webshots.com/34777/2146092830101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2146092830101276400KjqicB)

http://inlinethumb58.webshots.com/49081/2961603440101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2961603440101276400QbDfYh)

http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/50183/2633547890101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2633547890101276400tzzPHg)

[lledman]

BBB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyone doing this I suggest purchasing the photopass – they take a million photos of your child. I am going to try to just post 25 but I’m sure I’ll go over – I have 6 kids that I’m posting photos of though so cut me some slack

http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/48567/2236524860101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2236524860101276400bNfIeR)

http://inlinethumb06.webshots.com/48197/2909235710101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2909235710101276400VEwojF)

http://inlinethumb22.webshots.com/48085/2369560360101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2369560360101276400Pxupab)

http://inlinethumb53.webshots.com/49780/2839860520101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2839860520101276400DgXpjr)

http://inlinethumb02.webshots.com/46977/2234744470101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2234744470101276400JKRhGy)

http://inlinethumb13.webshots.com/49932/2361637810101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2361637810101276400DQhlWM)

http://inlinethumb14.webshots.com/48141/2339845690101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2339845690101276400rUVTGu)

My kids were on the opposite side of the room
http://inlinethumb63.webshots.com/47742/2571590900101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2571590900101276400TlIWNX)

http://inlinethumb06.webshots.com/47045/2681993370101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2681993370101276400FdUMPY)

http://inlinethumb58.webshots.com/9337/2352529700101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2352529700101276400dcjebO)

http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/47431/2895416780101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2895416780101276400xwPuBZ)

http://inlinethumb19.webshots.com/50642/2617979010101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2617979010101276400DvEpei)

Cameron’s reveal
http://inlinethumb46.webshots.com/50029/2320712190101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2320712190101276400DhhCTG)

http://inlinethumb01.webshots.com/33088/2904941260101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2904941260101276400LzHsyi)

Glitter & pixie dust for Devin
http://inlinethumb63.webshots.com/50750/2441936200101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2441936200101276400ceuTfJ)

http://inlinethumb55.webshots.com/48502/2553129760101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2553129760101276400WXpzSQ)

http://inlinethumb40.webshots.com/48743/2911082840101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2911082840101276400VReDAe)

Hunter’s reveal
http://inlinethumb43.webshots.com/48874/2012101250101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2012101250101276400FICEli)

http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/8406/2733478480101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2733478480101276400qNVoUZ)

Not sure if Kiersten’s FGMIT was new or what but she started with the boys and was the last girl finished
http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/6243/2725078950101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2725078950101276400ETHoJi)

Devin’s reveal
http://inlinethumb10.webshots.com/49033/2134278090101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2134278090101276400jVdPxy)

http://inlinethumb59.webshots.com/47162/2101274520101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2101274520101276400Sxnivd)

[lledman]

When Devin was done it was Tyra’s turn to start
http://inlinethumb57.webshots.com/47736/2542115430101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2542115430101276400NBrFpH)

http://inlinethumb61.webshots.com/47996/2791219960101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2791219960101276400ZJanau)

http://inlinethumb50.webshots.com/49713/2409092850101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2409092850101276400bhwpgx)

Devin and Cameron killing time while waiting for the girls
http://inlinethumb55.webshots.com/46518/2418721500101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2418721500101276400XSDwPx)

Tyra loved the jewel thing on her cheek, she couldn’t leave it alone
http://inlinethumb49.webshots.com/41520/2311158310101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2311158310101276400dHDVfy)

http://inlinethumb46.webshots.com/47085/2868414210101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2868414210101276400JpiEQH)

Ashlin – I love how each of the girls picked something different
http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/19619/2822017600101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2822017600101276400EwhDHl)

http://inlinethumb37.webshots.com/19620/2945620330101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2945620330101276400rHYfAl)

Ashlin’s reveal
http://inlinethumb03.webshots.com/13762/2587654580101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2587654580101276400pREwqM)

http://inlinethumb06.webshots.com/50373/2046929030101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2046929030101276400QhTcPI)

http://inlinethumb18.webshots.com/47697/2503089600101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2503089600101276400cfVdWq)

http://inlinethumb50.webshots.com/47729/2389135760101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2389135760101276400vXAivm)

Pixie Dust for Tyra
http://inlinethumb10.webshots.com/47049/2547931740101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2547931740101276400JhIJfs)

http://inlinethumb41.webshots.com/50728/2614617880101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2614617880101276400RgTrFW)

Tyra’s reveal – close your eyes
http://inlinethumb64.webshots.com/47743/2365068730101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2365068730101276400aSOOOO)

http://inlinethumb58.webshots.com/50617/2855560550101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2855560550101276400JSkZwt)

http://inlinethumb30.webshots.com/47645/2023958270101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2023958270101276400LmprmL)

http://inlinethumb60.webshots.com/47419/2850703230101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2850703230101276400vIBSgS)

http://inlinethumb10.webshots.com/35593/2507331060101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2507331060101276400rIVUkj)

http://inlinethumb02.webshots.com/50561/2209916800101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2209916800101276400RACTVx)

http://inlinethumb38.webshots.com/47205/2144498110101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2144498110101276400kpKMdX)

http://inlinethumb59.webshots.com/50490/2288528590101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2288528590101276400kHyXwv)

http://inlinethumb32.webshots.com/9119/2477402190101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2477402190101276400dhJMmB)

http://inlinethumb32.webshots.com/9119/2477402190101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2477402190101276400dhJMmB)

