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Day Seven: Time for an Annual Photoshoot!
So, after we parted way with Kari and fam, we headed to our next fastpass. Barnstormer.
Big Top Circus
I figured since we didn't get to do it the other day, that this was a good option. (from the choices that I had with the last minutes change up.
I want to say this was one of the first rides that the girls rode together.
Riding Barnstormer
Oh but how times have changed... We got off and they both looked dumb founded. Like how in the world was that ride THAT short. It was kind of funny.
Barnstormer
It was fun enough, but we were ready to do some other stuff!
But first we made a stop in Big Top Souveigners. I think Gwen requested it to get her thing for the day. Gwen decided on a dumbo plush and proceeded to take FOREVER checking each and every plush out for just the right one.
Morgan decided to add to her long tail collection, and picked out the Pegasus from Hercules.
I had broken my new hat at the VIP night. And knew that generally speaking they would replace it. And I had remembered to bring it with me today. So, I found a new one, and when we checked out, had them swap it. The CM did seem a little hesitant to do so, but she went ahead and di it.
It was a successful, quick shopping trip.
We headed out and towards "The Best Bathrooms Ever". This has become a favorite tradtion of ours. Photo shoot in front of a bathroom! Ha.
If you have followed my other reports, you have seen a few of them, but it is so fun to see the growth and progression in one spot. It's our version of the pencil markings on the door, I guess.
Rapunzel Photo
The girls have had varing degrees of coporation with this. But this time, they were very agreable and we got the shot fairly quickly.
making of the photo
A behind the scenes shot of making the photo.... See the strollers on either side. This area was PACKED with strollers. I remember the first time we came and the birth of these photos, the girls danced and danced around to the Tangled music. Now, there was barely room to move!
Newest Version!
Here is the newest version. I mean look how tiny they were the first time we went!!!! We joked at one point that Morgan was one hook hand tall at one point.
After that was taken care of, we still had half an hour till our fast pass window opened up. So, we decided to go see the Country Bears.
Country Bears Sign
We had a little wait for the next show to start. It wasn't too bad, except we were sitting/standing next to a dad wiht 5 or 6 pre-teen boys. and they were well, being boys...
We also, saw Andy's BFF from Tom Sawyer Island and laughed because he had found another dad wearing a college hat and was talking sports with him. He also did say that he just loves working at Disney and talking to folks all day. He was truely happy and super nice!
Country Bears
Sooooo, this may be unpopular oppinion but I could do without Country Bears. It's fine. And I enjoy it but I am not chaining myself to the doors or anything.
Country Bears
Gwen LOOOOOOOVED it our first trip. Andy took her to watch it while, I had taken Morgan to ride Big Thunder Mountain. And she talked about the singing bears forever!!! So much so, that Morgan was kind of mad that she missed it.
Country Bears
She talked about these guys alot too!
Country Bears was fun, and nice and cool!
We still had time, so we headed to Tiki Room Next!
Tiki Room
Now this one, I would be super sad if it left!
We timed it well, and barely waited before we were left into see the show.
Tikit Todem Pole
The talking todem poles are always my favorite.
More tiki Birds
I don't know why, I just love this one.
After our visit with the birds, we decided to snack our way over to our last fast pass and then probably head out.
First stop was the Egg Roll Cart!!!
Cheeseburger Egg Rolls
We got one Cheeseburger Egg Roll and the Flavor of the Month? which was Buffalo Chicken. We really liked both. Andy really liked the Cheeseburger one.
Morgan got some popcorn from the cart right next to that. No picture... but imagine Popcorn!
Gwen was holding out for Churros. I wasn't completely sure where to get them but we said we would look.
Luckily, I found some at the stand in the hub, the one closest to Adventureland. I peeked at the one of the other side, and it did NOT have churros. I want to say maybe popcorn and pretzels? Or maybe just popcorn. It took FOREVER to get one, but we got one.
Churro
And Gwen was happy.
But then Morgan had snack envy, as she didn't realize it would come with chocolate sauce.
But once Gwen ate most of the churro, she let Morgan dip her popcorn in the chocolate. And all was well again.
Chocolate Dip & Popcorn
Also, proof of the popcorn! Oh and then once Gwen was officially done, Morgan poored the rest directly on the popcorn so we could walk and eat.
Disney Ducks
We had a couple friends wandering around while we sat and ate.
It was finally time for our last fast pass!!! Space Mountain!
Tomorrowland
We headed in.
Space Mountian
And straight to Space Mountain. Andy decided to sit the ride out, as his back was bothering him a little and didn't want to agrevate it. So, we gave him all the bags and we headed in.
A pre-teen boy snuck under the railings and into the Fast Pass line. And managed to squeeze by the CM at the second touch point while the CM was talking to a family right in front of him. He clearly had done it before. And Gwen was NOT happy about this. But I wasn't about to make waves about it.
