Our WONDERful -May 10 - DCL update June 9
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Kurby
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my trou
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Walt Disney World – Where Dreams Come True.
I didn’t take a picture of it but here’s a short clip from our video – probably better than just a picture
5 minutes later and we were pulling up to Wilderness lodge – our home for the next 4 nights. Ohhh it’s good to be home again.
Check in was a breeze. 1 small glitch – we had put the DDP on our reservation months ago but decided to cancel it since Cassandra doesn’t really eat that much and we could save quite a bit of money we decided to cancel and share our meals with her. However it was still on our reservation and it took 2 cast members and a phone call to cancel it and the one we have at OKW. Other than that it was smooth and painless.
Rating of 9
Patrick went to get the van so that we could unload the luggage onto a cart. We had a very nice bellman (sorry forgot his name – didn’t write it down) who was nice to chat with while walking the very long way to our room – last room at the end of the longest hall LOL – just our luck.
Nice room though. Rating of 8 (and this is because my sun burnt legs are killing me as I have to walk so far)
We had 2pm reservations at the Grand Floridian afternoon tea which we were late for but it was worth it.
After doing some unpacking we walked down to the dock and jumped right onto the boat for the Magic Kingdom that was just about to leave. When we got to the MK dock I asked which would be the fastest way to GF and was told probably the monorail since the boat for GF had just left and it looked like at least 15 minute wait. So up we went to the monorail station. Only 1 other couple was a head of us and when we got to the top my DIS training kicked in and I asked if they were still letting people sit up front. I was nicely told that if it was empty we could have it. When it arrived there was a family already sitting up front but guess what – this was the MK station and they walked off. WOO HOO it was free and we got it (sorry to the lady and her daughter who came up just before the train arrived and was denied – ok I’m not really that sorry )
So there we were, enjoying a wonderful ride up front. Our driver was a nice man named Stepheno (sorry if that’s not spelt right). He’s been working at Disney for 24 years, most of that time he’s been driving the monorail. WOW – now that’s a love for your job
We arrived at GF and off we went, but before we did, Stepheno gave Cassandra a “Co-Pilot” card – so cute. Down 1 floor to have a very nice afternoon tea.
Both Patrick and I ordered the “Buckingham Palace” tea. I enjoyed the Erus tea while Patck chose the Jasmine tea. Cassandra received the “Mrs Potts” tea which consisted of a very special magical back tea that looked and tasted an awful lot like chocolate milk.
Our sandwiches were – water cress, egg salad, shrimp salad, chicken salad and grilled pear with gorgonzola, which I have to say was surprisingly good – who knew.
I ended up giving this an 8.5 because I think they could have put a little more filling in the adult sandwiches, which were nice but if the had an eighth of an inch of filling that was generous. And the cost of the kids tea was a little on the high side for the 3 quartered sandwiches, small pot of chocolate milk and 2 pastries she received (not that she actually ate it – it was bribery to get her to finish her tuna piece while I ate the peanut butter and Patrick took the chicken salad)
After lunch we took the short monorail journey over to MK where I picked up my Birthday gift certificate (Happy Birthday to me ) and was indeed told that it does not expire. So those who were wondering – you’re good to go until it’s spent.
We had plans on going to DTD but opted to stay at WL instead since we were all on the tired side and I didn’t really want to deal with a cranky child. We headed back to the room to let Cassandra have an hour or so rest then thought we’d check out the Whispering Canyon for dinner. The next available spot was 8.15. No thanks. So down we went to the Roaring Fork. It was now about 6.30 and I knew we were going to head over to Fort Wilderness for the campfire (actually should have stayed back and gone swimming – but I digress) So we bought our dinner and new mugs – very cute by the way but 3 of them cost almost $40 – ouch.
Dinner was… hummm not great. Disappointing actually. I had the grilled veg sandwich which I was very disappointed in. I remember having a much better on the last time we were here 3 years ago and was soooo looking forward to enjoying it again while on this trip. It was a different bread and didn’t have the same veggies that I liked – oh well.
Cassandra’s hamburger was cold – not that she cared – she didn’t eat it – do you see a pattern here? Starting tomorrow, she’s on the share plan with us.
Overall rating of the Roaring Fork – 5
After dinner we headed over to Fort Wilderness for the campfire – we were late – another pattern emerging. It started at 8pm and we got there around 8.20. just in time to say hi to either Chip or Dale – it was dark and I can’t really remember who’s who lol, listed to a few songs and head back since it was another 30 minutes until the movie started and Patrick didn’t want to see the Chef Rat what’s his name.
We didn’t have to wait long before the bus arrived and it took us right back to the Lodge. After waling right down to the beach it wasn’t long before the water parade started and just as fast it was over.
Cassandra is over tired but finally asleep. Same goes for Patrick.
I – on the other hand want to get as much of this written out so I don’t forget so I see late nights in my future. Regardless if I actually get them posted on a regular basis or not – at least I’ll get most of it written out.
I didn’t take a picture of it but here’s a short clip from our video – probably better than just a picture
5 minutes later and we were pulling up to Wilderness lodge – our home for the next 4 nights. Ohhh it’s good to be home again.
Check in was a breeze. 1 small glitch – we had put the DDP on our reservation months ago but decided to cancel it since Cassandra doesn’t really eat that much and we could save quite a bit of money we decided to cancel and share our meals with her. However it was still on our reservation and it took 2 cast members and a phone call to cancel it and the one we have at OKW. Other than that it was smooth and painless.
Rating of 9
Patrick went to get the van so that we could unload the luggage onto a cart. We had a very nice bellman (sorry forgot his name – didn’t write it down) who was nice to chat with while walking the very long way to our room – last room at the end of the longest hall LOL – just our luck.
Nice room though. Rating of 8 (and this is because my sun burnt legs are killing me as I have to walk so far)
We had 2pm reservations at the Grand Floridian afternoon tea which we were late for but it was worth it.
