starstruck93
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 25, 2009
- Messages
- 857
I copied and pasted this from another forum I'm on..... Most people on here already know most of this info, but I wanted to share my trip with everyone on here too. Thanks for letting me share!
April
We just got back from Disney! It's hard to believe I planned this trip for 6 months and it's already over!
This was Maddox's first trip and we were celebrating his 4th birthday so I really wanted it to be fun. We stayed at the Polynesian. I cannot express how great it was being RIGHT on the monorail! It was so nice getting up each day and not having to travel far to get to and from the parks! Maddox loved the Volcano pool! There was also a cool area for kids where water shoots out of the ground. Maddox loved that too! The crowds were pretty low for the most part. Our first day at the Magic Kingdom was Sept. 10th. That particular day was Extra Magic Hours so we got to the park at 8 AM and walked on ALL of the rides!! It was great! Maddox had a blast! The only day that it was pretty crowded was Sept.14th. We really were pretty lucky... Maddox got to ride everything as many times as he wanted. 
Our trip was truly Magical!! We loved every minute of it!
This was the view from our room. We were in the Samoa building, 3rd floor. We had a great view of the Volcano pool and the Grand Floridian. The staff at the Poly was AMAZING! They were such wonderful people, I LOVE the POLY!
I booked several character meals for the week so Maddox could fill up his autograph book without chasing the characters around the park! LOL!.......
Chef Mickey's (wonderful dinner! Loved the character interaction and the food was great too!) The characters were Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto and Donald!
Mickey's Backyard BBQ (great food, but really not worth 2 dining credits and a little crowded) They had charcaters... Mickey, Minnie, Chip and Dale, but no autographs. I did eat 3 plates of Ribs that night and had a TERRIBLE belly ache!! LOL!
Ohana's for Breakfast (good food, fun chactacter interaction , but not my fave) The characters were Lilo and Stitch, Mickey, and Pluto
1900 Park Fare at the Grand Floridian... this was my FAVE breakfast! So much fun with the Mad hatter and it was'nt crowded at all! The characters came to our table 2 times and hung out with Maddox. Food was great too! The characters were Mary Poppins, the Mad Hatter, Pooh and Tigger,and Alice!
Crystal Palace... We LOVED this one too! We ate dinner here and the food ws wonderful. This dinner had Pooh and friends and they were great too!
Le Cellier in Canada at Epcot..... LOVE LOVE this place, no characters but THE best food in Disney! It's a steak house, so if you like steak, this is YOUR place!! :thumbsup:
Spirit Of Aloha dinner .... This is a Luau dinner located at the Polynesian. The food was wonderful and they provided alot of entertainment too. I really liked it but 2 hours was a little long for a 4 year old to sit though! LOL! Would do it again but just with DH.:thumbsup:
Cinderella's Royal Table... We ate here for a late Breakfast and LOVED it!! I always wanted to go inside the castle and finally at 35 years old... I GOT my wish! The inside of the castle is beautiful! I truly loved eating in the castle! It's a MUST DO ! The charcacters are Aurora, Belle, Cinderella, and Jasmine and Snow White!
My favorite Counter Service meal was Pecos Bills in Frontier Land!! They have the Best burgers!!! I lOVED it!
If some of you may remember, I made Maddox an autograph book for the trip. We took it everywhere we went and it really paid off! The characters LOVED having their own page! He got so many autographs and he loved collecting them! It was so cute! I can't wait to put the pictures of him with the charaters on each page! Here's a slideshow I created with all of the characters that signed his book! Buzz Lightyear is missing because his pic is on my photopass and I still need to order it!
This slideshow has music to it!
http://s196.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid196.photobucket.com/albums/aa122/starstruck74/TheMagicalautographbook09.flv&fs=1&os=1&ap=1
Maddox had 2 birthday cakes....the first one was at Chef Mickey's, the Buzz Lightyear one was at the Grand Floridian. This was sooooo fun! The Mad Hatter made a HUGE stink over Maddox's birthday! He was shouting it out everywhere!
