Rob, Cass & Kira - "This trip is NOT going to suck!!!" WDW & DCL

[jedijill]

Great character meets! I can't stand the heat and humidity either...I would love someone to bring me ice!

Jill in CO

 

[dizneeat]

GREAT character pics!

I hear you on the heat! Our main vacation is in the summer months and a whole park day is just not in the cards then.
YES, what a man! Thinking of the cup of ice to go with your water. Well done!

 

[cntkg1]

Oh Cass, these pictures are beautiful today!! And so crystal clear. so fun. And I am the exact same way with ice, you are not alone in your ice quest sister. Loving this!

I agree!! What great pics! Keep 'em coming.

 

[kathymc]

Been a long time fan of your trip reports - I remember them pre-Kira. Loving your photos and getting my disney fix for the day. In 4 more days we'll be in epcot!

I feel for you with the prednisone, its a wicked but wonderful thing.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[podsnel]

Hi Cass! Really enjoying reading- so sorry about the prednisone- it is a Godsend, but it does have some nasty side effects (I was on a very high dose when tyler was a baby for a bad eye problem called iritis). I hope everything starts feeling better soon-

I LOVE Kira's face painting! She looks gorgeous with her eyes and her shirt- great choice! And totally cracking up over the pic at Test track. Very happy she liked Soarin, at least-

Looking forward to the Fantasy!

Ellen

 

[Timon]

Day 3 - Part 7 - There seems to be a blip in the network.

I forgot to mention that right after our ride on Test Track, I went and changed our second FP+ selection since I had originally chosen TT thinking Kira would like it and we could do it again

Boy was I wrong!

So, I tried changing it but the options were crappy but I thought for testing purposes, I would change it anyway, so I chose Turtle Talk with Crush.

Today was not a good day for MyMagic+ stuff! I got this a whole lot...

I often couldn't connect to WiFi and then when I did, there were a whole lot of blips going on!

It did show that I had changed the FP but then when I went into My Plans, it showed Test Track still. This happened at AK too when I changed the Safari FP+ but I had no problems there so I didn't think it would be a problem.

So we headed to the Seas...

We rode the Nemo ride first. I know most people think it's a lame ride but I just love it! Especially when you are in the EAC! And the queue is just awesome! Long but awesome!

Went to the FP+ return for TTwC and was DENIED!!! They said I did not have a FP for Turtle Talk! I wasn't about to argue with him, especially considering the FP line was just as busy as the stand-by line...ZERO people!

Had this been Soarin' that I changed to though, I would be LIVID!

We had to wait a bit until the next show but then we got to sit in the front row and Kira got front row on the carpet. I had told her what the show was all about and she didn't seem very excited until the show started

She was actually brave enough to put her hand up every single time and even got to ask him a question!

I was very proud of her and she was thrilled she was picked! She asked him what he ate and then he asked her where she was from. When she answered "Calgary", he didn't have a witty come back (I don't think he knows where Calgary is ) so he just said "Is that near New Jersey?" because he had been joking with 2 others about being from Jersey.

Next up was Mission:Space. Since my hospital visit in 2010, I can no longer do any spinny rides so the regular ride was out and I know Kira wouldn't like it anyway so we tried the mild side this time and we all loved it!

This is her "This had better not be like Test Track" face

It had more motion than I was expecting and even without the G's, it was fun! Kira and Rob both played some games before we left..

It was time for some shopping! Mouse Gear is always one of my fave places to shop! It's rarely packed like World of Disney but it's a big store with lots of variety! I got a two Epcot shirts Kira got a few things, including a Frozen light-up wand and we splurged on a new Disney suitcase. I was going to get a little cheap one at Walmart but the "cheap" ones at Walmart were $100 so I figured we'd spend a little more on one that we really liked. We put everything but the wand inside of the suitcase and had it shipped to the resort. That is such a great perk for staying onsite!

I was in need of a little break so we grabbed some chicken strips at Electric Umbrella and just chilled for a bit.

Then a nice little spin on Spaceship Earth...