After doing some unpacking we walked down to the dock and jumped right onto the boat for the Magic Kingdom that was just about to leave. When we got to the MK dock I asked which would be the fastest way to GF and was told probably the monorail since the boat for GF had just left and it looked like at least 15 minute wait. So up we went to the monorail station. Only 1 other couple was a head of us and when we got to the top my DIS training kicked in and I asked if they were still letting people sit up front. I was nicely told that if it was empty we could have it. When it arrived there was a family already sitting up front but guess what – this was the MK station and they walked off. WOO HOO it was free and we got it (sorry to the lady and her daughter who came up just before the train arrived and was denied – ok I’m not really that sorry
)So there we were, enjoying a wonderful ride up front. Our driver was a nice man named Stepheno (sorry if that’s not spelt right). He’s been working at Disney for 24 years, most of that time he’s been driving the monorail. WOW – now that’s a love for your job
We arrived at GF and off we went, but before we did, Stepheno gave Cassandra a “Co-Pilot” card – so cute. Down 1 floor to have a very nice afternoon tea.
Both Patrick and I ordered the “Buckingham Palace” tea. I enjoyed the Erus tea while Patck chose the Jasmine tea. Cassandra received the “Mrs Potts” tea which consisted of a very special magical back tea that looked and tasted an awful lot like chocolate milk.
Our sandwiches were – water cress, egg salad, shrimp salad, chicken salad and grilled pear with gorgonzola, which I have to say was surprisingly good – who knew.
I ended up giving this an 8.5 because I think they could have put a little more filling in the adult sandwiches, which were nice but if the had an eighth of an inch of filling that was generous. And the cost of the kids tea was a little on the high side for the 3 quartered sandwiches, small pot of chocolate milk and 2 pastries she received (not that she actually ate it – it was bribery to get her to finish her tuna piece while I ate the peanut butter and Patrick took the chicken salad)
After lunch we took the short monorail journey over to MK where I picked up my Birthday gift certificate (Happy Birthday to me ) and was indeed told that it does not expire. So those who were wondering – you’re good to go until it’s spent.
We had plans on going to DTD but opted to stay at WL instead since we were all on the tired side and I didn’t really want to deal with a cranky child. We headed back to the room to let Cassandra have an hour or so rest then thought we’d check out the Whispering Canyon for dinner. The next available spot was 8.15. No thanks. So down we went to the Roaring Fork. It was now about 6.30 and I knew we were going to head over to Fort Wilderness for the campfire (actually should have stayed back and gone swimming – but I digress) So we bought our dinner and new mugs – very cute by the way but 3 of them cost almost $40 – ouch.
Dinner was… hummm not great. Disappointing actually. I had the grilled veg sandwich which I was very disappointed in. I remember having a much better on the last time we were here 3 years ago and was soooo looking forward to enjoying it again while on this trip. It was a different bread and didn’t have the same veggies that I liked – oh well.
Cassandra’s hamburger was cold – not that she cared – she didn’t eat it – do you see a pattern here? Starting tomorrow, she’s on the share plan with us.
Overall rating of the Roaring Fork – 5
After dinner we headed over to Fort Wilderness for the campfire – we were late – another pattern emerging. It started at 8pm and we got there around 8.20. just in time to say hi to either Chip or Dale – it was dark and I can’t really remember who’s who lol, listed to a few songs and head back since it was another 30 minutes until the movie started and Patrick didn’t want to see the Chef Rat what’s his name.
We didn’t have to wait long before the bus arrived and it took us right back to the Lodge. After waling right down to the beach it wasn’t long before the water parade started and just as fast it was over.
Cassandra is over tired but finally asleep. Same goes for Patrick.
I – on the other hand want to get as much of this written out so I don’t forget so I see late nights in my future. Regardless if I actually get them posted on a regular basis or not – at least I’ll get most of it written out.
DisneyMom1976
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Kurby, I'm sitting here crying. You are at my favorite hotel- the wilderness. I have so enjoyed your report so far. We are going on our sixth Wonder 4 day in June. I cannot wait to hear about your cruise. Have a wonderful time. It's so great to see your family having a great time. I can't wait to hear what your daughter thinks of the ship. My daughter was two the first time and said "Wow Mommy, can we stay forever." Take care.
Kurby
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my trou
- Joined
- Mar 4, 2007
April 30 – Magic Kingdom
What started out as a great day didn’t end so great. Another day from hell – agrrr I need a vacation.
We had breakfast reservations at Chef Mickey’s at 7.15 so we woke up – or started to wake up at 6am but were finally out the door by 6.45. Too late to take the boat over to the Contemporary so we drove over. When we got there we asked the security about parking and he said it wouldn’t be a problem to park there the day so that’s what we did. We ended up being about 10 minutes late for our breakfast but it wasn’t a problem at all since there was hardly anyone there.
About half way through the meal I noticed Cassandra rubbing her eyes franticly. 2 minutes later when I looked again they were all puffy and red. Not good. She didn’t want to eat, and was trying so hard to sit in me, beside me, on top of me, on the floor. She just couldn’t get comfortable. Even when Mickey and his friends came around she was still rubbing her eyes but was able to give them a smile and a kiss.
Breakfast was hummm ok. We had read some average reviews about the place so weren’t expecting much and didn’t receive much. Our server was good. She came around several times with OJ and coffee. The food was – hummm not steller by any means. Eggs were good, as was this Goofy veggie thing but the rest was just edible. Nothing more nothing less. I would say it is a good character meal but not a good meal.
Rating – 8 – oh and again with the over priced photo’s that you have a hard time saying no to.
After breakfast we went to the store and bought Benadryl and gave her a couple tsp of the stuff and off we went to MK. Jumped on the monorail, walked through security, ticket gated and boom Cassandra was sound asleep.
