Hello Everyone! we just came back from the Disney bubble, and I wanted to share our trip with everyone. I recently posted my Pre-Trip Report , but I'll reintroduce our cast here:
MIL aka Mom
The Husband aka Hubby
Ms. Sunshine aka Me
and 4 year ZuZu (First timer and 100 cute).
You will soon see why I named this trip "100 Cute". We spent 5 days, 4 nights at AKL and it was a well needed vacation for everyone. I even snuck out of work an hour early so that we can hit the highway a little earlier, which I don't regret one bit. Even though where we live it's only a 2 1/2 hour drive, we still got there kinda late in the evening, and that extra hour meant the difference between 8pm and 9pm, which when you have a 4 year old can mean the difference between cute and obnoxious. When we finally arrived, I got that warm tingly feeling when the cast members said "Welcome Home".
We were so excited to get our trip started, I was counting down the miles on the GPS (31 miles. 24 miles. 10 miles. Hubby was not amused.
) I had already did online check in, but I still went up to the desk and we were given a map of the resort with our room number. The drums were playing in the lobby. It was awesome. We found our room and tapped all of our magic bands to the door to make sure they worked, dropped our bags and went to the balcony to see this:
That view was the absolute saddest thing ever. I swear every time I looked out there a fairy lost its wings. Now, I get it. We booked an standard room. We were going to Animal Kingdom to see animals. We didn't need to see them outside our window. But come on, cant you guys at least give me something to look at, like a potted plant or something?
Hubby and I went to check out the pool and find the smoking area, saw they were playing the lion king, but we were too tired to venture out by now and we're just waiting for the food to arrive from room service. Wifi was also non existent, we just couldn't pick up the signal, but you don't come for wifi right? You come for the beautiful view.. First impressions: resort is beautiful, so much to look at, if you can make it out, because it's very dim lighting. My husband has some sight issues; he jokes that I'm his "seeing eye wife" , but he really needed to hold my hand in this place, especially while we were outside by the pool at night.
When our room service arrived we were starving, Zuzu ran up to the cast member and gave her a hug! She must've been just as hungry, she doesn't even greet family like that!
The woman was just as surprised, I'm sure she doesn't get greeted like that very often. Now, Zuzu is very witty, as most 4 year olds are, and she knows that 100 is a big number. So she uses it as a unit of measurement to describe things(ex: Mommy, that rock is so big. Like 100 big). Hence the title of my report. So here's a summary of our arrival day:
Room Service Hug: 100 Cute.
Standard room view: 30 Cute.
Animal Kingdom Lodge Lobby: 100 Cute.
We ate, showered and went straight to bed, because the next day was Magic Kingdom.
MIL aka Mom
The Husband aka Hubby
Ms. Sunshine aka Me
and 4 year ZuZu (First timer and 100 cute).
You will soon see why I named this trip "100 Cute". We spent 5 days, 4 nights at AKL and it was a well needed vacation for everyone. I even snuck out of work an hour early so that we can hit the highway a little earlier, which I don't regret one bit.
Even though where we live it's only a 2 1/2 hour drive, we still got there kinda late in the evening, and that extra hour meant the difference between 8pm and 9pm, which when you have a 4 year old can mean the difference between cute and obnoxious. When we finally arrived, I got that warm tingly feeling when the cast members said "Welcome Home". We were so excited to get our trip started, I was counting down the miles on the GPS (31 miles. 24 miles. 10 miles. Hubby was not amused.) I had already did online check in, but I still went up to the desk and we were given a map of the resort with our room number. The drums were playing in the lobby. It was awesome. We found our room and tapped all of our magic bands to the door to make sure they worked, dropped our bags and went to the balcony to see this:That view was the absolute saddest thing ever. I swear every time I looked out there a fairy lost its wings. Now, I get it. We booked an standard room. We were going to Animal Kingdom to see animals. We didn't need to see them outside our window. But come on, cant you guys at least give me something to look at, like a potted plant or something?
Hubby and I went to check out the pool and find the smoking area, saw they were playing the lion king, but we were too tired to venture out by now and we're just waiting for the food to arrive from room service. Wifi was also non existent, we just couldn't pick up the signal, but you don't come for wifi right? You come for the beautiful view.
. First impressions: resort is beautiful, so much to look at, if you can make it out, because it's very dim lighting. My husband has some sight issues; he jokes that I'm his "seeing eye wife" , but he really needed to hold my hand in this place, especially while we were outside by the pool at night. When our room service arrived we were starving, Zuzu ran up to the cast member and gave her a hug! She must've been just as hungry, she doesn't even greet family like that!
The woman was just as surprised, I'm sure she doesn't get greeted like that very often. Now, Zuzu is very witty, as most 4 year olds are, and she knows that 100 is a big number. So she uses it as a unit of measurement to describe things(ex: Mommy, that rock is so big. Like 100 big). Hence the title of my report. So here's a summary of our arrival day:Room Service Hug: 100 Cute.
Standard room view: 30 Cute.
Animal Kingdom Lodge Lobby: 100 Cute.
We ate, showered and went straight to bed, because the next day was Magic Kingdom.
. But breakfast was very good. Two items that stood out for us: the carrot muffins( hubby said it was from Rabbit's garden), and the puffed french toast. Omg the French toast! The sausage was pretty good too. Zuzu had mickey waffles, Mom had some pastries, she and Hubby were raving about this cinnamon roll thingy.
But I sang along with all the songs and everything! Afterwards we saw that the Meet and Greet line wasn't very long, so we got in that line to get her autograph. I got Zuzu a spiral sketchbook and a set of Gold, Silver and Copper colored Sharpies. I got some foam paper and cut out some mickey heads in different colors and stuck them on the cover.
) So I didn't want to subject her to any more of it at Wishes. I had done enough with Haunted Mansion
So I turn to my husband and said, eww somebody's really tooting it up over here. Well I guess ZuZu overheard (the girl's got ears like a bat), because she says "it was me"
. LOL. Hubby said that his neck now smelled like butt, but I say that what's he gets for potentially ruining someone's view of the parade.