The Greatest Trip There Ever Was!

The EE photopass pics are gorgeous! The color is just perfect on them. I really want to try Flametree, but the day I wanted to go there it's closed. :sad1: Maybe it will reopen earlier than scheduled..that would make my day!

I adore FOTLK and I love the girl who's the bird too. So graceful and beautiful.
 
Awww I seriously love AK so much and you're making me miss it even more than usual...but that's a good thing!

The PP photographers got some really great shots of you guys! I love the ones where EE is in the background and the ones of you and Steph with Goofy are too cute.

You're so lucky to have such amazing friends who love Landon so much. He is so lucky too! :thumbsup2

Glad to hear your job is going so well, I wish something new would come along for me too. I remember you had a couple of other trips planned for the rest of this year and next. Which ones are you going on? Any chance you'll be there next July?
 
Expedition Everest looks awesome in all of your pictures! Same goes for the Tree of Life! omg omg Did you take Landon to see A bugs Life or whatever that show is inside of the Tree??? I don't think I can fight the urge to take Conner lol is that mean? So glad that you all enjoy the Lion King show, I'll have to request your lion section.
 
So glad that you are liking your new job! New jobs are always tough to start, and it sounds like they gave you a run for your money, but you handled it like a champ!

Do I even need to say it? Nope, but I will anyway....awesome update! Love the pics from EE! I have to say I love that ride but with my motion sickness I can only ride it once per trip... :sad1: Flametree sounds yummy! We have never eaten there, and will miss it on our December trip since have an ADR at Yak & Yeti.

The pics of you guys in front of EE are all so good! The lighting and everything is perfect! Poor Landon and teething! I know how horrible that is! Olivia was getting her 2 year molars on last years trip, and was living on teething tablets and orajel!

I'm so glad you were able to see FOTLK!!! It is by far our favorite show in all of WDW and we cannot go to AK without seeing it at least once! We have probably seen it about 15 times and every single time we have sat in the warthog section!! I think I might have a heart attack if they seated us somewhere else! Olivia and I love the acrobat monkeys and my DH loves the "fire guy" as Olivia calls him.

Once again, I can't wait for another update!

Thanks!! They definitely started me out rough. I'm liking it though and have been told by all my coworkers that it's not usually that insane...so now, hopefully the rest of the time will be a breeze!!

Ahh I would be so sad if I had motion sickness. I'm glad you can enjoy at least once a trip though...EE is a fantastic ride.

The lighting was perfect for those pics. I love it because it wasn't too bright so we weren't all squinty haha.

Aw FotLK is great. The Warthog section would be fun too. Landon would love that...he enjoys making that noise. Gooftball.

I love with the exception of the girl half-heartedly putting her arms up behind you, everyone else in your Everest pic looks just as bored as Dustin! LOL
I'm glad you've settled into your job nicely-- my commute is 45 minutes, but once I get over the terrible rush-hour zone, I can enjoy my iPod and the peace. It's nice!

Yeah, everyone just makes me look like even more of a freak when they all look so not into it and I look like its the greatest moment of my life.

Hopefully your rush hour zone isn't too bad! Mine isn't at all!! So I'm okay with it.

The kid behind Dustin on EE looks scared to open his eyes. :laughing:

I've never tried Flame Tree BBQ but thinking about going there this trip. I'm not a huge fan of BBQ sauce but I'm sure I can find something I'll like. I don't know much about the CS places in AK. That's the one park I feel like I'm slacking on!

Goofy! I love Goofy!!

Last time we saw FOTLK, we were in the warthog section. :) I want to see the show again. It's one of my favorite movies.

Great update! Glad the new job is going well!

Sometimes the best parts of ride pictures is the people are you!! (This is semi-foreshadowing...you have to wait until DHS day though.)

I think you're weird for not like BBQ sauce. haha. Jk. I think you would probably enjoy the pork sandwich we got if you didn't put the sauce on? We put in on ourselves. I think they also have the Picnic in the Park, which sounds good. And the Pizzafari. Maybe one day I'll try them.

You must go see FotLK again!! I wanted to be picked so bad...I would've put my heart and soul in it. But my getting picked luck didn't start in AK. (More foreshadowing, lol!)

I'm so glad you got your Yeti (:
It's a good thing you got it right there and then, wouldn't want you forgetting about it! I know if I would've been like "I'll get it when we're leaving" I totally would have forgotten, and we normally only go to AK once a trip, so I would've lost my chance.
Love the EE ride pics, you always look like you're having such fun

I'm SO glad I got my yeti too!! Landon is in love with him as well. He just fits in so nicely with our family. We only go to AK once too, so I needed to cease the moment!

