Third time is a Charm***Our Halloween at the Poly!

[maiapapaya]

Sorry to hear that Breezy is so sick. There was a big H1N1 outbreak here (fortunately the worst of it was while we were away). Most of the kids had VERY mild cases. Hoping that she feels better soon!!! Keeping all of you in our thoughts. (I feel like I should be asking if there is anything I can do to help, but I guess Chicago is a little far to drop off a lasagne. )

 

[my2disneyboys]

So sorry to hear about the H1N1! Both my boys got it a few weeks after we returned from Disney in May. The fever lasted a couple days and then all was back to normal. I hope for a speedy recovery for Breezy!

BTW.... I really love your trip report and the pics!! Great job

 

[ladybugmom]

How fun!! I didn't know that you trick-or-treated around the Poly!! And congrats on Breezy winning the costume contest--she looked adorable!!

So sorry to hear that Breezy is sick. I hope she feels better soon!

 

[BreezysMom]

Thanks all for the kind words. Breezy's fever is finally under 100 degrees which was the most worrisome to me. Now she has this incredibly nasty cough! It really sounds horrible.

Today I went to the grocery store and shopped for Thanksgiving. Due to the 7 day quarantine that the doctor reccommended, we can't go to my parents house so we are going to have a small quiet Thanksgiving at home. While I am sad that Breezy won't get to see her cousins, aunts, uncles and Grandparents, there is a part of me that is selfishly glad that we get to stay home and stuff ourselves and then retreat to the couch in a turkey coma Although instead of my Mom doing all the cooking, I will have to do it but since it is just the three of us I got a small breast that we will grill and the rest of the stuff is easy epecially since we can't leave the house all week so take away all the typical running around and it will be a welcome diversion

One Thanksgiving when Bri was four years old I think, she woke up with a fever. I ran out to the store and was able to snag one of those "bird in a box" all ready cooked Thanksgiving dinners and we had a makeshift last minute dinner alone. I cried the whole day I was getting things ready. But then when we sat down and had a nice quiet dinner and watched The Polar Express after dinner and I look back at it being one of the nicest Thanksgivings ever. I love my family but there is the 35 mile each way drive and then all of us together in the same room..... It is a scene from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"

Come to think of it, by Thursday I may not sound so sane...

Can you tell I am already going a little stir crazy as I am just going on and on....

OK, I will update tomorrow! Thanks again everyone

 

[tarak]

I hope Breezy feels better soon. I know what you mean about having a small Thanksgiving meal. Years ago, my mom was out of town and it was just my dad, my sister and me. We went to the officer's club at the air force base. The food was awful, but it was nice to not have to cook or worry about anyone's expectations.

 

[JLR]

I have been reading your TR and loving it. I am so sorry to hear about Breezy's sickness. I hope she gets well soon! I hope you don't mind a suggestion. Several years ago I had to make a Thanksgiving meal for just our family of (then) 3 - I cooked cornish game hens. Fun, quick, and a lot less mess! (And 3 wishbones if you are careful!) Thank you for taking to time to post this TR.

Julie

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

I am loving your trip report!! I am happy to hear that Breezy is feeling better.. my boys had the H1N1 too.. be prepared for a second round of it.. they had a high fever for 2 days.. nothing for a day.. and then the fever came back.. I have heard it does this.. along with a lasting cough for a good week! But I am glad to hear she is starting to feel better and I hope you have a nice relaxing Thanksgiving.. we (family of 4) are all alone this year and we are looking forward to it!!

 

[BreezysMom]

I am loving your trip report!! I am happy to hear that Breezy is feeling better.. my boys had the H1N1 too.. be prepared for a second round of it.. they had a high fever for 2 days.. nothing for a day.. and then the fever came back.. I have heard it does this.. along with a lasting cough for a good week! But I am glad to hear she is starting to feel better and I hope you have a nice relaxing Thanksgiving.. we (family of 4) are all alone this year and we are looking forward to it!!

Yes, I am just discovering that...she was fever free since last night but just spiked! She also has a nasty cough and developed pneumonia This virus is nasty. I can't remember my child being so miserable!

We had to head back to the doctor today and she is feeling really crummy so I have been giving a lot of TLC! She is sleeping now so I decided to steal a moment and escape to the DIS for a bit!

