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<font color=teal>No wonder I love DIS boards so mu
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June 4, 2005
*I apologize now. I tend to ramble
Cast:
Me: Trip planner, age unimportant, 2nd trip to WDW
Mimi My mom, 62, 1st trip to WDW
Maddie my niece, 12, 1st trip to WDW
Lauren my daughter, 11, 2nd trip to WDW
Special appearances by coworker Julie and her family (DH Bob, DS Tyler-15, and DD Josie-6)
Lauren and I took our 1st trip to WDW last year and fell in love with the place so we decided to return and bring some extras!
Mimi and Maddie flew into Dallas on Friday because we had a 6:20 a.m. flight on Saturday morning. I dont know why I book such early flights. Its an illness. The alarm went off at 3:30 and I showered and then woke up the rest of the gang at 4:00. I made the girls sleep in the clothes they were going to wear so we were out of the house by 4:15. After parking at an offsite lot and grabbing the shuttle, we were at the airport by 5:00 a.m. Our flight took off on time (as 6:20 a.m. flights usually do) and we had a smooth flight to Orlando. We watched Raise your voice with Hillary Duff and that made the 2½ hour flight pass quickly.
After landing we waited a long time for our luggage and made our way to Nationals Emerald Aisle. I had told Lauren that occasionally there are some PT Cruisers on the aisle but not to expect one. What do you know? Theres a nice shiny white one just waiting for us! Woohoo! Let the magic begin!
We followed the signs to WDW and made it to Caribbean Beach Resort in about minutes at about 10:30 a.m. Magical moment ahead! Our room was ready!! Room 3121 in Trinidad North. Great location. It was a short walk to food court and pools. Unfortunately this also meant it was a short walk to the gift shop, which my room charge card had a magnetic pull to. I know they set them up that way. They cant fool me! We were on the first floor and right outside the door was a little courtyard where we gathered often with Julie and family to recap and plan.
After lugging the luggage into the room we headed to Epcot so Mimi could enjoy the last days of the Flower and Garden Show. We arrived around 12:30 and actually parked pretty close. We headed over to the Land and got FPs for Soarin that had a return time of 2:30. Since we were in that neck of the woods we took a ride on Journey into the Imagination with Figment, henceforth known as Figment. We all enjoyed the ride and I loved the look on Mimis face when the skunk sprayed us. We enjoyed the area that you enter into after the ride until a really bad thing happened. We were standing in line to get our picture taken in a WDW scene and I dropped my camera. Waaa! The batteries flew out, the digital card flew out, and part of the case came apart. I was shaking so hard that I couldnt get it all together. A nice man in line ahead of us took it from me and put it together but it wouldnt work. I had to step away for a minute to calm myself down. I decided to give it one more try and turned the button to movie mode and then off and then back to the regular photo mode. It started working again!! The people around me started clapping as I shed a few tears of relief.
After the drama it was time for a Mickey bar! I bought my Mickey bar from Hong who is from Hong Kong. He is here training to work in the Hong Kong Disneyland and will be heading home by then end of June. He was a very nice CM.
Then we strolled around looking at flower and topiaries and taking pictures with my wonderful camera. We made our way to UK and took Maddies picture by the Pooh topiary and then headed to the back so the girls could try out the maze. While Mimi and I were waiting we saw Mary Poppins going into the toy store. I said Hi Mary and she changed direction and came right over. I took pictures of the girls with her and we chatted a bit. I felt like we were talking to the first Mary! She was really good.
We had World Showcase planned for another day so we headed back to Future World. On the way we saw Jiminy Cricket and stopped and had pictures taken with him. The girls decided it was time for autograph books so we stopped and bought them each a golden anniversary one. We walked around to the queue of Spaceship Earth and there was no line so we hopped on. Mimi really liked this ride. It is just her speed.
Then we headed back over to the Land because it was getting close to Soarin time. The line for Living with the Land was only 10 minutes so we hopped on that. It was the first time I had ridden it and Mimi really enjoyed it because she is one of those gardening people. You know who you are! Finally it was time for Soarin. Wow! What can I say about this ride? It took my breath away. The scents and sensations were incredible. This is now my favorite WDW ride
After Soarin we were starting to hit the wall since we had been up for so long so we hopped a tram to the car and drove back to CBR. The girls went to the quiet pool and Mimi and I just relaxed. I called my coworker Julie who was driving from Dallas with her family to let her know what room and building we were in. She said that they planned to be at WDW around 2:00 on Sunday.
We had a PS at 50s Prime Time for 7:30 so we headed over to MGM around 5:30. Magical moment ahead! When we pulled into the parking lot, a CM moved a cone and guided us to a reserved parking place right in the front row! Woohoo!! We still had some time to wait so we looked around a bit and the line for the Great Movie Ride was only 15 min. so we decided to ride it and enjoyed it as much as we did last year. We decided to check in early for PT and got seated after about 5 minutes. Our Cousin was okay but not as much fun as the one we had last year. Magical moment ahead! The daughter of the family next to us decided she didnt want dessert so they offered it to us since they were on the dining plan so we got a free Smore for dessert!! Woohoo! It was so good!!
Now we had our tummies full so we were really tired and took the short walk back to the car and headed home. We stopped and bought our mugs and shopped in the gift shop and headed for our room. I think we were all asleep by 9:30 that night.
