Our little Family of three! June 12-17, 2010
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The only Princess we interacted with were Aurora and Snow White and they were great with Boo. Cinderella was there too but she left much earlier than the other two and didn't do meet and greet very long. So Cindy gets an F from me.
Well, I know who the photographer is in your family.Your DD is adorable. I thought that the cast members were exceptional at the park this trip. We did not go to WoC at all.
Yeah, only pictures you will find me in are PhotoPass!! DH actually took a couple of cute action shots during Dumbo of DD and I on a different day, so you will see those!
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There are very few pictures of me. Honestly though there are more this trip than there have been on past trips.
I don't want to give it away now, but our best were Aurora and Belle. Belle gave her a hug and had a picture taken, so in a month on her fifth birthday she could look at the picture and feel Belle give her a birthday hug! It was so sweet!
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That is so sweet. Belle in the past has been a very gracious Princess so I am not surprised.
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Wow, great report! Congratulations on the Pilot Minnie picture! I wanted one of those but I didn't see her out...not that we tried very hard...
Your Belle sounds really great! Our best interaction was with a Belle too (December 2009)...though in fairness I'm sure sometimes it's related to how much enthusiasm you show (I've had my best interactions with Belle and Tiana who happen to be my favorites).
I'm sorry World of Color was so loud. I don't like loud noises so I always have earplugs--I didn't need them for World of Color but I think we might have been a level lower than you. (I actually only wore them for Captain EO I think, since I'd heard it was loud.)
Your Belle sounds really great! Our best interaction was with a Belle too (December 2009)...though in fairness I'm sure sometimes it's related to how much enthusiasm you show (I've had my best interactions with Belle and Tiana who happen to be my favorites).
I'm sorry World of Color was so loud. I don't like loud noises so I always have earplugs--I didn't need them for World of Color but I think we might have been a level lower than you. (I actually only wore them for Captain EO I think, since I'd heard it was loud.)
This was Monday and we planned to sleep in after a late Sunday and hit MM later in the week. We decided to start our day in DCA.
First, I have to share these pictures. I just loved these flowers are our walk to and from the park every day!
Also on the walk through DTD DD wanted to throw coins in the fountain. I noticed this sign:
We first grabbed FP for Soarin and headed for Grizzly River. DD was unfourtunately less than an inch too small. We were kind of bummed. So, we watched DH ride:
He did not get very wet, lucky him! He wasn't all that thrilled with the ride, nothing special to him. I took a turn next while DD and DH headed for TSMM. TIP: Keep your feet up! My feet got soaked! We should have headed to that first. When I got there they still had 20 minutes left to wait. We finally got on. DD rode with DH and I rode alone. DD did awesome!! Here she is showing off her 3-D glasses:
My cousin that lives in LA (that met us Sat night) decided to buy an annual pass, so met us for a bit today. After TSMM DD wanted to try the Jumpin Jellyfish. My cousin was nice enough to take her on that while DH and I jumped in the single rider line for Mulholland Madness. Wow, what a jerky ride! We got done about when DD and my cousin finished and DD wanted to go again! So, we all did Jumpin Jellyfish together!
We headed over to use our Soarin FPs and my cousin went single rider. We hoped she would end up with us, but she ended up in the other theater, so we all met at the end. After getting out we got our pictures taken with the Cars!
We had a 2:00 reservation at Carnation Cafe so we headed there. My cousin walked with us and we shopped a bit on Main Street. This was the hottest day of the week and we were all a bit hot and tired. At Carnation Cafe there was a good size line, thank goodness for reservations! We did not wait long to get seated. DH and I split the veggie and cheese sandwich and DD got the peanut butter sandwich platter. What a great kids meal idea! DD loved it! We all liked the food and were impressed the chef came out and asked us how we liked our meal.
After lunch we headed to the hotel for a rest. We made DD lay down and told her to rest 30 minutes. She kept asking how much longer, and suddenly it was quiet. She got about an hour nap in!
We had Fantasmic that night, so very happy she rested!
We headed back to the park about 5ish, hoping to get dinner before getting in line for our Dessert package. On our way back DH posed with the Atlanta Braves Mickey (he is an Atlanta fan):
We did Winnie the Pooh again and headed to Hungry Bear for dinner. DH and I decided to share the turkey sandwich and DD got a power pack again. It took forever, DH said they kept handing out turkey sandwiches and finally asked if he was waiting for a burger. We finally got our food, and the turkey sandwich was pretty good!
