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I'm amazed you all were able to keep chugging along. That was a long day! Worth it to stay, though, for the sneak peak you got into the new areas!
It was a long day, Laurie! Well worth it though, and you'll see in my next update that we'll get a bit of a rest the following day
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What a great evening.
Thanks, Cheryl, it was a great night!
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That sounds like a perfect ending to your evening. Can't wait to see the new Fantasyland!!!
The new FL is really nice! I was glad to just walk around and see it all, but I'm excited to get back and actually see the attractions too!
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Yeah!!! You got to "sneak peek"!!!! Bummer that you didn't get to ride Ariel though..................BUT that gives you a reason to RETURN!!!
Cracks me up- Abby won't ride HM, but she will go on Astro Orbiter.............that ride scares the you know what out of me!!!
I was a little bummed at first that Ariel wasn't running, BUT it was nice to just get a sneak peek of everything. I know we'll be back sometime to get on the rides
I feel the same way about Astro Orbiter Abby's always loved it though!
Whoa - amazed the girls could keep going, but it looks like it was worth it!
I was just as surprised that the girls could keep going, no whining or complaining about being tired at all It was well worth it, we had a fantastic time that night!
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sounds like a fun afterparty with your friends!
We had so much fun
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I love the pics from this night, the girls look so sneaky for being in the new FL!! Glad you got to see it. Kudos for Chris working some magic
Sneaky girls We were all thankful for Chris working some magic so we could get a little peek inside new FL!
Just a little backstory here, our original package promotion included 1 day water park tickets for each of us, but of course we lost those when I switched over to get free dining. The girls were looking forward to hitting a water park, so I ended up adding the Water Park and More option to our tickets when I booked the new package because it wasn't much more to do so when you were also adding the parkhopper option. Well, today was the day we planned on heading to Blizzard Beach, and everyone was really looking forward to it.
I should also note here that for the past several days the weather was quite warm, with highs in the low 80s daily. Today, there was going to be a drop in the temps, with highs only being in the low 70s. Definitely not my idea of swimming weather , but we decided to give the water park a go anyway since the girls were really looking forward to it.
We slept in until 8:30 or so, grabbed some breakfast and changed into our suits, before heading out to the bus stop shortly before 10. We waited, and waited, and waited some more, but not one bus for BB had gone by. Finally, when another park bus pulled up, Chris went and spoke to the driver only to find out that BB was closed today because of the weather. Certainly not what I was expecting and we were all a little disappointed, but what can you do? We headed back to the room to decide on a game plan, we figured we’d use this day to just relax and enjoy some time at POR and maybe stroll over to explore POFQ.
First up was a stop at the Fishing Hole. I had done a little research about this at home, and several websites claimed that they used hot dogs for bait here (which I thought was odd), but that is not the case at all. They do use live worms, and I was surprised to see this sign when we walked up to the rental window.
At first I thought to myself, great, another strike out for today. But, we let the CM know about Kaeli’s allergy and he was able to give us worms that did not have peanut shells in them. He did warn us though, that the rental poles could have traces of peanut on them, since others using them before may have had peanut shells on their hands from handling the bait. I always have Clorox wipes with me, so I just wiped down our poles and gave Kaeli strict instructions to not touch her face with her hands while we were fishing.
We spent about a half an hour fishing, with not one single bite! Not even a little nibble. There were some others fishing as well, and I don’t think any of them caught anything either. Oh well, it was an experience, and the girls had fun, so I guess that’s all that matters. We finished up and set off to return our poles, making sure that Kaeli washed her hands thoroughly in the sinks they had on the dock before we left.
We took our time, just strolling the pathways around the resort, eventually ending up near the Marina. The girls had seen others riding the Surry bikes and wanted to try it out, so we decided to give one a try. Oh my gosh, what hard work it is to pedal those things!! We enjoyed it, but after two laps around the river, Chris and I sure were pooped!
We had all worked up a big appetite by now , so we decided to head over to Riverside Mill for some lunch after returning the bike. The girls, however, wanted to make a pitstop in the arcade first. We were about to buy a game card for the girls to use, but luckily a woman let us know that all of the games were set on “free play” right now
We probably got a good half hour in on the games before they switched off of free play, which was perfect for the girls. After that, we crossed through the lobby and grabbed some lunch at RM. Everything was delicious again, and the girls enjoyed the tv and kids seating area when the were done eating. They were so enthralled with the coloring pages, it was hard to drag them away.
We decided to head over and check out POFQ, and as we were leaving Riverside Mill we heard a strange sound and then the lights went out. Abby was quite worried, looked at me and said, “I thought you said the power doesn’t go out in Disney, Mommy??” The whole week leading up to our trip at home in our cold and dark, powerless house, I had been telling them that the power was not out in Disney, and not to worry, we’d be fine once we got there.
We hopped on the boat over to POFQ, still not sure what had caused the power to go out, and whether or not it was just the main building that was out, or the whole resort.
When we entered the pool area at POFQ, the girls wanted to try out the slide (which was a little creepy to me ), but the lifeguards were clearing guests out of the pool. Apparently the power outage was more widespread than we thought, the entire resort (both POR and POFQ) was affected by it.
Well that stinks the water park was closed due to weather. Sounds like a nice stroll aournd the resort well until the power went out!! Hope it did not last long!
That's weird about the power outage. Too bad BB was closed! My boys had fun drowning worms at the fishing hole too. They may not have caught anything but good memories!
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Arnaud and I took a weekend cruise on Norwegian once and at the private island a woman was taking hot dogs from the buffet into the water and feeding the fish, I thought it was gross but sure enough fish were everywhere!!!!
The fishing did look fun, plus I think spending days around the resort are always cool. I do love POR and when we walked around FQ too I loved that as well.
Well it sounds like you guys made the best of the day with BB being closed!
Except the power outage! That had to be scary for the girls after what they just went thru back home........hope it doesn't last long.
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, but we decided to give the water park a go anyway since the girls were really looking forward to it.
There were some others fishing as well, and I don’t think any of them caught anything either. 
, so we decided to head over to Riverside Mill for some lunch after returning the bike. The girls, however, wanted to make a pitstop in the arcade first. We were about to buy a game card for the girls to use, but luckily a woman let us know that all of the games were set on “free play” right now 
Abby was quite worried, looked at me and said, “I thought you said the power doesn’t go out in Disney, Mommy??” 
The whole week leading up to our trip at home in our cold and dark, powerless house, I had been telling them that the power was not out in Disney, and not to worry, we’d be fine once we got there. 
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