I’m SO excited I could CRY! A Polynesian Adventure!! July 2013! Updated 2/9!

[frankieeyre]

AAAH! This is getting super exciting Nani! The Poly looks so unbelievably beautiful! I wanna go there!! Can we resort hop and check it out one day?! Those pillows were too cute. It's just perfect! xxx

YAY! I need to catch up on yours! YES WE CAN! I want to relive the memories!! Boutiki is such a good shop, we will have to get something!

Love the trip report! What days were you there? We were staying at BC Jul 12-21 this summer! Can't wait to see more.

Thank you!! I was there July 16-Aug 1!! We would have been there at the same time! How crazy! Hope you had a good trip!

Joining in!

I'm incredibly jealous that you stayed at the Poly; it's just so beautiful!

The CMs by the Magical Express are too adorable!

I'm super excited to read more!

YAY thank you!! It was perfect! It is absolutely stunning!!
Aren't they just too cute!
Thanks for reading!!​

 

[courtneylauren]

LOVE this post! Kona is one of our favorites!

THE BREAD. ISN'T IT THE BEST THING EVER?!?! I don't even know how many we had haha, too many!

You had all of my favorites!!! The steak and the Kona Kone!

 

[DisKH]

The steak looks so good! but how do you not like fruit!?!?!?! (sorry hahaha I'm crazy about fresh fruit). Also the kona cone looks just beautiful

also I'm the same way at Disney on the first day! I WANT EVERYTHING!!!!

 

[401Disney]

Loved the update makes me even more excited to try Kona for my trip in 7 DAYS!!!!!

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Yeah for and update! Glad you liked Kona cafe. We are eating there for the first time our next trip (which is less than a month away *sqweee!*)

We are eating there our arrival night too - though our travel isn't nearly as far so we definitely will be watching (Hallo)Wishes from the Poly beach

 

[DisneyJo]

Wow you did well going for a proper meal on arrival day, we normally just grab a counter service, have a swim and crash before waking up stupidly early the next day

 

[sugarbobbin]

You got me sold on going to Poly for Kona Cafe! Everyone is flipping out over the bread!

I'm so happy for you! It looks so exciting! HAVE FUN!

 

[MagicalMerida]

WOWOW!!!!!! Kona looks SO GOOD!!!!!!! I think i will have to try it one day!
THE BREAD!!!!!! It's now my mission to try some of that bread! IT LOOKS AMAZING! I fall in love with bread very easily so it could be dangerous!
I know what you mean about the jet lag! The next morning was the worst for me! We ended up waking really early- like 4am, because we weren't used to the time zone! Im glad you had a good dinner at Kona and I can't wait to read more!

 

[RBteachy83]

Currently working on my 'must do's' for ADR reservations and you have convinced me to try Kona Cafe.Your dish looks amazing!Thanks

 

[V2000]

Awww your family is so pretty! Glad you had a magical time!

 

[cajunfan]

I have only had breakfast at Kona...but OMG! That food looks awesome! I may have to try dinner.

 

[princess_momma]

Hello! I'm following along! The Poly is so gorgeous, I'm so jealous you are staying there! I love it! And Kona is soooo good! It's one of my must-do's every time...in fact I'm going for breakfast and dinner my next trip!!

Can't wait for more!

 

[PlutosRHM55]

I totally feel for you about walking into the first Disney store of a trip and wanting to buy everything in sight. They should just offer merchandise free to all the extremely dedicated Disney fans, let's be real.

Mmmm, everything looks so delicious at Kona! The New York Strip especially. And Creme Brulee I definitely will have to look into Kona for my next trip.

Can't wait to hear about what happens on your one day off Disney property!

 

[frankieeyre]

LOVE this post! Kona is one of our favorites!

THE BREAD. ISN'T IT THE BEST THING EVER?!?! I don't even know how many we had haha, too many!

You had all of my favorites!!! The steak and the Kona Kone!

I'm STILL craving that bread!! It really is a piece of heaven! AH i want to go back NOW!!

The steak looks so good! but how do you not like fruit!?!?!?! (sorry hahaha I'm crazy about fresh fruit). Also the kona cone looks just beautiful

also I'm the same way at Disney on the first day! I WANT EVERYTHING!!!!

