11/8-11/19 trip report!

[phlo8810]

First time posting a trip report so here we go.
11/8 check in at the boardwalk villas. Dinner at the flying fish. As usual the flying fisf was fabulous. Had the mussells which I could eat all nite and the surf and surf which was great as well. DS5 and wife had to leave because ds was not feeling well. Turns out he had a 101 degree temp and was pretty sick.
11/9 wake up DS5 felt better. Goto kona cafe. First time there for breakfast and the tonga toast lived up to the hype. Loved it! Wen to magic kingdom for the day. Did all the rides except for space mountain which was closed. Been 3 years since I've gotten to ride but will have time later. No lines to speak of at all. Went to narcoosses for dinner but only my dad and I as everyone else was not feeling well. Hands down best meal of the trip. I had the oysters Rockefeller which were incredible. Had to order them twice. Also the whole Maine lobster which was delicious and perfectly cooked.
More to come I am sitting in MCO waiting for my flight home.

[phlo8810]

Forgot to mention in the first post but the weather for those days and every day of the trip was absolutely perfect. Low 80s every single day and sunny.
Now for 11/10. Skipped breakfast and got Danish and muffins at the boardwalk bakery. Around 11 went to epcot for the food & wine fest. First time doin this and I was completely amazed. What a great experience. I think I must have eaten at least 13 different stations throughout the day. Did every ride except test track. The line was 60 mins for what I think is the most overrated ride in wdw. For dinner we went to via Napoli. BEST PIZZA ever!!!! The freshness of the ingredients jump out at you. You taste every little thing that goes into these pizzas.
11/11. Hollywood studios day. Now in the weeks leading up to this trip I've been noticing that rock an roller coaster has been closed more than open. So after FP toy story (which has gotten to be a complete nuissance IMO) we went to rrc. Waited in line for maybe 5mins got to the loading zone and bam! All the lights come on and they rush us out of there giving us FPs good for the month. This trip I encountered many many rides that went down as I was in line. Space mountain, soarin, rocknroller, spalsh just the ones I remember now. Got lunch at sci fi dine in which we all love. Toured more of the park did rides and hit the brown derby for dinner. Very good but not great. Partly due to the fact that we were so stuffed from lunch. Then went to the Osborne lights which are always great. Felt and looked like alot more snow coming down this year good touch.

[faline]

What perfect weather! Sorry some members of your party missed out on some of the fun by not feeling well. Hopefully, the illnesses where short-lived!

[phlo8810]

Thanks. Everyone felt fine by day 3.
More report after I catch up on much needed sleep.

[Disney4us2]

Glad everyone felt better. Looking forward to reading more.:mickey:

[phlo8810]

Ok. One more day.
11/12. We started by going to tusker house for breakfast. I absolutley love it there. Def my fav character breakfast. We did all the rides which don't really take too long at this park. My oldest DS finally got brave enough to do EE which he loved but refused to go on again. We then went on the Kali river rapids like 5 times in a row. A strange thing happened on this ride. There was a 0 min wait so as we would walk the long que people getting off would offer us there ponchos which we gladly accepted. Then we would do the same after we rode. However we kept deciding to go back on because we had time to kill before dinner. Every time we would go on the same poncho swap occured. Just goes to show how great people can be in the happiest place on earth. Dinner was at the yak an yeti. First time there and we all said we will definitley go back. I ordered the seafood curry and requested extra spice. Well not only did they spice it up but the waitress brought me out a bottle of this asian hot sauce that was super hot yet super tasty. Needless to say I generously added it to my extra spicy curry seafood. BIG misatke! By the end of dinner the spices were having WWIII in my stomach with the occasional atom bomb going off. It took me a good two hours to get back to a functional state which I needed because I had to trek to old key west to meet my sister in law her boyfriend and my niece who were joining our party.

[phlo8810]

