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It is amazing how well they can treat ones with injuries!!! Summer of 2011 we had to put DD (she was 12) in a wheelchair - she had torn her meniscus right before our trip - and doctors orders were brace and wheelchair to avoid surgery!!! She fought for the first couple hours we were there that she was NOT going in a wheel chair - then finally gave in...........and even Mickey gave her special treatment with the wheelchair!!!
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Great Arrival Day. I'm not surprised the grads picked DTD for their first night, but it is surprising they were ready to go back to the resort after dinner (I'm sure they had fun no matter where they were).
Looking forward to hearing more about coping with grads and Moms.
Glad the mom was able to make it! Sounds like a great first night!
It was a great first night. I was very nervous about how this trip would go with such a large group. I normally only travel to WDW with Peter and the boys, and really only know planning for us, so considering the many personalities of our group, it went pretty well.
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It is amazing how well they can treat ones with injuries!!! Summer of 2011 we had to put DD (she was 12) in a wheelchair - she had torn her meniscus right before our trip - and doctors orders were brace and wheelchair to avoid surgery!!! She fought for the first couple hours we were there that she was NOT going in a wheel chair - then finally gave in...........and even Mickey gave her special treatment with the wheelchair!!!
This trip opened my eyes even more concerning this. I was very impressed.
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more please
Coming up soon!!
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Great Arrival Day. I'm not surprised the grads picked DTD for their first night, but it is surprising they were ready to go back to the resort after dinner (I'm sure they had fun no matter where they were).
Looking forward to hearing more about coping with grads and Moms.
I think they were anxious to check out the resort and get their suitcases and claim their rooms....(I think they were also ready to ditch us!!).
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What a great evening!
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Great arrival!! I'm so excited to read this. Can't wait to hear more.
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Sounds like a great first night!!
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Great night at DTD!
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Great evening! I was also surprised they wanted to go back to the resort so soon! Can't wait to read more!
Great first day!! Coming up......Day 2 our first park day!!
Today is our first park day, and the Magic Kingdom seemed the perfect choice! The five of us slept like babies, and were ready to go by 7 a.m. It was EMH this morning, so we hoped to make park opening ceremonies. We were all very excited!! After looking at the resort map, it seemed as though walking over to the OPR bus stop was closer than the Aruba or Jamaica bus stops, plus, we could stop and fill our mugs along the way. This would be the route we would take to/from our room pretty much the entire trip. The grads were not awake when we left, nor answering their phones (not sure what hour they finally went to bed), but the five of us headed out without them, anxious to soak up every minute of Disney magic we could! l to r: Melissa, Gina, & Charlene
We had a very short wait, and soon we were on our way! We were unsure of the weather for today, since it was so early. It spoke of being warm today, so we thought we had dressed appropriately. We knew the kids could bring our jackets later if we needed them. The closer we got, the more exciting it was getting. The music, the people, the atmosphere....and then the train pulled in....the look on everyone's face was priceless!! As we started our walk toward Main Street, we were amazed by the decorations, and then just when they thought it couldn't get any better, there it was.....the Castle!! l to r: Gina, Melissa, Charlene, Jackie, & Me We stopped for a few pictures, then headed through the castle. We were on our way to Fantasy Land, but decided to stop at It's a Small World, something we could all ride. {Funny side story: I was in charge of Charlene this morning, and let me just say, I was not that best at manuvering a wheel chair. So we are the first 5 in line for IASW, and I'm shoving Charlene into the queue, and we had to go down an incline, and the wheel chair is picking up speed...well, you get the picture....the CM ran over, trying to hold back his laughter, and said, "I sure wish someone had gotten that on tape"....and then, he said to the other moms behind me, " I think you should take care of your friend today"...LOL. Thank goodness I didn't dump her out at the end of the ramp...but we did laugh about this many times over the course of the trip.} Next up, Mickey's Philharmagic. Everyone loved this!!! As we were exiting, one of the girls called their mom and said they were on their way out. It was around 9 a.m., and we had breakfast ADRs at 10:30, so we decided to make our way to the front of the park, so they could do the meet & greet with the princesses, and we would be closer to the monorail where we were all to meet to head over for breakfast. They had tried waking the boys, but it was fruitless, so they headed out without them. As we went through the castle, on our way back to meet them, we saw the Fairy Godmother, but we there was a small line, so we decided to just get a picture and keep going.
We met up with the girls, and they said the boys still weren't picking up their phones. We kept trying, and I was getting a little nervous about getting everyone to the Poly in time for our ADR. While some checked out a few of the shops, a few others got in line to meet Snow White. Marissa, Melissa, & Mariah w/Snow White
We thought about getting FPs for the princess meet and greet, but the return time was during our breakfast, so we decided to just take our chances later. We saw Mary Poppins, but there was a line, so we just got pictures.
I took advantage of this time to get a few pictures of the gorgeous decorations.
It was almost 10 o'clock and I knew we needed to get to the monorail. Still no sign of the boys. We exited the park and walked over to the monorail and it started to rain, not hard, but enough to make everyone want to seek shelter, expecially since it had gotten a little chillier as well. The boys finally called and said they were at the bus stop....WHAAAAA??? I decided to just send everyone ahead, and I would wait for the boys. Since they had never been on the monorail, they were a bit nervous about knowing when/where to get off, but I assured them they would be fine. Melissa & Jackie stayed behind with me, and we were trying not to be too upset with the guys, but it was going to be a huge dissapointment if we missed our first ADR. It started to rain harder, so we had to seek shelter. We moved to the covered dock where the boat leaves from. Finally, at 10:30, the guys showed up. We RAN to the monorail, and luckily, it was ready to pull out. We were a few minutes late, and the others were VERY happy to see us!! We got our leis and they showed us to our table. We decided not to let this ruin our day. We were in Disney, and although we were a few minutes late, we were about to start a very memorable trip with our kids! We'll let it go........THIS TIME!
coming up.......you ate how many Mickey waffles???!!!
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