Trip Report in progress/ Day 3 up next Animal Kingdom

[mooneyda]

my niece of 3 is also a big Ariel fan she calls her mermaid lol I always look forward to ready trip reports it cures my depression of not having one for a while lol

 

[AlohaAnnie]

We had an early flight.

The alarm was set for 3:30am, DH and I were up 15 minutes before the alarm went off. We had everything packed the night before in the van. Grandma & Pooh, arrived at our house and we were off to the airport at 4:45am

We arrived at the Airport around 5:15am, we were checked & Through security by 5:50am.

We grabbed breakfast from a small shop at the airport terminal and waited to board the Plane.

Grandma, DS, Princess, & Pooh waiting for the plane, I was playing with the camera on manual setting. There are some blurry not so good photos all through this trip report. I decided to play with the camera on our vacation. Not a good thing.

I have motion sickness, I found out how bad during the flight to Disney World in 2006, so I popped a dramamine while eating breakfast to avoid a repeat of my first plane ride as an adult. (Check out pre-trip report for story)

We boarded the plane at 6:35am and we took off at 7:05am. AirTran has XM Radio which was really cool. We were able to listen to tunes on the way. The kids enjoyed it.

DS listening to Radio on the plane, See the DS that is attached to his hands and he is playing Pokemon Game!

We arrived at Orlando Airport at 8:55am (20 minutes early) Yay!

We were on the DME by 9:30am, we waited for the bus to fill up. We had a Disney Cruise Line Bus. We were all bored silly and wanting to get to Disney soon. Grandma kept asking when we were going to arrive because she was hungry for lunch. It is only 9:30am what is wrong with her?

Here are a few pictures on the bus:

We were enroute to Pop Century by 9:55am

There were 3 stops for our magical express - Pop, Coronado Springs, & AKL - I am glad our stop is first.

Here is a photo of the famous signage:

We arrived at Pop at 10:40am

We checked in and received our Key To The World Cards, confirmed we had 10 days of park hopping & water park fun and the DDP. Grandma & Pooh, also checked in they were staying in a connecting room. Our Rooms were not ready, we were ready for the Magic Kingdom but Grandma is still screaming she is hungry. So we checked our carry-on luggage with bell services and decided to stop for a bite to eat at Everything POP.

To be continued......

 

[AlohaAnnie]

As Day 1 continues we really wanted to have lunch at the Magic Kingdom but Grandma was starving. I do not remember what she ate for breakfast, but I can say it must have been close to nothing.

We really enjoyed Everything Pop. The food was good and it hit the spot when we ate here.

Princess had the Kid's Mac & Cheese Meal and she liked it.

DS had the Pepperoni Pizza and Chocolate Cake

Grandma & Pooh share the Parmesan Chicken & I had the Parmesan Chicken, which came on a bed of lettuce w/ italian dressing on it and a bread stick and grapes for dessert.

DH had the Meatball Sub and Chocolate Cake

We all got water bottles with our meals so we could take them with us to Magic Kingdom.


Off We Go To The Magic Kingdom. Our Favorite Park.

We got in the bus line at POP for MK, the bus was full but there was another waiting. We chose the second bus so we would not have to stand.

We arrived at MK and the excitement began. We had not been here since 2006 and it was like coming home. Walking out of the bus depot to see the monorail and finally the entrance to MK. It is so beautiful to walk down mainstreet and see the castle.

Here is our family Photo Pass Picture:

We rode POC first.

and of course, I had to get a prop pic of the kids

We got our pictures taken with Captain Hook!

Continued in next post......

 

[stacy347]

Sounds like you were off to a good start! The kids are adorable ~ can't wait to read more

 

[MaleDisneyBeliever]

Definitely subscribing! Great pics!

 

[AlohaAnnie]

While DH & DS rode stitch

Grandma, Pooh, Princess, & I rode the TTA or the Blue Line. Princess really enjoys this ride.

We had heard so much about the Dole whip in Adventureland that we had to stop and have a sample.

