No Planes but, trains, automobiles, buses, boats, golf carts and ambulances.

[CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547]

Your daughter is beautiful! And I love her clothes!

Glad to hear about all your pixie dust. Hope it continued!

[momof3kids-Yvonne 596]

Spaceship Earth is one of our favorite rides.

Really enjoying your report!

[mommy rainbo.....Bo 41]

Back for a short update.

We then strolled over to the American pavillion. The drum and fife band was playing so my daughter started dancing...

and stalking the white birds.

When the band was done we went inside to wait for the holiday singers.

-J- danced some more.

She was really getting into it here.

While -J- danced Daddy checked his phone.

Finally the singers were ready. This is always one of the must see's of our trips.

Sorry for the fuzzy pictures.

I am very bummed that the camera stunk.

I do not have pictures but we ate next door. The food was very good. I had the ceaser salad and -G- had the BBQ hamber and -J- had a cheesebuger which she actually ate.

We then headed over to the Seas to see Nemo and turtle talk.

We basically walked onto Nemo.

Jordie liked most of the Nemo ride. The glow fish that chased Dory was too much and I just covered her eyes. We then went to Turtle talk with Crush. Not one even half way usable picture was taken. The Castmembers made a fuss over her outfit calling her the Nemo Princess, but she was not picked to talk to crush. I don't think she would have anything to say anyway.

We decided to call it a day and go back to the cabin. We rode spaceship earth one more time with out being VIP's and had to wait 10 whole minutes in a moving line...ugh people.

We also had mickey icecream... yummy.

We missed the bus. It was pulling out as we were walking around and had to wait about 20 minutes. A lifetime in my husbands eyes. Then we had a driver change. Yeah, we lost the pixie dust.

Next is my review of Whispering Canyons for dinner and Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.

[TnBob 311]

I have pictures somewhere of my daughter doing the same thing 20 some years ago, it must seem to be the right place for kids to dance.

[brerroadrunner 8]

Great trip report! Keeping me occupied as we are driving( not me) home from the fort. More please!

[Beckers 1,136]

enjoying your report Bo! can't wait to hear about MVMCP!

[fort4evr 0]

great trip report so far, bring on the rest!

[mommy rainbo.....Bo 41]

ugh, just lost a huge update. I will be back when I calm down.

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

Ooh. That sucks Bo. I have had that happen before too so I feel your pain.

[mommy rainbo.....Bo 41]

We took short naps and got ready to for dinner at Whispering canyon in the lodge. I had made a reservation for –J- at the Cubs den. It is a nice but small playroom in the Lodge for kids 4-12. My daughter liked it so much. She is an only so she didn’t have a ton of interaction with other kids.(aka time to play).

My only complaint is that it is hard to get a reservation. We booked as early as we were allowed and they kept saying that the Cubs den was booked up. There were 6 kids there when we arrived and 3 when we came back. That is not full capacity and the cast member said they usually have room. We also found out later that when we tried to tip the girls they refused. We kept at it until they took it. (Disney requires them to refuse 3 times before they can accept.) How many people are going to keep trying after 2-3 attempts?

Funny thing on the way across the lobby. (potty humor skip if you dont like this stuff)

Hubby says I need to go to the rest room before we eat. It was right next door so we are heading in that direction and a very agile middle age gentleman is hustling his way to the restroom. My hubby goes in and comes out laughing, like tears rolling down your face laughing. The poor guy is doing commentary to his little incident. Oh no, Oh no, no, no, no. Please, no, ect.... this makes my hubby laugh. I am sorry if this was you or yours, but you made our night.

We ate at the Whispering Canyon. No I did not ask for ketchup.

We had a funny and good server Carlos. No useable pictures again. We had the family trio platter. We got the ribs, chicken and beef. It was good but nothing special to write home about. The desert was lime cheesecake (yummy), chocolate cake(cake) and apple crisp that was delicious.

When we were done we had a few minutes to spare before picking up the kid. So we had our picture taken in front of the big Christmas tree by the Disney photographer.

I cropped it. I was doing something weird with my hands.

We then picked up my very happy kid and went to get a boat to MK and the Party.

The monorail was not working again so they kept stealing the boat for the Floridian, Contemporary and Poly, We finally had a small boat show up and I thought we were going to the contemporary but we went straight to MK. It was about 8:15 or so. We walked into Main Street prepping for the parade. We headed down Main street to find a good place to watch

.

We could see kids in the street dancing so off –J- went to dance with the other kids.

she is the kid with the glowing eyes

It is starting to snow…

Here comes the parade. (and my really bad picture)

Tigger and Pooh

The Mouse of the hour.

Mickeys backside

Chip and Dale

ok you get the idea. Disney parade and bad pictures.

Hey Dave your girlfriend is dancing with that guy again

My husband after having to stand in the crowds

Then we walked by Arielle’s ride

It had 45 minutes posted but the castmember could see us debating it and said it hasn’t been updated go quick…pixie dust. We walked right on. Bad camera again.

