Mini-trip TR ~ Emma's First trip, My first MNSSHP and F&W! LOOKING AHEAD!

Day 4 ~ October 5, 2009 ~ Departure Day :(

We had to get up super early this morning. We had an ADR at the Crystal Palace for 8:05. Not only that, but we were checking out too, so we had to get up early enough to bring our bags to the Custom House so we could do our Airline Check-In and drop our carry-on bags with Bell Services.

Normally, this isn't too bad but at CBR it's a little more of a PITA because the Custom House is a seperate building and you cant' really want to it like you can to the food court/gift shop area. There IS an internal bus that goes around but still...ugh!

We packed our stuff up the night before so we were ready to go bright and early! I knew we couldn't take our luggage on the internal bus so I called bell services to have them pick up our luggage for us at 7am. The BEST part was that we got to ride with the guy to the Custom House so we didnt' have to go to the bus stop after all! MUCH quicker this way!

The van we rode in...

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The empty chec-in desk area...

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Random pic of the resort...(this is what Tom does while I take care of busines) Notice how dark it is outside! TOO EARLY!

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I was very nervous about the ME pick-up time because, even though this was only a 3-night trip, it was actually 2 reservations (because of the discounts, did I tell you I don't paid $89 a NIGHT, BTW!!) So because it was 2 reservations, they did NOT have a pick-up time so I had to call. They are so casual about stuff on the phone, don't they know I'm anal and want them to assure me at least 3 times that I won't miss my flight?! There's always something for me to worry about so this was it this morning.... Before you let the suspense get to you, I will say this was not an issue and the time the woman gave me on the phone was the time the bus came and off we went to the airport....but I'm getting ahead of myself! We have a whole day of MK ahead of us!

She man who brought us over to the Custom House in the van pointed us in the direction of the closest bus stop, which was Barbados. So after we checked our bags, we headed over there to wait for the bus to the MK.

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Here I am about to get my bag checked for the last time! It's so cool how empty it is around the MK gates at 7:45, when the park doesn't open until 9!

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Some more random MK pics!

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OK, this breakfast was important! It was Emma's very first character interaction and I was soooo anxious to see how she would react to them.

So Tom and I got to the restaurant at exactly 8:05. The ADR was under my sister's name and even though they weren't there yet, I felt like I should check in. We have been late for an ADR once before and we lost had to wait over an hour and I did NOT want that to happen. I figured they were close but they weren't close enough! They called our name immediately so I had to tell them our entire party wasn't here yet. My sister called and said she was at the front of the park and would be there shortly....

Here I am, waiting for them to come around the corner....

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And here were they...stopping to take pics! UGH!

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Well eventually, they arrived and we were seated.

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Words cannot describe our experience with Emma and the characters so I will just let the pictures do the talking from here...

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As you can see...SHE LOVED THEM!! It was so precious to watch! She couldn't take her eyes off of them, even when they weren't at our table she was pointing to them. She was just so excited, and we were thrilled!!!

She did manage to eat some delicious puffed french toast among all that excitement, which is the sole reason for Tom to eat at Crystal palace....

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YAY! Great update. So upsetting that the bus system does not work out like planned. Why is something that is suppose to help you become such a problem always!? We had trouble on our last trip.

MK early looks AMAZING!! Totally worth waking up. EMMA IS A DOLL!! I know I have said it before, but seeing how excited she got with the characters is SO cute. How old is she again? We are going in January with my 2 year old and I can not wait to see how he responds :lovestruc

Puffed French Toast sounds awesome. Must try it soon! Cant wait for your next update. SO sad it's your last day. When is the next trip?:confused3
 

I think Emma hates the characters :P

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YAY! Great update. So upsetting that the bus system does not work out like planned. Why is something that is suppose to help you become such a problem always!? We had trouble on our last trip.

MK early looks AMAZING!! Totally worth waking up. EMMA IS A DOLL!! I know I have said it before, but seeing how excited she got with the characters is SO cute. How old is she again? We are going in January with my 2 year old and I can not wait to see how he responds :lovestruc

Puffed French Toast sounds awesome. Must try it soon! Cant wait for your next update. SO sad it's your last day. When is the next trip?:confused3

Emma was 15 months on this trip. She's almost 18 now and it's amazing how different she is already! We really lucked out with the characters with her. A friend of ours has a baby that's the same age as Emma and they went around the same time and had the complete opposite experience! She HATED the characters to the point where she would scream bloody murder and they had to keep her out of all the rest of the character meals they had planned! I guess every kid is just different.

I know! This trip was way too short! 3 nights is the shortest we've ever stayed. The next trip is tentatively late June/early July. We want to go again after school gets out (June 24) and before out APs expire (July 19) so sometime in between there. I am starting my master's in January so I don't want to make any definite plans until I know that I'll be able to take (hopefully) a week and not fall behind. Too bad the ADRs went back to 180 days because I think that would put me sometimes in January...oh well. Do not stress, Nikki...do not stress......
 
go to the American Idol area at WDW (next time you visit) and sing the "Single Rider Line" song:lmao:.



Looking forward to more of your trip reports:goodvibes and hope you guys have another one coming up in a few months:).



