Island Hopping: A Highly Inappropriate TR. (Boom.)-- Link to NEW TR! 10/8

[TruLovesKiss]

Wow, you got to meet Ku'ulei!! How cool is that?! The Beach Party Sing-a-long DVD is a fav in our house too so I know exactly who she is! What a great experience for Julia & Brynn. We'll have to check out the hula lessons next month and maybe we'll get lucky too. Although my son has already made it known that hula dancing is for girls and he WILL NOT be participating in that, haha.

He had a Canon 14mm f/2.8 and a long exposure time. I'm not sure really what that even means, but he just stood here and told me the specs!
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Awesome, thank you!! I will have to try it out.

 

[Dancegrl624]

Yes, there was torrential rain at MNSSHP that night. We were caught in the middle of it. We usually tough things out, but we quickly found out (on our first day) that Cole does NOT like the rain cover for the stroller.

Thankfully, it did let up eventually and Madison and I watched Hallowishes with just a light drizzle. That is now 2 times it has rained on us during MNSSHP. Although, in 2010, it just rained until 7:30 and then it was awesome. Last year, it waited to rain until the party started. Grrrrr!

 

[gterin1524]

We love the Beach Party Sing-A-Long DVD! You are so lucky to have stayed at the Poly. It was on my 30x30 list, but I don't see it happening in the next 5 months! Oh well, I'll settle for POR. I am sure you already answered this, but where are you staying this year now that you are a Disney family of 5?

 

[beachphotog]

I am OBSESSED with the Poly! I make it a point to get there on every single trip! And when I move to Florida, you KNOW I will be visiting it ALL. THE. TIME!

How fun that you had the magical moment!!! What a lucky moment when Julia recognized her and that she seemed genuinely excited that you all recognized her!

So, I'm sad that its almost the end of your TR, but, so super happy because in like,3 week or so, we'll be there!!!!!!

 

[jane2073]

I love those Disney videos! We have three of them that we have watched over and over. I loved Julia's hula lesson story!

Go for you standing your ground and telling the lifeguard what happened. Injustice really irritates me.

 

[merbobear]

I so wish I knew the name of that brush! It wasn't one of the ones that are only as big as your hand, but a full-sized brush, and I know she mentioned what they call them there (but I can't remember even that much!), though it wasn't the official name. I am definitely going to find out when we're there in a few weeks! Brynn's getting her hair cut again, along with her sister, so her hair won't be this incredibly long anymore. It touches her booty now !

Are you guys talking about the wet brush??

 

[GrimGrinningStitch]

I love extended time at the resort! It really allows you to soak everything in.

That's so amazing that the same woman is still working there, and is something Julia and Brynn will remember forever.

I love the look of that pool. Part of me will always miss the old Polynesian pool (where you had to go under a waterfall into a cave to get to the waterslide), but they did a really good job with the new one, especially with the zero entry pool.

A night inside the room while it pours outside sounds just about perfect. Then finishing the night up with hallowishes on the beach? Yup. Perfect.

 

[JulieODC]

Ahhh, we have that DVD too - how fun!!

 

[Stasieki]

Great updates. I've gotten behind due to start of school stuff. Glad to day dream about my happy place. You guys take the best pictures. We stayed at the Poly this past Feb and it is such a magical place for our family.

I will keep Brynn in my prayers.

 

[ausdreamingofdisney]

I so wish I knew the name of that brush! It wasn't one of the ones that are only as big as your hand, but a full-sized brush, and I know she mentioned what they call them there (but I can't remember even that much!), though it wasn't the official name. I am definitely going to find out when we're there in a few weeks! Brynn's getting her hair cut again, along with her sister, so her hair won't be this incredibly long anymore. It touches her booty now !

Hopefully they're not just available in the US, or I'll be stalking ebay lol!

 

[ThisIsBrenn]

The Disney Sing-A-Longs were the best, the Beach Party was always my favorite one. As soon as you mentioned the name of the hula song, it instantly popped into my head, and apparently I still remember the words . It's probably been ten years since I watched it too, but I watched it so much! That's so cool that you got to meet the teacher from the video!

 

[crepemyrtle]

This is good stuff. I'm sort of a late bloomer and only found your trip report today - but it's really pretty great. I'm literally all misty-eyed over that first haircut, and I don't even know y'all. At all. Can't wait to finish reading

 

[princess_momma]

I loved your other Panama Beach video! Does your husband use a special software? I've always wanted to make a vacation video and just never know where to start!

Your children are so adorable. Seeing them play on Tom Sawyer Island makes me want to get over there SO BADLY! I've actually never been there. But now I think I'll have to make a trip...it looks perfect.

Pool time sounds fun...except for those little rascals! How did the lifeguard not notice it was the same 3 kids with different people every time? I'm glad you informed him though!

Your night tucked into the Poly, just enjoying the room sounds perfect. Nights like that are so beautiful I think. It's fun to go out and be crazy, but there's beauty in the simple, mundane moments too sometimes. LOVE IT!

