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[CinderAbby]

SPOILER ALERT - DO NOT READ THIS POST IF YOU DON’T WANT TO READ ABOUT THE TOUR

　
　
　
At 10, our tour started and we were told that Snow White had a ball and somehow Grumpy’s invitation got lost (I think Dopey was to blame). He was so grumpy about it, he took the things that made other Disney characters happy to make them feel the way he did. After Snow White told him he had been invited, Grumpy felt really bad about what he did but by then, he couldn’t remember what he did with the items. Mickey Mouse had been able to find most of the items but he wasn’t able to finish looking for them himself because of meeting all his fans at the Town Theater. That’s where we came in - we had to finish finding the items for him. We were given clues to each of the remaining items we had to find and with a little bit of "Mickey dust" thrown in the air to give us strength, courage, and to help make us smarter, we were on our way to finding everything.

The first clue lead us to Bolt’s toy carrot in the Barber Shop. From there, we had to find "hidden" pay phones - and boy were they. If you go down the alley on the right side of Main Street and all the way to the back, there are 3 pay phones (I didn’t think they existed anymore - and they even included the phone books). Here the kids found a puzzle that lead them to the Grape Soda badge that Carl gave Russell.

Next we had to go to the bridge that led us to Liberty Square where we had to find Rapunzel’s frying pan. After we had that (and ideas of "good" ways for her to use it instead of hitting people) we had to go to Adventureland to find Remy’s wooden spoon. Everyone was then given a pretend horse to get to Frontierland with except for Lenny - he had brought his horse with him (aka his scooter).

We left our horses at the shortcut between Adventureland and Frontierland and made our way on foot to the tavern where we smelled old cod fish to find Hook’s hook (LTT - and the doors were open and they must have been blowing the smell outside). At that point in time, instead of finding the hook, we found a note from Peter Pan who thought we were playing a game.

His note did lead us to the next spot - Sir Mickey’s - to find a set of keys for Tiana. Someone not even in our tour group actually found the keys for us. Our next clue had us looking for Lightning McQueen’s race flag which for some reason was around Pooh’s ride. The last clue for this portion of the tour lead us right to the Cheshire Cafe (across from Cosmic Rays) and into a CM only area that we’ve walked right by tons of times. Megan let us into this little area and there was a treasure chest there with bean bags plus the hook, but the kids had to get all the bean bags in the treasure chest before they could have it. Each kid took a turn (or two) and while they were doing that, Wendy showed up. That was a really nice surprise. She tossed a couple of bean bags with the kids, read the next clue with them and spent time talking with them and taking pictures.

After we got the hook and had the pictures taken, everyone was allowed a 10 minute break to hit the bathroom and get something cold to drink if we wanted from the Cheshire Cafe. We did both.

Tigger and Pooh must have needed the bathrooms too

　
When we resumed our game, we had to find a space ship that would lead us to Duffy. The Space Ship was at the DVC kiosk in Tomorrowland. After we found Duffy, we then went to the FP distribution for Buzz and found a bag of coins from the lost boys.

These coins had words on them which then prompted us to have a game of Follow the Leader back to Main Street. Everyone got a turn - kids AND adults - to lead the group for their word. Abby was the leader to be a snake. I got a ghost, Lenny got a Robot. Other pictures were penguins, seagulls, ice skaters, crocodiles and a few more I don’t remember.

Once follow the leader was done, we found Belle’s book over by the information board and then we had to find the last item in the candy store - the thing Lilo made Stitch with the french fry hair.

Once we had found all the items, we had to return them to Mickey Mouse at the Town Theater. We all got to go in at the same time and there they had time with Mickey as a group and then they did family pictures. At the end, the kids could have their pictures taken with the items we found and soon after, the tour was over.

　
　
　
END OF TOUR DESCRIPTION FOR THOSE THAT SKIPPED IT

[CinderAbby]

TOUR DESCRIPTION IS OVER FOR THOSE THAT SKIPPED IT

All in all, the tour was really a lot of fun. If you have older, typical kids, it may not be fun for them (there was a teenager that hung out at the back and let her sibling have all the fun) but for us it was fun. Abby got to be the "leader" because she knew where to go for everything. All the kids got turns reading the clues and guessing where the item might be. Everyone was able to find an item that was "lost". Megan was really good too in that she constantly made sure everyone, especially Lenny, was keeping up. No one, not even the parents, were excluded so it really was a family tour. It was so much fun, we didn’t really notice how hot it was because it really kept us involved. The tour actually lasted two hours but it didn’t seem that long.

