Jenn1116
<font color=coral>My goal in life is to visit DLP<
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October Trip Report the short version
Charatcers me, DD 5, Grandma, Carla (Friend), her DD5 and DD2, and her mother
I pulled something in my foot and managed to get around gimp-style for 4 days. It still aches. lol
We drove down Wednesday am, arrived by 11:30 and were able to check in and get our rooms at HoJos. I was very impressed they were ready. We stayed in Blding 4 not the new comfy pillow-top beds and no micro, but we were all comfortable enough.
So between 1pm 5pm we *meet-n-greet tink * PP * Alice in Wonderland * Tea Cups * IASW * meet-n-greet villains (Hook, Jafar, Old Woman from Snow White) * PFF (Belle, Ariel, Princess Minnie amazing! * Astro Blasters * rode Ghost Galaxy * Meet-n-greet Mickey and Minnie in their costumes I want to say this was at the front of MS but we also saw them another day in TL in front of SM
Lines ran about 20-30 min. GG was at 45 but we used FPs that we grabbed earlier in the afternoon
Went to ToTP that night. The best part was the entertainment. The candy was ok if you like being herded in lines from cart to cart. We didnt go to all of them and still have lots and lots of candy. We rode Soarin and TSM the wait time was about as long as usual. We also rode Monsters Inc. The best part was the dance party they had going on at the stage there where the kids danced with characters from Bugs Life and Sulley. We didnt see a single villain I was soooo mad! If we do it again I will definitely skip the rides and character lines and just enjoy the entertainment.
Thursday: *PotC * HM * Splash (twice walk -on DD5s 1st time and she loved it!) * Pooh and Poohs corner of course * Indy which we FPd * Treehouse * GG (SM) (OMG amazing!) * lunch at Carnation the best potato soup EVER * break at Hojos * I cant remember what we did when we came back to the park that evening Im pretty sure it was a FP ride hmm *fireworks which would have been more awesome if we werent too far to the left
Friday: Split up so it was just me DD5 and grandma. We hit *PotC * HM * Splash (twice we didnt even have to get out of the log!) * Pooh and Poohs corner of course * Indy which we FPd (Yeah yeah sounds just like Thursday but its our favorite part of the park) * Billy Hill show we were in line behind a woman who had a LGMH but dummy that I am I didnt say anything, it was the 11:15 show, so "Hi" if it was you * did Silhouettes on MS * hung out on the porch next door and people watched * hopped to CA and convinced DD5 to go on ToT keep in mind she was adamant that she will not go on the Matterhorn because its too fast/scary. Why she agreed to ToT Ill never know, but she was very proud of herself J * GRR * Soarin * missed Aladdin because we wanted to get back to DL before CA closed early at 6
At this point DL was finally starting to get crowded but we managed to get a table at Café Orleans for a relaxing dinner with only a 15 minute wait. Then settle at the hub right in front of the castle to wait for fireworks again. A lot of people were already gathering and we didnt mind hanging out for 3 hours. The park was too crowded to do anything else and the view of the castle and lights was fairly entertaining in itself. I took DD through to see Sleeping Beauty while grandma held our seats. The fireworks were so worth it! I do regret that we missed Fantasmic AGAIN. I havent seen it in years and years. Ill put it on the MUST DO list for next time.
Saturday we indulged DD in Nemo (I hate the subs) and took grandma on ToT at DCA she had made a trip back to the hotel to drop off bags when we went the first time. Back at Hojos by 11 the kids played at Pirates Cove for 30 min and had a blast. Then we checked out and drove home.
Theres stuff Im missing but the main point is that we were able to do soooo much each day. The crowds werent bad at all except Friday night, which was fine because we were chillin on MS. If youre thinking of doing ToTP I recommend you get your fill of entertainment and dont waste time in line for rides, and good luck finding villians
Charatcers me, DD 5, Grandma, Carla (Friend), her DD5 and DD2, and her mother
I pulled something in my foot and managed to get around gimp-style for 4 days. It still aches. lol
We drove down Wednesday am, arrived by 11:30 and were able to check in and get our rooms at HoJos. I was very impressed they were ready. We stayed in Blding 4 not the new comfy pillow-top beds and no micro, but we were all comfortable enough.
So between 1pm 5pm we *meet-n-greet tink * PP * Alice in Wonderland * Tea Cups * IASW * meet-n-greet villains (Hook, Jafar, Old Woman from Snow White) * PFF (Belle, Ariel, Princess Minnie amazing! * Astro Blasters * rode Ghost Galaxy * Meet-n-greet Mickey and Minnie in their costumes I want to say this was at the front of MS but we also saw them another day in TL in front of SM
Lines ran about 20-30 min. GG was at 45 but we used FPs that we grabbed earlier in the afternoon
Went to ToTP that night. The best part was the entertainment. The candy was ok if you like being herded in lines from cart to cart. We didnt go to all of them and still have lots and lots of candy. We rode Soarin and TSM the wait time was about as long as usual. We also rode Monsters Inc. The best part was the dance party they had going on at the stage there where the kids danced with characters from Bugs Life and Sulley. We didnt see a single villain I was soooo mad! If we do it again I will definitely skip the rides and character lines and just enjoy the entertainment.
Thursday: *PotC * HM * Splash (twice walk -on DD5s 1st time and she loved it!) * Pooh and Poohs corner of course * Indy which we FPd * Treehouse * GG (SM) (OMG amazing!) * lunch at Carnation the best potato soup EVER * break at Hojos * I cant remember what we did when we came back to the park that evening Im pretty sure it was a FP ride hmm *fireworks which would have been more awesome if we werent too far to the left
Friday: Split up so it was just me DD5 and grandma. We hit *PotC * HM * Splash (twice we didnt even have to get out of the log!) * Pooh and Poohs corner of course * Indy which we FPd (Yeah yeah sounds just like Thursday but its our favorite part of the park) * Billy Hill show we were in line behind a woman who had a LGMH but dummy that I am I didnt say anything, it was the 11:15 show, so "Hi" if it was you * did Silhouettes on MS * hung out on the porch next door and people watched * hopped to CA and convinced DD5 to go on ToT keep in mind she was adamant that she will not go on the Matterhorn because its too fast/scary. Why she agreed to ToT Ill never know, but she was very proud of herself J * GRR * Soarin * missed Aladdin because we wanted to get back to DL before CA closed early at 6
At this point DL was finally starting to get crowded but we managed to get a table at Café Orleans for a relaxing dinner with only a 15 minute wait. Then settle at the hub right in front of the castle to wait for fireworks again. A lot of people were already gathering and we didnt mind hanging out for 3 hours. The park was too crowded to do anything else and the view of the castle and lights was fairly entertaining in itself. I took DD through to see Sleeping Beauty while grandma held our seats. The fireworks were so worth it! I do regret that we missed Fantasmic AGAIN. I havent seen it in years and years. Ill put it on the MUST DO list for next time.
Saturday we indulged DD in Nemo (I hate the subs) and took grandma on ToT at DCA she had made a trip back to the hotel to drop off bags when we went the first time. Back at Hojos by 11 the kids played at Pirates Cove for 30 min and had a blast. Then we checked out and drove home.
Theres stuff Im missing but the main point is that we were able to do soooo much each day. The crowds werent bad at all except Friday night, which was fine because we were chillin on MS. If youre thinking of doing ToTP I recommend you get your fill of entertainment and dont waste time in line for rides, and good luck finding villians
