Beware of Poachers and Look at the Little Gorillas! 3 trips in 1. NEW TR started 8/31/19**

[disneyAndi14]

So fun! We were at MK this day too! It was my husband's and kid's first day EVER at WDW ...so we braved it! Made it until 3pm ...soaked to the bone, but did SO much. Definitely had to rearrange some of our trip after this to make sure we could catch HEA later in the week ...but seeing MK in a torrential downpour with very few people was something else!

Glad Andi had fun! Such fun photos

It sure was a raining day! It is a nice way to clear the crowds!
Thanks for reading along!!

 

[disneyAndi14]

So crazy! My husband and son were also on Soarin' when it was evacuated that morning!

That is so crazy! I always enjoy a good evacuation especially if you get to see some backstage things!

 

[disneyAndi14]

OMG!!! This is the most disgusting thing I have read all day. This is horrible. Thank goodness she was able to brush it off and enjoy her meal.

I agree it was awful! I wish we would have got off when the kid got on!

 

[disneyAndi14]

Love Kevin!

She is so cute, bobbing around the park!

That's the same meal I had in August and I really enjoyed it!

Andi has had this 2x now and it is good!

I met with Launchpad too.....such a fun meet!

I convinced Andi, she thought he was creepy at first!

The Macaws are beautiful!

I agree and I like that they showcase them more now than just the park opening!

NRJ is so mellow.

It is, I do enjoy it

Great to know about CSR!

It is a good choice for location!

 

[disneyAndi14]

I'm so excited for you for the girls' trip! I will be in AK 05/06 in the am, too. Just saying!

I am really excited to meet so many wonderful people, we should have a meet on 5/6 at AK, lets keep in touch!

 

[disneyAndi14]

I don't understand why they make people sit with strangers on NRJ! Its definitely not a big enough seat for 4 people.

I don’t get it either, it is a small boat, at least these ladies were fun to be with!

 

[disneyAndi14]

Sounds like such a nice afternoon! Your lunch sounds lovely, I love myself a night blossom too! And awesome getting to see Kevin!

I forgot how much I enjoyed the night blossom, it was really tasty! Kevin is really cute, she bobs around!

 

[disneyAndi14]

I think we are all young at heart though!

We sure are! I always feel very young at heart at Disney!!

 

[TheOneWithTheTriplets]

Looks like a great HS/AK morning. You were able to get into HS, hit your priorities, and get out so quickly! I wish we were at a point to use Lyft, but we're still a 3 car seat family.

 

[disneyAndi14]

Hello Everyone,
We actually hit 60 degrees today yay! It is about time!

Let’s keep going with this TR shall we!

It was time for our evening at Disney Springs aka Downtown Disney to most of us!

Look how cute the mousekeeping made up our beds today. We had great service this week, always before we came back in the afternoon and we had a towel Mickey and a few other towel surprises.

We took the bus to DS, this worked well and we did not wait very long.
Our first stop was UNIQLO, we bought a few T-shirts and Andi bought a couple more pairs of the linen shorts. These will be perfect for August weather!

We headed to T-Rex and flashed the Landry card and waited about 5 minutes. The regular wait was 90 minutes. Oh my this place is loud, chaotic, and so busy!

I snapped a few pictures in here, my son would have been in awe of this place, when he was a little boy! He absolutely loved Dinosaurs. He had so many Dinosaur figurines and would play with them all the time. He also could say all the names, such a smart little guy I sent him a few pictures and his one word answer “cool” that’s my Jack, man of few words


We were seated at a two top in a corner, it was fine. Our waitress was pretty busy and she didn’t spend much time with us. This was fine.

We started with mozzarella sticks, these were standard nothing special. These did taste good and were nice and hot.

I ordered the Paleozoic Chicken Sandwich, this was a grilled chicken breast, lettuce, tomato, bacon, and lemon aioli, I substituted veggies for the fries. This was meh, it lacked flavor and the bread was dry. The roasted veggies were okay.

Andi had the Herbivore burger, black bean burger, with French fries. This was disappointing, very dry, it just crumbled apart. It really lacked flavor. The fries were okay.

I was really wishing we were at Raglan Road about this time. I certainly could have ordered something else. There were a million things on this ginormous menu! One plus, It did make me reminisce about my Sweet son!

We left unimpressed and wanting some ice cream. We went to check out Ghiradelli’s except this place was mobbed. There was no way I was standing in that line! Instead we made our usual stops at WoD, Christmas store, Basin, and Goofy’s candy shop. Andi picked out a caramel apple. I just couldn’t decide so didn’t get anything.

DS was very busy this evening. I always find it interesting how the walkways and food establishments are swarming and the specialty shops are all so dead. We browsed a few shops on our way to the bus stop.

