We're Home From the Road!! 17 Days of Travel with Tons of Pics~COMPLETE!!

[WDWJonasGirl]

Love those plans!! When I went to New England in the Summer of 2010, my family and I flew in to Boston, drove to Rhode Island, Cape Cod, Boston, Vermont and New Hampshire

 

[kelmac284]

Yea we are really excited. I we did the south 2 years ago and as I said we did NY but just for a weekend so really excited to see upstate!!

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Loving the TR so far!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

I am hoping to do 1 show. I have only been to NY once back in 09. Mom and I planned a trip to DC and then at the last min she couldn't go so shane and I went with the girls and spent a week in DC and then took the trip up to NY for the weekend. We barely had enough time to scratch the surface but did go to see Phantom of the Opera. They have those boths where you can get discounted same day tickets. We will prob do that.

Our plan is to fly in to NY and spend 4 days exploring. They have a city pass that is a killer deal. It includes statute of liberty, empire state building, several of the top museums and some other stuff.

We were going to have my dad go but now as I said I think we will have him meet us. After we get done with NY we are going to rent a car and drive up to Boston for 2 days then up to Portland Maine and then over to Vermont and work our way back down through upstate and possibly a day in the city again at the end for my dad. I am REALLY looking forward to it and will be glad when we actually start booking stuff cuz until that happens you just never know.

Those CityPasses are neat & do save you money if they include things you planned on doing!!

Love those plans!! When I went to New England in the Summer of 2010, my family and I flew in to Boston, drove to Rhode Island, Cape Cod, Boston, Vermont and New Hampshire

You got to see a whole bunch of places that trip!!

Yea we are really excited. I we did the south 2 years ago and as I said we did NY but just for a weekend so really excited to see upstate!!

Loving the TR so far!!

Thanks.....I will get back to it soon. Been crazy around here getting the 4 kids ready for school (starts tomorrow). I've also been working more the last couple weeks.

 

[DizNee Luver]

I will get back to the report soon. I just realized I have to go sort the next day's pictures before I can do that. Hopefully later today or tomorrow for the next update!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Day 7, Part 1:​

We slept in until 7:45 and got to Disney's California Adventure around 9am.



Mike & Betty stopped off at the motel's breakfast room and met us at Guest Services. We had stopped in to pick up the girls special passes but they weren't in the system like they said they would be, so this ended up taking a bit of time. We signed up for Radiator Springs Racers on their DAS cards. A few pictures from around Buena Vista Street.





We stopped to get a picture at the Walt & Mickey's Storyteller's statue.









We headed to CarsLand and since the wait for Mater's Junkyard Jamboree was 5 minutes, we got in line to ride it. Betty and Derek decided to sit this one out. Mike took these pictures while we waited for our turn.



















When we got close to loading, I got Michayla out of the stroller and she jumped and danced to the music.



Our turn to ride: I rode with Michayla, Anthony & Addy rode together, Ty rode solo and Mike rode with Shyann.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Day 7, Part 2:​

We got off of Mater's Junkyard Jamboree and wandered down "Route 66".











We next got in line for Luigi's Flying Tires, again a short 5 minute wait.



















After flying all over on our tires, we moved towards Radiator Springs Racers!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Day 7, Part 3:​

It was time for us to ride Radiator Springs Racers, so we took the twins DAS cards up to the CM at the FastPass Line and were let in. Mike took some pictures as we waited.











We took the 4 littles with Mike & I to the wheelchair loading area while Ty & Derek went to the regular platform.



Here we go!!





















We picked Betty up from the shaded spot she'd been enjoying and headed back out of CarsLand.



I stopped at the kiosk just outside of CarsLand to sign us up for our next ride~~Grizzly River Run. I will say, this particular kiosk and CM's were a little harder to deal with. They said that both girls HAD to be present for us to get our assigned ride time......they kept arguing with me that they were the same person.....even after I explained they were twins. So once everyone showed up, we got our time.

**we were told that the girls didn't have to be present at the kiosk as this could be problematic having to wait in line, then wait in a line to do the ride. But the CM's at Guest Services apologized and explained that people were figuring out ways of abusing the system by having two different people go in and get the DAS card for the same person but use different names, etc. UGH......why people?? Why do a few rotten apples have to make it more difficult for the people that actually need it....... **

 

[kaoden39]

I love Cars Land!


Why do people have to be such jerks with thing like the DAS? I just don't get it!

 

[DizNee Luver]

I love Cars Land!


Why do people have to be such jerks with thing like the DAS? I just don't get it!

We do too.....the 3 rides are lots of fun, the details is just amazing.....you really transport to Radiator Springs when you step into CarsLand. I love it during the day & I love it at night. It's totally worth finding a bench to watch it light up at dusk.

It's very frustrating that some of the same people that abused the old system have found new ways to do it again. Time to go to a fingerprint scan on who get the cards and then a program that tracks when they last got a card and the expiration date. I know the technology is out there. I would be willing for them to scan the girls fingertip and take their picture to make the system fair for all. I thought the system worked pretty well. At the end of the Disney days I will give my review on the DAS.

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Love the update!! I have the same shirt that Anthony is wearing.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Love the update!! I have the same shirt that Anthony is wearing.

That's funny you have the same shirt!!! Gotta love pirates!!

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

What's ironic is that it came out the weekend before my sweet 16.

 

[DizNee Luver]

What's ironic is that it came out the weekend before my sweet 16.

Amazing that you remember that......I hardly remember what I ate for lunch......lol!!!

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Love the girls snoopy shirts

 

[DizNee Luver]

Love the girls snoopy shirts

We picked those up at the Charles Schulz Museum.

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Nice!!

 

[kaoden39]

We do too.....the 3 rides are lots of fun, the details is just amazing.....you really transport to Radiator Springs when you step into CarsLand. I love it during the day & I love it at night. It's totally worth finding a bench to watch it light up at dusk.

It's very frustrating that some of the same people that abused the old system have found new ways to do it again. Time to go to a fingerprint scan on who get the cards and then a program that tracks when they last got a card and the expiration date. I know the technology is out there. I would be willing for them to scan the girls fingertip and take their picture to make the system fair for all. I thought the system worked pretty well. At the end of the Disney days I will give my review on the DAS.

Either the finger print or the pictures. They already have that system for the APs. I am sure that it wouldn't be that hard to do it that way.

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

They already do finger prints at WDW when you first go in the parks

 

[DizNee Luver]

Either the finger print or the pictures. They already have that system for the APs. I am sure that it wouldn't be that hard to do it that way.

They already do finger prints at WDW when you first go in the parks

I knew that WDW did the fingerprint scan and that's why I said it wouldn't be that hard for Disney to apply it to DAS program. Maybe that would cut out some of the abuse that still is happening.