Mommy...Why does Crush talk like you? Final thoughts and summary 10/15 [Archive] - The DIS Discussion Forums

camelotcats

04-27-2008, 03:50 PM

We're back. I slept until noon and feel reasonably caught up. I have piles of laundry to do, and a house to clean. Looks like it's a great time to start the Trip Report!! :banana: :banana:

OK. This post will be where the hot links (Once I figure out how to do them properly), and other stuff will be. Everything else will begin in the next post. :thumbsup2

PTR:

Know where my FAVORITE place in the world is Mommy? (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1645182)

TR Links:

A little Background: post 2
Chapter 1: The Great wake up, and is Our Driver Trying to Kill us?? This page, post 7
Chapter 2: Mommy needs a Time out and the Horrible Mommy Moment of 2008 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=24773045&postcount=33)
Chapter 3: POOL Time and Everyone gets a nap....or do they? (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=24798044&postcount=62)
Chapter 4: An Auspicious start to our Dining Experiences... (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=24822946&postcount=83)
A quick Detour.....NYC DISMeet with bad pics and no description (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=24884926&postcount=152)
Chapter 5: Day 2 - Sleep talking and the CARGOES OF HOLDING +1 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=24892251&postcount=158)
Chapter 6: The Philly Guy and a Yellow Power Ranger (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=24899640&postcount=171)
Chapter 7: Babysitter? Babysitter!?! We don’t need no STEENKIN’ Babysitter!! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=24911986&postcount=183)
Chapter 8: Mine...Mine....Mine....Mine... (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=24974621&postcount=201)
Chapter 9: A Meal with a Reputation..... (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=25058591&postcount=226)
Chapter 10: Another Shining Example of Parenting Gone Bad..... (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=25121983&postcount=247)
Intermission 1: HHBG loses his Job (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=25218106&postcount=306)
Chapter 11: Yummy food and the worst afternoon EVER. (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=25237685&postcount=330)
Chapter 12: the great Wake-up and “Didn’t we eat this last year??” (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=25457955&postcount=381)
Chapter 13: Who designed this park anyway?? (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=25534837&postcount=402)
Chapter 14: The Rest of a Long Day in the Animal Kingdom...... (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=25582409&postcount=423)
Chapter 15: HHBG makes his wife VERY HAPPY (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=25701467&postcount=453)
Chapter 16: The WORST cab driver ever, a ride to the castle and HAIR OF STEEL. (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=25740977&postcount=473)
Chapter 17: SURPRISE!! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=25849081&postcount=498)
Chapter 18: Piles of Seafood, and we forget the camera AGAIN. (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=25956092&postcount=519)
Chapter 19: Why Adults ride Dumbo.... (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=26187665&postcount=535)
Chapter 20: Another guest goes off on a lifeguard so Mommy doesn’t have to. (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=26253948&postcount=555)
Chapter 21: HHBG has the same taste in art as a restaurant. (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=26285467&postcount=581)
Chapter 22: Splitting up to hit the highlights..... (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=26399975&postcount=603)
Chapter 23: The long awaited lunch and more park hopping..... (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=27664775&postcount=642)
Chapter 24: Dinner with a mammal, or YES, you can be underdressed at WDW (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=27963398&postcount=660)
Chapter 25: Homeward Bound (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=28154377&postcount=682)
Final thoughts and summary (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=28184558&postcount=690)

camelotcats

04-27-2008, 04:11 PM

Just a quick reminder of who you are going to be dealing with....

ME:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0920.jpg

Not much more to say about me that wasn't already said in the PTR (I recommend reading at least the first few pages). Oh....I say "dude" and "sweet" WAY too much.

My DH, The Hunka Hunka Burning Geek (HHBG):

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0961.jpg

Again, good description on the PTR....he was back on World of Warcrach within 5 minutes of our walking in the front door. I forced him to get an account here, so he may pop in from time to time with thoughts, but usually he considers this "MY" board.

Spencer, 5:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN1162.jpg

He was pretty good this trip. He's easily distracted, though.

Brianna, 4:

Became the tantrum queen. She never got enough sleep all trip....

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN1163.jpg

Oh, and remember this picture??

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/DSCN0488.jpg

Here's this year's version!

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN1028.jpg

Look how much she grew. :sad2:

Ok, we'll bust into the TR soon. HHBG just ticked me off, and I need to go calm down. :headache:

Tanya90210

04-27-2008, 04:16 PM

Score!! I'm first one here.... Love the pics !!! Esp you DH in his pirate hat... Sorry to hear HHBG ticked you off... I hate when DH's do that... mine loves to do that

Hedy

04-27-2008, 04:19 PM

Wow-what a difference a year makes! B has the most expressive face.

Tanya90210

04-27-2008, 04:19 PM

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN1028.jpg

Almost forgot... :woohoo: :woohoo: Woot Woot to above picture!!!

DisDancerina

04-27-2008, 04:22 PM

All I have to say on my behalf is that B is very... Colorful. With her expressions. ::yes::

Also, I like that picture of you, it looks cool! Can't wait to hear what happened during your trip!

camelotcats

04-27-2008, 04:49 PM

Chapter 1: The great Wake up, and is our driver trying to kill us??

So, our great Disney trip starts with the great wake up. HHBG had gone to bed around 1 am. I decided to join him, though I barely slept. I was too afraid of sleeping through the alarm.

Finally, at 3:30, his phone went off, and he and I took our showers. I went in to check on B, and SHE WASN’T THERE!! Where was she!? I figured she had probably snuck into her brother’s room, since we had so many fights with them the night before to go to bed.

Well, I looked and she wasn’t on the floor, or on his giant dog....where was she?? :confused3

Suddenly my brain said this to me: “Wait a minute....Spencer has four legs.....is he a mutant?”

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0900.jpg

Nope. She’s asleep in the bed with him

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0901.jpg

We got all of the bags and stuff down to the curb and waited for the car driver to call us that he was here. The call came at 3:50, so we each grabbed a sleeping kid and went out to the car.

We all loaded into the back seat and were off! Disney HERE WE COME!! :cool1: :cool1:

Uh....does the driver realise that’s a concrete divider he’s headed straight towards?? :scared:

GAH!! Is he trying to wake us up by swerving at the nick of time?? :scared1:

Now he’s taking up 2 lanes of traffic.....:scared: :scared1:

Maybe we should suggest that he turn on some hard rock music??? :rockband:

Finally, after many scares, we get to the airport....and are the FIRST ONES on line at the ticketing counter! Score!! We get our seat assignments, and go through security.

Wait a minute....our boarding passes say row 1, seats a, c, f, and d.....uh.....dude, are we in BUSINESS CLASS??? I guess the travel agent upgraded us without us knowing about it (Though we probably PAID for it)

We board the planes, and YEP. Business class. SWEET. But we are in the first row, so everything has to go above our heads....now I am one of those people who prefers that their stuff be under the seat in front of them, and easily accessible. Not this trip. Both from White Plains to Atlanta and Atlanta to Orlando, everything has to be over our heads. Ok, I can deal, especially considering the Milano cookies I got instead of pretzels...

We watched the sun come up out the window as we took off from White plains, and we were off.

Our flights and connections were uneventful, and soon we were touching down in Orlando....

We walked ourselves to the ME line, and got in the HUGE line. We waited an HOUR and fifteen minutes between checking in at ME and waiting to get onto the bus. FINALLY, we were off.

we took a Mears bus for some reason so no movie. :sad1: the kids played with their POS cameras (which soon got chucked out), and we were off to the WILDERNESS LODGE!!

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0902.jpg

Coming soon: Mommy needs a time-out....or three.

camelotcats

04-27-2008, 04:51 PM

Score!! I'm first one here.... Love the pics !!! Esp you DH in his pirate hat... Sorry to hear HHBG ticked you off... I hate when DH's do that... mine loves to do that

Welcome!! Yeah, I am not too happy with him right now. There will also be a theme with him on our trip....:headache:

Wow-what a difference a year makes! B has the most expressive face.

Thanks! I couldn't believe the difference in height!

Almost forgot... :woohoo: :woohoo: Woot Woot to above picture!!!

yes, I agree. :thumbsup2

All I have to say on my behalf is that B is very... Colorful. With her expressions. ::yes::

Also, I like that picture of you, it looks cool! Can't wait to hear what happened during your trip!

Yeah, she's kind of crazy. Here eyes were bugging her that day, too. Sunblock in them...

brookelizabeth

04-27-2008, 04:52 PM

Glad B was tall enough on the rides - and her dress looks fantastic! :thumbsup2

Great pictures of everyone, looking forward to hearing all about it.

Charleston Princess

04-27-2008, 04:52 PM

Yeay! I found the start of your TR! popcorn::

camelotcats

04-27-2008, 04:55 PM

Also, the red dress Brianna is wearing was made for me by a friend...she surprised me with a package that arrived the day before we left...the pink Ariel dress from the TR that didn't fit right got left home.

camelotcats

04-27-2008, 04:58 PM

Glad B was tall enough on the rides - and her dress looks fantastic! :thumbsup2

Great pictures of everyone, looking forward to hearing all about it.

Thanks!! A friend of mine made the dress. She does really great work.

Yeay! I found the start of your TR! popcorn::

Woo hoo! :cool1: :cool1:

DisDancerina

04-27-2008, 05:04 PM

HHBG

04-27-2008, 05:11 PM

It makes me very sad you get upset at HHBG.

When momma's not happy, ain't nobody happy.... as I am constantly reminded. Doh! That's probably done it again, Ack - some days are like that. ahhhh maybe I can go run some errands or something.

jcc0621

04-27-2008, 05:45 PM

Uh....does the driver realise that’s a concrete divider he’s headed straight towards?? :scared:

:scared1:

Wait a minute....our boarding passes say row 1, seats a, c, f, and d.....uh.....dude, are we in BUSINESS CLASS??? I guess the travel agent upgraded us without us knowing about it (Though we probably PAID for it)

:thumbsup2

now I am one of those people who prefers that their stuff be under the seat in front of them, and easily accessible.

I am like this too Angela, especailly with little one's..so much easier to grab games or whatever.

Our flights and connections were uneventful, and soon we were touching down in Orlando....

:woohoo:

We walked ourselves to the ME line, and got in the HUGE line. We waited an HOUR and fifteen minutes between checking in at ME and waiting to get onto the bus. FINALLY, we were off.[/!UOTE]

OMG:eek: What time did you land?

[QUOTE=camelotcats;24760719]Coming soon: Mommy needs a time-out....or three.

popcorn::

It makes me very sad you get upset at HHBG.

When momma's not happy, ain't nobody happy.... as I am constantly reminded. Doh! That's probably done it again, Ack - some days are like that. ahhhh maybe I can go run some errands or something.

ANd the problem with this is:confused3 ;) :lmao:

disneyhockeymad

04-27-2008, 06:17 PM

Just sat and read your PTR... so long, but so worth it!!! :thumbsup2
Loving your TR already! Can't wait to read more!! popcorn::

KatGarcia

04-27-2008, 06:18 PM

subbing..BBL to read!

eeyore3847

04-27-2008, 06:20 PM

Glad you started your trip report, I can not wait for all the pics!!!!

lori

camelotcats

04-27-2008, 06:20 PM

Aww, it was my favorite, too! :sad2:

it was just too short. I am fixing it for summer wear...

It makes me very sad you get upset at HHBG.

When momma's not happy, ain't nobody happy.... as I am constantly reminded. Doh! That's probably done it again, Ack - some days are like that. ahhhh maybe I can go run some errands or something.

Maybe you can get off of WoW and spend some time with your wife...just sayin'.....:rolleyes1

:scared1:

:thumbsup2

I am like this too Angela, especailly with little one's..so much easier to grab games or whatever.

:woohoo:

OMG:eek: What time did you land?

popcorn::

ANd the problem with this is:confused3 ;) :lmao:

Our flight landed at about 10:45am. The parks were more crowded than expected all week.

HHBg sits with kids on the plane...then I take over once we land while he gets the bags.

The driver was practically falling asleep the whole drive....probems with drivers became a trend for us this trip.....

camelotcats

04-27-2008, 06:22 PM

Just sat and read your PTR... so long, but so worth it!!! :thumbsup2
Loving your TR already! Can't wait to read more!! popcorn::

I can't believe you read the whole thing! Most of the important stuff was in the beginning. I'm glad you felt it was worth it, though. :thumbsup2

WELCOME!

subbing..BBL to read!

Hi!!

Glad you started your trip report, I can not wait for all the pics!!!!

lori

Thanks!! A few items you may recognize will show up. :rolleyes1

jordanyosh

04-27-2008, 06:43 PM

Great start...:thumbsup2

1 hour and 15 minutes? :eek: :scared1:

2xcited2sleep

04-27-2008, 06:54 PM

Heading over to read your PTR now...

winkers

04-27-2008, 06:57 PM

That is so cute the 2 kids in bed together!:cutie:
I've taken a taxi one time in my life and vowed never again! I was sure I was going to die!

sandym718

04-27-2008, 07:05 PM

I'm in!! My kids are almost the same ages, so I have a feeling I'll relate to a lot!! Off to read your PTR!!

jham

04-27-2008, 07:05 PM

Welcome home! Can't wait to hear all about it!

Tanya90210

04-27-2008, 07:07 PM

ohhh man... I would have been freaking out at that point... apparently a certain driver needed to go home to sleep rather than drive folks around :scared1:

What a long wait for ME ....

Those cameras can be quite a pain... DS had one but stopped using it after it got full with like 10 pictures and the software was crap...

The Moonk's Mom

04-27-2008, 07:10 PM

Glad to be reading the TR...loved the PTR...

Can't wait for more...Welcome home!

BTW - made the shorts you gave me the tips on! Turned out great! Made outfits for my DD and her friend to go to the zoo..now on to WDW outfits!

Laurabearz

04-27-2008, 07:11 PM

Well ya got me giggling :lmao:

libinatorsmom

04-27-2008, 07:40 PM

Great Trip report cant wait to read more!!!!!

camelotcats

04-27-2008, 08:28 PM

Great start...:thumbsup2

1 hour and 15 minutes? :eek: :scared1:

Yes. the kids were really freaking out. Nearly an hour of the wait was on the bus line. :headache

Heading over to read your PTR now...

Welcome! Thanks! Enjoy! It's chatty. I talk a lot!

That is so cute the 2 kids in bed together!:cutie:
I've taken a taxi one time in my life and vowed never again! I was sure I was going to die!

I take taxis all the time. This guy was scary. HHBG ended up talking to him while he drove to keep him up. I was too nervous.

I'm in!! My kids are almost the same ages, so I have a feeling I'll relate to a lot!! Off to read your PTR!!

WELCOME! If your kids like to throw tantrums and get on your nerves, you're in the right place! :rotfl2:

Welcome home! Can't wait to hear all about it!

Thanks! No Buzz outfits for the trip, but still should be a decent time. ;)

ohhh man... I would have been freaking out at that point... apparently a certain driver needed to go home to sleep rather than drive folks around :scared1:

What a long wait for ME ....

Those cameras can be quite a pain... DS had one but stopped using it after it got full with like 10 pictures and the software was crap...

I WAS freaking out!!

It felt like forever.

The camera was lousy. It kept turning itself off, resetting everything, and then deleting all the pictures it had stored on it. I don't even know if there are pics on it right now. I ended up just chucking it into my purse, so eventually I have to see if we got anything on any of them. It was a good idea that just didn't work.

Glad to be reading the TR...loved the PTR...

Can't wait for more...Welcome home!

BTW - made the shorts you gave me the tips on! Turned out great! Made outfits for my DD and her friend to go to the zoo..now on to WDW outfits!

I'm so glad the shorts worked for you! You need to post pics!! I am sooo behind on the DISBoutique board, I will neve catch up, so I might just not bother and just restart where I came back.

Well ya got me giggling :lmao:

EXCELLENT! Enjoy! and WELCOME!

Great Trip report cant wait to read more!!!!!

Thanks! Welcome!!

jcc0621

04-27-2008, 09:22 PM

Forget the kids, Iwould have been freaking out:headache:

Phibbles

04-28-2008, 12:54 AM

:lmao:

:surfweb:

popcorn::

camelotcats

04-28-2008, 09:21 AM

Chapter 2: Mommy needs a Time out and Horrible Mommy Moment 2008.....

When we last left off, we were on a Mears bus with no movie, heading to the resorts. First stop: Wilderness Lodge! Bonus. We piled off of the bus and headed over to check in.

We were quickly greeted by a check-in-person (Or whatever that title is), and checked into our room...which was ready. SWEET. No need to take an elevator or stairs to our room, we were on the main lobby level!

A quick walk past the elevators, and 50 feet from the doors to the walkway to the busses, and we arrived at room 2116....our home base for the next week.

We walked in, dropped the bags, and I announced that I was going to take some pics before we destroyed the room....

From the Door:
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0905.jpg

This was a common sight....note, we had been in our room for about TWO MINUTES.
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0906.jpg

Buzz can’t complain about the lack of flat screens any more....
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0907.jpg

Bunk beds
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0908.jpg

The kids decided, since Daddy was asleep and all, to have a huge argument over who got the top bunk the first night. I got them to stop fighting by flipping a coin. Brianna won, so Spencer threw a fit. Then Brianna started screamng at him to stop crying. I was running ragged trying to get them to stop screaming while simultaneously trying to start unpacking the carry-ons when the hitting started.

I freaked, screamed at them to cut it out, woke HHBG up, and announced that I needed a time out. I grabbed my iPod and stormed out to the patio.

While I was outside stewing, HHBG gave the kids fruit snacks and went back to sleep. :headache:

I came back in to fussy, grumpy kids. I decided we needed to get some food, so we went off in search of Roaring Fork (the CS at WL)...We were ALL STILL VERY GRUMPY.

We got to Roaring Fork, and the kids decided what they wanted to eat: Uncrustable with puding and grapes for Spencer, Chicken nuggets with grapes and Jello for Brianna. I got a turkey and brie sandwich for HHBG and the grilled chicken salad for myself. We also got water and chocolate milk, and planed to get soda for the adults in our refillable mugs.

While I was waiting in line for food to be prepared (2 separate lines), the kids were running around the restaurant. My refrains of “stop running....calm down....stand still....come back here....don’t touch that....I said to stop running....don’t climb on that!....ETC” were heard by all. I was losing it fast...

Then it happened. The HORRIBLE MOMMY MOMENT OF APRIL 2008......

I had finally paid for our food, and had gotten the refillable mugs. As I turned to get the kids together so we could carry everything back to the room, Brianna climbed up on the fruit stand by the register and leaped off, smacking into a lady with her tray, into me, and into the counter where you put the trays, nearly knocking over all of our food from our tray, and nearly killing herself.

I was so angry in the rush of adrenaline after thinking she was going to kill herself (her head came THIS CLOSE to smacking the counter while she was in flight), I smacked her in the arm. It wasn’t hard, but I hit it just right to make that loud ringing SMACK noise that I swear echoed through the now silent restaurant. :guilty: She looked at me in shock for a minute, then started to cry.

I hustled everyone over to the table, and started to pack all of our food up to bring upstairs. I also pulled Brianna onto my lap and explained to her WHY she got smacked, and told her that what she had done was dangeros. I also apologised for scaring her, and told her that was all of the punishment, and she wasn’t in any more trouble, I was just explaning why she had gotten in trouble in the first place. She calmed down pretty quickly, and we all made our way back to the room to await the security I was sure had been called.....

We woke up HHBG, and I had HIM walk back to RF to fill our mugs (I was too embarrassed to show my face there for a while). He did that, and we all had lunch and our first ever exposure to Stacy...who the kids loved and I got sick of after 30 minutes.....

Coming Soon: We find the Pool and a Nap is had by all!!

The Moonk's Mom

04-28-2008, 09:36 AM

beckanoah

04-28-2008, 09:51 AM

Ah the Disneyinducedhypernotlistentomyparents/grownupfun! BTDT!

DisneyJo

04-28-2008, 09:55 AM

2 installments already Angela :faint: You'll be finished within a week :rotfl2:

Your drive sounded pretty scary, how sweet that B got in with S to sleep :goodvibes

Great on the flight upgrade, I too like to have my bag in front of me.

Sounds like an eventful first meal, you did what you had to do though, those instincts just happen don't they!

winkers

04-28-2008, 09:59 AM

why didn't hhbg go with you to get the food?:confused3 You should have left the kids with him.

I think we've all had those moments! :hug:

Phibbles

04-28-2008, 10:02 AM

Thank you for reminding me why I stopped with 1 child.
Kids...who needs them!

