Just Back From All Star Movies :)

[summerrluvv]

We just got in last night from our 7 night stay at ASMo. It was myself and my four year old and we met my sister, brother in law and their three kids down there (9, 5 and 4), who live in MI. I requested connecting rooms and we got them in the Mighty Ducks building on the third floor. Very quiet location!! The room was clean, no complaints, and we requested a fridge at check in and it was immediately brought up. The weather was great, not a drop of rain at all and semi-cool at night. Busses ran efficiently (most of the time) and while it was busy, the crowds were manageable.

An hour after we got there, I reached in my purse for my wallet and realized it was gone!! I almost had a heart attack. I ran back to the pay phone in the lobby of the resort where I knew I had left it and a guy asked if I was looking for my wallet and said he had turned it in to guest services. Thank goodness for honest people!!!

Some highlights of the trip were:

MNSSHP...DS was Peter Pan and had fun trick or treating! It was cute to see the characters in their "costumes."

The kids went on the Pirate Cruise at the GF and really loved that. They got pirate bandana's and name tags and came back with lunch and a bag of treasure. We rented water mice while they were out looking for treasure. I love those little boats!

Mickey's Philharmagic - Loved it!!!! We saw it twice, it was so neat!! We got the framed print with the pin for booking the FTP and it's hanging on DS's wall now. It's really nice looking.

This is the first year my son is 40", so he was able to ride on Splash Mountain, Test Track, Star Tours, Dinosaur, etc...and he loved it!! He loved Test Track so much we rode it three times hehe.

We did the parks stroller free which was sooo nice!! We brought the umbrella stroller and used it on day one, but it was just such a pain to park it then go find it and it was soo heavy to push so I just left it in the room. DS didn't miss it and walked the whole time and took little cat naps during some shows.

I must say though....it's really hard to travel with another family...especially a family that isn't into Disney as much as my son is. DS loves all the characters and loves to hug them and get autographs. He gets really excited about the rides (even the "boring" ones) and my niece (who is nine) was looking for "thrill rides." My brother in law just didn't understand why we had to stop everytime we saw a character to get a pic and an autograph LOL. We did split up from them a few times though , and it worked out well since we wanted to do different things and I felt like the things I wanted to do, they really didn't want to do. They had fun though (at least I think they did)

I am used to going with my husband (almost divorced now though), so I was a little worried about not having someone to "take over" when DS was testing my patience, but he was pretty good most of the time and I'm proud of myself for doing it "alone."

Now I'm off to plan our next trip!! I'm thinking the cruise next time

 

[thegales]

Thanks for posting. Glad you made the best of the company you were with.

So when you are stroller free, what do you do with the stuff you buy during the day?

If you are thinking of a cruise, think about joining us next October!

 

[summerrluvv]

My biggest concern about being stroller free was where was I going to put the stuff I needed! That just made me carry less though! I had a small Jansport backpack (it's a mini one) and everything we needed fit in there. I had my camera in the case around my shoulder and the backpack on another shoulder. I fit a couple juice boxes and small bottles of water in there, as well as the autograph book, a change of clothes for DS and whatever other small essentials we needed (chapstick, etc.).

I was thinking cruise for Spring break, but I'm not so sure about it. I'm still reading the board to get more info about the activities etc.

 

[tenaseewalker]

summerrluvv,
If you need company for your trip to Disney, just ask. My son and I are always willing to go see Mickey in October..

 

[staylor]

I too love the stroller to carry all of my stuff. I'm not looking forward to my children getting a bit older and me not having an excuse for a stroller. I'm so glad you had a good time. That's great that you did will on your own w/ DS. Way to go! You are right, it is hard to travel w/ another family. We've found it works better for us to split up and meet up again later in the day. Thanks for the report!

 

[IMISSDISNEY]

Thanks for the great report.

 

[corky805]

Thanks for the report!

 

[MAGICinMYHEART]

Thank goodness for honest people, you are so lucky to have realized that it was missing so quickly, and that it was an honest person that found it..

Great Report:

 

[summerrluvv]

Originally posted by MAGICinMYHEART
Thank goodness for honest people, you are so lucky to have realized that it was missing so quickly, and that it was an honest person that found it..

Great Report:

I know!! We also lost a pin off DS's landyard near the food court area in the "land" at Epcot. I was looking around for it and a gentleman said that he saw the cleaning guy pick up a pin and said he was going to turn it in at the giftshop. Sure enough it was there!!! Also...after we checked into our hotel, I was buying lunch at the AS Food Court and the cashier said "save that voucher for later, this man is buying you lunch!!" I was like why?! LOL. Apparently he had wishes left and was leaving to go back home.

Ahh, such nice people at Disney....then we come back to NY!! GRR!! I wanna go back!!

 

[MOMTOMOOTOO]

Thanks for posting. Sounds like you had lots of fun I'm glad you are still able to enjoy Disney as a single parent. I took my dds this past summer and I know what you mean about someone else taking over. I'm glad it worked out for you.

Laura