MissMaryQC
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Hey Terri!! I'm all caught up; been super busy.
Loving the trip and I'm hopping over to the PTR to read that bad boy!!
Loving the trip and I'm hopping over to the PTR to read that bad boy!!
How exciting!She has since grown tall enough! That means she can ride Everest our next trip! Woohoo!!
Makes me wonder if that's his "pose" for the photo or if he really was just bored.Haha... dont you just love how the dude next to Chris is just like falling asleep or something!?!? It's like HELLO Sir, there's a giant YETI trying to GET YOU!!
I think we're due to see that one again. Last time we saw it was pre-Izzy and I think she'd really enjoy it now - good to know that Maddie did!What an awesome show! It was pretty fast paced and managed to get pretty much the entire movie plot in, very successfully! We all enjoyed it, and even Maddie gave it her full attention, the entire time!
Good for Olivia and Maddie! I hear it upsets a lot of young ones, so we haven't brought Izzy there yet. Maybe next time!As most will say, it was, indeed, quite comical, the amount of children having breakdowns in there…. Luckily, mine were not among them, they were definitely a little nervous but mainly laughed throughout.
So nice that they have covered seating there!We finally found one way down some path, and by the time Chris sat down with the food the sky opened up! It was POURING! So we took our time enjoying our lunch…
Eh, that's what cup holders are for, right? No, I know what you mean, it's hard to juggle those things. But worth it!Dole Whip with RUM!! This was DELICIOUS! We only got one, and Chris ate most of it, but I had some bites too, and if I weren’t pushing the stroller I would have gotten my own. Next time I will, stroller or not...
Aw, that is too bad they weren't very interactive (but good you didn't wake Maddie). We've done that meet three times now and each one has been FABULOUS. Total opposite of what you had. So, give it another shot next time and I would imagine it will be much better.Olivia got really shy, and usually the characters will try to coax her into interaction, but not here, they just hugged her and posed and out we went. It was really weird, I can hardly explain it, but it was unlike any m&g we’d done before, very short, and not so sweet.. oh well, guess it’s a good thing we didn’t wake up Maddie, and the pics came out good still…
Hmmm, I think we totally missed out on getting a picture like this. Love it!
Dino nuggets - how cute!Olivia had dino nuggets, watermelon and some of my fries…
Yum! I think this was one of the only meals the entire trip where Izzy DIDN'T order mac & cheese (she got corn dog nuggets).Maddie had the mac-n-cheese, which may have been the best ordering of the night! I tried some and it was really tasty!
This looks incredible!
Huh, totally missed out on this one. Looks like fun!When we were finally done, we checked out the gift shop, didn’t buy anything though, and then we saw the outdoor dig area! Chris went to find the restroom, so I let the girls play for a bit, and I LOVE this area! It’s awesome bc they get to dig around, but its not sand!!! It’s very fine rock, so no mess!! YAY!
Phil - maybe you can utilize rider swap to get on. If you are getting something like Everest, just switch one FP+ to Dinosaur and you can ride Everest with a Rider Swap instead of a FP+ (and you can ride Dinosaur a second time if you get a rider swap there too and nobody else wants to ride it). Or you could luck out like Lauren and I did on our trip last year - we literally just walked up to the CMs pushing strollers and, before we could say a word, they were like, "Here's some rider swaps" and just handed one to EACH of us! Of course, I doubt that's standard procedure.DISconfession time - I've never ridden Dinosaur. No one else in my group ever wants to ride so we never allocate a fastpass for it and have never gone with a standby wait time that I wouldn't feel bad about going myself. Oh well, someday
Wow! Impressive!Funnily enough we were literally the FIRST people at HS that morning. It was empty!
Of course.I believe it was around 7:50 when they finally let us in, and there was a small line behind us at the point, but as you can see, we got the joy of walking into an empty studios!! Well mostly, this crazy mom took off in front of us and ruined my empty street shot... oh well, there's always one..
