A dream is a wish your heart makes - LIVE TRIP REPORT (our sons 1st holiday to disney world)

[xxpeplyxx]

Hey everyone, hope your all looking forward to this live trip report as much as I am
To those that have followed my pre-trip report - Thank you
To those who haven't but want to follow this

So here is an introduction to us (left to right)
on the left is My amazing mum she is 59 and goes by the name mum, Chris or Nana
Next is my Fiancé he is 31 and goes by the name, Kev, Saus and Dada
and lastly is me I am 26 and go by the name, Kel, Kerry and mama



This is our Son/Grandson

He goes by the name of Toby he is 22 months old and is super cute (I'm his mama so obvisouly I am bias lol) and super cheeky



So I must add we are not there yet, but we are going tomorrow

The excitement has well and truly kicked in now

Our suitcases are packed, I just have oddles of house work left to do before bed tonight, as well as a massive pile of ironing to, as I don't want to come back to ironing and housework but before the housework begins we are heading out for dinner later, may as well start as we mean to go on

So anyways, enough waffling, now for the detail, Our flight leaves tomorrow at 1pm but we are leaving for the airport at 7am as we don't want to get stuck in bank holiday traffic and it gives us enough time to get there without worrying

We are due to land in Orlando at 17:10pm but by the time we are through security and collected luggage etc, I am not counting on being at the hotel before 7pm or later, we plan to collect our resort refill mugs and head to bed.
We will be staying at AKL for the first time so we are also super excited about that to
Our first full day will start at Animal Kingdom and end at Disney Spring we cannot wait for you to join us!



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[Tash87]

Ahhh, it's so exciting! I can't wait to read your TR . Hope you have a lush time!

I bet you won't get much sleep tonight, I know I won't the night before we leave .

Your son looks a cutie, bless him. He has no idea what's ahead, the excitement!

I'm with you on the housework and ironing. It's always nice to come home to a clean home

Where are you flying from? Sorry if I missed that on pp. Have you made an order with garden grocer?

Our flight is at 1pm and I'm not planning on getting to our hotel until at least 9pm

 

[xxpeplyxx]

Ahhh, it's so exciting! I can't wait to read your TR . Hope you have a lush time!

I bet you won't get much sleep tonight, I know I won't the night before we leave .

Your son looks a cutie, bless him. He has no idea what's ahead, the excitement!

I'm with you on the housework and ironing. It's always nice to come home to a clean home

Where are you flying from? Sorry if I missed that on pp. Have you made an order with garden grocer?

Our flight is at 1pm and I'm not planning on getting to our hotel until at least 9pm

7pm is just wishful thinking lol! One can hope right lol, we didn't end up doing an order from garden grocers, the main thing we wanted was water and we have bought a Water filter drinking bottle and spare filter so the tap water shouldn't be a problem now we fly out from Gatwick

 

[xxpeplyxx]

So I am up, I couldn't sleep well last night either because I'm just too excited! Honesty I'm more excited than a child at Christmas lol

 

[xxpeplyxx]

Omggggg sooooo stressed! Our entire flight bookings messed up been at the desk an hour and they can't sort it We got here extra early so we could get seats together but currently it looks like that's not going to happen! This nervous flyer is about to have a break down

 

[xxpeplyxx]

We currently have 8 people looking baffled over the booking

 

[Tash87]

Oh no

Hope you got it sorted.

How was the flight?

By the time you see this you'll be there, so now you can relax and enjoy

 

[Sam1]

That's not a great start, I hope you got it sorted and had a good flight.

Looking forward to reading your report!

 

[xxpeplyxx]

Hey all, so we did get our seats that they checked us onto, turns out one of them was extra leg room to! So my fiancé was soooo sooooo happy, our biggest fear was my son being hard work on the plane but he was an absolute angel as were all the other children on the flight, Gatwick airport has a play area which was a god send Toby loved it and it kept him awake!

So I shall go into more detail regarding the flights! They were fab, it went quick and the staff were brilliant, plenty of food which was actually rather tasty to, thanks to everyone for the advice to we needed the spare clothes haha! Toby vomited! There was so much sick haha, the staff again were fab though and couldn't have been more helpful, and the flight was full of babies and toddlers, so all the other mummies helped us and we all kept each other's children occupied it was lovely that's also for some ideas of thins we could take on the plane, he was very well occupied

We finally got to the resort at 2am England time so we got unpacked and went to bed, I've currently been trying to upload images since 6 this morning but it's just not working

Hoping that once we are back at the hotel I can get them uploaded as wifi keeps dropping out here at AK

We are waiting to enter to go have breakfast with Donald and friends at tusker house, so excited

 

[xxpeplyxx]

Ok so I just went to post an ultra long message and the wifi went and my post disappeared lol! So here goes my 3rd attempt at carrying on from yesterday's post

So we finally checked in super late, it wasn't helped by the worst rain I've ever seen on our way to the hotel from the airport, but when we got here, we got something super magical! And upgrade to a Savannah view room! OMG even at night it was amazing, we were all totally overwhelmed and so so grateful

Once check in was complete we were handed out magic bands and luggage tags



After excitedly jumping around the room, totally excited, and amazed by te animals we could see even at night we headed off to Mara for a quick bite to eat.

My fiancé and I shared flat bread pizza with pepperoni and chips and it was delicious!



