No Planes but, trains, automobiles, buses, boats, golf carts and ambulances.

[GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing the trip down. I'd never even heard of that train.

[PureTcrazy...rita 380]

That is just a cool experience! Looking forward to your time at the Fort!

[disney4dan 68]

Nice! Looks like a great way to start a trip.

[Total Joker ... TJ 203]

:popcorn:

[h2odivers...Ray 952]

What a cool way of to travel. I think I would have to get a sleeper car. I couldn't handle 16+ hours in a coach seat. Great pix. Keep them coming.

[stefa70 205]

I'm all caught up!

The whole train thing is pretty cool. Tiny, but cool! I wouldn't have a problem in there, but my boys may not be as comfortable. ^-^

You didn't mention, was your daughter feeling better after a good nights sleep?

Can't wait to hear about your Fort experience.

[Southern Blessings 4]

Yay, you're finally at the Fort!

[SCTigerCock 171]

That is awesome!!! Wish I would have done the Auto Train now!

[beccaewert 10]

pretty neat & interesting! Thanks for sharing the train portion of the trip! Now....what about the rest

[mommy rainbo.....Bo 41]

I hopefully will be posting the cabin portion of the trip in the next day or so. Having -G- home and -J- out of school has slowed me down, not to mention that holiday. Lol

[mommy rainbo.....Bo 41]

We made it. To say it was interesting from the train station to the Fort is an understatement. My updated GPS could not find the Fort, or its address. I couldn't find anything Disney. So we almost missed that first turn after the Magic Kingdom sign. But we made it and a very nice older gentleman cast member checked me in. I had done the online check in but still had to do some things. Our cards were not in the packet so they had to be remade. My daughter and husband started a checkers game while we waited to get everything straight. We got our assignment and were off to the 2800 loop with our map. I called Kenny and left a message letting him know we made it and we would be looking for our Kenny Cart. Willow Way aka 2800 loop was easy to find. Our home away from home is cabin...

We moved right in and unpacked. I hung my Mickey decoration.

Again out of order. This picture is "after the incident" on saturday. It was taken on Monday after our down day Sunday, when we spent time picking up the pine cones and decorating.

Here are some of my Cabin pictures for those that need to know what it looks like.

(ok the pictures are from day 2 or 3, pardon the mess) but they fit here...

behind the shoe caddy thing. Is housekeeping's closet in case you needed anything. I think they had a broom and a small step ladder.

Then it was time to eat we were starving. We decided to walk out to the bus pick up. While walking out from the back of our loop Kenny called and let me know where our cart was. Hubby grumbled but it was an easy walk over to it, so we picked it up and we were off to the settlement.

Our ride for the week.

-G- wondering why I am taking pictures...Duh my trip report.

Hubs got the catfish plate, he said it was good. I loved the mixed fries.

-J- got the grilled cheese with fruit and salad. She wasn't a fan of the grilled cheese. It didn't taste like home, but I took a bite and it was pretty good. She loved the grapes and salad though.

I got the pulled pork I think. It was tasty as you can see by the picture.

It wasn't crowded at all and the service was slow but I think most of that was we were feeling rushed to get started on our way to the MK. We rode back to the cabin to put the charger away, get a cup of coffee for -G- and we were going to be off to the MK. It didn't quite happen that way. I was putting more things away and he said the coffee maker has MOLD. We called house keeping and had to wait for someone to come out. The pot was clean but inside the tank area was growing this..

The head of house keeping came out. She saw what we were saying. She took our old coffee maker and left. She came back with a new in the box one. She washed it up and left us a ton of coffee and supplies. (delay was about and hour). Now we are off to the Magic Kingdom.

To be continued.....

[momof3kids-Yvonne 594]

My family wondered why I was taking food pictures too every time we went on a vacation. Now they are just used to it. In fact I have the youngest trained to where she will grab the camera and start taking pictures before anyone has a chance to take a bite. :rofl3:

[beccaewert 10]

Yuck on the mold----but at least they gave you a brand spankin' new one!!!! I think this deserved a free cup of joe from Trail's End....but thats just me :thumbsup3:

[Beckers 1,136]

Omg the mold!!! I will have to warn my parents that they should always look in there! Our coffee pot was busted when we stayed at the cabins and had to get a different one.

[stefa70 205]

Great job on the "Merry Christmas" in pine cones!

Ewww on the mold. :dropjaw:

[Fugarwe(MN John(Juanito)) 23]

Enjoying this report very much. I love trains and Disney so this is a double whammy for me!

[mommy rainbo.....Bo 41]

Ok, now that -G- had coffee we are off to the Magic Kingdom. I do not have a lot of pictures from our times in the park that I am willing to use. I will not show -J's- full face. I also had bought a new point and shoot camera for this trip and I think it was defective. Out of 800 or so pictures I only have less than a hundred that are usable. I have zero pictures of the first boat ride or us getting into the gates. I was a little busy trying to do everything...lol

So here it goes.

We gathered up what we needed and headed to the marina.

Here is -J- waiting on the boats arrival.

It was about 3:00 when we headed out from the cabin. The big boat came within 5 minutes of us being at the dock. It was really neat to take a boat to MK. This was our first stay at the campground so this was all new.

The crowds were light. We didn't wait to long to get thru bag check.

My daughter was in shock trying to see everything and not being a brave soul was trying to figure out what this was all about. We headed down main street towards the Castle. -J- was so wide eyed it was great to see. We stopped and looked at it for a moment. She asked if Cinderella was home. I said Im not sure but we will see here at dinner tonight because she invited us to dine in the Castle.

