jjbescher

Great pictures! Glad you are going to finish the report. You are very nice parents. My limit for waiting for anything is 30 minutes. 

Mine limit is a little longer depending on the ride.  Definitely not to see princesses.

I'm assuming you rented a car?  Was at first thinking you took ME...but you said you stopped at Publix so I'm guessing that's not the case. 

 

OKW view looks nice.  Do you find you do any walking around the resort there, or do you mostly get in your vehicle to go places?  I guess you'd walk to the bus stop...is that far? 

At OKW there are multiple Bus Stops.  The Resort is broken up into different sections and each section has its own Bus Stop.  Near the Hospility House you have the Marina and the Pool Area.  You can rent the Water Sprites at the Marina along with catch a Boat to Downtown Disney and Even Saratoga Springs.

There is plenty of people that walk around the resort.  Saratoga Springs is nicer for walking because you have the golf cart, plus a walkway to Downtown Disney (If it has not opened back up yet, it will be soon).

I'm glad you are finishing this report up.  The BBB looks great....I've avoided it to date. 

Good for you.  I bet Stella and Anna would Love it.  I only have to pay for one person to do it.  I figure that I could go to a salon and she could get her toes and nails painted for just a little less.  Here she gets a crown, makeup, nail polish and gets to feel special.  They do a great job with it.  Unfortunately (luckily) I had to work when she had to go this past time.  One time was enough of sitting there listening to Moms while their Daughters are getting made up to be princesses.

So I updated all my posts.  This is what happens when you try to finish a trip report 2 months afterwards.

So on Tuesday Morning, we headed to Hollywood Studios for a little bit in the morning.  They had reservations at Hollywood & Vine.  They just added Sophia and Doc McStuffins to the lineup, a big thing for a 4 year old.  Although it was my birthday, I was not needed to go to breakfast, remember I had to work.

Sophia

Handy Manny

Doc

Jake

They then went to go see Minnie.

At this point it looks like they headed over to EPCOT

Mary Poppins

They then headed back to the RV and hung out.  They knew I would be late, so that went to go see Chip and Dale.

Dale

Chip

That night I went out to Dinner with the rest of my Co-workers along with taking out to Dinner some customers.  All I know I was handed the bill and it was over $1000.  There were only 8 of us.  Luckily enough I remembered to bring the Corporate Credit Card with me.

After that, I went home and they were up enough to sing me Happy Birthday.

So we left off with the DD and DW watching the parade.  I was at work. 

Alice and the Mad Hatter

Jiminy

Looks like he is putting a hand out to my DD

He is interacting with my DD.  They never told me this.

Some weird looking dancers

Pinocchio

The Ducks

Pluto

Goofy

Minnie and Mickey

The end of the parade

That is it for pictures in the park.  Looks like they were eating Ice Cream when they got back to the RV.

After looking at the pictures, unless they are showing to me out of order, that was all on Monday, not Tuesday.

Happy you started this TR up again.  Great pics!

Thanks!

I should have timed my reading right and looked at your Frozen fireworks photos while we were listening to the Frozen CD in the car yesterday.

Car, House, Bedtime, Morning.  It does not matter in my house.  Worse was when we were camping and I brought my DD to the playground.  Random group of girls started singing "Let it Go!" and before you know it there were at least 5 girls, all singing off key.  I wish I carried ear plugs with me.

You daughter is so beautiful!  Time to invest in a big stick to fight the boys off in a few years.

 

Can't wait to read more!

Thanks!

Looks like it is parade time.  I was at work at this time. I had to get up early to go help my DD get in line for the Anna and Elsa, then shop for Frozen stuff.  Then go to work.  My work could have made me get to the Convention a lot earlier in the day, but knew I had things to do in the morning.

Lokos like she just missed getting a picture of Anna and Elsa.

Finally got them from a distance.

Rapunzel

Ariel

The Scottish People

Dragon

With Fire

Will continue in next post.

On Monday, we had a plan.  My DD WAS going to see Anna and Elsa and I had to help.  We were going to do Rope Drop, I was going to bring my DD in the stroller while my DW was going to go.  I would be just as fast as DW with the stroller.  Well, that all worked, I dropped DD off with DW.  I then went into the shops and bought some Frozen Merchandise. They are still sitting in my closet waiting for Christmas or Birthday.

Well, my DD did get to see Anna and Elsa, only after 2 hours and 45 Minutes and we were there at Rope Drop.  That was ridicolous.

Then Aurora, my DD is happy to see any princess.

