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Sorry I didnt finish up yesterday. I had so much work to get caught up on 
Day 2
We got up early and headed to boatwrights for breakfast. The banana french toast is awesome! At 8-8:30, the characters were at our hotel so after breakfast, we turned the corner and met up with Pinnochio, Gippetto, Minnie & Pluto. The lines were very short, in fact...Pinnochio & Gippetto were sitting waiting for someone to see. We got pics and autographs for all four and headed to the bus stop. Again, there was a bus waiting less than half full and we hopped on and headed to animal kingdom. There, we hit the rainforest cafe shop first and bought a bunch of goodies. From there, we headed to camp mickey (I think thats it) and found over 20 characters there waiting for someone to entertain. There couldnt have been 20 people there yet! We got all autographs and pics and even had second rounds with most of them. They were playing a game of tag with eachother and included us. A CM would give one of us a slip of paper that said "tag, your it" on it and have us give it to unsuspecting characters. They danced with us and followed us around even. It was really cool. We made our rounds to the shows with no waiting and had less than 5 minute waits for its a bugs life, primeval whirl and dinosaur. At dinosaur, the CM put us in the front seat and told me this was the best seat in the house. WOW did I ever scream. The tarzan show and Lion king show were both amazing...what talent! I could have spent hours examining the tree of life. We had a funny chat with the talking trees and went through so many shops. We also stopped to dance with a group that was proforming in the street. They showed us a style of dance and had us do it with them...dh sat that one out. It was hotter than the previous day and by about 2:30pm, we were all feeling a bit queasy. My 3year old was really grouchy so we decided to head back to the room for a swim and/or nap. I really wanted to see the Jammin Jungle Parade but it just wasnt going to work. By 4:30, we were refreshed and decided to head back to epcot and explore the countries. We stopped to do a few things in Future world and then headed back. We took our time, exploring each country visiting the kidcot centers at each one. My 9year old and I would find the thing pictured in each sticker before putting it on. We spent alot of time at France watching the moving statue. While we were getting the passport signed there, the CM asked if we wanted to visit Belle & Beast. We of course said yes and were escorted around the corner where they were just getting ready to accept visitors. We got an autograph from belle and pictures with both. We finished each country and then decided to find a spot for the tapestry of dreams. A few people were getting their spots by this time so we picked a nice spot by Norway and waited. During the parade, several of the tall people (not sure what to call them) came right up to us and danced and shook hands with us. It was amazing. Afterwards, we decided to move over towards UK for a different view of the Illuminations. There was a good breeze and one time we got a bit of dust in our eyes from the fireworks or something. After Illuminations, we headed towards the exit slowly and got some great night time pics. The bus back to the hotel was full this time but still no waiting. We took a little stroll around POR Riverside (gorgeous at night) and headed to bed.
Day 3
We got up pretty early this morning and made our way to the bus stop. The bus came within 5 minutes and by 7:45, we were on our way to MGM Studios for a character breakfast at hollywood & Vine. We were 3rd in line but waited for a long time before getting in. The breakfast was great and the kids all got great pics and autographs from Minnie, Goofy, Chip & Dale. Each time we saw Chip, he would make this PPWWKKK sound (like putting your lips together tightly and then making a popping sound) hard to explain...I didnt know if this was something he does? But it didnt matter which park we were in, all of the Chip's did it. The kids loved it and are still doing it. After breakfast, we headed out and took pictures first. This place is just amazing! We found ourselves in front of the great movie ride so hopped on with no waiting. Next we moved on to the area that has voyage of the little mermaid (really cool) and playhouse disney. The entire day we enjoyed no waiting lines on TOT, Rock n Roll Rollercoaster, etc. The only thing we waiting for at all was Playhouse disney. We spent alot of time in the honey I shrunk the kids set, the kids had a ball there. Muppets 3-d was cute and kermit & piggy were there signing autographs, or should I say stamping autographs and taking pictures. Star Tours was no waiting but the inside of that place smelled really bad like lockerroom...we rode nearly everything and watched tons of shows/tours. We staked out a spot for the parade early, right on main street on the curb. Really neat parade, the kids loved it. Darth Vader stopped and posed for a picture with us and several characters walking in the parade came over and shook hands and gave hi fives. When the parade was over, we headed to the sci-fi dinner theatre to see how long of a wait there would be. There were about 15 people standing in the waiting area and she took our name and we went to sit and look over a menu. Before we could even sit down, she called our name and we were off to our table. The kids loved this place because of the cool scenery and glow in the dark ice cubes. We had steaks and loaded baked potatoes and the food was very good. The service was a bit slow but I think it was just our waitress, she didnt come back to refill drinks and check on us until we were looking around and asking other waitresses for her. Overall, great dining and cool atmosphere. After dinner, we decided to catch the last showing of Beaty & the beast. We got great seats just as the rain started. it rained pretty hard for a good hour during which, they decided to cancel the show because of water on the stage. We got up and did a few shops and decided to head for Fantasmic about an hour ahead of time. Good thing we did because WOW did the people appear out of nowhere! We had terrific seats, about 8 rows up smack dab in the center. I have never seen a show like this before...definitely worth waiting for. After fantasmic, we headed back to the bus...taking pictures all the way and had no problem getting on the bus again. We headed for the pool and swam for about an hour before heading to bed. We used the quiet pool that was about 15 steps from our room. We sat for nearly an hour talking about how cool the shows were and what an awesome day it was. We even watched some of the channel that has the park promos on and dh started talking about coming back to disney again...something he said would NEVER happen.