I had to laugh at Rob and Kira's video...Kira apparently was wearing a snorkel and Rob was sporting ONE Mickey ear Plus Kira's head was not attached to her body Ahhh, technology

I always love SE, but still mad that they took away the little city and fibre optics at the very end

 

[Timon]

Day 3 - Part 8 - Oooh, that's gotta hurt!

As we were walking from Spaceship Earth to our next destination (that only I knew about) Kira stumbled and took a big fall When she fell, her brand new Frozen wand crashed to the ground and smashed to pieces.

I knew it hurt because she was crying those big, long sobs. She had fallen on her hip and left some skin on the cement! After a very big cuddle from her Mommy and from her Daddy, she was still still upset and hurting. I assured her that we would head over to MouseGear and buy a new wand. That cheered her up a little but she was still hurting.

I told her that I think if she could just carry on a few more steps, that our next stop might cheer her up even more.

She didn't know where we were going but she followed me wondering where I was taking her. All three of us pressed our bands to the Mickey and entered a long hallway to...




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There was no one around and Mickey danced with her.

Guess who was feeling a lot better?

Then Goofy was goofing around with her...

And then Minnie...

She was MUCH better by the time we were done and I don't think there was a better timed or better planned FP+ than that sucker right there

As promised, we headed right over to MouseGear where Rob was able to exchange her broken wand for a brand new one after explaining what had happened to the CM. Disney magic at its' best

While they were in MG, I snapped this baby...

And then a few minutes later, out they came!

Rob had bought a little first aid pack that had a bandaid and some antibacterial cream so we patched up the princess before carrying on.

And then we shared a little treat...

It was still an hour and a half before Illuminations but we were all spent. It had been a long tough day so we decided to just grab our fave spot (lower terrace near the International Gateway bridge) for Illuminations and camp out.

We were a little peckish, so I went and got us some Fish & Chips, which is must-do (eat) on every trip. And until this trip, it has always been so good! This time it was slightly undercooked and just edible. The chips were good as usual though.

Kira was getting tired and you can tell that I am not doing so great but we camped out until 9 because there was no way we were going to miss our favourite nighttime show!

At about 8:30, a group of three gathered directly behind us and that is when our night lost its' magic

They were obviously very intoxicated and very loud, which wouldn't bother me except that every other word out of their mouths were f**k and s**t and other lovely words that we've worked very hard at keeping from Kira for the past 7 years.

The first few times, I had turned around and given them a very obvious dirty look. When that didn't work, Rob politely asked them if they could refrain from swearing. Two of them obliged and the one of the far end just made some nasty comments and continued to swear even more.

There were kids everywhere and while they are entitled to have their own fun, that kind of potty mouth was simply not acceptable! Rob asked them again to quit it with the swearing reminding him that the area was full of little kids. This guy was just a complete jerk and just got louder and more offensive. At this point, I had just turned back around away from them, cuddling Kira in my lap and covering her ears with my hands.

I told Rob to just leave it alone as these idiots obviously didn't care about how their actions affected those around them.

And he did.

Leave them alone.

Until he smelled smoke.



For those of you who haven't read my previous trip reports, let me explain to you something about my husband...

He is not a big guy, 5'7" and doesn't look the least bit intimidating but he will stand up to anyone for what he believes in.

If sees someone, anyone being picked on, he will step in and say something.

And when it comes to his family, well, you can guess what he's like.

When we are at WDW, I call him the smoking police

When he sees someone smoking in a NON smoking area, he always stops. At first he is very polite and reminds them that this is a non-smoking area. Then he will even point them in the direction of a smoking section or if they are really stubborn, he will find the nearest cast member and tell them about the situation. Unfortunately, most CM's won't do anything about it but he always tries! He hates seeing people smoke near kids.

He is allergic to smoke as is Kira. And ever since my bout with Lupus pneumonia, I am extremely sensitive to it and if I am close enough, I start having trouble breathing. Normally I just move, no big deal but I couldn't exactly move this time.

So you can probably guess what was about to happen, as he spun around and that one guy had a cigarette in his hand

I think because of the whole swearing situation, Rob skipped the polite part altogether and went straight for the "If you don't put that out now, I will get security!" part!

