“Dreams Come True Momma!” A 2 year old’s first trip ~ May 2015~Complete {NEW TR LINK!}

[Gracefulskinny]

Trip Report Game Points



@afwdwfan – 2pts; Epcot and Nemo

@BibbitybobityLu – 2pts; Epcot and Nemo

@NJlauren - 1pt; Epcot

@Dugette - 1pt; Epcot

@pkondz 1pt; Epcot



Totals:


Dugette – 21

Cajunfan – 20

Princessesandpascal – 19

Afwdwfan – 16

annie170 – 14

Vleeth – 11

BibbitybobityLu – 9

Pkondz – 9

NJLauren - 8

Kadrachb – 7

BlvInMagic – 7

Loves The Mouse – 6

ashw100 – 5

Mdsouth – 4​

 

[NJlauren]

This happens to me too the need for iron! I love a good steak so sometime this is a nice treat!

I love the pics of little miss in the seas! We also loved turtle talk with crush such a cute show!

I say you walk world showcase, and you stop for photo pass pics in France next!

 

[Dugette]

Well, I'm glad you found a way to get your steak. And that everyone had a great meal! We haven't been to Tutto since our trip way back in 2009, but I've been hearing good things about it recently. Glad you all enjoyed.

Looks like Little Miss had a great time in the Seas. Running around the aquarium is a blast for the toddlers, it seems.

~What do we do next?


~Do we stop for more Photopass Pictures and if so where?

Go ride It's a Small Mexico. Photopass in front of closed Maelstrom.

 

[annie170]

Your Tutto Italia lunch looked great! We've never eaten there, just Via Napoli for the pizza. We're going to have to try it. World Showcase has so many great options for dining.

I don't eat a lot of red meat, but sometimes you just need a steak. Nothing else will do.

I think you missed my guesses on your last post. I guessed Epcot, Nemo and Akershus. Not that I'm competitive or anything...

I'll guess that you watched the street performers in Italy after your lunch.

 

[chunkymonkey]

I like the tank top you're wearing on Mother's day! It's like a stained-glass Beauty and the Beast scene!
Looks like The Seas was a hit with Little Miss. I can't imagine kids not liking The Seas, it's just one big aquarium! My nieces would love it. I can't wait to take them one day.

Yummy food at Tutto Italia! Glad you got your iron - I used to suffer from anemia and I'd just be tired and pale all the time, but I was not into red meat many years ago. (That has since changed, since I eat steak like once a week now LOL.) What pasta dish did your DH get? Looks tasty!

Hmm...since you were in World Showcase I would think you would get one of the photopass pics of the princesses...Snow White, Jasmine, Mulan, or Belle?

 

[afwdwfan]

Shocker of all Shockers… Le Cellier wasn’t available.

That's disappointing. I was expecting you to say that it worked out!

I have to say this meal was AMAZING!!! For all the love that Via Napoli gets DH and I by far hands down prefer Tutto Italia.

Ok, ok, I'm one of the VN lovers. But I get this. I mean both restaurants are run by the same group so I'd assume the food is of similar quality. But I guess I need to get to Tutto Italia and check it out sometime. I guess what it comes down to is that Italian food, in general, is some of my favorite. The price of a pizza is what brought me to VN to begin with and the flavor just keeps bringing me back!

(When is the last time that you had a kids meal beat out an adult entrée?!?***)

Um... well, that Disney mac & cheese really is good!

And I always eat something from the kids section at the buffets.

But you do make a valid point.

And by the way... that was pizza. I'm guessing very similar to that stuff that I love at VN. Just sayin'

~What do we do next?

Are we talking attraction??? Because you'll probably wander through the World Showcase next. But if we're guessing which attraction is next, I'll go with It's a Small Mexico.

~Do we stop for more Photopass Pictures and if so where?

Of course you'll get more PP pictures and you'll get them anywhere you pass a PP photographer!

 

[Gracefulskinny]

So apparently I forgot to check that I gave everyone their proper points. I also apparently forgot to put those points into the totals! I have now corrected it and given the person who caught the mistakes 2 extra points for catching the mistakes. Your accurate current standings are as follows:

Trip Report Game Points




@annie170 – 4pts; Epcot, Nemo, 2pts for catching mistakes in the scoring

@afwdwfan – 2pts; Epcot and Nemo

@BibbitybobityLu – 2pts; Epcot and Nemo

@NJlauren - 1pt; Epcot

@Dugette - 1pt; Epcot

@pkondz - 1pt; Epcot


Totals:


Dugette – 22

Cajunfan – 20

Princessesandpascal – 19

Afwdwfan – 18

annie170 – 18

Vleeth – 11

BibbitybobityLu – 11

Pkondz – 10

NJLauren - 9

Kadrachb – 7

BlvInMagic – 7

Loves The Mouse – 6

ashw100 – 5

Mdsouth – 4
​

This happens to me too the need for iron! I

I'm glad I'm not the only odd ball that is this way.

I love a good steak so sometime this is a nice treat!

I love the pics of little miss in the seas! We also loved turtle talk with crush such a cute show!

Those are some of our favorites as well.

I say you walk world showcase, and you stop for photo pass pics in France next!

Well, I'm glad you found a way to get your steak. And that everyone had a great meal!

I was surprised at how many options we had given that it was already lunch time and it was Mother's Day.

We haven't been to Tutto since our trip way back in 2009, but I've been hearing good things about it recently. Glad you all enjoyed.

It was a real pleasant treat.

Looks like Little Miss had a great time in the Seas. Running around the aquarium is a blast for the toddlers, it seems.

It really is.

Go ride It's a Small Mexico. Photopass in front of closed Maelstrom.

Your Tutto Italia lunch looked great! We've never eaten there, just Via Napoli for the pizza. We're going to have to try it.

It is the better of the two in my book!

World Showcase has so many great options for dining.

I don't eat a lot of red meat, but sometimes you just need a steak. Nothing else will do.

I think you missed my guesses on your last post. I guessed Epcot, Nemo and Akershus. Not that I'm competitive or anything...

Heh good catch! And for catching not one mistake but 2 I'm adding an extra 2 bonus points as well. I plead bronchitis!

I'll guess that you watched the street performers in Italy after your lunch.

I like the tank top you're wearing on Mother's day! It's like a stained-glass Beauty and the Beast scene!

I was so thrilled when I finally found one in my size. I found it on Torrid.

Looks like The Seas was a hit with Little Miss. I can't imagine kids not liking The Seas, it's just one big aquarium! My nieces would love it. I can't wait to take them one day.

Indeed it was.

Yummy food at Tutto Italia! Glad you got your iron - I used to suffer from anemia and I'd just be tired and pale all the time, but I was not into red meat many years ago. (That has since changed, since I eat steak like once a week now LOL.)

my iron issues stems from more of a feminine reason instead of full on anemia

What pasta dish did your DH get? Looks tasty!

I wish I remembered. I do recall that it we all loved it! ( Helpful I know! )

Hmm...since you were in World Showcase I would think you would get one of the photopass pics of the princesses...Snow White, Jasmine, Mulan, or Belle?

That's disappointing. I was expecting you to say that it worked out!

Would have been impressive if I had right?

Ok, ok, I'm one of the VN lovers. But I get this. I mean both restaurants are run by the same group so I'd assume the food is of similar quality. But I guess I need to get to Tutto Italia and check it out sometime. I guess what it comes down to is that Italian food, in general, is some of my favorite. The price of a pizza is what brought me to VN to begin with and the flavor just keeps bringing me back!

There is a difference in what we could taste of the food. At VN the sauce has a winey taste to it that I'm not a fan of. The Tutto Italia did not. Also the atmosphere of Tutto is much quieter and peaceful instead of the full loud chaos of VN.

Um... well, that Disney mac & cheese really is good!

Meh.

And I always eat something from the kids section at the buffets.

True. I often do as well.

But you do make a valid point.

And by the way... that was pizza. I'm guessing very similar to that stuff that I love at VN. Just sayin'

It was actually different. Which kind of surprised us.

