ann marie27
Earning My Ears
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- Feb 25, 2007
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My Dtwins and I returned on Monday night from a wonderful trip! Let me start by saying I left my cell phone home! I think it was an accident in our rush to make a 6:55am flight, but I'm just not sure since I had contimplated not carrying it with me at the parks. The first 12 hours it made me insane after that... it was I thought it was the best mistake I had EVER made!
1st Day arrived at All Satr Movies around noon. It took quite awhile to check in as they claimed to have a new system.
I'll save you the details but, in true disney fashion my children were not impatient or bored they were given approx 40 mickey stickers each, coloring pages and crayons. We spent they day at the pool. Headed to O'Hana for dinner. We toured the beautiful resort... kids dreaming of one day staying there. They loved the pool! Had a wonderfully delicious dinner. We thought the food was just amazing and well worth a stop if you have the DDP. My kids aren't the chix nugget and pizza types. Every single thing we ate was delicious. The kids had lots of fun with coconut races, hula dancing, performer and searching for hidden Mickeys. Found one in the carpet at Kona which is next door.
Day 2 Animal Kingdom. We just love animals and everything about this park. The day was warm and the park is beautiful. DDP lunch at Falme tree BBQ. We all used kids counter service meals which were yummy. Chix wings and hot dogs. We did all the walking trails and loved every quiet moment watching the animals, reading the information, petting the boa and speaking to CMs about the differnt species. We stayed until the park closed. Headed to the Animal Kingdom Lodge. We were early for our dinner at Boma. So we toured the hotel. It is gorgeous. If money werent an option that is were I would stay. The hotel has a map listing all the animal overlooks. We did them all, It took about a half an hour and there was a CM at each site to answer questions. We still had sometime and as we walking around to find a quiet spot to sit, stumbled across 2 CMs giving a short class on animals. It was already started but they let my twins join right in. Dinner was fun. We had seats all the way in the back where it was much quieter. VERY NICE. It was fun for all of us to try the differnt foods. The Buffet thing worked very well on the DDP for my children. They ate everything thing they wanted from the buffet. Dessert was mostly fruit and cookies for us. Lots of dessert had liquor.
Day 3 Magic Kingdom. I had pre-booked the Family magic tour. I pretended we had a message when we woke in the morning and told the kids our help was needed at the kingdom. We checked in town hall on main street. I inquired to where the closest lockers were and a CM offered to hold my bag for they day. My ever hungry & thirsty DS asked if we could go get drinks before we started. They gave both DS& DD a full bottle of cold water. Wehad to time to try Buzz lightyear before our tour. We went straight to the ride. No line, we walk right in and a CM says
:CONGRATULATIONS!! We won a dream fast pass for Magic Kingdom! 
It was great the kids had no idea how great until we started to use the pass. The passes were great for us all. We even shared with another family because we weren't using the roller coaters. So we had a chance to spread the fun. Which made it even more fun for us! I must admit the tour was a bit boring. The Cm had good intentions but he wasn't that exciting. He stopped and left us for about 10 minutes just when the tour started to pick up speed...Im not sure why. The group I was with had a few parents with strollers which slowed us down and took away from the "hiding from the pirates" and the "playful feeling" to the whole tour. I'm the type to crawl on the flooor and get into character when needed, but I was the only adult willing to. The Cm finally gave up asking others. Ice cream for lunch! It is vacation
Swimming in the afternoon. Dinner at our hotel. Best taco salad I've ever had. Kids weren't as happy with theirs but we made due.
To be continued.... Epoct, MGM, EXTRA MAGIC HOURS AT MK, LAST DAY!
1st Day arrived at All Satr Movies around noon. It took quite awhile to check in as they claimed to have a new system.
I'll save you the details but, in true disney fashion my children were not impatient or bored they were given approx 40 mickey stickers each, coloring pages and crayons. We spent they day at the pool. Headed to O'Hana for dinner. We toured the beautiful resort... kids dreaming of one day staying there. They loved the pool! Had a wonderfully delicious dinner. We thought the food was just amazing and well worth a stop if you have the DDP. My kids aren't the chix nugget and pizza types. Every single thing we ate was delicious. The kids had lots of fun with coconut races, hula dancing, performer and searching for hidden Mickeys. Found one in the carpet at Kona which is next door.Day 2 Animal Kingdom. We just love animals and everything about this park. The day was warm and the park is beautiful. DDP lunch at Falme tree BBQ. We all used kids counter service meals which were yummy. Chix wings and hot dogs. We did all the walking trails and loved every quiet moment watching the animals, reading the information, petting the boa and speaking to CMs about the differnt species. We stayed until the park closed. Headed to the Animal Kingdom Lodge. We were early for our dinner at Boma. So we toured the hotel. It is gorgeous. If money werent an option that is were I would stay. The hotel has a map listing all the animal overlooks. We did them all, It took about a half an hour and there was a CM at each site to answer questions. We still had sometime and as we walking around to find a quiet spot to sit, stumbled across 2 CMs giving a short class on animals. It was already started but they let my twins join right in. Dinner was fun. We had seats all the way in the back where it was much quieter. VERY NICE. It was fun for all of us to try the differnt foods. The Buffet thing worked very well on the DDP for my children. They ate everything thing they wanted from the buffet. Dessert was mostly fruit and cookies for us. Lots of dessert had liquor.
Day 3 Magic Kingdom. I had pre-booked the Family magic tour. I pretended we had a message when we woke in the morning and told the kids our help was needed at the kingdom. We checked in town hall on main street. I inquired to where the closest lockers were and a CM offered to hold my bag for they day. My ever hungry & thirsty DS asked if we could go get drinks before we started. They gave both DS& DD a full bottle of cold water. Wehad to time to try Buzz lightyear before our tour. We went straight to the ride. No line, we walk right in and a CM says
:CONGRATULATIONS!! We won a dream fast pass for Magic Kingdom! It was great the kids had no idea how great until we started to use the pass. The passes were great for us all. We even shared with another family because we weren't using the roller coaters. So we had a chance to spread the fun. Which made it even more fun for us! I must admit the tour was a bit boring. The Cm had good intentions but he wasn't that exciting. He stopped and left us for about 10 minutes just when the tour started to pick up speed...Im not sure why. The group I was with had a few parents with strollers which slowed us down and took away from the "hiding from the pirates" and the "playful feeling" to the whole tour. I'm the type to crawl on the flooor and get into character when needed, but I was the only adult willing to. The Cm finally gave up asking others. Ice cream for lunch! It is vacation Swimming in the afternoon. Dinner at our hotel. Best taco salad I've ever had. Kids weren't as happy with theirs but we made due.To be continued.... Epoct, MGM, EXTRA MAGIC HOURS AT MK, LAST DAY!
