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Hey, you got to teach them young! It's harder once they are older. Look at my DH, the guy wants to sleep in when at Disney. He's off his rocker. I can just picture it, one day me and the kids will hit Disney while we leave DH sleeping at the resort.
Jared you rock
I just read Jared your response and he thinks your DH is off his rocker too, lol. He says you rock too.
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thanks for the pics and review of ohana
we will be there for the first time in oct
great time at dtd even with the rain
hurry back with more please
I think you will love 'Ohana. Be back soon with an update.
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I should not bhave read your last update before breakfast. Now I am hungry!!!
Sorry, lol. Thanks for reading though.
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What a wonderful meal at 'Ohana! How sweet that the boys were dancing together. Looking forward to more
Thanks. It was really sweet to see them dancing and not fighting, lol.
I woke up this morning & saw that you updated .. I was very happy.. Great pictures & stories..
Makes me all wishy washy.. We are leaving in 16 days & I can hardly contain myself.. Plus we are keeping it a secret from my little boy .. We are telling him when we arrive @ the airport !!!!
Keep the updates coming !!!
We don't have a marriott timeshare but we have stayed at the Marriott Vacation Club numerous times while visiting Disney and other places. We get the Marriott Rewards Points and alot of times end up with a free week. They are really nice resorts, we love Grand Vista.
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Great to see you finishing this. I had to start at the beginning again. Have enjoyed your trip report and all the pictures. Don't stop now. Can't wait to hear how you weathered Fay.
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Love reading about your story. Keep it coming. Hedi
Thank you. Glad you are enjoying it.
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Great to see you finishing this. I had to start at the beginning again. Have enjoyed your trip report and all the pictures. Don't stop now. Can't wait to hear how you weathered Fay.
Thanks for the encouragement. I'm gonna finish this no matter what. I am determined.
Okay, I am determined to finish this trip report before we leave again on July 4th. Sorry it has taken me so long. If anyone is still out there, thanks. Here goes:
8/18/08:
After dinner at 'Ohana we headed over to the Magic Kingdom on the ferry.
In Magic Kingdom, the boys wore their pirate bandanas. We had our pictures taken by a photopass photographer.
Next we headed over to POTC. There was no line.
The boys had a great time playing in the store outside the ride.
Up next was Jungle Cruise. I'd never ridden at night before and I'm not sure I really enjoyed it. There were too many bugs and we couldn't see a thing. Some might say that adds to the excitement, but I prefer it in the daylight. After the ride, we were hungry and headed over to Peco's Bill which was getting ready to close. This was our first time here and we really liked it. I believe we split 2 cheeseburgers, but I don't remember exactly. The fixins bar was not what expected, but that was because they were getting ready to close. We will be back at a decent time next time around.
Afterwards we decided to hang out for a bit while everyone else rushed to the bus stops. We sat on the rocking chairs (I believe they are outside of Town Square Exposition Hall someone please correct me if I'm wrong.)
This was actually one of my favorite memories of our whole trip. It was just so relaxing. I think we literally could have taken a nap there.
Aidan was already fast asleep in his stroller.
Our view from the rocking chairs. Again sorry about the blurry pictures.
After a while, we headed back to the hotel, washed up, and went to bed.
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Next we headed over to the Epcot Character Spot. The line didn't appear to be very long, but it was very misleading. All I can say is I'm glad I had toys and snacks. My boys were getting restless, as were plenty of other children. I believe we waited about 45min.-1hour.
On the way out of the character spot, we saw more characters. We decided to get in line for Stitch (the boys' favorite). There were no Photopass photogs here, but we took our own pictures.
Next we made a pit stop at one of the Kidcot Fun Stops. I'm not really sure which one this is, but I believe it is in The Land.
The boys decided that they wanted to pay Figment a visit.
Although it isn't my favorite ride, it is a good way to sit and take a break. It had also started pouring at this time and we were getting really sick of getting drenched. We rode twice in a row since there was no line.
After the ride, we played in the Imageworks interactive playground.
Honey, I Shrunk the Audience was up next. I didn't think Aidan would be ready for this, but he loved it.
When we exited the ride, we played in the fountains outside.
I guess Jared didn't feel like he was wet enough yet. (This is one of my favorite pictures).
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Hey, you got to teach them young! It's harder once they are older. Look at my DH, the guy wants to sleep in when at Disney. He's off his rocker. I can just picture it, one day me and the kids will hit Disney while we leave DH sleeping at the resort. 
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