Oh, and you are not the worst mommy. I have seen much worse.

camelotcats

04-28-2008, 10:37 AM

You must have picked my kids up and taken them with you! That is almost the same way every vacation starts for us...all seems well, but then they forget who they are...I forget who I am and boom...something horrible goes ary...while DH sleeps! But it usually gets better...as I am sure yours did!:goodvibes

Spencer calmed down a lot. he had a good week for him....Brianna on the other hand.....

Yeah, I really wanted to kill HHBG. This sleeping thing is a trend, BTW....

Ah the Disneyinducedhypernotlistentomyparents/grownupfun! BTDT!

Yep. Had a few conversations throughout the week with other moms...all of us thankful we weren't the only ones whose most popular phrases were "stop it", "not OK", and "come here".

2 installments already Angela :faint: You'll be finished within a week :rotfl2:

Your drive sounded pretty scary, how sweet that B got in with S to sleep :goodvibes

Great on the flight upgrade, I too like to have my bag in front of me.

Sounds like an eventful first meal, you did what you had to do though, those instincts just happen don't they!

I'm looking at my notes, and I think it'll be 2-3 installments for each day in Disney. I'm going to TRY for 1-2 a day, one in the morning, and one at night....we'll see how long that lasts....

I felt bad about hitting her so loudly in public. I DO spank, but usually as a last resort and in private....and usually on the tush or hand, not the arm.

why didn't hhbg go with you to get the food?:confused3 You should have left the kids with him.

I think we've all had those moments! :hug:

Uh....note the pic of the deeply sleeping man. he was OUT, and when I woke him up so I could take my time out, he went back to sleep and wasn't watching them. I was afraid they were going to hurt themselves while he slept, since I had had to talk them down from jumping on the bunk beds a few times already, so I took them with me. kind of a catch 22.....:confused3

And thanks for the hug....Things got better for me....

Hey! You're leaving soon!! we'll miss you! Have FUN!!

Thank you for reminding me why I stopped with 1 child.
Kids...who needs them!

Oh, and you are not the worst mommy. I have seen much worse.

Just because there are worse, didn't make what I did seem OK to me. Yes, it was a spanking offense, but I try to NEVER hit in anger. I broke my own rule, and it upset me.

And The only reason we had two was that I got pregnant before I thought I had to worry about birth control after having Spencer....how's that for TMI? :scared:

Phibbles

04-28-2008, 11:19 AM

And The only reason we had two was that I got pregnant before I thought I had to worry about birth control after having Spencer....how's that for TMI? :scared:

:sick: Well, there go my plans for lunch.

:hug:

jcc0621

04-28-2008, 11:30 AM

Aww Angela too much to comment on so I will just give you this:hug:

I have a feeling pool time and a nap will be a good thing to get everyone back on track:thumbsup2

jordanyosh

04-28-2008, 11:31 AM

I've seen worse too.

I'm sure you were thinking...what are people thinking? Heck, I want to know what people were thinking.;)

We all have those momentary lapses where we forget where we are. If there was a loudspeaker from your brain so people knew what you were thinking....

camelotcats

04-28-2008, 11:51 AM

:sick: Well, there go my plans for lunch.

:hug:

You're welcome. :rotfl2:

Aww Angela too much to comment on so I will just give you this:hug:

I have a feeling pool time and a nap will be a good thing to get everyone back on track:thumbsup2

It was a LOOONG first day. Thanks for the hugs.

I've seen worse too.

I'm sure you were thinking...what are people thinking? Heck, I want to know what people were thinking.;)

We all have those momentary lapses where we forget where we are. If there was a loudspeaker from your brain so people knew what you were thinking....

I'm sure they were thinking:

"did that crazy looking lady in the punky tinkerbelle shirt just smack her kid!?! WTH? Are there any bruises on the kids?? Maybe I should tell someone? Nah, wouldn't want to get involved....she seems like the violent type, though.....just look at that shirt...and the tattoo....hmmm......well, at least her kids calmed down for a minute....I hope I don't piss her off, she might hit me next......."

:sad2: :guilty: :sad2:

eeyore3847

04-28-2008, 12:16 PM

it's not a horrible mommy moment. I think I would have lost it too!

irene_dsc

04-28-2008, 12:46 PM

Awww...travel days suck....

(Now I have to retrieve dd from daycare to take her to the dentist - to determine if she actually damaged anything while tumbling down the stairs yesterday in her Sleeping Beauty dress and dress-up shoes...)

meloneyb21

04-28-2008, 12:56 PM

:wave2: Hi! This is a great TR so far. Can't wait for the rest! :thumbsup2

jordanyosh

04-28-2008, 01:01 PM

You should've screamed..."What are you looking at?":rotfl2:

carrieannie

04-28-2008, 02:13 PM

I thought I had subbed to this!! I read everything...i commented somewhere else, I think...but I`ll be reading here now anyway..

hippielava2

04-28-2008, 03:25 PM

Loving this so far. Totally subscribing!

camelotcats

04-28-2008, 06:23 PM

it's not a horrible mommy moment. I think I would have lost it too!

Aww. thanks. :hug:

Awww...travel days suck....

(Now I have to retrieve dd from daycare to take her to the dentist - to determine if she actually damaged anything while tumbling down the stairs yesterday in her Sleeping Beauty dress and dress-up shoes...)

have fun. (yuk) :scared:

:wave2: Hi! This is a great TR so far. Can't wait for the rest! :thumbsup2

Hi! Welcome! Thanks!

You should've screamed..."What are you looking at?":rotfl2:

Hee hee....that would have cemented me in their minds as "that crazy lady"....

I thought I had subbed to this!! I read everything...i commented somewhere else, I think...but I`ll be reading here now anyway..

Ip-Dip. :hug:

This TR is easier for me. Here is best.

Loving this so far. Totally subscribing!

Thanks! Dude, you totally said "Totally!". I like you already. :thumbsup2

HHBG

04-28-2008, 06:29 PM

I really don't remember the arrival at the hotel as being that stressful. We finally arrived (and that was a relief), but then everyone sat down in the room and I rested my eyes for a second. Then you brought me a sandwich.

(Hmmm.... maybe I am getting into hot water again....)

jcc0621

04-28-2008, 06:30 PM

camelotcats

04-28-2008, 06:34 PM

Tanya90210

04-28-2008, 06:35 PM

Charleston Princess

04-28-2008, 06:41 PM

We've all had our moments that have earned us our Mommy of the Year awards! :hug:

KatGarcia

04-28-2008, 09:06 PM

The room looks awesome! I so wanna stay there eventually, it's such a beautiful place!

Just out of curiosity HHBG--> What server do you play on???

HHBG

04-28-2008, 09:09 PM

The room looks awesome! I so wanna stay there eventually, it's such a beautiful place!

Just out of curiosity HHBG--> What server do you play on???

Alliance, I play on the Vek'Nilash sever.
Horde, on the Earthen Ring Server.

camelotcats

04-28-2008, 09:10 PM

The room looks awesome! I so wanna stay there eventually, it's such a beautiful place!

Just out of curiosity HHBG--> What server do you play on???

NONONONONONONONONONONONO!!!!!!!!!!!!

NO ENABLING THE ADDICT!!!

:headache:

camelotcats

04-28-2008, 09:11 PM

Alliance, I play on the Vek'Nilash sever.
Horde, on the Earthen Ring Server.

You are evil and must be destroyed.

All your base are belong to me.

BTW base = Bed space. Couch it, Mr. :mad:

imp&pixie

04-28-2008, 09:12 PM

Welcome back, Angela! I can't wait to hear how the trip went. I love your Peeps shirt in the bio photo of you. Reminds me of Jordan's TR and that great photo you posted over there :rotfl: .

Did your kids go to bed fully clothed the night before you left? Shoes and all? Too funny!

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][SIZE="3"]While I was waiting in line for food to be prepared (2 separate lines), the kids were running around the restaurant. My refrains of “stop running....calm down....stand still....come back here....don’t touch that....I said to stop running....don’t climb on that!....ETC” were heard by all. I was losing it fast...

This is me every single day :scared1: . I swear I should make some sort of tape loop that has all those sayings on it.

Can't wait to read more :banana: .

brookelizabeth

04-28-2008, 10:04 PM

(Hmmm.... maybe I am getting into hot water again....)

:idea:

:sad2:

I'm sorry you went through all that Angela! Lack of sleep can do that to anyone. I know how it feels to break your own rules, it stinks. :hug:

camelotcats

04-29-2008, 09:14 AM

Chapter 3: POOL Time and Everyone gets a nap....or do they?

After Lunch, the kids reminded us that we had PROMISED that they could go in the pool. Well, I don’t make promises I can’t keep, so we got out the swimsuits (from the LIME GREEN carry-on), got suited up, and headed down to the pool.

First we tried to find somewhere to put our stuff.....wasn’t gonna happen. We took three laps of the pool looking for an empty chair. Towels EVERYWHERE on lounge chairs. Now, I don’t mind taking up ONE chair for a family with pool stuff. It’s nice to have your stuff off of the ground when you get out of the pool. It stays dry(er) and clean(er)....but there were obviously areas of “one person, one chair” set ups, and to me, that’s rude and selfish. If you’re not USING the chair for anything other than a stuff-holder, use one chair for your entire family. Finally one twenty-something girl decided to go back to her room, and we snagged a lounger. It was all we needed, so we were happy.

In fact, as we picked up our stuff, a lady asked us if we were leaving, and we said YEP. She commented on us only having one lounge chair, but “oh well, it’ll do”. *Sigh* I really wish I had taken pics of the lounge chairs, because, I swear, we were in the pool over an hour, and not a single towel had moved....Meanwhile, people were all doing laps with their stuff....:sad2:

Anyway, I digress....

While we had been doing our laps, we had grabbed towels. But we couldn’t find the life vests. When we stayed at AKL, they just had them in a big bin that you could rummage through and grab out of....apparently, WL had some probems with people taking life vests and keeping them for the week in their rooms, so there weren’t enough to go around, so they were signing them out at the bar. We decided this wasn’t worth the hassle....also we only had our room keys with us, and it was unclear as to whether or not they wanted a deposit.

Now, our kids can swim OK...well almost swim would probably be putting it better. They can keep their heads above the water USUALLY and are fine as long as they are in water that is only slightly above their heads. Brianna can float on her back, too. This is why we weren’t too worried about life vests. All the kids wanted to do was to go down the slide and play in the kiddie pool. However...the lack of life vests would come back to bite us later in the trip......:scared:

So, the kids ran off to the slide, and HHBG and I went into the water at the base of the slide. There was also a life guard standing right there at the base. Apparently, she didn’t agree with the policy to sit across the 3-foot-deep pool and wait for a kid or adult to have problems, she wanted to be right there. This made me feel better about the no life vests decision. Thank you, anonymous life guard. :lovestruc

The kids went down the slide about 3 million times....give or take. They were coming down together, which was cute but required both HHBG and I to be there to catch them. Finally, at one point, only Spencer came down....as I stood there waiting for Brianna, a lady poked me and said “Is that your daughter??” :scared:

Brianna was standing at the side of the pool, sobbing. Uh oh. :scared1:

I rushed over and asked her what was wrong. She showed me her knee. It was bleeding from a small scrape. Apparently, she had decided NOT to listen to one of my 3 billion admonitions to “WALK, DON’T RUN”, and had slipped going up to the slide. The life guard came over and gave her a band-aid, and we decided we were done with pool time for the day.

CUE TANTRUMS :rotfl2: :rotfl2: (these are not laughing smilies)

We led the tantruming children back to the room, the refrain of “I WASN’T FINISHED! I DON”T WANNA GO BACK! IT’S NOT FAIR! WAAAAAHHH” echoing behind us. :sad: :sad:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0909.jpg

We finally got back to the room and saw that ME had dropped off our bags while we were in the pool. HHBG immediately hopped into the shower to wash off the chlorine. After he got out, I sprayed off the kids, got out their dinner outfits, told HHBG to get them dressed, and hopped into the shower myself.

This is what greeted me when I came out of my shower:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0911.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0912.jpg

Since Brianna was on my spot, and the top bunk wasn’t very comfortable, I took “nap time”, and unpacked instead.

Soon it was time for some Dinner. :cool1:

Coming soon: Did we ever ask for that Ketchup??

imp&pixie

04-29-2008, 09:38 AM

Phibbles

04-29-2008, 09:44 AM

:thumbsup2

Your family loves them some naps. I miss taking naps. I should start again.

Too bad you didn't get pool pics. Pool is wicked cool at WL.

brookelizabeth

04-29-2008, 09:51 AM

I have to say, the pics of all of them sleeping is pretty cute...

irene_dsc

04-29-2008, 09:57 AM

have fun. (yuk) :scared:

Turns out, she banged up her gums pretty well, but looks like no permanent tooth damage. But, she wants us to come back in 6 weeks to check again - yikes.

And of course, I got to go back later that day, for ds' regular checkup. 2 cavities...we'll be spending lots of time at the dentist office...

irene_dsc

04-29-2008, 10:00 AM

One advantage of going in January - it was cold enough that there was no shortage of lounge chairs!!! Of course, you probably had better pool weather. But, yeah, that's pretty rude to hog the lounge chairs like that when no one is using them...

Definitely looks like those naps were needed. :)

Oh, and I had noticed the sleeping-with-shoes thing earlier, too. I just can't sleep with my shoes on...

DisneyJo

04-29-2008, 11:12 AM

It really does annoy me the whole chair hogging with towels thing, if you're there and using the chairs fair enough but if you're not there or aren't returning within about 30 mins take the towels off :mad: OK vent over :rotfl:

Sounds like your kids were having a great time on the slide, pity about B falling over though and I love your use of the :rotfl2: smilie :laughing:

How cute do they all look fast asleep :goodvibes

Just a little favour is it possible for you to edit your title when you've done an update please :flower3:

jcc0621

04-29-2008, 11:21 AM

After Lunch, the kids reminded us that we had PROMISED that they could go in the pool. Well, I don’t make promises I can’t keep, so we got out the swimsuits (from the LIME GREEN carry-on), got suited up, and headed down to the pool.

BEcasue kids NEVER forget this kind of stuff...ask them to clean their rooms, and your get huh:confused3

Now, I don’t mind taking up ONE chair for a family with pool stuff. It’s nice to have your stuff off of the ground when you get out of the pool. It stays dry(er) and clean(er)....but there were obviously areas of “one person, one chair” set ups, and to me, that’s rude and selfish. If you’re not USING the chair for anything other than a stuff-holder, use one chair for your entire family.

Amen:thumbsup2

. However...the lack of life vests would come back to bite us later in the trip......:scared:

:eek: popcorn::

This is what greeted me when I came out of my shower:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0911.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0912.jpg

Awww, how sweet:cloud9:

Coming soon: Did we ever ask for that Ketchup??

popcorn::

camelotcats

04-29-2008, 11:44 AM

Sounds like some good pool time!! Too bad about the chair situation - it is so sad that some people think it is their right to claim so much space. :hug: to B for the scraped knee. With the looks of how everyone zonked out after you got back to the room, it was a good decision to leave the pool when you did. Sorry mama didn't get a nap too :headache: .

You are doing a great job of bringing us along on the trip. Love all the pictures :thumbsup2 .

Thanks! I wish I were more witty or downright funny like some of the other TRs I read, but I'm not, so I just tell it like it is. :)

:thumbsup2

Your family loves them some naps. I miss taking naps. I should start again.

Too bad you didn't get pool pics. Pool is wicked cool at WL.

Dude, all HHBg DID this trip was nap. i swear. He makes Buzz seem like he was awake all the time in DL....

I have to say, the pics of all of them sleeping is pretty cute...

Yeah. They're cuties. :cutie: Obviously a recessive gene.....:rolleyes1

Turns out, she banged up her gums pretty well, but looks like no permanent tooth damage. But, she wants us to come back in 6 weeks to check again - yikes.

And of course, I got to go back later that day, for ds' regular checkup. 2 cavities...we'll be spending lots of time at the dentist office...

Ouch. Sorry. :( Spencer sucks his thumb and has screwed his jaw up pretty well, so we are already anticipating the thousands of dollars in orthodontic work for him.

One advantage of going in January - it was cold enough that there was no shortage of lounge chairs!!! Of course, you probably had better pool weather. But, yeah, that's pretty rude to hog the lounge chairs like that when no one is using them...

Definitely looks like those naps were needed. :)

Oh, and I had noticed the sleeping-with-shoes thing earlier, too. I just can't sleep with my shoes on...

They were actually told to take the shoes OFF to sleep in, but I didn't want to wake them up after the fact. :confused3

It really does annoy me the whole chair hogging with towels thing, if you're there and using the chairs fair enough but if you're not there or aren't returning within about 30 mins take the towels off :mad: OK vent over :rotfl:

Sounds like your kids were having a great time on the slide, pity about B falling over though and I love your use of the :rotfl2: smilie :laughing:

How cute do they all look fast asleep :goodvibes

Just a little favour is it possible for you to edit your title when you've done an update please :flower3:

I GUESS I can do that....just for you....since you sked so nicely. :flower3:

BEcasue kids NEVER forget this kind of stuff...ask them to clean their rooms, and your get huh:confused3

Amen:thumbsup2

:eek: popcorn::

Awww, how sweet:cloud9:

popcorn::

I know. My son can't remember to take his own homework out of his backpack, but he remembers things I said MONTHS ago, when they benefit him....selective memory...they get it from their father. :rolleyes1

The Moonk's Mom

04-29-2008, 11:53 AM

3princesses+aprince

04-29-2008, 12:44 PM

Great report so far.
Don't you just hate when you have to yell and slap your kids in public then you look like such a bad mommy. we've all been there.:goodvibes
Waiting to read the rest!!!!!!!!!!!

disneyhockeymad

04-29-2008, 01:02 PM

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0911.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0912.jpg

aww cute! haha. That looks like us when we drove down to the south-ish of france in a day (took about 11 hours) when we got there we just crashed on the sofa!! :rotfl:

Native NYer

04-29-2008, 01:33 PM

I'm loving your tr so far. Unfortunately, I came in on the tail end of your ptr, so I'm glad to be here early.

Your arrival day was a busy one! So sorry that Briana scraped her knee.

Can't wait to read more popcorn::

Oh and I noticed you're from Yonkers. I'm going to look at some apartments and houses in Yonkers tomorrow. I hope the agent is decent.

KatGarcia

04-29-2008, 02:50 PM

Alliance, I play on the Vek'Nilash sever.
Horde, on the Earthen Ring Server.

DH plays on Hell Scream when he pays and his own private server most of the time.

NONONONONONONONONONONONO!!!!!!!!!!!!

NO ENABLING THE ADDICT!!!

:headache:

Sorry!!!! I have a WoW addict as well.... I know how it feels.

irene_dsc

04-29-2008, 03:12 PM

Ouch. Sorry. :( Spencer sucks his thumb and has screwed his jaw up pretty well, so we are already anticipating the thousands of dollars in orthodontic work for him.

Ds used a pacifier until he was about 4 (iirc) but finally gave it up - I'd been starting to see his teeth affected, but fortunately, they seem to have gotten over it by now. Otoh, one of his baby teeth never came in (one canine), so that may screw things up eventually.

They were actually told to take the shoes OFF to sleep in, but I didn't want to wake them up after the fact. :confused3

Lol...I can see mine doing that!

I know. My son can't remember to take his own homework out of his backpack, but he remembers things I said MONTHS ago, when they benefit him....selective memory...they get it from their father. :rolleyes1

And that is SOOO my kids! Everyone always told me that they wouldn't remember stuff, and didn't want to believe me that they would! Especially when it comes to stuff that would benefit them...

Jrabbit910

04-29-2008, 03:58 PM

camelotcats- Great TR! Please tell me how you post those hot links.. I love that! I never quite figured that out yet and love when they are in tr!

First thing first, your kids are adorable & your TR is really giving me an idea of how my trips will end up w/ my children! FUN FUN FUN :scared1:
Your trip sounds like it got off to a wonderful start.. :lmao: I had a "cab" driver like that.. IT WAS MY SISTER... I wanted to kill her... All I kept on thinking was please get us to the airport safe and sound! :rotfl: :rotfl:

Pics are hysterical too... My DH would be the same way SLEEPING while Mommy does everything!! :laughing: :rolleyes1

Cant wait to read more...

camelotcats

04-29-2008, 06:08 PM

I am so ther with you in the chair thing. We, a family of 5, only use one chair...come on people!!!!:confused3

Do you ever get to rest on this vacation?!?!? I know...funny:lmao:

popcorn:: :surfweb: more please...

