Sunday morning was the official start of the big trip - no more Jet lag coddling days. Mickey brought us Pin Lanyards and we were ready to start trading! We packed our bags and dropped them with Bell services to be dropped off at our next resort.
Then we headed to Downtown Disney. The very first event on my Parent's First Trip to Disney Extravaganza was the House of Blues Hallelujah Gospel Brunch. What a great way to start the trip! We ate an excellent breakfast and listened to some fantastic Gospel music. It was so good I forgot to take pictures because I couldn't eat, dance and take photos all at the same time! Lisa didn't get in until 1pm so we had an extra ticket and my friend Larissa was able to join us for the breakfast. It was so good to see her.
Next we headed to the Beach Club Villas, our home for the next 5 nights. We checked in and just as we were about to head to our Villa a Magical Express Bus pulled up and my mom said "let's just see if Lisa is on it." And she was! Perfect timing!
We got all settled in and then took a boat to the studios.
The first thing we saw when we got off the boat was this amazing Topiary with McQueen and Mater.
We had to stop and get our first photopass picture of the trip.
We watched the Indiana Jones Stunt show and then ate dinner at the 50's Prime Time Cafe. What a fun restaurant! The whole place is themed to look like your grandmother's kitchen in the 1950's. When they called us they yelled "Stolasz kids - time to eat!" and we came running.
Our waiter was hysterical. He made us set the table and then yelled at us for various infractions. It was an excellent meal.
After dinner we rode Star Tours. There were some real life stormtroopers outside!
This was Jeff's first time on Star Tours II. He loved it!
Then we decided to try to snag seats for the first showing of Fantasmic. We got there just in time and got a pretty good spot. Fantasmic is something we always try to do on our first night. It's such an incredible show!
Then we headed over for our first ride on the Rock and Roller Coaster. Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, those are my PARENTS about to get on just behind Jeff and Sasha!
And then there's this guy. He has been wanting to ride this since his first trip when he was 3. He's been eating his veggies and everything but he wasn't quite there. We took smoothie caps and flipped them upside down and stuck then under the insoles of his shoes. Worked like a charm and Ted made it! He's sooo happy in this picture!
Love how nonchalant he looks compared to the rest of us!
The same can NOT be said of this crew... Dad looks like he's actually being tortured. (He loved it though...)
We did it!!
The next day we woke up and headed to the International Gateway of Epcot. Beach Club is an amazing resort in it's own right but to me the best thing about it is being able to walk in and out of Epcot right from your resort. This day was the only horrible weather day of the trip but it only lasted until noon. In the morning it was POURING! Jeff and I had a Segway tour but we were only able to do the training, not the tour around World Showcase because of the rain. Meanwhile I sent the rest of the gang to do some indoor attractions so they rode Spaceship Earth, Soarin' and Living with the Land until it was time to meet up. We were a bit soggy and cold by then so we got lunch and headed back to Beach Club to change. And then the rain stopped and the sun came out! We had a great afternoon touring World Showcase:
Dad and Mom loved the Germany Pavilion. We ate a lot of pretzels on this trip! And Dad got some beautiful wine glasses.
Germany:
Perfect afternoon!
We headed back to Future World to eat at Coral Reef. Love the way the monorail goes right through Epcot. And look at that sky! Hard to believe it was raining so hard that morning!
Coral Reef sits up against the main Seas tank and so one entire wall of the restaurant is massive aquarium. This is just a tiny bit of it. There were some Scuba divers in the tank.
We had an amazing meal!
Sasha got to design her own Sundae!
After dinner I went to stake out my favorite spot in Canada for Illuminations and the rest of the crew rode Soarin' one more time and then came and met me. Lisa brought the kids some great light-up things to play with while we were waiting for the show.
Illuminations is such an incredible way to end a day at WDW. When I see it, it's my favorite night-time show. And then I see Wishes and THAT's my favorite. It's impossible to decide!
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