Momma, I got to dance with Flynn Ryder! A January 2011 TR.

[Jennifer48]

I had a huge post and now its gone so I'm just going to say great updates!

 

[Caretames1]

I had a huge post and now its gone so I'm just going to say great updates!

UGH! I hate when that happens. Thanks a bunch though

 

[Caretames1]

Whoo Hoo! I got the Photo Pass book we made today! It's so nice. I wish I could post it. I'll get some pictures taken and post them this weekend. In the mean time, I thought I'd post some of the Animal Kingdom Photo Pass. I am a bit miffed though. Some of the borders I know I put one didn't show up on the CD. Anyway, here the are,



















I'll see if I can get some Epcot ones up later tonight

 

[blessedmom4]

Loving all of the pictures, looking forward to Epcot! I LOVE Epcot!

 

[JAMIESMITH]

Those are some wonderful family photos. Were the photo pass photographers easy to find. Did you have to wait forever to have the pictures taken?

 

[TanzUnited99]

Great AK pics!! Looking forward to more

 

[mickeystoontown]

I love each and every one of the Photopass pictures. They are so good

 

[Jennifer48]

Great family photos!

 

[Caretames1]

Great family photos!

I love each and every one of the Photopass pictures. They are so good

Great AK pics!! Looking forward to more

Loving all of the pictures, looking forward to Epcot! I LOVE Epcot!

Thanks everyone I have to say that in 12 plus years of being a family, this is the most we'eve ever been together in a picture. I'm the one taking them, and Sam hides. DH & Kadence end up being the foucs of many. I love that we have these to look to. I like them too!

Those are some wonderful family photos. Were the photo pass photographers easy to find. Did you have to wait forever to have the pictures taken?

Thanks, The Photo Pass people are very easy to see. They're all dressed alike and they are set up in very obivous places. They only wait you have is the people in front of you which is at the most 3 or 4 families. We usually just walked right up to them and were photgraphed right away.

 

[Caretames1]

Living with the Land,
We continued on with the learning portion of our trip. Kadence picked what pictures I should take for her journal. Here are a few of them





I bet this makes a pitcher of lemonade all by itself.



I’ll be eating you later,




We decide we needed a snack, so we headed to Sunshine Seasons, I got the Strawberry Shortcake, John got the Chocolate Croissant, Sam got the Key Lime Tart, and Kadence got the snack she loves more than anything, the big Brownie! YUM-O!



Refreshed and on a sugar high, we headed over to innoventions, but first a stop at the Cool Club. This was my moment, I couldn’t wait. “Hey kids, try these different flavors of pop from around the world, I heard they’re all good” (insert evil snicker)





SO WORTH IT!

After the girls forgave me, we wandered around innoventions. We tried to do the game where you have try and find fire hazards in different rooms of a home, but 2 mins in Kadence had to use the restroom. After that, there was a line for that game, so we moved on. The girls played games on the touch screen computers, and just checked everything out. I’m a little sad because these are the pictures I lost. Stupid Camera! Again, glad I didn’t use it the rest of the trip!

Cont next post...

 

[Caretames1]

We then found the line for the Disney Rewards Visa free photos. This was the longest line we stood in the whole trip. We were waiting for 45 mins. I was understandable though, you did get to spend a lot time with the characters and they really interacted with you. We got Mickey, Minnie, & Goofy.






We were told that our free picture would ready to pick out in an hour, so we went about our way with a stop at Mouse Gears to look around. Kadence bought herself a Baby Mickey (she already had a Baby Minnie from our last trip) the rest of us didn’t get anything. So, onto Space Ship Earth. On the way there, we ran into Daisy




Spaceship Earth was neat, Kadence was a bit unhappy with how dark it got. The ride had stopped for a few minutes, and an announcement was made to stay seated and the ride will resume momentarily. It only took a minute, and we were moving again. We had fun picking our futures. The pictures were quite funny!



I thought I had uploaded Sam & DH pics, but apparently not!

