OMG mom can't we just go back to the hotel and swim?...lots of pics!!...updated 4/24

[akayek31]

Wow you mean you have peace and quiet at home. You did a bit of writing since I went to the beach house. Yep I to would have sent DS back by himself to room. Waiting for more.

Nope DS was still here I have my photobucket up now about to update. I am on the phone with Disney since DD has finally decided that she wants to go with us in December. But I can multi task

 

[akayek31]

So when I last left you I had sent DS back to the resort and had a rain out for EE. I set another wake up call for 7 am. I didn't make it to rope drop again I am not sure what time we finally got up but DS started again. Today was going to be MK and they were open to 2 AM for EMH. DS said "why do we have to go to a park for over 12 hours" I informed DS that we had ADR's at Rainforest Café that night and would leave the park for a while. So I informed DS that he could stay at the hotel because I was not going to listen to him all day again. I gave him $8 bucks for lunch. So DD was getting ready through all of this and we finally left the room at 11:43 AM . DD decided she wanted to take pictures of us. Yes I took the camera this time

I had on DD's old crocs since my feet were swollen from the day before. We were looking around in Everythings Pop and I saw some cute pink Mickey Mouse crocs. Did I make the ultimate Disney mistake and buy new shoes?

Yep I sure did. I spent $42 on these shoes. I was also in a giving mood for DD since she went with me without any problems. So I bought DD a peace necklace that did not count as part of her money. We finally get to the bus stop at 12:05. We get to the park and take several photo pass pictures in front of the entrance.

That was the shirt I got a AK the day before. And also when did DD get to be taller than me

I got DD to sit with Walt and Minnie

So we got to the castle at 12:48 (i love time stamps on photos ) and asked DD where she wanted to go first. Well if you have read the last 2 days you know the answer . She wanted to eat. She wanted to eat at the noodle station but of course when we got there it was closed. Is it ever open So here is where we wound up.

I had a BBQ sandwich, apples and a drink.

It cost 12 bucks for that DD had a Cheeseburger, fries, and a sweet tea.

Her's cost 10 bucks. Notice the peace necklace? That is the new one. And remember the autograph book. It might be important later It was 1:00 when we got in line. I will never eat at that time again. I stood in two different lines for what seemed like forever. We had to eat outside and did not leave until after 2:15. So after we leave we head to one of our favorite rides.

And before we go in DD spots a character

I didn't take any pictures here as it was before I knew how to turn the flash off Next DD said I want a slushy. I told her she had just had a drink but gave in since it was hot and got us one. After our snack we headed over to the laugh factory.

I love the laugh factory. It was not crowded at all and it was funny. Next DD discovered a new favorite ride in Tomorrowland:

At first when we were in the training room I was like is this it? This is not that great. Then when we go in the room and sit I liked it too. I said DS may not ride this since it goes totally dark. After this ride we go to my favorite in Tomorrowland (I have not got to ride Space Mountain yet)

I don't know how she did it but DD hit one target and got 999,999 points on her first shot. I think I got 90,000. We got FP for later to have a re-match. It was time to head to another part of the park.

Next up: It takes how long to see a fairy?, Will we drown like rats in the downpour?, Do I make it to my ADR?, and what did DS do while we were at the park?

 

[meanmom121]

Great update. And yet I rainforest Aaahh the cliffhangers they are killing me. Love DD peace sign necklace. My daughter would love that.
She is becoming quite the hippie chick at age 9.
And your DS give him a knock on the head for me for being such a Disney downer.

 

[magpie1295]

Subscribed! I'm digging your TR.

 

[luckylady]

Smart move to leave him at the resort. Love the new shoes. Making popcorn for the next bit.

 

[akayek31]

Great update. And yet I rainforest Aaahh the cliffhangers they are killing me. Love DD peace sign necklace. My daughter would love that.
She is becoming quite the hippie chick at age 9.
And your DS give him a knock on the head for me for being such a Disney downer.

Yep DD is too. She has peace signs all over the place. It looks like the 60's here.

Subscribed! I'm digging your TR.

Welcome. I am glad you are enjoying it.

Smart move to leave him at the resort. Love the new shoes. Making popcorn for the next bit.

Yep he was already getting on my nerves so I left him. I will tell you about my pretty new pink crocs in my next update. I will update soon. I am watching the MJ memorial since I had to work today.