 

[Born 2B a Princess]

Signing on! I just finished reading your first trip report and am now getting caught up on this one. Love your trip reports! We just moved away from central Georgia a year ago so I know exactly what you mean about the abyss that is southern Georgia and the awful billboards along the freeway. In fact, in your travels down I-75 you would have driven within about 2-3 miles of our home in Georgia! I'm getting ready to head back down to WDW next month with my oldest daughter and will be stopping in central Georgia to pick up my parents, who will be going with us. It will be my first trip back to WDW since we moved and I'm not looking forward to having a much longer drive than the 5 1/2 hour drive we used to have!

You have a beautiful family!

 

[G2MAmber]

Hey! Love the trip report! Disney depression is sitting in now that it is almost over!!


I must say I got absolutely blood pumping mad when I read about the dude in China that made the rude comment about kids sitting down! Then the stroller incident at CRT, I was just heart broken at the response Disney had towards the situation. I have a tendency to let these things ruin my trip and must say I was blown away by your response to move on and let the magic continue! Way to go! This mama is Taking notes!

 

[tiggerfan77]

Great Update! I remember when those videos came out, I just never watched any before. Must put it on the list of To Do's!
The hula lesson looks so fun! Do they have an adult version or can adults join the kiddos? I've always wanted to try it out.
So sad you have only one more day to report on but you will be back "home" soon for another adventure

 

[RosyMom]

Thank you for all your posts. We will be there Sept 2-8 and this really helped!

I have 2 boys, a 2 year old on the spectrum and an 8 year old. Thank you for all the details about Brynn and using the special pass.

And I didn't know about the Barber Shop! I'm trying to decide if we should do his first haircut there. I have trimmed it myself, but he never had a real one. That counts, right?

 

[ronnmel]

How fun to get to dance the hula, and to meet a celebrity! It's so sweet that the lady wanted to take a picture with Julia.

 

[Born 2B a Princess]

I noticed from your previous TR that you've dealt with food allergy issues at WDW. Do you know if they still have the books available? I have some food issues and didn't know it was possible to have such accommodations made -- that would be great for my upcoming trip so that I can actually eat meals I enjoy without just having to stick with plain salads and plain grilled chicken!

Your TR is helping me get even more excited about our upcoming September trip (9/8-9/13)...seeing the pictures of uncrowded parks is making me very happy!

 

[Fantasyland Mom]

Oh my gosh!! Just watched the hula lesson video. We HAVE to do hula lessons at the poly!! I would love to stay there sometime, but until we do, a visit over for lessons seems to be in order. Julia is so cute in the video/pics! How fun that she got to meet a celebrity! That totally is magical!
I can understand Brynn not wanting to stop coloring. We love coloring--seriously, are we the only ones who think they smell great? (We love the smell of books too. See? Your candle sniffing seems totally normal now!)
I totally cringed when you said sawyer fell and scraped his back. Our oldest did that on our front concrete steps. Why do they have to have such boney backs!?! At least it didn't ruin his fun at the pool!
And I have to say, I hope the naughty kids parents got in trouble. I hate when parents aren't being responsible for their kids. I nanny a boy on the autism spectrum and we had problems at a park one day because of unsupervised kids. Their grandma thought it was fine to sit in the car while her grandson was bullying everyone. Ooooh, I was ticked! Anyway, glad you set that lifeguard straight!
Oh and I wanted to put this on here--I've looked for detangling brushes for our girls too. I haven't bought any yet, but the two I keep looking at are the tangle teezer (tangleteezer.com) and the Denman tangle tamer (bigdaddybeauty.com). Don't know if either of those were what they used, but thought I'd let you know about them.

I love the smell of crayons and books, too!! Some people like the simple things in life.
I have no idea if they found the parents or not since we scooted out of there pretty quickly. I surely hope the kids AND parents got into some trouble. It was completely dangerous and unacceptable. What if it hadn't been a mom with a nurturing instinct who came down? What if it was another kid and they both went under the water together?? Makes me so mad.

We definitely have that video and have watched it countless times. She is a celebrity in our book too! That's so cool that you guys got to meet her.

YAY! We are not alone in our obsession!

Looks like you guys had a nice relaxing and awesome afternoon!!

Lucky that they were able to let you back into the room to get the key, big hassle otherwise!

Yay for hula dancing and a celebrity! I bet she doesn't get that a whole lot and was happy that you guys knew her! Wow, those kids on the slide were really not behaving okay, of course their parent's were nowhere to be seen... eck.. glad that you expressed yourself and then got out of there!

Loved the poly playing section of the video too!!

Nice that you guys got some room appreciation time! That rarely ever happens on my vacations! I want to stay at the Poly again and spend more time in the resort, it really is a fantastic place!!

We never really take the time, either, so it was really nice. I feel like we got our money's worth at the Poly and really took time to soak it in. Since we loved it so much, we're having a "down day" in September where we just go to the resort pool, shop, arcade, and then go to DTD in the afternoon and go to dinner. I think we're going to have to build in resort time from now on!