"Mom, why does the Magical Bus have to be the happiest and the saddest bus?"NEW 8/24!

[Cory's Gal]

We got to the room to see all their "babies" relaxing on the bed!

I think we grabbed some dinner and then we decided to head to the pool and have a drink! We had no idea where my parents were so we just did our own thing!! The pool was chilly this evening, it was about 6:30 by the time we were swimming! We had fun though and on our way out of the pool Cory grabbed us some drinks! I don't know what he had but I had another Pina Colava, YUMMMMMMY!!!!! They were so good!!! The kids and Cory showered and it was early to bed for the kids, Cory and I took turns filling up our mugs and getting a snack. It was a nice night outside! We then stood outside our room and watching the tops of Illuminations!! That's where we figured my parents were! About 10:00 they got back, after their tea they spent the evening at Epcot and watching Illuminations!!
Here are a few pics of the fountain when they had gotten there in the late afternoon! SO PRETTY!!!

And one more topiary picture too!

They said they had a lovely time and it was an easy trip back on the bus too!! The adults then crashed to get a good night sleep for our last park day...

 

[longing2Batdisney]

Hello Beth! all caught up...
BnC looks so yummy; Danny would love that plate of rings and OH! man that chocolate shake looks so good...wish I had one about now! I love the picture of Helen and Gabe reading the menu to decide what they will have for lunch, too cute! and the picture of Helen sleeping on the bus that is a great picture of you two!
sounds like a great day had by all! the GF looks divine!
isn't it so sad to be near the end already...I just updated the rest of day three so that only leaves me with our last day and our two days at US/IOA...
Hope you guys had a fun and relaxing fourth!
Connie

 

[Cory's Gal]

Hello Beth! all caught up...
BnC looks so yummy; Danny would love that plate of rings and OH! man that chocolate shake looks so good...wish I had one about now! I love the picture of Helen and Gabe reading the menu to decide what they will have for lunch, too cute! and the picture of Helen sleeping on the bus that is a great picture of you two!
sounds like a great day had by all! the GF looks divine!
isn't it so sad to be near the end already...I just updated the rest of day three so that only leaves me with our last day and our two days at US/IOA...
Hope you guys had a fun and relaxing fourth!
Connie

Thanks Connie, we had a nice 4th, Cory had a long weekend so it was nice having him home, we got a few projects done too! BnC is super good!!! The onion rings are the best and they make the best meal all on their own!!! I can't believe that we both are getting to end of our reports, now what will we do??? I have to go catch up on your TR now, I have fallen behind on everyone's!!!!!

 

[Angies1274]

Hi Beth! Great updates! Aww...we really have to make a point to catch the parade at AK next trip. It sounds like so much fun! YAY for Festival of the Lion King! You got some really great pictures! Love Gabe's happy face!! We were in the Lion section too!! How fun! It sounds like your parent's had a wonderful evening as well in Epcot. We just love Illuminations! So sad that your last day is coming up....mine is too.

 

[rndmr2]

Great Update! I love the Lion King Show, it's definitely a must-see for me. I haven't seen the AK parade. We usually never have time to sit and watch the parades. I keep meaning to, it just never happens.

 

[Cory's Gal]

Hi Beth! Great updates! Aww...we really have to make a point to catch the parade at AK next trip. It sounds like so much fun! YAY for Festival of the Lion King! You got some really great pictures! Love Gabe's happy face!! We were in the Lion section too!! How fun! It sounds like your parent's had a wonderful evening as well in Epcot. We just love Illuminations! So sad that your last day is coming up....mine is too.

Thanks Angie, we really love spending time in AK! I think we could easily devote 2 full days there with all the animal trails and shows!! I always feel we "miss" something there! I am glad we got the Lion section because my kids love to growl!! The last day is coming WAY too quick, just like it does on vacation!!!!

Great Update! I love the Lion King Show, it's definitely a must-see for me. I haven't seen the AK parade. We usually never have time to sit and watch the parades. I keep meaning to, it just never happens.