Actually I did get a rest...kind of...but you'll have to wait until Monday's trippie to hear about it.....

Great report so far.
Don't you just hate when you have to yell and slap your kids in public then you look like such a bad mommy. we've all been there.:goodvibes
Waiting to read the rest!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi and Welcome!!

Yeah, I feel like I just have a sign on me that reads "my kids are miserable becaude I am the worst mother in the world" sometimes.

Hmmm.....I forsee a tee-shirt.....:scratchin:

aww cute! haha. That looks like us when we drove down to the south-ish of france in a day (took about 11 hours) when we got there we just crashed on the sofa!! :rotfl:

You DROVE to the south of France!?! From Where? (I forgot to read if you had your location in your profile). We took the EuroStar leaving at 7am to Paris from London while REALLY hungover last July....then walked all over Paris. It was a rough day....I believe I fell asleep still clothed once we got back to the hotel....

I'm loving your tr so far. Unfortunately, I came in on the tail end of your ptr, so I'm glad to be here early.

Your arrival day was a busy one! So sorry that Briana scraped her knee.

Can't wait to read more popcorn::

Oh and I noticed you're from Yonkers. I'm going to look at some apartments and houses in Yonkers tomorrow. I hope the agent is decent.

Enjoy your tour. Try to stick to the nice parts. There are some BAD parts here....just like everywhere around the NYMetro area, I guess. Greystone and Yonkers train stations are nice.

DH plays on Hell Scream when he pays and his own private server most of the time.

Sorry!!!! I have a WoW addict as well.... I know how it feels.

Bleh. I'm sorry. Unfortunately, i knew about the addiction when I married HHBG....it was EverQuest then. I used to bug the guy geeks who came in when I was working with being able to speak EverQuest, but I didn't play.

Ds used a pacifier until he was about 4 (iirc) but finally gave it up - I'd been starting to see his teeth affected, but fortunately, they seem to have gotten over it by now. Otoh, one of his baby teeth never came in (one canine), so that may screw things up eventually.

Lol...I can see mine doing that!

And that is SOOO my kids! Everyone always told me that they wouldn't remember stuff, and didn't want to believe me that they would! Especially when it comes to stuff that would benefit them...

Everyone said last year that the kdis were too young for WDW and would forget everything....they were QUOTING things to me this trip. :confused3

camelotcats- Great TR! Please tell me how you post those hot links.. I love that! I never quite figured that out yet and love when they are in tr!

First thing first, your kids are adorable & your TR is really giving me an idea of how my trips will end up w/ my children! FUN FUN FUN :scared1:
Your trip sounds like it got off to a wonderful start.. :lmao: I had a "cab" driver like that.. IT WAS MY SISTER... I wanted to kill her... All I kept on thinking was please get us to the airport safe and sound! :rotfl: :rotfl:

Pics are hysterical too... My DH would be the same way SLEEPING while Mommy does everything!! :laughing: :rolleyes1

Cant wait to read more...

Hi and Welcome!!

For the Hotlinks, if you look on the top right of a post, you will see a number. If you click on it, it will open a window with that post in it. I copy and paste the URL and add it just like any other link.

I have to go back and add "next chapter" links to the bottom of my chapters eventually when I get the time....

I hope your sister was OK!!

The trip was good, but I think it would have ben better if we hadn't been so behind on sleep from the very beginning....also, our light day got cancelled, so we went hard all week, so we never caught up....

Yeah...all HHBG seemed to do was sleep.....

I'll probably write the next installment while I watch Beauty and the Geek tonight....

Native NYer

04-29-2008, 06:40 PM

Enjoy your tour. Try to stick to the nice parts. There are some BAD parts here....just like everywhere around the NYMetro area, I guess. Greystone and Yonkers train stations are nice.

Thanks. I'm looking at a couple of places near the Scarsdale border and on Brandt Terrace. Hopefully, those areas are not scary.

But you're right, that is true of every town/neighborhood in the NYMetro area.

ncsjodi

04-29-2008, 06:59 PM

DH plays on Hell Scream when he pays and his own private server most of the time.

Sorry!!!! I have a WoW addict as well.... I know how it feels.

Add me to that list... it just started a few months ago, but he's on it from the time he gets home from work until he falls asleep at the computer. That's why I can't get him to write the next update for our trippie. Guess we'll have to skip his train tour.... :confused3

Actually I did get a rest...kind of...but you'll have to wait until Monday's trippie to hear about it.....

The trip was good, but I think it would have been better if we hadn't been so behind on sleep from the very beginning....also, our light day got cancelled, so we went hard all week, so we never caught up....

Yeah...all HHBG seemed to do was sleep.....

I'll probably write the next installment while I watch Beauty and the Geek tonight....

Sorry that your vacation wasn't very relaxing, but I usually feel like I need a vacation to recover from my vacation when I return from WDW. Hopefully you can catch up now that the kiddos are back at school, right?

Gotta watch the WINGS play tonight at 10pm too!!!! :banana: :banana:

jordanyosh

04-30-2008, 12:34 AM

First.....that's one of my only complaints about WL that there's only one pool. There's the VWL pool, but really there should be a quiet pool as well....
So as a result, crowded pool almost constantly.

I wish you could've started a shower of white pool towels screaming at the top of your lungs "Come and get your towels because we're taking ONE extra lounger....:rolleyes1

Kids are not easily removed from the pool.

HHBG seems to have picked out his side of the bed......

imp&pixie

04-30-2008, 09:16 AM

Ouch. Sorry. :( Spencer sucks his thumb and has screwed his jaw up pretty well, so we are already anticipating the thousands of dollars in orthodontic work for him.

My 7.5 yr old DS never sucked his thumb or used a pacifier and we just had to spend $5K on orthodontics to correct his class 3 crossbite. So, don't beat yourself up over the thumb sucking (or pacifiers for the other mom), it can happen to anyone.:hug:

camelotcats

04-30-2008, 09:29 AM

Chapter 4: An Auspicious start to our Dining Experiences....

First, let me preface my chapter by whining that I am EXHAUSTED! The lack of rest on the trip has really caught up to me today. I absolutely have to go grocery shopping today, too. (I put it off during the rain, but we are out of frozen meals) All I want to do is to crawl back into bed. Maybe I over did it yesterday trying to get things done.

ANYWAY!!

When we last left you, everyone BUT ME was asleep. I finished unpacking, pulled out the rest of Spencer’s clothes for the night (under that blanket, he was only wearing undies), stashed the suitcases, and set up my cargo pockets for the next day. By then, it was tim to head down to the Whispering Canyon Café for our dinner ADR.

I got the kids up, and woke up HHBG. Both kids rolled over and went back to sleep. :headache:

‘COME ON GUYS! GET UP!!”

Nothin’

Finally, I force-dressed Spencer, and HHBG carried the little boy and I carried the little girl down to the restaurant. It was Mobbed. I guess WCC is a popular first day restaurant. :confused3 I went to the podium to check in, and was informed that they were running about 30 minutes behind schedule. I said that was fine, got my BUZZER THINGIE which HHBG did NOT put into his front pocket, and went to find HHBG. He was with a now-awake Spencer who was playing with the lincoln logs by the front entrance.

I carried the sleeping girl to the nearest empty chair and sat down. HHBG and Spencer sat on a nearby couch. HHBG snapped these pics while we waited:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0913.jpg

Pardon the dumb expression on my face..I was exhausted and trying to stay awake.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0914.jpg

Awake, but barely.

Oh, and these are probably the best pictures that night of the outfits I made....

Finally, 45 minutes after our ADR, the buzzer thingie went off. We went over to get seated, and got Brianna awake. Our waitress came and introduced herself, and we ordered drinks. I got a coke (My usual when dining with my children), HHBG got a strawberry bottomless shake, Spencer got a bubblegum shake, and Brianna got apple juice, thn quickly changed her mind to wanting a bubblegum shake, too. (Blech)

Then we checked out the menu...

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0915.jpg

the kids “didn’t care”, so we got the skillet for the table, knowing that there was something on there for everyone.....kind of.

All around us, all sorts of hijinks were going on. (Does anyone still use that word?). People screaming for ketchup, huge glasses being delivered, waiters and waitresses whooping it up with their tables, etc. We, on the other hand were being ignored. I couldn’t even get a refill on my coke, and ended up swiping Brianna’s undrunk apple juice.

Someone (not our waitress) brought us our food. We asked him to send our waitress over so we could get drink refills, and we dug in. Brianna was all about the mashed potatoes, so we gave her a BUNCH of those, knowing we could always get more....if the waitress ever remembered that we existed. HHBG was done with his shake, but again, no waitress to be found. She was literally walking by us and not looking at us. Is this part of the skit?? If it is, it sucks. :mad:

Spencer really liked the corn bread. He’s not a dinner eater, so I was just happy he was eating something. I had a bunch of beans, as they were really great, too. The salad (which came at the same time as everything else???) Was pretty good, too.

THE MEAT, on the other hand......was HORRIBLE.

The ribs were cooked into submission. They were dry, tough, and tasteless. The chicken was so dry and tough it was inedible. The pulled pork, which is usually my favorite item of BBQ was greasy, full of fat and gristle and almost no meat, and was nasty. You could practically bounce the shrimp off of the floor it was so rubbery.

But, the sides were good, so we ate those, and figured when the waitress came for our refills of food and drinks (if ever), we would just let her know our meat wasn’t so great and could we get a new plate.

Well.

Then they had the “horse races”

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Then we waited for the waitress...

We finished the sides. Brianna was begging for more mashed potatoes or dessert.

All the drinks were gone.

No waitress.

Still no waitress.

Still no waitress....and the kids were starting to fall asleep at the table....

Finaly, after 20 minutes, I had had enough. I announced to the kids we were going back to the room, and HHBG said he would get our check.

I ended up having to carry the kids to the room, breaking my belt clip for my cell phone in the process. I gave the kids some peanut M&Ms for dessert, and sat down to wait for HHBG....

And Wait....

And wait....

After another 20 minutes HHBG came in. I don’t know if he finally got the waitress or if he had to get a manager to get him his check. It was ridiculous. He was furious.

Overall reviews of WCC Dinner: What kind of BBQ place has lousy meat? We had bad meat and bad service, though the sides were excellent. We felt ignored and overlooked, and were ticked that we didn’t even get decent service. It was a joke, and we talked about cancelling our ADRs for breakfast the day we left....did we?

I let him calm down and get the kids into the bath, while I went and refilled our refillable mugs. We needed carbonated goodness to deal with this....I got myself a Coke and HHBG a Root beer....Then we "vented" a while during the kids' bath.

We got the kids bathed, into pajamas, teeth brushed and into bed. We set the alarm, and got into be ourselves. HHBG and I tried sitting up with the light on while the kids went to sleep, but that didn’t work, so we turned off the light.....we had an early day the next day and needed the kids to get some rest.

Soon, HHBG’s snores filled the room....

I needed to stay up to put out the “toys from Mickey”!!

Come on, go to sleep kids!!

But soon, I too, was out cold asleep....

Would I make it up in time for their gifts?? Would the surprise be ruined?? Tune in next time dear friends......Same Bat time, same Bat channel (Sorry, I just couldn’t resist)

Coming Soon: Is it MGM or DHS? And you’re taking your little ones on WHAT!?!

camelotcats

04-30-2008, 09:33 AM

Hmm...I am looking at that picture of brianna....maybe the salad did come out first...my notes say things came out on top of each other....maybe I meant the skillet came very quickly after the salad??

Hedy

04-30-2008, 09:35 AM

:( I'm sorry your wcc experience was so bad.

camelotcats

04-30-2008, 09:40 AM

Thanks. I'm looking at a couple of places near the Scarsdale border and on Brandt Terrace. Hopefully, those areas are not scary.

But you're right, that is true of every town/neighborhood in the NYMetro area.

Have fun!

Add me to that list... it just started a few months ago, but he's on it from the time he gets home from work until he falls asleep at the computer. That's why I can't get him to write the next update for our trippie. Guess we'll have to skip his train tour.... :confused3

Sorry that your vacation wasn't very relaxing, but I usually feel like I need a vacation to recover from my vacation when I return from WDW. Hopefully you can catch up now that the kiddos are back at school, right?

Gotta watch the WINGS play tonight at 10pm too!!!! :banana: :banana:

Its very addicting. Good luck getting him off of it. It's probably the biggest thing HHBg and I fight about.

10PM start is TOO LATE for me. Glad they won, tho. GO WINGS!!

First.....that's one of my only complaints about WL that there's only one pool. There's the VWL pool, but really there should be a quiet pool as well....
So as a result, crowded pool almost constantly.

I wish you could've started a shower of white pool towels screaming at the top of your lungs "Come and get your towels because we're taking ONE extra lounger....:rolleyes1

Kids are not easily removed from the pool.

HHBG seems to have picked out his side of the bed......

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

I wasn't thrilled withthe pool. One pool is fine, but it could have been bigger to accomodate the number of people. it's a big hotel.

My 7.5 yr old DS never sucked his thumb or used a pacifier and we just had to spend $5K on orthodontics to correct his class 3 crossbite. So, don't beat yourself up over the thumb sucking (or pacifiers for the other mom), it can happen to anyone.:hug:

:hug: Thanks. I am currently undergoing major dental work to fix a serious overbite that was causing arthritis, so I know they might have needed it ANYWAY, but he has now guaranteed it. :headache:

ncsjodi

04-30-2008, 09:41 AM

camelotcats

04-30-2008, 09:41 AM

:( I'm sorry your wcc experience was so bad.

Me too. Like I said, I don't know if it was just that the waitress was so bad and we just didn't get a good skillet, or if that's usual for them.

The rest of the trippie gets better! The first day was stinky!

(Otherwise I would have just called this, "the super downer of a whiney trippie...read at your own risk!!")

camelotcats

04-30-2008, 09:44 AM

Wow! And I thought our WCC experience was bad...

Were you seated in the front room or did you get delegated to the back like we did? We never saw any of the hijinx at all since we were seated all by ourselves. Our waitress threw straws at us and gave DD6 a really long straw, but that's about it. Luckily we did hear the announcement about the pony rides or else we would have missed that as well.

I agree about the food. The meat was pretty bad, although I think our ribs were decent. The salad was good, as were the potatoes. Luckily our server was better than yours, so we did get refills and dessert.

I hope your next day was better!

It got a lot better.

We were dead center in the front room. That's why it was so weird. People around us were all in the middle of a rousting good time, and we were sitting there like the kid who puked everywhere at the last party, and no one wants to get too close this time.

How's THAT for an early morning image. :rolleyes1

ncsjodi

04-30-2008, 09:44 AM

Its very addicting. Good luck getting him off of it. It's probably the biggest thing HHBg and I fight about.

10PM start is TOO LATE for me. Glad they won, tho. GO WINGS!!

I stayed up for the game and I'm paying for it now. DD6 is in the first grade musical at school and has to be there an hour early for the next two weeks. So, I have to get up early! This morning came way too early for me!

GO WINGS!

Did you see the Rangers score?? Buzz must be so mad! :laughing:

:hug: Thanks. I am currently undergoing major dental work to fix a serious overbite that was causing arthritis, so I know they might have needed it ANYWAY, but he has now guaranteed it. :headache:

DD4 is a thumb sucker and there are no signs of her stopping anytime soon. So, we'll probably need to plan for orthodontics there too. Plus, DD6 has an extremely small mouth, so that's two... :sad2:

ncsjodi

04-30-2008, 09:45 AM

It got a lot better.

We were dead center in the front room. That's why it was so weird. People around us were all in the middle of a rousting good time, and we were sitting there like the kid who puked everywhere at the last party, and no one wants to get too close this time.

How's THAT for an early morning image. :rolleyes1

Glad it gets better!

Thanks for the mental image...:sad2:

jcc0621

04-30-2008, 09:56 AM

Sorry that you WCC experience so was so bad. I keep saying we should really try this place, but I keep getting put off, DS does not do well with noise....SOunds like I wouldn't be missing much

Native NYer

04-30-2008, 10:13 AM

Sorry about your experience at WCC. Bad service is the worst. How can a server be that oblivious and miss an entire table? That's what happened to us at O'hana in January.

And bad meat at a BBQ place is shocking! At least the sides were good.

carrieannie

04-30-2008, 10:37 AM

WOW Dude!! Another update!! :woohoo: I`ll check it out after I brush my teeth!:sick:

Jrabbit910

04-30-2008, 10:57 AM

What a horrible sounding experience. Its so upseting when you expect something to be so good and it turns out so bad... I hope future dining experiences are much better for u guys...

:surfweb:

The Moonk's Mom

04-30-2008, 12:06 PM

Dang...that sucks! You really had to be asking yourself at this point how the rest of the week was going to go! I hope a good night sleep helps out!

BTW my DH snores LOUDLY and always falls asleep before me. Drives me insane when I am trying to do something like the "mickey gifts" because then I have a hard time falling asleep.

Have fun grocery shoppping!:headache:

disneyhockeymad

04-30-2008, 12:38 PM

aww I'm sorry for your experience with the food.
Thank goodness for re-fillable mugs though!!
Hope your days in the parks make up for the 'lost' server!

camelotcats

04-30-2008, 01:37 PM

I stayed up for the game and I'm paying for it now. DD6 is in the first grade musical at school and has to be there an hour early for the next two weeks. So, I have to get up early! This morning came way too early for me!

GO WINGS!

Did you see the Rangers score?? Buzz must be so mad! :laughing:

DD4 is a thumb sucker and there are no signs of her stopping anytime soon. So, we'll probably need to plan for orthodontics there too. Plus, DD6 has an extremely small mouth, so that's two... :sad2:

OOf. I get too little sleep as it is. I have actually been on medication for insomnia, but it just makes it harder for me to wake up int he morining. I'm used to dealing with little sleep, but I really felt like I was getting NONE last week.

Glad it gets better!

Thanks for the mental image...:sad2:

You're welcome! :flower3:

:rotfl:

Sorry that you WCC experience so was so bad. I keep saying we should really try this place, but I keep getting put off, DS does not do well with noise....SOunds like I wouldn't be missing much

It was certainly loud. I know many people have had great experiences there, just like the great experience we had in a restaurant later in the trip where others have had the worst meals of their trips. :confused3 The service more than the food pointed to a larger problem to me....

Sorry about your experience at WCC. Bad service is the worst. How can a server be that oblivious and miss an entire table? That's what happened to us at O'hana in January.

And bad meat at a BBQ place is shocking! At least the sides were good.

I have no idea how it happened. :confused3

I am spoiled. HHBG lets me get BBQ whenever we go down south....and there's a pretty good place at 42nd and 7th. Virgil's.

WOW Dude!! Another update!! :woohoo: I`ll check it out after I brush my teeth!:sick:

I'm sorry you're sick! No fuzzy teeth! :hug:

What a horrible sounding experience. Its so upseting when you expect something to be so good and it turns out so bad... I hope future dining experiences are much better for u guys...

:surfweb:

Most were. :thumbsup2 Some were downright awesome.

Dang...that sucks! You really had to be asking yourself at this point how the rest of the week was going to go! I hope a good night sleep helps out!

BTW my DH snores LOUDLY and always falls asleep before me. Drives me insane when I am trying to do something like the "mickey gifts" because then I have a hard time falling asleep.

Have fun grocery shoppping!:headache:

Yes, at that point I was a bit worried, but things got better quickly the next day.

HHBG didn't snore except when he had a cold when I met him...well at least when I first would have noticed. :rolleyes1 though he ALWAYS fell asleep first, but I am used to that. Then we both put on some weight when I was pregnant with Spencer, and he started to snore nightly. This past year, we both have lost about 20 lbs, and he doesn't snore as often anymore, but ALWAYS when we are on vacation. When he STOPPED snoring, I had problems sleeping...I kept checking to be sure he was still breathing! :rotfl2: :rotfl2: He's my own personal white-noise machine. :thumbsup2 As long as he doesn't have a sinus thing going on, then he has that scary snoring I can't sleep through.

I HATE Costco. If the prices weren't so much better there, I would never go. :headache: I skipped the regular grocery store, I'll go tomorrow. I got breakfast cereal, juice boxes, school snacks, COKE, and frozen fish. I have frozen veggies and rice already....thawed dinner tonight. lol.

aww I'm sorry for your experience with the food.
Thank goodness for re-fillable mugs though!!
Hope your days in the parks make up for the 'lost' server!

