Magic Kingdom

So here we are at MK. We have these special tix now known as PP tix. They allow a limited number of people to stay in the park until midnight. It's great, as we're walking in, tons of people are leaving. We picked up our 1st visit buttons from guest services and headed straight to Space Mountain. We WALKED ON...it was fantastic. These PP tix are great. The park is empty and we walk on everything. Here's the order... Space Moutain Blue Line (similar to the people mover) Buzz Lightyear Indiana Jones Speedway (just like the cars at disney)
Stitch Winnie the Pooh Snow White off to meet marr and family for dinner Pirates of the Carribean Haunted Mansion Splash Mountain...way different than cal..we got SOAKED! But it was hot even thought it was 10pm and it was all good. Big Thunder Mountain...my favorite at Disneyland and Paris Disney and now MK Disney. It was great! Back to the Cars We split up, taylor, jacinda and tiffany did Space Mountain..Marr, dominic and I went on Buzz. We played some pirate games waiting for the girls and then last but not least we saw Laugh Factory. It was really funny and a great way to end the night. I'll add picks later, but it was a great night in MK. We hopped on the monorail to catch the bus to our hotel..but UH OH..I was supposed to catch the bus at MK not take the monorail, so Marr and her family was kind enough to let us cram in with them in their car and drop us at OKW. Thanks Marr! We got home at 1am! Taylor fell promptly asleep and dreaming of the cruise! I cleaned up and fell asleep myself. Next..cruise morning....

Epcot

We arrived at Epcot around 1pm. We knew there was a disgroup lunch, so I called Woody and they were still there! We went over to "the land" and met up with a bunch of people. Katypop, Woody, Disneylover and TracyVP. Everyone was really nice. We had some lunch...mommy had a cocktail and an hour later we were off to explore epcot. I need to add that it's hot, I mean HOT and HUMID! The first ride is Nemo. It was cute. Then we went over and fast passed Test Track and decided to wait in line for Mission Space. As we are walking in, they give the choice...Orange (more lively) or green (safe bet) I am leaning for green having heard about this ride, but taylor wants ORANGE....so I suck it up and we get in that line. I am freaking out because all through the cue...it's reminding you that Orange is not good for motion sickness, spinning etc. Taylor is cool as a cucumber. She's got this under control. The people behind us are telling me that if I liked Rockin' this is not as bad and I won't have a problem...but theres the overhead voice booming...not good for motion sickness...ugh! We load in and on my seat is a barf bag...not a good sign! But I suck it up again and strap in....well it was NO SWEAT. A very cool ride that makes you feel like you are on a space shuttle launch. It's interactive and we get to push buttons and control the ship. We exit that ride and decide to go to the international part. We walked through all the different countries and go inside every now and then to escape the heat. In Italy, I have an italian Margarita...Limoncello is in it so nuf said..I was sold. Taylor makes a mask at America and we have some funnel cake. yummy..not as good as a carnie funnel, but it'll do!
Then we go back to test track and wait the 15 minutes until our fast pass is ready. Fast track was fun, but Rockin and Safari are still my top rides.

Now were done, and time to head over to Magic Kingdom. It's 6:30pm...perfect timing. We have Pirate and Princess tix so we get to be in the park 7-midnight. So catch a monorail and off we go!

Hollywood Studios

After a quick bus ride, we are at Hollywood Studios. As we walk in it reminds me alot of California Adventure. High School Musical 2 is playing and instead of watching it we opt to head over to Tower of Terror and Rocking Roller Coaster. We fast pass tower of terror and wait in line for the coasters. All I can say about Rockin' is IT'S FANTASTIC...best ride so far. The twists, the turns the music...all aerosmith. I wanted to pull out my aqua net and lighter and rock on! Taylor loved it too. Then we go over to Tower of Terror...it couldn't be better. Our fast passes were ready to go and we walked right on. It was different than california, but not better IMHO.
We fast passed it again and went out to watch HSM2...after a little bit taylor decided she didn't want to wait for the FP and we left to head over to Epcot. CYA THERE

Animal Kingdom

We arrive promptly at 8:30am and stand in line to wait to get in. It's very exciting being there and we decide to hit Expedition Everest first and Safari second. The doors open and we head in, but I forgot that disney likes to mess with you and they only allow you to go to a corral spot and wait to countdown the opening time. Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Donald come out to welcome everyone and TADAA..the ropes drop. Mad dash to Expedition Everest. We walk right on that ride and it's great. A fun rollercoaster that takes you up/down and backwards. After that we head over to the Safari. A small wait in line and we're there. The Safari is amazing. We see tons of animals and right up close. It was fantastic.

