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Trip Report The SuperFamily vs. silverware , felons and The Little Mermaid!
- Thread starter Alison1975
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Thank you...hoping to have time over the weekend to write more..between homeschooling, sports and life... busy busy!!
So we have ridden the Safari and its now pouring... awesomeness... we headed over to Expedition Everest... my oh so favorite ride...
I think the little turds were doing a rain song..
So.. Taejan wanted to ride...which means I had to ride..which means I was in a rotten mood... i HATE this ride.. Declan waited for us in the gift shop ( he's almost 12...hes big enough!)
Have I mentioned I HATE this ride.. we get to the dark part and I literally had to force myself to NOT try and climb out... hate hate hate!!
Ziah loves it.. Taejan ended up loving it..me.. I was off feeling the rest of the day!
Since we had PP+ I took every chance I could for pictures.. seriously this is the only time we get any family pictures!
Since we were already wet we opted to go ride Kali...
no one was feeling AK anymore..in fact I was feeling overall cruddy so we headed towards the front of the park... got some more pictures on the way
We had the pictures scanned to our MB ( first day they could do this )and we were asked to stop at the front of the park and see if it worked..ugh..
more pictures
Took a good 20 minutes but they linked all the pictures and such.. was glad to be the test dummy!
we hopped in line for a bus back to the resort....
I think the little turds were doing a rain song..
So.. Taejan wanted to ride...which means I had to ride..which means I was in a rotten mood... i HATE this ride.. Declan waited for us in the gift shop ( he's almost 12...hes big enough!)
Have I mentioned I HATE this ride.. we get to the dark part and I literally had to force myself to NOT try and climb out... hate hate hate!!
Ziah loves it.. Taejan ended up loving it..me.. I was off feeling the rest of the day!
Since we had PP+ I took every chance I could for pictures.. seriously this is the only time we get any family pictures!
Since we were already wet we opted to go ride Kali...
no one was feeling AK anymore..in fact I was feeling overall cruddy so we headed towards the front of the park... got some more pictures on the way
We had the pictures scanned to our MB ( first day they could do this )and we were asked to stop at the front of the park and see if it worked..ugh..
more pictures
Took a good 20 minutes but they linked all the pictures and such.. was glad to be the test dummy!
we hopped in line for a bus back to the resort....
After a very short and wet morning at AK we were back at PORS...
The kids were beat.. I was beat.. we decided to just chill..
We did basically nothing for a few hours then decided since the rain had stopped we would take the boat to DtD...Jadziah has been complaing because we had not yet gotten there..
We are now on the boat..and guess what..its pouring.. and we are getting SOAKED>..and I just dont have the patience for this nonsense right now.. so we opted to get off at POFQ.
i LOVE POFQ..the ONLY two downfalls of this resort are the lack or variety in the foodcourt and NO quiet pool..I feel like they need at least ONE!
So we decided to eat here.. it was nice being back...I truly love this little place!
after we ate we opted to walk back to PORS instead of waiting for a boat...
On the way back as we passed the mansions I say "Oh what a pretty fountain" and Ziah asks "Whats a Felon"...laughter erupted and that would become another catch phrase. For the last 5 days ( or 6 or whatever) every time something had gone wrong we said "at least we didnt drop the silverware"..so now the felons would also join us in our crazy rantings....
We went to the quiet pool and let the kids swim for awhile..
I went and got Taejan a coloring book...
We soon went back and crashed out.. hard... I think we should have slept in and relaxed more of this day after the halloween party..it was def not one of our best days!
The kids were beat.. I was beat.. we decided to just chill..
We did basically nothing for a few hours then decided since the rain had stopped we would take the boat to DtD...Jadziah has been complaing because we had not yet gotten there..
We are now on the boat..and guess what..its pouring.. and we are getting SOAKED>..and I just dont have the patience for this nonsense right now.. so we opted to get off at POFQ.
i LOVE POFQ..the ONLY two downfalls of this resort are the lack or variety in the foodcourt and NO quiet pool..I feel like they need at least ONE!
