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[inkedupmomma]

OK..for some reason I have NO notes for this day...but I think I recall why.

I took this picture first thing in the morning, and let me tell you, my pretty little sign did NOT stay nice for long! I would love to thank the Diser that made this, but I lost the note where I wrote her name down So thank you Diser who had these on a free profile!!

Luckily I remember most of today because it was NOT the most magical day of our trip.

We woke up nice and early after going to bed nice and early! Everyone was ready in record time, and we were out the door and on our way to our first park of the trip..where else?? MAGIC KINGDOM!! My fav!

We got in the car and got to the stop sign and I looked at bob for directions but then recalled a piece of advice that Sophia had given me the night before, and that was to not take the service road because you can not get to the TTA from there.

Not sure what happened but Bob got pissed that I didn't agree with the way he said and it started a huge fight.... (Bean, if you're reading, I'm just telling the story the way it happened... I still think he's the best )

This put me in an instant terrible mood despite Bob's instant apology .. I am stubborn as all get out, and could not get over what had happened. I tried to fake it though....

We got to the parking lot and I parked the van and there was a tram as we walked up, just our luck!

I was still not in picture mode, so I have NO pics of walking down main street.. I think part of that had to do with being focused on getting us checked in for our very first breakfast in Disney World!

It has not been my favorite in the past but is growing on me, and everyone else loves Crystal Palace, so I figured for a first breakfast ,this would impress Bob!

I checked in at a podium that was outside, which is not how I recall checking in for past breakfast's there. It went very quick and he gave me a buzzer.

While we waited the kids decided to take part of the hula hoops that were out!

watching Jack attempt to hula hoop proved to be VERY entertaining!

we were called a few minutes before our scheduled time and I was happy about that! Dining was proving to be punctual!

I have to agree with what I have read on the Dis before I left, and say that quite a few seats seemed empty, and not just people didn't check in yet empty, just empty empty.. it was weird!

We were seated to the right of the restaurant all the way in a back, a first for us. We weren't told what the rotation was at the time, and really had no clue when to go up. I saw Tigger not to far away but decided to get up and start on breakfast! For some reason I have no pictures of the noms, sorry!

Bob trying to be cute to me cause he knew I was still in a mood lol

Tigger proved to be excellent as always!

Next up was Pooh Bear and man, just like in years past Jack was IN LOVE!!

I have a TON more pictures! The characters really spent a great amount of time with the kids, which made me happy!

next up was Eeyore <3

Jack, REALLY had an obsession with touching,hotting, loving the characters lol!

At this point we were wondering where Piglet was... for some reason he had bypassed us and still had not returned.. the boys both had to go potty by now, so I sent them off and told them I would take care of the bill.

While we were doing that I saw Piglet and snagged him over for a quick pic before we left! He is Kaylas favorite after all!

Even I got in on the fun while Kayla played photog!

I felt badly that the boys missed Piglet, but knew they would see them again a few times!

For those of you going soon, here is a copy of the bill!

I really tried to take pics of all the receipts!

All in all breakfast had fantastic character interaction, and our server was great! The food was very good... but MAN did I pay for it shortly after leaving! The kids loved it as they have in the past, and Bob loved it! I forgot to mention earlier, not only was this our first breakfast in Disney, but this was Bob's very first character meal! Paint him impressed! I'll add in his actual thoughts later when I get them from him !

With full bellies we were out the door and ready to take the world by storm....

Next up- which direction do we head, who did we run into, did my mood ruin the day, and oh sweet mother of stomach aches, what was in that CP food??

 

[inkedupmomma]

So Sweet of them!!!!!

I love the silly picts you guys take....I need to do more of that on our trips, afterall the scrapbooks (or shutterfly books) get pretty boring if all I do is take serious picts!

I'm almost positive that Bob and the kids do not know the meaning of serious! The pics get worse (better) as days go on lol

 

[annnewjerz]

oh my...page 3.. i'm slacking! weird thing when I hit my bookmarks this didnt pop up with your name.. wonder if it didn't get bumped after all! thanks though

Sure did get bumped (I checked to make sure after I did it)---but within an hour or so it was back to page 2 and by the time I last checked in yesterday, almost at the bottom of page 2 already. Must have been a busy day for trip reporting! But I see there's an update now, so I'm off to read it!

 

[Trentmom]

Sorry you guys had a tift and it put a damper on things.

But it happens. My dh and I argue at least once on our trip, so totally normally

Looks like great character interaction at CP. You can tell how much Jack really likes Pooh. He has biggest smile on his face with him....too cute

Glad Kayla got to see Piglet

 

[KatMark]

Great update, Jenn. I'm sorry the food didn't agree with you at CP. As you know, CP is our favorite character meal.

I'm sorry the morning didn't start off right with the disagreement with Bob, but hope things turn around as the day goes on.

I love all the character photos, but the one of Jack hugging Pooh is a favorite.

