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Good start at the MK. I love the fact that the Moms are up and at it to get into The Park early, while the kids are sleeping in. It's not too surprising - I'm sure they are excited to be on an away trip, and having lots of fun hanging out with each other.
I'm glad you didn't dump your friend out at the bottom of the ramp on IASW!! Great first morning, looking forward to hearing about your breakfast. I'm glad the boys made it!
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What a great start so far! I'm loving reading this! What a fun trip! Glad you didn't dump your friend, lol, and glad that the boys made it for the ADR!!! PHEW!!!
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Great Start at MK! That was a great picture of the ladies in front of the castle. Its rare to get a picture like that. Glad the boys finally showed up!
All caught up! SO glad the mom was able to join everyone on the trip and it sounds like it's going pretty well so far, even with the boys almost missing breakfast. And I can only imagine how many waffles 3 teenage boys could eat!
Too funny about the wheelchair incident - that was a close call!
We laughed about it all through the trip! I was the worst "driver", but I sure could get us there faster!
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Great start with the Magic Kingdom!
We had such a great day!!!
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Great start with Magic Kingdom. Close call with the wheelchair but glad that everything turned out ok.
I have another funny story during our night at DHS.....crowds+wheelchair+me.....not a great combo!
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Fairly exciting start to your MK day! Hope the boys get up better in the future.
I finally wised up on the last day and started telling them to meet an hour earlier than the ADR. That almost backfired on me though, I'll share all about that later in my TR.
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Good start at the MK. I love the fact that the Moms are up and at it to get into The Park early, while the kids are sleeping in. It's not too surprising - I'm sure they are excited to be on an away trip, and having lots of fun hanging out with each other.
Good planning to make the ADR at 10:30.
It worked out great, that's one of the things I love most about Disney, everyone can come and go as they please!
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I'm glad you didn't dump your friend out at the bottom of the ramp on IASW!! Great first morning, looking forward to hearing about your breakfast. I'm glad the boys made it!
We had eaten at OHana for dinner a few times, and I just knew breakfast would be awesome as well. Great place for groups!
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Great start to your day!
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What a great start so far! I'm loving reading this! What a fun trip! Glad you didn't dump your friend, lol, and glad that the boys made it for the ADR!!! PHEW!!!
Thanks for stopping by to read my TR! I need to get caught up again to see what you & Meri have been up to!
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Great Start at MK! That was a great picture of the ladies in front of the castle. Its rare to get a picture like that. Glad the boys finally showed up!
One of the few group MOM shots...I like it too!
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Great start. Leave it to the boys to be late. Nice picture of all the moms in front of the castle. Can't wait to read more.
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Those boys......
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Very funny about the wheelchair!
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All caught up! SO glad the mom was able to join everyone on the trip and it sounds like it's going pretty well so far, even with the boys almost missing breakfast. And I can only imagine how many waffles 3 teenage boys could eat!
This report is going so slow! I need to get busy and try to get my posts up faster.... The breakfast was delish-the waffles were just icing on the cake!!
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Day 2: Thursday Decemeber 13, 2013: Breakfast
What a better way to start a Disney vacation than breakfast with the characters! While I've eaten at O'Hana several times for dinner and knew that was awesome, I thought it would be fun to give their breakfast a try. We were greeted with leis, and taken to our table, then the wonderful, yummy food was brought out.
MENU: Hua Paka (Scrambled Eggs) - made fresh, hot & delicious Uala Kahiki (Fried Potatoes) - island-style potatoes, caramelized onions & scallions Pua'a (Pork) - pork breakfast sausage links & smoked bacon Assorted Warm Breakfast Breads Seasonal Fruit Bowl for na Keiki Juice (passion fruit, orange and guava blend) Milk and Coffee
and lots, and lots, and lots of Mickey Waffles!!!!
Then Lilo, Stitch, Pluto, & Mickey started making their rounds to each table.
Soon, the dance party started and the grads got up and joined in.
I had made a note on our reservation about their special celebration, but it hadn't been acknowledged in any way, so I left the table and went over to a CM and hold him about the grads. As I was settling our bill, two CMs came over and congratulated them and gave them special pins. By now, everyone was in full Disney mode!!!
Before we left, Pluto stopped by again, and snuck up on Nathan....
PRICELESS!!!!!
On a scale from 1-10, this Disney experience topped the charts....great atmosphere, great food, great character interaction, fun...fun...fun...for kids of all ages!!
We stopped for a restroom break and a quick browse in the gift shops as we made our way back to the monorail.
The decorations were gorgeous!!
The grads waited {impatiently} for everyone to pay for their purchases, but finally left us behind as the monorail was pulling out and they wanted to get back to MK. Marissa stayed behind with the Moms. I suggested stopping at the Grand Floridian on our return trip to MK, and everyone was game.
A little snack!
The decorations at the Grand Floridian are amazing!!! I'm so glad we took the time to stop in!
After a quick ride on the monorail, we were soon walking down Main Street again.
It was now almost 1:00!!! Were had the time gone???? We needed to pick up the pace, we had LOTS more Disney magic to experience!!!!
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