We're in Disney World STOP FIGHTING! Updated 9/14 [PTR Link]

[MICKEY4EVER!]

Well, we were originaly going straight to Disney World, (leaving on the 6th) but then we wouldnt have a lot of park time that day. So we left a day before and stopped in Jacksonville, we couldnt go all the way to Disney the day we left (the 5th). Our 8-day park tickets didnt start 'till the 6th and our room reservations didnt start 'till the 6th also. We just left a day ealier so we could have almost all day at the parks. I hope that cleared everything up!

Yep, totally makes sense!

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Okay!
We woke up at 5:45ish, man was I tired. We got dressed and went down to the lobby to have breakfast at 6:30.
After breakfast we went back to the room and packed up all our stuff. We took our things down to the car and started the 3-hour drive to Disney World!

Soon we passed under the most magical sign in the world...

Yay!
Soon we went under the second most magical sign in the world...

So magical

And now... the third most magical sign in the world!

(sorry... the picture didnt come out the best...)

Okay... one more magical sign!

Even the stop sign is magical!

Okay, enough pictures of signs!
Let's move on...
We arrived at the Polynesian Resort at 10:00am. We checked in and got cool leis (yellow for the guys pink for the girls)
This is what my brothers decided to do with them...

So, we just checked in and the man behind the desk told us the golfcart thing would bring us to our room! How cool is that? We got a golfcart ride to our longhouse!
Quick question: If you've stayed at the Poly, did you get a golfcart to bring you to your longhouse? Because we saw some people get golfcarts to take them and some people have to walk... anyone have an explanation???

Anyways! I took some pictures of the view(s)

The Volcano Pool

The Grand Floridian

Some of the scenery

Us sitting infront of the waterfall

Here are the pictures I took when we got to the room

We unpacked and got ready to go to... Magic Kingdom!

But, that's not until next post :]

Up next...
It all started with... a pirate!

 

[MICKEY4EVER!]

Great update! The pictures are awesome. It looks like a really nice resort. Looking forward to more!

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Great update! The pictures are awesome. It looks like a really nice resort. Looking forward to more!

Thanks! It really is a cool resort :] I loved it there!

 

[DisneyJo]

Yay you're there, the photos are great and your room looks lovely

My girls put their leis on their heads too when we went to the Poly

 

[heaven2dc]

Great job on your writing and picture taking! This could be a report narrated by my daughter She has 4 brothers and I could picture her at your age saying (along with me) "stop the fighting!! She was always a little tattletale when she was younger and wouldn't take any guff from them (still doesn't )

The view from your room is awesome and the room itself so pretty! I've only ventured over to the Poly for the Luau and wasn't sure I liked the dark buildings but the rooms and views are spectacular - and the beaches

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Yay you're there, the photos are great and your room looks lovely

My girls put their leis on their heads too when we went to the Poly

Thanks!

Great job on your writing and picture taking! This could be a report narrated by my daughter She has 4 brothers and I could picture her at your age saying (along with me) "stop the fighting!! She was always a little tattletale when she was younger and wouldn't take any guff from them (still doesn't )

The view from your room is awesome and the room itself so pretty! I've only ventured over to the Poly for the Luau and wasn't sure I liked the dark buildings but the rooms and views are spectacular - and the beaches

Your daughter is my 'twin'!!!! Well, when she was my age that is :] haha :]
As for the Poly buildings, they are very very very dark... but they're worth it, in my opinion!
I do love those beaches!!!

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Yep, totally makes sense!

Glad to help :]

 

[mousebymarriage]

Great trip report so far and great pics, can't wait to read more and see more pics. You're an excellent writer!
The title was a great idea, it made me think of our trips to Disney. My DD is 12 and my DS is 8 and they fight ALL THE TIME, especially in the car on the way to Disney!

 

[jmamom]

Hi, I'm subscribing for my daughter, who is 12. I'm sure she's going to love hearing about your trip! We are staying at the Polynesian in September, and she also has two younger siblings (but only one brother), so I'm sure she'll relate to alot of what you have to say. Great report so far, looking forward to reading more!

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Great trip report so far and great pics, can't wait to read more and see more pics. You're an excellent writer!
The title was a great idea, it made me think of our trips to Disney. My DD is 12 and my DS is 8 and they fight ALL THE TIME, especially in the car on the way to Disney!

