I think your plans sound wonderful! I love the idea of just staying at a nice resort and ENJOYING it. Not having to rush around and get to different places. Sounds divine.
I have looked into Vero Beach before and it looks so nice. We want to do a beach trip somewhere, probably next summer and just relax.
You lucky DVC girl getting to plan out your vacations for years to come!!
The beach is #1 priority next summer. Emily and Luke need a beach vacation, we went to HH when Emily was three months old... so even Hannah has little beach experience behind her. I love all the pics of an empty beach, I am not a fan of crowded beaches.
Right now, I think a couple of days at Beach Club with nothing to do but enjoy the resort, smell the lobby, enjoy SAB, share a No Way Jose, have a clam bake at Cape May Cafe and sit on the beach with a campfire, smores and a movie under the stars sounds wonderful.
Can you tell I miss the Beach Club?
All things I hope to do.. I really want the Beach Club and would be flexible on dates to have it!
Another vote for BC!
OH, we love AK! I cannot wait to see Lion King, we still haven't caught it yet. It seems like we can never get in a really good touring groove there for some reason.
Love all the character pix/interactions. You have the character mojo on this trip for sure.
So happy that Hannah loved EE. We are also going to try to get on it this trip.
I must admit AK was a great flow day.... we hit Lion King and Nemo, which I did not think we could. I was beyond thrilled!
Wow, you guys really busted some tail at AK! I am impressed to see all you got done. We've done Nemo and FOTLK one time each, but on different trips. It's so hard to get them both in with the current times they are offered -- which is a total bummer for the crew who can't/don't enjoy the thrill rides there! Sorry to hear that the girls were not fans of ITTBAB - hopefully next time will be a charm.
Those shows were so awesome to get us in the AC too!
I'd be okay without going to the parks on a trip, too. I went once when I only went to one park for one day, but I have never been without going to any park at all. However, I can think of lots of things we could do without ever going to on of the four parks: mini-golf, Chip and Dale's campfire and movie, resort hopping, Wishes from the Poly Beach, any resort character dining, AKL to see the animals, Ft. Wilderness to ride the horses, DTD, waterparks, DisneyQuest...
Some of those cost money and some don't, but I doubt it all adds up to the price of a park ticket. I also wouldn't be opposed to staying on Disney property and going over to the beach, SeaWorld, doing things on I-Drive, etc.
Flower and Garden Festival is beautiful and Magic Kingdom dressed in orange and pumpkins is cool, so I hope you'll get to do those someday on a spring or fall break.
Sounds just lovely!
MeMom your list is exactly what I want to do next summer. I for sure want to go to the Campfire at Ft. Wilderness and at least take the girls to AKL our new "home." Mini golf is a possible thing... if we can catch a break from the heat. I figure a movie and campfire beachside is a for sure fun too..
Wow! You got a lot done! I just love Em's shirt this day, it's is super cute and she looks adorable with her Mickey sunglasses. Hehehe.
Filk has quite the rear on him! He has to be careful with that thing or he could take out a kiddo.
I didn't realize they are doing character greetings in the Pocahontas theater...hmmm, I must put that on my list.
I had not heard about Pocahontas either... I needed to take a picture to remember to share that information.
That's what I was going to ask - Are they just using that as a play and meet 'n greet area now?
Also, what did your mom think of the chicken salad - good or not? I like to do different things than hamburgers all the time, so I'm always on the hunt for the different things they offer. If you think about it, ask her if she would get it again or not.
Lots of good pictures! Thanks for sharing!
I thought of Brooklynn at Pocahontas. It was fun back there, we could have stayed longer but we wanted to go and see Nemo. I was hoping we would catch Chip and Dale later in the trip....
The salad was good, the hamburger did not get rave reviews from my dad... just okay. The nuggets there were not the normal kiddie meal ones they were actually pretty good.
I must admit I never had a hamburger the entire week, which shocked me!