We did get on a bus fairly quickly and back to the resort in good time! I decided to get a little cake in the patisserie for my night cap. This little cake was so delicious. It was so light with a fresh strawberry flavor. It wasn’t dry at all, perfect consistency. See how I worded this to avoid the word “moist” It really didn’t need the chocolate on it, it detracted from the light strawberry taste.

We enjoyed our sweets some before heading to bed! We had a nice day. Our strategy for this busy crowded trip was to do our FP+ and just enjoy the atmosphere. We were not up to waiting in 100+ minute lines.

Stay tuned for more Epcot adventures after a rainy morning!

 

[disneyAndi14]

Looks like a great HS/AK morning. You were able to get into HS, hit your priorities, and get out so quickly! I wish we were at a point to use Lyft, but we're still a 3 car seat family.

We did have a good day, not to hectic for us despite the crowds! Lyft was awesome for us this trip.

 

[Dis_Yoda]

I wish we had 60s! It got up to 90 today according to my car on the way home at 5:30.

Mmm, Raglan Road would have been an improvement! At least the mozzarella sticks were as they were expected to be!

Glad your cake was good and you did well on your shopping adventures!

 

[suse66]

Look how cute the mousekeeping made up our beds today. We had great service this week, always before we came back in the afternoon and we had a towel Mickey and a few other towel surprises.

Love this! And you actually have a cover on your bed! Did you bring blankets from home?

I snapped a few pictures in here, my son would have been in awe of this place, when he was a little boy! He absolutely loved Dinosaurs. He had so many Dinosaur figurines and would play with them all the time. He also could say all the names, such a smart little guy I sent him a few pictures and his one word answer “cool” that’s my Jack, man of few words

Haha , typical young adult male response! That's what I get from my three too!

I was really wishing we were at Raglan Road about this time. I certainly could have ordered something else. There were a million things on this ginormous menu! One plus, It did make me reminisce about my Sweet son!

Too bad about your meals, I had a feeling that's how it would end up!

We did get on a bus fairly quickly and back to the resort in good time! I decided to get a little cake in the patisserie for my night cap. This little cake was so delicious. It was so light with a fresh strawberry flavor.

Your cake looks fantastic!

We enjoyed our sweets some before heading to bed! We had a nice day. Our strategy for this busy crowded trip was to do our FP+ and just enjoy the atmosphere. We were not up to waiting in 100+ minute lines.

I used the same strategy during my trip....it really is the only way to manage the spring break crowds.

 

[Tracy161]

I sent him a few pictures and his one word answer “cool” that’s my Jack, man of few words

Our strategy for this busy crowded trip was to do our FP+ and just enjoy the atmosphere. We were not up to waiting in 100+ minute lines.

This is a great attitude to have, and one I should adopt! I try to go during times when the crowds are lighter, but that's not always possible, plus I'm afraid SWL might have other things in mind...

 

[missangelalexis]

I'm sorry dinner was disappointing! But looks like you both made up for it with yummy desserts

 

[xlsm]

I snapped a few pictures in here, my son would have been in awe of this place, when he was a little boy! He absolutely loved Dinosaurs. He had so many Dinosaur figurines and would play with them all the time. He also could say all the names, such a smart little guy I sent him a few pictures and his one word answer “cool” that’s my Jack, man of few words

There is a T-Rex in Kansas City (which is about 3 to 3.5 hours north of us), and the whole reason we went is b/c my boys were the same!! Sooo into dinosaurs. We went twice when they were younger, which made me glad we could skip it at WDW One time the food was terrible, one time the food was good, so I feel like we got our full experience there!!

I actually laughed out loud at your son's "cool" reply...If I took a screenshot of any of my text conversations with L (the 13 year old), it would be identical.

It's almost exclusively "Ok", "cool", "thanks", "I will" on repeat!

 

[Cloe Colton]

I'm sorry your T-REX meal was so disappointing! I'm sure it didn't help when you knew what you were missing out on at Raglan Road for less than tasty food.

We did the same thing with the landrys card on our trip, its definitely super handy when you don't want to wait!

Your nightcap treat looked delish!

I think your plan of fastpasses and atmosphere is the best way to do Disney at busy times! Thats how DH and I handled our December trip and it made it so much better!

 

[schumigirl]

Sorry the meal wasn't up to scratch.....but that cake looks so pretty...….

Glad you enjoyed that......and you had the right idea avoiding the crowds too......makes for a more relaxing trip doing things like that.....

 

[Jenny Sanders]

OMG Caroline! That cake looks delicious!!!

 

[thumper*]

Caroline sorry just getting around to finding this TR 32 pages in. Can't wait to see how it work out with the bad back and knee.