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Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Feb 2, 2013
Day 3 - Part 2 - An {almost} Perfect Evening
When we left off, I had alluded to some, um, behavioral issues with my kids. I'm sure everyone else's kids are perfect angels...but mine are not without some "guidance". The kids had started out great behaviorally, but had deteriorated in the last 24 hours and we went back to the hotel and had a quick, to the point discussion about being thankful and kind to each other. We had planned to swim all afternoon, but instead we sat in the dark hotel room while they whined, cried and eventually came to our terms all while we sat quietly and “relaxed”. Sometimes no words hold the most meaning. We decided to call the rest of our trip Operation Get Along and our code word was McGuillicuddy to keep us on course. Every time we uttered that word, they stopped in their tracks and thought about what they were doing because they knew I’d have no problem yanking them out of the park and going silently back to the hotel room to be bored again. It worked, because we really didn’t have anymore problems that week.
After a few hours, we did end up at the pool for a very short time and it was HOT. The games they were playing were cute, but my kids aren’t joiners so they enjoyed the water.
We then got ready and drove to the Boardwalk, none of us had ever explored this area before and we were excited.
I had scored a Beaches n’ Cream ADR once they opened up and I was excited. We ended up waiting for 30 minutes, which was not fun, but the kids played next door in the arcade and I enjoyed watching people in the pool.
I can't wait to stay here one day...
Timeless
The food was OK, but the atmosphere was GREAT.
I got grilled cheese and soup.
My hubby's hamburger which he liked
We decided against the kitchen sink, but we loved when the lights changed and they brought one out to someone else. The kids got a kick out of it. My son desperately wants to go there again.
The kids wanted more arcade time, and I sat down and hit a brick wall. I mean, I only got a few hours sleep the night before, so I trip journaled to keep myself from passing out. DH and I really like the idea of staying at the Epcot resorts (especially the Boardwalk) in the future, we really enjoyed this area a lot.
It was a splendid evening, with perfect weather and a light tropical breeze and low humidity, puffy clouds, sunset and a huge moon. There was an eclipse later that night too. I'll let my pictures tell the story of this relaxing walk back to the car.
We got some photo booth pictures which is a family tradition, salivated at the Boardwalk Bakery and then headed to the car.
We drove by Fantasia Golf so my Putt-Putt loving hubby could check it out. We wanted to get back to play another night, but weather got in the way. We had a discussion on the way to the hotel about what to do the next day. I knew it was going to rain, but we looked at it as an adventure with hopefully shorter lines. We would be at MK that night, but decided we didn’t need to do it in the am too. So it was between AK and HS…and TSMM won out. An early morning jaunt to HS was decided on and we wondered how many times could be do TSMM before the crowds got too big. I wonder if we got on at all?
Continued in the next post...
When we left off, I had alluded to some, um, behavioral issues with my kids. I'm sure everyone else's kids are perfect angels...but mine are not without some "guidance". The kids had started out great behaviorally, but had deteriorated in the last 24 hours and we went back to the hotel and had a quick, to the point discussion about being thankful and kind to each other. We had planned to swim all afternoon, but instead we sat in the dark hotel room while they whined, cried and eventually came to our terms all while we sat quietly and “relaxed”. Sometimes no words hold the most meaning. We decided to call the rest of our trip Operation Get Along and our code word was McGuillicuddy to keep us on course. Every time we uttered that word, they stopped in their tracks and thought about what they were doing because they knew I’d have no problem yanking them out of the park and going silently back to the hotel room to be bored again. It worked, because we really didn’t have anymore problems that week.
After a few hours, we did end up at the pool for a very short time and it was HOT. The games they were playing were cute, but my kids aren’t joiners so they enjoyed the water.
We then got ready and drove to the Boardwalk, none of us had ever explored this area before and we were excited.
I had scored a Beaches n’ Cream ADR once they opened up and I was excited. We ended up waiting for 30 minutes, which was not fun, but the kids played next door in the arcade and I enjoyed watching people in the pool.
I can't wait to stay here one day...
Timeless
The food was OK, but the atmosphere was GREAT.
I got grilled cheese and soup.
My hubby's hamburger which he liked
We decided against the kitchen sink, but we loved when the lights changed and they brought one out to someone else. The kids got a kick out of it. My son desperately wants to go there again.
The kids wanted more arcade time, and I sat down and hit a brick wall. I mean, I only got a few hours sleep the night before, so I trip journaled to keep myself from passing out. DH and I really like the idea of staying at the Epcot resorts (especially the Boardwalk) in the future, we really enjoyed this area a lot.
It was a splendid evening, with perfect weather and a light tropical breeze and low humidity, puffy clouds, sunset and a huge moon. There was an eclipse later that night too. I'll let my pictures tell the story of this relaxing walk back to the car.
We got some photo booth pictures which is a family tradition, salivated at the Boardwalk Bakery and then headed to the car.
We drove by Fantasia Golf so my Putt-Putt loving hubby could check it out. We wanted to get back to play another night, but weather got in the way. We had a discussion on the way to the hotel about what to do the next day. I knew it was going to rain, but we looked at it as an adventure with hopefully shorter lines. We would be at MK that night, but decided we didn’t need to do it in the am too. So it was between AK and HS…and TSMM won out. An early morning jaunt to HS was decided on and we wondered how many times could be do TSMM before the crowds got too big. I wonder if we got on at all?
Continued in the next post...