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

[racefanof88]

I am eventually going to post an update . I have been so busy I just haven't had the time. Still have about 30 photos to upload to photobucket .

I do want to say thanks to all my readers for hanging with me . Ya'll are the best .

 

[marianas00]

I am so glad to find your report! I had started reading your pre-trip and lost track... great report so far. Your family is wonderful! Sad to see Niko's little face going to the Kennel. Just like my Takoda, get in the car and very happy to be going on a trip, and then reality sets in at the K word. We don't even say it around our house. She gets sad hearing the word. Nice to know there are pet friendly hotels.
Can't wait for more trip report and pictures. Love seeing your kids expressions!
Thanks for the great reporting.

 

[racefanof88]

I am so glad to find your report! I had started reading your pre-trip and lost track... great report so far. Your family is wonderful! Sad to see Niko's little face going to the Kennel. Just like my Takoda, get in the car and very happy to be going on a trip, and then reality sets in at the K word. We don't even say it around our house. She gets sad hearing the word. Nice to know there are pet friendly hotels.
Can't wait for more trip report and pictures. Love seeing your kids expressions!
Thanks for the great reporting.

Thank you for reading . I plan on doing my next update tomorrow. Thank you for the compliment on my family!! I have to say I think they are pretty cool ................LOL.

Poor little Niko, I think he is still mad at us about the whole kennel thing. He is even scared to get in the car now. And if I say the K word he just looks at me like I have taken his best toy away...........lol. My husband has said we will NOT stay on Disney's property next year lol. And I think I have to agree. I will give a review at the end of my report .

Again, thanks for reading and I promise and update tomorrow.

 

[tinknme]

Look forward to reading your next installment Dana!

 

[racefanof88]

Monday May 5th We had to get up very early as we had an 810am reservation for Crystal Palace for a character breakfast. We got up at 6:00 so we would have time to get ready, go to the TTC and walk the dog, park the van, walk back to the TTC to catch the monorail to the park(well acutally Dale had to go park the van...........lol).

Waiting in the room before heading to CP.

We made it to the park at 7:50 and of course had to have all our bags checked by security. Amanda and I carried back packs and I had to have my camera bag checked. They let us through the gate and we got in line. The have a list of names for people going in for early breakfast and for the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique. WooooooooooooHoooooooooo they have our name. See it was a calculated plan to have an early breakfast so we could be in the park at the ropes for rope drop.

Dale entering the park.

It was foggy and I had to get some more Castle pictures.

Dallas in front of Casey's. A CM walked up to him after the pic and told him he looked like Casey..................LOL

Waiting for our name to be called. They should be eating with Grumpy.

Such pretty flowers.

So we had a wonderful breakfast and the food was soooooooooo good. The breakfast casserole is out of this world. The rest was just regular breakfast type stuff. That bacon isn't all for me............LOL.

From the pictures you can see we got Piglet and Tigger and Dallas did the march around the place with Pooh.

Tyler didn't want his picture made with the characters. He said he was too old................LOL Sorrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyy

We had to tell our waitress that Tigger missed Dallas. How? I don't know but he came back to the table

Dallas following Pooh. This is the only pic of Pooh as he was on the other side of the restaurant.

I love these.

We finished breakfast and it was still only 8:50 so I wanted some family pictures with the Castle.

Now, as you can see from most of the pictures I am always the one behind the camera. So I asked Dale to get a picture of me with the kids and "make sure you get the Castle in the background". Here is what he got.

Technically I guess he got the Castle.................... The first one he took I was trying to get Amanda's hair out from under the strap of her back pack.

Dallas said he was tired of all the pictures so he was walking away............

 

[racefanof88]

So, Amanda, Dallas and I were at the rope to the right of the castle to get to the Tea cups and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Dale and Tyler went to ride Space Mountain again. While waiting Alice and the Mad Hatter walked up and climbed under the rope.

Boy they pile the makeup on that poor guy playing the Mad Hatter. We made it to the Tea Cups and we were the only ones on it.............lol.

I got pictures of Amanda and Dallas on the ride but, they came out too dark.


Dallas wanted to ride it again but, we had just ate breakfast and I didn't want to do it again. So, we walked right on Pooh and then went to ride Peter Pan's flight another walk on. We then rode Snow White and walked over to Splash Mountian (Amanda wanted to ride, I don't do high drops).

All I got was the back of her head. She was in the front.

Dallas and I went to ride Big Thunder Mountain we were in the front and Dallas decided he didn't want to ride this time so we did the walk of shame out of the ride.................LOL. We then waited for Amanda to get off Splash and then we met up with Dale and Tyler, by now the park was getting crowded so we went to EPCOT.

