Since we will not be in Georgia for Christmas, we went to Nathan’s parents house for Thanksgiving which ended up also being Christmas for the kids. Here are some pictures of the kids opening their gifts from Grandma and Poppa….
Everyone had a wonderful day full of good food and family.
We were planning on going to extra hours for Hollywood Studios on Monday night but we were too tired so instead we got up for the extra hours in the morning on Tuesday. On the advice of Marc, we went straight to the Fast Pass distribution. Our Fast Pass was for 9:15 so we got in line. We were able to get two rides in before our Fast Pass time so we ended up getting to ride 3 times! Definitely worth getting up early. Here is Nathan and Samantha right before the ride started.
When we were waiting in line for the second ride the boys decided they were tired of standing up and gave Nathan some exercise…
Nathan was thrilled that he was able to get the high score twice in a row so we took pictures of his high score being displayed…
After our 3 rides we went on Star Tours once more. Then since it was our last day we decided to go to the 50’s Prime Time Cafe for lunch. It is designed to look like you are eating in a 50’s kitchen complete with TVs that show clips from 50’s shows. Here is a picture of the kids sitting in one of the living rooms waiting for our name to be called.
After lunch we headed back to camp. I haven’t figured out how Nathan does it without falling over, but he grabs Josh’s handlebars and pulls him when he starts to fall behind. Here is Nathan towing him back to camp.
After we got back I decided that I would take the kids to one of the scheduled activities. Unfortunately nobody showed up for the activity but us, including Disney staff. But I let the kids play on the playground for awhile before we headed back.
Tuesday night my cousin Brian and his wife Erica came for dinner. I forgot to get a picture. :( I made dinner and Brian brought the dessert. He made brownies and lemon bars. Both were absolutely delicious. They came over to check out Fort Wilderness while they were there because Erica is trying to get Brian to go camping for a weekend. :)
When Nathan took Misty out for her nightly walk he heard scurrying. This was the second night that he opened the door to an armadillo at our campsite. I was able to get a picture of him as he was running to the site next to us.
Wednesday morning we headed out to get back to Georgia for Nathan’s company camping trip. We made it to camp by 5:00 or so and hooked up as it was getting dark and then Nathan and I drove to his parents to pick up a trailer and then went shopping in Savannah to get groceries. We didn’t get back to camp until after 1:00! We ended up with 7 carts of groceries and then had to store all of them in coolers and boxes before leaving the parking lot!
England was much better. You are after Duff Killigan to stop him from spreading grass seeds all over the world and then causing it to rain to create golf courses. You start out looking for a toy soldier in a window. When you find it Flynn Cognito starts to talk through the soldier giving you information.
Next you are sent to the Tea Shop where you have to give a coded message to the shop keeper. When you give him the message he gives you a tea bag. The type of tea is the answer you need to get your next clue.
The next clue sends you to a sports store where you have to find a shield that has Killigan’s name on it. You trigger it and it turns around giving you another clue.
That clue sends you to a garden where you are looking for a butterfly exhibit. That triggers the butterfly wings to open giving you another clue that tells you that Killigan’s thugs are at the Rose and Crown where they are being arrested thanks to you.
Now you have to track down Killigan. You find a window that is his apartment and Wade triggers the weather so that the window starts filling with water. You can’t really see the water in the picture.
Now that Killigan has been stopped it is time to return the Kimmunicator…
We were very disappointed in France! In France you are looking for Senor Senior and Senor Junior and trying to destroy a procrastinator ray. You start out looking for a location and when you are there a picture of you shows up on the Kimmunicator. The picture I took doesn’t look very good but here it is…
Next it sends you to a window and a tower in the window has a satellite dish pop out of it to send a transmission…
After the window you are sent in search of perfume. You find a large sign with a push button that makes a spraying noise so that Wade can get the scent. However, there is nothing sprayed and nothing that you can smell.
The next place you go to is the lobby of the theater where you have to find a particular gargoyle. When you are in front of the gargoyle he sticks his tongue out at you.
The final task is to find an old fashioned camera. This is probably the most disappointing part of this country. You cannot re-trigger the last event and six people cannot look into one camera. I am told that when you look into the camera you see the ray and it turns on itself and explodes. Here is a picture of the camera…
The last part is to return your Kimmunicator to a cart that is supposed to be an artist’s cart.
This was our least favorite of the four countries we have tested and I am glad we did it first so we didn’t end the day on a bad note!
Monday I had a Segway tour booked for mom and I since she didn’t get to go on the Fort Wilderness Segway. Mom said it was the most fun that she has had at Disney so next time I will try to get her the Fort Wilderness one and the Epcot one for Nathan. :) Here is mom on her Segway and one of both of us taken by our tour guide.
Our Segway tour was the first of the day so we were riding around the World Showcase before it was open. Although we did ride by a wedding that was taking place in front of Italy. I can’t even guess how much that costs! :)
On our way out of Epcot we ran into Faith from the Kim Possible staff and found out they were testing France and England that day so we headed back to the campground to pick up Nathan and the kids so we could come back and test another two countries. Next up… more Kim Possible!