LOVEMY3KIDDOS
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OK, so when we last left off, I was going to bed at 2:00 a.m. on our arrival day. According to our plan, we were supposed to head to MK for a.m. EMH and then to the Poly for a 9:25 a.m. Ohana breakfast. I wasn't sure it was going to happen with our late bed time, but was willing to try. So, I set the alarm for 6:30 and went happily to sleep.
Well, that alarm went off after what felt like 15 minutes. I was tired but dragged myself out of bed, meneuvered my way through the dark room and into the shower. While in the shower, I woke up a bit and realized: "I'm in Disney!" That was enough to give me some pep in my step! I got out, got ready and got Logan's clothes out. Once I was set, I got the kids up and they got ready. While they were dressing, I got our park bag ready and woke Justin. When I got him up, he informed me that he felt worse than he had the night before. GREAT!!! This was not how I wanted to start the trip! I asked what he wanted us to do?? He told me to take the kids and go to the park...not to waste the day (as long as I was comfortable going with all of them alone). Yep...I'm fine...they are good and will listen.
So, about 7:15 or so we were heading out the door and walking to the bus stop. Now, POR has 4 bus stops. Remember...we arrived late and had not seen anything in daylight yet. This is a large resort and finding your way around for the first time is not the easiest task in the world. But, we did ok. We got to the stop at about 7:25 or so and waited about 5 minutes for the bus. We ended up being the only ones on the bus.
Here is Logan on the way to MK for the first time this trip:
We pulled into MK and got through the turnstiles at 7:55!! Woohoo we were there for park opening! But where were all the other people?? The EMH was for 8:00-9:00 a.m. and everyone was already inside and doing their thing at 7:55! Ok...no biggie! Off we go to Fantasyland!
We saw these guys on the way:
And then this:
And don't forget these guys:
A bit of background quickly: I read up prior to this trip about Ridemax. I decided it was worth it and went ahead and bought it to see how it worked for us. So, the kids and I were doing the first trial during this first park day.
Back to business. We headed immediately to Dumbo. There was about a 5-10 minute wait. During our short wait in line, we took a few photos.
And then we got on the ride and took these:
I know this ride is slow and simple, but I really love it!!
After a quick spin on the most famous elephant ever, we went to visit this pretty lady:
Unfortunately, we also saw this lady:
This was our first time ever on this ride. I know it gets a lot of bad reviews, but we actually enjoyed it. I don't know why in all of our trips we never went on, but now we will be sure to go on next time!
Continued in next post...
Well, that alarm went off after what felt like 15 minutes. I was tired but dragged myself out of bed, meneuvered my way through the dark room and into the shower. While in the shower, I woke up a bit and realized: "I'm in Disney!" That was enough to give me some pep in my step! I got out, got ready and got Logan's clothes out. Once I was set, I got the kids up and they got ready. While they were dressing, I got our park bag ready and woke Justin. When I got him up, he informed me that he felt worse than he had the night before. GREAT!!! This was not how I wanted to start the trip! I asked what he wanted us to do?? He told me to take the kids and go to the park...not to waste the day (as long as I was comfortable going with all of them alone). Yep...I'm fine...they are good and will listen.
So, about 7:15 or so we were heading out the door and walking to the bus stop. Now, POR has 4 bus stops. Remember...we arrived late and had not seen anything in daylight yet. This is a large resort and finding your way around for the first time is not the easiest task in the world. But, we did ok. We got to the stop at about 7:25 or so and waited about 5 minutes for the bus. We ended up being the only ones on the bus.
Here is Logan on the way to MK for the first time this trip:

We pulled into MK and got through the turnstiles at 7:55!! Woohoo we were there for park opening! But where were all the other people?? The EMH was for 8:00-9:00 a.m. and everyone was already inside and doing their thing at 7:55! Ok...no biggie! Off we go to Fantasyland!
We saw these guys on the way:

And then this:



And don't forget these guys:

A bit of background quickly: I read up prior to this trip about Ridemax. I decided it was worth it and went ahead and bought it to see how it worked for us. So, the kids and I were doing the first trial during this first park day.
Back to business. We headed immediately to Dumbo. There was about a 5-10 minute wait. During our short wait in line, we took a few photos.



And then we got on the ride and took these:









I know this ride is slow and simple, but I really love it!!
After a quick spin on the most famous elephant ever, we went to visit this pretty lady:


Unfortunately, we also saw this lady:

This was our first time ever on this ride. I know it gets a lot of bad reviews, but we actually enjoyed it. I don't know why in all of our trips we never went on, but now we will be sure to go on next time!
Continued in next post...