Wow! THat was a great update! You did a lot this morning so far... We loved Nemo too!! I took some photos, but not too many came out! I agree with you on kids who don't behave... I also am surprised when parents keep kids who are screaming about the ride, in line and force them to do it... this is supposed to be the happiest place on earth, people...
Our DS loved Everest too! He just turned 7 -- but did it when he was 6 last Nov, I thought he was going to pass... so I am glad your DD went back for more!!!
Looking forward to seeing how the rest of your day went!
This was a good day... now the next day had some bus moments and a not so good Laura moment!
LOVE em's sunglasses! she's such a cutie pie.
sorry you had rudeness behind you at nemo. that just kills me. i vow to not be one of those parents who threaten to discipline my kids loud enough for everyone to hear me but then never really follow through with it. i hate it when people ruin others' enjoyment of the show because their kids are misbehaving and they're too lazy to do anything about it!
yay for hannah for riding EE!!!! i'm glad she liked it.
I had forgotten the naughty kids and parents until I went to write the update.... so it did start to pale in time. I did enjoy Nemo, I just want to be by people who behave next time!
Great pictures with Pocahontas and Flick. I agree Flick had a great background.
I love the Mickey sunglasses.
If Vero Beach does not work out, I hear Hilton Head is great for a beach trip also.
HH is hard to get in the summer with DVC from what I have heard. But I would love to stay there someday, we visited it to check out the resort before!
Wow, you got to both shows!! Awesome planning.
Ian was also not a fan of ITTBAB.
How neat that you got a picture with Flik! I'm not sure I've ever seen one with him.
DH wanted to get one just because of the background. It does look cool!
Another great day for everyone! Luke looked so happy watching his sisters on Triceratops Spin.
Sorry your Nemo show was made less than magical by the naughties behind you. I figure it this way, the apples don't fall far from the tree and that's why the parents were the way they were!
I hope you made it to the parade, it's a good one!
MeMom has made me want to see it... and after an hour or so I knew that we would not get out of there in time to come back for it.... we were so close!
I LOVE Em's sunglasses - do you happen to remember where you got them?
It sounds like you had a great time that day. I'd like to catch Flik - he really does have a great backdrop! We just don't spend the time we should in AK - mainly because of the heat. But we WILL see Lion King in 2010. We saw Nemo last fall and loved it - my sister-and-brother-in-law got the soundtrack for me for my birthday. I can't blame the girls on It's Tough to Be a Bug. I haven't seen it since I went (pre-kids) with DH, my parents and my brother in 2000. I just remember my brother (he was 22 at the time) jumping up and shouting a few choice words at the end because he was in one of the seats where you "feel" bugs moving out at the end. It really was funny (for us). But my kiddos are nowhere near that yet!!!!
The sunglasses are old, they were Hannah's but fit Em perfectly!
The heat was a kicker there, luckily it was not one of the hottest days yet, actually we all did good there heat wise. Those shows helped a ton!
Em's glasses are just the best!!!
Oh, there seems to be a recurring theme lately on summer TRs and It's Tough to be a Bug! Poor girls!
I am so glad Hannah loved Everest!!! Good for her being brave enough to try it out!
Everest is the one thing she talked about wanting to get back to do again the entire trip.... so I think it was a hit!
You must've been exhausted! What a roller coaster of a day!
On to the next update... sorry... I keep getting behind for some reason!
Kathy
It was a crazy day at EPCOT. It was a long day...
You're right... what a backdrop for a picture!!
Hooray for Hannah! I'm so surprised she liked it...what a big girl!!
Today seems like a much easier day for you all. Except for the rude people at Finding Nemo, things are going great!
So glad!
Looking forward to the results of your "decisions!"
Kathy
Soon!
Well I am to 2009 in my scrapbooking... which is good progress for three days work. I hope to get my photopass CD and order my Disney prints and get caught up by August! I also plan to finish AK later today... 
