Hi WDWmagic friends. We made it to WDW and back safely with a group of 5 adults, one teen, 2 almost 4 year old and 2 babies!
Here is the details, sorry it is long! Thanks for reading. :kiss:
Trip report for PhD family (and friends).
PhD family: Me 33, DH 33, DD (Little PhD, almost 4 years old) and baby 7 months. Also my 13 year old niece, her second trip to WDW.
Friends. (almost the same as us, except sons instead of daughters and a sister instead of niece.)
Friday Feb 25th to Friday March 4th 2005.
Our flight out of Detroit was a little late. The airport at Detroit was insane at 5:00 am. We got there early and got through the lines in time, but about 20 people on our flight didn’t so they waited. (We flew Spirit Airlines). Got to MCO fine and pick up from Quicksilver Car service was good. We paid for a van, but got a caddy SUV. Our driver was from Brazil and yes, he admits the tour groups with teens are out of control. However most of his family doesn’t want to come here to visit and he has to bribe them. He said that price of living has gotten very high in Brazil and only the very rich can afford to send their kids now. He was very nice. One word about Quicksilver, my friends, another group of friends, (who we meet up with later) and us all used them. We all had great service. We got our groceries (Publix) and were on our way to BCV. It was a little cool (near 70) and overcast. No line at front desk. Our friends who were meeting us (also from Detroit) were there, but their room wasn’t ready. We had a choice, our room was ready, but it wasn’t a pool view. We could wait for the pool view or take the ready room. We went for the ready room, thinking if our friends needed a placed for their kids to rest they could do it in our room. Our room was 350 (studio) and I was rather bummed about the view, mostly road, a big utility box, the back side of a few Epcot buildings, a bit of a walk. Oh well, it will have to do. The noise from the road wasn’t bad. We did have a smoker next door, when it got very cold and rainy the smell of smoke started coming form under the lock off door, not happy about that one. Got to love smokers in non smoking rooms! :hammer:
Walk around and find our friends. We go back to our room at 2:00 and they call the front desk again, their room is ready. They end up waiting a hour in their room for Bell Services. Apparently every time they used the buttons on their phone it connected to YC instead of BC and the YC never forwarded their request for Bell Services.
I get PS for the group at Alfredo’s in Italy at 4:30 and we head out to the parks. It is raining now, but very lightly. We head out and get AP at the international gateway. (with the DVC discount thank you.)
They sat us right inside the door, it was rather crazy with people coming in and out, but it was a good meal. I had the Ceaser salad with my meal, but my friends sister really didn’t like the dressing, (too fishy). We had a good meal and started earning back our $50 towards the DDE experience. No card yet, so we used the email. No problems with it.
We ambled around WS all the way to Mexico to ride El Rio del Tiempo. Since we were all up since 4:00 am or so we headed back to the room (after stopping in France for pastry and Impressions de France). I thought I could nurse the baby and both kids would fall asleep. She would have non of that. As soon as the music started she stood up on my lap and watched the movie. Both kids LOVED it. It was tight with 5 of us in a studio, (one is a baby so yes we are legal) but we fit. Niece sleep on the couch, DD on the floor in her blow up sleeping bag and baby in the Pack in Pay in front of the sink. I remember hearing the fireworks very well, and I think we could see some since I overheard people out side on their balcony commenting on them. I was too tired and went right back to sleep.
I slept from 9:00 pm to 3:00 am :snore: and that was the most sleep I have had in over 8 months (baby still isn’t sleeping well), so when I awoke after 6 hours of sleep, I was ready to go. I waited until 6:00 and then got up to start the day. I was so excited to get to MK.
More to follow.........................
Here is the details, sorry it is long! Thanks for reading. :kiss:
Trip report for PhD family (and friends).
PhD family: Me 33, DH 33, DD (Little PhD, almost 4 years old) and baby 7 months. Also my 13 year old niece, her second trip to WDW.
Friends. (almost the same as us, except sons instead of daughters and a sister instead of niece.)
Friday Feb 25th to Friday March 4th 2005.
Our flight out of Detroit was a little late. The airport at Detroit was insane at 5:00 am. We got there early and got through the lines in time, but about 20 people on our flight didn’t so they waited. (We flew Spirit Airlines). Got to MCO fine and pick up from Quicksilver Car service was good. We paid for a van, but got a caddy SUV. Our driver was from Brazil and yes, he admits the tour groups with teens are out of control. However most of his family doesn’t want to come here to visit and he has to bribe them. He said that price of living has gotten very high in Brazil and only the very rich can afford to send their kids now. He was very nice. One word about Quicksilver, my friends, another group of friends, (who we meet up with later) and us all used them. We all had great service. We got our groceries (Publix) and were on our way to BCV. It was a little cool (near 70) and overcast. No line at front desk. Our friends who were meeting us (also from Detroit) were there, but their room wasn’t ready. We had a choice, our room was ready, but it wasn’t a pool view. We could wait for the pool view or take the ready room. We went for the ready room, thinking if our friends needed a placed for their kids to rest they could do it in our room. Our room was 350 (studio) and I was rather bummed about the view, mostly road, a big utility box, the back side of a few Epcot buildings, a bit of a walk. Oh well, it will have to do. The noise from the road wasn’t bad. We did have a smoker next door, when it got very cold and rainy the smell of smoke started coming form under the lock off door, not happy about that one. Got to love smokers in non smoking rooms! :hammer:
Walk around and find our friends. We go back to our room at 2:00 and they call the front desk again, their room is ready. They end up waiting a hour in their room for Bell Services. Apparently every time they used the buttons on their phone it connected to YC instead of BC and the YC never forwarded their request for Bell Services.
I get PS for the group at Alfredo’s in Italy at 4:30 and we head out to the parks. It is raining now, but very lightly. We head out and get AP at the international gateway. (with the DVC discount thank you.)
They sat us right inside the door, it was rather crazy with people coming in and out, but it was a good meal. I had the Ceaser salad with my meal, but my friends sister really didn’t like the dressing, (too fishy). We had a good meal and started earning back our $50 towards the DDE experience. No card yet, so we used the email. No problems with it.
We ambled around WS all the way to Mexico to ride El Rio del Tiempo. Since we were all up since 4:00 am or so we headed back to the room (after stopping in France for pastry and Impressions de France). I thought I could nurse the baby and both kids would fall asleep. She would have non of that. As soon as the music started she stood up on my lap and watched the movie. Both kids LOVED it. It was tight with 5 of us in a studio, (one is a baby so yes we are legal) but we fit. Niece sleep on the couch, DD on the floor in her blow up sleeping bag and baby in the Pack in Pay in front of the sink. I remember hearing the fireworks very well, and I think we could see some since I overheard people out side on their balcony commenting on them. I was too tired and went right back to sleep.
I slept from 9:00 pm to 3:00 am :snore: and that was the most sleep I have had in over 8 months (baby still isn’t sleeping well), so when I awoke after 6 hours of sleep, I was ready to go. I waited until 6:00 and then got up to start the day. I was so excited to get to MK.
More to follow.........................