Are we talking attraction??? Because you'll probably wander through the World Showcase next. But if we're guessing which attraction is next, I'll go with It's a Small Mexico.

Of course you'll get more PP pictures and you'll get them anywhere you pass a PP photographer!

Well aren't you mister specific!

 

[afwdwfan]

Well aren't you mister specific!

Ok, ok... I mean, I'm expecting PP stops at multiple places. So I guess since I'm saying It's a Small Mexico for the first attraction, I'll go with a stop in Germany to see Snow White and get PP pictures. Specific enough?

 

[Gracefulskinny]

Ok, ok... I mean, I'm expecting PP stops at multiple places. So I guess since I'm saying It's a Small Mexico for the first attraction, I'll go with a stop in Germany to see Snow White and get PP pictures. Specific enough?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Well I hope everyone in your house is feeling better now

Turtle Talk with Crush is so cool, glad Little Miss enjoyed it.

Such a nice surprise to find a restaurant on Mother's Day that you enjoyed so much!

 

[kadrachb]

We got near bag check and discovered the perk of leaving the bag in the room. I have to say it’s kind of nice skipping bag check like that.

On our trip, one of two nights Kenny just left the backpack in the room and he LOVED not doing bag check, and then I got sunburnt and my cross body bag was really bothering my shoulder so one night he just took my ID and phone for me and I have to agree that bypassing bag check is amazing.

It looks like Little Miss really enjoyed The Seas! I love going there, too!

 

[Gracefulskinny]

Well I hope everyone in your house is feeling better now

Well we were beginning to..... And then Little Miss bumped her head on the playground yesterday and woke up this morning still crying about it hurting. I'm so over at least one person having medical issues in this house! Ugh.

Turtle Talk with Crush is so cool, glad Little Miss enjoyed it.

It is quite the fun show.

Such a nice surprise to find a restaurant on Mother's Day that you enjoyed so much!

I know! It was quite the treat.

On our trip, one of two nights Kenny just left the backpack in the room and he LOVED not doing bag check, and then I got sunburnt and my cross body bag was really bothering my shoulder so one night he just took my ID and phone for me and I have to agree that bypassing bag check is amazing.

Unfortunately traveling with kids in tow is not really conducive to that kind of touring.

It looks like Little Miss really enjoyed The Seas! I love going there, too!

She really did.

 

[pkondz]

we decided that we would skip rope drop this morning

What?????

This was also a day without much agenda. We wanted to be sure to allow for a nice relaxing Mother’s day.

Okay, I was kidding.
This actually sounds like a great way to spend a Mother's Day.

It was as we were loading on to the bus that DH and I had a “I thought YOU had the park bag!” moment but with the bus there and waiting we decided that we would just chance our luck and leave it in the room this time.

Uh, oh.... Foreshadowing?

I was feeling low on Iron and really needed a steak to boost it. (It happens from time to time a good steak will boost it right back. Though looking back I am pretty sure it was due to Implantation of the miscarriage and not the usual cause. )

Still sorry to have heard about that.

We got near bag check and discovered the perk of leaving the bag in the room. I have to say it’s kind of nice skipping bag check like that.

One of these days, I will forego the TR photo taking and go sans-bag.

Love that shot!

Shocker of all Shockers… Le Cellier wasn’t available.

Wow. I'm so surprised.




Not.

Turtle Talk with Crush was very cute and definitely something we would go back to.

We really liked taking the DDs there when they were little.

I have to say this meal was AMAZING!!! For all the love that Via Napoli gets DH and I by far hands down prefer Tutto Italia.

Huh. And I almost always hear the opposite.

(When is the last time that you had a kids meal beat out an adult entrée?!?***)

Oh..... never.

***Bonus Question Time***

~What do we do next?

American Experience.

~Do we stop for more Photopass Pictures and if so where?

Yes. France.

 

[pkondz]

Well we were beginning to..... And then Little Miss bumped her head on the playground yesterday and woke up this morning still crying about it hurting.

How is she doing now?

 

[Gracefulskinny]

What?????

