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[inkedupmomma]

Wow, my TR has had 19,593 views! But only 299 posts lol! Reply lurkers, reply!

 

[Synndy]

Loving the update!!!

I'm still dead serious lady! Ill have baby Brodes with me & hopefully miss HeatherBelle. As long as we are still in Florida, we will make the trip. And I will gladly hang with Jack & Kayla!

I really want to try Tusker House soon. I love character dining. I personally love Garden Grille. It was by far the best one I've been too & I highly recommend it.

We stayed at AKL & I have ZERO desire to eat at Jiko, Boma or Sanaa. I dont like Indian food either so I'm glad I saw your update to assure me to never eat there.

Also I noticed your mermaid in the one photo... I am STILL in awe they caused a stink over that. Again... better you than I. There would have been a scene.

So with your massive amounts of free time (I'm funny, I know) Do we get a Pre trip report soon?

I cant even imagine how your head must be spinning working, being a mama, planning a wedding, planning a Dismoon, and living your day to day like. I give you major props

If theres anything I can help with, feel free to let me know. I dont think I can be much help but even if its just to vent, get a hold of me

When the planning time gets closer, we will have to figure out maybe a dinner or something. I plan on doing a few days in Disney with the baby & getting the dinning plan. Even if its just a QS lunch or something. I doubt hubby will be with me since he really cant get time off work but who knows, he might be there.

Ok, enough of my rambling. I should be productive & clean

 

[Trentmom]

Great update!!

we went to Rafkis' Planet last year for first time and thought it was great there

Love all the gorilla pics. They are always so fun to watch


Love the pic with Bambi's GF

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That stinks that food at Jiko was not you expected

Kids club looks fun

 

[wdwfan22]

Ok, I'll confess, i'm one of the lurkers. I did post once on your pre trip report. It was so moving. And I also check my subscribed thread often to see if you've updated. As others have said, your trip reports are so real and fun! The four of you are such a cute family. And the challenging times make the good times better.

I think you will find the cooler weather on your next trip really nice. I have been there on some really hot days too, and it just sucks the life out of you. I usually try now if I can to go in cooler months. But my husband and I are doing our first solo trip Sep 30 - Oct 9, so I hope it's not too hot!!

Looking forward to more!!

 

[inkedupmomma]

Loving the update!!!

I'm still dead serious lady! Ill have baby Brodes with me & hopefully miss HeatherBelle. As long as we are still in Florida, we will make the trip. And I will gladly hang with Jack & Kayla!

I really want to try Tusker House soon. I love character dining. I personally love Garden Grille. It was by far the best one I've been too & I highly recommend it.

We stayed at AKL & I have ZERO desire to eat at Jiko, Boma or Sanaa. I dont like Indian food either so I'm glad I saw your update to assure me to never eat there.

Also I noticed your mermaid in the one photo... I am STILL in awe they caused a stink over that. Again... better you than I. There would have been a scene.

So with your massive amounts of free time (I'm funny, I know) Do we get a Pre trip report soon?

I cant even imagine how your head must be spinning working, being a mama, planning a wedding, planning a Dismoon, and living your day to day like. I give you major props

If theres anything I can help with, feel free to let me know. I dont think I can be much help but even if its just to vent, get a hold of me

When the planning time gets closer, we will have to figure out maybe a dinner or something. I plan on doing a few days in Disney with the baby & getting the dinning plan. Even if its just a QS lunch or something. I doubt hubby will be with me since he really cant get time off work but who knows, he might be there.

Ok, enough of my rambling. I should be productive & clean

Thank you for ALL of the offers, mucho appreciated, and glad I could help you with the Jiko situation! I'm trying to figure days out and include everyone! I'm hoping you, heather, beka and sophia can all meet up!

Great update!!

we went to Rafkis' Planet last year for first time and thought it was great there

Love all the gorilla pics. They are always so fun to watch


Love the pic with Bambi's GF

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That stinks that food at Jiko was not you expected

Kids club looks fun

kids club ruled! and i loved the gorillas, all the animals ruled this trip!

Ok, I'll confess, i'm one of the lurkers. I did post once on your pre trip report. It was so moving. And I also check my subscribed thread often to see if you've updated. As others have said, your trip reports are so real and fun! The four of you are such a cute family. And the challenging times make the good times better.
welcome! Thanks for hopping out and introducing yourself! I apologize for my slow moving.. my ups and downs continue and sometimes I am just TOO tired to write! and thank you for the compliments!

I think you will find the cooler weather on your next trip really nice. I have been there on some really hot days too, and it just sucks the life out of you. I usually try now if I can to go in cooler months. But my husband and I are doing our first solo trip Sep 30 - Oct 9, so I hope it's not too hot!!

Looking forward to more!!

I'm REALLY praying we love FEb, as we are looking for a new annual time! I'll say this, even if hot on your trip, much easier when solo!! Enjoy!

 

[inkedupmomma]

After a nice night out we decided to take today to sleep in a bit.. not too late though! This morning we had an adr at Kouzzina! I was very eager to try this breakfast! It came highly recommended from Jophia!

