A Throwback Trip Report! - 7 Years Ago!

[StarWarsMomofGirls!]

Day Two: Hollywood Studios

I do kind of remember the girls were hitting the wall BIG time.. And Andy and I weren't completey sure what to do next. And I remember we ended up just finding a place to sit and relax for a bit. And we ended up over by the entrance of Lights, Motor, Action area. There used to be a lot of seating and a few places to get drinks and snacks... I remember we just found a table and sat and tried to get the girls to rest a bit.

And this is where I discovered the Schoffenhaufer Beer! Andy was sitting with the girls. And I went up to get some drinks. And figured I would give it a try! YUM!!!

I think we sat and just tried to recharge a little. And eventually got up and did a few more things. And that was the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids play area....

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I HATED this area! They were small enough that I really didn't want to loose track of them. And it was stress ful!!!! They loved it! I mean, what kid doesn't want to slide down a giant tongue?

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We let them play in this area for awhile.

But eventually we pulled them out of there to explore a little more before our fast pass.

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We checked out the streets of america area. And man, the one thing I do remember was the park was busy that day but back there... there was NO ONE!!! To the point, Andy and I were like, what is going on?

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We tried to gett the girls to pose like they were real New Yorkers, like my sister...

I think we saw Phineas and Ferb around here as well. But the girls weren't watching that yet... so, we passed.

But it was FINALLY time for Toy Story Mania!!!
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I have barely any pictures from this. But I DO remember that Gwen and I went together. And man alive, Gwen LOVED it!!! The whole ride, she just kept yelling "I'M DOING IT!, I"M DOING IT" over and over again. She was soooo excitied to be actually playing the game. It was soooo cute. I think she had a score. of 5 or something... but she was doing it!

We loved Toy Story Mania, but the wait for this was WAAAAAY to long to ride again. And I remember Morgan wanting to go on another ride. But literally the only other ride was Tower of Terror and Morgan did NOTT want to ride that.

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maybe we took turns on Star Tours. I am not really sure... I do know Gwen was not tall enough.

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We did get this picture... I want to say the girls refused to take a picture... oye

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And I think we watched the Jedi Traiing Show. Which the girls loved to watch but had zero intrest to actually do.

And that folks is where the photos STOP for the day! I assume we left the park after this, with no other rides for the girls to go on and no nap this day. I am sure it was time to get out of the park.

But I have no idea what we did for dinner or anything... So, there you have it!

I will say at this point in time, we were pretty disapointed in Hollywood Studios. There was not enough rides for the girls. And one day was MORE than enough for us.

Up next, back to Magic Kingdom!

 

[hpygrll]

I love this flashback report - so great. That Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground- my boys LOVED it back in the day. And they always ended up having accidents because they'd be having so much fun they wouldn't stop to actually go to a bathroom. Now one is going to college.....those were the days

 

[missjackiemcg]

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I feel like the girls had asked them something super cute. But for the life of me have no idea what it was...

This is just adorable I remember Jimmy as a 2 year old was really concerned about why Buzz doesn't have his helmet closed. He just kept pointing at him and saying, "Buzz. Hat. Buzz. Hat."

Love all the things that you mention that have changed in the last few years. We loved the Disney Junior stage show long ago, too!

 

[Tracy161]

She literally talked about Donald fishing a Boot ALL....... THE ....... TIME.....
I have a video of a trip reveal for the next trip, and Gwen says almost immediatly, that she can see Donald and the boot.

Awww this is so cute!

We just enjoyed the pure joy they had in that moment, dancing in one of there favorite princesses "kingdom" Dancing jsut like Rapunzel did. They loved it! It was silly. Nothing we could have planned. But yet, one of my very favorite moments from ALL of our trips.

What a special moment to remember forever! And I love that you have the tradition of the girls getting a picture here.

These wigs... also got lots and lots of attention the whole trip. Everyone asked where we got them. My mom crocheted them for the girls, and they used to wear them all the time!

The wigs are so amazing!!! Your mom did an incredible job with them!

 

[missangelalexis]

The girls look so cute in the Toy Story photo ops!!

It's crazy how much DHS has changed since then!

 

[kastoney]

Loving the time warp!!!!! I remember we went to BoG right after they opened too and you would have thought we won the lottery when we scored that reservation. I don't remember meeting the beast but I can so see why he would have terrified poor Gwen.

