nicknamy1996
Disney Junkie...
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I think I spent more time on these boards planning my trip then we did in WDW but it was worth it. I have never really read the trip reports but I figured since I'm back I might as well post a quick one.
The drive down was perfect (with a 8 month old and a 2 1/2 yo) so that was a good sign, we managed 14 hours without any fussing from them (they slept a good part of it).
Sunday we woke up and finished the drive (about an hour). We went to ASMo to check in around 9:30 AM, there were only a few people in line ahead of us, and a lot of workers behind the counter, so I figured it would move quick, it didn't. I was wondering what the hold up was, after all I had my voucher and figured I would give it to them, they would give us our cards and tell us the room would be available later, wrong again. I had several requests: Toy Story Building, Courtyard View, Crib for the room and adjoining rooms for the 2 parties. I gave the CM the voucher and she gave us directions to our room at the Mighty Ducks building, she didn't look at any of our requests. So now I figured out why the line moves so slow, she had to change everything around for us. we ended up with TS(which was really the most importiant) no view and rooms 2 doors apart.(no big deal) so I was happy.We also received to Trading Pins, which turned out to be a lot of fun...and money over the next couple of days. And it was off to Epcot.
Sunday. Epcot. weather was great, it did rain but only for a couple of mins. while we were in The Land, and they moved our strollers out of the rain and placed a towel on it for us to dry everything off. We managed to do about everything in Future World (longest wait of the day was 30 min.) before heading back to get our room and unpack. Then it was back to epcot for the Illuminations. we arrived 30 min early and there was a light crowd so we rode Malestrom and El Rio Del Tiempo both with no wait at all before finding a spot to watch the show.
Monday was breakfast with Pooh at CP every thing was great. And we got some great pics. and video of the boys. We managed to ride everything we wanted in MK except the Train(which we came back to ride on Thursday) The crowds were very busy by midday but the lines were not bad for most rides, and the fast pass worked to perfection.(did you know the fast pass is good the rest of the day ex. if it says 3 to 4 pm they will let you use it from 3 til close even for shows) <---- very helpful tip picked up from CM. We had a front row seat for the parade which was very good. Fireworks were great, but the crowd leaving was huge.
Tuesday was Animal Kingdom day. crowds were pretty large, didn't get to see Lion King, but did Dinosaur (not as good as I had hoped) The tree of life is very neat and the show was good, safari ride was OK. Weather was good again. We finished up early and headed back to the room for a quick rest before 5:15 PS at Chef Mickeys. Chef Mickey's was great, food was awsome and had plenty of photo ops with Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Goofy, Chip and Dale. And we finished up in time to head to the roof to watch the fireworks. (HIGHLY RECOMENDED) Every trip we take from now on will include PS at the contemporay about 2 hr before MK fireworks. After the fireworks we headed to Character Corner at Lake Buena Vista Factory Outley Mall. Recomend this too, got some really good buys there.
Wednesday was Disney Studios. Still the Muppets 3D is one of the greatest thing in WDW. Lines were 30 min at most (except RNR and TOT which we did FP for RNR and rode TOT 1st. thing in the moring so that worked great too) Waited the longest for Playhouse Disney Live and would have waited 3 times as long, my 2 y/o LOVED IT. And he loved meeting Buzz and Woody.We ate at The Itialian Restaurant (Mama somethings) we ate there on our last trip too 1996 honeymoon its nice. After the park we spent a little time at downtown disney and Disney Quest. DQ looked pretty neat, but we only did one thing (virtual space mountian.. it was pretty cool)
Thursday we walked around the ASMo for a while and let Alex play at the park for a while before heading to MK for the train and mickey ears for the boys then it was over to Epcot for the world showcase which was fun(ate at mexico), would have been better, but everybody was getting tired and dreading the long drive home.
Somewhere between Epcot and home we lost a Tigger hat my wife bought for Ben (the little one) if anyone knows where we can find one please let me know. It's a ball cap with tiggers face on the front, and a tail on the back. really cute. Thanks.
Wow that was a LOT longer then I expcected but it could be a lot longer too.
