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Great TR. Your DD is really a trooper to have seen and done so much in such a short time and with no reported meltdowns. Sorry about the rain on the beach day. Glad to see that you all arrived back home safely. Looking forward to the final thoughts and the pic of Abby in her Jessie costume.
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Also, how does everyone update the title of their post? Can't figure it out for the life of me!
I don't think that you can do it yourself but if you go to the Trip Report section. There are some rule and guidelines and somewhere on there it tells you who you can PM and they will update your trip report.
Hope that helps!
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Great TR. Your DD is really a trooper to have seen and done so much in such a short time and with no reported meltdowns. Sorry about the rain on the beach day. Glad to see that you all arrived back home safely. Looking forward to the final thoughts and the pic of Abby in her Jessie costume.
We were surprised by how well she did. We had planned to return to the resort each day and rest but it seemed like everytime we started to head to the park exit, she would fall asleep on the way or while waiting for the bus so we would just let her sleep and then head to another park.
Luckily we didn't have any meltdowns but about halfway through the trip we noticed that often she would start acting silly and wasn't listening to us and then we realized it was time to eat. Once we fed her she was ready for more!
I guess low blood sugar does that to her.
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Thanks everyone! We were a little disappointed about the yucky weather since we absolutely love the beach, but I think we might have turned into Disney fanatics. We are going to skip the beach this year and head back to WDW in May (with free dining again)
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Just got caught up with your TR. Sounds (and looks!) like you guys had a really good time! If I hadn't read that this was your first trip, I would never had thought it was. You really park hopped like a pro! The reason why your Abby (so cute BTW!) didn't have any meltdown was probably due to moms good planning and reasonable expectations. Good job! I've enjoyed reading about your trip! Thanks for sharing.
Just got caught up with your TR. Sounds (and looks!) like you guys had a really good time! If I hadn't read that this was your first trip, I would never had thought it was. You really park hopped like a pro! The reason why your Abby (so cute BTW!) didn't have any meltdown was probably due to moms good planning and reasonable expectations. Good job! I've enjoyed reading about your trip! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! I tried not to plan things specifically except for ADRs and the park hopper helped us to be flexible, but I think what really helped was having read my passporter and having been on these boards. Everyone here was so helpful and willing to offer great information. I enjoyed going to the new posts and reading the titles to see if there was anything that I felt would help me with planning my trip. By the time we got to WDW, I pretty much knew where attractions and dining were in the parks, how to get from one park to another quickly and where the restrooms were. That was what made our trip go so smoothly. We have friends who have gone once and say they will not be back. I defintely think that you have to do your homework before you go for a first trip and that is what made our trip so special!!!
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I wanted to end with our final thoughts on WDW. To put it quite frankly...WDW was fabulous! We loved everything about it and are eager to return.
I was a little sad that certain attractions were closed while we were there, but I knew about it before our trip and had time to get over it.
Here is a list of things that we missed that we wanted to do either because of refurb or because we just didn't have enough time. These attractions will be on our list for our next trip!
MK:
Want to do more shopping on Main Street, USA
Enchanted Tiki Room
Magic Carpets
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Splash Mountain
Tom Sawyer Island
Liberty Square Riverboat
it's a small world (closed when we went)
Mickey's PhilharMagic
Peter Pan's flight (just totally missed this one)
Pooh's playful spot (closed)
Snow White's scary adventures (worried it was too scary for DD)
Barnstormer
Meet the fairies (Abby was only into princesses but now loves all the fairies)
Monster, Inc.
Epcot:
Spaceship Earth
The Land
The Circle of Life
Soarin (didn't do this one because we learned about kid swap too late)
Living with the land
ImageWorks
Spend more time in all of the countries
DHS:
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
Star Tours
American Idol Experience
Muppet vision
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream (closed when we were there)
Playhouse disney
****Toy Story Midway Mania*** (Closed when we went-Abby is dying to do this one)
Rock 'n' Rollercoaster (mom only )
Twilight zone tower of terror (mom only again)
And we would like to spend some time looking for more characters!
WOW that list seems longer on the screen than in my mind! Oh well I guess that means it is time to plan another trip...........................................
We will be returning to our newly found happy place on May 27, 2011 and are PIF !!!!
I am going to begin a pre-trip report when I have a few more details!
Thanks everyone for reading our trip report and hope you will find time to read my pre-trip report for our next trip!
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That list does look long, but will make for a fun must-do list for the next trip! Great final thoughts! for sharing your adventures with us; it has been great fun to follow along.
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