ofcabbagesandkings
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- Aug 16, 2014
You have such a beautiful family! Stylish too! I am a grown woman and I covet your daughter's pink scarf.
I have always assumed the borders on the ride photos are automatic. I think they are...
Yes, post the link to your trip report in the main body of the FAQ thread. People are always looking for Disney stuff to read and do while waiting on their trips! I'll link it in the trip report section too. Thanks!
Yes, he could spell "Yak" before he could spell "Nathan" and in fact once he was in school and had to start writing his name, he became "Nate"
I'm loving your report! You can feel your excitement through your writing - it's making me so excited for our trip!
Found your report and really am enjoying it. We were there the same time as you. My DD 15 and I visited between 11/15-11/22, we stayed at the Poly and loved it. It was cold those days but we did a lot in The parks and really had a wonderful stay. Excited to hear your thoughts on BOG lunch, we did it as well the day before you were there. Your kids look so happy and are really enjoying their surprise visit. We really love Tusker House for breakfast, we haven't tried lunch there. We will be back at the world in April, right after Easter, this is my DD school break. It will be really busy according to the crowd calendars, however like your family we are not newbies and we won't worry if some things are missed because of the crowds. We are staying at BCV so will take time to enjoy SAB, did you all get to swim or did it stay cooler? If you did hope it was fun.
We were one of those poor unfortunate souls checking out on the day you arrived! Your family is so cute! Looking forward to reading more!
You have such a beautiful family! Stylish too! I am a grown woman and I covet your daughter's pink scarf.
joining! Loving your report so far - enjoying your writing style
'Well, because in Disney my kids all get along, my too-cool-for-school 12 year old son sleeps with his Figment stuffie, and I don't have to do dishes" ... yup, I'd say that is some pretty darn good reasoning to keep going to Disney
Love all your family pictures - the one in front of MK you are using for the Christmas Card but also the one by the tree of life and also love the one with the kids holding hands (could see a cropped version of that on the back of you card)
You got so much done at AK - so cool to do a trip focusing on trying new things. Sorry you didn't like Tusker House - we have only done breakfast there and really liked it. Felt that it had the best variety of the breakfast buffets ... plus the have Krispy Kreme donut holes
Glad MB and FP+ worked out so well for you. We just had our first trip with them and really liked them - just makes ensuring you hit the attractions you want easier (e.g., don't have to do the crazy running of the bulls for paper fast passes at Toy Story Mania). Definitely see how it can result in a change to some peoples touring style or if you have major technical issues or something, but overall we liked it
It sounds like your surprise was a huge success! Was it hard to keep it a secret?As we moved to our gate to wait to board, DD10 asked where we were really going? She is an intuitive little one and smart as a whip. I knew she'd be the first to figure us out! I broke the MBs out of my carry on and just passed them out. The two bigger kids were hopping up and down with joy. Paige, 5, didn't believe us at first. Like we would pull such a mean trick on them?? She clearly thinks we are evil. She asked if I brought her Minnie ears, and when I showed her I had she was thrilled. Those babies have been with us through 3 Disney trips and a Disney cruise.
We had room 1148 when we were at the YC in September, just one floor below and three doors closer to the lobby. We loved the room location. It wasnt the best view but it sure was convenient.I was assigned our room number (2154) and took the stairs up one floor to see what my fate would be. I think we can all agree that this moment is so pivotal. Where would the room be located? What would the view be? I was on pins and needles.
NAILED IT. A quick little jaunt from the top of the stairs (later in the week I did laundry and OMG some unlucky people have to do a 5K just the get to their rooms!).
There is a little box to check that says something like keep me logged in. Checking that box will help. I also hit the preview button frequently while writing my post. It is a way of keeping the website from timing me out. And the third thing Ill do if writing a long post is to write it in Word then copy and paste it into a post.Just spent 45 minutes typing out a new installment and when I hit submit I was logged out. Any suggestions to avoid this? I may or may not have said a very bad word.
We usually go into Epcot first when we stay at the BC/YC and the MK first when we stay at the WL. We dont have a tradition of MK first. I suppose that puts us in the minority.We always start every trip with MK. It just feels right. But this time, crowd calendars, weather, and FP+ availabilty all told me to start the trip at AK. Since it was a trip where we were trying to do new things, I went with it. We tend to spend very little time at AK - we go, we ride EE and Safari, and leave. So there were plenty of firsts to accomplish here.
That must have been a lot of fun when Pluto hijacked Flat Gram.Then Pluto left the meeting tent with FG. At this point, the family waiting to be next looked annoyed. But Pluto was on a mission. He wanted to buy FG a Mickey Bar. He took her to the nearest cart and opened the freezer and took one out. The CM working the cart took it right back. Pluto wasn't too happy about this so he ran around in circles for awhile with FG. Paige was cracking up, and so was I. No pictures, I am afraid, because it was happening too fast and we were chasing that mutt all over the place. The handler finally came and retrieved our friend Pluto and FG went back into the bag. We had a great story to share once the others returned from PWWe also called the non-Flat Gram to tell her about her adventures.
We ate breakfast at Tusker House with our grandchildren who were 3 and 5 at the time and we enjoyed it. But it is hard to ruin a breakfast buffet.It is time for another FIRST - lunch at Tusker House. a quick little food review...
We felt the food here was "meh." There were not many kid choices, and the salad bar was lacking. We all enjoyed the hummus and I liked the beef in the carving station. DH loved the couscous. We found all else to be a little boring, including the desserts. We aren't picky so we tried it all, there just wasn't much that blew our skirts up. The character interactions were very fast, but that was fine as my kids are kinda over it at this point. They enjoy a quick high-five and happily pose for the photo opp but that is about it.
We found the Ale and Compass to be convenient for that early morning cup of coffee or tea, but as a refill station it was a big fail. We used to get a lot of refills at Hurricane Hannahs since it was on the way to Epcot.So Hubs and AJ hit the mug refill place in the lobby of the YC. I think it is the Crews Cup. If it is Ale and Compass someone please come along and point out my stupidity in a way that makes me afraid to ever post again. Haha. Don't really do that! And I know none of my three readers would! But I have seen it happen.... Anywho. DH came back in the room with mugs of coffee and tea and he was not happy to have learned that this little lobby mug refill gem closes around 11am. Yes, we would need to hoof it to the marketplace at BC to fill the mugs.
So I pushed everyone out the door with horror stories of lines building for every second we dawdled and watched another classic Mickey cartoon. Once again, the bus stop was basically empty and the bus came almost immediately. I heart you, YC.
We didnt have any borders on our ride pictures from our October trip. The only option I had was to add the sticker with the name of the ride.And I don't get why I dont have borders on any of my rides. I want my free borders!!!!
Ive given up trying to pre-order. It never seems to be in their system and we always have to order again anyway. I love the braised pork but the sandwiches are just okay. It is a fun place to eat lunch, though, especially considering is a counter service for lunch.It was nearing 11am, and thus time to try something for the FIRST time - BOG. With a FP+.
The BOG FP is a great thing. pre-ordering seems like it also a good thing, as the longest part of the wait on the day we were here (Nov 21) was the wait to order at the computer. It didn't work for us, but I am quite sure that was a random glitch - probably hum error as the nice guy who sat us printed the wrong receipt. I still wonder if that family of mac n cheese lovers ever got their order.... I hope they didn't get mac-n-cheese withdrawl.
