Dollface...CindyC

I call this "Giddy up Jack!" Lou ad Jack are becoming friends & like to wrestle.

After meeting Tink and Rosetta, we hurried back down main street, but made time for some special Photo Pass opportunities.

Some of these photos of my girls came out so nice! I'll be using them for my Christmas Cards.

Some w/ me:

We had to hurry back to the Fort because we had tickets to Hoop De Do Review (courtesy of my brother) and I wanted everyone to get cleaned up for a family photo!

Casey was a little skeptical at first if she'd like it or not (plus she had wanted to stay at the MK).

But I'm glad to report that we all totally LOVED it! It was my favorite show (didn't I say that already....) LOL! It really was so funny and the singing so good. The food was wonderful! It made for a very enjoyable evening.

I wish they had let us use the washboards for longer than we did. They were fun.

All four of us laughed till we almost cried! So fun.

We headed back to the camper got changed into swimsuits and went swimming at the cabin pool for change of scenery. :-)

On Tuesday we spent most of the day at Magic Kingdom.

Shopping on Main Street

Riding the rides we had missed the first time we went there last Sunday.

I had tried to get everyone up and to MK for the Rope drop show, but alas... it didn't work. We missed the 8:30 boat by about 5 minutes... so didn't arrive in MK till 9:15 or so. (don't worry, Casey and I saw it last Monday when she took her YES class and Ky will get to see it on Friday).

Ky loved the Carosel

Casey hadn't wanted to go on, but changed her mind at the last minute.... good thing there was no line.

The girls totally loved the Dumbo cue, so we spent some time in there while they played.

Ky liked riding Dumbo, but Casey wasn't as impressed but rode anyway. I liked it. :)

Casey and I went on the Barnstormer next and loved it. It was so fun and since there was no line, we rode it many times in a row. It took till our 3rd time for Kyle to gather enough courage to join us and guess what... she loved it! We rode a few more times, then took the train over to Frontier land so Casey and I could ride the Mountains.

Before our FP came due, we got to join in a Hoe Down. The girls loved it.

And we got Huge cookies and brownies to share while we watched.

We got totally soaked as it started to pour as we just got onto the ride. But it was fun. You can barely see us as we are in the back row.

It only down poured or a little bit, then it was cloudy the rest of the day.

By this point, Ken had had it with the theme park, so he went back to the Fort while the girls and I stayed to do some more rides and meet characters.

We got some cute Photo Pass photos done too.

Before we left the girls really wanted to meet Tink and some fairies. So, we waited the LONGEST we did all thru the 2 weeks for Tink. It was a 40min way (listed as only 20, but Tink went on break... so it was twice the time.) Good the the cue has AC and movies to watch. So, the wait was pleasant. I think it was worth the wait as Rosetta was AWESOME with Kylie, taking time to comment on her choice of pink an Casey's choice of "green" to match their favorite fairies. (Ky told Rosetta that she was her favorite). The interaction was just wonderful!

love this one:

And Tinkerbell was great too.

to be cont so I don't hit the photo limit...

Just a quick update. Lil Lou was neutered today. He did very well and is back to his fiesty self already! He's segregated to the bathroom for tonight, but can be out and about tomorrow morning. He ate and had some water & used the litter box as soon as we got home. :-) So, another milestone for my little guy!

It rained really hard ALL Sunday night into Monday morning. So we took the opportunity to really sleep in! I don't think we moved till 10am. LOL! that is so late for my family!

We had a quick breakfast then decided to head to Downtown Disney. By the time we showered and were actually ready to go it was after 11!

We parked over by Disney Quest. The rain had mostly stopped by the time we go there, but we went inside Quest since we had the WaterPark & more option on our tickets.

When we first went in, it wasn't that busy, so we had a good time playing games. We left shortly after 1pm because it got REALLY busy in there. When we came out there was a long line and they were filled to capacity.

So we headed out towards the Earl of Sandwich. I was so looking forward to lunch there.

We stopped by the Legos. We all were impressed by the outside Lego sculptures. So cool! My favorite one was the dragon.

There was a long line at Earl, but we waited and it was so worth it!!!

I got the tomato basil sandwich, YUMO!

Casey got a BLT, and I can't remember what Ken and Ky got... but we all enjoyed lunch.

We wandered around the Pin shop and went into Miss Mismatched and some other stores, watched some glass blowing and shopped around the Basin (got us some nice smelling soaps). Then went to Giardelli's for ice cream. Wow was it good!