Then she got to go to BBB.  She is paying for this trip herself.  She put toys away at Christmas so she could go.

Will continue on with more of this day soon.

Alright, it is time to get this trip report done.  Well, I guess get it started again.  Once again, I have a trip coming next week.  We will be staying at 3 different hotels.

So after my Wallet escape on the first day, we ended up getting to Fort and got our site.  We set-up and headed out to Magic Kingdom.  We had some princesses to see.

We first went and rode Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.  They went to see the princesses, while I waited and waited in line to ride Splash Mountain.

Rapunzel

Cinderella

Ariel

We then met back up and went back to Campsite.

I forgot to mention that while setting up camp we met Donnie (Stacktester).  He was setting up a camper for somebody that was checking in that day.

Sunday  = Hollywood Studios

We went and ride TSM, then there was no line for Buzz and Woody

She had to get her face painted and they just started doing Elsa.

This was the First Stars Wars weekend, so we went into the store.  There was virtually no line.  I was able to go in twice.

We met up with some friends and ate at Brown Derby.  At this point I had to head to the Renaissance in Orlando.  We were down there for a conference.

I know on Monday my DW got pictures with Anna and Elsa,

I'm in.

The Frozen stuff looks awesome, my DD will Love it.

Thank you so much for the pictures.  Pearl Harbor is a MUST do for my trip in April.

Double Post.

I am glad that you were able to sit up front.  I am also glad to see the show before I go.  This will depend on whether I go try to ride some rides or sit in on the show.  I will most likely sit through the show and hang out with my DD who has no clue about any of this yet.

Then you should be alright.

You said you will be having a friend watch your son during the run.  Will your friend be leaving before you do this proposal?  If not, would your friend be willing to help bring you the tuxes and then take your clothes that you change out of?

jon

Luckily for my upcoming trip I have a FP+ for Anna and Elsa.  My DW and DD spent almost 3 hours in line at Rope Drop to go see them in May.

Great. Free tip- don't miss the sing-a-long. They pass out cards with guaranteed return times in the San Francisco area of Streets of America in the morning. Stop by there early and you'll be able to choose from many available times. Tip #2- for the parade you want a spot that also provides a view of the stage. There are plenty of spots around American Idol and Star Tours, but you can't see the little show they do on the stage from there. Tip #3 the ice skating and fake snow are fun. And, it's a great place for a break from the heat. Worth waiting for.

TCD

Thanks so much for these.  We were definitely going to do the snow and ice skating.  Friday is ALL about Frozen and maybe some rides for me. 

Just in case there's anyone reading who is going to try the secret line at the Frozen Fun area, it's gone. There's a separate line for the store, and you cannot pass between the store and fun area anymore. However, GDF was visiting on opening day. The store had no line when we visited on a busy Saturday afternoon the hard core Frozen fans have all had their crack at it.

TCD

Glad to hear the lines are not so bad.  I took the day off before we leave and will take off 1/2 day the day before just so we can do DHS and Frozen.  They came out with the Frozen stuff after we made our FP+.  Luckily we have the AP and will just cost us a hotel room off site.  This way we can be at DHS for opening.

Also good point about the expiration date. SSR might be the best value.

 

My understanding from looking into things is that the only restriction with buying resale is that you MUST use your points at a DVC resort. No using them, say at the Fort or on a cruise. I'm fine with that, especially because you can get some deals at almost half of what Disney is currently selling points for. Are there other restrictions? 

At this point that is the only restrictions that I know of, but they are really trying to shut down the resale market, so there are certain specials that they may not allow the resale points.  However, if you are looking to book a DVC Resort and do not care about the perks, then there is a good chance that the rules and any new rules will not affect you.

 

 

Here are the grills that can be used by the hotel and DVC guests.  You go to the community hall and check out the grill tools...

Thank you so much for posting about the grills and that you can check out the grill tools.  I plan on doing some grilling out on these.  We are most likely going to be getting a studio.

Are you flying from the east coast?  If so 1st Class is the way to go...That is a long flight from the east and I knew Claudine would be more batty than she already is now...  It was only 5 1/2 hours from SF to Hawaii, so I purchased Economy Plus seating just to have more leg room on the United flights.

 

Yes, we are flying from RDU.  We are taking US Air for the continental US flights, then American for the Flights to Hawaii and Back.  We have a Daughter that will be 5.  This should hopefully give us enough room.

Stupid question, but can you tow a car when you have that lift? If so, what is it called? 

Not a stupid question, I have the same question.