So we decided to eat here.. it was nice being back...I truly love this little place!
after we ate we opted to walk back to PORS instead of waiting for a boat...
On the way back as we passed the mansions I say "Oh what a pretty fountain" and Ziah asks "Whats a Felon"...laughter erupted and that would become another catch phrase. For the last 5 days ( or 6 or whatever) every time something had gone wrong we said "at least we didnt drop the silverware"..so now the felons would also join us in our crazy rantings....
We went to the quiet pool and let the kids swim for awhile..
I went and got Taejan a coloring book...
We soon went back and crashed out.. hard... I think we should have slept in and relaxed more of this day after the halloween party..it was def not one of our best days!
I have 111 pictures from day 8... anyone still reading?
LindseyK
New Member
Me!! Just got caught up today.
Sweet..wanted to be sure it was worth it to keep going..LOL
LindseyK
New Member
Oh yeah. I am enjoying your report and would love to read more.
Today was THE day..the day we were going to have a "playdate" in MK!! I was so very very excited. I met a mom online back in 2006..we are both homeschooling moms..been friends online and via text ever since. She lives outside of Orlando and her family just happens to have resident season passes..and this was the day her and her 3 boys were meeting us in MK!!
I'm going to pre-warn you..this day is FULL of pictures..
We bounded out of bed around 7:15 and were at the North Depot for 8am. Today was Ziah's birthday ( yep..it is.really......) and while we got pins when we checked in the CM who did the kids names had bad handwriting ( no I'm not judging..mine is worse than chicken scratch) so we wanted to get a new pin that was readable..lol
We headed in and over to Guest Relations..
New button acquired from a CM that is from about 45 minutes west of us..whoot whoot..and we are off..
Oh YEAH..look what has shown up.. the crane...yucky...oh well..at least we had gotten a few crane free pictures before today!
We headed over to tomorrowland and rode Buzz then the People Mover.. then Taejan decided he wanted to try Astro Orbiter ...and the line was relatively short..so off they went!
Ziah and I hung out while the boys went..
The place was fairly dead...
The boys loved it.. well except for the hubby...he doesnt do well on spinning rides and my goodness he should take dramamine...but he wont!
We were hungry..and when we get hungry we get moody..so we heading over to Gaston's for a snack..
I can NOT WAIT until Sept 2014 to ride this ride!!
Photopass was there..whoot whoot!
Ziah is soooo sooo thrilled @@
We got a variety of danish and refueled!
I got the text from my friend Tisha that they were here!! SO off we went to meet up!
Taejan got all excited when he saw this girl..until he realized it was NOT his Bridget..whaaa
Up next..we finally meet!
I'm going to pre-warn you..this day is FULL of pictures..
We bounded out of bed around 7:15 and were at the North Depot for 8am. Today was Ziah's birthday ( yep..it is.really......) and while we got pins when we checked in the CM who did the kids names had bad handwriting ( no I'm not judging..mine is worse than chicken scratch) so we wanted to get a new pin that was readable..lol
We headed in and over to Guest Relations..
New button acquired from a CM that is from about 45 minutes west of us..whoot whoot..and we are off..
Oh YEAH..look what has shown up.. the crane...yucky...oh well..at least we had gotten a few crane free pictures before today!
We headed over to tomorrowland and rode Buzz then the People Mover.. then Taejan decided he wanted to try Astro Orbiter ...and the line was relatively short..so off they went!
Ziah and I hung out while the boys went..
The place was fairly dead...
The boys loved it.. well except for the hubby...he doesnt do well on spinning rides and my goodness he should take dramamine...but he wont!
We were hungry..and when we get hungry we get moody..so we heading over to Gaston's for a snack..
I can NOT WAIT until Sept 2014 to ride this ride!!
Photopass was there..whoot whoot!
Ziah is soooo sooo thrilled @@
We got a variety of danish and refueled!
