Thursday, November 4, 2010
Happy Kinect :Launch Day to us!
Not only did we get our Kinect today, but awesome swag, that Paul's letting me have. Tervis Tumbler & Ceramic Coffee Mug :)
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Friday, the final day
Our final day was at Blizzard Beach waterpark. It was great! The kids really enjoyed it as did we adults. There's a little kid play area that had about 3 lifeguards, so one of us could stay with the little kids and the other take Carter on the waterslides. There was a tobbogan one that Carter was excited about, but at the top got nervous, so we watched a group go down and decided to try it. It's like the slide at the fair and you go down on a foam sled, head first. I thought it was a little fast, but at the bottom Carter wanted to do it again, right away! Because he is smaller, he didn't go as fast. I started down after him and flew right by him! We also did the family tube ride with him, which was fun.
The late afternoon and evening was spent in Animal Kingdom where we ate at the Tusker house, which featured African food. Yum!
The late afternoon and evening was spent in Animal Kingdom where we ate at the Tusker house, which featured African food. Yum!
We probably could have spent more time at Animal Kingdom. Paul and I went on Everest while the others watched the parade and then went on Dinosaur as well at the end of the night.
Then we headed home for the long flight home.
Thursday at Hollywood Studios fka: MGM; Evening at Halloween Party
Thursday we headed to Hollywood Studios and started at our favorite place to eat, the 50s Diner. You may ask what' so special about it. The waitresses are "Mom" and remind you to keep your elbows off the table and she bragged about my eating the green beans to the gal at the table next to mine, who hid hers under a napkin. It's just a fun place to eat with good food. Our waitress was from Eastern Washington and got the kids these Buzz Lightyear clip on lights!
We waited in line for about an hour and a half to try the new Toy Story 3 Midway games ride...
We waited in line for about an hour and a half to try the new Toy Story 3 Midway games ride...
Then saw the Playhouse Disney show and met Handy Manny
We watched Muppets 3D
and that night went back to Magic Kingdom for Trick or Treating, a parade, fireworks & seeing characters in their costumes...
Paul was Harry Potter, Carter the Bee, Henri the Chicken, Erin the Nun & Valerie the Chili Pepper.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Disneyworld, Wednesday at Magic Kingdom
We were back at Magic Kingdom Wednesday morning for a Character breakfast at Tony's just inside the main gate (Tony's is where Lady and the Tramp had their date of spaghetti). Henri's already figured out there's a person in there and squats down to look into the characters' mouths to try to see the person inside. Stinker.
Then we headed to Adventure & Frontierlands, which we did not get to on Monday, finishing off at the barnstormer in Toon town.
Carter decided he liked the Haunted Mansion, esp where the ghosts hitchhike out with you. He hated Splash Mountain, in fact I think he actually cried on it.
Later we took just Carter back to the park and he did the "big" stuff with us, Thunder mountain railroad, etc. and we say a bit of the Wishes fireworks and the Electric Street Parade
Then we headed to Adventure & Frontierlands, which we did not get to on Monday, finishing off at the barnstormer in Toon town.
Carter decided he liked the Haunted Mansion, esp where the ghosts hitchhike out with you. He hated Splash Mountain, in fact I think he actually cried on it.
Later we took just Carter back to the park and he did the "big" stuff with us, Thunder mountain railroad, etc. and we say a bit of the Wishes fireworks and the Electric Street Parade
Tuesday at Disneyworld-Epcot
So Tuesday we went to Epcot. First thing we found Daisy Duck near the entrance.
We started off in Future World and went to the Sea section for the Finding Nemo ride. The kids enjoyed that, so then we headed next door to the Land section to see Soarin' the glider ride over California. Since Henri and Valerie were too little, I took them to get lunch in the pavilion and Paul took Carter on the ride, then we got a child swap pass so I could do the ride while Paul and Carter ate.
I'll take a second here to note the timing of our trip was in part due to the fact that this particular week, Disney offered a free Disney Dining Plan. The plan means for each night you book (in our case 6) you get, for each paying person (so, for us, 2 adults, one child) a sit down meal, a quick serve meal and a snack. However we felt about the resort, we loved the dining plan, esp for free! Each meal for an adult included an entree, a beverage & dessert. For a child it included an entree, 2 sides and a beverage. An example of what we could get for a meal would be our first night's quick service meal at our resort... Paul got a small pepperoni pizza, a Powerade & an apple pie a la mode (which we split) I got a big turkey leg with cornbread, potatoes and corn, a drink & 2 scoops of chocolate ice cream (which the kids split) the kids meal was a personal cheese pizza (sliced in 4) and a baggie of grapes and one of carrot sticks. The boys split the meal (Henri and Carter eat the same amount) and then shared our chocolate ice cream. We ate and ate and still ended up with a sit down meal for each of us we didn't use. Snacks could be a beverage, a freeze beverage, a popcorn, an ice cream-anything under $4. My tip for the dining plan, though, is to make reservations for all your sit down meals before you go it is quite difficult to get a reservation at a reasonable time when you actually get there. You can make reservations up to 6 months in advance. Special meals like character breakfasts only count as one sit down meal. They are about $50 per person if you pay for them outside the dining plan and you need 8 people to book some of them. Dining at Disney is expensive, and it was so wonderful to just order whatever meal we wanted and not have to worry about it.
