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

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And here was the waiting area for the show. It looks so different in the daylight and empty.

This tree is so unusual.

And this explains it.

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Claire got a little antsy back there. She was worried we would be in trouble for being back there, which I assured her we were just fine, but she wasn’t believing me, so we headed back, trying to take a different route.

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We headed inside then and made a quick stop in the bathroom.

We then made our way to check into ‘Ohanas.

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I don’t think we waited more than a couple of minutes before they took us to our seats.

We got that darn bread again, but also another bread as well….but it had raisins in it, which I also do not care for.

The menu today was basically this ….

Basket of sweet breads

Seasonal Fruit Bowl for na Keiki (Kids)

Breakfast platter for the table which includes:

Hua Paka (Scrambled Eggs) - made fresh, hot & delicious

Uala Kahiki (Fried Potatoes) - island-style potatoes, caramelized onions & scallions

Pua'a (Pork) - pork breakfast sausage links & smoked bacon

Biscuits

Mickey Waffles - brought tableside by a server

Unlimited Juice, Milk and Coffee included

The juice is a blend of passion fruit, orange and guava.

Our waitress wasn’t too fabulous. Not bad, but she was too busy to pay attention to a table of 2. We both got juice, but I asked for milk as well and it never came. She was slow to refill the juice and I reminded her about the milk, but again it never came.

We did enjoy our food though.

Claire pretty much had a breakfast of Mickey Waffles.

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A parade came around, but Claire would not join.

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Our first character was Lilo. I think Claire has an idea who she is, but I don’t think she has ever seen Lilo and Stitch as a movie. I know I haven’t. She has seen the cartoon a few times though.

My flash was wonky and both pictures I took of Claire have her in shadow. I tried to fix them, but it didn’t work to well.

Soon Pluto arrived.

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We sure do enjoy this juice.

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Stitch came over next. He was a lot of fun!

 

 

 

 

I think this might’ve been the first time we ever met Stitch.

 

 

 

And then our main man Mickey made his way over.

 

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With it just being the 2 of us, it didn’t take long to get filled up. Sadly our waitress seemed more interested in other tables. I had to flag her down to get the check and then it still took a bit before she came back with it. After she took our card, and we again waited, I actually stood up next to the table with my backpack on to give the universal signal of “We are ready to leave”.

Finally she came back and we headed off again.

I tried to take a few quick pictures as we left, but most came out pretty blurry.

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Our thoughts on ‘Ohana for breakfast….. The food was decent. Not fabulous, but good and there were enough things for both of us to like. The character interaction was decent, with Stitch being the best. Our waitress was slow and I never did get my milk and because I reminded her twice I reflected my dislike in her tip, which was less than I would normally give. Would we go back? Yes…In fact in March we have a reservation. But the reason we do is because my cousins are going down the week before us and we have a day where we both can meet up and this was a breakfast she wanted to do for her boys, so I made it for all 8 of us to get together. It’s their last FULL day and our first FULL day at the parks.

I took a quick peek at Kona….we do have a reservation for her next year at this point, but I may have to cancel it once I get my plans more set.

So we decided to head to the monorail.

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Looking down.

Here it comes!

A little closer…..

Here it is.

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Our Next Stop! Magic Kingdom!

Now I mentioned this before, but it was quite a few days ago on this report, that when I booked our trip I booked 7 days worth of tickets. But after getting plans all in place I really only needed 6 days. BUT the ticket price had increased since I booked and to take a day off would actually cost me more than to keep that days tickets, so I just kept them. Since we still had time I figured let’s use them or lose them. I knew we wouldn’t have much time in the park, but going in would give us that one last fix.

We headed straight to the Candy store as we still had several snack credits left with the deluxe dining plan.

We picked out several bags of candy and Claire made a “make your own” pixie stick, which was marked right there which sizes were included in the dining plan.

When we went to check out, the CM told us pixie sticks weren’t included. I told her yes they were and 2 sizes were actually listed. She still told me no and I again said yes they are, and it was the only reason I allowed her to get it. If it’s not included, we aren’t getting it. So she said she would “try” to put it through and guess what? I was right. (Don’t ever doubt me!)

With our package in hand, we left and headed down Main Street. I had one other thing planned.

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We had to have one last dole whip float before going and I saved a snack credit just for that.

Of course the line was moving slowly.

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But finally we had that precious snack in our hand.

We sat down and shared one last yummy treat. I think I called Amanda again to confirm her picking us up later and to talk about my car and its tire.

Nothing like Pixie stick and dole whip float.

We had been conversing a bit over the last few days and it was just a mess. She had the tire changed by AAA to the spare and then drove it to a couple of different places to have the flat one fixed. They said the wheel was bent and there were some other issues and it was going to cost several hundred dollars to replace it…and it would have to be ordered. I talked to Skip and he made a call to his buddy who owns a tire shop and he said to just drive it home on the spare and just to not go over 55. This made me a little nervous, but they assured us we would be fine if we didn’t hot rod it.

I put that to the back of my mind for now. I wanted to enjoy my last moments.

Claire and I discussed what to do. She wanted to either do Carousel of Progress or the Laugh Floor. Though we had time, I was still worried about how the buses would run and how long the wait would be. In the end I decided we should head back up front and get back to AoA. It made me nervous to think if something went wrong and we missed the bus or flights. I am sure we would’ve been fine, but I just didn’t want to test my luck.

And this was a first for us…some MK streetmosphere!

I can’t recall seeing any in the past, but we usually walk through her pretty fast. We did stop and watch.

This girl was walking around in the area and we asked for a picture.

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And then we headed on towards the front.

It didn’t take long and the bus was there and we headed back to AoA.

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Back at AoA we made a quick bathroom stop.

And then we roamed around since we made such good time and still had quite a bit of time to waste.

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We had not been by the bridge yet this trip, so we headed over there.

 

 

It was neat being on this side of it after so many stays at Pop Century with this end being closed off.

 

 

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We decided we had time to take a quick wander around Pop.

 

 

 

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We have always been big fans of Pop! It was our first onsite Disney stay and we have stayed there several times. In fact it’s the only onsite spot Skip has stayed at so far.

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The pool games have been added since our last stay there.

This guy totally cracked me up. He was hard at work spraying and checking his phone.

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This used to be the smoking area and a lot of people complained that it was right out the door that everyone walked through. I see it is gone now.

We had to go inside to see the Christmas décor.

Finally I get to see the Pop tree! I have always wanted to see it.

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I liked the decorations, but I liked AoA’s better.

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I have no clue why Claire is making that face.

I really thought this tree was cute!

Thinking back now, I am not sure why I didn’t take any close ups of some of the decorations.

A quick peek outside.

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Claire felt the need for another picture.

Look at all those lucky people going to a park…and we would be leaving soon.

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We then headed in and checked out the gift shop, which is always one of my favorites on property.

See that security guard in the next picture. We saw her quite a bit and we think she was following someone, though I never figured out whom.

She talked on her radio quite a bit though.