 

[akayek31]

OK when we last left you I had left one kid at the resort and the other one was draining me of my pride on Buzz lol. We left Tomorrowland and went to Toonland

It was 4:12 when we entered Toonland. Now DD is a big fan of Tinkerbell. So I took her into the Judges tent to see the Fairies. She thought we were going to see the princesses again. So apparently everyone wanted to see the Fairies as the wait time was 50 minutes. I think this was the longest wait the whole day. We meet a few people in line and of course embarrassed DD since I talk to anyone in line...but thats just me I get bored so I talk to strangers. Guess my love for Rick Springfield didn't teach me anything. So how long did it take to get to the fairies? Well long enough for one little girl behind us to go to the bathroom 3 TIMES before getting there. DD told me something funny after the meeting. She said "mom when they said they were going to shrink us to fairy size i thought they really would"

SO anyway we meet the following fairies.

So notice the look on my face in the pictures? I was in so much pain it was hard to smile. But I wanted my picture taken with Tinkerbell. Why was I in pain? Those darn $42 dollar mistakes I made 5 hours before. Yes DIS members I broke the rule of not wearing new shoes and now I had two blisters on the inside of my feet. You know where the button is with the croc on it? That is where they were. I made good use of band aids after this. So the answer to the how long to see the fairies was 90 minutes

So when we went inside it was hot and sunny. When we left it was pouring rain. Did we learn the first day? Nope us smart girls left the ponchos back at the resort with DS. I told DD we would wait around for a little while and see if it slacks off but we would have to go soon since we had an ADR at 7. So I called DS and guess what he did while we were there? DS goes swimming and meets two boys from New York and they were all in my room playing his playstation. OMG I was going to blow a gasket after that. I informed DS he would not be staying at the resort alone again. So DD and I waited for about 20 minutes until I said we had to go or we will miss Rainforest. So we go out in the rain without ponchos or umbrella. I refused to buy another one. Well I walked a few feet and stopped. I kept repeating this process since my feet were on fire. I talked DD into letting me use her flip flops and she wore the new shoes. We got the the transportation center and I go the wrong way to get to the buses. I head down toward the boats. It was flooded and water was everywhere. I walked in it and almost cried. I had to turn around and go back since my feet were burning. We got to the bus stop and I told DD to call DS and have him meet us in DTD since it was close to ADR time. DD said no way she was going to dinner looking like a drowned rat and all wet. OMG is the Universe trying to keep me away from the Rainforest? What am I going to do now?

Next up: Do I get my dinner? What did I do with those shoes? And two meltdowns during EMH.

 

[meanmom121]

Oh girl I'm crying for you and your poor little feet. How miserable. And I swear if those two lovely children of yours kept you from rainforest then they better cough up the money for your ticket here so I can buy you dinner.

I am so afraid my feet are going to end up feeling like yours did while I'm there. Please let me have som foot pixie dust.

 

[akayek31]

Oh girl I'm crying for you and your poor little feet. How miserable. And I swear if those two lovely children of yours kept you from rainforest then they better cough up the money for your ticket here so I can buy you dinner.

I am so afraid my feet are going to end up feeling like yours did while I'm there. Please let me have som foot pixie dust.

OMG you are so funny As God is my witness I will never wear new shoes to WDW again This is for your feet

 

[akayek31]

So when we last left you DD and I were soaked from the rain and DD was refusing to go to the Rainforest Café without drying off.

So after DD said she was not going wet I called dining and asked if we could change our ADR to 9 pm. Thank goodness they let me or I was going alone. So we went back to the resort. DS met us in the lobby with his new friend Kyle. Needless to say DD was . We go to the room and change clothes and I steal DD flip flops for the night. I told DD that there was no way I would ever wear those painful shoes again and searched for the receipt. DD had to take pictures of the new her after the downpour.

So we head down to the bus and I make a stop at the gift shop to try to return the shoes. The CM that I went to was like "I'm not sure if we can take shoes back" She turned to her co worker who said "of course as long as she has a receipt. I was not to be out of $42 dollars. I was glad the other CM took it back.

We were finally on the bus to DTD. One reason I was so determined to get to the Rainforest was that I had a coupon for $10 off my meal. I was trying to do this trip on a budget. So we finally get there and I check in at 8:45 with the people in the purple elephant.

So we walked around for a little while but I did not want to go to far since It was almost time for our ADR...or so I thought. We looked at the place I have heard about so much here on DIS. DD was excited to see that her obsession had his own store. I told her we would go in another time since we had to hear our name called.

So about 9:22...almost 45 minutes after we checked in they called out name. We were sat in the bar section that looked like a party table. Two CM came over and asked us "did you seat yourself here" I replied "no we were sit here by the CM" which I was asked "what did he look like" I said "I have no idea. Is there a problem" Which they replied "hold on we need to find somewhere else for you since it is a party table" I said "they sat me here" So by now I was really questioning my desire to eat here. After almost a 45 minute wait with an ADR and two CM practically pushing my out of their section I almost got up and left. But I followed the rude CM to another table. I am glad I did since our new CM was very nice. Her name was Roxy.

