Cast:
me, thinking I am super cool, Disney know it all, perfect planner, carries touring plans everywhere (but forgets the ponchos)
dh, not too thrilled to be on this trip, thinks we are on a "vacation"
dd9, wants to send sister on TOT first, then decide if she will ride
dd7, will ride anything, Disney rides were too easy for her
dd5, if the ride is fast, high, or just looks scary she is sitting it out
Package was MYW with free dining staying at the POLY
4 day nonhoppers...this will be important later 
Day 1...leaving Des Moines
at 5AM all singing zipedeedodah...packed and ready to fly. I had my flight "happy" pills and was feeling great!! Kids were excellent and dh was along for the ride. He was excited deep down...we flew American from DSM to Chicago. The flight was great(thanks to those pills) and so many people commented on that awesome Disney DVD my DD5 had! Bought this for 32 bucks at Target, thanks DIS!! We had a change flight in Chicago but we hopped off one plane right to the next!! It was magic!! There were a lot of families with smaller kids than ours, I noticed right away but EVERYONE on this plane was talking about "Mickey" and "shhhh, be good we are going to Mickey's house" "Don't cry, you want to see Mickey don't you??" Not me, no sir...my girls were angels on the flight(thanks again to DVD players and their excitement!) Once again, so many people telling dd5 how cool her TV was...smartest purchase I made in a while. She was kind of afraid to be up in the sky but the TV helped calm her fears (and my happy pills helped me deal with her fears better!) We got off the plane at 1 pm ready for ME...funny how we never saw those big white hands?? We just followed all the people and figured they knew where to go We then went down to lower level and I spotted the awesome ME busses!! They put you in lines according to resort. We were on a bus with CR and met a very friendly canandian family...the dad was telling me all about WDW. He says "they even have a halloween type party on some days" this is when my ultra know it all personality kicks in (and I get a kick in the rear from it a little later, keep reading!!) I say in a matter of fact voice "yes it is called the MNSSHP and it will be on 9-30 and there is a special hallowishes on Sept 28..." so there...I was thinking to myself...then I proceed to gloat in all my know it all glory "we have a date at CRT in the castle tomorrow!! We have ball gowns all ready to wear!!" I get a very impressed, eye raising look from the nice man and he says, "wow!" Ok so I am feeling very cool at this point. I am figuring out all the stuff, I know so much and am the best planner, right?? Keep reading folks...we check in to the GORGEOUS Polynesian hotel...our room is ready and I request a new room. We get Fiji. We change and go swimming at the volcano pool, it is 3pm!! Just two hours away from landing and we are at the volcano pool!! I want to say here that all the pictures we see here on Dis and on TV can not compare to what you will see in real life!! It is breathtaking and magical. It is like Las Vegas for families, really!! You know how the strip is just so much bigger than you imagined?? This is WDW too!
So we swim at the pool and get back to the room. My dh asks about our luggage as it is now 4:30 or so...I call the fron desk and then as the front desk lady is on hold, our luggage is delivered!! I leave her on the phone for bout 5 mins FORGETTING she is there, I was so excited. When I finally get back I appologize and she says "looks like you have pixie dust coming your way!!" awwwwww!!!! That has become a saying now in our home BTW. We dress and head to CM for dinner...it is crowded but SUPER SUPER FUN. We meet everyone and get tons of pics (I will add some later) it was great! Food was good too. We go back to the Poly and catch the special Halowishes from the beach. My girls then decide they want to ride the boat!! OK WE ALL KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS....SO STAY TUNED
Day 1 9-28-05
me, thinking I am super cool, Disney know it all, perfect planner, carries touring plans everywhere (but forgets the ponchos)
dh, not too thrilled to be on this trip, thinks we are on a "vacation"
dd9, wants to send sister on TOT first, then decide if she will ride
dd7, will ride anything, Disney rides were too easy for her
dd5, if the ride is fast, high, or just looks scary she is sitting it out
Package was MYW with free dining staying at the POLY
4 day nonhoppers...this will be important later Day 1...leaving Des Moines
at 5AM all singing zipedeedodah...packed and ready to fly. I had my flight "happy" pills and was feeling great!! Kids were excellent and dh was along for the ride. He was excited deep down...we flew American from DSM to Chicago. The flight was great(thanks to those pills) and so many people commented on that awesome Disney DVD my DD5 had! Bought this for 32 bucks at Target, thanks DIS!! We had a change flight in Chicago but we hopped off one plane right to the next!! It was magic!! There were a lot of families with smaller kids than ours, I noticed right away but EVERYONE on this plane was talking about "Mickey" and "shhhh, be good we are going to Mickey's house" "Don't cry, you want to see Mickey don't you??" Not me, no sir...my girls were angels on the flight(thanks again to DVD players and their excitement!) Once again, so many people telling dd5 how cool her TV was...smartest purchase I made in a while. She was kind of afraid to be up in the sky but the TV helped calm her fears (and my happy pills helped me deal with her fears better!) We got off the plane at 1 pm ready for ME...funny how we never saw those big white hands?? We just followed all the people and figured they knew where to go
We then went down to lower level and I spotted the awesome ME busses!! They put you in lines according to resort. We were on a bus with CR and met a very friendly canandian family...the dad was telling me all about WDW. He says "they even have a halloween type party on some days" this is when my ultra know it all personality kicks in (and I get a kick in the rear from it a little later, keep reading!!) I say in a matter of fact voice "yes it is called the MNSSHP and it will be on 9-30 and there is a special hallowishes on Sept 28..." so there...I was thinking to myself...then I proceed to gloat in all my know it all glory "we have a date at CRT in the castle tomorrow!! We have ball gowns all ready to wear!!" I get a very impressed, eye raising look from the nice man and he says, "wow!" Ok so I am feeling very cool at this point. I am figuring out all the stuff, I know so much and am the best planner, right?? Keep reading folks...we check in to the GORGEOUS Polynesian hotel...our room is ready and I request a new room. We get Fiji. We change and go swimming at the volcano pool, it is 3pm!! Just two hours away from landing and we are at the volcano pool!! I want to say here that all the pictures we see here on Dis and on TV can not compare to what you will see in real life!! It is breathtaking and magical. It is like Las Vegas for families, really!! You know how the strip is just so much bigger than you imagined?? This is WDW too!So we swim at the pool and get back to the room. My dh asks about our luggage as it is now 4:30 or so...I call the fron desk and then as the front desk lady is on hold, our luggage is delivered!! I leave her on the phone for bout 5 mins FORGETTING she is there, I was so excited. When I finally get back I appologize and she says "looks like you have pixie dust coming your way!!" awwwwww!!!! That has become a saying now in our home BTW. We dress and head to CM for dinner...it is crowded but SUPER SUPER FUN. We meet everyone and get tons of pics (I will add some later) it was great! Food was good too. We go back to the Poly and catch the special Halowishes from the beach. My girls then decide they want to ride the boat!! OK WE ALL KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS....SO STAY TUNED
Day 1 9-28-05