I promise to finish this up with day 4,5 & 6 tomorrow! Coming up...character dinner at Chef Mickeys and two days of Magic Kingdom! :sohappy:
Day 2
We got up early and headed to boatwrights for breakfast. The banana french toast is awesome! At 8-8:30, the characters were at our hotel so after breakfast, we turned the corner and met up with Pinnochio, Gippetto, Minnie & Pluto. The lines were very short, in fact...Pinnochio & Gippetto were sitting waiting for someone to see. We got pics and autographs for all four and headed to the bus stop. Again, there was a bus waiting less than half full and we hopped on and headed to animal kingdom. There, we hit the rainforest cafe shop first and bought a bunch of goodies. From there, we headed to camp mickey (I think thats it) and found over 20 characters there waiting for someone to entertain. There couldnt have been 20 people there yet! We got all autographs and pics and even had second rounds with most of them. They were playing a game of tag with eachother and included us. A CM would give one of us a slip of paper that said "tag, your it" on it and have us give it to unsuspecting characters. They danced with us and followed us around even. It was really cool. We made our rounds to the shows with no waiting and had less than 5 minute waits for its a bugs life, primeval whirl and dinosaur. At dinosaur, the CM put us in the front seat and told me this was the best seat in the house. WOW did I ever scream. The tarzan show and Lion king show were both amazing...what talent! I could have spent hours examining the tree of life. We had a funny chat with the talking trees and went through so many shops. We also stopped to dance with a group that was proforming in the street. They showed us a style of dance and had us do it with them...dh sat that one out. It was hotter than the previous day and by about 2:30pm, we were all feeling a bit queasy. My 3year old was really grouchy so we decided to head back to the room for a swim and/or nap. I really wanted to see the Jammin Jungle Parade but it just wasnt going to work. By 4:30, we were refreshed and decided to head back to epcot and explore the countries. We stopped to do a few things in Future world and then headed back. We took our time, exploring each country visiting the kidcot centers at each one. My 9year old and I would find the thing pictured in each sticker before putting it on. We spent alot of time at France watching the moving statue. While we were getting the passport signed there, the CM asked if we wanted to visit Belle & Beast. We of course said yes and were escorted around the corner where they were just getting ready to accept visitors. We got an autograph from belle and pictures with both. We finished each country and then decided to find a spot for the tapestry of dreams. A few people were getting their spots by this time so we picked a nice spot by Norway and waited. During the parade, several of the tall people (not sure what to call them) came right up to us and danced and shook hands with us. It was amazing. Afterwards, we decided to move over towards UK for a different view of the Illuminations. There was a good breeze and one time we got a bit of dust in our eyes from the fireworks or something. After Illuminations, we headed towards the exit slowly and got some great night time pics. The bus back to the hotel was full this time but still no waiting. We took a little stroll around POR Riverside (gorgeous at night) and headed to bed.
Day 3
We got up pretty early this morning and made our way to the bus stop. The bus came within 5 minutes and by 7:45, we were on our way to MGM Studios for a character breakfast at hollywood & Vine. We were 3rd in line but waited for a long time before getting in. The breakfast was great and the kids all got great pics and autographs from Minnie, Goofy, Chip & Dale. Each time we saw Chip, he would make this PPWWKKK sound (like putting your lips together tightly and then making a popping sound) hard to explain...I didnt know if this was something he does? But it didnt matter which park we were in, all of the Chip's did it. The kids loved it and are still doing it.
After breakfast, we headed out and took pictures first. This place is just amazing! We found ourselves in front of the great movie ride so hopped on with no waiting. Next we moved on to the area that has voyage of the little mermaid (really cool) and playhouse disney. The entire day we enjoyed no waiting lines on TOT, Rock n Roll Rollercoaster, etc. The only thing we waiting for at all was Playhouse disney. We spent alot of time in the honey I shrunk the kids set, the kids had a ball there. Muppets 3-d was cute and kermit & piggy were there signing autographs, or should I say stamping autographs and taking pictures. Star Tours was no waiting but the inside of that place smelled really bad like lockerroom...we rode nearly everything and watched tons of shows/tours. We staked out a spot for the parade early, right on main street on the curb. Really neat parade, the kids loved it. Darth Vader stopped and posed for a picture with us and several characters walking in the parade came over and shook hands and gave hi fives. When the parade was over, we headed to the sci-fi dinner theatre to see how long of a wait there would be. There were about 15 people standing in the waiting area and she took our name and we went to sit and look over a menu. Before we could even sit down, she called our name and we were off to our table. The kids loved this place because of the cool scenery and glow in the dark ice cubes. We had steaks and loaded baked potatoes and the food was very good. The service was a bit slow but I think it was just our waitress, she didnt come back to refill drinks and check on us until we were looking around and asking other waitresses for her. Overall, great dining and cool atmosphere. After dinner, we decided to catch the last showing of Beaty & the beast. We got great seats just as the rain started. it rained pretty hard for a good hour during which, they decided to cancel the show because of water on the stage. We got up and did a few shops and decided to head for Fantasmic about an hour ahead of time. Good thing we did because WOW did the people appear out of nowhere! We had terrific seats, about 8 rows up smack dab in the center. I have never seen a show like this before...definitely worth waiting for. After fantasmic, we headed back to the bus...taking pictures all the way and had no problem getting on the bus again. We headed for the pool and swam for about an hour before heading to bed. We used the quiet pool that was about 15 steps from our room. We sat for nearly an hour talking about how cool the shows were and what an awesome day it was. We even watched some of the channel that has the park promos on and dh started talking about coming back to disney again...something he said would NEVER happen. I promise to finish this up with day 4,5 & 6 tomorrow! Coming up...character dinner at Chef Mickeys and two days of Magic Kingdom! :sohappy: