JBurke
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Burke Family Trip Report-Day 3-8/15/03
CAST:
Janice- age 35, mom and planner (that's me!)
Mike- age 32, husband and willing particpant
Kaitlyn- age 9, daughter
Kelly- age 6, daughter and birthday girl
Declan- age 2, son
Laura- age 50, my sister and helper!
Wilderness Lodge 8/13-8/20
Day 3-After our late night at Hoop Dee Doo we all slept in a little and didnt wake up until 10am. I ran down and got some donuts and milk from the gift shop and we ate the cereal boxes we had snagged from AK breakfast the day before and ate in the room. We all got changed into our swimsuits and hit the pool. First stopping to get our oldest daughter's hair wrapped.
It was gorgeous out and we all worked on our tans, did the water slide and swam. I had bought some soft ball at the gift store and Mike organized some games for all the kids in the kiddie pool. We met some nice Florida ladies there for the day and we took turns buying rounds of pina coladas and popcorn and drank while sitting in the kiddie pool They were both originally from Chicago so we had lots to talk about.
At 1pm we decided to go rent our 4 wheeler bike and ride to Ft. Wilderness petting zoo. On the way there the sky turned dark so we didnt stay long at the zoo. It started to rain on the ride back to WL and we peddled as fast as our slightly drunk legs could take us! By then it was POURING and we were bummed we wouldnt be able to do the water mice as planned (Never did get to do them the whole trip
)
We went up to the room and relaxed then changed and hit the lobby. THe girls and I bought matching make your own charm bracettes at the pin cart and we got the starter lanyard sets. I also bought a beautiful photo albim fro the store that came with a silver pen for writing thoughts right next to the photos. By now the rain had stopped and it was hot and humid. Laura picked us up in the car and we were off to MK.
We picked up our e-night wristbands and took the train to Toontown. We did Mickey's house, Minnie's house, Donald's boat (although the water wasnt on) and Goofy's roller coaster. The place was packed so we didnt to the Judge's tent. They were filing a commericial outside Mickey's house so we will have to look for a tv commericla with a blonde boy running with some silver mickey balloons behind him.
We then headed to Fantasyland with our Pal Mickey jibbering all the way. We did the tea cups, Snow White, Carrousel, Small World and Dumbo. Our son just didnt understand why we had to wait for Dumbo, try explaining to a 2 year old that ALL these other people get to go on before him! We also saw them filming the commercial again by Dumbo.
We walked to Cosmic Rays for a disgusting dinner. The place was packed and so unorganized. It took forever to get one stinking order of chicken strips.
By now Spectromagic was going to start and since we saw it already on Wednesday we thought maybe the lines for Winnie and Peter Pan might be more manageable, WRONG! Winnie wasnt too bad of a wait and it was a cute ride. But Peter Pan-OMG!! The wait said 35 minutes but it didnt look that bad. I forgot that the line goes back behind the ride. We waited over 40 minutes in the hot sticky crowd, the whole time I had to hold my son because he was too tired to stand (Mike wisely sat this ride out and laughed at us the whole time via the walkie talkie!) I really thought I would pass out. So many people with Fast Passes were being let on that it took forever to get on in the stand by line. I loved the ride though.
By now we had 10 minutes to find a spot for the fireworks. Lukcily Mike had gotten a spot on the bringde/ramp behind to the left of the castle. It was THE perfect spot to see tinkerbelle...she really is a REAL person! That was too cool! We taped it so we can see it forever. We only had to wak a few steps to be directly behind the castle to get a great view of the fireworks above the caroussel.
Now it was time for e-night so we met up with our friends from Chicago and headed over to the Haunted Mansion. I was surprised at how many people were in line without wristbands. Sometimes the CMs checked, sometimes they didnt. I ws disappointed that we didnt get to ride the e-night rides more than once. We still spent time waiting in line. Our son is 40 inches tall so he did all the rides he could-he had NO fear!
After the Mansion we did Country Bears. I just dont understand the popularity of this show. I had a hard time understanding the words to the songs. The one we did like was "Every guy that turns me on turns me down" My sister said that was her song!
We then did Big Thunder and Splash Mtn. Our son loved them! We even bought the photo from Splash because Declan;s expression was priceless! We then did Buzz twice while Mike and friends did Alien. We all took turns watching Declan and going on Space Mtn (he was too short). By that time it was 1:15am and e-night was over. We strolled down Main Street watching the castle change colors. We caught the very last tram and were the last car out of the parking lot! Back to WL by 2am and hit the sack!!
Highlights-My brave son
An empty Main Street at night
Pina Coladoes in the pool
Lowlights-not getting enough turns on e-night
Cosmic Rays
Peter Pan wait
RAIN
CAST:
Janice- age 35, mom and planner (that's me!)