We wandered down main street over to Tomorrowland and she was still out so Patrick went on the Stitch ride. The wait time was listed at 5 minutes but if he waited a minute that’s pushing it. Cassie and I waited over by the Laugh Factory in the shade and just about the time I was wondering where Patrick had gotten to he showed up. Stitch is about a 15-20 show/ride. He liked it but said I probably wouldn’t so we walked over to COP – one of my “must ride” rides. I went in alone and recorded the entire show from the centre – I knew we’d be back later in the afternoon so I didn’t bother with the side bits. I’ll edit the video later to make a smooth production.
COP was followed by the purchase of some pins, Mad Hatter Tea Cups for Patrick and a lot of walking around. Unsure just what to do next since our plans to spend the bulk of today in Toontown and Tomorrow land we went over to Fantasy land for lunch at Pinocchio’s Pizza whatever. We’ve never eaten there and not sure we will again. The food was ok – ordered a chicken salad but the choice of dressings was limited to 3 or 4 and not a balsamic in the bunch. Cassie was still sleeping so 2 salads and 2 drinks burned us for $21. The place was extreamly loud. Seemed like every parent with a screaming child thought this place was the place to be for lunch. It was actually pretty busy – the longest line to wait in up to that point. I think Patrick waited 20 minutes to get served. They needed to open ALL the cash desks (and they had by the time we left)
Rating 7
Cassandra had woken briefly but was out again so we did what I do best – shopped LOL. After picking up a towel and a few smaller things Cassie decided to join us but thought whining would be a good idea – sooo not a good idea my child. It was getting pretty hot and I’m still limping around with this sunburn on both my feet so we headed into watch Mickey’s Philharmonic. Cassie didn’t want to wear her glasses but didn’t seem to care the pictures was blurry without them. Off to the Laugh Factory and another round of COP. This one she LOVED and wanted to stay on to ride it again. So we did. Oh and I got the sides for the video
After the second showing Cassie asked for a third trip through but we had to get ready for an early dinner with Cinderella at her castle so off we went.
When we got to the castle Cassandra was coming around but you could still tell something wasn’t quite right. We gave our names and were sent into line to have a picture taken with Cinderella. WELL – you should have seen Cassandra. We were half way to the end of the line (only about 5 or 6 families a head of us) when she spotted the blue dress. That stopped Cassie dead in her tracks. Her little mouth fell open and her eyes couldn’t have gotten any bigger if she tried. It was so adorable to see her peer through legs and bodies to maintain her stair on Cinderella. When we finally got up to the front of the line Cassie, holding her autograph book could do nothing but stand there. Sweet Cinderella moved forward and took the book from Cassandra then signed it. Cassie finally found her voice and introduced herself and they chatted about something as they walked to the spot for a picture. When the pictures were over Cassie told Cinderella she like Prince Philip and has them at home LOL
Up the stairs for lunch – a lot of stairs – didn’t notice the elevator. I have mixed feelings about this meal. I loved that it was in the castle. Loved the atmosphere and liked our server. The starter salad was good as was the dessert. The main course on the other hand…… I ordered the lamb med/rare what I got was cold med/raw. With so much fat on it you’d have thought they were storing it for winter. – another really good character meal but not a good meal.
During our meal the 2 girl mice, Suzzy and someone I can’t remember came in singing followed by the Fairy Godmother. They put on a cute show and again Cassandra ate nothing – ok she ate a little yogurt and the chocolate cake for dessert (she’s no fool )
When we were finished I was packing up and horror stuck – WHERE’S MY WALLET?????????
Good lord it’s gone. Frantic I looked everywhere, took everything out of the 2 bags we had but nope it’s gone.
My heart sank. What was gone – ohhhhhh everything important. Our room key, park passes, birthday gift card and … yup…. ANOTHER CREDIT CARD. That’s 2 this trip I’ve lost – someone get me some glue please.
I was so upset – just about in tears actually. I had heard that they don’t replace lost or stolen park tickets so what were we going to do??? 10 days and tickets lost on day 1. Who cares about the room tickets – they’ll reissue them when we get back to the resort – credit card? Well lets just say it’s not the first one I’ll call to cancel in a week – gift card – ok $75 bucks would have been nice but oh well but the tickets – that’s almost $900 BUCKS (Canadian).
We got back to the resort and they indeed reissued the room keys. The girl got out the manager Ryan (thank you thank you thank you) who was just wonderful. He tried a few things to find out if they could reissue the tickets finally giving me 2 options. If I had the receipt with the card numbers they could reissue them no problem or we could repurchase new ones and get reimbursed when we got home from where we bought them. (not good since I just lost the credit card we’re using and that would leave us broke to lay out another $700 US)
Ok – so I went back to my room and found the receipt, called Ryan and he reissued the cards – Did I say thank you?? THANK YOU RYAN.
The gift card – will he couldn’t do it but told me I shouldn’t have a problem tomorrow. So in the end a good day turned into a strange one turned horrible turned out ok.
I think I need a vacation. I swear if anything else goes wrong I’ll shoot someone.
Up next – EPCOT
What started out as a great day didn’t end so great. Another day from hell – agrrr I need a vacation.
We had breakfast reservations at Chef Mickey’s at 7.15 so we woke up – or started to wake up at 6am but were finally out the door by 6.45. Too late to take the boat over to the Contemporary so we drove over. When we got there we asked the security about parking and he said it wouldn’t be a problem to park there the day so that’s what we did. We ended up being about 10 minutes late for our breakfast but it wasn’t a problem at all since there was hardly anyone there.
About half way through the meal I noticed Cassandra rubbing her eyes franticly. 2 minutes later when I looked again they were all puffy and red. Not good. She didn’t want to eat, and was trying so hard to sit in me, beside me, on top of me, on the floor. She just couldn’t get comfortable. Even when Mickey and his friends came around she was still rubbing her eyes but was able to give them a smile and a kiss.
Breakfast was hummm ok. We had read some average reviews about the place so weren’t expecting much and didn’t receive much. Our server was good. She came around several times with OJ and coffee. The food was – hummm not steller by any means. Eggs were good, as was this Goofy veggie thing but the rest was just edible. Nothing more nothing less. I would say it is a good character meal but not a good meal.
