Hi Everyone!!! I just want to say, I am so excited to have you all coming along on this trip report! And I am so excited to get into the good stuff!
Day One: Magic Kingdom
We always like to go to Magic Kingdom the first day and the last day. And we were able to head there first this morning! I knew we would be getting in late, so I had prepared myself for taking our time this morning.
I believe Morgan and I woke up around 7:15, which is SUPER late for my girls! They are usually up like clock work 6 AM every day! Gwen was still asleep, so I asked Gwen to be quiet for a little longer. So, we went out on the balcony and took a look at our view.
Not a bad way to wake up! We were on the 6th Floor, so our balcony had very high sides. (basically those little peaks across the way was where our room was) So, the girls had to stand on the chairs to see anything. Which made me nervous but it had to be 4' high, so even on the chairs they would really have to work to get over the side.
I also took this picture while Gwen was still asleep.
I was PROBABLY a LITTLE TOO excited about these. They were big sized!!!! And I used them the in the afternoon, I LOOOOVED THEM!!!! So, much so, that I went down to the Mercantile to see how much the big bottles were... Well, let's say I didn't buy any. If I wanted shampoo and conditioner it would have been $50! Yikes!!!
So, instead, I hid the bottles each day so, I collected a couple trips worth!
We came back in and had to document Gwen STILL asleep at 7:35 AM.
I thought this was cute, and amazing that she was still asleep....
**Spoiler Alert** This became a theme of the trip!
Tinkbell came to visit the ladies for real this evening/morning.
Gwen woke up shortly after that and they were checking out what
Tink left.
They were both super tired but super excited to be there! Today's gifts, were the Mickey Shirts I had ordered off of Etsy awhile back, a jumbo pin that they could get autographs on, and some pins I got off of
amazon for them to trade. They were of course super excited about different items.. Morgan for the pins to trade and Gwen for the button to get autographs with.
Shortly after that Morgan, Gwen and I headed down to Roaring Fork to grab some breakfast to bring back to the room. And Andy jumped in the shower. It didn't take us too long before we were back in the room, I have us back by 8:17!
Gwen picked out this beauty!
They don't list the assorted pastries on the website, so I will have to give you my description. Candied Bacon on a Krispie Kreme donut. Gwen is more of a salty gal and this was a
HUGE hit with her. She basically ate this every morning that we went down there to get breakfast!
Morgan got in the shower once we got back. Once she was dressed and ready to go she chowed down on her selection.
She went with the cinnamon roll. It was slightly warm, they must have just put out a new batch. And she really liked it. Morgan likes things as sweet as possible, so be warned if you aren't a huge sweet person
DH and I skipped breakfast. We aren't huge breakfast eaters, and I had brought granola bars with us. So we both just ate one of those and had coffee. I am pretty sure Gwen and I waited to shower this afternoon cause we were at the dock waiting for a boat by 8:57. Not bad considering I was hoping to be there around 9...
We headed out after our breakfast and were all dressed. We waited awhile at the elevators with another family. This I will say is a BIG downfall for Wilderness Lodge. There is only 1 elevator bank for the regular rooms. And this trip one of the two elevators was out of order on our trip. We took the stairs a couple mornings because it would take FOREVER! I would consider asking for a low room if you know you will be a pool view room.
BUT when an elevator finally came! A man and son got off, and asked if we were headed to Magic Kingdom. We said yes, and he handed us (5) anytime fast passes! Good till next Saturday! We thanked him quickly as we jumped on the elevator and headed down. I felt bad not giving him a more proper thanks but I didn't want to wait another ice age for an elevator...
We didn't wait long for a boat to arrive. We were on a boat by 8:59! Once settled, we took a couple family selfies...
Just the ladies...
And then one with daddy too!
And by 9:19 am (according to my time stamp on the picture) we were past the turnstiles and looking at this magnificent view!
IMG_3878 by
Ariella Saucier, on Flickr
Both pics didn't come out so great and s
ome nice woman offered to take our picture all together, but unfortunately she didn't seem to ACTUALLY take the pictures. Oh well, we were too excited to get back in the park to have her try again.
I snapped this photo as we were walking in. And when we shared it with the family photo share, my sister questioned why I was taking pictures of trash cans! Ha!
On the boat ride over we discussed what to ride first. We didn't have any fast passes this morning, since I booked them all in the afternoon. We decided on Space Mountain! Gwen rode this for the first time last February and now claims it's her FAVORITE ride. So, that is where we went.
Space Mountain needs a refurb! Andy caught me taking a picture of this panel on the wall and he asked what in the world I was doing.. I said my dis board peeps needed to see these things. He just kind of looked at me funny.
Most of the wall looked like this! Come on Disney?!?!
Regardless of the state of Space Mountain's Walls, we were all super excited for our first ride. We did have to wait a bit... We made it to the front of the line at 9:54.
The girls super ready to ride, all qued up!
After the ride, the girls were literally bouncing up and down! They were just so happy...
I had them pose against one of the walls on the way out.
Does anyone else kids like to ride on the moving walkway and NOT WALK AT ALL?!?! OMG, Morgan always wants to let it move her, and it is sooooo slow.... Once I finally got them to move faster, I grabbed this photo of them running!
Sigh, it is apparently either not moving at all or RUNNING!!!!
But it got us onto our next attraction of the day! We headed to Buzz Lightyear next. This was down a couple of our trips, so we haven't ridden it much.
We got in line for Buzz at 10:05
We talked to a cast member outside very briefly, he was from Cape Cod and we used to go there every summer for vacation, so we chit chatted about where on the cape he was from. And then he gave us this lovely item.
Both girls didn't want to hold it! I really don't know why, so I was the lucky winner!
There was a line, but it pretty much moved constantly, for the most part. I actually had to kind of stop the line to get a picture of Buzz with his face not being all blurry.
It's a bad photo but I attempted a selfie of me and Gwen on the ride.
I have to say I am terrible at this ride! So, much so, that I am pretty sure Gwen beat me on this one. I can't for the life of me tell where I am aiming. Oh well, I make up for it on Toy Story Mania!
After defeating Zurg, we headed out. And the girls wanted to ride on the Tomorrowland Speedway. The app said it was 10 min wait. So we headed over there, but once we got there it was more like 25 mins and the girls said no thanks! So, we doubled back to the People Mover. We stopped at the giant mister...
This is where I became "mean mommy" I wouldn't let them climb on the little ledges like that boy was doing. So, I was the worst mom EVER! Sigh. We moved on, it was 10:30 by now and already getting hot!
No real pictures on the People Mover, it was going to fast and my phone was just getting blurry pictures. These are just for proof that we were on it! People Mover was great as always. Relaxing, cool and fun all at once. Oh and no line!
After this, I decided we needed a snack! So we walked up to The Launching Pad to see what they had. I ordered us a soft pretzel with Cheese, a Frozen Blue Fanta Drink, and some water.
We split the pretzel between the 4 of us. It was just enough to keep us going for the time being.
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And Morgan was in love with this! I thought for sure we would be getting lots of these on the trip, but surprisingly she didn't ask for one again.
We sat down for maybe 5 mins for the girls to eat the pretzel and Andy to fill up our water bottle with the water, and then we headed out.
I think I will stop it here before I lose everything I wrote!
Up next....
Can we find the hidden walkway to Fantasyland? And some carnival fun!