Nikolas & MAW-We're back from Mickey Mouse's House! Pre & Post trip reports

[pipersmom]

I love all the character pics, sooo cute! And Nikolas looks like he's having such a good time! Glad that you all could see the fairies..and hoping Terrence will still be there when we are, Piper loooves the new movie! Looking forward to the next installment

 

[2specialkids]

We went in to see the princesses next. We had to wait for awhile (we actually were forgotten but it wasn’t a problem). While we waited we met a wonderful family with a service dog. Their dog is an assistance and seizure dog which is what we will be looking into in a few years. They said it was the best thing they’ve ever done and that we won’t be sorry when we get ours. Their dog is a border collie but we want a german shepherd. I know it’s unusual but we had one we were training for that and he passed away at 3yrs old. I just like the breed, size and intelligence of shepherds so that’s what we will have trained.
After asking how much longer the wait was (it was over 30 min by then) we were taken back and got to meet their Royal Highnesses. Once again he was flirting up a storm with the pretty princesses who were so focused on him. We got picture with Cinderella, Belle and Aurora.

I love this one with Aurora because we have that exact same pose with her from 4 years ago.

That was totally unplanned but really nice. After his flirt session with the princesses we shopped for a few minutes then went next door to meet Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Boo seemed to like Minnie but was really excited to meet Mickey again. This time he was dressed in regular clothes not sorcerer ones!

Mickey and Minnie signed both autograph books then we left to ride the train. We hopped on the train and rode around to Frontierland so Mikayla and I could ride Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Mom and Dad took Nikolas wandering while we were gone. It was getting a later now (a bit after 6pm) and Mom was getting too tired so we started out of the park. She hadn’t ridden Pirates yet but since we were coming back on Saturday we didn’t worry about it. I did get them to stop for a picture in front of the castle while it was all lit up and just dark enough to get a really nice picture.

Time to head back for dinner and a decent night’s sleep.

 

[maroo]

The pictures are just wonderful! I am so glad you got to see lots of characters.

The smile on his face just lights up a room!

Great picture in front of the castle.

Did you guys have any trouble getting through the lines with your passes/button when Boo was with your parents?

Awesome TR! Thanks for writing it and sharing your story with us! It really means a lot!!!

 

[2specialkids]

The pictures are just wonderful! I am so glad you got to see lots of characters.

The smile on his face just lights up a room!

Great picture in front of the castle.

Did you guys have any trouble getting through the lines with your passes/button when Boo was with your parents?

Awesome TR! Thanks for writing it and sharing your story with us! It really means a lot!!!

We didn't have any trouble at all. We left the button on Boo and I kept the GAC on me. Everyone was great. I even asked one CM if we could use it and they said yes, it will get us back to him faster. Pretty sweet huh!

I've got 4 days of trip report left to write and post. I'm honestly trying to condense it some but there was soooo much to see and do it's hard to leave things out.

It was just a completely awesome trip...I can't believe how wonderful they (GKTW & CM's) make it. Like just being in Disney isn't enough-there's sooo much pixie dust floating around there anyway!

 

[maroo]

We didn't have any trouble at all. We left the button on Boo and I kept the GAC on me. Everyone was great. I even asked one CM if we could use it and they said yes, it will get us back to him faster. Pretty sweet huh!

I've got 4 days of trip report left to write and post. I'm honestly trying to condense it some but there was soooo much to see and do it's hard to leave things out.

It was just a completely awesome trip...I can't believe how wonderful they (GKTW & CM's) make it. Like just being in Disney isn't enough-there's sooo much pixie dust floating around there anyway!

Oh...please, please, please don't condense it at all!!! We want to hear EVERYTHING!

And you will look back on this, too. It has barely been a year since we have been back and I have already forgotten things that I thought I would remember forever...but my TR is great to go back and read...

Put in lots of details! Lots of pictures!

You can even do parts of a day and come back to it.

I agree...GKTW and the CM's really go above and beyond for the Wish Kids!

 

[sunny04]

I just love how Nikolas' face lights up when he looks at the characters! I'm sure he made their day too! And your daughter is just beautiful.

 

[StefaniLyn]

I love the princess pictures! So sorry you had to wait for a while! Nickolas is such a ladies man, hey? Adorable. And please continue to give us every detail of your trip! I'm loving it!

 

[yinyanggirls]

I second the "don't leave things out!". It's awesome!

 

[2specialkids]

Thursday, Day 4 Universal Studios
Today is bonding day for Nikolas and the grandparents. Mikayla and I are going to Universal Studios just the two of us. We’ve been there before and I know that there really isn’t anything for him in those parks since he can’t play on the playgrounds and isn’t interested in most of those characters.
I reminded mom how to use my camcorder and after breakfast we were on our way. Today mom, dad and Nikolas are going to explore GKTW and take some pictures or video while we’re gone.

We got to Universal about 11:30 and went straight back to the Mummy. It was the only thing I “had” to ride. It was the only ride I hadn’t ridden last time we were there so it was a MUST DO for me. Mikayla had pretty good memories of what she liked and didn’t like to after riding the Mummy and deciding she really did like it we made a loop and started riding.

We started the loop with ET, which is really cute, then went over to the Simpsons. I’m not a huge Simpsons fan but that is a virtual ride and it’s really fun. We went over to Men In Black, which Mikayla remembered and wanted to ride again the skipped a few and went to Jaws. HINT: If you take your kids on this be sure they know the story behind JAWS or let them watch it if they’re older. I took her on this ride and the man running it was actually from our home town. It was funny since the first thing he said was that “no one is from Shelbyville….” my thoughts exactly!

