Baby Dexter & Emmie's Disney Trip w/ lots of pics COMPLETED!!!

[natale1980]

Day four...

First of all I would just like to say that my notes for this day are not complete. I'll do my best from the pictures... but my memory is not so good.

We woke up early (again)... but this time we had breakfast reservations so there was no way I could be blamed.
The girls (steph, emmie, and me) were going to the Akershus Royal Banquet Hall for Princess Storybook Breakfast. We had to take Princess Emmie to meet all of her new friends!
It was fun getting to Epcot before it opened, there was hardly anyone around so we stopped to take some pictures of the little Princess.

Or should I say Princesses

Come on now... isn't she cuter then the actual Snow White???

Emmie & Prince Aurora

Is Mulan a Princess??

The breakfast was GREAT, I mean the food was AWESOME!!! I think me and Steph ate a pound or more of their cheesy potatoes!!
Charter breakfasts seem to be on the pricey side, but if you have a little girl who likes princesses this is not one to miss!! Our service was not really good, but I'm sure it was just a fluke.

The funniest part of the breakfast was when we got our bill I noticed they had charged us $12 for Emmie. I asked the waitress why they charged us $12 for half a strawberry and a bite of potatoes... she replied, "You had her listed as a child on the reservations, I thought you wanted to pay for her." I assured her that we did not want to pay for Emmie and she promptly took her off the bill.

We were really excited to go to the Princess breakfast to get Emmie's picture with the REAL Snow White. But like all things Disney... Charters are subject to change. So we had to check the schedule to see when Snow White would be making an appearance. Emmie will have to wait until noon.

The boys had breakfast in Fort Wildness at Trail's End Restaurant. It is an amazing all you can eat breakfast buffet. The food is great, and it's only something like $12 for an adult!!! You can't beat it!!! (ask for Ken, you won't be disappointed!! he is just about the GREATEST cast member / server ever!!!! Your glass will never be empty and you will never have a dirty dish on your table... he's MAGIC!!!)
The only catch is, it is not really the easiest place to get to. Because we were staying at the POP, first you have to take a bus to the Magic Kingdom and then a boat to Fort Wilderness. (I guess it's not that bad, it just seems like it takes forever).

While we were waiting to meet back up with the boys we went shopping.

Then the boys finally arrived. They had a great breakfast also. (they made the mistake of not asking for Ken, so it was slow going)

My family needs some Natale time.... So I'll have to finish tomorrow.

 

[natale1980]

Hi Natale!

I hope you don't mind, but somone did this for us and I wanted to pay it forward to your family. I hope you enjoy...

I was really touched by your story and I just wanted to do anything I could to make you smile.

Long Live The Mouse!

Tim

That was so sweet!! Thank you so much!! It was so nice of you to think of us and spend your time on our family!
CUTEST PICTURE EVER!!

-nat

-nat

 

[discruiselovers97]

I read the whole report this morning and can't wait for more!

 

[natale1980]

Day 4 continued...

Where was I... oh yes.
So the boys arrived to Epcot and I quickly changed Dexter into his Dopey costume. Shawn wasn't too happy about me putting his costume on. According to him Dexter was being such a good boy all morning and he was afraid that the extra attention would turn him into Bad Baby Dexter again. But I argued that he would be cute... so I won.

It was very hard to take this picture... Dexter would look and smile but Emmie was looking away... then Emmie would smile and Dexter wouldn't.

I made Dexter's costume because I couldn't find a cute Dopey costume on the Internet. I was pretty happy how it turned out but other people walking around the park thought he was Peter Pan. Oh Well. One person even suggested that he was a Power Ranger!!!

While we waited for Snow White to come out Dexter enjoyed watching the train & chasing the birds. Now I don't have a problem with him chasing the sea gulls... I figured there was no way he was going to catch one AND I have witnessed them seal food right out of people's hands so I figured they had it coming. Some people walking around though didn't seem to find the humor in a two year old yelling "BIIIIIRD" and running in their direction until they flew away.

Dexter watching train.

Then after a LONG wait... Snow White finally showed up.
The GREAT thing was, I think Dexter had a little crush on her because so far she was the only charter that he would stand and take pictures with.

