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What a great day at DTD. I always find the buses to go to DTD are the slowest, on our last trip I think we waited almost 45 minutes for a bus. Looks like you had a great time. I had picked up my mother a teapot with two little teacups with Alice and Wonderland (not sure if it is the same one you saw) I got it over at the Tea Shop in Epcot (in England) - you might want to check out there as well on your July trip. Can't wait to hear more.
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I have read your post from the beginning and am enjoying it alot. We are taking our first trip in the beginning of June and the excitement is building. Your dialogue has answered alot of my questions.
Terrific update! I'm glad your family enjoyed Downtown Disney. We always have such a good time there, doing major damage in WOD and the Christmas Shop. (I tend to get lost in the Christmas Shop... I just love it!) Also, those pretzals look yummy. I think I may have to try those next trip. Come back with more soon!
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What a great day at DTD. I always find the buses to go to DTD are the slowest, on our last trip I think we waited almost 45 minutes for a bus. Looks like you had a great time. I had picked up my mother a teapot with two little teacups with Alice and Wonderland (not sure if it is the same one you saw) I got it over at the Tea Shop in Epcot (in England) - you might want to check out there as well on your July trip. Can't wait to hear more.
I hope we have better luck with transportation to DTD since we will be at SSR. It is probably the same teapot, however the teacups were seperate. I will try to post a picture later.
I have read your post from the beginning and am enjoying it alot. We are taking our first trip in the beginning of June and the excitement is building. Your dialogue has answered alot of my questions. [/quote]
Thank you. Your first trip, how exciting. I'm glad my TR isn't boring you to tears. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. Have a great trip.
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Looks like you had a wonderful time in DTD! Looking forward to more
We did. Thanks for coming back.
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Terrific update! I'm glad your family enjoyed Downtown Disney. We always have such a good time there, doing major damage in WOD and the Christmas Shop. (I tend to get lost in the Christmas Shop... I just love it!) Also, those pretzals look yummy. I think I may have to try those next trip. Come back with more soon!
Thank you. I love DTD. It's a nice break from the parks. I didn't spend much time at the Christmas Shop, but I plan to this year. You should definitely try the pretzels. They are delicious. I can't wait to try the make your own marshmallows in July. They look great too.
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Welcome back to your TR! Hey, post a picture of your Alice in Wonderland teapot. I'd love to see it. Great updates!!
Thanks. I will try to post a picture when DH gets home so he can help me. I am a bit technically challenged.
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Glad to see you updating again... Looking forward to more pictures.
Aidan was fast asleep in his stroller and Tropical Storm Fay had joined us on our trip not to worry we had our trusy Mickey ponchos with us.
It started raining as we were headed towards the Lego store and I don’t remember it ever stopping after that for the rest of our trip okay maybe for a bit, but not much sunshine after that
Will and Jared did not want to go in the Lego store which is probably a good thing because I would’ve never been able to get DH out of there. Instead, they played outside the Lego store for a while.
When they got tired of playing with Legos, we decided it was time to catch a bus to the Polynesian resort for our dinner ADR at ‘Ohana.
When we arrived at the Poly, we had no idea where we were. We had only been there once before for breakfast last year and we had taken a cab. We walked from the bus stop through the gardens and eventually found the resort.
walking through the Poly
Once we checked in at ‘Ohana, we were given a pager. We waited about 15 minutes until our server, Cousin Mike, came and got us.
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Cousin Mike showed us where to park our stroller and led us to our table.
We did not sit in the main dining room as we did last year. We sat in a little section closer to the check in podium. We didn’t really mind except we had to keep getting up and walking over to the main dining room during the entertainment.
We really enjoyed our dinner here. I am not a big meat eater, but still ate plenty. DH had a blast eating. He kept asking for more of everything. The only big complain I have about the food is that the boys did not really eat much and Cousin Mike didn’t offer them anything else. I’ve heard of other children getting chicken fingers and more kid friendly food. I guess next time I will just have to ask.
Here are some food pics. I didn't really get many, but will take pictures of all our food on our next trip.
'Ohana Welcome Bread- this was delicious. I could've eaten that and dessert alone and been a happy girl.
We also got mixed greens with a honey-lime dressing
Pork Dumplings topped with a Pineapple Sweet and Sour Sauce. Yummmmmmm.
Honey-Coriander Chicken Wings.
We also got Noodles,
Asian Barbecued Pork Loin
Spicy Grilled Peel - n - Eat Shrimp
Marinated Sirloin Steak
Mesquite Grilled Turkey
Everything was good except we did not like the Turkey. It was just very dry.
During dinner an entertainer came out playing the ukulele. We really enjoyed him. He was very good.
Then he invited anyone who was celebrating an anniversary to come up on the dance floor with him. DH and I were hesitant to go up since we did not want to leave the boys alone at our table too far from the dance floor but Cousin Mike told us to bring the boys up with us.
I believe there were two other couples up there with us. We had to say how many years we were married and then he played a song for us while we danced.
It was really sweet, but the sweetest part was when I turned around to find my sons hugging each other and “slow dancing” with us. It was so cute and I wish I had a picture of them. Needless to say, I had tears in my eyes after that. They were definitely the center of attention during that dance.
More entertainment:
Coconut Races
the coconut is bigger than him
A Parade around the restaurant complete with maracas:
blurry again
We had a blast! The only problem was that while we were busy having fun, dessert had been served and was completely melted. I’d been waiting all night for this. What’s a girl to do? So I did the only thing I could and quickly gobbled it up. Then I asked for another one.
At our table, dessert was almost as fun as the entertainment.
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Dessert was soooooooooooo delicious. I can’t say enough about this.
Overall, we really liked dinner at ‘Ohana we still like breakfast better though. Dessert was amazing and we will definitely be back.
After dinner we were starting to get tired, but Jared was not having it. He just wanted to keep on going. After taking a few pictures in the lobby of the Poly, we headed towards Magic Kingdom.
pictures at the Poly:
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Your dinner at Ohana sounds wonderful. Too bad about the rain. We are headed there about this year about the same time you went last year. I'll be praying for no hurricanes to interfere with our plans. Great update!
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Hey, post a picture of your Alice in Wonderland teapot. I'd love to see it. Great updates!!
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I’d been waiting all night for this. What’s a girl to do? So I did the only thing I could and quickly gobbled it up. Then I asked for another one. 
He just wanted to keep on going. After taking a few pictures in the lobby of the Poly, we headed towards Magic Kingdom.
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