When that was over we moved on to Disaster…we found it rather dull and don’t really recommend it. Moving on we did Twister again and then Shrek for the first time. Shrek is really fun and one of the rides we’d both recommend to everyone. One last ride…Jimmy Neutron…we forgot Terminator and never even went into Islands of Adventure.

Like I said, we’ve been there before and there aren’t a lot of things we like to do since we aren’t big coaster people. We were done there by 3:00 and called to have mom order a late lunch from Katies Kitchen. We were going to go to Downtown Disney for a while but changed our minds and just went back (umm, mom forgot to order lunch so we ended up at Taco Bell) and rested for dinner and Christmas at the Village.

 

[maroo]

I have no context for Universal - so I am completely clueless on that!

But great update!!

I can't wait to hear about Christmas at GKTW!

 

[Savannah's Mami]

I just found your trip report

I LOVE the pictures with your little flirt!!!

 

[pipersmom]

Sounds like you had a fun day at Universal! Can't wait to read your next update and see how Nikolas fared at GKTW for the day!

 

[MomTo4+more]

I'm loving all your pictures and reliving the memories! Nidra says "Hi!"

 

[yinyanggirls]

I bet he was so tired after the Disney day anyway. Good idea to stay at GKTW while you guys knocked out Universal. I can't decide if we really want to try and see much there or not.

 

[2specialkids]

I bet he was so tired after the Disney day anyway. Good idea to stay at GKTW while you guys knocked out Universal. I can't decide if we really want to try and see much there or not.

You know it really wasn't as tiring as I thought it would be, but then we didn't really do that much either, mostly pictures and wandering. It was my mom & dad who were tired. They only got 1 picture but it's not been transferred from the mini-disc so I can't post it. It's a cute picture of Nikolas in a swing at Matthew's Boundless Playground. The disc is still at GKTW-it got stuck in the camcorder and they are trying to rescue it. I called to check on it and they got it out but haven't been able to finalize it yet. She told me it could be 2-3 months if they can save it. I hope so since I've got sooo much on that disc!

I'll post what I've got of the Christmas party soon. I've got to finish Mikayla's costume for the medieval choir concert on Saturday. It was supposed to be done last week but the kids were sick so I was sidetracked.

 

[yinyanggirls]

You know it really wasn't as tiring as I thought it would be, but then we didn't really do that much either, mostly pictures and wandering. It was my mom & dad who were tired. They only got 1 picture but it's not been transferred from the mini-disc so I can't post it. It's a cute picture of Nikolas in a swing at Matthew's Boundless Playground. The disc is still at GKTW-it got stuck in the camcorder and they are trying to rescue it. I called to check on it and they got it out but haven't been able to finalize it yet. She told me it could be 2-3 months if they can save it. I hope so since I've got sooo much on that disc!

I'll post what I've got of the Christmas party soon. I've got to finish Mikayla's costume for the medieval choir concert on Saturday. It was supposed to be done last week but the kids were sick so I was sidetracked.

Oh man, I hope they can save it! So the video recorders they have there record on disc? Cool. I was wondering how people were supposed to watch their videos once they got home, if they didn't own a camera! That's hard to be in suspense but hopefully it'll be okay.

 

[maroo]

You know it really wasn't as tiring as I thought it would be, but then we didn't really do that much either, mostly pictures and wandering. It was my mom & dad who were tired. They only got 1 picture but it's not been transferred from the mini-disc so I can't post it. It's a cute picture of Nikolas in a swing at Matthew's Boundless Playground. The disc is still at GKTW-it got stuck in the camcorder and they are trying to rescue it. I called to check on it and they got it out but haven't been able to finalize it yet. She told me it could be 2-3 months if they can save it. I hope so since I've got sooo much on that disc!

I'll post what I've got of the Christmas party soon. I've got to finish Mikayla's costume for the medieval choir concert on Saturday. It was supposed to be done last week but the kids were sick so I was sidetracked.

What?? I am so confused... are they telling you it will be 2-3 months before you can get your pictures? which pictures are on there?

 

[2specialkids]

I've got the other 2 discs here but the first one got stuck in a bad camcorder. The volunteers are trying to retrieve the data and get the disc to finalize so it will play. They have software there to try and fix it but if there is a problem with your disc it can take quite a while depending on what was wrong. Some times they can fix it quickly, other times they send it off or have volunteers who are very tech savy and can fix it but they aren't there all the time so we have to wait behind any on who was there before us & maybe some who are there and they want to try to fix it while the family is still there.

 

[StefaniLyn]

I so hope they are able to save your movies! And I hope it doesn't require a brain surgeon to finalize the disc! Good luck!

 

[MagicMomentsMom]

I've got the other 2 discs here but the first one got stuck in a bad camcorder. The volunteers are trying to retrieve the data and get the disc to finalize so it will play. They have software there to try and fix it but if there is a problem with your disc it can take quite a while depending on what was wrong. Some times they can fix it quickly, other times they send it off or have volunteers who are very tech savy and can fix it but they aren't there all the time so we have to wait behind any on who was there before us & maybe some who are there and they want to try to fix it while the family is still there.

Oh no--I hope they can fix it for you, I'll keep my fingers crossed!