irongirlof12
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fab piccies, looks like you had a great time


the tray slot is not big enough for the trays and it all fell on the floor
Luckily everything was boxed up or in bottles but how stupid
Oh also I got a bit upset this morning my eye was getting quite bad and when I was waiting at one of the stations to get breakfast I chatted to a lovely English lady but I could see her keep looking at my eye
So I get back to the room and just burst into tears, I know bit of an over reaction but I was so down about my eye and what with chucking my food everywhere and probably a bit of tiredness it just became too much. Well David didnt know what to do, this was so out of character for me, and the girls were really shocked too. It really made me realise how insensitive we are to other people, I would actually have rathered people just asked what was wrong, rather than stared!!!!
We headed straight for the safari to get FPs as this is one of DHs favourites so a must do today. We then walked the trail whilst waiting. The girls kept themselves busy 
David wasnt quick enough putting up his hand to be chosen to sit on stage and the owl swoops directly at you, the lady next to us got chosen and she loved it, maybe next time! After the show our time was finally up that we could grab another FP so I went and FPed the rapids, with strict instructions that we would meet at Safari! We had an awesome driver who was really in character, which makes it more fun, David took a ton of photos but here are just a couple
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There was a sweet little girl in a wheelchair who was chosen to lead the giraffes and she had the hugest smile on her face, it was so cute.
And both were yummy and just the right amount for the 4 of us. One great tip I got from the DIS was that cups of water are free, yes something at WDW is free
So when we ordered drinks we always got at least one bottle of water to take away, always ask for large, a cup of fizzy or lemonade and always a cup of water. Dessert here is frozen lemonade which the girls loved, better than choc cake in this heat IMHO.
It’s always fun to try and work out who will be the ones to get absolutely soaked and today it was Jess
But she loved it
Don’t have any photos, sorry.
So we walked onto PW instead, well Jess and I did, David and Ellie went in search of some shade. Wow is this a jerky ride, it would have been great if it wasn’t jolty but Jess liked it so that’s all that mattered. Ellie found this dinosaur whilst waiting.
I couldn’t believe it when I saw Simba missing
Good job my good DIS friend DM is handy on the computer, thanks so much DM 
One was a parcel from DisneyLandMama and it was 2 mistymate fans that she had bought from Walmart for me 

The CM had not realised Ellie wanted half sprinkles half oreo crumbs so added 2 lots!!!!! Jess went for a much healthier crispy head dipped in chocolate just with sprinkles and chocolate
You’ll be glad to hear they took another 2 days to finish!
now up to this point we’d only briefly met Zorylee, little did he know what would happen later in the holiday 
Overall the food was nice but Jess and I found it too spicy, we had the Kabobs and wish we’d asked for the sauce on the side, the waiter said to David about his meal being spicy (which David said it wasn’t!) but never warned us
I had the Crème Brule which was nice, Jess was meant to order off of the adults menu but really wanted ice cream and this is what they brought her……….
But I didn’t
Anyway we decided that this it was too late to start that course and we headed back. We decided to catch the bus to MGM but took a few photos on the way……..

Last trip we went to both water parks but we loved BB best so that was the plan today. The water parks have EMHs every morning and although I normally avoid them like the plague this was different. We ate some doughnuts and cereal bars for breakfast washed down with pink lemonade, very healthy
David kept our KTTW in his sealed trunks pocket.
We got into the near enough empty queue for the chair lifts, shows how empty it was as we didnt even have a single rider with us
we stop, now have I told you that my oh so brave hubbie is scared of heights and it is a huge accomplishment for him to get on here in the first place, well as were swinging there for absolutely ages, me and Jess are spotting lizards, watching daft people going down summit plummet just having a nice girly chat whilst David is holding on for dear life whilst trying not to show his fears to Ellie
We literally were stopped for 10 minutes and all I was thinking was we were losing valuable EMH time!
Then we were off you zoom down a really wide open flume and the raft twists and turns and OMG that waters freezing first thing, now my wonderful
husband manages to steer this thing, he grabs the handles and uses his body so Im the one going down backwards
So Im there trying to counter act it
We get to the bottom and oh so gracefully
we get out, why is so incredibly hard to get out of those rafts and keep your dignity 
When we got to the big pool I got off the raft and managed to tip the whole thing over and dunked Ellie, whoops, good job shes a good swimmer
We then all grabbed single rafts and were off again, once at the top we didnt realise that single rafts had to go down the covered flume and Ellie, who did it in 2005 and loved it, totally freaked and refused
So get ready to flame me, we told her to stay put and we rode down
We then grabbed another single and a double and walked up again, we were slightly wishing now that there was actually a queue because our legs were burning from all the steps
So we find our little angel and shes perfectly fine and all is well again. Ellie and I jump in the double whilst Jess and David go singularly. We decide that after 3 turns we really should go find another slide.
Next stop was Downhill Double Dipper, we grabbed a ring and within a few minutes we were plummeting down, this is a great ride but near the bottom you go through a wall of water and ouch that hurts your face! Up some more steps to the Toboggan racers, we all lined up and I won
David said I cheated and went before I was meant to, sore loser I think
David and Jess went again whilst Ellie and I went on Snow Stormers which is right next door. Ellie doesn’t like TR because she is the lightest so she never wins
She loved SS but all those twists and turns hurt my back, obviously being short was good on this ride
On both rides you have a foam toboggan which you lay face first on holding the handles, now the trick on TR is to just kneel on it and when the CM says go you launch yourself forwards and down to get extra speed
at least I won though
It was now 9.20am and we’ve done so much, I can’t stress enough you must get there early it’s great! We did another race down TR and David did win this time, it happened every time after that, that I would win right up until the very last moment and as we went under the finishing line he’d pass me
Must be because he’s soooooo much heavier


Well it didn’t last long!!!!! Now things I’m afraid get really fuzzy sorry, I do remember that it was great fun but incredibly hot, D, E and I got 2 holes in one and J got 1 and the final scores were pretty tight Jess took 46 shots, Ellie 44, me 39 and David 37, way off the course record
I would highly recommend the course but maybe not in the middle of the day 
We came across a blacksmith and he was reshoeing a horse so we watched for about 10 minutes, it was really interesting how he shaped the metal, heated it up cooled it down etc I don’t think the girls have ever seen this done before and they couldn’t believe it didn’t hurt the horse when he hammered it on
BTW it’s not a good idea to wear flip flops here 
but this time we didn’t see them return, not sure if they ever went into the show, whatever my kids had done I wouldn’t waste 2 TS credits each 
) and our waiter came and literally slammed our food down, OMG I nearly had a heart attack
The food was served in pails and it was pretty tasty, you could have extras of any thing, we got some extra chicken which had loads of meat on

The bus driver was really kind and waited and within a couple of minutes they were back and luckily they’d found it just as the CM’s were about to chuck it all in the trash!!! The whole bus cheered 
We made it back in time and I went off to the PM to refill our mugs, but on the way had a quick relax in one of the hammocks, there was a man playing the steel drums and as I swung looking into a cloudless sky the music floated across the lake, maybe I was starting to like this resort after all
After about 10 mins I went and refilled our mugs and used 1 CS credit on 2 croissants and an OJ, yes I know what a bad deal that I could have gotten a steak etc but we just couldn’t eat all the food and this way we had breakfast ready in our room for tomorrow, so it worked for us 
I managed to book a much coveted ADR! But first we were on a secret mission, to get the girls to BBB with them not knowing! First a little back tracking, for the whole trip so far Jess had been admiring all the girls who had been to BBB I even had to lie saying that I found out about it too late and by the time I tried to book they were already full, can’t believe she believed I didn’t know about something in Disney 
: Yes they fell for it
So we grab a bus and I’m praying no little girls will be talking about going to BBB and luckily we had it to ourselves, we arrive pretty early, we’d been up since 7.30am and eaten our croissants and had caught the bus at 9am our appointment was at 9.30am. So we amble around take a few photos.
They are soooooo happy especially Jess, we check in and the girls are given the leaflet with their names on and they choose their hairstyle, both choose Disney Diva, at least they didn’t go for the multi coloured hair!
They both thoroughly enjoyed all the pampering, OMG what have I done 
Here are some of those photos.


Luckily we were fine and made it to CRT a tiny bit early. We had to wait about 5 minutes to meet Cinderella and I can’t believe I forgot to put the free photo that you get onto my photo pass CD!!! So here is one of the ones we took
were seated straight away quite near the middle of the room, our starter was quick to arrive and it consisted of a plate of meats, cheeses, salad and grapes, the girls I think ate a grape each
David ordered the pasta and I had the Major Domo’s pie, this was delicious tender beef in a rich red wine sauce topped with puff pastry, the only bit I didn’t really care for was the shredded vegetables which were a bit hard! The characters were soon announced and this is who we saw………….
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what lovely pictires of CRT
Well Jess comes back all excited saying she was given a certificate for speed trading, so what does a good Mum do? Well send Ellie back in to see if she can get one too
She doesnt get a certificate but she was lucky enough to get dream pins
Now I explained that one was for her and one to give away, she replies that she wants to keep them both
Again I explain, now she is an incredibly bright girl, top set for everything at school so what was so hard to understand? I went on about how standing right next to her ie Jess was someone she could share with. NO. OK Ellie you have to give one away and if not your sister then lets find someone else, eventually, literally it took about 5 minutes, she decided to let Jess have the other one, phew!!!
Here are just a couple of parade shots for you, look at how close Hook was he sure scared the girls 
David, Jess and I had the dole float and Ellie had a coke one. I did enjoy this, the pineapple juice was delicious but Im afraid it wasnt as yummy as Id expected! David even said hed have preferred a coke one
But it hit the spot so I was pleased we got one! I ran and FPed JC then we rode POC, it kept breaking down so took a while to get on but at least it was nice and cool. David even had a conversation with 2 teenagers about sports stars salaries
When it was our turn to board it broke down again and we waited ages, eventually it started and a huge cheer went up!!! We had a family of 4 behind us 2 boys their Mum and Grandma and they were hilarious, when we went through the battle scene they were shouting out duck etc it was so funny.
We even have a few photos of this course as we hadnt previously been to a water park with out our camera 
But as always I didnt stay the winner. I did get a hole in one though on the fifteenth
Final scores were Ellie 77, Jess 73, Me 66 and David 64 so he only just beat me! Par for the course was 61 so we did OK.