It was about 6:45pm and we headed over to find the Dessert package podium. I was shocked, NO LINE! From what I had read on here I was thinking there would be someone there. We talked with the gentleman and decided to wait. He recommended our seats to us, 5, 6, and 7. It was funny, when the woman started to check in she started to put us in 1, 2, and 3. And we asked her to move us based on his recommendation. 5, 6, and 7 are middle, front! Perfect seats!! DH went to do Indiana Jones while DD and I hung out in line. The nap helped her attitude and made her very talkative and perky! She was talking about everything to everyone! After getting our seats we went to change DD into long pants and I put on a long sleeve shirt. We got to our seats and were waited on immediately. AWESOME service!! I would spend the money for this again in a heart beat!
I knew DIS member KoalaGirl5 was going to be here and I was kind of watching in line and thought I recognized her from her picture. Well, we ended up sitting next to them. I am somewhat of a shy person sometimes, but decided to ask her if she was Koalagirl! It was fun to meet someone from these boards!
We enjoyed Fantasmic! DH felt it was better than WOC. I would have to agree with him. DD loved it! Oh, we had bought her ear plugs earlier in the day, so the noise did not bother her like WOC had. Afterwards they announced the fireworks were delayed. We hung in our seats for about 10 minutes and they started. I couldn't see Dumbo or Tink. It was slightly windy, so not sure if they decided not to fly them due to that, or after we got to the hotel we heard about the earthquake that was centered in San Diego about 9:26pm, and wondered if that was what caused the delay and no Tink or Dumbo.
Got back to the hotel earlier than the night before! We were all exhausted! And DH was starting to loose his voice!
First, I have to share these pictures. I just loved these flowers are our walk to and from the park every day!
Also on the walk through DTD DD wanted to throw coins in the fountain. I noticed this sign:
We first grabbed FP for Soarin and headed for Grizzly River. DD was unfourtunately less than an inch too small. We were kind of bummed. So, we watched DH ride:
He did not get very wet, lucky him! He wasn't all that thrilled with the ride, nothing special to him. I took a turn next while DD and DH headed for TSMM. TIP: Keep your feet up! My feet got soaked! We should have headed to that first. When I got there they still had 20 minutes left to wait. We finally got on. DD rode with DH and I rode alone. DD did awesome!! Here she is showing off her 3-D glasses:
My cousin that lives in LA (that met us Sat night) decided to buy an annual pass, so met us for a bit today. After TSMM DD wanted to try the Jumpin Jellyfish. My cousin was nice enough to take her on that while DH and I jumped in the single rider line for Mulholland Madness. Wow, what a jerky ride! We got done about when DD and my cousin finished and DD wanted to go again! So, we all did Jumpin Jellyfish together!
We headed over to use our Soarin FPs and my cousin went single rider. We hoped she would end up with us, but she ended up in the other theater, so we all met at the end. After getting out we got our pictures taken with the Cars!
We had a 2:00 reservation at Carnation Cafe so we headed there. My cousin walked with us and we shopped a bit on Main Street. This was the hottest day of the week and we were all a bit hot and tired. At Carnation Cafe there was a good size line, thank goodness for reservations! We did not wait long to get seated. DH and I split the veggie and cheese sandwich and DD got the peanut butter sandwich platter. What a great kids meal idea! DD loved it! We all liked the food and were impressed the chef came out and asked us how we liked our meal.
After lunch we headed to the hotel for a rest. We made DD lay down and told her to rest 30 minutes. She kept asking how much longer, and suddenly it was quiet. She got about an hour nap in!
We had Fantasmic that night, so very happy she rested! We headed back to the park about 5ish, hoping to get dinner before getting in line for our Dessert package. On our way back DH posed with the Atlanta Braves Mickey (he is an Atlanta fan):
We did Winnie the Pooh again and headed to Hungry Bear for dinner. DH and I decided to share the turkey sandwich and DD got a power pack again. It took forever, DH said they kept handing out turkey sandwiches and finally asked if he was waiting for a burger. We finally got our food, and the turkey sandwich was pretty good!