11/13 normally this is relaxing day 1 but my 10 year old niece is hear for the first time. And I have 3 days to show her EVERYTHING!!! Bought her an autograph book and off to cape may cafe for breakfast. No Mickey. I hate when Mickey is not where he should be. Run to HS and do rock n roller coaster. She loved it. I actually paid the twenty something dollars for the picture because her face was priceless. She refused to do tower of terror so we do the great movie ride. IMO this ride needs to be completely redone. How many times can I sit through the same cheesy dialogue? But she loved it! Then we went to American idol. The whole day I've been trying to talk her into going on tower of terror. But when only two contestants came out for idol an the announcer said the third had to drop out because she lost her voice on ToT my plans were shot. Took her to sci fi for a milk shake I think they're the best in wdw. Then we hit the pool for a couple hours so all the kids could ride the "clowns mouth" as my kids call it. Off to MK for crystal palace dinner and extra magic hours til 2am. Cystal was Ok but not great, long wait. MK was packed and by the time we made it out of CP the only spot to see electical parade was at walts statue. No crowds but horrible view. Right after the parade our once cozy spot became a crammed sardine can for wishes. So much so my dad who uses a scooter had to get security to escort him away from the mob that had gathered. After wishes we hit the rides. Two stand out. Jungle cruise at night is a completely different ride. Loved it. Highly recommend. Also big thunder at night was amazing. So much different than usual. We literally did every ride in the park and got to space mountain at about 1:30am. 40min wait. But we did it. And I must say after 3 or 4 years I forgot how scary this was. It felt like our cars were leaving the tracks and landing back on them. Very scary. But loved it. This whole time my 10yo niece was wide awake drinking coke at 1am. We kept sending her parents pics of her at this time of day and they were not happy with us but what the heck there's was no way MY niece was not seeing every ride on her very wdw trip.

[phlo8810]

11/14. Took everyone to cinderellas table for breakfast. They all loved it. Just being in the castle is a great feeling. I tried to get a CM to show me the suite but no one would. This is probably the last time we will do CRT. Not a fan of the food anymore and I don't like the lack of choices. We then ran to splash mountain the only ride we had not done the nite before. My niece got a little wet and did not care for it. She can be a little prissy at times! We then spent the rest of the day at the pool and RELAXED! Yachtsman steakhouse for dinner was great! But it's the only place in wdw that I felt our kids were not very welcome. We then went to epcot and started our drinking around the world tour. We got to japan and my brother in law and I each ordered a sake. 1 hot 1 cold. NEVER again. Pain thinner comes to mind. The wives took the kids to HS to see the Osborne lights Again and me an the brother in law went to ESPN to watch the birds destroy mcnabb and the skins. Feeling really good at this point it was off to jellyrolls for a late nite of fun. But it was not to be as both wives were tired and bed seemed like a better plan.

[phlo8810]

11/15. My nieces last day): went to future world and tried to do the rides. Test track again long wait. Got fp for soarin for later tonite. Rode mission space. I did the real ride my niece did the calmer version. After the ride she said she felt nothing on the calm version and wished she had done the other one. Unbeknownest to her I was wishing I had done the calmer one. But will never tell her. As I got off MS my phone rang and it was my wife crying hysterically. Now all trip we had been complaining to each other about the buses. They have been very slow coming to the boardwalk and we felt the driving had been very eratic and choppy. So when I heard her crying I knew what happened. Her and my 2yo son were on their way to DTD when their bus crashed into the back of a van carrying a family. Everyone on the bus was ok except the driver who was elderly and worried about everyone else. My wife whose a nurse thought he was having a heart attack. The people in the van which was destroyed apparently were ok as well because she was there for quite awhile and no ambulances raced away with anyone. Disney officials made everonee stay on the bus for what must have been like two hours. Everyone was then allowed to leave and that was it. No one contacted her afterwards or anything. She did ask other bus drivers later on if the driver was okay but no one knew. So now when we get on the buses she will not get on if it's stAnding room only. Back to our day. After MS we wen to animal kingdom. Had almost the entire park to ourselves. Did every ride in about an hour. Perfect day for my niece. Then came the hour wait for a bus back to epcot. Once we got there we went to soarin to use our FPs. Got to the front of the line and bam once again. Due to weather in San Francisco our next flight wi not depArt for another 90mins. Aahgghh!!!! My niece was very disappointed after all the buildup I had given the ride. Oh well back to the BW for some rest. Dinner was at the flying fish and once again the mussells and once again great. Can't wait for tomorrow to finally start the relaxing part of my trip.

[phlo8810]

11/15. Our weekend guests are gone and I want to sleep. We spent time at the pool and went back to via napolis for more of that incredible pizza. For dinner we went to chefs de France. This used to be a must do every trip but the service and food have been going downhill for a while. Nothing new, and the old food has gotten boring and in my opinion not as good. Called it an early nite and hung at the bw.
11/16. Again rest day. Took the kids on a couple rides. Rented a searacer with the oldest boy which he loved and basically just did nothing. Went to bw bakery for a snack and lAid around All dAy afterWards. Can not for the life of me remember where we went for dinner this nite. Oh well.

[faline]

What a scary ride for your wife - being involved in a bus accident! Sounds like your niece really enjoyed her first trip!

[vizsla]

Thanks for the reports.

[Suz36]

Sounds like you had fun showing your niece a very magical time at WDW! I hope everyone involved in the accident was OK! How scary!

[MississippiDisneyFreak]

thanks for the reports...that must have been a scary experience for your wife

[pdrlkr]

Thanks for the Report! :smickey: