Thursday, September 13th:
Chris and I arrived at the airport early in the morning. Joey and Tyler were great on the plane. We sat in the very front row which gave them extra room to play in. We arrived in Orlando and walked (okay, okay carried) Joey and Tyler to the baggage claim and then Chris and I took off for Magical Express.
We checked in to All Stars with no problem and found out we were staying in the room directly below where we stayed last year.
Our first stop was to Magic Kingdom so that Faith could sign us in and get us our park hoppers. We were suppose to meet up with Kristy but she had a doctors appointment that afternoon. Faith told us that Haunted Mansion was open so we went over there to see the newly refurbished ride. I LOVE what they did and the changes they made. After riding HM, we decided to go to MGM Studios since Chris never saw it last year. Unfortunately Rockin Roller Coaster was down so we rode ToT a bunch of times. There were no lines and it was great. We walked all around MGM, I dragged Chris on the Great Movie Ride (he will never go on that one again!!!!) and of course Star Tours. We went back to ToT to ride a few more times. I really wanted to watch Fantasmic, but we were so exhausted we went back to the hotel and crashed.
Friday, September 14th:
Chris and I met Kristy and Eugene at Animal Kingdom and they signed us in. We rode Expedition Everest a few times, then Dinosaur, then back to EE. We then went on our way to Epcot to ride Mission to Space that Chris was so looking forward to since we missed that last year. He was disappointed in that ride, he thought it would be better than what it was. Me, I don’t know I took the wussy route and went on the non spinning version. We then grabbed fast passes for Soaring and headed to Test Track. As we were waiting in line, it seemed that TT had broken down because the line was not moving at all for a few minutes. There was a group of people already waiting to board in the room and they had been there for a while when they started to usher us into another room. The people that were waiting in front of us were mad and were making comments when it turns out the Dream Squad was waiting for us. We all got Dream mouse ears and our own “VIP” car. It was fun, they told us they only give out 100/day so we were very lucky. We wore them for the rest of the day. After Soaring, we headed for Magic Kingdom since we were going to the Halloween Party. As soon as we got off the monorail it poured down rain. We quickly ran for cover under the train station and watched the parade as the rain passed. We rode a few rides and met up with my parents and my sister and her family for dinner at Cosmic Rays.
After dinner, we were going to watch Joey and Tyler so that Stacey and Rich could ride some rides. I think they made it to Haunted Mansion before it started pouring down rain again. This down pour never gave up and continued to pour on us for the rest of the night. My mom ran and bought Joey and Tyler ponchos while Chris was running around the trick or treat spot multiple times to get our bags filled up with candy. He had to have been flirting with the girls because he ended up with a ton of candy!! Do you think Chris and I were smart to bring our ponchos or buy ponchos when my mom went to get them…….of course not. So we bundled up Joey and Tyler in their ponchos and made a run for Main Street. You guessed it, we were soaked. I was so afraid that Chris was going to get sick like last cruise so I made him buy some dry clothes and he made me buy dry clothes and ponchos. Let me tell you, VERY expensive mistake. Lesson Learned, do not leave your poncho in the hotel room and if you do by a new one for $10 instead of $150 worth of dry clothes!!!!
Stacey and Rich caught up to us and took Joey and Tyler home. We weren’t going to let the rain ruin our fun so we put on our ponchos and off in the rain we went. The remaining people were my parents, Kristy and her DH, Chris and I. I tell you, I have never had so much fun in the rain as I did that night. We went around to all the trick-or-treat places and got a ton of candy. We even snuck a ride in at HM and POTC. Midnight was coming quickly so we said our goodbyes and headed back to the hotel. The rain made this night memorable. Lots of laughs and great memories.
More to come....... (mom feel free to add anything!!)
