So this is what Deluxe is like!? I LIKE IT! A November 2010 TR

[DisneyBoundinDec]

Hi Leigh I'm joining you from across the river in Northern Va.!

Love the report so far, though I don't like the stomach bug that attacked your family. Hopefully everyone's tummies are clear from here on out on the trip.

Can't wait to hear more!

Hello from MD!!!
Yes, thankfully from here on out we were all better!!!

Thank you for reading!!

 

[mickeygirl14]

Loving the day at AK - sorry your DH had to miss it. And one of the things I am most looking forward to this trip is being able to watch Wishes from our room at CR! Just like you said, showers had, snuggled up with the kids, the music is piped in and you can sit and watch it without the crowds and just enjoy the time with your family...priceless!

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

Loving the day at AK - sorry your DH had to miss it. And one of the things I am most looking forward to this trip is being able to watch Wishes from our room at CR! Just like you said, showers had, snuggled up with the kids, the music is piped in and you can sit and watch it without the crowds and just enjoy the time with your family...priceless!

isn't it wonderful! I seriously think I enjoy it more than watching it in Magic Kingdom. It's just so peaceful and a wonderful way to end the night! I know you will love it!

We are off to Hershey Park in the morning. And thankfully my friends husband is going so Gabriel can ride all the big scary roller coasters with him! (my hubby has to work) I am a big sissy when it comes to the big coaster.. EE is about all I can handle!

I was originally signed up to run the full marathon in January, but I made the decision after my long 9 mile run today to transfer down to the half. Part of me is ashamed at myself. I ran the half this past January, and knew full well I wanted to run the Full in 2012, but I slacked off and stopped running until June. not smart. So as I was out running today I had a bunch of thoughts going through my mind.
1. I am so not ready. yes, I can run 13.1.. but 26.2? nope. I know I'm not.. and that's okay.. that just means I can go down Jan 2013 and run it!!
2. My Dh and my aunt are both running the half on Saturday, (the full is on Sunday). We are flying down on Friday. For those of you that are not familiar with the marathons in Disney, they start EARLY. and you have to be there even earlier! We got up at 2:45 to be on the bus at 3:30 for a 5:30 start time.. so if I ran the full. Dh would have to get up Sat, then I would have to get up on Sun, and we would only have Monday to sleep in and relax. We are coming home on Tuesday.. OH.. forgot to mention.. NO KIDS! soooo , this way, we will all be on the same schedule.. I won't be hurting that bad on Saturday... we will have Sunday and Monday to go to the parks and relax. Its really a win win situation.. PLUS, I get to go back solo in 2013~
I'm working on day 2 and hope to have it up on Tuesday! Have a great evening!

 

[khertz]

Oh too bad about your DH being sick and having to miss a day at the parks. What a bummer!!! It sucks being sick ever, but especially at Disney!

This picture is so stinkin' cute!!!

I bet Gabriel loved riding all the "big" rides by himself!

So sweet. What a special memory for you & Gabriel.

 

[emma212010]

What a wonderful ending to a great day at AK!! Too bad your DH couldn't join you! Stomach bugs are the worst in Disney!

I'm glad you and your boys had fun though! Wow for Gabriel riding EE 5 times!!! We love that ride!! Rhett is so cute in his goofy pictures! I love your picture from Dinosaur! My family's looked almost exactly the same! The boys looked too cute in their glasses for It's Tough to be a Bug! I'm glad to hear you liked Yak & Yeti, we've never tried it! I hope your DH feels better so he can join in tomorrow!!

Looking forward to more!

 

[15isto2]

I am so glad that you all managed to make it

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

Oh too bad about your DH being sick and having to miss a day at the parks. What a bummer!!! It sucks being sick ever, but especially at Disney!

Yes, it was not fun at all being sick!! But thankfully it was done and over with!!

This picture is so stinkin' cute!!!

Thank you!

I bet Gabriel loved riding all the "big" rides by himself!

yes!!! he did.. and thankfully the singer rider line was a walk on!

So sweet. What a special memory for you & Gabriel.

thank you! it was!

What a wonderful ending to a great day at AK!! Too bad your DH couldn't join you! Stomach bugs are the worst in Disney!

