You Want to Stay Where?! A July PTR* TR LINK 8/8!

[jash08]

Great update!

Don't worry, if I had a child, I would be that Mom too!!!!

 

[marDgreen88]

Voting for Artist Point, Cinderella's Royal Table, Whispering Canyon, and Earl of Sandwich.

Darn, had I known about the park hoppers I might have guessed BOG! Probably not though. I highly recommend meeting my Mexican brethren, fiesta Donald.

My guesses are 1900 Park Fare and 'Ohana. Two Seven Seas Lagoon resorts in one day!

Love your mishmash update. The countdown is adorable!

 

[Fantasyland Mom]

First I'll vote, then comment.

Signature/Celebrity Chef
Narcoossee's


Character/Dinner Show
Hoop Dee Doo Revue


Table Service
Whispering Canyon Café

Counter Service
Sunshine Seasons


OKAY. Epcot. Brandon and I LOVE it, and the girls love Future World a lot. We decided to do the Phineas and Ferb Mission last year (it'll be in my TR soon, cause it happened on the day I'm writing now!), but I'll go ahead and tell you that it was a BLAST, and it really helped them get through WS! I think she will love it! You can pick up your FP for it on the way into WS and get the "phone" at Norway.
I also think that this year I'm gonna let them do the Duffy on a Stick coloring thing to help them make it.

I'm not a fan of Akershus either, but PRINCESSES. So we're totally going back, too.

I LOVE YOUR COUNTDOWN!!! I would LOVE for you to send it to me! I'll PM you my email address.
Also, I'm THAT MOM, too. My kids will totally be writing sentences.

I love Maddie's selfies! Julia discovered that on the ipad mini, and we've got some hilarious shots. I think it shows their personalities!

I can't wait for your etsy shop!

THAT LUGGAGE!!!!!!!!! AMAZING!!!!!!

We also got that poncho at Target, one for each girl, and we got Sawyer a Star Wars one. We took the last ones they had. My Target lists are always weird, too. Like "bedspread, bacon, dryer sheets, baby wipes, sunglasses." But I pretty much live there because you can get all that in one place!

I'm not actually playing the guessing game, but I'm going 'Ohana breakfast, Narcoossee's dinner.

Another great update (or three!)!

 

[Cinderella909]

On Day 5 of the trip we'll finally make it to Epcot! I know many will probably think we're crazy, but Epcot just doesn't hold the appeal of the MK or DHS for the littlest member of our travelling party.

We'll start off the day with breakfast at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall (anyone who guessed Akershus got a point regardless of the meal time. I know I said that the specific meal was required, but quite honestly I can't remember if I've adhered to that the whole time-so points awarded! ) We've never been wowed by Akershus, but it has princesses, so we'll be there.


from last year's breakfast

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Once we're done with breakfast we'll head into Future World where our To Do list includes Soarin', more than one ride on Test Track, (haven't decided if we'll FP TT on the way to Soarin, double back and ride TT standby, and then use our FP or what. Any suggestions?), Nemo, and Turtle Talk. We'll likely also hit the Character Spot now that Maddie knows it exists, and maybe take a ride on Spaceship Earth. There's a good chance that we'll spend an inordinate amount of time in Mousegears as well.

Around 11 we'll make our way toward World Showcase. I plan to use the Agent P missions to make WS more palatable for Maddie who barely tolerates afternoons spent there. We've never done the missions in WS before though. Where do we pick up our mission thingies? Can we get more than one at a time? Maddie is really into Phineus and Ferb these days, so I'm hoping that she'll get into it and let us explore WS a little more than she has in the past.

Anyway, characters on the agenda will be Mulan and Belle for certain, and probably Snow White. Anyone else that we squeeze in will be up to the little one of course, but I'd like to meet Fiesta Donald (doesn't that sound more fun than Mexican Donald?) And if we have to keep the peace we may introduce Maddie to It's a Small Mexico!

For lunch we'll be dining at Les Chefs De France! We're excited to try it, and if things go according to plan Maddie will be very excited to "meet" Remy! The CM helping me make my reservations checked Remy's schedule and said as long as we're seated close to our ADR time we should be in good shape to see him!