God how I hated that Disney Jr. show. We did it so many times I lost track as Casey loved all the characters and the narrator was named Casey so she somehow thought she was in the show Between sitting on the floor and gold doubloon everywhere (and Casey insisting we take them with us) I was over it before we even set foot inside.

I only have a memory of doing the honey I shrunk the kids play area once and thankfully we were with my brother. So we had him follow Casey around while Jason and I found adult beverages elsewhere in the park

Here are a couple of throwback photos I have of Casey. I could never remember what we did on any day but I know we had a great time.

 

[StarWarsMomofGirls!]

This is just adorable I remember Jimmy as a 2 year old was really concerned about why Buzz doesn't have his helmet closed. He just kept pointing at him and saying, "Buzz. Hat. Buzz. Hat."

I mean that is a real concern! I forgot that Morgan didn't understand why they were so big. She kept saying they should have been toy sized...

The wigs are so amazing!!! Your mom did an incredible job with them!

Thanks. The girls used them a lot... back in the day.

I remember we went to BoG right after they opened too and you would have thought we won the lottery when we scored that reservation

Right! I am not even sure how I got it.

I love that she is double fisting, bacon and waffles!

And I LOVE this!!!! So cute!!!!

 

[StarWarsMomofGirls!]

Day 4: Magic Kingdom

Looking at the pictures for today, Magic Kingdom was really where most of the memories came from this trip. Not all, but today was another good day!

Another VERY random thing that I remember about this day. Was that we had a very specific goal this morning. And we had gotten to the park for rope drop or maybe it was Extra Magic Hours. But we were there and at rope drop of Adventureland to meet the fairies. But when we were all let in, we found out that the fairies didn't meet for another hour.


So, It looks like we started today off on the Happiest Cruise.
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I am not sure how this was the first time we were riding it? It is the first pictures of us on it... So... who knows.

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When we came into this room Gwen screamed Agrabah! and there was no convincing of her otherwise.

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The girls loved the "dolly ride" as Gwen called it.

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It looks like we still had time to kill, so we went on the tea cup! I mean nothing but the headliners for us!
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But I mean how can you say no to that face.

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I am pretty sure we let them turn the wheel, so we didn't spin too too much. But they clearly loved it.

After our spin cycle, we headed to get in line to meet the fairies.

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I feel like I purposefully made us cut through the castle so I could see the mural.

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At this time, you could meet Tinkerbell and 1 of the other fairies in Adventureland. (Where Skipper Canteen is now). So, we didn' t know which "other" fairy it would be. But the girls were big fans of the Fairy movies at the time.

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There was some extra large items to make you feel like you have "shrunk" But not too much.

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But that didn't stop Morgan from being SUPER excited about meeting some fairies.

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We were next in line and the girls started getting nervous and getting all fidgety.

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First up was Vidia! If you don't know Vidia was kind of a wild card. In the first movie she is kind of an outcast and not really friends with the rest of the fairies. But things turn around for her... eventually.

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She was AMAZING!!!! She had a million questions for the girls and Morgan.... well.... she didn't know what to think or say.

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Morgan was completely tongue tied..

And Gwen...
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No idea what to say.

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She was great! And the girls loved it, even if they didn't know what to respond to her with.

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Some of the props in between the 2 fairy meet areas.

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I loved all of it.

Vidia took so long with the girls that Tinkerbell had to just wait for them.
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So, she checked out the girls books while she waited.

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Gwen was excited.

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Tinkerbell was great with them as well. They all sat down and had a little conversation.

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not sure WHAT they were talking about. But clearly they were talking about something.

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And then Tink asked Morgan a questions... again she did not know how to respond...

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Look at Morgan's face!!! Poor thing.... we said it looks like she realized she just blew it and didn't give the REAL tinker bell an answer... kind of like when you think you blew Christmas by being bad or something..

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Thankfull it was short lived worry. And the girls got some love from Tink.

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And Gwen trying too pose like Tink. She must've told them to pose that way? Maybe?

 

[StarWarsMomofGirls!]

Day 4: Magic Kingdom

After we had a successful meet with the fairies. The girls asked to take off the costumes. They def perferred to be comfortable around the park. The Fairies were great, and had so much fun with the girls.

We headed to find another ride to go on, and apparently we decided on Dumbo.

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We saw these ladies along the way.

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And these guys. Pretty sure we stopped and watched them.

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I remember just loving the extra stuff like this.

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We finally made it back to Dumbo.

At this point in time, you got a pager and then went into the play area and then came out when your pages was given. But I don't even know if we needed the pager. I think they just told us to come back when we were ready.

