mamamelody2
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- Apr 29, 2016
Just found your TR and enjoying it so far! Looks like a great trip!
I love Cora's dress, where did you get it? Very flattering for a pre-teen girl!
We literally just booked this one for Minnie, as we had Mickey and Goofy through character meals. Cora had to meet her while rocking the dots!
I love his face! We loved this breakfast. I want to do it again this summer.
Just found your TR and enjoying it so far! Looks like a great trip!
Hi! First of all, love your report and am following You have a lovely family!
Also, it sounds like you are in psychology...so am I. I'm counting down the seconds til Feb 22 (when I find out if/where I've matched). I will DEFINITELY need a vacation after all of this.
Edit: realizing that there are other fields besides psych and medicine that also do a match. I can say though that as someone getting a PhD in Psychology...the overall process is STRESSFUL and no matter what field you are in, you definitely deserved a vacay
I love Cora's dress, where did you get it? Very flattering for a pre-teen girl!
I love his face! We loved this breakfast. I want to do it again this summer.
She did a great job!Thanks! My MIL actually made it for her. I love the cut.
Loved the update!! Glad you're back at it.
Glad you got to try out the Frozen ride not once, but twice! We rode it once, and I thought is was pretty cute and well done. But what I can't figure out is why my family's picture is so weird compared to everyone else's. What exactly were we seeing here again? I honestly can't remember!
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That picture is amazing. IIRC, we’re seeing Marshmallow as we speed backward away from him.
I LOVE Cora's facial expressions as she's getting her game on....they are exactly the same expressions my daughter makes sometimes!! [\QUOTE]
At least she’s in good company! Lol
Y'all had a fun day at Epcot, but sorry Illuminations viewing was a bust. Confession time: we never saw it in our 6 trips to WDW, and now I guess we never will. But I'm really ok with that. Don't judge me!
Oh, I’m having to fight the judgment. No, it’s really ok. I love Illuminations, but we have skipped it before as well. However, it’s DH’s favorite of the night time entertainment, so we will be sure to see it again this summer before it’s gone forever.
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It was a lot of fun, but I doubt I’ll ever be that ambitious with planning agin!
The Bon Voyage Breakfast looks like fun and those outfits were so cute![\QUOTE]
It really was. Thanks!
Good to know about the Illuminations FP location. I am debating trying to snag one for our WS night once we use ours for FEA, but I think I'd rather be near the International Gateway so we can just quickly exit to BWV than have to walk against the vast majority of the crowd after the show. If the FP area is super crowded, than that's even less reason to see it from the opposite side of the lagoon from where we actually want to be.
Yes! We’ve seen it a couple of times from the Japan/France area which has made for a nice quick getaway out the IG. So great to be strolling back into your room 10 minutes after the show ends while everyone else is still trying to get out of the parking lot/waiting for a bus. We will miss that this summer.
Well, back to the DIS, again
I wasn't impressed with FEA the first time we rode and I'm really not a Frozen fan, but it's kind of grown on me. I can take or leave TT and Steve doesn't particularly like Soarin', so if the kids aren't with us I'll often book a FP for FEA.
Breakfast at Trattoria always looks so good! I think you had one of the better looking Prince Eric's I've seen And as always I love the kids' costumes!
Great report so far, looks like you guys had so much fun!
I'm stopping at CSR in August and I might request Casitas if both you and Ariane like it there, it must be good!
Can you spot the gator?
Ok, no more Disneyland blasphemy in a WDW trip report (although it’s super amazing and I highly recommend it if you’ve never been, especially around the holidays)
The kids had never ridden Rockin’ Rollercoaster before, but both said they wanted to. Cora’s gotten in line a couple of times, but always chickened out. She tried to do the same thing again this time, but we weren’t having it. This is her pattern – she freaks out and cries in lines, we look like terrible parents for not really caring or showing much empathy, then she does the ride and ends up loving it. She did it with Splash, Big Thunder, Expedition Everest, Space Mountain, and loves all of them.
I love this ride photo and find it hilarious. You can see that Cora’s been crying. But guess what…she loved it. They both did. Spoiler alert: she would end up riding it 2 more times this trip.
Yikes! I know they are there but we haven't seen one yet.an you spot the gator?
I think Cora would get along really well with Morgan!This was when Cora let out a shriek that scared me and probably everyone around us. Rey is her hero.
We have the same issues! With the same results.The kids had never ridden Rockin’ Rollercoaster before, but both said they wanted to. Cora’s gotten in line a couple of times, but always chickened out. She tried to do the same thing again this time, but we weren’t having it. This is her pattern – she freaks out and cries in lines, we look like terrible parents for not really caring or showing much empathy, then she does the ride and ends up loving it. She did it with Splash, Big Thunder, Expedition Everest, Space Mountain, and loves all of them.
Glad she faced her fear finally! We didn't tell our girls that it went upside down. I don't think they would have gone on it if they knew. And now they can't wait to go on it again.I love this ride photo and find it hilarious. You can see that Cora’s been crying. But guess what…she loved it. They both did. Spoiler alert: she would end up riding it 2 more times this trip.
Yes! That show is fine, but we have seen it twice and that is enough for us. That and the little mermaid show. Meh.I took no pictures of the show, of course. We hadn’t seen that one since 2013. It’s cute, but definitely not something we need to do over and over again.
Yep. I FEEL your pain! Umpteen gazillion years researching and writing the dissertation, and what nearly kills you is formatting.but I still had to get it through the graduate formatting editor. Crap like this is why people hate academia
Ok, no more Disneyland blasphemy in a WDW trip report (although it’s super amazing and I highly recommend it if you’ve never been, especially around the holidays)
I won! This is the first time I ever beat DH at this. EVER. And it was just by 100 points. Woohoo! Go me! I may or may not have been insufferable for the rest of the night.
What a fun way to double rope drop! I'll have to try that sometime…by myself. My kids aren't as motivated as me!
I don't mind hearing all about it. It's still my dream to get there someday!
Ha! You know your own kids though. No judgement here
Yikes! I know they are there but we haven't seen one yet.
I think Cora would get along really well with Morgan!
We have the same issues! With the same results.
Glad she faced her fear finally! We didn't tell our girls that it went upside down. I don't think they would have gone on it if they knew. And now they can't wait to go on it again.
Yes! That show is fine, but we have seen it twice and that is enough for us. That and the little mermaid show. Meh.
Yep. I FEEL your pain! Umpteen gazillion years researching and writing the dissertation, and what nearly kills you is formatting.
So we were also at Disneyland this past November! We were originally going to go next month during our Spring Break, but due to a band thing my daughter has and some other factors, we had to move the trip up. We were there Nov 14-19 and had an amazing time. All the holiday stuff was incredible, I felt so spoiled and said that I might be ruined for just going back during a regular season.
I'm so happy for you!!! I love TSMM, it's one of my very favorites, and I have gotten better and better at it over the years since our first trip in 2008, which was right after it opened at HS.