Why do we have to stand in all these lines?...a TR by DM w/lots of PIX...Completed!

[Disneyolic]

yea for Alec!!!
You sure know how to keep everyone waiting for the next update

I try my best!

Wow, that is far away from EE!!! I wonder whether it might be more advisable to go back to the tree of life rope drop? But then, I will never get a chance to test it as I won't be back in WDW before they end the Breakfastosaurus thing... I wonder where the rope drop for the people brekfasting at Tusker House will be once the character Breakfast moves there...

It does seem far. And I don't know where the other rope drop is. This was only our 2nd time in AK and the first time we were there for early EMH but never noticed a rope drop. Hmm....the rope drop from Tusker House sounds like a good one! That place will probably be a hard ADR to get early.

Speaking of Crocs, I'm curious about getting them for next year's trip. Honestly, were they comfortable walking around WDW?

I loved my Athens, although you'll have to read what happens next. If I had to choose between all my Crocs, the most comfortable would be the Athens.

You have to get in line, Scott. DM is coming to visit me first.

I love it when people fight over me....

Love the pics DM!

I agree that the section of the park with primevil whirl looks really dumpy. It's totally not a Disney-looking experience!

The kids had fun there but I wouldn't mind if they re-did it. I think I even managed to catch a trash cart being pushed there....

 

[Disneyolic]

Ok I'm second

You betcha! I am going to have to seriously start thinking about a trip to NYC!

Brooke is too cute! Woody does this fake smile thing that drives me crazy - it might be just as well to have him say "no" to smiling in the first place.

That section of the park confounds me. The theming is SO good in Asia and Africa... Actually, I suppose the theming in Dinoland is good, too, as I do think they MEAN for it to look like a dumpy amusement park. It's just so "unclassy" compared to the other bits of AK. And you know me, I insist on "classy."

Kids are cute but they have to be in the mood I guess! That's why I try to take a lot of pictures and hope for the best. Sometimes a not so happy picture is not always so bad when it comes to memories...

I am loving your trip report and can't wait to find out what happens next...I am on the edge of my seat!!!

Oh dear! I hope your bum isn't numb waiting for me to update!

DM- great updates, from monday to today. The loved all of the pictures. Your niece looks like a happy baby. Congrats with Brooke and the potty and the massage that you won. When I saw Mickey's pants I thought Steve Erkel.

My niece is a very happy baby. She's very mellow like my brother. I hope she stays that way. Steve Erkel? Totally!

Hi DM ive finnally made it over to your tr and youve done a great job so far Ive been bad and havent even started mine yet and will hopefully start mine soon... My dd is working on hers and it is very good for her age. Your kids are very cute good job

Katie (disneydance)

Glad you made it over here. I hope you enjoy it as the months drag out....

DM - that photo of Brooke cracks me up.... "Please! No more photos!"

Renee

Most of the time Brooke wants me to take her picture. So that one surprised me.

 

[Disneyolic]

I think DM is worse than me in the time its going to take her to complete her TR LOL.

See LY/MI DM

What? Huh? Me taking a long time? But it feels sooooooooo right!

Yea, they really DID mean for it to look like a dumpy amusement park. And c'mon it's called "Hester and Chester's Dino-Rama" What can you expect? LOL No really, I don't know WHAT they were thinking. But the kids seem to love it, right?

By the way I love your map of the rope drop, DM. You should sell those.

I know they meant for it to look that way. I guess because it's Disney that I thought that dumpy would still mean a bit better than that. That map is from PassPorter so I don't think they'd appreciate me selling their stuff. However, after doing that map I am going to have fun with the map for my next couple of updates...

an update!!!!!

I wouldn't do primevil...as I did not want to toss my cookies in front of hundreds of people!!!

I hope there's no chickening out of Dino!!! Waiting patiently!

Are you a wussie?

Well, well, DawnMaree, did you just call me "chicaroo"? What kind of name is that?! Hmmmm . . . I think that'll be my screen name on another board!

