Our FEB break Photo Trip Report updt 10/6 with last 3 updates!!!

[irky416]

This time she loved it. Yeah.
Jacob said it was better than he remembered.
My Dad loves this show too!

I'm glad she liked it! I love Philharmagic!

He told us about all the snow at home. I love when it snows while I’m on vacation, I feel like a picked the right time to travel!

I love that too!

Then it was our turn to take a picture at the Cinderella Topiary.

The look she is giving him is too funny.

That picture is funny! Hannah looks annoyed.

One of the photopass shots. I think this is my favorite photo from the trip.

That's so cute! We didn't wait in line for this, but your pictures came out so nice!

We also watched a lot of movies about Peter Pan before the London trip -Peter Pan, Return to Neverland, Hook, and Finding Neverland- I knew nothing about Finding Neverland before I watched it, but it was fantastic, it’s the story of JM Barrie (played by Johnny Depp) writing the play Peter Pan. We visited the park that Barrie spent time in, saw the Peter Pan statue, and visited a playground with a Peter Pan theme. I enjoyed this ride more than I ever have because of all that.

I loved Finding Neverland! I didn't know all that stuff was in London when i went a couple years ago. I would love to go find it. I will have to keep it in mind if I ever make it back there.

Pirates don't ride in pink teacups!

I love that photo, and the pink teacup is one of the reasons.

I love that picture! He looks so into it.

 

[kathleen27]

I loved Finding Neverland! I didn't know all that stuff was in London when i went a couple years ago. I would love to go find it. I will have to keep it in mind if I ever make it back there.

Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens, London

These are all from the Diana Memorial playground in the North West corner of Kensington Gardens. They have a rule posted that adults may only enter if with a child under 12. Not sure if it is enforced. Most of the playgrounds in the Royal Parks post that sign.

Watch out for the crocodile

Treasure

TeePees

 

[kathleen27]

The kids really didn't want to see the parade, but I did.
Hannah sat down looking very tired.
We took a lot of photos, but most were blurry. There was also a light directly across from us. Here are some of the ones that weren't too blurry.

My Dad wasn't planning on using his camera so he let Jacob borrow it. Its an SLR with a telephoto lens. A very big camera for a kid. Anastasia saw him with the camera and came to pose for him. She asked him if he got the photo before she moved on.

I loved seeing the crocodile!!!

Pirate Mickey!

My Photos:

This guy looks like he belongs in the POTC ride.

I told Hannah this was the only parade with Tinkerbelle, in hopes that would get her excited. It worked a little.

 

[scottny]

great update and pics.

i enjoyed the parade when we saw it.

 

[Lovemy3babes]

Great parade pictures! Belle looks so pretty.

 

[irky416]

Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens, London

These are all from the Diana Memorial playground in the North West corner of Kensington Gardens. They have a rule posted that adults may only enter if with a child under 12. Not sure if it is enforced. Most of the playgrounds in the Royal Parks post that sign.

Watch out for the crocodile

Treasure

TeePees

I love your pictures! We were in Kensington Gardens. I don't know how I missed it. I guess I didn't know I should have been looking for it.

You got great pictures from the parade! I think they turned out pretty well.

 

[momsavealot]

Love the TR so far! I'm assuming that parade was part of the pirates and princesses party, right? I would love to see Tink but the party will not be going on in August when we go. Oh well! Keep the photos coming!!!

 

[momsavealot]

Love the TR so far! I'm assuming that parade was part of the pirates and princesses party, right? I would love to see Tink but the party will not be going on in August when we go. Oh well! Keep the photos coming!!!

 

[RachelNinja]

I didn't realize I was behind on so many installments! It was really fun to read one after another though! I've gotta start working on mine again now that the school year is over. Your installments were inspirational

We ended up at the front of the line, waiting for the next set of boats, and the CM chatted with us for a bit. She complimented Hannah’s hair, and said her mom was visiting her and getting her hair done at the BBB. I think this is what gave Hannah the idea that I should get my hair done too next time.

She asked Jacob to go up with her. He did a tiny eyeroll but agreed. We had to wait a bit, and the CM announced Suzy and Perla had to leave for a few minutes to help Cinderella with something, but they would be right back. We waited and they were back within two minutes.

Time and time again, I feel the Disney magic at home when I hear about CM's that are just so pleasant! I mean, you're working at WDW! I know there are a lot of those who might be a little grouchy or who might be having a bad day, but I think it's very important to spread pixie dust, even if it's "just" talking to people.

Jacob's such a good sport! I hope to have a son just like him

That added touch of having to help Cinderella is so cute!

The Food:
No pictures, didn’t know I was supposed to take them yet!
I have learned a lot since this trip!

Jacob still mentions the rolls and butter!

I made both kids eat some green beans (just like at home). I told the kids they will only bring us desert if we finished all the green beans. They were worried. We did not finish them all though.