Cakes slideshow
http://s196.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid196.photobucket.com/albums/aa122/starstruck74/MaddoxsB-daycakes.flv&fs=1&os=1&ap=1
Maddox did the Pirates League at the Magic Kingdom on the night of the Halloween party. This is a pirate experience for children. Each child is given a pirate outfit, pirate face painting, a sword and lessons on how to be a pirate. Then they're taken to a "secret room" where they're given a special treasure. It was really cute and Maddox liked it alot. DH and I laughed so hard at these pics.... he looks JUST like a girl in them! LOL! So funny! DH said he was the prettiest pirate there! BLHAHAHA!
This slideshow has music!
http://s196.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid196.photobucket.com/albums/aa122/starstruck74/PiratesLeague.flv&fs=1&os=1&ap=1
We went to the Mickey's Not-so-Scary Halloween party on the 11th and it was soooooo much fun!! The fireworks display was amazing and the Villains mix and mingle was the best! The parade was also the BEST I've ever seen; much better than Spectro!
The slideshow below is of the fireworks and the castle at the Halloween party! Thanks!
http://s196.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid196.photobucket.com/albums/aa122/starstruck74/Fireworks.flv&fs=1&os=1&ap=1
PLEASE excuse my hair in these pics! The humidity was at about 99% the entire trip and my hair stayed in a ball for almost the entire week! LOL!
Maddox LOVED getting to meet Cruella! He was holding Elmo and she told him that she wanted to make red gloves out of him! BLAHHAHAHA! So funny how all of the characters play the part the entire time! It was great!
Halloween party Villain Mix and Mingle and Parade slide show
http://s196.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid196.photobucket.com/albums/aa122/starstruck74/MNSSHPParadeMixandMingle.flv&fs=1&os=1&ap=1
These are jsut some random pics from our trip. This slideshow has music too!
http://s196.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid196.photobucket.com/albums/aa122/starstruck74/RandomDisneyPIcs.flv&fs=1&os=1&ap=1
We went to West Palm Beach for 3 days after our Disney trip. It was a great chance to relax after wallking around the parks for 6 days!:thumbsup:
The Four Seasons Hotel in Palm Beach made Maddox this treasure chest for his birthday! He loved it!
Slideshow of our stay in Palm Beach.
This one has music!
http://s196.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid196.photobucket.com/albums/aa122/starstruck74/PicsfromourstayinPalmBeach.flv&fs=1&os=1&ap=1
AprilWe just got back from Disney! It's hard to believe I planned this trip for 6 months and it's already over!
This was Maddox's first trip and we were celebrating his 4th birthday so I really wanted it to be fun. We stayed at the Polynesian. I cannot express how great it was being RIGHT on the monorail! It was so nice getting up each day and not having to travel far to get to and from the parks! Maddox loved the Volcano pool! There was also a cool area for kids where water shoots out of the ground. Maddox loved that too! The crowds were pretty low for the most part. Our first day at the Magic Kingdom was Sept. 10th. That particular day was Extra Magic Hours so we got to the park at 8 AM and walked on ALL of the rides!! It was great! Maddox had a blast! The only day that it was pretty crowded was Sept.14th. We really were pretty lucky... Maddox got to ride everything as many times as he wanted. Our trip was truly Magical!! We loved every minute of it!
This was the view from our room. We were in the Samoa building, 3rd floor. We had a great view of the Volcano pool and the Grand Floridian. The staff at the Poly was AMAZING! They were such wonderful people, I LOVE the POLY!
I booked several character meals for the week so Maddox could fill up his autograph book without chasing the characters around the park! LOL!.......
Chef Mickey's (wonderful dinner! Loved the character interaction and the food was great too!) The characters were Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto and Donald!
Mickey's Backyard BBQ (great food, but really not worth 2 dining credits and a little crowded) They had charcaters... Mickey, Minnie, Chip and Dale, but no autographs. I did eat 3 plates of Ribs that night and had a TERRIBLE belly ache!! LOL!
Ohana's for Breakfast (good food, fun chactacter interaction , but not my fave) The characters were Lilo and Stitch, Mickey, and Pluto
1900 Park Fare at the Grand Floridian... this was my FAVE breakfast! So much fun with the Mad hatter and it was'nt crowded at all! The characters came to our table 2 times and hung out with Maddox. Food was great too! The characters were Mary Poppins, the Mad Hatter, Pooh and Tigger,and Alice!
