The dog is BACK from Disney and boy is he tired -Update 6/1 (With Lots of pictures)

[racefanof88]

OK, so today I called LQ and Dollar and made sure everything was set. I requested a pool view room and let them know we would be late arriving. Ryan, at Dollar, said the van is already at their site so that is a go

In an attempt to save some money for the trip I have been taking all my spare change along with Dales and saving it all in a jar I decorated with Disney stickers. Well, yesterday Dale and I went to a Coin Star machine at Winn Dixie to cash in the coins...............and..............well it turned out to be $117.07. That surprised me. I knew it was heavy but I didn't think it would be that much change. So, there is 2 tanks of gas............

I have looked up all the EMH for the parks and now I have a plan(subject to change)

Saturday May 3rd DTD and prolly a water park.

Sunday May 4th MK has EMH in the evening(which I prefer) and we will be eating dinner at The Plaza so we will be at the park anyway.

Monday May 5th We have an 8:10 ressie at Crystal Palace so we get in the park early anyway. And DHS have the EMH that evening so Fantasmic this night.

Tuesday May 6th Epcot has EMH in the morning but we plan on going to AK that morning. Dis meet at 7:45 in Japan. Kona for lunch. And hopefully Illuminations.

Wednesday May 7th We will do Epcot this day, with dinner at Tony's Town Square at 7:25.

Now, once we are there this will all probably change..............LOL

 

[junebug88]

"Sunday May 4th MK has EMH in the evening(which I prefer) and we will be eating dinner at The Plaza so we will be at the park anyway."

We might be there that night too after our dinner at Whispering Canyon Cafe, thought it would be great for the boys to see the castle and know that they are really here.

 

[DISchick]

I bet we got the same $4.00 lime green shirt!
There is a mom where I teach that always has the cutest Disney shirts that she makes herself. She said if I would bring her a shirt she would "cute it up". I got hot pink and lime green. I can't wait to see what she does!

I'm so excited for you! Your trip is so close AND you'll get to see Flower & Garden at Epcot. That's my favorite! Have a great trip and tell us everything!

 

[tinknme]

Dana I plan on being at these places as well. I will not make the meet because my dinner is at 7:50pm, hope to see you somewhere!

Monday May 5th We have an 8:10 ressie at Crystal Palace so we get in the park early anyway. And DHS have the EMH that evening so Fantasmic this night.

Tuesday May 6th Epcot has EMH in the morning but we plan on going to AK that morning. Dis meet at 7:45 in Japan. And hopefully Illuminations.

 

[racefanof88]

I bet we got the same $4.00 lime green shirt!
There is a mom where I teach that always has the cutest Disney shirts that she makes herself. She said if I would bring her a shirt she would "cute it up". I got hot pink and lime green. I can't wait to see what she does!

I'm so excited for you! Your trip is so close AND you'll get to see Flower & Garden at Epcot. That's my favorite! Have a great trip and tell us everything!

It probably is the same one. I am glad I noticed it. I wanted something lime green to wear and for the longest I couldn't find anything. The hospital I work for had a lime green had with rhinestones on it but, they wanted $17.00 for it. I have to pick my check up tomorrow and I may still get it

I so wish I were talented enough to come up with cute ideas for stuff like that.

"Sunday May 4th MK has EMH in the evening(which I prefer) and we will be eating dinner at The Plaza so we will be at the park anyway."

We might be there that night too after our dinner at Whispering Canyon Cafe, thought it would be great for the boys to see the castle and know that they are really here.

I just love the parks at night. Usually less crowded, nights are much cooler in Florida.............lol and I love fireworks. We went to the P&PP last year(we miss it by one day at the start and end of our trip this year) and it was wonderful. We had the best time I think we have ever had at Disney. Dallas made me buy a crown to wear....

This is my pirate. He would not wear the eye patch.

Dana I plan on being at these places as well. I will not make the meet because my dinner is at 7:50pm, hope to see you somewhere!

I hope we meet up too. It will be fun meeting my Dis friends. I will have a black Coke back pack with my LGMH on it somewhere.

 

[racefanof88]

I forgot to add the Planet Hollywood lunch at 1145 on Sunday May 4th. I tried to get in at PH on the Saturday that we will be spending at DTD but they only had an opening at 945pm We don't eat that late.

 

[racefanof88]

How to make a 19 year old boy do what he is told. We are all packed and ready to go and now just waiting for the van . We will pick it up tomorrow evening at 7PM and I will be there at 6pm.............LOL. No but, wait..................Tyler isn't packed yet........... . I have begged and pleaded and threatened and no results. So if any of you run into us and one of us smells, well............... funky. It will be Tyler because he will be wearing the same clothes EVERY day as I refuse to pack for a 19 year old BOY.