Even without the food pictures, you painted an excellent picture with your descriptions! All the sides sound so yummy! I'm not really a meat person, but I could definitely imagine going there for everything else. Even the rolls! Wow, they must have been THAT good if Jacob's still mentioning them!

Haha ... love that green beans thing

I'd like to do more of this type stuff in the future. Its a fun break, and makes for good photos for the kids to remember the trip by later.

Definitely! As I was growing up, we used to rush-rush-rush to get on the rides ... I mean, that's the "ONLY" reason we went to WDW, right? But now that I am officially in charge of the camera and vacation pictures, I'll be like, "No wait! I want a picture here!" And my younger brother (Piglet), sees photo ops too! Then when we come home, we can relive the vacation over and over and over again! That's what makes the trips so special.

Plus, just think about the times when Jacob and Hannah are going to dig through your photo albums when they're older and writing their own TRs, hehe.

Then it was our turn to take a picture at the Cinderella Topiary. The look she is giving him is too funny.

Cinderella’s carriage.

Those pictures at the Cinderella topiary and the carriage are definitely going to go in the "Here are some pictures from the days I went to Disney as a kid" TR installments by Jacob and Hannah

 

[wdwgirl03]

Great pictures from the parade...they're better than mine!

 

[kathleen27]

I love the pictures in front of the coach! How pretty!

Thanks! It was worth the wait. I think that's my favorite photo of the whole trip. (sorry Jacob)

great update and pics.

i enjoyed the parade when we saw it.

Thanks! It was fun.

Great parade pictures! Belle looks so pretty.

Thanks! More Belle later!

I love your pictures! We were in Kensington Gardens. I don't know how I missed it. I guess I didn't know I should have been looking for it.

You got great pictures from the parade! I think they turned out pretty well.

It was hard to find.
They actually look better now that I made them smaller.

Love the TR so far! I'm assuming that parade was part of the pirates and princesses party, right? I would love to see Tink but the party will not be going on in August when we go. Oh well! Keep the photos coming!!!

Thanks! Yes, Part of the Pirate & Princess party.
Sad they won't have the party this summer.
When they started in 2007 I was so disappointed we wouldn't be there.
I was glad they continued them this year.

Great pictures from the parade...they're better than mine!

Thanks! Looking forward to seeing yours.

I didn't realize I was behind on so many installments! It was really fun to read one after another though! I've gotta start working on mine again now that the school year is over. Your installments were inspirational

I have lots of catching up to do, too. I'm really enjoying your flats thread.
We have one more day of school here!!!!

Jacob's such a good sport! I hope to have a son just like him

Thanks, that so sweet!
He's a good kid, and an amazing brother.

That added touch of having to help Cinderella is so cute!

I thought so too!

But now that I am officially in charge of the camera and vacation pictures, I'll be like, "No wait! I want a picture here!" And my younger brother (Piglet), sees photo ops too! Then when we come home, we can relive the vacation over and over and over again! That's what makes the trips so special.

Plus, just think about the times when Jacob and Hannah are going to dig through your photo albums when they're older and writing their own TRs, hehe.

I have a lot more photos I want to take next trip!
I am wondering what I will find in our old photos!
Planning on looking next time I visit my Mom.

 

[kathleen27]

Just started a pretrip for the Sept trip with Jacob!!!

Today is our 100 days on the countdown!!!

My Son Loves Halloween September Pretrip

 

[kathleen27]

We were really enjoying the pirate & princess party. We were seeing lots of people in costumes and some of those costumes were amazing. Hannah really wanted a light up rose, so I ended up buying her one. My Dad had already bought her a light up tiara. Jacob really wanted to go back to the POC shop and buy more pirate gear. I had tried to buy him a pirate shirt or sweatshirt at DTD but he hadn’t been interested then. My Dad and the kids had not heard of P&P party, except for my endless talk and my kids pretty much ignored that. They had no idea what to expect. My Dad could not fathom all the adults in costumes. He spent a lot of time people watching and commenting that people got a little too into this. I loved all the costumes; it was one of the things that made the party different from regular hours.



Before the parade we had left Indy speedway without riding, so we headed back over to ride. There was almost no line, so we rode. Jacob in his own car. Hannah and I together. Hannah was just under the height requirement to drive last visit. She had been so disappointed. She had been looking forward to driving this time, but at the last minute she got nervous and changed her mind, and I ended up driving.

After our race, I wanted to take Hannah over to fantasyland and look for princesses. I had heard that a lot of princess and their princes were in Fantasyland from 9-10.
Jacob wanted to ride Indy Speedway again. I gave Jacob some money so he could head over to POC with my Dad next, and we split up, planning to meet back up for the fireworks.

