Dylan’s 1st Birthday Trip, October 2-7, 2008 **Updated 4/16/09** COMPLETE - Page 8 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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The rain had let up so we headed to DHS. Before heading in to our seats characters came out for meet and greets so we had a little mini parade. We had an ADR for 5:10pm at Hollywood & Vine. I think this was a first for all us (well I know at least for my family it was). We also had the Fantasmic! Package and would be seeing the show at 7:30pm. Dinner was good; I don’t remember it being fantastic or anything, although I did have seconds on the Caesar salad. Dylan wasn’t a very happy camper during dinner so I tried to keep him calm and under control, therefore I was not able to enjoy my meal. Our server did bring him out a GINORMOUS cupcake and a card signed by JoJo, Goliath, Leo, & June for his birthday which was very nice of him. I think I ate most of the cupcake and it was yummy.
After dinner we headed to Star Tours and took our flight to Endor and shopped in Tatooine Traders. Then I think it was time to start heading to Fantasmic! I just LOVE this show! It’s definitely one of my favorites and I’m sad I may not be able to see it in June. The show was great as always. Dylan liked it too I think.
Tonight DHS had EMH so we headed to see Muppet Vision 3-D. This is another family favorite and is always a must see. DH’s Dad loves Statler & Waldorf. After a good does of some Muppets we headed to Pixar Place to check it out. Unfortunately we didn’t get to ride Toy Story Mania – too long of a wait; hopefully we’ll get to experience it in June. We continued on and heard music from the Playhouse Disney area and Dylan started dancing like crazy in his stroller. It was so cute. He just loves music. We stayed in the area for a bit and let him get his groove on. When he started to go away from it though Dylan threw a FIT! He was so mad we were leaving the music. But it was getting late and we needed to get him to bed. So I’ve made a mental note that the Playhouse Disney Dance Party is a MUST DO in June!! As we headed out of the park we grabbed some PP pics as I wanted to get our “Today is Dylan’s Birthday” shirts with all of us in them.
What a great birthday for Dylan! It makes me look forward to celebrating my birthday at MK! 30th...1st...I guess all birthdays are the same when you're in WDW! I the pic of all of you with your back to the camera and Dylan facing the camera. Too cute! Keep it comin'!
So glad I found your TR! My little boy will be 1 on April 10th. We actually too him for his first disney trip back in December 08 at 8 months and he had a blast then. We are going back in October and he will be 1 1/2, I can't wait! Its great to read about someone elses experience with a child around the same age. My little one isn't eating a ton of finger food yet, so I am hoping by October, he too will devour the disney food! I was hoping to get down for his 1st birthday but the dates just didn't work out. I am wondering if I will still be able to tell them we are celebrating his 1st birthday, even though it was 6 months ago. If I can hold out that long for a hair cut, maybe we will get his 1st hair cut there too.
I love the photo pass pic by the fountain in France, never saw that one before. We bought the cd back in December since we had over 250 pictures taken on Sam's first trip!
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Sammy 5 years and Peyton 15 months - September 2013
Love the last picture with you all turned around and Dylan facing the camera!
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Another great update. Love the PhotoPass pic with everyone showing the back of their tshirts and Dylan is looking at the camera. Too cute!
Thanks everyone! I do love that picture with our backs and Dylan facing the camera - couldn't have planned it that way if I wanted to though.
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What a great birthday for Dylan! It makes me look forward to celebrating my birthday at MK! 30th...1st...I guess all birthdays are the same when you're in WDW! I the pic of all of you with your back to the camera and Dylan facing the camera. Too cute! Keep it comin'!
Have fun on your birthday! That's so exciting. DH & I want to spend our 30ths in the world too - next August. Hopefully we will be able to.
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So glad I found your TR! My little boy will be 1 on April 10th. We actually too him for his first disney trip back in December 08 at 8 months and he had a blast then. We are going back in October and he will be 1 1/2, I can't wait! Its great to read about someone elses experience with a child around the same age. My little one isn't eating a ton of finger food yet, so I am hoping by October, he too will devour the disney food! I was hoping to get down for his 1st birthday but the dates just didn't work out. I am wondering if I will still be able to tell them we are celebrating his 1st birthday, even though it was 6 months ago. If I can hold out that long for a hair cut, maybe we will get his 1st hair cut there too.
I love the photo pass pic by the fountain in France, never saw that one before. We bought the cd back in December since we had over 250 pictures taken on Sam's first trip!
Happy early Birthday to Sam! It was a blast. We're going back in June, so Dylan will be 20 months and now that he's walking it'll be a whole other ballgame. I'm sure your little one will love the food. Dylan was on all table food when he was one, but he got teeth kind of early too.
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What a great day Dylan had for his birthday! Love the shirts, too.
Sam actually has 8 teeth that I know of and I think he might be teething for his molars. He just isn't all that great with food yet, he likes certain things, will try what he feels like, but I think he has that sensitive gag reflex. He loves strawberries and peeled grapes. He started walking at 11 months on his own. When we went last December, he was crawling, so we will be in a whole different ball game in October too!
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Sammy 5 years and Peyton 15 months - September 2013
I'm sure he'll grow to like food. We were lucky I guess, Dylan pretty much eats anything you put in front of him. Dylan was a late walker though - he started at 16 months, but now he's running around like crazy. We'll be there in June with one of those teddy bear backpack harnesses. Never thought I would, but I think it will come in handy.
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I was wondering about those backpack harness things, I saw one that I think was a monkey at our bj's wholesale store today. Caught my eye and had me seriously thinking! I know Sam is going to want to get out of the stroller and walk and by October he will be even more steady on his feet, shoot he already cruises the whole house, but I know how children don't always like to hold hands and I can't see not having some sort of hold on him!
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Sammy 5 years and Peyton 15 months - September 2013
I have a question, I have not planned a trip this far ahead of time in a while, usually we throw them together 3-4 months in advance. I want to get our adr's as soon as they come available in order to get our fave places and times, is it 90 days out for restaurants?? I thought they were starting adr's online, what happened with that?
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Sammy 5 years and Peyton 15 months - September 2013
Dylan doesn't like to hold hands when he walks, so I think the 'harness' will be good especially when standing in lines since he could just walk right under the rails.
Yes, ADRs can be made 90 days out. I'm not sure about the on-line option. I know I heard about it, but it must be taking longer than normal to get up and running.
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We had an ADR for 5:10pm at Hollywood & Vine. I think this was a first for all us (well I know at least for my family it was). We also had the Fantasmic! Package and would be seeing the show at 7:30pm. Dinner was good; I don’t remember it being fantastic or anything, although I did have seconds on the Caesar salad. Dylan wasn’t a very happy camper during dinner
so I tried to keep him calm and under control, therefore I was not able to enjoy my meal.
Our server did bring him out a GINORMOUS cupcake and a card signed by JoJo, Goliath, Leo, & June for his birthday which was very nice of him.
I think I ate most of the cupcake and it was yummy.
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the pic of all of you with your back to the camera and Dylan facing the camera. Too cute! 
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