And right next door Arielles meet and greet had a 15 minutes posted and I don’t think it took that long.

And on the way out we got these taken.

It was a little after 10:30 and we were calling it a day. Back to the MK tomorrow.

[momof3kids-Yvonne 596]

MVMCP, Ariel ride and meeting Ariel all things I would love to do.

[Fugarwe(MN John(Juanito)) 23]

"We also found out later that when we tried to tip the girls they refused. We kept at it until they took it. (Disney requires them to refuse 3 times before they can accept.) How many people are going to keep trying after 2-3 attempts?"

In Minnesota it's common practice to refuse things several times before accepting. It's considered polite.

"Would you like some more cake?"

"No thank you, but it's very good."

"Then you should really have some more."

"Thanks for offering, but I really shouldn't. I should leave some for the others."

"Oh, there's plenty! Please have some more!"

"Oh, okay, if you insist!"

It's just how we are up here, can't help it.

[mommy rainbo.....Bo 41]

"We also found out later that when we tried to tip the girls they refused. We kept at it until they took it. (Disney requires them to refuse 3 times before they can accept.) How many people are going to keep trying after 2-3 attempts?"

In Minnesota it's common practice to refuse things several times before accepting. It's considered polite.

"Would you like some more cake?"

"No thank you, but it's very good."

"Then you should really have some more."

"Thanks for offering, but I really shouldn't. I should leave some for the others."

"Oh, there's plenty! Please have some more!"

"Oh, okay, if you insist!"

It's just how we are up here, can't help it.

Well you normally don't call Philly people polite. Lol

My husband was getting cranky that they wouldn't take it. is. He said I'm going to leave it on the counter and yous guys can fight over it when we leave. Because it is not going home with me. Lol

The second kids club supervisor explained it to us. So now we know.

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

Good update. Thanks for sharing all the pics. I dont think they were bad.

Yeah. I dont think i would have offered three times. I probably would have offered and once refused would have left; not knowing the policy before you just explained it.

[Big Kahuna aka John 71]

Hey ... Hey... love the photos.... J with Ariel is just awesome.... but... what's wrong with Philly... :rofl2: :rofl2: we's be polite and all in Pennsyltucky.... heck.. ids da city of brotherly love for gods sake.... Wanna cheese steak?.... Name any other city that would elect a Mayor named Nutter.... I dare ya....

[mommy rainbo.....Bo 41]

Hey ... Hey... love the photos.... J with Ariel is just awesome.... but... what's wrong with Philly... :rofl2: :rofl2: we's be polite and all in Pennsyltucky.... heck.. ids da city of brotherly love for gods sake.... Wanna cheese steak?.... Name any other city that would elect a Mayor named Nutter.... I dare ya....

Hubs says there are only 3 parts of Pennsylvania, 1 Pittsburgh, 2 Philadelphia and West Virginia.

We are from NJ but I grew up on the river with a view of Philly and the Walt Whitman Bridge.

[SCTigerCock 171]

Those are some great pics!!!!!!

Love the one of you holding J!

[stefa70 205]

Great pictures of your daughter! Dancing, on Dad's shoulders and with all the princesses. :heart:

Thanks for sharing the bathroom humor! :rofl2: Public bathrooms are always entertaining.

PS. Your red hair is beautiful!!

[Big Kahuna aka John 71]

Hubs says there are only 3 parts of Pennsylvania, 1 Pittsburgh, 2 Philadelphia and West Virginia.

We are from NJ but I grew up on the river with a view of Philly and the Walt Whitman Bridge.

Based on your hubby's statement... (Which isn't far from the truth) I officially live about 50 miles from Philadelphia in the West Virginia section...Where did I put my gun and bible ?... :rofl3:

[Katman1356...Jason 1,140]

Based on your hubby's statement... (Which isn't far from the truth) I officially live about 50 miles from Philadelphia in the West Virginia section...Where did I put my gun and bible ?... :rofl3:

LOL

[mommy rainbo.....Bo 41]

Its Friday December 7, we are on our way back to the Magic kingdom. We are on the Princess hunt again. We got up and ate breakfast. Since we were late getting in last night we didn’t get over to the MK until about 10:30. (I think) I do not remember how the boat ride over was or if but I think going over was fine. Once we got there and on Main street we had run into the Parade. There were not a lot of people here so we were able to get a pretty good spot for watching.

-G- wanted to try Pirates, Jungle ride and I was looking for things –J- would enjoy. So off to Adventure Land we go.

-J- and I decide that the flying carpets are a good place to start.

-G- takes the camera.

The line wasn’t too long, about 2 turn waits.

-J- gets in an as soon as it starts cranks it up to the top. It seems so far off the ground when you first go up and there isn’t much in front of you. Ack.

Next off to Jungle Ride.

The wait on this one was showing about 20 minutes. Which was about right.

I wasn’t sure how –J- was going to do with this one but she was good.