Ken was tired and sick of the crowd at this point, so headed back to camper to read and relax. I think we picked the wrong day to visit DTD, but we had fun anyway. The girls and I shopped, and shopped and shopped! We stopped at Raglan Road and the girls saw an Irish Dancer and got to chat with her for a bit. They were invited back to dance with her on stage at 6:30... but they both felt to shy to do so, so we went back into Disney Quest again and it was a pretty light crowd. We stayed till 8:30, then headed back to where we parked and back to the Fort.

I liked Downtown Disney and would go there again.

Sunday cont...

Ky loved taking her photo with all the characters. We did not have to wait in long lines since it had started to rain. But it only rained for like 15min. So it we got to see a lot of the characters.

We headed back towards the Boneyard and Ky got to ride Tricertops spin. then we headed to see the Nemo show. It was good, but we all liked Lion King better.

It was after 4:30 this point. We had had some snacks through out the day, but were all hungry. I wanted to eat in the park, but got overruled. So, we headed back to the Fort and had a yummy dinner inside Trails End. The girls played checkers while we waited for our table.

It was a yummy buffet!

Yet another good day at WDW. :)

Sunday we headed to Animal Kingdom. It was cloudy with showers, but not to bad considering the hurricane was coming.

We were at AK shortly after it opened.

The girls stopped to see a CM with a scorpion.

Then the family photo w/ the tree.

Then off to walk thru Discovery island. We stopped to look at all the animals, then headed to the safari.

The girls and I only had to wait 5 min for the safari! and we loved it. Here's quite a few photos:

Here's one I took of Ky taking a photo. She took a lot of these photos herself. quite the budding photographer!

After the safari we walked around a bit got fast passes for Everest and took some photo pass photos while we waited for Flights of Wonder.

In front of Mt Everest

We all loved this bird show! I think this was one of my favorites!

After that, Ken and Ky headed over to do some kid stations on their way to the Boneyard. Casey and I used our fast pass for Everest. It was like a 2 min wait! I really liked it, but Casey said she liked RocknRoller coaster better. So, we only rode once.

Then we headed over to meet Ken and Ky at the Boneyard. The girls really enjoyed this and we spent quite a bit of time there.

Then we walked over to see Lion King and take photos at Camp Minnie Mickey

We all really loved the Lion King show. I think it was my favorite theater performance. Ky got a bit freaked out when the fire dancer lit his sticks... but she got over it quickly and enjoyed the show. I really loved the monkey gymnasts.

Photo limit.. so I'll have to cont...

I had typed out all of Saturday... it got lost in a "timed out connection"

Ugh. Ok... here goes again.

On Saturday we had a Fort day! Yippee.

We all slept in past 9am. When Ky woke up and brushed her teeth her eye tooth that had been loose for MONTHS finally fell out! She was so excited and told me how she was sure that Tinker Bell would be taking over for the tooth fairy since we were at Walt Disney World.

We all had a leisurely breakfast, then put our swimsuits on and headed for the pool. Did I mention how much the girls loved the pool? well, we spent all day there!

I snuck away to the Meadow Trading post with the excuse I was going to make lunch. Ken stayed w/ the girls at the pool. I looked around the trading post for something small and inexpensive to put under Ky's pillow. No luck. So I asked the nice ladies working there to help me out. We searched around for a bit when the younger of the two said she might have a pin in the back that had pixie dust attached. I had just settled on a small charm for a bracelet, when the young lady came back. She GAVE me a small baggie of pixie dust and a Tinker Bell pin for Kylie! I was so excited! I love extra magic :-) Those ladies were so kind. :heart: I headed back to the camper to make lunch and hide my stash.

We stayed at the pool till around 2pm when Lou text-ed me that he was coming by for a visit w/ Buddy and the kitten. What a nice visit we had! I got to meet Buddy and Lou's lovely wife. The girl loved the tiny kitten and also Buddy, who was very friendly. I took a few photos of the girls with the kitten and I even got a photo of our FAVORITE WDW bus driver. I'm just bummed I didn't get a photo of Lou's lovely wife too.

After Lou left, we headed back to the pool. I got a text from Lorna that she was stopping by with some Fiends. So I headed back to the camper while Ken stayed at the pool. I got a nice visit w/ Lorna, Richie, Doodle, Mike and TJ. I was angry that I didnt' take any photos! so as I was heading back to the pool, I snapped this quick photo of them driving by heading to get a GaG for dinner. hee hee hee hee

My family and I had dinner by the pool. Ken and I ordered their turkey sandwich, it was good, and the girls split something that I can't remember now. around 6pm we headed back to the camper to change so we could head over to the Campfire Sing along. The girls put on their pjs and I grabbed the smore's fixins.

