10 days in Disney w/ pics

[Minniespal]

Enjoying reading your report ~ Thanx for sharing.

 

[missummer]

I love your trip report! It makes me wish my trip was today, not in August! What a great family you have, and what an awesome husband. Not too many men could pull off that surprise. CAn't wait to read more!

 

[gottalovethem]

I'm enjoying your report. What a great dh you have to do all these things with you and so happily! And what gorgous kids. LOVE dd's curls! and with the tiara she makes a perfect princess.

I can so relate to the puking, as ds3 had a couple episodes on our trip earlier this year.

Our WDW Trip
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=12574740#post12574740

 

[Ji||s]

Brilliant trip report, thanks for sharing.

 

[Tanya90210]

Loving your trip report... your kids are simply adorable.... I too will be doing my 30th at WDW this year....

Waiting to see how yours went

 

[MelanieC]

Great trip report. I can't wait to read your next installment!

 

[averill94]

Wow this is some report! Bad enough for poor Luke but Lauren and the"cough" I dread that cough......

But I must tell you your birthday surprise brought tears to my eyes!!!
What a beautiful, lifetime memory!
Thank you for sharing.

Oh cant wait to go to Park Fare now.

 

[almousefan]

I am loving your report and all the pics. Can hardly wait to hear the rest of the story!

 

[Beana9802]

Uh! I got goosebumps when I saw that pic of your mom getting off the bus and Luke's reaction! How awesome is your husband?! :0)

 

[tinkerbell87512]

Sounds like you have a great DH! cant believe the secret didnt slip out or that you didnt have any idea! what a great suprise!! Cant wait to read more! Happy belated birthday!

 

[horsegirl]

What a superduperhappilicious trippie! Love the pix, and your fam! Keep going!

 

[Olallamom]

You have a awesome DH, what a great b-day surprise.

 

[tsd1202]

I have never really gotten into reading someone elses trip report before, but I am really enjoying yours. Your DH is awesome. What you said about posting pictures made me think, could you please send me a PM about how to do it, if you get some free time haha? I would love to post some too but don't know how and since you a Pro now, maybe you could help a fellow DISer out. Can't wait to hear about your birthday!!!

 

[ChIP&DaLEfan]

i love your trip report! WL looks really nice, never seen it

 

[timandlesley]

I have never really gotten into reading someone elses trip report before, but I am really enjoying yours. Your DH is awesome. What you said about posting pictures made me think, could you please send me a PM about how to do it, if you get some free time haha? I would love to post some too but don't know how and since you a Pro now, maybe you could help a fellow DISer out. Can't wait to hear about your birthday!!!

Thanks Trudi,
Just sent you a pm, hope it helps!
Lesley

 

[timandlesley]

So that I don't post an individual reply to every single one of you. I just want to say I am so happy that others are enjoying this report. Glad it is helpful to those of you who have little ones, I hope this will continue to be helpful to you as you plan upcoming trips.

Glad you are enjoying the photos and the surprises along the way. I have shown Tim the praises he is receiving and now he has quite the big head so I don't know if I'll show him anymore (just kidding). No, he is wonderful and he knows it (enough said ). I am quite lucky. My parents are also wonderful for planning this and not leaking it to me, I was so pleased!
I will post my b-day tonight and it is quite lengthy as there was quite a bit packed into one day.
For those of you planning 30th's at Disney I hope you have fun like I did. Be sure to make dining ressies for your favorite way in advance. I left it to the last minute and luckily was happy with what I picked but it was slim pickins since I kept changing my mind over and over again.

I will continue the post through day 10 as promised and hope that everyone enjoys it - it makes my day to see others reading it and enjoying it - it makes it all worthwhile. This is also my first trip report and it is a great way to beat those post-trip blues because it gives me something to concentrate on and it is a great way of keeping those memories alive. I plan on printing it all out and putting it in our photoalbum when I am finished.
Thanks for the comments on my children. Laurens curls are great, I agree. Every mother thinks her children are adorable so I'm no exception to that rule, but it's always great having it confirmed by others .
Again, thanks for reading everyone, I truly appreciate it.
More to come tonight. . .
Lesley

 

[c8k6k]

Great report & pics. I have 2 children close in age to yours, and we're going this Fall. The first thing I do now when I go on Disboards is check to see if you have posted another installment Thanks for sharing!

 

[timandlesley]

Day 6 (June 15th- MY 30th BIRTHDAY!!!)



