Mon 5/31 arrival day
Check into POR, then head to MK
Dinner at CP at 5:45
The day started off ok. I was still feeling bad from the virus, but made it ok. My sister and I arrived at the airport at the same time. I thought she was excited, but found out later (my father told my husband) that she did not want to go and was regretting spending the money on the trip. She had already made up her mind to hate it. She lives next to my parents, goes to see them every afternoon, and has never been away from home for more than 4 days. I never realized just how spoiled she is. My eyes were opened on this trip. She only works 2 nights a week, and sleeps in most days, and apparently wasn't listening at all when I went over my vacation plans.
The flight was uneventful. Katie watched Barney on the portable DVD player at the airport, and nursed and slept on the flight. We checked in at POR and had our order from Garden Grocer delivered. We got water, Gatorade (which was a lifesaver later), bananas, juice boxes, and diapers.
I was given my $500 giftcard at the desk, and all my paperwork was ready since I did online check in. I had requested a first floor room in building 27, close to the swimming hole. We got both requests, and also got a corner room with 2 windows. My sister didn't understand my excitement, and started in on the size of the room, no microwave, etc. I had explained all of this before......
Dn7 started in on swimming. I told him we would have plenty of time to swim, and were heading to MK, and he did nothing but complain the rest of the night. My sister never corrected him-just complained with him. That was pretty much the theme of the week.
We got to MK, and I ran and got FPs to Jungle Cruise, which we didn't need. We checked in at CP, and had less than a 10 min wait. Katie watched the characters throught the window, and bounced and pointed at them. I thought she was going to love it........she was terrified! She screamed every time they came close. When Tigger came out, not only did she scream but she also tried to climb out of her chair. I had to put her in my lap. She loved the mac and cheese, and ate well. She was given milk to drink, and could eat anything she wanted for free.
She can't drink out of a straw yet, so we took sippy cups. I took disposable cloths, poured some dish detergent on them, let them dry, then put them in ziploc bags to wash her cups, spoons, etc. with. I took a ziploc bag with a spoon, disposable bibs, table covers (worthless-she just yanked them off), and wipes with us every day.
We didn't love the food on this trip. I think my tastes were still "off" from the virus. But the rest of our party didn't enjoy the food either. And our table really wasn't big enough for 6 people. Katie is good at grabbing anything in reach, so it wasn't a relaxing meal. The kids got 4 autographs, but it wasn't the first meal I had been dreaming of for 6 mos.
After we ate, we walked out into the first of many rain storms. My stroller cover was priceless on this trip! ADVICE: put the cover on no matter what the weather looks like, and leave it on all week! Showers come up in a hurry in FL.
We did the Tiki Room and Country Bears during the rain, and Jungle Cruise (walk on) and Pirates (walk on) when the rain stopped. Then we watched Spectro from an empty Frontierland (the rain had cleared everything out), and Wishes from in front of CP. There was no awe, no enjoyment, from my sister and nephew. I was told that MK was not impressive, and she hoped it got better or she was going to go home early.
We got to bed way too late, but I wanted to see Wishes and Spectro one more time before they switched over. I was so regretting having them along by the end of this first day. And the buses for POR are a big negative! They were always packed, and it took forever to make it all the way around the resort. The grounds are beautiful though.
We got back to the room, and I had second thoughts about putting Katie in the tall full bed with me. I sacked out on the air mattress with her, ds12 got one full bed, dd10 the trundle, and my sister and her son the other full bed. I went to sleep hoping that the next day would be better.......
*****Katie did great on the flight, hated the characters, LOVED the Tiki Room, liked Pirates, Country Bears, Spectro and the Fireworks. She did try to climb out of the stroller during Spectro, but I put her in my lap and she was fine. I took cheap glow toys from Dollar Tree for the kids to play with during the parade. I gave an extra wand to a little girl near us, and she was so excited. Her parents tried to pay me for it, and thanked me over and over.
*****She nursed on the plane, in both airports, on the buses, and while waiting on the parade. I think she also nursed on Pirates and in the shows. She really likes to nurse