 

[inkedupmomma]

Sure did get bumped (I checked to make sure after I did it)---but within an hour or so it was back to page 2 and by the time I last checked in yesterday, almost at the bottom of page 2 already. Must have been a busy day for trip reporting! But I see there's an update now, so I'm off to read it!

well thank you again!!

Sorry you guys had a tift and it put a damper on things.

But it happens. My dh and I argue at least once on our trip, so totally normally

Looks like great character interaction at CP. You can tell how much Jack really likes Pooh. He has biggest smile on his face with him....too cute

Glad Kayla got to see Piglet

it was a bummer, but these things happen!

it was nice that the characters spent so much time with the kids!

Great update, Jenn. I'm sorry the food didn't agree with you at CP. As you know, CP is our favorite character meal.
it is actually on my must do list now..but man..did it do a number on me lol
I'm sorry the morning didn't start off right with the disagreement with Bob, but hope things turn around as the day goes on.

I love all the character photos, but the one of Jack hugging Pooh is a favorite.

he sure did love the characters! it was so cute!

 

[Disneybuckeye]

I really enjoyed your PTR and can't believe you are already home! Glad you got there and back safely and looking forward to reading more about your trip! Hopefully you can't drag it out a while as we are just under two months until we leave and I need Disney fixes to keep me sane.

 

[ronnmel]

Sorry to hear you guys had a fight on the very first day. At least it seems you had a good time at breakfast.

 

[Fantasyland Mom]

My next update will be Crystal Palace, and we had a VERY similar Piglet experience! I swear we're the same person sometimes.

 

[inkedupmomma]

I really enjoyed your PTR and can't believe you are already home! Glad you got there and back safely and looking forward to reading more about your trip! Hopefully you can't drag it out a while as we are just under two months until we leave and I need Disney fixes to keep me sane.

thanks so much! really appreciate you jumping over from the PTR! It will be dragged out.. I have SO many pictures..hard not to post them all!

Sorry to hear you guys had a fight on the very first day. At least it seems you had a good time at breakfast.

these things happen! breakfast was noms!

My next update will be Crystal Palace, and we had a VERY similar Piglet experience! I swear we're the same person sometimes.

I really think we are! and I love it! where do you live again lol

 

[tlenzendorf]

thanks so much! really appreciate you jumping over from the PTR! It will be dragged out.. I have SO many pictures..hard not to post them all!

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Just post them! What's a good TR without lots of photos??

 

[inkedupmomma]

which direction do we head, who did we run into, did my mood ruin the day, and oh sweet mother of stomach aches, what was in that CP food??

I left you off with full bellies, happy kiddies and a very impressed Bob....Oh yeah, and a bad mood Jenn, who was quickly feeling that yummy CP food!

My original plan was to be a straight up fatty and get my very first dole whip directly after breakfast, so we headed towards Adventureland! Before we could even go over the bridge though, we ran into one of my favorite characters! Peter Pan!

This Peter was great! He really made the kids feel special and made me feel awesome for loving him so much

After Peter we headed towards Adventurelnad

Before we could even get towards my beloved Dole Whip we saw the line to meet the Fairies was not so bad! SO... off we went!

(Kayla being silly!)

I should stop here and say how impressed Bob was! Again, very cool to see things through his eyes!

First up was Rosetta! One of Kaylas favorites!

Bob took pics of all the little details! So cool in there!

Next up was Kaylas absolute favorite ( and every other little girl!) Tinkerbell!

and apparently I have NO pics OR recollection of the third fairy!! I do however have photopass pics on their way to me, courtesy of Jophia <3 So stay tuned!

Once we were done with the fairies my belly really started to hurt and a dole whip no longer was in the cards.. this super bummed me out because I knew we wouldn't be by there again for a LONG time if at all!

I waved sadly at Aloha Isle and vowed to be back sooner than later!

We decided since we were in the area that we would ride the magic carpets!

(poor Kayla still wasn't feeling well, and you can see the sickies in her eyes, shes awesome though and didnt let it affect her!)

During the ride is when all heck broke loose! My belly had enough and I needed to find a bathroom asap!

I told Bob to check out the new Tiki room while I was gone and I would just meet them afterwards...

Well.. that did not happen!

Apparently while I was gone, Kayla through a hissy fit and said they couldn't possibly see the show without me..despite me saying GO.

When I got back, Bob looked mad as all heck, and not only was my belly hurting but my head too now!

Today was NOT going as planned at all!

While I was gone though, they let the camel "spit" all over them!

We were ALL moody when I got back. The kids were being lil pissers and Bob and I still were just not getting along... to be fair though, he didn't know I was still mad and he just thought I wasn't feeling well.. sometimes i just love my nonsensical depression!

Since i was back and we were there, we decided we would wait for Tiki Room since the wait was only 5 minutes!

Boy am I glad we waited! I missed the show my last 2 trips (not that I loved the Iago version!)