I kinda wish we had gotten to attend the campfire more, but the thunderstorms came about that time most every day, or we were at the parks. But we did enjoy this one.

The music was entertaining!

And the girls were thrilled to hug Dale.

They even got to do the Hokey Pokey with Chip & Dale

it was a fun evening!

We didn't stay for the movie because we had already seen it and it was late. So, we headed back to the camper.

I got a 2nd visit from the Fiends and Ken took our photo.

That's Mike & Richie in the back, Then me, Lorna & Doodle in the front.

All in all a really GREAT day!

Lou is over 3 lbs now and almost 12 weeks old. He's starting to calm down a bit now and is willing to cuddle. He's fitting right in here with both kitties and humans.

Friday we went to Hollywood Studios. I must say, this was my least favorite. I really think it was because we should have had another rest day.... but alas, so much to do so little time.

Plus the fact that Ky lost it at the Indian Jones stunt show. She was so scared of all the fire. poor kid. BAD mommy for taking her just cause she's seen the movie. stupid me. Plus the fact that we did not tour efficiently. We kept chris crossing the park all day trying to see certian shows. I wish I could do that day over. We did have fun! really we did.... I just think I should have planned our day better to give us less walking around, more relaxing, seeing more shows... ah well. It's a reason to go back, no?

I woke everyone up at 8am, we got ready quickly and had some cereal... not everyone was in a good mood... I think my youngest (Kylie) was still tired. We drove over to HS.

Got some quick photos by the Hat

Then headed over to get Toy Story FPs. They were already out to 1pm. yikes!

We wandered around and got a photo w/ Mike

Then headed over to the Honey I Shrunk the Kids Playground. Kylie LOVED this place and Ken took her back at least 3 times.

If you look to the back left of this photo you can see Ken yawning in the background... at this point in the trip he was already theme parked out. poor guy.

Both girls really liked the playground and we must have spent over an hour there the first time.

Then we headed over to see the Indian Jones Stunt show. I got to be an EXTRA!!! I loved it. However, after I felt bad for leaving Ken alone w/ Kylie. He told me she cried almost the entire show. poor thing. She did not like me being in the show either. Casey loved it and took a ton of photos! I'll only post one since you really can't see me anyway. I'm third from the right kinda in the back.

Being an extra was a blast! I highly recommend it.

Anyway, Ky was pretty upset, so we waited till the theather was empty and she was calmer to leave. We asked her what she wanted to do next... so off we went to see Beauty and the Beast. She loved this show and was enthralled.

Then Ken took Ky back to the playground while Casey and I rode Rock n Roller coaster w/ only a 10 min wait. We both enjoyed it. Then headed over to Tower of Terror. Unfortunealty, I had given my lanyard to Ken... so no photopass photos of those rides. Bummer!!! I loved ToT!!! I could have take a few more rides... But it made Casey a bit queasy. I was totally bummed. It took her over an hour to feel better.

We went to meet Ken and Ky at the playground and had a snack. Then over to ride our Toy Story FPs. Casey still wasn't 100%, so I don't think she enjoyed it as much as she would have if we hadn't rode ToT. The thing is she usually loves spinny rides and rollercoasters and has been dying to go on ToT since she read about it. Wish I had give her the Dramamine first, I just didn't think it would affect her like that. Next time, right?

We had lunch at the boat by the Hat. Yummy Hot Dog Pretzel rolls. :-) A bit to much mustard for the girls, but Ken and I liked them.

We then headed for the Animation place. We check it out then Kylie and I went to watch Little Mermaid while Ken and Casey went to the other stunt show. After Little Mermaid Ky and I went back to the Animation building. It started to downpour! so we meet a lot of characters. Mr & Mrs. Incredible, Pinocchio, Gipetto, Pooh, S. Mickey, Handy Manny.

Gepetto kissed our hands :)

Since it wasn't busy, Ky got to really spend some time with the characters. Mrs. Incredible showed Ky how to do a bunch of poses and Ky followed right along. She still talks about that.

The girls did a LOT of pin trading in that building too, since it rained HARD for over an hour.

Then Ken and Casey showed up and the girls and I took the Animation class. We got to draw Bolt. Wish I had taken photos.... it was fun!!! After that, Casey and I went to ride Star Wars.

Oh and we missed Casey's Padawan class cause of the T-storm. oh well.

We got some good Photo pass photo sometime during the day as well.

And watched the Traveling comedians, which were very very funny.

At around 7:30, everyone was pretty much ready to go back to the campground. I offered to stay with Casey and see Fantasmic! but she just didn't want to. She reallly just was tired and really wanted to go swimming. I even offered to take her to MK to watch Wishes from inside the park (as MK had EMH). But alas, she just wanted to hit the pool. The kids loved the Meadow's pool.

So, we went back and got a GAG from Trails end, went swimming then called it a night.

We had lunch there in August 2012 and it was awesome! Even my kids found something they enjoyed.

What a beautiful day! It was hot (as you can see by the girls bandannas in the previous photos (you wet then and the cooling gel inside activates--they actually work really well).

Kylie had gotten an Agent P. communicator, so we headed to Japan to do some sleuthing. But first, a photo w/ Marie!

We stopped and watched Mo'Rockin since they were playing. We ended up watching them 2 different times because Kylie loved them so much. She even asked for a Belly dancing costume for her birthday. The crowds were so light! The girls were asked to come dance with the belly dancer. Ky loved it! Casey was a bit to shy to move much.

In Japan we did our Adventure for Agent P. and got to watch a bit of the candy making.

W/ the communicator leading us we explored Japan. We all liked the drummers and the LARGE gift shop.

As we headed around the lagoon we stopped for yet another Family photo

We shopped and wandered around the lagoon.

Casey and I went in Spaceship earth on our way out, but couldn't convince Ky to join us that first time. Casey really liked it. We meet Ken and Ky down the bottom for the fun games and such underneath. Then headed out. It was a very fun day!

We headed back to the campground to watch Wishes and EWP from the Fort beach. A perfect end to a wonderful day.

Ohhh and here's the Photo pass Belle photo.

On Thursday the girls and I got up early to go to Epcot. The girls both REALLY wanted to take the monorail. So we left the campground at 8:15am (Ken was still sleeping!). We caught the 8:30am boat to MK, then waited for the Resort monorail. I was woefully uninformed and didn't realize I had to switch trains. ugh! By the time we waited at the TTC, we didn't arrive in Epcot till 9:10am!!! Ken beat us there, and was waiting inside the park for us. LOL. We opted to drive everywhere from then on.

Photo pass photos

First stop, Nemo!

The girls and I really enjoyed Turtle Talk w/ Crush. Ken just didn't join us this time for the ride. After Nemo we headed over to Figment. I must say, that purple dragon is my favorite. I don't know why I didn't take any photos.

This is one of my favorite photos! Ky even ended up buying the green monorail to take home (my parents gave her $).

We had a 10:45am reservation in Norway for breakfast. It was a surprise for the girls. The loved meeting Belle, Cinderella, Aurora, Snow White and Ariel. The food was good! and it was a great way for the girls to see a lot of princesses with out waiting in line. I'd highly recommend it. As this was the only time we saw Cinderella, Snow and Ariel, I was glad we went.

After breakfast we walked around Norway and Casey and I rode Malestorm. Ky was too scared and wouldn't join us (this became a theme for her... sigh..)

We headed back across and saw Duffy.

Photopass one

Then back across to England so we could see the Traveling players. They were so funny!

We caught Tigger and Pooh w/ no lines inside England. Ky even asked Tigger to bounce with her. So cute!!!!!

Photopass ones:

The kids got Kidcot bears and we headed back towards Canada to buy some cool bracelets -- I had hurried everyone to England to catch the live show.

and a funny photo

Caught a bit of OffKilter

A nice photo around the lagoon

Then headed off to France.

On Wednesday, we had a Fort day! Yippee! We all slept in and had a relaxing morning. We took a bike ride down to the Settlement a little after 10am.

And the girls enjoyed the playground

Around 1pm, we took a bike ride around the Fort, then took the path (Thanks TCD for the path info!) over to the Wilderness Lodge.

We saw A LOT of deer of this path!! I'm pretty sure I saw more deer on that ride to and from WL, than I've ever seen in my live (not counting zoos).

The girls really enjoy bike riding.

I like these photos. I took them w/ my iPhone while riding behind everyone. So glad I didn't fall over!!! LOL

We all liked the Wilderness Lodge. That's the resort I'd pick if I couldn't stay at the Fort (of course, it's the only one I've seen in person LOL).

The girls did some pin trading w/ some cast members and since it started raining and thundering, we hung out inside the lobby, shopped in the gift store and just enjoyed.

I wish I had taken more photos.... but alas I was to busy enjoying myself!

When the rain let up we rode back (which was sometime after 3pm). The girls really wanted to go in the pool. So, off we went.

The girls LOVED the pool.