I know. But there are just times where we do better skipping rope drop.

Okay, I was kidding.
This actually sounds like a great way to spend a Mother's Day.

It was glorious!

Uh, oh.... Foreshadowing?

Not particularly. We might have hung around longer at Epcot had we had the bag but as it was I am pretty happy with how the day turned out.

Still sorry to have heard about that.

Thank you.

One of these days, I will forego the TR photo taking and go sans-bag.

or just get a nice camera on your phone and go a day just using that.

Love that shot!

Taken with my phone! Its a favorite of ours as well.

Wow. I'm so surprised.




Not.

I know right!

We really liked taking the DDs there when they were little.

Little Miss really enjoyed it that is for sure.

Huh. And I almost always hear the opposite.

We think Via Napoli is just way over rated and loud. Tutto provided a bit of respite from the stimulus.

Oh..... never.

American Experience.

Yes. France.

How is she doing now?

Much better. Turns out she slept funny or something trying to keep her head from hurting and her neck is super tense and spasmy. While still painful you can imagine DH's and my relief that everything else was alright. She's too young for a muscle relaxer so its just heat and advil it seems to be working.

 

[pkondz]

But there are just times where we do better skipping rope drop.

Oh, I know. I was just kidding you.

Not particularly. We might have hung around longer at Epcot had we had the bag but as it was I am pretty happy with how the day turned out.

Oh. Well, that's good!

or just get a nice camera on your phone and go a day just using that.

Good point.

Much better. Turns out she slept funny or something trying to keep her head from hurting and her neck is super tense and spasmy. While still painful you can imagine DH's and my relief that everything else was alright. She's too young for a muscle relaxer so its just heat and advil it seems to be working.

Phew! Glad to hear that.
I remember when Elle was about 5 or so and we were playing on a metal public play structure.
She did something weird and was just out of my reach and fell about 3-4 feet flat on her back.
Bonked her head pretty good and scared the crap out of me.
She was okay, but... man. Any head injury scares every parent.

Here's hoping the illness/injury drama is over at your place for a while!

 

[cajunfan]

OK, first off nice update! Sorry I have been AWOL from the DIS...stupid real life and work really interfere sometimes!

And I missed quiz time!!!! Darn!

As usual, I love the pictures...Little Miss looks so happy...it just really shows in her eyes!

I understand your thoughts on HDDR, but it is one of those things I think everyone should try at least once.

It is nice to take a relaxing tour of a park and not feel the need to rush through everything.

Since you are in Italy, I would say you went to Germany next, because Karmel Kuche (or whatever the name of the yummy Werther's shop is) is there. And you say Snow White and Dopey and got a picture with them. Or you went the opposite direction and stopped in Morocco and got pictures with Aladdin and Jasmine!

 

[Gracefulskinny]

OK, first off nice update!

Sorry I have been AWOL from the DIS...stupid real life and work really interfere sometimes!

Yeah I know how that goes!

And I missed quiz time!!!! Darn!

You're still near the top of the board.

As usual, I love the pictures...Little Miss looks so happy...it just really shows in her eyes!

We had some awesome ones this trip for sure.

I understand your thoughts on HDDR, but it is one of those things I think everyone should try at least once.

To each their own I guess.

It is nice to take a relaxing tour of a park and not feel the need to rush through everything.

It really is.

Since you are in Italy, I would say you went to Germany next, because Karmel Kuche (or whatever the name of the yummy Werther's shop is) is there. And you say Snow White and Dopey and got a picture with them. Or you went the opposite direction and stopped in Morocco and got pictures with Aladdin and Jasmine!

 

[vleeth]

I'm glad you found me on my pre-trip report because I was able to follow you link. I'm not sure how we lost one another.

 

[BlvInMagic]

YUM! We've never been to Tutto Italia, but it certainly looks delish! This summer, we swapped an ADR from Mama Melrose to Via Napoli, because we saw the video on the Magical Express advertising those awesome pizza ovens -- and figured we just had to give it a go. Needless to say, we left with happy tummies Photopass Pictures in Germany with Snow White?