We were kind of tired and it was about 3:30 and since we had 4:30 ADR’s at Garden Grill, we decided to mosey slowly (as if you can do a fast mosey??) over to the Land and people watch along the way. We found a seat on a bench next to the restaurant, and people watched some more. Finally after bathroom trips, and smashing a couple coins, it was time to check in and soon we were being seated. We got a booth on the outer edge of restaurant. It did spin, slowly. This was good. I hardly even noticed it.
The food was very good! Sorry, no pictures. I had forgotten and when I did remember the food was half gone! I didn't think anyone wanted to see that!
The salad was a few different kinds of fresh lettuce, eggs, tomatoes, bacon bits & a ranch type dressing.
The platter had Mahi Mahi fish with a spring veggie mix, Roast Turkey with stuffing, and Beef Tender Loin with mashed potatoes. It was all you can eat and we did ask for more of everything.
Kadence got a kids platter with a baked chicken leg with mac & cheese.
For desert it was warm apple crisp with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. DOUBLE YUM!
The characters started coming around. They spent lots of time with us and really interacted with Kadence. Chip was first.



Then came Dale



Pluto was really making her laugh.




Mickey was playing with her Baby Mickey, rocking it and hugging it.





Kadence has this thing with touching the characters noses, so they kept going back and forth tapping each other on the nose.



After, we were so stuffed we left Epcot , after stopping for another photo



and went back to the resort. Kadence did swim a little, and then we went to bed early as it was going to be an early morning with an ADR at Akershus.

 

[mommy2hannahgrace]

Great trip report so far...Just caught up

You took some awesome photos!!

oooh...and the drink at tusker house...Jungle Juice I believe is what they called it...DH loved it!

 

[Caretames1]

Great trip report so far...Just caught up

You took some awesome photos!!

oooh...and the drink at tusker house...Jungle Juice I believe is what they called it...DH loved it!

Thanks We all loved the juice. Our waiter must have filled our glasses 6 times!

 

[mickeystoontown]

Great pictures with Mickey and the Gang. I can't believe that the line was 45 minutes long. Wait, I take that back, I actually can believe it. There's not many places that you can wait in one line and see that many characters.

You can tell that Kadence was having a good time at the Garden Grill. Her smile is lit up like a Christmas tree.

 

[Jennifer48]

for getting the girls to try the Beverly! When we were there I tried to get my step-son but this little girl came over and was like "don't try that one. Its gross" so of course he wouldn't do it.

Great character day at Epcot!

 

[TanzUnited99]

Love the Sunshine Season snacks...am looking forward to getting the Strawberry Shortcake

on getting the Beverley shots...am glad the girls forgave you after you tricked them like that!

The Disney Reward free photos are great. How happy does Kadence look dancing with Goofy and then later on at Garden Grill. Am glad you all enjoyed this dining experience.

 

[Caretames1]

Great pictures with Mickey and the Gang. I can't believe that the line was 45 minutes long. Wait, I take that back, I actually can believe it. There's not many places that you can wait in one line and see that many characters.

You can tell that Kadence was having a good time at the Garden Grill. Her smile is lit up like a Christmas tree.

The meet & greet was great.We were in there for like 5-8 minutes. They all played with Kadence, and allthought I didn't post them all, I have about 25 pictures.
The Garden Grill was awesome, I'd so do it again. The characters really had Kadence going.

for getting the girls to try the Beverly! When we were there I tried to get my step-son but this little girl came over and was like "don't try that one. Its gross" so of course he wouldn't do it.

Great character day at Epcot!

I only told my DH about Beverly, we couldn't wait to see their faces!

Love the Sunshine Season snacks...am looking forward to getting the Strawberry Shortcake

on getting the Beverley shots...am glad the girls forgave you after you tricked them like that!

The Disney Reward free photos are great. How happy does Kadence look dancing with Goofy and then later on at Garden Grill. Am glad you all enjoyed this dining experience.

The shortcake was yummy! I so wanted to get those shots of the girls faces. I had been planning it since I found out how bad it tastes

 

[mom2rtk]

Oh MAN! I came over here to see your daughter dancing with Flynn, and I'm going to have to wait!

Your family is adorable! I can't wait to hear more!

Your daughter looked pretty happy behind the wheel of that car...... I'm just sayin.........

 

[Caretames1]

Oh MAN! I came over here to see your daughter dancing with Flynn, and I'm going to have to wait!

Your family is adorable! I can't wait to hear more!

Your daughter looked pretty happy behind the wheel of that car...... I'm just sayin.........

Sorry, the Flynn Ryder update will be towards the end of the TR,as it happened at the end of our trip......I know, the supense of it all

My DD behind thewheel is a hoot. On the TOT pic, which I should have bought, she looked bored

 

[jenseib]

Wow...Daisy at Epcot...I don't think I ever heard of her being there. I have to ask...and I know I should know this because I have asked on these boards a zillion times, but for some reason it doesn't stick in my mind. Is the Visa character meet in the right side building as you are walking in?