Cross your heart we're going! Cross it!An Unexpected April Adventure! TR Started!!!!

[jenniferkeala808]

I'M GONNA DANCE FOR


2 WEEKS?!!?!??!!?!?!? WOOOHOOOO!!!!

 

[Angies1274]

I'M GONNA DANCE FOR


2 WEEKS?!!?!??!!?!?!? WOOOHOOOO!!!!

Woohoo!!!! Thanks Keala!!

 

[Angies1274]

Hi Everyone!! I hope you had a great weekend!! We had fun here! On Saturday, since Easter is next weekend...wow! I decided to finally put up some Easter decorations and we made some Easter crafts! The boys had a good time! We also made some yummy chocolate oatmeal cookies. (although, I was really good and only had a couple.) Then we decided to watch Aladdin as our Disney movie of the week. Believe it or not..this was actually my first time watching it! It's one of the boys favorites but for some reason or another I have always found something else to do when it was on. I'm glad I finally took the time to watch it this time...it's a really cute movie! Yesterday, we just spent some time outdoors. I had some raking I needed to finishing up and I'm so glad I did because it's supposed to rain here for the next few days But...it's actually supposed to get into the 70's this weekend!! So happy about that!! Maybe we will be able to actually do our Easter egg hunt outside this year! Okay, so I babbled on long enough about our weekend. Time to get on with the important stuff!!!

Since I have already shared our Top 10 favorite moments from past trips, I thought it might be fun to also share the Top 10 things we are looking most forward to this trip!! So here it goes!


Top 10 things we are looking most forward to this time!!
(in no particular order)

1. Being able to explore more of the World Showcase!!!
2. Drinking a Grand Marnier Orange Slush (me) while watching Illuminations!! (us!!)
3. Riding BTMRR in the dark!! (didn't originally think we would be able to do this but now...it looks like we just might be able to! YAY!)
4. Seeing the Flower and Garden Festival, especially all the new displays!!
5. Watching Fantasmic!! (on you tube it looks amazing...can't wait to see it in person!!)
6. Seeing the boys interact with the characters!!(We are on a hunt for the characters this trip!!!)
7. Watching the afternoon parade at Magic Kingdom!! (can't wait..it will be our first time seeing it!!)
8. Seeing some new attractions...TOT, Space Mountain, POTC (no, we've actually never rode this) and a few others.
9. Watching Festival of the Lion King!!!
10. Spending time just soaking everything in and looking for all the secret finds and hidden mickey's!!

There's my list. I'm sure I could think of more...but this covers the majority of what we are most excited about!! So, what about you? What are you most looking forward to seeing or doing on your next trip? Share if you'd like. I would love to hear it!!!

 

[jenniferkeala808]

Great list!! Most of those are on my list...I think ALL are on my DBF's list since he's never been...my #1 thing on my list:

SHARE THE MAGIC OF DISNEY WITH MY BOYFRIEND!! I can't wait to experience the World with the one I love !

Can't wait!! (more dancing bananas for you )

 

[mommytothreeboys]

Love the top 10 list!

Since this is the first time Jeff and I will be at WDW without the boys since our honeymoon, I am really looking forward to experiencing all the magic as a couple! I can't wait to stroll down Main Street hand in hand. We had so much fun together on our honeymoon and I hope that we are able to recapture some of that Disney magic together!

 

[dismagiclover]

You are going to have such a great trip! I can't believe you've never ridden POTC. I predict your boys will love it! So many great firsts you have ahead! I can't wait to hear about them.

 

[Cory's Gal]

Two Weeks WOO HOO!!!!!!!!

Sounds like you had a great weekend Angie!! Glad you finally got to see Aladdin too! Gabe's not crazy for that movie, but if it's on he watches it!! We finally saw Bedtime Stories this weekend!!! We LOVED it!! Thanks for the suggestion!! We are going to rent Princess and the Frog this week since it's Spring Break from the Red Box, I can't wait to see it, my mom wants to see it really badly too!! GREAT TOP 10 LIST!!! Your trip is getting so close!!!!

 

[Mickey_Mom]

Mmmm, a Grand Marnier orange slushie... that sounds yummy. And drinking that while watching Illuminations makes it sound even yummier. Is that a word?

A few years ago we downloaded a great guide to where all the characters were. Maybe try to find an updated one? And have you been on the Hidden Mickey's website?

You haven't been on POTC ? How fun it'll be your first time! What about the shop after the ride... have you been? Be prepared to spend some time in there..... Oh and you must try and catch Jack's Pirate Tutorial too!



Oh yeah, and TWO WEEKS!!!

 

[Angies1274]

Great list!! Most of those are on my list...I think ALL are on my DBF's list since he's never been...my #1 thing on my list:

SHARE THE MAGIC OF DISNEY WITH MY BOYFRIEND!! I can't wait to experience the World with the one I love !

Can't wait!! (more dancing bananas for you )

Thanks!!

Ahh...what a great thing to look forward to...being able to share the magic with your DBF!!

Love the top 10 list!

Since this is the first time Jeff and I will be at WDW without the boys since our honeymoon, I am really looking forward to experiencing all the magic as a couple! I can't wait to stroll down Main Street hand in hand. We had so much fun together on our honeymoon and I hope that we are able to recapture some of that Disney magic together!

Hi Missy!!

It's sounds like it's going to be a great trip for you guys!! I'm hoping DH and I can do that someday!! It sounds wonderful!!

 

[Angies1274]

You are going to have such a great trip! I can't believe you've never ridden POTC. I predict your boys will love it! So many great firsts you have ahead! I can't wait to hear about them.

I know...I can't believe we haven't rode POTC?? Can't wait to give it a try!

Two Weeks WOO HOO!!!!!!!!

Sounds like you had a great weekend Angie!! Glad you finally got to see Aladdin too! Gabe's not crazy for that movie, but if it's on he watches it!! We finally saw Bedtime Stories this weekend!!! We LOVED it!! Thanks for the suggestion!! We are going to rent Princess and the Frog this week since it's Spring Break from the Red Box, I can't wait to see it, my mom wants to see it really badly too!! GREAT TOP 10 LIST!!! Your trip is getting so close!!!!

It was a great weekend...nice and relaxing!! Just the way I like it!! Glad you liked Bedtime Stories!! It's such a funny movie! The boys got such a kick out of that guinea pig with the huge eyes!!

Mmmm, a Grand Marnier orange slushie... that sounds yummy. And drinking that while watching Illuminations makes it sound even yummier. Is that a word?

A few years ago we downloaded a great guide to where all the characters were. Maybe try to find an updated one? And have you been on the Hidden Mickey's website?

You haven't been on POTC ? How fun it'll be your first time! What about the shop after the ride... have you been? Be prepared to spend some time in there..... Oh and you must try and catch Jack's Pirate Tutorial too!



Oh yeah, and TWO WEEKS!!!

Hi Tracy!!
Thanks for the tip on the character guide (I'll have to look into that!) I've read about a Hidden Mickey website but for some reason haven't checked it out yet? Thanks for reminding me.

Um..I didn't know there was a shop outside POTC. We never spend nearly enough time over in Adventureland. I'm hoping to change that this trip!!!

 

[wdwgirl03]

Great list! I personally can't wait for the Animal Kingdom tour and hopefully meeting some DISers. Still sad we'll just miss each other.

I can't believe Sunday is already Easter. Geez, I feel like it was just Christmas!

 

[Angies1274]

Great list! I personally can't wait for the Animal Kingdom tour and hopefully meeting some DISers. Still sad we'll just miss each other.

I can't believe Sunday is already Easter. Geez, I feel like it was just Christmas!

Ooohh....the Animal Kingdom tour sounds fun!! I know...I'm sad that we are going to miss each other.

I can't believe it either...ugh! I still have sooo much to do!!!!

