The final full day, whatever will we do?? Disneyguy Update 8/30/07

[Micky's biggest fan!]

I am soo enjoying your trip....hopefully not half as much as you are! Your children are just adorable, and like everyone else following your day by day plays, I am glad the little man is feeling better!
How many days are you there for??? It sounds as if you are hitting all the parks and rides without much waiting!! Anticipating today's events!!!! Thanks again!!

23 days till CBR , your trip totally has me psched!!!!

Melissa

 

[DisneyGuy758]

I am soo enjoying your trip....hopefully not half as much as you are! Your children are just adorable, and like everyone else following your day by day plays, I am glad the little man is feeling better!
How many days are you there for??? It sounds as if you are hitting all the parks and rides without much waiting!! Anticipating today's events!!!! Thanks again!!

23 days till CBR , your trip totally has me psched!!!!

Melissa

Thank you very much Melissa. Our kids are great, even with the oldest being a little on the ADHD side. We got here last Friday, and it pretty much was a wasted day. It rained, and by rain I mean thunder and lightning and torrential downpours, for the entire evening. The longest line we had to wait in was for Primeval Whirl...and that was only around 15 minutes. We just got back from a morning at the Magic Kingdom. THere were rides there we hadn't hit the first time through. Pirates, Splash Mt, Monsters Inc, and yes, Tom and I did Stitch. I miss Alien Encounter . Little to no wait for any of them. I have a few minutes, as both boys and the wife are trying for a nap, so I'll get the morning report outta the way now.

Our first stop at Magic Kingdom was the barber shop. Kellen got his first hair cut. He was born with a very long tail of hair and we very much liked it. I got him on the chair, and told the lady, Penny, what we wanted. Just a trim on the tail and a trim all around. Nothing too major. And faster than I could say no....the tail was gone . My wife said, 'she cut it off?!' I kinda gave her a uh....yeah face. That depressed her. I tried to tell her that it would grow back, but I don't think she believed me. We got Kell free ears and a certificate. I wasn't that bad of a hair cut...he's just tail-less now. So we went through the castle next, it had been shut off earlier in our trip, so we were happy to be able to go all the way through. Made out way into Frontierland and grabbed a child swap pass for Splash Mt. Rebecca and Tom got on, and Kell and I waited. Kell found himself a girlfriend while we waited.

I met up with them in the gift shop, and was informed that Tom didn't wanna go on again. He said it was scary. This is the same kid who went on RNR the night before. Kids these days. So off I went, all by myself. I got a boat all to my lonesome and promptly got soaked when one boat came down the plunge and it's splash hit me. The rest of the ride was ok and the plunge wasn't too wettening(yes, I like to make up words.). We wandered some more and found these two scally waggers waiting for us.

Kellen loves the characters. Not scared a bit. After that we walked on to Pirates. Yeah, you heard me. Walked on to. I like the changes they've made in it, adding Jack and co. Ties it in with the movies well. We wanted lunch after and the Pirate and Parrot was closed, so we headed to omorrowland. But not before we hit the Jungle Cruise, we had THE best skipper ever. He loves with job very much....maybe a bit too much. Rebecca wanted to go through the Swiss Family Tree house, so we did that, me lugging a 25+lb baby up and down the stairs there. Ugh. Then we again started to make our way to Tomrrowland for some eats...but got stopped by these guys.

Look at Kellens face...how happy is he? So finally we made our way to Cosmic Rays Startlight Cafe. And after losing a finger or two to the prices, we had lunch. I shouldn't complain really, just under thirty bucks for three cheeseburgers(one with bacon), two large cokes, a chocolate milk and a white milk. A full meal for the 4 of us at Applebees or TGI Fridays would be probably ten bucks more than that. So we refuled, and Kellen evacutated his excess materials(Tomorrowland talk for, he took a poop.). It was daddies turn to change him up so I did and we moved on. We hit the Laugh Floor of Monsters Inc, and although funny....it could've been longer. Kellen fell asleep shortly before that and slept through the entire thing. Tom and I hit Stitch, and once again, although it's nice to see the parks intergrating some of the newer characters...I miss Alien Encounter, badly. It was one of my favorite attractions here. But I digress. We starte back up Main St and I talked mommy into Ice Cream. Sloppiest, ice cream, ever. Good yes, just waaaaay too hot to be eating outside. I'm still sticky. They started their Family Day parade, thingy. There were some great characters, and one I wasn't sure I'd see on this trip.

Yes, that's Daisy Duck. From what I hear she's kinda rare, so we got a lot of pictures of her. After the parade, we hit the bus and now here I am. The boys are sleeping, so is the wife. I need to hit the front desk for some monetary issues and who knows after that!? We'll find out tonight!


Thanks for taking the time to read!!



Andre

 

[Disney's Fab 4]

Disney Guy.... I am loving your trip report!!!! I'm glad your peanut is feeling better..... I love your pix too.....

