Snafus, Stupidities and So Many Firsts TR Dec 11- 19th - COMPLETED 1/25 - Page 2 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Sorry for all the snafus at the start! Great pics! I hope that's the end of them!
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Originally Posted by Cam22
Great TR start! We love SWA, too! Sorry about all your snafus, but so glad the Osborne lights brought back the magic!
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Originally Posted by Grammy Grumpy
Great start. Sorry about the SNAFU's but hope the worst is over!
Thanks everyone for reading! I kept thinking to myself my PPers will not even believe all this was happening in one day! The worst is over...thankfully!
More to come before the weekend is over. I need to upload more photos for part 2. There is one that is just too gosh darn cute to be missed. Talk to you soon and thank you for letting me relive my trip.
Today was our first scheduled day at MK and thankfully the skies were blue and the weather was beautiful (warm!)
We headed out mid morning (which would be our trend for the week!) excited to see the decorations at the park.
Bags checked, keys in head, we headed for the turnstiles but wait! The curse of the keys continues! Ken had four keys…Abby’s, Alex’s, mine and his old key not the one that was fixed. So more time at Guest Services and we’re off, ‘er I mean in.
First thing was the kids getting their photo with Santa. It would be the first ever with the golly old elf with the kids wearing shorts and t-shirts. I apologize since this is a pic of a pic since we took the photo with our still camera.. not digital.
Rides were next on the agenda. BLSRS was first. Ken managed to top out at one million points. A feat he would not be able to repeat!
Then it was onto Fantasyland. Lines were already long (it was a Saturday!). We stood in a ridiculously long line for the Pooh ride.
There were characters here and there but the kids did not seem interested this trip! They had other things on their mind!
Abby announced she was ready to try the Haunted Mansion! While Ken got Alex a toy me and one of her grandmas held her tight and covered her eyes and ears in the stretching room. Apparently there was no way around it! Once on her first doom buggy Abby did great. Hooray for a Disney milestone for my baby girl!
After that it was time to meet our friends from the 100 acre wood at CP for lunch. Lunch was a first for us here as we did breakfast the past two years. I love this place. It’s beautiful, service is great, characters are great and the food did not disappoint. Here are some pictures.
What was cool was Alex’s first celebration. We were celebrating his homecoming from Guatemala at 7 months old 4 years ago. The manager heard about it, brought out a pirate celebration cake and gave him a Tigger. The look on Alex’s face is so sweet! (apologies for the photos as they are photos of photos... again, taken with a different camera!)
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continued - the pic of Alex holding Tigger for the first time is just priceless! Melt my littlle heart!
Alex is such a sweet little guy! Happy homecoming baby boy!!
We had enough time to stake out a parade spot so after enjoying that we headed back to CSR to nap. Least, that was the plan. The kids did not nap and that was the NEW trend. Once at the park, stay at the park for the day. Woo hoo!
We headed back early evening to see the castle already lit up. Much more beautiful in person than in pictures! Crowds were heavy so we decided to skip watching Spectro and hit some rides. But with it being an EMH night the crowds were HUGE! FPs for PPF weren’t for several hours so we waited in line for IASW – always a favorite with the kids pointing and just thoroughly enjoying the ride. It inspired what will be a new collection for me – stay tuned for that later!
We then saw Mickey’s PhilharMagic (always a favorite!) and went back to BLSRS.
Wishes were starting and it was almost over so we decided to try and head out.
This is where the STUPIDITY portion of the TR comes into play. A CM was leading us and others out by the Tomorrowland Terrace Noodle Station. One lady had her stroller completely blocking the way. To make matters worse, she was completely oblivious to the flow of people wanting to leave – and having that be our only exit. To make matters even worse, she was too busy yacking on her cell phone to care. After my kids nearly tripped over the stroller wheels Ken yelled “Lady, can you move your stroller? We’re trying to leave!” Of course she only did it AFTER we walked by.
Then the CMs were leading us in back, in the bowels of MK where back buildings are and garbage cans. Ken said it was ruining the magic for him!
We made it to the bus before the absolute crush of people and got back to CSR around 11 with Alex completely asleep and Abby needing to hit the hay.
Today was: warm and sunny
We tried: Haunted Mansion with Abby
Result was: She loved it
Coming up: Epcot – new rides, storytellers and CP. Would the kids sit still and enjoy it or would we need to leave?
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