skier_pete
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Adorable. I assume you will go get a picture with Tiana! That'll be amazing!
Toddler Twins take another Trip Aug/Sept '15 PTR: 3 MORE SLEEPS
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kcpinwdw
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Literally did not even think of that... Can you believe it? I made my FP for both sides of princess hall right after BBB... but I think in between them we will have to go meet her. I heard they moved her inside somewhere? I am going to have to reacquaint myself. Actually we have never met Tiana, so she should be a priority. Or she can always pop on the dress another day if we cant meet her right then!
skier_pete
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We met her in 2011. She was a great interaction, we talked about DD favorite food and about mincing. (Al Naveen can do is mince you know.) I love of a beautiful princess and all, but give me one that can cook....mmmm hmmm! I looked her up on the Disney App, they are still showing her in Liberty Square.
Did you ever see the show they did on the Liberty Belle when the movie first came out? I forget what's it was called, you can probably look it up on youtube. They had a parade through Liberty Square, and the cast all got on the boat and did all the songs from the movie. We were lucky enough to be there. It's actually my favorite of the more recent movies because I love the music (Sorry - Frozen.)
kcpinwdw
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I love the music too. I haven't seen that video. I saw her coronation parade on youtube. I will have to google it. I think maybe she is inside somewhere in liberty square instead of in the gazebo where she was before. Or maybe the gazebo was a temporary thing!
cajunfan
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LOVE THE TIANA DRESS! You did an AWESOME job there!
Tiana has been moved indoors (yeah air conditioning!) to the area in Liberty Square that is between Sleepy Hollow waffles and Funnel Cakes and the Hall of Presidents. It used to just have tables and chairs in it. (I know because I actually got lost in this area right when we entered the parks that first day on this last trip.)
Tiana has been moved indoors (yeah air conditioning!) to the area in Liberty Square that is between Sleepy Hollow waffles and Funnel Cakes and the Hall of Presidents. It used to just have tables and chairs in it. (I know because I actually got lost in this area right when we entered the parks that first day on this last trip.)
kcpinwdw
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I got a lovely little email this morning that my MAGIC BANDS have shipped! Yippee! Because of the split stay we are getting two sets this trip. One set I had customized with our real names, the other set I used a Peter Pan theme for.... I am Darling, DH has Hook, DD Tink, and DS Peter. The # of characters help me back from Mrs. Darling or Tiger Lily, and I cant be Wendy because that's my mom's name 
Under a month to go!
Under a month to go!
skier_pete
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I got a lovely little email this morning that my MAGIC BANDS have shipped! Yippee! Because of the split stay we are getting two sets this trip. One set I had customized with our real names, the other set I used a Peter Pan theme for.... I am Darling, DH has Hook, DD Tink, and DS Peter. The # of characters help me back from Mrs. Darling or Tiger Lily, and I cant be Wendy because that's my mom's name
Under a month to go!
We got the same e-mail! Oh happy day!
Don't know if you saw this - but you can now decline the 2nd set of MB. Perhaps you don't want to, but we did. Last trip we had a split stay (at the same resort) and the whole system with the MB was so messed up (we were locked out of our room at 11:30 at night) I am hoping if I only have one set of MB maybe they'll be able to get it right.
We also mess around with the names on our MB. DW and I went for an Adventurer's Club theme, we are going as Hathaway Brown and Samantha Sterling, two of the characters from the club. If just one CM gets the joke, it'll be worth it. DD chose Violet (from Incredibles).
skier_pete
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Not surprisingly - we got our MB yesterday as well. Disney has this all down to a science - don't they! I don't have a picture of them yet...
Gracefulskinny
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Yay for Magicbands!!!
kcpinwdw
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Let's talk about NAPS
So the twins are officially three now, and it is officially LESS than 3 weeks from our trip.
And I can see that my son's sleeping patterns are changing pretty drastically. So I've been thinking about naps, napping strategies, and (gasp!) skipping some naps!
FIrst, you should know how differently my two kids sleep. My daughter is the poster child for a good sleeper. She's the kind of kid, if she were only a singleton, that would trick you into thinking "this parenting this is easy street, why doesnt everyone have 10 kids?"! Basically she wakes up in the morning sweet as pie, no crying, waits for me in her bed to come get her. Then early afternoon (and sometimes late morning) she says "mommy Im tired I want to go lay down," where she promptly falls asleep for at least 2 hours. Then at bedtime I just tuck her in, give her a kiss, and I'm outta there. If I ask her if she wants anything, she says "leave, mommy." When we are at a hotel or staying at homeone's house, she will ask us to leave the room for a minute or two before she falls asleep, it's pretty funny. Bottom line: Perfect sleeper.
