Kimbere
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Feb 12, 2008
Hello everyone! We just arrived back from our very first family trip to WDW. I took over 1500 pictures on the trip (yes, I'm a scrapbooker) and am excited to start my very first trip report...complete with some of those pics!! Here is our cast of characters for this fabulous trip:
Me (Kim)
- full-time Mom and trip planner extrodinare. Everyone was calling me "Julie McCoy" for this trip and was indeed on the top of the planning game! I used Tour Guide Mike and HIGHLY recommend this service.
Brad (Hubby)
- paying for trip! 
He was in charge of the camper, and driving it down to Disney from Michigan.
Alison (8.5 daughter)
- first time to Disney and was very excited!! Big High School Musical, Hannah Montana and Princess fan!
Matthew (6 son)
- HUGE Toy Story, Monsters Inc and everything else by Pixar.
We traveled with family friends from Chicago (they pulled their camper down as well): Bob, Diane, Caroline (8), Jennifer (6) and Jacob (5).
We left Michigan on Thursday the 20th about 10:00 in the morning. We stopped for our first night in Jellico, TN and the next night in northern Florida...about 2.5 hours from Fort Wilderness. We arrived at the Fort on Saturday about 10:30 in the morning...FINALLY!!
We were able to get to our new home, site 1628, around 11:40 and get set up.
We hit the Meadow swimming pool for a swim and some relaxation. We had 6:00 ressies for Mickey's Backyard BBQ and everyone was looking foward to it!! There was a light rain falling when we hopped on the bus to head to the BBQ. All of the kids were dressing in matching Mickey & Minnie outfits...dresses for the girls and shirts for the boys! So cute!
We arrived at 5:45, and found great seats at the table right next to the dance floor. The food was plentiful and really yummy (mac & cheese, bbq chicken, potato salad, cole slaw, cowboy beans, cornbread, ribs and salad)....especially the ribs and ice cream!
This was an all you can eat buffet and included all the different ice creams they sell at the parks.
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The characters came out around 6:30 for the first time! Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Chip and Dale were dressed in their western wear and danced with the all the kids!! Great photo op and interaction. As soon as Mickey came up the aisle, Matthew, ran up to him and gave him a hug. I got choked up of course, as this was his first time meeting the mouse...and it was so touching
The band that played was lots of fun and the kids all got to square dance and hang out with the characters. The first time they came out it was a bit chaotic and I felt bad for the characters....yikes!! After a break, they all came back out a second time and Mickey & Minnie both went around to each table for autograph and picture ops.
The night ended with cast doing a cute little themed dance number. All in all, it was a really fun night and I would recommend this dinner to anyone.
We headed back to the camper, in the rain, and went to bed for our first long day in the parks. Tomorrow we head to Hollywood Studios....
Me (Kim)
- full-time Mom and trip planner extrodinare. Everyone was calling me "Julie McCoy" for this trip and was indeed on the top of the planning game! I used Tour Guide Mike and HIGHLY recommend this service. Brad (Hubby)
- paying for trip! He was in charge of the camper, and driving it down to Disney from Michigan. Alison (8.5 daughter)
- first time to Disney and was very excited!! Big High School Musical, Hannah Montana and Princess fan!Matthew (6 son)
- HUGE Toy Story, Monsters Inc and everything else by Pixar. We traveled with family friends from Chicago (they pulled their camper down as well): Bob, Diane, Caroline (8), Jennifer (6) and Jacob (5).
We left Michigan on Thursday the 20th about 10:00 in the morning. We stopped for our first night in Jellico, TN and the next night in northern Florida...about 2.5 hours from Fort Wilderness. We arrived at the Fort on Saturday about 10:30 in the morning...FINALLY!!
We were able to get to our new home, site 1628, around 11:40 and get set up.
We hit the Meadow swimming pool for a swim and some relaxation. We had 6:00 ressies for Mickey's Backyard BBQ and everyone was looking foward to it!! There was a light rain falling when we hopped on the bus to head to the BBQ. All of the kids were dressing in matching Mickey & Minnie outfits...dresses for the girls and shirts for the boys! So cute!
We arrived at 5:45, and found great seats at the table right next to the dance floor. The food was plentiful and really yummy (mac & cheese, bbq chicken, potato salad, cole slaw, cowboy beans, cornbread, ribs and salad)....especially the ribs and ice cream!
This was an all you can eat buffet and included all the different ice creams they sell at the parks. IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/Kimbere/IMG_7679.jpg[/IMG]
The characters came out around 6:30 for the first time! Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Chip and Dale were dressed in their western wear and danced with the all the kids!! Great photo op and interaction. As soon as Mickey came up the aisle, Matthew, ran up to him and gave him a hug. I got choked up of course, as this was his first time meeting the mouse...and it was so touching
The night ended with cast doing a cute little themed dance number. All in all, it was a really fun night and I would recommend this dinner to anyone.
We headed back to the camper, in the rain, and went to bed for our first long day in the parks. Tomorrow we head to Hollywood Studios....
I love your pictures, and especially love the matching outfits! I've made t-shirts for our whole blended crew going in May (7 of us), and I can't wait to make everyone wear them. 
I think lots of us live with "Goofy". 
