Day 1: Saturday, November 24
Day 1 begins at 5:00 am in good old Rochester, NY as the alarm goes off. Since most every thing is packed all we had to do was get dressed and load up my dad's car. By 6:00am we are off to my dad's houses, so that he can take us to the airport. As we pull in the driveway, my DS, Daniel, decides now that he has to use the restroom. So we all go in to say good morning to my mom.
We get to the airport around 6:30am and proceed to the check-in counter. As we proceed to pass through security, DH gets patted down. Not sure why, except for his bulky sweatshirt that he is wearing. Since Rochester is not the busiest airport in the world, we still have about an hour before we need to board. So we decide to hit up the McDonald's and have some breakfast. After we eat, we head down to the gate and wait just a bit before they start boarding. Once on the plane, they tell us that they need to de-ice the plane, which freaks me out, since I HATE flying. We finally take off and since I can't sleep, I go though all of my detailed plans for the trip. We have a direct flight down to Orlando and arrive only a few minutes late, despite leaving much later than the scheduled departure time.
As soon as we get off the plane, we head down to baggage claim. 2 of the 3 suitcases come down immediately and seems that we are waiting forever for the 3rd one. After we have all our luggage, we head down to the car rental counter. The line was not long and we were on our way relatively fast. We got a brand spanking new Dodge Charger.
About 30 minutes later we are at the CBR. It is just as gorgeous as all the pictures that I have seen of it. We get to the Customs House and it seems like a mad house, but we got checked in pretty fast. The CM explained the dining plan and told us how to get to our room. We had booked a preferred room and were in Trinidad North building 31. I had requested a corner or 1st floor room, but did not get either. We get back in the car and drive to building 31, which we found without a problem. The problem came when trying to find our room in building 31. We ended parking at the opposite end of the building from where our room was. We did eventually find it. We got into the room and it was perfect. We all quickly change out of our semi-winter gear into a more summer attire.
The plan for that day was to head over to MK for the night. I figured the park would be extremely busy, so I wasn't planning on doing too much. I think we got to the park around 2pm or so. We were all pretty hungry, but I didn't want to do lunch since we had an ADR at 'Ohana at 5:00. DS and I got into the bakery, while DH and DD (Allison) go to the ice cream shop. DS had a cookie, I got a bagel and the other 2 got ice cream. As we were eating and deciding what to do first, we got to watch the Family Fun Day Parade.
After our snack, we head over to Adentureland, and decide to go on Pirate's, since we didn't get to ride it last year. The wait time posted was only 20 minutes. We get in line and wait. We almost get to the loading area when they announce that they are having technical difficulties and that the ride should be back up soon. After about 5 minutes, they announce that they want everyone to turn around and exit. We exit through some back door and the CMs are handing out fast passes. We get ours and decide to try BTMR. We go through the fast pass line and would you believe it, we hear an announcement, that BTMR is having technical difficulties and to turn around and exit. All 4 of us are really bummed right about now. The kids want to ride Splash Mountain, so we go there only to find out that it is temporarily closed. So we are 0/3 on rides. It is a little past 3 and the parade starts so we are basically trapped in Frontierland.
As we weave our way through the crowds, we some how make it to Tomorrowland and decide to try Space Mountain. We had to convince DH to go, since he is not a roller coaster person. We go through the fast pass line and make our way to the loading area. And guess what happens? You guessed it, the lights come up and they announce they are having technical difficulties. Fortunately, it doesn't last long and we are soon on the ride. DD is in the front, with DS behind, DH is the last seat of the front car and I sit in the 1st seat of the second car. The ride starts and all I can hear is my DH screaming. I don't think I ever laughed so hard in my life. Needless to say he will never ride it again. After we finally get off of Space Mountain, we don't have much time before are ADR, so we go on TTA after grabbing fast passes for Buzz, which for some reason is one of DS's favorite rides.
After the TTA, we head to the exit and get on the resort monorail. We get to 'Ohana's a bit earlier, but are seated within 5 minutes. We got a table by the window where we could see the castle. Our server was very friendly and we were served immediately. We loved the food, but DD did not enjoy the entertainment. My favorite part of the dinner was the dessert. It was awesome. I have pictures of the food, but they some how didn't get uploaded.
A picture of the castle for 'Ohana
After dinner, we head back to MK and make a beeline for Buzz. We do end up getting there a bit late, but the CM still lets us through the fast pass line. We all love this ride. We then head Fantasyland and get in the line for the teacups. We didn't wait long at all before we were on.
DD and me on the teacups:
DS on the teacups:
After teacups, we head to IASW, despite DD's resistance. For some reason she cannot stand this ride. Again the line was not that bad and we were on in no time at all. Next up is the Haunted Mansion. This is one of the rides that DS doesn't like, but he didn't give us a problem about going on it. I rode with him and his head was in my lap the entire time, except for the brief moment when I pointed out a hidden mickey. DH and I didn't like it as much as we did last year, so we probably won't go on it again.
Once we are done with HM it is time to find a spot for Wishes. We find a good spot and wait.
Waiting for Wishes:
DH's attempt of getting a picture of Tinkerbell flying (I think I got a good shot with the video camera):
After Wishes, we head back to Frontierland to stake out a spot for Spectro. We get an awesome spot we can sit. The boys do some pin shopping while DD and me just sit and wait. I enjoyed the parade better this year, probably because I didn't video tape it and was able to take everything in.
After the parade we are tired and decide to do a couple more things before heading back to CBR. We decide to do something that we didn't do last year, so we head over to Philharmagic. We all throughly enjoyed this show. After the show the kids want to do Space Mountain once more, so the 3 of us got in line and DH does some shopping. After SM, we all were just too tired to continue on so we head back the resort and crash.
Number of steps: 20820
For the record, my pedometer resets itself everyday at midnight, so my steps are from midnight to midnight.
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