december
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 26, 2006
Tue 6/1
AK (GAD FP-had debated this one, but not having to run around the park collecting FPs at every window will be nice)
Dinner at WCC at 5:25
I didn't make notes during the trip, so I don't know exact times or details!
I wasn't too worried about rope drop today, because we were up late the night before, and we had GAD vouchers for FPs. We got to the bus stop about 9, and got seats on the bus with no problems. But at POR, there are 4 stops, so by the time the bus headed towards AK it was packed! We had no problems exchanging dd10's GAD voucher for 5 FP cards. There were huge lines at the turnstyles (around 10 by now) so we headed into RFC, walked through, and went through the turnstyle there with no wait.
We went straight to the Safari, used an instant FP, and got regular FPs for later (which we didn't use). Then we did the Pangani trail, which was already crowded. Then we headed to Asia, and did EE (me and the kids) with an instant FP, and got a childswap for later. My sister had been ok with AK, thought it was beautiful, but started complaining about watching Katie while I rode with the older kids. We had talked about it, how the kids would get 2 rides and we would take turns, but she griped the rest of the trip about being "used." That got to me more than anything else on the trip. I was bending over backwards to make her happy, and watching my baby for a few min while I had her son was just too much for her.
She didn't want to do EE, so we got lunch at Flame Tree. We all enjoyed the food here. My sister got the pulled pork sandwich, and said it was the best she ever had. My nephew got chicken and liked it. My son got ribs, and devoured them! Dd10 got the half chicken, and I got the fruit plate. Then all 4 (including the baby) of us shared. We sat by the water and watched the ducks. This was a wonderful meal. After that, we did the animal trails in Asia while our food settled.
Next we headed to Kali. We got GAD FPs, even though FP was not enabled on Kali that day. The wait was 50 min! We used C/S, and I let her go first while I found a quiet spot and nursed Katie. She said she enjoyed the ride, but told me that people were making ugly comments when they walked through. I had heard reports on the Dis about people in standby lines doing this, but had never really experienced it. We immediately rode again with the C/S, while my sister watched Katie nap in the stroller. And yes, people were complaining! I was asked several times as we walked through how I got passes (I'm sure my kids had passed the same people twice), and people were making comments as we walked by. I almost didn't use the GADs this day, but I'm so glad I did!
She still didn't want to do EE, so I took the older kids back on. I gave her a map and sent her to Dinoland to wait on us. My nephew loved EE and Kali-EE was his favorite ride of the week. It is also my ds12's favorite.
****Note on C/S (childswap): It is good for 3 people. There were 4 that wanted to ride again (1 adult and 3 kids). They never took the FP from the person waiting to ride-only the 4 from the people riding the 1st time. So my son used that 5th FP to ride again, while the adult and 2 other kids used the C/S.
We met up in Dinoland, and I got GADs for my sister and the older kids to ride Dinosaur. She was whining about keeping the baby again, and it was getting late, so I just took the baby to ride Triceratops Spin. We rode 3 times in a row while waiting on them, and I gave away our GAD cards to a random family.
We headed over to see the Lion King show, and the bottom fell out! It stormed, and we all got soaked. The show was awesome as always, and Katie loved it! I told my sister we had a few min to shop (all she really wanted to do) and then we had to leave. We had WCC adrs at 5:20.
We got on the bus to Wilderness Lodge looking like drowned rats. We got there with time to spare, cleaned up a little in the restroom, and headed to a great meal. This place was fun. I didn't have to worry about Katie making noise, because everyone here was loud. Ds12 got the ribeye, and said it was almost as good as his daddy's, and the rest of us got the skillet. The cornbread was delicous! They brought Katie milk, and she shared everything on the skillet with us. We took our dessert to go-way too much food!
We tried to get this meal for later in the week, to replace CM's since Katie did not react well to characters, but no luck. We will go back here on our next trip to WDW.
We took the bus back to MK, and then a bus back to POR. It was still early, so my sister took the big kids swimming while I bathed and nursed Katie and got the room a little more organized.
