Her face painting came out super cute!
We thought so, and she just loved it. It was her first time, and wouldn't be the last of the trip.
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing!!
Thank you, it is our pleasure. We are so glad that you enjoy following along.
Catching up on your last couple of updates.
Typhoon lagoon sure looks like a fun day. I haven't been there since the late 90s when my brother worked there in the college program. It looks like the kids area at least is similar to blizzard beach. How do you all think it compares?
Poor Allie falling asleep for Akerhaus. At least she woke up to see Belle. And major score on the frozen necklace. I never saw that while we were there but wish we had. Glad she got some extra Halloween mileage out of it too.
I so need to follow your lead next trip and sleep late and enjoy time outside of the parks. Looks much more enjoyable than the mad scramble we are often on. Love Allies face paint. My daughter saw me looking at it and though she was sheriff callie ; ).
Keep the updates coming, can't wait for more.
Typhoon Lagoon's kids area is similar to BB but different in that it feels more spread out, and has more elevation change because it is kind of on the side of a "hill". It has a bigger variety of little things to do like small slides and water hoses to play with. It just doesn't feel as compact as the BB kids area, so you can't see its much of it from one spot. Overall we prefer TL, but for the kids area alone we probably prefer BB just slightly, but both are great.
The snowflake necklace was at some of the light up carts, and was really cool. The band is like fiber optic so it glows too.
We do enjoy our quiet time, especially after starting off busy in the parks. We figure all of our time at Disney is fun and special so we do whatever sounds like fun and avoid the urge to maximize park time, because the whole place is wonderful.
Subscribing!! I've got a lot of catching up to do!!
Great, we are glad to have you. We still have a lot of writing to do.
Isn't the Co-op store awesome?! I wanted everything!!
I wish I would've thought about getting married at Disney- like why didn't I?!! Lol
I love wandering around the GF. I'll never be able to afford to stay there- but I can visit
Yes, the CoOp store is fun, as if we needed another reason to go to DTD.
We wouldn't have gotten married at Disney if it weren't so close to home, but it was great to have them take care of everything and make sure it was Disney perfect.
We will probably never stay at the Gf either, but it sure is fun to settle into for a bit and act like we are staying there. We love making any Disney resort feel like home.
Your video is really cute. Allie looks like she is having the time of her life on this trip.
I love all the dancing and the character interactions. You have so many wonderful memories here.
Did you book a bounce back for next year?
Thank you. We enjoy the video, but we are definitely biased since we were there. She did see a lot of characters this year, and some of the interactions were amazing, like when Mickey talked and sang to her.
Unfortunately we won't be back next year unless something changes. We didn't book the bounce back because we would hate to have cancelled it, and we just can't swing four years in a row. Initially the first trip was going to be our only one for a long time, then we booked the bounce back just in case and it started. We had three great trips and definitely will be back, but will probably take a couple years off.
So I'm chiming in for the first time, but I've been reading along the whole time. We'll be at POR in about 38 days, and we've previously stayed there in the Mansion rooms, but we're trying AB rooms this time. Your rooms look great, I can't wait to stay in them.
I love Allie's face painting! Adorable
The boat ride to DTD is one of my favorite things. We plan on doing WGP for lunch one of our days there.
How sweet that they bought the purse for you, and what a great pattern!
Looking forward to reading more
Welcome! We are glad to have you following along, and now commenting as well. Have an awesome trip to POR! We loved the AB rooms, especially with building 14 and getting a corner room, but any of them would be plenty big and nice inside. We did use a hanging organizer for some extra storage, and that worked out great and made up for the lack of a dresser.
Wouldn't it be great going to work everyday like those CMs going to OMI?! I guess like anything, it becomes routine and it isn't like they're on vacation, but still is a fun way to get around.
Allie is one very patient face painting subject
. The photo of Dad giving Melissa the D&B is so sweet - you guys capture all the moments, like the two girls in their Mickey Ears watching the GF performer - so cute.
Yes, it looked like a great way to start a work day. I kept thinking of Randy being excited to wear shorts to work. I do think my dream Disney job would be driving the boats, but I suppose even that would become routine.
Thank you for your kind words about our pictures. We just love capturing events, especially ones at Disney. You are quite observant and good at catching the detailed in them, sometimes ones that we had missed.
I loved this and one or two of my eyes might have gotten a bit moist. You both do such a great job of preserving your WDW memories
And, a very happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Aww, thanks. We sure get a little misty when watching it, and so did Grandma and Grandpa too.
Bummer about missing breakfast at WPE - but like you said, just another reason to go back. And lunch looks really good! I've heard really good things about the meatloaf sandwich
Love the picture of Allie in front of the face painting sign - such a big decision! Glad she was happy with her choice! And I can see a t-shirt that you design with your name on it, etc. being a great souvenir
Looks like a fun time at the Grand Floridian (though sorry that burger wasn't as good as you were hoping). Cool that timing worked out that you would all be getting to MK same time.
Oh, and great job with the video! Really captured the trip well. Love the part with Allie on the phone and it may have gotten a bit dusty in here when Mickey was singing Happy Birthday to her
Oh, and we have very similar taste in music - I actually just posted the video from our last trip today and it used On Top of the World in it as well - and last year's trip video used Best Day of My Life in it
Great, we are glad you enjoyed the video. It was fun to put together now that we finally remembered to get good material for it. We couldn't believe it when Mickey sang to her. We were all giddy like little kids. We're glad you liked the songs too. Some took a little editing to make appropriate, but it all came together.
Aren't the trip reports fun? It is neat to write about all the fun we had and share our pictures. We certainly took enough, it is fun to do something with them. 