 

[tinknme]

I bought a nap sack from DAK in Dec. & this is what I will be carrying. I hope to attach a LGMH to it somehow!

I hope we meet up too. It will be fun meeting my Dis friends. I will have a black Coke back pack with my LGMH on it somewhere.

 

[racefanof88]

I bought a nap sack from DAK in Dec. & this is what I will be carrying. I hope to attach a LGMH to it somehow!

I will be on the look out. I am too excited.

 

[racefanof88]

I am beside myself One more sleep

 

[racefanof88]

OK so we are back home and boy am I still tired. We got back Thursday May 8th and I was soooooooooooo tired. It was a good trip but, it just didn't seem to have the WOW affect I was expecting for some reason. Don't know why can't seem to figure it out. I didn't get to run into any fellow Disers on the trip. I totally planned on making the meet on Tuesday, but was just to exhausted and didn't feel the best in the world either. But, anyway I will begin my TR tomorrow.

This is how tired Niko was.

 

[tinknme]

Look forward to your TR Dana! I need to get started on my as well.

 

[racefanof88]

Friday May 2nd. Departure day woooooooooohooooooooooo Disney here we come. I got up at 5am so I could get everything finalized. I cleaned the house and got breakfast ready for Dallas. Amanda was up by 7am and we loaded the van. Nice storage area in the back of the Kia. Deep well behind the back seat so the luggage fit nicely. I packed the ice chest got all our snacks and we waited for Dale. He got home about 10:45am and we pulled out of the drive way at 11am. Hi Ho Hi Ho its off to Disney we go. Now settle in for the long drive down. We stopped for gas at a staion just east of Tallahassee and there was a McDonalds there so we got food and drove on. We were not going to our Disney room until Saturday so we stayed at a La Quinta off Internation Drive Friday night. We arrived at about 9:30pm. We got settled in our room and everyone decided they wanted something to eat. Well, there is a pizza delivery place that has the best pizza I have ever eaten and Dallas always makes us order from them when we are in Orlando. The name of the place is Flipper's Pizza. I know what a strange name for a pizza place. The pizza arrived about 10:30pm and it was gone by 10:45........lol. OH and yes Niko did get a piece of pizza. So off to la la land we all go as we plan on getting up early. We had Niko's little travel kennel so he was allowed freedom in the room for the night, Dale was already upset about him having to stay in a kennel all week at the MK..................LOL.

I was so excited I hardly slept. I really like this LQ. They allow pets at no charge and the rooms are big with 2 queen beds and a sofa bed. They have microwaves and a fridge in the room. The fridge is bigger than the one you have to pay for at Disney.

 

[k_reile]

wow niko is one really spoiled pup...his own slice of pizza? Rusty would be jealous. He wants human food but he will not get it because I do not like fat chihuahuas so we do not feed him table scraps. His parents were fat and not very nice looking or very nice for that matter. Its a wonder our Rusty is the sweet natured angel he is.

 

[racefanof88]

wow niko is one really spoiled pup...his own slice of pizza? Rusty would be jealous. He wants human food but he will not get it because I do not like fat chihuahuas so we do not feed him table scraps. His parents were fat and not very nice looking or very nice for that matter. Its a wonder our Rusty is the sweet natured angel he is.

Niko got a hamburger on the way down to Orlando and a saugage McMuffin on the way back..................lol. He got doggie food the whole time he was in the kennel and now that he is home he gets doggie food. He seems to stay trim. He weighs 13lbs and the vet said that was good. He runs around to much to gain weight................LOL.

He isn't the sweet angel your Rusty is though. We had to walk him every day while he was in the kennel because we were worried he might bite someone. One of the ladies, that works at the TTC kennel, said they couldn't figure Niko out because he would be barking at them while wagging his tail...............LOL

 

[Jaelynnandmom]

I can't wait to hear the rest of your trip report

 

[Msslaydbug]

Can't wait to here the rest. Glad you liked your hotel.

 

[racefanof88]

I can't wait to hear the rest of your trip report

Thank you and Welcome. I will be adding pictures with some food included.

Can't wait to here the rest. Glad you liked your hotel.

Day 2 on the way............LOL

 

[racefanof88]

We all got up and got dressed by 730am and headed to the lobby at the LQ for the free breakfast.......lol. Waffles and cereal. It was ok. It held us until lunch. We checked out, got the dog, and headed to All Star Music.

Don't they look excited to be headed to Disney? LOL

Where are we going guys?