Doesn't this look like a snow Globe?

She must have lots of lip stick on!!!

My family is calling again... something about Dexter taking a nap...
I'll finish later.

 

[princessjv]

Day 4 continued...

Where was I... oh yes.
So the boys arrived to Epcot and I quickly changed Dexter into his Dopey costume. Shawn wasn't too happy about me putting his costume on. According to him Dexter was being such a good boy all morning and he was afraid that the extra attention would turn him into Bad Baby Dexter again. But I argued that he would be cute... so I won.

It was very hard to take this picture... Dexter would look and smile but Emmie was looking away... then Emmie would smile and Dexter wouldn't.

That is the how it should be...we should always win!

I feel your pain about pictures. I can't say it gets any easier with a 2 & 5 year old...

I made Dexter's costume because I couldn't find a cute Dopey costume on the Internet. I was pretty happy how it turned out but other people walking around the park thought he was Peter Pan. Oh Well. One person even suggested that he was a Power Ranger!!!

My DS was Peter Pan and everyone thought he was Robin Hood..?

 

[natale1980]

Mission accomplished, Dexter is napping

Day 4 continued (again)...

Now this is the part of the day where my memory gets a bit sketchy. (trip report tip of the day - DON'T FORGET TO TAKE NOTES!!) I think it went something like this...

We walked over to Test Track and I (once again) watched the babies while everyone else went on the ride. They seemed to enjoy it and Shawn thought that it was faster then last time. Not sure if it is, but some of the people riding with him agreed. After that we went to innovations where we took our Disney Credit card picture.

Once again, Dexter was not too interested in the charters.

see.. I told you.

But Emmie looked cute.

After that we hummmm.... I'm really not sure.

I know we went over to the Figment ride and played in the water...

And the Babies Met Figment himself...

After that I know that we went on Soarin (my favorite ride... but only if I get the front row... if not I pout.) and Nemo.
Nemo is really cute - But I do not understand waiting more then 15-20 minutes for it. If you see a long line just wait until later in the day... If you wait a really long time you most likely will be disappointed.

We were all really tired so we decided to leave. When we got back to POP we had a message on our phone that we had a package at the front desk. Our camera had arrived!!! My mom mailed it to us!!!

Shawn was really excited so him and Mike rushed back to Epcot to watch the fireworks. They made it just in time.

I took better notes for the rest of the trip... so stay tuned!!!

 

[KatInHat]

Just wanted to let you know I am enjoying your report. Dexter and Emmie are so cute. The Dopey costume that you made is very cute. When we went to WDW in Jan. my DS3 was not too interested in the characters either. He would get embarrassed when the characters would pay attention to him. He did get better later in the week.
I'll be waiting to hear what happens next.

 

[natale1980]

My DS was Peter Pan and everyone thought he was Robin Hood..?

Robin Hood?? Come on now... Peter Pan is so much cooler!!!

 

[natale1980]

Just wanted to let you know I am enjoying your report. Dexter and Emmie are so cute. The Dopey costume that you made is very cute. When we went to WDW in Jan. my DS3 was not too interested in the characters either. He would get embarrassed when the characters would pay attention to him. He did get better later in the week.
I'll be waiting to hear what happens next.

Thanks for reading!
Don't little kids know that we pay to get them into Disney World so that we can capture the memories on film (or a digital chip)??!!!??

-nat

 

[natale1980]

AGGGG!!! I had half of day five written and then the boards started updating and I lost what I had written.

Oh well... I'll try again tomorrow.

 

[timandlesley]

Isnt that frustrating, I did that one time too, I learned my lesson and decided to always type in Word first and then copy and paste.
I have been LOVING your report, those little ones couldn't be ANY cuter, love the Dopey and Snow White costumes, HOW CUTE!!!!! Where in the world did you meet Figment??? I have never seen him!
Lesley

 

[jackdis]

Nat,
Hope all is going ok with you. LOVE the pictures of your kid in their costumes. My DD1 had the same little sweater and has the same shoes. I should get her a costume for our next trip!
Jackie

 

[natale1980]

Isnt that frustrating, I did that one time too, I learned my lesson and decided to always type in Word first and then copy and paste.
I have been LOVING your report, those little ones couldn't be ANY cuter, love the Dopey and Snow White costumes, HOW CUTE!!!!! Where in the world did you meet Figment??? I have never seen him!
Lesley

Figment has his own little room next to "honey I shrunk the audience". It is by the water-jumpers the kids can play in.