Fruit is grosss!!!! haha I don't understand what is appealing in fruit! MUST BUY EVERYTHING but also must wait so as not to spend all my money.

Loved the update makes me even more excited to try Kona for my trip in 7 DAYS!!!!!

Ahh I hope you had a wonderful trip!! And enjoyed Kona!!

Yeah for and update! Glad you liked Kona cafe. We are eating there for the first time our next trip (which is less than a month away *sqweee!*)

We are eating there our arrival night too - though our travel isn't nearly as far so we definitely will be watching (Hallo)Wishes from the Poly beach

AHH you should be pretty close to your trip now?! Or even there?! Hope you enjoy!! AHH my dream is to see HalloWishes! I hope you enjoy!!

Wow you did well going for a proper meal on arrival day, we normally just grab a counter service, have a swim and crash before waking up stupidly early the next day

Hahaha i know! It took a lot of convincing! I wanted to jump RIGHT into it!!

You got me sold on going to Poly for Kona Cafe! Everyone is flipping out over the bread!

I'm so happy for you! It looks so exciting! HAVE FUN!

Hahaha yes!! DO IT FOR THE BREAD!! Thank you!!!

WOWOW!!!!!! Kona looks SO GOOD!!!!!!! I think i will have to try it one day!
THE BREAD!!!!!! It's now my mission to try some of that bread! IT LOOKS AMAZING! I fall in love with bread very easily so it could be dangerous!
I know what you mean about the jet lag! The next morning was the worst for me! We ended up waking really early- like 4am, because we weren't used to the time zone! Im glad you had a good dinner at Kona and I can't wait to read more!

Seriously do it for the bread, SO worth it!!! Yeahh!! We weren't too bad as we stayed up to normal time you would go to bed!! Excited to tell you more!

Currently working on my 'must do's' for ADR reservations and you have convinced me to try Kona Cafe.Your dish looks amazing!Thanks

YES! I', so glad! It is WONDERFUL!

Awww your family is so pretty! Glad you had a magical time!

Ahh thank you so much!!

I have only had breakfast at Kona...but OMG! That food looks awesome! I may have to try dinner.

Yess!! I have never had breakfast there so can't compare but the dinner was AMAZING!

Hello! I'm following along! The Poly is so gorgeous, I'm so jealous you are staying there! I love it! And Kona is soooo good! It's one of my must-do's every time...in fact I'm going for breakfast and dinner my next trip!!

Can't wait for more!

Yes!! It is gorgeous!! Oooh that is PERFECT! Breakfast and dinner would be SO ideal!!

I totally feel for you about walking into the first Disney store of a trip and wanting to buy everything in sight. They should just offer merchandise free to all the extremely dedicated Disney fans, let's be real.

Mmmm, everything looks so delicious at Kona! The New York Strip especially. And Creme Brulee I definitely will have to look into Kona for my next trip.

Can't wait to hear about what happens on your one day off Disney property!

Hahaha RIGHT! That would be TOO good! Too good to be true!!! Oh definitely go to Kona! Was so yummy! Will update ASAP!!​

 

[frankieeyre]

Chapter 4: Let's go to space!

We got up nice and early, showered, ate breakfast and headed down to the lobby!

The hotel got a cab to take us to the car rental place just by the MK area car entrance!

Look how excited Tally is to get the car!



Here was our wonderful ride!



We were off! We headed straight for Kennedy Space Center, which took about an hour?

The last time we visited here was in 2009 when we got to watch a Shuttle Launch! Since then lots of new stuff had been added so I was very excited! I definitely am such a space geek!

NASA!









We headed straight for the brand new exhibit Atlantis!









It starts with a movie in which you stand in a giant room for! There are screens in front, above and to the side of you! Finally at the end of the movie the huge screen in front lifts and you are surprised with this beauty!





It was huge! Look at the size of me in comparison!



There was a mock up cockpit which obviously I had to try! Who thinks I would make a good astronaut? (Not with my fear of flying!)



Me and Tally then got to crawl around in a mock up space station! It was small!!

You had to follow a designated path around, little did we know we had to crawl through a glass tube with nothing underneath it that was like 3 floors up! It was a very peculiar feeling!



To get downstairs there was two options: 1. The normal ramps to walk down or 2. A SLIDE!! The rest of my boring family took the normal route and walked down but I took the slide!



IT WAS FAST! I shot off the end with a running finish!

Here is yours truly on a space toilet!



There is a camera in the toilet and a monitor above your head which is what astronauts have to use to pee in space! As gravity doesn’t do its thing you need to learn how to aim and control! Ew.

We then went on a Space simulator! I thought it was going to be just like mission space but I was very surprised! I loved it! It was wonderful! You were in a big space shuttle and it was very educational!

The main part of Kennedy Space Center is the bus tour so that’s where we headed next! It takes you about 20 minutes to get to your first destination!



You pass the famous NASA building where they assemble and keep the shuttles till launch!

First stop is the observatory which gives you a birds eye view of the different launch pads around the center! We even got to see the rocket that was due to launch two days from then!





You then hop on another bus which takes you to the second stop! You experience what it’s like to be in mission control at the launch of a mission! Then you get to see another shuttle!!

I also got to touch a bit of the moon!!



Quick pit stop for lunch where I got a pepperoni pizza!



Tally got cheese pizza but it tasted like pepperoni (I thought she was exaggerating, but I tried it and it really did?!). She doesn’t like pepperoni so she didn’t really eat it!

We then hopped back on the bus to the main area of KSC.

I then convinced my family to go listen to an Astronaut talk which was AMAZING! It was only supposed to be 20 minutes but he spoke for over an hour!

Our astronaut was Jack Lousma! He was part of the Skylab program which sounds amazing! Seriously Google this man! He was so cool!



We then headed out of KSC and over to the outlets to do some shopping!

I only bought two things….one pair of shorts and a top from the Disney outlet! Love that place, so many bargains!

We then went to one of my favourite restaurants of all time, called Maggiano’s. I CRAVE the pasta from here all the time! My dad has tried so many times to create it for me and he has finally cracked it!

Here is what I always get: Rigatoni D.



Such a big portion, but I ate it all…and some of Tally’s.

It was time to head back onto Disney property (PHEW) and off to bed! We had a first Disney park day tomorrow after all! WOOPEEE!

Continued in next post!
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[MagicalMerida]

I love the new update Frankie! I love all the pictures of the Space Center, it's made me want to go someday. My Dad also liked it, lol! He's really into Space too, so i showed him this update and really enjoyed it! I can't wait for more <33

 

[tayalltheway]

I just discovered you had started your report after reading your PTR a few weeks ago, and I got all caught up!

That flight experience sounds absolutely awful. I feel like those types of flight drama always happen to the people who are already afraid of flying. My mom has that fear, and on one of the first times she flew after more than 10 years, her plane lost an engine (less serious of an issue than it sounds like it would be). When they made it to their destination, they had to make an "emergency landing" even though the pilot kept assuring them that everything was basically fine. Ugh.

Anyway, onto brighter subjects: very smart of you to ask a security guard for directions to the Magical Express. My wife and I were determined to find it without getting lost on our last trip, but then we somehow ended up on the COMPLETE opposite end of the airport.

Yay for the Poly! That's probably my #1 dream resort. Maybe someday.

And yay for the Kennedy Space Center! I'd love to go visit that someday as well.

Looking forward to following along with the rest of your trip!

 

[wiigirl]

Great update!

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Wow - sounds like a fun (and education - so lets call it edutainment!) experience at KSC. That astronaut talk sounds really interesting.

Oh, and FYI - we just finished up our Disney trip and did indeed eat at Kona our first night and it was great! Especially loved the sticky wings and we were able to get the bread pudding from 'Ohana so it was extra great!.

Full review should be coming up in my TR fairly soon (cheap plug )

 

[leopardmickeyears]

I have always always ALWAYS wanted to go to KSC! My dad always meant to take me but we never got around to it I guess

That must have been AMAZING to watch a shuttle launch!

Here is yours truly on a space toilet!

OMG