At this point we split up. Dale, Tyler, and Amanda went to the left of Space Ship Earth and Dallas and I went right. Dallas and I rode Journey into Imagination.

Dallas and I were headed to Nemo but, the rest of the gang had finished their rides so we met up and rode Nemo together. Now, it had been hot while we were there, actually it was the hottest it had been and it had not rained for 4 weeks. Even though that was strange to hear because it rained on me and Amanda Saturday night...........go figure. Anyway, we then decided to walk to World Showcase so we could eat. We rode the ride in Mexico we walked right on. Then I had to have a feista margarita, it wasn't very good but, for $8.50 I drank it. We went to Norway so I could buy a school bread(OMG it was soooooooooooo good)to take back to the room for later. Amanda wanted to stop in Germany and get some snacks. Dale, Amanda and Dallas wanted to eat in The American Adventure so they got hamburgers and chicken nuggets, some adventure huh? Tyler and I ate in Japan, it was nasty. I love this type of food but it tasted like they pulled a frozen dinner out and microwaved it. So we walked on and Amanda wanted to shop in England but, didn't get anything. By now we were EXHAUSTED my feet were hurting soooooooooooo bad (despite the Crocs) but we still had to do Space Ship Earth. It was so cool and relaxing. The new changes are just OK. I like the old one too. So it is back to the room and rest up. We ate snacks for dinner. I didn't get any pictures in World Showcase due to threats from the rest of my crew................
Sleep in tomorrow. We have lunch at the Kona and a water park.

 

[racefanof88]

WOW WHERE DID ALL MY READERS GO??????


Tuesday May 6th. We slept late, boy this time zone has me all messed up . Dale, Dallas, and I got up around 9:00 to go to Walmart again as Dale didn't have a bathing suit. We bought some towels too and more cokes for the room. We decided the 1:05 lunch time was too late so I called and got the time moved up to 12:15 so we would have more time at the water park. We arrived at the Poly at about 11:30 so I got(much to the disliking of my gang)pictures of the lobby.

WOW, some day I am gonna stay here. It was sooooooooo beautiful. Anyway, we went up to the second floor and checked in with the lady at the podium. It wasn't 12:00 yet so they were not seating anyone.



Yeah, I hit the record button by accident.

We walked around the top level and returned at 12. They began seating and we waited and waited and people walking up were getting seated and we waited after about 15 minutes a lady with an electronic clip board walked up to us and asked if we had checked in? I told her yes and the lady that checked me in looked like she could have crawled under the podium. They apologized and we were seated right away. Dale, Amanda and Dallas got...............I bet you can't guess.................................hamburgers and ff............. yes at a polynesian restaurant. Tyler got a teriyaki chicken with sticky rice and macaroin salad and I got the teriyaki beef plate with the same sides. They were good, not the best I have ever eaten but good. The hamburgers went over ok. Now dessert was something else.

I got the Chocolate Macadamia Nut Tart

Dale got an Apple Stack

Tyler got the Chocolate Fondue. He said the chocolate hardened too fast.

Dallas and Amanda got Kona Kones

I am glad we did the DDP this trip because this lunch was $95 yeah high for some hamburgers and ice cream........lol. That being said we won't do the DDP again. Anyway, we left and went back to the room to change into our bathing suits and off to the water park. We decided to do Typhoon Lagoon and boy was it FUN. The wave pool was wild, the waves were 6' but you got a warning that it was coming. Poor Dallas got his knee banged up pretty bad as one of the waves knocked him down and the bottom of the wave pool is very rough. We rode the Lazy River twice and didn't have time to do anything else as the park closes at 5pm. Next time we are gonna spend a whole day in one of the water parks. We went back to the room and decided we were gonna eat at the food court but wanted to go over to All Star Movies food court as we had stayed there the first time we all went. The food was not as good as we remembered most of it was cold.................yuck. I had a philly cheese and ff, Dale had another hamburger with ff, Amanda and Dallas had pizza and Tyler had baked chicken with mashed potatos and green beans. He said the chicken was flavorless. We all got chocolate cake and chocolate chip cookies for dessert and they went back to the room with us. So we went back to the room. Watched TV for a while then off to sleep to get ready for our last day. I didn't get any pictures at the TL and certainly not of the nasty food at the food court.

 

[Nemo32]

Great updates! That chocolate fondue looked yummy. Looking forward to more!

 

[tinknme]

I'm here

We stayed at the Polynesian for Christmas last year & I feel in love with this resort. Hopefully I can afford to stay here again lol

 

[racefanof88]

Great updates! That chocolate fondue looked yummy. Looking forward to more!

He said it was good except for the chocolate hardening too fast. It was so good he wouldn't even give me a strawberry.................