Thanks Danielle! We love Lion King, I just love how it's a theater-in-the-round, it makes it special that way I think!! You will have to try and catch the parade the next trip, it's not just floats or trucks, they have some really neat animal vehicles that make it different than the other parades, it's a lot of fun!! Lots of character interaction too!!!!

 

[wdwgirl03]

Glad you enjoyed the parade! That is really sweet about the older couple to come over and talk to you guys. I love how Disney makes people do that.

 

[Cory's Gal]

Glad you enjoyed the parade! That is really sweet about the older couple to come over and talk to you guys. I love how Disney makes people do that.

We had a great time at the parade, especially since we had a nice spot in the shade! It was really nice to talk to that couple, we ran into a lot of friendly and considerate people, we hope others thought that we were just as friendly and considerate to them!!

 

[Charlefours]

I am not sure if we will catch the parade this go around, but I will have to mark on our list of things to try to catch. The pictures from the FOTLK came out so good! Great way to end the evening.

 

[Cory's Gal]

I am not sure if we will catch the parade this go around, but I will have to mark on our list of things to try to catch. The pictures from the FOTLK came out so good! Great way to end the evening.

It was a great day! We got to do so many things all around the parks! Our "hopping" days are a lot of fun!!!! We had a lot of things on our "list" too Stephanie, that we never got to do! I guess we will have to go back, oh darn....

 

[Peter Pan Fan 22]

Gabe holding that box with Stitch has to be one of the cutest Photopass pics I've seen!! Love it!!

FOTLK must be a great toddler nap spot! My niece was fast asleep the moment we go in there too!

 

[Cory's Gal]

Gabe holding that box with Stitch has to be one of the cutest Photopass pics I've seen!! Love it!!

FOTLK must be a great toddler nap spot! My niece was fast asleep the moment we go in there too!

I have no idea how she could sleep in there! There were so many "loud" moments I thought surely she would wake up, she was completely still for the entire show!! Those toddlers sure can nap anywhere!!!

The Stitch pic did turn out great, thanks for saying how cute it was Alicia, I TOTALLY agree with you!!

 

[kschafer]

don't know how I fell behind but I'm caught up now!

Nice pics of your parents high tea at GF

Glad you enjoyed the AK parade and FOTLK and it's fun to meet new friends while visiting the parks. How sweet of them to look out for the kids like that!

 

[Cory's Gal]

don't know how I fell behind but I'm caught up now!

Nice pics of your parents high tea at GF

Glad you enjoyed the AK parade and FOTLK and it's fun to meet new friends while visiting the parks. How sweet of them to look out for the kids like that!

Thanks Katie, my parents had a great time at Tea at the GF! I still need to get there and look around inside, same at the Contemporary, I still need to "explore" more of the resorts!! The couple at AK were very sweet and it's always nice to talk to people from other places!! It was a fun day!!

 

[smithpack]

Is the stitch in the box picture a new thing? I have never seen it before. If so, did you have to ask for it? I love how it turned out.

One of the best parts of Disney is seeing the excitement on the kids faces!! It is so nice when others, like the older couple, enjoy it too and then tell you about it. It makes you appreciate it even more. Kids grow up way to fast.

I can't believe you are on your last day already. You are fast at doing your TR. I have really enjoyed it so far!!

 

[Cory's Gal]

I am finally getting to our last park day! There are a TON of pics that we took on this day so this will be REALLY spread apart many posts! Lots of Photopass pics too!!!

We woke up around 7:00am just like the other days, but I think we were all a bit sad as we got up knowing that this was our last park day! BUT, we were happy because we had Magic Kingdom on our radar this morning!!!
The kiddos just waking up (oops, my leftover Pina Colava cup is in the pic too)

Snuggling with a not-quite-awake Daddy!

I believe the kids had cereal and Cory and I grabbed something easy from the Sassy Food Court. We were up and out before my parents and were set to meet them in Fantasyland again around 9:30 or so. I had a main mission to get to the Opening of Magic Kingdom, we missed it yet again by 5 minutes! Next trip we are getting there EARLY!!! I also wanted to get some family shots in front of the castle, we hadn't really gotten many yet and I wanted a good one!! This is what we got!