Refillable mugs...best thing EVER. Well, mabe not, but they were awesome.

The parks had their ups and downs, but the first day had an unforseen awesome start that kind of made my trip.....

camelotcats

04-30-2008, 01:38 PM

HUGE soccer game on in 30 minutes....must park self in front of TV....

GO LIVERPOOL!!

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KatGarcia

04-30-2008, 01:43 PM

DisneyJo

04-30-2008, 01:45 PM

HUGE soccer game on in 30 minutes....must park self in front of TV....

GO LIVERPOOL!!

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/The_Best_Of_The_Best.jpg
:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

What horrid service at WCC and the food didn't sound great either, hope things improve!

jordanyosh

04-30-2008, 01:48 PM

Your outfits...top notch....:thumbsup2 I still can't believe you make them...you're a superstar!!!!!

Can we sorry one more time? Sorry.......:lovestruc

So much of your dining experience is shaped by your Server.

1. good service would have gotten you another plate of meat.
2. Good service would've gotten you drink refills
3. Good service would've gotten you more of the sides you liked
4. Good service would've gotten you your check quickly.

You still may have not enjoyed the meat, but your opinion of the restaurant may have turned out much different.

camelotcats

04-30-2008, 01:49 PM

Man that sucks about WCC! We had a great time there...and we were stuck in the back and i thought we'd get ignored. I guess it comes down to the server, we had an awesome one. I would have gone to the manager when you never saw the waitress for drink refills! Did you guys do the DDP, I can't remember...if you did...I bet you didn't tip! :)

We were on the "cash" plan. :)

And we didn't tip.

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

What horrid service at WCC and the food didn't sound great either, hope things improve!

What's so funny? What? You're not an ARSENAL fan, are you!?!?! :faint:

I've been watching premier league soccer since my parents got cable. I think that's WHY my parents got cable, actually.....:scratchin:

camelotcats

04-30-2008, 01:50 PM

disneyhockeymad

04-30-2008, 01:51 PM

Refillable mugs...best thing EVER. Well, mabe not, but they were awesome.

The parks had their ups and downs, but the first day had an unforseen awesome start that kind of made my trip.....

oooh I wana know so badly!! Can't wait to read the next installment now! :yay:

HUGE soccer game on in 30 minutes....must park self in front of TV....

GO LIVERPOOL!!

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/The_Best_Of_The_Best.jpg

:lmao: love how football (sorry soccer!) has infiltrated the USA, I'm trying so hard to get away from it here, it's all that's on TV, especially seeing as it's an all English final! What's with the choice of teams?!! Why Liverpool?

HHBG

04-30-2008, 02:11 PM

My WCC Review - 0 stars, $0.20 tip

Calling this dinner 'bad' would be an overstatement...

I'll start this off by saying that I really wish that I had ordered food at the counter service place - WCC was HORRIBLE. It goes down into the worst dining experiences ever nudging up to that hole in the wall diner in NYC with roaches crawling on the walls.

The meat was truly bad. Kind of like really tough jerky without any taste. I swear that my shoes would taste better. Inedible. The microwave ribs I get at the supermarket are *so* much better. And I won't even make a comparison to a real BBQ place - this stuff wasn't even remotely similar to what they would serve at any self respecting place.

The sides were OK. I don't really have a good reference point for them, but when you are hungry and the alternative is the meat, the vegatables start looking real good.

After the kids left, I put my feet up on another chair and made myself comfortable. Downloaded and started playing (loud) video games on my phone. Almost walked out of the restraunt...

I would have given no tip, but I worried that the waitress would think I was one of those penny pinching people with an aversion to tipping. While we never picked up the DDE card until the next morning (it adds in an 18% gratuity automatically), I would have had to keep it in my pocket to add the token $0.20 tip.

Luckily, things did get better...

camelotcats

04-30-2008, 02:14 PM

oooh I wana know so badly!! Can't wait to read the next installment now! :yay:

:lmao: love how football (sorry soccer!) has infiltrated the USA, I'm trying so hard to get away from it here, it's all that's on TV, especially seeing as it's an all English final! What's with the choice of teams?!! Why Liverpool?

My father, when I was growing up was a huge Arsenal fan. I, being a troublemaker, decided to root for Liverpool, since, in the mid-eighties, it was always Liverpool and Arsenal fighting it out for the cup. this is Pre-Beckham! (I knew who he was before he married Posh Spice, too). My mom is a Man-U Fan....for Rinaldo. :sad2:

That's how I became a Red Wings fan, too. my brother, for some reason, was a huge Blackhawks fan (I grew up on Long Island, and my father is an Islanders fan). Since the Red Wings were the blackhawks biggest rivals, I became a red Wings fan. :confused3

The guy with my FAVORITE NAME growing up was Burrachaga from Argentina's world cup team. (I probably spelled his name completely wrong). We used to watch world cup soccer on the spanish channel here, Univision...it was the only channel that got it. lol.

Funny story!

I blogged about soccer through the whole world cup. I used to play, ref, and coach soccer. I played soccer in college. I watch TAPE for soccer, lol. I know soccer.

ANYWAY, some British guy took offense that some ignorant GIRL from the US would have the nerve to say anything about Football (soccer), as sport she obviously knew nothing about, and started flaming my blog....he was also a huge Arsenal fan.....:rolleyes1 I schooled him badly. Nothing like a chick spewing technical soccer jargon at you, and proving she knows what she's talking about...:rolleyes1

I never had as many hits to my blog as I did for the two weeks following that blog.....I ended up taking it down, it caused such a stir. I felt bad, because he had posted using his real name and email, and apparently he was really being ragged in the UK by his mates.

Arsenal fan....:rotfl2:

BIL is a Chelsea fan. He lives near their stadium. He wo't talk to me right now. :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Good thing the game is now....otherwise work would have shut down for the day there.....can't wait to see what happens forthe final...too bad it's in Moscow.

camelotcats

04-30-2008, 02:16 PM

So, Jo, I hear it's been "tipping it down" all day there....is that like Spitting rain?

camelotcats

04-30-2008, 02:21 PM

My WCC Review - 0 stars, $0.20 tip

Calling this dinner 'bad' would be an overstatement...

I'll start this off by saying that I really wish that I had ordered food at the counter service place - WCC was HORRIBLE. It goes down into the worst dining experiences ever nudging up to that hole in the wall diner in NYC with roaches crawling on the walls.
The meat was truly bad. Kind of like really tough jerky without any taste. I swear that my shoes would taste better. Inedible. The microwave ribs I get at the supermarket are *so* much better. And I won't even make a comparison to a real BBQ place - this stuff wasn't even remotely similar to what they would serve at any self respecting place.

The sides were OK. I don't really have a good reference point for them, but when you are hungry and the alternative is the meat, the vegatables start looking real good.

After the kids left, I put my feet up on another chair and made myself comfortable. Downloaded and started playing (loud) video games on my phone. Almost walked out of the restraunt...

I would have given no tip, but I worried that the waitress would think I was one of those penny pinching people with an aversion to tipping. While we never picked up the DDE card until the next morning (it adds in an 18% gratuity automatically), I would have had to keep it in my pocket to add the token $0.20 tip.

Luckily, things did get better...

Dude.....the sides were edible, and the beans and salad were downright good....I was worried about severe gastro-intestinal consequences after that diner we took your folks to. :scared: Think Anthony Bourdain in Namibia....

The waitress sucked, though. I would have walked to the podium and purposely LOUDLY asked for someone to pay since we hadn't seen the waitress in forever. I did loudly tell the kids we were going elsewhere for dessert since the waitress had disappeared...

Dude, thy name is Passive-aggression....

Native NYer

04-30-2008, 02:23 PM

I have no idea how it happened. :confused3

I am spoiled. HHBG lets me get BBQ whenever we go down south....and there's a pretty good place at 42nd and 7th. Virgil's.

I love Virgil's :love: Have you ever been to Brother Jimmy's?

sandym718

04-30-2008, 02:27 PM

Your WCC experience was soooo similar to ours!!! though I think yours was worse (probably compounded by the exhaustion!!). I have to ask - do you remember your server's name? Ours was Candi Cane - and she was basically useless!! Never around, sooooo slow!! When we were waiting for dessert, she was coloring! Just wondering if we had the same person...

camelotcats

04-30-2008, 02:49 PM

I love Virgil's :love: Have you ever been to Brother Jimmy's?

Not YET. ;)

Your WCC experience was soooo similar to ours!!! though I think yours was worse (probably compounded by the exhaustion!!). I have to ask - do you remember your server's name? Ours was Candi Cane - and she was basically useless!! Never around, sooooo slow!! When we were waiting for dessert, she was coloring! Just wondering if we had the same person...

Different person. Our's was bandana B-something. Brandi, bobby, whatever. She wsan't around enough for us to remember her name.

DisneyJo

04-30-2008, 03:01 PM

What's so funny? What? You're not an ARSENAL fan, are you!?!?! :faint:

I've been watching premier league soccer since my parents got cable. I think that's WHY my parents got cable, actually.....:scratchin: No not an Arsenal fan :rotfl2:

:lmao: love how football (sorry soccer!) has infiltrated the USA, I'm trying so hard to get away from it here, it's all that's on TV, especially seeing as it's an all English final! What's with the choice of teams?!! Why Liverpool? Hi :wave2: Where abouts in Kent are you? I'm near Maidstone :goodvibes

So, Jo, I hear it's been "tipping it down" all day there....is that like Spitting rain?
Yep chucked it down most of the day :sad2:

DisneyJo

04-30-2008, 03:02 PM

BTW I'm considering cancelling my WCC ADR now :eek:

scottny

04-30-2008, 03:26 PM

I love Virgil's :love: Have you ever been to Brother Jimmy's?

Virgil's is so good. I have never tried Brother Jimmy's but heard it is good. Now I want BBQ tomorrow. :rotfl2:

carrieannie

04-30-2008, 03:33 PM

Virgil's is so good. I have never tried Brother Jimmy's but heard it is good. Now I want BBQ tomorrow. :rotfl2:
Just for Scott! :goodvibes because I care,,,:lmao:

People smile and tell me I'm the lucky one
And we've just begun, I think I'm gonna have a son
He will be like you and me, as free as a dove
Conceived in love, the sun is gonna shine above

CHORUS
And even though we ain't got money
I'm so in love with ya honey
Everything bring a chain of lo-o-o-o-ve
And in the mornin' when I rise
Bring a tear of joy to my eyes
And tell me everything's gonna be all right

Love a guy who holds the world in a paper cup
Drink it up, love him and he'll bring you luck
And if ya find he helps your mind, better take him ho-ome
Yeah 'n' dontcha live alone, try to earn what lovers own

CHORUS

camelotcats

04-30-2008, 03:57 PM

No not an Arsenal fan :rotfl2:

Hi :wave2: Where abouts in Kent are you? I'm near Maidstone :goodvibes

Yep chucked it down most of the day :sad2:

So, who do you root for, then....Chelsea??

BTW I'm considering cancelling my WCC ADR now :eek:

It does sound like our service problems were not an isolated incident....:confused3

Virgil's is so good. I have never tried Brother Jimmy's but heard it is good. Now I want BBQ tomorrow. :rotfl2:

Me too!! :love:

Just for Scott! :goodvibes because I care,,,:lmao:

People smile and tell me I'm the lucky one
And we've just begun, I think I'm gonna have a son
He will be like you and me, as free as a dove
Conceived in love, the sun is gonna shine above

CHORUS
And even though we ain't got money
I'm so in love with ya honey
Everything bring a chain of lo-o-o-o-ve
And in the mornin' when I rise
Bring a tear of joy to my eyes
And tell me everything's gonna be all right

Love a guy who holds the world in a paper cup
Drink it up, love him and he'll bring you luck
And if ya find he helps your mind, better take him ho-ome
Yeah 'n' dontcha live alone, try to earn what lovers own

CHORUS

Huh? :confused3

disneyhockeymad

04-30-2008, 03:59 PM

No not an Arsenal fan :rotfl2:

Hi :wave2: Where abouts in Kent are you? I'm near Maidstone :goodvibes

Yep chucked it down most of the day :sad2:

:scared1: NO WAY!!!! I'm from maidstone too!
Small world!
scarily small world!

ncsjodi

04-30-2008, 04:04 PM

Hi :wave2: Where abouts in Kent are you? I'm near Maidstone :goodvibes

:scared1: NO WAY!!!! I'm from maidstone too!
Small world!
scarily small world!

Sounds like the makings of a UK DISMeet! :banana:

Native NYer

04-30-2008, 04:12 PM

Not YET. ;)

Virgil's is so good. I have never tried Brother Jimmy's but heard it is good. Now I want BBQ tomorrow. :rotfl2:

Oh you must try Brother Jimmy's!!!! It's so yummy, but nothing fancy. My fav are the onion straws in a bucket.

Another NY Dismeet?

disneyhockeymad

04-30-2008, 04:13 PM

My father, when I was growing up was a huge Arsenal fan. I, being a troublemaker, decided to root for Liverpool, since, in the mid-eighties, it was always Liverpool and Arsenal fighting it out for the cup. this is Pre-Beckham! (I knew who he was before he married Posh Spice, too). My mom is a Man-U Fan....for Rinaldo. :sad2:

That's how I became a Red Wings fan, too. my brother, for some reason, was a huge Blackhawks fan (I grew up on Long Island, and my father is an Islanders fan). Since the Red Wings were the blackhawks biggest rivals, I became a red Wings fan. :confused3

The guy with my FAVORITE NAME growing up was Burrachaga from Argentina's world cup team. (I probably spelled his name completely wrong). We used to watch world cup soccer on the spanish channel here, Univision...it was the only channel that got it. lol.

Funny story!

I blogged about soccer through the whole world cup. I used to play, ref, and coach soccer. I played soccer in college. I watch TAPE for soccer, lol. I know soccer.

ANYWAY, some British guy took offense that some ignorant GIRL from the US would have the nerve to say anything about Football (soccer), as sport she obviously knew nothing about, and started flaming my blog....he was also a huge Arsenal fan.....:rolleyes1 I schooled him badly. Nothing like a chick spewing technical soccer jargon at you, and proving she knows what she's talking about...:rolleyes1

I never had as many hits to my blog as I did for the two weeks following that blog.....I ended up taking it down, it caused such a stir. I felt bad, because he had posted using his real name and email, and apparently he was really being ragged in the UK by his mates.

Arsenal fan....:rotfl2:

BIL is a Chelsea fan. He lives near their stadium. He wo't talk to me right now. :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Good thing the game is now....otherwise work would have shut down for the day there.....can't wait to see what happens forthe final...too bad it's in Moscow.

:rotfl: I used to be very much like that... my family are firm Newcastle fans and just to spite them when I was younger I supported Arsenal because they were always winning! I've grown out of that now (thank goodness) and don't really follow football as religiously as my brother and dad does, I think my brothers rooting for Chelsea tonight, dunno why but hey!
I see it's gone into extra time... tense stuff! What channel you watching it through, you got all the typical english commentators?

scottny

04-30-2008, 04:14 PM

Just for Scott! :goodvibes because I care,,,:lmao:

People smile and tell me I'm the lucky one
And we've just begun, I think I'm gonna have a son
He will be like you and me, as free as a dove
Conceived in love, the sun is gonna shine above

CHORUS
And even though we ain't got money
I'm so in love with ya honey
Everything bring a chain of lo-o-o-o-ve
And in the mornin' when I rise
Bring a tear of joy to my eyes
And tell me everything's gonna be all right

Love a guy who holds the world in a paper cup
Drink it up, love him and he'll bring you luck
And if ya find he helps your mind, better take him ho-ome
Yeah 'n' dontcha live alone, try to earn what lovers own

CHORUS

:mad: :mad: :mad: evil person posting on this site. :mad: :mad: :mad:

no more Anne Murray

scottny

04-30-2008, 04:16 PM

Huh? :confused3
ED keeps singing Anne Murray songs to me. make the horror stop. PLEASE!!!!

Oh you must try Brother Jimmy's!!!! It's so yummy, but nothing fancy. My fav are the onion straws in a bucket.

Another NY Dismeet?
ok

do we know where we are eating tomorrow?

camelotcats

04-30-2008, 04:27 PM

:rotfl: I used to be very much like that... my family are firm Newcastle fans and just to spite them when I was younger I supported Arsenal because they were always winning! I've grown out of that now (thank goodness) and don't really follow football as religiously as my brother and dad does, I think my brothers rooting for Chelsea tonight, dunno why but hey!
I see it's gone into extra time... tense stuff! What channel you watching it through, you got all the typical english commentators?

Yep, I believe the typical commentators....I haven't watched a lot recently, I hate to admit.

ED keeps singing Anne Murray songs to me. make the horror stop. PLEASE!!!!

ok

do we know where we are eating tomorrow?

Uh, I do't know where we are eating...

I had to look up who Anne Murray was. :blush:

camelotcats

04-30-2008, 04:50 PM

Poop. Liverpool lost.

Very one-sided reffing, if I do say so myself.

What happened to Torres??

Bleh.

Dinner. we're having cold cereal....I forgot to thaw the fish because of the game. :blush:

disneyhockeymad

04-30-2008, 04:59 PM

Poop. Liverpool lost.

Very one-sided reffing, if I do say so myself.

What happened to Torres??

Bleh.

Dinner. we're having cold cereal....I forgot to thaw the fish because of the game. :blush:

awww. That sucks... be a good final though!! You can watch and hope chelsea loose! Cold cereal.. hmm. Nice dinner choice!! :rotfl:

KatGarcia

04-30-2008, 05:11 PM

I thought we would let Nicole decide or at least try to find a place thats very NY, or only NY, something like that...since she's leaving... good idea ??? We are very easy going and can find something where ever we go.

KatGarcia

04-30-2008, 05:22 PM

Ok I just looked up Brother Jimmy's and man o man it looks good!!!!!!!!

HeatherSue

04-30-2008, 05:29 PM

I had to look up who Anne Murray was. :blush:

WHAT!?! We had the Anne Murray's greatest hits 8 track when I was a kid!:rotfl:

I can't believe I took so long to get over here to read your TR!! I love it!! You are too funny! I love that you include the "not so fun" moments!

Teresa and I have decided our TR will be all sweetness and light because we're not brave enough for that! :thumbsup2 Okay, not really. If we just included all the moments when everyone behaved and got along wonderfully, it may be a pretty short TR!

camelotcats

04-30-2008, 05:39 PM

awww. That sucks... be a good final though!! You can watch and hope chelsea loose! Cold cereal.. hmm. Nice dinner choice!! :rotfl:

Uh...HHBG fed them while I watched to the bitter end. Bleh.

I thought we would let Nicole decide or at least try to find a place thats very NY, or only NY, something like that...since she's leaving... good idea ??? We are very easy going and can find something where ever we go.

Sounds fine to me...as long as it's not Indian food.

Ok I just looked up Brother Jimmy's and man o man it looks good!!!!!!!!

Me lovee BBQ...

WHAT!?! We had the Anne Murray's greatest hits 8 track when I was a kid!:rotfl:

I can't believe I took so long to get over here to read your TR!! I love it!! You are too funny! I love that you include the "not so fun" moments!

Teresa and I have decided our TR will be all sweetness and light because we're not brave enough for that! :thumbsup2 Okay, not really. If we just included all the moments when everyone behaved and got along wonderfully, it may be a pretty short TR!

Yeah...I almost called this TR "The Tantrum of Terror" It'll just have to be one of the chapter titles.

Glad you're here! Brianna (and spencer) got very little attention for the outfits I made her, other than having about 15 people ask me where I bought the Tinkerbelle dress on Thursday....I'm sure your kiddos will be raved over though, you guys' stuff is great!

brookelizabeth

04-30-2008, 07:30 PM

I am spoiled. HHBG lets me get BBQ whenever we go down south....and there's a pretty good place at 42nd and 7th. Virgil's

:rotfl: down south...nice.

Virgil's is good, but my favorite is Brother Jimmy's. I will def be eating there on my trip in a couple weeks! :banana:

brookelizabeth

04-30-2008, 07:40 PM

I love Virgil's :love: Have you ever been to Brother Jimmy's?

Just read a little further, yea for Brother Jimmy's!!!!!!! YUM. Give me some Frickles NOW please!

brookelizabeth

04-30-2008, 07:44 PM

Now caught up and JEALOUS of those of you possibly going to Brother Jimmy's! But, I'll be there soon...drool.

Order me some sweet tea and Frickles! :yay:

Native NYer

04-30-2008, 08:15 PM

do we know where we are eating tomorrow?