Great weather, Good crowds, Good pricing(on package, still spent a bundle in the parks)
Bottom line. We will be going back next Feb....and hopefully every year after that for a while.
The drive down was perfect (with a 8 month old and a 2 1/2 yo) so that was a good sign, we managed 14 hours without any fussing from them (they slept a good part of it).
Sunday we woke up and finished the drive (about an hour). We went to ASMo to check in around 9:30 AM, there were only a few people in line ahead of us, and a lot of workers behind the counter, so I figured it would move quick, it didn't. I was wondering what the hold up was, after all I had my voucher and figured I would give it to them, they would give us our cards and tell us the room would be available later, wrong again. I had several requests: Toy Story Building, Courtyard View, Crib for the room and adjoining rooms for the 2 parties. I gave the CM the voucher and she gave us directions to our room at the Mighty Ducks building, she didn't look at any of our requests. So now I figured out why the line moves so slow, she had to change everything around for us. we ended up with TS(which was really the most importiant) no view and rooms 2 doors apart.(no big deal) so I was happy.We also received to Trading Pins, which turned out to be a lot of fun...and money over the next couple of days. And it was off to Epcot.
Sunday. Epcot. weather was great, it did rain but only for a couple of mins. while we were in The Land, and they moved our strollers out of the rain and placed a towel on it for us to dry everything off. We managed to do about everything in Future World (longest wait of the day was 30 min.) before heading back to get our room and unpack. Then it was back to epcot for the Illuminations. we arrived 30 min early and there was a light crowd so we rode Malestrom and El Rio Del Tiempo both with no wait at all before finding a spot to watch the show.
Monday was breakfast with Pooh at CP every thing was great. And we got some great pics. and video of the boys. We managed to ride everything we wanted in MK except the Train(which we came back to ride on Thursday) The crowds were very busy by midday but the lines were not bad for most rides, and the fast pass worked to perfection.(did you know the fast pass is good the rest of the day ex. if it says 3 to 4 pm they will let you use it from 3 til close even for shows) <---- very helpful tip picked up from CM. We had a front row seat for the parade which was very good. Fireworks were great, but the crowd leaving was huge.
Tuesday was Animal Kingdom day. crowds were pretty large, didn't get to see Lion King, but did Dinosaur (not as good as I had hoped) The tree of life is very neat and the show was good, safari ride was OK. Weather was good again. We finished up early and headed back to the room for a quick rest before 5:15 PS at Chef Mickeys. Chef Mickey's was great, food was awsome and had plenty of photo ops with Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Goofy, Chip and Dale. And we finished up in time to head to the roof to watch the fireworks. (HIGHLY RECOMENDED) Every trip we take from now on will include PS at the contemporay about 2 hr before MK fireworks. After the fireworks we headed to Character Corner at Lake Buena Vista Factory Outley Mall. Recomend this too, got some really good buys there.
Wednesday was Disney Studios. Still the Muppets 3D is one of the greatest thing in WDW. Lines were 30 min at most (except RNR and TOT which we did FP for RNR and rode TOT 1st. thing in the moring so that worked great too) Waited the longest for Playhouse Disney Live and would have waited 3 times as long, my 2 y/o LOVED IT. And he loved meeting Buzz and Woody.We ate at The Itialian Restaurant (Mama somethings) we ate there on our last trip too 1996 honeymoon its nice. After the park we spent a little time at downtown disney and Disney Quest. DQ looked pretty neat, but we only did one thing (virtual space mountian.. it was pretty cool)
Thursday we walked around the ASMo for a while and let Alex play at the park for a while before heading to MK for the train and mickey ears for the boys then it was over to Epcot for the world showcase which was fun(ate at mexico), would have been better, but everybody was getting tired and dreading the long drive home.
Somewhere between Epcot and home we lost a Tigger hat my wife bought for Ben (the little one) if anyone knows where we can find one please let me know. It's a ball cap with tiggers face on the front, and a tail on the back. really cute. Thanks.
Wow that was a LOT longer then I expcected but it could be a lot longer too.
Great weather, Good crowds, Good pricing(on package, still spent a bundle in the parks)
Bottom line. We will be going back next Feb....and hopefully every year after that for a while.