So back to Tuesday.... after Soarin' I think Paul took the boys on another ride in the Land section(Living with the Land), we also did Mission:Space using the child swap option. Paul and Carter did the green and Paul basically dared me to do the Orange which I was worried about, but it ended up being fine (Orange is a more intense version of the ride) then we met up with Paul's parents. We were all in Epcot because we didn't get park hopper option (the option to go to more than one park in a day) and we all had dinner reservations at Epcot for Tuesday. I'd tried to follow Kelli's schedule as much as possible as Carter loves to hang out with the girls, but we very rarely saw them. Which is understandable. Their kids are ages 8-13, ours are 3 months to 5 1/2, so we were on very different agendas and timetables. Anyways, after we met up with them we headed for Test Track. After waiting in line and going once with Carter, we found out that Larry was able to get fast passes because he was retired from General Motors who runs the ride! How cool is that! Apparently just show proof you work(ed) for GM and up to 6 people can go on the ride with no wait. He did it with the girls later on and they were totally impressed :).
After that, we split up as they had dinner reservations in Italy an hour before we had ours in Morroco (the other half of Epcot is the world showcase with 13 countries represented). We had no time to do the world showcase part. However, with small children, I doubt they would have cared. I would have loved to participate in the food and wine festival that was going on. They had booths for virtually every country with tastes and wine samplings. I would have used all my snack coupons right there! However, we didn't get to do any of it because of the pace we had to take with little ones in tow. Oh, well. We also did not have for the Innoventions play area that I think the boys would have really enjoyed, it sounded like our Pacific Science Museum.
We also were able to visit with the Characters in a wonderful, air-conditioned area called the Character spot..
After dinner, Carter headed off with Kelli, Paul's parents may have taken Valerie (I'm all fuzzy now!) anyways, we ended up with Henri and took him on Spaceship Earth, which he thought was pretty cool (the ride in the big silver ball). Afterwards it was dark and he played with the stars on the pavement....
We started off in Future World and went to the Sea section for the Finding Nemo ride. The kids enjoyed that, so then we headed next door to the Land section to see Soarin' the glider ride over California. Since Henri and Valerie were too little, I took them to get lunch in the pavilion and Paul took Carter on the ride, then we got a child swap pass so I could do the ride while Paul and Carter ate.
I'll take a second here to note the timing of our trip was in part due to the fact that this particular week, Disney offered a free Disney Dining Plan. The plan means for each night you book (in our case 6) you get, for each paying person (so, for us, 2 adults, one child) a sit down meal, a quick serve meal and a snack. However we felt about the resort, we loved the dining plan, esp for free! Each meal for an adult included an entree, a beverage & dessert. For a child it included an entree, 2 sides and a beverage. An example of what we could get for a meal would be our first night's quick service meal at our resort... Paul got a small pepperoni pizza, a Powerade & an apple pie a la mode (which we split) I got a big turkey leg with cornbread, potatoes and corn, a drink & 2 scoops of chocolate ice cream (which the kids split) the kids meal was a personal cheese pizza (sliced in 4) and a baggie of grapes and one of carrot sticks. The boys split the meal (Henri and Carter eat the same amount) and then shared our chocolate ice cream. We ate and ate and still ended up with a sit down meal for each of us we didn't use. Snacks could be a beverage, a freeze beverage, a popcorn, an ice cream-anything under $4. My tip for the dining plan, though, is to make reservations for all your sit down meals before you go it is quite difficult to get a reservation at a reasonable time when you actually get there. You can make reservations up to 6 months in advance. Special meals like character breakfasts only count as one sit down meal. They are about $50 per person if you pay for them outside the dining plan and you need 8 people to book some of them. Dining at Disney is expensive, and it was so wonderful to just order whatever meal we wanted and not have to worry about it.
So back to Tuesday.... after Soarin' I think Paul took the boys on another ride in the Land section(Living with the Land), we also did Mission:Space using the child swap option. Paul and Carter did the green and Paul basically dared me to do the Orange which I was worried about, but it ended up being fine (Orange is a more intense version of the ride) then we met up with Paul's parents. We were all in Epcot because we didn't get park hopper option (the option to go to more than one park in a day) and we all had dinner reservations at Epcot for Tuesday. I'd tried to follow Kelli's schedule as much as possible as Carter loves to hang out with the girls, but we very rarely saw them. Which is understandable. Their kids are ages 8-13, ours are 3 months to 5 1/2, so we were on very different agendas and timetables. Anyways, after we met up with them we headed for Test Track. After waiting in line and going once with Carter, we found out that Larry was able to get fast passes because he was retired from General Motors who runs the ride! How cool is that! Apparently just show proof you work(ed) for GM and up to 6 people can go on the ride with no wait. He did it with the girls later on and they were totally impressed :).
After that, we split up as they had dinner reservations in Italy an hour before we had ours in Morroco (the other half of Epcot is the world showcase with 13 countries represented). We had no time to do the world showcase part. However, with small children, I doubt they would have cared. I would have loved to participate in the food and wine festival that was going on. They had booths for virtually every country with tastes and wine samplings. I would have used all my snack coupons right there! However, we didn't get to do any of it because of the pace we had to take with little ones in tow. Oh, well. We also did not have for the Innoventions play area that I think the boys would have really enjoyed, it sounded like our Pacific Science Museum.
We also were able to visit with the Characters in a wonderful, air-conditioned area called the Character spot..
After dinner, Carter headed off with Kelli, Paul's parents may have taken Valerie (I'm all fuzzy now!) anyways, we ended up with Henri and took him on Spaceship Earth, which he thought was pretty cool (the ride in the big silver ball). Afterwards it was dark and he played with the stars on the pavement....
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