[lledman]

http://inlinethumb16.webshots.com/48015/2804874100101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2804874100101276400PyAsnS)

http://inlinethumb20.webshots.com/46803/2286320080101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2286320080101276400NYijZo)

And finally Kiersten’s reveal
http://inlinethumb55.webshots.com/48118/2366788540101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2366788540101276400OMVwLL)

http://inlinethumb07.webshots.com/50758/2633493100101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2633493100101276400SbrDhL)

http://inlinethumb02.webshots.com/49025/2847953620101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2847953620101276400bZhmVF)

http://inlinethumb33.webshots.com/50336/2002926730101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2002926730101276400cgxlnB)

[lledman]

And from our meeting with Mickey and Minnie
http://inlinethumb39.webshots.com/9062/2715060340101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2715060340101276400cqPmBj)

http://inlinethumb11.webshots.com/46730/2851947790101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2851947790101276400qraDJe)

http://inlinethumb04.webshots.com/49347/2441897990101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2441897990101276400uImKJi)

http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/46535/2589396870101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2589396870101276400MJUjOZ)

http://inlinethumb17.webshots.com/50064/2328523130101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2328523130101276400vHUWEI)

http://inlinethumb18.webshots.com/47441/2682585700101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2682585700101276400hLYBxm)

http://inlinethumb50.webshots.com/49329/2216267410101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2216267410101276400UjqKQO)

http://inlinethumb54.webshots.com/47349/2663147540101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2663147540101276400zQlADa)

http://inlinethumb59.webshots.com/23802/2087848870101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2087848870101276400OZYdBr)

http://inlinethumb04.webshots.com/50307/2570027990101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2570027990101276400DJqrww)

http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/47766/2556233260101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2556233260101276400leInTp)

http://inlinethumb49.webshots.com/304/2937220060101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2937220060101276400gHIste)

http://inlinethumb26.webshots.com/20633/2242420690101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2242420690101276400WGxGkY)

[lledman]

Princess Meet & Greet

Remember how I said Cameron wouldn’t let anyone but Janet take his photo – these are actually very comical to look back on now – a little annoying at the time but funny now
http://inlinethumb55.webshots.com/48438/2824698880101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2824698880101276400zsdLyZ)

http://inlinethumb34.webshots.com/47457/2188184420101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2188184420101276400rJAxtJ)

http://inlinethumb48.webshots.com/49263/2703726730101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2703726730101276400vFKhCr)

http://inlinethumb54.webshots.com/50421/2648970870101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2648970870101276400FTarTb)
I love the look on a clueless Belle’s face

http://inlinethumb40.webshots.com/47079/2896433180101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2896433180101276400qaCyQs)

http://inlinethumb05.webshots.com/12292/2780353750101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2780353750101276400dmilxT)

http://inlinethumb31.webshots.com/48030/2220295370101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2220295370101276400QbZClh)
He ran away from Cinderella to when he realized the photographer was taking their photos

All this was going on while Sleeping Beauty was signing the other kid’s books. Notice who’s hiding behind the curtain.
http://inlinethumb51.webshots.com/48242/2649361660101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2649361660101276400RlGUZU)

http://inlinethumb59.webshots.com/46586/2406317500101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2406317500101276400ClBpYH)

http://inlinethumb35.webshots.com/48866/2758458760101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2758458760101276400fhfVTO)

http://inlinethumb40.webshots.com/47719/2225509270101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2225509270101276400wXsyyY)

Cinderella
http://inlinethumb39.webshots.com/49958/2859021530101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2859021530101276400jyNdVQ)

http://inlinethumb29.webshots.com/12444/2513418680101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2513418680101276400snXLaB)

http://inlinethumb30.webshots.com/49821/2249862420101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2249862420101276400vRJyfW)

We could make a game out of this, instead of Where’s Waldo we’ll have Where’s Cameron
http://inlinethumb22.webshots.com/48277/2616293410101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2616293410101276400ydjnjm)

http://inlinethumb47.webshots.com/32558/2158876620101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2158876620101276400GIqIzK)

Tyra turned around to Cinderella and told her “Hey, you have the same dress like me”. Cinderella loved it.
http://inlinethumb58.webshots.com/48633/2336194410101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2336194410101276400xjxtmC)

http://inlinethumb38.webshots.com/20389/2113568410101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2113568410101276400taTvql)

http://inlinethumb46.webshots.com/20205/2015076960101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2015076960101276400HUbzLg)

[lledman]

And last but not least we spent a little time with Belle.
http://inlinethumb53.webshots.com/49460/2526367040101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2526367040101276400nlWJjG)

http://inlinethumb31.webshots.com/47006/2479596650101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2479596650101276400lPlOON)

http://inlinethumb12.webshots.com/49291/2646877600101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2646877600101276400ItOHeM)

http://inlinethumb09.webshots.com/48456/2851022040101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2851022040101276400HZjPnx)

http://inlinethumb53.webshots.com/48308/2833320730101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2833320730101276400vPVsnd)

http://inlinethumb40.webshots.com/21095/2180681160101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2180681160101276400LyGcwV)

http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/48790/2548803990101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2548803990101276400VoipBS)

http://inlinethumb46.webshots.com/49517/2771427780101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2771427780101276400kkktZU)


