I'm joining! I saw the words "Mother In Law", and I figured this would be a good one.
Your DD is absolutely adorable. Also, I'm a Cubs fan too, have been my whole life. It's going to happen.....someday.
Oh man, rain when you're on your way to your room? That sounds like something that would happen to me.
Welcome! Thanks for joining in!
Oh, Mothers in Law, they're always good for a story
Thanks for the kind words. I love to hear from another Cubs fan. My DH and I were just discussing yesterday how Castro to Barney to LaHair/Baker doesn't have the same panache as say, Dunstun to Sandburg to Grace, but we still like watching these young kids play. If only we could unload Soriano. It is gonna happen! Theo says 5 years, so that's how long I'll wait.
It was like in a cartoon where the rain cloud follows Daffy Duck or something. It wasn't a great start, but I'm so glad that it was the last of the rain.
My question is how the two AirTran workers didn't notice that they broke a stroller??? That's ridiculous.
So glad to hear that you didn't get any more rain! I think it's awesome that the food court looks like it's an outdoor place and there's a storm brewing. Such amazing theming!
Hooray for Magic Kingdom time!
I'm not sure that they cared that the stroller was missing parts. It was really annoying, but we pretty much only use the stroller at WDW anymore, so it could have been much worse.
We had beautiful weather for the rest of the trip! I was so excited.
Isn't CBR such beautiful place? I loved that food court. It was so much better themed than the food court at POFQ. Plus, the I thought that the special smells were reserved for some of the deluxe resorts, but CBR had a definite beachy smell in all of the main buildings. I loved it there!
Maddie (and I
) were so excited to get going!
I love Maddie's rapunzel dress, she is a beautiful girl!
I would be annoyed with the stroller, why are people so careless and lazy?! THis is why we are only bringing an umbrella stroller and not a more expensive one on our trip, I have heard many similar stories!
I can't wait to hear more about MK!
Thank you! She loved that dress.
The stroller situation was super annoying. Luckily it was just our umbrella stroller, and we only use it at WDW since she's 5 now, but still very irritating.
They broke your stoller at the airline. Grrr. That is so frustrating. Us Mamas really do sacrifice a lot for our kids. (Happy Mother's Day). I am glad it did not rain the rest of your trip, but that is horrible that it only rained while you walked to your room with all of your luggage and a stroller with no sun-shade. Bummer.
Your pictures remind me of how much I LOVE CBR. We were in 5408 when we stayed in Aruba. Other than the lack of sparkles, I am glad Maddie enjoyed the resort.
She looks beaautiful in that dress. I know you said it was pricey, but it looks like it was worth every penny. Cannot wait to see what Princess she sees in that lovely gown suited for Princess Maddie.
Yup, they broke my stroller. Well, they broke
off an important piece. So instead of both of us being able to stay sort of dry, we were both wet. We dried pretty quickly though, and the sun visor wasn't a huge issue later on. Maddie would still ask for it sometimes, but it wasn't the center of a meltdown or anything.
I love, love, love CBR. I think that everyday I said "it's so pretty here!" to DH. I just felt relaxed when I looked around. She was pretty excited to discover that we were in a pink and purple building. I guess we'll be making that same building request next time
We all loved the location too.
The dress was kind of expensive, but she loved it. We saw a few others wearing it on the trip, and had several people stop and compliment DD on it. She ate that up of course
I'll bet you have a pretty good idea of what Princess Maddie wanted to do first at MK
The story of the airtran employees throwing strollers makes me feel sick to my stomach. I always bring my full-sized stroller, and if anything happened to it, I would be SOOO upset. I guess my only consolation is that it is pretty heavy and unwieldy, so throwing it would probably be out of the question- or would it?
SO glad that the rain stopped and you ended up in a pink and purple building!
That Rapunzel dress is so pretty and Maddie just looks every inch the princess, so cute!
I hope that you're full size it too heavy to toss, because pretty much every stroller (except the double stroller that the lady in front of me was waiting for) got the same treatment. I was so annoyed. We pretty much only use our stroller at WDW these days, so it wasn't a huge loss, but a few years ago I would have been raising some heck over that situation.
No more rain, and a pink and purple building. Things improved quickly for Maddie after that
Thank you! She loved that dress so much. I think she ended up wearing it more than the Ariel dress from last year, and for Maddie that's saying something!
Wow, I can't believe that about your stroller. That's terrible.
The pics of CBR are great! We are under 2 weeks before our trip and I will be seeing it in person! Maddie's dress is gorgeous!
Yeah, it wasn't a great way to start the trip. I was annoyed, but not surprised.
We loved CBR so much! I'm sure that you'll have a great trip. It's so relaxing and pretty there. I love the Old Port Royale area too, it's so well themed. I would love to stay there again.
Thanks!
Despite the broken stroller thanks to careless baggage handlers, it's good to see that things are getting better now that the rain has stopped.
At least Maddie is coming around to the idea of staying at the pink and purple hotel.
Things got much better once the rain stopped. The stroller thing wasn't a huge issue later in the trip. Since she's 5 now, the stroller pretty much only comes out at WDW anyway.
Maddie came around to my way of thinking about CBR once she saw those pink and purple buildings. And then she saw the pools, suddenly mommy hadn't made such a mistake!
Enjoying your report and looking forward to more.
Thanks! Glad you're here!
All caught up!
So glad y'all made the flight safely! But
for the airline employees tossing the strollers & for MIL not having her info ready for ME! And I'm glad to hear that was all the rain y'all had on the trip!
Maddie looks so sweet all dressed up!
Darn baggage guys. Luckily, they only really affected the first few minutes of our trip. MiL tended to affect way more than that, but I expected that
Thank you! Mads love to be a princess at WDW. She really thinks that she is one too
How's it going in the new house? Getting all settled in?
Aww man, first it starts raining and then you realize that the airline employees broke the stroller. Ugh! At least it didn't rain for long.
I am loving all of the CBR pictures and can hardly wait until we are back there.
Yeah, it wasn't the most magical start, but luckily things went up from there.
We loved CBR so much! I think that I took about 30 pictures of the resort everyday. We'll definitely stay there again. Thanks so much for all of the info about the resort. We may not have tried it without your glowing reviews, and we are so glad that we did.
I'll bet that you are soooo excited for your trip. It's so close now, and should be amazing! I can't wait to read that TR because we're thinking about tackling the
DCL next!
How dare they treat property like that! 
loving all the pictures and Maddy looks so cute in her Rapunzel dress!
So, I'll have to put off finishing that room by another week. Then, I feel like I can't really do anything with the den. We need new den furniture & ordered it this weekend. But, it won't be here until like the end of June. 
I had to plan our first trip to wdw for christmas of 2009. It was for MIL, SIL, BIL, neice, nephew, DH, DD, DS and myself. I did the research, contacted the TA, set up all the ADRs. After the first couple of days spent waiting on the other room to get ready in the mornings....we would just get up and go
. We got so much more done and were able to ride so much more. Just made MIL mad because we didn't take the niece with us. They couldn't get ready to leave in time. We didn't think DD should miss out because they couldn't get it together.