Nope, do you?

jordanyosh

04-30-2008, 09:15 PM

Dinner. we're having cold cereal....I forgot to thaw the fish because of the game. :blush:

Oops, but it made me laugh......:rotfl2: Maybe everyone in your family wasn't laughing though.....

jcc0621

04-30-2008, 09:21 PM

Dinner. we're having cold cereal....I forgot to thaw the fish because of the game. :blush:

Awww, it happens to all of us:hug: . This is why I always keep Ramen Noodles in. Grilled Cheese and Soup is always quick:thumbsup2

irene_dsc

05-01-2008, 10:54 AM

Coming in late again, but gosh, sounds like WCC is not a place I'm ever going to try... that's not the first bad service story I've heard about it, either. Glad to hear it got better from there!

camelotcats

05-01-2008, 12:51 PM

:rotfl: down south...nice.

Virgil's is good, but my favorite is Brother Jimmy's. I will def be eating there on my trip in a couple weeks! :banana:

By down south, I meant when we visit family or vacation in Virginia and the Carolinas. Sorry for the confusion. :rotfl2:

Just read a little further, yea for Brother Jimmy's!!!!!!! YUM. Give me some Frickles NOW please!

Now caught up and JEALOUS of those of you possibly going to Brother Jimmy's! But, I'll be there soon...drool.

Order me some sweet tea and Frickles! :yay:

....we are actually thinking of planning a trip to Memphis just for the BBQ....well and music.

Nope, do you?

Oops, but it made me laugh......:rotfl2: Maybe everyone in your family wasn't laughing though.....

Awww, it happens to all of us:hug: . This is why I always keep Ramen Noodles in. Grilled Cheese and Soup is always quick:thumbsup2

Hee hee you guys. Actually, for the kids cold cereal for dinner is a "treat" lol. HHBG likes it too. I had cup-o-noodles myself (though we do have ramen too, I am lazy for lunch)

My kids do not eat grilled cheese....I have little werdos. they love sushi and brie, and other odd things for little kids...hate grilled cheese and hamburgers and tomato soup. :confused3

Coming in late again, but gosh, sounds like WCC is not a place I'm ever going to try... that's not the first bad service story I've heard about it, either. Glad to hear it got better from there!

Thanks!

camelotcats

05-01-2008, 12:52 PM

jcc0621

05-01-2008, 01:00 PM

My kids do not eat grilled cheese....I have little werdos. they love sushi and brie, and other odd things for little kids...hate grilled cheese and hamburgers and tomato soup. :confused3

Completely understand. Jimmy's favorite food in the world is eggplant:confused3

DisneyJo

05-01-2008, 01:53 PM

:scared1: NO WAY!!!! I'm from maidstone too!
Small world!
scarily small world! Wow!!!! I'm near West Malling :thumbsup2

Sounds like the makings of a UK DISMeet! :banana:
:rotfl2: The UK boards do have DIS meets, none near me yet though!

disneyhockeymad

05-01-2008, 02:26 PM

Wow!!!! I'm near West Malling :thumbsup2

Bearsted for me!
I hardly ever venture on to the UK Dis boards, I really should!!!

carrieannie

05-01-2008, 02:29 PM

I got hit by a massive sudden-onset headache last night....worse than a migraine....and only got up about an hour and a half ago. I don't have the next chapter written yet. I'll try before the kids get home, but I have some house stuff to do before the meet tonight. :guilty:

I forgot you were going to the meet tonite! :banana: Cant wait to see all the pictures!!! :hyper:

donr worry about the next chapter..just get your head better,,:hug:
Did that sound odd? :confused3

DisneyJo

05-01-2008, 03:31 PM

Bearsted for me!
I hardly ever venture on to the UK Dis boards, I really should!!! I play golf and a few weeks ago I played a friendly game against Bearsted!!!!

Tanya90210

05-01-2008, 03:47 PM

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0911.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0912.jpg

So cute.... even if you couldn't nap I bet the time was relaxing with all the family asleep so u got peace and quiet :thumbsup2
After another 20 minutes HHBG came in. I don’t know if he finally got the waitress or if he had to get a manager to get him his check. It was ridiculous. He was furious.

That's just Nutz!!! I think I am gonna change mine from WCC... we've already ate their twice... I'd rather not chance it again as last time service was so/so:sad2:

disneyhockeymad

05-01-2008, 03:55 PM

I play golf and a few weeks ago I played a friendly game against Bearsted!!!!

small small world!!

apologies for hijacking your thread Camelotcats!

carrieannie

05-02-2008, 11:20 AM

Just checking in! Hope your feeling okay! :goodvibes The pictures of the meet were great! you looked good. :thumbsup2

jordanyosh

05-02-2008, 01:48 PM

How did the meet go?

DisneyJo

05-02-2008, 02:57 PM

I saw Kat's photos and the meet looked great fun :goodvibes

KatGarcia

05-02-2008, 04:33 PM

Hey lady! I wanna see pics!!!! How ya doin? Hope you didn't get in too late! We had a great time!!!!! And thanks sooooo much for the books!!!

camelotcats

05-02-2008, 09:16 PM

Completely understand. Jimmy's favorite food in the world is eggplant:confused3

Kids. :confused3

I forgot you were going to the meet tonite! :banana: Cant wait to see all the pictures!!! :hyper:

donr worry about the next chapter..just get your head better,,:hug:
Did that sound odd? :confused3

Sounded fine. Got another headache today, then had to go to the sentist for EIGHT spacers in my teeth. Spent the rest of the day in bed miserable. Just got up. Going back soon.

So cute.... even if you couldn't nap I bet the time was relaxing with all the family asleep so u got peace and quiet :thumbsup2

That's just Nutz!!! I think I am gonna change mine from WCC... we've already ate their twice... I'd rather not chance it again as last time service was so/so:sad2:

It was realtively relaxing, as I got the unpacking and stuff done without having to deal with kdis running around.

The service was lousy that night.

Just checking in! Hope your feeling okay! :goodvibes The pictures of the meet were great! you looked good. :thumbsup2

I need to find the pics. Where are they?? Scott's thread?? I am miserbale sick and sore right now. I had ice cream for my breakfast/lunch/dinner because it is the only thing we had in the house that didn't require chewing...well and applesauce, but is that really a choice? :rolleyes1

How did the meet go?

It was awesome. I'll find my pics tomorrow.

I saw Kat's photos and the meet looked great fun :goodvibes

Sweet!

Hey lady! I wanna see pics!!!! How ya doin? Hope you didn't get in too late! We had a great time!!!!! And thanks sooooo much for the books!!!

I got another headache today, again not a migraine. I have a call in to the doc. I got in at 11:15. HHBG was up playing Warcrack.

You're welcome. :cloud9:

camelotcats

05-02-2008, 10:18 PM

Yesterday, Thursday, 5/1 I participated in a small NYC DISMeet and met a bunch of awesoem people whose names I remmber and whose user names I don't. KatGarcia and Scottny have full TR details. Read theirs. :hippie:

I got lousy pics and am tired. BUT I did get a Scott tongue pic JUST for Jordan. :)

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/DSCN1189.jpg

Here's the rest:

KimAshton and KC (KatGarcia's DH) at dinner:
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/DSCN1190.jpg

Scottny again:
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/DSCN1191.jpg

KatGarcia, KimAshton, and Beana
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/DSCN1187.jpg

Nicole, Beana and Scott:
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/DSCN1186.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/DSCN1185.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/DSCN1184.jpg

That's all the pics I got, because I got too busy chatting with people and having a great time, and forgot to take pics....this is a theme for me.

Update tomorrow. Promise. Unless I get sick again...

Native NYer

05-02-2008, 10:21 PM

Love the pics of the meet. I'm so sorry I missed it.

jordanyosh

05-03-2008, 02:57 AM

brookelizabeth

05-03-2008, 09:12 AM

Awesome! Love the DIS meet! :thumbsup2

camelotcats

05-03-2008, 10:22 AM

Well, I have had about 36 hours worth of sleep, and still feel lousy, but it's time for an update. stay tuned....

jcc0621

05-03-2008, 10:38 AM

Angela..love your pics from the NYC Meet:thumbsup2

Hope you feel better soon:hug:

camelotcats

05-03-2008, 11:52 AM

Chapter 5: Day 2 - Sleep talking and the CARGOES OF HOLDING +1

Sunday started off with us discovering that Spencer talks in his sleep. We had an idea of that when he had yelled “WHERE IS EVERYONE” at 2am the day before, but on this day, it was a somewhat more subtle. And at 5:30 AM

“Mommy...mommy.....mommyyy” enough to wake me up.

“Yes, Bud?”

Nothin’... back to deep sleep for the little boy.

I was grateful though. He woke me up enough to do the Mickey toys. I got the first day’s worth of toys set out for everyone (mommy and daddy included), and fell back into bed.

At 7, HHBG’s alarm went off, and he got up. The kids got up, too , and quickly got dressed. I stayed in bed. :blush: HHBg went down to Roaring Fork for drinks and some adult breakfast, so I got up and got the kids their pop tarts.

I went to get ready for my shower, and couldn’t find my make-up bag. Dangit! I had unpacked everything, where was it???

I was still searching when HHBG came back with breakfast. I finally found the bag in the corner behind the table and under the curtain (HOW did it get THERE!?!), and sat down to eat.

Breakfast:

Kids: pop tarts and fruit salad from RF. The split the left-over chocolate milk from yesterday’s lunch.
HHBG: Bacon, egg, and cheese croissant and Root Beer.
Me: Banana and a coke.

After eating, I took a quick shower, dried my hair, did my makeup, and we were off.

As we were walking to the bus, the kids ran ahead, and Brianna fell AGAIN. On the SAME KNEE. She tore her band-aid in half and ripped open her knee. Fortunately, I had band-aids in my CARGOES OF HOLDING +1, so I pulled them out and gave her a new one.

We sat down to wait for our bus....

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0918.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0919.jpg

While we were waiting, HHBG took a picture of me in the CARGOES OF HOLDING +!

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0920.jpg

The bus came, and we were off to Disney’s Hollywood Studios......

Up Soon: The Philly Guy and a Power Ranger

KatGarcia

05-03-2008, 12:53 PM

Nice update! No NY Bag? LOL. I try to travel light in Disney, I.E. make KC carry everything!

camelotcats

05-03-2008, 12:58 PM

Nice update! No NY Bag? LOL. I try to travel light in Disney, I.E. make KC carry everything!

I am vehemently anti-bag in the parks. I have everyhting I need in my cargoes, thus the title CARGOES OF HOLDING +1.

No NY bag. That's for NY...and it had extra stuff in it for the meet.

HHBG had cargoes, too. I had him carry a few things in his, since the pockets were bigger.

Tanya90210

05-03-2008, 01:04 PM

:woohoo: Those Cargoes are awesome... if it wasn't so hot in august I'd get myself some... but the lighter the pants the better

DisneyJo

05-03-2008, 03:27 PM

So what did Mickey leave as presents?????

How great to be bagless, going in August we always need a bag just for ponchos :rotfl:

Hedy

05-03-2008, 03:46 PM

Great job packing.

camelotcats

05-03-2008, 04:56 PM

:woohoo: Those Cargoes are awesome... if it wasn't so hot in august I'd get myself some... but the lighter the pants the better

I don't like shorts a whole lot (thogh I just bought some to try again), so it is almost always pants for me. Those were good, though a little too long.

So what did Mickey leave as presents?????

How great to be bagless, going in August we always need a bag just for ponchos :rotfl:

LOL. HHBg had his packable rainjacket. We just decided to chance getting wet.

Mickey left:

Brianna: Fairy figurines (1 a day)
Spencer: Animal figurines
Mommy: Stitch movie figurines
Daddy: babyish classic Disney movie figurines.

Just little stuff that could be shoved in a pocket. :)

Great job packing.

Thanks! Do you mean my suitcases or the CARGOES OF HOLDING +1??

Hedy

05-03-2008, 05:02 PM

CARGOES OF HOLDING+1, and packing bandaids.

camelotcats

05-03-2008, 05:14 PM

CARGOES OF HOLDING+1, and packing bandaids.

If you knew my kids, you would not have been surprised. I actually had (in one pocket) a whole mini med kit in there. 5 different kinds of bandaids, alcohol and cleaning wipes, neosporin, med tape and gauze pads, pepto, ibuprofen, tylenol, advil cold and sinus, immodium, kids triaminic, kids benadryl, kids ibuprofin, kids tylenol, burn cream, bite cream, calamine lotion, cough drops, aloe, sunblock, bug wipes, female items, and lip balm.

Gotta love minimus.

That's why the cargoes got named the "CARGOES OF HOLDING +1"

Beana9802

05-03-2008, 06:16 PM

:wave2:
HI! I am just sayin 'ello! Great to meet you! Will be back to catch up later....this is the FIRST time I am on since our meet....actully since wednesday morning!

:)
Kat

Native NYer

05-03-2008, 07:12 PM

Great update.

I love the cargo pants. Must be nice to go bagless. Unfortunately, I won't be able to get any for the August trip. I'll be in shorts and skirts.

disneyhockeymad

05-03-2008, 07:37 PM

Great update!
Loving the cargo pants and the fact they hold everything!
No bag searches for you = extra time in the park = a great idea!!!

jcc0621

05-03-2008, 07:45 PM

Up Soon: The Philly Guy and a Power Ranger

If the Philly Guy did anything bad or wrong...he is NOT related to me and not all Philly people are like that!!!! If he did something nice, it was my third cousin twice removed and all Philly people are like that!:angel:

camelotcats

05-03-2008, 08:27 PM

Well, HHBG is on his Warcrack, so I am posting another chapter.

Chapter 6: The Philly Guy and a Yellow Power Ranger

So, we hopped on the bus to DHS. It wasn’t very crowded...I guess everyone had caught the bus before it. :confused3

We arrived at DHS at 8:50, right in time for the rope drop...but we detoured instead to Guest Services, so I could upgrade to an annual pass.....uh, and I forgot to put my ADR list in the CARGOES OF HOLDING +1, and forgot what time our lunch ADRs were. :blush: :rolleyes1

The guy at Guest services was very nice, if not SLOW. It took him fifteen minutes to upgrade my ticket to an AP, and for me to get a DDE card. He told me when the ADRs were, I thanked him profusely, we got the crazy children, and hoofed it over to the Tower of Terror.

Now some background:

Last year, when the kids were 3 and 4, Brianna, the THREE YEAR OLD got a tick into her head to ride the Tower of Terror. She had just ridden Star Tours, so we assumed she was tall enough. We waited in the line, went through the library scene, got all the way tot he front of the back line, and got stopped for a second measuring.....and she missed by about 1 millimeter. :headache: :mad: Seriously, I couldn’t get my FINGERNAIL between her head and the measuring stick.

She was wearing very flat shoes. I tried to talk them into letting me in (I’m sure I was all over stupid guest tricks), but to no avail. She and I exited while HHBG and Spencer rode the ride. :headache: Brianna was in HYSTERICS. She so wanted to go on the ride. There was no calming her. It was bad. :sad2:

The whole rest of that trip,, we had to deal with Disney’s UNCALIBRATED measuring sticks. She was fine for BMTRR, Star Tours, Stitch, and Splash. Too short for Soarin’, Test Track, ToT, and Dinosaur. It was a pain. (Actually, she missed for Splash, but they let her on. SHHH)

When we got home, I emailed Disney, requesting that they have a measuring station at the front of the park with multi-colored wrist bands, so a kid could just get measured and show a wrist band that showed they were OK for that ride. Of course, they ignored me. :headache: Whatever. Just cause I’m SMART....:snooty:

ANYWAY! I digress....

So, this trip, the first thing we had to do was The Haunted Hotel (AKA Tower of Terror). Standby said 20 minutes, so we went for it. We ended up in line right in front of a guy from Philly. His family refused to go on the ride, so he was going alone. We talked with him while we were in line. I don’t really remember much about what we talked about, but he was nice. It made the line time seem non-existent....course it WAS only about 10 minutes.

Well, after the little library scene, both the kids seemed nervous, but they braved it out and rode. (You can’t see them in the pic...too short....I didn’t even redneck it).

Well, afterwards, Brianna wanted to go right back on. She LOVED IT! Spencer wasn’t so excited, and did not want to go back on. We got fast passes in case he changed his mind, and started wakling towards Star Tours.

We got some photopass pics (Which we should really check out and order),t hen headed over to Star Tours. Just as we got to Star Tours, Jedi academy was about to start. BUT the kids REFUSED to watch it. :headache: Whatever. We got on the ride quicker since everyone else was watching the little show.

Here are some pics from the line:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0932.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0934.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0936.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0938.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0941.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0944.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0945.jpg

Kids liked Star Tours, and we were headed off to the MUPPETS!!

Now, I love me some Muppets. :love: I grew up on them. I remember, the nights we could “stay up” were the nights the Muppet Show was on. We had to go to bed after it was over. One of my kids’ favorite “lullabies” is “manamana”....Just the thought of Beaker singing “feelings” cracks me up. I want the DVD sets of the old shows.

Unfortunately, my kids just don’t get it. :confused3 But we watched it for me.

Then, we went to wherever it is that the power rangers are. The kids had an argument over which power ranger to get a pic with, but the Yellow one was right there with very little line (and yellow is Brianna’s favorite volor this month), so we got a pic with the yellow Power ranger...then the power rangers had to go. :sad1:

One of My pics. The pic guy got mad I took pics, and didn’t take HHBG’s photopass card. :headache: Grr...
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Ok another one...this is her posing the kids...so cute:
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After the pics with the Yellow power Ranger, I admit we wandered aimlessly for a little while. We ended up on the Great Movie Ride, which was OK...probably will not be repeated.

Then we saw Voyage of the Little Mermaid. We were WAY off to the side, and barely got in. We enjoyed the show again, though it’s no Nemo. Ariel IS Brianna’s favorite, though.

After VoTLM, it was time for LUNCH!!

Coming Soon: Babysitter? Babysitter!?! We don’t Need no STEENKIN’ BABYSITTER!!

Tanya90210

05-03-2008, 08:34 PM

camelotcats

05-03-2008, 08:34 PM

OK, this wsn't in my notes, but I have a pic of it, and it jogged my memory. At some point, my kids got stickers from the DVC guys:

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Spencer gave me a sticker and kept one, then he gave the rest to Brianna.

BRianna suddenly became a dream team member. She gave a sticker tot he girls workign the doors at the Great Movie ride. She gave a sticker tot he little boy we were sitting with on that ride, she gave a sticker to a little girl we were waiting in line with for VOTLM.....and more people you will hear about int he next chapter. it was SOOOO cute. I can't believe I had forgotten about it. :sad2:

hygienejean

05-03-2008, 08:35 PM

Hey there!

We were a DHS the same day as you. We were there with my extended family...all 24! I will laugh if I see any of them in the backround of your pics!:rotfl:

BTW,

Love the tr so far!

Tanya90210

05-03-2008, 08:35 PM

jcc0621

05-03-2008, 08:37 PM

Glad the guy from Philly was nice...(whew..didn't want the rest of us getting a bad name:goodvibes )

:woohoo: :woohoo: That Brianna rode ToT. :woohoo: :woohoo:

Love your bracelet idea:thumbsup2 Too bad Disney won't listen:sad2: They actaully do this down in Wildwood. You can buy a bracelet for the night and the cost is based on height i.e 34 inches and under are the cheapest:thumbsup2

Hedy

05-03-2008, 08:39 PM

I love Brianna's dress.

camelotcats

05-03-2008, 08:44 PM

Whoo hoo... power rangers... our kids don't watch em but they sure love seeing them when we are at WDW hehe...

Star Tours is a blast :thumbsup2 Mini had the same problem last year w/ height... less than the width of a fingernail.. like 1/2 inch... it sucked.. and no matter what shoes she wore she still wasn't tall enough... but this year... 40inches already baby

Yeah, my kids don't watch either. :confused3

it was tough last year, because she made it on some but not others. It got to be a real pain.

Hey there!

We were a DHS the same day as you. We were there with my extended family...all 24! I will laugh if I see any of them in the backround of your pics!:rotfl:

BTW,

Love the tr so far!

Hi! I have been trying not to post too many pics of people I dont' know...since I don't have permission and all. We left DHS after lunch, too.

Oh, and WELCOME!

What a sweetie pie!! Honorary Dream Team girlie eh hehe how wonderful

It was so cute. she gave stickers to all the CMs she saw. Left a lot of love in her wake. Like I said, day 1 in the parks had an AWESOME start.

