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Pooh and the crew do Disney... Day One: The Tagalongs
Hey guys.... I am going to start this trip report off by saying this is going to be the "Momma" of all trip reports... in detail... as much as it can be... lol.
Day One: The Tag-A-Longs
The Crew:
Momma Pooh(Theresa) still 25 on day one... about the 20th trip to WDW for me
Eeyore(PawPaw) 59 yrs old... 4th trip
Rabbit(Gammaw) 55 yrs old... 4th trip
Tigger(Connor) 3 1/2 yrs old... 1st trip... my outspoken one
Piglet(Christopher) 2 1/2 yrs old... 1st trip... my shy one
September 17th - 23rd All Star Movies
The Adventure...
As many of you know, we had left Pensacola on Friday night to drive down to Sanford, FL(about a 8 hour trip) to visit with my father's cousin for the weekend. Well we made it down there without to much of a problem and had a great visit with them. On Sunday night, Margie, dad's cousin, who is in her early 60s informs us that she and her daughter Carol(39 yrs old) and Carol's daughter Lacey(4 yrs old) are going with us to Disney for day one. Now I realize that we had spent the weekend in their home and it would have been rude to say no, but the thing that ruffled my feathers was that we were never asked what our plans for day one was. We had planned on going to ASMovies to get our passes early in the A.M. and heading over to Animal Kingdom until our room was ready that afternoon. So right off the bat we had a monkey wrench thrown at us. With a quick adjustment we reloaded the van, set the alarm clock and went to bed.
Monday morning we were up and at'em ready to go... the new plan was that we would all leave at the same time and we would go to the resort to check-in while the "tag-a-longs" went on to the MK to get tickets and we would call them on the cell phone as soon as we got to the park.
We arrive at ASMovies and I left the rest of the "Pooh Patrol" in the van and went in to do the "pre" check in to get the passes. There was no one in line... I walked right up to the desk and Hilda checked me in and told me that the room was ready... Building 9, Toy Story... facing the courtyard... just as we had requested! I asked about E-ticket night for Tuesday and she handed me 4 additional cards and said that since they had had several cancellations that they were giving E-tickets to guest who asked as a "thank you" for showing up... WOOHOO... saved me right at $50... things are going good!
I head out to the van and tell the "patrol" that we can go drop off the luggage in the room. As we round the corner and the boys spot the giant Buzz and Woody they go CRAZY [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
We made it to the room... dropped off the luggage and made a dash back to the van to head over to MK to meet the tag-a-longs.
We take the monorail over to the kingdom and the minute Connor spots the castle he squeals, "Isney Orld Mommie Isney Orld"... I instantly melt! Christopher pipes in with "Mic Ouse Mic Ouse". We get off the rail and head down the ramp to the gate. They have tables set up with security guards to check bags going in. Well you have to image this backpack I have.... it's the many zippered wonder! 6 zippered compartments... "Ed" the security guard laughed the whole time saying "you are making me earn my check today aren't ya' little lady". He was a doll!
We get threw security and head on to Main Street where I proceed to phone Carol. She answers that they are in the pre-loading room for Festival of the Lion King so we take off that way. It is already noon and there is hardly anyone in the park. We zip over to FOTLK and walk right in, find the tag-a-longs and in we go. I had not seen this show and I loved it! The boys bopped around in their seats to the music. My parents both sat there in disbelief... keep in mind they have not been to WDW in 18 years. After we left there we decided to do lunch... Pinocchio's Village Haus... 3 1/4 lb Cheeseburger Meals, 2 Childrens Hot Dog Meals and 3 regular size drinks... total for lunch $27.95.
It was at this point that the "tag-a-longs" inform us what they do and more importantly don't want to do. We proceeded to head over to Toontown where the boys and Lacey got to meet Minnie and Mickey.... both of the boys went wild... Christopher screamed "Mic Ouse" and takes off running into his arms giving him smooches... while I stand there snapping pictures, video taping and crying. Connor is flirting with Minnie. From there we proceed to Snow White... then on to Pooh(my first time... and I LOVED it!!!!)... then on to Dumbo(Carol and PawPaw sat this one out... Carol didn't want to do it at all and didn't want Lacey to either but we took over and we won!).... then on to Country Bear Jamboree which everyone loved... the boys were slapping their knees and standing up in the aisle and dancing... it was priceless! Then on to the Jungle Cruise(which Carol again balked at but we left her on a park bench and went anyway [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] )
By this time it was getting close to 7 and the park was getting ready to close. We headed over to check out the ToonTown pics... Carol bought Lacey's.... we chose to wait to see if we could get better ones since they hold them for 5 days. We found out we had about 30 minutes left so we all hoped on the train for a quick ride around the park. Both of the boys are HUGE train fans(they even have those Little Tykes train beds) so this was a highlight for them). As we were getting off the train one of the engineers comes over and said he heard squealing and wanted to give the boys a "honorary engineers certificate" which he proceeded to hand them along with two Mickey Train pins... our first big Magical Moment!
We head out to the monorail and over to the parking lot. The tag-a-longs give out hugs and wish us a safe week and off they go. We get in the van and head back to the hotel.
Once back we walk in the room to find that WDW Florist had delivered the cooler bag full of goodies, along with 2 autograph books and big pens, a big Pluto beanie and a big Goofy beanie... the card was signed "To Connor and Christopher, hope your first trip to Disney is full of magic, love the Disney Gang.... they LOVED it!!! Then we head down to the Food Court and purchase 2 refillable mugs(we cheated and would always take the boys little cups with us and use our mugs to fill them up first and then refill for us... dad had a cooler in the room full of "adult beverages... aka MGD). We ordered a large Pepp. Pizza... total for dinner and the two mugs $31.97.
We head back to the room... eat... shower and head out to the courtyard for the boys to tell Buzz and Woody goodnight(Which would become a ritual). Back to the room for some "story time" and then lights out.
Total for food that day: $59.92
Coming Soon... Day Two: Meeting the Heroes and Awesome display but wrong location!
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