fowlandfishmommy 10 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Okay so I’ve never written a trip report ever. I’ve got two littles at home and we homeschool. We do tons of stuff at church and basically I have no time. But I really want to try to do this. Mostly because I love reading them so it’s only fair. And also because I want to keep track of what we did so if I’m going to write it, I think I’ll just go ahead and type it. Please bear with me. I won’t be fast, my grammar won’t be correct, and my pictures won’t be that great. :) But we had a ton of fun and did a LOT in 8 days! Speaking of pictures. I won’t get my photopass cd until a few more weeks and it rained every single day of our trip so I had to leave the camera in a bag in the backpack under my husbands poncho a lot of the time. So I didn’t take as many pictures as I would have liked. Plus I have a crazy two year old! Okay so now it says my pictures are too big to up load what do I do? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 I will patiently await your report! As far as pics...are you uploading to a picture hosting site like Photobucket or Picasa? You can't really upload directly to the boards...upload to a hosting site and then you insert the location link from the hosting site to the picture link here. There are others that can explain it better if that is what you are trying to do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Judy in Texas 150 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 After you upload your pictures to Photobucket, copy the IMG code line (displayed under or beside the picture depending on which screen you are on) and then paste it in your trip report. Good luck! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fowlandfishmommy 10 Posted October 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Thanks! Like a link for each picture? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alexwyattmommy 181 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 That is the way I understand it. Each picture should have its own link. Looking forward to your report. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 I'm looking forward to your TR too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.....Gary 85 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Hey at least you are doing one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DramaMama .......... Janet 75 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 I'm in! Looking forward to your report. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mommy rainbo.....Bo 41 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 I will be watching for your updates as I start to get my report ready. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
michele j 9 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Any trip report is a good trip report. Looking foward to more :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
momof3kids-Yvonne 594 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Looking forward to your report. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fowlandfishmommy 10 Posted October 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 So lets get this thing going. There is me, Mommy, and there’s daddy. Then Fowl, 6, and Fish,2. This was my forth trip to the world, Daddy’s second, Fowl’s second, and Fish’s first. We are normally lay on the beach, go on a cruise, and camping kind of vacationers. I had been to DW as a child and then as a teenager and in 2010 we decided to take Fowl before he turned 3. I researched like a crazy person and planned out an awesome trip. We had a great time and were completely blown away with our trip. We never imagined we would enjoy it as much as we did. As soon as we returned I was planning our next trip even though I had no clue when it would be. I continued to read and research. Eventually planning trips for lots of friends and family. By 2013 Fish was almost 2 and I heard rumor of free dining. I know for some it doesn’t save much. But if you stay at a value resort and stick with the counter service plan it really does save. Not to mention we wanted to try having the dining plan to see what we thought. So when it was announced in May, Daddy and Mommy were in Raleigh, and I got up early and booked our trip. Here is Daddy and Fish... Here is Mommy and Fowl... (hopefully there will be a non blurry picture soon) Now I realize some folks plan their end all be all trip and wait until their kids are old enough to remember everything. But we just aren’t those kinds of people. We had some extra $$ so we did it. We love traveling with our kids. They do great. We don’t just want to wait until they are older to do everything. We like to seize the moment!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alexwyattmommy 181 Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Great start! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jjbescher 17 Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 I'm in. Great introduction! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fowlandfishmommy 10 Posted October 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 I really didn’t get to plan for this trip as much as I would have liked to, but I read so much that a lot of information was just in my brain so that helped. I was excited to use the Magic Bands. We got our Magic Bands picked out and in the mail. We made Fastpass+ reservations. And where we would go each day was decided. We were using the counter service dining plan, but because Fish is only 2 he was not included in the plan. This was to going to be a trip from Saturday to Saturday in the world. We have about an 8-9 hour drive from our house in Alabama. When we took Fowl at 2 we left at 3:00 am and drove straight to Disney. He never woke up and slept solidly until 7:30am. We were in our room at 2:00pm. It worked great. But Fish likes to wake up early so we were worried that he would wake up when we put him in the car and never go back to sleep. We decided to leave our house Friday at 5:00pm after Daddy came home from work. We left at 5:30 which is pretty good for us. We drove as far as we could, the kids went to sleep at about 8:30. We stopped in Valdosta and spent the night. This worked great for everyone except me. I have a hard time sleeping in new places and probably only slept about 2 hours. We got up the next morning. Enjoyed our free breakfast and headed off to the WORLD. I will preface this with… I have a family that loves