disny_luvr
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- Aug 7, 2008
Do you think you'll write a trip report for your Disneyland trip? I'd really like to read one, lol. We hope to venture out west in a few years and a trip to DL is definitely on the list.
Just found and finished your report. Thank you so much for sharing! What a great job you did making lemonade! 2/3rds of my kids are not into characters at all, so I enjoyed reading about meets I have never experienced! I will look forward to a future trip report from you.
Do you think you'll write a trip report for your Disneyland trip? I'd really like to read one, lol. We hope to venture out west in a few years and a trip to DL is definitely on the list.
Thank you for sharing your trip with us!
You have a beautiful family and it looked and sounded like y'all really had a magical time. We also live in Texas, around the Lubbock area, and drove down our last trip. It was really nice, though quite a long drive.
I loved all of the kids costumes and how the characters responds to them. And what great CM's y'all encountered!!
Thanks again for sharing. It has helped ease my Disney blues a bit.
The short version is I injured my toe and it affected our Disney trip.
Here is the video of the reveal.
After exploring the room we stepped out on the balcony and were shocked by what we found. It was huge!
So before we knew it it was our turn to meet the guys. This was the look on the kids’ faces when we rounded the corner, as captured by the PP photographer.
I realized we may have another shot at Characterpalooza, as the rain had stopped. We killed a little time walking around, then headed that way with our fingers crossed.
Victory!
The CM’s commented on what an achievement it was to be first for Soarin’, and encouraged us to take photos and videos of the empty queue, as so few people ever see it that way.
Anyway, we darted across the path and headed toward the new(ish) character spot location with Joy and Sadness from Inside Out. This would turn out to be our 2nd longest wait of the trip. We got in line at 9:06 and didn’t meet the characters until 9:55. Ugh.
Our first time eating here. I had to try it after all the raves I’ve read. It did not disappoint.
. First up, the Carousel of Progress. We saw this for the first time last year and I was sure Alex would be bored out of his mind, especially with the length of it. We went late at night so he’d be more likely to just fall asleep if he got bored rather than whine and try to move around. To our surprise he sat in rapt attention for the entire thing and asked to see it again as soon as it ended.
Before we could get very far, we were held up by a sudden surprise. As we walked between the UK and Canada, the gate swung open to reveal a bunch of characters. We had stumbled upon a character training at just the right time!
My mother-in-law makes the costumes.
The best part was when a woman who had to be in her 50’s at least basically crawled over my wheelchair and stepped directly onto my obviously injured foot so she could get a better angle to take her picture of the Welcome Show.
What we did mind was that interactive thing they have in the queue that kept saying “bark like this” over and over and over and over…
All of us LOVED this meal.
After the Jungle Book show, we stopped off in front of the Tree of Life on our way out of the park to take in some of the new projections. It was so beautiful.
Gaston was on his way backstage from his last meet of the day when he spotted Cora and Alex. He stopped, called out to them, and wanted to talk to them. We went over to him but other people kept coming up and trying to talk to him. Gaston is super popular and can draw a crowd pretty easily, as you all I’m sure know. He brushed everyone else off and told them he was “talking to these people right now!”
I LOVED your TR! It has inspired me to want to stay deluxe one of these days
We are from TX (DFW) too and doing our first drive down to Disney this June (we usually fly), I am a bit nervous about it though.. do you have any tips... which route do you think is best/fastest?
I love your kids costumes, they are amazing! So glad you guys had tons of pixie dust on this trip!
I stumbled onto your report... and I LOVED it! I read the whole thing in one sitting! I'm so glad you wrote it - you are very entertaining!
I didn't intend to comment on individual things (that's a lot for an entire report!), but after seeing so many awesome (and some not-so-awesome) things that happened, I couldn't help myself and went back and added the quotes. I apologize in advance for the number!
This is such a bummer! I'm glad to read that your toe has improved, and agree with others that you were such a rock star to deal with an injured foot on a Disney trip (with its miles and miles of walking!). I hope you'll get to return to BCV on a future trip so you can enjoy SAB!
What an awesome reveal! Good job keeping the secret - it's really hard to do!
HOLY COW THAT BALCONY!!! That's AMAZING! What wonderful pixie dust from the CM, to not only get you into a room right away, but to get you THAT room! Awesome!
Wow, the first ride?! How fabulous! Anika and I once made it onto the second ride of the day (and that was entering from the front entrance - we walk fast!).
The meet with them is great, but I agree that the wait time is LONG. I'm not sure I'd wait that long to meet them again, but I'm glad I did once as they were really interactive!
Via Napoli is one of our FAVORITE restaurants on property. I've eaten there during our last four trips!
Alex is awesome. You know you're doing a good job as a parent when you mold a COP fan!
You really know how to time things well! You're character meet rock stars!!! Also, the pictures of the angry penguin are HILARIOUS!
Yak and Yeti is another favorite of ours - it's always SO delicious! As a bonus, it's always a welcome reprieve from the crazy heat in AK!
I'm glad you gave AK another try - that park has really grown on me during my last few trips!
What amazing character interactions you had throughout your trip! From riding on the teacups with Alice to lots of two on one time with Gaston - how magical! Those costumes really are amazing!
Kelley, thanks for such a wonderful trip report! I'm sorry that you won't be visiting WDW this year, but certainly hope you write a TR about your Disneyland vacation! I understand the lack of PTR - I'm debating whether or not to start one for our upcoming Universal trip this fall (there's just not nearly as much, if any, planning required for a Universal trip!). Still, I hope you do write a TR - I'd love to read it!
I've had such a fun time reading through your report! Makes me look forward to our trip even more. My compliments to the seamstress, ya'll costumes are fabulous!!