Lost Hats, Lost Gloves, but did we lose our minds? Trip Report - Dec 18-23, 2010 - COMPLETED - Page 5 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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We had another short wait for a bus to Epcot and we arrived around 5:30. We rode one of DH’s favorites.
We played around a bit.
We meandered towards Canada and got beer and drinks and popcorn to share. We stop at the phone booths as we have every year. This is the first year that we found the phones rang. DD and DS had the chance to speak with someone, who asked if they were having a good time.
We make it over to Morocco and listened to the story teller and DS actually shocked us all and volunteered to help. He did a great job if we must say so ourselves. DD did not want to volunteer for any of it. Kids are unpredictable.
As we watch the storyteller and listen to Mo Rockin’, DH and DW share their first item from the snack wish list. In our PTR we asked for suggestions to put on a Snack Wish list. We tried the orange Grand Mariner Slush. It was good, but at the end it was very strong.
At this point it is getting close to our 7:20 ADR for Teppan Edo. This is a first for our family. DD had picked this as her choice, but we let her think we cancelled it when we changed plans to be at AK for the day. We walked up these steps…
…..she notices where we are going and becomes very excited.
We wait about 20 minutes until our buzzer goes off. Part of the time we waited we were standing and we thought it was going to take forever. We finally got a seat in the waiting area and it seemed to go by faster at that point. We were seated with a younger couple and a man with his son. As soon as we get seated DS becomes unmanageable and difficult. DW attempts to see what it is that has caused him to become this way, but for the most part once this happens it does not go well for any of us. DW has offered to DS to go back to the room and watch a movie and eat something back there, but again he has gotten to the point of no return. We have at this point just about lost our minds. DW takes DS outside and gives him one last chance to make a choice. (Act nicely and get his favorite Miso soup or go back to the Disney home and watch a movie.) He miraculously calms himself down and decides he wants to stay. He walks nicely back to the table and he has a great time making a friend with the boy that was with his dad.
We all enjoyed our meal. Unfortunately we forgot to take pictures to share with all of you of our food. We enjoyed our show and would definitely eat here again.
After dinner all we want is…..
DW and the kids got to take advantage of the wonderfully big whirlpool tub and messaged those muscles and relaxed, before bed time.
Memories of Day 1
The weather today was….started cool with clouds than light rain to mostly sunny near 70
The best thing today was….Ddad enjoyed AK for the first time
The worst thing today was….DS losing it at Teppan Edo
The funniest thing today was....Tigger and DS bouncing together
Today we tried….Teppan Edo
And the result was….entertainment with a wonderful meal
The most magical moment today was….that our room was ready that early and it was beautiful
Up Next……MK All Day (Will we make Opening Ceremonies at 8:00?)
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Day 2 Sun. 12/19
We wake up to see some animals had slept outside our room and were also just waking up.
We all enjoyed watching them off and on while we had some breakfast and got ready. We all were ready pretty quickly and headed out to catch the bus to MK. We did wait a while for a bus. It seems like every other bus came along more than once before we got our bus. We must have just missed one. We did not make Opening Ceremonies, which we had hoped to show Ddad. DH hopes one day to become Mayor of Main Street.
We head left to Adventureland first. DH went to get FP to BTMRR, while the rest of us ride Magic Carpet. Most of us (except DDad) ride twice since there is such a short line.
We rode Pirates, Jungle Cruise and watched some of the Pirate Tutorial. Since it had already started we really did not get into the show and moved on, DD reminded us that we had FP to use. Four of us rode BTMRR, DDad can’t ride those type of rides. We had a great ride and we saw Trace Adkins as we exited. He was narrating the Candlelight Processional that week. We didn't bother him but it was to see him. We get FP for later. We went to ride HM, we still can’t get DS to ride and Ddad doesn’t like small places. That was news to us. So they milled around the area to wait for us. We saw Hall of Presidents and as always really enjoy this show. We head to It’s a Small World and have a surprisingly long wait . The wait time was not accurately posted, but we entertained ourselves (especially kept DS occupied) and got on a boat where DD can’t help but take lots of pictures. Ddad enjoyed using his new camera and reliving the memory of experiencing this ride before.
Thanks to fellow PP, DH had read about how Pinocchio Village Haus overlooks this ride. He pointed it out to everyone and since we were hungry we decided to give it a try. Of course we again failed to take pictures. We were just so happy that there was not a long wait, since crowds had picked up and we were hungry. We got pizzas, meatball sub, and a salad. We all recommend this CS and the view was cool overlooking ISW.
Great update! So glad your DS managed to calm himself so you all could enjoy Teppan Edo. It is a favorite for my family!
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Great update!
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Great updates!
We love Teppan Edu also!
And my ds also has the white (ball type) Yeti stuffed souvenier
Our DS still loves his.
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Great update!
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Great update! Glad your DS was able to calm down and enjoy the meal.
I didn't know the phones in UK rang!! That's awesome!
It was really cool to see this happen for kids in several families.
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Great update! I'm glad the meal at Teppan Edo was saved!
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Great update, son gald that DS got to enjoy his meal with the family!
Thanks everyone for reading along. We were glad the meal was saved also, we really enjoyed eating here and can see it being a favorite for our family as well.
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So glad your DS managed to calm himself so you all could enjoy Teppan Edo. It is a favorite for my family! 
We must have just missed one. We did not make Opening Ceremonies, which we had hoped to show Ddad. DH hopes one day to become Mayor of Main Street. 
to see him. We get FP for later. We went to ride HM, we still can’t get DS to ride and Ddad doesn’t like small places. That was news to us. 
So they milled around the area to wait for us. We saw Hall of Presidents and as always really enjoy this show. We head to It’s a Small World and have a surprisingly long wait 
. The wait time was not accurately posted, but we entertained ourselves (especially kept DS occupied) and got on a boat where DD can’t help but take lots of pictures. Ddad enjoyed using his new camera and reliving the memory of experiencing this ride before. 
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