And our shots on our way out of the MK.
http://inlinethumb21.webshots.com/47252/2605509190101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2605509190101276400lsGNVD)

http://inlinethumb19.webshots.com/47826/2533298480101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2533298480101276400YZwdoY)

http://inlinethumb31.webshots.com/50590/2583896600101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2583896600101276400ltUbYQ)

[lledman]

Starting our morning off at the Studios
http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/23638/2912249900101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2912249900101276400RjbVSG)

http://inlinethumb45.webshots.com/46764/2800070000101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2800070000101276400FRmLWa)

http://inlinethumb06.webshots.com/48581/2981954320101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2981954320101276400zjecmj)

http://inlinethumb16.webshots.com/12239/2076995880101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2076995880101276400gcMPIj)

http://inlinethumb28.webshots.com/46427/2406379160101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2406379160101276400OHVFiB)

Remember the others slept in so here’s their photos
http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/9927/2611002870101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2611002870101276400CbliCt)

http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/13319/2371387590101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2371387590101276400DbsvGF)

Monsters Inc Meet & Greet
http://inlinethumb53.webshots.com/46964/2884283770101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2884283770101276400XYMRPp)

http://inlinethumb63.webshots.com/48126/2827436010101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2827436010101276400EWCpLm)

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Lightning & Mater
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Phineas & Ferb
http://inlinethumb15.webshots.com/49870/2892242640101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2892242640101276400LHOTWg)

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And our 2nd meeting with Lightning and Mater with the entire crew
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[lledman]

Our visit to the Animation Building
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http://inlinethumb21.webshots.com/48980/2492501120101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2492501120101276400OzZOHI)


And the ride photo from TOT
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[lledman]

Animal Kingdom
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King Louie & Baloo
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Flik
http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/50547/2308276810101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2308276810101276400cZThPx)

Is it obvious that Tyra didn’t want to meet with Flik
http://inlinethumb46.webshots.com/47661/2090073790101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2090073790101276400TcjxkI)

http://inlinethumb38.webshots.com/23269/2473452360101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2473452360101276400KzTprF)

http://inlinethumb21.webshots.com/48468/2962216390101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2962216390101276400GtpagC)

And that right there should catch us up to current report status.

[lledman]

It was about 3 pm when we got back to our room. Although both could have benefited neither Tyra nor Devin wanted to take a nap. It was quite warm outside still so we got on our swim suits and headed to the hippy dippy pool. They were playing pool games however my kids didn’t want to join in.
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I splashed around with the kids for a while and then Tyra wanted to go to the kiddie area. That was short lived because there was a slight breeze which made it chilly and we went back to the pool.
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Around 4 we headed back to our room to shower and get ready for the evening.
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[lledman]

I think I forgot to mention that Devin got a pack of jungle animals when we stopped at the little shop after the safari this morning.
http://inlinethumb05.webshots.com/46852/2276749610101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2276749610101276400zTmpDr)

Not sure what Tyra was up to
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Devin took this photo of his animals
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We still had a few things in the van that weren’t unpacked on our arrival night b/c it was soo late and we had soo far to walk. The kids were excited to explore a little on our way to the parking lot.
http://inlinethumb03.webshots.com/47042/2249576510101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2249576510101276400UCTuQU)

(notice Tyra in meltdown mode – not sure what this mini one was over)
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Twister anyone????
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http://inlinethumb50.webshots.com/38641/2406861870101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2406861870101276400MLwVsw)

We bought the stroller along to load up and use as a luggage cart
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On the way back to the room – moving right along on the Art of Animation Buildings
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I piled up the 2 totes of snacks and unpacked the bag I grabbed, dropped Jess’ stuff off on her bed and then we headed to the bus stop. We had a 6 pm reservation at T-Rex. The others had stayed at AK until about closing so we were pretty much traveling at the same pace (by bus). We arrived at DTD first and the kids took a few photos while we waited for the rest to arrive so we could check in.
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Devin was pretending that the mortar of the bricks was the track for a ride and the leaves were the cars – I think he said he was on Splash Mt???
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Tyra was just hoarding all the leaves to try to piss off Devin
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[lledman]

The rest of the group showed up and told us about the fun afternoon they had at the AK. They ran into this CM who made up songs on the fly – will have to get Jess to upload her video where he was singing about the kids and their platypus outfits

We check in and were seated pretty quickly in the front area of the restaurant – I think I liked it better in the back but we were close to the fire pit so that was cool. Tyler took a few photos
http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/25699/2442560100101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2442560100101276400SQkLns)

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(Jess will kill me when she sees this one but it’s really a photo of the Wooly Mammoth)

