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Shelly, I've been blessed as a baby whisperer, lol, I think since I'm such a kid at heart I hear kids. I can understand what kids are saying that have speech impediments and even babies, you know their coos etc are sometimes words. I met my great neice in the spring and as soon as my niece walked in she said her name, I heard it clearly but no one else did. I think that is why I get along with kids so well. Anyway, I so get Hannah's reaction and I love that you are in tune with her, that has to make it easier for her. Their reactions have meaning to them and I guess the key is to figure out their interpretation. It is so comforting when you do I'm sure!
Shelly, I've been blessed as a baby whisperer, lol, I think since I'm such a kid at heart I hear kids. I can understand what kids are saying that have speech impediments and even babies, you know their coos etc are sometimes words. I met my great neice in the spring and as soon as my niece walked in she said her name, I heard it clearly but no one else did. I think that is why I get along with kids so well. Anyway, I so get Hannah's reaction and I love that you are in tune with her, that has to make it easier for her. Their reactions have meaning to them and I guess the key is to figure out their interpretation. It is so comforting when you do I'm sure!
All caught up now. I can't even tell you how much I'm enjoying your trip report. I'm so glad your Disney redo is going so well. My heart went out to you when I read about your first trip. You and your beautiful family really deserved this magical time together. Can't wait for more.
Suspense for a whole weekend.... this might be the one and only time I am actually looking forward to a Monday , can't wait to hear abut Hannah's reaction.
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I'm for one glad you forgot your USB at work because it gives me a chance to try and catch up!
I think I am going to absolutely love Hannah's reactions to things around her - these kids are often very insightful We ate at Coral Reef last year and loved it - it is a noisy restaurant though. I wonder why that is? The set up maybe? Hmmm...
Looking forward to your next update - hopefully I'll have a chance to pop on here and read it in a timely manner!
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Just gettin all caught up! Yummy pics from the Coral Reef....One of our favs.!
Now one of our favs too!
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I'm for one glad you forgot your USB at work because it gives me a chance to try and catch up!
I think I am going to absolutely love Hannah's reactions to things around her - these kids are often very insightful We ate at Coral Reef last year and loved it - it is a noisy restaurant though. I wonder why that is? The set up maybe? Hmmm...
Looking forward to your next update - hopefully I'll have a chance to pop on here and read it in a timely manner!
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Suspense for a whole weekend.... this might be the one and only time I am actually looking forward to a Monday , can't wait to hear abut Hannah's reaction.
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All caught up now. I can't even tell you how much I'm enjoying your trip report. I'm so glad your Disney redo is going so well. My heart went out to you when I read about your first trip. You and your beautiful family really deserved this magical time together. Can't wait for more.
Thank you so much!!
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Glad your kids enjoy the pin trading! Stefanie is hooked on it, too! Can't wait to find out how MS goes.
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Looking forward to an update on Monday!!
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As a real TT fan, I knew exactly what your daughter was talking about! (They always forget to turn those darned robots off! ).
I think it will be one I can prepare her for next time. We will just need to "ride" on YouTube numerous times!
Her reaction after the ride… She LOVED it! In fact, she loved it so much she wanted to try the “orange” team! They would have went back in line right then, but I played the downer. Delaney was sleeping in the stroller. I was feeling awful. We have had a long day (for us!) and the kids had been crabby and bickering before this ride. We were hot and sweaty.
It was just after 7pm. We wanted to make it to Illuminations, but we were not sure if we could make it until 9:00 --we knew it would not happen if we did not go back “home” to change and relax a bit. We promised Hannah she could try the orange team another day and we bribed the kids with the idea of swimming in order to get everyone on board with leaving now.
As we were walking back along the path from Epcot to the BC, our son pointed out a path off to the right which looked like it just may take us to our resort. He wanted to try it. DH was pretty sure it would not work, so he decided to push the stroller with the girls back to the main entrance while me and the boy explored the path.
Ben and I were THRILLED to realize, seconds after turning in the gate, we were at the BC quiet pool and could see our patio door! By the time DH came in our room with the girls, Ben and I were already in our swim suits and kicking back on the bed watching TV. (Ok—so we rushed like crazy to make that happen, but we were trying to make the point of how fast we got to the room! )
About 10 minutes later, we were all in our suits and walking out our patio door to the quiet pool. Compared to the water in SAB, this water was very cool. But we were so dang hot and that the water felt amazingly refreshing! After about 30 minutes in the pool, we all agreed that we could make it to Epcot for illuminations.
We returned to our room (by stepping over a hedge and opening the patio door). Our room location could not have been more perfect for us!!! Although we got a “free upgrade,” it would have been worth a little more $ in exchange for that convenience!
We chilled on our beds, and had a snack. About 8:40, we left our room and headed towards Epcot.
We were entering the WS gates about 5 minutes later. We did not want to go too far into WS because we still needed to avoid crowds, and we planned to leave again after illuminations. We found a spot on the bridge, with France to our backs. This is when we found a Photopass photographer to take our picture (see sig pic). Comments have been made that we all look very happy in this photo. It is true—we were happy. We were actually ecstatic at the idea that in less than 90 minutes, we left Epcot, returned to our room, went swimming, changed clothes, had a snack, returned to Epcot, and arrived before Illuminations began. We were also wet-but in this pic it was more from swimming than sweating!
I love the Beach Club!!!!!
We did not have a great view of illuminations. But you cannot have a great view, low crowds and convenient exits. For our family, the latter two are more important than the first. It was a great show!
We left right after illuminations, and were back at the room getting ready for bed 10 minutes later. I am pretty sure we were all sleeping by 10:00.
The next day we would have an “early” wake up call for breakfast ADRs at Chef Mickey. We hoped MK would go as well as Epcot did today. On our last trip, MK represented both the “worst day of [DH’s] life” and our only truly “magical” day at WDW.
So glad she loved MS. I think we just may give it a whirl this time around. Glad you had another magical day. So happy for you and your family, and again, I love your sig. picture. Can't wait to read about your MK day, I have a good feeling about it.
I love the BC too! It is such a great resort! I'm hoping we'll get to stay there again if we go back next June. We stayed at the Swan in August and will be at the Dolphin for Thanksgiving. They are nice hotels but the walk to Epcot is just not nearly as convenient (it's much further) and that darn boat can be extremely slow, as you mention!
Catching up on your TR - glad to see things are going well thus far! Hope the MK turns out to be a great day!
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