This guy was such a butthead and after blowing smoke directly towards us, Rob kinda lost it.

I have never seen Rob so mad in 17 years! It was escalating and I didn't like where it was leading to. He was about to go get security but I talked him out of it. I reminded him that the show was about to start in 5 minutes and that if he left he would miss out on the joy of watching his favourite show with Kira.

That kinda of snapped him out of it.

I said (very loudly) that these people are determined to be jerks and that we shouldn't let them ruin our night. I said let's just turn around and enjoy the show together and pretend they didn't exist.

And so we did.



Mostly.

 

[jenseib]

UGH!!!!! It really sucks to have those people behind you....oh and they look like winners! But seriously, they are from the age where there are smoking areas since before they were old enough to smoke. It's not like they are 50 something and the whole smoking anywhere was how they grew up.

I hope you enjoyed Illuminations.

 

[Timon]

Day 3 - Part 9 - The longest day comes to an end.

Let's finish off our Epcot day, shall we?

Here's a couple of pics of the magic they call Illuminations...

When Illuminations was done, I thought we were going to have to deal with Huey, Louie and Dewey but they were gone before we even turned around!

Thanks God for little miracles

We waited until the crowds dispersed because I HATE being herded like cattle

Then we headed straight for the lights...

We always linger here, it's one of our favourite parts of visiting Epcot.



Then a few pics on the way out because I just love the lights, the atmosphere and the mood of Epcot at night.

And one last funny kid pic

A quick ride back to Coronado and off to La La Land

Other than that last part, we had a pretty good Epcot day. There's a few things we missed that I meant to do but nothing important. We saw just about every character in the whole park so that made Kira happy

This was the park I was most worried about because it's so big and there's not a lot of shade while walking around. So, yay me, I made it through Epcot...barely

 

[podsnel]

Those kids STINK!!! What a bunch of losers!! So sorry- that would all make my husband really mad, too- glad you were able to enjoy Illuminations in spite of it though-

 

[Jillpie]

Wow Cass, what a fantastic Epcot day!! All except for the losers , you and Rob handled it perfectly. Rude people suck. but it all ended with happy faces , love that you included that to end the day. Can't wait to see what's up next.

 

[cntkg1]

How is it that I heard nothing of these jerks? Did I not spend the entire following week with you?

You guys handled it much better than I would've. Just ask the chick who decided it would be a great idea to park her bum right in front of me during Spectro one minute before the parade started. I won't even go there. Sorry it ruined your evening but glad to see you quickly overcame it. That's my Cass!

I had to giggle a little when you described your hospital stay as a "visit" though. Like you had a choice!

As always, great pics Cass!

 

[tow-mater-1]

Ok so I haven't checked in here for a few weeks and I have 5 pages to catch up on! Now you are REALLY showing me up At least I've started

That's funny that you took a picture of those idiots... was it the guy on the left with the persistent potty mouth and smoker? I HATE that! Nate would have LOST it....especially since he is on prednisone too I find he has a much shorter fuse while on that. Thank goodness he's off it now... going on the second week. Otherwise dealing with rude Christmas crowds would have been a bit stressful.

 

[tow-mater-1]

FO (sorry...couldn't resist)

Bahaha Love it Nancy!

 

[Timon]

aka...Chuck's plate.

LOL, he would have loved that bacon

FO (sorry...couldn't resist)

I almost forgot about that!

Oh Cass, these pictures are beautiful today!! And so crystal clear. so fun. And I am the exact same way with ice, you are not alone in your ice quest sister. Loving this!

Yay, let the ice freaks come together

Great character meets! I can't stand the heat and humidity either...I would love someone to bring me ice!

Jill in CO

Yup, I'm a lucky girl

GREAT character pics!

I hear you on the heat! Our main vacation is in the summer months and a whole park day is just not in the cards then.
YES, what a man! Thinking of the cup of ice to go with your water. Well done!

I did WDW once in the summer in 1993...NEVER AGAIN!!!

I agree!! What great pics! Keep 'em coming.

I will try my best

Been a long time fan of your trip reports - I remember them pre-Kira. Loving your photos and getting my disney fix for the day. In 4 more days we'll be in epcot!

