Car rides, Characters, and Coodies. October 18-25 TR

:goodvibesOH! Shannon,
I am sooo happy for ya'll!!!!:cloud9:
I almost asked when I read about the Preston question...glad I did not:rolleyes:
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! TO YOU, ERIC, AND MADELINE!!!!
give the details...how far... how long have you known....you know all the details.......is it a Disney souvie like Wendy????:rolleyes1
:cheer2::mickeyjum :donald: :mickeyjum :cheer2:

:hug:Connie
 
I'm 4w5d due end of July. Just found out yesterday. I've been SOOOO tired lately though- hence the lack of updates. Not Disney souvenier but close ;)
 
When Ashton surprised me; being tired is what was the final clue (I say final clue--I had the hives for a week-thought it was my nerves (we had just found out Danny needed a hip replacement--should have known better{yes I get the hives for a week or two when I get PG}), than the nausea and craving salt, than at work I was always running circles around everyone and I just could not go...decided to take pregancy test and it was postivie!!! :yay:

Get your vitamins and iron started...you know what to do!!!
 

hey! Shannon
I keep seeing you on FB; and keep wanting to ask (but don't cause I don't know who knows) how are you doing? when things settle down you need to catch us up on your plans and previous trip...
Connie:wave2:
 
Thanks everyone. I"m such a slacker! I don't even know where I left off with this report. lol

Connie- thanks for not saying anything on favebook. We're keeping things quiet for about another week on there. We've seen the baby 3 times now. I'm still extremely nervous about everything and just wish it was July already. I'll be 11 weeks tomorrow.


My parents got the luggage tags from Disney yesterday. Our Feb trip is 5 weeks away. I'm excited but nervous. I havent' been on a plane since our honeymoon in 2004 and I've NEVER flown with Madeline or while pregnant. Plus Eric is not coming with us. Ah well. I hope Madeline doesnt' freak out on the plane. Good thing it's only like 2.5 hours.

I'm not really planning too much for this trip. We have 3 ADR's and no plans for which parks which days. We have AP's and actually plan to do some of the hotel activities so we'll just wing the rest. I promised Madeline a pony ride at Fort Wilderness so we'll probably do that one of the mornings or afternoons. My biggest problem at the moment is figuring out the best way to get from WL to the GF for our 1900 Park Fare breakfast.

Also, I'm not planning on bringing Madeline's car seat. I'm a bit worried about the ME bus though. Does anyone ever bring their car seat on the ME bus?
 
HOLY COW, SHANNON!!! Congratulations! :cloud9: I've been such a DIS slacker, I had no idea!! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that everything will go smoothly and you have a healthy happy baby! I know how nerve racking it is getting to that point where you can relax a little and not worry so much about loss. Woo Hoo!! I'm so excited for you and your family! Madeline is going to be a great big sis!:cutie:
 
My biggest problem at the moment is figuring out the best way to get from WL to the GF for our 1900 Park Fare breakfast.
WL and GF share a bus. So just hop on any bus and your next stop will be GF! Much easier then taking a boat and then a monorail that's for sure.
How are you feeling? Only 12 days to go now. How old is Madeline? I think I would at least bring a booster seat. You can get them at toys are us for pretty cheap and it's really tiny you could fit it in your carry on. You could use it on ME too.
 
WL and GF share a bus. So just hop on any bus and your next stop will be GF! Much easier then taking a boat and then a monorail that's for sure.
How are you feeling? Only 12 days to go now. How old is Madeline? I think I would at least bring a booster seat. You can get them at toys are us for pretty cheap and it's really tiny you could fit it in your carry on. You could use it on ME too.

OOH THANK YOU! I had no idea GF and WL shared a bus. That will help SO MUCH! Madeline is almost 3 and is 38+ inches. I didn't think the ME buses had seat belts???

I should probably finish up this TR. I better go see where I left off.
 
SO I might as well wrap this up. ;)

After our wonderful dinner a 'Ohana we decided to go check out the pool and beach. The last time I had seen the Poly pool was before the refurb. (I must say I liked the old pools (that's right there used to be 2) better). We then headed for the beach. Madeline loved it.
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Eric lounged.
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We then headed out of the Poly to rest up for our last day of vacation.
 
Our last day!

Today we headed to the MK for rope drop.
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Madeline found the hula hoops again and had a good time arranging them.
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We headed into the park with a plan to go to Adventureland first. We must have cut through the shops becuase Madeline discovered this:
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Our first stop was
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There was no wait. Adventureland was pretty much empty. It was GREAT!
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I'm pretty sure we hit up Pirates next and then maybe the Jungle Cruise but there are no pictures.

The next picture I have is:
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so I guess we headed to Fantasyland. I know Madeline wanted to meet the Princesses so we were probably on our way to Toontown. We made another detour to Pooh's Thoughtful place. Madeline loves ringing that bell.
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Finally we reached
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I tried to take a bunch of pictures in case it was gone the next time we were there.
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she really enjoyed the tea party ;)
Finally we saw the princesses
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She told Belle all about the MNSSHP and that she dressed up like her.
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Look we match
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She then got to pick out a cupcake
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I'm sure they went on Barnstormer again but no picture this time.

Have you ever known anyone to fall asleep on the Indy cars?? Well you do now
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Eric pretty much drove her around the track while she napped. Madeline was still sleeping so we grabbed fast passes for Buzz and I sat outside with her while Eric rode the Stitch ride. He'd never been on it and I didn't care to go. I never realized how long that ride took until I was sitting outside waiting. After that ride I think we decided to head over to Frontierland so Eric could ride Splash Mountain with the fast passes we had gotten earlier. Madeline woke up while we were waiting.

We headed back to Buzz (might have stopped to get PP fast passes first I don't remember). After Buzz we rode the People Mover. I was so happy that this was finally open again!

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We then took our last ride on PP and maybe Snow White. We stopped at the bakery for a snack and then sat near city hall and enjoyed our snacks before leaving. We said goodbye the MK and headed back to the condo.

When we returned to the condo I finished packing and laundry and I think Eric took Madeline to the pool. I'm sure I joined them at some point. We headed to bed early becase we were leaving at 4amish the next morning.

We had a fantastic trip (except for the day and a half Madeline was sick). We LOVED the Marriott Harbour Lake and were already planning our next trip before we left.

Madeline, my parents and I are heading to the Wilderness Lodge in 11 days. Eric is staying home. We're planning our next trip for 2012- most likely mid to late May so we can hit up Star Wars weekend. We're planning on spending 2 weeks down there and also doing Sea World for sure and maybe Universal but we're really looking forward to spending some time hanging out at the resort. Of course this is over 2 years away so things could change. Who knows maybe we'll do a split stay- 1 week on site at Disney and 1 week at the Mariott. You never know ;)

Thanks for tunning in and sorry it took so long for me to finish. :)
 
Great wrap up for the trip. I loved the photos. Hope your recent trip was awesome. Be sure to let us know when you star the TR. (Yes I did say WHEN and not IF :thumbsup2)
 












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