It was about 6:45pm and we headed over to find the Dessert package podium. I was shocked, NO LINE! From what I had read on here I was thinking there would be someone there. We talked with the gentleman and decided to wait. He recommended our seats to us, 5, 6, and 7. It was funny, when the woman started to check in she started to put us in 1, 2, and 3. And we asked her to move us based on his recommendation. 5, 6, and 7 are middle, front! Perfect seats!! DH went to do Indiana Jones while DD and I hung out in line. The nap helped her attitude and made her very talkative and perky! She was talking about everything to everyone! After getting our seats we went to change DD into long pants and I put on a long sleeve shirt. We got to our seats and were waited on immediately. AWESOME service!! I would spend the money for this again in a heart beat!
I knew DIS member KoalaGirl5 was going to be here and I was kind of watching in line and thought I recognized her from her picture. Well, we ended up sitting next to them. I am somewhat of a shy person sometimes, but decided to ask her if she was Koalagirl! It was fun to meet someone from these boards!
We enjoyed Fantasmic! DH felt it was better than WOC. I would have to agree with him. DD loved it! Oh, we had bought her ear plugs earlier in the day, so the noise did not bother her like WOC had. Afterwards they announced the fireworks were delayed. We hung in our seats for about 10 minutes and they started. I couldn't see Dumbo or Tink. It was slightly windy, so not sure if they decided not to fly them due to that, or after we got to the hotel we heard about the earthquake that was centered in San Diego about 9:26pm, and wondered if that was what caused the delay and no Tink or Dumbo.
Got back to the hotel earlier than the night before! We were all exhausted! And DH was starting to loose his voice!
You little one looks so cute in her glasses. I love the pictures of the flowers. I may "borrow" them for my background on my computer if you don't mind.
I don't mind at all!! I loved those flowers, they were so beautiful every day!!
Yes, that is one of my favorite pictures of DD!!
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It looks really good too!!
Here are some additional pictures from the end of the day:
DD and I while waiting for Fantasmic check in:
Our dessert box:
DD enjoying:
This kind of gives you an idea of our view. The rail made pictures difficult, this one isn't too bad.
Adding more:
I forgot, we also saw Handy Manny on the second day! These are some pictures my cousin took while she was with us:
DD and I while waiting for Fantasmic check in:
Our dessert box:
DD enjoying:
This kind of gives you an idea of our view. The rail made pictures difficult, this one isn't too bad.
Adding more:
I forgot, we also saw Handy Manny on the second day! These are some pictures my cousin took while she was with us:
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Just a tad late coming on board to read your report....but sounds like you had a great trip!!! How cool to actually run into someone from the DIS that you had been in contact with........love that it's such a "Small World"!! Great pics....look forward to seeing the rest!!
Our original intent was to get up for TTMM this day. After two late nights we were all a bit tired. I set the alarm, and when it went off we decided to skip that for the day and just aim for park opening.
DL opened at 8 and we arrived shortly after that. We first did Buzz Light Year and Dh grabbed a FP for Autopia. DD and I did the Rockets in Tomorrowland and DH went to do the Matterhorn. We had a 10:30 reservation at Goofy's Kitchen, and I dediced to test my luck and get in a 30 minute line at Pixie Hollow at about 9:15. I felt I had time. DH found us in line after the Matterhorn. He hadn't been to DL for several years and felt the ride was not as good as it had been. DD and I never made it on there this trip.
I love the little decorations around Pixie Hollow! Here are some pictures from Pixie Hollow:
As you can see, we saw SilverMist and Tink and Terrance. Last visit we saw Rosetta, so it was fun to see someone new. Silvermist was sweet, asked DD if she was a Tinker Fairy (she had on a Tinkerbell shirt!). DD was pretty excited to see Tink and Terrance. They pointed out there was three 'T' names, and DD kept repeating that all week! Tink said "I like your shirt" and DD ran up and yelled "You are on it"!! It was really cute! They were both great! One of our best character interactions. I will post a comparison later, but I think we saw Terrance later as the Mad Hatter!
After that we jumped on the Monorail with time to spare and headed over to Goofy's Kitchen. Here are some pictures first, than I will do a review.
DD got involved in the group baking session with Goofy!!!