Rating – 8 – oh and again with the over priced photo’s that you have a hard time saying no to.
After breakfast we went to the store and bought Benadryl and gave her a couple tsp of the stuff and off we went to MK. Jumped on the monorail, walked through security, ticket gated and boom Cassandra was sound asleep.
We wandered down main street over to Tomorrowland and she was still out so Patrick went on the Stitch ride. The wait time was listed at 5 minutes but if he waited a minute that’s pushing it. Cassie and I waited over by the Laugh Factory in the shade and just about the time I was wondering where Patrick had gotten to he showed up. Stitch is about a 15-20 show/ride. He liked it but said I probably wouldn’t so we walked over to COP – one of my “must ride” rides. I went in alone and recorded the entire show from the centre – I knew we’d be back later in the afternoon so I didn’t bother with the side bits. I’ll edit the video later to make a smooth production.
COP was followed by the purchase of some pins, Mad Hatter Tea Cups for Patrick and a lot of walking around. Unsure just what to do next since our plans to spend the bulk of today in Toontown and Tomorrow land we went over to Fantasy land for lunch at Pinocchio’s Pizza whatever. We’ve never eaten there and not sure we will again. The food was ok – ordered a chicken salad but the choice of dressings was limited to 3 or 4 and not a balsamic in the bunch. Cassie was still sleeping so 2 salads and 2 drinks burned us for $21. The place was extreamly loud. Seemed like every parent with a screaming child thought this place was the place to be for lunch. It was actually pretty busy – the longest line to wait in up to that point. I think Patrick waited 20 minutes to get served. They needed to open ALL the cash desks (and they had by the time we left)
Rating 7
Cassandra had woken briefly but was out again so we did what I do best – shopped LOL. After picking up a towel and a few smaller things Cassie decided to join us but thought whining would be a good idea – sooo not a good idea my child. It was getting pretty hot and I’m still limping around with this sunburn on both my feet so we headed into watch Mickey’s Philharmonic. Cassie didn’t want to wear her glasses but didn’t seem to care the pictures was blurry without them. Off to the Laugh Factory and another round of COP. This one she LOVED and wanted to stay on to ride it again. So we did. Oh and I got the sides for the video
After the second showing Cassie asked for a third trip through but we had to get ready for an early dinner with Cinderella at her castle so off we went.
When we got to the castle Cassandra was coming around but you could still tell something wasn’t quite right. We gave our names and were sent into line to have a picture taken with Cinderella. WELL – you should have seen Cassandra. We were half way to the end of the line (only about 5 or 6 families a head of us) when she spotted the blue dress. That stopped Cassie dead in her tracks. Her little mouth fell open and her eyes couldn’t have gotten any bigger if she tried. It was so adorable to see her peer through legs and bodies to maintain her stair on Cinderella. When we finally got up to the front of the line Cassie, holding her autograph book could do nothing but stand there. Sweet Cinderella moved forward and took the book from Cassandra then signed it. Cassie finally found her voice and introduced herself and they chatted about something as they walked to the spot for a picture. When the pictures were over Cassie told Cinderella she like Prince Philip and has them at home LOL
Up the stairs for lunch – a lot of stairs – didn’t notice the elevator. I have mixed feelings about this meal. I loved that it was in the castle. Loved the atmosphere and liked our server. The starter salad was good as was the dessert. The main course on the other hand…… I ordered the lamb med/rare what I got was cold med/raw. With so much fat on it you’d have thought they were storing it for winter. – another really good character meal but not a good meal.
During our meal the 2 girl mice, Suzzy and someone I can’t remember came in singing followed by the Fairy Godmother. They put on a cute show and again Cassandra ate nothing – ok she ate a little yogurt and the chocolate cake for dessert (she’s no fool
) When we were finished I was packing up and horror stuck – WHERE’S MY WALLET?????????
Good lord it’s gone. Frantic I looked everywhere, took everything out of the 2 bags we had but nope it’s gone.
My heart sank. What was gone – ohhhhhh everything important. Our room key, park passes, birthday gift card and … yup…. ANOTHER CREDIT CARD. That’s 2 this trip I’ve lost – someone get me some glue please.
I was so upset – just about in tears actually. I had heard that they don’t replace lost or stolen park tickets so what were we going to do??? 10 days and tickets lost on day 1. Who cares about the room tickets – they’ll reissue them when we get back to the resort – credit card? Well lets just say it’s not the first one I’ll call to cancel in a week – gift card – ok $75 bucks would have been nice but oh well but the tickets – that’s almost $900 BUCKS (Canadian).
We got back to the resort and they indeed reissued the room keys. The girl got out the manager Ryan (thank you thank you thank you) who was just wonderful. He tried a few things to find out if they could reissue the tickets finally giving me 2 options. If I had the receipt with the card numbers they could reissue them no problem or we could repurchase new ones and get reimbursed when we got home from where we bought them. (not good since I just lost the credit card we’re using and that would leave us broke to lay out another $700 US)
Ok – so I went back to my room and found the receipt, called Ryan and he reissued the cards – Did I say thank you?? THANK YOU RYAN.
The gift card – will he couldn’t do it but told me I shouldn’t have a problem tomorrow. So in the end a good day turned into a strange one turned horrible turned out ok.
I think I need a vacation. I swear if anything else goes wrong I’ll shoot someone.
Up next – EPCOT
disneydance
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I'm absolutely loving the fact its "live"
I hope your enjoying your time at WDW
I have also have to say that the pic of the castle and the water(the second to last pic.... is absolutely beautiful and I hope you dont mind but its now my background
I'm absolutely loving the fact its "live"
I hope your enjoying your time at WDW
I have also have to say that the pic of the castle and the water(the second to last pic.... is absolutely beautiful and I hope you dont mind but its now my background
kfamilylovesdisney
Wonder 05/2008 Wonder 05/2009
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Love your TR!
We will be on the Wonder with you - I'll look out for you to say Hi. We are going to WDW after the cruise and will be staying at the WL and it will be our first time at this resort.