I played around with cropping and borders with Photopass to "hide" that guy on the right but still get the whole castle in. I did okay I think. Then I cropped this nice close up, unfortunately it cuts out a lot of the castle.

After pics and getting back to Fantasyland, we yet again "just missed" the Fairy Godmother. We were bummed but had to get into 2 rides that we had missed. First of all we got onto The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh!!

I had to get a pic at this spot because I took a cute one of Gabe back in 2007 and I HAD to do it again!!

We hopped into our Honey Pot and were off!!

The kids had fun on this ride and it was nice that it was a walk-on!! Quick stop in the gift shop to give Pluto a hug...

And then we jumped for one more spin on the Carousel, since there was barely a line.

After our short spin, we met up with my parents and Gabe tried desperately to pull that silly sword out of the stone!

Next up we headed to "tour the world" of dancing dolls!!

 

[Cory's Gal]

Is the stitch in the box picture a new thing? I have never seen it before. If so, did you have to ask for it? I love how it turned out.

One of the best parts of Disney is seeing the excitement on the kids faces!! It is so nice when others, like the older couple, enjoy it too and then tell you about it. It makes you appreciate it even more. Kids grow up way to fast.

I can't believe you are on your last day already. You are fast at doing your TR. I have really enjoyed it so far!!

I almost missed your post! I must have been typing the next installment while you posted!! I don't know if the Stitch thing is new or not, it's "new" to us but we have never done too many Photopass pics before. It was really cool and Gabe liked viewing what was in his box!!!

It was so wonderful that the couple came up to us to say how much fun they were having watching our kids! As a parent it made me feel really great to know that we can make others smile! I too watch families together having fun and it's wonderful!!!

The last day has come so fast! I am glad you are still reading along and enjoying it too!!

 

[MommyMcQueen]

Hi Beth!

Oh No! Last day!! Your updates have been so great Beth...I've really enjoyed reading all about your trip! Sorry it's gotta end!

Sorry you missed the opening ceremony but glad you got on some rides with little wait. Great pictures in front of the castle! And I didn't even notice hat guy standing there on the side until you mentioned it - it's still a great picture of the family.

Can't wait to see how you spent the rest of your last day!
Karen

 

[Angies1274]

Another great update Beth! So sad it's your last day though. But at least you are at the Magic Kingdom...how fun!! Love the photopass pics in front of the castle! We love the Winnie the Pooh ride! Even though my boys are getting older...it's still one of my favorites! Yay for no wait! Cute picture of Gabe trying to pull out the sword!! That's always a must-do picture for us too!!

 

[Cory's Gal]

Hi Beth!

Oh No! Last day!! Your updates have been so great Beth...I've really enjoyed reading all about your trip! Sorry it's gotta end!

Sorry you missed the opening ceremony but glad you got on some rides with little wait. Great pictures in front of the castle! And I didn't even notice hat guy standing there on the side until you mentioned it - it's still a great picture of the family.

Can't wait to see how you spent the rest of your last day!
Karen

Thanks Karen! It's nice that I could add borders and crop the pics to get rid of the "extras" on the side! I like how the pics turned out too, I LOVE having family pics taken by the park icons! They will look good in frames and in the scrapbook that I still need to start!!!! We had a fun and fully packed last day!!!

Another great update Beth! So sad it's your last day though. But at least you are at the Magic Kingdom...how fun!! Love the photopass pics in front of the castle! We love the Winnie the Pooh ride! Even though my boys are getting older...it's still one of my favorites! Yay for no wait! Cute picture of Gabe trying to pull out the sword!! That's always a must-do picture for us too!!

Thanks Angie, I am a Pooh ride fan too, I think it's just so whimsical to ride especially with the kids!! Gabe still thought it was fun too and not too "baby" yet! I didn't even plan on the sword pics, we walked by it and I remember thinking that he would have no interest but he walked up on his own and thought to try and pull it out of the stone. It made me smile and I got a lot of great shots!!!