"Where are the kids? WE are the kids." A WDW Trip Report

DisneyMichael

Stitch
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Sep 14, 2017
So I waited a while to post my WDW trip report, because I wasn't sure if I had time to, but here we go. Before we got there, we had to fly there (obviously, lol), and yata yata ya... We went in July and stayed at the Polynesian.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Day 1- Epcot, Trattoria for breakfast, Garden Grill for dinner
Day 2- Hollywood Studios, Cape May for breakfast, Akershus for dinner
Day 3- Animal Kingdom, Tusker House for breakfast, Cinderella's Royal Table for dinner
Day 4- Magic Kingdom Part 1, 'Ohana for breakfast, Crystal Palace for lunch, Be Our Guest for dinner
Day 5- Magic Kingdom Part 2, Chef Mickey's for breakfast and dinner

Comment below if you're ready for a fun adventure!!!
 
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Day 1: Epcot
We started off at the new Trattoria al Forno character breakfast (We normally do Cape May when going to Epcot, but this year we did it when going to DHS).

The Tower of Pancakes was excellent (definitely reccommended). The pancakes were almost as good as IHOP's and Cracker Barrel's pancakes.

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Ariel, Eric, Rapunzel, and Flynn Rider stop by the tables.

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After breakfast we went to Epcot. In Future World we met Daisy Duck at the entrance. In the past couple years, they have moved her around from this place to that place and yata yata ya. In the past, they've had Pluto, Goofy, and Stitch (who I miss the most) there.
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We rode Spaceship Earth and Test Track, and we went inside the MouseGear shop, where we each got Mickey character hats. I got a Donald Duck hat. We also got plushes of Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore (They were sold out of Piglet and Rabbit plushes), Donald Duck, Nick Wilde, Judy Hopps, and I got a Stitch plush.
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After exploring there, we did our fastpass for Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy at the character spot, and we met Baymax, Joy, and Sadness at the character spot #2.
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At Showcase Plaza we met Pluto.
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Here came the monorail.
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We met Donald Duck in Mexico.
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We rode Frozen Ever After and met Anna & Elsa at the Royal Summerhus.
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Fastpass+ is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.^

The inside of the ride looks good.
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Anna and Elsa now meet in the new Royal Summerhus.
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We met Mulan in China, Snow White in Germany, Aladdin and Jasmine in Morocco, Belle in France, Mary Poppins in the UK, and Alice in the UK.
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Off to a great start. You got lots of meet and greets done in one day. I guess that would be a plus of going off peak season.
 
We went to the Disney Visa Meet 'n' Greet and met Minnie and Pluto.
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We rode Soarin' Around the World and ate dinner at Garden Grill.
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Garden Grill is a rotating restaurant that gives you a 360º view of the building plus the Living with the Land attraction.
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Food is served on big skillets, and there is a wide variety of foods, including ham, turkey, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, vegetables, etc.
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You can meet Chip, Dale, Mickey, and Pluto here.
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We left after dinner, because we didn't care much about getting into the mob at World Showcase just to watch the fireworks.

We watched the fireworks and the lit-up boats at the Polynesian (Where we stayed at). There is also a ride and another building in the distance, see if you can guess what they are. Sorry the fireworks turned out blurry.
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And that concludes Day 1!!!! :D
 


Day 2: Disney's Hollywood Studios

On Day 2 we went to Hollywood Studios, and had breakfast at Cape May.

Mickey Waffles are featured here. (And obviously I got some)

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Minnie, Donald, and Goofy meet here, dressed in beach outfits.
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This breakfast was good, and better than Trattoria, which has historically been bad.

After breakfast, we headed to Hollywood Studios. Donald and Daisy were at their new meet-and-greet in front of Sid Cahuenga's.
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Our first fastpass was Toy Story Mania. We met Woody and Buzz after the ride.
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We were hoping to see Moana inside One Man's Dream, but unfortunately she had been replaced a couple months ago (We went in July, and they had replaced her). They had Star-Lord and Baby Groot meeting.
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We met Chewbacca, BB-8, and Kylo Ren at Star Wars Launch Bay.
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We went to ride Star Tours, Rock 'n' Rollercoaster, and Tower of Terror, and met Stitch, Snow White, and Dopey on Sunset Blvd.
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On Commissary Lane we met Goofy and Chip 'n' Dale on the street, Mickey & Minnie inside Red Carpet Dreams, and at Echo Lake we met Olaf.
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Then, we were done for the day, so we went to the BoardWalk to have lunch and we explored everything there.
 
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In Epcot, we met Mickey and Goofy at the VISA meet-n-greet.
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We had dinner with the princesses at Akershus. On this visit, we saw Belle in the lobby, and Ariel, Aurora, Cinderella, and Snow White in the dining room.
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Akershus is pretty good. However, like CRT, there seems to be a set list of princesses now. In the past they've had Mary Poppins, Mulan, and Jasmine. But they are RARE now (We haven't seen any one of them since 2013).

And that concludes Day 2!!!
 
Day 3: Animal Kingdom

On Day 3, we went to Animal Kingdom.

For breakfast, we stopped by the Tusker House.
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Donald, Daisy, Mickey, and Goofy are dressed in safari gear.
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After breakfast, we met Rafiki at Rafiki's Planet Watch.
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On the way to Asia, we met Baloo and King Louie.
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Animal Kingdom was really crowded, however, everyone was in the middle of the walkways gathering, and the character lines were short. But Expedition Everest seemed to get a good line all day.
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On Discovery Island, we met Russell and Flik, and we saw Mickey and Minnie inside the Adventurers Outpost.
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We were hoping to meet the Pooh characters, but that didn't happen, since they were removed a couple years ago apparently. Luckily, we found Pocahontas and Tarzan.
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In DinoLand, we met Donald, Goofy, and Pluto.
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We went to Pandora and did our fastpass for Na'vi, had lunch, and did our fastpass for Flight of Passage. Then, we left, because, well let's just say it was AWFUL. Way too crowded for us to do a full day here.
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So we went back to the hotel and headed over to kill some time in MK before dinner.
 
On our way over to the Magic Kingdom, we stopped by the Grand Floridian to see the Princess Promenade. The Fairy Godmother and Lady Tremaine were there as well as Cinderella and Prince Charming. Sadly, my photos of the Tremaines got deleted.
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Then, we watched the parade when we got to MK.
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We rode It's A Small World and the Carousel.
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For dinner, we went to Cinderella's Royal Table.
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On this visit, we saw Ariel (who was in her old outfit, because they had a costume incident), Aurora, Rapunzel, and Snow White.
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The dinner food.
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And since it was our anniversary, we got a slipper dessert.
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We saw the fireworks inside the restaurant, and we got to watch them with Ariel.
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And that concludes Day 3!!!
 
Ooh, Trattoria Al Forno! We're planning to do that on our next trip--glad you enjoyed it :) The rest of your trip sounds like fun! :)
 
And since it was our anniversary, we got a slipper dessert.
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Congrats! It looked like a nice dinner!
 

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