Coming next .magic moment at Animal Kingdom!
Day 2
*I apologize now. I tend to ramble
Cast:
Me: Trip planner, age unimportant, 2nd trip to WDW
Mimi My mom, 62, 1st trip to WDW
Maddie my niece, 12, 1st trip to WDW
Lauren my daughter, 11, 2nd trip to WDW
Special appearances by coworker Julie and her family (DH Bob, DS Tyler-15, and DD Josie-6)
Lauren and I took our 1st trip to WDW last year and fell in love with the place so we decided to return and bring some extras!
Mimi and Maddie flew into Dallas on Friday because we had a 6:20 a.m. flight on Saturday morning. I dont know why I book such early flights. Its an illness. The alarm went off at 3:30 and I showered and then woke up the rest of the gang at 4:00. I made the girls sleep in the clothes they were going to wear so we were out of the house by 4:15. After parking at an offsite lot and grabbing the shuttle, we were at the airport by 5:00 a.m. Our flight took off on time (as 6:20 a.m. flights usually do) and we had a smooth flight to Orlando. We watched Raise your voice with Hillary Duff and that made the 2½ hour flight pass quickly.
After landing we waited a long time for our luggage and made our way to Nationals Emerald Aisle. I had told Lauren that occasionally there are some PT Cruisers on the aisle but not to expect one. What do you know? Theres a nice shiny white one just waiting for us! Woohoo! Let the magic begin!
We followed the signs to WDW and made it to Caribbean Beach Resort in about minutes at about 10:30 a.m. Magical moment ahead! Our room was ready!! Room 3121 in Trinidad North. Great location. It was a short walk to food court and pools. Unfortunately this also meant it was a short walk to the gift shop, which my room charge card had a magnetic pull to. I know they set them up that way. They cant fool me! We were on the first floor and right outside the door was a little courtyard where we gathered often with Julie and family to recap and plan.
After lugging the luggage into the room we headed to Epcot so Mimi could enjoy the last days of the Flower and Garden Show. We arrived around 12:30 and actually parked pretty close. We headed over to the Land and got FPs for Soarin that had a return time of 2:30. Since we were in that neck of the woods we took a ride on Journey into the Imagination with Figment, henceforth known as Figment. We all enjoyed the ride and I loved the look on Mimis face when the skunk sprayed us. We enjoyed the area that you enter into after the ride until a really bad thing happened. We were standing in line to get our picture taken in a WDW scene and I dropped my camera. Waaa! The batteries flew out, the digital card flew out, and part of the case came apart. I was shaking so hard that I couldnt get it all together. A nice man in line ahead of us took it from me and put it together but it wouldnt work. I had to step away for a minute to calm myself down. I decided to give it one more try and turned the button to movie mode and then off and then back to the regular photo mode. It started working again!! The people around me started clapping as I shed a few tears of relief.
After the drama it was time for a Mickey bar! I bought my Mickey bar from Hong who is from Hong Kong. He is here training to work in the Hong Kong Disneyland and will be heading home by then end of June. He was a very nice CM.
Then we strolled around looking at flower and topiaries and taking pictures with my wonderful camera. We made our way to UK and took Maddies picture by the Pooh topiary and then headed to the back so the girls could try out the maze. While Mimi and I were waiting we saw Mary Poppins going into the toy store. I said Hi Mary and she changed direction and came right over. I took pictures of the girls with her and we chatted a bit. I felt like we were talking to the first Mary! She was really good.
We had World Showcase planned for another day so we headed back to Future World. On the way we saw Jiminy Cricket and stopped and had pictures taken with him. The girls decided it was time for autograph books so we stopped and bought them each a golden anniversary one. We walked around to the queue of Spaceship Earth and there was no line so we hopped on. Mimi really liked this ride. It is just her speed.
Then we headed back over to the Land because it was getting close to Soarin time. The line for Living with the Land was only 10 minutes so we hopped on that. It was the first time I had ridden it and Mimi really enjoyed it because she is one of those gardening people. You know who you are! Finally it was time for Soarin. Wow! What can I say about this ride? It took my breath away. The scents and sensations were incredible. This is now my favorite WDW ride
After Soarin we were starting to hit the wall since we had been up for so long so we hopped a tram to the car and drove back to CBR. The girls went to the quiet pool and Mimi and I just relaxed. I called my coworker Julie who was driving from Dallas with her family to let her know what room and building we were in. She said that they planned to be at WDW around 2:00 on Sunday.
We had a PS at 50s Prime Time for 7:30 so we headed over to MGM around 5:30. Magical moment ahead! When we pulled into the parking lot, a CM moved a cone and guided us to a reserved parking place right in the front row! Woohoo!! We still had some time to wait so we looked around a bit and the line for the Great Movie Ride was only 15 min. so we decided to ride it and enjoyed it as much as we did last year. We decided to check in early for PT and got seated after about 5 minutes. Our Cousin was okay but not as much fun as the one we had last year. Magical moment ahead! The daughter of the family next to us decided she didnt want dessert so they offered it to us since they were on the dining plan so we got a free Smore for dessert!! Woohoo! It was so good!!
Now we had our tummies full so we were really tired and took the short walk back to the car and headed home. We stopped and bought our mugs and shopped in the gift shop and headed for our room. I think we were all asleep by 9:30 that night.
Coming next .magic moment at Animal Kingdom!
Day 2
