“I absolutely must fight Darth Vader and meet Ariel” A birthday trip and more! Our Nov 2017 TR

While I am getting things together for the last 2 days of this trip, I thought I would share some of my favorite photos from our previous trips to Disney World. First is our August 2014 trip. We stayed at the Contemporary, Theme Park View, since C was so young. It was amazing being able to watch the fireworks in our pajamas every night! :tink:She was almost 3. They grow up so fast! :sad:

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I'm loving reading your TR! We are going back next November so it's exciting to see the Christmas party. It's getting me so pumped for our trip next year!
 
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I just about cried when I walked on the balcony and saw our view!

Beautiful!

The trip was off to a magical start. :tink:

As is this trip report :-)

After that was Buzz Lightyear. Then off to the Haunted Mansion (along with all the big rides, she was now tall enough to participate in :hippie:, this was at the top of C’s to do list)

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She's adorable! Did you make all of her dresses? They are super cute!

It was loud and crazy and crowded but all of that faded in the background when she climbed in that chair. It was magical.

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Perfect little princess :goodvibes

We stopped for about 30 minutes once the sunset and watched. Nick Lachey & Julienne H were hosting and it was really relaxed and different. The lights would turn on on the castle and fireworks would go off at random times. It was really beautiful and you never knew what to expect.

It was pretty cool to see. You got much closer than I did.

It was a little surreal. :tink:

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Gorgeous pic! What kind of camera did you use? I noticed even your fireworks pics are amazing.

We were seated right by the window and right as our dinner was being served Happily Ever After started. I was very curious how the fireworks looked from inside and didn’t have my hopes up but it was amazing! :-)

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Perfect :worship:

We started the day catching up with some old friends before we headed to World Showcase.

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I have a "Connecting With Walt" t-shirt too, and wear it proudly :P

Yep, my newly turned 6 year old lost her 5th tooth! :eek:


How funny! So, did the tooth fairy remember to visit at WDW?

At some point during the ride our Pluto popcorn bucket started 'floating' away. We caught him! pluto:

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Great picture!

The magical music of my youth. :faint:


So cool :goodvibes

I make books online :surfweb: & have them printed, of each vacation, etc. Each one is about 200 pages and contains every detail of our vacations. My daughter & I love looking back on them and reminiscing! :lovestruc

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I do the same. I use Shutterfly. Which site do you use?

I looked on a whim and found a fastpass for Flights of Passage in the afternoon. :woohoo:

Lucky you!



Here she is with Starfire Martha after we got back to the room later.

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Cutte:thumbsup2

We took a bus to the Contemporary and walked over to Magic Kingdom for the Happily Ever After dessert party & fireworks!

Honestly, this is what we paid for, the desserts were just a bonus.

I totally agree ::yes::

By then it was time for our 2nd fastpass Enchanted Tales with Belle. Guess who was chosen to play the Beast! :love: She was BEYOND excited and she rocked it! After she told me the cast member said the cape was the real Beast’s cape, they had shrunken it!

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Super cute :wizard:

My husband never seemed interested in seeing Mickey talk so we have always skipped it. This year I said fine you don’t have to come but I’m going.

It's a good thing you did since he is rumored to be going away :sad1:

Can't wait to read more :D
 
I'm loving reading your TR! We are going back next November so it's exciting to see the Christmas party. It's getting me so pumped for our trip next year!

:wave: Thank you! I have to finish this thing! 1.5 days left
 
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Beautiful!

As is this trip report :-)

She's adorable! Did you make all of her dresses? They are super cute!

Perfect little princess :goodvibes

It was pretty cool to see. You got much closer than I did.

Gorgeous pic! What kind of camera did you use? I noticed even your fireworks pics are amazing.

Perfect :worship:

I have a "Connecting With Walt" t-shirt too, and wear it proudly :P

How funny! So, did the tooth fairy remember to visit at WDW?

Great picture!

So cool :goodvibes

I do the same. I use Shutterfly. Which site do you use?

Lucky you!


Cutte:thumbsup2

I totally agree ::yes::

Super cute :wizard:

It's a good thing you did since he is rumored to be going away :sad1:

Can't wait to read more :D

:wave2: Thank you so much! :thanks: I have to finish!

I'll try and answer all of your questions:

I buy all of her clothes. I wish I could make them! Would save a lot of money :rolleyes1

The camera I travel with is a Canon SX50. It is lightweight and takes great pictures. The zoom in incredible! (that is why the pictures of Julianne & Nick were so close :D)

I use Blurb for all of my scrapbooks & autograph books :surfweb:

And yes the tooth fairy comes to Disney World! :tink:
 
Oh my goodness! This trip report really got away from me! :sad2: I'll blame the holidays :confused3
Oh well, we still have 1 and half days left so let's get to it!


