Following along! We were there the same week! I remember the same panic when the hurricane hit, but we flew in the 9th so we just missed it.
Be glad you skipped the parade and Wishes that night! We were at MK too, and trying to leave after Wishes was a total mess. It was a human traffic jam and we were all tired.
Welcome! I'm glad you missed out on the hurricane too. It made the days when you're normally so excited about your upcoming trip into nothing but stress!!
Oh man, that's what I figured it would be like with all the people there for the last night of MSEP. Definitely thinking we made the right decision!!
Wow!!! Looks like a lot of fun times coming up! I keep thinking about how/when we can do
Disneyland again. While it is more cost prohibitive for us and I looked at it as a one time only type deal when we went, I keep getting the urge to return. The US trip looks like a fun idea too. I totally understand leaving DD home and I really think that's the best way to go. While they have some amazing attractions, Universal has just done a bad job of being relevant to the whole family in the way that Disney is.
And the cruise! It sounds amazing. I wish I could go, but I couldn't believe it when I heard them announce the price. That's a great deal and I'm glad that you're going to be able to take advantage of it. That is definitely a TR that I want to see!
Disneyland definitely has a pull to it. Every time we leave, we can't wait to go back, and we usually don't have an idea of when that will be, so it makes leaving even more depressing. The three of us love Universal, but it will be a couple years before DD can really appreciate anything, so one last hurrah for awhile seems like a good way to go about it.
I can't wait for the cruise!! I couldn't believe it was actually affordable! Because when John & Kevin (or Pete) say a price is great...well, usually their idea of "great" is a bit more than ours. lol But this time it actually IS great!
I've heard of this, but I can't recall having ever seen it either?
I'm glad it's not just me!!
It's great when they're in the stage where they can feed themselves and don't need to buy a whole meal for them! We usually take some pre-packaged kids' meals that we can throw in the bag. Cheap and easy.
I so wish DD liked those little Gerber toddler meals still, but she absolutely refuses to eat them. They would be SO easy to bring with us on vacation! That's what we did with DS at that age. Of course, she has to make things more complicated. lol
This was a great plan... doing this, Monsters, peoplemover and COP... some of the attractions that I always put off doing until late in the trip because I know we can always do them whenever we want if it is too crowded to do other things.
The first few trips we went during Halloween party times, we spent our MK evenings on non party nights walking around from one attraction to the next and finding long waits, so we finally caught on to doing more of the low-key attractions!
But was he constantly repeating bad jokes he learned there for the next year or 2? :rolleyes
In any case, I'm glad it was a hit!
If there's anything DS loves, it's a good cheesy joke! lol
I'm sorry you missed out on that opportunity. You made what seems to be the right choice at the time, but who'd have thought Wishes was on the chopping block?
Right?! Never ever would have guessed that Wishes would be going away anytime soon!
That was sweet of you to help! I see that sort of thing and never really know what to do, so it was nice you had an opportunity to help out by stopping the stroller
I know, it was nice to be able to offer more than just an understanding smile. Poor lady looked so frazzled!
So cute, love seeing that smile!
She was definitely enjoying the dig site!
Loved the photos on the teacups too
Such a classic ride
It really is. I'm looking forward to riding in Disneyland soon. I love the open air area there with the lanterns.
I have to admit, Aria has not been to the Monsters Inc Laugh Floor. In all her visits! I haven't been since maybe 2010!
I think we had done it only once before with DS, but he was too little to remember or understand any of it to find it funny. Even though I'm sure he didn't get all of the jokes, there was more of it he could appreciate this time around.
Sounds like a decision I'd make - have you been to the room at Bonnet Creek that's set aside for fireworks viewing? That is sad about Wishes going away, Andrew was NOT happy to hear that, so I am really hoping they do an amazing job with the new show.
We have done the fireworks viewing room in the main building once before when we had a room there, but haven't since. We used to get fireworks view rooms so easily when we first started staying there, but now so many people request it that it's difficult to get.
I really hope the new show is a good replacement for Wishes, but I keep hearing it's going to be projection heavy and not many fireworks, which doesn't leave me too optimistic.
So excited I found a new trip report for you! Your family is adorable and I love reading about your adventures!
Glad you found me!! Thanks so much!
We were in MK that night as well, it was very busy. I love the People Mover and Mickey's Philharmagic, two of my faves. We saw Wishes for the last time last week, my daughter cried, it is her favorite show. We will miss it for sure.
It was definitely poor planning on my part with it being the last night for MSEP! I'm sure that didn't make what would have been an already busy night any better, that's for sure.
I'm going to really miss Wishes! I can't believe they are ditching it.