Phone rang at 7:00 on my b-day morning. I woke up and showered as Tim went to get breakfast for everyone from Roaring Forks. I ate breakfast as the kids slept. Tim then woke them up and they gave me my gifts. Tim bought me two Disney tank tops that I LOVED. A gorgeous sterling silver charm bracelet from the DownTown Disney store and sterling silver Mickey mouse necklace (that you can see in future pics) as well. I was so happy,! Great presents, and Disney World for my b-day . . .YEAH!!!! What a great day.

I had given a lot of thought on what park I wanted to go to on my big day. I chose Animal Kingdom because I had been looking forward to riding Expedition Everest. We got on the 8:30 bus and arrived at Animal Kingdom at 9:05 (bus ride took awhile from the lodge because it stops at Typhoon Lagoon on the way there). Our game plan was to have Tim run for FP’s for Expedition Everest while the rest of us headed to Dinoland to meet him. My mom got me an “it’s my birthday pin” from guest services before we entered the park so I was wearing that for the morning.

Well, Tim went with the MASSES (and I mean MASSES) of people and sprinted towards Everest. He later told me that it was “every man for himself” and was like a marathon. He said the line for FP’s was longer than the line itself. By the time he got up to the front the return time was around 10:50- incredible.

On our way to Dinoland we passed Tough to be a Bug and there was no wait so I had mom and dad and Luke stop for that and told them to meet Lauren and I in Dinoland (this attraction FREAKED Lauren out last year and I didn’t want to do that to her again, even though I LOVE the show myself). We headed to Dinoland and it was EMPTY. We walked onto the Triceritops spin 3 different times. Each time the CM’s said “Happy b-day” as I passed. We then spotted Tim and he was a PUDDLE of sweat. He was so tired and was explaining how crazy it was on that side of the park. I was THRILLED we had the FP’s in hand.

Mom, dad and Luke met up with us and it was time for Dinosaur. Last year they had given Luke a special card because he wasn’t tall enough to ride and I had held onto it. I presented it at the gate and they said we could all go on with the card. (I sent my dad and Lauren back to Triceritops spin because it would be too much for dad and Lauren was too short to ride). We went in and rode dinosaur. GREAT, WILD, SCARY ride, LOVED IT! Mom hung in there and liked it too. I still can’t believe Luke rode and loved it.

After this ride there were live performers we enjoyed ( a juggling act with painters uniforms).

We then started talking game plan. I knew that if we wanted to do the safari before leaving around 1:00 we would need to get a FP for it before we went to Expedition Everest. We decided Tim and Luke would ride Everest first and mom, dad and I would head to the other side of the park to get FP’s for the Safari. We headed in our opposite directions. On the way to the Safari Lauren and I stopped for this pic:

We got to the safari after a long hot walk (it was a heat index of 107 on this day- VERY HOT w/ no breeze). Our return time for the safari was 11:50-12:50- PERFECT.

We then got a 2-way radio call from Tim saying they got off the ride already and for us to come over to ride.

By the way when we got there (at around 11:00 – the return time for Everest was already 2:50-3:50, so if you are going to AK and want to ride GET THERE EARLY)



My mom, dad, Luke and I went on the ride. OH MY GOSH- this ride ROCKS!!!! I absolutely loved it – what a ride to experience on your b-day. I had looked forward to this ride since I saw it being built last summer when we were there and it did not disappoint. My mom and especially dad were a little shaken but they liked it too (a little too rough for their tastes) We had gotten a parent swap pass too just in case we would be able to ride again. When we got off mom and dad volunteered to take the kids for snacks (which they were BEGGING for) while Tim and I got to ride together. Tim and I have been to Disney together for the past 3 years with small children and have never gotten to ride a Disney roller coaster together- this was WONDERFUL! How cool. . .in Disney for my 30th, getting to ride the best ride ever with my best friend and husband – GREAT MEMORY!!!

As we got out it was SO extremely hot. At this point everyone was still thinking that I wanted to stay for Lion King after lunch and the safari. I told everyone that I thought it was too hot for the kids and all of us to stay that long today so that we could leave after the safari. We looked at the map to find somewhere to eat for lunch. We saw that the Tusker House wasn’t to terribly far away and was close to the Safari so we walked there. On the way we ran into a Jungle Book character:

We had a great lunch at the Tusker House (one of the better counterservice meals w/ the credits that we had this trip).



After lunch we hit the safari. The stand by line was TWO HOURS LONG and people were actually waiting in it. I couldn’t believe it. I just don’t understand with FP’s available why people would waste their time waiting in a line for 2 hours. Oh well. . Here is my mom, Tim and Lauren waiting in line for the safari:

The safari was great as usual. A very hot and tired Lauren actually fell asleep at the end of the safari. I handed her off to Tim.



