IowaTater
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- Jan 23, 2013
I think this is a really good picture of you all! And I especially love the pictures of you looking at DD in her carrier. That little smile is too precious.
I'm so sad that I never got to see the lights
Your pictures of the lights are just wonderful! Love the one with the dalmatians and Mickey and Minnie at the picnic table. Also, I thought your PP pictures were great! I sure hope the lights come back somewhere but if they don't, you were able to say a proper goodbye
Glad you got to spend a good amount of time at the lights. I am glad they had them this year and that they seemed to even enhance them this year with more character placements, etc. - really giving people a chance to "say goodbye" to them in style
I like the first Photopass family pic with your son's arm on his hip - very good looking family!
The lights are so beautiful! So sad I never got to see them in person.
Meeting Mickey is a great way to start any trip!
Great pictures of the lights! I love the PP picture! And the one of DS under that huge tunnel of green lights.
I enjoyed finding all of the hidden stuff in the lights - I see you found the lightsabers too!
This is an adorable picture of you two girls!
Love seeing the lights again. Will be so strange without them there if/when we go back during December sometime. Glad you got to bid them farewell and collect a couple souvenirs to remind you of the experience.
So many gorgeous pictures of the lights! I still can't believe it was the last year, so sad
I'm so glad the kids were enjoying them too!
LOVE your evening at the lights. The family photos were totally worth the wait, and oh I just melted at Delilah smiling in the carrier. How adorable!! Love the ornament too!
Your photos aren't coming up for me. Probably because flickr is a blocked site on my work computer. I'll have to come back and reread when I'm on my laptop.
It is (or I guess, was) an amazing sight to see!
Not the Mama!
I loved that show! I didn't even realize that was there!
Great picture! That's one big smile!
Cool! I'm sure that ornament will be one that you'll treasure for years.
Not too bad. You got to get out and experience the lights and it still isn't even a terribly late night.
I think this is a really good picture of you all! And I especially love the pictures of you looking at DD in her carrier. That little smile is too precious.
I'm so sad that I never got to see the lights
Okay, I read it again with the pictures this time and they came out so nice!
I just love all of your pictures of the lights, so beautiful. It is sad that it is over, but I am thankful I have been down to see them multiple times. Including Dec 2015. I never saw most of the merch, it was pretty much sold out by the time we were there. I love the lightbulb ornament, such a cute idea. Did you buy one? Your kids are adorable, I love how excited your DS is to see and experience everything. The new rooms at CBR look very nice, will have to get back there to stay again on one of these trips.
Makes sense, short trip with APs... might as well hit the highlights!This morning, we were heading to Epcot! Normally on such a short trip we would focus on only one or two parks, mostly because park hoppers are so expensive. However, this trip we had those APs, so we let DS have some input on the parks we visited and he chose Epcot.
Cool! Nice to get a little extra time, especially when you're on such a short trip.So we were leaving Caribbean Beach a little after 8 am for the 9 am scheduled opening. But as we arrived around 8:30 am, they were starting to open the gates so we got in a little early.
After that, we went to do the only logical thing you do at rope drop and the real reason DS had chosen Epcot to visit today…
Ok, definitely not what I'd choose to do at RD or even at all on a short trip, but I'm glad you were able to carve some time out for him to do what he really wanted to do. Especially since it will be going away.Since typing all of this, they have closed Habit Heroes permanently! While it's not a huge shock or loss to the park overall, DS was definitely disappointed when he heard we couldn't do this again in February. I guess it's a good thing we made a point to do it on this bonus trip!
And more importantly, it looks cool too!DS’s car came in first place!
Come on! You're doing it wrong! You want to go fast!He likes to design the most eco-friendly car because he equates that with going slow, and he thinks that will make the car at the end go slower!
Doesn't it amaze you some of the things they take literally when you have no intention of it being that way?I spotted some Cheerios on the floor and pointed them out to DS, joking with him that I’d found him something to eat for a snack. He dropped down to his knees to pick one up and I barely managed to swat it out of his hand before he put it in his mouth! He thought I was serious!!