I am looking forward to DH coming home so I can go workout or I might crack up! I am not used to being stuck home! I am so thankful we have our trip to look back on and smile

Thanks for the well wishes

 

[Zuzu03]

Poor Breezy! I hate when my daughter's sick - I just want to take it away from her! DD got a concussion this weekend playing basketball and I felt so bad for her (and it freaked me out). Breezy will always remember this Thanksgiving as being the Thanksgiving she got H1N1, poor baby! I hope she feels better soon!

 

[BreezysMom]

You would think after a week of being stuck at home with a sick child I would finish this report by now but with all going on I could just not "get into it" with Breezy being so sick! She is much better now and we both can't wait for her to head back to school on Monday and I will get back to work! I am thankful she weathered this virus and I almost feeled a bit relieved that it is past us...I hope.

Did everyone have a nice Thanksgiving? Ours was nice a quiet and now we are in full holiday mode! I was getting ready to head to Disney this time last year!! We toned down decorations last year because of the trip but this year we are totally decking the house out! We are waiting until next weekend to get the tree because we get a real one. But all the outside stuff is up and the house it pretty much decorated!

I guess I need to start shopping soon!

 

[BreezysMom]

So Day 5 was a Sunday...it seemed very quiet around. We saw a lot of people with their suitcases getting ready to check out and head home. It was another beautiful day. Hot but sunny and big, beautiful, white, fluffy clouds! We decided to spend the morning at MK. Tour Guide Mike said it was going to be a green light day and he was right Today we told DD we would celebrate her un-birthday which is why she had the pin. We had nothing special planned but after a few days of her asking I finally decided to let her have a "special" day to celebrate even though her Birthday is in January

DD from the Poly boat dock...testing out the new camera!

On the boat ride we could hear the rode drop ceremony so I figured it was perfect timing since the crowds waiting to get in would already enter.

We walked in and saw Daisy Duck right away so we waited in line to meet her. The nice thing about this trip is we experienced some new character sightings which thrilled DD!

We rode a ton of rides this day. I think people were getting a late start since it was Halloween the night before or leaving with a new crop of guests arriving that day so the park was really quiet. It was nice. We encountered the strangest photopass guy I have ever met. He literally demanded my camera and was saying the weirdest things. He was a goofy guy but at least I have one pic of the three of us that is not a photopass!

We were heading to Fantasy Land to ride the teacups and ran into Alice and the White Rabbit! Another new experience for us. Alice sat with DD for quite a while. While she was chatting with Alice we met a family that was using a VIP tourguide and this really peaked DHs interest. He was asking them all sorts of questions and seemed totally interested. I explained what information I knew from the DIS but then he said "we should look into that for our next trip" Ummmm, OK

Alice was impressed with DDs manicure!

We headed to Toontown to ride the Barnstormer for about 50 more times. If you want some really good entertainment, wait at the Barnstormer exit because as people are walking past they get shot with a spray of water from Donald's Boat. It is really humerous Cheap entertainment for me! Some people are shocked and then laugh and few people actually seem peeved! The only thing is that some kiddos are running and I saw two kids wipe out so it really is not so safe. I started to warn kids as they were running out that it is slippery. Then I went back to enjoying my cheap entertainment!

We then decided to head to the judges tent to see was the whole Pixie Hollow thing was all about. DD is not really a Tinkerbell fan and as soon as she saw a 40 minute wait she decided to see the Princesses instead!

DH has the hots for Belle in her gold gown. This Belle was a bit of a stiff though. Alice and Cindy and Aurora were all so sweet about DDs un-birthday day and this Belle questioned her why she is celebrating so early? I guess Belle has an off day every once in a while

It was getting close to lunch and I was dying for some lunch at Kona so we decided to head back to the Poly! I love Kona Cafe for breakfast, lunch and dinner! We did not do a lot of Table service this trip but I knew Kona was a must do! We had a great waitress and she was really sweet to DD. She even brought out a celebration dessert for Breezy for her un-birthday which we told her was totally unneccessary! She was a doll. Kona was very quiet that afternoon so it was a nice relaxing lunch. We sat next to a family that was just checking in and was waiting for their room. It was fun listening to them talk about their plans and how excited they were

After lunch we decided to swim for a bit and relax by the pool. We thought we might head to Epcot for the evening because we had yet to see Illuminations ever and figured this would be a good time to go! We got to spend a ton of down time at the Poly this trip and I don't regret a minute of it! It was actually pretty hot while we were there so the pool was such a welcome break! I also love the activities they have now and the games. It is perfect for DD so it can keep her occupied and having fun!

