10 days at the Dolphin

mar915

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We got to the airport at 11:30 did the TTC and the grocery stop. Went to the Dolphin and got checked in with our balcony/Epcot view. It was great. I put my son down (almost 3 yrs old) for a nap and my family went to get some food. After that we went to the pool, the grotto was a little cool but the others were great. We did dinner at Chef Mickeys it was so much fun the saw the Electrical parade and off to bed we went.

On Sunday after the Polyenisian mass we went to MGM, not to bad with crowds the fast pass was great. We got on the roller coasters in no time, wait was 15 min. for Aerosmith and had a fast pass for 30 min. later for Tower of terro. The kids and I loved Bear in the Big Blue house. Since we started late it was had to do everything, plus we took my son to the hotel for a nap after he met Buzz and Woody. We did dinner at Hollywood and Vine and then went to Fantasmic, my son was a little scared of the villians.

On Monday we did EE at MK, not to crowded at all, did Dumbo first and used the fast pass for Pooh. It was great because we got all the fanasty land rides done first. My son loved Buzz ride. That day he took no nap at all but did great. He was to excited. There was no wait greater than 15 minutes that day, maybe 20. After dinner at the Crystal palace, which was great, we went on a bunch of rides with no wait at all till the park closed at 8pm. We took the Monorail over to see the fireworks at Epcot and of course I son fell asleep and did not even wake up for the fireworks, it was funny.
Then the boat back to Dolphin. The next day was Epcot EE, which we got stuck in the Epcot ball ride, it was funny since we were only 5 cars from the bottum, I can't wait to look at our video since my son get yelling help as people walked passed us, we would laugh at him and others so he kept doing it, it was so funny. We then went to Test track for a fast pass and of course it was broke after we waited. And we never did get on it that day because it was constantly broke. Had lunch in Mexico and dinner at the Garden Grill which they did a birthday cake for our kids in the group. The Fireworks were great. My son would keep yelling more fireworks , he justed loved them. This day my son wanted to nap in the stroller for 2 hours, it was great to just walk around with him and I for a while.

On Wed. we did downtown disney at the lego park and shopping. We then went to the pool later in the day. We did dinner at the Boardwalk and went to Pleasure Island at night, while grandma put my son to bed.

Thursday we did the AM at MGM, the smoke and fog was getting pretty bad because of the fires. We finished all the other things at MGM except the back lot tour. Then we hopped over to Epcot on the boat. We did lunch somewhere(don't remember were )at MGM.
My son fell asleep in the stroller so my family saw Bugs life and someother things while my husband and I broke off. We just walked around and had some beer then my son woke up and we did the water fountains so he could run around and get wet. At night we went to Italy for dinner and saw the show. We did finally get on fast track, but it did stop at least 6 times while we were waiting.

Friday back to MK, it was crowded that day, some rides were up to 30-40 minutes but we went on the shorter rides and fast pass so it was not bad. We just hit the bigger rides early and late. Spector magic was great. We did dinner at Liberty Inn and lunch at some fast food place in Tomorrow land. My son did not nap that day since he was so excited, but fell asleep right after the fireworks.

Saturday we went to IOA we did all the big rides early, I loved there express pass since you can get 3 at a time. By 1pm it was packed there so we saw the show and then went to lunch and to US, it was empty there. My son took a nap at that time and we did over 1/2 of the park. We did dinner at NASCAR it was one of the best ribs we ever had. THe park closed at 7 pm so we did dinner at 7:45.

Sunday we went to church at the Poly and then went to Blizzard beach, it was assume. My son would not leave the kiddie area with the slides, I finally coxed him on to the lazy river where he started to fall asleep, then we were going to go home, but we realized he would never go to sleep so we let him stay longer. I loved the water rides there, they are great. At night we went to the HOuse of Blues, but my husband put my son to bed since he fell asleep on the bus.

Monday IOA/US split again. It was much less crowded this day, we did everthing at IOA and got soaked on the barge ride. We went to US after 2pm and my son napped whiled some of my group went to Terminator. My son loved ET and Jaws, we did not get into the water area for him since it was getting late. Did dinner at 7:45 at Margaritaville, it was so much fun, since we are all parrot heads, even my son.

Tuesday we got a late check out for 1pm no charge and went to the pool, lunch at the ESPN and then 3pm TTC pick us up to go home. It was a great vacation!!!
 
Wow ! Sounds like you did a lot. We also loved IOA and Margaritaville, had one of our best meals (and awesome shrimp dip) there and had a lot of fun with the waiters. Thanks for posting
 
Sounds like you had a terrific trip! Thanks for posting...

Beth :)

Only 10 days until WDW!!
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