Ben, on the other hand, is a nightmare. Or maybe it just looks that way compared to his sister. But, he doesnt like bedtime, or naps, or waking up, or anything having to do with snoozing. Ben is the first one up in the house about 80% of the time. He wakes up pretty cranky until he has had something to eat. He has no ability to judge his own exhaustion, and gets very cranky when tired and needing a nap.... but some days this just doenst happen. Especially lately! (more on this below). Then at bedtime, after I have tucked in sister, the Ben routine starts. He always needs his "stuff" to sleep with, and a cup of water. We have a long routine of songs he gets. Then I leave. He sneaks out of his room at least 3 times, each with lots of tears, before he will finally let himself fall asleep. Oh, then he sneaks into our bed EVERY NIGHT. Typically around 1130 or 330, depending.
So, lately Ben has not been having his afternoon cranks everyday, and seems just fine... coupled with his late nights/early mornings I have been thinking he may be close to being done with nap time. I am pretty sure he wont nap at preschool in the fall. And he isnt a good stroller napper for Disney (as opposed to sister, who loves stroller napping). There are also days at Disney where I have a late (ish) night planned, and I REALLY want him to get a nap on those days. I have a new plan now: Strategic nap skipping for the boy! (flexible, of course, if I can see the super crank coming--- Ben skipped his nap one day last during our december trip and proceeded to ruin my dinner at BOG--- and it was a MVMCP night so we were planning a long one. Luckily daddy was able to get him to fall asleep in the stroller around 6pm for a couple hours, but the experience scarred me--- of course he was much younger then).
I've also noticed that if he skips his nap one day, he tends to take a REALLY GOOD ONE the next day.
I present my touring plans, with flexible napping schedule for twin #2
Day1: Epcot. Morning park, lunch at Beaches and Cream, then a swim... we will go to room around 1 pm to nap assuming everyone needs it on a first day. If not Daddy can take B back down to the pool. We go to Coral Reef for an earlyish dinner so no big deal if he misses as we can easily be in bed by 7.
Day 2: DHS: morning ice palace makeovers. Ride rides. I will totally skip nap and spend all day in the park if possible, depending on how Ben is handling it. I feel there are still a lot of attractions for the little ones here, they love shows and characters so we could fill the day. Dinner will either be an early MM wiht fantasmic! or 50s prime time, I still can't decide. IF naps happen, we will stay for fireworks. If not, home for bed.
Day 3: Epcot: relaxed touring day with plenty of pool time. Early morning Akershus, and dinner around 6 at San Angel. I want to walk the world showcase. Hoping we can skip nap today to help facilitate better napping the next day.
Day 4: transition day. We will have breakfast at Cape May, check out, and head to Typhoon LAgoon. Pretty sure I am just going to let Disney transfer our luggage to the poly. Cabana rental so we have a "home base," and potential nap zone. I have no idea how long we will stay. Depends on how much the kids like it, the weather, etc. If it is a total wash out rain-wise we are going to just hang at the resorts all day. There is a rain policy for the cabana rentals so that is good. Today is an essential nap day, but very complicated by the potential lack of a hotel room.... but hopefully we get an early text our room is ready so if we do need to head over there we can. THis evening is our Pirate and Pals cruise, and the time of Wishes got pushed back an hour from the time it was when I booked it, so it will be a pretty late night for us.
Day 5: sleep in (which means 8 at the latest to us). Breakfast at resort at Ohana. RElaxing morning. CHeck out the pool. Judge need for nap. Hopefully nap from 12-130. More important for SYlvie, since she is getting her BBB makeover and serious princess time this afternoon. Ben has plans to hang with daddy but no ADRs or anything so they can come back to resort if needed. 240 appointments for both at BBB. Then princesses, then the girl and I are going to CRT for some mother/daughter time. Early dinner so we should be home by 7.
Day 6: AK day. probably go to the park until 1-2, then decide if they need a nap or just want to go to the pool. NO other plans for the evening. I'd like to watch Wishes from the poly beach if possible
Day 7: MK again, full day of crazy. pre-park opening breakfast. Planning break from 1-5. No evening ADR so we dont have to come back if crank happens. Or I can take one kid by myself.
Day 8: another MK prepark breakfast day, and our going home day. Plane isnt until 7 so ME will probably get us around 4. Will have to figure out logistics of baggage access to change before flight, I am sure we will be sweaty. Nap fairly important so we dont piss off the whole plane (which has never happened, my kids are good fliers, thankfully).