Our Boat for the cruise

-J- looking a little concerned for everyone in the camp.

Elephant

**Small rant. The Jungle Cruse waiting areas are really starting to look shabby. The plants in the corners are mostly dead, or need a update there was trash in the planters and corners. **

I do not have any pictures of Pirates. This was –J-‘s first time, the wait was less than 15 minutes. We were seated towards the rear of the boat, and here it is very hard to see the mermaids. They look very clear if you sit upfront. –J- screamed when we went down the floom and enjoyed the rest of the ride.

We then went over and did the Hall of Presidents. It was good as usual and –J- even enjoyed seeing all the Presidents she has been learning about. She can name the first 10 off the top of her head. (I can’t) lol

We ate at the Columbia House. It was crowded and I went to order for everyone and hubs took –J- to find a table. I ordered the Anchors aweigh tuna sandwich, -G- had the fried shrimp and –J- the Kids tuna sandwich.

I had fun trying to find where they found a table. Cell phones were not working inside this building. Ended upstairs. I found the grumpy daddy and the tired and hungry kid. Mine was fantastic. –G- would not admit he liked his because he was grumping and –j- ate over half of hers, the yogurt and her chips.

After that we went on the Carousel again.

**another rant here. The horses are dirty. You cant see it but the head of the horse is absolutely filthy.

-G’s- opinion of the wait and the crowds.

He realizes I am taking pictures of him.

-J- is now paying attention to Daddy

We then strolled over to Peter Pan and the wait is over an hour, so ah….no. We did go on It’s a small world. I have no pictures of this even though I know I took some. The clock was chiming when we first entered and I got a picture of that somewhere.

(I hate this camera.)

We asked a cast member where is Rapunzel (the favorite) she was going to be our last thing for today. We were happy to find out she was on the way out at the town

Square theater.

We walked up and I could see that the wait was listing 55 minutes. (there was no way that –G- was going to go for this. I wasn’t happy cause I was tired and so was –J-

I could see inside and didn’t see many people so I asked the cast member how long the wait really was in her opinion.

She smiled and said “GO, quickly it is less than 15 minutes” we have not changed the sign yet. Always ask if the time seems wrong. We had a lot of pixie dust moments with long posted waits not being that long.

So I snatched –J- out of the stroller and started in. We kept weaving and weaving thru empty ropes. That same cast member actually let us through a couple of places to help us along. We walked all the way to the back and into the Princess room with no wait. Yup, you read that right . 55 minutes posted, sprinkle some pixie dust = no wait.

-J- was jumping up and down as soon as she saw rapunzel. There were about 4 sets of people in front of us.

First up Rapunzel

She was very nice and took time with-J-

To say I have a ton of pictures of this meeting is an understatement. She was so happy to meet her girl.

Then we met her old long time favorite(until the viewing of Tangled) Aurora.

I do want to say. This girl was neat to watch. We had a couple go thru before us and they kept trying to pose with their hands behind her and she easily and professionally moved everyone where she wanted them.. The guys didn’t seem to notice her manipulating them.

At last Cindy.

Who spent time with –J- and danced with her a little bit. (because Cindy had already signed -J’s- book she didn’t have to so she had time to spend with her.)

It was a cluster getting back to the Fort. We had missed a small boat (packed) and were waiting for over 20 minutes for another boat. The Monorails were down and they kept stealing the forts boats to get the wheelchair and scooter people to the Floridian and Poly. Hubs was not happy…..again.

This caused us to decide to drive our car to Beach club for dinner. –J- was going to the Sand Castle Kids club for dinner and play time while we got our grub on, as –G- would say.

**rant, my updated and from what I understand everyones GPS do not work on Disney property. So you can’t easily get from point A to B.**

We had to use Google Maps on our phones which is not something we normally do. It was a rough but pretty quick ride over to the Beach Club.

** second rant. We pull up to the gate house and the guard is having seriously long conversations with every car he is letting in. We get up there and he has a long conversation with my husband since the guard is from NJ and sees we are too.

Hurry it up guards… people are on a schedule and have reservations.**

We have just enough time to drop –J- off at the much bigger kids club.

-G- and I ate at Cape May Café. This was our best meal of the whole trip. The buffet was fantastic.

Yummy. I can’t say enough about the food.

We picked up the Kid and headed back to the Fort. Getting lost and pulling a look kids Big Ben moment. Ugh. Fix the gps problem Disney.

Good night to Friday. On to Saturday…

[Fugarwe(MN John(Juanito)) 23]

The guys didn’t seem to notice her manipulating them.

We never do.

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

Another great update Bo.

I am sure your daughter was happy she got to see the princesses and you guys for the short wait!

[Momof6....aka Marty 769]

I don't think the GPS problems are Disney's fault. That would be trouble with the GPS provider.

Glad you had a mostly nice vacation!

[GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799]

Great update! The Cape May Cafe looks yummy. Love the pixie dust! Are the crab legs warm or cold?