I look forward to it!After our break, we were ready to check out some nighttime Christmas festivities, but although we were there primarily to see the Osborne Lights as much as possible, there was one other nighttime event we wanted to see!
Yes, it is. I remember doing that once.I think they also played the one where you pick up the body parts off a conveyor belt and place them correctly. Yes, that’s a thing.
Now is the hour to build our power! It takes about 20 minutes to participate in this attraction, and rope drop be darned, DS loves it!
Glad you got it in while you did. Good trip to do things for the last time, I guess.Since typing all of this, they have closed Habit Heroes permanently! While it's not a huge shock or loss to the park overall, DS was definitely disappointed when he heard we couldn't do this again in February. I guess it's a good thing we made a point to do it on this bonus trip!
Izzy saw this picture earlier and said, "That looks like me when I was a baby!"
He likes to design the most eco-friendly car because he equates that with going slow, and he thinks that will make the car at the end go slower!
Very pretty, indeed!After Test Track, we were ready to head out of the park. The sky was looking beautiful over Spaceship Earth as we made our way out.
After that, we went to do the only logical thing you do at rope drop and the real reason DS had chosen Epcot to visit today…
DS’s car came in first place!
He likes to design the most eco-friendly car because he equates that with going slow, and he thinks that will make the car at the end go slower!
When we got to the end outside part, DS looked at me and yelled, “But I didn’t make a fast car!”
I spotted some Cheerios on the floor and pointed them out to DS, joking with him that I’d found him something to eat for a snack. He dropped down to his knees to pick one up and I barely managed to swat it out of his hand before he put it in his mouth! He thought I was serious!!
Makes sense, short trip with APs... might as well hit the highlights!
Or even Habit Heroes...
Cool! Nice to get a little extra time, especially when you're on such a short trip.
Ok, definitely not what I'd choose to do at RD or even at all on a short trip, but I'm glad you were able to carve some time out for him to do what he really wanted to do. Especially since it will be going away.
Come on! You're doing it wrong! You want to go fast!
Doesn't it amaze you some of the things they take literally when you have no intention of it being that way?
I look forward to it!
Yes, it is. I remember doing that once.
Glad you got it in while you did. Good trip to do things for the last time, I guess.
Izzy saw this picture earlier and said, "That looks like me when I was a baby!"
Nice that you go to Epcot early and that it opened early!
Love DH's Spaceship Earth face!
Awww that's kinda sweet that DS wanted to do Habit Heroes! And good thing he got one last time in before it shut down!
LOL I am dying at the thought of DS picking up the cheerios off the ground! Silly boy!
Sounds like a fun morning at Epcot!!
Fun morning and Epcot and glad you beat the crowds! The parks didn't seem overly crowded but since we arrived on Saturday and did our first park day on Sunday, I think that helped.
We love those games after Spaceship Earth too! They like the shuffleboard and racing games but I'll have to be on the look out for the body parts one.
I'm sad that Habit Heros is closed! I was going to try that in May since we have 2 Epcot days. But it's great that DS got to enjoy it one more time!
Great use of FP+ to split the big attractions up!
And I think it was a good call to skip Disney Springs as much as I would have loved to meet up! Parking was crazy and the 2 hour wait for Santa was crazy if you didn't have any other plans to shop around. Can't wait to hear about the rest of your evening!
I love your photos of the lights. DS looks so happy to have seen them.
The strangest things entertain kids. Who'd have thought Habit Heroes would warrant another visit?
Probably a great decision to head back to the room early and eat at the CBR food court. And it sounds like a pretty relaxing afternoon for you, being able to rest in the room with DD while DH and DS went swimming.
Awww, that's a high compliment coming from a cutie like Izzy! True story, Paxton thinks every little boy in every picture is him. I really got a kick out of watching @TheMaxRebo 's DL trip video with him because every time he saw Peter he would ask if that was him. I kept asking him, "Paxton, do you even know who these other people are or remember going on vacation with them?! Why do you think that is you??" And he would just giggle.