I'm glad you and your boys had fun though! Wow for Gabriel riding EE 5 times!!! We love that ride!! Rhett is so cute in his goofy pictures! I love your picture from Dinosaur! My family's looked almost exactly the same! The boys looked too cute in their glasses for It's Tough to be a Bug! I'm glad to hear you liked Yak & Yeti, we've never tried it! I hope your DH feels better so he can join in tomorrow!!

Looking forward to more!

thank you! yes, Gabriel was super excited to ride EE 5 times! thank goodness for the singer rider line!

Dh does get better! And even goes back to AK with us another day!

I am so glad that you all managed to make it

thank you!!

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

First off I have to apologize for not updating in awhile. I hope some are still reading along. It’s been a crazy few weeks. Getting ready for back to school and then getting ready for Irene! We lost power for 48 hours! Which in comparison to what some have lost, really isn’t that bad. I hope no one else has suffered any sever damage. I know I am thankful for only losing the contents of my refrigerator!

So back to our trip! I awoke early on day #2 ready to go! Maybe a little too early since the rest of my crew was sound asleep still. So I decided to take this time to get some coffee and walk around the resort.

The Polynesian is such a beautiful resort and so peaceful in the early morning.

As I strolled back I noticed I had 2 little ones waiting for me!

One thing I did not like about Captain Cooks is that they did not serve pancakes! They had waffles and French toast, but no pancakes. Rhett is a strange eater. He’ll eat waffles, but the have to be Eggo brand, he wouldn’t touch the Mickey Mouse waffles (I know.. he’s nuts!), because they were too“puffy”! So we decided to take the monorail over to The Grand Floridian and eat at Gasparilla Grill.

Waiting to get on the monorail. I seriously loved the convenience of the monorail, especially with a stroller at night with a passed out little man.

Dada and Gabriel

Mama and Gabriel

Me and my boys

After a very short ride we were there and wow! What a beautiful resort it was! I am really kicking myself for not taking that many pictures. I do think I took more when I came back to see the gingerbread house later during the trip. (but that’s later).

I can totally see myself staying here!

After a quick breakfast (sorry, no pictures.. next TR I promise!), we made our way back to the monorail and off to Magic Kingdom!

next up: Magic Kingdom

 

[emma212010]

What a nice morning!! So glad you didn't have any damage from Irene!! We were very lucky, but I do know some surrounding towns weren't!

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

What a nice morning!! So glad you didn't have any damage from Irene!! We were very lucky, but I do know some surrounding towns weren't!

I know.. all the flooding and damage is awful!

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

Yeah! We made it! All four of us finally together going into a park for the first time this trip!

Now, as I am sure you figured by how many times Gabriel rode EE at Animal Kingdom, my son is a roller coaster fan!! So you can guess where our first destination was!

That’s right, Space Mountain!

I rode this time with him while Dada took Rhett on the people mover. Rhett LOVES the people mover! As do I! It’s such a relaxing ride!

Once we were off of Space Mountain we headed on over to Tomorrowland Speedway. Such a classic! Once Rhett was issued his License....

We were off!

Rhett said we came in 3rd.. but who knows!

After we parked our cars we headed on over to Toontown.

I am so happy to see the Fantasyland Expansion, but still a little sad to see this part gone. It’s such a cute area, but we are happy to know that Goofy’s Barnstorm will be back! Love the ride, just wish it was longer than 45 seconds!

After Toontown we decided to head on over to Fantasyland. And surprisingly the line for Dumbo wasn’t that long!

As an added bonus, a CM was going around handing out fastpasses for Mickey’s PhilharMagic! So we waited in line to ride Dumbo!

And of course the real reason I wanted to ride was so I could get a sneak peek over the fence and see what was going on with the expansion!

Not much yet… bummer!

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

After Dumbo we heading on over to Peter Pan! I LOVE Peter Pan, It’s by far my favorite ride in Fantasy Land. But of course it’s usually a long line. Even in November!

I only wish I could get decent pictures in here! Look, big ben!

After Peter Pan it was time to go on the happiest boat ride on earth!

After our little cruise we headed on over to Frontierland, but first we would have to stop off at the shooting gallery.

Next stop! Splash Mountain!

Now this was a big deal for us as this was our first trip where Rhett was 40”, he was finally tall enough to go on all the thrill rides that he has had to sit out on. He seemed ready and eager, but still had some apprehension in his eyes. I asked him who he wanted to sit with, Mama or Dada, and he choose Dada. Which was strange because he is such a Mama’s boy!

So it was Gabriel and I upfront.