Day 7: Animal Kingdom, Epcot & 'Ohana :stitch2:

This was our Animal Kingdom day! We had already been to ride Avatar Flight of Passage at Pandora a few days before so this was our second trip to Animal Kingdom! We had already tried Satu’li Canteen and experienced a lot of this beautiful park, so this was the perfect chance to see everything we had missed! (and eat at Satu’li Canteen again ::yes::) We also had a FastPass+ for the Na'vi River Journey. But first was Kilimanjaro Safaris!

Somehow she managed to gnaw on apple with no teeth :rotfl:
While in line for Kilimanjaro Safaris C observed the no flash policy on a sign. She quickly put away her camera because it has an automatic flash! She did not want to risk scaring any animals. She loves all animals so much! :hug:

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Baby elephant :lovestruc
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She was excited to see the cheetahs! So much so she bought a stuffed animal later in the park.

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Next, we headed back to Pandora - World of Avatar for a ride on the Na'vi River Journey. It was beautiful but I was not as impressed as I thought I was going to be. :confused3 Do not get me wrong, the details were incredible but I probably should experienced it before Flight of Passage. :thumbsup2 It is a wonderful addition to this magical land!

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After lunch at Satu’li Canteen we checked the wait for Expedition Everest.

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She LOVED it! I was worried when we started going backwards because she was with her daddy. Then I heard a tiny squeal followed by, "this is soooooo much fun!" :woohoo:

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We took a few pictures, got our ears :earsgirl: and headed over to Epcot. We wanted to get a few more pictures and check out the Chase Visa PhotoSpot.

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As we were leaving we witnessed a very eager squirrel attempting to help himself to someone's bag o_O

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We made our way to the front of the park to take the monorail to Disney's Polynesian Resort for dinner at 'Ohana! Oh my goodness, it was so good and this resort is so beautiful! Aloha! :stitch2:

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I must have been a little delusional, tired and really full because when we got back to the Boardwalk this happened... :rotfl2:

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So much fun & the perfect ending to a magical day! :tink:







 
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Again I am interrupting our November 2017 trip report. I thought I would share some of my favorite photos from our previous trips. This was our second trip to Disney World as a family in August 2015. We stayed at the Boardwalk Inn and since then we have been hooked! We LOVE the Boardwalk! :tink:

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This was the craziest experience. We did the Pirates & Pals fireworks cruise. :sail: C is a HUGE pirate fan. Her 4th birthday was pirate themed! pirate: The meet & greet & snacks were AMAZING! Smee walked her around the whole time! :lovestruc It was incredible! Then we boarded our boat :boat: for the cruise/fireworks show and it caught on fire. :eek: Yes, you read that right. Firefireters. :firefight Evacuations. All of it. My husband is a fire captain so he was very interested. Everyone was OK & we got a refunded the full amount of the experience. I'm glad I knew about the surprise at the end so after everything was settled we walked/ran back to the Contemporary. I think some people thought we were breaking in line on their fireworks cruise because we didn't get off a boat & they were not so magical in their reactions. Oh well it was a memory for sure!!!!
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Loving your report!! My DD rode EE at 5 years old for the first time and the pic looks a lot like your DDs. Lol

Did you find that week in November very busy? We are doing the same week this year.
 
Loving your report!! My DD rode EE at 5 years old for the first time and the pic looks a lot like your DDs. Lol

Did you find that week in November very busy? We are doing the same week this year.

:welcome: Thank you!

We usually go the second week in August and I found the first week in November to be less crowded and definitely cooler ::yes::
 
:welcome: Thank you!

We usually go the second week in August and I found the first week in November to be less crowded and definitely cooler ::yes::

Wow! That's great to hear. The week you went is considered "Jersey Week" (NJ schools close part of the week and lots of Jersey folks go to WDW) and supposed to be a very busy week. Lots of people on the DIS said it was insane in the parks. I guess everyone is just very different on how they view crowds. Thank you!
 
Loving your report! We were there the exact same dates and also stayed at The Boardwalk Villas!!! Your daughter is beautiful!
 
Wow - you have such a beautiful family, and I'm loving all the pics from earlier trips! The Gaston one.... OMG, she looks absolutely entranced lol!!
 
What a great TR! Looks like a wonderful time!

We were actually there the week after you. After 2 September trips, the November weather was AMAZING.
 
Wow - you have such a beautiful family, and I'm loving all the pics from earlier trips! The Gaston one.... OMG, she looks absolutely entranced lol!!

Thank you! Each trip gets more magical and she is absolutely a Disney kid! I love seeing it through her eyes as she gets older! :lovestruc
 

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