Okay, I think that is as flexible of a schedule as I can have and still schedule the things that Absolutely needed to... our ADRs and our BBBs. I really actually appreciate the noshow policy, charging and all, but sometimes I wish they had a toddler exemption
As this is our third trip this year I have a pretty good idea what to expect in terms of moods with my kids, (and we wouldnt have planned three if there werent all pretty much 90% happy all the time), but thanks for letting me ramble on about my mommy worries!
So the twins are officially three now, and it is officially LESS than 3 weeks from our trip.
And I can see that my son's sleeping patterns are changing pretty drastically. So I've been thinking about naps, napping strategies, and (gasp!) skipping some naps!
FIrst, you should know how differently my two kids sleep. My daughter is the poster child for a good sleeper. She's the kind of kid, if she were only a singleton, that would trick you into thinking "this parenting this is easy street, why doesnt everyone have 10 kids?"! Basically she wakes up in the morning sweet as pie, no crying, waits for me in her bed to come get her. Then early afternoon (and sometimes late morning) she says "mommy Im tired I want to go lay down," where she promptly falls asleep for at least 2 hours. Then at bedtime I just tuck her in, give her a kiss, and I'm outta there. If I ask her if she wants anything, she says "leave, mommy." When we are at a hotel or staying at homeone's house, she will ask us to leave the room for a minute or two before she falls asleep, it's pretty funny. Bottom line: Perfect sleeper.
Ben, on the other hand, is a nightmare. Or maybe it just looks that way compared to his sister. But, he doesnt like bedtime, or naps, or waking up, or anything having to do with snoozing. Ben is the first one up in the house about 80% of the time. He wakes up pretty cranky until he has had something to eat. He has no ability to judge his own exhaustion, and gets very cranky when tired and needing a nap.... but some days this just doenst happen. Especially lately! (more on this below). Then at bedtime, after I have tucked in sister, the Ben routine starts. He always needs his "stuff" to sleep with, and a cup of water. We have a long routine of songs he gets. Then I leave. He sneaks out of his room at least 3 times, each with lots of tears, before he will finally let himself fall asleep. Oh, then he sneaks into our bed EVERY NIGHT. Typically around 1130 or 330, depending.
So, lately Ben has not been having his afternoon cranks everyday, and seems just fine... coupled with his late nights/early mornings I have been thinking he may be close to being done with nap time. I am pretty sure he wont nap at preschool in the fall. And he isnt a good stroller napper for Disney (as opposed to sister, who loves stroller napping). There are also days at Disney where I have a late (ish) night planned, and I REALLY want him to get a nap on those days. I have a new plan now: Strategic nap skipping for the boy! (flexible, of course, if I can see the super crank coming--- Ben skipped his nap one day last during our december trip and proceeded to ruin my dinner at BOG--- and it was a MVMCP night so we were planning a long one. Luckily daddy was able to get him to fall asleep in the stroller around 6pm for a couple hours, but the experience scarred me--- of course he was much younger then).
I've also noticed that if he skips his nap one day, he tends to take a REALLY GOOD ONE the next day.
I present my touring plans, with flexible napping schedule for twin #2
Day1: Epcot. Morning park, lunch at Beaches and Cream, then a swim... we will go to room around 1 pm to nap assuming everyone needs it on a first day. If not Daddy can take B back down to the pool. We go to Coral Reef for an earlyish dinner so no big deal if he misses as we can easily be in bed by 7.
Day 2: DHS: morning ice palace makeovers. Ride rides. I will totally skip nap and spend all day in the park if possible, depending on how Ben is handling it. I feel there are still a lot of attractions for the little ones here, they love shows and characters so we could fill the day. Dinner will either be an early MM wiht fantasmic! or 50s prime time, I still can't decide. IF naps happen, we will stay for fireworks. If not, home for bed.
Day 3: Epcot: relaxed touring day with plenty of pool time. Early morning Akershus, and dinner around 6 at San Angel. I want to walk the world showcase. Hoping we can skip nap today to help facilitate better napping the next day.
Day 4: transition day. We will have breakfast at Cape May, check out, and head to Typhoon LAgoon. Pretty sure I am just going to let Disney transfer our luggage to the poly. Cabana rental so we have a "home base," and potential nap zone. I have no idea how long we will stay. Depends on how much the kids like it, the weather, etc. If it is a total wash out rain-wise we are going to just hang at the resorts all day. There is a rain policy for the cabana rentals so that is good. Today is an essential nap day, but very complicated by the potential lack of a hotel room.... but hopefully we get an early text our room is ready so if we do need to head over there we can. THis evening is our Pirate and Pals cruise, and the time of Wishes got pushed back an hour from the time it was when I booked it, so it will be a pretty late night for us.