 

[annie1995]

Oohhhh, a mid day update!!!! I love those!!!! Great pics, glad he's feeling better. I can't wait for more later!!!

 

[Micky's biggest fan!]

I cannot believe how well Kellen just goes and goes. I hope my two year old has that much stamina. He is so stinkin cute with the characters!! Keep the pics coming, but more importantly have a magical time!!

Melissa

 

[DisneyGuy758]

Ok, sorry about the non-update yeaterday...but you know, Disney World and all. There wasn't much to update about anyways really. The boys rested, mom too, we went to the cafeteria and got some dinner and then we headed to DTD. We hadn't gone to the West Side yet, so that was out main goal. We pushed through the throngs of people who seemed to only want to stand in our way. We have a GIGANTIC three wheeled stroller...are you gonna stare at it, or move out of its way? I really wanted to go to Raglan Road, being Irish and all. So we got to the gift shop, and I was quite underwhelmed. Nothing really struck my fancy. We got a coupla postcards, and some really neat Irish Legends and Irish Tales books and moved on. I'll read Kellen the Legend of Fionn Mac Cumhail for a bedtime story later. We had to go into the Harley store, Tom is a motorcycle fan, thanks to his Poppa. Then I wanted to look for a book at Virgin, but didn't find it. So we heaeded back home.

Wasting time at the gift shop

Day Five, getting closer to the edge.

We woke at our normal 7:30am and evryone got dressed and cleaned up. Kellen thought he could find a way to stay down here for good.

We got some breakfast(mmmmmm....cinnamon bun french toast), and then hit the bus to Epcot. Our first hit was for FPs for Test Track for Tom and I. Got those then hit the Land for the boat ride. Even though it's not fast and/or thrilling everyone loved this ride. Even Tom. The whole idea behind it is great.

After the boat ride, I grabbed more FPs for

(minus the guy who walked right into my shot, thanks buddy.)

We headed back to Test Track and got our place in line there. Tom was anxious to know all about the ride. I told him it went really fast. That was pretty much all he wanted to hear. I got our picture on Photopass and we headed out. Not before Kellen found something he liked though.

We had a noon ADR at Rose and Crown and made our way there. We got a nice seat and and a great Waitress(Karen) and used our DDR to the max. I got the Potato and Leek Soup and the Shepards Pie, Rebecca got the soup too and the Tea Time Chicken. She said the chicken was fantastic, I didn't try. Oddly enough, Tom didn't like the soup at all, but Kellen ate it up. Almost half of moms bowl. Everything else was good, but Karen seemed to disappear near the end, and our Soarin' FP time was coming ever closer. As soon as we got out of the R&C Tom and I bolted back to Future World and made it with 4 minutes to spare. We got in line and finally took our seats. This was my first time on Soarin' so I guess I could sum it up with, hoooolllleeeee cr@p. This was unlike any Disney ride I've EVER been on, and I've been on a lot of them. It's like they took one of the 360 movies and put it on it's side and flew you through it. It was so realistic, and kinda scary. A couple times I found myself grabbing for the handhold. Now only if I could've gotten a picutre of Toms face...pure joy. He LOVED it. He wanted to go on it again right then. Maybe we can fit it in tomrrow. By then it was time to head back to our room so we could get ready for mom and dads night out.

Rebecca and I got changed and our babysitter from Kids Night out showed up right on time. When she came in, I thought who's gonna babysit her? She was around 20 years old. A very nice girl, Vanessa. We felt comfortable and headed out. It took about five minutes to get used to the idea that it was just the two of us right then. We hopped a bus to the MK and then hitched a monorail to the Contemporary, checked in on the second floor and got into the elevator for the California Grill. We were one of the first reservations of the night and I requested a window seat, which we got.

I got the California Roll sushi and Rebecca got the Lobster salad. Mine was ok, but I'm not a big fan of Sushi, so I probably won't try it again anywhere. Rebecca's was fantastic. I have pics of the appitizers, but won't bore(read: tease) you with such things. I had the Red Snapper and Rebecca the Oak fired steak. Both were spectacular, and our deserts were on the same level. Plum tart for Rebecca and the chocolate cake and coffee(ice cream) for me. We shared a nice glass of Tokaij wine, like nectar of the gods that stuff is. When we were done we hit MK solo. Our first stop was to get FPs for BTMRR. We got those and were about to jump into stand by for Splash Mt when some very nice man offered us his FPs for Splash that were good right then. I think his daughter ewas too short to go on. We thanked him and jumped in line. In no time at all we were floating through the briar patch, and down came a boat.....SPLASH!! We were drenched...and hadn't even gone down the drop yet. We went through the rest of the ride, loving every minute and then down the drop, and barely got a drop on us. We snagged our picture and a coupla new shirts and headed next door to Big Thunder. We got on board and correct me if I'm wrong, but it seemed to be longer than I remembered. I loved it. Rebecca, not so much. Kinda made her sick to her stomach. We headed to the exit, but not before I grabbed one last photo for the night.