Crystal Palace... We LOVED this one too! We ate dinner here and the food ws wonderful. This dinner had Pooh and friends and they were great too!
Le Cellier in Canada at Epcot..... LOVE LOVE this place, no characters but THE best food in Disney! It's a steak house, so if you like steak, this is YOUR place!!
:thumbsup: Spirit Of Aloha dinner .... This is a Luau dinner located at the Polynesian. The food was wonderful and they provided alot of entertainment too. I really liked it but 2 hours was a little long for a 4 year old to sit though! LOL!
Would do it again but just with DH.:thumbsup: Cinderella's Royal Table... We ate here for a late Breakfast and LOVED it!! I always wanted to go inside the castle and finally at 35 years old... I GOT my wish!
The inside of the castle is beautiful! I truly loved eating in the castle! It's a MUST DO ! The charcacters are Aurora, Belle, Cinderella, and Jasmine and Snow White!My favorite Counter Service meal was Pecos Bills in Frontier Land!! They have the Best burgers!!! I lOVED it!
If some of you may remember, I made Maddox an autograph book for the trip. We took it everywhere we went and it really paid off! The characters LOVED having their own page! He got so many autographs and he loved collecting them! It was so cute! I can't wait to put the pictures of him with the charaters on each page! Here's a slideshow I created with all of the characters that signed his book! Buzz Lightyear is missing because his pic is on my photopass and I still need to order it!
This slideshow has music to it!
http://s196.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid196.photobucket.com/albums/aa122/starstruck74/TheMagicalautographbook09.flv&fs=1&os=1&ap=1
Maddox had 2 birthday cakes....the first one was at Chef Mickey's, the Buzz Lightyear one was at the Grand Floridian. This was sooooo fun! The Mad Hatter made a HUGE stink over Maddox's birthday! He was shouting it out everywhere!
Cakes slideshow
http://s196.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid196.photobucket.com/albums/aa122/starstruck74/MaddoxsB-daycakes.flv&fs=1&os=1&ap=1
Maddox did the Pirates League at the Magic Kingdom on the night of the Halloween party. This is a pirate experience for children. Each child is given a pirate outfit, pirate face painting, a sword and lessons on how to be a pirate. Then they're taken to a "secret room" where they're given a special treasure. It was really cute and Maddox liked it alot. DH and I laughed so hard at these pics.... he looks JUST like a girl in them! LOL! So funny! DH said he was the prettiest pirate there! BLHAHAHA!
This slideshow has music!
http://s196.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid196.photobucket.com/albums/aa122/starstruck74/PiratesLeague.flv&fs=1&os=1&ap=1
We went to the Mickey's Not-so-Scary Halloween party on the 11th and it was soooooo much fun!! The fireworks display was amazing and the Villains mix and mingle was the best! The parade was also the BEST I've ever seen; much better than Spectro!
The slideshow below is of the fireworks and the castle at the Halloween party! Thanks!
http://s196.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid196.photobucket.com/albums/aa122/starstruck74/Fireworks.flv&fs=1&os=1&ap=1
PLEASE excuse my hair in these pics! The humidity was at about 99% the entire trip and my hair stayed in a ball for almost the entire week! LOL!
Maddox LOVED getting to meet Cruella! He was holding Elmo and she told him that she wanted to make red gloves out of him! BLAHHAHAHA! So funny how all of the characters play the part the entire time! It was great!
Halloween party Villain Mix and Mingle and Parade slide show
http://s196.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid196.photobucket.com/albums/aa122/starstruck74/MNSSHPParadeMixandMingle.flv&fs=1&os=1&ap=1
These are jsut some random pics from our trip. This slideshow has music too!
http://s196.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid196.photobucket.com/albums/aa122/starstruck74/RandomDisneyPIcs.flv&fs=1&os=1&ap=1
We went to West Palm Beach for 3 days after our Disney trip. It was a great chance to relax after wallking around the parks for 6 days!:thumbsup:
The Four Seasons Hotel in Palm Beach made Maddox this treasure chest for his birthday! He loved it!
Slideshow of our stay in Palm Beach.
This one has music! http://s196.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid196.photobucket.com/albums/aa122/starstruck74/PicsfromourstayinPalmBeach.flv&fs=1&os=1&ap=1
April