reptiles. I’ve always loved lizards, Fowl LOVES reptiles and so the love of them for all of us has grown. We have a pet leopard gecko, named Yella Fella. That picture is from last year, so that is why Daddy has no beard. Now I’m not a fan of snakes especially in the wild. They give me the willies! We stopped at the rest area that is about an hour or two before Disney World. The last time we stopped we saw an alligator in the pond. So we went over to look after our potty break. We didn’t see anything but stood there for a minute. Then Fowl spotted a snake in the grass about 5 feet away from us. He was thrilled. So was Daddy. I had the willies. :) Fun way to start. Then we got closer to the World and the wonderful love bugs began to cover our car. I said a little prayer that they wouldn’t drive us nuts on our trip. PS they weren’t bad at all. Then we stopped to get gas and I checked my email. I got an email from Disney telling us that we had been chosen to use Fastpass+ at Be Our Guest for lunch. I was THRILLED. I knew Daddy would not be a fan of waiting in line no matter how much I assured him that TCD said it didn’t take long. So I made our reservations and we went ahead and chose our meals. I was PUMPED!! Finally this is what we saw… Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fowlandfishmommy 10 Posted October 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 I really didn’t get to plan for this trip as much as I would have liked to, but I read so much that a lot of information was just in my brain so that helped. I was excited to use the Magic Bands. We got our Magic Bands picked out and in the mail. We made Fastpass+ reservations. And where we would go each day was decided. We were using the counter service dining plan, but because Fish is only 2 he was not included in the plan. This was to going to be a trip from Saturday to Saturday in the world. We have about an 8-9 hour drive from our house in Alabama. When we took Fowl at 2 we left at 3:00 am and drove straight to Disney. He never woke up and slept solidly until 7:30am. We were in our room at 2:00pm. It worked great. But Fish likes to wake up early so we were worried that he would wake up when we put him in the car and never go back to sleep. We decided to leave our house Friday at 5:00pm after Daddy came home from work. We left at 5:30 which is pretty good for us. We drove as far as we could, the kids went to sleep at about 8:30. We stopped in Valdosta and spent the night. This worked great for everyone except me. I have a hard time sleeping in new places and probably only slept about 2 hours. We got up the next morning. Enjoyed our free breakfast and headed off to the WORLD. I will preface this with… I have a family that loves reptiles. I’ve always loved lizards, Fowl LOVES reptiles and so the love of them for all of us has grown. We have a pet leopard gecko, named Yella Fella. That picture is from last year, so that is why Daddy has no beard. Now I’m not a fan of snakes especially in the wild. They give me the willies! We stopped at the rest area that is about an hour or two before Disney World. The last time we stopped we saw an alligator in the pond. So we went over to look after our potty break. We didn’t see anything but stood there for a minute. Then Fowl spotted a snake in the grass about 5 feet away from us. He was thrilled. So was Daddy. I had the willies. :) Fun way to start. Then we got closer to the World and the wonderful love bugs began to cover our car. I said a little prayer that they wouldn’t drive us nuts on our trip. PS they weren’t bad at all. Then we stopped to get gas and I checked my email. I got an email from Disney telling us that we had been chosen to use Fastpass+ at Be Our Guest for lunch. I was THRILLED. I knew Daddy would not be a fan of waiting in line no matter how much I assured him that TCD said it didn’t take long. So I made our reservations and we went ahead and chose our meals. I was PUMPED!! Finally this is what we saw… Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Don't worry about it!!!! You have been blessed with the ghost of KFK!!!! Awesome start to the report! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Woo Hoo! A new trip report! You're off to a great start. I am interested to hear about your Magic Band experiences. TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Yes, this is a great start! Looking forward to more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fowlandfishmommy 10 Posted October 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Thanks everyone! I'm excited! Woo Hoo! A new trip report! You're off to a great start. I am interested to hear about your Magic Band experiences. TCD I'll talk about the magic bands a lot during this report. I was nervous at first about the fastpass+ situation. I thought I'd have to run around like a crazy person to make it at the before scheduled times for rides. I'll explain what I thought after our first park day. We ordered ours ahead of time and picked the colors and they had our names on them. If you didn't pre order you got them when you registered and they were all gray with no names on them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alexwyattmommy 181 Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Twice the fun for the beginning of the vacation.Great email. That means you got a yellow rose? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fowlandfishmommy 10 Posted October 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Twice the fun for the beginning of the vacation.Great email. That means you got a yellow rose? We actually did not get a yellow rose. I'll explain when we get there, but I didn't see any yellow ones that day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
h2odivers...Ray 952 Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 I'm late but I'm in. Lets keep it moving. Cute pix. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fort4evr 0 Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Awesome trip report so far!! :heartsmiley: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fowlandfishmommy 10 Posted October 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Thanks for all of the help. Another question for you all. I've been trying to put a profile picture up and I tried straight from the computer and nothing comes up. Then I tried a photobucket url and it says server can not be contacted. Any ideas? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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