It's anyone's guess how long we'll last into the afternoon. I have a sneaking suspicion that Maddie will be pushing for pool time.

I do know that our Park Hoppers will come in handy, because for dinner we're making our way back to the Magic Kingdom for our dinner ADR at Be Our Guest! Thanks to the Disney Channel running near constant promos for New Fantastyland, Maddie is jumping out of her skin to see Be Our Guest. She's really, really excited that we'll be dining there twice!

Thanks to all of you that made guesses in the Guess My ADR Game! Here's your clue for the next round: On Day 6 we'll be visiting our first water park. We have 2 ADR for this day. One breakfast, one dinner, and both at resorts. Restaurants that you can still choose from are in black, the one's that have been revealed are in red. Good luck and thanks for playing!

Lovely photo of Maddie meeting Belle! I just love these photos!

My DGD just loves Epcot, and now it's her favorite, at least last year. We'll have to wait and see what is her new favorite. I was surprised that she handled the fact that test tract was closed so well!. Everyday she would wake up and say, I want to go to Epcot, and I'd have to say, not today... But, we did manage three Epcot days!

We love Mousegears! It's a must do for us. And, she and her dad did Agent P's mission a couple of times and they both loved it. While they did that I got to wonder around enjoying the World Showcase. Last year, they had the Agent P Mission control on the bridge (left side) crossing from Future World to the World Showcase.

In England, you'll might be able to catch Mary Poppins and Alice, just outside the teashop towards the back. And, inside the big gift shop are Pooh and Tigger!

My DGD enjoys the Kidcot stations and coloring her Duffy Bear and having it stamped by each country. I also make a Epcot Passport that she has signed by the cast members. Have you ever done these things with Maddie? The passport has room for members signatures, stamps and room for them to leave a special message written in their language. I'd be more than glad to send the Epcot Passport your way... I make mine into an 8x10 book.

We did Les Chefs last year and it was much fun to meet Remy! Our lunch was so good and filling we ended up having to cancel our dinner reservation at Akershus. Even though I did a walk up cancel and didn't give the 24 hrs notice, they didn't charge us the no show fee.

We always have to have a pool break due to the heat and the crowds. And, since we never make rope drop, it does impact on what we do. But, it is a family vacation and we need to accommodate everyone's needs, besides we do have lots of fun!

Can't wait to hear all about Maddie and Be Our Guest! She will be thrilled beyond.... hope she gets a great selection and dances with the Beast!

My guess for your ADRs:

Chef Mickey for breakfast
Ohana for dinner

Enjoy.... Karen

 

[cindianne320]

Signature/Celebrity Chef
Narcoossee's

Character/Dinner Show

3. Cindrella's Royal Table

Table Service

11. Whispering Canyon Cafe

Counter Service
Earl of Sandwich

 

[KatMark]

Happy Mother's Day, Shannon.

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[ronnmel]

You tricked us with your park hoppers! Good job, I never would have thought that you would leave Epcot and then go to MK for Be Our Guest.

She's 6 and already taking selfies with a phone? I can't keep up with kids and technologies.

We don't have Target here yet, but they are currently building them and they should be opening early Fall 2013 (per their website). So right now my random shopping list is for when I go to Walmart. I cannot go into Walmart with buying some cute Disney baby clothes. It makes up a little for not having any Disney store nearby.

Love the luggage! So cute!

Love love LOVE your countdown calendar! Send it to me PLEASE! And you know the teacher in me loves that you are making Maddie write about things she loves at Disney!

Happy Mother's Day!



Signature/Celebrity Chef
Narcoossee's

Character/Dinner Show
Cindrella's Royal Table

Table Service
Whispering Canyon Cafe

Counter Service
Sunshine Seasons

Easy week of voting for me. I can not say the same about your day 6 ADRs though! I think...

