Princess Kimmy and Landon Bear Return Home!!

[CJDisneyMommy]

I'm here! I show up at the most random of times, but I always read your TR's. And ever so conveniently, for the third year in a row, you went a couple of months before we are scheduled to go. so now I get to predict how my monster will act this year based on your TR. lol it always works out...I'm excited for more

 

[princess_momma]

Just wanted to let you all know I AM still here! Life has been crazy lately!! I'll get a post up by this weekend!

 

[__disneygirl]

I love riding with the first timers who keep thinking the drop is coming! One time when we were there, there was a solo riding guy who kept yelling "OH MY GOD" before every drop and after the second one he turned around and said to us, "I can't handle this!" It was too funny.

I just read two bad reviews of WCC back to back, so it's good to hear your positive one! We love the breakfast there, but never tried lunch/dinner.

How nice of the driver to give you that ring! Gotta love that Disney magic.

I LOVE how excited you were for Tower of Terror! I'm pretty excitable/obnoxious especially when it comes to Disney so I'm glad i'm not alone..and again Disney magic was on your side with the re-ride and fast pass. So lucky!

All caught up now, can't wait for more.

 

[princess_momma]

After everyone was all happy whether from naps or getting cleaned up or riding ToT twice, we headed over to Downtown Disney! Right when we walked past the bus stop, we came across some squirting sidewalk. Landon LOVED this so much and thought it was the funniest thing ever. I’ll have to upload the video when I get home because it was SO cute, but here are some pics to hold you over!

After that, we went to Earl of Sandwich for some delicious food! It was really wonderful, as usual!

Once our stomachs were filled, we set out to wander DTD. Our boys wanted to go see Dinosaurs, as I’m sure you could imagine. Well we were walking through the hordes of people, I heard someone say my name! I was REALLY confused because I didn’t know why anyone would be saying my name at Disney, so I thought I was just going crazy!! It was Bridora from the boards!! I was so excited!! She said she thought she recognized me, especially since I was wearing a tiara!! It was nice chatting with her real quick and I was extra surprised to see her, as we thought we would miss each other by a few days! Her trip got extended though, but you’ll have to read her tr to find out why! Sadly, we didn’t take a picture! I’m kicking myself now!

Nothing too else too eventful happened…there were tons and tons of people and we walked all over DTD. But here’s some pictures for you!

Silly boys on the bus ride home!

Is it all kids who are like this or is it just boys who refuse to take normal pics? Lol!

And with that, we were exhausted, so we went back to the hotel for the night so we could gear up for day two!

 

[Jazzabelle508]

Love the pictures of Landon playing in the fountain He looked so happy Funny that you got recognized because of your tiara that picture with landon and jake was also really cute

 

[princess_momma]

Okay that last post was a little dull, sorry! So here's another!

We woke up ready for a nice Epcot day!! We slept until the kids woke up because that seemed like a good plan. It worked out well for us and I don’t think we got there until a little past park opening.

Now if you guys have read my previous TR’s you know that my Epcot days always stink but usually because me and whoever I’m with always fight or get grumpy or whatever! Both Lauren and Kristen promised to show me a better time in Epcot! So I was excited to go with them!

Our first stop was the Living Seas!

We rode some clammobiles and then headed over to Turtle Talk with Crush! I LOVE this show! I usually go later in the day and never saw the queue fill up as fast as it did for us!

After some good laughs with my favorite sea turtle, we had to go say hi to my favorite shark too! Just wouldn’t be right if we didn’t!

Since we got a later start, it was already time for our reservation at Via Napoli!! Hooray! I LOVED this place back when I had tried it during its soft opening phase on the last trip.

Landon was being REALLY clingy. He was hot, but I figured that was just from the heat. I mean, we were all hot, ya know? I did get a little suspicious when he crashed before they brought out our drinks.

What drinks did we have you ask? Why the Via Napoli house-made Sangria!! And a whole dang pitcher of it!

I don’t drink sangria THAT much, but I’ve had my fair share. I could easily say that this is, hands down, the best sangria I’ve ever had though. SO GOOD! Go to Via Napoli, order the sangria, come back to the Dis, and thank me.

