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I can't believe that mother told her kid to put the spoon back in the food. Yuck. Thank goodness someone saw your facial expression and it was resolved.
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Great updates. I think it is great that you conquered your RNRC fears - that's my favorite ride I think. I don't blame you one bit on TOT. When I rode it, I held on to my DD15 for dear life and laughed so hard that I was crying (or cried so hard I was laughing) through the whole thing. Not sure if I will ever ride it again.
Great update! I'm glad that you liked the Fantasmic package, we unfortunately didn't get a chance to take advantage of ours however we will try again this time. I can't believe your son LIKED TOT and RnC. I can't even get on those. It's great that they enjoy so many rides though.
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I can't believe that mother told her kid to put the spoon back in the food. Yuck. Thank goodness someone saw your facial expression and it was resolved.
I know. I guess I should've said something right away too, so that probably makes me just as bad. I just didn't want to embarrass that mother who was still standing at the buffet line.
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Jared did TOT and loved it? He is much braver than I am! I glad to hear that you had a good time at DHS.
(that mom was gross! I can't believe she told her kid to put the spoon back! )
I know. Jared really is brave, too brave for a Mommy like me. He's gonna give me a heart attack.
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Great updates. I think it is great that you conquered your RNRC fears - that's my favorite ride I think. I don't blame you one bit on TOT. When I rode it, I held on to my DD15 for dear life and laughed so hard that I was crying (or cried so hard I was laughing) through the whole thing. Not sure if I will ever ride it again.
Glad to hear that someone feels the same as I do when it comes to TOT. I don't know what it is about that ride, but it doesn't help that there is nothing to hold onto.
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Great update! I'm glad that you liked the Fantasmic package, we unfortunately didn't get a chance to take advantage of ours however we will try again this time. I can't believe your son LIKED TOT and RnC. I can't even get on those. It's great that they enjoy so many rides though.
Sorry that you didn't get to take advantage of the Fantasmic package. I highly recommend it.
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What a great time at the Studios!
It definitely was. Thanks for reading.
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Great updates!! Sounds like a really wonderful time at DHS!! Looking forward to more
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I was so happy to see your update, I have been looking forward to hearing more. Sounds like you had a wonderful day at the Studios. Glad thta Jared enjoyed both ToT and RnRC....he is definitely conquering all the "thrill" rides on this trip. Your meal at H&V sounded really nice escept for the spoon incident, can't believe the mother told her to put it back in the food. Glad the server asked you what happened and that they were able to change the food before anyone else ate from there. We had eaten there a few years ago and had a really nice time as well. Looking forward to hearing more.
I just read your whole report and I can't believe I have to wait (I'm not good at this "patience" thing). Can't wait to hear how you did with the rain...
I was so happy to see your update, I have been looking forward to hearing more. Sounds like you had a wonderful day at the Studios. Glad thta Jared enjoyed both ToT and RnRC....he is definitely conquering all the "thrill" rides on this trip. Your meal at H&V sounded really nice escept for the spoon incident, can't believe the mother told her to put it back in the food. Glad the server asked you what happened and that they were able to change the food before anyone else ate from there. We had eaten there a few years ago and had a really nice time as well. Looking forward to hearing more.
Thank you. That's so sweet. I'm glad I'm not too boring. We did have a great day at DHS. I know that I'm probably in the minority, but I've always loved this park.
I'll be back soon.
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I just read your whole report and I can't believe I have to wait (I'm not good at this "patience" thing). Can't wait to hear how you did with the rain...
Thanks for reading Heather. I'm so happy to have a new reader. I know what you mean about patience, I'm the same way. I'll be back soon to tell you about the rain, but I will tell you that we really didn't let it hold us back much. It was just very draining.
Okay, I am finally back. I realize I probably don’t have too many readers left, but I am determined to finish this trip report before our next trip in July. For those of you still reading, thanks and I am sorry it’s taken me so long. I’ve had a very eventful year to say the least, lol.
The rest of the report will be more pictures and a lot less writing or at least that’s what I intend to do I have been know to ramble though, lol.
We started off our morning by dressing up as pirates. I bought these pirate accessories at Target for about $3 before our trip.
I bought this one with the braids for Jared, but he quickly traded with Aidan. Doesn't he look thrilled.
My two pirates.
Aidan
After grabbing some breakfast in the room, we headed to the bus stop. Waiting for the bus to DTD was the longest wait of our entire trip. We were just about to give up and head to one of the parks, when the bus finally showed up.
The bus ended up being completely packed with people.
Luckily most of the people got off at the first stop which was one of the water parks. Can’t remember which one.
Once we arrived at DTD, our first stop was Goofy’s Candy Co. This was our first time here and all I can say is we will have to schedule a few trips here on our next vacation. Yummmmmmmm!
Jared got a giant peanut butter cup which he had been looking forward to for a long time the boy could live on peanut butter cups.
We all agreed, this was not good. I’m not sure if it was old, but it tasted stale and the peanut butter was so dry. It was very difficult to eat this and I don’t think we finished it.
I got the make your own pretzel rods. These are a great deal on the dining plan, as you get three of them for one snack credit.
I’m not sure what I had them dipped in. I know one of them was dipped in crushed butter finger pieces, but I don’t remember the rest and the picture is too blurry to tell note to self: take better notes next time.
We ended up sharing these, but next time I plan to get my own. No sharing!
Pretzel rods. Sorry about the blurry picture. I've gotten a new camera since because of this problem.
Our next stop at DTD was the pin store I think it’s called Disney Pin Traders or something similar. Jared was on the hunt for a pin he had seen last year and didn’t get to buy.
Aidan at the pin store
We were there for quite a while and Aidan was starting to get antsy. DH decided to leave with him before he had a full blown tantrum.
When we were done purchasing our pins, I could not find Will and Aidan anywhere. I looked around and tried calling his cell phone, but no luck remember he never answers his phone when I call him he claims he didn’t hear it, funny he hears when anyone else calls
I finally found them here:
Aidan on the train.
Will on the train. That's not my son behind him, but he looks like he could be, lol.
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I can't even get on those. It's great that they enjoy so many rides though. 
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I’m not sure if it was old, but it tasted stale and the peanut butter was so dry. It was very difficult to eat this and I don’t think we finished it.
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