REPORTING LIVE FROM...Home! :(

[iloveeeyore]

Really enjoying following along with your report!

We did MGM today and it was PACKED! Must be just a crowded week this week. Plenty of Brazilian tour groups to be found, but I don't want to get flamed too much so I'll leave it at that.

Tomorrow is MK for rope drop. Hopefully we all find a bit of relief from both the crowds and this marginal weather we've been experiencing!!

Wow so the crowds were at dhs and ak today?! I'm with you hoping mk is better tomorrow! Maybe we will see you there! Thanks for following along.

Ooh and it is that close to the volcano pool? Lovely! I'm dying to see the pics so I can show my DD3.5, she likes to be well informed, I'm not kidding.

Oh very close to the volcano pool just off to one side. It's kind of sectioned off with shrubs in a circle. You would expect to see a hot tub in there but instead its these water fountains that shoot up out of the ground. I will post pictures.

 

[iloveeeyore]

That is so me too! There are some DIS'ers that are talking about meeting up, I want to. But I have social anxiety through the roof, but I'm hoping some Disney magic works for me!

We already share our love for disney which makes breaking the ice easier than in most social circumstances. There are so many things disney to talk about!

Okay my Poly question, and please please don't bother if it's too out of your way, but I was just curious if you could take a picture of the water play area they say is good for small children that is near the Volcano pool. But seriously, only if you get a chance. For some reason I haven't been able to find any pictures of that and my DD3.5 is curious.

The kids i saw enjoying that area today appeared to range in age from about 3-7. I did see a few kids run and slip on their fannies though. They didn't seem to care bit it looked like it would hurt!

Yay for Yachtsman! You are going to have such a wonderful dining review!!!

Yay for yachtsman is an understatement! Looking forward to porning out my food pics
But not too soon! I don't want my trip to end!

Glad you got some park time in before the downpour. Yay for Yachtsman Steak House. We'll be at YC very soon!

We would love to stay at yc some day. We are still cracking up about the downpour. People all around us screaming and us just laughing! Yachtsman was a bit damp but better damp than never!

 

[iloveeeyore]

Fell asleep on small world
We will be there!!!!! DH LOVES Tambu!!!! And I will be sure to grab Dani!!! So if you see a woman dragging a young, pretty Staten Islander by her ankles....that's us! My DH is the shy one...but after a Lapu Lapu...all good!!! What time Friday??? We are doing EMH at MK after so I will know when to be on the lookout for Eeyore

I love the Poly shirts at Boutiki!!!

Great about friday. We will be at dhs rope drop then a late dinner at cali grill...not until 9:30. So what time works for you? 7ish?

I'm really looking forward to your dining report! These little dining tidbits keep throwing me off!

Im looking forward to writing it to keep the memories alive! Too. Much. Food!

 

[ireneryan]

The kids i saw enjoying that area today appeared to range in age from about 3-7. I did see a few kids run and slip on their fannies though. They didn't seem to care bit it looked like it would hurt!

Is the surface concrete or is it that squishy stuff that looks like concrete?

 

[emmysmommy]

The wild Africa Trek sounds awesome!!

Thank you again so very much for taking the time out of your trip to provide live updates. Seriously, I am really enjoying this.

 

[pas130]

Great about friday. We will be at dhs rope drop then a late dinner at cali grill...not until 9:30. So what time works for you? 7ish?


Im looking forward to writing it to keep the memories alive! Too. Much. Food!

7ish sounds great! I'll PM you my cell

 

[iloveeeyore]

Is the surface concrete or is it that squishy stuff that looks like concrete?

Concrete that is treated to be non skid. It's very rough so it seems that if one did skid it would scrape. But the kids i saw fall seemed fine with no visible scrapes.

Here is the area taken from the shrubs lining the pool.

Can you see the pathways on either side of the trees? That is how you enter the big circle.

A few more:

I didnt want to press the button just to take pics. Hopefully i will have a chance later to capture the area with the water on.

8 fountain jets in 2 circles.

 

[ireneryan]

Oh, I could see where that would be fun for little kids, but that's not what I was picturing at all. Thank you for your recon work!

 

[iloveeeyore]

Woke up naturally without an alarm this morning at 7 excited to greet the day. Got outside to walk around and bask in the poly glow. Took some pics around the resort. Another breakfast of snacks from captain cook's and we were on our way!

We got right on a monorail at 8:25. Monorail coral in front of us was having mechanical problems with its doors so was moving slowly.....i mean stopped at the gf so we were a little delayed. Still here and through turnstiles by 8:42! The welcome show is going now.

 

[iloveeeyore]

Oh, I could see where that would be fun for little kids, but that's not what I was picturing at all. Thank you for your recon work!

Ur welcome. Here are a few more to give you an idea of the scope of the area:

 

[iloveeeyore]

So far today we have our fp for space mountain 9:45 and rode peter pan. We're waiting for pooh 5 minutes.

 

[jennyf2]

So far today we have our fp for space mountain 9:45 and rode peter pan. We're waiting for pooh 5 minutes.

Good am . Love love your TR! We are now meeting up with the rest of my family at the Sports. The boys did their parasailing yesterday & it was great!!!!! We then had a fantastic dinner at Fultons ( food & service was perfect). I looked for eeyore at the poly but didn't see him . Today is pool day & narcoossees!

 

[iloveeeyore]

After pooh we rode BTMRR with a 5 minute wait, got fps for splash return 10:30 and rode splash standby 10 minute wait. On our way back to space grabbed a mickey pretzel with cheese sauce. Now using space fps.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

After pooh we rode BTMRR with a 5 minute wait, got fps for splash return 10:30 and rode splash standby 10 minute wait. On our way back to space grabbed a mickey pretzel with cheese sauce. Now using space fps.

My DD can not wait for that Mickey pretzel!!!

 

[iloveeeyore]

Good am . Love love your TR! We are now meeting up with the rest of my family at the Sports. The boys did their parasailing yesterday & it was great!!!!! We then had a fantastic dinner at Fultons ( food & service was perfect). I looked for eeyore at the poly but didn't see him . Today is pool day & narcoossees!

Sorry we missed you at the poly! We have narcoossees tonight too. Maybe we will see you there. Did you and the boys enjoy the poly?

 

[iloveeeyore]

We rode space with our fps only about 5 minute wait. Standby was already 60 minutes at 10:33. After space go fps for buzz 11:30. 25 minjte standby.

 

[iloveeeyore]

We are heading back to splash to ride for the second time with fps by 11:30 but first a little refreshment:

 

[momjeeps]

All caught up and jumping on for the rest of the ride. love the Hula Eeyor pics!

 

[iloveeeyore]

Rode splash and buzz and now cooling off at the plaza for lunch. We checked in at 12:11 for our 12:15 adr. Had just enough time to grab a photo of the mayor leaving the restaurant and then were seated right at 12:15. We are very satisfied with the way our morning went!

 

[jabead]

Holy moly!!! I just now noticed that you were doing a Live Report from WDW, so I had 14 pages of posts to read through. But I'm all caught up now, and I must say that it was a very enjoyable way to spend my lunch hour. Looking forward to your next update and of course also your Dining Report when you return home.

Have a Great Day at Magic Kingdom!

Oh, and speaking of MK, what did you think of your ride on BTMRR? It was still closed for refurb when we were there in May, so I was just wondering if you noticed anything different/better about the ride now?