Yes...I called you chicaroo. I do that a lot. It's one of my things. Instead of just chic. I like to embellish. But I only mean it in an endearing way....

Great update..... Seems alot of our DD have their moments with wanting no pics....

Can't wait to see what happens!!

Thanks. Most of the time Brooke wants her picture. I mean, she is telling me to take her picture even when I don't want to.

Oh yeah, THIS looks and sounds familiar!

If they're anything like mine, they're checking out the mechanics of the ride.

But you have to love the good faces with the bad. It's totally part of vacation...and life! I bet you are right about the mechanics of the ride. They are very inquisitive kids. Thanks!

 

[kaysmommie]

Just finished your update. Your pictures came out so good on primevil whirl! I can never get a good picture of Dumbo or DIno O rama, I think it's impossible. I was considering this character meal at AK just to get in the park earlier and be closer to EE, but it doesn't seem worth it . I agree Dinoland looks like Seaside or Wildwood NJ . It doesn't really fit with the theme of the park. What happened to the RT picture of the day?

 

[SingingMom]

I agree Dinoland looks like Seaside or Wildwood NJ . It doesn't really fit with the theme of the park. /QUOTE]

Not Wildwood - more Seaside or even Asbury or Keensburg! Wildwood's Boardwalk is a little nicer.

 

[Gregory]

Another great read. Thanks for the update. Gregory.

 

[Goofyluver]

Soooo...what if I am a wussie????

 

[tinkgurl]

I loved my Athens, although you'll have to read what happens next. If I had to choose between all my Crocs, the most comfortable would be the Athens.

Alrighty!

 

[DisneyJo]

DM what's happened? You're still on the same page you were on when I went to bed, what's going on? Where's my morning (well it's PM already!) reading?

 

[Disneyolic]

Just finished your update. Your pictures came out so good on primevil whirl! I can never get a good picture of Dumbo or DIno O rama, I think it's impossible. I was considering this character meal at AK just to get in the park earlier and be closer to EE, but it doesn't seem worth it . I agree Dinoland looks like Seaside or Wildwood NJ . It doesn't really fit with the theme of the park. What happened to the RT picture of the day?

The trick to getting a good picture on Dumbo is to take it before they lift off! You'll see my pics some month when I get back to the MK. I wouldn't bother with Donald's if you just want it to be in the park. Not worth it then. No time for RT of the day. Got things to do...okay, maybe later.

Not Wildwood - more Seaside or even Asbury or Keensburg! Wildwood's Boardwalk is a little nicer.

I wouldn't know...

Another great read. Thanks for the update. Gregory.

Thank you. I hope to have another one up soon!

Soooo...what if I am a wussie????

Sooo...it just mean you don't hang with the cool fast kids like me...

DM what's happened? You're still on the same page you were on when I went to bed, what's going on? Where's my morning (well it's PM already!) reading?

Oh dear! I usually don't post an update until Monday but seeing as you will be leaving to Disney, I will post an update just for you!!!

 

[Disneyolic]

Monday, June 25...Animal Kingdom
DinoLand to Asia to Discovery Island and back to Asia...


Hopes:
1. More PhotoPass pictures taken...
2. A good DIS meet with Laura...
3. No blisters on my feet...today was my Crocs Athens day again
4. A meeting with the Dream Team

Wants:
1. A good breakfast at Donald’s Breakfastosaurus...
2. Ride Expedition Everest with Laura at park opening...
3. Ride Dinosaur...
4. Have a good rest at the resort in the afternoon
5. Return to Animal Kingdom in the evening for EMH

After I posted that last map to help out where the DinoLand rope drop is, I had a great idea to post maps to show our trip around the park. Let me know what you think about this...

We left Primeval Whirl and headed to Dinosaur!

Time for Dinosaur. Man oh man I was looking forward to this one. Some of you may know about this if you have Playstation but there is a Disney racing game that I absolutely love to play. And I am so good in the Dinosaur race. So, naturally, I have to compare the game to the ride. The wait time said 20 minutes. We grabbed the child swap pass and I told Rob to take the boys on it first (it was his turn) while I tried to hunt down some water with Brookie.

I started off in search of a water stand. All the carts were closed still. This was very irritating as it was so freaking hot and we wanted some bottles of water. I will not drink from a fountain. I just have this thing for bottled water. I stock up on Poland Spring here at home. Plus I get grossed out by putting my mouth near where some other person’s mouth might have been, especially since I don’t know where that mouth has been. To quote Brookie in her new favorite saying, “Ewwwwwwwww!” So, to get out of the heat, Brookie and I went into Dinosaur’s gift shop and waited for the boys. When I finally saw their picture pop up on the screen I rednecked it and waited for them to get off the ride.

From the picture I couldn’t tell that Alec and Evan had been scared by that dinosaur at the end. In fact, it scared the be-jeebers out of Alec and he said he would not ride it with me. Evan said he did not want to ride it either. What? You bunch of freakin' wussies. I wanted to ride it but not alone. I don’t really like being alone on things like that. So, I moped and we headed on over to Expedition Everest. I was still in search for bottled water. There were none on the way...

I took Evan on Expedition first and I told Rob to go hunt down some bottled water. The FP line was very short and we boarded and took off. All I can say is WOW! We loved it. It was so much fun. I did not get to redneck the picture because there were too many people in the way. Bummer. Evan & I exited Expedition and started looking for Rob. I saw Brookie’s stroller still parked where we put it but he, Alec & Brooke were nowhere to be found. I called him on his cell phone. No answer. I had Evan get up on a rock and scan the crowd. Nope. Now I was getting ticked, mainly because I was hot and starting to get dehydrated.

Side Note: I am prone to dehydration. At least I think I am. There have been many a times that I’ve been sick from dehydration. One interesting story was that I suffered from dehydration/heat stroke in Bermuda once and passed out in the middle of the street. Thank goodness a kind police woman saw me and rushed over and helped me out. She ordered me to go straight to my room and drink some orange juice or she would drive me to the hospital. I went to my room. Anywho, I always make sure I drink enough in the heat.

Finally I saw Rob with Alec & Brooke heading our way and I flagged them down. He was ticked himself because he said it took him forever just to find someplace to get a bottle of water. We both don’t understand why they didn’t have anyplace in the morning to get some. I am positive people would be buying some. Rant over...maybe.

Rob went on Expedition with Alec while I stayed with Evan and Brooke. We went over to a nice viewing area and I took a couple of pictures. I actually took a bunch of pictures hoping that one of the trains had Rob & Alec on it but in the end, you just couldn’t tell so I settled on keeping the best two photos.

We were wondering what we wanted to do next. We grabbed some FPs for Kali River Rapids first. Then, I really wanted to go on one of the trails to check out some of the animals.

So we went on the Maharajah Jungle Trek. Almost all of us enjoyed this trail. Almost means everyone but Alec who was being a little grump. He just did not have any interest in looking at any of the animals. Well, too bad for him. We all enjoyed it and told him to just keep up and keep quiet. There was only one spot that I remembered to take pictures.

And this was just too good not to take a picture!

Now the time was 11:30 am. Yes, we accomplished all this in 2½ hours. That’s good for my family. As we were getting a bit hungry, we headed on over to Discovery Island to see what we may want to eat over there. We did circles around here but couldn’t quite decide on what to eat. This was definitely not in our plans.

However, the ice cream stand was calling our names and we all stopped there. We used 5 of our DDP credits and what a good use of credits on this hot and sticky day. I had my very first Mickey Premium Bar. Yes people. My first! The kids have had them but I never did. And, I didn’t have to share it. It was scrumptious on this sticky hot day. We all finished up and headed back to Kali.

Rob took the boys first and Brookie and I made our way down to the end of the ride to take a little video of them...