Too many good pics to comment on!! I love all of the photopass ones with Everest in the back, those came out nice. Your ride photo with Dustin, he looks like he is bored/trying not to get sick :rotfl:

Those ducks at flame tree!! They were biting at our legs/butts while we were eating lunch last October there, thankfully there were little kids running around after them to shoo them away!

Thanks!! I will probably always hold Dustin's face in that pic against him. Hehe!

Those ducks are outrageous. Thank goodness for kids who are equally outrageous. Haha!

Those pics with EE in the background turned out SO good!!

Thanks girl!!

The EE photopass pics are gorgeous! The color is just perfect on them. I really want to try Flametree, but the day I wanted to go there it's closed. :sad1: Maybe it will reopen earlier than scheduled..that would make my day!

I adore FOTLK and I love the girl who's the bird too. So graceful and beautiful.

Thanks, I love them too!! That would be awesome if Flametree opened early than anticipated!! I bet you would love it!! Where are you thinking instead of there since it's closed?

Awww I seriously love AK so much and you're making me miss it even more than usual...but that's a good thing!

The PP photographers got some really great shots of you guys! I love the ones where EE is in the background and the ones of you and Steph with Goofy are too cute.

You're so lucky to have such amazing friends who love Landon so much. He is so lucky too! :thumbsup2

Glad to hear your job is going so well, I wish something new would come along for me too. I remember you had a couple of other trips planned for the rest of this year and next. Which ones are you going on? Any chance you'll be there next July?

Aw...I miss it so much too. We need to go back.

I just LOVE Photopass. We were getting great pics at AK all. I would cry if Photopass didn't exist!!

I am truly so completely blessed that I have so many great, supportive friends who love Landon so much. Stephanie always tells me how Dustin will just randomly be like "I miss Landon!" They're just so cute.

Okay so Christmas this year isn't working out. (Has Lauren told you why?) But Lauren and I still want to go on a trip together...we could totally do July. Is that when you are going? I have decided to not go there for my 21st. There are no deals for that time because it's right in the middle of Spring Break season. Later in the week when I was hanging out with my friend who is a CM, he told me that Spring Break was busier than he had seen all summer and they were closed due to capacity daily. So I don't really want to deal with that for my birthday. I can just have a delayed celebration!! So let me know what time you are thinking!! :goodvibes

I hope you find something new soon!! Hopefully things work out with FL...that'd be ideal!! Can't wait to hear about that!

Expedition Everest looks awesome in all of your pictures! Same goes for the Tree of Life! omg omg Did you take Landon to see A bugs Life or whatever that show is inside of the Tree??? I don't think I can fight the urge to take Conner lol is that mean? So glad that you all enjoy the Lion King show, I'll have to request your lion section.

Thanks!! Landon and I actually didn't go see It's Tough to be a Bug!! There's a good reason why though and we'll get to it in my next update!! Totally get the lion section...the others are elephant, giraffe and warthog. I think the lion is the coolest!! haha. So fun!
 

Okay so Christmas this year isn't working out. (Has Lauren told you why?) But Lauren and I still want to go on a trip together...we could totally do July. Is that when you are going? I have decided to not go there for my 21st. There are no deals for that time because it's right in the middle of Spring Break season. Later in the week when I was hanging out with my friend who is a CM, he told me that Spring Break was busier than he had seen all summer and they were closed due to capacity daily. So I don't really want to deal with that for my birthday. I can just have a delayed celebration!! So let me know what time you are thinking!! :goodvibes

I haven't mentioned it to anyone else yet because I was going to wait until after we found out the news on Saturday morning. :goodvibes

But Tink & Kristen are definitely going in July, so let's try and go then! That would be a blast!
 
Thanks, I love them too!! That would be awesome if Flametree opened early than anticipated!! I bet you would love it!! Where are you thinking instead of there since it's closed?

Not sure where we'll eat. We've been to Pizzafari before and it was ok. Maybe Restaurantosaurus??
 
"How gorgeous is that? I love my castle so much!! It’s gorgeous!! I could take a million pictures of it and not get tired of looking at it. So fabulous!"

I completely agree with you! I must have a 100 pictures of the castle and it never gets old :) but that angle is amazing.....a great picture!
 
I totally forgot to tell you... I was looking through some pictures, and I found my new avatar! "Yes I am a Disney Princess, thanks for asking" It instantly reminded me of you!
 