This was a good day overall. Everyone was happy with AK, we had 2 great meals, and dn7 got to swim
AK (GAD FP-had debated this one, but not having to run around the park collecting FPs at every window will be nice)
Dinner at WCC at 5:25
I didn't make notes during the trip, so I don't know exact times or details!
I wasn't too worried about rope drop today, because we were up late the night before, and we had GAD vouchers for FPs. We got to the bus stop about 9, and got seats on the bus with no problems. But at POR, there are 4 stops, so by the time the bus headed towards AK it was packed! We had no problems exchanging dd10's GAD voucher for 5 FP cards. There were huge lines at the turnstyles (around 10 by now) so we headed into RFC, walked through, and went through the turnstyle there with no wait.
We went straight to the Safari, used an instant FP, and got regular FPs for later (which we didn't use). Then we did the Pangani trail, which was already crowded. Then we headed to Asia, and did EE (me and the kids) with an instant FP, and got a childswap for later. My sister had been ok with AK, thought it was beautiful, but started complaining about watching Katie while I rode with the older kids. We had talked about it, how the kids would get 2 rides and we would take turns, but she griped the rest of the trip about being "used." That got to me more than anything else on the trip. I was bending over backwards to make her happy, and watching my baby for a few min while I had her son was just too much for her.
She didn't want to do EE, so we got lunch at Flame Tree. We all enjoyed the food here. My sister got the pulled pork sandwich, and said it was the best she ever had. My nephew got chicken and liked it. My son got ribs, and devoured them! Dd10 got the half chicken, and I got the fruit plate. Then all 4 (including the baby) of us shared. We sat by the water and watched the ducks. This was a wonderful meal. After that, we did the animal trails in Asia while our food settled.
Next we headed to Kali. We got GAD FPs, even though FP was not enabled on Kali that day. The wait was 50 min! We used C/S, and I let her go first while I found a quiet spot and nursed Katie. She said she enjoyed the ride, but told me that people were making ugly comments when they walked through. I had heard reports on the Dis about people in standby lines doing this, but had never really experienced it. We immediately rode again with the C/S, while my sister watched Katie nap in the stroller. And yes, people were complaining! I was asked several times as we walked through how I got passes (I'm sure my kids had passed the same people twice), and people were making comments as we walked by. I almost didn't use the GADs this day, but I'm so glad I did!
She still didn't want to do EE, so I took the older kids back on. I gave her a map and sent her to Dinoland to wait on us. My nephew loved EE and Kali-EE was his favorite ride of the week. It is also my ds12's favorite.
****Note on C/S (childswap): It is good for 3 people. There were 4 that wanted to ride again (1 adult and 3 kids). They never took the FP from the person waiting to ride-only the 4 from the people riding the 1st time. So my son used that 5th FP to ride again, while the adult and 2 other kids used the C/S.
We met up in Dinoland, and I got GADs for my sister and the older kids to ride Dinosaur. She was whining about keeping the baby again, and it was getting late, so I just took the baby to ride Triceratops Spin. We rode 3 times in a row while waiting on them, and I gave away our GAD cards to a random family.
We headed over to see the Lion King show, and the bottom fell out! It stormed, and we all got soaked. The show was awesome as always, and Katie loved it! I told my sister we had a few min to shop (all she really wanted to do) and then we had to leave. We had WCC adrs at 5:20.
We got on the bus to Wilderness Lodge looking like drowned rats. We got there with time to spare, cleaned up a little in the restroom, and headed to a great meal. This place was fun. I didn't have to worry about Katie making noise, because everyone here was loud. Ds12 got the ribeye, and said it was almost as good as his daddy's, and the rest of us got the skillet. The cornbread was delicous! They brought Katie milk, and she shared everything on the skillet with us. We took our dessert to go-way too much food!
We tried to get this meal for later in the week, to replace CM's since Katie did not react well to characters, but no luck. We will go back here on our next trip to WDW.
We took the bus back to MK, and then a bus back to POR. It was still early, so my sister took the big kids swimming while I bathed and nursed Katie and got the room a little more organized.
This was a good day overall. Everyone was happy with AK, we had 2 great meals, and dn7 got to swim