Glad the guy from Philly was nice...(whew..didn't want the rest of us getting a bad name:goodvibes )

:woohoo: :woohoo: That Brianna rode ToT. :woohoo: :woohoo:

Love your bracelet idea:thumbsup2 Too bad Disney won't listen:sad2: They actaully do this down in Wildwood. You can buy a bracelet for the night and the cost is based on height i.e 34 inches and under are the cheapest:thumbsup2

Yeah...they could avoid over-long lines by setting up the CMs at the "measuring" rides with bracelets for that height that they could give tot he kids who are "close" and make it.

ToT became her favorite ride. More on that later.

camelotcats

05-03-2008, 08:45 PM

I love Brianna's dress.

Thanks! (insert smilie of me patting self on back).

Know what it was inspired by? :rolleyes1

The Moonk's Mom

05-04-2008, 08:36 AM

Hedy

05-04-2008, 09:39 AM

Thanks! (insert smilie of me patting self on back).

Know what it was inspired by? :rolleyes1

I read your pre-trip, so I'd be cheating. :teeth:

Native NYer

05-04-2008, 10:57 AM

I agree about Disney's uncalibrated measuring system. The same thing happened to my nephew.

Briana and Spencer look so cute with the yellow Power Ranger.

I love the Muppets. I remember watching the Muppet Show before bed.

camelotcats

05-04-2008, 02:51 PM

Chapter 7: Babysitter? Babysitter!?! We don’t need no STEENKIN’ Babysitter!!

Where were we? Oh yeah...We had just left the Voyage of the Little Mermaid.....

It was close to time for our ADRs at the 50's Prime Time Café, so we headed over there to check in. They sent us into the living room to wait for a little while, and we went to watch shots from old TVLand shows (I’m too young for them to be from anything but TV land or Nick at Night...sue me).

While the kids were ensconced in front of the TV and HHBG and I were standing around waiting for a seat to open up, I started to look around....and began to see some things that both cracked me up and made me very uncomfortable....because, apparently, Disney bought my Grandmother’s living room.....and my parent’s old books and put them into their “living room”. I needed some pics to show my folks....

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See the white encyclopedias? Yeah. There’s a set in my house right now from my folks....and the Zebras...and the dancing people....I think Disney bought them from my grandmother’s estate.....

We got seated relatively quickly and introduced to our babysitter whose name I forget. He was great. He took our drink orders first. HHBG and I both got Coke, Brianna ordered an apple juice, and then Spencer ordered a chocolate milk. Brianna then started crying that she wanted chocolate milk, too. The babysitter heard her and changed the order.

When he came back with the drinks, HHGB and I got our sodas. He then announced “I have apple juice here! Raise your hands for apple juice!”. The kids looked upset, but could see when he put the drinks down that they actually had chocolate milk. The babysitter took our orders and went off....

What we ordered:

Me: Pot Roast (according to Donald T Duck’s TR, the ONLY thing to order here)
HHBG: fried Chicken
Both kids: hot dog, chicken noodle soup, fruit salad.

We had a TV at our table, so we watched some TV and waited for our food.

Som e guy offered tot ake our pic. I think the camera was on the wrong setting.
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When the food came, Brianna looked straight at our babysitter and said to him “HEY! My apple juice tastes like chocolate milk!!”. LOL. So cute.

The rest of lunch was pretty uneventful. W ate our food (mine was the best!!), paid, and headed out. On our way out, I tried to give away our fast passes, but no one was interested, so we just took them with us. Oh well.

After leaving lunch, we decided to head out of the park. We had promised the kids we wold ge thtem hats, so we had to go on the mad hat quest. I am not going into the long boringness that ensued while my son had to looka t every single hat there, decided on the hat he already had at home, and finally decided ona aht he hasn’t even looked at since. Bleh. He should have let me pick him out a hat. I would have at least picked one out that he could wear on rainy days to school under his hood.

Here’s HHBG trying on a hat:
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Brianna, of COURSE, picked the bride minnie ears. While she was picking out her ears, I decided I HAD to get a tee shirt I saw in the window. I wore it later that afternoon....

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We then got ice creams, got enormously messy, cleaned off, and headed over to the busses to go back to the hotel and get cleaned up for dinner in Epcot.....

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On the bus, mommy and daddy get silly:
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http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0965.jpg

Coming up: Will dinner live up to, or down to it’s reputation...and PEEPS!

camelotcats

05-04-2008, 02:55 PM

I love that just being there can bring out the good in children! That is great that they both shared the stickers! I so hope that my DS4 is tall enough for eveything he wants to ride but the family (my kids) decided they would not ride anything he can't ride. They decided that if he can't ride, then we can wait until next time! We shall see how that works!;)

She gave them to everyone. Even our waiter at PTC. Soon she ran out. it was cute. HHBG and Spencer only did 2 rides without us, since I became the designated "wait with the too short kid" parent.

I read your pre-trip, so I'd be cheating. :teeth:

:rotfl2:

I agree about Disney's uncalibrated measuring system. The same thing happened to my nephew.

Briana and Spencer look so cute with the yellow Power Ranger.

I love the Muppets. I remember watching the Muppet Show before bed.

It was irritating. Much better this year!!

carrieannie

05-04-2008, 02:59 PM

First! :lmao:

I didnt know that 50s had "babysitters" I think we had a cousin. the pictures are great! :goodvibes

Tanya90210

05-04-2008, 03:00 PM

I love the hats.... The pirate goofy one on HHBG is awesome!!! I am gonna sooo be lookin for one of those in August!

jcc0621

05-04-2008, 03:01 PM

Sounds like a great afternoon! FIrst time I ever heard the watiers at PTC called babysitters, I usually hear them called aunt, uncle or cousin...

camelotcats

05-04-2008, 03:06 PM

First! :lmao:

I didnt know that 50s had "babysitters" I think we had a cousin. the pictures are great! :goodvibes

He said he was our babysitter, adn thus didn't care about us using table manners or being well behaved. He kept trying to increase the ruckus level. :rotfl2:

I love the hats.... The pirate goofy one on HHBG is awesome!!! I am gonna sooo be lookin for one of those in August!

We didn't buy it, though I thought HHBG looked cute.

Sounds like a great afternoon! FIrst time I ever heard the watiers at PTC called babysitters, I usually hear them called aunt, uncle or cousin...

It was interesting, because I had warned HHBG about using manners adn the like, then we get a babysitter who comes out and says he doesn't care. :rotfl2:

Hedy

05-04-2008, 03:26 PM

Great PTC experience.

DisneyJo

05-04-2008, 03:27 PM

How sweet of Brianna giving away the stickers, so generous :goodvibes

Love the hat photos :rotfl:

disneyhockeymad

05-04-2008, 03:57 PM

Those hats are fantastic!!
Can't believe youSpencer hasn't looked his goofy hat since coming back! I'd wear that every day! :rotfl:
Brianna is adorable in her bride hat
Good choices!!

The Moonk's Mom

05-04-2008, 05:26 PM

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I so have a picture of me when I was on a trip with my Mom to WDW in the same hat. Didn't buy it...should have...I think it is a riot! :goodvibes But I was 19 and I didn't really have the cash and Mom had already paid for everything else...this trip in June is my chance to pay her back! (for a lot of things!:lmao: :lmao: )

brookelizabeth

05-04-2008, 09:05 PM

I think I just read three updates! :banana:

Love the hats, and so, so sweet about the sticker sharing! I look forward to seeing your new shirt....gotta be something good....

KatGarcia

05-05-2008, 12:11 AM

I swear one day I'll actually buy some mouse ears!

Love the hat pics! :)

I haven;t been to 50's in a while, I def wanna go back!

jordanyosh

05-05-2008, 01:41 PM

Chapter 7: Babysitter? Babysitter!?! We don’t need no STEENKIN’ Babysitter!!

On the bus, mommy and daddy get silly:
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http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0965.jpg

Coming up: Will dinner live up to, or down to it’s reputation...and PEEPS!

I love these two pix...:rotfl2: :rotfl2: and cute too.

the pot roast is the reason I keep going back to PTC. Yum......I'm glad you got a good server especially after the WCC debacle.

The kids rode ToT that's a milestone to remember...and Star Tours too....that's a nice plus......

Can't wait for the peeps pix...:) :worship:

irene_dsc

05-05-2008, 03:51 PM

Finally catching up...

Love CARGOES OF HOLDIN+1! I do that with my cargo shorts - but January was way too cold for those!

So cute of B to give away all those stickers!

She's also way braver than my dd...

I was recently looking at the Six Flags website, and realized dd is not near any of the requirements, so I won't need to deal with wristbands if we go this summer - but at least they have them as an option!

Oh, and sorry to hear you were sick, but sounds like you had fun Dismeetin...

eeyore3847

05-05-2008, 06:20 PM

Love the TR so far....... I have never seen pictures of that restaurnt? it looks like fun. was the movie actually playing on the tv?

KC #1DH

05-05-2008, 11:14 PM

Its neat to see ur HHBG in his enviornment with Star Tours.

Can't wait for the MUPPETS FTW!!!!!!!

Hopefully get to meet ur HHBG soon, we could be BFFs!

See ya lata!

Btw im Kats Hubby, KC :p

mommykds

05-06-2008, 07:23 AM

Sounds like you had the same waitress we had at WCC. Same exact thing happened to us. :sad2:

The rest of your trip sounds good, thanks for posting!

ForeverDance

05-07-2008, 12:37 PM

I am loving this TR! I especially love the "Cargoes of Holding +1". I told my dh about it and he also thought it was awesome (it's not every day you hear a reference to something you'd hear in a role playing game).

Can't wait until the next installment popcorn::

camelotcats

05-07-2008, 02:35 PM

Chapter 8: Mine...Mine....Mine....Mine...

All righty then. We got back to Wilderness lodge, and got Brianna changed in the dinner outfit. Made by a fellow DISBoutiquer, by the way.

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Spencer put on some jeans, since he had been having problems keeeping his shorts tied and on his waist. I also decided to toss on my new shirt, being the redneck that I am.....wait a minute, I live in NYC....uh...being the total geek that I am?? (I did toss a D&D Reference into my TR, after all). Whatever. :3dglasses

ANYWAY, we all went down to wait for the bus to Epcot.. The kids had to drink from the water fountain, and this being Disney, I had to take pics of them....

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The bus came and we were off to visit the parkw with the giant 100 sided die in front of it....Uh, I mean Epcot.

We were about 2 hours early for our ADRs, so we decided to go on a few rides. Last year, HHBG was really upset that Spaceship Earth was closed, so we went to that first thing. 5 minute wait. It was fun. I like Judi Dench, which helps. The kids LOVED the interactive part at the end, and they had a decent picture of me, so I wasn’t too unhappy about it.

After Spaceship earth, we decided to walk over and see what the wait looked like for Soarin’. EIGHTY MINUTES! :scared1: Uh, thanks, not today. We decided to go on “the recycling ride” which, for some reason, is what my kids call Living with the Land. Normally I really enjoy this ride, but we had some mental family behind us who were convinced that the plants and animals were fake, and they talked and yakked it up through the whole thing. Bleh. I really wanted to do the behind the seeds tour, but I knew I wouldn’t have time this trip. In October, I will definitely go.

After we got out of Living with the Land, the kids INSISTED on going on “the Nemo ride” and then talking to Crush. While we were in line, I had a bit of a peeps sighting. Check the covert photo....

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While we waited on line for Nemo (all 2 minutes after walking through the longest queue area ever), Spencer announced that it was is turn to ride with Mommy...which it was. Brianna took major exception tot his statement and freaked. I don’t know if you read my PTR but in it, I mentioned that last year she wsa very vehemently Daddy’s little girl, and would only go with HHBG places and on rides.....well this trip it was all abotu Mommy for her, and I was HERS. :mad:

Well, Spencer got to ride “Into the seas with Nemo and Friends” with Mommy. After all, it was his turn. Brianna cried and wailed through the entire ride....which actually made it a lot more entertaining.... :rolleyes1

When we got off of the ride, Spencer announced that he wanted to go talk to Crush. Now, HHBG and I were nervous about this. Last year, Spencer actually got to ask Crush a question, and we knew the chances weren’t very good of that happening again. Spencer is very prone to tantrums when things don’t g his way, so we warned him OVER AND OVER while waiting for turtle talk that there was a good chance that he wasn’t goign to get to talk to Crush.

Ok, I should say HHBG warned him over and over. I had Brianna over by the manatees looking at the wall while she continued to throw her fit. After she wsa done, I asked her if she was ready to behave. She said yes, and I let her come away from the wall. She then announced that she wanted to see Crush too, so we hotfooted it over just in time.

Well, Crush comes in, and does his little spiel. Then he says he’s willing to answer some questions. First a little girl goes, then he syas he’ll take a question from the “little dude withthe red shell over there”. OMG! He just said he’d talk to Spencer!! What are the ODDS!?!? HHBG and I looked at one another in disbelief. :faint: :eek:

Here is their conversation, as word for word as I could remember 2 hours later when I wrote down my notes:

Spencer: “what do you eat?”
Crush: “See this green stuff growing on the sea floor, it’s <something>, that’s what I eat, the green stuff that grows under the water......why, what do you eat?”
S: <silence>.....”Healthy stuff!!”
C: That’s great little dude! What kind of healthy stuff do you eat?”
S: <more extended silence> ....”Apples?”
C: “Apples are great, but....do they ever give you the...bubbles?”
S: sits in confused silence while the adults snicker around him
C: Do you know what I’m talking about? Where the bubbles come from?”
(Cue “bubbles”)
Audience breaks up in laughter.
C: “Well! That was awkward!”

Moving on....

After the show, we tried to explain to Spencer what Crush was talking about with “the bubbles”. Not only did he notunderstand what Crush had been asking about, he also absolutely REFUSED to believe that “the bubbles” were what we said they were. :rotfl2:

After we left, the Seas, we decided to get some silly pics.

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At that point, we decided it was time to make the trek to Norway for dinner. Don’t ask me why, but some weird stupid gremlin spoke through my mouth and said “let’s start in Canada, it’ll be quicker.” me = idiot :wave2:

HHBG knows all about my DIS obsession, so he listened to me, and through Canada we went. DOH! :headache:

We got to about Japan, and I said to HHBG “Dude, I don’t know WHAT I was thinking...this is totally the long way.” :headache:

HHBG shrugged, and suddenly one of the kids (I forget which...Bad mommy!)said to me:

“Mommy, why does Crush talk like you?” (Not, by the way, “why do you talk like Crush”)

And so, a TR title was born.....

Coming Soon: Dinner at Akershus.....how was it??

jordanyosh

05-07-2008, 02:45 PM

[QUOTE=camelotcats;24974621]Chapter 8: Mine...Mine....Mine....Mine...

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I say you did a pretty good job....:thumbsup2 :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

I have to say getting to speak to crush twice is amazing.....Someone was looking out for you and preventing another tantrum...

That dress is amazing.......

Dude speak......new term for the way you talk.....

I'm afraid about your meal......

camelotcats

05-07-2008, 02:48 PM

Great PTC experience.

Thanks! we had a great time!

How sweet of Brianna giving away the stickers, so generous :goodvibes

Love the hat photos :rotfl:

Hee hee. HHBG isn't too sure about my posting the pics of him. But I though it was cute.

Those hats are fantastic!!
Can't believe youSpencer hasn't looked his goofy hat since coming back! I'd wear that every day! :rotfl:
Brianna is adorable in her bride hat
Good choices!!

Thanks! Spencer just isn't a "stuff" kid. I'm sure if he saw it again, he'd wear it some. I would have gotten him the cool Mickey sorcerers apprentice ball cap if I had been thinking. He could wear that to school on rainy days.

I so have a picture of me when I was on a trip with my Mom to WDW in the same hat. Didn't buy it...should have...I think it is a riot! :goodvibes But I was 19 and I didn't really have the cash and Mom had already paid for everything else...this trip in June is my chance to pay her back! (for a lot of things!:lmao: :lmao: )

Cool that you are paying your mom back with a trip. :thumbsup2

I think I just read three updates! :banana:

Love the hats, and so, so sweet about the sticker sharing! I look forward to seeing your new shirt....gotta be something good....

I like it. We all started saying "mine....mine....mine...mine" randomly all vacation. It was funny....well to us.

I swear one day I'll actually buy some mouse ears!

Love the hat pics! :)

I haven;t been to 50's in a while, I def wanna go back!

Get the POT ROAST!! It was awesome!

I am so so on the mouse ears. Briann loves to dress up in them though, so I don't regret the purchase.

I love these two pix...:rotfl2: :rotfl2: and cute too.

the pot roast is the reason I keep going back to PTC. Yum......I'm glad you got a good server especially after the WCC debacle.

The kids rode ToT that's a milestone to remember...and Star Tours too....that's a nice plus......

Can't wait for the peeps pix...:) :worship:

The kids rode Star tours last year and thay (well, Spencer) rode ToT last year, so it didn't seem like that big a deal at the time. They are pretty brave when it comes to rides. Briann was very upset she was too small for everest adn RnRC. When she gets taller, she's going to be one of those coaster enthusiasts, I know it.

The first peeps pic is not complete. I didn't ALSO post the tongue one. I had a few chances to make up for that....:rolleyes1

Finally catching up...

Love CARGOES OF HOLDIN+1! I do that with my cargo shorts - but January was way too cold for those!

So cute of B to give away all those stickers!

She's also way braver than my dd...

I was recently looking at the Six Flags website, and realized dd is not near any of the requirements, so I won't need to deal with wristbands if we go this summer - but at least they have them as an option!

Oh, and sorry to hear you were sick, but sounds like you had fun Dismeetin...

They were pretty good cargoes. The pockets were a little small, btu overall I was happy with them.

The meet was good. I met some great people.

Love the TR so far....... I have never seen pictures of that restaurnt? it looks like fun. was the movie actually playing on the tv?

It was a continuous run of clips from old TV shows. Donna Reed, I love Lucy, etc.

Its neat to see ur HHBG in his enviornment with Star Tours.

Can't wait for the MUPPETS FTW!!!!!!!

Hopefully get to meet ur HHBG soon, we could be BFFs!

See ya lata!

Btw im Kats Hubby, KC :p

HHBG is less into Star Wars, but he enjoyed it.

We need to try to get together some time with all of us.

Sounds like you had the same waitress we had at WCC. Same exact thing happened to us. :sad2:

The rest of your trip sounds good, thanks for posting!

Bleh on WCC.

The rest of the trip was (Mostly) smoother. :thumbsup2

I am loving this TR! I especially love the "Cargoes of Holding +1". I told my dh about it and he also thought it was awesome (it's not every day you hear a reference to something you'd hear in a role playing game).

Can't wait until the next installment popcorn::

I am SOOO glad someone got the joke. HHBG saw the post and said to me "and you say I"M the geek...."

Oh, and WELCOME!

Hedy

05-07-2008, 02:52 PM

Well played, S or B, well played.

I'm :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: at the bubbles.

DisneyJo

05-07-2008, 03:24 PM

B's dress is so cute, I love the skirt :)

You are so funny with the peeps photo :rotfl:

And wow lucky S speaking to Crush again and so sweet that he didn't believe you about the bubbles :lmao:

KatGarcia

05-07-2008, 03:47 PM

That dress is really really cute!

I say dude a lot more than I realized! LOL

Nice update!

disneyhockeymad

05-07-2008, 05:49 PM

That dress is fantastic! Brianna looks so adorable!
Well done on Crush talking to Spencer twice! Maybe he has one of those faces!!! I love Crush's 'well that was awkward', typical Crush!

winkers

05-07-2008, 07:51 PM

What an awful experience you had at wcc! I think you were to genrous with a .20 cent tip!

How cute is B handing out her stickers! What a sweetheart!:lovestruc

My dh bought the same shirt as you!:rotfl2: Which ended with my boys saying mine................ad nauseum.

Spencer had a problem keeping his shorts up?

jcc0621

05-07-2008, 07:53 PM

That's great that Spencer got to talk to Crush again:thumbsup2

Nothing like a temper tantrum at the World, eh;)

Tanya90210

05-07-2008, 08:49 PM

dude... that was a totally awesome Chapter! I agree about the Nemo queue... I wondered if it ever ended

camelotcats

05-07-2008, 08:52 PM

Chapter 8: Mine...Mine....Mine....Mine...

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http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc299/jordanyosh/wdwfeb2008303-1.jpg

I say you did a pretty good job....:thumbsup2 :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

I have to say getting to speak to crush twice is amazing.....Someone was looking out for you and preventing another tantrum...