Okay, I think you've sold me on doing this meal next time. Izzy is slowly branching out from "Minnie" (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse) and enjoys Sofia, Doc, and Jake quite a bit - we actually ended up doing the meets with them at the spur of the moment. This breakfast would be a blast for her, I'm sure. So glad that your girls loved it so much. They look super happy!I have to stop right here and be real for a minute. This feels almost silly to admit, but I tear up even thinking back on that meal. My girls were just over the moon. They love all the characters, of course, but Disney junior is their life right now. They watch those shows EVERY SINGLE DAY! And they didn't get a chance to meet most these characters our first trip. So the girls absolutely lit up when they started coming out. It was hands down the most excited I had seen them with any of our meets and meals. We will absolutely be booking an ADR here again on our next trip before they outgrow this stage.
Wow, you are now in the upper echelon of famous DISers! How cool is that?!Anywho, we got all signed up and were walking out of the building when THE MOST COOLEST THING EVER happened! Someone stopped me to tell me that they follow me on the Dis!!!!!!!!!!!
Aw, what a bummer - I had never thought about it getting rained out. Glad they at least do something as a back-up for the kids.Basically what happened next was that the show people let us wait it out a bit, to see if the rain would let up, and sorry to report, it never did...
As a consolation for not getting to do the show, they then took all the kids into the Star Tours ride, through the exit, and into a secret spot where they got to take photo's with Darth Vader and some Storm Troopers..
Phil - maybe you can utilize rider swap to get on. If you are getting something like Everest, just switch one FP+ to Dinosaur and you can ride Everest with a Rider Swap instead of a FP+ (and you can ride Dinosaur a second time if you get a rider swap there too and nobody else wants to ride it). Or you could luck out like Lauren and I did on our trip last year - we literally just walked up to the CMs pushing strollers and, before we could say a word, they were like, "Here's some rider swaps" and just handed one to EACH of us! Of course, I doubt that's standard procedure.
Hey Terri!! I'm all caught up; been super busy.
Loving the trip and I'm hopping over to the PTR to read that bad boy!!
Besides the rain canceling the Star Wars show, this sounds like it was a great morning! I don't think we've ever gotten to HS that early in the morning, but maybe we'll try next time. It looks so quiet and H&V was not looking as crazy as when we went for lunch. And--how awesome that she got to get pictures with earth vader and the storm troopers! Not everyone gets to do that!
Thank you! My fave part of planning is probably the outfits... lollove the matching outfits and your TR following along
That's awesome that you got to the park so quickly and it was so empty. And the character interaction and the looks on the girls faces at the breakfast makes everything worth it doesn't it? Too bad about the Jedi Training wash out; at least you got some cool photos out of it.
Sorry about the rain.
Both girls can do the show next year!
Makes me wonder if that's his "pose" for the photo or if he really was just bored.
I think we're due to see that one again. Last time we saw it was pre-Izzy and I think she'd really enjoy it now - good to know that Maddie did!
Bahaha, my kiddos are brave, you may have her sit on your lap and just prep her by explaining that water and other things squirt at you and that its FUN!!Good for Olivia and Maddie! I hear it upsets a lot of young ones, so we haven't brought Izzy there yet. Maybe next time!
So nice that they have covered seating there!
Eh, that's what cup holders are for, right? No, I know what you mean, it's hard to juggle those things. But worth it!
Aw, that is too bad they weren't very interactive (but good you didn't wake Maddie). We've done that meet three times now and each one has been FABULOUS. Total opposite of what you had. So, give it another shot next time and I would imagine it will be much better.
Say cheese! My poor family, I made them take pictures everywhere!! lol..Hmmm, I think we totally missed out on getting a picture like this. Love it!
Dino nuggets - how cute!