-nat

 

[natale1980]

Nat,
Hope all is going ok with you. LOVE the pictures of your kid in their costumes. My DD1 had the same little sweater and has the same shoes. I should get her a costume for our next trip!
Jackie

I have seen other Snow White costumes... but the one Emmie had on was the cutest one I had ever seen!!!

http://www.brandsonsale.com/disney-snow-white-baby-costume.html

-nat

 

[KimAshton]

OMG Dexter and Emmie are just sooo precious.

 

[meeko_33785]

Nice report. The pictures are so cute!

 

[Nicole786]

Hi Natale!

I hope you don't mind, but somone did this for us and I wanted to pay it forward to your family. I hope you enjoy...

I was really touched by your story and I just wanted to do anything I could to make you smile.

Long Live The Mouse!

Tim

That looks great, Lesley! (or should I say Tim? )

my family is the type that when you say "be ready by 8" we can't manage to be ready any sooner then 8:30 so I never thought that when I planned these early mornings that everyone would be ready on schedule....
OK... so that being said... we arrived at MGM at 8:15am. Well.... it didn't open until 9:00 (guess who everyone was mad at).

This sounds EXACTLY like my family. I don't know if you could beat this one, my dad's family was late to his own wedding! When i scheduled the meet times for our disney trip, we too had a 6AM wake up call! We fell into the SAME situation when we arrived early at Animal Kingdom!! I got evil glares

Your son is SO Cute! And so is little emmie, i love both of their names, too!

 

[natale1980]

Day five (second try)...

This is Dexter being bad in our room turning the light on and off. If this picture had sound you would hear, "Dexter stop... Dexter I said stop!! NATALE, MAKE DEXTER STOP!!!" We also had to hide our phone because Lil' Man kept on trying to make phone calls.

He was all ready to go to the Animal Kingdom, he has on his Lincoln Park Zoo Vest on. When he wears this he becomes a animal expert!! He will actually get people's attention, point at what ever animal is around and tell people all about them in Dexter-ease.

After we all got dresses we at breakfast at POP.
Dexter and me once again had our el-cheepo oatmeal and Shawn ate his $7 waffle. He still complains to this day that he can't believe that Disney would charge $7 for a waffle, but he ate one every morning we ate at POP.

Dexter didn't even know he's mommy was being cheep. He just knew his tummy was full.

Shawn LOVES Disney's waffles... so when we got home (being the amazing wife I am) I jumped on the Internet and tried to find a Disney waffle recipe. It turns out that they use Carbon's Golden Malted Flour. They sell 7.5lbs on Amazon.com for $30. Kinda costly so I guess I'll have to wait until he gets un-laid off.

After we were done fighting the crowds at breakfast we headed over to the bus. The first thing we did when we got to the Animal Kingdom was get FP for Expedition Everest. I had wanted to go on this ride since I first saw them build it... but I'll have to wait until next time . Mike & Steph were the only ones to get FP. Shawn won't go on the ride until he hears from a very reliable source (he won't even believe me anymore) that there are no big drops.

waiting while they got FP

We then made our way to Rafaki's Planet Watch. On the way we stopped to get some pictures from the back side of the tree.

It was fun to get the tree at a different view then normal. But next time I would wait until later in the day when the sun isn't pouring through the sides of the tree so much.

floating babies

It didn't look as bad on the Photo Pass Pictures.

We loaded the train and were on our way... but there is always time for a picture.

In the lobby Emmie road a Rhino....

and met Pocahontas

Next... off the the petting zoo.

 

[KatInHat]

Great update. I love looking at all of your pictures. Keep it comin'

I have been to Animal Kingdom several times but have never been to Rafiki's Planet Watch. What do they have there?

 

[Ciciwoowoo]

I just adore the picture of Dexter with Snow White!

I still think Disney should pay you to use your photos!!! Emmie and Dexter and entirely too precious!