Pulling into the parking lot of ASMu

We got to ASMu about 9am and of course our rooms were not ready. I checked in, got our tickets, made sure the lady from Haiti knew we wanted connecting rooms, I think she understood? I then remembered that we had request a fridge for one of our rooms so I spoke with Marc and he said it wasn't in the system but that would not be a problem so I payed the extra charge and it was off to the kennel so we could drop Niko off.

Woooooooooooooooohoooooooooooo

This is the look we got when we told him he had to stay in the kennel..........lol

We got to the kennal at about 930am and payed the $105 for 5 days and gave them a copy of Niko's shot records and let them know that we would have to walk him as he fancies himself as a doberman and is as mean as one.

Niko's home for the next 5 nights.

This all done we decided to split up. Dallas had wanted to go to Disney Quest (DQ) since he was old enough to know it was an arcade. So, Amanda, Dallas and I walked to the Poly to catch a bus while Dale and Tyler stayed at the Magic Kingdom to ride Space Mountain.

Picture of Amanda and Dallas in front of Poly on our way to the bus.

Just a picture of the wildlife at the Poly.

We arrived at Down Town Disney(DTD) at about 10:30am after waiting 20 minutes for the bus at the Poly. Now we thought this was going to be easy. As you know the bus stops for the parks (Epcot, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom) and for the resorts are at the Ticket and Transportation Center (from here on out the TTC). Well, this is also where the Kennel is................so we just thought it was going to be easy. When we asked we were told that you had to go to the Poly to catch a bus to DTD. So this is why we had to walk over to the hotel bus stop. Not a long walk but it was already HOT. So, we got to DTD and went straight to DQ and had to wait until 11am in the hot blazing Florida sun for it to open. Now, we are only talking about 20 minutes but still too long for me...........lol.

Not the best picture.

Amanda in the heat.

Dallas in the heat. There is a pic of me but, I look funny so not adding it...lol

They finally let us in and we played a few things and realized that it wasn't as much fun as they had hailed it to be so we ate at the soon to be close Cheese Cake Factory with the DDP. I got a Philly Cheese Steak sandwich that was great, it came with french fries a coke and a HUGE piece of chocolate, chocolate chip cheese cake with walnuts.

Sorry the pictures are dark. Philly cheese

Cheese cake

Amanda and Dallas got pepperoni pizza, a garlic roll, coke and a big piece of chocolate cake.

Dallas had already started eating............lol

Cake

This is how the plates ended up. I had to get a picture.

We could not eat it all, so all the desserts went back to the room with us for later. We then left and went to the Virgin Mega store for Amanda to shop. About this time Dale called and said they were going to EPCOT. Dale and Tyler didn't know how to use the dining plan so they went foodless..............lol, they should have came to DTD with us. Amanda, Dallas and I caught a bus to the hotel about 3 pm and went to see if our rooms were ready and they were so we went to the room just in time to see the man put the fridge in the room. We also got the connecting rooms.


Just resting

Our connecting room.

Now we were in the Rock section of ASMu and it was way on the back of the property, quiet but a long walk from the food court.

Dale and Tyler came in later and Amanda took them to the food court so they could get something to eat. You see I said Amanda had to go with them. All trip I heard how complicated the DDP was even though they could eat anything they wanted............. (except for Planet Hollywood, more on that later). Dallas decided it was nap time and when the rest of the crew got back to the room we decided we needed to make a Walmart run for drinks and snacks. Dale and I went to Wally World. When we got back Amanda and I decided to go to EPCOT.


I just love SSE.

We rode SSE the new changes are ok. I like the older version better. We then headed over to Mission: Space and rode the green version. I rode the orange version the first year it opened and I swore I would never get on it again. I loved the green version but, Amanda found it too tame. Dale and Tyler had rode the orange version when they went over earlier. Dale hated it.......... We walked around a little and we decided we were tired so we headed back to the bus stop. EVERYBODY was waiting.........lol


Just missed the changing colors and the dancing water.

It was fun. We ate at Sunshine Seasons and Amanda got a free chocolate chip cookie because she had on her birthday badge. She said it was great. Now the food here was just ok. I ate from the Asian section and Amanda got the turkey and muenster sandwich. She took one bite. But, the strawberry shortcake I got was out of this world yummy. The bus ride back to the resort was an adventure, it was as hair raising as Big Thunder Mountain. We were back in the room by 9pm and it was time for a shower and sleep.

Where to go and what to eat tomorrow..................is the DDP going to work out? .....................stay tuned to find out.

 

[tinknme]

Enjoying your TR Dana!

When are you going in Aug? I will be there with my boys the 6th - 15th. Sorry I missed you in May, I did look for your back pack lol