Aw...I miss it so much too. We need to go back.

I just LOVE Photopass. We were getting great pics at AK all. I would cry if Photopass didn't exist!!

I am truly so completely blessed that I have so many great, supportive friends who love Landon so much. Stephanie always tells me how Dustin will just randomly be like "I miss Landon!" They're just so cute.

Okay so Christmas this year isn't working out. (Has Lauren told you why?) But Lauren and I still want to go on a trip together...we could totally do July. Is that when you are going? I have decided to not go there for my 21st. There are no deals for that time because it's right in the middle of Spring Break season. Later in the week when I was hanging out with my friend who is a CM, he told me that Spring Break was busier than he had seen all summer and they were closed due to capacity daily. So I don't really want to deal with that for my birthday. I can just have a delayed celebration!! So let me know what time you are thinking!! :goodvibes

I hope you find something new soon!! Hopefully things work out with FL...that'd be ideal!! Can't wait to hear about that!

Awww that's so cute that Dustin says that! I feel that way about Chris' niece and nephew, Tink's Little Guy and Lauren's son Jake...they're all so adorable!!

Lauren didn't tell me about Christmas, what happened? I totally agree with you about waiting until after Spring Break, you don't want to deal with park closings and insane crowds on a birthday celebration trip. We can TOTALLY celebrate in July! Ahhhhh I don't know what dates yet though, I'm really waiting for Tink's family to decide when they're going to go. My month is open so it's basically up to when they want to go! Do you have any restrictions for July? OMG I'm sooooooo freakin happy and excited to be able to get to meet you and Landon!!! :banana:
 
I haven't mentioned it to anyone else yet because I was going to wait until after we found out the news on Saturday morning. :goodvibes

But Tink & Kristen are definitely going in July, so let's try and go then! That would be a blast!

Ahh can't wait!!!

Yes July sounds good to me!! Heck, whenever sounds good to me!!

Not sure where we'll eat. We've been to Pizzafari before and it was ok. Maybe Restaurantosaurus??

Hmm I'm not even sure what kind of stuff they have there!

Your photo pass pic's came out really great! Your little man is so cute :goodvibes

Thank you!

"How gorgeous is that? I love my castle so much!! It’s gorgeous!! I could take a million pictures of it and not get tired of looking at it. So fabulous!"

I completely agree with you! I must have a 100 pictures of the castle and it never gets old :) but that angle is amazing.....a great picture!

Haha, thanks!! I love my castle!! I always tell people I'm renting it out to Cinderella!! :rotfl2:

I totally forgot to tell you... I was looking through some pictures, and I found my new avatar! "Yes I am a Disney Princess, thanks for asking" It instantly reminded me of you!

Aw, thanks for thinking of me!! That is a really cute avatar!! I love it!!

Awww that's so cute that Dustin says that! I feel that way about Chris' niece and nephew, Tink's Little Guy and Lauren's son Jake...they're all so adorable!!

Lauren didn't tell me about Christmas, what happened? I totally agree with you about waiting until after Spring Break, you don't want to deal with park closings and insane crowds on a birthday celebration trip. We can TOTALLY celebrate in July! Ahhhhh I don't know what dates yet though, I'm really waiting for Tink's family to decide when they're going to go. My month is open so it's basically up to when they want to go! Do you have any restrictions for July? OMG I'm sooooooo freakin happy and excited to be able to get to meet you and Landon!!! :banana:

Aw...Tink's Little Guy always reminds me of Landon in y'alls tr now!! And I can't wait to meet Jake!! So cute!! How old are Chris' neice and nephew?

Yeah...a celebration in July sounds fantastic!! That would be so fun to have all 4 of us there together! That would be the best. I don't really have any restrictions. I think that's when youth camp usually is, but I probably wouldn't even go to that since I don't like being away from Landon. We HAVE to make it work! That would be amazing!! I'm so jealous you've met both Tink and Lauren!! Not fair!!
 
Aw...Tink's Little Guy always reminds me of Landon in y'alls tr now!! And I can't wait to meet Jake!! So cute!! How old are Chris' neice and nephew?

Yeah...a celebration in July sounds fantastic!! That would be so fun to have all 4 of us there together! That would be the best. I don't really have any restrictions. I think that's when youth camp usually is, but I probably wouldn't even go to that since I don't like being away from Landon. We HAVE to make it work! That would be amazing!! I'm so jealous you've met both Tink and Lauren!! Not fair!!