Don't mind the people at the bottom, I've never seen them before in my life .

We got our bus back to the resort, and I paid the babysitter(85$). We got a quick report on what they did for the night, and she was off. It's a great service, I'd do it again. But that's the good news folks. I talked to my mother tonight, and in 2009 we're making a return trip, with Gamra(as the boys call her) in tow. Built in babysitter!!!!

So, that's it for now. I'm dead tired, and we wanna make the most of tomorrow, our last full day. So I'm off to bed folks!


Thanks again for reading!!!


Andre

 

[DisneyGuy758]

Let me preface this with the note that there are no, again, no pictures in todays update. I will be updating with a TON of pictures at a later date. We need to be up early tomorrow to hit the Magical Express in the morning.


Howdy folks. This is it, the last hurrah. The whole enchilada. The big bang. The....well, you get the point. We had planned on hitting three, yes, three parks today but that got cut short by one park. We got up around 6:30am, the boys gobbled down some pop tarts, Mom and I grabbed something quick from the cafeteria and we hopped the bus to Epcot. Our first stop on the theme park express was the Character Spot in Epcot. We got tons of great Photopass shots with all the characters. We then steamed over to Imagination, as Kellen loves Figment. We were the only people on the ride, and had a blast! I even saw the hidded mickey on the desk in the sight section. Wait, go back ten minutes. I sent the family to Imagination while I grabbed FPs to Soarin'. After Imagination, Tom and I took a ride on Soarin' again. He loves that ride. We had the last row this time, I much prefer the front, as you don't see the rest of the people dangling beside you. From there we headed to the gate, and the monorail. We had to switch at the TTC, and were then on our way to Magic Kingdom. One of our first plans there was to go on Peter Pans flight, but the line was already at a 40 minute wait. We jumped across to Small World. One word, ugh. Rebecca wanted to go on it, but was willing to give it up for Peter Pan. But we fell back on it after all. So we went through that torch....um, ride and felt the urge to eat something. Odd as it was only noon. Freshly refuled, we wandered over to Mickey's PhilharMagic. Remember, those doors open 'AutoMagically!' It was a nice movie, but I prefer Muppet Vision any day. We hit a few shops and then took the train all the way around the park, to the entrance to leave so the boys could both have a nap. They did that, and Rebecca went to DTD to look for sweatshirts. She called and thought we should just go an meet back at MK, as we had a 5pm ADR at the Crystal Palace. We met up, and were promptly rang for our seat. We had a nice seat near the front, and didn't have to wait too long for the characters to come by, except for Tigger...he seemed to like the other side better. The food was ok. You'd think they'd have semi-'normal' foor at such a family themed place, but Thai Curried Mussels? Come on now. We ate, and ate, and ate, took picture after picture and got all the autographs we could handle and decided to head out. We got a few last Photopass shots in, and made our way down Main St to hit the Emporium. Got some last minute goodies, and when we walked out, at 7:30, noticed the people lining the streets for the 9pm parade. Guess what we did. Planted our rears. Kellen planted a bit too hard and needed a diaper change, so I took a little walk. Slowly the time ticked by. Then finally, it was time. I've never seen a Spectromagic parade, I'm kinda upset that this was my first, and last for a while. The parade was fantastic, and we made our way through the hordes of people going the other way for Wishes. We, on the other hand, needed to come back here to pack. So, after putting the boys down(you're short, your belly button sticks out way too far and you're a terrible burden on your poor mother. That's how we usually put them down. ) we started packing. We got about a third way there, and realized that we didn't have enough room. So, I made and executive decision, and went and bought a new suitcase in the gift shop. I'm sorry to say that one of the boys will now have to go to Community College as the new bag cost about three semesters of tuition for a Ivy league school. But, we got packed and we're ready to hear those alarms at 6:30am tomorrow morning.....or not.

Well thanks everyone for reading along. I'm glad I kept you somewhat entertained along the way. Like I said above, there will be an update with TONS of photos. Maybe even some Photopass ones in the future.


Thanks again!


Andre

 

[DisneyGuy758]

Double post. Nothing to see here people, move along.

 

[Disney's Fab 4]

terrific... Still loving all the stories!!!! 1 question... Overall, what did you think of the crowd situation???????? very curious...
By the way... Really love the photo of the castle from over head looks like you took it from an airplane..... beautiful picutre!

 

[annie1995]

Awwww, its over already???!!! I can't wait for the final update with more pictures after you get home. I'm glad you all had a great time!!!! BTW, my DS is totally looking forward to eating those Thai curry mussels at CP. I'll bet he could probably eat his weight in those . Thats all I have heard him talk about eating LOL!!! Anyhoo, safe trip home, and update when you can!!!

 

[annie1995]

Hey, you never finished your TR. Is it too late now?