'OHANA means CHUNKY! An Aug 2017 Family TR THE END 4/26 - The Last Day and Trip Epilogue!
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pkondz
Brace yourself for immediate disintegration
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Yum! Want to do that some day... Probably never will!
Huh... but I guess that makes sense.
POG. Yum! Love that stuff.
Except for Sienna who expressed her displeasure to be interrupted during her breakfast.
But.... awwww.... poor l'il thing.
Very cute dress! 
chunkymonkey
DIS Veteran
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Joining rather late, but I'm here! I haven't followed a trip report in years, but we have APs this year and I'm doing all my Disney studying! Love your family and your writing style
Hi and Welcome! Thanks for reading!!
You will LOVE having APs! The discount for merchandise is REALLY handy, LOL.
When is your first trip?
Ha, never say never!!
I think everyone else was tired of doing the whole "theme park" thing. Can't imagine why...
Nectar of the gods!!
Yeah she was not amused...
pkondz
Brace yourself for immediate disintegration
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- Mar 9, 2007
Never!
Ha!
Oh? Doesn't show.
nessz79
DIS Veteran
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We've been around the Disney block quite a bit and finally got APs this past Thanksgiving Break. So that was our first dip in the proverbial pool, though it was a short trip. I'm still getting the hang of using my AP for the benefits. Can you believe we went all 3 days not realizing that even the Seasonal Weekday pass (FL residents) gives free parking? We're such noobs!
kastoney
Disney foodie served with a side of sarcasm
- Joined
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Merry Christmas!!!! As I was reading this Casey was looking over my shoulder and said look there is Su-Lynn! She was so crabby when we get I didn't think she'd remembered anything, but clearly you made an impression 
Hey look, its Lilo!
What a great picture of everyone! I can't believe they got all the kids looking in the same direction at once.We checked in at 'Ohana, amazingly I think everyone was actually there in time (well, they didn't have far to go). When we were buzzed we got on line to get a picture with Stitch.
Glad to hear you all enjoyed it!!!!
StarWarsMomofGirls!
DIS Veteran
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I fell behind on your trip report again! I am blaming the holidays, this time. 
Ohana breakfast looks yummy. I def want to do that one day!
Ohana breakfast looks yummy. I def want to do that one day!
cstorm65
DDC #699
- Joined
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Great big group breakfast at Ohana. As many times as we've done it for dinner we've never done it for breakfast. I never can seem to not do it for dinner, but I guess as you said there is nothing wrong with doing it for both. I'm going to have to find a way to add a breakfast there in at some point in the near future!
Can't wait to here about your visit to Animal Kingdom!
Can't wait to here about your visit to Animal Kingdom!
chunkymonkey
DIS Veteran
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- May 27, 2009
Yes! There is free parking! We haven't rented a car at Disney yet but good to know for future trips!
The AP discount is awesome. Even if you have to buy something trivial like toothpaste, you can use it. Some quick services do take it so we basically just ask EVERYONE if they take any AP or TIW discounts. Although sadly we're not going to get TIW this year because we won't be going that much and the AP discount will suffice for meals. Although did you see that the are taking away the 20% and making everything an even 10% across the board but are including more places. Not sure if that is good or bad for us yet!
Merry Christmas!!!! As I was reading this Casey was looking over my shoulder and said look there is Su-Lynn! She was so crabby when we get I didn't think she'd remembered anything, but clearly you made an impression
Awww Hi Casey!!! I'm so excited that Casey remembered me!!
Cosplay at it's finest.
I know! This is the money shot! We were all amazed!!
It was a fun and hearty breakfast!!
I fell behind on your trip report again! I am blaming the holidays, this time.
Ohana breakfast looks yummy. I def want to do that one day!
Happy Holidays!!
i have to catch up on yours too! I think when you wrote your last 2 posts I was away in WDW!
Ohana is great. I want to do breakfast again!
