Hello!
I'm sure I've read portions of your TR's before (and possibly even commented?), but wanted to officially join in! I've spent the past through days looking at your past reports and watching your kids grow up throughout your Disney trips. I'm glad your son has gone from not being fond of the Barnstormer to loving Test Track!
Welcome along!! It's kind of crazy to look back on old TRs and see how far he has come. It will be fun to do the same with DD!
Your TR's are great fun to read, your husband's pictures are AWESOME, and your kids are just adorable! I'm especially impressed with your husband's pictures on the dark and constantly moving rides - I can never get my pictures on Pirates or Haunted Mansion to come out well, and many of my pictures on Pooh are a blur! I'm also impressed at how many trips you've taken with such a young baby! Finally, I love that you adore Harry Potter just like you love Disney (and I love your son's MNNSHP costume!). Thank you for so many great reports!
Thank you for the kind words! That's another thing that has improved over the years, my writing & his photos! lol It was really a surprise to us too that we managed to make so many trips over the life of that AP, and with an infant in tow almost every time too. I don't think I could have managed it with DS when he was that young because he was a more needy baby where DD has always been pretty go with the flow, so it really couldn't have worked out any better that we had so many opportunities to go. I think I've done a pretty good job turning DS into a Disney junkie and a Potter head!! lol
What an ugly start to the trip! I'm glad you were within driving distance so you could reorganize your travel to Disney.
It was probably the worst drive to Disney we'd ever made, so I was beyond thankful when we finally made it there. We are lucky though to be close enough that it was an option so we didn't have to cancel or shorten our trip.
It's a bummer that you missed Wishes (I still can't believe they got rid of WISHES?!
), but at least you'd seen it multiple times before. Hopefully the new show is good?
I'm glad we had so many opportunities to see it, even if we did miss it on this last trip and didn't know it would be going away. Did you watch the live stream of Happily Ever After? Didn't pack the same emotional punch for me as Wishes, but I think they did a great job with it and I'm glad they didn't skimp on the fireworks, as the rumors had thought they would. I'm looking forward to seeing it in person one day, although that probably won't happen until late next year at the earliest.
Wow, your son was the rebel spy TWICE?! That's awesome! I always sit and look forward as soon as possible in order to have a chance to be the rebel spy, but no luck yet! I think they often choose kids, though, so perhaps my chance at being rebel spy has passed me by!
I don't know what criteria they use or what kind of trick there might be to getting picked, so I was really amazed he was picked two rides in a row! And of course, he was totally thrilled with it.
Well, even though you missed Wishes, it's nice you made it to the Welcome show! I FINALLY caught it in full during my last trip in 2016 - thank goodness as now that's gone, too! (What on earth are they doing with all these mainstays?!) It was a great way to kick off a very full and productive morning in MK!
Yes, another thing we loved that now is gone too! And a pretty pitiful replacement for that really, so I don't know that we will be keeping our tradition of pre park opening breakfasts at Crystal Palace now that the added bonus of empty Main Street is pretty much gone. I was hoping it was just temporary while the train was under refurb, but looks like it's here to stay unfortunately. I can't imagine what they were thinking getting rid of it!
lol thanks for showing the tangled mens room! What a fun start to the party too <3 that is interesting about the new entrance but nice they had the statues and photopass people out! That's awesome. And so great to start with some candy. Paxton looks amazing as HP!! (And Delilah is so cute as minnie, good idea to keep her in something more comfy)
Haha I was surprised he did that, but very appreciative!!
It was a nice way to kind of get into more of the middle of the park without having to navigate the congestion on Main Street, so I appreciated that they had added it. And of course, I'll never say no to more candy! lol
Thank you! I have my cousin to thank for most of the costume, actually. I only had to buy him the robes & wand, and she supplied everything else because she already had it all from a cosplay she had done! It worked out perfectly.
So how many times have you seen it since Easter? Our kids got Moana and Sing. I think we've seen each one approximately 10,000 times since then.
We have watched the movie a ton, but listened to the soundtrack even more! All 4 of us love it. The hospital where I work has some really talented ER nurses, and they did an amazing job decorating the sliding glass doors of one of the trauma rooms.
I tend to agree with you about it, but it really is a great coaster for kids. And it does have some nice theming to it.
I think it's one of those things where anticipation was high because of the frenzy over it. It's a great ride though, and DS absolutely loves it, so I love that about it. And the theming is wonderful!
Oh no! The Peoplemover surfer had a wipeout! I'm glad it wasn't anything serious.
I was so glad he wasn't badly hurt. It was a scary moment!
Is it possible to walk past the carousel without stopping for a ride when you have kids? I mean really, has it ever been done?
I don't think so! At least, not with our kids.
Those things are convenient, but they are just a disaster waiting to happen.
So very true. It was great that it kept DD from eating nothing but junk for a week, but so messy at times!
I like the costume. Probably a good choice to go with the more comfortable option.
Thanks! It was definitely the better choice for the evening since, as suspected, she did end up spending most of the night in the carrier.
Full size candy bars and M&Ms are a great way to get the evening started off right!!!
I totally agree!
I am enjoying your TR. I will be going for out first MNSSHP in 2018.
Thanks! Hope you enjoy the party. We absolutely love it and always look forward to when we can do another one!
While September will be hotter, more park time is always a plus! That's more opportunities to drink Butterbeer.
Very cute costumes for MNSSHP.
Full sized candy bars in the "welcome bags"...who would need to go trick or treating after that?
More excuses for frozen butterbeer are always appreciated. lol
Thanks!
We left that night with sooooooooo much candy. They were handing out so much good stuff!