Day 5: sleep in (which means 8 at the latest to us). Breakfast at resort at Ohana. RElaxing morning. CHeck out the pool. Judge need for nap. Hopefully nap from 12-130. More important for SYlvie, since she is getting her BBB makeover and serious princess time this afternoon. Ben has plans to hang with daddy but no ADRs or anything so they can come back to resort if needed. 240 appointments for both at BBB. Then princesses, then the girl and I are going to CRT for some mother/daughter time. Early dinner so we should be home by 7.
Day 6: AK day. probably go to the park until 1-2, then decide if they need a nap or just want to go to the pool. NO other plans for the evening. I'd like to watch Wishes from the poly beach if possible
Day 7: MK again, full day of crazy. pre-park opening breakfast. Planning break from 1-5. No evening ADR so we dont have to come back if crank happens. Or I can take one kid by myself.
Day 8: another MK prepark breakfast day, and our going home day. Plane isnt until 7 so ME will probably get us around 4. Will have to figure out logistics of baggage access to change before flight, I am sure we will be sweaty. Nap fairly important so we dont piss off the whole plane (which has never happened, my kids are good fliers, thankfully).
Okay, I think that is as flexible of a schedule as I can have and still schedule the things that Absolutely needed to... our ADRs and our BBBs. I really actually appreciate the noshow policy, charging and all, but sometimes I wish they had a toddler exemption
As this is our third trip this year I have a pretty good idea what to expect in terms of moods with my kids, (and we wouldnt have planned three if there werent all pretty much 90% happy all the time), but thanks for letting me ramble on about my mommy worries!
skier_pete
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Wow - the whole napping prospect looks really tough. Our DD was like yours - she took long naps pretty easily, and she went to sleep pretty easily. The only problem is she would wake up in the night and want a drink, and would refuse to get it herself, so we would be woken up during the middle of the night for YEARS. When she went off of naps, the transition was very abrupt. She was napping 2 hours a day until about 3.5 years old, and very suddenly she didn't nap at all.
I gotta imagine it will be tough, I think your "every other day" concept seems pretty good. I think kids usually sleep better at Disney because they are overstimulated all day, but I am not sure about how successful napping will be. It sounds like your daughter will need the naps anyway! Hopefully she will nap in the stroller while her brother is still bouncing around.
Our daughter at 12 will rarely nap, UNLESS she in the car. Then she will pass out for an hour or so. One of our big problems at Disney with her in recent years is she gets tired by 8 PM and is ready for bed. However, lately she's been staying up later at home, so I am hoping we can get some later evenings out of her.
I gotta imagine it will be tough, I think your "every other day" concept seems pretty good. I think kids usually sleep better at Disney because they are overstimulated all day, but I am not sure about how successful napping will be. It sounds like your daughter will need the naps anyway! Hopefully she will nap in the stroller while her brother is still bouncing around.
Our daughter at 12 will rarely nap, UNLESS she in the car. Then she will pass out for an hour or so. One of our big problems at Disney with her in recent years is she gets tired by 8 PM and is ready for bed. However, lately she's been staying up later at home, so I am hoping we can get some later evenings out of her.
cajunfan
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Good thinking and planning! I want to come to Typhoon Lagoon with you! The last time we were there, the cabanas were not rented out...just first come first served. We had a plan for arrival at open and the most direct route to get the one right by the wave pool, Typhoon Tilly's, the Lazy River, bathrooms and a drink fill station. It is the PERFECT location. Especially for me who like to sleep/read on TL day...and hop in the wave pool or lazy river when I got hot.
Love The Tiny Flynn outfit!
And yes, you may be commissioned for shirts next year! LOL!
Love The Tiny Flynn outfit!
And yes, you may be commissioned for shirts next year! LOL!
skier_pete
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Today I am doing the
SINGLE DIGIT DANCE!
9 short days to go!
Yay for Single Digits!!!!!! (I'm speaking for myself as well of course...)
twinsouvenirs
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I am late but I too am doing the dance 
The Flynn Rider outfit is simply TOO cute. TOO CUTE! If you don't have a loved one to give it to after he outgrows it, and you'd want it to live on, I would totally buy it used from you for our little dude!!!!
The nap struggle is real. I am just hoping we luck out and everyone sleeps but who knows. We are so loose with the planning--I have fast passes but we may totally disregard them on mornings when we don't have early breakfast reservations.
The Flynn Rider outfit is simply TOO cute. TOO CUTE! If you don't have a loved one to give it to after he outgrows it, and you'd want it to live on, I would totally buy it used from you for our little dude!!!!
The nap struggle is real. I am just hoping we luck out and everyone sleeps but who knows. We are so loose with the planning--I have fast passes but we may totally disregard them on mornings when we don't have early breakfast reservations.
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