Breakfast here is fun because of the characters, but dinner is just sooooo yummy, it is hard to pass up! I was so excited when I got a last minute ADR there for 2 weeks ago and it fell right on Steve's birthday so it was a very nice conclusion to our Year of Disney!! Having Breakfast and Dinner on a trip at Ohana is such a treat, but we really can only do that when we stay at the Poly or one of the monorail resorts otherwise it's such a pain to get to.
Coming up soon!!
chunkymonkey
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Happy New Year everyone!!
Wishing you all a magical 2018..with lots and lots of DISNEY fun thrown in!!
Day 7 Part 2: My OHANA is the greatest ever!!!
After our filling Ohana Breakfast, CS, Steve and myself hopped on a bus to AK while everyone else stayed behind and decided what to do for the day. Most of them just relaxed at the resort or shopped at the Springs, while Kelly and her family did go to Typhoon Lagoon for a bit. We were all going to meet up later at Yachtsman Steakhouse for dinner. So excited for them to eat at one of our favorite restaurants!
Since CS just added her extra park hopper day we couldn't get the same FP+ for her but we luckily had some Rider Swap passes for Flight of Passage! So Steve and I rode on FoP first using the FP+ I had made, while CS went to get character pictures (what else!). When she returned, we all rode FoP together using the pass. Those passes are like GOLD!!
Bypassing the 2 hour standby line for Flight of Passage:
Man it was so hot outside, I felt bad for the people on the standby!!
2nd time on FoP for us with Chunkysis:
After FoP we got some PP pics in Pandora:
Then CS went shopping while Steve and I did our next FP+ for the safari. I don't have many pictures since I just wanted to relax and enjoy the ride.
After our ride through the safari we met up with CS before hopping on the tram to Rafiki's Planet Watch! Now for the life of me I cannot remember what our other FP+ was for that day so either Steve and I skipped it or I didn't take any pictures.
It was definitely one of the hottest and most humid days of the trip so a nice relaxing train ride to Rafiki's Planet Watch was most welcome:
At Rafiki's Planet Watch we met with the man himself as well as Doc McStuffins whom I normally would not get in line to meet but Chunkysis was adamant on getting pictures with every single character she saw that day. We were second on line so it wasn't so bad a wait in any case.
Ok I have no idea why my sister is doing the "crane" pose from karate kid. She said she saw the people in front of us do it so she thought Rafiki was going to do it too but apparently we did not get the crane pose instruction from the photographer and she did it anyways. Hahaha. This picture cracks me up.
After our train ride back from Rafiki's planet watch, we hopped onto the next Express Bus to Epcot. God I miss this. In about 15 minutes we were at Epcot and Steve and I attempted to use one of the anytime FPs for Test Track since the ride kept breaking down previously. I think you all know where CS headed to...yes more character pictures!!
Steve and I should have followed CS around because it started to POUR apparently while we were on line inside (I guess that's why CS met Alice indoors instead of outdoors where she usually is). So they halted Test Track for what seemed like an eternity while we were in the loading area. I kept checking the weather report and they kept pushing back as to when the rain would stop so finally we decided to get out of line. After some haggling we were able to get back the anytime FPs that we used up because we had to start making our way towards the Yacht Club for dinner. So no ride for us!
I am obviously not in as bad a mood as Steve is because of the delay!
We walked to Yacht Club partially in the rain. We arrived at Yachtsman and checked in. We were greeted by our longtime favorite server, David, whom we met last year with my friend Betsy (@tankgirl427) who introduced us. We were able to dine with him about 4 times this year which was great!
Soon we were joined by everyone else and we were seated in Yachtsman. They didn't' have room to fit our gigantic party so Kelly's family ate at at the table right next to us. We started off with the delicious bread basket of pull apart onion rolls with the roasted garlic....mmm
Sienna was very patient throughout the whole meal:
Sienna: "Damn it, what does it take to get a beer-filled baby bottle here?!?"
Steve and I got the tuna tartare appetizer to start. It was fresh and delicious. It's served with a tempura-fried seaweed which you can use as sort of a cracker for the tuna, and some light wasabi cream.
We also got a few orders of the fried calamari which was great!
Steve and I always share the porterhouse medium rare. It's delicious!