How funny!!!! I want to get the mac n cheese at wolfgang puck express again, now THAT is some AWESOME mac n cheese, I would put this one after that!Yum! I think this was one of the only meals the entire trip where Izzy DIDN'T order mac & cheese (she got corn dog nuggets).
I do believe it wasThis looks incredible!
Huh, totally missed out on this one. Looks like fun!
Okay, I think you've sold me on doing this meal next time. Izzy is slowly branching out from "Minnie" (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse) and enjoys Sofia, Doc, and Jake quite a bit - we actually ended up doing the meets with them at the spur of the moment. This breakfast would be a blast for her, I'm sure. So glad that your girls loved it so much. They look super happy!
Wow, you are now in the upper echelon of famous DISers! How cool is that?!
Yes! Disney is pretty good at that!Aw, what a bummer - I had never thought about it getting rained out. Glad they at least do something as a back-up for the kids.
ah, I remember we got those security badges one early morning at MK - they are really cool and make the kids feel special!
That stinks they didn't have the PP photographers out yet - getting those (well, in your case nearly) empty of crowd photos is one of the big selling points of early ADRs, at least for us.
Glad you enjoyed H&V - I thought we were done with that one (just wasn't as crazy about the food there as other options and I think it might even be a tick more expensive than other character breakfasts) .... and then they had to go and add Doc and Sophia the First, so it might be back on the list - we'll have to see how into them the kids still are next trip.
That's very cool that you got recognized! And great that you found out that Tiffany is, well, Tiffany! Oh, and I think you need to watch some more Disney Jr as I think they have one or 27 episodes about how everyone is important
Bummer about the rain and Olivia didn't get the full Jedi Training experience - at least they did have a back-up plan ... and how many kids get pictures battling Darth Vader with his storm troopers like that?!?!?!
That is a cool T-Shirt, love all those shots they got of Darth and his crew at Disneyland:
It was in the planning before one of our recent trips that I read reports they were curbing the ability to do that and there were reports of the CMs giving out the rider swaps wanting to see both people involved with the swap and checking that they both had valid FP+ for the ride - and it kinda spooked me away from doing that. ....
... though since then it seems like that was just an isolated case or something very rarely enforced as I know you and others have had tons of success with it
I've also never done Test Track for the same reason
Great Trip report! I love all the Minnie Mouse picture. Very cute.
At least you got some good shots of it right?We didn't know at the time that this would be our last time seeing the hat!
Indeed!we had missed it our first trip, and it's never a bad time for a cupcake, right????
a CM seating guests noticed mine and the hubs Indie shirts and got real excited. She told us to wait right where we were because she was pretty sure she had some VIP seats for such true Indie fans!
Haha, same here! Though, in all fairness, we haven't ridden in a long time and I've heard it's been more recently that they've been doing the cowboy scene more. But, obviously, not for you.Finally we were on, and in the front row too!! We got the gangster scene, again. I know they have the cowboy one, I have seen it on your TR's, but it feels mythical to our family..
Aw, that's a bummer. My favorite is the chocolate peanut butter, but I tried the Butterfinger for the first time this past trip. I had it first thing in the morning, so it was very fresh, moist, crumbly, etc. Izzy was a huge fan, but we all enjoyed it. I'd give it another try earlier in the day maybe.I have to say, don't hate me, but these were just ok, the butterfinger one, which was my choice, I was sooooo looking forward to, but it didn't taste very fresh, I recall it being pretty hard actually.
How awesome! Love those random pixie-dusted moments!Anywho, we planned on just finding a seat in the back, as they had already been seating a while, but then something nifty happened, a CM seating guests noticed mine and the hubs Indie shirts and got real excited. She told us to wait right where we were because she was pretty sure she had some VIP seats for such true Indie fans!
but it feels mythical to our family..
, I would love to try one of their sandwiches some time.
shop and bought some horribly uncomfortable flip flops...
like forever to us that we were in the rain
They really should redo the film now that the newer Muppet movies have been coming out, but still enjoyable.