I think Lauren and I split this pizza…

It was heavenly as usual! Jake got some spaghetti and he was cracking me up with his eating.

We all got some variation of gelato for dessert and of course, Jake was super cute eating his again!

Our waiter was nice enough to offer to take our picture even! I love this picture of us, even though Landon is still passed out on the bench.

Afterward, we paid and got Landon up. He was still really hot and sweaty but my son has a history of being hot and sweaty after napping. I was a little worried but not TOO concerned yet. I was keeping my eye on him for the time being. We were texting Chris and Kristen to find a spot to meet up with them!

What would we do next?!

 

[princess_momma]

I love that this entire post was about ToT. And anytime I read the name Thor, I immediately thought of the superhero. Awesome you got to ride it twice in the span of 10 minutes PLUS a fastpass too!

Nice ring! And your own bus, look at you going to DHS in style!

AHHHH I love that whole post too!! It was a great reunion with my ToT! And I'm at least glad that Thor was a recognizable name...ya know, in case I needed to find him later!!

You know how I do in DHS!

What an awesome afternoon!

Don't you love how little things like free rings and fastpasses make you feel so special in disney

Can't wait for more

Thanks! It was definitely magical and why I love Disney so, so much!

I know you love the ToT, so I'm sure typing this update was exciting for you!

And how awesome you got to go again AND got a FP for later! I bet people were wondering why he called you out when you got off the ride the first time though!

It was seriously perfect! I was definitely on cloud 9 and LOVED every second of it!

The people did look confused around me...especially because he stayed in character when he called me out, and so his demeanor was a little "scary"! You know how those bellhops are!

I'm here! I show up at the most random of times, but I always read your TR's. And ever so conveniently, for the third year in a row, you went a couple of months before we are scheduled to go. so now I get to predict how my monster will act this year based on your TR. lol it always works out...I'm excited for more

Yay!! I'm glad it works out so well that way!! Hopefully we can keep the trend going!!

I love riding with the first timers who keep thinking the drop is coming! One time when we were there, there was a solo riding guy who kept yelling "OH MY GOD" before every drop and after the second one he turned around and said to us, "I can't handle this!" It was too funny.

I just read two bad reviews of WCC back to back, so it's good to hear your positive one! We love the breakfast there, but never tried lunch/dinner.

How nice of the driver to give you that ring! Gotta love that Disney magic.

I LOVE how excited you were for Tower of Terror! I'm pretty excitable/obnoxious especially when it comes to Disney so I'm glad i'm not alone..and again Disney magic was on your side with the re-ride and fast pass. So lucky!

All caught up now, can't wait for more.

First timers on Splash are HILARIOUS! I love it. They're my favorite to go with!

I do love WCC. I think all the restaurants at Disney goes through a cycle: A surplus of people give it good reviews, so everyone goes to try it and are all hyped up about, they were expecting better, so they start dishing out bad reviews throwing around words ranging from "overrated" to worse, soon all the reviews are bad, then someone still braves it, says the crowds are wrong, other people get brave enough to try it, turns out it's not bad, so soon they're raving and there's tons of good reviews and the cycle starts all over!

I do love that Disney magic and I love people who are excitable too! It's so fun, especially in Disney! They love seeing that spirit too, particularly with adults. I know I've seen my fair share of families with adults who don't get into it and are basically chaperoning a vacation for their child but I get into it every bit as much as a kid!

Love the pictures of Landon playing in the fountain He looked so happy Funny that you got recognized because of your tiara that picture with landon and jake was also really cute

Thanks! He was SO happy in those fountains! I loved watching him and the free spirit of a kid experiencing pure joy.

 

[DWGal210]

Yea! I'm trying Via Napoli in Feb & I can't wait!! I love Sangria so I'll have to try it!!

 

[Jazzabelle508]

btw via napoli looks soooo good! I unfortunately am going to be a few months short of being able to try the sangria there but my mom happens to love sangria and i just told her about what you said about the sangria there.

 

[mermaid764]

Hopefully your Epcot experience was better this time around,

Hopefully whatever was bothering Landon didn't stick around for the rest of the vacation.

Via Napoli looks amazing, you have me convinced I need to try this one soon

Can't wait for more

 

[tinkgurl]

I think boys being silly in pictures is a normal thing.

