Home again, home again jiggity jog!

Hey All! :wave:

A short 2 night/ 1 day trip to the World report: (bear with me if the photos don't upload, Flikr has changed things around on me - who here knows what BBCode is? Please raise your hand! :lol

It was difficult to leave the beach:

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But we knew that Walt Disney World was waiting! :sohappy:

This was a trip just for my son's birthday, so I only brought the point and shoot, didn't take too many pics.

We took the short 1 1/2 hour trip from the beach to WDW and pulled into Pop about 3 pm. Got checked in, but had some trouble with our room key. We requested the 50's section with a lake view. At check in, the CM gave us one room number verbally, but then wrote down a different room number. So we walked to the room number on the check in sheet - no go. So we walked to the room number she had given us verbally - no go.
So the kids and I had a snack while my husband went back to the front desk to figure out the problem:

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Turns out both room numbers were wrong and she had written down (and said) the wrong number. Finally got to our room to find it was a refurbed one! Yay!

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Love the curtain that closes off the sink area. Great, great idea.

Off to the pool!

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Adorable pic of your family! I love love love these shots!

I love 1st thing in the morning at MK (& all the parks), too! I'm not a morning person by nature but I know it's worth it. Those early mornings there's just something to it. Yeah, the obvious is the lack of lots of other people and great photo ops. But it's more. It's like the the magic magnified. There's always a palpable air of excitement and anticipation. I just don't know how to describe it. By far my favorite thing to look forward to on trips is the early mornings. I love 'em!

Ariel! She's so freakin' awesome! I agree with tiaragirl, Ariel & Jasmine are the most consistent princesses I've encountered. I've seen Aurora's that weren't quite up to the 'beauty' part of 'Sleeping Beauty' just because in my mind she's supposed to have the perfect angelic face in every way. In May '09 with my nieces I thought the Cinderella in our pics looked evil. Seriously on the frightening side. I've also met Belle's that just came up short. Not that I think I'm some raving beauty but then I'm not trying to pull off a princess either. LOL! Also have to agree with Holly, Ariel's dinglehopper rocks. Plain & simple. That's an unexpected but perfect interaction. The pic of your daughter is just perfect. I know you had to have been in absolute bliss in that moment. :animwink:



LOL! I'm sure the CM's hear requests for rooms close to the main building a whooooole lot more than far off out of the way. Very cool you scored an updated room, too.

Oooohh...Siesta Key Beach! So pretty! And free makes it that much more awesome! I know the feeling. I have a ton of relatives who live in Pensacola so we can go stay in town for free and visit the gorgeous beaches there as well as one of our absolute favoritest places in the whole wide world: the Naval Air Museum.

Sounds like your son had one fantastic birthday. It doesn't get much better than Disney, huh? LOL!

Your trip, although short, sounded sweet as could be! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Thanks so much for the quick, easy, and wonderful read! Can't wait to read your December report! :wave:

Thanks again to you! I took a short video of the Ariel interaction and I have actually watched it a few times since we've been home. It's so awesome to see how sweet she was to my daughter and how excited my daughter was to meet her!

I can't wait for December to get here! :xmas:

 

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(I know that Disneyfalcon was there the same time as me. I'm hoping she'll post a TR with some of her fantabulous pics of the decor as well! Hint, hint!!! )

:lol:Wow, a shout out in your trip report!! I have to confess though, I was so bad about pictures in the Magic Kingdom! I guess it's because I have taken so many over time! I didn't want to make people wait for me. I snapped a few here and there while we walked though.

Oh, and I loved your quick trip!! Your family is so lovely. I cracked up about your husband trying to recreate on of your favorite pics! I have been there done that!:lol: