Stairs? That is not a well planned meet & greet location for sure. Still, amazing encounter with Ariel and such great pictures! The food looked really good too
I know, I just couldn't get over having to wait on a stairway! But it was worthwhile for the cute pics with Ariel. That print is still up in her room. Yes, food was quite good too!
Great update with lovely photos! Thanks!
Thank you!
I haven't commented before, but I love your trip reports. I'm especially interested in this one since I want to take a trip to Disneyland with my own toddler. I'm thinking maybe next year when she's two? I want to get there while admission is still free, but have her mature enough to appreciate it. Any advice?
Thanks so much for commenting! Well, for what it's worth, it was painful to have to pay so much money in admission for Izzy this trip - first time we'd had to pay for her Disney ticket and she was still too short to ride a bunch of good rides. So, I'm a fan of taking a kid prior to their third birthday. One of my very favorite Disney World trips was when Izzy was about 23 months, but you just never know how they'll do - but at least that age was free airfare, park admission, and buffets. She was having a great time, though - young enough that she wasn't into tantrums and such yet.
However, if a kid might hit the 40" mark before a 3rd birthday, maybe worth waiting until close to that time. So, I guess that's the long way of saying "it depends."
Anyway, thanks for documenting your trips. Also, thanks for going back to fix your old photos (what a hassle!). Your old trip reports were really helpful for tips on travelling with a baby/toddler. We're actually going to Aulani this fall and I want to try Monkeypod Kitchen on your advice.
Aw, thanks - it's going to be a LONG project. I only fixed a few pages so far - many to go.
Thankfully, most of my photos should stay in place until the end of 2018, so I have some time. Yay for Aulani!
Izzy actually told me the other day that AULANI was her favorite Disney destination - for the waterslide.
It's such a great resort, I hope you love it! And Monkeypod was all the rage when I read other DIS dining reviews, so I had to go there and it was pretty good (and close)! It's also very kid-friendly out on that patio (or probably inside too).
My DH commutes to work, and was listening to a video gamer podcast on his way home- who had just been to Disneyland for D23- so we got to talk Disneyland at dinner!
Ha, that's awesome! Hmmm, I need to start brainstorming on how I can get us back to Disneyland.
Dug has a couple of work events in Southern CA coming up AND we'll have a cousin wedding in LA...I need to make this happen somehow! I hope you get to go sometime too!
What beautiful views from the outdoor waiting area- but having to wait on stairs?! No bueno!
I just couldn't understand WHY they were making us wait there.
Just so bizarre when you know you'll have lots of small, squirmy children.
The start of your meal looks yummy- LOVE the octopus!
Such a cute kids meal!
She is just too precious! Can't wait to see the princess interactions.
Aw, thanks!
I'm not sure why I didn't get any Dis alerts that you have updated your TR, but I'm glad I checked!
I'm glad you checked in! I only get alerts if someone quotes me or replies to my thread - is there another way to get alerts when someone posts a new update?
That stinks that you had to run back into the restaurant to get a new receipt printed, but I'm glad they were able to do that for you!
Me too! Just wish I'd known, so we didn't have to go back and distract our waiter. Oh, well, worked out okay.
Carsland looks so amazing. I really hope that we can make it out to DL sooner rather than later.
I hope you can too! I really loved Cars Land.
The pictures of you and Izzy in the Bugs Land are so cute! You guys looked like you had a such a fun morning, and made it on a bunch of rides!
It was a great time to hit A Bugs Land, as most people weren't there yet, but Izzy was the perfect age to really enjoy it.
Ariel's Grotto looks great. That is weird about the line on the stairs, though!
Despite the strange entrance, it turned out to be a great lunch!
And she's dressed perfectly for the occasion!
I was so happy to find a perfect occasion for her to wear that dress!
This is weird. Did nobody think this might be a problem?
I just don't get it.
Unless this was some sort of oddity, it seems like there must be a better way. I can't be the only parent that gets stressed out with a wiggly toddler confined halfway down a curved stairway.
Thanks!
Oh my goodness, my heart!
We couldn't believe how cute the photo was when they delivered it to our table!
Ah, yes! How could I forget Izzy's love of butter!? Strangely enough, when I was her age, I refused to touch the stuff. If someone buttered my bread, I'd never eat it. Now, somehow, I manage to eat too much butter and seem to have no qualms with it.
Yes, the butter love is unrelenting, even now. Her favorite food has become buttered noodles. She wants butter on everything (no kidding, she had buttered jicama the other day). Just tonight, she was talking about how she wants a pet dog made of butter so she can eat it.
I want this meal! How cute!
I know - I wouldn't mind having that for lunch!
Yeah, toddlers on a staircase waiting in line is a TERRIBLE idea!! It's surprising that Disney wouldn't think of that kind of detail and think it through better?!
I totally agree! What were they thinking?
I mean, sure, it's a nice elegant way to enter - for an adult. But not a great place for that small, unsteady, stumbling crowd.
Absolutely adorable pics with Ariel! Izzy looks so proud showing her the characters on her dress.
She showed off that dress to every princess!
At least she remembered it was Flounder instead of Nemo, though - she always gets them mixed up.