Day 1 -Part 4
Tinkerbell Teen: Thanks! You must be awfully excited about your upcoming trip - I'm jealous 
. Hope you're going to write your own TR when you get back.
JoJo: I'm so pleased you decided to write you own TR. I can't wait to read more and add it to our scrapbook when you're finished. Love ya lots sweety. 
To all my other followers: I'm back ... laptop is working great - it was my hard drive - luckily I was able to make copies of all my documents and WDW pics before the drive finally died. 
On with the trip...
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Goofy had $220.00 worth of spending money for the trip and JoJo had $155.00. Of that we had given them each $100.00 and they both received $25.00 from their grandparents. (Grandparents also gave DH and myself an extra $25.00 to spend - very sweet)
The girls also had their earned Disney dollars and the remaining was from their own savings (of which JoJo had none shes not the saving type). DDs had also been given a bucket of pennies from their grandparents and one from us. JoJo had no interest in rolling the coins and gave her share to Goofy who happily rolled $50.00 worth. On the day of our departure when they counted out what they each had, Goofy felt sorry for her sister and ended up giving her $20.00 of her own money. I thought that was so sweet of her. They had more than enough cash but if you were to ask them theyd disagree!
Our first stop in Downtown Disney was the Planet Hollywood store. The girls browsed through the clothing, calling me over to look at every item that caught their interest. At first it was exciting to see the merchandise they liked but as the trip progressed along
this became somewhat annoying. I can recall many times shopping in the same stores maybe 3 feet away from them and my radio would go off Mom, Mom, come and see this
.MOM
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MOM
where are you?
Both DDs decided they wouldnt buy anything from the first store they shopped in they wanted to look around for a bit but definitely would come back to PH. Myself, I handed in my voucher for our free merchandise. It was a PH keychain and as you can guess the fighting began
who would get it. I put it in my fanny pack and told them we would decide later. I heard some rumbling
whats that? Prince Grumpy said its my belly Im starving! so we headed over to Disney Quest for our first FREE CS meal.
Planet Hollywood Restaurant
Disney Quest is like a maze
with I think 4 or 5 floors. It seemed like we were going in circles. Anyway
we decided on eating at the Cheesecake Factory Express. DH, JoJo and I ordered the pasta meal and Goofy wanted the grilled chicken panini. We were astonished at the size of the platters. I wish I had taken pictures to show everyone. The meal was delicious and so filling.
We shared two of the chocolate cupcake desserts and gave the other two away to two young girls at the table beside us. They happily accepted after their mother said it was okay. We could have brought them back to our hotel for late night snack since they were packaged but it was a lot more fun spreading some pixie dust!
This meal would have cost us $56.00 if we werent on the free dining plan. What a savings. We couldnt believe Disney provided this deal oh the magic and it was just beginning!
After our bellies were full we tried a few of the rides in DQ. The first one was the Magic Carpets of Aladdin. It was neat a 3D game where the user is riding the carpet collecting jewels and such. Funny thing though, the helmet didnt fit my head and the CM quickly noticed and gave me a smaller one but it still kept falling down and crushing the bridge of my nose. JoJo had no interest in participating in any of the rides in DQ. We talked her into the rafting ride where each us had to paddle through some rapids but Goofy kept yelling at her to paddle and that just made things worse.
Since JoJo wasnt too enthusiastic about this place we left. Goofy was disappointed but went along with our decision. I dont think wed go back to Disney Quest next time.
We walked along the streets, in and out of some of the stores. I remember one of them, I think it was called Starabilias which had autographed pictures of singers and other memorabilia. There was a sign posted stating no picture taking hmm
what did I see
Prince Grumpy snapping away. I messaged him on the radio and said hey
youre not supposed to be doing that. Did he listen? Noooooooooooooo.
One of JoJo's pics...not sure what it is
Goofy bought a balloon from one of those vendors who shape the balloons into things. She chose a monkey. She has this thing for monkeys. It goes back to her childhood.
Her favourite stuffed animal was a small monkey she named Chatter. Chatter had to go everywhere with her. It got her through many days, like her first day at daycare, school and sleepovers. Although she doesnt need Chatter anymore
he still sits upon her shelf in her room.
We finished up our evening in Downtown Disney back at the PH store. Goofy bought a ball cap and a pretty t-shirt and JoJo bought a PH sweatshirt. They both received a free keychain with their purchase so the one safely tucked away in my fanny pack became mine. We went back to our resort and guess what was in our room waiting for us????? Our luggage!! Woohoo!!!
DH seemed quite relieved. We all unpacked except JoJo she lived out of her suitcase the entire trip hmm
made me wonder what she had in her suitcase
heh. Afterwards we bought 4 refillable mugs, got some drinks and sat by the pool for an hour, watching Goofy swim before heading off to bed. The mugs cost us $52.37, which may seem like a lot of money but they were well worth it plus we each have a souvenir.
Time for relaxing
Coming Up...Day 2 - Magic Kingdom - Lunch at Cinderella's Royal Table!
Amy
He ended up using a small sized Mary Kate & Ashley knapsack about 2 days into the trip because he said that the other one was too heavy on his shoulder and was digging in. He looked so cute with his purple bag. *smiling at the memory*
I dont think she even brought it on the trip but she didnt offer to give it back to go get a refund either. Its disappeared somewhere in that museum of hers that she calls her bedroom. 