Every few minutes I would hear Rhett ask, Is this the big drop? Is this the big drop? And finally we came to it! Here we go! The big drop

Whew! We made it! And he loved it!

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[DisneyBoundinDec]

After we survived the big drop of Splash Mountain, Rhett was ready to tackle Big Thunder Mountain!

And boy did he love them both!!! He wanted to go on them again and again!!! BTM was a walk on so we did go back on it and he was screaming with his hands up the whole time. It’s such a right of passage when your kids hit that 40”,it was such a bitter sweet time for all of us!

Now it was time to set off and find some Pirates!!

ummm, no, you already have one!

And the favorite part of the ride… getting to see the stinky feet guy!

After the ride we waited around and watched the show outside with Jack Sparrow.

It was a cute show, they really do play the part well. If only it was really Johnny Depp!

It was getting close to our dinner reservations at Cinderella’s Round Table so we started to make our way towards the castle. But first a stop on the The Magic Carpets.

And do you know that I had no idea you could try to get wet by the spitting camels! You learn something everyday here on the DIS.

Now dining with the princess’ was my idea! I so wanted to do this!! Rhett (my little one) was okay with it, but I have to tell you that my son Gabriel was a big ole grump during the whole thing!! He didn’t want to have anything to do with them!!

I thought it was such a neat experience!! I loved being inside the castle, it would have been better by a window but it was so neat and I loved all the pomp and circumstance when the princesses were being announced! AHHH to be a little girl again!

Here’s Rhett making his wish.

We were the first stop for the princess’ and boy did they ooh and ahh over Rhett! He was such a ham with it too! He is such a shy little guy and it was so cute to see him get embarrassed but loving it at the same time!

More kisses for Rhett!

It was such a neat experience but I have to say that I wasn’t impressed with the food. The kids ordered the usually pizza and chicken nuggets and I ordered the Roasted Beef Tenderloin and DH ordered the Grilled Pork Chop. Mine was okay, but his pork chop was so dry! We were really disappointed with the meal but the entertainment was wonderful!

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[DisneyBoundinDec]

After dinner we decided to head on over to Frontierland again and wait for the Main Street Electrical Parade. Such a favorite and what a great way to end our fabulous day!

And here is a picture I forgot to add on day one… One I love of Gabriel. Such a handsome little man he is.

and some photopass pictures fighting Captain Hook

Up next : Day 3 – let’s tackle Epcot and Rhett’s first time on Test Track and Soaring!

 

[JAMIESMITH]

I've never seen a "magic" photo with Captain Hook. Very cool!

 

[khertz]

Oh my gosh, LOVE the photos of Rhett with the princesses!!! So adorable! I wonder what the chances of getting DH to agree to a princess meal with DS around that age will be...?

And love the pics of the boys on Splash Mountain! That's my favorite ride, I'm glad Rhett enjoyed his first thrill ride!

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

I've never seen a "magic" photo with Captain Hook. Very cool!

Yes, I liked that one. Too bad we really don't know what the "magic" will be until we download the photopass card... it was right outside of Pirates of the Caribbean

Oh my gosh, LOVE the photos of Rhett with the princesses!!! So adorable! I wonder what the chances of getting DH to agree to a princess meal with DS around that age will be...?

And love the pics of the boys on Splash Mountain! That's my favorite ride, I'm glad Rhett enjoyed his first thrill ride!

thank you! he was such a ham and I truly think he loved all the attention! I made them go!!! it was for "research", I needed to see it in order to sell it to my clients. yep.. that is what I tell them.. when we all know its because I wanted to go!!!!

 

[burly]

Taking my Senior boy this coming June for his graduation trip!
When we took my oldest daughter she loved the Lunch with the Princesses. So i asked my son, RJ, if he would like to go to that.......
He said sure, do i get to hug em'?

Can't wait. Love the report, thanks for sharing...


KIM

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

Taking my Senior boy this coming June for his graduation trip!
When we took my oldest daughter she loved the Lunch with the Princesses. So i asked my son, RJ, if he would like to go to that.......
He said sure, do i get to hug em'?

Can't wait. Love the report, thanks for sharing...


KIM

boys!

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

I am BAD BAD BAD! I have been away from the DIS for the past few weeks trying to get organized with back to school, soccer and everything else! But I PROMISE I am working on an update today! My goal is to get an update here every 2-3 days!!

Hope everyone is having a great start to the week!!