After we thanked Megan and Abby gave her big hugs, Lenny was kind of hungry but we were getting short on time. We were going to meet Kate (lovewdw2) at the Fantasyland train station at 12:45. I told Lenny we could get a snack somewhere and as we passed by the Main Street Bakery, I saw there wasn’t much of a line so I went in there to see what they had. I got a couple of ham and cheese sandwiches, a banana, a package of hard boiled eggs, a chocolate chip cookie, and a piece of chocolate chip banana bread. We took these up to the Tomorrowland Terrace, grabbed a table and started to eat. It was nice eating in there. Lenny really liked it because it was in the shade, there was still AC to be felt and it was nice and quiet. There were a few other people doing the same thing we were but not too many. Abby didn’t want much so she had the eggs, cookie and banana while Lenny and I had the sandwiches and the bread. I’m not a Starbucks fan (I don’t drink coffee) but what we got was pretty good. I would certainly go there again (at Disney) and get it again.

When we were done eating, I texted Kate to tell her we were on our way to the station . We took the "quiet" path from Tomorrowland to Fantasyland and then waited at the station.

Here’s a picture of the Service Dog area I mentioned early in the TR

I texted Kate again to let her know we were there and just a few minutes later, I saw her walking up. We were in the wheelchair section in the shade so she didn’t see us so I approached her (she had sent me a picture of herself so I would recognize her). After we said Hi and I introduced her to Lenny and Abby, she did something she shouldn’t have - she gave presents to Lenny and Abby (Thank you again Kate, you really shouldn’t have). Abby absolutely loves the Princess Stickers she got and the chocolate and pretzels Lenny got didn’t last very long. She also gave Lenny a Disney cup that has already been used frequently .

Every time I meet a fellow Passporter, it really is like talking to an old friend. When the train came in, we finally found a seat where we could all sit together. That first train ride passed before we knew it as we talked about things we had done, hotels, all sorts of things . When we made it back to the Fantasyland station, I asked if we wanted to go around again or get off. Lenny got off to go smoke but Kate, Abby and I stayed on for another ride. As we were sitting there talking, more people were getting on the train and next thing I know, I’m being asked from the seat in front of me (by someone wearing a Passporter Pouch) if I’m CinderAbby. I said yes I was and the person I was talking to was DD Demarais. Our little group of 3 suddenly turned into a group of 5 and the conversation just kept flowing. At the Frontierland Station, DD and her hubby got off the train and we continued on to Fantasyland for Lenny.

When we finally got off the train, we kept talking and walking and since Abby wanted IASW (something I know we don’t have to show our GAC for) I asked Kate if she wanted to join us and she did. Little did any of us know how long she’d be with us for.

We made it to Small World and down the wheelchair ramp. Because Lenny’s knee was still bothering him, he opted to ride in a wheelchair which meant we had to wait for the wheelchair accessible boat. It didn’t take too long for it to come around so we all boarded, our little party of four, and as we went around, Kate and I kept talking . The ride ended, we got back to the loading area and the CM asked if we would like to go around again. As this is one of Abby’s favorite rides, we all said yes. The second time through passed the same as the first - with Kate and I talking away like we’ve known each other forever. When we got back to the loading area the second time, the CM asked again if we’d like to go through again. I turned to Kate, asked her what she thought and she wanted to go around we went for a third time. After the third time, I said it was time to move onto something else. I know Kate wanted to be on her way for the afternoon and it was getting close to the time we’d have to leave for dinner. We left Small World after our three rides, gave each other hugs and said we’d be talking again soon. As Kate left, we headed to Peter Pan for our final ride before leaving for dinner.

This time for the ride to Neverland, I noticed a wheelchair by the entrance (but behind the CM) so I showed my GAC and said that Lenny would need it. The CM pushed it under the chain for us to use and a little while later, we were off in our flying ships (we didn’t ride in one this year - we opted for two the times we rode it). This time I rode it by myself and I couldn’t help but think of how much my father would love that Abby enjoys this ride like she does. This was one of his all time favorite rides but he never got to share it with her. We returned from Neverland, returned the wheelchair and left the park for the launch to FW. We had no problems with any of it and arrived early so I said let’s go in the Settlement Trading post to do some souvenir shopping. Now by this time, the last thing any of us needed were more souvenirs but I did buy some more. A Finding Nemo towel and a pin set for Abby. We then went over to Trails End. Lenny was riding around and around on his scooter where the golf carts were parked and I wondered what he was doing. He noticed all the golf carts were plugged in and he was looking for a plug for the scooter. He finally found one that actually worked but a minute or two later, we heard some thunder and I was thinking "oh great." Lenny just covered up everything the best he could and everything else was already with us so it didn’t really matter if it got wet.

