billysmommy
02-04-2011, 03:13 PM
We had an absolutely amazing trip...one of our best ever!!! We did 10 days/9 nights at the Boardwalk Villas. We did not do the Dining plan.
We had a tough day Friday wondering if our flight would go since the ones before it were cancelled but we made it out. There was no line to the ME and we got right on the bus. There were only 6 other people on the bus with us.
We checked in at the Boardwalk Villas and got an amazing room overlooking the green between the BWI and BWV and could see alot of the boardwalk entertainment from our balcony. We were on the 3rd floor so our balcony was absolutely huge (it was the overhang for the walkway by the shops below us). This was our 3rd stay at The Boardwalk. We love the location and being able to walk to Epcot and DHS.
The parks were very empty all week. We were at rope drop every morning and were able to get pretty much all of our "must-do's" done by lunchtime and then after lunch would go back for 2nd or 3rd rides on our favorites. Two days the stand-by line for Big Thunder was only 10 minutes at 1:00 in the afternoon!!
The boys got to do the Jedi training academy and were totally in awe. The Jedi master told Benjamin he looked like an Ewok which is what DH and I call him all the time.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/loricaddoo/WDW%20trip%202011/IMG_0641.jpghttp://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/loricaddoo/WDW%20trip%202011/IMG_0688.jpg
They did the Albatross Pirate cruise from the Yacht Club and ended up being the only 2 on it. They had a blast figuring out the clues, the boat chase with Capt Stinkyfeet and finding the treasure.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/loricaddoo/WDW%20trip%202011/IMG_0890.jpg
I also booked them an evening at the Neverland Club at the Poly while I got a pedicure at the GF Spa. Both were amazing and there were only 7 kids total in the Neverland Club that night. They loved it and the CM's running it were wonderful with the kids.
Ds2 was SO excited to finally be tall enough to ride Big Thunder and Test Track. We rode Test Track almost 20 times by the end of our trip, I have it all memorized now!!
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/loricaddoo/WDW%20trip%202011/IMG_0515.jpg
One of our MK mornings we were walking over to Pirates right after the park opened and they were looking for kids to do the Pirate's League since they had no one booked that morning. The boys really wanted to do it and they loved being pirates the rest of the day. At 4:00 they do a Pirate parade for all the kids made up at the Pirates League that day and then all the kids got front row seats for Capt Jack's Pirate Tutorial. We went to meet the Princesses and Fairies while they were done up as Pirates and had some great interactions. Belle took one of the daggers and they all did Pirate faces together. The Fairies were very concerned that there were Pirates coming to see them since they had been captured bu Pirates and put in lanterns. Ds1 told them that they were really Lost Boys dressed as Pirates to sneak onto Capt Hook's ship and the Fairies all made a big deal out of that.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/loricaddoo/WDW%20trip%202011/IMG_1233.jpghttp://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/loricaddoo/WDW%20trip%202011/IMG_1211.jpg
DH's flight was delayed Wed night so he didn't get there until almost 1am which made for a long day for him on Thursday. Since he was there we were able to do some of the other rides that Ds2 was still too short for. Ds1 loved Mission:Space and his new favorite ride is RockNRoller Coaster. He got off that one and ran right back on with DH. He loved it!!!
We checked in ~10 minutes early for our ADR's and were seated pretty much right away.
We had breakfasts at CRT, Crystal Palace, Capt Cooks at the Poly (I had to try the Tonga Toast!!) and the Boardwalk Bakery. Lunches were at Sci-Fi Cafe, Pecos Bill, Columbia Harbor House, the flatbread stand in FrontierLand and the Mexico counter service. Dinners were Rose & Crown, the Plaza, Garden Grill, the Chinese counter service, and San Angel Inn.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/loricaddoo/WDW%20trip%202011/IMG_1190.jpg
This was going to be our last long trip to WDW but we had such an amazing time we're going to go back again next Jan!!
We had a tough day Friday wondering if our flight would go since the ones before it were cancelled but we made it out. There was no line to the ME and we got right on the bus. There were only 6 other people on the bus with us.
We checked in at the Boardwalk Villas and got an amazing room overlooking the green between the BWI and BWV and could see alot of the boardwalk entertainment from our balcony. We were on the 3rd floor so our balcony was absolutely huge (it was the overhang for the walkway by the shops below us). This was our 3rd stay at The Boardwalk. We love the location and being able to walk to Epcot and DHS.
The parks were very empty all week. We were at rope drop every morning and were able to get pretty much all of our "must-do's" done by lunchtime and then after lunch would go back for 2nd or 3rd rides on our favorites. Two days the stand-by line for Big Thunder was only 10 minutes at 1:00 in the afternoon!!
The boys got to do the Jedi training academy and were totally in awe. The Jedi master told Benjamin he looked like an Ewok which is what DH and I call him all the time.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/loricaddoo/WDW%20trip%202011/IMG_0641.jpghttp://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/loricaddoo/WDW%20trip%202011/IMG_0688.jpg
They did the Albatross Pirate cruise from the Yacht Club and ended up being the only 2 on it. They had a blast figuring out the clues, the boat chase with Capt Stinkyfeet and finding the treasure.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/loricaddoo/WDW%20trip%202011/IMG_0890.jpg
I also booked them an evening at the Neverland Club at the Poly while I got a pedicure at the GF Spa. Both were amazing and there were only 7 kids total in the Neverland Club that night. They loved it and the CM's running it were wonderful with the kids.
Ds2 was SO excited to finally be tall enough to ride Big Thunder and Test Track. We rode Test Track almost 20 times by the end of our trip, I have it all memorized now!!
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/loricaddoo/WDW%20trip%202011/IMG_0515.jpg
One of our MK mornings we were walking over to Pirates right after the park opened and they were looking for kids to do the Pirate's League since they had no one booked that morning. The boys really wanted to do it and they loved being pirates the rest of the day. At 4:00 they do a Pirate parade for all the kids made up at the Pirates League that day and then all the kids got front row seats for Capt Jack's Pirate Tutorial. We went to meet the Princesses and Fairies while they were done up as Pirates and had some great interactions. Belle took one of the daggers and they all did Pirate faces together. The Fairies were very concerned that there were Pirates coming to see them since they had been captured bu Pirates and put in lanterns. Ds1 told them that they were really Lost Boys dressed as Pirates to sneak onto Capt Hook's ship and the Fairies all made a big deal out of that.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/loricaddoo/WDW%20trip%202011/IMG_1233.jpghttp://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/loricaddoo/WDW%20trip%202011/IMG_1211.jpg
DH's flight was delayed Wed night so he didn't get there until almost 1am which made for a long day for him on Thursday. Since he was there we were able to do some of the other rides that Ds2 was still too short for. Ds1 loved Mission:Space and his new favorite ride is RockNRoller Coaster. He got off that one and ran right back on with DH. He loved it!!!
We checked in ~10 minutes early for our ADR's and were seated pretty much right away.
We had breakfasts at CRT, Crystal Palace, Capt Cooks at the Poly (I had to try the Tonga Toast!!) and the Boardwalk Bakery. Lunches were at Sci-Fi Cafe, Pecos Bill, Columbia Harbor House, the flatbread stand in FrontierLand and the Mexico counter service. Dinners were Rose & Crown, the Plaza, Garden Grill, the Chinese counter service, and San Angel Inn.
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/loricaddoo/WDW%20trip%202011/IMG_1190.jpg
This was going to be our last long trip to WDW but we had such an amazing time we're going to go back again next Jan!!