That dress is amazing.......

Dude speak......new term for the way you talk.....

I'm afraid about your meal......

Dude, someone was looking out for us that day, I tell you what.

I got better as the trip progressed. I'm still pulling pics off of my camera, but I'm pretty sure there's at least one more you haven't seen yet....

Dude Speak....I like it.

Well played, S or B, well played.

I'm :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: at the bubbles.

I laughed at the bubbles too.

B's dress is so cute, I love the skirt :)

You are so funny with the peeps photo :rotfl:

And wow lucky S speaking to Crush again and so sweet that he didn't believe you about the bubbles :lmao:

He is a stubborn one. We were in shock he did it again. I'm sure there's somehting about him. I htink he has an earnest face and he obviously SO wanted to talk to him.

That dress is really really cute!

I say dude a lot more than I realized! LOL

Nice update!

I didn't realize how much I said "dude" until I noticed how often I type it. :rolleyes1 I just type what I am thinking as I think it, so I figured out pretty quickly that I say "dude" a LOT.

A lady on the DISBoutique board, castlecreations made it. She does awesome work.

That dress is fantastic! Brianna looks so adorable!
Well done on Crush talking to Spencer twice! Maybe he has one of those faces!!! I love Crush's 'well that was awkward', typical Crush!

I think he was saying his creating bubble was awkward as opposed to my son not getting the joke. Spencer must have one of those faces. he got talked to a lot by CMs and others. And he says the darndest things.

What an awful experience you had at wcc! I think you were to genrous with a .20 cent tip!

How cute is B handing out her stickers! What a sweetheart!:lovestruc

My dh bought the same shirt as you!:rotfl2: Which ended with my boys saying mine................ad nauseum.

Spencer had a problem keeping his shorts up?

He payed cash, so the $.20 was what was left to make a dollar.

Uh....we did the "mine" thing too.....still do, actually. I have issues....:rolleyes1

The shorts spencer was wearing were some of the first ones I made for this trip,a dn I made them with a drawstring instead of elastic. Spencer plays with drawstrings, adn he kept managing to untie his DOUBLE KNOTTED shorts. The next thign we knew, his shorts were around his ankles. Thankfully he was wearing a larger shirt...and was wearing Disney Underoos. :rolleyes1

That's great that Spencer got to talk to Crush again:thumbsup2

Nothing like a temper tantrum at the World, eh;)

Bleh. It was the first of many. I just need to tattoo "terrible mother" on my forehead, I swear.

camelotcats

05-07-2008, 08:53 PM

dude... that was a totally awesome Chapter! I agree about the Nemo queue... I wondered if it ever ended

Dude, thanks!

Cha...I totally know what you mean.

HHBG

05-07-2008, 09:01 PM

camelotcats

05-07-2008, 09:19 PM

Actually, Angela just had to put up with me saying 'MOINE MOINE MOINE' all trip...

Dude, I did it too.

Spencer even said that I sounded "just like the birds in the movie" Cutie. :love:

Beana9802

05-07-2008, 09:30 PM

Chapter 8: Mine...Mine....Mine....Mine...

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That's fantastic!
I love your shirt!:lmao:
And that dress is fantastic!

Charleston Princess

05-07-2008, 09:31 PM

Caught up again!

Your daughter's dress is fabulous!

Love, love, love the Peeps pic :rotfl: !

We have yet to ride the Nemo ride -- I have yet to read anything good about it.

Too bad about starting in Canada. :scared:

ForeverDance

05-08-2008, 08:22 AM

I am SOOO glad someone got the joke. HHBG saw the post and said to me "and you say I"M the geek...."

Oh, and WELCOME!

Yeah I try to pretend I'm not a geek but I think I outed myself by not only understanding the reference but thinking it was awesome (I am now thinking of asking my dm if my char can create some cargoes of holding instead of the standard bag of holding because it is just way cooler :thumbsup2... that is if you don't mind me borrowing the idea)

Truth be told, I don't think I fool anyone with the claim that I am not a geek. I mean I'm a software developer, play DnD, and spend much of my free time playing some kind of video/computer game... yep can't get much more "geek" than that :lmao:

hippielava2

05-08-2008, 10:22 AM

I LOVE YOUR SHIRT! I NEED IT! :banana:

dreamer17555

05-08-2008, 10:56 AM

Oh I'm late! But can I join in? I spent the morning reading (and not cleaning) and I love it so far. And your daughter's dress is amazing. Plus it is nice to hear that I am not the only parent of a tantrum throwing kid.

-Becca-

irene_dsc

05-08-2008, 12:24 PM

I am SOOO glad someone got the joke. HHBG saw the post and said to me "and you say I"M the geek...."

Oh, I got it too - I played AD&D in high school, and again a bit after grad school. I have a group of friends who organize an annual gaming weekend, where you pretty much game non-stop. They have had an ongoing plot that is, well, rather creative - I think it is on year 13 or so now? Alas, I haven't been able to convince dh that it is a valid reason to leave the kids for a weekend (esp. since up until very recently, night-time would've been a complete disaster without me - I've only done one overnight, for a friend's concert.) So, I haven't actually played in several years now, but it is embedded far too deeply into my subconcious...

Oh, and I also liked the 100-sided die reference. :rotfl2:

And going back to the rest of the TR:

I like B's dress - esp. the back. Very cute.

We did the whole Mine! Mine! Mine! thing a lot, too - esp since we did Nemo our first night of the trip! The queue did fill up our second time when we were waiting for our Soarin' FP time - I think pretty much *everyone* with a Soarin' FP was in that line! But, hey, dd likes "riding in a clamshell" so we had to do it - I guess she's the only one who likes that ride? :confused3

(If I had seen that t-shirt, I might've actually bought it...though that shade of green looks atrocious on me, so it's probably just as well.)

camelotcats

05-08-2008, 02:43 PM

That's fantastic!
I love your shirt!:lmao:
And that dress is fantastic!

Hi! Thanks! I saw it in the window and had to have it.

Caught up again!

Your daughter's dress is fabulous!

Love, love, love the Peeps pic :rotfl: !

We have yet to ride the Nemo ride -- I have yet to read anything good about it.

Too bad about starting in Canada. :scared:

Yeha, I have NO IDEA what I was thinking. Even then, I was thinking "How stupid am I, anyway?"

Yeah I try to pretend I'm not a geek but I think I outed myself by not only understanding the reference but thinking it was awesome (I am now thinking of asking my dm if my char can create some cargoes of holding instead of the standard bag of holding because it is just way cooler :thumbsup2... that is if you don't mind me borrowing the idea)

Truth be told, I don't think I fool anyone with the claim that I am not a geek. I mean I'm a software developer, play DnD, and spend much of my free time playing some kind of video/computer game... yep can't get much more "geek" than that :lmao:

Cool on the incorporating. :thumbsup2 We host a semi-weekly D&D game. It's all one-shots and short campaigns, and we rotate DMs and games. Right now HHBG is running a straight 3.5 game.

You seem like our kind of people. I am the only non-programmer of the group, but I got grandfathered in because I wrote and maintain both of my websites. :rotfl2:

And HHBG plays enough warcrack for both of us....:sad2:

I LOVE YOUR SHIRT! I NEED IT! :banana:

That was my reaction, too. :thumbsup2

Welcome!

When I walked out of the store, I turned to HHBG and said:

"It's MINE....MINE...MINE...MINE...." :rotfl2:

I'm such a dork. :sad2:

Oh I'm late! But can I join in? I spent the morning reading (and not cleaning) and I love it so far. And your daughter's dress is amazing. Plus it is nice to hear that I am not the only parent of a tantrum throwing kid.

-Becca-

Welcome!

Thanks about the dress! I wish I could say I made it, but I didn't.

Brianna threw a LOT of tantrums. We think she was too excited to get a good night's sleep, so she was a real pain.

Oh, I got it too - I played AD&D in high school, and again a bit after grad school. I have a group of friends who organize an annual gaming weekend, where you pretty much game non-stop. They have had an ongoing plot that is, well, rather creative - I think it is on year 13 or so now? Alas, I haven't been able to convince dh that it is a valid reason to leave the kids for a weekend (esp. since up until very recently, night-time would've been a complete disaster without me - I've only done one overnight, for a friend's concert.) So, I haven't actually played in several years now, but it is embedded far too deeply into my subconcious...

Oh, and I also liked the 100-sided die reference. :rotfl2:

And going back to the rest of the TR:

I like B's dress - esp. the back. Very cute.

We did the whole Mine! Mine! Mine! thing a lot, too - esp since we did Nemo our first night of the trip! The queue did fill up our second time when we were waiting for our Soarin' FP time - I think pretty much *everyone* with a Soarin' FP was in that line! But, hey, dd likes "riding in a clamshell" so we had to do it - I guess she's the only one who likes that ride? :confused3

(If I had seen that t-shirt, I might've actually bought it...though that shade of green looks atrocious on me, so it's probably just as well.)

Dude, a whole weekend?? We play every other Friday from about 7 to midnight. There are 4 of us, and another guy has kids, who he has brought a few times. We jsut set them up wit Disney movies in the next room.

Lime green is NOT a good color on me, but I had to have the shirt.

kathymc

05-08-2008, 03:47 PM

love the shirt - have to get one so I can drive DH nuts with the mine-mine-mine

looking forward to the rest of the trip

ForeverDance

05-09-2008, 07:28 AM

And HHBG plays enough warcrack for both of us....:sad2:

None of that in our house... but I am a Halo 3 widow :rotfl2:

brookelizabeth

05-10-2008, 12:17 AM

I love your shirt! And the picture with the Peeps is fantastic, the one chick is even wearing a peace sign shirt...:laughing:

kafitty

05-12-2008, 01:10 AM

"warcrack"...oh, how i feel your pain. :rolleyes:

popcorn::

camelotcats

05-12-2008, 09:11 AM

Chapter 9: A Meal with a Reputation.....

As I’m SURE you could tell by Brianna’s outfit, we were headed to Dinner with the Princesses at Akershus. We got there a little early and went to check in. They told us it would be about 10-15 minutes and not to go on the Maelstrom while we waited (as if). Do people really do that? Check in for an ADR, then run off for a ride? That seems kind of rude to me....Oh well, I never took finishing classes, so what do I know?

We walked through the little shops across the way. There was a family taking pictures with the troll, so we waited until they were done before lettign the kids go over and climb on him....well, before I could snap off a SINGLE picture, some family who ALSO didn’t attend finishing school came in, and started climbing all over the troll. Then the dad went to go remove my son from a picture he was taking, and it was either end up thrown out of the park for causing another guest extreme pain, or to gently remove my children from their presence myself....so no pics. All I can say is, thank goodness HHBG was looking at the toys at the time.

So we wandered out of the stores and camped out on a spot of curb next tot he “princess stuff” kiosk. Great place, HHBG. All I heard for the next 10 minutes was “mommy, can I get something??” “But I don’t have Jasmine!” “Please Mommy!” “I SAID PLEASE!!” Finally, I had to walk her AWAY from the cart...not that that stopped the begging for stuff. I’ll tell you, Disney sure has that part DOWN. If I were a more easily persuaded mother, my daughter would have had something, “Just to shut her up”, but I don’t do that. I know many parents don’t, but then again, many DO.

After what seemed like an hour (but was really about 10 minutes), outr name got called. First, Baby! No waiting in line to get our pic with Belle....in fact, she even took a little extra time with the kids, and let Spencer be his hyper self, then gt him calmed down for a nice pic. See?

This is Spencer jumping around and being hyper:
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This is my version of the very nice picture...that yes, we did buy (suckers!):
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0977.jpg

We were seated off to the left of the entrance, pretty close to the koltboard and withing sight of the “princess door”. Our server Kim came, and told the kids who the princesses were that day:

Ariel, Sleeping Beauty, Jasmine, and “a surprise princess”

Brianna hoped it was Giselle. I told her not to get her hopes up.I guessed it was Cinderella. HHBG guessed Snow White.

Kim asked us if we would like something to drink, and we ordered sprites for the kids and a bottle of Imagine Cuvee Sparkling Wine for the adults. This is one of the specially for Disney wines made for the Year of a Million dreams. It was quite good. He went to go get our drinks, and we went to go get some food from the koltboard.

I forget what I got but it was all very good. (I didn’t get the shrimp, btu HHBG did...he said it was OK, but had a funky marinade). The kids stuck with cheese and meat.

YET AGAIN, there was someone at the buffet who decided that no one minded sharing her germs, as she picked up every thing that wasn’t wet with her BARE HANDS, smelled it, made a face, and put it back. Uh. Ew.

Spencer saw this, and grabbed a piece of salami with HIS bare hands. I swooped in before he could even put it back, and announced LOUDLY, that once you touch it, you take it. No exceptions. This did not stop yechy lady. Thank goodness we were AHEAD of her in the buffet line.

We went back with our food, and Kim came with the sodas and poured us our wine. It was very good. Then it was time to order our food:

Brianna: Ravioli (the authentic Norwegian kind....with marinara sauce)
Spencer: Authentic Norwegian Pizza

(Side note: Why didn’t they have any interesting offerings on the kids menu? My kids might not have eaten what was offered, but ONE offering would have been nice)

HHBG: Braiseed Pork
Me: Bacon Wrapped Cod.

Our food came, and we ate. It was AWESOME!!!! Now, I know a lot of people have had very bad experiences at Akershus, but our food was wonderful. My cod was cooked perfectly and so tasty. HHBG’s pork was also perfect and excelent. And...Uh...I didn’t taste the kids’ stuff.

Maybe they got a new cook? I don’t know. The food when we went to Akershus last year was also excellent. Maybe we have no taste, and think nasty food is excellent. All I know is, Akershus was one of our best meals of the week.

After eating dinner, the princesses started to show up. First was Ariel:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0978.jpg

Then Sleeping Beauty (Who got a real kick out of Brianna’s outfit, and gushed over it)
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0980.jpg

Then was Jasmine....my SON’S favorite. There si something going on with Spencer. Who can forget last year’s picture:
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/DSCN0402.jpg

This year, his focus was a little lower. We had to get him to look away from her jewels....
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0982.jpg

Then, the surprise princess. I was right. Neener neener neener. I won first scoop of dessert!
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0984.jpg
Spencer’s still looking at Jasmine.....

Soon, it was time for dessert. Rice cream, princess cake and cappuccino cheese cake. The rice cream was a world of awesomeness, and HHBG was ticked I got first scoop. The princess cake was also good, but the only one who liked the cheesecake was Spencer.

Before we left, Spencer had to use the restroom. There is NEVER a time where we go to a restaurant that Spencer doesn’t have to use the restroom. There’s just somehting about restaurants that makes him have to go. Usually number 2. I oculd tell you stories that would melt your face off....poor HHBG, he also refuses to got to the ladies room.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0987.jpg

We considered an on-going picture essay about all of the bathroom Spencer had to poop in, but we started to forget to take pics. HHBG never takes pictures, so if I forgot to remind him, the pics didn’t get taken.

While the guys were in the bathroom, Kim came back to finish clearing our plates. Brianna handed him her plate, smiled her little “love me” smile and said “thank you”. Well that was it. Poor Kim was a goner. He came back and gave her a glow cube. She gave him a huge smile, a hug, and another thank you. AWWWW....

It was really cute until Spencer came back and saw that Brianna had gotten something and he hadn’t. Magic over. Cue tantrum. We high-tailed it out of there. I was so embarrassed at this display of his. Bleh.

While we were walking back tothe front of the park, we let Spencer choose how we would go home. He chose tot ake the monorail to the TTC, another monorail to the MK, then the boat back to WL. Yes, we gave him this option. E wanted to compare travel times, because I had heard this was quicker.

For the record....it’s not.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0988.jpg

The monorail rides were uneventful, but we JUST MISSED the boat. There was a family in line in front of us with a little girl, and my kids made quick friends with her. They had a great time. The little girl even sat with me and Brianna on the boat once it came. We were really hoping htey were staying in our hotel, but no such luck. They lived in the area, were on a day trip, and were headed back to the car they had left parked at WL. Oh well.

We went back to the room, and I grabbed the mugs to get some yummy root-beer goodness. After I got back, I walked in on the kids having a huge argument over what to wear the next day. I forget what we figured out, but we got something figured out,a dnthe kids lyign down. They promptly fell fast asleep.

HHBG and I sat up and talked a little while, I pulled out the Mickey gifts, and we went to sleep also. It was back to Epcot tomorrow, and we were goign to try to make rope-drop.

Coming soon: Do we make rope drop?? And will Brianna finally be tall enough to go Soarin’?

camelotcats

05-12-2008, 09:14 AM

love the shirt - have to get one so I can drive DH nuts with the mine-mine-mine

looking forward to the rest of the trip

It was fun. :thumbsup2

Welcome!

None of that in our house... but I am a Halo 3 widow :rotfl2:

Oof. Whatever the game, it's still a pain.

I love your shirt! And the picture with the Peeps is fantastic, the one chick is even wearing a peace sign shirt...:laughing:

It's so funny, they're looking at the camera and everything!

"warcrack"...oh, how i feel your pain. :rolleyes:

Yes....bleh

Welcome!

popcorn::

Hedy

05-12-2008, 09:18 AM

Aww! I'm glad the princess meal went smoothly.

dreamer17555

05-12-2008, 09:20 AM

I'm glad you had a great meal. And I would have never guessed Cindy. I thought she only appeared at the Castle and 1900 PF. I love the pic with Sleeping Beauty- too cute!

We did the Storybook breakfast and while it was nice the Princesses seemed awfully rushed. I mean super rushed. I am glad they seemed to take more time with you.

-Becca-

jordanyosh

05-12-2008, 12:11 PM

Same Jasmine...and last year's pic...:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

That Cinderella is perfect...

And does Belle look a bit.....hispanic? That's fine by me because she looks good.

Just goes to show you that restaurant reviews generally should be taken with a grain of salt. You just never know until you try yourself and even then alot has to do with your server, your state of mind at the time you eat, how hungry you are........

The man at the troll...gotta find my NY drunk......cement shoes anyone?

MRYPPNS

05-12-2008, 12:43 PM

I missed out on the PTR so I'm signing on here before I get too far behind! I'm looking forward to getting caught up.

HHBG

05-12-2008, 01:31 PM

My $0.02 - the food at Akershus was very good.

You have to know what you are getting into with a character meal - there is no charming ambience at a character meal. It's a screaming horde of feral children on the verge of meltdown after a long day in the parks. This will not help anyone's enjoyment of a meal. Still, for a character dining place, the place was pretty tolerable.

I realize that the food choices are a bit 'strange'. I overhead a lot of 'They expect me to eat what? Fish? a Braised Pork Shank? what is that anyway? Where are the steaks and french fries?'. Please people - just go with it for a little while - The food was good. A braised Pork Shank is basically Pork BBQ - it's a large on-the-bone pork chop, cooked until the meat is extremely tender. You eat it with a fork. Very yummy.

DisneyJo

05-12-2008, 02:37 PM

Then the dad went to go remove my son from a picture he was taking, and it was either end up thrown out of the park for causing another guest extreme pain, or to gently remove my children from their presence myself....so no pics. He did what???? That's so rude :headache:

If I were a more easily persuaded mother, my daughter would have had something, “Just to shut her up”, but I don’t do that. I know many parents don’t, but then again, many DO. I don't either, I'm mean :rotfl2:

YET AGAIN, there was someone at the buffet who decided that no one minded sharing her germs, as she picked up every thing that wasn’t wet with her BARE HANDS, smelled it, made a face, and put it back. Uh. Ew. OMG gross :scared:

Our food came, and we ate. It was AWESOME!!!! First time I've heard that :thumbsup2

Then, the surprise princess. I was right. Neener neener neener. I won first scoop of dessert! :rotfl2: Well done :rotfl2:

irene_dsc

05-12-2008, 02:37 PM

Dude, a whole weekend?? We play every other Friday from about 7 to midnight. There are 4 of us, and another guy has kids, who he has brought a few times. We jsut set them up wit Disney movies in the next room.

Well, some of the group game locally on a weekly basis (or some other regular basis, I dunno), and those are more like your group. But, this is an annual event with about 10-20 people, and some people travel several hours to get there. There is a defined story for the weekend, and that is pretty much the only thing going on (other than some background food prep). I'm not sure if it is always this way, but when I've been there, there were basically 2 groups, each with their own DM, and at the end, they battle each other. When it started, the group ranged in age from about 20 to 30-something (I remember one guy turning 50 a few years back, but I forget how long ago), and none of us had kids.

