Poor Henry! And poor you! It's great that you were still able to enjoy Chef Mickey, but it would have been nicer if there had not been any need for you to be impressed by how professional the characters were dealing with your situation. I agree with you: you experienced some true Disney Magic!
I was hoping that the next installment would be more positive, but the title sounds scary!
I know, I felt so bad for my little guy-but he acted like it didn't even happen. He just kept reaching for that mac & cheese!
The next installment is not scary (or gross!)
It's actually why I never want to stay at Pop again....
Yeah, I would give my kids to someone for awhile in a heartbeat to get away with DH. (Want a couple more boys for a weekend?)
At this point, I volunteer! I love hanging with kids and goofing around! Henry is really starting to be interactive and silly with us. I'm sure the "charm" of it will wear off as he learns to express his will more and more though!
Wow! now that was an update! So sorry Henry got sick and you had an oblivious waitress (and the poor boy in the bathroom, I bet he was mortified)
sounds though like despite the so-so food, chef Mickey's was an overwhelming success. I can't believe you stayed up so late after such an early morning!
Oh thank you for posting this. We purchased one for Daniel as a "when you are finally potty trained" bribery gift (Does that make sense)
It has disappeared somewhere and I don't have a clue where it could be . He liked to bring it places and could easily have left it anywhere. Then again, when he was naughty, it got taken away often and I may have "hid" it somewhere and have forgotten about it.
I was going to check Disney shopping to see if they have it.
Chef Mickey's was an EXCELLENT time, despite the beginning. It certainly made it easier that Henry didn't seem to care about the incident and just kept going and eating. Not one tear was shed-though I almost started crying from it all!
We were just silly for staying up that late. Never-never-never again. (I say that now...but we'll see...
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The monorail sets are so neat! And yes, the potty training gift makes perfect sense, glad it did the trick, I'll keep that in mind! I hope you are able to find one - they are at most every resort gift shop, so if Disneyshopping.com doesn't have one, recruit a DISer to pick one up for ya!
Oh you poor guys!!! Throwing up in public has to be the worst! Thankfully your night wasn't ruined by it, and you had great character interactions! I can't believe it took mousekeeping so long to deliver the pack n' play -- that would have driven me completely over the edge!!!
I love Mary Blair, too! Did you know there are two children's books out right now, Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland, that have her concept artwork for those two films?
I was so thankful Henry wasn't phased by it. He just kept going and enjoying that mac & cheese. The character interactions were incredible - everytime I look through the pictures they practically bring me to happy tears!
I didn't know that about Mary Blair! I'll have to look up those kids books, thanks for the tip!
You are an updating machine!! I love it! Let's see... what did I want to say:
AWESOME pictures. I also like the unique angles. Really great. I've been second-guessing the two nights I have booked at Pop and you are getting me excited to see it. Thanks!
H kissing his plush mickey is so adorable. And I am cracking up over the photos w/ him so focused on his mac and cheese that he was ignoring the real thing! I'm so glad that you had such great character interaction and that it turned the whole situation around for you!
Looking forward to more!!
Thank you for the compliments on the pictures and glad you are enjoying the updates! Pop is really, really fun. It's so unique and shiny, glittery, bright and just happy.
It was so funny to see Henry push Mickey away, I thought for sure he would give him a big 'ol kiss right away since he had loved on his plush so much already!! There was food though, nothing comes between that boy and food!
The whole night was really a big ball of emotion - but it turned out so nicely!
Oh gosh - poor Henry! I can only imagine what you were going through! Glad you were still able to stay though. Those pictures of Henry with Mickey were hysterical! I'm with you on the food at Chef Mickey's though - not good. We used to hit that place every year for the character interaction; we're done with it now because it's just not worth the price anymore. It should be experienced at least once though!
Oh, and those Mickey kitchen items --
! I swear, I want to buy them all! It's so darn cute but I just don't know how I would get it home on the plane!
I was a WRECK. I was sorta nervous about the characters, not wanting to miss any, making sure Henry wasn't freaked out by them, getting food for him and me, getting pictures - then the whole throw up ordeal on top of it....and very little sleep. It was an interesting evening. Thankfully, Disney just makes everything better!
I agree that Chef Mickey's should be experienced at least once-it was a really neat dinner! I told Joe after we were leaving to be ready to dish out money again for that meal once Henry is old enough to realize it exists! The princess meals I'm thinkin' we can avoid, but the Hollywood & Vine, Crystal Palace and Chef Mickey's, those will be regulars in a few years.
I wanted to buy those kitchen items too! They are adorable!!
What an update! Highs, lows, and vomiting!! The poor little guy, and poor mom and dad. What a way to start the trip.
I found Henry's "eh" attitude with the real Mickey to be hilarious!! It found me laughing out loud!
And thank you for the crazy adventure of sending my little guy a postcard! He needs a little extra reminder about being good in school these days... We've got some good stories to embarrass him on his first date, his graduation, his wedding... Yeah, we're showing no mercy!!
Okay, and how frustrating was your pack-n-play situation?! Grrrrrrrrrrrr.....
It was an interesting way to start the trip. Thankfully we were able to laugh about it, even in the moment!
You are very welcome on the postcard! You'll have to tell me about his response when he gets it-I (pathetically) tried to write like Mickey on the note too. I know mail from there can take forever, and I didn't get around to mailing it until the last day. I meant to every day, but kept forgetting it in the room.
And that is hilarious about all your stories you will have for when he's older! Are you documenting them somewhere so he can look back and laugh (or be completely mortified)?
The Pack & Play deal was so frustrating and annoying. If it wasn't crucial for a baby to sleep, then it wouldn't have been such a big deal. Like towels, whatever, I can make do-but a BABY'S BED? Gah. But, at least it came, and quickly after the fourth request!
Our Honeymoon was great - it is all the drama that followed that made us decided to take a 2nd Honeymoon.
I'm so sorry that Henry got so sick. Bless his heart! It didn't seem to stop him though. You were so lucky to get such wonderful interaction from the characters. I am totally living vicariously through this report right now!
Oh...now you've really got me curious! I hope I find time SOON to read your PTR!
The sickness totally didn't stop Henry. He was such a good little guy, I don't know if he felt icky too, or if it was just a reaction to something, or what.
Isn't the DIS wonderful so you can read TRs and dream of what your trip will be like? I loooooove that!
wow!!!
What a trip so far!!!!
I just love all your photos! You all look so great, And Especially mr handsome...!!! (Henry...sorry DH)
I love the Chef Mickey pics, so, so sorry abt Henry getting sick! But you will have great memories!! Well..you know what I mean!!!
Love the shirt. Made me very happy
Great trip report!!!!
He looked SO CUTE in that shirt! And I was happy to get shots of it WITH characters! I had hoped it would be clean for later in the week too...but well...
I guess we'll just have to book another trip before he out grows it!
Yes, the memories from Chef Mickey's are ones we will never-ever forget. In 5 years, "Remember our first trip to Chef Mickey's?" followed by laughter and rolling eyes...
I'm so sorry Henry got sick, poor guy. It looks like you made the best out of it.
Your pictures are great! When we ate at Chef Mickey's we didn't have that much interaction with the characters, but the restaurant was packed. We had a wonderful time though. DS had a birthday we will never forget!
I don't think I will be doing a TR this time. I didn't get very many good photos. I think I need a better camera too. Here are my favorite photos:
Can't wait to here more about your trip!
I LOVE YOUR PICTURES! Sooooooo cute! I can tell your DD was having such a blast! So precious. Is that fountain at SSR? It looks so fun!
And how neat to have a birthday at Chef Mickey's and have all the characters attend your party!
That would be incredible for a little kid!
Bummer about not doing a TR and the pictures though.
Hopefully you will have a new one for your next trip! Feel free to share any other ones on here if you would like, I love looking at other people's pics and hearing their adventures!
Wow Brook!...just Wow!!
First off...this was the LAST time I'm going to read one of your updates, at work, while eating my lunch
I don't think I want to go for a third lunchbreak involving vomit stories
...I hope that you don't HAVE anymore vomit stories left, and poor little adorable Henry feels better in the morning!!
That said... I've always enjoyed Chef mickey's and the character interaction has always been great....but your experience there sounds SO far above and beyond ANYTHING I could have imagined!! It is so awesome that you all had such a great time!!
Boo for slow mousekeeping...not delivering the pack and play!! I wouldn't have tipped either.... And like you I have a tendancy to be a generous tipper for excellent service!!
I can't wait (I think
) to read about more of your (please be vomit-free) adventures!!
Paula
Sorry about the vomit stories! I'll will say there is ONE more.
It's not quite as bad though. I think.
After the next one, then we are DONE...with vomit.
Seriously, this is a trip we will never forget. I even debated on skipping all the "downs" and just pretending they didn't happen, but then, really, that is what makes a trip a trip! All the craziness!! The next update will NOT have anything bad in it - I promise!
The experience at Chef Mickey's was just awesome. I know I have read stories of the characters just breezing by for a quick picture, so that is what I was expecting and was amazed that they kept coming back and really played with us!!
More adventures coming soon-the next one is vomit free!
It's hilarious to write that...oh what a trip we had!
I totally agree about the bathroom being in a strange spot! I was wondering what was up with that.
You got lucky to be seated so quickly! We had an 8:10PM ADR and waited almost an hour to be seated! I was so irritated by the time they finally sat us! Especially since we were trying to make it to Poly for Wishes (and Nic's proposal, poor guy. He was even more stressed than me about the time!).
Aw, poor boys throwing up! I want to hug them both! That's always embarassing!
I missed Minnie too, when I went to the buffet.
Ugh, I'm SO glad my grandparents had a pack-n-play so we didn't have to deal with that.
It is silly that the bathroom was downstairs...in a kids resturant!
That is awful about having to wait an hour! I forgot about that from your TR. Poor Nic on the proposal, ugh, he must have been a wreck about all that!
It would be nice to just bring a Pack & Play with us next time, but with all these baggage fees, we'll just have to deal. Hopefully we won't have to go through anything to quite this extent again though!
Yikes! So sorry that the vomiting continued! Chef Mickey's is my favorite restaurant - we've had some great character interaction there - and I'm glad you did too. At least that made the situation a little better. Henry looks like he's having fun despite it all - isn't it amazing how kids can puke one minute than go right back to playing??
Now I hope that "Mom almost looses it..." doesn't mean losing YOUR lunch!
The character interaction did make everything better, it helped both Joe and I feel better about everything. Henry had such a good time! And yep, he totally didn't even flinch at the throw up - just kept right on going!
And no worries, the next update is VOMIT-FREE.
Wow, poor Henri!
I agree with you on the food at Chef Mickey's. We thought that the food was "ok" but not great. We also thought that the character interaction was great but yours sounds even better.
I was amazed at the character interaction...it must have been because it was closing, or word was passed around about our situation. Or just for some reason, we got some major PD that night! Whatever it was, we were very grateful.
We don't plan to return, despite the excellent time, until Henry realizes it exists though. We want good food for that price!
Next update might come tomorrow - I don't think I have enough energy to get one up tonight yet...but, as I said above a couple times, it is
VOMIT-FREE!!!!!!!! everyone rejoice!
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that you all had such a great time!!