Hannah and I headed into Fantasyland. We saw Belle alone in her yellow gown. Her line was closed, but we were told she would be in her garden after the fireworks for more photos. Next over was Snow White and her Prince. We had not met Snow White before so we decided to wait to meet them. We had a long wait, though I didn’t time it. The family in front of us had amazing costumes. The oldest daughter was Belle in her blue dress. We had passed her earlier and at first I didn’t realize she was a guest, I thought she was Belle. The younger teen daughter was Alice in Wonderland. And they had a little boy dressed as Peter Pan. Another guest in line asked if they could get a picture with this Belle. She said she thought it was against Disney rules. I actually really enjoyed waiting in line, listening to Princess music and seeing all the costumes, it was such a nice atmosphere.

Hannah was so excited to meet Snow White, and extra shy because Jacob was not with her.
Snow White was very sweet. She asked Hannah’s name, which started a conversation on their favorite Hannah Montana songs. Who knew Snow White was a Hannah Montana fan!
Snow White chatted away to Hannah as they signed her autograph book.

After meeting Snow White we wandered around Fantasyland, but all the character lines were closed. We saw Sleeping Beauty and her Prince. We also saw Peter Pan and Wendy.

We headed over to the front of the castle to meet the guys and watch the fireworks.
We were on our phones trying to describe our locations but it was packed and we could not find each other.

 

[kathleen27]

Hannah and I found a spot near the top of Main St.
Hannah was pretty much ready to leave right then. She sat down and put her head in her hands. She’s not a big fireworks fan to begin with.

The fireworks were Amazing!!! I couldn't stop raving about them.
When the pirates attacked the castle it was incredible.
My fireworks photos:

 

[kathleen27]

Jacob rode Indy Speedway one more time, and my Dad deemed not enough time to visit POC shop before fireworks (so Jacob never made it over there). The guys found a spot fairly close to the castle. Here are a couple of castle pics my Dad took while waiting for the fireworks.

My Dad’s firework pics:

 

[Lovemy3babes]

Such nice pictures! I especially the love the fireworks photos.

 

[kathleen27]

After the fireworks, we called each other again and finally were able to find each other in the crowd. Jacob really wanted to ride Big Thunder Mountain RR (so did I), He had been wanting to ride Space Mountain as well, but it was closed.
Hannah really wanted to leave. She was tired, and it was past her bedtime. I talked her into going with my Dad to see Belle. I was concerned about how long she would last. I didn’t want her to have a meltdown on my Dad, but she would probably behave better for him than me, and he actually deals with her very well.

So we split up again.

Jacob and I headed over to BTM and got in the very short line. I think the wait time was posted as 20min, but it was about 5. This is our favorite ride (so far). I love riding at night, my favorite part is when you are near the top and you come outside and you can see over the park. There was a full moon and it was absolutely beautiful. We got off and Jacob begged to go on again. I really wanted to as well, so I said OK. I figured we hadn’t been long. So we rode again, the wait was even shorter. This time the moon was behind clouds, which was amazing too. Jacob wanted to ride a third time, but I was worried about Hannah. So I called to check in. No answer. I figured they would buy popcorn and find a bench, so maybe they were paying for their popcorn. Since we couldn’t find them if we wanted to we rode a third time. We got off and I said that’s it, I have to check on Hannah.

We called and located Hannah and my Dad. The treasure spots had no lines at this point, so we quickly passed through the nearest one, then took a tiny detour to pass a second. Jacob and I each received two gems at the first and a necklace at the second. We found Hannah and my Dad on Main street with bottle of water and an empty box of popcorn. I gave Hannah the necklace and gems I’d gotten and her face lit up.

After the fireworks Hannah and my Dad had immediately headed over to Belle’s fairytale garden, and gotten in line. There were not that many people, but Belle spent a lot of time with everyone. When we called them they had actually just gotten to the front of Belle’s line and that’s why they hadn’t picked up.

The photopass pics.

We headed out, and Jacob and my Dad snapped a few final photos on the way.

It was 11:20, Honestly Jacob and I could have stayed till the end and then some, but Hannah was beat. We got right on the monorail and Hannah put her head on my lap and closed her eyes. She made it to the car, and fell asleep on the way back. I ended up carrying her from the car up the stairs to our room. The next day was a rest day, and our plans for the morning were to sleep in!

 

[kathleen27]

Such nice pictures! I especially the love the fireworks photos.

Thanks! They were amazing fireworks!

 

[momsavealot]

Wow! What a fun party and I'm so jealous of all that riding on Thunder Mountain Railroad under the moonlight! What a special time! Great photos of the fireworks and princess sightings! What, no pirates? How great that your dad is there to help split up and let the kids do what they really want to do! Another great installment! I'm just sad that we can't go to a PP&P party!

 

[scottny]

really good updates and pics.

i loved the P&PP. such fun