Ohana for breakfast
Narcoossee's for dinner

 

[AvasMommy526]

Oh man I missed the last rounds!!! Been crazy, crazy! Our trip is almost here and planning a wedding from 1500 miles away is fun, but a lot! I am so behind on my Dising!!!
I love, love Maddies luggage and poncho!! We just got new luggage, great deals from ebags.com!
My Target list is extremely random, every time and I always end up with twice as much as I "planned" on

As for ToT!:

Narcoossees, this was a tough choice and we would love to eat at both but I think I would choose here first, and that almond cheesecake mmmm!!!

CRT, the castle. That is all. LOL We are really excited to eat here!

Rose & Crown, I like the menu

Earl of Sandwich, my DF is going to looove these sandwiches!

For your ADR's I am going to say, 1900 Park Fare and O'hana!

I hope you have a very Happy Mother's Day!!!

 

[IheartDDuck]

The weather was crazy in our area, wasn't it? We had some minor sump pump problems, but in the end, everything was okay.

Yay! Maddie's ready to conquer the Yeti!!! I'm sure we're taking Joaquin on. We won't warn him about the Yeti though. Yeah.....we kinda roll that way.

My mom used to make me outfits for my American Girl Dolls. And now that I think about it, I can't believe American Girl has been around that long!

Okay, I haven't participated in Tournament of Food thus far, but I'll start!

Narcoossee's (based on what my Mom says, she's eaten at both)

Hoop Dee Doo Revue

Rose and Crown

Earl of Sandwich

Maddie's selfies are great. Gotta love it when they figure out how to do that with the phone.

 

[RGirl]

Hi Shannon! Just checking in. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the luggage and the countdown pages!

 

[kmedina]

Happy Mother's Day!

 

[MrsTeddy]

Happy Mothers Day!!

I'm back to the Dis after a break (work, school, kids, life).

I'm all caught up! We went last July and it was great!

 

[danielle79]

Sooooooo I got the job!!!! Yeah they called and offered the sales position to me yesterday!!!! I am so excited to start my training on June 3! I have to travel for my training for a week and I'm nervous about leaving my kids, but my husband has assured me all will be well when I'm gone! He told the kids they were going to party all week when mom is away!

 

[katt789]

Okay, so I read this all on my phone, but didn’t have a good enough way to reply, so we’re finally doing it now! YAY!

Yum Le Cellier! Glad it won!

I’m going to vote: Narcoose’s

CRT!

Whispering Canyon!

And Sunshine!

Aahahah, Maddie and I are the same, Epcot’s nice and all, but I’d rather be at another park! Yay Akershus. Breakfast didn’t wow me, but I really liked the dinner Paige and I had!

If you’re coming from Akershus, I’d say you could take that little back path from beside the first aid station over to TT, grab a fast pass, and depending if the wait time is crazy or not, jump in line, then over to Soarin, and then back to TT to use the fast pass. Doesn’t have THAT much back tracking lawl.

Will the character spot be open by then??

Mulan and Belle are my definite meets in Epcot, as you get blue dress Belle, and Mulan is nowhere else! Also keep an eye out for those special in training characters! Over summer you may see some fun ones that would be training for MNSSHP!!

What time’s your ADR? I know we had like, a 2:45 one and got seated right away and got to see Remy, he’s super adorable!!

I wish I could be there to see Maddie’s reaction to BOG, it’s so amazing in there, I can’t help but have my breath taken away by the ballroom every time I go in there! You should ask if Shelly’s available to be your server that night! She’s a friend of mine! Lawl. She’s great!

I’m gonna guess 1900 and Ohana for the ADR’s on the next day!

I REALLY want to use PP plus, simply because I’ve heard the photogs are more likely to take a ton of photos if you have the red card, but my Mom didn’t think it was worth it. Second trip and now she’s doing all her own research. I’m thinking I might just offer to pay the difference, as it isn’t much!! Lawl. A few more days to Online check in!! EEEEK

Love the luggage, and the poncho, Maddie looks so happy in it! I have to say, we don’t have Target in many places up here yet, but my Walmart lists are just as random! Lawl.

I LOVE the countdown calander! It’s super cute!

 

[disneygirl520]

I am going to put in my guesses for 1900 park fair and chef Mickey's.

 

[Avery&Todd]

Signature/Celebrity Chef6. Narcoossee's – how can you beat that view??? And I need a lobster from there!!!

Character/Dinner Show6. Hoop Dee Doo Revue – for our family this is a no-brainer!! This was our first Disney dinner on our first Disney trip – and it was THE BEST!!!

Table Service14. Rose and Crown – this was one of our best lunches on the last trip – and where we had our BEST waitress – my DH was a little taken with “Katie” – not only was she so sweet, but cute too!! It’s a shame that day was her last day working at Disney – she was heading home!! (and since DH and I have our 20 yr anniversary this year, Im comfortable enough in teasing him about his "dear Katie".....

Counter Service6. Earl of Sandwich – fabulous sammies!!!

Guess my ADRs:
Chef Mickey: breakfast
Ohana: dinner

Is it bad that as a 40 yr old, I would TOTALLY rock that luggage???

 

[Cinderella909]

Gee, Thursday sneeks up on me... and I've just realized that it's Wednesday, but I'm gonna vote now"

And for next week's battles:

Narcoossee's
Cindrella's Royal Table
Rose and Crown (Oh tough to let go of Whispering Canyon)
Sunshine Service (Earl, so sorry... but Sunshine is in Epcot and has great variety!)

Well, these are my choices... some were hard and some were easy!

Thanks Karen

 

[lvcourtneyy]

It's funny because I think Maddie and I have the same ideas about what's entertaining in Epcot! Characters are definitely one of the highlights for me. AND I made an ADR at Chefs de France last time just because I wanted to meet Remy but DBF made me cancel it rawr.

Ah kids are learning to use technology younger and younger by the day. Presley is 2 and the baby I babysit for is a little over 1 and they both know how to take pictures of themselves on my phone and they pose for them! Scary.

I've kinda given up making lists for target lol. No matter what's on my list I leave with about 10 things I don't need and maybe half of what I actually went there for!

Maddie's new luggage is adorable! I'm glad it's roomy enough for her puffy princess dress as well lol!

My votes are for: Narcossees, CRT, WCC and Earl of Sandwich.

I think you'll be eating at Ohana (which my phone originally autocorrected to Obama lol) for breakfast and Narcossees for dinner!

Ah good trick with park hopping to BoG! Totally didn't see that coming. But it's pretty awesome that you're starting the morning with Belle and ending with Beast!

 

[SoNotAPrincess]

Tournment of Food
Narcoossee's
Cindrella's Royal Table
Rose and Crown
Earl of Sandwich

ADRs
Ohana
Narcoosee's

How cute are Maddie's selfies?!? I love finding little surprises like that on my phone...speaking of which, you realize she's going to want her own phone entirely too soon, right?

Love the luggage and the poncho!

 

[TruLovesKiss]

Whaaaat!?! You have park hoppers? Now that threw me all off!!! And I thought that I had it all figured out - hahaha! Your Day 5 plans sound great!! Now for Day 6... (uhh and I thought that picking your Day 5 ADRs was hard!!!) Before you head to the water park, I think you'll have breakfast at Ohana and .... let's see, I'll go with Narcoossee's for dinner since I don't think you'll go to the GF twice in one day. (But who knows, maybe you will!!! Actually, we are doing Ohana for breakfast and Ohana for dinner on the same day just because that's how it worked out. Now that's going to be a lot of food!)

And my next Tournament of Food picks are:

Signature/Celebrity Chef
Narcoossee's


Character/Dinner Show
Cindrella's Royal Table


Table Service
Whispering Canyon Cafe


Counter Service
Earl of Sandwich


Maddie's new luggage is so darn cute!! Love the polka dots! I guess I really should start thinking about how I'm going to get all of this "stuff" that I keep buying for our vacation there. I absolutely can not wait for our vacation but the thought of packing ...and haling luggage ... and the airport with my big family makes me SO nervous!! Ahh!! I haven't been on a plane in over 8 years and it will be all of the kiddos first time! Boy do I wish that I could just snap my finger and we would all just be at the resort without having to deal with all of the traveling to get there- haha!!