TruLovesKiss
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- Jan 16, 2013
Now since Jorie was still talking about riding EE, we headed back there to see if it was up and running yet. It was!! But the FP line was insanely long! – thankfully it moved pretty quickly.
Yeti or not, here we go!
Umm, there doesn’t seem to be any track!
I sure hope the lady in front of Jorie knows the man sitting in front of her, haha!
So did Expedition Everest live up to Jorie’s expectations?
It sure did!!!! Two thumbs way up!
Her trip was now complete, ha!
By now it was about 2:20, and time to head out of the park. On our way we stopped at Island Mercantile to do some Vinylmation and pin trading. (I’ve since read that the last day to trade vinylmations in WDW was Feb. 5th. Anyone know if this is true? If it is, I haven’t broken the news to my kids yet. They will be so upset. They are still trying to get over the fact that the Hat won't be there when they go back.
)
The kids pin traded from a really cute Tree of Life, which sadly I didn’t take any pics of it. There were some serious pin traders there eying the pins that my kids were giving up and I noticed that they scooped them up as we walked away.
Before we left the park, I checked the Character Locator app to see if we could fit in a DiVine sighting, but it looked like she was only out earlier in the day. So we headed out the gates and to the bus stop. As our bus pulled away, we said farewell to AK. It always makes me sad saying goodbye to a park knowing that we wouldn’t be back again until next trip.
AK Firsts
Back at Kidani, It would have been a crime not to pose with the Timon elevator.
I had thought about trying to fit some pool time in here, but there wasn’t quite enough time. I didn’t want to feel rushed getting to dinner plus we’d be checking out of the room very early the next morning, so Joe and I started packing up our things ahead of time while the kids relaxed and watched some television.
We freshened up and changed for dinner. We were heading to Downtown Disney for the night, so I had made a comment that we didn’t need our Magic Bands. So we left them all lay on the island in the kitchen and out the door we went. Well as soon as the door clicked shut, Joe and I looked at each other and we immediately realized the mistake that we had made. How would we get back into our room without our Magic Bands? So instead of going to the bus stop, we headed for the lobby to tell them what had happened.
The kids stopped to check out the animals out in the Savanna on the way.
When we got to the lobby, we told the CMs at the front desk that we had left all of our magic bands in our room and they were able to make us a Key to the World card to use to get back in. Crisis averted. Phew!
Then we headed to the bus stop and off to Downtown Disney we went!
We stopped in Pin Traders...
...so that the kids could do some more Vinylmation trading.
When we left Pin Traders I did a double take when I saw a familiar face… it was Sam (xoSamma) As we walked past her, I told her that I loved her trip reports, she said thanks and I kept walking (since I'm socially awkward like that). Joe asked me who she was and I told him that I had followed along with her trip reports, but since I’m a lurker I knew that she would have no idea who I was. He asked why I didn’t get a photo for my trip report. He was right, why didn’t I get a pic together?! I wasn’t that far away, but when I turned around, she was gone. I looked around and spotted her but she was pretty far away in the opposite direction and since I didn’t want to bother her while she was working, I kept going. So that was my first ever dismeet (kind of, sort of) Yeah nevermind, it was a complete fail. Whomp, whomp
Then we did some shopping in World of Disney.
It was almost time for our 5:45 ADR so we made our way to the restaurant. It was a further walk than I was expecting and with all of the construction we had a hard time finding it.
Yeti or not, here we go!
Umm, there doesn’t seem to be any track!
I sure hope the lady in front of Jorie knows the man sitting in front of her, haha!
So did Expedition Everest live up to Jorie’s expectations?
It sure did!!!! Two thumbs way up!
Her trip was now complete, ha!
By now it was about 2:20, and time to head out of the park. On our way we stopped at Island Mercantile to do some Vinylmation and pin trading. (I’ve since read that the last day to trade vinylmations in WDW was Feb. 5th. Anyone know if this is true? If it is, I haven’t broken the news to my kids yet. They will be so upset. They are still trying to get over the fact that the Hat won't be there when they go back.
)
The kids pin traded from a really cute Tree of Life, which sadly I didn’t take any pics of it. There were some serious pin traders there eying the pins that my kids were giving up and I noticed that they scooped them up as we walked away.
Before we left the park, I checked the Character Locator app to see if we could fit in a DiVine sighting, but it looked like she was only out earlier in the day. So we headed out the gates and to the bus stop. As our bus pulled away, we said farewell to AK. It always makes me sad saying goodbye to a park knowing that we wouldn’t be back again until next trip.
AK Firsts
Back at Kidani, It would have been a crime not to pose with the Timon elevator.
I had thought about trying to fit some pool time in here, but there wasn’t quite enough time. I didn’t want to feel rushed getting to dinner plus we’d be checking out of the room very early the next morning, so Joe and I started packing up our things ahead of time while the kids relaxed and watched some television.
We freshened up and changed for dinner. We were heading to Downtown Disney for the night, so I had made a comment that we didn’t need our Magic Bands. So we left them all lay on the island in the kitchen and out the door we went. Well as soon as the door clicked shut, Joe and I looked at each other and we immediately realized the mistake that we had made. How would we get back into our room without our Magic Bands? So instead of going to the bus stop, we headed for the lobby to tell them what had happened.
The kids stopped to check out the animals out in the Savanna on the way.
When we got to the lobby, we told the CMs at the front desk that we had left all of our magic bands in our room and they were able to make us a Key to the World card to use to get back in. Crisis averted. Phew!
Then we headed to the bus stop and off to Downtown Disney we went!
We stopped in Pin Traders...
...so that the kids could do some more Vinylmation trading.
When we left Pin Traders I did a double take when I saw a familiar face… it was Sam (xoSamma) As we walked past her, I told her that I loved her trip reports, she said thanks and I kept walking (since I'm socially awkward like that). Joe asked me who she was and I told him that I had followed along with her trip reports, but since I’m a lurker I knew that she would have no idea who I was. He asked why I didn’t get a photo for my trip report. He was right, why didn’t I get a pic together?! I wasn’t that far away, but when I turned around, she was gone. I looked around and spotted her but she was pretty far away in the opposite direction and since I didn’t want to bother her while she was working, I kept going. So that was my first ever dismeet (kind of, sort of) Yeah nevermind, it was a complete fail. Whomp, whomp
Then we did some shopping in World of Disney.
It was almost time for our 5:45 ADR so we made our way to the restaurant. It was a further walk than I was expecting and with all of the construction we had a hard time finding it.
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OMG that is so funny about the Magic Band. Seems like it's pretty clear who the head of the family is.
The dinner at RR looks AMAZING!!
Such a bummer.
Thanks for following along! Aww and thank you for noticing- all of those great character interactions definitely made the hours and hours of trip planning, ALL worth it!
hahaha
