I loved the poly but Jambo house stole my heart! Dec 11 graduation TR!x2 7/13 COMPLET

[Peaseblossom]

I've got bad news for you...

You may now be ruined for life. I stayed at AKL last year, for my first visit since childhood, and I don' think I'll ever be able to be really happy in any other resort. I'm sure I'd see the buses headed for AKL and long to be on them. I'd gaze out the windows and wonder where the giraffes are. The pool at night after a long day at the park... The smell of the lobby... The fire pits and rocking chairs... I'm ruined.

We even stayed one night at the Poly last time, and it was beautiful! But it was no AKL. It's a masterpiece.

Congratulations on achieving a major life milestone!

 

[pequele]

The one word that Reid always struggles with is "ridiculous". He says "bediculous". When we're driving, he usually says, "Look at all this traffic Mommy. It's bediculous!" It's the simple things that are just so funny with them, right?!?

Hahaha my DS (3) says "banola" bars instead of granola! He used to say "agga-senth" for accident. And he also used to call one of his teachers "Melisola" instead of Melissa. Oh the things I want to remember when he's 30!!!

 

[pequele]

leshunlenese- what a great TR! Your son is quite a cutie. Biggest congrats on your recent graduation and board passing! Pip and Peep, wouldn't those be cute Disney character names????

 

[amandaw]

Hahaha my DS (3) says "banola" bars instead of granola! He used to say "agga-senth" for accident. And he also used to call one of his teachers "Melisola" instead of Melissa. Oh the things I want to remember when he's 30!!!

That is so cute! I love all of the stuff they try to say. And some of the stuff that comes out of their mouths at this age is just priceless. My son turns 4 next week & I really wish I could freeze him so he wouldn't get any older.

 

[leshunlenese]

The room looks great! I have stayed at The Beach Club, The Boardwalk, The Caribbean Beach and Pop Century, but never Animal Kingdom Lodge. It looks fab though! I would love to try it. Would you recommend it?

I think you should definitely try it. I loved it and it was not to crowded because people do not visit it as much as the monorail resort. If you stay, the only thing i suggest is to request a room close to transportation. If you are far off like we were the walk back after a long day can be exhausting. I would love to stay at the beach club and boardwalk, i just cannot get myself to pay that much when we are not in the room as much but one summer, i will and take advantage of the pools in the hot weather with a side visit to AKl of course.

I've got bad news for you...

You may now be ruined for life. I stayed at AKL last year, for my first visit since childhood, and I don' think I'll ever be able to be really happy in any other resort. I'm sure I'd see the buses headed for AKL and long to be on them. I'd gaze out the windows and wonder where the giraffes are. The pool at night after a long day at the park... The smell of the lobby... The fire pits and rocking chairs... I'm ruined.

We even stayed one night at the Poly last time, and it was beautiful! But it was no AKL. It's a masterpiece.

Congratulations on achieving a major life milestone!

I totally agree with you. I especially love the smell of the lobby in the morning when boma was open for breakfast. We have had dinner before but not breakfast. And thank you for the congrats

Hahaha my DS (3) says "banola" bars instead of granola! He used to say "agga-senth" for accident. And he also used to call one of his teachers "Melisola" instead of Melissa. Oh the things I want to remember when he's 30!!!

ooh That is too cute! They say some of the cutest things sometimes and you cannot help but giggle

leshunlenese- what a great TR! Your son is quite a cutie. Biggest congrats on your recent graduation and board passing! Pip and Peep, wouldn't those be cute Disney character names????

Thank you so much! Im so excited i finally finished! all i need is a job!

 

[leshunlenese]

That is so cute! I love all of the stuff they try to say. And some of the stuff that comes out of their mouths at this age is just priceless. My son turns 4 next week & I really wish I could freeze him so he wouldn't get any older.

I completely understand! I work in a baby store and all i see are these cute babies and i go back to when devyn was younger. They grow so fast

 

[leshunlenese]

So, I last left off we were on our way to see the FOTLK, also known as the festival of the lion king. It was amazing as usual and very exciting for my mom who saw it for the 1st time. After that we went and ate lunch at flame tree BBQ. One day I will try another place to eat at AK but for now it is my favorite. You will notice throughout this TR that I lacked on the food porn because I ate so quick and forgot to take the pic. I had the rib and chicken combo to share with devyn and I got a side of fires using one snack credit because my baby loves FRIES!
After lunch we went to expedition Everest. I had to ride solo but that was fine because the single rider line was a very short wait of two minutes and I had a nice ride with a group of young adults. We decided to skip nemo this time and went over to dinoland to ride the dinosaurs and meet some more Disney friends

We meet with my sister and we all hopped to HS. The line was a mile long when we got there and we ended up waiting a little over 35 min for a bus.

and it was crowded

we did not stay long. we went over to honey i shrunk the kids playground and star tours. Devyn was not tall enough but i rode it the 2nd go round after my nephew told me how much he loved it. Just a side note, Devyn had a check up today and he is 37 inches tall. He is almost tall enough to ride some good rides at Disney

Ok back to what i was saying
my mom, devyn, and I left MGM because we had an early dinner ADR. We arrived right on time for our 5:25 ADR at cape may cafe. IT took about 10 min for us to be seated because they were just opening and there was a lot of people waiting, so we took the time to look around.

