Trip Report Will it ever stop raining? Our June 2017 trip

Hi, all!! I've finally had a chance to start going through my photos and thought I would get started on my trip report! For those of you not familiar, here is my pre-trip report:
Adventure is out there...June 2017
If you don't want to read the PTR, here is a brief synopsis before I get started:
Who: Me (Amy), DH (Brian), DS Logan (14), DD Lily (12), and DS Owen (9)
When: June 2-17, 2017
Where: Universal Studios (Hard Rock Hotel), Disney (Art of Animation), and SeaWorld

For those of you who followed along with the live portion of my PTR, I apologize that some of the photos will be the same. I'm too lazy to go back and remember which ones I used!

I experienced one of the longest days of my life on Friday, June 2!! We left Dayton, Ohio before 5am.

Neither one of us drinks coffee, but we definitely needed some caffeine to start our morning! We stopped for the best Coke in the world!!

McDonald's!!
We had a little delay in Cincinnati because I-75 was closed both directions and we had to take a little detour.:eek:
We waved @LisaBelle and @21stamps and any other Cinci friends as we finally drove over the bridge and entered Kentucky!

We made sure to get past Lexington before morning rush hour, and stopped in Richmond for breakfast.

The kids had never had Chick fil A for breakfast, so we had to correct that!
 
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TheMouseFan

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Sunday, June 11

We were up and out early again this day for a pre-park opening ADR. No bus issues that I recall. There was quite a crowd already since it was an Early Morning Magic day.
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They let everyone in at 7:45, so we had some time to wander before our 8:05 ressie.
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TheMouseFan

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We were a little too early to check in, so everyone else got in line and I went to get some more pics!
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We were led right in to meet Cinderella after checking in. Then called to go up to the dining room while we were meeting Cinderella.
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TheMouseFan

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We were seated right next to a window. Loved that we had a nice view out the windows, but the lighting made pics difficult!
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Lily and Logan ordered the traditional breakfast with Mickey waffles instead of potatoes.
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Owen ordered the kids version.
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I got the caramel apple stuffed french toast.
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Brian got the traditional breakfast with the potatoes.
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Everything was good, I just felt like there wasn't that much food on everyone else's plates for the price of the meal! This is the first year I have felt this way at CRT.
We were one of the first tables to meet the princesses.
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The view out the window right beside me:
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A few pics on the way out:
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TheMouseFan

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We were done before 9:00, so we had time to stop and try to pull the sword out of the stone!
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They are all hams!!

Our plan was to ride Splash and BTTM at rope drop, so we headed over that way.
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Unfortunately, this was as far as they would let us go because of the Early Morning Magic!:banghead: Usually they let you go almost all the way to Haunted Mansion. She even made us get in single file lines based on if we wanted to go to Peter Pan or Frontierland.
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They finally led us over toward Liberty Square and Frontierland where they stopped us again and made us wait.
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TheMouseFan

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As they were holding us back, we heard one of the CMs say there was going to be a slight delay in the opening of Splash Mountain. We decided to get in line anyway and wait for a few minutes. It's a good thing we did, as most people chose to go right to BTMRR, and Splash only opened about 10 minutes late, so we were some of the first on!
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The kids were not very amused when we checked out the ride photos!!
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TheMouseFan

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We made our way out and over to BTMRR.
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TheMouseFan

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Our first FP+ of the day was still about an hour away, so we headed back to Fantasyland.
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We made a quick stop in Memento Mori.
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Then headed over to the most popular bathrooms in the park!
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The kids decided to ride it's a small world.
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We headed toward New Fantasyland.
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It was hot already, and I needed some caffeine, so we stopped for one of these:
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Much to the boys' chagrin, we stopped here:
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And got this:
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I was fascinated by the different light fixtures in this queue.
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Owen wanted to ride The Barnstormer, so we headed to Storybook Circus.
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TheMouseFan

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I convinced him and the others to ride Dumbo first.
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So glad we don't have to stop here anymore! (Not that Owen didn't ask, but he was easily convinced to skip it!)
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Seen from the outdoor portion of the queue:
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coachwnh

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So many great pictures. I loved the Splash Mountain and BTMRR pictures, but the walk to Fantasy land was pretty cool, too. Excellent shots of Mine Train as well. Looking forward to more.
 
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RedNoseMickey said:
When I saw your pics of CRT I did think the portions looked small but sometimes it is hard to tell in a photo. For what you pay to eat there I would expect generous plates of food. You did get some great shots with the princesses.
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The portions are definitely getting smaller there. At least we had the plate of pastries that they offered to bring more of!
 
fractal

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Love all the photos. The Sword in the Stone ones cracked me up. Nice job getting detail shots as well as wider ones! Looks like a very productive day so far at MK, especially getting Splash and BTMRR done so quickly.
 

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