Portions of this group now have kids, and we do get together for other events, too, some of which are more kid-friendly than others. Many of this group are also on a listserv email list, which one of the guys started as a way to keep in touch with his family and friends, and it kinda grew over the years. Since the group is spread out all over the country, and in fact, the world, there are also a few more local listservs to organize more local social events. I'm sort of on the fringe of the group - but I do try and get to some social events when I can.

Probably much more than you wanted to know, huh?

jordanyosh

05-12-2008, 02:42 PM

KatGarcia

05-12-2008, 04:34 PM

Finally someone else who actually liekd the food there!!!! We did to! I just did my review on my TR. At least your Aurora wasn't creepy looking. Watch out for Spencer- he's gonna break some hearts- he's quite the flirt! :)

disneyhockeymad

05-12-2008, 05:49 PM

aww fantastic, looked like you really enjoyed yourself! Brianna looked adorable, and Spencers smile when he saw Jasmine the first time is so cute! :thumbsup2
The moment with Belle looks really magical, especially the first photo, it really shows the excitement!! :)

jcc0621

05-12-2008, 06:12 PM

As I’m SURE you could tell by Brianna’s outfit, we were headed to Dinner with the Princesses at Akershus. We got there a little early and went to check in. They told us it would be about 10-15 minutes and not to go on the Maelstrom while we waited (as if). Do people really do that? Check in for an ADR, then run off for a ride? That seems kind of rude to me....Oh well, I never took finishing classes, so what do I know?

I can't believe people would actually do that:confused3

Then the dad went to go remove my son from a picture he was taking, and it was either end up thrown out of the park for causing another guest extreme pain, or to gently remove my children from their presence myself....so no pics.

To quote Stephanie Tanner...HOW RUDE:headache:

This is my version of the very nice picture...that yes, we did buy (suckers!):
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0977.jpg

Cute pics:goodvibes

YET AGAIN, there was someone at the buffet who decided that no one minded sharing her germs, as she picked up every thing that wasn’t wet with her BARE HANDS, smelled it, made a face, and put it back. Uh. Ew.

:sick:

Thank goodness we were AHEAD of her in the buffet line.

:thumbsup2

Brianna: Ravioli (the authentic Norwegian kind....with marinara sauce)
Spencer: Authentic Norwegian Pizza

:rotfl2:

(Side note: Why didn’t they have any interesting offerings on the kids menu? My kids might not have eaten what was offered, but ONE offering would have been nice)

I guess it's the same reason Pizzafari doesn't have pizza on the kids menu:confused3

This year, his focus was a little lower. We had to get him to look away from her jewels....
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee143/asapien21/WDW%2008/DSCN0982.jpg

Spencer is now Jim's hero:worship:

Then, the surprise princess. I was right. Neener neener neener. I won first scoop of dessert!

:woohoo:

Coming soon: Do we make rope drop?? And will Brianna finally be tall enough to go Soarin’?

popcorn:: popcorn::

You have to know what you are getting into with a character meal - there is no charming ambience at a character meal. It's a screaming horde of feral children on the verge of meltdown after a long day in the parks. .

THis made me :rotfl: :rotfl: :lmao: :lmao:

2xcited2sleep

05-12-2008, 07:27 PM

You're doing a great job with this trip report! Can't wait for the next installment!! :surfweb:

ForeverDance

05-13-2008, 08:22 AM

ForeverDance

05-13-2008, 08:26 AM

Dude, a whole weekend?? We play every other Friday from about 7 to midnight. There are 4 of us, and another guy has kids, who he has brought a few times. We jsut set them up wit Disney movies in the next room.

We also play every other Friday 7pm until we get tired (read until my 27 year old cousin whines that she is too tired to keep playing). My cousin's both have young kids and they watch movies and sleep while we play. Our kids play :thumbsup2

camelotcats

05-13-2008, 09:17 AM

Aww! I'm glad the princess meal went smoothly.

Thanks! I was too! It was one of our better meals as a family. We had some issues the next day during lunch.....

I'm glad you had a great meal. And I would have never guessed Cindy. I thought she only appeared at the Castle and 1900 PF. I love the pic with Sleeping Beauty- too cute!

We did the Storybook breakfast and while it was nice the Princesses seemed awfully rushed. I mean super rushed. I am glad they seemed to take more time with you.

-Becca-

We've had Cindy there before. And for Giselle supposedly being the new princess, we never saw her once...of course we missed every parade....:rolleyes1

Same Jasmine...and last year's pic...:rotfl2:

That Cinderella is perfect...

And does Belle look a bit.....hispanic? That's fine by me because she looks good.

Just goes to show you that restaurant reviews generally should be taken with a grain of salt. You just never know until you try yourself and even then alot has to do with your server, your state of mind at the time you eat, how hungry you are........

The man at the troll...gotta find my NY drunk......cement shoes anyone?

I swore it was the same Jasmine when we saw her....I think you're right. Different makeup, same poor girl who is the object of my five year old's obsession.....

Dunno about Belle. She was a sweetheart, though, so I didn't care.

That Cinderella was great. Too bad the next one wasn't.....I wish that one had been at CRT.

Like i said, we have always had a great meal at Akershus. I would go without the kids for the food. We obviously got lucky.

Dude, that guy.....I'm tempted to call my...errr....uncles. (My maiden name is VERY ITALIAN)

I missed out on the PTR so I'm signing on here before I get too far behind! I'm looking forward to getting caught up.

Welcome! I will try to bring the relevant stuff over as it comes up fromt he PTR. I know it's 133 pages long!!

My $0.02 - the food at Akershus was very good.

You have to know what you are getting into with a character meal - there is no charming ambience at a character meal. It's a screaming horde of feral children on the verge of meltdown after a long day in the parks. This will not help anyone's enjoyment of a meal. Still, for a character dining place, the place was pretty tolerable.

I realize that the food choices are a bit 'strange'. I overhead a lot of 'They expect me to eat what? Fish? a Braised Pork Shank? what is that anyway? Where are the steaks and french fries?'. Please people - just go with it for a little while - The food was good. A braised Pork Shank is basically Pork BBQ - it's a large on-the-bone pork chop, cooked until the meat is extremely tender. You eat it with a fork. Very yummy.

Yes,t he food was yummy. That's why we went back. Feral children!?! :rotfl: YOu liked the food enough to put up with the princesses, admit it.

He did what???? That's so rude :headache:

I don't either, I'm mean :rotfl2:

OMG gross :scared:

First time I've heard that :thumbsup2

:rotfl2: Well done

My kids told me I never get htem anything and I don't love them. I aid "good, then I don't have to do anything special for you, sicne I don't love you"...they changed their tune really fast. They will NEVER beat me at the passive-agressive-guilt game. I am a master.

Well, some of the group game locally on a weekly basis (or some other regular basis, I dunno), and those are more like your group. But, this is an annual event with about 10-20 people, and some people travel several hours to get there. There is a defined story for the weekend, and that is pretty much the only thing going on (other than some background food prep). I'm not sure if it is always this way, but when I've been there, there were basically 2 groups, each with their own DM, and at the end, they battle each other. When it started, the group ranged in age from about 20 to 30-something (I remember one guy turning 50 a few years back, but I forget how long ago), and none of us had kids.

Portions of this group now have kids, and we do get together for other events, too, some of which are more kid-friendly than others. Many of this group are also on a listserv email list, which one of the guys started as a way to keep in touch with his family and friends, and it kinda grew over the years. Since the group is spread out all over the country, and in fact, the world, there are also a few more local listservs to organize more local social events. I'm sort of on the fringe of the group - but I do try and get to some social events when I can.

Probably much more than you wanted to know, huh?

Wow. I wish I were still inc ontact wit enough friends to do this. WAAAHHH!!! :sad2:

Pork shank...............mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........

It was Yummy. Mine was better....

Finally someone else who actually liekd the food there!!!! We did to! I just did my review on my TR. At least your Aurora wasn't creepy looking. Watch out for Spencer- he's gonna break some hearts- he's quite the flirt! :)

He's gotta give up his obsession with "girl parts" it's getting embarrassing. We've had some creepy princesses. I need to set aside an afternoon to read your TR, I keep putting it off, because I know i'll get into it....

aww fantastic, looked like you really enjoyed yourself! Brianna looked adorable, and Spencers smile when he saw Jasmine the first time is so cute! :thumbsup2
The moment with Belle looks really magical, especially the first photo, it really shows the excitement!! :)

Spencer was so showing off, like a little man. It was so cute. Both my kids liked the princesses, though Spencer will tell you he hates princesses. I just felt ba, becuase he kept asking when we were having food with Mickey, and I didn't make any reservations for any other character meals except for CRT. I tried, inc ase there were last minute cancellations, but to no avail.

I can't believe people would actually do that:confused3

To quote Stephanie Tanner...HOW RUDE:headache:

I guess it's the same reason Pizzafari doesn't have pizza on the kids menu:confused3

Spencer is now Jim's hero:worship:

:woohoo:

popcorn::

THis made me :rotfl: :lmao:

GReat Full house reference there!

It was weird. The closest they came was grilled fish. They could hae at least had a kids version of that kottajakke (Or however it's spelled) for kids to try. My kids don't eat dinner much, and HHBG and I would have liked tot ry something small yet authentic.

Spencer got bad. We have some pics coming up we had to remove him from.

HHBG, the comedian. He shoudl really be writing this report. He's much better at writing (and observing strangeness) than I am.

You're doing a great job with this trip report! Can't wait for the next installment!! :surfweb:

Hi! Thanks! COming probably tomorrow!

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

I agree!!

camelotcats

05-13-2008, 09:20 AM

We also play every other Friday 7pm until we get tired (read until my 27 year old cousin whines that she is too tired to keep playing). My cousin's both have young kids and they watch movies and sleep while we play. Our kids play :thumbsup2

Yep. :thumbsup2

Our kids sit on the couch and watch movies or TV with the other guy's kids until his wife gets home, then she comes and picks up her kids, and my kids go to bed. If the kids stay until we're done, we set them all up with blankets and pillows ont eh couch (It's a huge sectional).

Usually, we finish up between 11 adn 12, because we know the kids will get up early, and the others need to drive home.

HHBG wants tot each the kids how to play. He's also teaching my son warcrack. :headache: :mad: it's his reward for doing well at school. he's FIVE!! Bleh.

irene_dsc

05-13-2008, 10:05 AM

Wow. I wish I were still in contact with enough friends to do this. WAAAHHH!!! :sad2:

The sad thing is, I wish I had enough friends close enough to see on a regular basis - esp. another couple for dh and me to hang out with, that we both really got along with. My sister and I have discussed this - I live far enough out in the burbs to be a pain to go out and see, but not far enough for it to be a special occassion for me to be in town. Plus, these are my sister's husband's college friends - I get in through my sister. It's funny - I finally got my own identity in the eyes of the founding guy when I sang at one of the annual Hallowe'en parties - until then, I was always R's little sister, it seemed. ;)

My own college friends have mostly scattered - although I did run into the husband and daughter of one of my closest college friends at the library last weekend. It was weird - we hadn't realized that we are in the same library district, because we both live on opposite ends of it, and we have probably missed them by about an hour, every single friggin Saturday of the past year and a half since we moved!

Oh, and I *am* glad to hear good things about Akershus. Tho, who knows if we'll ever get there - dd really hasn't gotten into any more of the princesses lately. Right now, actually, our house is all about Pokemon...

MRYPPNS

05-13-2008, 03:21 PM

I'm all caught up and ready for more melt downs and cranky pants!

At least your Aurora wasn't creepy looking.

I wish Disney would buy her a new wig...Bret Michael's hair looks better then Aurora's.

winkers

05-14-2008, 04:43 PM

The picture of him tweaking Jasmine is one of the funiest things I've ever seen!!:rotfl: :lmao: :rotfl2:

The lady at the buffet reminds me of my dear sweet grandma. She's the reason they started putting plastic around jars and bottles at the grocery store. She would open up the salad dressing and poke her finger in it to see if she liked it. If she didn't it went back on the shelf!:scared1:

We've had breakfast at Akershus twice and really enjoyed it.

camelotcats

05-15-2008, 09:24 AM

Chapter 10: Another Shining Example of Parenting Gone Bad.....

Day 3. Monday. HHBG’s phone alarm goes off at 7am. I slept poorly again the night before, so I groan and roll over. HHBG knows I have not been sleeping well and tells me he will go get breakfast and get the kids up while I veg in bed a little longer. He’s so sexy.

After I remind him we bought the kids breakfast food and not to get them too much, HHBG runs down to Roaring fork with the refillable mugs. He comes back with Fruit salad for the kids, a cinnamon roll for himself and a banana for me.....and my much needed morning coke.....ahhhh.....manna from heaven.....coke.....(Insert Homer Simpson like drooling here). We set the kids up with their pop tarts and pull out yesterday’s unfinished chocolate milks and apple juices.

Soon, it is getting late. HHBG gets the kids dressed and ready while I take a shower and get ready. This is where our first problem of the day starts. HHBG decides to let the kids put on their own sunblock UNSUPERVISED. I have no idea what he was doing while they put on their sunblock, as I was in trhe shower, but I came out and Brianna came to show me that she had dome her own sunblock....and she was OUT. Yes, she had used the entire travel-sized tube of sunblock. Spencer came over, and he too, had used his entire tube. I had little grease babies. It was in their hair. It was EVERYWHERE. They looked like butter basted butterball turkeys ready for the oven. Brianna’s hair was SLICKED back, as she had brushed in the sunblock. Spencer had a spikey hair do. It was BAD.

I tried quickly to get them to strip down and take a quick shower to get off the sunblock, btu HHBG had told them that as soon as I was dressed, we were going, so they threw FITS over this suggestion. Not wanting to deal with the hissy fits that early in the morning, and exhausted myself, I decided to be stupid, and just wiped them down as best I could with a wet washcloth and then some Ponds make-up wipes.

Well, I finished getting ready, threw on the CARGOES OF HOLDING +1 and another Disney-themed shirt, and we were off. We rushed off to catch the bus. Spencer was so excited, though, that he rran into an upright. You know, those columns that hold up the roof on the walkway? Apparently, he couldn’t see it. :sad2:

We caught the bus to Epcot, and not 5 minutes after we get going, Brianna is crying that the sunblock is in her eyes. It’s on her hands, too, so when she rubs them she gets more in her eyes. I practically had to restrain her to keep her from rubbign in more sunblock. She refused to listen to me that she was makign it worse and not better. I was wiping her face and hands with wet wipes, but there was so much in her HAIR, it was getting into her eyes from her bangs.

Some bus pics:
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The instant we got to Epcot, we hightailed it to the bathrooms. I wanted to put her head under the water, but she said it was too cold. I tried to make her, but it was like a cat in a bath. I could NOT get her under the tap, and I was afraid all of her screaming was going to draw security and CPS. We finally compromised with some wet paper towels. I wiped and wiped and wiped at her head to get everything off. I made her wash her hands, too. When we came out of the bathroom, she was fine, though her eyes were still red.

Outside the bathrooms (which, by the way Jordan, were very clean and quiet...just sayin’)
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Walkign to the gates. Soo cute.
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Someone ruined the cute. We should have left....
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Because of this little incident we, again, just missed rope drop. Well, we still rushed off to Soarin’. By the time we got there, the line was already up to 30 minutes, but we didn’t care, we got in line. Brianna was TICKED we were draggign her along when she wanted to buy something, and let her displeasure be known. She really decided to use her eyes as an excuse to make everyone around her miserable.

HHBG left me to deal with her and try to get the sunblock out of her eyes (How much could be left?? I had cleaned her entire head 3 or 4 times at that point!!). I really felt bad for the people in line behind us. They really tried to cheer her up. She would smile and dance for them, then as soon as she wasn’t the center of their attention, she went back to the cryign and whining.

Well, it was finally our turn. We were in the back row, which was fine with us. Brianna had stopped grumping, so we hooked the kids in and stored their crocs. The ride was great. Being in the back, you really feel like your feet are goign to hit the things you are flying over. It was a great experience.

Walking out.
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When we got off the ride, we decided to get fast passes for later. While I did that, HHBG tried to get a follow up on the picture from last year. This is the best we got. :mad:

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Oh well, we were planning on coming back....right??

With fast passes in hand, we walked over to wait in the Test track stand by line. Listed wait: 30 minutes. Actual wait: an ETERNITY. Brianna wanted to be carried the whole time. My back was screaming from it. HHBG wouldn’t carry her. She was whining. HHBG threatened her a f ew times tot ake her ack to the hotel. Why do we change out parenting when we go away? In normal circumstances, she NEVER would have gotten so many chances to start behaving. I’m sure the people around us were not very happy with us having the little whining cryign child with us. I apoloise to anyoen who was in Epcot that day.

Brianna Finally let me put her down as we were about to get on the ride. A woman and her grand kid had been waiting in the single rider line, and they put HHBG with Spencer and the grandma in one row of the car and Brianna and I with the girl in the next row. Spencer started to whine againt hat it was his turn to ride with mommy, so I offered to the grandmother and girl that I would ride with both kids if they wanted to ride together. They were very grateful to be together, and we avoided yet another tantrum with my kids. Win-win there.

The kids loved test track, and we added the pics to our photopass (which I still have to order....oops).

After we got off of TT, I decided that I needed an ice cream. I was exhausted, not feeling well, and my back hurt from carrying Brianna. So, I got everyone some ice cream, and we went and sat on a bench.

Well, we were right by the dancing fountains. The kids saw them. Spencer wanted to go play in the fountains, and I decided it was hot and dry enough that he would dry off pretty quickly. I pulled off his tee shirt and let him go play. He had a great time. Sometimes it’s the simplest things that make the kids the happiest. Some pics:

eating ice cream:
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MMM.....Ice cream!
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Fountain time!! Starting off a little hesitantly:
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Woah!
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OOH! This is fun!!
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Brianna decided she wanted to get wet too....now her dress is made of denim adnhad a few layers to it, and. I was worried about her drying off, but HHBG pointed out that it would probably get the rest of the sunblock out of her eyes, and Spencer was in there already, so I reluctantly said OK.

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Oh, the anticipation:
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It’s Wet!! I’ll stay back.
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After the fountains, we took the kids into the rest room to dry them off some with some paper towels. Brianna said her eyes didn’t hurt anymore, which was great. Also, I would give the bathroom by TT and the fountain a 2 flush rating. Very clean, but somewhat noisy and crowded from the wet kids.

Next, it was off to Spaceship Earth. The kids LOVED this ride. It was Spencer’s favorite. In the line,w e saw some more peeps. I tried to get a pic. This is the best I did Brianna kept refusing to turn around.:
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OMG! I forgot about this one! HHBG doing the Peeps sign:
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B was still doing lots of grumping and wanting to be carried. That was her big thing this trip: wanting to be carried. It got very tiresome very quickly. HHBG and I even considered renting one of those evil strollers, but we didn’t. We just told her to walk or we would leave so she could rest. We are MEAN.

The kids had another fight over whose turn it was to sit with me. They fought the entire wait for the ride. Fortunately, she was in her very adorable Queen of Hearts dress, so people were more interested in how cute she was as opposed to what a brat she was being. I got at least 5 or 6 compliments just in the Spaceship earth line.

Finally, it’s time to get on the ride. Brianna has been grumping all day, so HHBG says she has to go with him and hauls her onto the ride with him. I don’t know what he said to her, because she started off wailing, and was quickly quiet for the rest of the ride.

We created our future world, and the ride was over.

We checked the time, and decided we had time to go Soarin’ one more time before lunch, so it was back to the land we went. The posted stand by line at that point was 105 MINUTES!! DUDE! Thank goodness we had fast passes.

We got in the fast pass line, and were relatively quickly on the ride (I think the wait was about 10-15 minutes). This time,w e were in the front row. We flew over California again, and enjoyed ourselves again. This is a great ride. It was one of my kids’ favorites.

It was interesting to compare the front row with the back row on Soarin’. Inthe front row, it was easier to get intot he experience. There were no feet above you, and you are really close to the screen. In the back row, there are feet, but I felt like the experience was a little more exciting. You feel like you are RIGHT on top of the water and going to nick the mountains. It doesn’t feel that way in the front. I wouldn’t say I liked either better, but I would say, if you have the chance, try both. It’s a different experience and very interesting.

We got off Soarin’, got the pic, and it was time for lunch.

Last year:
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Mommy, look how much I grew!
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Me too, mommy!
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Coming up soon: Mommy’s favorite cuisine is ruined by something out of her control....