Fall 2011 TR

[my2sweetums]

We just got back last week from our longest trip yet to the World. 22 nights. Aside from the heat being overwhelming at times, and 2 rounds of colds, we had a great time. Also worth mentioning is that I was 27-30 weeks pregnant on the trip. First time I have ever done WDW that pregnant. While we were there, we celebrated Bill's birthday, Saryn's 2nd birthday the day after Bill's, and Bram's 4th birthday 9 days later.

We left Michigan on Sept. 19th and drove almost 12 hours to get to Adiarsville, GA for the night. I packed our lunch and dinner so we didn't need to waste time stopping for those.
The next day, we were up and going by 5:30am to make it through Atlanta before rush hour. We ended up arriving at WDW around 2pm. Our first 4 nights were at POP. We were in 60's. We had a nice stay there, rooms were great, food court was awesome (even more so since we could use our Tables in Wonderland there), and the kids always love looking around the grounds. Here are a few pics:







While we were at POP, we went to EPCOT and rode a few things, ate in Mexico, and saw Snow White. The heat and humidity were just waaayyy too overwhelming for me. I just can't tolerate it well while pregnant. We had fun, but I was ready to be out of there by mid afternoon.





We also had an ADR at Crystal Palace for breakfast on our 2nd full day. We were much more impressed than our last visit. We didn't even wait 5 minutes for a table. The food was really good too. The only thing that was slightly annoying was that we were there 2 hours and Piglet never came to our table. We gave up on waiting for him as he was always supposed to be just about to us. Saryn was REALLY scared of the characters and she spent the whole meal in fear of one of them gettting close to her.

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By the end of the meal, she was fine as long as they didn't try to touch her:

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The kids waiting to see the new Tiki Room, they were not impressed at all, they loved the last version. I thought it was cute.




All the kids waiting to go on TTA (one of our family favorites)




The next day, we checked into the cabins. We were in loop 2600. Our location was nice, the pool was right at the end of the loop. However, right behind our cabin was a bus stop which was noisy at time (the busses beepiing) and people were always playing behind the cabin while they waited. (Jen: I think it was the exact same cabin I told you we had before and I didn't like)
After unpacking, one of the first things we did was pen presents for Saryn's birthday.




She really loved her baby Belle doll:

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Saryn also got Disney princess dress up clothes and a Disney princess beauty set. Her brothers helped her dress up and do her hair.



And long after she was tired of it, they were still there playing. They are going to kill me for this some day, LOL



Our dinner that night was at Whispering Canyon. I usually love this place, but the service was so super super slow this time that it was hard to enjoy. We spent half the meal thirsty because she didn't bring our refills and we had a really hard time getting more food. However, Saryn did get a birthday cupcake, and she loved it. The rest of us really enjoyed our desserts here too.



Here she is clapping when they sang Happy Birthday to her:



And eating her cupcake:



Dessert pics in the food pic thread

[my2sweetums]

Since she didn't eat much of it, we took Saryn's cupcake back to the cabin so she could blow out candles:

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Kids playing at the playground at FW. There is just so much to do there.





Bram at the great piggy bank adventure in Innoventions. The kids love this. They also loved the Waste Management game and were really disappointed that it is gone.

[dalmatianfan7]

I love love the pic of them all sitting with the sunglasses on. Such "cool dudes". How sweet that they would play princess with their sister. BTW her name should be mini-christina. She looks so much like you. can't wait to hear more!!
Heidi

[McDuck]

Looks like you all had a blast and love the boys playing with the dress up kit! Ha!!! Sounds like 2600 may be a loop to avoid. Thanks!!!!

[disnifiedmarge]

Love the trip report so far.

Saryn with Snow White..... so precious!

And the boys in sunglasses.... Hollywood Meets Wedway!

Sorry to hear about slow service in Whispering Canyon. That place is usually hopping!

[adi12982]

Great start! And Saryn is so adorable, and she's looking more and more like you everyday!!

[susanm]

GREAT PICTURES CHRISTINA... wow are your kids growing up so fast....adorable...looks like big brothers are really taking care of little sister....just great... i know what you mean about the heat...i was there in august and it was beastly....sounds like you guys figured out how to deal with it too..