Coming Back for Halloween October 5-12 Report Pg4

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When they showed us where the hidden mickey was, we realized it wasn't that hidden. It is in the painting right in front of you when you get in the car. It is in the trees/bushes. But I have been on that ride 30 times and never had I seen it before!

 

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We went over to CA, DD6, my mom and I did Monsters Inc. while DD9 and DH to get FP for Screaming! We saw Handy Manny on the way and DD6 wanted to stop.

Next we went to the animation studio and did the drawing class. DD9 loved this when we went to WDW. She wasn't as happy with it in DL, but that was mostly because she was not happy with her drawing. I took pictures of each one, I just need to find them and I will post.

 

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Sorry, I guess we didn't go there next, so you'll have to wait. DH and DD met us back at Monsters Inc. we did that ride again and then went back to Screaming. This was DD6 first time she was a little nervous. My mom said she was NOT, NO WAY in H*LL, doing that ride. Just as we were lining up, my mom said she was going to go on. It surprised the heck out of me but I was soooo proud of her for doing it. DH sat with DD6, DD9 sat with gramma and I sat with a stranger. I warned him I would scream and he said, "don't worry so will I". After we got off, my mom was white as a ghost she had to hold onto a pole when we got off. It was hilarious!!!! DD9 said, "as soon as we took off, gramma lost it!" DD6 now has a new favourite ride (and she doesn't like ToT- go figure)
This is the girls and gramma having a treat and a rest after the ride.

Next, we went back to the hotel for a swim and a nap.

We woke up refreshed and headed back to DL for our Thunder BBQ

 

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The Thunder BBQ was something we were all looking forward to. We got there a couple of minutes before our res. and they seated us right away (although our table was on a slant and we couldn't really see the entertainment). We all enjoyed the BBQ. We got seconds of the sausages, corn and ribs.

 

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More from the BBQ...

While my mom and DH took care of the bill, I took the DDs through Thunder Ranch again.

 

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After stuffing ourselves on the BBQ, we did the only sensible thing- rode Thunder Mountain another 2 times!!! We spent the rest of the night just going on rides. This was our last night at DL. On the way out we took our picture at the Mickey Pumpkin (something I had been putting off all week). It is soooo hard for me to leave DL. I get the feeling like I will never be back (although I know that's not true).

We went to the celebrate parade that night. I thought it was really good. I had heard some not so good reviews. We had a curb side spot and the girls were pulled up many times for dancing.
The next morning we woke up early and headed to our res for Goofy Breakfast at the DL hotel. We had already done all the other breakfasts on previous trips and this was the only one we had yet to try.

DD6 dancing with Goofy...

 

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More from Goofy

We saw Chip, Dale, Goofy, Alice and Snow White. Baloo was there and we really wanted to see him as he has a character we hadn't before, but he went on a break and we never got the chance.

DD6 was really happy in this above picture as she was at the buffet when Dale came around. When she sat down, Dale remembered and came running over to sit with her. We have a family tradition of calling Chip and Dale the beavers because on one trip when DD6 was 4, we were at a dance party at CA and she had a sucker. I asked her where she got the sucker from and she said, "Oh just those beavers over there" and pointed to Chip and Dale.

 

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Just found your TR. Thanks for sharing, especially the great pictures. You have a very beautiful family.

Now I just have to remember what I wanted to ask and to comment on.

1. I feel your pain when it comes to flying. I’m terrified. The doctor will prescribe me some anti-anxiety drugs before I fly anywhere, but they don’t help in the least. There was a time in my life that I loved to fly, but after working for the airlines for 8 years it ruined me. It’s especially hard when you need to concentrate on your small children and try to keep your sanity at the same time.

2. Now I’m worried about our rental car choice for our upcoming trip. We reserved a full sized car, but now I’m thinking it might not be big enough for us. We’ll be traveling with two kids , at least 2 large suitcases, a large stroller, and a pack n’ play. What do you think?

3. Your hotel looks really nice. How close was it to the park?

4. When we went to WDW in March our last day it rained, rained, rained. It was pretty miserable after awhile and we headed back to the hotel. But I must admit DUMBO was a blast to ride in the rain.

5. Thanks for sharing photos of your breakfast with Goofy…. It looks like something I should add to our itinerary for our upcoming trip.

 

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Just found your TR. Thanks for sharing, especially the great pictures. You have a very beautiful family.