After our ride, we met back up with Andy, left Morgan with Andy and I took Gwen to the bathroom.
After, I wanted to ride the people mover, but the girls were toast. But like all good dis moms, I made them go anyway!
People Mover
Tired
It had been a suprisingly busy day. And swimming yesterday was nice but still tiring being in the sun. And they were just tired.
But the people mover was a nice way to end the day! We headed out and straight to the busses.
We lucked out with a bus, as it was literally ready to leave and we hopped right on. And it was at the beginning of the bus row! Once we were on the bus, I checked out to see which stop we should get off at. I had gotten a room text at some point.
Again, we lucked out, and were the 1st stop once at Riverside. We managed to find our room even though it was SUPER dark! It got dark fast!
But we found our room and I called for our bags, as we were hoping to go check out the pool before it closed. Andy wanted to sit in the hot tub a little.
i took the usual pics of the room.
Room
5th Sleeper
Gwen was happy that there was a pull down in this room again. And Morgan was happy to have a bed to herself again.
5th Sleeper Pulled out
So, the room was a HUGE let down. I know we just came from the Poly and I knew it wouldn't be as nice BUT this room was just not nice... The biggest issue... There was literally 3 outlets in the whole room. I had to charge my phone on the wall by the bed Morgan slept by and had to put it on the floor. The carpet was in desperate need of replacing.
Otherwise it was fine. And really we had a few busy days, so it wasn't like we were going to be lounging around.
Our bags came with a little time to go to the pool. The girls didn't want to go but Andy really wanted to get in the Hot tub for his back. So, we all got changed and headed down to the pool.
Riverside
We were in a nice spot, kind of half way between the bus stop and the main area. And it was nice in the evening. And there was a quiet pool close by, but we never went in that one.
Night Swimming
We got to the pool AND the hot tub was closed!!! Boo! But we all got in the main pool. And it was super warm. So that still felt good.
This pool was fun and the slide was fun (according to the girls). It did have a lot of deeper areas. which was fine for us, as both girls are good swimmers, but I could see if being more of an issue if you had little kids.
Gwen needed to use the bathroom, so I took her and found it nice and close to the pool. Andy talked up one of the lifeguards while I was gone, and he said that he thought they turned the heat up since the hot tub was closed. And that the hot tub would be open tomorrow. So that was good to know!
We closed down the pool right at 8:00 PM. Which by the way is a HUGE bummer. Can't they stay open till 9:00 in the winter? I just needed a little more time.
We headed back to the room, changed and we all went straight to bed!
So, after we parted way with Kari and fam, we headed to our next fastpass. Barnstormer.
Big Top Circus
I figured since we didn't get to do it the other day, that this was a good option. (from the choices that I had with the last minutes change up.
I want to say this was one of the first rides that the girls rode together.
Riding Barnstormer
Oh but how times have changed... We got off and they both looked dumb founded. Like how in the world was that ride THAT short. It was kind of funny.
Barnstormer
It was fun enough, but we were ready to do some other stuff!
But first we made a stop in Big Top Souveigners. I think Gwen requested it to get her thing for the day. Gwen decided on a dumbo plush and proceeded to take FOREVER checking each and every plush out for just the right one.
Morgan decided to add to her long tail collection, and picked out the Pegasus from Hercules.
I had broken my new hat at the VIP night. And knew that generally speaking they would replace it. And I had remembered to bring it with me today. So, I found a new one, and when we checked out, had them swap it. The CM did seem a little hesitant to do so, but she went ahead and di it.
It was a successful, quick shopping trip.
We headed out and towards "The Best Bathrooms Ever". This has become a favorite tradtion of ours. Photo shoot in front of a bathroom! Ha.
If you have followed my other reports, you have seen a few of them, but it is so fun to see the growth and progression in one spot. It's our version of the pencil markings on the door, I guess.
Rapunzel Photo
The girls have had varing degrees of coporation with this. But this time, they were very agreable and we got the shot fairly quickly.
making of the photo
A behind the scenes shot of making the photo.... See the strollers on either side. This area was PACKED with strollers. I remember the first time we came and the birth of these photos, the girls danced and danced around to the Tangled music. Now, there was barely room to move!
Newest Version!
Here is the newest version. I mean look how tiny they were the first time we went!!!! We joked at one point that Morgan was one hook hand tall at one point.
After that was taken care of, we still had half an hour till our fast pass window opened up. So, we decided to go see the Country Bears.
Country Bears Sign
We had a little wait for the next show to start. It wasn't too bad, except we were sitting/standing next to a dad wiht 5 or 6 pre-teen boys. and they were well, being boys...
We also, saw Andy's BFF from Tom Sawyer Island and laughed because he had found another dad wearing a college hat and was talking sports with him. He also did say that he just loves working at Disney and talking to folks all day. He was truely happy and super nice!
Country Bears
Sooooo, this may be unpopular oppinion but I could do without Country Bears. It's fine. And I enjoy it but I am not chaining myself to the doors or anything.
Country Bears
Gwen LOOOOOOOVED it our first trip. Andy took her to watch it while, I had taken Morgan to ride Big Thunder Mountain. And she talked about the singing bears forever!!! So much so, that Morgan was kind of mad that she missed it.
Country Bears
She talked about these guys alot too!
Country Bears was fun, and nice and cool!
We still had time, so we headed to Tiki Room Next!
Tiki Room
Now this one, I would be super sad if it left!
We timed it well, and barely waited before we were left into see the show.
Tikit Todem Pole
The talking todem poles are always my favorite.
More tiki Birds
I don't know why, I just love this one.
After our visit with the birds, we decided to snack our way over to our last fast pass and then probably head out.
First stop was the Egg Roll Cart!!!
Cheeseburger Egg Rolls
We got one Cheeseburger Egg Roll and the Flavor of the Month? which was Buffalo Chicken. We really liked both. Andy really liked the Cheeseburger one.
Morgan got some popcorn from the cart right next to that. No picture... but imagine Popcorn!
Gwen was holding out for Churros. I wasn't completely sure where to get them but we said we would look.
Luckily, I found some at the stand in the hub, the one closest to Adventureland. I peeked at the one of the other side, and it did NOT have churros. I want to say maybe popcorn and pretzels? Or maybe just popcorn. It took FOREVER to get one, but we got one.
Churro
And Gwen was happy.
But then Morgan had snack envy, as she didn't realize it would come with chocolate sauce.
But once Gwen ate most of the churro, she let Morgan dip her popcorn in the chocolate. And all was well again.
Chocolate Dip & Popcorn
Also, proof of the popcorn! Oh and then once Gwen was officially done, Morgan poored the rest directly on the popcorn so we could walk and eat.
Disney Ducks
We had a couple friends wandering around while we sat and ate.
It was finally time for our last fast pass!!! Space Mountain!
Tomorrowland
We headed in.
Space Mountian
And straight to Space Mountain. Andy decided to sit the ride out, as his back was bothering him a little and didn't want to agrevate it. So, we gave him all the bags and we headed in.
A pre-teen boy snuck under the railings and into the Fast Pass line. And managed to squeeze by the CM at the second touch point while the CM was talking to a family right in front of him. He clearly had done it before. And Gwen was NOT happy about this. But I wasn't about to make waves about it.
After our ride, we met back up with Andy, left Morgan with Andy and I took Gwen to the bathroom.
After, I wanted to ride the people mover, but the girls were toast. But like all good dis moms, I made them go anyway!
People Mover
Tired
It had been a suprisingly busy day. And swimming yesterday was nice but still tiring being in the sun. And they were just tired.
But the people mover was a nice way to end the day! We headed out and straight to the busses.
We lucked out with a bus, as it was literally ready to leave and we hopped right on. And it was at the beginning of the bus row! Once we were on the bus, I checked out to see which stop we should get off at. I had gotten a room text at some point.
Again, we lucked out, and were the 1st stop once at Riverside. We managed to find our room even though it was SUPER dark! It got dark fast!
But we found our room and I called for our bags, as we were hoping to go check out the pool before it closed. Andy wanted to sit in the hot tub a little.
i took the usual pics of the room.
Room
5th Sleeper
Gwen was happy that there was a pull down in this room again. And Morgan was happy to have a bed to herself again.
5th Sleeper Pulled out
So, the room was a HUGE let down. I know we just came from the Poly and I knew it wouldn't be as nice BUT this room was just not nice... The biggest issue... There was literally 3 outlets in the whole room. I had to charge my phone on the wall by the bed Morgan slept by and had to put it on the floor. The carpet was in desperate need of replacing.
Otherwise it was fine. And really we had a few busy days, so it wasn't like we were going to be lounging around.
Our bags came with a little time to go to the pool. The girls didn't want to go but Andy really wanted to get in the Hot tub for his back. So, we all got changed and headed down to the pool.
Riverside
We were in a nice spot, kind of half way between the bus stop and the main area. And it was nice in the evening. And there was a quiet pool close by, but we never went in that one.
Night Swimming
We got to the pool AND the hot tub was closed!!! Boo! But we all got in the main pool. And it was super warm. So that still felt good.
This pool was fun and the slide was fun (according to the girls). It did have a lot of deeper areas. which was fine for us, as both girls are good swimmers, but I could see if being more of an issue if you had little kids.
Gwen needed to use the bathroom, so I took her and found it nice and close to the pool. Andy talked up one of the lifeguards while I was gone, and he said that he thought they turned the heat up since the hot tub was closed. And that the hot tub would be open tomorrow. So that was good to know!
We closed down the pool right at 8:00 PM. Which by the way is a HUGE bummer. Can't they stay open till 9:00 in the winter? I just needed a little more time.
We headed back to the room, changed and we all went straight to bed!