The girls LOVED playing in here... I liked that I wasn't worried about where they were and it was airconditioned BUT trying to get them out of there was a bit of an event!

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We had a fun ride on Dumbo.

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And then after tried to get a picture of the girls in the photo op on in-between the 2 rides... Somebody was getting tired already!

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This is how they ended up posing for us... Sigh...

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Apparently Gwen started it!

I think we decided that we needed to take a break after this. So, we headed to Gaston's.

We were able to get a table with no problem and ordered some food. I do remember that counter service was a little stressful with the girls this age. Trying to juggle all of the food, the girls and finding a table was a lot.

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Looks like we got a cinnamon roll to share and 2 of the LaFrou Brews. We still have those cups! I literally took one out of the dishwasher today!!!!

We always said, it looked like these 2 were at a bar!

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Maybe it was a bar...

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They were def hitting the wall at this point. And I think we tried to take our time and relax and recharge a little. They were def getting punchy as well.

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Morgan still liked taking pictures with Andy apparently!

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But somebody was def hitting the wall!

Somehow we mustered more energy and headed out to check out Swiss Family Tree House
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I want to say that the girls had seen the movie and loved seeing all of the stuff in the tree house. BUT that could also had been after the 2nd trip... Let's go it, it was this time...

And we somehow had the energy to go check out Tom Sawyer Island!
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The girls loved the island!!! I think for little kids, having a little extra freedom to run around and discover things is great.

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We really took our time and let the girls lead the way and explore all of the areas.

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After Tom Sawyer's Island, we went and tried to meet Jessie. Her and Woody used to meet in Frontierland at the exit of Splash Mountain.

This took forever!!!!! And it was HOT!!! But the girls DEF wanted meet Jessie. So, we waited.

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Somebody was super excited about meeting Jessie.

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Pretty sure I was explaining to Woody that we already met him the other day. So we didn't NEED his autograph...

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Poor Woody, he was totally ignored by the girls. It was all Jessie.

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Woody tried too talk to Gwen, but if you can see Gwen's eyes in the corner, she is TOTALLY giving him the "Whatever Woody, I am just here for Jessie" Look.

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It was so hot waiting but it was def worth it!

And after that, it was time to head out! As we were leaving the 3:00 parade was going on. So, we tucked ourselves in a nook on Main Street and watched yet again from afar.

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It actually wasn't that bad of a view.

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And the girls didn't mind at all.

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We headed out after that. And that folks is again where my photos STOP! No idea what we did that evening. I do think we had dinner at Kona one night. So, maybe this night...

But again, it was a great day!

 

[Isabelle12345]

It seems like it was a truly magical first trip!
Love the looks on he girls faces... so many wonderful pictures!
No wonder they got you hooked!!

 

[Tracy161]

When we came into this room Gwen screamed Agrabah! and there was no convincing of her otherwise.

How cute!

It looks like we still had time to kill, so we went on the tea cup! I mean nothing but the headliners for us!

I remember just loving the extra stuff like this.

I know it! That's what makes Disney sooo special

The girls LOVED playing in here... I liked that I wasn't worried about where they were and it was airconditioned BUT trying to get them out of there was a bit of an event!

I remember taking my niece and nephew a couple years ago and we had the same experience

What another wonderful day! And yes, the girls totally looked like they were at a bar with their Lefou's Brews! I still haven't been to Tom Sawyer's Island after all these years... though maybe I've been as a kid? Who knows! But I really do want to check it out someday I'm so enjoying this throwback trip! And how neat to relive the memories for you. I bet you can hardly remember what it was like to be a Disney rookie!

 

[Lesley Wake]

I do remember I bought milk, cereal and paper bowls this trip to eat cereal in the AM. (It was the first and last time I did that) It def helped but I don't think we ate all of it.

The first trip I brought so many snacks...and even with a hurricane we didn't eat them at all!

And that was the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids play area....

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I loved that movie so wish I could have played on this!

I HATED this area! They were small enough that I really didn't want to loose track of them. And it was stress ful!!!! They loved it! I mean, what kid doesn't want to slide down a giant tongue?

Or adult...

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We let them play in this area for awhile.

It's bad I see this and immediately think - where's the hand sanitizer?!?

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So, she checked out the girls books while she waited.

Might as well occupy yourself somehow!

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Maybe it was a bar...

Lol!

