Oh the Places We Go, The People We See ...Dream Trip Report

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I'm so glad you are continuing on with your Disney part of this trip!

Thanks for writing this review, your pics are awesome!!! :)

 

Thanks. It was a really fun trip. We packed a lot in too.

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After that they decided to do Primeval Whirl. That’s not something I like. I hate spinning, it makes me sick, so I walked around while they got in line.

It looks like this dino is going potty!

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I browsed the store for a bit.

Took a peek to see if I could see them.

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I think Rob texted me that they were getting on and I ran over and waited for them to come by.

It was really loud there and I think I shouted several times before they even noticed I was standing right there.

Off they went and I only got one more glimpse of them and then lost the way they were tracking.

After that it was time to head back to Everest. Rob mentioned on the way over that his muscles had been very sore ever since he had been in the hottub the day before on the ship. He said usually he’s feels so much better, but this time he was so achy. I said that perhaps he cought a bug. Boy, I hate when I am right…..

The FP line for Everest moved pretty quickly.

And then we were off!

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The view as we climbed.

The thing about taking pictures while on a rollercoaster …..it’s bumpy and hard to hold the camera, let alone focus.

I did try to explain what would happen to Claire as we went along, well from what I could remember.

It was a hit. She and Alexis both were all smiles when we got off.

In fact, it was so much fun that the girls wanted to ride again, and luckily the line was pretty much nonexistent at the moment.

They both joked about getting the front seat and how scary it would be. We ended up with 2nd and 3rd rows.

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The backwards part soon became the favorite part of the ride.

I got a quick glimpse of the Yeti.

And another redneck shot of us.

I have tried to take a picture of these lanterns several times, but they always come out blurry and fuzzy.

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The girls wanted to ride again, but it was now getting close to parade time, so we headed back to meet up with the family.

 

 

They had a spot saved and we all settled in. It was time for a snack and an ice-cream cart was very nearby, so I ran and got a Mickey bar for me and Claire a sandwich.

 

 

Geoff, Aunt Mary, Pete and Vicki had entered the park now and we texted back and forth to let them know where we were. They ended up just stopping along the way to watch the parade before catching up with us.

 

I took a few pictures while I waited for the parade to reach us.

 

 

 

It looks like we have a little pre-show entertainment.

 

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I had been telling the family how much I LOVE this parade. This is my utmost favorite Disney parade currently running. My all-time favorite is Spectro Magic, but that seems to be dead now. So as we waited I kept telling Gail about this parade and how great the music is, and it’s just so fun. I think I had her excited to see it as well.

Soon the parade made its way to us!

Here is something I had not noticed right off the bat. But something was different today.

It didn’t take long for me to realize the music was slightly off. I have this on CD and listen to it quite often and when it changed I noticed it immediately.

HOLY COW!!!!!!! It’s the Christmas parade! I was so excited. I have never seen this version before. I even researched before I came to see when the first Christmas one started, but according to the history I found, I didn’t expect to see it at all during our trip. It had dates like the 16th or 18 of Nov. This was the 8th! I later talked to a few other people who said that this week was the first showing, and actually the parade I saw this day was most likely the first one of the season.

I quickly told Gail that this was the Christmas one, and though similar, it wasn’t completely the same.

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Awww, isn’t his tail cute?

 

 

 

 

Edited May 18, 2013 by jenseib

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The girls got a little attention. Mostly Alexis and Abby got attention and I think Claire was slightly jealous. But she has gotten plenty of attention on past visits, so I reminded her of that. I do think where we were standing kind of made her left out though a bit. We were next to a tree and the other kids were more visible from the floats than Claire and I were.

 

 

 

 

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Darn it Goofy! Look this way!

Abby was so cute. She loved the parade.

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What’s coming next?

Well it’s Terk and Timon. Do you see Terks necklace?

OH NO! It Broke!!!!!! I have no clue what happened, but in a blink of an eye it just went flying everywhere.

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Poor Terk.

Claire felt so bad for her.

She cheered up fast though and posed for us.

Timon could not be outdone.

We got kisses from him.

Donald!!!!!!

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It’s snowing! It doesn’t take much to impress me.

Seeing Disney through a child’s eyes ….so wonderful.

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Bye Mickey!!!!!

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Geoff, Aunt Mary, Pete and Vicki were standing at a different spot and here are a few of Geoff’s pictures. They were before us in the parade route.

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After the parade the girls wanted to go on Everest again. It was a new favorite for both of them. Rob, Claire, Alexis and I headed that way once again. As we walked, we ran into Geoff, Mary, Pete and Vicki. We said hellos and I asked Geoff and Pete if they wanted to join us and neither really knew what we were talking about, so I point towards Everest and they said yes and followed along. The girls were all excited to have fresh meat ride with us and were talking a mile a minute about the ride, explaining just how “scary” it is.

This time we had a little bit of a wait, so I took pictures as we walked through the queue.

It wasn’t too bad of a wait and soon we were ready to roll. This picture is REALLY bad, but so funny. Pete was acting all scared and both he and Geoff were asking me what I had gotten them in to.

We laughed and screamed and had a great time. It was really funny listening to Geoff and Pete behind us scream like girls!

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We survived though!

It was now time for Claire and I to leave. She was disappointed and really wanted to ride Everest again. I believe Rob and Alexis got back in line and that was a touchy subject for a bit, but I reminded her that we would be back again this trip, but this was Alexis’s only day to be at AK. We had an ADR to get to and another meet later in the evening. I had not heard a word from the Beach Club yet, but we were hoping our room was ready so we could change before dinner.

We headed to the bus stop and arrived there just a few minutes before 5.

While we headed off for our next adventure, the rest of the family stayed at AK.

I believe that Pete and Vicki headed off to find Katie and family and the rest hit up Dinoland USA. Here are a few pictures from Geoff’s camera to document what they did.

I believe Rob and Alexis were still on Everest at this point, but Gail and Abby went for the triceratops spin.

That was fun!

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They then got in line to meet up with Santa Goofy and Pluto.

Crazy kid ….with creepy eyes.

Alexis and Rob made it back in time to join the fun.

Notice that Abby has a death grip on Goofy’s leg.

Time to pry her off of him.

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Group shot.

I have to say I am disappointed in the photopass pictures. They didn’t take any pictures of the interaction at all.

Now I am not sure what they all did after that. I am thinking that Gail’s family might have stayed a little longer, but Mom, Dad, Geoff and Mary might have left around this time.

Gail has these photopass pictures, which appear to be dusk and I assume she had them taken when they were exciting the park.

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Here are a few of Geoff’s pictures of them exiting the park. Being that it looks a little lighter in his pics, I am thinking they left before Gail’s family.

I have no idea what my Dad is doing here. Always the life of the party.

Claire and I left you off where Claire and I had made it to the bus stop. The bus came fairly quickly and within 15-20 minutes we were back at the Beach Club and were given our room number. YAY! But I did once again mention that I never received a text. I got the deer in the headlights stare. Almost like they never knew they were supposed to. Well then why tell me that you are going to then?

By the way, Gail was staying at Art of Animation and received her text very early in the day that her room was ready. For some reason, the resorts just don’t like me I guess.

We made our way over to the villas and started grabbing luggage to take to our room.

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Once again we had a very far back room. I honestly could never figure out exactly where we were in the building. I will have to look at a room map (and remember my room number) to find exactly where we were. There were a lot of twists and turns to get to it.

Once we got all the luggage I called Mom to let her know the room number. I just got her voicemail though.

I then took a few quick pictures.