After some pool time we went back to the room to shower and then headed to the CL lounge for a sncak before we headed to Epcot. We did not want to fill up too much considering that I am sure we would find lots of treats at the F&W festival!!

DD wanted it to seem like she was holding up the huge golf ball. What a goof!

Epcot was mobbed! I mean crazy busy. Tour Guide Mike told us to stay away too! What were we thinking?? We actually did test track stand by which did not take too long and then we headed over to the countries. DD likes to do a passport and so we thought we would try and get a few countries done this night! DH likes England the best so we started in Canada and moved on from there. In England we ran in to Tigger and Pooh and DD got plenty of alone time with them because no one was waiting behind her. There was a band playing so then Tigger grabbed Breezy out side and next thing I knew DD was rocking out with Tigger and Pooh! It was so great! After a few minutes they got noticed by other kiddos so a crowd started to form so their handler made them come back in. The photopass guy got some great pics of this. I hope to get my photopass CD any day now!

​

DD got to visit Canada, England, France and Morrocco and then we decided to find a spot for Illuminations. We loaded up with some tasty food and beverages and found a nice spot in between Canada and England for Illuminations. While we were waiting I had DD call her Grandparents to check in. She thought it was so funny to tell them she was calling from England! We sat there for about 45 minutes and people watched while we enjoyed our late dinner of F&W treats. I can see where F&W may get a bad rep with the overserved guests because we saw plenty of them. We also had the displeasure of watching a man totally unload on his kids. It seemed that he had just had enough! Poor dude...I felt bad for him.

So, we finally experienced Illuminations and while it was nice I was totally unimpressed. The smoke was horrible and I don't get the big ball of fire? It almost seems like it is not supposed to be that way. I am glad we finally experienced it though but I do not think we will go out of our way to head over and see it again. My new camera did not take such great pics. My broken camera is on its way to get repaired so I hope to have it back by the holidays!

We decided to head back to the Poly and we lucky enough to be able to view the last night of Hallowishes from the Monorail. We took the nice scenic walk from the TTC and headed to the CL lounge. We were pleasantly surprised that the desserts were still out so we fixed ourselves a plate of treats and a drink and headed back to the room. The next day, Monday, we were heading back to Epcot to finish our trip around the world!

 

[ladybugmom]

Great update!! How fun for Breezy to celebrate an unbirthday!!! Sorry Belle wasn't up to par that day but it looks like there were more magical moments in store!!

 

[praisehisname]

Great update! Sorry you were disappointed with Illuminations. So many people on the DIS rave about it, but everyone has different tastes. I've never seen it the whole way through, so this trip I'm planning on doing that.

 

[BreezysMom]

Great update! Sorry you were disappointed with Illuminations. So many people on the DIS rave about it, but everyone has different tastes. I've never seen it the whole way through, so this trip I'm planning on doing that.

That is true about the different tastes! So many people have given the Luau bad reviews but we loved it. I am glad I finally got to experience it though. I think being that it was just so crowded and then the walk back to the monorail seems endless...

We love Epcot though and there is still so much we want to try and do there!

 

[Simba's Girl]

Your Breezy is such a little ham... <3 it!

 

[Disney Girl35]

Come on I am waiting... When is the next update????

 

[my2disneyboys]

Sounds like a great day - I am getting more and more excited for our trip to the Poly reading your trip report! Your DD always looks so happy and like she is having a blast!! How fun!! Too bad about Illuminations... we LOVE it. I don't know why, it gives me the chills every time I see it. We had that same Belle at that breakfast in Epcot (Askerhaus ....spelling??) and I had thought the same thing!!

 

[kaysmommie]

Hello,
I'm subscribing to your TR. I love what you have so far. Your Poly pics are great and Breezy is very cute. She is almost the same age as my DD. Sad when they are done with the princess stage isn't it. Mine has not worn a costume the last two trips unless it's to MNSSHP of course. Also we are big fans of the Poly as well. We stayed there in 2006 and 2007 and we loved it. Tried a few other resorts for our last two trips. We are booked at Beach Club for June but your pics have me thinking of going back to Poly . Anyway glad Breezy is feeling much better and looking forward to more of your TR .

Nichole