Hello CBers! Greetings from hot, hot, HOT Disney World! (oh, did I mention that it was HOT here??)
We are now at the Boardwalk - moved here yesterday after spending 3 great nights at the Polynesian. Our room now is right above the bakery so we have a great view. At the Polyneisan we had a lagoon view so we got to see the fireworks from our room.
We were down here the same week last year and this will probably be our last summer trip. The heat is sucking the life out of us.
We are fortunate that we get to go often since it allows us to bypass the long waits knowing we'll get back another time. Our best time at the mk was on monday when we had 8:05 p.s. at the castle. DD5 got to meet her favorite princess, aurora. We got out in time for the rope drop in frontof the carousel. DH took DD5 and hit all the rides in fantasy land. DS9 and I took off and opened peter pan - we were the first and only people on the ride - cool! Then over to BTMR where we walked on and had our own train - could have gone on again but DS said no. Then walked on SM where we again had our own vehicle. Walked on POC, then were one of the first boats out of JC. Over to COP, TTA and then BUZZ - walk-ons. We did all of that before 10. After that the park got so busy and the lines were huge. Waits for SM were past the futuristic palm trees. At night the crowds came in for spectro and the fireworks. We went on the rides with no lines - lots of COP and tta. After not going for years we saw Hall of Presidents. So cool to see them all on the stage! Both ROnald Reagan and George Bush got loud applause. Als saw tikki birds and country bears.
Went to MGM on moving day yesterday - packed! The great movie ride had queues all outside - and so did the muppets. We went to the Walt Disney show - still love it. To give you an idea of the crowds, we went to the sci-fi around 11:30 for our 11:50 p.s. and at that time they were not taking any walk-ins until 9 p.m.!!
I'm not sure how these crowds compare, but they are the largest we have seen. We will work around it. Now that we are here we are concentrating on EPCOT. Last night we went on SE and Imagination. Also saw the movie in Canada - we hope to see ALL the shows in the countries and the kids want to do their masks. Both kids are into trading pins this trip so that has been fun.
We have lunch today (1st time) at the coral reef. Tomorrow we hope to go to Typhoon Lagoon first thing and only hit the wave pool and castaway creek.
We only had one storm - sat. night when we were at 'Ohana for dinner - lots of heat lightning at night.
This is our first trip with DS on medication and he is wiped out! We have been taking breaks every day and we have all benefited from the mid-day naps. This morning we were going to hit EPCOT early opening but the kids didn't get up until 8:30 and that was ok - no pressure this trip! DH has to do a conference call this afternoon so I'll be doing laundry and taking the kids to the pool.
Went to whispering canyon the other night and it was crazy!
Not sure when I'll getback on again...
Take care! Off to EPCOT!
Jill
We are now at the Boardwalk - moved here yesterday after spending 3 great nights at the Polynesian. Our room now is right above the bakery so we have a great view. At the Polyneisan we had a lagoon view so we got to see the fireworks from our room.
We were down here the same week last year and this will probably be our last summer trip. The heat is sucking the life out of us.
We are fortunate that we get to go often since it allows us to bypass the long waits knowing we'll get back another time. Our best time at the mk was on monday when we had 8:05 p.s. at the castle. DD5 got to meet her favorite princess, aurora. We got out in time for the rope drop in frontof the carousel. DH took DD5 and hit all the rides in fantasy land. DS9 and I took off and opened peter pan - we were the first and only people on the ride - cool! Then over to BTMR where we walked on and had our own train - could have gone on again but DS said no. Then walked on SM where we again had our own vehicle. Walked on POC, then were one of the first boats out of JC. Over to COP, TTA and then BUZZ - walk-ons. We did all of that before 10. After that the park got so busy and the lines were huge. Waits for SM were past the futuristic palm trees. At night the crowds came in for spectro and the fireworks. We went on the rides with no lines - lots of COP and tta. After not going for years we saw Hall of Presidents. So cool to see them all on the stage! Both ROnald Reagan and George Bush got loud applause. Als saw tikki birds and country bears.Went to MGM on moving day yesterday - packed! The great movie ride had queues all outside - and so did the muppets. We went to the Walt Disney show - still love it. To give you an idea of the crowds, we went to the sci-fi around 11:30 for our 11:50 p.s. and at that time they were not taking any walk-ins until 9 p.m.!!
I'm not sure how these crowds compare, but they are the largest we have seen. We will work around it. Now that we are here we are concentrating on EPCOT. Last night we went on SE and Imagination. Also saw the movie in Canada - we hope to see ALL the shows in the countries and the kids want to do their masks. Both kids are into trading pins this trip so that has been fun.
We have lunch today (1st time) at the coral reef. Tomorrow we hope to go to Typhoon Lagoon first thing and only hit the wave pool and castaway creek.
We only had one storm - sat. night when we were at 'Ohana for dinner - lots of heat lightning at night.
This is our first trip with DS on medication and he is wiped out! We have been taking breaks every day and we have all benefited from the mid-day naps. This morning we were going to hit EPCOT early opening but the kids didn't get up until 8:30 and that was ok - no pressure this trip! DH has to do a conference call this afternoon so I'll be doing laundry and taking the kids to the pool.
Went to whispering canyon the other night and it was crazy!
Not sure when I'll getback on again...
Take care! Off to EPCOT!
Jill
Keep enjoying.
lol!
