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Posted 10/11/2008 12:09:17 AM


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Okay, my apologies to everyone for dragging this out so long. But since we are approaching the month mark of to when we returned I figured I better finish this thing.

Day 8

Friday, September 12th

We got up this morning, a little sad that it was our last day. The kids and I got ready while Troy went down to the front desk to make sure we didn’t have to switch rooms today. Luckily they obliged. So we got ready and went to the Magic Kingdom. When we got to the MK we went to Toontown since the kids haven’t rode Goofy’s Rollercoaster yet. So the first ride for the day is Goofy’s Rollercoaster and it was a walk-on. We preceeded to ride Goofy’s four more times and then we surprise the kids and let them get their faces painted. Kyan choose “Wishes” and Trey choose “Cpt Jack”. I thought the kids looked great and they really liked it.

Then they chose to go to Mickey’s house again and I thought we should go ride the roller coaster again. When we get out of Mickey’s house who do I spot but the dream team coming down the ramp at Goofy’s roller coaster, can you believe it we missed out on dream fast passes. Although we didn’t really need them because a lot of the rides were walk-ons.

After spending time in Toontown we ride all our favorites in Fantasyland again that didn’t have a wait. Like Pooh, Snow White, Small World, Mickey’s Philarharmagic, Peter Pan & the Carousel, and then we head off to Splash and Thunder Mt. Well let me back up because…Trey and Troy did Haunted Mansion and Kyan and I went to get Big Thunder FP but the stand-by was 5min so we went and rode and then met them back up. We got to the kids’s new favorite place Pecos Bill. I got a taco salad, which wasn’t very good, Troy got BBQ sandwich meal, and the kid’s got a cheeseburger adults meal and spilt it. Total was $38.62.

We get to visit with Wendy and Peter Pan and we take a ride to say goodbye to the pirates and Cpt Jack. Here I was able to sneak away and purchase a jacket I wanted to get for Trey along with a book on “How to draw pirates”. After this we grab a spot to watch the parade. However we had to purchase a drink and a pretzel for the kiddos ( which was a snack credit) Today before the parade there was a preshow thing with a special float to announce the release of Sleeping Beauty on DVD. It was really neat. The parade however seemed to be the same parade except it didn’t have the globes around the characters on the floats.

After the parade we go through the Swiss Family Treehouse. It was something Trey was really looking forward to since we watched the movie the weekend before we left. He really enjoyed exploring all the hidden treasures. After we rode the Magic Carpets and then we went and meet Aladdin and Jasmine, while waiting to meet them the CM gave away jewels to the kids waiting in line, Kyan some how ended up with 2. I am not sure how she worked that.

We went to ride the Jungle Cruise. And during the ride a kid was selected to drive the boat through the cruise. Well when we was finished with the ride Trey wanted to ride again. I humored him and went along with it. Knowing what he wanted to happen. We rode and Trey wasn’t choose again. When we got off, he want to ride again and we refused. Trey had his meltdown. I reminded him of the one chance he was asked to drive and he turned it down. That didn’t help his attitude. So we headed off to enjoy a Dole Whip. Ice cream break was $15. Then it started to sprinkle and we was all getting tired. So we decided to leave around 5pm.

We hoped the monorail to the Polynesian and we got off there to enjoy the stores and to catch a bus to Downtown Disney. Since Kyan slept through DTD, it made shopping so much easier. And walking through the princess room was a breeze, although I am sure she would have loved to see it. I purchased a charm bracelet for Kyan and a set of princes that came with different outfits for her. When she woke up we got her some popcorn.

Also at DTD we went into Goofy’s Candy store. I purchased some chocolate covered marshmallows that were on Mickey straws

, taffy, candy for the children in my class, Troy choose some type of German Chocolate cookie, and I think we may have had some other type of candy but I am pulling a blank. We had a $25 gift certificate for Rainforest Café and we let the kids each spend $10. Trey choose a really neat wooden rain stick and Kyan choose a panda bear. Then we still had money left over so each of the kids got a plate from there. We took our treasures and went to the bus stop so the kids could go swimming and watch the movie out by the pool. The movie tonight was Game Plan with the Rock in it. It was cute and the kids enjoyed swimming. We ate pizza out by the pool and then called it a night. Free dining pizza came to $23.84 and Troy purchase bread stix for $5.34.

 

Kinda hard to see the screen, sorry

Day 9

Saturday, September 13th

The next morning we had to leave the resort at 6:30 and the Magical Express was completely packed. They actually had to call in a second bus because we had so many people. We arrived at the airport and we had the children spend sometime doing school work before we had to board. The flight was pretty uneventful and Kyan actually slept through the whole flight so I listened to Radio Disney and enjoyed at magazine.

Total Free Dining Today: $79.96

Total Free Dining During Trip:$901.06

Total Out of Pocket Expense:***$43.74

This did not include are tip that we left at each table service restaurant



Kristi

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Posted 10/11/2008 12:28:08 AM


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Wow, sounds like you last day was a good one! Okay, was Trey waiting in line with Kyan, maybe he gave her his gem? Or maybe she just batted her eyes and worked that girl magic! Chocolate covered marshmallows....may have to grab some of those, just a few won't hurt me! For the Magical Express, did ya'll have to wait on the 2nd bus or were you able to get on the first one? Did that make you run a little late or no? See, I'm too OCD about being places on time so it would be very hard for me to rely on someone else to get me to where I need to be.






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Posted 10/13/2008 2:41:54 PM


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That's exactly why we went down to catch our bus early.  I was afraid we'd miss it and have to wait.  We did miss the earlier one and got the 2nd one.  Of course....everyone else does the same thing...maybe if I'd gone when they told me to they wouldn't have had to call for a second bus....

Glad to hear your trip ended well!!!!  What a fun week!

Mynde - All it takes is faith and trust...and something I forgot...Dust...just a little bit of Pixie Dust 

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Posted 10/13/2008 9:53:17 PM


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We was actually 30 minutes early. We checked in our luggage no problem however this one huge group of people was having issues and butted in line in front of us while we was waiting to load on the bus. They all just kept getting in line with the family instead of getting behind us. I was a little miffed and comment to the family in front of us and they agreed that this huge group was causing all sorts of problems this morning. When they begin loading the first bus and we knew there was no way and it would be a "loud" bus we was so happy when that second bus pulled up. We was the second family on it and we had plenty of time to spare at the airport that we shopped around a little.

Kristi

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Posted 10/13/2008 9:54:08 PM


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No, Trey was mad at the time and refused one. Troy said the lady offered to trade with Kyan but instead Ky ended up with 2

Kristi

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Posted 10/13/2008 10:46:57 PM


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Sounds like a great end to your trip.  I sure wish I had gone into the Disney Store in the airport right when we got there on our last night.  It closed 10 minutes later and I missed my chance.

Over $900 with free food.  Awesome.  I sure hope they do the same thing next year!

Leanne

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