I like that pic of you guys at Via Napoli! I can't wait to eat there.

 

[Megablocks]

How did I miss the ToT update?! That's awesome that you got to go again AND got a Fastpass! And I love the ring that the bus driver gave you to match your tiara!

Via Napoli looks soooo good, I want to try that someday. And of course try the sangria and come back here to thank you

 

[princess_momma]

Yea! I'm trying Via Napoli in Feb & I can't wait!! I love Sangria so I'll have to try it!!

You will love the Sangria AND the food there...Via Napoli is so good!

btw via napoli looks soooo good! I unfortunately am going to be a few months short of being able to try the sangria there but my mom happens to love sangria and i just told her about what you said about the sangria there.

It's okay! I only raved about the sangria, but the pizza was to die for as well! I went to Via Napoli my first time when I was 20 and I STILL loved it enough to go back the following year! You definitely will like it!

Hopefully your Epcot experience was better this time around,

Hopefully whatever was bothering Landon didn't stick around for the rest of the vacation.

Via Napoli looks amazing, you have me convinced I need to try this one soon

Can't wait for more

You'll have to stay tuned to hear about Epcot and Landon!!

You definitely need to try Via Napoli...even if you didn't get the sangria, y ou would still love it! The food is super yummy!

I think boys being silly in pictures is a normal thing.

I like that pic of you guys at Via Napoli! I can't wait to eat there.

Boys are so silly in pictures! It was cute when they would make the same goofy faces though!!

You will like Via Napoli lots! It's so good!

How did I miss the ToT update?! That's awesome that you got to go again AND got a Fastpass! And I love the ring that the bus driver gave you to match your tiara!

Via Napoli looks soooo good, I want to try that someday. And of course try the sangria and come back here to thank you

I don't know how you missed it!! But yay!! I just love ToT and I'm glad it still has lots of magic for me!!

Try Via Napoli soon!! You will love it!

 

[klacey1]

That Sangria looks delish! Landon and Jake (and Mallory, of course) are too cute-- I love the pictures of them outside of the seas. Typical little boys-- distracted by something out of the frame of the picture!

 

[xoktenox]

Yummmm, Via Napoli! I'm so glad we tried it there too, it was sooo good!!

That was nice of the waiter to take the picture of you guys! Poor Landon, I can only see the top of his little head

 

[CJDisneyMommy]

Via Napoli looks really cool, I'm definitely taking your advice on the sangria as it's one of my fav's! The new lego statues are really cool, I can't wait to take my DS. He is obsessed with Toy Story...not wait, Buzz. He never calls it toy story...always just Buzz lol

 

[Bridora]

Once our stomachs were filled, we set out to wander DTD. Our boys wanted to go see Dinosaurs, as I’m sure you could imagine. Well we were walking through the hordes of people, I heard someone say my name! I was REALLY confused because I didn’t know why anyone would be saying my name at Disney, so I thought I was just going crazy!! It was Bridora from the boards!! I was so excited!! She said she thought she recognized me, especially since I was wearing a tiara!! It was nice chatting with her real quick and I was extra surprised to see her, as we thought we would miss each other by a few days! Her trip got extended though, but you’ll have to read her tr to find out why! Sadly, we didn’t take a picture! I’m kicking myself now!

Yay for our super short unexpected DIS meet!
But, really, why didn't we take a picture? Oh yeah, probably because I felt a little like a creepy stalker!

I have been away from here for way way way way too long! Hopefully, I'll be able to start my TR soon!

Via Napoli....yuummmmm! (just imagine that's pizza instead of popcorn)

Oh, and loved that top-of-the-drop Splash picture! I must try to get one of those myself!

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Oh wow, I really need to try Via Napoli! I've only heard amazing things about it

How cute Landon fell asleep on the bench- I love that picture haha

 

[Disneychix]

The pictures of the boys at DTD are too cute!! And I would agree that you just can't get a 'normal' picture of a little boy!

Landon's hair is super FUN at EPCOT! Is that a mohawk??

I love THOR! Did you ever get to meet him again?

 

[jenny105]

Hey chickadee! I posted a mini-TR of NKOTBSB on my PTR if you'd like to take a look