Let's get this party started!!! 2 weeks of food, pics, and fun!!! **UPDATE 2/20**

[oregondaddyof2]

Those pix of DTD are amazing. the T Rex Cafe or whatever it's called and the Lego serpent pix! WOW!

That was one long day....I say the 6am wake up was a no go.

Thanks man... I really tried to learn my camera for this trip, and I feel really good about the way they turned out...

Great Pics, love that Camera, what is it again, Might have to get a new one before we go.... More, More must have more..

It is a Nikon D60... If I was to buy one now, I would spend just a tiny bit more and get a D5000... I am planning on upgrading mine to one of those next year...

Great update guys!!! Your camera takes some seriously great pics!!!

Thanks

Excellent updates and the photo's OMGoodness! Amazing, well done....I can tell you guys love Bertha and she clearly loves you back..

Yes... Bertha is very easy to love with the pictures she shows us...

Excellent picutes

Thank you!

I'm so excited to have found your trip report. We're going next month, and I have a DS10 and a DD almost 6! It's great to see a trip with kids the same age as mine. Pics are great! Can't wait to read more

We will try to post another update tonight for you then... We have 12 more days to post...

 

[oregondaddyof2]

Day 3 Part 1

Our alarm went off at 6am, so we rolled out of bed... Can you believe it! We actually got out of bed at 6am! We were headed over to Epcot today for the Akershus Princess Breakfast... There was no way we could miss this cause this was Tailor's favorite... We had an 8:05am ADR, so we left he resort around 7:15 or so.... We were dropped off at the front gates around 7:45am... We had a few minutes to get a few pictures on our way towards Norway...

So when we arrived at Akershus, we had only about a 5 minute wait before we were called into our table... Of course, we had to stop and meet Belle first though...

We went to the table, which was perfectly located near where the princesses come in... We were the 3rd table they hit, so I knew they were going to be early... We headed over and got our first round of fruit and stuff from the buffet... We were able to sit down and eat a few things before the row of princesses was at our table...

We hit Princess Jackpot! Last year, there was only 4 princesses total, this year was 5... The big 5 that is... Belle, Aurora, Cinderella, Snow White, and Ariel! Tailor was so happy to see Ariel, that is her favorite! You can see the Alec is so excited to meet them too... lol

After breakfast, we headed over for one of Alec and I's favorites..... Test Track!! Tailor loved this ride last year, so we figured she would love it this year... WRONG! For some reason, she didn't like it... Something about it being too fast... She at least rode it once this year which was good... On the way over I ran across these shots which I didn't want to miss...

As you can tell, the park was so busy by this time... lol

Yes, I videotaped the entire ride... I wanted video of it, which turned out pretty well if you ask me... I look a little funny holding the camera like that, but I look funny all the time... I found the vehicle I want on the way out of Test Track...

After Test Track, Alec wanted to hit Mission Space, which I do not do... Last year I rode it and was ill the rest of the day... I didn't even want to try the less intense version, so I went with him over to MS while Toni took Tailor for a little shopping in MouseGears... Alec rode MS, and we met Toni at the store... While in MouseGears, I found a few "Mickey's" that i needed to get a picture of...

I couldn't resist this shot...

We left MouseGears and headed towards Soarin'... On the way, we ran into a few friends we needed to get pictures with...

Next up.... Day 3, Part 2...

 

[winkers]

Tailor looks so cute in her Belle dress next to Belle!

I wish I could wear a big yellow ball gown to meet the princesses....actually, I would if I weren't afraid of being carted away to the looney bin.

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Alec looks as excited as Baylor did when we were at Akershus this past summer.
More outstanding pictures, Bertha is amazing!

 

[oregondaddyof2]

Day 3 Part 2

After our photos with Max and Baloo, we made our way to Soarin'... We all love that ride so much... I totally love the way the smells come out and you can smell the evergreen trees and the orange trees! On our way over to Soarin', Alec was used as our pack mule... It was a great change of pace for me... He had my backpack on with all of my gear in it, and all the mini backpacks, and pushed Tailor in her stroller...

We headed over to Nemo for our next ride... It was awesome as always!

After Nemo, it was time for Turtle Talk with Crush... This was amazing.. Last year, Crush picked Tailor to talk to during the show.. This year, Alec was picked...

Here is the video to the Talking with Crush... Just click on it and it should open a new window and take you to the video...

After Crush, we headed over towards Soarin' again, but made a quick pit stop in Sunshine Seasons for a bite to eat... We got 2 strawberry shortcakes to share... They were delicious... After that, we rode Soarin' again... Awesome ride! We left Soarin' and headed up stairs and stopped in to Circle of Life... We watched that show and headed over to Honey I Shrunk the Audience... We missed the show by about 1 minute, so rather than waiting, we just headed over to Spaceship Earth...

I thought this was kind of a cool shot, so I took it...

After this ride, we headed out of the park and went back to the resort for a break...

Up next - The bus dilemma, and our ADR, How are we gonna make it?