I feel for you with the prednisone, its a wicked but wonderful thing.

Thanks for sharing!

Ohhh, you're probably there already! Have fun

Hi Cass! Really enjoying reading- so sorry about the prednisone- it is a Godsend, but it does have some nasty side effects (I was on a very high dose when tyler was a baby for a bad eye problem called iritis). I hope everything starts feeling better soon-

I LOVE Kira's face painting! She looks gorgeous with her eyes and her shirt- great choice! And totally cracking up over the pic at Test track. Very happy she liked Soarin, at least-

Looking forward to the Fantasy!

Ellen

Hi Ellen, glad to have you here

Yeah, it was neat how her paint matched her shirt eh? Her big blue eyes looked very green that day

 

[Timon]

UGH!!!!! It really sucks to have those people behind you....oh and they look like winners! But seriously, they are from the age where there are smoking areas since before they were old enough to smoke. It's not like they are 50 something and the whole smoking anywhere was how they grew up.

I hope you enjoyed Illuminations.

No kidding! It's not like they didn't know there was no smoking there! They really were big jerks!

Those kids STINK!!! What a bunch of losers!! So sorry- that would all make my husband really mad, too- glad you were able to enjoy Illuminations in spite of it though-

Yup, huge losers! We tried to make the best of it but honestly, I just wish it didn't happen

Wow Cass, what a fantastic Epcot day!! All except for the losers , you and Rob handled it perfectly. Rude people suck. but it all ended with happy faces , love that you included that to end the day. Can't wait to see what's up next.

Rude people do suck

There should be some sort of demerit system for rudeness

How is it that I heard nothing of these jerks? Did I not spend the entire following week with you?

You guys handled it much better than I would've. Just ask the chick who decided it would be a great idea to park her bum right in front of me during Spectro one minute before the parade started. I won't even go there. Sorry it ruined your evening but glad to see you quickly overcame it. That's my Cass!

I had to giggle a little when you described your hospital stay as a "visit" though. Like you had a choice!

As always, great pics Cass!

Well, I didn't get to see you that much and I didn't want to spend that time talking about idiots

And "visit" sounds so much better than the hospital stay from hell

Ok so I haven't checked in here for a few weeks and I have 5 pages to catch up on! Now you are REALLY showing me up At least I've started

That's funny that you took a picture of those idiots... was it the guy on the left with the persistent potty mouth and smoker? I HATE that! Nate would have LOST it....especially since he is on prednisone too I find he has a much shorter fuse while on that. Thank goodness he's off it now... going on the second week. Otherwise dealing with rude Christmas crowds would have been a bit stressful.

LOL, it's all about showing you up, my dear

Yup, the loser on the left was potty mouthed smoker but the other two were swearing as well and were just as bad at Tweedle-dum! They kept telling Rob to "relax" when he was telling him to put the cigarette out and THAT did not help the situation

Glad Nate is off the pred, nasty nasty stuff! I have messed up my vision for the rest of my life

 

[Timon]

Day 4 - Part 1 - I have my eye on you!

Another Disney morning

Chilling while I get ready and make her breakfast...

It's so humid, we have to start the Flex and wipe down the windows! Hey, at least it's not snow

Time for MGM! Sorry, it will never be Hollywood Studios to me!

Waiting for opening..

The traditional pose...

Right after the pic, a CM stopped Kira and handed out some Mickey stickers. Boy, was she happy about that!

We've never actually done the standby line for Toy Story and since I knew this would be a ride that Kira would like, I had made a FP+ for it for the afternoon but headed straight there first thing anyway.

She loved the queue and we got through it in about 20 mins.

We all loved our ride and I beat both of them for the best score which is funny because I have joint issues and can't pull that string as fast as most people.

We popped over to meet up with Buzz and Woody and had some fun in the long queue...

Oh no, the claw!!!

And Rob photo bombed this one hahaha

Next up was Mike & Sully!

Poor Kira tried to hug Mike, but there's just no good way of doing it

One more try...

 

[Timon]

Day 4 - Part 2 - Rides, rides and more rides! Just kidding!

Next up? Why more characters, of course!