 

[PlutosRHM55]

Joining in! I love a good throwback report, especially during the last major gap period I had in between trips. Gosh, it's so weird to think there was a time that the rest of New Fantasyland was opened but Seven Dwarfs wasn't or that PFH wasn't or heck even FoF wasn't there. Also, seeing old pre-Batuuan Hollywood Studios has me all kinds of nostalgic.

Also, THE FAIRIES IN ADVENTURELAND?! I would die today if that existed, probably would live there. To think I'm more into the Tinker Bell movies now than back then (granted I'm 24 now and don't care what people think of my taste in films whereas teenager me cared too much and had a mad Disney elitist complex that had no interest in nice Tink lol)

 

[missangelalexis]

I loved when you could meet Tink and a fairy friend! Such cute pics!

Love the pics at Gastons- it really does look like the girls were sharing a drink at the bar!

Sounds like another great day!

 

[missjackiemcg]

When we came into this room Gwen screamed Agrabah! and there was no convincing of her otherwise.

Well, that's it. I'll never look at that room again without thinking of this!!! So sweet!

What an absolutely perfect MK day!

 

[StarWarsMomofGirls!]

Joining in!

Welcome!!!!

Also, THE FAIRIES IN ADVENTURELAND?! I would die today i

I think originally, there was going to be a whole Fairy portion of Fantasyland. I would have loved that. But then they decided it was too much "girl" stuff.

I loved when you could meet Tink and a fairy friend! Such cute pics!

We loved it! Obviously... I wish we did it more than once to meet a different fairy. But Vidia was great.

Well, that's it. I'll never look at that room again without thinking of this!!! So sweet!

What an absolutely perfect MK day!

It was another great day!

 

[kastoney]

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Thankfull it was short lived worry. And the girls got some love from Tink.

Oh they look so happy. I don't even remember tink having a meet and greet where Skippers now is. Looks like they certainly got lots of quality time with the fairies.

The girls LOVED playing in here... I liked that I wasn't worried about where they were and it was airconditioned BUT trying to get them out of there was a bit of an event!

Oh we always had the same trouble with Casey. Wile I enjoyed the air conditioning that kid could have stayed in there all day if that was an option. She was NEVER happy when it was time to leave. I remember we used to pretend the pager went off so it was Dumbo's fault and not ours

We always said, it looked like these 2 were at a bar!

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Girls after my own heart

 

[StarWarsMomofGirls!]

Girls after my own heart

Right? Ha

 

[vamassey1]

I'm really enjoying your Throw-Back report. So many sweet memories. Looking back I think the first trip for every kid was the best. So many things have changes over the years and each trip is so different depending on the ages of the kids.

 

[StarWarsMomofGirls!]

Hello Everyone!

I hope everyone is doing ok. We actually had a busy day yesterday! Hair cuts for me and the girls in the morning. And a backyard BBQ with some friends in the afternoon. It felt amazingly like a normal day!

I am going to try and finish up this throwback trip report today! And jump back to our August trip!

Day Five: EPCOT

Today we had EPCOT planned for the day. And I don't think we were planning on spending the whole day there. We decided to spend the morning relaxing and using the pool!

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I def think we enjoyed our time at the pool. I am pretty sure that we ate lunch poolside. And then headed back to the room to have the girls nap before heading to EPCOT.

I probably started packing us up a bit. But I remember the girls didn't want to actually nap. And we finally decided to just head out. We all got ready to go, loaded the girls into the stroller and headed out. And then we promptly turned around and went back to the room. The girls were miserable and tired!

We said we couldn't leave the room without them napping.
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Which they finally did.

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They were just exhausted! But after a nap, we FINALLY headed out.

We headed to EPCOT and wandered around. We headed to the Finding Nemo Ride first.

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The girls loved everything out front. And the ride. I think we explored the aquarium area a bit. And found the play area.

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We moved on after exploring the area. And headed into the world showcase.

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We made the girls take a picture in the England phone booth, even though they had no idea what it was...

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And explored the gardens in England.

Then moved on to France!
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By this photo apparently we also bought some plush in the Nemo area.

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And stopped for a crepe. Which Morgan LOVED!

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We really kind of walked around the world showcase, and kind of explored the areas. But the girls were just soooo tired today. (See poor little Gwen mooping by the garbage can)

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We hit Germany...

And "Africa"
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The girls enjoyed playing the drums here, of course.

And we caught some of the acrobats in China.
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But enough of the excitiment! We had dinner reservations for the night.

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