I have always DIED to go to the boardwalk ! Got there and was not impressed like I thought I would be :/ It was nice, but I guess growing up near the shore with real boardwalk it just didn't wow me .... With that said, it was cute!

We checked in and were seated promptly. Although i recall being mad at Bob..and him with me.. NO CLUE WHY!

I still took pics.. must not have been that mad lol

MAN, I hope I lose weight before this wedding/trip deal... I look SO FAT in every pic! Blech.

Once seated we were told we could order ANY drinks on the menu! smoothies, pressed pot, whatever! Thank you DxDP! I feel if you pay extra for the DxDP that should be included everywhere!

Iced coffee?? Why sure, thank you!

Pressed pot for Bob, why not!?

Jack was SO full of silly this morning and I got some great pics of him!

Keep in mind, I have no clue what was going on here, but he was on fire!

The food and service here was great!

I had- Classic Golden Waffle - with Whipped Mascarpone Cheese, Honey, and Chopped Pecans and choice of Bacon or Chicken Sausage $10.49

Bob had- Spinach, Tomato, and Feta Scrambled Eggs - served with Breakfast Potatoes with choice of Bacon or Chicken Sausage $11.99

Kayla had the kids french toast with fruit..surprise surprise!

Jack had scrambled eggs, bacon and potatoes

Again, for the price, this place is a new must do for us! LOVED it and the service ruled!

After breakfast was over we decided to SPLIT UP! No no..not because we were fighting! But because today was Boys day and girls day!

Bye bye stinky boys!

HELLLLLOOOOOO girls day!

The boys made there way to Blizzard beach, and us girls went to DTD.

The boys took the van because Kayla wanted to take the bus.. BIGGEST MISTAKE EVER!

 

[inkedupmomma]

We waited a FULL HOUR before the bus came! Saving grace was a nice CM who waits outside at the bus stop and does games! Kayla won a few cute items! One being a pink pirate bandanna!
We got to DTD and us girls had a blast shopping and just strolling around

We all finished up around 2 and headed back to POFQ. Kayla and I took the boat back to POFQ.Bob said that it had poured at BB which is not far from DTD..it never rained in DTD.. weird! He said he and Jack had a blast together and that BB was empty! Bob likes TL better, Jack liked BB better

When we got back to POFQ this guy was there waiting for us

continued in next post....

 

[inkedupmomma]

Today was super fun, but tonight was going to be REALLY FUN! Tonight we were meeting up with Jophia for my all time favorite Disney event MNSSHP!

How freaking adorable are my boys???

Our goal was to be at the MK by 4pm! Kayla wanted her hair wrapped, and jack wanted to go back to the barbershop for hair gel!

When we arrived we stopped for some quick PP pics

As soon as we walked in I booked it for the hair wrap station near POTC and Bob took Jack to the barbershop..

Lucky for both of us, we were able to get in!

Kaylas hair wrap was done in record time, so she and I snuck a quick ride on POTC

After POTC we raced back just in the nick of time to make our 4:55 ADR at CP with Jophia We saw that Bob and Jack had found Jophia when they arrived and were walking up at the same time!

We checked in and waited for a few minutes. Enough time to take pics of his "cool dude" hair !

What an awesome job they did and it was cheap! I wanna say it cost $7 and looked awesome for MNSSHP!

We were seated fairly quickly and the characters came through as fast as we were seated!

First up!

Then Kaylas favorite!

notice piglets face and Kaylas uh oh face...

Yup.. Jacks hair gel done got all up in piglets grill...oops

The show must go on...

next up...

Dinner was great, this is one dinner buffet that I can actually tolerate and seems to have fresh food.

After dinner though, Joe and I were on a mission..who cares if we were stuffed, Dole Whips were calling our names! and man were they GOOD!

Next up- BOO TO YOU!

 

[stacopp]

I am also coming out of lurkdom today how much I have enjoyed your trip report. Keep those tons of pictures coming!

 

[inkedupmomma]

I am also coming out of lurkdom today how much I have enjoyed your trip report. Keep those tons of pictures coming!

Yay! Thank you! So glad you're enjoying it as much as I am writing it!

Stay tuned!

 

[beachphotog]

Hahah, I love how Piglet ended up with orange hair gel on his face! He looks so silly!
Can't wait to hear about the MNSSHP! Great updating!

 

[WDWaddictt]

Hi...I am coming out of lurken'ville. I like your TR. I just have a couple of questions...did you say your daughter was 10 on this trip, and being charged a child? When I go in Feb my daughter will be 10 Nd she is a very picky eater. I wish I could just pay for her to be a kid still...urrrg. Question #2 where did you get those tie dye shirts they are awesome?

 

[inkedupmomma]

Hi...I am coming out of lurken'ville. I like your TR. I just have a couple of questions...did you say your daughter was 10 on this trip, and being charged a child? When I go in Feb my daughter will be 10 Nd she is a very picky eater. I wish I could just pay for her to be a kid still...urrrg. Question #2 where did you get those tie dye shirts they are awesome?

