WillowBelle
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- Joined
- Mar 4, 2009
Stomach's full the girls and I head over to the van.
This is the first trip that we've used our own transportation to get places, rather than rely on Disney to get us around. I drove today because we have reservations tonight @ 7:40 at the Grand Floridian at 1900 Park Fare with Cinderella and family. Thought driving it would be quicker getting back and forth, rather than waiting for a bus to arrive.
Anyway ... getting back on track
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We drive to the:
and parked in:
Then climb on the tram (which in a few days Angelina will declare this to be her favorite ride):
We then climbed onto the monorail because the girls wanted to get there 'fast'. We were out of sorts seeing as how it wasn't rope drop so we were coming in behind so many people. We didn't know where to begin!
Stroll down Main St. USA, where I snapped off a few quick photos:
The obligatory balloon shot:
Listened to a Dapper Dan whistle while he worked:
Stopped to take my first picture of the castle:
The girls aren't crazy about me taking pictures while we're on trips like this. They don't wander away, just sometimes they don't notice that I've stopped - I spend a lot of time playing catch up to them.
Neither one of the girls like 'roller coaster' rides, so we don't spend time standing in those crazy lines. Before we left home, I had convinced them to ride BTMRR. I showed them pictures where there were 3 people in a car. We had it all worked out where I would sit in the middle and hold on for dear life to each girl. All was good until we got right up to it. Then Angelina had a mini-breakdown tears and all, that she didn't want to go on it. So we decided to leave that area of the park and walk towards the HM. On our way we saw a friend:
I'm lucky in respect that the girls don't mind being in their own doom buggy sometimes with me riding solo. I decided to break out the 50mm and snap a few pictures in the ride:
Those were the best two taken that go around - there will be more, just later.
After riding the HM we were completely confused as what to do next. We wandered towards and through Fantsyland declaring every ride line too long. Then we wandered up to:
With only a 20 minute wait, the girls figured it was worth it. I decided that my stomach was still too full from "breakfast" to get on, so I snapped a few pictures, with the fisheye, while they rode. They were the last two to get on the ride, so I had zero time to set up the picture - had to snap and run!
Dashed over to the side of the teacups and got this one real quick:
30 seconds later and the girls were finished on the teacups.
Up next we head towards Tomorrowland and grab our first fastpass......
This is the first trip that we've used our own transportation to get places, rather than rely on Disney to get us around. I drove today because we have reservations tonight @ 7:40 at the Grand Floridian at 1900 Park Fare with Cinderella and family. Thought driving it would be quicker getting back and forth, rather than waiting for a bus to arrive.
Anyway ... getting back on track
.We drive to the:
and parked in:
Then climb on the tram (which in a few days Angelina will declare this to be her favorite ride):
We then climbed onto the monorail because the girls wanted to get there 'fast'. We were out of sorts seeing as how it wasn't rope drop so we were coming in behind so many people. We didn't know where to begin!
Stroll down Main St. USA, where I snapped off a few quick photos:
The obligatory balloon shot:
Listened to a Dapper Dan whistle while he worked:
Stopped to take my first picture of the castle:
The girls aren't crazy about me taking pictures while we're on trips like this. They don't wander away, just sometimes they don't notice that I've stopped - I spend a lot of time playing catch up to them.
Neither one of the girls like 'roller coaster' rides, so we don't spend time standing in those crazy lines. Before we left home, I had convinced them to ride BTMRR. I showed them pictures where there were 3 people in a car. We had it all worked out where I would sit in the middle and hold on for dear life to each girl. All was good until we got right up to it. Then Angelina had a mini-breakdown tears and all, that she didn't want to go on it. So we decided to leave that area of the park and walk towards the HM. On our way we saw a friend:
I'm lucky in respect that the girls don't mind being in their own doom buggy sometimes with me riding solo. I decided to break out the 50mm and snap a few pictures in the ride:
Those were the best two taken that go around - there will be more, just later.
After riding the HM we were completely confused as what to do next. We wandered towards and through Fantsyland declaring every ride line too long. Then we wandered up to:
With only a 20 minute wait, the girls figured it was worth it. I decided that my stomach was still too full from "breakfast" to get on, so I snapped a few pictures, with the fisheye, while they rode. They were the last two to get on the ride, so I had zero time to set up the picture - had to snap and run!
Dashed over to the side of the teacups and got this one real quick:
30 seconds later and the girls were finished on the teacups.
Up next we head towards Tomorrowland and grab our first fastpass......
I love your pictures!! wow!!! They are great!! We are headed back to Pop next month and have requested to stay in the 70's section. It will be our first time in that section because we have always stayed in the 80's and 90's. What building were you in? Can't wait for more...
when we would use the bus. Can't win for loosing sometimes 
. Especially when it comes to my kids!
to have a corner room right near the elevator!
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That's my issue about driving down to WDW. After such long drive, I will be too tired to have any fun on the first day.
- I explain to her that there was no sign posted 'no U-Turn' that we'd be alright 
! I told her that the confirmation number was in their vallet lot if she needed me to go get it. She said she trusted me and wrote my name down on the paper because THE SYSTEM WAS DOWN!!!! It was 7:00 and we were checking in early for a 7:40 reservation. Then she told me that they were pretty on target with their seatings. We were given our buzzer and told to head towards the lobby.
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The GF is gorgeous. Did you look in the Basin store while you were there?