So, when we booked our Costco package we got a free character meal. We decided to try Goofy's Kitchen, since we had done AG last visit. We originally had dinner booked, but changed it after we booked WOC dining. We arrived and did our photo wit Pluto. I don't get why Pluto, why not Goofy? Oh well! We got seated and got some food for DD. She inhaled the french toast and Mickey Waffle. I got an omlett made, yummy!! DH had trouble finding something good. He kept getting things he thought was cold. We all got some frozen yogurt!
The character interaction was okay. Jasmine was there when we were waiting to get seated, but left before we saw her. Kind of bummed about that. We got to see Donald though, and he is one we did not see on our last visit! He gave DD a kiss! We were done with our meal and asked our waitress when he would be around to us. I think she said something, he came up to see us immediately. On our last visit we had done Minnie and Friends. I would say that was much better than our Goofy Kitchen Brunch. Minnie and Friends had a lot more characters there. We probably should have just done AG again, but luckily we ended up getting most of the Princesses in.
After Brunch we jumped back on the Monorail and used our Autopia Fast Pass. Okay, moment of panic. I went to take a picture of DH and DD in the car, and my camera suddenly said I had no Memory Card. Umm, NO! I had bought a larger memory card before we left so I would not need to take the laptop to dump pictures. So, we did Autopia, DH got off with whiplash! DD was laughing the entire time, and lauged harder the crazier she drove! We got on the train to go to the Haunted Mansion. I took the memory card out and put it back in and luckily all was okay! Thank goodness! Can you imagine!
We did the Haunted Mansion. What a difference 18 months makes in DD enjoying some rides. She was much better this time. I think it was also knowing what was coming, and she felt like she was introducing it to DH for the first time, she felt cool!
After that, it was Pooh, AGAIN!! And DH and I wanted to try Splash Mountain. There was a 110 Minute Wait, YIKES!! And, no more FPs! So, we hit the Single Rider line! I waited about 20 minutes, he only waited about 10. We loved the Single Rider line!
While DH took his turn, we saw Pooh and Tigger!
Our Tigger picture is in photo pass. A surprise character was Braer Bear:
He was standing under the train track by Splash Mountain. We decided to head to Small World and some ToonTown, but got caught in the parade crowd. We were going to try to watch it, but too much craziness. We headed to Small World.
I have to share this. This is the shirt Dh wore today:
He got many comments, and even Donald had some hand gestures and expressions at brunch!
We went into ToonTown (first checking the line at Princess Fantasy Faire and decidiing to wait). We grabbed a FP for Roger Rabbit and headed to the Go Go Coaster. It broke down while we were in line. We walked through Mickey's House and saw the Scorcerer Mickey. At this point my cousin was with me. She used to be a character at DL, so her insight was interesting. She was telling me about the other rooms in Mickey's House, I wish we could have gotten one of the others.
We had fun exploring ToonTown a bit too and rode Roger Rabbit.
After two long nights we decided to call it good for the day and find dinner. We had planned on ESPN Zone, but forgot it was the Lakers playoff night, and ESPN Zone was packed. We ate at Tortilla Joe's. Great place!! DH did a flight of Tequila tasting and DD got a balloon flower:
We saw some music after that and DD was having fun dancing:
And, we headed to the hotel. It was nice to get in at a decent hour and get DD a shower and to bed.
DL opened at 8 and we arrived shortly after that. We first did Buzz Light Year and Dh grabbed a FP for Autopia. DD and I did the Rockets in Tomorrowland and DH went to do the Matterhorn. We had a 10:30 reservation at Goofy's Kitchen, and I dediced to test my luck and get in a 30 minute line at Pixie Hollow at about 9:15. I felt I had time. DH found us in line after the Matterhorn. He hadn't been to DL for several years and felt the ride was not as good as it had been. DD and I never made it on there this trip.
I love the little decorations around Pixie Hollow! Here are some pictures from Pixie Hollow:
As you can see, we saw SilverMist and Tink and Terrance. Last visit we saw Rosetta, so it was fun to see someone new. Silvermist was sweet, asked DD if she was a Tinker Fairy (she had on a Tinkerbell shirt!). DD was pretty excited to see Tink and Terrance. They pointed out there was three 'T' names, and DD kept repeating that all week! Tink said "I like your shirt" and DD ran up and yelled "You are on it"!! It was really cute! They were both great! One of our best character interactions. I will post a comparison later, but I think we saw Terrance later as the Mad Hatter!