Thank you! Fighting has just become a way of life :]

Hi, I'm subscribing for my daughter, who is 12. I'm sure she's going to love hearing about your trip! We are staying at the Polynesian in September, and she also has two younger siblings (but only one brother), so I'm sure she'll relate to alot of what you have to say. Great report so far, looking forward to reading more!

I hope you have fun on your trip! I'm pretty sure your daughter will have no problem relating! :]

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Magic Kingdom time!

As you know, the monorails were broken down for a day or so because of a crash. My aunt had called us on our drive down and told us about the crash. Luckily, the monorail was back up and running the day we got there. But it wasnt up until the afternoon.

So that morning we took the boat to Magic Kingdom

Here are the pictures I took from the boat

one of the buildings at the Poly

the Contemporary

The Grand Floridian

We got off the boat and entered Magic Kingdom (after all the check-in and bags being checked of course!) and saw this

What a MAGICAL castle! :] I think everything's Magical- dont I?

We decided to go get Fast Passes for Jungle Cruise. So my dad went and got them and my mom, my brothers, and I waited by the remote-control boats!

Now, here's why the title says what it says...
The first ride we ride EVERYTIME we go to WDW is Pirates of the Caribbean!

(It's too dark, but hey, NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY!)
And incase you're wondering... I took 80% of the photos you will see on this TR, but when I'm in the photo, that means my mom took it :]

So, we rode POTC and headed over to Jungle Cruise to use our Fast Passes. We got right on!
We decided to get Fast Passes for Big Thunder Mt. Railroad, a favorite of our family.

So while waiting for the time to use our FPs we went to get some lunch at Pecos Bill!

Joel got the kids hamburger and a cookie

I got a chicken salad

(just a little FYI, I ate a salad for lunch almost everyday. I wanted to experience them all!)
My mom and dad split a cheeseburger

Jonathan just had a coke, he wasnt hungrey.
We all had carrot cake for dessert (except Joel who had a cookie)

After lunch we still had some time before our FPs so we rode a favorite of my dads, Haunted Mansion!
Then it was time to ride BTMR!

Our Dinner reservations that night were at 'Ohana, which is at our Resort. So we went back to the Poly. Which, we got to ride the monorail to, just the resort monorail was running, but later on that day all of the monorails were working!

We had a while until our reservations, so we got our bathing suits on and hit the pool! Except me... I hate pools, mainly when they are over-crowded, then I wont even think of going in! But I do believe I went in right by the 0-enrty part of the pool. I think I was the only one in my family who DIDNT go down the awesome slide there :[ Oh well, I really had no desire.

So my brothers went swimming and my dad went to the pool-bar thing (I forgot what they call it- but you go to the bar without shoes on, because its next to the pool). He brought back a drink for my mom and him to share (I forgot its actual name)

(I ate the pineapple! Yummy!)

Here's me reading an article in a magazine about Michael Jackson

My mom and I then went to Captain Cooks to go get our mugs! (Mine is the red one) I love these mugs, they are WAY better than our old ones, our old ones were blue, and the ones after that were okay, but I think these are the best!

Something nice about the Poly that we didnt get when we stayed at the Contemporary was that the lifeguards interacted a lot more! When we were there that day the lifeguards organized a game of dodgeball, which I knew wasnt going to end well.

But here's my brothers playing (I never participated in any of the games)

So now it was time to go to 'Ohana! We went back to the room, got changed and went over the Great Ceremonial House and found our way to 'Ohana!

We checked in at the desk about 10 minutes early. We waited about 15 minutes to get in. So my parents shared a drink= Captain's Mai Tai

(I wanted to eat the orange, but it was drenched in the drink, which my parents said was VERY strong...)

My mom and I shared a seat since the waiting area was FILLED with people... waiting!

Eventually some people left and we all got our own seats. That's when I decided to take a picture of my MAGICAL pin!

I love that pin! I wore it all the time, even though I really wasnt celebrating anything big... I said I was celebrating my... 7th visit to WDW (which to some of you reading probably sounds like 2 times :] )

So we were seated- finally, but it was well worth the wait- let me tell you!
Our 'cousin' was awesome- really nice! We sat towards the back, by a window.

