The "I'll never do Disney in the summer", summer trip report!

[dismagiclover]

Adorable CP pictures! It looks like everyone is having lots of fun

 

[letstalkboutdisney]

What a great picture of the castle!
Do you remember where you were standing to get that shot?
Beautiful pictures of the kids with the characters!
I hope the advil helped your legs feel better.

 

[simplymama]

Sorry I went MIA, but my laptop's hard drive decided to die on me on Friday. Thankfully I had all my photos still on the memory card, so no loss there, but I had to get them uploaded onto my new net book.

Yesterday, dh and I were busy celebrating 23 years of marriage. WOW!!

Hope to get another post up tonight.

 

[simplymama]

What a great picture of the castle!
Do you remember where you were standing to get that shot?
Beautiful pictures of the kids with the characters!
I hope the advil helped your legs feel better.

If I remember correctly, it was just at the top of Main Street, where we made the turn to head to CP.

 

[simplymama]

I love the way my little guy wakes up with smiles even when it's early

Minnie skirts would be appropriate dress for our first destination of the morning.

Our two oldest had gone off to the Magnolia to Golf so there were only 9 of us going today. This was honestly I think the only time that we walked out to the Monorail at the Grand Floridian that there wasn't either a train waiting or one approaching quickly. It was so early everything was hazy and covered with morning dew including my camera lens. But it was so peaceful and empty it was the perfect opportunity for a photo.

Just a monorail ride away to our destination.......

 

[DevonsDisneyMom]

Enjoying the report!! You have such a lovely family!!! 9 kids!! Wow, and I thought dealing with one was tough!!! Can't wait to read the next update!

 

[simplymama]

sorry about that...lol

I love the way my little guy wakes up with smiles even when it's early

Minnie skirts would be appropriate dress for our first destination of the morning.

Our two oldest had gone off to the Magnolia to Golf so there were only 9 of us going today. This was honestly I think the only time that we walked out to the Monorail at the Grand Floridian that there wasn't either a train waiting or one approaching quickly. It was so early everything was hazy and covered with morning dew including my camera lens. But it was so peaceful and empty it was the perfect opportunity for a photo.

Just a monorail ride away to our destination.......

 

[Echo queen]

Great report, enjoying the kids.

 

[simplymama]

We were there. The coveted reservation. The one that took many many many phone calls and many many many rejections until we heard the magic words of YES. Persaverance pays off, especially when it comes to wanting to eat with a Mouse...

After loading up our plates with some pretty yummy breakfast foods it wasn't long before the Chef himself was at our table.

Happy giggles and smiles by all...

(there's that hat again...bad son, bad mama)


A high five for Goofy....

Pluto's nose was wet and cold. Yep, he's in good health!!

Donald was in a dancing mood..

The girls were so excited to finally see her...

Everybody Loves Minnie!!!!

It was so much fun. I'm so glad that I kept trying to ge this resrvation. It was well worth the effort!!


Up next...A family tradition......

 

[3BoysRDisneyFreaks]

What a nice looking family! I get comments all the time about having 4 boys. I can only imagine what you hear!


Sarah

 

[simplymama]

Enjoying the report!! You have such a lovely family!!! 9 kids!! Wow, and I thought dealing with one was tough!!! Can't wait to read the next update!

Aww thanks!!!!

 

[simplymama]

What a nice looking family! I get comments all the time about having 4 boys. I can only imagine what you hear!


Sarah

Thank you. I bet you can imagine. I'm a lot tougher now, than I used to be. Of course having older kids now, were not out as much as a group. This last Disney trip, we only had one off the wall comment, that had us lol

 

[mousebymarriage]

Wonderful trip report and pics can't wait to hear more. You have a beautiful family!

 

[adsrtw]

What a great looking family! I can't wait to read more.

 

[disneygirlinnj]

awwww i love seeing all the kids with the characters!

 

[simplymama]

Wonderful trip report and pics can't wait to hear more. You have a beautiful family!

Oh thank you. I'm working on the next part of our day now.

 

[simplymama]

What a great looking family! I can't wait to read more.

Thank you so much!

 

[simplymama]

awwww i love seeing all the kids with the characters!

They really enjoyed it so much. I think that's the one problem with always being the photographer. Your so busy taking photos, in some ways you sort of miss out on the actual excitement in the kids faces in the moment. When I look at their expressions, I can see how those aren't just smile for the camera smiles, but real true having the time of our lives smiles.

 

[simplymama]

After breakfast we headed over to the Magic Kingdom. Our timing was good again, and as we approached the castle it was just in time for to catch the majority of the "Dream along with Mickey" performance.

After that we headed over to Fantasyland. The line for Peter Pan was a bit long with a 45 minute wait so we grabbed Fast Passes.

It's a Small World was a walk on. Just walked right up to our boat and we were off...

So back to that family tradition.

Well it's a ride that we stand in line for no matter how long it is. Once, about 6 years ago, we stood in line for it for 2 hours for Beth, much to the protest of some older brothers. Today the wait was only about 40 minutes. Jospeh was having another nap. No way was mommy waking him this time. Despite, the seemingly endless naps, he really only gave us an hour or so asleep in his stroller each day, so he needed to catch his zzzs when he could. I went and found a covered spot to sit.

They moved through the line and as they neared the front, I found a better spot where I could get some pictures. Thankfully my spot was under a tree, because just as they were first in the line a BIG cloud decided to open up.

The raindrops were HUGE!

The Seats were WET!

But it didn't stop the SMILES!

After Dumbo, Jack wanted to climb his Beanstalk.

But needed a little help from big brother.

We then rode "Snow White's Scary Adventure" and used our Fast Passes for Peter Pan, before we headed back to the Grand.

There was a big surprise for the little girls coming up, so we had to get ready.

 

[DisneyFreak06]

Great Chef Mickey's pictures! I love breakfast there, although I've only been once.

I love the rain pictures, especially your little girl's face/body as she smiles but flinches in the rain.

Thanks again for sharing your trip with us!