I go the plain pineapple dole whip in a cup

DH go the Pineapple dole whip float with the pineapple juice

DS got a Root Beer Float

Princess & Pooh got Chocolate Ice Cream in a cup

By this time it was already 2:30pm and with young children and an early morning flight everyone was tired and quite frankly a little cranky.

So DH called POP to see if our room was ready and it was. So we hopped on a bus and headed back to POP. Our bags were in our room. We were Wowed! by this.

I began unpacking while DH took notes about our trip.

We got room 4430 located in the 60's building, A on the POP map located on the fourth floor over looking a courtyard. We had connecting rooms with Grandma & Pooh.

Here is our towel animal

The kids wanted to swim so off we went to the Hippy Dippy Pool

The kids had a lot of fun in the pool. Grandma started getting hungry again. So we went for dinner at Everything POP & Dining again but we split up. Grandma went back to the room with Pooh to get dressed. We decided we would just go eat.

Princess had Nachos & Cheese. Just for your information. Nachos w/ cheese at POP is considered a snack credit.

I had the Philly Cheesesteak Wrap w/ Cheese fries & Chocolate Cake which I shared with princess. I thought the Philly Cheesesteak wrap was too salty.

DH & DS had the Double Cheeseburger w/ cheese fries along with carrot cake & Cheese cake.

Up Next Downtown Disney.......

 

[AlohaAnnie]

Thanks for stopping by to read our Family trip report! We had a blast and just want to share it with everyone.

We are going back in May/June 2009 and what better way to plan a trip than to review your trip from the year before!

 

[AlohaAnnie]

After Dinner at POP we went to clean up and headed for DTD

We went to the Christmas Shop. I wanted to buy an ornament for our tree while here but at the time we thought we were coming back in November for a 5 day trip and I could buy it then. I regret to say we never made it back for that November trip and I was a little sad at Christmas this year because I did not buy that ornament.

We stopped by the Kitchen Shop. DH wanted to buy Popcorn tins and I wanted to get cups but we passed these things up also.

We then stopped by Once Upon A Toy.

DS built his own Light Saber.

Princess chose 2 notebooks with princesses on the front & Princess crayons.

We then stopped by World of Disney Store.

I bought a Walt Disney World T-Shirt & a few Mickey Hair Clips

We then learned from reading trip reports that you can make your own snacks at Goofy Candy Co. and the count as snack credits.

So we decided to stop by and make some treats.

DS has the Marshmellows w/ chocolate

Princess had an Oreo Cookie

I had Pretzels

DH had Oreo Cookie & Mickey Ears Rice Krispy Treat

Loaded with snacks we headed back to POP
We stopped by Everything POP and bought our refillable mugs.
4 refillable mugs $49.96 plus tax & two Mickey Straws $1.05 including tax.

We also bought Autograph books for the kids and Pens to match.

Off to our room!

We ate our snacks over 3 nights. It was very good. If you have the chance stop by Goofy's Candy Co. and try them.

It was time for Bed and Tomorrow is EPCOT!

 

[AlohaAnnie]

We had a wake up call for 6:50 am and received Pirates!

We ate Breakfast at Everything POP!

DH & Princess shared the Chocolate Chip pancakes w/ Bacon & Sausage

DS & I had the Breakfast Platter (Eggs, Bacon, Biscuit, & Sausage)

Off to Epcot - No wait for a bus.

Here is our Photo Pass Picture from that morning:

We got fast passes for Soarin and Test Track, we used everyone's tickets some would not ride.

We then took off to ride Nemo

Then we decided to go to Turtle Talk w/ Crush along the way we came up the Famous shark for picture posing.

Turtle Talk w/ Crush was really cute.
The kids enjoyed it. Crush called on Princess, He said something like I see a something or other with a pink shell and pink hat. or something like this. He said what is your name and princess acted shy so I said. Say your name in my firm mom voice. Not realizing it was my firm mom voice and Crush said now Mom we do not have to force her or something like that. So then, I was a little embarrassed. It was not funny at the time but it is now.