Then we came back unpacked and went to bed, we laid a couple of pillows and a blanket under toby to make the travel cot way more comfy! He was soundo in seconds, followed by daddy shortly after

 

[xxpeplyxx]

Now onto today, we were obviously up bright and early all thanks to me may I add lol! I was awake by 4:30am lol too excited for the day ahead.

We all got up and bathed/showered ready to get the breakfast bus to animal kingdom

Reading plenty of reviews before hand I had seen many people commenting on shallow baths, they are shallow but perfect for our son, he loves it

Once we were all ready we headed to ththe bus stop to catch the early bus so we could be at animal kingdom for breakfast At tusker house



My first plate of food consisted of a sausage pattie, scrambled eggs, bacon, red akin potato wedges and a ham and cheese frittata, omg it was heaven! Pure heaven!



My son had a sausage pattie followed by lots and lots of fruit.

Oh and the jungle juice (I think that's what it was called) was divine, omg we drank gallons of the stuff!



Then we met, Donald, Mickey, goofy and Daisy! My son isn't a fan just yet but I'm hoping he will warm up to them

Didn't stop us getting pictures though





I will continue this in my next post I just don't want it disappearing again lol

 

[xxpeplyxx]

I also got more food! Obviously, on my next go I got more of the frittata, tater tots, and some freshly carved gammon ham with the dressing they had on offer which was a sweet and spicy dressing and it was absolutely delicious! I was to go back just for that, then last let I got a couple of sweet items to try, which were equally as yummy.

My mum fell in love with the low fat yogurt and ended up getting 3 bowls of it lol must have been good

After this we went onto the safari, we waited around 10 mins in standby, we saw lots of animals and had a great driver, and considering we have been on this many times before he was very informative and we learnt lots!







On route out Toby fell and grazed his k we and head! Typical lol so now has a mark on his little head bless him.

We then used our fast pass pluses and went on expedition Everest and Kali river Rapids the headed back to the hotel for swim and nap time, we all had so much fun in the pool and are now having a little nap before Disney springs later

 

[stephensmum]

Glad the journey went so well. Wow.... AK upgrade. Looking forward to hearing more, have a super time

 

[xxpeplyxx]

Today we got up at 6:15am watched the storms outside for a while and then had breakfast at Mara, we shared a breakfast flat bread and some fruit which was all delicious



Then we went onto magic kingdom, I need to add I read a lot of reviews about the length of time it takes to get to magic kingdom and it really doesn't not take long at all! Not nearly as long as I had read it takes! 30 mins max! Anyhow we got to the park about 9:20am and it was rather quiet Amazing what a little rain can do



Next we went on peter pans flight which my son was neither here nor there about but of course us adults loved it, we followed this by doing the carousel which my son loved





We then rode seven dwarfs mine train which we loved and used rider switch! So easy to use, then we met Anna and Elsa and got them to do a little shout out for my Neice, was the cutest after this we walked back to Main Street and watched the rainy day parade which was so so so fun and cute! Who knew rain could be so fun!

We are currently back at the resort for a chill then heading back to magic kingdom in 20 mins to go and have dinner at be our guest at 16:19pm So excited

 

[Tash87]

Sounds like you're having a lush time.

I am now considering making a breakfast adr for Tusker house instead of dinner.

 

[xxpeplyxx]

So we came back to the resort had a little chill out then returned to magic kingdom, the rain had stopped and they put the festival of fantasy parade on 45 mins late, unfortunatly we could stop to watch as we were heading for be our guest, upon checking in I asked if we could sit in the ball room, the request wasn't a problem and we were walked into the castle by our server who talked us through the menu, we all ordered the steak, as on Tuesday we bumped into a family who had the steal and made it sound so amazing that we had to try it, it was amazing and I did take a picture but the flash didn't work so it didn't come out, honestly though it was the best steak ever! Sooooo good! We then picked 3 different desserts and shared all 3, they were all amazing, and the grey stuff was delicious so so so good!







Then we met the beast, my son really didn't like him being close screamed haha, the beast walked away and turned his back to stand in the corner, when he came back over to me and my fiancé he was being silly and Toby thought that was hilarious. The photographer captured his little happy moment

 

[xxpeplyxx]

Today we planned to go to a water park all morning but after a day of rain yesterday the air is cold lol! Never ever thought I'd say that in Florida lol! I had booked fastpass+ for today anyways just so that we were covered incase of weather, so that was lucky, so today we stayed in bed and watched the sun rise over the Savannah



We are now getting ready to go Hollywood studios for the morning, then off to fort wilderness for mickeys backyard BBQ for dinner later

 

[xxpeplyxx]

Change of plan we are going to a water park, the sun is lush and there isn't a cloud in the sky Perfect day for some water park fun

 

[xxpeplyxx]

Hey all checking in again to fill you all in on yesterday, I have no clue why but the signal for wifi seems really bad! In our room it's good but else where it cuts out constantly! Drives me bonkers lol

Any how yesterday we ended Up going to typhoon lagoon for a few hours Toby loved the children's area and had lots of fun splashing After typhoon we headed back to the resort for a nap then later that evening we went to magic kingdom, we started by riding the tea cups then went onto space mountain, after both of the these wej headed over to the castle and watched the electrical parade at a disentangle then got a spotter the projection show and fireworks! Both made me cry Doesn't matter how many times you see if, it still makes you feel amazing

 

[tinkerbell1991]

I'm loving reading these trip updates. Sounds like you're having a great time!

Can't wait to read more