MinnieGi
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Cast of Characters:
Me: Gi - Disney Nut and Planner
DH: Ace - Half way there to Disney Nut
DD: Tatiana - (2yo)
Sunday, Nov. 3rd
Wake up early, even b/4 the alarm - I'm at Disney!!!!!!!
Now I loathe the morning any other day, but here at the World I happily rise out of bed!
It's our first day in the parks and I must start with MK! It's also EE day so we make it to the park by 8:00. We were going to take the bus, but decide to drive and this really helped us get there early. OKW is so nice that you can park your car in front of your room! We pull up and are in the second row of the parking lot! Wow! DD is now very excited and wide-eyed as she sees all the "Disney" signs and she points and names alll the characters she knows on the park signs as we enter TTC. We breeze through to the monorail and DD is loves her "first ride!" I too am a big monorail fan and always considered it my first ride as a kid.
We reach MK and the look on DD's face as she sees Cinerella's Castle is priceless. For the rest of our trip she calls MK the "Castle Park" and of course falls in love with it!
I had bought her Minnie ears last year at the TDS and she proudly wore them, she looked so cute!
Straight to Fantasylandwe went. We showed DD the area and as soon as she saw Dumbo she wanted to go on. Very minimal wait, DD loved Dumbo. We then rode Peter Pan and IASW. Then headed into Liberty Square as we were getting hungry and wanted a light snack. We couldn't find anything open!!!!!!!! Ugh! Even the stands did not open until 10:00 or 11:00 and the one that said it served coffe and muffins had no one inside!! This was a problem. I asked a cm what was open and she suggested Main St. Bakery. Okay we go all the way back to Main St., we really didn't want to, but had no choice.
The Bakery had a line and we waited about 10 minutes or so to get up to the food area. Oh yum!! What delicious choices we had to make, maybe this wasn't such a bad plan after all!!!!
We found an open table right out front of the Bakery! We each had gotten a chocolate milk and we each picked out something to share. DD picked a stawberry shortcake, DH picked the apple charlotte, and I picked a blueberry mini-loaf. OMG! These baked goods were AWESOME! We all agreed the Apple Charlotte was the BEST!!!! As we sat leisurely eating our goodies we watched the crowds stream up Main St. but we hadn't a care in the World, we had Apple Charlotte!!!! This turned into one of those magical Disney moments for us and we decided we must make the Bakery stop and Main St. table a tradition on our future trips!
As we were finishing our goodies the Main St. dancers came down in the horse drawn carriage and then stopped and performed for the folks on Main St. It added an extra touch to the already great atmosphere.
We then headed into Tomorrowland. Walked onto TTA. This is one of my favorites from childhood. Well luck would not be with me this time, as I stepped into our car I got a funny white out feeling and I knew my heart palpitations were soon going to start and they did. ugh. I have a history of heart palpitations, but have not had any attacks in about 9 months so I was more mad than anything this was happening at WDW!!!!!!!!
I started going through some techniques that my cardiologist recommends to stop an attack. As we enter Space Mountain I lay down on the seat and freaked DH out as he thought I just passed out which makes me laugh. I told him I'm still here but am going to lay on the seat for a while. Well that does the trick!!! By the time we get to Buzz the palps are gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank goodness, I was having all sorts of awful thoughts going through my head. Since I missed most of the ride around the first time we decide to stay on and go around again. I relax the second time around and really enjoy the view. DD takes a quick snooze on DH too.
We have an 11:30 ps planned for Tony's Pooh & Friends lunch, so we decide to start heading back to Main St. and do a bit of shopping along the way. The stores are deserted, so nice!!
Tony's is pretty crowded, but we get called in after about a 5 min. wait. We had an awesome lunch and a great time meeting Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, & Eeyore. (I have a detailed review on the restaurant board). DD hugged and kissed them all and was really impressed they came to visit her!!!!!
We then left MK to go back to OKW for nap time! While DD and DH napped I went to the grocery store for breakfast items, drinks, and snacks.
After naptime we headed to our quiet pool. DD loved the pool. She likes to "jump in" from the stairs and really wants to swim on her own. We need to sign her up for swimming lessons! She also loved wearing her new Princess bathing suit that was a surprise for her when we got down there! Well we couldn't get her out of the pool and had to promise her we'd come back after dinner. So that's what we did, we grabbed a quick dinner at the BK by CrossRoads and then headed back to the pool for another hour and a half of swimming. DD was exhausted after this and we all fell fast asleep!
Tomorrow: Cindy's Breakfast and more "Castle" park.