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I’m not one to usually complain but our service here stunk. I know we were a larger group but it was ridiculous. We seriously were in the restaurant for over 2 hours. Our server took our drink order – 15 minutes bought the drinks. 10 minutes later took our food order. 20 minutes later came out the food. Never once did he come back to ask if we needed refills on our drinks. Not sure how long it took him to come back for our dessert orders but everyone was well finished their meals. He was nice enough but super slow. I don’t have any photos of our plates b/c by the time we actually got our food we were all dying to eat it. The portions were all large and really filled everyone up. We didn’t have room for dessert really but since it was included we took it – I think the adults all got the donut hole things to go (these took up 2 dessert credits for one but again the portion was huge and it was portable). The kids all got the pudding dirt desserts

He did put a candle in Ashlin’s dessert for her birthday and the kids sang to her.
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When it was time for the bill this took another 20+ minutes. I guess they are still training on the dining plan and since they aren’t owned by Disney there are extra steps and such. Elaine took most of the kids to play in the dig site area while the 3 of us waited to pay the bills.

We did a little shopping around DTD. Tyra got a baby Simba (the other girls had gotten baby animals at AK and she wanted one to), a Jasmine & Aladdin play set, and something else that I can’t remember right now. I got the trivet I wanted for my kitchen and one of the “spend XXX and get a fleece throw” throws.

At World of Disney they removed the water spitting Stitch? I hope it’s just for a refurb.
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After over 2 hours in T-Rex no one really wanted to stay out late shopping - well expect for Elaine so Janet’s family stayed back while the rest of us headed back to the bus and to Pop.

I guess I forgot to mention earlier, we had wanted for Tinkerbell or Mickey to leave each of the kids a surprise bag full of goodies on our first day there, since we didn’t unpack them they were left in the van. We pulled out the trading pins and autograph books but there were still some goodies left. The kids and I grabbed those when we unloaded the rest of the stuff from the van this afternoon. Devin helped me arrange everything on our & Jess’ beds so that the kids would have a surprise when they returned that night (we bagged up everything for Janet and she had to lay out her own stuff b/c we didn’t have a key to her room).

When we got back to our rooms Devin yells out “Oh look Mickey left us all a surprise” in this really fake excited voice. That boy can’t keep a secret if he wanted to. Everyone loved their goodies that were left.
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We wanted to head to EPCOT early the next morning so we were in bed and asleep by 10.

[lledman]

I’m not sure how late Janet’s family was out shopping but they weren’t ready at 8:30 when the rest of us were leaving so we headed to the bus stop without them. My notes say we waited FOREVER for a bus to arrive – and I do remember that we saw at least 3 buses for every other park before an EPCOT one pulled up. We arrived at EPCOT shortly after opening.

We headed towards Soarin and got fast passes to come back around 10ish – not bad at all. Since the posted wait time was only 15 minutes we rode standby
http://inlinethumb57.webshots.com/46840/2577061600101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2577061600101276400OjCJVY)

http://inlinethumb55.webshots.com/48310/2666915610101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2666915610101276400WHXNek)

Her kids loved it – like we knew they would. And of course it was a hit with my kids.

Jess’ family had never rode the Living with the Land ride so we hoped right now with no wait and had the boat to ourselves. My kids are always on the look out for hidden & not so hidden Mickeys
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When we got off the boat, we were up for collecting another set of fast passes so we got a 2nd set for Soarin.

We then headed over to the Seas Pavilion and took a spin in a clam shell
http://inlinethumb40.webshots.com/49447/2759735180101276400S500x500Q85.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2759735180101276400BNtRzr)

“No flash photography” – hello do these photos look like I’m using a flash???
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After our ride we took some time to look at all the tanks.
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Devin loved these eels.
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Tyler took some shots of his own of his favorites
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And then the kids went to Bruce’s play area
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[lledman]

Not sure why but we passed up an encounter with Crush. When we went outside we got a call or text from Janet. We met up with her family and then headed towards Test Track. The standby line was posted at 15 minutes but we basically walked on.
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We grabbed yet another set of fast passes – these for test track and then headed towards World Showcase. Everyone was hungry so we stopped at the place outside the Mexican temple for snacks/lunch. I got Devin the brisket tacos – when we sat down he decided he didn’t want them so I ate 2 – they were delicious – and I don’t do Mexican food.
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Tyler and Tyra split a chicken strips meal and I guess Devin did too since he didn’t want taco
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The birds in this area were crazy, no fear. Cameron kept chasing them and they would just come right back. The portions here were huge, I had 2 baggies of chips left over and stuck them in my bag on the back of the stroller. We went into the pavilion and everyone got their passport stamped & started to color a Duffy Bear.
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We all rode the boat ride.
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We look soo touristy in this photo
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Last trip Tyler begged for this Donald piñata – we didn’t get it then but before this trip that was one souvenir he was determined to come home with.
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When we exited the temple Jessica said a squirrel climb out of my stroller bag and run into the foliage with a bag of chips – lol!!!!

[lledman]

We headed onto Norway & rode Maelstrom. It was definitely time for Tyra to have a nap but like any other horrible parent on a Disney vacation we pushed on.
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My notes from here out are sketchy so I’m assuming we just walked the countries in order and nothing extraordinary happened. We were conscious of the time as we had 4 pm reservations for dinner but we didn’t really feel rushed.

