Live from DLR and GCH - NOW!

[sydangel68]

I will try and do these in order. Some were taken on my IPHONE so the quality is not that great. I can't believe we went to the park without the camera on some occasions

This is DS asleep on the plane. He looks so angelic, but believe me looks are misleading. He is a little ball of energy who doesn't stop.

DS enjoying his Mickey head lollipops. We seem to be buying these everyday, he loves them.

Enjoying the mini rocking chairs in the lobby at the GCH whilst I am checking in.

The dreaded ride....

With Goofy in Main Street, we seem to be seeing characters everywhere, unfortunately DS is not that into them this time, all he wants to do is the rides.

More soon I promise.

Cheers
Angela

 

[sydangel68]

It sounds like you're having an awesome time!! And you are such a good mama to ride Buzz so many times. I hope your trip continues to be just as enjoyable as your first 3 days! Crowds must not be to terrible, I'm guessing, by how often you've been able to ride on some attractions?

Thanks for the report!

The crowds on Fri, Sat, Sun and Mon were pretty bad compared to our previous visits. It's the busiest I have ever seen the parks. We've made good use of the FP and thanks to DIS I knew I could get GRR and Soarin' at the same time. We were getting FP for Buzz and then DH or I would ride with DS, so 2 lots of FP would give us 3 rides. We also spent time in the line when it wasn't big, during the Fireworks and Fantasmic on Sat night we were able to ride Buzz 5 times in a row.

Today the parks are very quiet, and most rides seem to be a walk on, even Splash Mountain only had a 20min wait at midday.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers
Angela

 

[sydangel68]

We were hoping to make it to the DL by 9am today for Magic Morning as the park was not scheduled to open until 10am.

I can't believe we did it, this is a first for us. We immediately rode Dumbo (twice) then Alice, then teacups, then Dumbo again then teacups again. By this time is was almost 10am and we decided to head for the Jungle Cruise, when I saw people walking past us with Dream Fastpasses

I was on a mission as I had missed out on them on our first day, so I asked someone and they said there was someone handing them out at the exit to Dumbo, well we were right in front of the entrance to Dumbo, so I raced around and sure enough there was the CM handing them out. I ran up to him all out of breath and tried to speak, he was laughing so hard and said "do you know what these are?", all I could do was nod my head. He said "congratulations" and handed DS, DH and I each a Dream FP. I almost cried, it was one of the things I was hoping to get after reading about them here on DIS. DH was very proud of me but also couldn't stop laughing at my excitements.

We then headed to the Jungle Cruise and rode it twice with no wait. We made another urgent Potty break (this has become a regular things with DS, he waits and waits and then it becomes an emergency..LOL I think he actually enjoys the drama of just getting there in time). We then went over to BB and checked in for our meal. See previous posts for details. Took us awhile to get there as we were checking out the stores and DS wanted some pressed pennies as he has started collecting.

After lunch we headed to Critter Country and rode Pooh 4 times (are you seeing a trend here?) again no wait at all. We then finally convinced DS to ride Splash, so we used our FP and were on within 5 min. He loved it, but said that he preferred Grizzly River Run more and wanted to ride that. Since we had FP and were already wet, it sounded like a good idea. Also it would be closer to our hotel so we could then get changed.

So we walked over to DCA and Grizzly all set to use our FP and couldn't believe that the FP was closed. It wasn't a problem as the ride was a walk on, I couldn't believe that we were on and riding in 5 min. We then rode it 3 times before heading back to our hotel and a rest. By now it was 3pm. Not sure if we will go back tonight as DCA closes at 6pm and DL at 9pm. We might just take it easy and go out for a nice dinner.

That's it for now. I still need to do a catch up post on yesterday but will get back on later.

Cheers
Angela

 

[davidsprincess]

Loving your TR!! Thanks for taking time out of your trip to share!

 

[kitsch]

Fantastic update. Sounds like you are having fun. Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to hear more.

 

[kellynz]

Thanks for the live report, so glad you're having a good, if not exhausting, time

 

[MadiMouse]

Great live updates!

 

[emum]

Thanks so much for sharing this with us, Angela ! I'm about ready to burst with excitement at our upcoming trip, so it's great to read your TR live

I'm holding out hope that my kids survive the 10 hour overnight flight to HNL by sleeping for at least some of it, so I'm glad to hear your DS slept so well.

And MEGA congrats on your dream FPs !

 

[travelmel]

Sounds like a great time!

 

[emum]

Hey Angela - I guess you're in FL by now. Can't wait to hear/see more !