Me: Gi - Disney Nut and Planner
DH: Ace - Half way there to Disney Nut
DD: Tatiana - (2yo)
Sunday, Nov. 3rd
Wake up early, even b/4 the alarm - I'm at Disney!!!!!!!
Now I loathe the morning any other day, but here at the World I happily rise out of bed! It's our first day in the parks and I must start with MK! It's also EE day so we make it to the park by 8:00. We were going to take the bus, but decide to drive and this really helped us get there early. OKW is so nice that you can park your car in front of your room! We pull up and are in the second row of the parking lot! Wow! DD is now very excited and wide-eyed as she sees all the "Disney" signs and she points and names alll the characters she knows on the park signs as we enter TTC. We breeze through to the monorail and DD is loves her "first ride!" I too am a big monorail fan and always considered it my first ride as a kid. We reach MK and the look on DD's face as she sees Cinerella's Castle is priceless. For the rest of our trip she calls MK the "Castle Park" and of course falls in love with it!
I had bought her Minnie ears last year at the TDS and she proudly wore them, she looked so cute!
Straight to Fantasylandwe went. We showed DD the area and as soon as she saw Dumbo she wanted to go on. Very minimal wait, DD loved Dumbo. We then rode Peter Pan and IASW. Then headed into Liberty Square as we were getting hungry and wanted a light snack. We couldn't find anything open!!!!!!!! Ugh! Even the stands did not open until 10:00 or 11:00 and the one that said it served coffe and muffins had no one inside!! This was a problem. I asked a cm what was open and she suggested Main St. Bakery. Okay we go all the way back to Main St., we really didn't want to, but had no choice.
The Bakery had a line and we waited about 10 minutes or so to get up to the food area. Oh yum!! What delicious choices we had to make, maybe this wasn't such a bad plan after all!!!!
We found an open table right out front of the Bakery! We each had gotten a chocolate milk and we each picked out something to share. DD picked a stawberry shortcake, DH picked the apple charlotte, and I picked a blueberry mini-loaf. OMG! These baked goods were AWESOME! We all agreed the Apple Charlotte was the BEST!!!! As we sat leisurely eating our goodies we watched the crowds stream up Main St. but we hadn't a care in the World, we had Apple Charlotte!!!! This turned into one of those magical Disney moments for us and we decided we must make the Bakery stop and Main St. table a tradition on our future trips!As we were finishing our goodies the Main St. dancers came down in the horse drawn carriage and then stopped and performed for the folks on Main St. It added an extra touch to the already great atmosphere.
We then headed into Tomorrowland. Walked onto TTA. This is one of my favorites from childhood. Well luck would not be with me this time, as I stepped into our car I got a funny white out feeling and I knew my heart palpitations were soon going to start and they did. ugh. I have a history of heart palpitations, but have not had any attacks in about 9 months so I was more mad than anything this was happening at WDW!!!!!!!!
I started going through some techniques that my cardiologist recommends to stop an attack. As we enter Space Mountain I lay down on the seat and freaked DH out as he thought I just passed out which makes me laugh. I told him I'm still here but am going to lay on the seat for a while. Well that does the trick!!! By the time we get to Buzz the palps are gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank goodness, I was having all sorts of awful thoughts going through my head. Since I missed most of the ride around the first time we decide to stay on and go around again. I relax the second time around and really enjoy the view. DD takes a quick snooze on DH too.We have an 11:30 ps planned for Tony's Pooh & Friends lunch, so we decide to start heading back to Main St. and do a bit of shopping along the way. The stores are deserted, so nice!!
Tony's is pretty crowded, but we get called in after about a 5 min. wait. We had an awesome lunch and a great time meeting Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, & Eeyore. (I have a detailed review on the restaurant board). DD hugged and kissed them all and was really impressed they came to visit her!!!!!
We then left MK to go back to OKW for nap time! While DD and DH napped I went to the grocery store for breakfast items, drinks, and snacks.
After naptime we headed to our quiet pool. DD loved the pool. She likes to "jump in" from the stairs and really wants to swim on her own. We need to sign her up for swimming lessons! She also loved wearing her new Princess bathing suit that was a surprise for her when we got down there! Well we couldn't get her out of the pool and had to promise her we'd come back after dinner. So that's what we did, we grabbed a quick dinner at the BK by CrossRoads and then headed back to the pool for another hour and a half of swimming. DD was exhausted after this and we all fell fast asleep!
Tomorrow: Cindy's Breakfast and more "Castle" park.