China??
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Germany
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I think we priced out this entire ensemble for right around $35 – determining that the BBB for the boys was an awesome deal.

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My kids think it’s the neatest thing in the world that I got the number to a couple of the payphones around World Showcase from here on the Dis.
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Every phone we passed on this trip Tyra thought I should have the number to it and give it a call.

[lledman]

When we arrived at the Japan pavilion we knew that the girls were going to do their pick a pearl experience but never put any thought into what the boys would do at this time. Fate was on our side and the candy lady was doing her thing. Janet stayed outside with the boys while Jessica and I took the girls in to pick their pearls. They didn’t have the best view vantage point but Devin was selected to choose and animal – Monkey.
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We all paid and were given our numbers to wait our turn. It was only a minute and Tyra’s number was called – lucky number 1. Soo many options
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Tyra had to count to 3 in Japanese. Sun, knee, high??? Something like that
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Tyra’s drum ceremony
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Next Danielle selected her oyster. The girl opened Danielle & Kiresten’s oysters together.
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[lledman]

Run outside quickly to get a shot of Devin’s candy monkey
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Run back inside to see last but not least it was Ashlin’s turn.
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What do we have here – twins
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Since Ashlin got twins, Janet decided to let her have them made into a pair of earrings instead of using the carriage pendant. She went and placed her order – she’d have to return in an hour to get them. The kids played with some wind-up toys while they took care of business.
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We must have moved onto Morocco next. The Genie was out front signing autographs but his line was closed so we moved to the back and the kid kot station.
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(not sure what kid had my camera but I love to see the stuff that they find important enough to take a photo of)

I must have taken Devin & Alex to the restroom while the others posed for a quick photo with The Beast
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Tyra was in the middle of yet another melt down so we pressed on but Jess’ family stopped for a family shot just outside of Paris – lol
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The line to Pooh & Tigger was closed but we kept walking and found Alice
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[lledman]

By now it was about time to pick up Ashlin’s earrings. Instead of us all backtracking, Elaine decided that she would take Alex and let him pick a pearl for his mother and use Ashlin’s cage since she didn’t need it anymore. She wasn’t quite sure how to get to the Coral Reef though so Tyler went with her – the blind can lead the blind – j/k he’s pretty good with reading a map and has a great sense of direction.

The rest of us took a little break and watched this cast member who was drawing on the ground with chalk. Jess & Janet went to find some shade and I stayed back with most of the kids to watch.
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Devin & Alex suggested he draw the bird when he asked for other things you would see in the night sky.

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Cameron helping to put the finishing touches on Neverland
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Hopscotch anyone
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We decided we better start walking on if we were going to make our reservation, but of course we got side tracked by more payphones.
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Elaine, Tyler and Alex beat us back – surprisingly. Tyler suggested they take the boat across the lake – we’ve never done this before so I’m proud of him for knowing about it and actually saving time.

[lledman]

We checked into Coral Reef. We had 3 separate reservations here – one per family. While we waited Tyra had yet another little tizzy – not sure over what this time but it passed. Baby Simba waiting for us to be seated
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And I have 5 photos of the lights in the waiting area – I assume my kids were impressed with these
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We were seated first and lucked out with a table right by the tank (I requested this when I signed us in – SCORE!!!!!). Jess’ family was seated next, when the waitress was walking them into the seating area she asked to be seated next to the tank and was seated 2 tables up from us. Janet must not have known to ask or maybe it’s b/c there were 5 of them but they were seated on the second tier – at the exact table my family had on our last visit here. While Tyra was still tired and cranky this experience was 100 times better than our last – I’m soo glad that I didn’t write this place off for good.

Jess took this photo of my family at our seat
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And of course Baby Simba and Shamu had a wonderful view as well
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This starfish rested behind Baby Simba our entire meal and never moved
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Tyler took this photo of Jess’ family at their seat – 2 tables up from us – notice the giant sea turtle that stayed there for ¾ of their meal.
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Tyra ordered the kid’s shrimp (which wasn’t on the menu but our waitress told us about) with fries and broccoli
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Devin also got the kid’s shrimp with fries and carrots & celery – Tyra shared some of her broccoli
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Tyler and I both have the steak with fries & green beans – it was delicious
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I guess the sea turtle finally got bored with Jess’ family and swam away
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But our starfish still didn’t move
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For dessert Tyra ordered the brownie sundae
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Devin got yogurt with granola
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And Tyler and I both selected the Chocolate Wave – which no longer contains alcohol
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Neither of us was wowed – Tyra’s brownie sundae definitely won this dessert battle hands down.
Jess had ordered the crème brulee and wasn’t impressed with it either.

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We all finished around the same time. We headed over for another ride on Nemo (first ride for Janet’s family – remember they slept in).
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There were divers in the tank this time
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I think we did Turtle Talk with Crush this time. Tyra acted up and I had to take her out. Kiersten and Devin were sitting on the floor beside me in the adult section b/c they didn’t want to be called on so I left them just sitting there while I ran out with Tyra to take care of business. Elaine was actually a few seats behind me – I didn’t know it – and said they were fine the entire show so that’s good to know.