We will be on the Wonder with you - I'll look out for you to say Hi. We are going to WDW after the cruise and will be staying at the WL and it will be our first time at this resort.
Kurby
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my trou
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I'm absolutely loving the fact its "live"
I hope your enjoying your time at WDW
I have also have to say that the pic of the castle and the water(the second to last pic.... is absolutely beautiful and I hope you dont mind but its now my background
Thank you - i love that picture too and have it on my lap top. it's hard to find a "different" shot then ones that are always posted. next time we go back i'll try the other side and see what we get.
As for live LOL - i was "live" for the tr but i've slowed down. the days are long in this heat and i'm starting to slow down in my writing and just jot down notes for later expansion. it's exhausting being on vacation
Love your TR!
I can't wait to the cruise - deffinately find me and say hi - you know what we look like
We liked WL but it was just ok for us. the studio we were in was actually smaller then the rooms at POP we stayed in and the long walk was a at the end of a park day. We really liked the location, the pools and the atmosphere but not sure if we'll stay there again soon.
hope you enjoy your stay though.
Kurby
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my trou
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May 1 – EPCOT
6am – GOOD MORNING. Boy that comes really fast, but that’s ok because today we are having breakfast with the Princesses.
We decided to drive over so that at night we wouldn’t have a long wait for the bus or an even longer walk if we drove in the afternoon after our rest/break.
We arrived at EPCOT just about 8am and had a very lovely, almost solo walk over to Norway. The line to get into the “Castle” wasn’t too long – we only waited about 10 minutes or so. Enough time to get some pictures and chase Cassandra around then our name was called. We first spotted Marry Poppins followed by Snow White. Cassie was so excited the she tried to run over. Quick parental hands foiled that attempt but just around the corner was Aurora, waiting to have a photograph taken with Princess Cassandra.
Can I just say that seeing Cassandra awe struck meeting these Princesses is the BEST part of this trip.
Breakfast was ok. We mostly had the cold stuff but don’t think it would have mattered since the “hot” stuff was pretty cold too. I didn’t really care though. It was just so fun watching Cassandra as she met her “friends” Aurora, Snow White, Marry Poppins, Jasmine and Bell. They were all terrific though Marry Poppins really had the attitude and accent down pat.
After breakfast we headed over to Soarin. After reading reports only a week or so ago saying that lines were 2, 3, 4 hours long I was expecting at least an hour or more. 45 minutes was the posted time but I don’t really think it took much more than 30 minutes. Disney is so great at making the lines feel like you’re moving when you’re just being herded around like cattle.
There was a notice that said if you suffer from motion sickenss don’t ride. Hummm I’ll take my chances. We were on the last 3 seats in the front row on the left side and poor Cassandra’s hand when it was over LOL squished city. I did like it but did have to look up to the ceiling and the side of the screen a couple of times when I found myself getting a little queasy. Next was Living With The Land – 20 min wait time listed was only about 15 minutes. I like this ride. Cassie liked it too but it was Soarin she wanted to ride again.
We stopped for a bite at Sunshine Seasons and headed off to ride Finding Nemo. This is a very fun ride. The wait time was around 30 minutes but again it really didn’t feel that long. All the twist and turns to get herded through help the time fly by, as did the fun fish show on the wall. After Nemo we went in to watch Turtle Talk with Crush. Another kid pleaser, well not my kid LOL. Cassie spend the first half of the 10-15 minute show coming back and forth to me but eventually settled in to watch and told me she liked saying “Dude” – thanks Crush.
Crush was followed by the great Sting ray tank. We spent a good 20 minutes watching these little guys swim around. A few of them even tried to jump out of the tank (ok they were probably eating stuff just on the surface but it really did look like they wanted to escape).
This was just about all we could handle and headed back to WL for a nap and some dinner. As I predicted, had we driven the car back to the resort we would not have gone back to watch the fireworks. Having to go back for the van forced us to go watch them which was a good thing. I wanted to get back before 8 but we didn’t actually get there until 8.20 Interesting thing. The bus that picked us up then went to Fort Wilderness to do a drop off/pick up before heading to Epcot. Call me crazy but it would have made more sense to stop at FW first since it’s before WL. But that’s just me. At any rate – this made us latter then I had wanted to be so we weren’t able to get a front row seat (so to speak) instead we walked around close to Norway and found a group of people sitting down, so we parked the stroller behind them and waited.
The “show” started late but started it did. I’m thinking it’s changed since the last time we saw it but I can’t be sure – maybe someone else knows. It was still about 13 minutes long and the world thingy still opens but I think the music is different or something.
Tonight was late night at Epcot for resort guests and Cassie wanted to try Test Track – she just meets the height requirement so when Illuminations was over we headed over to TT. 60 minute stand by. NO WAY. Cassie would be sound asleep long before the 60 minutes was over so instead we headed over to the Golf Ball. Ok, I had to say it since I know there are some people who HATE that I’ve never been on this ride and it was fun. So much that Cassandra wanted to ride it TWICE. Well actually she wanted to stay on a 3rd time but I said no. One can only time travel so much LOL. I got a really cute video of our “Future”
We were home by 11.30 and we all crashed. These days are sooooo long.
Up next – Animal Kingdom and the child who can sleep through anything.
6am – GOOD MORNING. Boy that comes really fast, but that’s ok because today we are having breakfast with the Princesses.
We decided to drive over so that at night we wouldn’t have a long wait for the bus or an even longer walk if we drove in the afternoon after our rest/break.
We arrived at EPCOT just about 8am and had a very lovely, almost solo walk over to Norway. The line to get into the “Castle” wasn’t too long – we only waited about 10 minutes or so. Enough time to get some pictures and chase Cassandra around then our name was called. We first spotted Marry Poppins followed by Snow White. Cassie was so excited the she tried to run over. Quick parental hands foiled that attempt but just around the corner was Aurora, waiting to have a photograph taken with Princess Cassandra.
Can I just say that seeing Cassandra awe struck meeting these Princesses is the BEST part of this trip.