We were seated in the small room to the right at the entrance. I got a coke to drink and Devyn got lemonade. My mom went up 1st and I stayed behind with Devyn. While waiting we did some artwork on the paper table cloths.

and my Mickey who needs a little work

While I am grateful for those who go up and take pics on the buffet, I do not do it, and like always, I forgot to take food porn pics until I got to my 3rd plate, Yes you heard that correct, my 3rd plate. I have a thing for crab legs and they were very good.

and Devyn on his 2nd plate. The boy loves corn

and of course desert. I actually tried everything on the bar and devyn enjoyed the oreo bon bon's.

We left full and satisfied and will definitely be back. I would also like to come back there for breakfast one day.

Since we were there, we decided to take a walk over to international gateway. It suddenly got very cold outside, so we went to mousegear and I got devyn a EPCOT sweatshirt. That I do not have a pic of, sorry. Im starting to think im really bad at this . We were going to stay for illuminations but decided to go back to the resort. We stopped at the gift shop and got some milk for Devyn and went back to the room. The rest of the night was uneventful. Devyn got his bath as well as I and we were bed by 10pm. I know you may be thinking, who goes to bed that early in disney. The answer is me after I started to bring my son.
This was a good thing. We were going to MK tomorrow and they were opening at 8am instead of 9am. Did we make rope drop? We shall see!

 

[amandaw]

Congrats to Devyn on getting up to 37"!

Your dinner at Cape May looks really yummy! We need to go there one day.

I don't blame you for being in bed early! I am the same way at Disney now that I have Reid with me. It's rare that we up too terribly late.

 

[annmarieda]

I have never been to CM. It looks like it is a bit more private in the way the seating is than your typical buffet restaurant. Yes?

Dont' blame you for an earlier bed time... with young ones... it is hard to stay out late.

 

[leshunlenese]

Congrats to Devyn on getting up to 37"!

Your dinner at Cape May looks really yummy! We need to go there one day.

I don't blame you for being in bed early! I am the same way at Disney now that I have Reid with me. It's rare that we up too terribly late.

I know. I think the only time we have ever been out late with him was at mnsshp and then we did not even stay till midnight.

I have never been to CM. It looks like it is a bit more private in the way the seating is than your typical buffet restaurant. Yes?

Dont' blame you for an earlier bed time... with young ones... it is hard to stay out late.

The area we were in was very private. It was a room separated by double doors away from the buffet and other tables, like a private party room
I find myself going to bed early on a regular basis if i can, especially since devyn wakes up before the sun

 

[leshunlenese]

I have been so busy lately, i have been slacking on here. Anyone with a TR, I am reading and will eventually catch up and comment. Last monday, I finally took my final test and i am finally a registered respiratory therapist!


I am so happy to be done and i have been applying for jobs all week but nothing yet but i hope to get something soon. It is more difficult being a new grad when everyone wants experience but i will keep hope alive. Ok so lets get back to this TR.



After a stream of crab legs the night before and an early bedtime.We woke up to a wake up call at 615am to make it to rope drop at 8am. It was not EMH just some extended hours. In my excitement to visit MK, I got dressed fast and managed to see the sun rise.

I think I tired my poor baby out, Going out the door, he was still sleep in his
stroller

We managed to arrive at the gate in plenty of time and did the dumbo dash like many other people. We ended up on the 2nd ride of the day. Not too bad.

We then walked right on peter pan, followed by IASW, winnie the pooh, the tea cups and took pics with the white rabbit. We went over to tomorrowland and got on the speedway, Buzz, I got a ride alone on space mountain while mom and devyn rode the people mover. We then went to astro orbitor, and the people mover again. It was so empty that morning, we were literally walking on all these rides. The only thing that had a wait was 10 minutes for space mountain, which was basically how long it takes to get to the ride.
It was still early, so we went over to adventureland where we rode POTC and the carpets, and finally meeting pirate goofy. All this before lunch, which we had early. Here are some pics from the morning.

Astro went faster than i expected. I haven't rode it in years.

BUT the ride had a nice view

Continued in next post..

 

[leshunlenese]

Continued from last post....

Somehow the next page in my travel journal disappeared! While i remember the events the details, im going by my head so here goes.....



Mom and i did not have breakfast, so we decided to go have lunch around 11am. I read a lot about Pecos bill and decided to ditch our usual Columbia harbor house and go there. This time I got pics but they came out dark. Boo me. NO luck. I had the taco salad and my mom had the deluxe cheeseburger. We both got cokes and strawberry yogurt for desert. The food was good but because I do not like burgers I may not come back here to often unless in craving for a taco salad. I would, however, want to come back and try the wrap because our neighbors at the next table had them and they looked so good and they were huge. Devyn has some of mom's fries and some of my taco salad but he did not eat much. I bought a gerber graduate meal with us because I was not sure how he would eat and so we left and went to the baby care center to warm it up. And because Devyn loves train, we chose that as our mode of transportation.
We got to mainstreet and got off.
Before we got to the center, we were distracted by this group of people and devyn liked it because it was on a track.