I got the text from my friend Tisha that they were here!! SO off we went to meet up!
Taejan got all excited when he saw this girl..until he realized it was NOT his Bridget..whaaa
Up next..we finally meet!
Ask and ye shall receive!
So.. who besides us travels 1289 miles for a playdate???
I was so excited to finally see Tisha and her boys in person... and the kids were instant friends!!
We rode Barnstormer first together..Taejan was thrilled..then we decided it was Splash Mountain time! off we go!
Declan in there..second row..you can almost see his shirt.. the kids LOVES to duck for this picture.. something that will haunt him VERY soon!
See..theres Declan ( and Eathan)
Caleb and Taejan..best buds!
Up next was Its a Small World..my oh so favorite ride...gag
Garrett and Ziah
Ziah Declan and Eathan
Caleb, Tisha and Taejan..
Taejan was VERY fond of making the "I'm gonna blow junks" face for every.single.picture.shoot.me!
At this point Declan had talked Eathan's ear off about Sorcerer missions so we went to get cards..WELL this would be the day..half way through our trip when they changed the "rules"..no cards until you open your game up..you dont have to play but you have to open the portal.. awesome @@..so Declan ran and opened his portal then we came back..
Explaining the game for everyone
Eathan playing
We headed off to ride Pirates.. where someone collapsed in line.. more EMT's..again we saw this way too often this trip!! Hydrate people..its Florida..in the Summer!
By now it was time for food..so we ate at The Starlight Cafe..I felt terrible because we had all this hot food and Tisha had packed lunch... major friend guilt with that one...so to fix that we used some snack credits and got all 6 kids fruity drinks at the Chesire Cat... now I felt better!!
what shall we do together next??
I was so excited to finally see Tisha and her boys in person... and the kids were instant friends!!
We rode Barnstormer first together..Taejan was thrilled..then we decided it was Splash Mountain time! off we go!
Declan in there..second row..you can almost see his shirt.. the kids LOVES to duck for this picture.. something that will haunt him VERY soon!
See..theres Declan ( and Eathan)
Caleb and Taejan..best buds!
Up next was Its a Small World..my oh so favorite ride...gag
Garrett and Ziah
Ziah Declan and Eathan
Caleb, Tisha and Taejan..
Taejan was VERY fond of making the "I'm gonna blow junks" face for every.single.picture.shoot.me!
At this point Declan had talked Eathan's ear off about Sorcerer missions so we went to get cards..WELL this would be the day..half way through our trip when they changed the "rules"..no cards until you open your game up..you dont have to play but you have to open the portal.. awesome @@..so Declan ran and opened his portal then we came back..
Explaining the game for everyone
Eathan playing
We headed off to ride Pirates.. where someone collapsed in line.. more EMT's..again we saw this way too often this trip!! Hydrate people..its Florida..in the Summer!
By now it was time for food..so we ate at The Starlight Cafe..I felt terrible because we had all this hot food and Tisha had packed lunch... major friend guilt with that one...so to fix that we used some snack credits and got all 6 kids fruity drinks at the Chesire Cat... now I felt better!!
what shall we do together next??
So after the nice smoothie things from Cheshire Cat we headed over to ride the People mover..with a small stop first...
there was a PP+ photographer so we let him go to town and got a bunch of great shots!!
I'll save ya from all of them..lol
So now we hop on The TTA.. and somehow we ended up on different "trains"..lol
Garrett was so thrilled..
Bye Taejan and Caleb ( and Tisha)
I only had Ziah and Garrett so I ended up taking a LOT of pictures..
Up next.. SpaceMountain with the lights ON!!
there was a PP+ photographer so we let him go to town and got a bunch of great shots!!
I'll save ya from all of them..lol
So now we hop on The TTA.. and somehow we ended up on different "trains"..lol
Garrett was so thrilled..
Bye Taejan and Caleb ( and Tisha)
I only had Ziah and Garrett so I ended up taking a LOT of pictures..
Up next.. SpaceMountain with the lights ON!!