 

[Angies1274]

Good Morning!!! The next couple of days are going to be busy here trying to get caught up on school work, etc. so I'm all ready for Easter Break! So, I thought I would try and squeeze in another quick update!! (I'm trying to get all planning updates done before Friday so I can start our 10 day countdown!!)

First some quick news--

*After reading on DisMomAmy's PTR about Fantasmic adding extra times to their April schedule. I decided to have a look and sure enough they added an extra Fantasmic for the night we are going to DHS!! YAY! Now, we just have to decide if we want to go to the early or late show?? Either way we are going to get more time in the park!!! Great news!!

*Just checked the crowd calendar for the week we are there again yesterday...still the same--6,5,6,6,4! It looks good to me! Last year I think they were all 8's and 9's.

*Since you can check Accuweather 15 days before your trip to get an idea of how the weather will be in Orlando when you are there, I decided to look yesterday and so far for the 12th and 13th, they are predicting Partly sunny for both days with a high of 83 and 80 degrees!!

Okay...enough news! Now, on to the fun stuff!! I decided to take a picture this morning of Noah's activity book for the plane, extra pages for Nick (he'll probably play his DS most of the trip), my travel notebook, our list of where to find the characters for autographs and our mousekeeping envelopes.

Another fun activity I'm picking up for the plane is--

I thought it would give us something fun and different to do to pass the time!

Even though I haven't printed out my list yet...here are a few hidden Mickey's we will be on the look out for--
* In Mickey's Philharmagic- look for the cloud shadows on the table during Beauty and the Beast part
* IASW- Look on a vine between the giraffes on your left
* Pooh- Look on the radish marker in Rabbits garden
* Splash Mountain-check the stacked barrels on your right along the second lift.
*Soarin' --a blue balloon at the beginning of the Palm Springs scene, held by a man behind a golf cart at the far lower left.
* TOT- Look for water stains just left of a fuse box on the boiler room's left, just past where the queue divides.
* Fantasmic- The bubbles in the water screens, Pinocchio's bubble forms a Mickey's head, two others form his ears.
* Kilimanjaro Safaris-- Flamingo island

And....some fun finds to look for--

*"Well Howdy!" says a statue of Goofy every 30 seconds sitting in front of Tony's Town Square Restaurant.
* Lady and the Tramp paw prints in the sidewalk.
* Behind the castle is a fountain with Cinderella. If you bend down and look at the fountain, the crown on the back wall appears to crown Cinderella.
*sit on the stone ledge on the side of the castle, you will hear Stitch giggle and tell you to be quiet because he's hiding.
*If you're by the Haunted Mansion at night, look up at the top story right above the front door. If you watch it for a while, you'll notice a light pass by it and some shadows. It looks like 2 people are walking by with a lantern.
*Talking water fountains: Outside Mousegear shop, behind Innoventions West, near the restroom between Innoventions and HISTA Pavilion, and near the play fountain between Future World and World Showcase (left side of the big fountain in FW as you are walking toward WS).
*Check out the "Singing in the Rain" umbrella that is attached to one of the streetlights near the old Hunchback theater. Grab the umbrella and step on the black square embedded in the cement underneath it for a nice surprise! (DHS)
*On the path, as you walk to get to the FOLK, there is a bridge that you walk over. On the right hand side look over to the left, you will see what appears to be a waterfall. If you look closely, it is actually a dinosaur with the water coming out of his mouth. (AK)

(a few of them I got from Mickey Mom's PTR (thanks) We just never got around to looking for them last August.)

Those are just a few we will be looking for...there really is soooo many!!

Oooohhh...I almost forgot!! I can do our online check-in on Friday!!! so excited!!!

Whoops, I guess it wasn't such a quick update after all! I just really wanted to finish sharing all our major planning stuff so Friday I can start our official countdown!! YAY!! Thanks for reading!

 

[jenniferkeala808]

OOH MY GOODNESS!! So many things to do in sooo little time!!

Woohoo for added Fantasmic! shows...they also added another one the night we were planning on going so we're going to the later one instead! Yay for a great crowd calendar! I've been checking my dates also and the numbers are looking great! Yay for great weather! Let's hope it continues until late April/early May!!