Mike- age 32, husband and willing particpant
Kaitlyn- age 9, daughter
Kelly- age 6, daughter and birthday girl
Declan- age 2, son
Laura- age 50, my sister and helper!
Wilderness Lodge 8/13-8/20
Day 3-After our late night at Hoop Dee Doo we all slept in a little and didnt wake up until 10am. I ran down and got some donuts and milk from the gift shop and we ate the cereal boxes we had snagged from AK breakfast the day before and ate in the room. We all got changed into our swimsuits and hit the pool. First stopping to get our oldest daughter's hair wrapped.
It was gorgeous out and we all worked on our tans, did the water slide and swam. I had bought some soft ball at the gift store and Mike organized some games for all the kids in the kiddie pool. We met some nice Florida ladies there for the day and we took turns buying rounds of pina coladas and popcorn and drank while sitting in the kiddie pool They were both originally from Chicago so we had lots to talk about.
At 1pm we decided to go rent our 4 wheeler bike and ride to Ft. Wilderness petting zoo. On the way there the sky turned dark so we didnt stay long at the zoo. It started to rain on the ride back to WL and we peddled as fast as our slightly drunk legs could take us! By then it was POURING and we were bummed we wouldnt be able to do the water mice as planned (Never did get to do them the whole trip
)We went up to the room and relaxed then changed and hit the lobby. THe girls and I bought matching make your own charm bracettes at the pin cart and we got the starter lanyard sets. I also bought a beautiful photo albim fro the store that came with a silver pen for writing thoughts right next to the photos. By now the rain had stopped and it was hot and humid. Laura picked us up in the car and we were off to MK.
We picked up our e-night wristbands and took the train to Toontown. We did Mickey's house, Minnie's house, Donald's boat (although the water wasnt on) and Goofy's roller coaster. The place was packed so we didnt to the Judge's tent. They were filing a commericial outside Mickey's house so we will have to look for a tv commericla with a blonde boy running with some silver mickey balloons behind him.
We then headed to Fantasyland with our Pal Mickey jibbering all the way. We did the tea cups, Snow White, Carrousel, Small World and Dumbo. Our son just didnt understand why we had to wait for Dumbo, try explaining to a 2 year old that ALL these other people get to go on before him! We also saw them filming the commercial again by Dumbo.
We walked to Cosmic Rays for a disgusting dinner. The place was packed and so unorganized. It took forever to get one stinking order of chicken strips.
By now Spectromagic was going to start and since we saw it already on Wednesday we thought maybe the lines for Winnie and Peter Pan might be more manageable, WRONG! Winnie wasnt too bad of a wait and it was a cute ride. But Peter Pan-OMG!! The wait said 35 minutes but it didnt look that bad. I forgot that the line goes back behind the ride. We waited over 40 minutes in the hot sticky crowd, the whole time I had to hold my son because he was too tired to stand (Mike wisely sat this ride out and laughed at us the whole time via the walkie talkie!) I really thought I would pass out. So many people with Fast Passes were being let on that it took forever to get on in the stand by line. I loved the ride though.
By now we had 10 minutes to find a spot for the fireworks. Lukcily Mike had gotten a spot on the bringde/ramp behind to the left of the castle. It was THE perfect spot to see tinkerbelle...she really is a REAL person! That was too cool! We taped it so we can see it forever. We only had to wak a few steps to be directly behind the castle to get a great view of the fireworks above the caroussel.
Now it was time for e-night so we met up with our friends from Chicago and headed over to the Haunted Mansion. I was surprised at how many people were in line without wristbands. Sometimes the CMs checked, sometimes they didnt. I ws disappointed that we didnt get to ride the e-night rides more than once. We still spent time waiting in line. Our son is 40 inches tall so he did all the rides he could-he had NO fear!
After the Mansion we did Country Bears. I just dont understand the popularity of this show. I had a hard time understanding the words to the songs. The one we did like was "Every guy that turns me on turns me down" My sister said that was her song!
We then did Big Thunder and Splash Mtn. Our son loved them! We even bought the photo from Splash because Declan;s expression was priceless! We then did Buzz twice while Mike and friends did Alien. We all took turns watching Declan and going on Space Mtn (he was too short). By that time it was 1:15am and e-night was over. We strolled down Main Street watching the castle change colors. We caught the very last tram and were the last car out of the parking lot! Back to WL by 2am and hit the sack!!
Highlights-My brave son
An empty Main Street at night
Pina Coladoes in the pool
Lowlights-not getting enough turns on e-night
Cosmic Rays
Peter Pan wait
RAIN
