lurkernj
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 4, 2008
Yeah, I think those memories began yesterday, some Id prefer to forget, but Ill go with it.
Ive got a lot to report today, it was a busy day. It was much better than Day 1, but not totally without incident.
I woke up at 4am thinking about how Nanny and Pop are so dependant this trip and dont seem capable of dealing with any of this on their own anymore. I cant just let them loose in the magic kingdom with the fastpass plus cards and expect them to have success.
I decide to go on the ipad and change all of our fastpass plus stuff to be the same and I will stay with them until noon. I get back to sleep and wake up at 7am. I have my skoolbread and coffee made in my room. I got a chocolate milk to keep in the fridge to use as a creamer, this works quite well to camouflage the taste.
Pop is feeling better, he went to the giftshop the previous night to get some immodium (and apparently got lost again on his way back), but hes up for the challenge today.
A quick word about our fastpass plus cards. Since there are 4 people registered in my room, I had 4 cards and Nanny and Pop each had one, so I spread them out and we each ended up having 2 cards, so 8 choices each. This was like a dream come true. I planned all our rides to be in order so we could just make a loop around instead of a bunch of running back and forth. This was so convenient. Eight choices was a bit much as we didnt use them all, but 4 would be perfect. We ended up not getting a single regular fastpass since it just wasnt needed. Overall, I really liked this a lot. It was very convenient to just go on the computer and change our times. You just swipe your card at each location, and enter the line. Extremely convenient.
Here is what they looked like
We left our rooms at 8 and got to the Magic kingdom with plenty of time. I showed them the boat dock to the Grand Floridian where we will meet at 4:45 to head over for our dinner at Narcoossees. We watched the opening show, took some photos
Look at Nanny's toes, she had Mickey and Minnie painted on. They are a little anime looking, but still cute.
We head in, have some photopass photos done, and go see Mickey and Minnie with our fastpass plus cards (Ill just put FP+ when we use these). As we were leaving Pop says with a big smile that was really cute, you know all the best stuff to do. Here's an adorable pic of them with Mickey and Minnie
Oh, and here's me
Then we went to the firehouse to get the Sorcerers cards. As we were leaving Pop was so excited but was wondering why I only got one key, shouldnt we each have one? Nope, I dont think I can handle all three of us doing this. Pop, you can have the key.
We head out and get right on the train and take it to frontierland. We get off and ride Pirates, Jungle cruise (FP+), get a Dole Whip (rootbeer float for me please)
The sorcerers cards have Pop going to a place by the Diamond horseshoe, so I leave them there at the portal while I go 30 feet away to the bathroom. When I came out, Pop was complaining that it didnt work, nothing happened. Im guessing he did something wrong, cant leave them alone for a minute Then Pop and I ride splash mtn (FP+) Nanny is afraid of heights so she never rides this. Then we went to Haunted Mansion (FP+).
When we entered the Stretching room, the CM kept telling everyone to move all the way in. I guess since we were just outside Pops eyes hadnt adjusted and he walked full force into the wall. He was fine and laughed about it, so I didnt feel bad laughing too.
We went to small world, then Peter Pan (FP+). They had FP+ for Buzz lightyear and I was planning to head out to Art of Animation. It was about 12:15 now, so I walked with them to the hub and pointed them in the right direction. Nanny was nervous because their cards said Chuck and Brian, and she wasnt either of them. So I guess there was an issue when they entered about who had what cards and they had an argument while the CM just shooed them in. They went back to the room for a rest when they were done.
Next up: Art of Animation and a peaceful afternoon
Ive got a lot to report today, it was a busy day. It was much better than Day 1, but not totally without incident.
I woke up at 4am thinking about how Nanny and Pop are so dependant this trip and dont seem capable of dealing with any of this on their own anymore. I cant just let them loose in the magic kingdom with the fastpass plus cards and expect them to have success.
I decide to go on the ipad and change all of our fastpass plus stuff to be the same and I will stay with them until noon. I get back to sleep and wake up at 7am. I have my skoolbread and coffee made in my room. I got a chocolate milk to keep in the fridge to use as a creamer, this works quite well to camouflage the taste.
Pop is feeling better, he went to the giftshop the previous night to get some immodium (and apparently got lost again on his way back), but hes up for the challenge today.
A quick word about our fastpass plus cards. Since there are 4 people registered in my room, I had 4 cards and Nanny and Pop each had one, so I spread them out and we each ended up having 2 cards, so 8 choices each. This was like a dream come true. I planned all our rides to be in order so we could just make a loop around instead of a bunch of running back and forth. This was so convenient. Eight choices was a bit much as we didnt use them all, but 4 would be perfect. We ended up not getting a single regular fastpass since it just wasnt needed. Overall, I really liked this a lot. It was very convenient to just go on the computer and change our times. You just swipe your card at each location, and enter the line. Extremely convenient.
Here is what they looked like
We left our rooms at 8 and got to the Magic kingdom with plenty of time. I showed them the boat dock to the Grand Floridian where we will meet at 4:45 to head over for our dinner at Narcoossees. We watched the opening show, took some photos
Look at Nanny's toes, she had Mickey and Minnie painted on. They are a little anime looking, but still cute.
We head in, have some photopass photos done, and go see Mickey and Minnie with our fastpass plus cards (Ill just put FP+ when we use these). As we were leaving Pop says with a big smile that was really cute, you know all the best stuff to do. Here's an adorable pic of them with Mickey and Minnie
Oh, and here's me
Then we went to the firehouse to get the Sorcerers cards. As we were leaving Pop was so excited but was wondering why I only got one key, shouldnt we each have one? Nope, I dont think I can handle all three of us doing this. Pop, you can have the key.
We head out and get right on the train and take it to frontierland. We get off and ride Pirates, Jungle cruise (FP+), get a Dole Whip (rootbeer float for me please)
The sorcerers cards have Pop going to a place by the Diamond horseshoe, so I leave them there at the portal while I go 30 feet away to the bathroom. When I came out, Pop was complaining that it didnt work, nothing happened. Im guessing he did something wrong, cant leave them alone for a minute Then Pop and I ride splash mtn (FP+) Nanny is afraid of heights so she never rides this. Then we went to Haunted Mansion (FP+).
When we entered the Stretching room, the CM kept telling everyone to move all the way in. I guess since we were just outside Pops eyes hadnt adjusted and he walked full force into the wall. He was fine and laughed about it, so I didnt feel bad laughing too.
We went to small world, then Peter Pan (FP+). They had FP+ for Buzz lightyear and I was planning to head out to Art of Animation. It was about 12:15 now, so I walked with them to the hub and pointed them in the right direction. Nanny was nervous because their cards said Chuck and Brian, and she wasnt either of them. So I guess there was an issue when they entered about who had what cards and they had an argument while the CM just shooed them in. They went back to the room for a rest when they were done.
Next up: Art of Animation and a peaceful afternoon