After that we jumped on the Monorail with time to spare and headed over to Goofy's Kitchen. Here are some pictures first, than I will do a review.
DD got involved in the group baking session with Goofy!!!
So, when we booked our Costco package we got a free character meal. We decided to try Goofy's Kitchen, since we had done AG last visit. We originally had dinner booked, but changed it after we booked WOC dining. We arrived and did our photo wit Pluto. I don't get why Pluto, why not Goofy? Oh well! We got seated and got some food for DD. She inhaled the french toast and Mickey Waffle. I got an omlett made, yummy!! DH had trouble finding something good. He kept getting things he thought was cold. We all got some frozen yogurt!
The character interaction was okay. Jasmine was there when we were waiting to get seated, but left before we saw her. Kind of bummed about that. We got to see Donald though, and he is one we did not see on our last visit! He gave DD a kiss! We were done with our meal and asked our waitress when he would be around to us. I think she said something, he came up to see us immediately. On our last visit we had done Minnie and Friends. I would say that was much better than our Goofy Kitchen Brunch. Minnie and Friends had a lot more characters there. We probably should have just done AG again, but luckily we ended up getting most of the Princesses in.
After Brunch we jumped back on the Monorail and used our Autopia Fast Pass. Okay, moment of panic. I went to take a picture of DH and DD in the car, and my camera suddenly said I had no Memory Card. Umm, NO! I had bought a larger memory card before we left so I would not need to take the laptop to dump pictures. So, we did Autopia, DH got off with whiplash! DD was laughing the entire time, and lauged harder the crazier she drove! We got on the train to go to the Haunted Mansion. I took the memory card out and put it back in and luckily all was okay! Thank goodness! Can you imagine!
We did the Haunted Mansion. What a difference 18 months makes in DD enjoying some rides. She was much better this time. I think it was also knowing what was coming, and she felt like she was introducing it to DH for the first time, she felt cool!
After that, it was Pooh, AGAIN!! And DH and I wanted to try Splash Mountain. There was a 110 Minute Wait, YIKES!! And, no more FPs! So, we hit the Single Rider line! I waited about 20 minutes, he only waited about 10. We loved the Single Rider line!
While DH took his turn, we saw Pooh and Tigger!
Our Tigger picture is in photo pass. A surprise character was Braer Bear:
He was standing under the train track by Splash Mountain. We decided to head to Small World and some ToonTown, but got caught in the parade crowd. We were going to try to watch it, but too much craziness. We headed to Small World.
I have to share this. This is the shirt Dh wore today:
He got many comments, and even Donald had some hand gestures and expressions at brunch!
We went into ToonTown (first checking the line at Princess Fantasy Faire and decidiing to wait). We grabbed a FP for Roger Rabbit and headed to the Go Go Coaster. It broke down while we were in line. We walked through Mickey's House and saw the Scorcerer Mickey. At this point my cousin was with me. She used to be a character at DL, so her insight was interesting. She was telling me about the other rooms in Mickey's House, I wish we could have gotten one of the others.
We had fun exploring ToonTown a bit too and rode Roger Rabbit.
After two long nights we decided to call it good for the day and find dinner. We had planned on ESPN Zone, but forgot it was the Lakers playoff night, and ESPN Zone was packed. We ate at Tortilla Joe's. Great place!! DH did a flight of Tequila tasting and DD got a balloon flower:
We saw some music after that and DD was having fun dancing:
And, we headed to the hotel. It was nice to get in at a decent hour and get DD a shower and to bed.
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It all looks so fun. Did you enjoy Goofy's? Last time we went the food was just mediocre. I don't think we would do it again unless we did the package with Costco. The food didn't meet the price as far as I was concerned. I just love Pixie Hollow. The theming is so cute. We did Pixie Hollow and Boo would have nothing to do with Terrance. It was hilarious.
If we do Costco again we will do Ariel's Grotto. Goofy's food was just mediocre and not that many characters. Next time I would like to try the other two meals.
DD was not so sure about Terrance either, DH and I thought it was tacky he was there.
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I was wondering the same thing. Maybe he is there for the teenage girls or the young boys that have to be in line with their sisters?
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