Delays, Delays, that is the theme of our trip! Report for 11/12-11/17

[Desnik]

I haven't wrote a trip report in a long time. This trip definately deserves one!!! I really have alot to say about this one so lets get started!
First who was on this trip:
Myself(30)
DH(34)
DD(8.5)
DS(3.5)
We were joined on 2 days by my best friend Elaine(32), her husband Scott(31), their son Tyler who was celebrating his 4th birthday, and Elaine's dad who had dinner with us one night.

Day 1:
We had gotten a good deal on our tickets on Jetblue out of Newark. We had just been in WDW in May so we really didn't have a problem with our late flight for Sunday night. Our flight was suppose to leave at 6:40pm. We had to leave our house by 3:30. At 2:30 I checked and saw we had a delay of about 45mins. So we desided to just leave at the same time and just take our time getting there. It was raining so we knew what the delay was about. We get to the airport it had stopped raining which was great! We parked at Newarks economy lot, near a bus stop and the bus came within minutes of us getting there. We now had another delay and weren't going to leave until 8:30pm. So we had dinner at the TGI Fridays. It was very good. We get through security with no problems. Then we get to the gate and see that our plane isn't going to leave until 9:30pm!!!(it was about 7pm) The place was packed, the store had run out of drinks, and people were sitting on the floor. Then I get sick and spend most of my time in the bathroom!!! The whole thing was a nightmare. Good thing I had stuff to keep the kids busy but it only lasted so long. They did really well considering. We were able to preboard because we had to gate check our stroller. The weather was still bad over NJ so we had some turbulence which made me so nauseus. All while my son is yelling Whee, like he's on a ride!!LOL We finally landed and it was about 12:45am. We start going to where DME is and there is someone from Disney with a sign saying we had to go another way. We were so tired and didn't get what she said. We get half way down the aisle and thankfully we bumped into another DME employee who helped point us into the right direction. Basically we had to go down one, then across and up 3, whatever! We got there!LOL At this point it was about 1:30 and we had to wait about 15 min. and then we left for the resort. We were the only ones on the bus. When we got to check in, again we were the only ones. The CM had my package that I had shipped waiting for me. It took all of 10 mins. to check in and we were driven by a van to our room. We get out, on load the van, then the CM says, oops, wrong building!!! We were so tired and she felt so bad, but we just were laughing. We finally get to the room and it was so beautiful. Our first time in a 1 bedroom. Well we all got a 2nd wind at this time and couldn't sleep. We finally get to bed at about 3:30am.

Day 2:
We slept in till about 12!!! We get showered and dressed and head to the main building to eat lunch. Well we didn't realize just how far we were! It was a long walk and we actually got alittle lost! We had been here before, just not this section and it took 2 days for us to get our bearings!!LOL I blame that on lack of sleep. We get to Artist Palette and have a great lunch. Afterwards we hop on a bus to the MK for MVMCP.

I'll continue this later.

 

[Desnik]

Day 2 cont.....
We get to the MK and let me just say that I was impressed with how they were handling all the people coming and going. The entrance was split. To the left was the entrance for the regular folks wanting to go to the MK. To the right was the entrance for MVMCP ticket holders. This was at about 4-4:30pm. They made no exceptions and if you didn't have a party ticket, you had to go to the other side. We entered and were given our wrist bands right there. The MK seemed busy but not too bad. We had time to kill before our dinner ressie which was for 6:10 pm at Tony's. We were able to ride Buzz, meet 2 characters, ride Small world and meet up with our friends. We got to Tony's about 5 mins early and had to wait 15 mins to be seated. It was crowded in there. We were celebrating Tyler's birthday and they decorated the table and we ordered a cake to sing to him. It was alot of fun and the food was good. After dinner Elaine's dad left and we all got a spot near the entrance for the parade. There was alot of people here at this point. There were CM's checking everyone for there wristbands. The parade was so good, and long! We saw so many characters and it was just so great! It even snowed!!LOL The kids really enjoyed it. I'm so glad we got it all on video. Then after we walked towards the castle to find a spot for Wishes. Thid holiday version was so good! It was also really long and one of the best firework shows we've ever seen. Between the parade and Wishes we felt we got our monies worth! Our friends left after the fireworks because they had been at the MK all day.(plus, did I mention she's pregnant with triplets!!) We went to see the T'was the night before Christmas show. It was standing room only when we got there which really didn't bother us. We were 15mins into the show and we all just looked at eachother and started laughing. We were all bored and didn't like the show at all. We thought it was just really cheesy! So, we went to find some cookies and hot chocolate. We got to ride Dumbo, Peter Pan, the carosel, and HM with no waits! We ended up leaving at around 11:30 because we were still tired from the day before!

We enjoyed MVMCP but I don't think we'll do it again, not for a few years anyway.

 

[tinawv]

Looking forward to your next post.

 

[Desnik]

Day 3
We got up and desided to go to Epcot. We arrived at Epcot and it was empty!! Well, to us it was. We couldn't believe it! So we headed to go have lunch at Sunshine Seasons and then we saw that there was no line for the new Nemo ride. So we went there first. It was such a cool ride. the 4 of us got to go in one clam together. DS sat on my lap. We all really enjoyed this ride. It was so cool how while you walk through the que you feel as if you are going under the sea! Once on the ride it is so amazing to see how they incorporated the Nemo characters with the real fish. We even got to see a dolphin swim by! It was so good we got off, then went around and got back on again! We did notice when exiting the ride that both times there was a long line for Turtle talk with Crush. We then headed to eat lunch. When we entered we saw that there was a 30 min wait for Soarin. DS wasn't tall enough so DH and DD went to ride it while I had lunch with DS. It was lunch time but we were able to find a seat easily and the food was good. We then headed for the UK so DH can have his Fish and chips. We found a nice spot across from the Fish and Chips stand. There were tables and chairs and it was such a pretty spot. after we walked to where the shops were and spotted Mary Poppins and Alice in Wonderland. There was no line either!!! DS and DD loved getting autographs. Alice told us to go in the toy shop because Tigger was there. We went and again, no line!! It was great. We walked around the countries, rode Maelstrom, enjoyed the group playing in Morocco, had hot pretzels and funnel cake too!! We got to see the drummers in China and the marching band in America. In Japan one of the CM's wrote our DD's name for us. DD is learning about Japan and thought it would be cool to show her teacher! We spent alot of money in Epcot on this day!! Gotta love those shops!


I'll continue this later, I have to go watch the Amazing Race!!!