Am I Crazy to go with my EX again Trip!!

[pbhall13]

Okay Gang I am ready to do a trip report.

Cast:

Me (Pamela....just loves WDW)
Sydney (9 and thinks its funny to make a peace sign in all the pictures)
Sadie (5 and informed me it was my job to push her in a carriage since
she IS a princess!)
Bud (Ex....who knows that WDW is my territory and just follows the PLAN)

We decided to head to WDW this year on October 31st. Yup...Halloween and my girls were so excited. Our flight was pretty uneventful.......love JetBlue!
We arrived at the Polynesian at about 5:30 pm and all the cares of the world dripped off my body........I know most people become exhausted when the go to Disney, but honest to goodness I become totally relaxed....no matter if we do the parks commando or just take our time! I have no worries in WDW.

Right when we arrive the Torch Ceremony was about to begin.....great...the girls will enjoy this....who doesn't like to see someone twirling flaming batons. Very nice to see.

Well we then go to check in to our room...the gave us a room in Rapa Nui...well this ain't my first rodeo so I know that a room there could be a crapshoot.......but I decide to wait until we get to the room. Open the door and go to the balcony....yup.....parking lot view....so I politely tell the gang to not touch anything and that I am going to call the front desk and politely ask for another room. I call down and explain that I just would rather not look at the parking lot during my stay....CM tells me no problem to come back to the front desk and he has someone working on getting me a better view...great!!! (and the best part was that the gang was in agreement that they would like a different room)....so we get our new room assignment at FIJI....oh the view was beautiful. Looking out our balcony we saw the beach, the wedding paviliion and Grand Floridian. Now that is a view!

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We settle in and decide to get a quick bite at Captain Cookes. Well while there we find out that we don't have to head over to DTD for trick or treating...the Poly and GF are putting on a beach party/halloween party. The girls put on their costumes and we take the path over to the GF beach area. It was great. They had a DJ, hula hoop contests, tatoo stations, campfire & s'mores, and the icing on the cake: mickey, minnie, goofy & donald dressed in costumes! (note to self....glad I did not spend $xxx.xx on the MK party) The girls had such fun, Sadie even won the hula contest (I'll tell you that little girl can shake her hips like no tomorrow...should I be worried??)

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We wanted to call it a night early since we had a full day of school, flights etc...and tomorrow is my baby girl Sydney's 9th Birthday. Her first time celebrating her real birthday in WDW.

We took a nice walk back to our room.....if you have time to go over to the Poly grounds you should and just walk the paths.....so nice....we even caught the Halloween fireworks as we headed to our room....Oh I am really here.................make a wish quick....someone pinch me and let me know that everyone is skipping along is actually happening.............and then bammmm Sydney wipes out and I can hear that dreaded cry that snaps you back into reality.......I quickly jump into mom mode and calm her down, brush her off and check for any cuts......okay we are good....let's continue mom's little fantasy sequence over again.....

Up Next: The Celebration of all Celebrations......the 9th birthday of my first born beautiful little girl Sydney (okay I am still running high on disney magic)

[amarazas]

Sounds great so far! Can't wait to hear the rest :-)

[linanglab]

Cant wait to read the rest! WDW sure does have a way of taking you out of ANY realty and putting you in this little bubble of perfectness!

[catnapfan]

Yay! Another trip report! I can't wait to hear more and see some pictures!

[3dog2kidmom]

Oh Pam, you are making me "home"sick. Sounds like you are off to a wonderful trip - can't wait to read the rest.

[askomsky]

Ohhhh I can't wait to read more!!!

[disney_girl]

Can't wait to read more! Definitely feeling "homesick" here too!

[PSL1013]

Can't wait for more. We just came back 3 weeks ago and had to get up at 3am to catch the plane...isn't it amazing that the adrenaline kicks in the minute you land in Florida, all exhaustion goes away instantly!!

[faithhope]

I love trip reports!!!

[pbhall13]

Day 2: MK (in morning)

Well it is a Happy Birthday to Sydney.........we started off with breakfast at her favorite place, Kona.......they even brought her out a cream puff and sang Happy Birthday to her

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Once breakfast was over we were headed to the Magic Kingdom.......oh how I love walking under the train station and coming upon Main Street. it never disappoints. As we walked by the Castle the show is going on so we get to catch this. Girls loved seeing all the princesses dancing and some of the villans. On our way to the tea cups we ran into Cindy's stepmother and stepsisters (Sadie would not go in the picture) Boy are they a hoot!

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First ride was the Tea Cups (a personal favorite) and then off to Toon Town for some Goofy Barnstormer (at least 5 rides!!) Then on the train we went over to Adventure Land. We opted to fastpass Splash and ride Big Thunder Mountain first. No wait so we walked on that 2 times! I think this is one of my favorites as well! As we were getting ready for our ride on Splash Mountain we notice Goofy hanging around at the exit of it....I love my photo ops so into line we went

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So we head onto Splash and have a grand old time (they laugh at me because I wear my rain cover, but hey I don't like walking around looking like I am ready to enter a wet tshirt contest (trust me no one should be subjected to that) Well we go to check out our picture and poor Sadie is blocked by the guy in front of us...no biggie...I figure we well ride this one again during the trip, but the lovely CM at the photo counter asks me if we want to ride again for a better picture and I say SURE! So she walks us back onto Splash Mountain thru the back way and we get up in rows 1 & 2 and let me tell you the picture came out so cute..............I opted to not wear the rain poncho and luckily the only thing that really got wet was my hair! Off we went to get our picture!

Now it was time to do Alladin and Pirates....always fun...getting a little hungry to we head on over to Liberty Square and get my beloved tuna sandwich at Harbor House. I will tell you we were shocked at the small crowds for a saturday. Meal was great as always.....

we then finished up with The Carousel, and Mickeys Philharmagic (soo good) grab a Mickey Bar and decide to take in some of Main Street and then go back to Poly for a swim.

Day 2 con't: will it be warm enough to swim??