I'm here

We stayed at the Polynesian for Christmas last year & I feel in love with this resort. Hopefully I can afford to stay here again lol

I want to have a vow renewal there on my 25th anniversary...... ...... I don't know that that will happen but, hey Disney is all about dreams

 

[kathleen27]

Just read and enjoyed your trip report!

That picture of your husband with the dog on his shoulder in the recliner is too funny. We had a kitten years ago that would sit on my husband's shoulder while he worked at his desk.

Sounds like a fun trip! Kona looks really good!

 

[racefanof88]

Just read and enjoyed your trip report!

That picture of your husband with the dog on his shoulder in the recliner is too funny. We had a kitten years ago that would sit on my husband's shoulder while he worked at his desk.

Sounds like a fun trip! Kona looks really good!

Welcome and Thanks for reading . Niko thinks he is a boy not a dog.......

I still have a little left of my trip report so please stay tuned I plan on finishing it this weekend.

We liked the Kona. It was pretty good food. The Poly was so beautiful.

 

[wdwgirl03]

Just found your trip report and joining in. Love the pictures! If you get the chance to stay at the Poly sometime do it! We've stayed there several times in the past and we always enjoyed it.

I want one of those Kona Cones...they look really good!

Oh yes, and to Tyler, you are never too old to have your picture taken with the characters!! hehe

 

[racefanof88]

Just found your trip report and joining in. Love the pictures! If you get the chance to stay at the Poly sometime do it! We've stayed there several times in the past and we always enjoyed it.

I want one of those Kona Cones...they look really good!

Oh yes, and to Tyler, you are never too old to have your picture taken with the characters!! hehe

and thanks for joining....

I hope to stay at the Poly one day. Once, a long long time ago...........lol, I stayed at a Hilton(I think it was) in Montgomery, Al that had a lobby like the Poly. The only problem was they had tropical birds in the lobby and they were VERY loud.

I snagged a little piece of the cotton candy(I love cotton candy) from the Kona Kone and it was good. It was so big neither Amanda nor Dallas could finish it................lol.

I told Tyler the same exact thing. I would love it if SOMEONE in my group would take the camera and get my picture with the characters.

I plan on putting an update on tonight with a little twist................????????

 

[racefanof88]

Wednesday May 7 (I don't have as many pictures of today..............LOL).

We got up and got dressed because we were gonna eat breakfast at the food court. It was yummy. I had strawberry pancakes, Dallas had chocolate chip pancakes, Dale had a ham and cheese sandwich with grits, and Amanda had regular pancakes, Tyler wanted to stay in the room and sleep. We made it back to the room and Tyler was up and dressed. Today is Animal Kingdom day. We can do AK in half a day. Amanda, Dallas and I went to Dinoland so we could ride Dinosaur. Dale and Tyler headed to EE. Dallas has never rode Dinosaur so he was a little scared..........lol.

On the way I did get this picture.


He was MASSIVE.

Dallas and I rode Dinosaur while Amanda rode Primeval Whirl, she was able to ride twice. Dallas wasn't scared on the ride but, he said he didn't like it too much.............
We met back up with Amanda and about this time Dale called and said he and Tyler were through riding EE. They had rode it twice. So we headed toward Asia.
I got a few more pics............LOL

I don't really know why I took this picture, I just liked the look of the red flower on the rock..........

Again another random why did I take this picture? picture

Tyler, Amanda and I decided it was time for Kali River Rapids, now the signs warn you will get wet, you may get SOAKED. Well, guess what Amanda and I got SOAKED. Tyler got wet.......... So, we just rode it again...... We got off and had to buy some clothes to wear. Amanda bought a beautiful towel and a shirt, I bought a shirt and Tyler a pair of sandles, his shoes were soaked too. I had on crocs so they dried quickly.

I love the buses they have parked around.

These guys are soooooooooooo loud.

So we had dinner reservations at Tony's Town Square at 7:25pm but, before we left the room we decided that was too late as we were planning on leaving early the next day to head home. So, before we left for AK that morning I changed the time to 1:05(yes Disney loves the 5 minute thing). Well, since the three of us were drenched and Tyler had not had breakfast we went to the Yak and Yeti counter service seating area to rest. Tyler got some sweet and sour pork, that I had to taste, and it was very good. I got a margarita that was very good too, this one was $7.50 and was just a plain ole margarita. When Tyler finished eating we decided to head to the Jungle Trek and just enjoy the scenery.

Now we still wanted to do Kilimanjaro Safari but by the time we got around it was a 60 minute wait(OK Amanda was right we should have fast passed it when we entered the park) it was now 12:00 so we knew we wouldn't have time. We headed to the van and back to the room. Well, Dale wanted to walk Niko so we had to go to the TTC before we entered the park. Flash back to parking the van and us waiting for Dale. I again had to change the time of the reservation to 2:15 and that was perfect. We made it in the park about 1:30 and we were seated within 10 minutes.

