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Meltdowns and Magical Memories TR 1/22-1/29! - UPDATED 2/16
Well here goes my first trip report! I hope I do this correct. LOL
First the cast!
Myself, Sarah. I am 28 years old and wife to Erick, (my highschool sweetheart!) and mom to Maya (4) and Chloe (2). I have been to Disney 8 times in my life! I LOVE Disney! Favorite character is Tinkerbell.
Erick - Sweet husband and Daddy to Maya and Chloe. 28 years old and has been to Disney 7 times! Loves all things Disney and favorite character is Pluto!
Maya - High energy, hilarious 4 year old. Has been to Disney 3 times in her short life! Maya loves all things Goofy and is a big Max fan as well.
Chloe - Sweet, tempermental 2 year old. This was Chloe's 3rd Disney trip! Chloe loves all things Princess but has a soft spot for Ariel.
DAY 1 Jan 22 2009
We woke up at the crack of dawn to catch our 6:45am plane to Orlando! Maya was so excited and Chloe was ready to go! Our plane took off right on time and we landed about 9:45am!
Off to Magical Express. The line was sort of long but moved nicely. We got on board and went to POP! We were able to check right in and got building 6, the 70s section. It was a nice location! Right near the Mickey Phone!
We setteled in and then we were off to Hollywood Studios! We wanted to at least see the new Block Party parade but 1st a Mickey Bar Stop!
We then went over to Playhouse Disney and caught the live show! Maya and Chloe loved it!
Then we stopped for the Block Party Bash! It was awesome!
Sadly we witnessed a CODE TUMBLE! LOL A monster went down! He was OK though. And Hubby and I had a giggle!
After the Parade we were set to have dinner at Sci Fi. But apparently Chloe had other plans and threw a tantrum. So we went back to POP for the night.
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Uh oh this is beginning to sound like the trip I had with my 2 year old this past summer. LOL. At the end she would have one and I would just laugh which only infuriated her more but it was hilarious. I think it's the overload that they just can't handle. : ) Can't wait to hear more.
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Sorry about the delay! My computer seems to have gone kaput but I have a laptop.
Thanks for the sweet reviews so far!
Ok onto day 2!
Day 2 Jan 23
We woke up nice and early and headed down to the POP caf for a bite to eat. Food there was very good actually.
1st a quick picture stop though.
After eating we were onto the Magic Kingdom! The bus came pretty quickly and we were on our way! We arrives about 20 mins before opening and Chloe decided she wanted to run around and hula hop. We got to see the opening ceremony, the girls loved it! We then were off to the park but getting Chloe back into the double stroller proved difficult, yeah you know where this is headed. After stuffing her in we entered MK, Maya and Chloe were so happy! We then headed towards Aladdin's carpet ride and hopped right on. From the girls squeals you could tell it was a hit!
We then hit up Pirates and got right on. Chloe got a little scared but soon was dancing and singing "Yo Ho Ho!" We then went another round of pin Chloe in the stroller.
Now off to Thunder Railroad! Maya was so excited to ride this, it was her 1st time. She LOVED it. Lots of WHOOO HOOOOs going on! After I got off with her Erick got to go on and Maya went again!
I think we need some pictures!
So we then headed to Haunted Mansion. Maya was more scared then Chloe this time but she did it and loved it. Maya loved seeing the Hitchhiking Ghost we picked up.
We then headed over to teacups but the wait was very long so we went to Toon Town and did Barnstormer, then onto Buzz ride and Mike Wazowski Laugh factory. Very fun!
At this point we are very tired and it is mid afternoon, so we head back to POP knowing that we have Chef Mickeys tonight! Whoo hoo!
After a little rest at POP we head to the Contemporary and to Chef Mickeys. Maya was in heaven, she was nearly jumping out of her skin during the wait to be seated! Speaking of waiting, boy did we wait! We had a ressie but it was very busy. Chloe decided to run around the place, that was fun.
Here they are waiting.
Maya wouldn't wear her Minnie dress! lol
Once seated Mickey came right over! Maya was so happy, Chloe was scared!
We found dinner to be not the greatest. I thought the choices were few and the food so so. We have always ate Bfast there and loved it! But the characters made up for all that!
After to dinner we were going to try to catch fireworks but we were too tired! So we went back to POP! The girls passed right out and we soon followed!
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