natebenma
Beach Club Dee
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- Jul 19, 2008
Welcome to Chunkyland!! <-- Title of my next family TR, LOL
That is the PERFECT title!
I have not even caught up on this trip, and you haven't finished, but I am already excited about the sequel!
Welcome to Chunkyland!! <-- Title of my next family TR, LOL
Sienna loves the monorail!
Case in point:
I knew we could walk to the Ticket and Transportation center in a reasonable time which is one of the reasons I picked the Rarotonga long house
But we made it there, and had to go through bag check, as I expected.
As we exited the monorail I realized there are some things at Disney which are not fully thought out, that despite the feats of imagineering we see in the parks, it has come to a sudden and complete halt as to our utter dismay, we had to go through BAG CHECK again. What the hell?!?
Welcome to another Chunky Boat! Please keep all arms and legs inside the boat at all times!
otherwise I think some of us could have partook in a mimosa or two. But maybe that is a good thing as I would get to later...
Sienna: Oh Mickey, you so fine!
I love how Eva was holding her skirt up ala princess pose. I think she saw Chunkysis doing that and wanted to emulate her!
Apparently at Epcot, the monorail line gets dumped out into the general pubic line so we HAD to go through it again. Absolutely ridiculous and I don't understand why they cant just create a separate enclosed line for those who have already gone through bag check.
Great Morning the girls look so happy at the M&G
That is the PERFECT title!
I have not even caught up on this trip, and you haven't finished, but I am already excited about the sequel!
I smiled through this whole update!
SO many awesome photos!
Thanks for the info about rider swap. We have never done this, so I didn't know the details about how it works.
We have never dined at Garden Grill. From all of the reviews I have read, that is a mistake. I keep forgetting, or maybe I never knew, that they have POG there. Worth it for that alone!
That's also why I requested Rarotonga!! Would our request be fulfilled? Only time will tell...
I was SO unimpressed with this!! Such a waste of time! It would be reasonably easy to create a separate line for entering monorail guests, or just to have it come out in the "safe" area. Of course you'd have to make guests taking the monorail from Epcot to MK have to go through bag check to get on the monorail like they already do for MK, but I don't see that as being a problem. As someone who hates spending time in bag check lines, I wasn't thrilled with this system...
Chunkyboat is hilarious!! I love this!
Oh my gosh, Sienna!! Precious!
SUCH a great Pluto selfie!!
That is SO cute. Love!!
I can't think of a better way to start a day than Soarin' and Mickey Waffles!
That heat looks intense. Better than rain, but wow!
I agree with you regarding bag check. Come on Disney! It's not rocket science that people who have already gone through to get on the monorail should not have to go through again.
All of the kids are adorable, but Eva is just too much. Her excitement and poses had to make the trip totally worth for your sister and her husband.
We did Garden Grill breakfast for the first time in July, and LOVED it!
We did Garden Grill breakfast for the first time in July, and LOVED it!
Character breakfasts are so much fun! The kids look like they had a blast!
Funny, we just talked about this lol.
Great pics. And the food at GG looked really good actually. For some reason I didn't think this place was that well liked for the food, but I think I will try for it next time, for that sticky bun lol and for the proximity to get on Soarin' at RD lol
Loving these Chunky adventures!! How can one family have so many adorable kids?! Seriously.
The double bag check issues have totally not be "imagineered" properly, but I guess we should give the big D a pass because just about everything else is purely magical.
How did I never know that Mickey is in overalls for the character breakfast at GG? I love seeing characters in their not-so-standard outfits.
Great updates, I too was not impressed with the double bag check, stupid! Hopefully this will be fixed at some point when they discover how dumb it is lol!
You all made great time with a large group to hit both the land rides before breakfast! Yummy Garden Grill breakfast, we have done it several times and I love it!
Eeek! I just found this! Sorry I've been a bad friend and haven't been on the boards since we got back from DW 3 weeks ago . Can't wait to go back and read his adventure!
Ps, it was so great getting to see you again! Even though it was short and sweet
As we exited the monorail I realized there are some things at Disney which are not fully thought out, that despite the feats of imagineering we see in the parks, it has come to a sudden and complete halt as to our utter dismay, we had to go through BAG CHECK again. What the hell?!?
It was soft, warm, gooey and crisp in the right places....delicious!
I love how Eva was holding her skirt up ala princess pose. I think she saw Chunkysis doing that and wanted to emulate her!
Case in point:
She's so cute I can't handle it!Sienna loves the monorail!
Poor Eva can't catch a break on these rides! Glad everyone else enjoyed it though!I don't remember what row we sat in but I think we were on the 2nd row on the A side. We took up an entire row! Welcome to Soarin' with the Chunkies! I was so happy for everyone to experience Soarin' especially the newbies, and the ones who have only seen the old Soarin' movie. Eva though, was not that impressed with having to dangle from the seats while in "flight" but she held on to me and her dad on the other side of her tightly and seemed to be ok through it, definitely not "Mine Train" scared but I think she's not one for heights in general it seemed, but we made it through her first big-girl ride! Everyone really enjoyed this!
Your GG breakfast looks awesome! I need to make time to try this if I can ever pull myself away from the bakery in France.Soon we had three of these placed on our long table...behold this beauty called the Sticky Bun Bake:
It was soft, warm, gooey and crisp in the right places....delicious!
Then we got a couple of these skillets:
She's definitely got the pose down!
I love how Eva was holding her skirt up ala princess pose. I think she saw Chunkysis doing that and wanted to emulate her!
Case in point:
It seems like you guys had great character interaction too!Apparently Dale missed signing the autograph books so Mimi went to fetch him to come back and he obliged!
Steve was in his element!