brittthomas

Thanks everyone.

Maybe if the rain holds off this week they'll be able to put a couple of masterpieces out there.

Haven't really seen anything on whether it's allowed or not.

Does Disney mind if my daughter and niece color up something pretty on the driveway/camper pad?

Looks like a lot of "love" in here for FSU. lol

29 more days until the Noles kick it off!  :dance:

If you see someone at the Fort projecting a FSU game on their pop-up, that'll be me. :cheers:

GO NOLES!

Wow can I be first!!!

First you are!

Looks like you guys are off to a great start! Can't wait to read more!!!

Great start!  Looking forward to more!

Thanks!

Outstanding!

 

So, that guy with the GoPro strapped to his head is a family member of yours?

 

Let's see some of his videos!

 

He looks like he's the life of the party.

 

TCD

They're friends of my wife. My kids always refer to them as "Auntie" and "Uncle". He kept that GoPro going almost every time he stepped into a park. 

He's sent a few videos over to my wife a few weeks ago, I'll se what I can do about getting them on here.

I'm in!

All great pictures but especially this one. Very cute!

 

I'm in great start.

I'm in. Great start. Adorable daughter.

Happy belated birthday.

Thanks everyone for joining in. 

I've already got some pictures on deck and hopefully I'll be able to continue the trip report this evening.

Hello all! Going to give this trip report thing a shot and see how it goes. This trip took place on Easter weekend of this year. We wanted to take my little girl for a birthday Disney weekend and just so happens, we had some friends visiting from England during the same time period. We had plenty to celebrate so let's get started!

(One note beforehand: 99% of the pictures were taken by my lovely wife. I have no skill when it comes to pictures with the exception of looking magnificent in them.)

LET'S GO!

Trip started off on Thursday.

I left work a little early and the wife, the boy(12), the baby(3 going on 4) and myself hit the road at lunch time. We arrived at our hotel off-property around 6:00pm, got everything unpacked and struck out to Downtown Disney. We bought the boy some new pins and a lanyard and the girl some new ears. Then the birthday girl began her usual routine of getting her picture taken with every character statue in DD.

I'll spare y'all from the other 40 odd pictures. Plans were to meet up with our friends from England once they got settled in their house, but jet lag made them change that. So, we went to "Da Earl" got some sandwiches and made our way back to the room. Next day would be Animal Kingdom.

Friday

Got up early and got my heathens and I some breakfast while my wife was coordinating meeting up with everyone that day (we have several friends in Florida that come to Disney when we do). After we got fed and our marching orders doled out by the Mrs. we headed to the car where the littlest heathen had to have her picture took with another inanimate object:

"It's PRETTY daddy." She says as I question her sanity. We finally get loaded up and make our way to AK and boy was it freaking busy.

Trams were a nightmare, so we hoofed it. Seen the Monkey Kingdom sand sculpture along the way. It was pretty neat. Not neat enough for my daughter to want to pose with it though.

Her eyes were diverted by the giant pachyderm head crashing through this sign:

This was her first time at AK, so I'm sure she was trying to take it all in. Once inside, we hung out at the ToL until our family from across the pond arrived. Then we took mass quantities of selfies and standard pics:

Once everyone had their hugs and hellos, it was time for our Safari FPs.

The boy was doing his best to out-video (is that a word?) his Uncle D. However, Uncle D is on a whole nother level:

After the safari, we went over to Dinoland and the birthday girl got to see her two favorite dogs:

Then we hit Everest and headed back to our room to shower up for dinner. Uncle D had our entire weekend dinner plans laid out for us.

First on the list was Johnny Rockets.

Still a rip off...

I agree!

Agree x3!

We'll be eating breakfast there on our trip in September. I've heard from several friends that the eggs benedict they serve there are the best they've ever had.

Wife said she's looking forward to the sticky bun.

Welcome to the obsession of PUP camping!

Have fun with future mods to your pup and check out popupportal.com for a wealth of knowledge pertaining to anything and everything pop-ups.

When are y'all planning your first outing in it?

You can attempt to check in at anytime.

 

If you have requested a specific loop/site you may not get it early.

 

If you are willing to take whatever is available you may get a real early check in.

I've got the 100 loop requested. I'd be more willing to take whatever since we'll be going in a MH now.

If we do get put in the overflow lot, will we be able to use the Fort buses to get to the ferry and MK till our site is ready?

I did some searching, but didn't find anything.

What time do most of you usually show up for check in? For our trip in Sept. we were going to take our PUP, but we ran across a to good to pass up deal on a 30' Bounder MH. So, plans have changed a little.

Instead of leaving day of check in with the PUP, I want to leave the evening before in the MH and take our time getting there. Stop and have some dinner, find a place to snooze for a little while then arrive at the Fort at first light. 

Any idea how long she's going to be there? My 4 yr old daughter has recently taken a liking to Pocahontas.

We won't be going back till Labor Day weekend.

In for details. The wife and I have really been kicking around the idea of going on a Disney cruise with the kids.

So next thing you know, someone with an RV on a budget will want to have a site in the 1500 loop!

Think it's possible for me to fit a 30' MH and a pop-up in one of those sites?

>:D

It's confirmed. We will be making our inaugural trip to the Fort on Sept. 3rd - Sept. 7th!

Wife is already making dining reservations and I'm in the process of securing us a golf cart to tool around in while we're there.

Beat them at their own game and drink them under the table.