A slow morning is nice when it seems like most days you're rushing to get to the park.
Definitely. We figured we'd need it after a busy day before that. I feel like we're always rushing around on Disney trips.
Very, hmm, sweet family picture you have there. Somehow, I don't think that will be making it into any of the new Disney promos!
Only as the "before" picture.
If you're going to take a detour, at least it was a pretty one!
That's the nice thing about Disney - even if you're not where you should be, there's lots of eye candy.
Yes, please! I am so excited for you.
Disneyland was great - I hope you have a fantastic time there!
We are making our first trip to DL soon and also have been sad about all the closed attractions, especially the classic, iconic ones and Aladdin. But there is still so much to do, I am sure it will be okay.
Yes, there's definitely still a ton of stuff to do. It's not Aladdin, but the Mickey and the Magical Map show was a fun way to spend a little non-ride time. And there are just so many great rides. I loved all the things that were different - attractions, areas, food, etc. It was all so familiar, but not. Loved it, though.
Woo hoo! Love old school paper FP! So excited to experience this again.
YES! It was weird to go back to being a FP runner, but it worked out well for us. Also, I'll just pass along this tip: look at the ground. People drop paper FP and sometimes they are pretty good.
Jealous. I missed the the boat on this one.
...and the Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes
...and the Sailing Ship Columbia
...and the Mark Twain Riverboat
...and the raft to Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island.
Not that I'm cranky about it.
HAVE AN AMAZING TRIP!
I am so glad we got in on the Photopass. We got like 160-170 photos over our 5 days and that would be $130 more with the new system. Plus, we got prints at our 3 character meals and that is no longer included. I totally have a random thread on the DIS to thank for getting in on it. Sorry you missed it!
And the boats...
AK is a great park to have a slow morning in, especially when you FP all your Must Do's.
Yes, it seemed less intimidating to take it easy with fewer must-dos and FP+ all set.
Izzy's face in the photopass pictures at the front of the park made me laugh. She was NOT thrilled to be taking photos.
Made me laugh too. Didn't realize the grumpy level until I saw the pics afterwards.
The queue for the Mickey and Minnie Greet is one of my favorites. Everything in AK is just so well themed!
I agree - just love the theming in that park!
I'm all caught up! Loved seeing the BWV pictures. I always forget how much I love it there until I see pictures of it. I think we've stayed there so many times that it's like oh yeah, the Boardwalk...and then I am reminded of just how much I enjoy it there.
I really enjoyed staying there. I have to say, I went into it just not really caring about the resort itself, just knowing it was well-located, but I really liked it. No complaints and I'd happily stay there again.
Good for you for the relaxing morning - it is so hard to do at WDW!
It is SO hard to do. Doesn't happen much through the rest of this trip, even on the cruise. Too much to do!
But, of course, we get home exhausted and needing a vacation.
I hope your trip to Hawaii was amazing and have a great trip to DL! I'm so Jealous!
Both trips were GREAT! I'm slightly jealous of myself - can't believe we went on them both. Excited to write about them whenever I get done with the existing TRs.
Just wanted to let you know that I had gotten behind due to our move and the holidays, but I am still following along and am all caught up now!
Glad you are here! No worries, I haven't posted very frequently anyway. Hopefully I can get back on track soon, but I still need to finish making notes about our Disneyland trip (so I'll remember it once I get to that) and I've just been SOOO tired (maybe slightly sick?) since returning home that it's hard to get much DIS-ing done lately.
I can't believe how grown up Izzy is getting! I feel like I've watched her grow through your trip reports!
She has definitely grown up on the DIS!
I just started my third trip report (linked in siggy if you are interested!) and it is crazy to me to see how Luke has changed through each of our trips too! We are battling potty training now, so it is interesting to hear about your potty adventures at Disney!
Yeah, Luke started REALLY young in your TRs! Hard to believe he's already potty training! And, yeah, you definitely spend a lot more time thinking about potty breaks during trips at this point. I feel like we saw them all!
I will get subscribed to your new TR - can't wait to follow along!
No wonder you were surprised when you got back! 
Its cute too! 
But Dug is always great with knowing his way around, so I wasn’t concerned. Except that he’d never done this meet before and hadn’t looked ahead to see where it was (silly Dug, thinking I’d remember! 
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Well, even a few minutes is a victory.
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, Alison! Glad you're here and we have the vast majority of this trip left to cover, so I'm sure I'll be writing until like 2019. 
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In general, Izzy was really into showing the characters her shirts, often saying, “He/she’s going to like my shirt!”, even if the picture had nothing to do with the character she was about to meet. 
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Izzy looks perfectly content hugging Minnie. How sweet!
Speaking of which, I posted an interesting announcement on my trip report (linked in siggy). It is worth checking out! 