This was one of the MANY days we were there that SM was on refurb...
And back outside
We grabbed Buzz Lightyear FP's then I got suckered into...
And back outside
We grabbed Buzz Lightyear FP's then I got suckered into...
Somehow the 6 kids managed to get me to take them ALL on the Tea Cups.. Caleb is too little to ride alone or even with the older kids ( although he tried..lol) so I ended up on there..I HATE the tea cups!!
I swear that's us.. right side I'm in the purple with a few kids.. Declan and Eathan and whomever are in the yellow. I managed to NOT up chuck ..it was close though!!
Next it was time for our Buzz fast passes.. I love that we had PP+ so I have these ride pictures!!!
Declan and Eathan!
Ziah and Garrett..oh Garrett maxed out his score.. he was SOOO excited! Declan got him a "Galactic Hero" button at the end of the ride!! Of course no one else maxed out so this was a double edged sword..lol
And now our playdate was to be over
.. we had dinner ressies in Epcot... so we all got on the monorail and parted ways at the TTS... it was sad..very sad!
I hated saying Goodbye.. the kids ( and Tisha and I of course) all got along so well. You never know how things will go when you've only known someone online.. well I can say happily it was like we had always been in real life friends..not just cyber friends..whoot whoot
I swear that's us.. right side I'm in the purple with a few kids.. Declan and Eathan and whomever are in the yellow. I managed to NOT up chuck ..it was close though!!
Next it was time for our Buzz fast passes.. I love that we had PP+ so I have these ride pictures!!!
Declan and Eathan!
Ziah and Garrett..oh Garrett maxed out his score.. he was SOOO excited! Declan got him a "Galactic Hero" button at the end of the ride!! Of course no one else maxed out so this was a double edged sword..lol
And now our playdate was to be over
.. we had dinner ressies in Epcot... so we all got on the monorail and parted ways at the TTS... it was sad..very sad!
I hated saying Goodbye.. the kids ( and Tisha and I of course) all got along so well. You never know how things will go when you've only known someone online.. well I can say happily it was like we had always been in real life friends..not just cyber friends..whoot whoot
So we said goodbye to our friends at TTS.. we switched to the Epcot monorail.. on the monorail I did a quick switch around of our fast passes... we got to Epcot..thru security and we hopped on Space Ship Earth.. then off to get some free drinks at Club cool... then simply because we hadn't ridden it yet we hopped on Imagination..god this ride is so corny...
I do love this picture though..
Now it was time for our ADR's at The Garden Grill... we had a GREAT waiter and great character interaction..as I've stated before when you don't do autographs sometimes the characters don't really know what to..but yet again we got some that really made the time fun!
Yep..he stole Ziah's hat!
She got it back so he went after Declan's..
Sorry for taejans lack of ability to close his mouth.. he was eating so that's even better. See Taejan found his appetite in Disney.. he had really not been eating much the few months before this and had gotten skinny ( because he NEVER stops moving he was burning more than he was taking in)..well in Disney he pretty much never stopped eating.. even if characters were around..
ha ha stole her hat again!
this is where it goes..right?
or here?>
Still messing with the kids
I do love this picture though..
Now it was time for our ADR's at The Garden Grill... we had a GREAT waiter and great character interaction..as I've stated before when you don't do autographs sometimes the characters don't really know what to..but yet again we got some that really made the time fun!
Yep..he stole Ziah's hat!
She got it back so he went after Declan's..
Sorry for taejans lack of ability to close his mouth.. he was eating so that's even better. See Taejan found his appetite in Disney.. he had really not been eating much the few months before this and had gotten skinny ( because he NEVER stops moving he was burning more than he was taking in)..well in Disney he pretty much never stopped eating.. even if characters were around..
ha ha stole her hat again!
this is where it goes..right?
or here?>
Still messing with the kids
I warned you all I had a LOT from this day..most from The Garden Grill... not only was the food yummy..but the characters were amazing!