He and Abby went up the ramp and sat on the bench by the doors while I checked in and it didn’t take too long for our pager to go off. We were shown our tables, our server got us our drinks (no Fanta Orange here ) and we went up to the buffet. We had salad, fried chicken, and other things (sorry but my receipts don’t tell me what we got so I only remember a few things from the buffets). Near the end of our meal, our server brought out some strawberry shortcake for Lenny and have everyone there (and there weren’t a lot of people) give Lenny a birthday Yeehaw. It was kind of pitiful so he made everyone repeat it. We laughed and then I remembered I had some cards to give Lenny so I gave them to him and he opened them. I had forgotten his gift (a watch I had bought at Sea World) but I didn’t tell him that. Soon after, we left Trails End and we were kind of surprised as it never rained during dinner. We did hear some more thunder, but it didn’t do anything.

Once we got down to the marina/boat launch it was still thundering but we also saw lightning and then the skies finally opened up . We didn’t see any boats coming so we went back to where you do the boat rentals and stood under the roof. Not too long after, we did see some boats coming in - one of the smaller launches that did the FW/WL/CR loop, and one of the larger ones that does the FW/MK loop. We got out from under the roof and went and started the line but when the larger launch was finally docked, the CM announced that this particular boat was replacing the small one in the FW/WL/CR loop and the MK one would be there shortly. At first I wasn’t thrilled about having to wait for another launch but then I remembered we were looking for a pressed quarter at the Contemporary. I asked Abby and Lenny if they wanted to go over there since an opportunity had presented itself and they were both okay with it so we told the CM we’d be getting on the boat. A lot of the people behind us also got on it. It was still thundering and lightning out and I for one couldn’t wait to get off the boat but in the few minutes it took to get to the Contemporary, the thunder and lightning had stopped and the rain had slowed down considerably.

We stopped on the way into the hotel for a couple of pictures and then we made our way upstairs to the coin machines. We found the one we were looking for, then we used the elevator to get up to the monorail platform.

[CinderAbby]

Now I hate to say anything bad about a Disney hotel but the way this is set up is just stupid. We got out of the elevator to a line that extended down to the escalator. There was no way we could get in at the end of the line - there was no way to get to it - so we just went as far as we could and then stopped. The next time the elevator opened, it was a family with a stroller so there we are - two families just stuck there with no way to actually get to the end of the line as people kept coming up the escalator and the line just kept getting longer and longer . The line finally started moving and someone hesitated so we used that opportunity to just get in line and it wasn’t long before we were on our way back to the MK. All in all, after that little excursion, I told Lenny no more dinners at Trails End on a MK day. From the time we left to the time we finally set foot back in the park, it had taken almost 4 hours for dinner. Way too much time IMO.

Back in the MK, Abby wanted to go to Adventureland and ride the Jungle Cruise. When we got there though, it was closed due to the weather so we went over to the Tiki Room. At first I thought that was closed too as there were ropes in front of the turnstiles and not a CM to be seen. I checked the times guide and there was nothing said about it closing that early so we just stood there and waited. A CM did eventually come over and open up the ropes.

Photobombed by Abby - she just jumped in at the last second

It was nice to see the old preshow back, although I do have to admit it was on the silly side. When the preshow was over, we were let into the theater but half of it was walled off. The wall was only waist high so you could see over it and they were doing something to some of the seats - the padding was completely gone and all you could see was metal. There was nothing else to see though. I enjoyed the show and it was really good to see the "old" version versus that other version. Lenny even said he liked it better. Abby said she likes both versions.

The Jungle Cruise was open again by the time we got out of the Tiki Room so we went there next. Lenny had asked me at one point in time what the JC was like at night and I told him I didn’t know - all the years I had gone, the JC closed at dusk. It was only recently I had read about someone riding it at night. Lenny started to ask me again about at night and before I could answer he said "oh yeah, you never rode it at night. Now we’ll all find out." I have to say at night, it was different and unfortunately this night, it was kind of boring. The "Skipper" we had wasn’t the best but what made the ride worse is the ride got very backed up. After we came out of the caves and past the elephant bathing pools, we ended up stopped just after the two elephants that come up and squirt across the river. We sat there and sat there and sat there. We must have been there a good 10 minutes easily before we moved. And then, instead of trying to keep us entertained, the "Skipper" was trying to get the attention of the Skipper on the boat ahead of us. It’s definitely not an experience I want to repeat. I like the JC and I will certainly would ride it again, but that particular experience is one I can do without.