Chris' niece and nephew and 2 1/2 and 9 months and I just love them both to piecessss!! We took his niece to Target last week and it was really hard not to just buy her everything to make her happy because she's so cuteee :laughing: I really can't wait to meet little Landon and of course you too :)

Having all 4 of us together would be AMAZING! I know Chris and I are going to rent DVC points and I'm pretty sure that's what Lauren wanted to do too. Would you do that or stay at Pop or somewhere again? Pop was great so I wouldn't blame you if you stayed there again. Don't be jealous that I've met them both because you'll get to meet all 3 of us now in July! :woohoo:
 
Chris' niece and nephew and 2 1/2 and 9 months and I just love them both to piecessss!! We took his niece to Target last week and it was really hard not to just buy her everything to make her happy because she's so cuteee :laughing: I really can't wait to meet little Landon and of course you too :)

Having all 4 of us together would be AMAZING! I know Chris and I are going to rent DVC points and I'm pretty sure that's what Lauren wanted to do too. Would you do that or stay at Pop or somewhere again? Pop was great so I wouldn't blame you if you stayed there again. Don't be jealous that I've met them both because you'll get to meet all 3 of us now in July! :woohoo:

Aw I bet they are soooo cute!! It is so hard not to buy stuff for kids!! I have a super cute cousin too and his dad is a doctor so he kinda gets a lot of stuff and one time my mom commented to him how spoiled he was, and he went "not spoiled, loved!" :laughing: So now I think of that whenever I"m spoiling!!

Hmmm I will try to rent points if I can. I want to so bad. But I looooove Pop and would be completely fine there too!! That'll be amazing!! You have to let me know as soon as you know dates for sure!! :goodvibes
 
After we roared like ferocious lions at the Festival of the Lion King, we decided to make our way towards DINOLAND!!! Woohooooooo!!

Except we made a quick stop on our way over there for more PhotoPass!!
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YEAH BABY!!!! Another jumping picture in front of a Disney park landmark!

So after our run in with the paparazzi (I felt cooler saying that instead of Photopass haha), we finally make our way over to Dinosaur!! I tell Dustin and Steph they can go back in time first and Landon and I make our way over to the gift shop.

Can I just say I think these are so cute even though I’d never buy them?
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I did purchase a purple shirt with a brontosaurs on it that says “Vegetarian” for my best friend back home and sent it back to the room. After that, I quickly got tired of going in circles around that tiny gift shop, so Landon and I parked back by the little tv’s with the ride pics.
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Landon wanted OUT and to run around!! So I let him!
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I love this pic because Landon is standing still for once and he was actually saying “cheese” but you can just see all over his face that he is just aching to run around and not pose for me anymore! Lol!

Before too long, Dustin and Steph came back to the present and Dustin decided to go back in time again with me!! We were screaming our heads off the whole time, it was hilarious.
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Afterwards, we made our way over to Kali River Rapids to use those fast passes finally!! Dustin and Steph went first and Landon and I went to go watch them at the end. I wanted to try to snap a picture of them, but Landon was getting pretty fussy, so we went and got a popsicle instead. We shared it on some benches near the exit. A family came and sat next to me. There were 3 kids and one of the daughters had cancer. She had a Make-A-Wish button (or something similar) on and I had the loveliest chat with them. All the kids were telling all about their trip and which parks and rides they liked best. They were so sweet and I really enjoyed talking to them. They left right as Dustin and Steph were coming out.

I then went on Kali myself. It was fun. I got wet. I loved the ride. It was so amazing. Way better than any similar ride I’ve been on. It was nice relief from that scorching sun as well.

At some point during the day, we had obtained more Everest fastpasses though I don’t recall when. After our Kali ride, we went back to Everest. Dustin and Steph went first again. I went to that little viewing area where you can see people going down the big drop. Landon passed out within seconds of being in the shade by a little wall there.

I was sitting in like the first row and there was this family there and the little boy took a picture of his parents like right when the coaster was coming down. I thought that was SUCH a good idea. After they left, a mom came and was there with a few kids trying to take their picture. So I offered to take the picture so she could be in it and framed the picture with the moment and took it as the coaster was going down for them.

Then Dustin and Steph came back and I went again!! Woohoo!! As we were walking into the line, my shoe broke!! I was wearing my cute, black, hidden Mickey flip flops that I had gotten on my trip in September 2009. I was heartbroken. (Lynn…this are just like your white ones!)

I took this picture to show my broken shoe and because Steph and I thought it was cool because 14 was the same row we were in on our first ride of the day!
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It’s the right one…the front part that goes between my toes just detached.
I got over it soon because our train was here!