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Nikki- LOVE the song!!! :thumbsup2 I'll never listen to beyonce again without hearing it instead of her!! :rotfl:

Oh- and Emma with the characters!! :lovestruc So, so sweet!! That first time is so special- especially when they react as well as she did. We brought Sean & Tyler when they were 3 1/2 years & 5 mos- Tyler was NOT happy meeting quite a few of them- the pictures are hilarious....when I get a scanner I'll have to show you- :goodvibes
 
Aww bless Emma really loved meeting Pooh Bear and the Gang, those pics are just priceless :)
 
She's precious with the characters!

...and as for the 180 day ADRs...if you miss any "must-dos" just look at it this way: it's an excellent opportunity to try some restaurants that you wouldn't try otherwise! I planned a trip once in 3 days. Decided I was going down on Wednesday and left Saturday morning. Obviously didn't get all the ADRs I wanted, but discovered some hidden gems :)
 
Are you my fellow Buffy the Vampire slayer fan?

I just bought the entire series. I'm so excited!
 
go to the American Idol area at WDW (next time you visit) and sing the "Single Rider Line" song:lmao:.



Looking forward to more of your trip reports:goodvibes and hope you guys have another one coming up in a few months:).



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Haha! Yes, hopefully we'll have a trip sometime the end of June/beginning of July.

Nikki- LOVE the song!!! :thumbsup2 I'll never listen to beyonce again without hearing it instead of her!! :rotfl:

Oh- and Emma with the characters!! :lovestruc So, so sweet!! That first time is so special- especially when they react as well as she did. We brought Sean & Tyler when they were 3 1/2 years & 5 mos- Tyler was NOT happy meeting quite a few of them- the pictures are hilarious....when I get a scanner I'll have to show you- :goodvibes

I would LOVE to see the pictures of Tyler with the characters! It really was so special. I am so glad I was able to be there for her first trip!

Aww bless Emma really loved meeting Pooh Bear and the Gang, those pics are just priceless :)

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She's precious with the characters!

...and as for the 180 day ADRs...if you miss any "must-dos" just look at it this way: it's an excellent opportunity to try some restaurants that you wouldn't try otherwise! I planned a trip once in 3 days. Decided I was going down on Wednesday and left Saturday morning. Obviously didn't get all the ADRs I wanted, but discovered some hidden gems :)

Yeah I'm not too worried about it. We don't have any big ADRs in mind but even if we decide on something that we don't get, it's not like it'll be the last time we go!

Love the pics of Emma and the characters - priceless!

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I got your card!!!!

Thank you so much!

I love getting Christmas cards!

Oh I'm so glad you got it! Wasn't it perfect! It went so well with my wedding theme, mentioning both Magic and Wishes!!

Are you my fellow Buffy the Vampire slayer fan?

I just bought the entire series. I'm so excited!

Oh I'm TOTALLY you're fellow Buffy fan!! Have fun watching! Tom and I watched all 7 seasons in a row!!
 
I'm trying to decide why I am being so slow with the TR of this very short trip! It's taking me so long to finish and I think it's because I want it to last! I already booked this trip before we even went on our honeymoon but now that I don't have a trip booked (just a tentaive) I think I don't WANT to finish it!!

I just spent the whole day baking cookies, which is sooo unlike me! But I woke up this morning, knowing it was going to snow all afternoon and night and just felt like cookies was the thing to do! So I made peanut butter, sugar, chocolate mint and, of course, gingerbread!

Now I'm going to watch all the Christmas specials. I've seen Elf probably 6 times so far this year (it's on A LOT!) and I was watching NBX on Disney but I decided on A Muppet's Christmas.

Some of my favorites are Rudolph, The Story of the First Christmas Snow, Charlie Brown, Garfield and Mr. Hanky's Christmas Classics. The last two they never play on TV but I own them! ;)

Enjoy whatever it is you are all doing tonight!
 
I want some cookies! lol

I certainly have enough! Unfortunately, I don't think they'll still be good by the time they get to you!

Have you started Buffy?? I've decided against Christmas specials and instead I'm going to start rereading Potter!!
 
I certainly have enough! Unfortunately, I don't think they'll still be good by the time they get to you!

Have you started Buffy?? I've decided against Christmas specials and instead I'm going to start rereading Potter!!

Yup!

But with my second job I am now on episode 4 of season 1.

But it's the last day of my second job, and x-mas vacay at school starts on the 23. So you know what i'll be doing!
 
So it took a LOT of time and a LOT of energy (as well as a lot of throwing and cursing) but I finally put together Emma's Christmas present. Well, it was all worth it because we gave it to her last night and she LOVED it!!


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I was so happy! She played with it all night and wanted me to push her around...she hasn't figured out how to use her feet to move it yet. She would cry everytime I stopped, which was sort of annoying when I wanted to sit and have my coffee BUT I'm just thrilled she loved it so much!

She also loved the Hot Dog Mickey dancer! The second picture is her reaction when it was singing and dancing!

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"Look at me! I'm in my new car and I JUST learned out to "smile" for pictures!" (Look at that face she's making! My sister said she had never done that before but every time I said, "Emma SMILE!" she would make that face!

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Then when no one would push her around anymore, she decided she would drag the car around herself! (First prize for the one who knows which show we're watching on the TV! HILARIOUS!)

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