After the safari we had a long HOT walk to the bus :

When we got back to the room Tim told the kids they could wait up for a bit because a surprise was coming at 2:00. Sure enough a knock on the door at two o’clock and I was presented with the most INCREDIBLY TASTING chocolate covered tuxedo strawberries ever. YUM!!!:

I gave the kids each one and I ate the rest (Tim said he wanted me to have them all, I kept offering. . .honest!) These were INCREDIBLE and were gone in 5 minutes (o.k. maybe even less than that : )



After naps we awoke to a wake up call, jumped in the shower and headed to the Magic Kingdom. I couldn’t decide where to spend my b-day and had decided I wanted an evening at the MK to watch SpectroMagic so I booked Tony’s for dinner.

I have to admit, I was nervous about this one because of the mixed reviews here on the Dis but we had a great dinner (but more on that later)



We entered the park on a BEAUTIFUL night. As I got the rental stroller mom and Tim both took off at the same time to get buttons so I ended up with two b-day buttons. After looking at the pics it looks a bit obscene but . . .oh well!

Here we are on Main street on the beautiful night:

We had about an hour before dinner and I wanted my parents to see Philarmagic since they hadn’t seen it before. Lauren had it in her head she wanted to ride the Pooh ride so I told them to head to Philarmagic and Lauren and I would go to Pooh. When we got to Pooh it was a one hour line so that wouldn’t do. We ended up finding Pooh’s playful spot so she played there for awhile instead and I got FP’s for Pooh to ride after dinner:

Boy was it hot that night!!!



They got out of Philarmagic (which they loved, hey how couldn’t you love it?) and we headed to dinner.



We had a bit of a wait for dinner and when they called us in the lady who seated us gave the kids Mickey confetti and streamers to decorate the table with. Here they are having fun doing that:

Here is the b-day girl at dinner: (with my obscene buttons: )

(you can also see my new necklace Tim bought for me in this pic)



We had a wonderful meal and right as we were wrapping up and the server was clearing the table that the “not so wonderful” thing happened.

Let me preface this by saying that I know earlier in this trip Luke and Lauren had a stomach bug and vomiting.

Now Lauren was born 2 months early and has a gag reflux that acts up every now and then when she gets upset and is crying at meal time. Well at this meal she was tired and was screaming to get out of her chair. Right as she was doing that the waiter was clearing her plate. Well. . . Lauren puked EVERYWHERE!!! GREAT. . .My mom and I swooped into action. She stood behind Lauren trying to keep her still as I cleaned. We had to laugh because my moms rear end was on the poor couples table behind us. We couldn’t stop laughing at that one. The waiter came back to make sure she was alright and we assured him he was and it was due to her premature birth yada yada yada. O.K. on with the b-day dinner. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!?!

Here is Lauren entertaining herself in the mirror after the “incident” as we waited for desert to arrive (as you can she the girl is PERFECTLY fine):

They then brought me out a b-day cake and the whole restaurant sang to while twirling their napkins:

After an “interesting” but over all nice b-day dinner we headed to Fantasyland to ride Winnie the Pooh with the FP’s since we had promised Lauren. It was a cute ride as always and mom and dad got to experience it for the first time.

We then headed to Frontierland because it was already 8:15 and we needed to get spots for Spectro. We had perfect seats again in front of the Hall of Presidents. My mom said this was the first time she was able to actually sit for the parade, it was SO nice not being so crowded:

After Spectro we decided to head back to the hotel. As we got onto the boat back to WL it was 9:55 so I was hoping we’d get to see the fireworks from the boat. We did get to see most of them before we got back so that was nice.

We headed back to the room for a good nights sleep.

Another night of turndown service. The kids absolutely LOVE this and Lauren searches the room for chocolates and eats them very fast before we tell her it is time for bed.

What a GREAT b-day. Another memorable day in Disney and I ended the day with a smile on my face.



To come in day 7: A great day at Epcot and my very grumpy reaction to DH’s change of plans but turns out to be a great last evening with my parents. Stay tuned. . . .

 

[PaulDavid's mom]

Oh I am sooo loving this report! You are a great writer. And I did get a little chuckle when I saw where you put the buttons. You most likely did that on purpose, where as if I had two buttons, I would put them there and not realize for the entire day what people were giggling about!

 

[KathyRN137]

Happy Birthday!!

Kathy