18 take on the World for Birthday surprises, some first times and a lot of fun!!

[DizzyErin]

Oh My Goodness i am so sorry to all of you who are reading, life got majorly busy. I was having huge issues with my computer and couldn't get on this site at all due to a virus. I am back and will try to get this finished, i want to relive it all again

 

[karajeboo]

I'll be waiting!!!

 

[lshaw6]

Still here!

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Hi Lisa!

 

[lshaw6]

Hi Lisa!

Hi Tammie!

 

[lshaw6]

Haha! I know you're busy...no pressure!

 

[DizzyErin]

Haha! I know you're busy...no pressure!

Hahaha so so sorry Lisa, life again got in the way, i am working on a post now and as Cj is away this weekend i will try to get a couple done PROMISE

 

[DizzyErin]

Ok i only got the one done but it's a long one hahhahaha
I know it has been soooo long but am sure those of you still reading will forgive me, so here we go the 4th of Feb to HS

So after a short"ish" day yesterday and some catching up of sunshine and a little rest we headed off early this morning to HS, always a fave, in fact they used to have my MOST favourite parade here, Stars and motor cars, unfortunately that is no longer there, but I have just found out it is at DLP which we are off to in a week wooohooo ... Anyway sorry sidetrack so off we go to Hs, park day 4 in a row for some of us, we all went together this morning so yes as always it was like moving with a coach party, but again somehow we managed it! Of course we sent the runners straight to TSM, having never done this we were all looking forward to it, we gave my dad a rest and sent off my BF's hubby with my brother. The rest of us meandered up the main street and headed for the hat, lots of characters were out so of course that's a must and no "Disney" holiday is complete until Cj has met these guys

One year she met them in every park and that still wasn't enough hahah she loves them, in fact I bought her a great tee with them on this year from the new store in DTD Tren'D' and she loves it!! Ok I need to stop sidetracking, sorry just trying to remember everything.
So after the character meet and greets (which were great and the photopass photographers outdid themselves this year, not just the posed pics but pics of the kids playing with the characters etc, so good!!) and the runners back with Fastpasses for all of us for not that long, we then headed to the great movie ride, no queue fabbo. Straight from there we headed to Muppets 3D, a huge fave on mine, I was always a BIG muppets fan growing up and of course passed this on to Cj hahahha. No queue there either so that was fantastic! After this it was time for our fastpasses for TSM yayayyayaa so we headed over there, the kiddos met Sarge whilst we were waiting for the strollers to be parked. Then onto the ride, we ALL went on even the baby hahah, who sat on my aunt’s knee and my dad went with them. I went with my cuz and Cj and A5 went behind us, oh my goodness we had soooo much fun, my cousin and I were screaming at the girls to hit things and just generally laughing. Everyone came off loving it, even baby S bless him.
Today was hot hot hot so my cuz decided to take her littlies straight to the Honey I shrunk the kids play area which they loved from last time, the rest of us headed over to meet the TS characters, loved the sets.

Next we headed for the Backlot tour which I had never done here before. I have done it in DLP and decided it was a must here too! Everyone loved it, and the 2 HM fans especially loved this bit in the queue

As we rounded the last corner S7 spotted the Power Rangers so grabbed his dad and ran over to meet them; the rest of us meandered through the things on the way out. Cuz phoned to say they were heading home for a couple of hours and returning for Fantasmic so the rest of us headed for lunch.
After lunch Bro, SIL and M4 headed home too and again returning for Fantasmic. So the rest of us headed to Star Tours, now I love this ride and always have since the first time I rode it as a kid in DL. 2 years ago Cj and I went with Bf, hubby and kiddos to DLP and they had it there, yayaya, unfortunately it was in French so the kids enjoyed it but didn’t get the full experience as we had no idea what was being said hahaha. So as you can imagine this time they loved it!! Then of course straight to the shop, in which S7 found the best thing to buy, all the muppets characters dressed up as Star Wars characters, hilarious! Time for a quick pic

We then headed to Prince Caspian walk through, again we had never done this so that was good to do, and kids and my mum really enjoyed it hahahhaa. Then out for a rest and a drink, which coincided with the parade, the kids, Bf and hubby went up front to watch it, Mum, dad and I aren’t so keen on this parade so we sat back and rested. After the parade we headed over to Beauty and the Beast show, I really like this show, not one of my favourite films but this is done beautifully. So after this we decided to check out TOT and Asmith, thinking they would be crazy busy by this point I didn’t hold out much hope and unfortunately I was right, so we headed to meet some characters before going to queue for Fantasmic.

So we joined the queue and waited, the kids had snacks and drinks and parked their bottoms on the floor so all was good. Finally the queue moved and we went in, found a row and started spreading out, after all we were waiting for 8 more plus baby, who all arrived soon after, loving not having to queue with the littlies, so we all got popcorn and drinks and settled in for the show.

Fireworks hurt E9's ears so before we went away her mum bought her some of these bless her and they worked a treat, for the first time EVER i saw her smile when fireworks were going off!!!

This piccy is a silly one but shows the obsession that the kids developed whilst we were here, they are called Vinylmations, they are fab, Mickey bodies that are very very different, so most of their money went on these hahaha and at $10 a pop not the cheapest obsession

So this rounded off another great day, cuz and littlies rushed off to get baby to bed and the rest of us meandered eating popcorn, as we were walking we noticed the queue for the 2nd showing of Fantasmic, oh my goodness it was looooong so glad we did the first showing!!
So back home for all of us, tomorrow was a clear day so our plans were to shop shop shop!!!!!

 

[lshaw6]

Wow! It sounds like you guys fit quite a bit into your day. Glad this one went well! I love the pic of Cj with Chip and Dale. I have a pic of Ally with them when she was 6...it is one of my fav's. TSM is fun! Your arms sure do hurt when you are done tho....lol. So nice that you all had a day where everyone enjoyed themselves. I don't know how you remember all this tho...I would have to be taking notes!

 

[tttessa]

Hiya Erin -

love the update sounds like a FANTASTIC day! Just seems odd to see you all in jumpers/long sleeves - in Florida.... we also have photos of the kids with Chip and Dale - only at AK and DLR Paris though.

Tessa

 

[DizzyErin]

Wow! It sounds like you guys fit quite a bit into your day. Glad this one went well! I love the pic of Cj with Chip and Dale. I have a pic of Ally with them when she was 6...it is one of my fav's. TSM is fun! Your arms sure do hurt when you are done tho....lol. So nice that you all had a day where everyone enjoyed themselves. I don't know how you remember all this tho...I would have to be taking notes!

Oh yes indeed we certainly do, the pic with Chip and Dale is always a must , they are her faves for sure! Yes we loved TSM, it was so much fun, unfortunately we only to ride it once whilst we were there, only did 1 early morning at DHS! Hahha the pictures help me to remember as normally my memory is appalling!!

Hiya Erin -

love the update sounds like a FANTASTIC day! Just seems odd to see you all in jumpers/long sleeves - in Florida.... we also have photos of the kids with Chip and Dale - only at AK and DLR Paris though.

Tessa

Yeh we had a great day thanks Tessa. We don't do the characters much at DLP as it is a bit hellish to say the least