Goin' Down the Bayou ~ The TR (November 1-10, 2012) - Page 9 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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We are suppose to go in May 2014,. HOPING that works out this time.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!
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All caught up. Your morning at DHS sounds lovely. 2 trips on TSMM, awesome! looking forward to reading more.
It was great to get so much done that morning! DH was complaining at first about some of our really early mornings, but he quickly changed his tune after he saw how much we got accomplished!
Whew, I'm just getting caught up -- amazing how a little illness + holidays sucks up time for reading TRs!
Your first day at MK sounds wonderful! I loved the photos of the new Dumbo queue. I can't wait to see it for myself! We've never had dinner at CM's. We've only ever eaten breakfast there. Not sure why, but that's how we've always done it! Looks like everyone had a great time with the Fab 5.
At DHS, I love the pictures of the girls in front of ToT. I'm dying laughing at Kaeli's reaction to the ride, because our boys reacted similarly. They didn't freak out during the ride, but afterwards, they swore up and down they'd never, ever, ever ride it again. I'll let you in on a little secret: they've ridden a few times since then!
Catching up here
I love the Murphy bed!! When we stayed there about 12 years ago there were trundle beds, the Murphy bed is way cooler
That's nice that the girls didn't want to wear the buttons, but, you were close enough to your birthday to wear a pin
We really wanted to see Merida this trio (and by "we" I mean me and Jason ) but every time we went by the line was crazy!
Craig looks for chocolate dessert before he even decides what he's going to have for dinner . And I'm with you, breakfast is better for buffets than dinner.
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All caught up!! Yay!! We got to the good part
We had so much fun meeting the girls and Chris too! And it was fun to take Kaeli and Jason on their first RnRC ride together.
The girls are so photogenic and you got some really good photo pass pics too!
I'm thinking I may have to take Chris on at TSMM if we're there next year together
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Whew, I'm just getting caught up -- amazing how a little illness + holidays sucks up time for reading TRs!
Your first day at MK sounds wonderful! I loved the photos of the new Dumbo queue. I can't wait to see it for myself! We've never had dinner at CM's. We've only ever eaten breakfast there. Not sure why, but that's how we've always done it! Looks like everyone had a great time with the Fab 5.
At DHS, I love the pictures of the girls in front of ToT. I'm dying laughing at Kaeli's reaction to the ride, because our boys reacted similarly. They didn't freak out during the ride, but afterwards, they swore up and down they'd never, ever, ever ride it again. I'll let you in on a little secret: they've ridden a few times since then!
Can't wait to read more!
Thank you so much! We've had a great time so far I'm hoping that Kaeli will get back on ToT, I know she will have so much fun with it now that she knows what to expect from it!
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Catching up here
I love the Murphy bed!! When we stayed there about 12 years ago there were trundle beds, the Murphy bed is way cooler
That's nice that the girls didn't want to wear the buttons, but, you were close enough to your birthday to wear a pin
We really wanted to see Merida this trio (and by "we" I mean me and Jason ) but every time we went by the line was crazy!
Craig looks for chocolate dessert before he even decides what he's going to have for dinner . And I'm with you, breakfast is better for buffets than dinner.
Cool credits for flights
Jason would have loved Merida! She is just so fun and interacts great with the kids, I'm sorry you missed her. We really lucked out with the line, any other time we passed her it was just insanity!
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All caught up!! Yay!! We got to the good part
We had so much fun meeting the girls and Chris too! And it was fun to take Kaeli and Jason on their first RnRC ride together.
The girls are so photogenic and you got some really good photo pass pics too!
I'm thinking I may have to take Chris on at TSMM if we're there next year together
Yes, the good part Kaeli had so much fun on RnRC, and thanks to you telling her where the cameras were we got a great shot of her on her first ride!
I'm thinking you'll need to kick Chris' butt on TSMM too next time, just to bring his head down to size Speaking of, we've decided on when and where our trip will be this year, have you? DL is out, and we're going to skip November in favor of August this time around, I just hope the heat won't be too much!