We stayed so long, I went back to the camper and made dinner and brought it to the pool.

I also made an apple pie while I was there. :D

Lou stopped by before work to bring me a spike. ( I got spiked!) and have some apple pie with me, the girls stayed at the pool w/ Ken, so they would have to wait till later on in the week to meet Lou.

I went back to the pool we ate at a table and stayed till the rain/thunderstorms drove us away. It was a great day.

Tomorrow is Thursday and we headed to Epcot.

On Tuesday we all slept till 9am! We thought we'd have a rest day... but when the girls woke up, Casey asked if we could go to a water park.

So, off we went. We where there just after they opened. We all took a trip on the Lazy river then split up. Ken took Kylie to the kiddie area while Casey and I rode some of the bigger slides. Casey's favorite was Crush n Gusher. We rode it twice in a row. Then we headed back to our 'spot' and had some lunch. Just as Casey and I were heading back to the lazy river, Ken and Ky walked up. So we all took a few times around the river to relax. Just as we were thinking of heading to the shark tank, the skies opened up and they closed down the water because of Thunder storms. We relaxed and waited under our canopy w/ our stuff for an hour, till they opened up the park again. The kids did a few more small slides, then we headed back to the campground around 4pm.

The weather had cleared up some by then, so we decided to take a bike ride.

We saw a deer on the side of the road just past the Meadow pool.

And we explored the Tri-Circle D farm.

The girls like walking around the barn and seeing all the huge horses. Kylie particularly liked the little white pony's in the pens.

We rode back up and around a few loops then headed to the campfire.

We didn't get to see Chip and Dale that night as the Thunderstorms rolled back in. Since it was after 8pm by that time, we headed back to our site. The girls got ready for bed and hit the hay. Ken and I stayed in our screen house having some Wine coolers and relaxing till around 10pm, then we got some shut eye too.

Thanks Charity! They used the

Birnbaum's Walt Disney World for Kids 2012

http://www.amazon.com/Birnbaums-Walt-Disney-World-Kids/dp/1423152255

It was good to have in the parks if we had a question about a ride, and it's now the girls keepsake :-) They shared it, I didn't want to carry around 2 separate books, and it was quicker because the character only had 1 book to sign.

Ok on Monday Casey and I went to MK for her YES class. A photopass photographer happened to take a picture.

You really can't see Casey, but she was there. This in in Liberty square over by one of the shops. The instructor was discussing refraction.

The class lasted 3 hrs and was over by about 12:05. We were over at Micky's Philharmagic, so we walked around the castle (because we hadn't been able to walk thru the actual castle on Sunday, Casey didn't want to walk thru without her sister, so we went around. awwww!)

I had a photo taken of just the 2 of us at the castle.

Then, Casey did some pin trading on the way out and we stopped at Aurora because there was no line. Then headed back to the Fort.

The girls loved swimming in the pool! and Kylie really didn't want to leave the Fort to go to Epcot... but mean parents that we are, we made her.

I tried to remember to get photos taken if I saw a photographer, but I only saw 1 that night.

We enjoyed Epcot. I really liked the live shows at the countries and the girls liked Innovations and Club Cool.

Ok. So, we had a GREAT first couple of days. Here's a few more photos from Sunday and Monday before I move on.

Kylie with Minnie

The girls w/ Minnie & Mickey.

Cinderella really like Casey's headband!

I even got in the photos :-)

Kylie

Casey

Belle

The Girls favorite was Rapunzel.

Those are just some of the Photo pass photos from our first day at MK.

My fault, I didn't realize I had to "order" it. I though it was just sent automatically after my trip ended. Stupid me. I got the CD in the mail last night... however, a lot of photos are corrupt on the CD. So, I called the photopass people and yes they had technical difficulties that week, so they are sending me a new CD. I'll get it next week..... But I won't wait for it to cont. the trip report. :-)

still haven't received the CD yet.... I really want to have all those photos to post in order.... I know I wouldn't go back and repost them after I have written about that day. ugh. Just a little bit longer.. hopefully the cd will be in my mailbox today.

Cindy

Lil Lou says Hi!

We had lunch there in August, it was delish! And fun.

Have them arrive at 7pm so they can play games with Chip & Dale

I know, I know.... it should arrive any day!!!

We were at the Fort at the same time! Sorry we didn't get to meet up. We went to Downtown Disney the day you arrived. :-)

Glad you had a good first day and your puppies are adorable!

Wow, I so need to get to work on my TR... but I"m waiting on my Photopass CD so I can have everything in order... I like order.