**Small rant. I made all my arrangements 180 days out. I booked the trip thru AAA and we had special passes for the special viewing area for the 8pm fireworks. So our dining reservation was at 6:45. Disney was having a private party for the grand opening of Fantasy Land and the times changed for the fireworks to 6. If I had not looked it prior to our trip we would not have made the special viewing area. No one told us of any changes when we got to Disney. Strike one. **

We strolled around and finally she saw something she was willing to try DUMBO. There was no line and we almost walked right on.

Us flying high.

Then we wandered around some more and found another favorite the Carousel.

We strolled by Peter pan and decided to try the Winnie the Pooh ride. Or should I say nightmare. Ugh, -J- did not like Pooh's acid trip so we will not go back to that one for a few years.

Told you about the bad pictures.

So at about 5:30 we strolled over to the little area to the right of the castle and took a seat up front.

-J- waiting.

Our view

Still waiting

She loved them. We didn't even have to use my shooting ear muffs that we brought. The music made it work for her. We live a quiet life and she doesn't like loud noises.

my one semi cool picture

another one I wish was focused better

Wow that was cool and so glad -J- enjoyed it. Hubby and I use to come into MK just to see the fireworks then hop on the monorail to Epcot or bus to HS.

Fireworks were now over so off to the main event, Cindy's round table. Lets go meet a princess. To say that my daughter is princess crazy is like saying you like the Fort. She is crazy about them. Our Reservation was for 6:45 and it was almost that. We still didn't know where to go for this. At the bottom of the ramp a nice castmember let us behind the rope and we walked up to the front of the castle. (wish I had taken pictures). We checked in and got in a short line. After about 5-10 minutes out came our hostess. It was so cute, she nearly flipped her lid when she saw Cinderella. Hopping up and down she was so excited.

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We took our photos and went upstairs for the meal. It was pretty good. We were seated on the left side toward the front of the castle I think. What we didn't know was that we were seated next to some VIP's (secretary of something and the governor of Florida, plus a bunch of people with funny ear pieces.) So we had a great seat for the princesses who came right to our area.

Snow was first

Then Aurora

and then Jasmine(I fixed this picture so I can use it.) doesn't she have a big head.....

And we cant forget Arielle

Surprisingly the food was excellent.

-J- had pizza

-G- and I had the grilled chicken pasta.

**another annoying thing. -J's- chair was broken. The cross spindles on the bottom were completely undone, unglued and separated from the leg of the chair. If a heavy person sat on that chair they were going down. I did point it out to the server when we were getting ready to leave, so no one else could get hurt.** #2 maintenance problem..

We finished up. It was about 8pm. When we went downstairs we were told that they have to escort us out since the park was closed due to the private party.

WHAT EVER... actually the girl was very nice. She really seemed to like working there. She left us at the front near the train station, because -J_ needed a potty break before leaving. She said it didn't seem like we were going to try to crash the party or anything.

Per other talks with castmembers(on later visits) it was a giant drunk fest and it was a long night for them.

It was really cool to see the park without anyone really in it.

I wish a photographer was around for the party I would have had them take a picture for the photopass.

We all slowly..., it was a long day, walked out and walked on a boat to the Fort(pixie dust).

It was a good first day.

[Big Kahuna aka John 71]

Wow... J met up with princess central.... I love seeing the first time children... you can see the excitement and wonder wherever they look or go.

[GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799]

Great update!

My 3 year old LOVES most rides (even mini roller coasters) but hates Pooh. He even told his friend who just went to Disney not to ride Pooh because it has thunder. It's amazing what he can remember from the April trip.

[SCTigerCock 171]

Your daughter is so cute, even just the back of her head!!!! :heart: :rofl2: :heart:

Has she stopped talking about the princesses? I bet not.... :rofl3:

Thanks for sharing.

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

Awesome updates! We are taking our DD to see Cindy in February. She is princess crazy too.

Looking forward to next update!

[Momof6....aka Marty 769]

Loving the pictures! The ones opf the cabin were great, except the moldy coffee maker. Yuck-O!

I took my youngest to WDW when she was 3yo. That was 2 years ago and I am thrilled by how much she still remembers. Of course, the fact that I still read our trip report evey couple months probably helps! :D

[Southern Blessings 4]

Sounds like a fun first day!

[mommy rainbo.....Bo 41]

It is Thursday 12/6/2012 the opening day of Fantasy Land. Yeah, my hubby and crowds so not happening. After having breakfast in the cabin are off to Epcot. We motored our way down to the marina to catch a boat to MK.(less than 5 minute wait) We did get to see some of the fireworks of the opening, and the crowds. The boat ride was nice and quick.

We then took the ferry to TC to catch the monorail.

We get to the TC and the monorails are down... :banghead:

I can hear Lou in my head saying see I told you soooooooo.

We hopped a packed bus where we didn't get a seat over to Epcot)no bus wait. I talked to a nice couple that were celebrating their 45th anniversary. They were nice. We arrived in a timely manner.

This is the one and only foliage picture I have of the whole trip...

We were standing around under space ship earth, wondering where to start and a very nice cast member named Mikiey said come with me you are now VIP's. He took us in Spaceship Earths VIP entrance and made our day. The wait at that time was 20-25 minutes and to have this happen on our first ride was soooo cool. I didn't think to get his picture but we did thank him. Pixie Dust is awesome.

This became my daughters favorite ride.

After Spaceship Earth we wondered over to the countries.

We found a few more Princesses and a prince.

First was Casual Belle (in her everyday blue dress)

Admiring the outfit.

And the HUG

My daughter was on cloud nine.

to be continued. have to work on dinner.

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

Another great update.

VIPs and your dd got to hang out with Belle. Very good start to your day!