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what a really nice day - even though it rained you got so much done. I hate it when people try to muscle in onyour spot. especially when you have been there for a long time and they come last minute and expect a great spot.
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All caught up! At least the rain isn't slowing you down. The rides stopping, , the rain falling, . In all the years I've been going to Disney, I've never had to exit a ride because it broke down. Now watch, the next time we go, it'll happen like 3 times or something. You got some great photos of MSEP too!
What a great way to spend a birthday. Glad the birthday boy had a good time. Great pictures of the parade. I wish it hadn't been closed when we went Cameron would have loved it! Oh well next time. Sorry you didn't like Stitch. It's on my never will I ever ride this again list. Along with Dinosaur.
Just catching up! Glad it was such a wonderful day for Abniel! Sorry the jerk with the bad ride mojo showed up, but very cool that you got a backstage peek at Splash. And I know what you mean about parade crowders. Just because I reposition myself doesn't mean you can take any space I may have freed up.
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Wow you guys did not let the rain slow you down! I am glad you were able to get in so many rides, even with the bad ride mojo. I bet Abniel will remember this birthday for a long time.
I think he will!
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Great finish to the birthday celebration!
I know what you mean about people invading your personal space. My kids aren't big on parades and, while I do like to watch them, I'm sort of glad we don't often stop for them because, like you, I can't stand to have a perfect stranger that close to me.
Sorry Arben's knees are bothering him -- hope that doesn't linger!
My youngest two love parades. If it were for them, they'd watch all of them.
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What a great day rain and all. Glad Abniel enjoyed his brithday.
Yes, the rain was a blessing in disguise.
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What a wonderful day - I love the shots of the castle and the parade.
Thanks!
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Glad the birthday boy had a good day! Great pictures too.
Thanks!
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Glad you didn't let the rain stop you from enjoying your evening at MK!!! Great pictures from the parade!
Thanks!
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We endured the parade crush (it will be a long time before we do that again). We found a decent spot, took the boys out of the stroller (and moved it out of the way)...we should have left it because we had two families try to squeeze in behind us and they kept ramming their strollers into our legs.
You got some great pictures of the parade though - and what a memorable birthday for your son!
I don't know if people don't realize they are being rude or they just don't care. I'm always conscious of everyone around me.
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I'm glad you didn't let the rain slow you down. Great birthday!
Thanks!
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Awesome pictures of the parade!
Thanks!
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Great pics of the parade! Sounds like a perfect birthday!
It really was!
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What a great day at MK! You had a great location for the parade! Love the pics!
I have to say we lucked out given the time it was. We snagged that great location just in time.
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Great pictures of the parade!
Thanks!
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what a really nice day - even though it rained you got so much done. I hate it when people try to muscle in onyour spot. especially when you have been there for a long time and they come last minute and expect a great spot.
Unfortunately, lots of people do that at Disney.
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Hopped on board and am all caught up with your TR! Looking forward to reading more.
Thanks for reading!
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All caught up! At least the rain isn't slowing you down. The rides stopping, , the rain falling, . In all the years I've been going to Disney, I've never had to exit a ride because it broke down. Now watch, the next time we go, it'll happen like 3 times or something. You got some great photos of MSEP too!
If it happens I'm sure you'll remember me.
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What a great way to spend a birthday. Glad the birthday boy had a good time. Great pictures of the parade. I wish it hadn't been closed when we went Cameron would have loved it! Oh well next time. Sorry you didn't like Stitch. It's on my never will I ever ride this again list. Along with Dinosaur.
I wil never ride Stitch again! Once is enough. I actually like Dinosaur.
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Just catching up! Glad it was such a wonderful day for Abniel! Sorry the jerk with the bad ride mojo showed up, but very cool that you got a backstage peek at Splash. And I know what you mean about parade crowders. Just because I reposition myself doesn't mean you can take any space I may have freed up.
You see, you're not the only one to fall victim of the bad ride mojo guy. I'm thinking this guy has lots of money to be taking that many trips a year.
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Glad the rain did not slow yall down! Great parade pics!
We woke up abruptly with a knock on the door. It was mousekeeping. She quickly apologized and told me she’d come later. She also put a “do not disturb” sign on the door. When I looked at the clock it was 9:30. What! How the heck did I sleep that late? I got ready and then went to get the mugs filled while the rest of the gang slowly got ready. We left the room at 11:00. We only had to wait 5 minutes for an Epcot bus. Hey, really liking those wait time for the busses!
We arrived at the park and were quickly through the turnstiles. I then took the time to get some pictures.
Look at the sky!
Afterwards we headed towards the Land pavilion. Soarin was showing a 110 minute wait and the fastpass return time didn’t work so we decided to skip it. We then went to ride Nemo but the line was out the building. I’d never seen a line that long for Nemo ever. We skipped that and went in to the Seas pavililon. After browsing for a little while, we went to the Imagination pavilion and rode Figment. Yay, my first ride at Epcot is Figment! Way to go! Not!
Adriel was trying to break a record, how many Mickey ears he could try on.
I wanted to see Captain EO but nobody wanted to see it. All righty then! We walked over to Mission Space for some fastpasses. My boys were feeling adventurous and wanted to try the orange side. I, of course, did not want to ride at all.
Look at the sky now! It's about to come down.
While we waited for the fastpasses to ripen we went over to Universe of Energy. It started raining but thankfully we were let in before getting drenched. After learning about energy, it was time for the guys to go to Space. We were done in FW so we started walking towards WS.
Since we had such a late start and we had an adr for 4:40, I made the executive decision to skip lunch. Well that didn’t work out very well with my hungry kids.