We decided to now use our fast passes for Soarin. The 2 ladies at the entrance wouldn’t let Cameron on, said he was too short. This really made Janet mad but what are you to do. Anyway the rest of us rode and enjoyed it (even though Tyler’s face says otherwise).
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When we came out we couldn’t find Janet and Cameron. I sent them a text that said we were heading over to Mission Space and Test Track and hopefully they could catch up with us. Come to find out, they had went to the rest room and when they came out there were 2 guys now working the entrance to Soarin and they let Cameron on with no problem, even after she measured him in front of them.

I sat off Mission Space with Hunter and Tyra while Jess rode. I’ve never been on this ride but think that I may freak out and become claustrophobic. I told this to Jess so she volunteered to go. I guess she didn’t take my warning serious b/c while they rode she freaked out as soon as they shut the door. She was banging on it for them to let her out and everything. This was Devin’s first ride as well and he was ok with it – thought it was funny to see Jess bang on the door.

Janet met up with us while we were waiting for the others to come out of Mission Space and told us how they had gotten to ride Soarin after all.

We decided to get on Test Track with our fastpasses and again walked right onto the ride.
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I think Jess’ family went shopping or something, not sure but they split up from us. The rest of us rode Spaceship Earth
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We then headed for the busses but not before we posed for a family shot
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I have in my notes that we were on the bus at 8:45 – we really wanted to see Illuminations but we were dead tired and it was nice to not have to fight the masses headed to the buses.

[lledman]

January 26th – Magic Kingdom

Today was supposed to be our sleep in day – no dining reservations, have done just about all we wanted in each of the 4 parks – so why is my family up at 8 am – well everyone but Tyler – teenagers. We lounged around for a while, straightened up the room, packed a little. After a while I couldn’t take it any longer. Jessica was going to stay at the hotel for a while and maybe take her kids swimming or to the game room. That sounded like a fabulous idea to my boys so she agreed to keep them so Tyra and I could have some time alone at the Magic Kingdom. This was a really special treat – while we do special things for each kid it’s not so often that I get to do one on one activities for each of them.

At the bus stop we didn’t have to wait long and we were off. I think we arrived around 10 and stopped for some photos on Main Street

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Love the crane and faux building exterior – NOT – tried to salvage it by cropping

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I knew the boys were not crazy about princesses but tolerated them for their sister so I thought this would be the perfect time to try to knock out some of the ones we hadn’t seen before. At 10:20 we hopped in line to see Tiana – we were like the 4th family for her 10:30 appearance. She was a lot of fun and took a lot of time with each family/child. She tried to teach the little girl in front of the family in front of us how to play leap frog – I don’t think she got it but it was still fun. She had the kids from the family in front of us play the frogs.
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Finally it was Tyra’s turn – we’ve never seen this movie but Tyra loves Princess Tiana. They had a conversation about cooking and various other things – Tyra the girl that never shuts up at home or in the car gets nervous around new people so the conversation was sort of one way. I thought I had captured it on video but alas I did not.
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Luckily the Photopass photographer there got tons of great shots for me.
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We walked back to find Jasmine but her line was closed. We decided to ride the Magic Carpets
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All of my kids love to see how many camels they can find in this area
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Next we headed over to Pirates of the Caribbean
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We walked back with intentions of going into the Tiki Room but I we saw some people in the Jasmine line so we joined them – again about 4 families back. I love all the details – I mean come on this is a photo of the ground
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We were pleasantly surprised that Aladdin joined Jasmine when she came back out. I guess Tyra felt very comfortable with him b/c she didn’t leave his arms the entire visit (notice the fidgeting hands though)
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Photopass photos –
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Nervous Nelly - lol
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It was now about 11 and getting warm so what better thing to do next than to grab a Dole Whipto share
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Jessica texted me that they were on their way and we made arrangements to meet in the hub.

Along the way we saw Peter Pan with only one family visiting. He was really great and in character. Tyra didn’t catch it all but it was still cute. He asked her if she would be his mother since she was pushing an empty stroller and he sat in it. Then he asked her what kind of stuff mothers do and she said cook and clean – he asked her what could she cook and she told him ice cream.

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Tyra’s private photo shoot while we waited
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Tyra then needed to take a bathroom break so I texted Jess and we met them over by the Noodle Terrace. They were hungry so we decided to get lunch – I was bound and determined to try something new so we headed over to Pinocchio Village Haus - this place was jumping
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We found a table that we could all fit at over by the Fantasy Land section
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There were definitely a lot more people here today than when we visited on Sunday – totally craziness – just like in the summer I would say. Tyler grabbed us all fast passes for Peter Pan for later because the line was like 50 minute. We walked over towards the Haunted Mansion and while there was a line it was moving and we basically just followed the line right onto the ride – won’t call it a walk on but pretty much. Both times we rode HM this trip we bypassed the new area – my kids did it last year and it wasn’t that big of a deal for Jess’ family.
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While we were eating Janet and family had arrived – the went and rode Splash Mt. and grabbed fast passes for later in the day. We all decided to try to escape some of the crowds and headed to Tom Sawyer Island. I had made scavenger hunt books for the kids with DISigns I found on here – they were a huge hit – even a CM on the river raft thought they were cool and said that Disney should use them to attract more people to the island.
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You can’t really see it in my photo but there were lots of workers over at Big Thunder
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Here’s Tyler and Jessica with their scavenger hunts
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The rest of the group wanted to go back to the mill to find something they missed on the scavenger hunt so we took separate rafts back to the mainland.
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Jessica’s photos from Tom Sawyer Island
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We grabbed fast passes for Splash Mt. but they weren’t good until like 5:30 or something like that – I doubted that we’d ride after sunset but oh well – we took them anyway.