I have allocated 3 hours in each park and we are only an hour in to AK, so we decide to go to Dinosaur. It's very similiar to Indiana Jones, but with Dinosaurs. I liked that ride. It was scary.
After that we head out to catch our next bus to Hollywood Studios....

4 parks....ONE DAY!

Thats right, you read it correctly. Due to our airline malfunction we only have 1 day at WDW. So we agree to go balls out and do 4 parks in 1 day. Everything starts out great. Up and catch the 8am shuttle to Animal Kingdom, then we go to Hollywood studios, then epcot and finally the magic kingdom. I will summarize each park next with pictures added later. I cannot locate my camera cable, but I know I brought it and I have a ton of great pics to add so check back!

An Airline Issue....

Airplane Blues…
So here’s the lowdown on our “adventure” to get to Orlando! We finish out the day of school. I have a mini freak out and leave early, feeling like I won’t get everything I need to do done. Taylor stays at school and waits for our ride to pick her up…thanks jean! We get picked up and head off to Oakland Airport to catch our US Airways flight at 8:30pm. Everything seems great…check in is a breeze, at the airport in plenty of time. Enough time to spend 25 bucks on dinner (2 slices and drinks!) and then board the plane. We taxi out onto the runway and stop. AND then we sit and sit and soon enough the pilot comes on…our steering broke! So we get towed back to the terminal and SIT! They remove some passengers to shuttle to SF, but the rest of us sit on the plane. Eventually, they tell us that our plane is not fixable and we need to deplane and go to check in to rebook. So off we go..a mad dash to the front desk, just hoping to make connections in LV. It’s only 9:30 so I am hopeful that we can catch a Las Vegas flight on Southwest to make our midnight connection…but alas we cannot. They reschedule us for the 6am flight and with a lot of sucking up, we get a voucher for a motel and head off to catch some sleep. Fast forward to next morning, up at 4:30, catch our shuttle back and arrive to find A LONG LINE…turns out our 6am flight has been cancelled due to maint. issues…GREAT! They want to rebook us on a 1pm flight to get in at 10pm in Orlando. BUT heck no, I get them to transfer us to SFO to catch another flight that gets in at 7:30pm but it’s better than 10. So we miss a day of Disneyworld which sucks, but we just want to get to Orlando! Everything is smooth on our flight, and we get in very early to Orlando..6:45pm! Great…as we are trying to find out way to the Magic Express..disneys free transportation system. I am overwhelmed that we are finally here. It takes everything I have to not cry at the excitement. The welcoming Disney employees, the red carpet walk through to get to our bus…it’s all great. A 30 minute ride and we are at our “home” Old Key West Resort at WDW. It’s super hot and humid here and we are cranky and hungry and tired. We realize that even though we are here, our luggage is not. It will be delivered separately, so instead of going swimming..we head down to Downtown Disney. It’s huge, far away and PACKED. So instead of getting a nice meal, we opt for a hot dog and going back to the hotel. Our luggage is in our room YAHOO so we organize, get in jammies and go to sleep. We have decided that instead of 2 parks a day, we will be doing ALL 4 in ONE Day. My daughter is such a trooper!

WE’RE HERE…more on WDW Later…..

Steph

OMG...it's here it's here

So finally the weekend before has arrived. I can't believe a year and a half of planning and paying ugh! has come so quickly. Tay is off at her dads this weekend which leaves me some good free time to pack her up for the trip. I am glad I will have her done by the time she gets home monday. Then I just need to pack me and voila...done!
We have added a trip to Disneyland at the end...more for me. They are having a DVC member reception and I want to see if they have any info on Hawaii or California. Right now they are only available in florida. Oh well, we'll see what they have planned.

I have everything else set up and ready to go but the ride home. We'll figure that out later...there's always later right?!?!?

Tay just got home from her first overnight field trip. They were gone for 3 days and 2 nights. She had a great time. She is now looking forward to next years trip. She was funny on the trip..as i was told, she asked her teacher to carry her cause she was tired...she's lucky she's cute!

Alrighty..off to get packing.

Cya