We were walking around WS without really stopping anywhere. It started raining so went into Liberty Inn. Since my kids were starving, I bought them a chicken nugget meal to share. They swept that up like a vacuum.
The rain had stopped, so we continued our walk around the world. Nobody was in the mood of doing anything so we just headed over to Japan. We went into Mitsukoshi Store and browsed for a bit, but didn’t buy anything. Arben’s knee was troubling him so we went to sit outside of Katsura Grill. I left them there and went to explore for a bit.
The kids and I watched the drummers for a while and we got a kick out of the guy. He made all sorts of weird facial expressions. We had a good laugh.
It was finally time to check in for our meal at Teppan Edo. We waited about 10 minutes before being seated. This restaurant is like a maze, you can get lost in there. Thankfully we didn’t. I booked this restaurant because I knew the kids would love the entertainment. And I was right.
Chef Shingo cooking our food!
I forgot to take pictures of our plates. Arben and AJ had the Tori; I had the Ueno; and Abniel and Adriel had the kid’s Tori. I was a little worried about Abniel because he isn’t that adventurous when it comes to food. But he ate his rice, chicken and almost all the noodles. We enjoyed our meal and I absolutely loved their “white ketchup” as our cook called it.
For Abniel’s birthday they brought him his ice cream dessert with a candle and a chef’s hat. The rest of us also had ice cream for dessert.
After our filling meal, the kids wanted some rides. We started walking through WS, snapping pictures along the way.
We got to Mexico but the line for the ride was very long so the kid’s were ok with skipping it. Abniel and Adriel wanted to color a Duffy. While they did that, I did my favorite thing: take pictures.
This is one of my favorite pavilions. I’d like to eat here but since I have such picky eaters, I find it almost impossible.
The kids wanted a snack and they settled on Doritos. Now that’s a waste of a snack credit. AJ wanted a Kaki Gori. So off we want, back to Japan. Of course, now that we were there Adriel wanted one too. I bought one for each (as a snack credit). Abniel tasted it and said he liked it. I bought him a strawberry one and decided I wasn’t going to buy one for myself (even though I love them). If I know my son correctly, I’d be eating his. I was right, after about 5 bites Abniel was done. They should give out prizes for this, I’d totally win them all.
I wanted to watch Illuminations tonight and it was 8:30 already. Time to get a spot for the show. We kept walking and found a great spot at the bridge between France & UK, right by the railing. We claimed our spots and settled in. Adriel stood up for a moment (his spot was in between my other 2 boys) and this little girl came out of nowhere and cut in front of him. Adriel looked at me helplessly and I told him to just wait it out. After a little while, the girl went back to her parents at which time Adriel ceased the opportunity to claim his spot again. The little girl came back and let’s just say she wasn’t happy. She told Adriel that he was in her spot. Adriel just ignored her and stayed put. The little girl went back to her parents, they eventually went somewhere else. Adriel looked at me and gave me a thumbs up. He was so proud for standing up for himself.
Soon after, Illuminations started. I took a couple of photos and then decided to enjoy the show. This show always makes me tear up.
When the show was finished we stayed put, letting the masses exit first. Then we started slowly walking towards the front of the park.
We were kind of hungry so we decided to get a bite to eat at Electric Umbrella. Sorry, no food pics. AJ and I decided shared a meatball sub, Arben had the same thing. Forgot what the other two boys had. The food was nothing to brag about but it hit the spot.
It was EMH tonight and as we were heading out of the park I suggested we ride Spaceship Earth for the first time. It was a walk on and we were soon on our way. And then the ride stopped, and stopped, and stopped again. 3 times! What!! That could only mean one thing, that the jerk with the bad ride mojo was also staying on-site and taking advantage of EMH.
The third time it stopped it was for more than 15 minutes. And we were at this spot.
Let’s just say Arben wasn’t to happy and he was probably secretly cursing me for making him go on this ride. After the ride, we called it a night but not before taking a bathroom break for the 100 th time. While waiting I took some more pictures, because I hadn't taken enough.
We walked over to the bus stop and right behind us was a huge Brazilian tour group. Thank goodness we got there before them. There were like 50+ of them. 10 minutes later the bus arrived and we climbed on leaving behind the tour group . We got back to the room at 11:30.
We found this.
I think Mousekeeping got tired of seeing our toothbrushes lying around.
We showered and fell into bed quickly. We were so tired as we hadn’t taken our afternoon break because we had such a late start. I decided that we wouldn’t sleep in for the rest of the trip. I prefer an early start with a break.
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, the rain falling, 
. In all the years I've been going to Disney, I've never had to exit a ride because it broke down. Now watch, the next time we go, it'll happen like 3 times or something. 
You got some great photos of MSEP too!
Sorry the jerk with the bad ride mojo showed up, but very cool that you got a backstage peek at Splash. And I know what you mean about parade crowders. Just because I reposition myself doesn't mean you can take any space I may have freed up. 
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If it happens I'm sure you'll remember me.
Once is enough. I actually like Dinosaur.
to be taking that many trips a year. 
but thankfully we were let in before getting drenched. After learning about energy, it was time for the guys to go to Space. We were done in FW so we started walking towards WS.
Well that didn’t work out very well with my hungry kids. 
I booked this restaurant because I knew the kids would love the entertainment. And I was right.
He was so proud for standing up for himself. 
for making him go on this ride. After the ride, we called it a night but not before taking a bathroom break for the 100 th time. 
There were like 50+ of them. 10 minutes later the bus arrived and we climbed on leaving behind the tour group 
. We got back to the room at 11:30. 
as we hadn’t taken our afternoon break because we had such a late start. I decided that we wouldn’t sleep in for the rest of the trip. I prefer an early start with a break. 
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