I think it was starting to drizzle again and Abby was complaining her tummy hurt so instead of trying for Splash Mountain or Thunder Mountain, we decided on Country Bear Jamboree. I know this has changed and truthfully without watching the old version then the new version, I couldn’t tell you what was removed. I take that back, I know one thing that was removed (the fractured folk song) but that’s about it. I don’t think it took away from the show however.

It was getting late by this time but I must have convinced Lenny and Abby that we should stay in the park until after the parade. I think everyone agreed because instead of going back through Adventureland and leaving, we headed towards Liberty Square. I asked Abby about the HM since we were walking right by and she wanted to go on it. When asked who was riding alone, she said she wanted to. The line wasn’t long at all and we quickly got inside and into the stretching room. With Lenny’s scooter, they directed us down a new hallway and to the exit for us to board our doom buggies. It was much easier than parking outside like he’s had to do in the past. The ride didn’t take too long but after leaving the happy haunts, Abby had enough. She wanted to leave and kept telling us her tummy hurt.

From HM, I knew it would be difficult to leave the park by going backwards due to the parade route/ropes so we cut through Rapunzel’s village and had to walk all the way to Tomorrowland to get the Main Street (the ropes were up around the castle already for the fireworks).

Some details from Rapunzels Village - the first two are in the ladies bathroom by the doorway

By the time we got to Main Street, the parade was just about done so it wasn’t too bad leaving the park. We eventually made it back to the room where I gave Abby a couple of chewable Tums hoping that would help her upset tummy.

Tonight’s towel design

She got changed, laid down, and I rubbed her tummy for a bit and she finally fell asleep. Lenny and I went to our room and started to watch TV. About 11:30, I heard this little voice coming from the other room "mommy, I just threw up."

Lenny and I both went in the room to see Abby sitting in the middle of the bed. At some point in time, she had gotten out of bed and instead of grabbing the hotel towels, she grabbed one that I had brought with us and it was a mess. I was able to get her cleaned up and off the towel without making more of a mess and Lenny grabbed the towel and immediately took it to the bathroom to rinse it out. I got Abby out of her nightgown, into a clean one and into the second bed while Lenny continued to rinse everything out (including the bed sheets). By the time she was settled and Lenny had everything rinsed out, I decided then was just as good a time to do laundry. I was going to wake up and do it early but since it was already midnight, and our towel was soaking wet and smelling slightly from Abby using it when she threw up, I didn’t want to let the towel sit anymore than I had to. The "good" part of deciding to do it then was Lenny actually helped me get everything down to the laundry room.

People were still in the pool as we went by so I fully expected a bunch of washers to be in use despite the hour but no, I had my pick of every machine that was actually working. I had taken all the laundry we had with us and because I like to keep the loads small so they wash and dry well, I ended up using four machines. Lenny stuck around while I got everything going and then we headed back to the room. I checked in on Abby, who had fallen asleep again, and then I told Lenny he might as well go to sleep. There wasn’t anything either one of us could do until the washers were done and even then, there wasn’t much he could help with. Lenny was concerned though at how I was going to get all the laundry back to the room and I said I didn’t know but I would probably manage somehow. Lenny then had a brilliant idea . "Why don’t you take a suitcase with you to put the laundry in, then you can just wheel it back to the room." I have to tell you, it was a wonderful idea and I told Lenny so. Soon after that though, he did take me up on going to bed for the night and with all the lights off (except the vanity light), I set the alarm clock for the time I needed to go back for the washers as I knew I would fall asleep too.

The alarm woke me up and I went to the laundry room to get everything drying. In an effort to make sure everything dried well, I used 4 dryers as well and with those going, I went back to the room a second time. Lenny had put a pair of sneakers in the wash, which I did put in the machine, but it wasn’t until after I got back to the room that I thought I shouldn’t have put them in the dryer. This year the signs were removed about no sneakers in the dryer and I was just too tired to be thinking straight anyway so in the dryer they went. Once in the room though, I was thinking "I need to take them out because with my luck, they’ll kick open the door." I didn’t listen to myself - I set the alarm for about 35 minutes and then laid down on the bed. When I got back to the laundry room - with my biggest suitcase with me - the dryer with the sneakers was open. I shoved them back in, started it again, and grabbed clothes from the other dryers first. The dryers started turning off one by one and in the sneaker dryer, the clothes were still damp. I had my last $2 in quarters with me so I started it up again while I continued folding. Luckily everything in that dryer was all light stuff (t shirts, undies, etc) so in the 15 minutes or so it took me to fold and pack everything else, everything but the sneakers dried. Now before you wonder how much clothing I had that took me that long to fold, let me tell you this - it was 2 am in the morning and I wasn’t moving too fast. I had been up at 6 the morning before, it was near the end of our vacation and I was totally exhausted . I made it back to the room, left the suitcase by the window, and went right to sleep .