Speaking of, we've decided on when and where our trip will be this year, have you? DL is out, and we're going to skip November in favor of August this time around, I just hope the heat won't be too much!
We are leaning toward end of August as well, unless our schools wait until Sept. 9th to start like Woodbridge. Then we'll go that week before school. Rosh Hashana is the Wed and Thurs of Labor day week so I'm hoping they'll have that whole week off
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We are leaning toward end of August as well, unless our schools wait until Sept. 9th to start like Woodbridge. Then we'll go that week before school. Rosh Hashana is the Wed and Thurs of Labor day week so I'm hoping they'll have that whole week off
That would be awesome! I wonder if our district will do that too. Hmmm, I need to go find out!
We were about 30 minutes early for our noon ADR at Mama Melrose, but there were quite a few people waiting at the hostess station, so I decided to see if we could check in early. The hostess told us it was not a problem, but we would not be able to be seated until noon, when the restaurant officially opened up. Pager in hand, we headed out to do a little browsing in the shops nearby while we waited.
We stopped for a couple of photo ops in between shops
Soon enough, our pager was going off and we were one of the first families seated for the day. The girls both ordered salad with their meals, Abby had the cheese pizza and Kaeli went with the chicken parm.
While it was really plenty for her, Kaeli’s chicken looked like such a puny portion on that big Mickey plate. Both girls enjoyed their choices, I think they cleaned their plates!
Chris went with some sort of seafood pasta, it came with scallops, mussels and scungilli. He was in heaven with this one, he just love, love, loves seafood.
Now, here’s what didn’t live up to the hype. I decided to go with the Penne Vodka with grilled chicken. I had seen and heard about this in so many other TRs, and it had always gotten rave reviews, so I was really looking forward to it. When it finally came, it was just eh. Nothing that blew my mind like I was expecting.
I was hungry, so I ate it without complaint. I do have to say though, in the restaurant's defense, they do give you really big portions here. I felt like I was eating and eating, but my bowl never really looked like I put a dent in it! I liked the ambiance of MMs, and everyone else was happy with what they ordered, so I won’t let a less than stellar meal for myself keep me away. I’d definitely give it another try, though I’m sure I’ll order something different next time.
For dessert, Abby was drooling over the spaghetti and meatball cupcake. That thing was huge, and of course she loved it!
The cupcake was off limits for Kaeli because of her allergy, so I think she got an ice cream sundae. Chris and I split the amaretti cheesecake and got another to go since we were just to full to enjoy a full one on our own. These were really good! So good that we apparently dug in and finished the whole thing before getting a picture.
We were all feeling tired at this point, so we decided to make our way out of the park and head back to POR for some pool time. We had no wait for a bus, and I think it was a little before 2 when we got back to our room. After a quick change into our suits, we made our way over to the main pool. It was a little crowded, but we found a couple of empty chairs near the hot tub.
Chris took the girls over to the water slide, which they loved, while I plopped my butt down on a lounge chair and just relaxed with a Mango Rita. Aahhh, vacation.
I finished up my drink and joined Chris and the girls in the pool, they were having a ball with the pool party and games that the CMs were running. After a dance party and a few rounds of Duck Duck Donald, it was about 4 pm, so we headed back to the room to shower and change before dinner.
Mama Melrose will be a new one for us this trip. I'm looking forward to trying it. I was eyeing the same pasta you had. I may try something else. Your afternoon at POR looks lovely and right up my alley! I'm looking forward to doing exactly what you did. Chillin' by the pool! Cold drink in my hand! Kids playing to the heart's content.
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I'll let you in on a little secret: they've ridden a few times since then! 
Kaeli had so much fun on RnRC, and thanks to you telling her where the cameras were we got a great shot of her on her first ride! 
The hostess told us it was not a problem, but we would not be able to be seated until noon, when the restaurant officially opened up. Pager in hand, we headed out to do a little browsing in the shops nearby while we waited.
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