 

[oregondaddyof2]

Day 3 Part 3

Okay... So we headed back to the resort around 2:00 to get some rest... Man that time change is not fun on our bodies... We all decided to lay down and take a nap... We slept from about 2:30 until 5pm... We were dressed and out the door in about 15 minutes... We had a 7:00pm ADR at 1900 Park Fare, but we were hoping to get checked in a little early and get back to the resort for some free time... We went down to the buses and got in line for Epcot (figured we would just Monorail it over to our ADR)... Every line was huge! We could hear people getting upset, but couldn't make out what was the problem... I talked to a gentleman ahead of me and found out that the buses were shut down due to a suspicious package that was found onboard one of them... Turns out Disney wanted to have every bus searched before any more people could get on... This is great in the aspect of safety, but not good when you are relying on Disney Transportation to get us places... After a brief talk, we decided to just get a taxi to Epcot instead of waiting for the estimated 1-1 1/2 hours for a bus... I asked the gentleman that informed me of the problem if they wanted to share a taxi... He loved the idea and we both headed to the front doors of Pop... I talked to the guy working the front doors about a taxi, and he said it might be a while since 19 resorts had no buses, 19 resorts was taxis too... Although very frustrating, this made sense... Our saving grace was the fact that we had an ADR set up and we were in jeopardy of missing it... They got a Pop employee to drive us to Epcot in a hotel van for free! That is what I call customer service... They were able to take the other family too... Thanks Pop Century! We arrived at Epcot around 6:00...

We arrived at the Grand Floridian, checked in, and walked around for w bit to burn some time... It is a gorgeous resort...

This was the window of the gift shop... I thought it was pretty neat...

After quite a wait, we were called for our table... It was a fabulous dinner...

I think she liked Alec... But how can you not like such a cute guy right?

After dinner, we took the monorail back over to MK and then caught the bus back to Pop... It turned out being a very good day... We were in bed by around 10:30pm...

Since the bus stop for Pop is at the end of the line, i had a chance to snap a picture of the Contemporary at night... What a beautiful looking resort...

Up next - What could we possible be doing tomorrow?

 

[mrsksomeday]

Fantastic updates!! I loved seeing the kids with the Princesses!! The pictures in Epcot with no one around are amazing! I loved the Mickey head shots. This pic was great:

I never would have thought of doing something like that. I really liked the monorail one too!

I have a dumb question. We have never been with anyone using a stroller before at WDW. Where do you put the stroller when you go to the Seas Pavilion? I can't remember seeing a sea of strollers around there.

I can't wait to see what your family does next!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Aren't the step sisters a hoot?!?

 

[oregondaddyof2]

Fantastic updates!! I loved seeing the kids with the Princesses!! The pictures in Epcot with no one around are amazing! I loved the Mickey head shots. This pic was great:


I never would have thought of doing something like that. I really liked the monorail one too!

I have a dumb question. We have never been with anyone using a stroller before at WDW. Where do you put the stroller when you go to the Seas Pavilion? I can't remember seeing a sea of strollers around there.

I can't wait to see what your family does next!

Thanks for the compliment on the picture... I got the idea from the photography boards here... I have a fe more like that which will be posted soon If you are talking about The Seas with nemo and Friends, the stroller parking is to the left of the entrance... When you walk up and see the island with the Nemo statues (Nemo, Marlin, etc...) the parking is behind there... If you have a stroller and look for it, you can't miss it... I think Disney does great at finding a close area for a parking lot, but not an area that is visually noticable to everyone...

Aren't the step sisters a hoot?!?

They absolutely were... There was a dance in the middle and they are funny to watch... Toni said that if she worked at Disney, that is what she wanted to do... It would be a blast just making a fool out of yourself and being annoying to everyone

 

[oregondaddyof2]

Tailor looks so cute in her Belle dress next to Belle!

I wish I could wear a big yellow ball gown to meet the princesses....actually, I would if I weren't afraid of being carted away to the looney bin.

Yeah... That was her Halloween party dress, but she had to wear it to meet Belle... She changed right after breakfast... She was beautiful!

Alec looks as excited as Baylor did when we were at Akershus this past summer.
More outstanding pictures, Bertha is amazing!

Yeah... I think Alec was scared they were going to kiss him... He had an unpleasant meeting with Belle last year... He ended up getting a kiss on his cheek when he wasn't looking which left the marks.... He was so embarrassed, he said that would not happen again... I thikn it was absolutely hilarious

 

[wigdoutdismom]

If you want to get some good video, have Alec take a ring and propose to one of the step sisters. My 10 yr. old did (we really had to twist his arm) and it was so stinkin funny!

 

[oregondaddyof2]

If you want to get some good video, have Alec take a ring and propose to one of the step sisters. My 10 yr. old did (we really had to twist his arm) and it was so stinkin funny!

That is gonna happen... We just mentioned it to Alec, and he said, "No way!" I just told him we would never take him again unless he did it.. Gotta love being the parent...

 

[mrsksomeday]

I am really loving these pictures! You make me want to buy a new camera!! That is great that Pop Century had an employee drive you to Epcot! The monorail pic was fantastic, Bill and I boty love it. The step sisters look like so much fun, I can't wait until we go there.

 

[wigdoutdismom]

You can see our video on youtube, I think if you search Baylor's proposal. You will find it, he was so nervous....

 

[oregondaddyof2]

I think I may have gotten the Crush video to work... Let's cross our fingers... Just click on it and it should take you to the video...

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Loved the video, you guys were the stars of the show!

 

[mrsksomeday]

We loved the Crush video, it was wonderful that they talked to you and Alec!!

 

[MAGICFOR2]

I'm all caught up- I am amazed at your pics! Your first two days were packed with lots of fun. It is hard when you get up at 6am and your body thinks it's 3am Good job getting up on time and then getting that nap in!

 

[jordanyosh]

Again great pix!!!! Your DD does NOT look like she had fun on TT!

Those pix at MouseGear of the "Hidden Mickeys" came out great. I'll have to be on the look out!

Jet Lag at WDW wreaks havoc on plans..

 

[Todd_H]

Just got caught up. Great update!

Great job on the pictures, Terry! I especially like the approaching monorail and second Grand Floridian chandelier shots. Looking forward to seeing more!