Hello everyone and Happy Saturday!!!
Here is my first installment of my trip report
Tampa Area!!
For the first couple of days we stayed with Kevins parents in a timeshare condo on The Gulf of Mexico. The days consist of sleeping in, walking the beach, playing in the pool, having lunch, relaxing in the room, go out to dinner, walk the beach some more, and then go to bed. It is very very relaxing there!!!
I rented my very first jet ski there this year. Kevin had his own too, and we went out for 2 hours - lots and lots of fun!!!
Here are the girls playing on the beach
I love the sunsets there. They are so beautiful!!!
Going to WDW
On Sunday, September 24 is when we checked into The Poly. We stayed in the Hawaii building, which is the concierge building. We really enjoy having the lounge with the girls. But like I said, this is our last year there.
After we checked in, we drove to DTD to give Stephanie a huge surprise, and that was her going to the BBB Salon. She was so excited about getting her makeover.
After her makeover we went to The Contemporary for dinner at Chef Mickey's. We had the first sitting, which I was happy with, so I could get pictures of these before they were touched.
Dinner at Chef Mickey's was better than I remembered. The last time we were there for dinner was 6 years ago - we normally go for breakfast. The girls loved seeing all the characters the very first day, especially Mickey!!!
After dinner we went back to DTD to some more shopping - I love shopping at DTD!!!
After shopping until 10:30 pm, we called it a day, and went back to The Poly to get some sleep.
Monday - MK Day!!!!
The next morning came way to early. We had an ADR at The Crystal Palace at 8:05am (to early!!!) The only reason why it was this early so we could go on The Family Magic Tour at 10am. We love The Crystal Palace for breakfast, it is our favorite breakfast, and it is tradition for us to go there on our MK Day.
At 7:50am in the morning before we checked into The Cystal Palace, I was able to get a good picture of the castle, under construction.
After breakfast we headed over to The Town Hall to catch our tour. It was alot of fun. It was a scavanger hunt for kids, and the tour guide kept the parents really involved too. The tour was based on Peter Pan, which was great!!! At the end of the tour Peter Pan and Wendy joined us and played with the kids for approx. an hour - it was great!!! They even took us to Mickey's Philharmagic and sat with the kids through the whole show. Stephanie took and instant liking to Peter Pan, and Katie
loved Wendy. I asked the tour guide if the characters always do this and he said, not always. He said it depends on the day, and normally it's just one of the them. He said that today was our lucky day!!!!
After the tour we headed over to Splash Mountain, and Big Thunder Mountain and then started saving our spot for the 3pm parade, which has changed. Stephanie said she liked this parade better
After the parade we went back to The Poly because it was so hot, even my kids were asking to leave (when they are asking to leave, you know they are hot!!!) So we went back to the resort and Kevin took Steph to the pool, and I stayed back and gave Kate a shower and her lay down for awhile. We stayed and ate dinner at the hotel (in the lounge) and then went back to the MK to line up for my favorite parade, SPECTROMAGIC!!!!!
After the parade we stayed for WISHES and then we headed back to The Poly. It was a long day and we were all tired. We went to bed to start another day tomorrow.
To be continued.................