I looked around and took pictures

So we ordered our food. DS ordered a virgin strawberry pina coloda with the souvenir glass

For dinner DS had Chimi cha cha's

He said they were very good and defiantly order them again. I had the Paradise pot roast

It was good but if I go back I doubt very seriously that I will pay $18 for this meal. DD was considered a child here so she ordered off the kids menu and got the Rainforest Rascals.

DD said they were good and would order them again.

So as I said Roxy was a great CM and came over and asked if we would like a volcano for dessert. DD and DS were getting a kick out of people ordering these since it had sparklers and everyone yelled "valcanooo" as it was being delivered. But as I said I was on a budget and was not about to spend $14 on dessert. So to my surprise I had this delivered to me by Roxy

It was no volcano but it was a nice surprise. We ended up spending $52 here and that was with the coupon. I enjoyed eating here once we were sat with Roxy but I would not reschedule an ADR three times next time. I would eat something else. So after by time we had finished eating it was 10:15 and I had one question....How do we get to MK for EMH from here

Up next: How do we get to EMH, DS really had a meltdown over this ride being closed for EMH, and DD has a meltdown in Fantasyland.

 

[akayek31]

Remember when I told DS he had to pay for the tolls for taking us the wrong way and when I said the day before he would pay for the $4 bottle of water? Well DS really wanted the drink in the picture and and the souvenir cup. He said he would take it out of his money. It was about $8-10 for both. I didn't tell DS this but I am a sucker for my kids. I bought him the drink and glass because I had bought DD the necklace that day. I think both kids went well over their alloted spending money.

 

[veraletta]

I'm really enjoy reading your trip report and I love the pictures, I can't wait to get back to Disney in a few more weeks.
In all your picture of the park it really doesn't look very crowded.
Can't wait to read more.

 

[akayek31]

I'm really enjoy reading your trip report and I love the pictures, I can't wait to get back to Disney in a few more weeks.
In all your picture of the park it really doesn't look very crowded.
Can't wait to read more.

Welcome and thanks for reading! I think the rain made the parks less crowded. but it wasn't that bad. I wish my trip was in a few weeks

 

[akayek31]

I got my photo pass CD today!!!! I will post after I clean the house. Man I hate when life gets in the way of DIS

 

[dsnycrzy]

I was cracking up reading your trip report. I made the mistake of buying the blue and green mickey crocs one year.
WARNING !!!!WALK AWAY FROM THE NEW SHOES WHILE AT WDW!!!.
I am going to WDW in 3 weeks with 2 teenagers(DD16 and DS13) and a very very very talkative 7 year old(will turn 7 on this trip). I am taking some hints from you. Ignore the 1st few request to go back to the room...got it! Hold my own camera...got it! Make DD bring her brush and a hand towel so I dont need to run back to room...got it! If someone does go back to the room, remind them no pool and surely no company...got it!
Keep it coming, I will need it.. Teenager have their own way of thinking...we are wrong remember. We missed that memo,LOL.

 

[hlrababy]

Now Angela....your ADR wasn't until 9:00 so you only waited 22 minutes!! You know I was gonna ream you about that one!! And I will Monday morning!!

 

[micandminforever]

Great pictures of the rainforest cafe. I am glad you were able to get your money back on the shoes.

 

[akayek31]

I was cracking up reading your trip report. I made the mistake of buying the blue and green mickey crocs one year.
WARNING !!!!WALK AWAY FROM THE NEW SHOES WHILE AT WDW!!!.
I am going to WDW in 3 weeks with 2 teenagers(DD16 and DS13) and a very very very talkative 7 year old(will turn 7 on this trip). I am taking some hints from you. Ignore the 1st few request to go back to the room...got it! Hold my own camera...got it! Make DD bring her brush and a hand towel so I dont need to run back to room...got it! If someone does go back to the room, remind them no pool and surely no company...got it!
Keep it coming, I will need it.. Teenager have their own way of thinking...we are wrong remember. We missed that memo,LOL.

Welcome. Yep I learned the shoe lesson the hard way. I still have scars from it. Good luck with the teens...they like to make you crazy.

Now Angela....your ADR wasn't until 9:00 so you only waited 22 minutes!! You know I was gonna ream you about that one!! And I will Monday morning!!

I know but I think I was just ticked off mainly because of the rude CM's.

Great pictures of the rainforest cafe. I am glad you were able to get your money back on the shoes.

Thanks. I loved the decor in the Rainforest. Oh I would have went to the top of the latter begging someone to give me my money back for those shoes.

 

[akayek31]

They said Simba was wrong and they deleted it but I wanted it anyway

I will post more later

 

[micandminforever]

Great PhotoPass pictures. I see even mama couldn't refuse pooh and friends. I love the birthday border. I think Simba is fine, I would have kept the picture also.