It was so nice having a lower table this time.. way more room for the characters...
And he has her hat!
it almost fits him
apparently Pluto was hungry..
Notice how hysterical Ziah thinks this is..she's not fond of her brother..I think she was hoping Pluto would make him disappear forever!
It was so nice having a lower table this time.. way more room for the characters...
And he has her hat!
it almost fits him
apparently Pluto was hungry..
Notice how hysterical Ziah thinks this is..she's not fond of her brother..I think she was hoping Pluto would make him disappear forever!
Ziah got her Birthday cake
and a visit from the Mouse!
Yummy cake!
After we ate we headed for the Land... we needed to digest properly..
Love all the "hidden" mickeys
Then we did a first.. The Circle of Life..a fable.. it was ok.. something we had never done..so that was good.
Now it was time for our Soarin' fast passes..love this ride
off to Innoventions
We played the piggy bank game..again... Declan has never won because he's never been on MY team and I always win ..so he and I kicked Eric and the other 2 kids butts!! Then it was off to test track..can't say enough how much we prefer this version!
gotta love my hair in my face so me fixing it is in the picture..oh well..at least I didnt drop the silverware right?
Then we got a few pictures and exited
Back to the room
We went and watched some of the outdoor movie..and as we came back to the room to crash there were frogs..EVERYWHERE>.. creepy
We decided to hit Typhoon Lagoon the next day so I switched some days around in my plans and MDE and we crashed!
and a visit from the Mouse!
Yummy cake!
After we ate we headed for the Land... we needed to digest properly..
Love all the "hidden" mickeys
Then we did a first.. The Circle of Life..a fable.. it was ok.. something we had never done..so that was good.
Now it was time for our Soarin' fast passes..love this ride
off to Innoventions
We played the piggy bank game..again... Declan has never won because he's never been on MY team and I always win ..so he and I kicked Eric and the other 2 kids butts!! Then it was off to test track..can't say enough how much we prefer this version!
gotta love my hair in my face so me fixing it is in the picture..oh well..at least I didnt drop the silverware right?
Then we got a few pictures and exited
Back to the room
We went and watched some of the outdoor movie..and as we came back to the room to crash there were frogs..EVERYWHERE>.. creepy
We decided to hit Typhoon Lagoon the next day so I switched some days around in my plans and MDE and we crashed!
plaz10
Well-Known Member
OMG you talking about people collapsing in line...SERIOUSLY how do people not get that you should hydrate in HOT FLORIDA HEAT AND HUMIDITY?!!
An older gentleman (foreign) collapsed in the Voyage of Little Mermaid queue - my sister in law is a nurse so she went to help and the son was translating and said he was diabetic and hadn't eaten or drank anything since LUNCH the previous day. SO if the Florida heat/walking around isn't reason enough to keep hydrating...you'd think being diabetic/needing to control blood sugar would do it!
An older gentleman (foreign) collapsed in the Voyage of Little Mermaid queue - my sister in law is a nurse so she went to help and the son was translating and said he was diabetic and hadn't eaten or drank anything since LUNCH the previous day. SO if the Florida heat/walking around isn't reason enough to keep hydrating...you'd think being diabetic/needing to control blood sugar would do it!
popcenturylover
Well-Known Member
Love your kids interactions with the characters!
OMG you talking about people collapsing in line...SERIOUSLY how do people not get that you should hydrate in HOT FLORIDA HEAT AND HUMIDITY?!!
An older gentleman (foreign) collapsed in the Voyage of Little Mermaid queue - my sister in law is a nurse so she went to help and the son was translating and said he was diabetic and hadn't eaten or drank anything since LUNCH the previous day. SO if the Florida heat/walking around isn't reason enough to keep hydrating...you'd think being diabetic/needing to control blood sugar would do it!
yeah i dont get it at all!! I can say while the heat is HOT we are NOT overly affected by it even being Northerners because we DRINK drink drink and we take LOTS of ride breaks to cool down.
me too!! I love that they all still love the interactions!