Some sides we got for the table:
Beef fat potatoes
Sauteed mushrooms, creamed spinach, caramelized onions:
For the summer months they had a delicious pea risotto. It's seasonal though so they don't have it right now.
Truffle mac n cheese, an all-time favorite!
Oh and Chunkysis who is not a steak fan ordered a grilled lobster:
Gosh we were so full we never really have room for dessert here! Everyone really enjoyed their meals with Kelly and Honyee proclaimed it "The Best Restaurant at Disney!" We saved 20% on almost everything including our bottles of wine, but they do only give the discount for up to 10 people, but David was nice enough to apply the AP discount for 10% off the other meals.
Despite not having dessert Eva was gifted a small treat for her birthday! They also give out petit fours for the table.
Although they spelled Eva as Ava instead. It's ok she didn't really care.
It was a fantastic meal! I always recommend Yachtsman for a great steak dinner, and it never disappoints.
After dinner, Steve and I headed to DHS to catch the SW fireworks. We also made another FP+ for RnRC although at this point, I could not think about doing a roller coaster since I was so stuffed and full of wine. So we just caught the boat to DHS and Steve rode RnRC while I caught the new Hollywood Movie Magic. I really enjoyed this show!!!
Then we watched the SW Fireworks together before heading back to the Poly for the night.
Meanwhile, From Yacht Club, Ying and Kevin took their kids home on an Uber, while Ming and marc tried one of the Minnie Vans!!
Eva loved the Minnie Van!! She thought it was just another Disney ride. She was so happy!
(Sorry I wasn't there so there are no pictures as evidence)
However the uber was about half the price of the Minnie Van, but not all Ubers have car seats and Minnie Vans do.
When I arrived in the room, it was pretty late but I saw this on my bed:
A hundred dollar gift card?!?! For Me?!?!?
My family and Kelly's told me they all got the gift card to thank me for planning the trip.
Wow, I was not expecting this at all!! It was so totally nice of them to do so!
I thanked them all and banked that gift card away to be used at the Spa on our Marvel Day at Sea cruise on the Disney Magic.
I have the BEST. OHANA. EVER!!!
Stay tuned for a magical princess-filed day!! My family's last full day at the parks.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
Wishing you all a magical 2018..with lots and lots of DISNEY fun thrown in!!
Day 7 Part 2: My OHANA is the greatest ever!!!
After our filling Ohana Breakfast, CS, Steve and myself hopped on a bus to AK while everyone else stayed behind and decided what to do for the day. Most of them just relaxed at the resort or shopped at the Springs, while Kelly and her family did go to Typhoon Lagoon for a bit. We were all going to meet up later at Yachtsman Steakhouse for dinner. So excited for them to eat at one of our favorite restaurants!
Since CS just added her extra park hopper day we couldn't get the same FP+ for her but we luckily had some Rider Swap passes for Flight of Passage! So Steve and I rode on FoP first using the FP+ I had made, while CS went to get character pictures (what else!). When she returned, we all rode FoP together using the pass. Those passes are like GOLD!!
Bypassing the 2 hour standby line for Flight of Passage:
Man it was so hot outside, I felt bad for the people on the standby!!
2nd time on FoP for us with Chunkysis:
After FoP we got some PP pics in Pandora:
Then CS went shopping while Steve and I did our next FP+ for the safari. I don't have many pictures since I just wanted to relax and enjoy the ride.
After our ride through the safari we met up with CS before hopping on the tram to Rafiki's Planet Watch! Now for the life of me I cannot remember what our other FP+ was for that day so either Steve and I skipped it or I didn't take any pictures.
It was definitely one of the hottest and most humid days of the trip so a nice relaxing train ride to Rafiki's Planet Watch was most welcome:
At Rafiki's Planet Watch we met with the man himself as well as Doc McStuffins whom I normally would not get in line to meet but Chunkysis was adamant on getting pictures with every single character she saw that day. We were second on line so it wasn't so bad a wait in any case.
Ok I have no idea why my sister is doing the "crane" pose from karate kid. She said she saw the people in front of us do it so she thought Rafiki was going to do it too but apparently we did not get the crane pose instruction from the photographer and she did it anyways. Hahaha. This picture cracks me up.