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And…this time…we got a video of journey for your viewing pleasure! Enjoy!!

Haha I hope y’all liked that. I thought it was freaking magical.

When we met back up with Dustin, we wanted to get one of the pics with the mountain and the coaster. Of course...he could only get one or other. (And couldn't even get us looking in the one where he got the mountain. Oh well.)

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We ran into a Photopass photographer AGAIN and of course, we stopped.

This was the only time a photog took a pic of my little prince while he was sleeping!
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So a TON of good pictures of just us grown ups. Of course, in these pictures, I look like a kid while they look like grown ups. Dang tall people.
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AHHHH YETI!!!!!

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Oh yeah, TWO jumping shots in ONE park!! LOVE IT!! This is like the best one of the whole trip, one of like two where all of us are actually in the air. YAY!!

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Hiiiii, Tink!!

So then we were just going to leisurely stroll out and…STEPH AND I SPOT A RAINBOW OVER EVEREST!! I cannot even explain how excited we were. Pictures do not do it justice. We were like jumping because we were both so in love with Everest and it was so pretty. I’m pretty sure Dustin wanted to walk away and pretend he didn’t know us…but he would’ve gotten lost so he didn’t. Haha. Oh well. Here is the beauty!
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The picture made it look soooo faint but it’s there. It was really vibrant in real life. I loved it!! Truly magical!!

As we were walking I tried to kind of hold the little strap part between my toes but it was just not working out for me. So I was kind of hobbling around. What can you do?

We passed by It’s Tough to be a Bug and there were just about to start in a few minutes. Dustin really wanted to go on it and Landon was still asleep. Strollers can’t go in and I wasn’t about to wake him up for that, so I told them to go watch it together and I’d be in the gift shop.

I was walking around pathetically with one shoe on and one off and a CM approached me and inquired about it. I showed her my broken shoe and she took pity on me. She asked me if I loved that pair and I said I did, and she told me that they didn’t have that one. Then she kind of left and came back! She told me to hold on to my pair and try to exchange it somewhere else and then showed me their selection of flip flops and let me take my pick for FREE!! They only had the rubber ones, so I got the hot pink ones with a Mickey outline. Nothing special about the shoe, but EVERYTHING was special about the experience! I was so excited!! How magical is that?! I had shoes!!

Right after I got my shoes, Landon woke up and wanted to run around. So he and I headed towards the ITTBAB exit and Landon got very excited by some of the little crane guys out running around!! He chased them up until he saw his godfather!
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We got one last Photopass picture before exiting the park about an hour before it closed…5 o clock, I believe.
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What would we do with the rest of our night?
 
Thats awesome that you got new shoes for free! I can't imagine walking around those parks with a broken shoe..or no shoe. I think I'm going to take advantage of the paparazzi on this upcoming trip of ours...I've never really gotten into them, but yours are turning out so cute. The pictures with baby simba are super cute, but I think all of the Tink ones are my favorite.

Soooo it sounds like, IF Landon had been awake, you would have attempted its tough to be a bug. I just dont think I will be able to help myself, hopefully Conner won't crap his pants, I'll just sit near the exit.

Did you take Landon into any of the 3D shows on this trip??
 
I want to get the Simba picture! Me and my sis have to do that. We both love the Lion King.

That picture of you guys jumping in front of the Tree of Life is great. Dustin's face is priceless. :laughing:

That's awesome they gave you a free pair of shoes! It's moments like that that make you looooove Disney World (as if we needed another reason!). I like your flip flops that broke lol. Where did you get those? I'll have to look for them while I'm down there.
 
LOVED the video! And the photopass pics are wonderful! I wasnt too sure I was going to take advantage of that this trip but in seeing yours now I am thinking I have to! Its just me a DF and it really does bring home the magic!

I am loving this TR so much - its like I am there with you! And Landon is to precious. :love:
 
Your EE video was HILARIOUS! :rotfl:

The pic of you guys in front of the mountain with the coaster coming down was a great idea.

That's so nice you were able to get a new pair of flip flops for free! Gotta love Disney :goodvibes
 
I love that you got TWO jumping pictures in AK! You made out like a bandit with the PP pictures, they are all sooo good. You really do look like a little kid next to two adults when you're in between Dustin and Stephanie :rotfl:

Landon is seriously being so good this whole trip...he naps when he gets tired, runs when he is hyper and just takes it all in :goodvibes

What a magical moment to have the CM see your broken shoe and give you brand new ones! That is the Disney magic that we all know and love :thumbsup2
 















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