I'm loving your trip report. We were recently at the YC in September, so it will be fun to read about your experiences. It sounds like your surprise was a huge success! Was it hard to keep it a secret? We had room 1148 when we were at the YC in September, just one floor below and three doors closer to the lobby. We loved the room location. It wasn’t the best view but it sure was convenient. There is a little box to check that says something like “keep me logged in”. Checking that box will help. I also hit the preview button frequently while writing my post. It is a way of keeping the website from timing me out. And the third thing I’ll do if writing a long post is to write it in Word then copy and paste it into a post. We usually go into Epcot first when we stay at the BC/YC and the MK first when we stay at the WL. We don’t have a tradition of MK first. I suppose that puts us in the minority. We’ve been trying to do lots of first on our trips, too. And it is amazing how many firsts there are. I know we still have a bunch of them at AK. That must have been a lot of fun when Pluto hijacked Flat Gram. We ate breakfast at Tusker House with our grandchildren who were 3 and 5 at the time and we enjoyed it. But it is hard to ruin a breakfast buffet. We found the Ale and Compass to be convenient for that early morning cup of coffee or tea, but as a refill station it was a big fail. We used to get a lot of refills at Hurricane Hannah’s since it was on the way to Epcot. We also had very good luck with the buses at the YC. There was never a crowd waiting to get on it in the morning. The big crowd was always at the BC. We didn’t have any borders on our ride pictures from our October trip. The only option I had was to add the sticker with the name of the ride. I’ve given up trying to pre-order. It never seems to be in their system and we always have to order again anyway. I love the braised pork but the sandwiches are just okay. It is a fun place to eat lunch, though, especially considering is a counter service for lunch.
Thanks for inviting us along. Loved your view out of your room at the YC. I only wish I had been as lucky. I like the way you keep rolling with the puches like the BOG lunch. I don't think my kids would have been as accomodating. Guess that's why I don't go to WDW with them anymore. Looking forward to the rest of the story. Katesdad
sorry about the confusion / mix up at BOG. We did the FP+ for it for the first time this past trip but we didn't do the pre-order of the food (we were afraid the kids wouldn't want then what they ordered in the past and would have been more upset than your kids) Glad it got rectified though. And good job getting the "required" pictures with the pant-less prince exiting BOG Pretty similar view of the Mine Train as you - not amazing but a really nice ride with great theming and I like zipping around with all of Fantasyland around you - plus just nice that construction in that area is finally done! Good on Troy taking one for the team with the tea-cups. Based on your description of heading towards Tomorrowland and that you claimed the attraction was too "hot" in the past, I am going so say you are heading to the race way
We were on the other side of the hall and one floor up from you in 3151 with a view of the back entrance to the YC and a couple of trees off the balcony. Nice for people watching if you are into that. At least we did get the fireworks from WS every evening at 9:30pm with the grand finale at 9:45pm. One night we even got the music as the wind was blowing the right way.Uh oh. What was your view?
I'm enjoying your trip report. My family will be at Disney the first week of February and my kids will find out on Christmas Day!
I have four kids but the older 3 are your kids ages. Did your 5 year old survive all the walking?
What kind of camera are you using? I see that you could keep it in hand while on EE.
I am in and so very excited to read all your "firsts"
Just found your TR and I'm loving it
Gorgeous photos - isn't it great the way everyone gets along at Disneyworld
Looking forward to reading more
We were on the other side of the hall and one floor up from you in 3151 with a view of the back entrance to the YC and a couple of trees off the balcony. Nice for people watching if you are into that. At least we did get the fireworks from WS every evening at 9:30pm with the grand finale at 9:45pm. One night we even got the music as the wind was blowing the right way.
Katesdad
I agree that the Speedway area could use some theme-enhancing. I think since the original autopia is so integral to Disney history and is one of the only rides that every Disneyland/Magic Kingdom globally has, it isn't going anywhere - though, given that it is in Tomorrowland, I do wish they would make the cars more like, um, "Tomorrow" - convert them to electric cars or Mag-lev or something.
Saying you did SM by being "in" it on the People Mover reminds me of when we went to this local zoo, the path for which is technically part of the Appalachian Trail and afterwards we told people we walked the Appalachian Trail
Knowing that the costumes were "amaze-balls" really makes me sad that the FoF parade was rained out our last trip and we are yet to see it (though we did get a "first" for us out of it by seeing the Rainy Day Cavalcade). Oh well, another reason to go back