For some reason we left our strollers up at the Haunted Mansion area. On the way back Tyra had another fit about something. Really great parents take photos of their kids on the ground having a fit at Disney
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It must have been 2:45 at this point. Kiersten really wanted to see the afternoon parade so we hightailed it to the hub area with about 5 million other people. Ever feel like a fish trying to swim upstream? Anyway of course we got separated. Jess, Danielle & Hunter watched the parade from up on Main Street where people were clearing b/c the saw the parade go through once and not knowing that it circled around and came back. Tyler, Devin, Tyra, Kiersten and I on the other hand were directed to the center of the hub where we didn’t have the best view but with Tyler holding Kiersten, me holding Tyra and Devin standing on the stroller we were able to all see.
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Somehow or another we managed to meet back up in the hub and walked to see where Rapunzel was. There was a 90 minute wait – no thank you – note to self to plan this for park opening on next trip. I took Tyra to use the restroom and Jessica took the rest of the kids on the Tomorrowland Speedway. We then headed over to use our passes for Peter Pan’s Flight – I rode with Tyler and Tyra
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action photos courtesy of Jess who rode with Kiersten & Hunter (Danielle and Devin must have been together)
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Kiersten wanted to ride the tea cups so we backtracked. Tyler, Devin & Danielle didn’t want to ride so they sat off.
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Surprisingly with all the weight in our cup they had us really twirling
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One final castle photo and we decided to head back to the hotel. Between our 2 visits we had done everything we wanted and it was still crazy crowded.
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As we walked towards the exit we handed off our fast passes to Splash to people who looked like they were just walking in for the evening.

OK, I lied that was just the last castle photo that I took. We stopped and posed for shots in the middle of Main Street
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I hate it when people block your shot
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Danielle was the only kid that would do something fun – the rest just wanted to pose normal
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It was just before 5 pm and we headed towards our bus. On the pathway to the buses we saw some CMs with pin trading boards. The kids loved it – they monopolized these CMs – sorry to anyone else who wanted in on the action – no one else was appearing to stop so we just let them keep on trading.
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When we got back to the hotel Janet and them were there. All the kids changed into their bathing suits.
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It was pretty dark and gloomy looking but it didn’t rain – at least not until after we went to bed.
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As the kids straggled out of the pool, we went into the food court and got them all dinner
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After everyone ate we went back to our rooms. Tyra wanted a picture of Baby Simba on our bed where the maid left him.
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And this meant Devin need a picture of Shamu on the boy’s bed.
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Tie-dye cheesecake for a snack later on
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The girls got into the left over BBB makeup and let me tell you – they made themselves beautiful
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Devin with his cupcake dessert
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Tyra thought that under the sink was a nice private area
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Until Devin crashed her party
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Not sure why they were posing but they were a hoot
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Did I mention how much I liked having the adjoining room with Jessica

[lledman]

Last Park Day – EPCOT
We didn’t expect a major flaw in our trip planning – do not make breakfast reservations for the last park day of your trip. We all agreed how nice it would be to sleep in on this day and just lounge around then head to EPCOT later in the day for the evening EMH. Doh! We have reservations for Ashlin’s birthday breakfast with the princesses. I have no notes from this day so we are going to have to rely on photos and what little bit of my mind that is left.

It was pretty chilly this morning – windy more than anything and very overcast.
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When we got to EPCOT I sent Tyler to Soarin to get fast passes for everyone while we explored the Innovations building.
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We waited and waited for him to come back and finally decided that we needed to get a move on it to make it to our reservation. One glitch here is that Tyler had everyone’s room keys and being on the dining plan we sort of needed Tyler with us. I sent the others ahead while I walked around Innovations looking for him – I circled both buildings twice when I finally got a call from Jess that Tyler saw them leaving and followed them b/c he thought we had left him behind – errrrrr! So I then rushed over to Norway where we checked in and then had to wait about 15-20 minutes to be seated (they promised us that we’d still be served breakfast which was good to hear for me and Jess).
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My family with Belle –
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I like Jess’ photo better than the photopass photographer’s but they were included with our package so who can complain.
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We were seated in the main area as soon as you enter – straight ahead. Tyler took his seat in the corner far out of reach from the princesses - lol
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Our waitress was quick to take and bring our drink orders. And we helped ourselves to the cold bar. After we were finishing up with our first plates the table servings were bought. YUMMY Cheesy Hash Browns – just as good as before. The characters were making their rounds, first to stop at our table was Princess Aurora.
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And then was Snow White
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Next was Cinderella
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And finally we were visited by Mary Poppins. We tried to enlist her services, you know we were traveling with 9 kids, she respectfully declined – lmao!!!
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When we were done, our waitress bought out a cupcake and special birthday card for Ashlin.
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We packed up and left the restaurant. Some of the kids took another spin on Maelstrom and then we headed around the World. Mulan was out at the entrance to China so we stopped to visit. She was very sweet with all the kids
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We trekked on and stopped again shortly for slushy drinks somewhere between China and Germany I think.
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Throughout the morning Jessica braided all the girls hair so it would stay out of their face in the wind.
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Everyone who wanted one got a slushy drink and we were ready to get on our way when it started to rain – the sky really opened up. Luckily we all had ponchos and we were right at a covered area.
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[lledman]