Breakfast was ok. We mostly had the cold stuff but don’t think it would have mattered since the “hot” stuff was pretty cold too. I didn’t really care though. It was just so fun watching Cassandra as she met her “friends” Aurora, Snow White, Marry Poppins, Jasmine and Bell. They were all terrific though Marry Poppins really had the attitude and accent down pat.
After breakfast we headed over to Soarin. After reading reports only a week or so ago saying that lines were 2, 3, 4 hours long I was expecting at least an hour or more. 45 minutes was the posted time but I don’t really think it took much more than 30 minutes. Disney is so great at making the lines feel like you’re moving when you’re just being herded around like cattle.
There was a notice that said if you suffer from motion sickenss don’t ride. Hummm I’ll take my chances. We were on the last 3 seats in the front row on the left side and poor Cassandra’s hand when it was over LOL squished city. I did like it but did have to look up to the ceiling and the side of the screen a couple of times when I found myself getting a little queasy. Next was Living With The Land – 20 min wait time listed was only about 15 minutes. I like this ride. Cassie liked it too but it was Soarin she wanted to ride again.
We stopped for a bite at Sunshine Seasons and headed off to ride Finding Nemo. This is a very fun ride. The wait time was around 30 minutes but again it really didn’t feel that long. All the twist and turns to get herded through help the time fly by, as did the fun fish show on the wall. After Nemo we went in to watch Turtle Talk with Crush. Another kid pleaser, well not my kid LOL. Cassie spend the first half of the 10-15 minute show coming back and forth to me but eventually settled in to watch and told me she liked saying “Dude” – thanks Crush.
Crush was followed by the great Sting ray tank. We spent a good 20 minutes watching these little guys swim around. A few of them even tried to jump out of the tank (ok they were probably eating stuff just on the surface but it really did look like they wanted to escape).
This was just about all we could handle and headed back to WL for a nap and some dinner. As I predicted, had we driven the car back to the resort we would not have gone back to watch the fireworks. Having to go back for the van forced us to go watch them which was a good thing. I wanted to get back before 8 but we didn’t actually get there until 8.20 Interesting thing. The bus that picked us up then went to Fort Wilderness to do a drop off/pick up before heading to Epcot. Call me crazy but it would have made more sense to stop at FW first since it’s before WL. But that’s just me. At any rate – this made us latter then I had wanted to be so we weren’t able to get a front row seat (so to speak) instead we walked around close to Norway and found a group of people sitting down, so we parked the stroller behind them and waited.
The “show” started late but started it did. I’m thinking it’s changed since the last time we saw it but I can’t be sure – maybe someone else knows. It was still about 13 minutes long and the world thingy still opens but I think the music is different or something.
Tonight was late night at Epcot for resort guests and Cassie wanted to try Test Track – she just meets the height requirement so when Illuminations was over we headed over to TT. 60 minute stand by. NO WAY. Cassie would be sound asleep long before the 60 minutes was over so instead we headed over to the Golf Ball. Ok, I had to say it since I know there are some people who HATE that
I’ve never been on this ride and it was fun. So much that Cassandra wanted to ride it TWICE. Well actually she wanted to stay on a 3rd time but I said no. One can only time travel so much LOL. I got a really cute video of our “Future” We were home by 11.30 and we all crashed. These days are sooooo long.
Up next – Animal Kingdom and the child who can sleep through anything.
Those were the pictures I was waiting for!! I only have boy children and I just love to watch the little girls and the Pricesses
It is the most adorable thing!! If I had my life to do over again I totally would have been Snow White!
What an amazing job! It makes me tear up every time I see it! Cassie looked so darned cute with them!
Little boys don't give a hoot about Princesses but now my 16 year old DS is looking at them in a whole different way!
It is the most adorable thing!! If I had my life to do over again I totally would have been Snow White! What an amazing job! It makes me tear up every time I see it! Cassie looked so darned cute with them!Little boys don't give a hoot about Princesses but now my 16 year old DS is looking at them in a whole different way!
Hi Kurby, love the live posts. My daughter is at WDW now too. In fact they went to the princess brkfst today also. I think they had ressie's for around 9. Maybe you saw them, lol. Mom, dad, 2 little princess's. One snow white, the other cinderella. I talked to the kids today. It was definitely the highlight of their trip so far. The girls just loved it!
I hear it's hot, hot, hot! And the lines are low. Enjoy AK. My gang is off to MK tomorrow.
Sending pixie dust your way
----------M
I hear it's hot, hot, hot! And the lines are low. Enjoy AK. My gang is off to MK tomorrow.
Sending pixie dust your way
----------M
Kurby
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glad to hear someone else is having a good time too and agrees that it is indeed HOT. The lines are pretty good now - hardly any wait times and when there are they aren't too bad.
I"m actually about 2 days behind in posting my tr's - been uploading pics and making notes but i've been wipped out by the end of the day that i don't alway finish the tr the price you pay for a disney trip
still better to be exhausted in Disney then at home
You're granddaughter wouldn't happen to be named Bella? we met a little girl who both her mother and I had a hard time telling between our girls from behind. infact - they could have been siblings they actually looked so much alike.
I"m actually about 2 days behind in posting my tr's - been uploading pics and making notes but i've been wipped out by the end of the day that i don't alway finish the tr
the price you pay for a disney trip still better to be exhausted in Disney then at home
You're granddaughter wouldn't happen to be named Bella? we met a little girl who both her mother and I had a hard time telling between our girls from behind. infact - they could have been siblings they actually looked so much alike.
Hi Kurby, love the live posts. My daughter is at WDW now too. In fact they went to the princess brkfst today also. I think they had ressie's for around 9. Maybe you saw them, lol. Mom, dad, 2 little princess's. One snow white, the other cinderella. I talked to the kids today. It was definitely the highlight of their trip so far. The girls just loved it!
I hear it's hot, hot, hot! And the lines are low. Enjoy AK. My gang is off to MK tomorrow.
