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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We finally made it to The Barnstormer for Owen.
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We made a stop in Big Top Souvenirs, then headed out of Storybook Circus.
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TheMouseFan

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It was time to head back to Fantasyland for our next FP+.
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We then headed to our next FP+, but it was a little early, so we used our paper FP+ that we received last time we tried to ride.
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TheMouseFan

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We immediately got back on with our prescheduled FP+.
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I cant' remember which ride pics are from which time, so I'll just include all of them now!
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TheMouseFan

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We were all getting hungry and decided to try Casey's for lunch. It took us awhile to get there with all my picture taking!
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TheMouseFan

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Finally made it!
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Logan got the plain dog, Lily got the one with the shredded cheese, Owen got corn dog bites, I got the mac and cheese dog, and Brian got the dog of the month. I think it had buffalo chicken, celery, and ranch on it. He really enjoyed it!

There were no tables right outside of Casey's, so we went across MSUSA and sat outside of The Plaza. This was our view:
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We had a decent view of the Move It, Shake It parade when it started.
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TheMouseFan

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We needed a break, but didn't want to go all the way back to the room, so we decided to do a little shopping at The Emporium.
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We stopped on MSUSA for these PP pics.
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We ran into these guys:
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on our way in to:
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We found a shaded bench at the first stop that Brian planted himself on while I traipsed around with the kids finding the next few stops.
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Then we met back up with Brian to head to our next FP+.
 

TheMouseFan

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Rest was over, and we were on our way to Tomorrowland. We cut through here:
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And I took this pic since I didn't the night we actually attended the party!
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I don't know what it is about these "trees", but they fascinate me!!
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Next FP+ was for Space Mountain. We found a nice, shady spot for Brian to sit and wait.
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Apparently, I didn't quite understand what they wanted to do for the ride pic!!
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TheMouseFan

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Then we chose something Brian could ride with us:
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We promised the kids treats since we didn't have dessert with lunch. Logan, Brian, and I stopped here:
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For lemonade slushies. I had raspberry lemonade and the boys had regular. I only got a pic of mine!
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The sky was starting to look ominous!
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Then we stopped here for Lily and Owen:
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TheMouseFan

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As we sat eating our treats, I received an email saying that our Speedway FP+ was now a floating one due to impending weather. I jumped on MDE and got a Little Mermaid FP+ and we headed that way.
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TheMouseFan

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It still hadn't started raining yet, but all the outdoor rides were still down, so we headed to our next FP+, it's a small world.
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Still not raining, so we headed to our next FP+, Haunted Mansion.
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It was raining when we exited and we still had a few minutes until our next FP+, so we stopped here:
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The kids weren't very enthusiastic when I suggested it, but they really enjoyed it!
 

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Dinner!
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Owen insisted I take a pic of his dessert!
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And Brian thought he would be cute with his desserts!
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I was so excited for this dinner, and then so disappointed in it! I really enjoyed the food we had last year, and was really looking forward to it again this year. It's not that the food was bad, it just wasn't nearly as good as last year. I definitely felt like they had significantly fewer selections this year. We did, however, have fantastic character interactions!! Pluto was hilarious with the kids! Donald was really enjoying "his" job too! There was a couple who had just gotten engaged, so Minnie went and got Mickey and they interacted with them for awhile. Mickey ended up on one knee at some point, so Donald then had to go find another guest that he proposed to! It was really funny. We had a baby at the table next to us who would literally scream anytime one of the characters tried to touch her or get near her. Goofy was the best, and put his arms up and slowly backed away from her! I'm thinking this is another meal we probably won't be doing again for awhile!
 

TheMouseFan

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Luckily, it stopped raining while we were eating. We headed back to Magic Kingdom to use our Speedway FP+ since Lily was begging to ride it one last time.
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We then used a FP+ at Big Thunder. I can't believe that I didn't take any pics, but I can't find them if I did!:oops:

Then the kids and Brian were done, so we headed to the front of the park to find Owen some light up cotton candy.
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It was hard to get a pic of it lighting up!
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I could have saved some for you @Tuvalu if I knew how much you wanted to try some!:D

This was our 9th day of rain out of our 10 days so far!
 

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