The rain let up and we started once again to walk on. I knew that there were usually characters in Morocco and that since it had rained our best bet would be the back of the bazaar. Sure enough there were Jasmine and Aladdin with only one other family in front of us. I guess Tyra still had a thing for Aladdin because notice she put herself front and center
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And the group shots
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Photopass shots –
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The kids stopped to play at the Fez hat display.
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I didn’t remember meeting the beast and didn’t have any photos of him on my camera (remember I took Alex and Devin to the restroom at that time so I didn’t meet him). Anyway I waited with the kids b/c they wanted to see Belle in her blue dress too. Belle signed autographs in line while we waited for the Beast to join her.
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Jess called and said that Marie was out so we kicked it into gear and had some fun time with her.

A smooch for Tyler
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[lledman]

Over in England Tigger and Piglet were out so we made our way to them next. The kids took a lot of pictures while we were waiting in line. I thought this one was cute so I’ll share – I’m sure you don’t want the 6 photos of the trash cans or the foliage (trees & dirt – not flowers and prettiness)
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Finally it was our time to see the characters
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We just missed the closing of the doors to the character area – darn the luck. But there was still this Cat outside the doors – not sure who he is but he was a character so the kids wanted to meet him. We were the last family to get to see him
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[lledman]

We stopped and shopped at the store right beside the Friendship landing for a little while. Then walked on to where we stopped and posed for some shots behind Spaceship Earth
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Let’s play the “Where’s Cameron” game again
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We stopped into MouseGears and picked up a couple of things. Then we decided to take a break – Tyra, Devin and I took a nap while Jess took Tyler swimming with her family. I guess from these photos Janet’s family – or at least Ashlin & Alex joined them.
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[lledman]

Rested and refreshed we stopped at the food court for dinner
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Tyra made a “hidden” mickey with her hotdog pieces
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We didn’t have to wait long for a bus to take us back to EPCOT. Jessica really wanted to ride Spaceship Earth so we stopped there first.
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I think we had gathered fast passes for Test Track before leaving earlier so we rode that next.
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Tyler was super excited that we got to ride in the Tron car and then he got to take a photo in a Camero. Ahh the pleasures of a 13 year old – lol!!!

We must have crossed the park and went to Soarin next to use our FP from earlier that day. I think we split up from Janet and family – not sure why. Here’s the kids waiting to go into the loading area.
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When we exited, Illuminations was beginning so we made our way to the lake along with the other masses of people heading that way. We didn’t try to go far and just found a spot near the boat ramp – not an ideal location but good enough.
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My family had never seen this before and liked it – I liked how there were fireworks coming at you from every angle.

[lledman]

Jess decided to head back to the hotel. Devin said he was tired and ready to go so he went with her. I took the 2 Tys and we walked back to ride Nemo again. Walk on again. Afterwards we explored the tank area for a while. I don’t think we’ve ever been upstairs so that was cool to check out.
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Janet and family must have had the same idea as us and we ran into them up there.
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And one last picture with Bruce for this trip
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Although it was evening EMH we really didn’t have anything else we wanted to do so we decided to head back to the hotel to finish packing up.


We slept in until about 8:30 – haha!! Did a walk through to make sure everything was packed and then headed to the food court for breakfast. I think we settled on 2 Bounty Platters again – you really do get a lot of food with that. The food court was full this morning but we were finally able to get a booth. Jess’ family came and joined us and when we had just started eating the booth behind us became available so they took that one to give us more room. Everyone finished up breakfast and then we headed over to the arcade. Devin and Tyler had tickets they wanted to claim from their visit the other day and there was also a couple of plays left on the card – they only used what came free with our package so I put another $5 on the card for them all to share.
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The kids cashed in their tickets and split them on cheesy prizes. We then walked back through the food court and got 3 chocolate dipped Mickey rice crispy treats and 6 tubs of cotton candy – yes we had 9 snack credits left. We went back to the room and loaded up all of our bags, Jess had got a luggage cart. We packed the van and then did one last look over the rooms. I took my kids to the van and she took hers and Tyler to return the cart – I guess they posed for a photo along the way.
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Jessica still had 4 counter service meals left so she ordered 2 whole pizzas that we were going to just eat as lunch on the road. I picked them up at the front of the resort and we were on our way. It was a pretty uneventful - I started off driving and then when we stopped for dinner she took over. We arrived home around 2:30 and decided to unpack the next day.

I know that's pretty anti-climatic compared to our trip but really there isn't much to report on the drive home. We did have a wonderful trip and will travel together again - we are both trying to figure ways to get back sooner than January 2014