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And when they got off, I took the boys. It was so much fun passing the long long line of hot sweaty people. A lot of them gave us dirty looks. WhatEVER. They could have gotten a FP so too bad for them. The CM sent us over to a raft and at first I said that we couldn’t get in it because I only saw 2 seats. He said there were 3 in there and walked away from us. There was 1 seat on one end 2 other seats on the other end of the raft not even together. I was not comfortable with this arrangement so I refused to get on and a CM rushed over. I said I needed to sit with my young boys. He scolded the group on the raft saying, “Come on people, move over, a mother and her kids need to sit together. Come on move!” It was a bit shocking but the people moved over. It was not a big deal for them to move either. It was a case of people leaving 1 seat in between here and there. So, off we went. I did manage to get pretty wet as I was headed in the backwards position at the big drop. Good thing I had my sports bra that day as the white shirt would have flashed it all! Here’s the video Rob took...

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By this time, we were all pretty tuckered out and much needed a rest back at the resort.

My feet were rubbing pretty hard on the Athens from the sweat. Did I mention how hot and sticky it was? I’m sure I did. So, back to the resort we went. Did we fall asleep back at the resort? Did I do my most favorite thing back there? Did we get back to the Animal Kingdom that night? Stay tuned again folks!


Next installment...June 25...Port Orleans Riverside...Quiet Pool Time

 

[punkin413]

And this was just too good not to take a picture!

this is so cute!!!!!!! great picture.

i don't know if you're reading thinktink's TR, but she said there was a grandma on KR with them who had forgotten her bra that day with a white shirt......

 

[Goofyluver]

Falling asleep on a touring day??? Say it isn't so!!!

 

[CourtneyandRyan]

Yay!!!! You took a picture of Mike!

For those non-LSU fans (what are you thinking, by the way????), Mike the Tiger is out mascot, and every tiger we EVER see is Mike!

 

[DisneyJo]

Oh dear! I usually don't post an update until Monday but seeing as you will be leaving to Disney, I will post an update just for you!!!

Thanks DM

After I posted that last map to help out where the DinoLand rope drop is, I had a great idea
to post maps to show our trip around the park. Let me know what you think about this...

I love the maps

Bummer about the water you'd think it would be on sale everywhere so they could make more money Great Kali videos and thank goodness you were wearing your sports bra

So, back to the resort we went. Did we fall asleep back at the resort? Did I do my most favorite thing back there? Did we get back to the Animal
Kingdom that night? Stay tuned again folks![/font]

Nooooooo I'm now going to have to wait 2.5 weeks for the next update aren't I

 

[shannon47142]

Great update!! You always make it sound like I could be right there with your family throughout the day

 

[scottny]

great update. Did you draw the lines on the maps or did you do it on the computer?
can i steal the idea for my March trip when I do a tr?
Did you like Kali? It was one of the biggest disappointments for us.

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

That maps are great! Good idea!

Goodness, it sounds like it was hot that day. I really don't know if I could handle it in the summer.

I'm sad that you didn't get to go on Dinosaur.

 

[tinkgurl]

Some of you may know about this if you have Playstation but there is a Disney racing game that I absolutely love to
play.

I love that game! The B.F. and I always play each other, we get pretty competitive!

Plus I get grossed out by putting my mouth near where some other person’s mouth might
have been, especially since I don’t know where that mouth has been.

I don't blame you!

When I finally saw their picture pop up
on the screen I rednecked it and waited for them to get off the ride.

Oh you'll see a few of these in my T.R. too! Taking pictures of the pictures is the way to go!

 

[Disneyolic]

this is so cute!!!!!!! great picture.

i don't know if you're reading thinktink's TR, but she said there was a grandma on KR with them who had forgotten her bra that day with a white shirt......

Thanks. No, I'm not reading thinktink's TR. I'm subbed to a lot of them that it's hard to keep up but I try to at least follow the TR/PTRs of people who read mine! That grandma one sounds pretty skeeeerrrrry!

Falling asleep on a touring day??? Say it isn't so!!!

Okay...it isn't so. Happy?

Yay!!!! You took a picture of Mike!

For those non-LSU fans (what are you thinking, by the way????), Mike the Tiger is out mascot, and every tiger we EVER see is Mike!

No, I believe it was a picture of Tony.