Hi guys, just popping in really quick-- we arrived on Saturday at 10am. It is COLD today! 36 right now at 8:15am. We are about to head to AK. We've done so much this trip already in 2.5 days so far----pick a pearl (got 8.25!!), MSEP last night (freezing!), WISHES, Illuminations from our table at Hacienda (amazing!!!), some pin trading, etc. Also already saw PUSH and the Jammitors for my trash can loving toddler. Having a great time. BLT is great- really love it although that walk on the skybridge is chilly right now. We are in a room on the 7th floor overlooking Bay Lake the Contemporary pool area and boat dock.
Crowds on Saturday were not too awful- we headed to DTD, that was crowded, but got through EoS line pretty fast. Then hit up Epcot that night. Not too bad, although obviously TT and Soarin had long lines by that time (6ish). crowds on the monorail were a little nuts though that night. we were crammed on and were followed out of the park by a pack of chanting cheerleaders! lol. i have seen more POP kids this time than i ever have. hopefully with the cheer stuff starting today i think, we won't see as many.
Sunday, we hit up MK in the am- and it was amazing- hardly any lines. we caught the opening show at 8am (they added an hour in the am to the original time). we had breakfast at CP at 8am. It poured rain for about 10 min while we were in there and was sprinkling when we got out at 9:15am. we managed to do Pooh (5 min), Dumbo (10 min), Snow white (5 min), Small world- walk on, Peter Pan (we had gotten a FP, so no wait really), HM (no wait), Space Mtn (FP, so about 5 min- standby was 25 min), peoplemover, saw Stitch, did Buzz (only line we waited in that was 20 min). we also got a snack/light lunch at cosmic ray's and sat and ate. lines were crazy there, but moved really fast. also found every bathroom in WDW. DS is doing great potty training (just started 2 weeks ago). no accidents yet. did all that between 9:15am-1:30-2pm plus some shopping and just strolling around. It wasn't that crowded in the am, maybe folks didn't know about the earlier opening time or something. or the rain kept them away. the sun popped out really fast.
We did HS sunday night- it wasn't too crazy. had dinner at Sci Fi- good! and only waited a few minutes for our ADR. saw the osborne lights after and it was medium crowds probably at like 9pm. park closed at 9, it was EMH until midnight though. We managed to do ToT with a 10 minute wait in EMH, plus great movie ride with no line.
Yesterday, Monday, we hit Epcot in the am- we got there late (MIL is a little slower getting ready than us). didn't get in until almost 10am. lines for security were long. We got a FP for Soarin at 10am, return was 12:30pm. We found the jammitors and DS enjoyed that! then we headed to Seas with Nemo- no wait for the ride at all. Then caught Turtle TAlk with only a 6 minute wait. finished off the aquarium, then hit Imagination- which actually had like a 5 minute wait. then off to lunch at France- the bakery had a 10 minute line or so and people were pulling the tables into the sun, it was so cold in the shade. had a fabulous lunch from the bakery. Hit up a few other countries- did our pick a pearl with no line. lots of fun- our first time doing it. my pearl is too big to fit in the carriage cage necklace i ordered though. might go back and look at other settings to buy. Countries were not very busy, the cold might have factored into that. We hit our Soarin FP and managed to get DS on- they didn't measure him, we just walked in holding him. he measured 38.75 at his 3yo bday appt 2 months ago with no shoes. i think he is 40 now or very close to it. none of the CMs asked to measure him- he rode and loved it.
headed out for a break, then had a 5pm ADR at Ohana- we were late due to monorails being packed frmo people leaving the MK. got there at 5:30 and were seated really fast and had a great meal! hit up the MK afterwards- the crowds on Main ST were insane, the first MSEP had just ended. we got over to Pirates and walked on, literally no one in front of us at all, in fact a couple in front of us originally turned around and walked back out, thinking maybe they went the wrong way cuz there were no other guests. LOL! they then followed us back in. we caught some of WISHES from near the exit/bathrooms by Pirates- we plan to catch it another night, so we just got a sneak peek. we then rode the Aladdin's carpets, no wait again. then staked out a spot for the 9pm MSEP. man it was cold!!!! people were just hanging out in the christmas shop- just standing htere (which was annoying when trying to shop) to stay out of the cold. we got a spot right in front of sleepy hollow snacks for the parade and it nevers fails that some rude guest gets next to me at the parade. showed up last minute and started trying to push me over. i just pushed back and tried to say something, but he didn't speak english, or was pretending to not understand me. he kept sticking his arms and camera out in front of my face and blocking my view completely. can't tell you how many pics i have of his arm in the way. LOL. annoying.....anyways- had a great time even in the cold
now off to freeze at AK!! wish us luck. will try and post more. i finally got FB working on my phone again last night, so stay tuned all of you that follow on FB!
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The temps keep dropping! 
SINGLE DIGITS BABY
I have so much to do and not so much time! I'm so excited I can hardly contain myself!!!
