Just found your tr (I know, I'm just a *little* late) and I'm all caught up. You have such a beautiful family and I'm enjoying reading about your adventures.
The hot dog restaurant sounds awesome, too bad I don't live closer to check it out. We love hot dogs, we even go on a 'hot dog tour' every year in New Jersey with some people from the roadfood forums. Lots of fun!
Welcome to the Trip Report! Glad you found us! Thanks for the wonderful comments about the family.
We are getting ready to debut our newest menu at the hot dog restaurant, which will feature some bacon-wrapped dawgs. Oh yeah.
The Wave sounds like a great place to eat. May have to put that down on our list. Now that we can make ADR's 180 days out I really have to start planning!!
Julianna looks so cute with her hair braided. What a great idea
. Love the pic with her & Goofy trying to eat her head
If you are at the Magic Kingdom on a really crowded day, and would like a little break from all the crowds, a quick trip over to The Wave may be just what the doctor ordered.
Thanks for your comments about Juliana! She's quite a character herself!
Alan, you and the fam look like you're having so much fun! And you seem to squeeze everything in with time to nap! LOL
Well we were going to do QSDP on our trip next year but I think we may upgrade to
DDP to try out a few of your restaurants! Ohana and CP is on the top of our lists! DxDDP is just way too much food for us.
Um, even though this was our first trip this year, we didn't do Dumbo either. Shame on us!
DxDDP really is too much food. We almost did not do it this year....but we love doing those 2TS dinners soooo much that we ended up finding it to be worth it for us....even though it definitely is too much food.
I think we were able to fit everything in BECAUSE of the naps. They re-energize us and it is almost like having two days in one!
well, that all looked great! Lonnie & I did the GF Tea on this trip- I LOVED it and hope to do it again. It was really special! And J's hair is AWESOME!!!! Love those braids!
Oh- and to answer your question, the boys have 2 weeks left of summer- Sean goes back the day after Labor Day and T&T go back Sept 10th! Most schools in NJ go back after labor day- although this year is a little different in some towns because Labor Day is so late.
Juliana and Elizabeth really had a great time together doing the salon and the tea. You KNOW who Juliana's influence was for doing the braids!
Wow...our kids have already been back in school for two weeks. They started last Monday. I think we get out down here before you all do.
Hi! Really enjoying your trippy. Great pics too. We are planning our first trip next May and have picked out some restaurants because of your pics and reviews! Really helps us a lot
I can see you enjoy the food experience as much as I know I'm going to! That's part of the reason for going to Disney World right!?
Looking forward to reading the rest of your report.
May is such a wonderful time to go! It would be hard to convince me of a better time!
The food experience is part of what makes our vacations great! I can cook for myself at home. I can eat out at regular places at home. But when I am on vacation, I look for something SPECIAL! Yes, the eating experience at Disney World definitely adds to the overall experience.
That's great that you each planned something special for your son / daughter. It's a great bonding moment! The tea looks like it was a nicething to do!
The boys' adventure is up next!
so cute..mother daughter time at the GF
love it! Looking forward to what you boys did!
Oh yeah....we were not going to be outdone by the girls!
All caught up!
So sorry about the moody bus driver, we had a few long waits last year too and it's so annoying!
Glad you got to CP OK and they were fine, the food looks lovely.
Wow the Wave was empty and how kind of the server to replace the smoothie!
The braids look lovely and what a lovely way for the girls to spend their afternoon
Hi DisneyJo! It is funny how some people seem to LOVE their job at Disney (like the server at The Wave,) and others seem to HATE their job (like the bus driver.) I guess that's life, huh?
Anyway, the girls had a wonderful time together. The boys time is coming up next!
I love this TR
awww...thanks!
I love how you guys split up and did speical things with each of the kids. It looks like your ladies had a wonderful afternoon! A trip to the salon and afternoon tea-sounds like an excellent vacation day to me!
Looking forward to reading what the boys did...
Isn't that cool? It was sort of like a vacation within a vacation for the girls. They both agreed that it was a nice treat for them.
I'm glad you enjoyed your lunch at the Wave. I had never even heard of that restaurant before. It is fun to spend time with just one child at a time at WDW. We had to split up some on our last trip because our son was too small to ride some rides and too scared to ride others. One of us took our daughter on bigger rides while the other took our son on smaller rides. I do hope he is ready to try more rides this time because it is also fun to be able to ride things as a family. Waiting to hear about the boys' adventure.
It's fun to be together as a family, but splitting up can really build some individual memories between you and your kids. They relish the time when they have your full undivided attention. I think my afternoon with Wil definitely made our relationship even better.
You tell Ms. Julianna that I love her hair braided like that. Looking forward to hearing about the father/son time together.
Well, I will definitely tell Miss Juliana that you said so! She had a great time with it!
But I think seeing your family photos has gotten me to the point where I'm going to go for it. 
But, I love when the park is dead like that! 