HI! and welcome

Yes, they charged her as child, but it was a total fluke. At the time of booking she was 9, but I said will be 10. Not sure but CM must have put her in as 9? With that said, I'm not sure how that happened as we were listed from previous trips? Luckily she looks 6, so no questions were raised. But honestly the price difference between kid and adult isn't SO big that it's a deal breaker for us.

You could try just saying shes younger than she is... but that is lying on purpose and an absolute dis no no!

Ill be glad that they fixed the issue this time, she likes more adult foods and will be just 12 this trip

and thank you for liking the shirts! We MADE them!! wahoo!

 

[inkedupmomma]

With full bellies and DOLE WHIPS in our hands, we were all happy campers and ready to start our MNSSHP fun!

Where does one start MNSSHP fun you ask? Well POTC of course!

When we got off the ride they had games set up for MNSSHP guests, the kids..and Bob were thrilled!

Pirate faced Kayla?

We also made our first stop for candy!

After that it was time for Splash Mountain!

This was at the end of the ride and I loved it

Candy line

and Bob and Joe both got these cool bracelets! Bob still wears his almost every day!

After Sm it was time for my favorite ride during MNSSHP, Haunted Mansion!

After HM, we were all DYING of thirst, and there were NO drinks to be found, ANYWHERE! ANYWHEREEEEEE!

We did however stop at this point to use the bathrooms at Pinocchios Village Hause.. and I saw this guy in a Perry costume.. not a great pic, but it was awesome!

With empty bladders we decided to ride Sophias favorite, Mickeys Philharmagic!

I love that ride every time!

It was getting a bit late and we were all tired from a long trip, but HALLOwishes was about to begin, so we found a spot for that..... very rude people near us this year, kept jumping either in front of Sophia or myself as we tried to take pics!

The boys sat, while we took pics

I didn't get great pics this year.. oh well!

As always HALLOwishes was awesome and made my trip!

Gotsta go to work, but next up, the rest of MNSSHP,and a couple new meet and greets!




PS- Got our Be Our Guest ressie after 90 minutes of trying to get through this morning! Anyone else try? How'd you do?

 

[starann]

WOW, you have been doing a lot of updating lately!

The Neverland club looked awesome! I have thought about KNO or NC for the boys, but think I would feel so guilty leaving them, but the idea of having a night, just him and I sounds blissful!

So after Piglet got himself a little messy, did he have to go 'clean up' or did he keep going on?

 

[inkedupmomma]

WOW, you have been doing a lot of updating lately!

The Neverland club looked awesome! I have thought about KNO or NC for the boys, but think I would feel so guilty leaving them, but the idea of having a night, just him and I sounds blissful!

So after Piglet got himself a little messy, did he have to go 'clean up' or did he keep going on?

Oh my god! Don't feel guilty, I did and had a hard time enjoying date night, only to find out my kids loved being there and ASKED if they can go back on our next trip! I highly recommend it!

Piglet left right after and magically another appeared almost instantly!

 

[wdwfan22]

Loved seeing more updates. You guys looked so cute for MVMCP. The Haunted Mansion looks awesome! We will be going to the party for the first time this Oct. We couldn't decide if we wanted to dress up, we really didn't want to spend money on fancy costumes and I'm not very creative to make something, but I like the matching shirts idea. I think I will look for some. I can't wait to see the Headless Horseman and the whole parade.

Christmas season is my favorite at the Disney parks, (both DL & DW), but I have always wanted to try Halloween time. I'm very excited!

 

[inkedupmomma]

Loved seeing more updates. You guys looked so cute for MVMCP. The Haunted Mansion looks awesome! We will be going to the party for the first time this Oct. We couldn't decide if we wanted to dress up, we really didn't want to spend money on fancy costumes and I'm not very creative to make something, but I like the matching shirts idea. I think I will look for some. I can't wait to see the Headless Horseman and the whole parade.

Christmas season is my favorite at the Disney parks, (both DL & DW), but I have always wanted to try Halloween time. I'm very excited!

We knew how hot it would be and that costumes really weren't going to be a great option for us this year, so we opted to just do the fun matching shirts and hair accessories and what not

The headless horseman is amazing! You should be excited, its a great time of year for decor and merchandise (in my opinion :> )

 

[Trentmom]

Loving all the updates

Being near the shore as well, boardwalk is not that impressive.

However, next time you go, go to boardwalk at night. Now that is more fun and there are some performers on the boardwalk making it more fun and it is pretty all lit up

That was funny about Piglet and the gel

I am so excited for MNSSHP. Haven't seen it in 2 years

I liked your wishes shot, especially the last one. Very cool

 

[inkedupmomma]

Loving all the updates

Being near the shore as well, boardwalk is not that impressive.

However, next time you go, go to boardwalk at night. Now that is more fun and there are some performers on the boardwalk making it more fun and it is pretty all lit up

That was funny about Piglet and the gel

I am so excited for MNSSHP. Haven't seen it in 2 years

I liked your wishes shot, especially the last one. Very cool

I would imagine you are right about it being cooler at night.. first thing in am it was empty and just... blech.

So glad you get to go to MNSSHP, please have some extra fun for me