Now I just have to remember what I wanted to ask and to comment on.

1. I feel your pain when it comes to flying. I’m terrified. The doctor will prescribe me some anti-anxiety drugs before I fly anywhere, but they don’t help in the least. There was a time in my life that I loved to fly, but after working for the airlines for 8 years it ruined me. It’s especially hard when you need to concentrate on your small children and try to keep your sanity at the same time.

2. Now I’m worried about our rental car choice for our upcoming trip. We reserved a full sized car, but now I’m thinking it might not be big enough for us. We’ll be traveling with two kids , at least 2 large suitcases, a large stroller, and a pack n’ play. What do you think?

3. Your hotel looks really nice. How close was it to the park?

4. When we went to WDW in March our last day it rained, rained, rained. It was pretty miserable after awhile and we headed back to the hotel. But I must admit DUMBO was a blast to ride in the rain.

5. Thanks for sharing photos of your breakfast with Goofy…. It looks like something I should add to our itinerary for our upcoming trip.

Thanks for the comments. The answers to your questions/ comments:

1. I actually find I am calmer when flying with the kids, taking care of all of their needs keep my mind off the plane. Although my kids are great flyers and love to fly!

2. We rented the full size as the write up said it would hold 2 large and 2 small suitcases. NO WAY! We only got one of our big ones in the trunk. We have hard shelled luggage so you can't really cram it down. Re rented our car through Hotwire/ Hertz and paid about 200 for the week including all taxes. Our upgrade was 150.00 extra. We ended up getting an Infinity SUV and I would highly recommend it! It was so comfy and roomy. I told my DH I wanted one. When we returned to Canada we looked up the list price and it was $85 000!

3. Our hotel was the Tropicana. It was very close. 5 min to gate. This was our first time staying there and we were very impressed. Nothing fancy but clean and well serviced. We asked for joining rooms as close to the street (to avoid extra walking- every step counts on the way back!) and that is what we got.

4. We were at WDW last summer and I found the rain to be very uncomfortable there. I think because when it came down it wasn't just a sprinkle and because of the humidity we stayed wet all day!

5. We liked the Goofy breakfast but our #1 pick is still Minnie and Friends in the park. The year we went there we got a res for before the park was open, they let you through a special line. We saw so many characters and then when we were finished the gates were just opening and we were already in the park.

 

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More from Goofy's. After doing all four breakfasts at DL we have made our final ratings:
1. Minnie
2. Goofy
3. Lilo (now Mickey I think)
4. Critter

This was the day that we had soley devoted to CA. We had visited the park 2 times this trip already and had gotten most of the headliners done. We collected fastpasses all this day. Our first stop was Soaring and the 2X on Muholland Madness. (the girls really like this). We then walked around the back to the boardwalk and did the swings. This was the first time we had done the swings since the orange was gone. I liked the new version better.

We kept walking around the back and did the Mickey Wheel (non swinging0 those swinging ones make me sooo sick)

 

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The girls became Toy Story toys:

On Ariel's..

Next we went over to the Backlot and did the Animation class. Here are all of our pictures:

DD6

DH
Mine was the best but I just realized I had my whole name on the pict...

DH9
They went WAY too fast for this drawing. Last year at WDW we drew Mickey and the teacher went really slow, Donald had way too many steps.

 

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I forgot... that AM when we got to CA, I went to see how long the line was for FP to WoC. I couldn't believe it- I was lined up from GRRR to Soarin! So I made up our minds that we weren't going to do WoC.
Later in the day, we were waiting for the Pixar Parade so I went to go to FP for GRRR and noticed there was still FP for WoC. So I got some and we we were excited that we would be going.
Me waiting for Pixar Parade: (Disney Freak!)

My Family waiting for parade:

The most beautiful site in the distance...

Even though we had been to CA many times, we had never seen the Pixar Parade so we were determined to this trip. I was actually disappointed in it. It went by real fast. The kids loved the water shooting at them though. I thought the Celebrate parade was better.

 

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I really enjoyed your trip report! Thank you for sharing!

 

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Thanks!
I noticed you were from Alaska. This year we can't go to DL as we are doing an Alaska cruise. I am so disappointed about not going to DL, maybe Alaska can be magical too!

 

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I thought I'd bump this up in case someone wanted to see Halloween last year.