Sending pixie dust your way
lol, no, their name is not bella. My grandaughters that are there have dark hair,nothing like your sweet lil grandaughter. Last night they went to see spectro (again in costume) and my daughter said when snow white saw her daughter she cupped her hand to her mouth (in an 'oh my' sort of way) and then came over to her and blew her a kiss. My daughter got the pic. can't wait to see it.
I'll keep popping on. Living vicariously through both of you now.
We go in late May for land/sea. 
BTW, if you happen to see my lil princess's (going on the cruise this Thur) tell 'em grandma misses them.
Have a GREAT trip!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll keep popping on. Living vicariously through both of you now.
We go in late May for land/sea. BTW, if you happen to see my lil princess's (going on the cruise this Thur) tell 'em grandma misses them.
Have a GREAT trip!!!!!!!!!!!
My Dlittle bro ( he will be 35 on the 8th!!!!) and his family are there now also and have made mention of the high temps. hot hot hot! 
I hope everyone is remembering to keep hydrated. The Florida sun is brutal this time of year
I have encouraged him to take the family back to the resort during the day to swim and rest and then go back to the parks refreshed. Hopefully others are doing this also!
I hope everyone is remembering to keep hydrated. The Florida sun is brutal this time of year I have encouraged him to take the family back to the resort during the day to swim and rest and then go back to the parks refreshed. Hopefully others are doing this also!DisneyMom1976
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Hey Kirby! I love your updates. My trip isn't until June so you are just making me more excited with your updates. Please make sure you blog on your opinion of the Wonder food and what your beautiful little girl thought of the shows onboard. I so wish I was there with you. 
nashville_minnie
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Hello there! I just opened up your TR while browsing for TRs & getting ready for the cruise on Sunday!! My DH and I will also be on the May 10th Wonder Cruise.
We, unfortunately, are not a part of the PodCast Cruise Meets, since we didn't know about it ahead of time. If you are, I hope you enjoy the cool sounding events they have planned!! I am jealous! I am also very jealous that you get to spend so much time at WDW before the cruise!! We are flying down to Orlando on Saturday and driving to Port Canaveral to stay at the Radisson that night. After the cruise we are spending only 2 nights at WDW - at the Downtown Disney area Hilton.
I have been on the Wonder once before about 6 years ago with friends, but this will be the first time my DH has ever been on a cruise or even out of the country!! We are so excited!!
Anyhow, I am enjoying reading about your trip (your little girl is precious!), maybe we'll bump into you on the cruise!! Have a Wonderful time!!
We, unfortunately, are not a part of the PodCast Cruise Meets, since we didn't know about it ahead of time. If you are, I hope you enjoy the cool sounding events they have planned!! I am jealous! I am also very jealous that you get to spend so much time at WDW before the cruise!! We are flying down to Orlando on Saturday and driving to Port Canaveral to stay at the Radisson that night. After the cruise we are spending only 2 nights at WDW - at the Downtown Disney area Hilton.
I have been on the Wonder once before about 6 years ago with friends, but this will be the first time my DH has ever been on a cruise or even out of the country!! We are so excited!!
Anyhow, I am enjoying reading about your trip (your little girl is precious!), maybe we'll bump into you on the cruise!! Have a Wonderful time!!
Kurby
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my trou
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- Mar 4, 2007
I love when they do that - it's so special to the little girls.
I'll tell every little girl their grandma misses them LOL hopefully i'll get yours.
We're taking this morning off to go swimming then hitting EPcot in the afternoon. the heat is just as exhausting as walking all day.
THank you I'm looking forward to resting on the cruise but i'm loving our time here at OKW - this is a great resort - wish we lived in a community like this.
we haven't been taking too many pictures of food but definately will on the cruise. i think the atmosphere for photos is much different on the ships
oh please say hi if you see us. hopefully we won't be asleep on the deck - if we are spray me with sunscreen so i don't get another burn LOL
seriousely do say hi if you see us.
I'll tell every little girl their grandma misses them LOL hopefully i'll get yours.
lol, no, their name is not bella. My grandaughters that are there have dark hair,nothing like your sweet lil grandaughter. Last night they went to see spectro (again in costume) and my daughter said when snow white saw her daughter she cupped her hand to her mouth (in an 'oh my' sort of way) and then came over to her and blew her a kiss. My daughter got the pic. can't wait to see it.
I'll keep popping on. Living vicariously through both of you now.
BTW, if you happen to see my lil princess's (going on the cruise this Thur) tell 'em grandma misses them.
Have a GREAT trip!!!!!!!!!!!
We're taking this morning off to go swimming then hitting EPcot in the afternoon. the heat is just as exhausting as walking all day.
My Dlittle bro ( he will be 35 on the 8th!!!!) and his family are there now also and have made mention of the high temps. hot hot hot!
THank you
I'm looking forward to resting on the cruise but i'm loving our time here at OKW - this is a great resort - wish we lived in a community like this.we haven't been taking too many pictures of food but definately will on the cruise. i think the atmosphere for photos is much different on the ships
Hey Kirby! I love your updates. My trip isn't until June so you are just making me more excited with your updates. Please make sure you blog on your opinion of the Wonder food and what your beautiful little girl thought of the shows onboard. I so wish I was there with you.
oh please say hi if you see us. hopefully we won't be asleep on the deck - if we are spray me with sunscreen so i don't get another burn LOL
seriousely do say hi if you see us.
Hello there! I just opened up your TR while browsing for TRs & getting ready for the cruise on Sunday!! My DH and I will also be on the May 10th Wonder Cruise.
We, unfortunately, are not a part of the PodCast Cruise Meets, since we didn't know about it ahead of time. If you are, I hope you enjoy the cool sounding events they have planned!! I am jealous! I am also very jealous that you get to spend so much time at WDW before the cruise!! We are flying down to Orlando on Saturday and driving to Port Canaveral to stay at the Radisson that night. After the cruise we are spending only 2 nights at WDW - at the Downtown Disney area Hilton.