The sung and danced it out on main street. It was very cute. Then we were distracted again by the street party coming up the street and devyn cried when I tried to avoid it and go in the store. He wanted to see it, so we did. We finally got to the baby care center to get his meal. After he was full we went back to tomorrowland and rode the people mover twice. It is my favorite after all and devyn loves it cause it is just another train!


We went to find a spot for the 3o'clock parade.

Wait! What time deos the 3 o'clock parade start?

This is very true statement many people ask from people who worked there when I was a CP. We sat next to a nice family with two boys who were older but very friendly to devyn. I love chating with other families at disney. Devyn had a small photoshoot while we were waiting.

I loved how devyn waved at every one passing by that I barely got any pics except for him. There was a little girl sitting beside us who yelled at every princess. she was so cute and at the end of the parade she finally got one princess, belle, to look at here and wave.

We went to the stores on main street but did not buy anything. This time at least. We meet up with my sister and her family. They had tickets to MVMCP and were in the door at 4pm

We hung with them for a while riding until it was time for our ADR. Soon after it started to rain cats and dogs. It had been beautiful all day and it put a bummer on things. Our last ride was snow white and we left for our 6:30pm ADR.

 

[amandaw]

Congrats on passing your test to become a registered respiratory therapist!

What a nice day y'all were having in MK! I love it when the crowds are low like that & you can get so many rides done.

Too bad it started raining that evening, though. Hope it was over by the time y'all were done with dinner.

 

[annmarieda]

Great update! I always love how much can be done if you head straight to fantasyland in the morning.


12/11 was the day we went to MVMCP. It RAINED more than cats and dogs!!! HOLY COW. I am from the Seattle area...so you would think I would have seen rain like that... but no... it was horrible.

Pictures of Devyn are so cute!! He has a smile that I bet lets him get away with just about anything.

 

[PryncessChrysty]

Enjoying your TR so far, your little man and your nephew are both adorable!

Congratulations on graduating! Looks like we were there during the same time!

 

[dreamerchic33]

Joining in!! Congratulations on your graduation!!! xo

 

[leshunlenese]

Congrats on passing your test to become a registered respiratory therapist!

What a nice day y'all were having in MK! I love it when the crowds are low like that & you can get so many rides done.

Too bad it started raining that evening, though. Hope it was over by the time y'all were done with dinner.

Thank you
It was a wonderful day. It did not start raining till it was almost time to go , so it turned out fine but not so much for my sister at the party

Great update! I always love how much can be done if you head straight to fantasyland in the morning.


12/11 was the day we went to MVMCP. It RAINED more than cats and dogs!!! HOLY COW. I am from the Seattle area...so you would think I would have seen rain like that... but no... it was horrible.

Pictures of Devyn are so cute!! He has a smile that I bet lets him get away with just about anything.

My sister said it was horrible too. She loves the parties but only for the rides. You are so right, he gets away with almost everything but not from me. I say no but grandma says yes!

Enjoying your TR so far, your little man and your nephew are both adorable!

Congratulations on graduating! Looks like we were there during the same time!

Thank you Thank you!. now all i need is a job that is in my field

Joining in!! Congratulations on your graduation!!! xo

Thank you so much!!

 

[PirateKate]

I love the view from your room at AKL. The resort looks beautiful and makes me even more excited to stay there in a few weeks.

Devyn looks like he was having so much fun at the parade. It's nice when they enjoy themselves at Disney.

 

[khertz]

All caught up!! Your MK morning looks fantastic! Definitely worth it to get there at 8 am whenever possible. Seems like you tackled half the park in just a few hours!

I have to say I at your pic on Astro Orbiters!! It just freaks me out, I don't think you'll ever be able to get me on that ride! Devyn looks a little apprehensive about it too.

 

[leshunlenese]

I love the view from your room at AKL. The resort looks beautiful and makes me even more excited to stay there in a few weeks.

Devyn looks like he was having so much fun at the parade. It's nice when they enjoy themselves at Disney.

I know! You are so close! I hope you enjoy it as much as i did. I kind of wish i spent more time just in my room and around the resort.
I loved that he cried to stay at watch the parades and funny shows and he waved at everyone. He was really into it!

All caught up!! Your MK morning looks fantastic! Definitely worth it to get there at 8 am whenever possible. Seems like you tackled half the park in just a few hours!

I have to say I at your pic on Astro Orbiters!! It just freaks me out, I don't think you'll ever be able to get me on that ride! Devyn looks a little apprehensive about it too.

We got everything done really early. After the parade we were basically just wasting time waiting for my sister to come. I loved it.
Devyn was not a fan of Astro. He started off with a little cry and i felt so bad i did not think it was going to go that fast. It was no dumbo that's for sure!