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Your great with the updates I'm doing horrible!
Just a FYI they are letting you go in the Christmas party at 4 wasn't sure if you attended Monday today or not we just left headed on the bus back to the resort glad everything is going well
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I ended up having problems with my IBS on Sunday morning and was up at 3am. Not fun. I started feeling better at about 8:30. So we started getting ready. We didn't make it to the lobby to meet up with everyone until about 11. So we changed our plans and decided to just go straight to DHS. Its my favorite park so I was happy, some would think that I did it on purpose . But for any of you who know what IBS is like or have it yourself, than you know no one would want this problem.
So with the scooters we all got to DHS around 12:30 and decided to eat lunch. We all ate at different places at Sunset Ranch Market, on Sunset Blvd. Very quite and nice. Kids had chicken Nuggets from Rosie's and DH and I shared an Italian sandwich and salad from Catalina Eddie's. And we caught a street show.
Lunch was out of the way and we headed to the Great Movie Ride. My grandparents loved that. Then we headed for pictures with Characters. Lotso, Mickey Mouse, and Incredibles. The kids really enjoyed that. I think I enjoyed Lotso more than the kids did.
So after we saw Lotso, Mickey Mouse, and The Incredibles we headed to Toy Story Mania, but yeah right. No FP's left and the line was 90 minutes. So it was a no go. I knew it wouldn't happen with such a late start, but I thought it was worth a try.
We made a potty break and decided to try Muppets 3D, the line was past the restrooms on the side of Pizza planet and it was actually wrapping around the chains on the outside of the building. I don't think I have ever waited for the show. So we said to that also. Very sad day for me at DHS . I think it was because of Jersey Week.
So our next stop would be Mater and Lighting McQueen. The kids loved this. After that we checked in at Mama Melrose's for the Fantasmic Dinner Experience. I was surprised when they said we could choose from an Appetizer, entree, and desert. All for one table serve. Wasn't expecting that. I got clams as my appetizer and I talked Alex into eating one. Neither one of my kids would, but Alex did and he loved it. I told him it tasted like Chicken, after he tried it he said "yeah it does." I love that kid.
Dinner was out of the way and it took a long time. They were running a 1/2 hour behind and they were really busy. So by the time we were done eating we needed to head on over for the Fantasmic show. I hadn't seen it in years, and I still love it as much as the first time I saw it.
When the show was over we headed back to our rooms. I was really tired and I knew I needed to get some rest sense I had been up at 3 am with IBS problems, and I had started feeling bad on the bus ride back to Animal Kingdom Lodge. When we got back to the room I took a quick shower and got in bed. DH showered and bathed the kids and took a shower himself, so I could rest. I that man. He is the best.
wow a line to the muppets but I do believe it because after we did this in the am we seen a line in the pm.
I think there was some kind of dance competition group coming in for the week because friday morning we seen a bunch of them at our bus stop. and saturday AM they were all over the cafeteria!
This was our Safari Breakfast morning. The food was good, however, I don't think I would do it again. I can't see using a table serve for Breakfast. It was a good experience for the kids and they enjoyed it. That is all that matters.
For some reason this is the day that Hunter got character shy. I am not sure what happened. He freaked out about the Incredibles the day before, but he loved Donald and Mickey at the Safari breakfast. When Goofy came out he freaked out and he didn't like Daisy either. I was not happy about this. The rest of the week he will only be in a few pictures (if I actually got in the picture with him.)
After we had breakfast we went on the Safari ride. Hunter loves animals. I took lots of pictures while on the safari, however I only put one on here. You all know what Animals look like and I am sure you all have been on the ride. The picture I picked was of DS and DH, the picture is unique and I really like how it turned out.
After the safari we went to Camp Minnie and Mickey for Character's. We saw Minnie and Thumper and Mrs. Rabbit. Hunter was napping, not that he would have taken any pictures with the character's. But he needed the nap
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I started feeling better at about 8:30. So we started getting ready. We didn't make it to the lobby to meet up with everyone until about 11. 
So we changed our plans and decided to just go straight to DHS. Its my favorite park so I was happy, some would think that I did it on purpose 
. But for any of you who know what IBS is like or have it yourself, than you know no one would want this problem. 
Then we headed for pictures with Characters. Lotso, Mickey Mouse, and Incredibles. The kids really enjoyed that. 
I think I enjoyed Lotso more than the kids did. 
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. I think it was because of Jersey Week. 
that man. He is the best. 
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