I have been on the Wonder once before about 6 years ago with friends, but this will be the first time my DH has ever been on a cruise or even out of the country!! We are so excited!!
Anyhow, I am enjoying reading about your trip (your little girl is precious!), maybe we'll bump into you on the cruise!! Have a Wonderful time!!
Kurby
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my trou
- Joined
- Mar 4, 2007
May 2 Animal Kingdom
We tried so hard to make it to the opening show at AK but just couldnt get there. We did stop at Mickey Ds near the All Star resorts for Breakfast but it is under major construction which delayed us. The direction wasnt clearly marked and there was a traffic jam in the parking lot as several people (us included) turned the wrong way and met up with a bunch of cars coming in the opposite direction. We didnt rush breakfast and made it to the park just after 9am
Is it just me or am I the only one who thinks that Cast Members should park at the far end of the parking lot and be brought in by the tram leaving the front section for guests? I found it very odd to see the first 30 rows taken up with cast members. How do I know this? There was a HUGE sign asking the CMs not working today park in the regular guest parking and leave this area to working CMs. At the malls in my area employees are not allowed to park anywhere near the entrance and in some places its actually blocked off until the stores actually open. Anyways just found it interesting.
We didnt wait long to entre (actually the crowd levels this trip havent been the 8 that was predicted more like 6) and our first stop was Its Tough To Be A Bug of course that was after dragging Cassandra away from those stuffed animal carts you know are placed there for that mummy I want that selling factor. Cassie was a little scared during some parts but wanted to stay and see it a second time. (are we seeing a pattern here??) After the second showing and the little buggys crawling under our bums we strolled over to Africa. We bumped into (almost literally) Ms Vine as she came out from a group of trees and Cassandra just about ran under her legs. So very cool.
We then stopped for some drum lessons ok just Cassandra and Patrick thumping away on the drums but still it was cute. A short walk over to the Safari and a 45 minute wait which (and say it with me) didnt actually seem to take that long (another patter emerging along with Cassie falling asleep wait and see.) Soon enough we were boarding our very one tour coach for a 2 week safari through Africa. Come on kids play along would ya. So here we go, rhinos on this side, elephants on that side, child falls asleep on this side, giraffes on that side, wait what was that second last one??? CHILD FALLS ASLEEP ON SAFARI???? Yup thats my child. During one of the bumpiest parts of this ride shes out like a light. When it was all over I had to pick up this 40 pound child and stumble off the truck.
After that we decided to cut AK short and head over to DTD for some lunch and shopping and then head back to WL for some swimming. We werent even out of the parking lot of Market Place when both Cassandra and Patrick were sleeping gees people whats in the water????
Its now 6pm Ive finished transferring all the pictures, gotten caught up on these trip reports and Im about to wake up these sleeping beauties to go for a swim - cant spend the entire evening sleeping.
Ending todays report on a really high note I called the lost and found centre and THEY FOUND MY WALLET thank god everything can be replaced but it was just that it went missing that drove me crazy. But it was turned in thank you good person who found it and turned it in.
Cassandra sleeping on the safari
Up next sing it with me. Ohhhhhhhhhhh Supercalafragilisticexpealadocious
Magic Kingdom? Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa maybe not.
We tried so hard to make it to the opening show at AK but just couldnt get there. We did stop at Mickey Ds near the All Star resorts for Breakfast but it is under major construction which delayed us. The direction wasnt clearly marked and there was a traffic jam in the parking lot as several people (us included) turned the wrong way and met up with a bunch of cars coming in the opposite direction. We didnt rush breakfast and made it to the park just after 9am
Is it just me or am I the only one who thinks that Cast Members should park at the far end of the parking lot and be brought in by the tram leaving the front section for guests? I found it very odd to see the first 30 rows taken up with cast members. How do I know this? There was a HUGE sign asking the CMs not working today park in the regular guest parking and leave this area to working CMs. At the malls in my area employees are not allowed to park anywhere near the entrance and in some places its actually blocked off until the stores actually open. Anyways just found it interesting.
We didnt wait long to entre (actually the crowd levels this trip havent been the 8 that was predicted more like 6) and our first stop was Its Tough To Be A Bug of course that was after dragging Cassandra away from those stuffed animal carts you know are placed there for that mummy I want that selling factor. Cassie was a little scared during some parts but wanted to stay and see it a second time. (are we seeing a pattern here??) After the second showing and the little buggys crawling under our bums we strolled over to Africa. We bumped into (almost literally) Ms Vine as she came out from a group of trees and Cassandra just about ran under her legs. So very cool.
We then stopped for some drum lessons ok just Cassandra and Patrick thumping away on the drums but still it was cute. A short walk over to the Safari and a 45 minute wait which (and say it with me) didnt actually seem to take that long (another patter emerging along with Cassie falling asleep wait and see.) Soon enough we were boarding our very one tour coach for a 2 week safari through Africa. Come on kids play along would ya. So here we go, rhinos on this side, elephants on that side, child falls asleep on this side, giraffes on that side, wait what was that second last one??? CHILD FALLS ASLEEP ON SAFARI???? Yup thats my child. During one of the bumpiest parts of this ride shes out like a light. When it was all over I had to pick up this 40 pound child and stumble off the truck.
After that we decided to cut AK short and head over to DTD for some lunch and shopping
and then head back to WL for some swimming. We werent even out of the parking lot of Market Place when both Cassandra and Patrick were sleeping gees people whats in the water????Its now 6pm Ive finished transferring all the pictures, gotten caught up on these trip reports and Im about to wake up these sleeping beauties to go for a swim - cant spend the entire evening sleeping.
Ending todays report on a really high note I called the lost and found centre and THEY FOUND MY WALLET thank god everything can be replaced but it was just that it went missing that drove me crazy. But it was turned in thank you good person who found it and turned it in.
Cassandra sleeping on the safari
Up next sing it with me. Ohhhhhhhhhhh Supercalafragilisticexpealadocious
Magic Kingdom? Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa maybe not.
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