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[Colexis Mom]

Sorry you missed MSEP, but sounds like a great time at MK (and eating sushi before)! Sorry it's all coming to an end!

[kingfamily1129]

so glad you got to see the beginnings of the castle getting iced if you believe in fate, maybe your bladder just held out for you to need to go to see that sight! lol either way, happy you got a fix, even if it was just a small one.

[JKnott17]

Great couple of days! I love the pics from DHS, especially the magic shots. It looks like everyone enjoyed breakfast at H&V. We've never done that one before, and I'm sad now because my girls are getting past the point of liking those Disney Junior characters, so we probably won't be able to drag them there

Sorry you missed the MSEP, I would have been bummed too, it's my fave! Seeing the castle in it's icy glory at 3 am definitely made up for it though!

[poohbr2015]

I am guessing that disney doesn't split up the counter service credits into adult and child because some of the counter service locations don't offer a child's meal. That is the only thing I can come up with becuase why on earth would disney lump them all together and lose money on the people who get the adult combo instead of the kids! I felt bad doing that becuase after all we paid for the childrens dining plan, but the cm's actually recommend it at some places which is nice.

That is cool that you got to see the castle being iced!

So you were there in Sept, is Josie in preschool or kindergarten? Did you have any problem or feel bad with her missing time right at the start of the school year? We are looking at Sept 14-21 and Sammy will have just completed his 3rd full week of kindergarten. When we went this past trip it really wasn't a big deal because he is in preschool 3 days a week 1/2 days so he didn't miss much and his teachers were so excited for him especially since we brought back gifts!

[num1DVCfan]

Very cool seeing them put the lights on the castle!

[KMB733]

Sorry you missed the parade, but how cool to wake up in the middle of the night and see the castle all iced over!

[Cam22]

Bummer you all had to miss the parade, but how cool to get a sneak peek at the castle lights. I love you matching Mickey t-shirts, too!

[Linnynad]

Originally Posted by OhToodles!

I love all of you in your gray Mickey shirts!
Yay for a tiny bladder! (I'm with you on that one too.) So awesome to see some of that icy wonderfulness!

Girl, my bladder is so annoying anymore. However in this scenario it was OK

Originally Posted by sc507

How cool that you got to see the 'icing' in progress!!

Originally Posted by chezp

So sorry about the parade, but very neat about the "icing"!

Originally Posted by lauriep

I love watching the castle change to the ice castle! It really is awesome. Seeing it from the room in the middle of the night.... awesomer!

Seeing that was so cool, and at that hour I felt like it was sneaky and I was in on a little secret

Originally Posted by Colexis Mom

Sorry you missed MSEP, but sounds like a great time at MK (and eating sushi before)! Sorry it's all coming to an end!

Right, sushi is always a good thing!!!

Originally Posted by kingfamily1129

so glad you got to see the beginnings of the castle getting iced if you believe in fate, maybe your bladder just held out for you to need to go to see that sight! lol either way, happy you got a fix, even if it was just a small one.

I was more than happy to see just a peek of it all!

Originally Posted by JKnott17

Great couple of days! I love the pics from DHS, especially the magic shots. It looks like everyone enjoyed breakfast at H&V. We've never done that one before, and I'm sad now because my girls are getting past the point of liking those Disney Junior characters, so we probably won't be able to drag them there

Sorry you missed the MSEP, I would have been bummed too, it's my fave! Seeing the castle in it's icy glory at 3 am definitely made up for it though!

I know, that parade is my most fave ever!!! I always tear up as soon as that music starts. There is always next time right

Originally Posted by poohbr2015

I am guessing that disney doesn't split up the counter service credits into adult and child because some of the counter service locations don't offer a child's meal. That is the only thing I can come up with becuase why on earth would disney lump them all together and lose money on the people who get the adult combo instead of the kids! I felt bad doing that becuase after all we paid for the childrens dining plan, but the cm's actually recommend it at some places which is nice.

That is cool that you got to see the castle being iced!

So you were there in Sept, is Josie in preschool or kindergarten? Did you have any problem or feel bad with her missing time right at the start of the school year? We are looking at Sept 14-21 and Sammy will have just completed his 3rd full week of kindergarten. When we went this past trip it really wasn't a big deal because he is in preschool 3 days a week 1/2 days so he didn't miss much and his teachers were so excited for him especially since we brought back gifts!

We were booked to go the last week in Sept but due to my hubs business trips we had to push it up a few weeks, I didn't feel bad because she was only still in pre-school because of her late Oct bday. As for the CS credits, I didn't feel bad about that either only because when I placed my order I had asked for 2 adult meals and a kids meal, this guy pretty much pushed me to get the 3 adult meals,

Originally Posted by num1DVCfan

Very cool seeing them put the lights on the castle!

Originally Posted by KMB733

Sorry you missed the parade, but how cool to wake up in the middle of the night and see the castle all iced over!

It was way cool, and who knows when I uld ever see that again!

[Linnynad]

Originally Posted by Cam22

Bummer you all had to miss the parade, but how cool to get a sneak peek at the castle lights. I love you matching Mickey t-shirts, too!

Oh ya know, I have to always find a little matchy matchy going on

[dutchdisneyfamily]

That is so awesome! To see them icing the castle! Love all the family pics too.

[cubfancolleen]

Aside for the meltdown, a great day! And how cool to see the castle in the middle of its icy transformation!

[Suzie-Q]

How much fun this has been! I found this TR this afternoon and have spent the rest of the day (and into tomorrow by the clock) reading through it. So many special things have happened for you and it's been great to hear about them - brought back some things that have happened to us over the years that I had forgotten - our youngest got a call from one of the characters at Jiko one night and was as thrilled as Josie. They really sell us every time we are there by giving our kids...okay and us too. those special little moments that you just don't get when you go other places!
We have always taken our kids from school to go too because we've gotten great PIN deals and because we are not big fans of spending thousands of dollars to stand in lines and be jostled by crowds. Our oldest is now graduating from high school this year and will be attending a college that offers the Disney Foreign Educational Exchange Program so I don't think it has negatively impacted his academic career but definitely made an impact And you bet mom will be going down for a few weeks in late fall of 2014 to visit her boy while he is living there!
Looking forward to reading about the end of your trip and your final thoughts.

[lfredsbo]

How cool that you woke to see that!!!!

I love that you guys are all matchy matchy every day!!! We used to do that, and now looking back at the last few trips, I am bummed that we have been slacking on that - it makes for much nicer photos!!! gonna have to work on that for our next trip!!

[dsteiny23]

I love the candid pic of Andre at the fountain during pool time, so cute
And heck, I could take a better picture of you in Mexico
I don't have a girl to buy a pear from, so I guess I'll just have to treat myself one of these trips.
I would have chosen Wishes again too. I do like Illuminations, but Wishes beats them all, and with the view you had, there's no choice
6:00 am or 7:00 am...cab...duh!

[OneLittleSpark]

Sounds like a great evening! Bonus seeing the icing on the castle.

I love your matching tees this day too. Very cute!