We walked over towards the hat again...

We were bummed that Lilo & Stitch no longer met at Animal Kingdom. Our main goal was to find Stitch. Until recently, we had two dogs, brother and sister from the same litter and we named them Lilo & Stitch. Our Stitchy bum, as we called him, passed away very suddenly in January and ever since then, Kira said she had wanted to meet L & S in the parks and tell them all about her Lilo and her Stitchy, who was up in Heaven now.

I had checked and found out that Lilo only meets at the 'Ohana breakfast inside the Poly, which really sucked but I knew Stitch could be found at MGM.

He was due to meet near the hat soon so we got in line for Pluto while we waited for Stitch.

It was a weird sunny spot that made for neat pics..

I asked a CM where Stitch would be meeting and we got in the line. Finally it was time...

Stitch LOVED her book! I mean LOVED IT!!! In his own wordless way, he was asking if I had done it (good thing I speak Stitch ) and then gave me a big thumbs up! Then he showed it to EVERYONE!

It was pretty funny and Kira was so happy!

And even gave him a kiss on the nose, which started a new trend for her HAHAH.

With all the excitement, she forgot about telling him about her Lilo and Stitchy though. I told her that we will find him again for her to tell him.

Can you guess what was next??

Come on people, you know the drill by now

Vanellope and Wreck-it Ralph!

I will have to end this chapter here so I can fit all the pics into my next chapter

 

[Timon]

Day 4 - Part 3 - Mickey and his ghetto card.

It was time for our ressie at 50's Prime Time!

We have eaten here on every trip since 1999, it's definitely a must-do! We've had some great servers here and some just decent ones. Of course, my faves are the ones who really play it up. Rob really enjoys the chicken here and I love me some onion rings!

This is Kira in her "stop it with the photos" mood Thankfully, it didn't happen a lot on this trip!

We didn't wait long before we were seated and did the usual hand sanitizer thing.

I seriously don't know how he can drink hot coffee in the heat and humidity!!! I sucked back 2 diet-cokes just to cool off a little

The yummy rings!

I normally get the ham sandwich, which is no longer on the menu so I decided to get the sampler just to try stuff.

To be honest, it was all gross except for the mashed potatoes. I should have gotten the Caesar salad! Oh well, I know for next time.

I took one bite of each and ate half the potatoes then I pushed it away. Our server asked me what was wrong but I didn't have the heart to tell him that I didn't like it so I just said that I was full. He totally didn't believe me

Kira got the hot dog...

She hardly ate too but that is normal for her. She will snack all day long but rarely eats a big meal. She's a grazer!

Rob ordered his usual...

And devoured every bite! Then he picked at mine too!

He was very full and very happy

Dessert time!

Because he clearly didn't eat enough...Rob ordered this:

And our server brought this for us, along with a cute little card.

I did not put a celebration on our reservation but Rob was wearing an Anniversary button (We just celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary on October 17th) so I guess that is why he brought it out?

Kira gladly ate it

While Rob enjoyed Kira's dessert

The card was funny! He had crossed off the Birthday on the front and wrote Anniversary and then inside he said "Sorry for the ghetto card"

While he didn't play it up much, he was a really good server! He was quick too, which I like! My diet coke was constantly refilled without me asking (bonus points!), our onion rings were brought out like a minute after we ordered them and he was a really good sport!


Rob kept calling him Mickey, which I didn't clue into until we were ordering dessert. Rob said 'Thanks Mickey" and then it dawned on me why he was calling him that. His name was Mikey So, I said out loud, while he was taking Kira's dessert order "Have you been calling him Mickey this whole time??? Because his name is Mikey, not Mickey!"

Rob looked at his name tag again and profusely apologized and we all just giggled. He said that he got that a lot and just stopped trying to correct people

So, we all joked about that the rest of the meal. I wrote "Thanks Mickey" on the bill and left him a really big tip

 

[Jillpie]

We've been to Prime Time every single trip since 1999 too! And always ask for Cousin Mark, I think I know Mikey, he's a hoot. And I always order corn with my chicken, right there with ya Rob. Excellent day with all those characters, so well done!!