We got our bread- yum!!!! My mom told us we could only have one peice, she wanted us to eat our dinner... Dont worry mom, we did!

Next came the salad- YUMMM! The dressing was to die for! Best Salad EVER!

Next our 'cousin' brought us dumplings and chicken wings.

The dumplings were good, not amazing, but good

The chicken wings were great! Very very good!

Our 'cousin' also brought us dipping sauces, they were all okay.

Continued on next post due to amount of pictures!

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Next we were brought noodles and brocoli

The noodles were okay, nothing special

I dont really like brocoli, but I tried some, it was 'eh'.

Next came the meat (I didnt take very good pictures of the meat... but there was three kinds: pork, steak, and turkey. Plus the shrimp!

The pork was good, the steak was AWESOME, the turkey was also good, and the shrimp was AMAZING!

During the dinner they had a lot of interaction with kids. Joel participated a lot.
Here's him

While we were at WDW my parents were celebrating their anniversery. So the guy who was incharge of all the activities said all people who were celebrating an anniversery, wedding, honeymoon, or other romantical event. So my parents went up and danced or whatever they were supposed to do... we kids werent really paying attention... because I came up with the idea to stuff our mouths with that yummy bread we werent supposed to be eating! When my mom looked over at us Jonathan held up his huge chunck of bread, waved it and smiled. Are we not the perfect children? Haha!

Back to our dinner... our 'cousin' brought us our banana desert! Yummy!

And vanilla icecream with mickey sprinkles

They were both delicious! I loved the banana sauce, it was heaven!

So we finished off our dinner and decided to go over to Magic Kingdom again.

We took the monorail over there and rode one of my favorites...
The teacups (as I call then)
Only my mom, Joel, and I can ride them, my dad and Jonathan get motion sickness or whatnot...

Then Joel decided we go ride Goofy's barnyeard chase ride. We all rode it, but seriously that thing is over in two seconds! It's a good thing there was no line!

We then rode Carousel of Progress, I love that song! "There's a great big beautiful tomorrow..."
And Buzz Lightyear! I stink at the game...

After that my mom and Jonathan "couldnt hang" and left. So my dad, Joel, and I rode my least favorite ride... Small World... we just rode it to make my mom mad that she left early and didnt get to ride it :] Then we rode Haunted Mansion, a worthy ride!

Then we left and took the monorail back to the Poly at about 10:40.

What a wonderful end to a wonderful first Disney Day!

Up next:
Home Sweet EPCOT

 

[dd50]

Sounds like you had a wonderful first day. The food looks really good. Glad you liked the restaurant.

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Sounds like you had a wonderful first day. The food looks really good. Glad you liked the restaurant.

Thanks! I loved the restaurant, it was one of my favorites!

 

[GinCar]

I just wanted to let you know that I am enjoying your report from a mom's point of view. Your mom must be proud that you have a great appreciation for Disney.

Can't wait to hear more.....

 

[MickeyisBeast]

I just wanted to let you know that I am enjoying your report from a mom's point of view. Your mom must be proud that you have a great appreciation for Disney.

Can't wait to hear more.....

Thank You so much!

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Okay, every 'A little extra: whatever edition' is going to include:
-a rating from each member of my family
-our thoughts on the place/meal
-pros/cons
-an ending statement

So, let's get started!

(D=Dad M=Mom S=Sara DB11&DB9 are brothers)
Rating (on a scare from 1-10):
D- 9
M- 9
S- 9
DB11- 9
DB9- 9

Thoughts:
D- Good Salad
M- Nice food
S- Love it all!

Pros:
-In our resort
-delicious food
-Family Style
-'cousin' was good
-good interaction with children

Cons:
-sometimes it's hard to see whats going on if you have a table in a bad location. Half the time I couldnt see anything going on.


Statement:
All in all, it was awesome there! It was everyone in my familys favorite place we ate at the whole vacation! It may have been because it was the first sit down meal we had at WDW, but it was our favorite none the less!

Next 'A little extra'
A little extra: Polynesian edition

 

[Disney.Ears]

Aweee I love it!
Keeeep updating girl, it's great

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Aweee I love it!
Keeeep updating girl, it's great

Oh Thank You!