Early Christmas Gift

[kaylamag]

My hubby gave me a laptop as an early Christmas gift! So hopefully I will be able to do some live reports. We leave tomorrow and I am hoping to arrive at the Beach Club around 3:30pm. Nothing is planned for our arrival day, was thinking maybe we would tackle the kitchen sink.
Our Travel Party includes:
Myself-Kayla
DH-Dave (reluctant traveler, I am really hoping this trip will convert him)
DD-Zoey (her birthday is Christmas Eve, but we will be celebrating while we are in the World)
DD-Sofia
DM-Bella, but I will be refering to her as Mom (special thanks to her for sponsering this trip, I will not be expecting any Christmas or Birthday gifts for quite some time...lol)
We will be staying Dec. 1st through the 15th at the Beach Club. We will be venturing off property to IOA for a day also. I have alot cramed into those two weeks, I think I am most excited about the Keys to the Kingdom Tour, and seeing all of the Christmas decorations.
Enough for now, I'm off to pre-order my photopass cd and look into booking some spa time as a thank you for Mom!

[MississippiDisneyFreak]

Wow, great gift

[Jennifer_and_Chris]

What a wonderful gift! 14 days???? I'm so jealous.

Can't wait to read all about the trip! Please report back how you liked BC. I'm debating between BLT, BCV and BWV for our October trip. Thanks!

[faline]

What fun you have coming up! Can't wait to hear more about how everyting goes!

[emerzmom]

Can't wait to hear all about your trip!

Julie

[vizsla]

Have a great time.

[DisneyorBust]

What a great surprise gift! Just in time for your trip too! Have a fantastic vacation.

[kaylamag]

Arrived at the Beach Club and we were in the room by 4pm. Absolutely love the room, was a little nervous about the size, since there are of us, but i think we will be fine. We got a full balcony which made me happy. Walked around the resort a little, it's beautiful. Grabbed a quick dinner at Hurricane Hannas, food was good. Checked out the Gingerbread/Chocolate carousel and the Marketplace. Now we are unpacking a little, then heading to Beaches and Cream to attempt the Kitchen Sink.

[RobbieB]

So excited for you! and jealous...we have another 14 till we leave. What's the weather like? Been wondering what to pack!

[kaylamag]

So excited for you! and jealous...we have another 14 till we leave. What's the weather like? Been wondering what to pack!

Last evening was chilly. Today was nice, lower 70's. It got a little chilly again this evening, but I was fine without a sweatshirt, but I'm used to the cooler weather.

[kaylamag]

Sad to say that the 5 of us could not defeat the Kitchen Sink. But we did have fun trying, it was like an ice cream scavenger hunt...lol.

Today we got up and walked over to Epcot (love that we can walk there). We had an early breakfast at Norway. We saw Belle, Mary Poppins, Ariel, Aurora and Snow White. My youngest DD refused to go anywhere near Mary Poppins, not sure why, I guess she thought she was a princess imposter!
After breakfast we headed over to Animal Kingdom for the day, had a great day there, wait times were fairly low. Rode Expedition Everest with just a 10 minute wait, so we ended up riding twice in a row. We saw festival of the Lion King for the first time also.

Headed to Animal Kingdom Lodge to Boma for dinner. I wasn't impressed, but i did LOVE the dessert! My husband on the other hand didn't think that he would like the food at all and ended up loving everything! After dinner we caught a bus to Epcot, DM and myself are back at the Beach Club will DH and the DD's are staying in Epcot for the EMH's.

Tomorrow is a non park day, heading to DTD for some shopping Maybe mini golf at Fantasia Gardens and some swimming too. Dinner at Kouzzina tomorrow night which i am super excited about.

[kaylamag]

Another busy day! We slept in a bit today then headed to downtown Disney for some shopping. Spent too much money at Little Miss-Matched and World of Disney. Didn't have enough time for golf, but DH did take DD's swimming while DM and I finished shopping. Had dinner at Kouzzina. I had the trio, which was the Greek lasagna, spicy lamb burger, and some kind of cinnamon chicken, all of which was delicious. We checked out the boardwalk Christmas decorations and watched a few of the entertainers, then caught a boat back to the Beach Club.

[kaylamag]

Spent the day at MK, nothing too eventful. Our youngest DD rode Splash Mountain and BTM for the first time, I think we traumatized her, because then she didn't want to ride Pirates or the Jungle Cruise, lol. We had dinner at Crystal Palace, which was nice. By the time we finished dinner the Christmas Party had started, we slowly made our way to the exits. I was tempted to stay for the parade but was feeling guilty so we left. The party seemed pretty crowded. Still thinking about doing this later in our trip though.
Tomorrow is an Epcot day with dinner at Biergarten.