It honestly is still one of my favorite attractions and the one thing I remember from my childhood visit!

I took pics..but since I am no photographer, most came out blech! I'll share anyway

The show was amazing and bravo for reverting back to the original show!

After this Bob requested POTC! far be it from me to say no! We ALL love this ride, and there was NO wait time! woot!

I attempted to use my camera, but since you can't use flash I got horrible pics! SO I decided to whip out my handy dandy iPhone and use the Instagram app! Got decent pics!

Since there was no wait we decided to ride again..and again... then when we came out we saw this guy:

After seeing him we decided to go for one more ride! While walking through the line we saw a fam taking a self pic.. I offered to get them all in it, and then they returned the favor!

This is one of my fav pics!

Looking back on my iPhone I have a note that says as of 11:52 we had finished all of adventureland and did 2 character meets! Not bad considering we started around 10:30!

 

[inkedupmomma]

After POTC we were off to Frontierland! Splash did not have much of a wait s we grabbed FP's for BTMRR and got in the stand by line for Splash!

I was so proud of jack! He did NOT want to do roller coaster or "scary" rides before we left, but we somehow convinced him to try Splash. He agreed so long as he got to ride with Bob

Yeah.. I'm nuts and took pics of the whole dang ride! it is so visually appealing!


When we got off the ride we saw Woody and Jessie and I did what I never do, I got in line and waited... yes, we did that earlier in the day, but that was because the lines were so short! This line wasn't terribly long, but man was it HOT out! The line didn't look so bad either, looked like it would go fast... looks can be deceiving, we were there a while! They were great though and Jack really loved meeting Woody!

At this point I was so thirsty I could die and the kids were ready for a little treat, and our first use of snack credit!

After feeling refreshed it was time to use our FP's for BTMRR! NO pics... sorry, too bumpy!

We actually rode this 2 x as the lines were itty bitty!

At this point we were ready for some more action! Jack had been asking all day and been patiently waiting to ride buzz, so we told him we head there now... yup, skip Fantasyland and head to Tomorrowland. We had been in the MK for quite a while now and I still had no hit up FL... I thought there was a law against that, but I guess not!

On our way out of Frontierland we caught the tail end of the stage show Dream Along with Mickey.

Normally I skip all shows, parades (except spectro and wishes, or in this years case MEP) But Jack was just standing there in awe, so how could I go? Honestly, we only saw a little bit, but it was a cute show!

We decided to leave after a few minutes to avoid the crowd all going in the same direction.

Up next: was leaving early a good idea? did Jack get to ride Buzz, who did we meet? and the big blowout..ooof!

 

[MamaJessie]

Thanks for all the Our first park day had fighting too so I can totally relate to the "holding a grudge while faking it and the other person thinks it is over" thing.

 

[inkedupmomma]

OH..also, did anyone notice in the first couple of pics I have black glasses on.. then the rest I have red ones?? yeah, well after we rode POTC, I went to open my glasses and put them on..Apparently i do not know my own strength and i snapped them right in half!

Other side story, I did the same thing this past weekend with the red pair!! I am heart broken as they were minnie mouse glasses!

DOH!!

 

[inkedupmomma]

Thanks for all the Our first park day had fighting too so I can totally relate to the "holding a grudge while faking it and the other person thinks it is over" thing.

I can tell you what, this winds up biting me in the you know where.. you'll see why in next update!

Thanks for reading1

 

[KatMark]

Great updates, Jenn.

I'm so sorry you were not feeling well after breakfast and then had to leave the group and then they all had "moods."

I have to say although I didn't like the last Tiki show with Iago, I wasn't all that impressed with this one. To me, it still is not the original (some new songs, stuff left out).

I love the photo of you, Bob and the kids that the family took -- a great family picture.

We've skipped the castle show the last several years. I always think if I had kids with me, we'd stop. Better get those boys working on grandbabies for me.

Your ending does not sound good. You have me

 

[ronnmel]

Great morning, despite the stomach ache. I think that there are now only two fairies meeting ever since they moved to that location in Adventureland.

Your last picture of Splash Mountain you forgot to hit enter and so two are side by side, making it really wide and hard to read.

 

[Trentmom]

OH..also, did anyone notice in the first couple of pics I have black glasses on.. then the rest I have red ones?? yeah, well after we rode POTC, I went to open my glasses and put them on..Apparently i do not know my own strength and i snapped them right in half!

Other side story, I did the same thing this past weekend with the red pair!! I am heart broken as they were minnie mouse glasses!

DOH!!

Well, that just gives you an excuse to go back...A girl needs her Minnie Mouse Glasses, Right

 

[Trentmom]

Sorry there was a bit of fighting and acting up going on

It is hard getting used to everyone travel ways.

You learn to adjust I am sure

Love Splash. Trent would only go on it once and never again, hated the way it made his stomach feel

Looks like you got a lot done in short of time