Long Family Trip Report

[jorescue]

Hey All,
Here is my attempt at a trip report.
So we loaded up the van and hooked up to our popup. Headed for the fort. We decided we were going to drive all night and get to the Fort around 7am and hit a grocery store and grab breakfast before heading in. My dad was house sitting and showed up early. We were planning on leaving around 3 in the afternoon but everyone was ready to go so we left around 1230pm. We ending up trying to kill time on the road. We arrived near the fort around 5 am and hit the walmart and got some food.
Day 1 we sat up the camper and got our stuff straight and headed to the pool. we had a really nice site 1319. We had dinner reservations at Chefs de France that night so we ended up going to Epcot for dinner. My wifes parents meet us there, they came for a few days and stayed at pop century. It was downpouring at epcot, the food was great at Chefs. The weather cleared and we stayed for illuminations.

The kids ready for the long car ride

Day 2 Animal Kingdom, This was our first time going to animal kingdom we really enjoyed this park. th safari was alot of fun with lots of animals. Our 5 year old loved expidition everest. Dinner was at Ohana, I liked the food there but my wife said it wasn't her favorite, She didnt like the impersonal service there. we watched the electric boat parade from the beach at the polynesian.

Day 3
We get up early and make the rope drop for the Magic Kingdom. The kids love this park. We got in there and rode lots of rides. i finally got to ride space mountain again,first time in 27 years, it was closed when we were there in Oct.
Dinner was at Kouzzina on the boardwalk. This is one of our favorite restaurants at disney. The food was great again and the entire family loved it.
We wathced a magic show on the boardwalk. We watched the fireworks from the beach at the fort.

Day 4,5,6,7 coming soon

 

[BradyBz12]

Great pics - looks like a fun time was had by all!! Looking forward to the rest of our TR.

 

[jorescue]

Day 4
Some early morning fishing. All small fish
Epcot again due to our dinner reservations at Merrekash.
It rained again on our epcot day. We got to the park early and rode a few rides. We rode mission space and enjoyed it. By the time lunch rolled around the wait for test track was at 100 minutes and soarin was at 70 minutes. We got fast passes for soarin at lunch, our return time was 7 pm. the food at merrekash was good, I finally got my wife to eat lamb. the service wasn't very good there. I got my grand marnier slushie finally.
My wife comes in the camper talking about a giant rat outside this is what we found the next morning.

Day 5
We need a break so we headed over to downtown disney just to check it out.
We just grabbed a little lunch and checked out the shops.
A little time in the pool when we got back to the fort and dinner at the hoop de do.

Day 6
We went to magic kingdom again we made the rope drop. We went the other way and I finally got my 7 year old to ride splash mountain. He was so excited after the first time we went straight back on it. We hit big thunder mountain and Pirates of the caribean and ate some lunch and headed back to the campsite to rest up for a late evening in the park to see Wishes and the main street parade. when we got back to the campsite our 7 year old started throwing up so that ended our day at the parks. We just did take out dinner from the food court at port orleans. Very nice for a food court.

We finally made it to the campfire and movie. Also hit the pool for a while in the afternoon.

Day 7

We packed it up and headed home for the 15 hour drive. Normally 12.5 but if you have kids it streches a bit. Everyone having a great time and completely worn out from our family vacation.

 

[4mickey2]

Great tr. Looks like it was a wonderful time.

 

[*Michele*]

Nice TR! We saw your sign while we were there, but I didn't even think to write a 'hello' on your chalkboard.

 

[jorescue]

I left chalk out there ever day and no one wrote on my sign. the only other green ears I saw in there was disneylitch and could never catch them at there site.

 

[anolefan]

Good report. We must have just missed you. We returned today from a short stay over the weekend.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[SC DAD of 2]

Great TR. Looks like fun was had by all. Beautiful family.

 

[Born 2 Fish]

Very cool report, sounds like ya'll hadda very magical time and great pics !

Glad to see that you didn't forget the fishing poles,.
So did the boys catch any swimmers ?

 

[Tri-circle-D]

Great job on your trip report!

Thanks for taking the time to post it!

So, when does the boxer puppy get to go to the Fort?

TCD

 

[kampfirekim]

I left chalk out there ever day and no one wrote on my sign. the only other green ears I saw in there was disneylitch and could never catch them at there site.

Nice job on the TR! You have a lovely family.

If we'd been there at the same time I would have written on your sign.

Sorry you didn't get to meet any Fiends.

 

[jorescue]

Here are a few more photos