Wow...you're all set for the plane ride! Great activity book! I've heard great things about scrabble slam! Maybe I'll pick that up for my boyfriend & I!!

And great list of things to look for!! I'll have to add some to my list! Thanks!

Woohooo for online check in on Friday! so exciting!!!!

 

[mickeystoontown]

I absolutely love your list of hidden Mickeys and things to look out for. Do you mind if I print it out for our trip? Even after 15 trips, I didn't know to look for some of the things on your list.

What is it about looking at other people's lists and pictures that get me all excited for our upcoming trip? I just love doing that.

 

[DisMomAmy]

I love those hidden secrets! I'll be looking for some of them.

Yay for online check-in!!

 

[Angies1274]

OOH MY GOODNESS!! So many things to do in sooo little time!!

Woohoo for added Fantasmic! shows...they also added another one the night we were planning on going so we're going to the later one instead! Yay for a great crowd calendar! I've been checking my dates also and the numbers are looking great! Yay for great weather! Let's hope it continues until late April/early May!!

Wow...you're all set for the plane ride! Great activity book! I've heard great things about scrabble slam! Maybe I'll pick that up for my boyfriend & I!!

And great list of things to look for!! I'll have to add some to my list! Thanks!

Woohooo for online check in on Friday! so exciting!!!!

I know...I'm so excited they added another Fantasmic show!! We still may go to the early one because we have an early character breakfast the next morning! But at least we'll be able to spend a little more time in the park afterward!! YAY!

UGH! Just after I posted yesterday, I went back and double checked the crowd calendar again and they raised our numbers a little....not too bad but still.... Oh well! We managed last year the week of Easter so we'll roll with it!

We're excited to try scrabble slam!! It looks fun!

I absolutely love your list of hidden Mickeys and things to look out for. Do you mind if I print it out for our trip? Even after 15 trips, I didn't know to look for some of the things on your list.

What is it about looking at other people's lists and pictures that get me all excited for our upcoming trip? I just love doing that.

Hi Lisa!

Thanks! If your interested in more hidden Mickey's and fun finds--here is where I got some of them.

http://www.wdwinfo.com/best-kept-secrets_MK.htm

I love those hidden secrets! I'll be looking for some of them.

Yay for online check-in!!

for online check-in!! Can't wait! We had really good luck with it last year! Both times, we walked up and our stuff was ready and waiting for us. Hopefully, it will work out just as good this year!

 

[mommytothreeboys]

Oh my goodness, you're so close!!! You must be FREAKING out!!

I love all the hidden secrets! I didn't know about the Haunted Mansion one...I'm going to check that one out in May!

Love all the plane activities. My boys are usually so excited they don't do too much....Jonah played with Model Magic on our first trip. That stuff is really great...and perfect for the Easter basket!

The Fantasmic news is great! And your crowd numbers look outstanding!

On to the 10 day countdown!!!!

 

[Mickey_Mom]

Hey Angie! I'm having internet woes from home and was hoping to see your pics before posting but, oh well, here goes anyway.....

I think, but I'm not sure, I've heard the later show of Fantasmic is less crowded because more people go to the first one... but I'm totally not sure.... Just go with the flow I guess.

The fun finds... (yay for my PTR!) I didn't know Goofy's statue says "Well Howdy!" I've never been to the statue... I must do it! And I always forget to go see the singing in the rain umbrella!

If you hear Stitch giggle, let me know... 'cause I didn't catch it

Online check-in! Wow!

 

[ellajeansmom]

Your trip is coming so fast

I tend to check the accuweather forecast for Orlando pretty much everyday just to see what kind of day it would be at WDW, and when I realized the other day that the extended forecast included the beginning of your trip I was very excited for you...so far your weather looks great

That's a great list of hidden mickeys and fun finds!

I also can't believe this weekend is Easter, its going to be last minute shopping here for sure I like the idea of books, I may go with that.

Have a great weekend!