After our train ride back from Rafiki's planet watch, we hopped onto the next Express Bus to Epcot. God I miss this. In about 15 minutes we were at Epcot and Steve and I attempted to use one of the anytime FPs for Test Track since the ride kept breaking down previously. I think you all know where CS headed to...yes more character pictures!!
Steve and I should have followed CS around because it started to POUR apparently while we were on line inside (I guess that's why CS met Alice indoors instead of outdoors where she usually is). So they halted Test Track for what seemed like an eternity while we were in the loading area. I kept checking the weather report and they kept pushing back as to when the rain would stop so finally we decided to get out of line. After some haggling we were able to get back the anytime FPs that we used up because we had to start making our way towards the Yacht Club for dinner. So no ride for us!
I am obviously not in as bad a mood as Steve is because of the delay!
We walked to Yacht Club partially in the rain. We arrived at Yachtsman and checked in. We were greeted by our longtime favorite server, David, whom we met last year with my friend Betsy (@tankgirl427) who introduced us. We were able to dine with him about 4 times this year which was great!
Soon we were joined by everyone else and we were seated in Yachtsman. They didn't' have room to fit our gigantic party so Kelly's family ate at at the table right next to us. We started off with the delicious bread basket of pull apart onion rolls with the roasted garlic....mmm
Sienna was very patient throughout the whole meal:
Sienna: "Damn it, what does it take to get a beer-filled baby bottle here?!?"
Steve and I got the tuna tartare appetizer to start. It was fresh and delicious. It's served with a tempura-fried seaweed which you can use as sort of a cracker for the tuna, and some light wasabi cream.
We also got a few orders of the fried calamari which was great!
Steve and I always share the porterhouse medium rare. It's delicious!
Some sides we got for the table:
Beef fat potatoes
Sauteed mushrooms, creamed spinach, caramelized onions:
For the summer months they had a delicious pea risotto. It's seasonal though so they don't have it right now.
Truffle mac n cheese, an all-time favorite!
Oh and Chunkysis who is not a steak fan ordered a grilled lobster:
Gosh we were so full we never really have room for dessert here! Everyone really enjoyed their meals with Kelly and Honyee proclaimed it "The Best Restaurant at Disney!" We saved 20% on almost everything including our bottles of wine, but they do only give the discount for up to 10 people, but David was nice enough to apply the AP discount for 10% off the other meals.
Despite not having dessert Eva was gifted a small treat for her birthday! They also give out petit fours for the table.
Although they spelled Eva as Ava instead. It's ok she didn't really care.
It was a fantastic meal! I always recommend Yachtsman for a great steak dinner, and it never disappoints.
After dinner, Steve and I headed to DHS to catch the SW fireworks. We also made another FP+ for RnRC although at this point, I could not think about doing a roller coaster since I was so stuffed and full of wine. So we just caught the boat to DHS and Steve rode RnRC while I caught the new Hollywood Movie Magic. I really enjoyed this show!!!
Then we watched the SW Fireworks together before heading back to the Poly for the night.
Meanwhile, From Yacht Club, Ying and Kevin took their kids home on an Uber, while Ming and marc tried one of the Minnie Vans!!
Eva loved the Minnie Van!! She thought it was just another Disney ride. She was so happy!
(Sorry I wasn't there so there are no pictures as evidence)
However the uber was about half the price of the Minnie Van, but not all Ubers have car seats and Minnie Vans do.
When I arrived in the room, it was pretty late but I saw this on my bed:
A hundred dollar gift card?!?! For Me?!?!?
My family and Kelly's told me they all got the gift card to thank me for planning the trip.
Wow, I was not expecting this at all!! It was so totally nice of them to do so!
I thanked them all and banked that gift card away to be used at the Spa on our Marvel Day at Sea cruise on the Disney Magic.
I have the BEST. OHANA. EVER!!!
Stay tuned for a magical princess-filed day!! My family's last full day at the parks.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
thumper*
Disney Dreamer
- Joined
- Mar 25, 2010
I remember reading about him in another TR you wrote.
LOLOh yum
Wow what a great gift, how thoughtful.
dizneeat
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2006
Happy New Year!
What an exhausting day! Three parks in a day!
Thank got for the express bus.
Love to see pictures of your meal at Yachtsman. It looks so yummy - guess it will be time for us to head back there ourselves THIS summer. (love saying THIS summer).
What a nice idea to give you the gift card for planning it all. Well deserved!
What an exhausting day! Three parks in a day!
Thank got for the express bus. Love to see pictures of your meal at Yachtsman. It looks so yummy - guess it will be time for us to head back there ourselves THIS summer. (love saying THIS summer).
What a nice idea to give you the gift card for planning it all. Well deserved!
natebenma
Beach Club Dee
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2008
Happy New Year to you and your Ohana!
Great update!
I love your Ohana necklace. So appropriate for this day.
YAY for rides on Flights of Passage and being able to share with CS.
Thanks for posting the picture of the kneeling/sitting giraffe. I don't think I have ever seen that before.
Looks like you had a nice visit to Rafiki's Planet Watch- I still have never been there.
Fantastic review of the Yachtsman! If you don't mind, I would like to include an edited review on the FAQ board. I have a post on dining that includes reviews from Yacht & Beach restaurants.
What an amazing and thoughtful gift from your group for planning the trip! AWWWWWW!!!!
Great update!
I love your Ohana necklace. So appropriate for this day.
YAY for rides on Flights of Passage and being able to share with CS.
Thanks for posting the picture of the kneeling/sitting giraffe. I don't think I have ever seen that before.
Looks like you had a nice visit to Rafiki's Planet Watch- I still have never been there.
Fantastic review of the Yachtsman! If you don't mind, I would like to include an edited review on the FAQ board. I have a post on dining that includes reviews from Yacht & Beach restaurants.
What an amazing and thoughtful gift from your group for planning the trip! AWWWWWW!!!!
StarWarsMomofGirls!
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 16, 2015
Such a nice thing for them all to do! Seems like they are all having a great time!
Yachtsman always looks so good! One day we will make it there!
Happy New Year!
disneyAndi14
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2014
Happy New Year!
What a great day you all had, your food looks so yummy from Yachtsman.
What a nice surprise for you, you did do an excellent job planning and being the tour guide on your trip!
What a great day you all had, your food looks so yummy from Yachtsman.
What a nice surprise for you, you did do an excellent job planning and being the tour guide on your trip!
pkondz
Brace yourself for immediate disintegration
- Joined
- Mar 9, 2007
What is this "relax" you speak of?
Nice. Haven't been there.
Some day!
Noice.
Bypassing the 2 hour standby line for Flight of Passage:
Yeah, I'd be smiling like that too!
But not quite so bad that you gave them your pass!
Nice shot!
Oh, man.... 15 minutes....
Please Disney, bring it back. Pretty please?
Well, sucks that you didn't ride, but hopefully since you got your pass back you get another chance.
Nope!
Either that or you just naturally smile when a camera is pointed at you.
That's really nice!
wdwnut61
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 14, 2002
Happy New Year 
CS scores again with her character pics such great pictures.
AK is so hot and miserable in the summer months kiddos to you, Steve and CS for getting so much done.
ME bus I miss it so much
We used the Minnie Vans during our Thanksgiving stay at the BC. While they were fun to experience for just the 2 of us an Uber or even a cab is much less.
Love your review of the Yatchmans.
DD and I dined there in November and fell in love such a great meal from start to finish. This is a must do for us from now on.
What a wonderful and thoughtful gift from your family
CS scores again with her character pics such great pictures.
AK is so hot and miserable in the summer months kiddos to you, Steve and CS for getting so much done.
ME bus I miss it so much
We used the Minnie Vans during our Thanksgiving stay at the BC. While they were fun to experience for just the 2 of us an Uber or even a cab is much less.
Love your review of the Yatchmans.
DD and I dined there in November and fell in love such a great meal from start to finish. This is a must do for us from now on.
What a wonderful and thoughtful gift from your family
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