[CinderAbby]

We didn't get too many photos on Saturday. One set wasn't on our Photopass card and Disney was never able to find them

[dutchdisneyfamily]

What a great day! The tour sounds like a fun time. Time with Mickey is always food. I don't know how you managed to stay up so late, but we moms manage.

[LegoMom]

Great updates! (I'm gonna be sad when this is over! ). Sorry Abby was sick that night..... kudos to you for doing laundry at that hour!! I guess when the need is there, you do it.

I chuckled at your Jungle Cruise description. I've had some good skippers and some "meh" skippers, but by far the funniest one I recall was when I was there on a solo trip -- as we approached the tunnel, he channeled his inner Gene Wilder (think Willy Wonka) and started to sing "There's no earthly way of knowing, which direction we are going!" Everyone on the boat cracked up!! I hadn't heard that one used before and it was a hit.

And how fun that you not only had a planned PP meet, but someone else recognized you! Kewl!! I'm thinking I'm going to sport my PP pouch on my next trip, see if I can spark a conversation!

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[purplegal]

Home Abby was feeling better by the morning. The tour sounds like lots of fun.

[Danidurph]

The tour you did was the family magic tour? Is it offered daily? It sounds like something my family would enjoy. How much is it? Is there a limit to guest that can attend? TIA.

[CinderAbby]

The tour you did was the family magic tour? Is it offered daily? It sounds like something my family would enjoy. How much is it? Is there a limit to guest that can attend? TIA.

Yes, it was the Family Magic Tour. I don't know if it's offered every day or not, you'd have to call Disney and ask them that. The cost I think was something like $32 each. We're all considered adults so I'm not sure if there is a kids price or not. Again, you'd either have to call or check out a Passporter book. I don't know of any limits but I would think they would try to keep to smaller groups (just my opinion, I don't know for sure). Our group was at least 14 people. I know there was me, Lenny and Abby. There were two sisters with both parents. One child was with an older sister and the mother. The other two kids I know there was at least one parent with but I don't remember if either one had a second parent along as well.

[Roxie2006]

Okay Darlene, I am so exhausted just reading this busy day, I can't imagine how tired you were. I bet meeting up with someone we speak to through the forum had to be lots of fun. Abby did good again riding by herself, go Abby!!!!! Sorry to hear poor darling getting sick. But Lenny's Birthday sounded like it was very eventful. You are my HERO, I am not getting up to do clothes!! But I am sure the next morning I would have been glad to wash the clothes!!!! I just love the full details of your TR, I feel like am there with you all!!!!

[rhinohunter]

WOW what a day. I agree with you 4 hours is much toooooo long for a meal. I don't care how great it is. Good use of your time. I hope that Abbey was better after she eliminated the tummy ache. Hope you were able to sleep in a little after you got back with the laundry.

[Cam22]

I can't believe you were up at 6 AM and didn't quit until 2 AM. I couldn't have done it. The tour at MK looks like lots of fun, especially as Abby is smiling through all your pictures. Great PassPorter meet! I've always found that when I meet fellow PPers it's just like we're catching up. PPers are the best!

[OneLittleSpark]

Sounds like a fun day! PP meets are always super fun too. I loved all the pics of Abby this day, she has such a big smile in all the pictures. Sorry to hear she was sick in the night though. Hoping she feels better by the morning.

[mcc0313]

What a long and busy day but a great one. First off love the picture with Lenny and all his birthday buttons

Your passporter meet sounded wonderful, I find the same thing when I meet up with a passporter, it is like you already know them and how cool that you picked up another passporter on the train. Sounds like it was a great afternoon.

Sorry for the long travel back from FW and that Abby did not feel well. Hopefully she was able to go back to sleep and that she felt better in the morning.

[JKnott17]

What a great day! I'm glad you all enjoyed the Family Magic Tour, we loved it when we did it last November

I'm sorry that Abby was not feeling well and eventually got sick that night, I hope that it was just a one time thing and she was better by morning!