Dale, Amanda and Dallas were elsewhere at this time..........lol

We were a tired group.

This was a great place to eat. The better restaurants, in my opinion, are in the Magic Kingdom. We had a great waiter and they did some role playing and it was so funny. The waitress, who was waiting the table next to ours, was fussing at the people at the table..................it was so funny. We had a great time. I got the chicken parmigiana(way too much food) Dale had the Bianca flatbread(yes he ate something other than a hamburger) Amanda and Dallas had spaghetti, and Tyler had Shrimp Pasta with some big shrimp. Dale is the only one who was able to finish his food.

This was my chicken parmigiana

This was Amanda's cheesecake. The Lady and the Tramp are sprinkled on the plate.

We had 3 take out plates that ended up in the garbage(oops just too much food). The desserts here were great too. Tyler and I had the tiramisu that was just the best thing I think I have ever had, Dale had the spumoni, Amanda had the Chef's Signature cheesecake very nice, and Dallas had an ice cream sundae. We really had a good time here. We were gonna walk in the park a while but we were just too tired so we went back to the room to rest and get everything packed for our drive back the next morning. So I got a few pictures of last looks back.

Dallas had been wanting to ride the ferry the whole trip so this was our last chance.

Pictures from the ferry.

We got back to the room and we all just passed out............lol. When we woke up we realized we still had 4 counter service meals and 5 snacks left on our dining plan. So Dale, Dallas and I went to the food court and got dinner. We had a personal pizza, hamburger, french fries, 2 very good chicken salads, 4 teas, a milkshake, 2 big chocolate chip cookies, a crumb cake and that was the counter service meals we had left. Now for snacks it was just junk like 2 rice krispy treats, a big sucker, a bag of nuts and a bag of cookies. All of this went back to the room for everyone to eat. This is why the food from Tony's ended up in the garbage. We didn't have room in the very small fridge and we just couldn't eat it. The snacks went in a bag for the ride home. We packed the van and all got showers so we could leave early and not have to get showers in the morning. Dale had decided he was going to get up at 3am go get Niko and us be on the I-4 by 4(for those who have seen Johnson Family Vacation you know the reference).

So nite nite and up early for our drive home...........

 

[kafitty]

i'm glad to hear the park wasn't too crowded, i'm hoping to be in WDW around the same time next year. i can barely contain myself.


and i'm cracking up about the Niko thing! i am also a ridiculously devoted dog owner...my dog is absolutely my child. And she's got the same weird personality Niko does - she'll run up to someone and wag her tail and then growl when they try to pet her! i try to tell her she can't have it both ways, but she just doesn't listen, lol...

 

[racefanof88]

i'm glad to hear the park wasn't too crowded, i'm hoping to be in WDW around the same time next year. i can barely contain myself.


and i'm cracking up about the Niko thing! i am also a ridiculously devoted dog owner...my dog is absolutely my child. And she's got the same weird personality Niko does - she'll run up to someone and wag her tail and then growl when they try to pet her! i try to tell her she can't have it both ways, but she just doesn't listen, lol...

Thank you for joining in and . It was nice to be at Disney and it not be overly crowded. A few years back we started going in February and it was wonderful. Now February has gotten crowded. We went in May this year because our daughter was out of school at the time.


Isn't it funny how they think they can have it both ways?............ I guess it is the ole "eating your doggie treat and having it too" type thing. Niko is so loving to us but, wow to poor unknowing strangers. They all think he is "sooooooooooo cute" till he growls and barks like a doberman...........lol. Niko will bark at new stuff we bring into the house. He acts like we need to get his approval before we buy anything new, even clothes...........

 

[kathleen27]

That's great that you could all split up and ride what you wanted at AK!

Our sneakers got soaked on Kali too! They took a while to dry.

Tony's sounds great! That lady and the tramp on the plate is really cute!

 

[racefanof88]

That's great that you could all split up and ride what you wanted at AK!

Our sneakers got soaked on Kali too! They took a while to dry.

Tony's sounds great! That lady and the tramp on the plate is really cute!

Yeah we usually split up because I don't like roller coasters so eveybody gets to ride what they want that way.

I LOVE kali. It is so much fun. I just always seem to forget to take our pouchos..............LOL.

The food at Tony's was very good. The Lady and The Tramp was soooooooooooo cool. I will eat at Tony's again.

 

[racefanof88]

Well, Niko now has a new friend. Her name is Daisy she is 9 weeks old. She is a dapple dachshund. So, next time we go to Disney we will have 2 babies at the kennel.

This is Daisy, not the best picture.