Poor DS has an allergy to Sun Screen so we buy the Neutrogena Hypo-Allergenic Sun Screen which does not break him out but it makes him all white.

We then rode Test Track. DH then headed for Soarin because no one else wanted to ride it.

So the rest of us took off to Circle of Life (this is a film you watch), I did not like it, it had animals attacking other animals in it but the message was clear we have to save our environment.

We then did Living with The Land (boat ride) - We enjoyed this - it takes you to see how disney grows food it is really neat. The said that Disney grows most of its own produce and uses it in the restaurants around the resort. I thought this was awesome information.

Here are a few photos:

At this point, it was about lunch time. Grandma & Pooh decided to eat lunch at Epcot and we thought is would be great to have lunch at Beaches & Cream.

This was a bust. The wait was too long and the kids were hot. They were staving so instead of walking all the way back to Epcot. We ate at The Beach Club counter service area. They had sub sandwiches. We ended up sharing 1 Turkey sandwich, chips, and chocolate cake.

We headed back to Epcot and stopped by France for some pastries.
We all shared apple tart, creme puff, & chocolate cookie

Had this Photo Pass picture taken near France, it is one of my favorites from the trip.

We stopped by Japan and picked up Pokemon for DS

Took picture of DH & DS by a beautiful fountain

Stopped in Norway to try the Kringla Sweet Pretzel

We stopped by China and bought Princess this cute umbrella, they wrote her name in Chinese on the umbrella

Then we headed for Mexico:

We rode the Grand Fiesta Tour (boat ride) twice:

And looked around the shop.
Another prop pic with the kids

Took a picture of DS by Pluto

Then we headed of to try all the different sodas at Club Cool, we decided to try beverly and it was nasty!

We then rode Spaceship Earth, I always enjoy this classic ride. It is relaxing.

Then we went to Mouse Gears and bought the kids a few prizes.

We had a late ADR for Le Cellier so we were hungry and stopped by the Electric Umbrella for French Fries.

Rode Figment! We have never rode this ride before, it has a catching song and it is cute. It became a favorite of the kids.

We stopped by Honey I shrunk the audience! this was ok but I do not think we will stop by again.

By this time we were ready for our ADR for Le Cellier.

While we were waiting to be seated something was on fire in the distance you could see the smoke and the smell was terrible.

Kaytelyn from Ottawa was our server. She was excellent. She kept our drinks refilled and spent some time chatting with us about the program at disney that brings her from Canada to work at Disney. It was all very interesting.

I took pictures but they were horrible because we had a table in a dark area by the kitchen.

For dinner we had Pretzel Bread only, we asked for this and received it.

Princess has the Kid's Hot Dog, w/ cheese soup, and a Chocolate Sundae for dessert

DS - is considered an adult so he had the NY Strip w/ roasted potatoes, and Campfire smores for dessert.

DH - had the NY Strip also w/ cream cheese mashed potatoes and Chocolate Moose for dessert.

I had, the Mushroom filet and Mandarin Orange Sorbet for dessert.

It was very delicious. It was one of DH's favorite meals. and he wants to go back during our upcoming 2009 May/June vacation. I on the other had thought the meal was ok and nothing special.

We tried to keep the original receipt at every meal before our DDP was taken off.

The meal was $153.00 plus tip $29.00 for a total of $182.00

When our DDP was applied we paid $8.00 for a salad I had and $29.00 for tip.

We had made this reservation before Grandma decided to take Pooh on the trip with us. So we could not work them into this ADR, so this was the only Table Service on the DDP that they did not attend with us.

After Dinner we met up with Grandma & Pooh and watched Illuminations in Mexico.

This was a great fireworks/ show display. There was a Thunderstorm working in the distance and we were hoping it would not reach us, it did not.

There was fire in Illuminations. You could feel the heat where we were sitting. I thought that was interesting.

After Illuminations we decided to leave and the bus stops were busy. We expected this. We waited around 15 minutes for a bus. and we did not have to stand we were able to sit.

When we got back to POP we hopped in bed and went to sleep!

Up next Day 3...Animal Kingdom